Karzai wins by default in Afghanistan
An Afghan worker makes final touches to a giant pre-election poster of the current Afghan President Hamid Karzai. After his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from the runoff election, Karzai was re-elected by default.
Afghanistan's election commission declared President Hamid Karzai a re-election victor. But he won by default, since his challenger Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of a scheduled runoff for this coming Saturday. What will this mean for the legitimacy of the Afghan political process?
Guests:
Carlotta Gall, Reporter in Afghanistan, NY Times
Nicholas Schmidle, Schwartz fellow, New America Foundation
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