Activist Abdullah Abdullah would face massive challenges governing nation but he seeks to contest Afghan Presidential Election against Karzai rep

Karzai’s old rival edges towards 2014 election run

As the one-year countdown to Afghan elections begins, the man who lost out last time in a corrupt and chaotic poll is weighing up whether to risk another shot at the presidency. Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of the second round of the 2009 election after massive vote-rigging by President Hamid Karzai.