So far,the incumbent, President Hamid Karzai has a comfortable lead over his closest challenger, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Campaigning officially began Saturday in the runoff election between incumbent President Hamid Karzai and top rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The U.N.data also reportedly shows fraud in favor of candidate Abdullah Abdullah, but on a much smaller scale.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

The nearly complete results show President Hamid Karzai with a commanding lead over former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

A Palestinian authority spokesman, Abdullah Abdullah, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must commit to a full settlement freeze, not a partial one.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah says his campaign will not accept the results, which he says have been tallied in violation of election laws.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Unofficial tallies indicate Mr.Karzai leads with about If his lead falls below 50 percent, he could face top challenger Abdullah Abdullah in a runoff.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

Meanwhile,former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, who is also claiming he has the most votes, is alleging "rigging" of the election by Karzai administration officials.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

The complete preliminary results show Afghan President Hamid Karzai with more than 54 percent of the votes and Abdullah Abdullah with less than 28 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

President Karzai has more than enough to avoid a run-off election against challenger Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Appearing on the Fox News Sunday television program, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah also rejected the possibility of a power-sharing agreement between himself and Mr.Karzai.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

Mr.Karzai's chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, also has questioned the United Nations' role in the election.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

Hamid Karzai was declared the winner on Monday, roughly 24 hours after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the run-off election set for November 7.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Mr.Karzai won the presidential election by default after his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from a runoff, saying it was impossible for the vote to be fair.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah ran unsuccessfully for president last year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Afghanistan's main opposition leader, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is optimistic.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

The violence comes as Afghans prepare to go to the polls for a November 7 presidential runoff election between incumbent President Hamid Karzai and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

His closest challenger, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has 28 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

The secretary-general said the Kabul attack would not stop the United Nations from assisting in preparations for the November 7 presidential election run-off between Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Both the campaigns of incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his top challenger, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, accuse the other of illegal campaign activities and tampering with the voting process.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

It notes turnout was considerably higher in the North where challenger Abdullah Abdullah draws support from Tajiks, but particularly low in the South, a Pashtun stronghold of incumbent President Hamid Karzai.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has 28 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"Abdullah Abdullah has received 1,571,581 votes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The runoff election between incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his main challenger, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah faces multiple challenges: Taliban intimidation, voter apathy and cynicism, increasingly harsh winter weather, and,most of all,a turnaround time of only two weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Clinton,in a talk with reporters here, said she has been involved in intensive telephone diplomacy with President Karzai and his main election rival, former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, and is encouraged by what she has heard from the parties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Mr.Ban welcomed President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that he would accept a runoff with his closest rival, Abdullah Abdullah, after the U.N.-backed audit of the August 20 vote found nearly a quarter of all votes were fraudulent and had to be thrown out.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

He met with university students and with Turkish President Abdullah Gul.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Before leaving Washington, King Abdullah sat down for an interview broadcast Sunday on the NBC television news program Meet the Press.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

He told VOA that King Abdullah is likely to express his concerns over Washington's approach to Iran's nuclear threat.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29