
To squeeze a universe of information into a nutshell, there were three key players battling it out for President of Afghanistan 2009 — the incumbent Hamid Karzai of the Independent party, the man with the same last name as his first — Abdullah Abdullah of the United National Front and Ramazan Bashardost, also of the Independents. With something like 49 percent of the votes, it looks like Karzai gets to keep the title for another term.
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BRIONY WRIGHT
PHOTOS BY TRAVIS BEARD AND DAVID GILL