Activists of the Hizbi-Wahdat Milli Party, Wahdat Mardum, Insijam-i-Milli and other residents of the two provinces who were gathered at a big mosque in Neili, provincial capital of Daikundi, voiced to Karzai.
Sohrab Ali Etimadi, a representative of the Hizbi-Wahdat Milli Party in his address to the gathering called on the participants to fully participate in the November 7 elections and cast their votes in favor of the incumbent.
The pledges came as presidential challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah announced his withdrawal from the election runoff race.
Abdullah told a rally of his supporters in
"The runoff election is a national issue and we should go to the polling stations and cast ballots in favorite a favourite candidate," Haji Muhammad Anwar, a participant of the meeting, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Meanwhile, in the neighbouring Uruzgan province, a similar gathering also voiced support to Karzai in the election.
More than 1000 people participated in the meeting held in Tirinkot, provincial capital, a campaign manager of Karzai, Jan Muhammad Khan said.
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