Challenger withdraws from race to unseat Afghan president‎

KABUL, May 2 (Reuters) - But he told a news conference in the provincial capital Jalalabad that he had met Karzai and been persuaded not to run. Challenger withdraws from race to unseat Afghan president‎

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Afghan governor pulls out of presidential race‎ -- AFP