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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah greets supporters at an election campaign rally in Ghor province, Afghanistan. The planned release of preliminary results from the runoff vote in Afghanistan's presidential election will probably be postponed, a spokesman said Tuesday, a move that comes as officials struggle to resolve an impasse over fraud allegations. Abdullah Abdullah, one of the two candidates vying to replace President Hamid Karzai, has warned he would boycott the results as he claims that supporters of his rival Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai engineered fraud in the June 14 balloting. (AP Photo/Omar Sobhani, Pool, File)

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Afghan official: election results might be delayed

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July 1, 2014 9:55 pm

An Afghan woman walks past a mural to support voting in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 13, 2014. With fears of violence high, Afghanistan braced for a final election on Saturday to choose a new president to replace the only leader the nation has known since the Taliban were ousted and guide the transition to a country that will have to wean itself off near-total dependence on international aid after foreign combat troops withdraw at the end of this year. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

News

Afghans to choose new leader amid fears of attacks

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June 13, 2014 6:21 pm

Top U.S. and coalition commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph Dunford, points during a news conference at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Gen. Dunford says that President Barack Obama's decision to keep about 10,000 American troops in the country past 2014 has eliminated any uncertainty Afghans may have had about America's commitment. Gen. Joseph Dunford told reporters Wednesday the decision will allow an advisory force of 9,800 troops to remain in the country to finish training and equipping Afghan security forces. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Top US commander: Obama ended Afghan uncertainty

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May 28, 2014 2:52 pm