Sunday, October 06, 2013

Last-minute drama as Afghan presidential front-runners sign up --- (Reuters) - Three men considered front runners in Afghanistan's presidential election staged dramatic last-minute nominations on Sunday, the start of what is expected to be a chaotic but critical race for the palace in the first democratic transfer of power. -- Karzai's older brother, Qayum, former foreign minister Zalmay Rassoul and Western-leaning intellectual Ashraf Ghani all filed their papers in the last few hours of the three-week-long nomination period. --- All three have been separately mentioned by diplomatic sources and the media as Karzai's favored candidate, though he has said repeatedly that he will not support any one person.

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