Mohammad Yunos Qanuni said he did not want to oppose the election but instead wanted to prove to Afghans that his highest interest is the Afghan national interest.
Qanuni and 14 other challengers to Karzai had earlier announced a boycott of last Saturday's vote, saying the system to prevent multiple voting had failed.
The Afghan-United Nations election management body has announced that a panel will investigate irregularities in the vote, and has asked candidates to submit any complaints by this evening.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed what he called the "enthusiastic voter turnout" in the election and said in a statement that the vote gives Afghans an historic opportunity to establish a democratic nation.
(AP/Reuters/AFP)
Qanuni and 14 other challengers to Karzai had earlier announced a boycott of last Saturday's vote, saying the system to prevent multiple voting had failed.
The Afghan-United Nations election management body has announced that a panel will investigate irregularities in the vote, and has asked candidates to submit any complaints by this evening.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed what he called the "enthusiastic voter turnout" in the election and said in a statement that the vote gives Afghans an historic opportunity to establish a democratic nation.
(AP/Reuters/AFP)
