Afghans vote to elect president
Afghans voted yesterday to elect a president for only the second time in history as the government and the West acclaimed the ballot despite fears of poor turnout after a day of sporadic Taliban violence.
After several hours of deliberation on how to respond to Abdullah's pull-out the IEC announced today that as Karzai had received most votes in the first round and no longer had a competitor in the second, he is now Afghanistan's elected president.