Afghan president urges rival successors to unify

By Jason Straziuso

Published September 9, 2014 1:59pm ET

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Afghan president urges rival successors to unify — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, speaks during a for a ceremony honoring the late Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, background, a beloved anti-Taliban fighter who was assassinated 13 years ago, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Karzai urged the country's two presidential candidates to reach an agreement on a new national unity government at the state function that devolved into raucous shouting by agitated supporters of candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Karzai told the crowd of hundreds of powerbrokers to urge Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai to reach a deal to end the country's now five-month-long election process. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) | Rahmat Gul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A remembrance ceremony devolved into raucous shouting by agitated supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday, only minutes after President Hamid Karzai urged the country’s two presidential candidates to reach an agreement on a new national unity government.

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