ASIA-PACIFIC Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s president, bowed to intense White House and international pressure on Tuesday and agreed to a run-off presidential election after fraud investigators annulled almost a third of his votes.
Led by John Kerry, the former US presidential candidate, who met Mr Karzai five times in the last three days, the international community cajoled Mr Karzai to accept that only a run-off could restore credibility to the process. The new poll will take place on November 7.
