A defaced and torn election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who's also a presidential candidate in last August's vote, is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.[Agencies]
KABUL: Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a runoff election for Nov 7 after a fraud investigation dropped President Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 percent of the total.
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A defaced and torn election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who's also a presidential candidate in last August's vote, is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.[Agencies]
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Karzai accepted the fraud panel finding in a press conference and endorsed a runoff election.
The chairman of the Independent Election Commission, Azizullah Lodin, said the commission did not want to "leave the people of Afghanistan in uncertainty" any longer.
Lodin said all the materials are ready for the runoff.