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Abdullah Will Quit Afghan Election, Officials Say (DEXTER FILKINS and ALISSA J. RUBIN, October 31, 2009, NY Times)

Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai, plans to announce on Sunday his decision to withdraw from the Nov. 7 Afghan runoff election, handing a new five-year term to Mr. Karzai but potentially damaging the government’s credibility, according to Western diplomats here and people close to Mr. Abdullah.