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No Legal Basis" For Karzai Re-Election - Abdullah



KABUL (AFP)--Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, who quit Afghanistan's troubled presidential election race this week, said on Wednesday that the re- election of his rival Hamid Karzai had "no legal basis."

Abdullah, who pulled out of a run-off poll scheduled after more than a million votes cast in the Aug. 20 election were deemed fraudulent, said Karzai lacked legitimacy after being re-appointed by electoral commissioners.

"This decision does not have a legal basis," he told reporters.


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