Nov 4th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
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Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's main opposition leader bowed out of the presidential contest peacefully – and even urged supporters not to protest.
But he's not letting Hamid Karzai retake power that easily.
In a press conference Wednesday, three days since dropping out of the race, Abdullah Abdullah questioned the legitimacy of President Karzai's new government, saying it fell to the people of Afghanistan to decide and declaring the decision to cancel the election runoff "illegal."
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