He is seen as a Tajik. There exists bias against him because of ethnicity, not his ability to lead. That is what the USA is up against in countries it tries to help to democracy. It is a kind of voodoo as far as I am concerned. Citizens of any country, even some of the most impoverished should be voting their best interest and not their favorite prejudice.
...Born in September 1960 in the Kabul area, Dr Abdullah (click here) is seen by many as a Tajik despite his mixed ethnicity.
This is probably because of his past prominence in the Tajik-dominated Northern Alliance and his close relationship with the anti-Taliban group's famed former leader, Ahmed Shah Masood....
September 30, 2019Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (click here) and the country's chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, have both claimed victory in a weekend presidential election, a scene reminiscent of the last vote in 2014.
Though preliminary overall results aren't expected for another three weeks, Abdullah told a news conference in Kabul on September 30 that by his count, he won such a clear-cut victory in the balloting that a second-round runoff won't be needed.
That followed a claim by Ghani's running mate, Amrullah Saleh, that the incumbent had won a clear first-ballot victory.
"The information that we have received shows that 60 to 70 percent of people voted [for] us," Saleh was quoted by Voice of America as saying.
Neither side offered any evidence to back up their claims, raising concerns that the war-torn country is headed for a similar situation that arose from the 2014 election, where the same two candidates made competing claims of victory....
