Afghanistan's Karzai welcomes run-off decision
REUTERS
22-Oct-2009

KABUL, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday that a decision by Afghan election authorities to hold a second round run-off in November was legal and constitutional.

"We believe that this decision of the IEC (Independent Election Commission) is legitimate, legal and constitutional and that it strengthens the path towards domocracy," Karzai said in remarks televised live on Afghan television.

(Writing by Maria Golovnina; Editing by Golnar Motevalli) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here and a blog blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan

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