Ex-FM Abdullah Abdullah edges ahead in Afghan presidential vote count

With about half of the estimated seven million ballots cast in Afghanistan’s presidential election counted, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is in the lead with 44 percent of the vote, followed by Ashraf Ghani with 33 percent. The election commission chairman says it is too early to speculate about a run-off

 

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