Karzai, By Default, Wins Afghan Election Race

Reported by cbs4.com on Sunday, 1 November 2009 (on November 1, 2009)

President Hamid Karzai was effectively handed a second five-year term
Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama
administration said it was prepared to work with the man it has
previously criticized to combat corruption and confront the Taliban
insurgency. President Barack Obama has been waiting for a new
government in Kabul to announce whether he will send tens of thousands
of new troops to Afghanistan. The war has intensified and October was
the deadliest month of the eight-year war for U.S. forces.

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