Afghanistan: Afghan candidate says Obama, Kerry called him --- KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah says he received calls from President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he refused to accept the preliminary result of the vote citing fraud. -- Abdullah told thousands of supporters at a gathering in Kabul Tuesday that Kerry will be flying to the Afghan capital this Friday for meetings to defuse the crisis. -- State Department officials accompanying Kerry in Beijing declined to comment on his travel plans. -- He told his supporters the results of the election were fraudulent but asked them to give him a few more days to negotiate. -- Abdullah says he will never “accept a fraudulent government.” -- Preliminary results announced Monday showed that Ghani had about 4.5 million votes, or 56 percent, while Abdullah had 3.5 million votes, or 44 percent, according to the commission. Turnout was more than 50 percent. --- An Afghan official says that at least 16 people, including four Czech soldiers, were killed Tuesday in a suicide attack near a clinic in eastern Afghanistan. -- The Czech Ministry of Defense said Tuesday four Czech troops were killed and another was badly wounded after the blast. The ministry said it will release more details later in the day. -- Wahid Seddiqi, spokesman for the provincial governor of Parwan province said the soldiers, at least 10 civilians, and two police officers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked Afghan and foreign forces near Charakar, the provincial capital. --- Afghan officials released preliminary election results Monday showing former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai well in the lead for the presidency but said no winner could be declared because millions of ballots were being audited for fraud. - More, Associated Press, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghan-attack-kills-4-foreign-troops-12-afghans/2014/07/08/3e54599c-066d-11e4-a7ef-9ed5d8510e81