No quick finish expected for Afghan elections

By Kay Johnson

Published April 26, 2014 5:38pm ET

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No quick finish expected for Afghan elections — FILE - In this Saturday, April 5, 2014, file photo, Afghan election workers count ballots by the light of a lantern at a polling station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan is to release preliminary results in its crucial presidential election on Saturday, but the results are only one step in a potentially long road to determine who will succeed President Hamid Karzai. Neither Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister, nor ex-finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai look set to win a majority, meaning the violence-weary country could be heading for a runoff. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) | Rahmat Gul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan released preliminary results in its crucial presidential election on Saturday, but the results are only one step in a potentially long road to determine who will succeed President Hamid Karzai. Neither of the two leading vote-getters, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, won a majority, meaning the country is heading for a runoff.

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