Two months after the presidential elections in Afghanistan there is still no final result. The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) announced on Monday that hundreds of thousands of votes were invalid, making it likely that Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed to achieve an absolute majority. However so far Karzai has rejected proposals for a run-off vote between him and the runner-up in the election Abdullah Abdullah.
With articles from the following publications: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany, Die Presse - Austria, The Times - United Kingdom
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