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Published 11/02/2009 by Vanderbilt Hustler

Karzai challenger's withdrawal troubling

This Sunday, Abdullah Abdullah, the leading challenger in the upcoming run-off elections for the Afghani presidency, withdrew from the race. With this new development, an already tenuous prognosis for the future of the Afghani state worsens.

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