Karzai keeps on lead in Afghan presidential election
The sitting Afghan president Hamid Karzai is keeping on lead over major rival Abdullah Abdullah in Afghan presidential election as the Independent Election Commission Wednesday released more partial results.
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.