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KABUL (PAN): Though the election law does not mention the fate of a candidate intends to withdraw from the second round of election, but lawyers have varied views about that.

KABUL (PAN):

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission has been authorized to issue verdict about the fraud-tainted presidential elections, if any of the two contestants quits the runoff process.

TALUQAN (PAN): Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief in northern Takhar province has said up to 40 staffers of the commission in the province were fired for committing minor violations of the electoral law.

KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan ulema (religious scholars) council said Tuesday if one of the two presidential candidates quits the race in the second round of polls set for November 7, another should be declared the winner.

WASHINGTON (PAN): Ruling out any coalition government with incumbent Hamid Karzai, his main rival Dr Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday publicly expressed his apprehension about possibilities of fraud and electoral malpractices during the November 7 run-off.

KABUL (PAN): Spelling out his conditions for holding the second round of presidential elections, runner-up Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday called for immediate dismissal of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission chief and suspension of some ministers.

KABUL (PAN): US ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry has urged the people of Afghanistan to fully participate in next month's presidential election run-off set for November 7.

KABUL (PAN): A number of lawyers termed demands regarding removal of head of the Election Commission and its members as illogical and believe the results will not be good for the process.

WASHINGTON (PAN): US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke on Friday praised Afghan president Hamid Karzai and strongly denied that he had strained relationship with the Afghan leader.

KABUL (PAN): Taliban on Saturday urged Afghans to boycott next month's presidential election run-off and warned to disrupt voting in a repeat of their threat to derail the fraud-tainted first round.