Flanked by US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, American Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, UNAMA chief Kai Eide as well as French and British envoys, Karzai made the announcement at a well-crowded news conference in
Based on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) decisions, the Afghan poll panel had scheduled a runoff for the 7th of the next month, added Karzai, who welcomed the IEC announcement as "consistent with the Afghan Constitution and national interest."
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