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Karzai leading in Voter Survey
A US government-funded survey of Afghan voters shows President Hamid Karzai with a substantial lead just 10 days before the country’s presidential election.
Updated on: Aug 12, 2009, 24:49:04 IST
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A US government-funded survey of Afghan voters shows President Hamid Karzai with a substantial lead just 10 days before the country’s presidential election.
The poll shows Karzai with 36 percent support among all the voters surveyed. His closest competitor — former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah — has 20 percent support.
Twenty percent of voters were undecided or refused to answer, while 23 per cent supported other candidates.
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