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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul October 20, 2009.

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KABUL | Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:31am EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement Monday he will not sack the head of Afghanistan's top election official or make any changes to his cabinet, ahead of a November7 presidential run-off.

Earlier, his rival Abdullah Abdullah demanded that the head of the Independent Election Commission be sacked and three ministers be suspended before next week's poll, which Afghans hope will end weeks of political uncertainty. (Reporting by Golnar Motevalli; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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