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This R&D breaks down the Afghan presidential election.  The election is headed to a runoff after no candidate win over fifty percent of the vote.  Abdullah Abdullah, a former Afghan foreign minister, won the first round with 44.9% of the vote.  He will be opposed by Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, the country’s former finance minister, who won 31.5% of the first round vote.  Although election officials are looking into complaints of fraud and Mr. Abdullah has declared himself the winner, experts do not believe that enough votes will be disqualified to give Mr. Abdullah the presidency.  The second round election is set to begin on June 7th.