dr. abdullah. the fear now is this positive energy will turn into something more violent if the results are seen as legitimate. for his part, a spokesman for karzai's campaign says it had its own concerns, but it's not airing its grievances publicly. >> they're making irresponsible comments and this is disrespe disrespectful to the process and disrespectful to the mechanism which is in place, which is the institution and this is disrespectful to the voice of the people. >> reporter: here at a store in the capital, afghans are worried. if fraud was involved in the election, he says, i don't think the situation in afghanistan will improve. it will probably get worse than it even is now because everyone is looking out for their own needs, not the country's. dr. abdullah says that he will do what the people ask him to do. if the silence breaks down, what will you do? >> i try to prevent that. i try to prevent that. but i l i can promise is that i will be with the people. >> reporter: potentially ominou

dr. abdullah abdullah is karzai's main challenger, son of a pashtun father but still seen by many here by someone who is lacking what is at the heart of the pashtun vote. the tribal allegiance. >> translator: we'll vote for the person who is from our land and works for our dignity. we will vote for karzai. >> reporter: dr. abdullah, who has campaigned in kandahar, is seen as close to the tajik community because of links with the northern alliance. the group that helped topple the taliban in 2001. >> translator: i vote for hamid karzai. we will not vote for abdullah abdullah. he speaks the language of the tajiks. >> reporter: tders are also involved in difficulty negotiations here true to -- because for the pashtuns the question doesn't seem to be for whom to vote for, but whether or not they will cast their vote at all. >> for more on thursday's presidential election in afghanistan, we're joined by alex thier, the director of the future of afghanistan project at the united states institute of peace, based in washington, d.c. welcome back. >> pleasure to be here. >> there were fresh report

dr. abdullah? >> both are claiming to be in the lead. we don't even from preliminary numbers from even individual provinces. that the point it is speculation. at first, months ago, it seemed like this election going to be hands down karzai but turned in mao a bit of the race at end as people turned out for abdullah. >> south asia bureau chief of the christian science monitoringfy tore, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me on. >> geraldo: the former first secretary for the university of afghanistan. a senior fellow at the east west institute and a director at the institute for conflict and peace studies. he joins me from kabul. we are hearing from complaints from dr. abdullah's camp of voter fraud and voter intimidation. he claims they were widespread. what say you, mr. karzai? >> i think if you look at the entire process, we have seen everybody in the international community, whether we talk about the european union or secretary general of nato or secretary general of the u.n., all of them have said that the afghan election hav

dr. abdullah and abdullah and hamid karzai's campaign stating they have gotten the majority of the votes so far. let's listen to what dr. abdullah had to say. >> i shouldn't confuse your viewers, i'm not claiming victory but i'm saying that all the preliminary results we have received so far, it's in my favor, it puts me in the lead but we need it to have a full picture also the final results will be announced by the iec. >> hamid karzai's campaign are also stating they have the majority of the votes but they will respect what the independent election commission results will be. >> regardless of who the winner is, once again, we believe it was a huge success the election and we will respect the results of the election, whatever candidate is the winner. but our own assumption based on all what we have heard and received and what we have seen so far, we are well ahead in the elections. >> reporter: respect the iec results is exactly what everyone has been asking for from the international community to the afghan community, many afraid of post election violence when the result results are e

dr. abdullah abdulla has accused presidentarzai of stealing goods more evince of a parent corrupti -- apparent corruption. add to this at the bldiest eekend cents at the war bega eight years ago. >> for eight years, ey fought in -- fought and died in afghistan. they fought f stability and democracy. this election was tobe a shing moments, millions tned out to cas their vot. now thereare concerns the electiomay be seriously flawed. >> mment karzai -- haunte karzai -- hmid karza >> karzaias at 40 his earest challenger8%. with many votes yet to be tallied, this is likely to change. >> they hado steal the process, to steal e votes. why the incumbent --that outcome, we ll not allow. >> we were given a sect recordings by t abdullah abdull campaign. the man on the left appears to betaking the box for president karzai. if this is authentic,hen it wi be a serious breach of ection law. its not the onl alegation of frau this is wt remains of hundreds of votes for another candidate. they should have bn placed in the ballot box. instead, they were found wrapped up by the roadde. thehave been handed over to

dr. abdullah abdullah insists he has one. >> it is early. no doubt about it. the initial results are in my favor. in most provinces. yes, these are preliminary results. but these are indications. >> it is not seem that there is any doubt at all that there has been plenty of election fraud. we have come to the compound of another presidential candidates. he is not a likely winner, but he has a name that is famous throughout the country. he got his name when he fought the russians. he was the first commander to be given a standard missile by the cia. after that, he joins the taliban, but then he left to support the present government. >> he says the fact that the election passed off without widespread violence is a a big blow to his former ally, the taliban. he is sorry there should have been so much fraud. >> still, it is unlikely to change the outcome. privately, the british and americans are pleased with the way things have turned out. they know, of course, that there was all kinds of fraud involved, but they felt they had to allow president karzai to run thi

dr. abdullah abdullah has accused president karzai of stealing goods. more evidence of a parent corruption -- apparent corruption. add to this at the bloodiest weekend cents at the war began eight years ago. >> for eight years, they fought in -- fought and died in afghanistan. they fought for stability and democracy. this election was to be a shining moments, millions turned out to cast their votes. now there are concerns the election may be seriously flawed. >> comment karzai -- haunted karzai -- hamid karzai. >> karzai has at 40%, his nearest challenger 38%. with many votes yet to be tallied, this is likely to change. >> they had to steal the process, to steal the votes. why the incumbent -- that outcome, we will not allow. >> we were given a secret recordings by the abdullah abdullah campaign. the man on the left appears to be taking the box for president karzai. if this is authentic, then it will be a serious breach of election law. it is not the only allegation of fraud. this is what remains of hundreds of votes for another candidate. they should h

dr. abdullah abdulah is kaai's main chaenger, son of a pashtun father but still seen by many herby someone who is lackinwhat is athe heart of the phtun vote. the tribal allegiance. >> translator: wll vote for the rson who is fr our land and works for our gnity. we will vo for karzai. >> reporter: d abduah, who has caaigned in kandahar, is seen as close to the tajik communitbecause of links with the northern alliance. the grp that helped topp the taliban in 21. >>ranslator: i voteor hamid karzai. willnot vote for abdullah abdullah. he speaks the language of the taji. >> reporter: tders are also involved in dfficulty >> reporter: tders are also involved in dfficulty negotiatns here true t becae for the patuns the question doesn't seem to for whom to vote for, but whether o not they will cast tir vote at all. for more on thursday's presidential election afghanistan, wre joined by al thier, the director of the future of afghanisn project at the ited states institute of peace, based in washgton, d.c. welce back. >> please to be here. >> the were fresh reports today about efforts by the taliban

dr. abdullah last night, and he alleged -- >> we will take any complaints that have the information, have evidence, and we will follow with those. i think we demonstrated over the course of the campaign that we take our job very seriously. we welcome complaints that come in from a camp. >> the international community has been quick to declare this a success. afghans have been cautious. calling it an achievement, yet one more strength -- step to strengthen democracy. you were here in 2005. is it real process -- progress or a repeat of the same? >> i don't think it is a repeat of the same. given security conditions, it is excellent book, with it they have. yes, security is limited in some parts -- but you have to look at the broader aspects. the independent election commission, truly afghan organization, has been responsible for organizing these elections and i think they did a stellar job. all the other side, the afghan national security forces being supported by international security forces have also done a good job in making sure the polling stations have been secured, which would have

dr. abdullah abdullah. there were some papers but in a place where operations call the coalition that the british were doing apparently vote thrg has gone well so probably a mixed turnout but the people we spoke to, very keen on voting. >> thank you. back to kabul to the center of the country. of course we're joined by the afghan member of parliament. you're dressed in the colors of afghanistan. can i take it you're saying this is a good day however imperfect for your country? >> for sure. to me it's a national day because the afghans they aring to practice and use and enjoy democracy, equal rights for men and women and they are coming to polling stations regardless of what happened yesterday and today, across the country, but still this nation is these people want to pass successfully the democratic exercise. >> you and i were here at the zaguna girls school five years ago when it was an emotional euphoric and the queues went right around the block. seems very different today. >> we can't compare today afg

dr. abdullah.e fear now among officials that this positive energy will turn into something more violent if the results are seen as illegitimate. for his part, karzai's campaign says it has its own concerns but not airing them publicly. >> this is disrespectful to the process, this is disrespectful to the mechanism, which is in place, which is the institution and this is disrespectful to the votes of the people. >> reporter: here at a store in the capital, afghans are worried. if fraud was involved in the election, he says, i don't think the situation in afghanistan will improve. it'll probably get worse than it is now because everyone is looking out for their own needs, not the country. dr. abdullah says he will do what the people ask him to do. >> what will you do? >> i'll try to prevent that. i'll try to prevent that, but all i can promise is i'll be with the people. >> reporter: potentially ominous words if the people choose to take to the streets. afghan and international diplomats want to prev

dr. abdullah abdullah, also cast his report amid election day violence. in kabul, gunmen exchanged fire among a group of two men with suicide bombers. and in helmand province, richt landed near a polling station. across the country, more than two dozen people were said to have been killed in election-day violence. all of this comes as a new poll of americans shows a slight majority, 51%, now say the war in afghanistan is not worth fighting. anand gopal is a reporter for "the wall street journal" based kabul. >> reporter: the mood in kabul was very tense. there's been a lot of attacks in recent weeks and even today in kabul, there were a number of attacks across the city. and the streets are mostly deserted. there's a lot of police checkpoints. stores were closed. and, therefore, we saw low numbers going to the polls than we would see otherwise. the primary reason for the low turnout is because of the security situation. basically, half the country the government has very little controls, extremely violent, the taliban has a lot of sway. they targeted a nu

dr. abdullah there asking the international community to make sure massive fraud does not occur, that the results don't come in until the complaints are filed and investigated. he feels that he is the -- at the same time the karzai campaign not taking this sitting down, they feel they are in the laid and dr. abdullah is using pop propaganda. >> they are making irresponsible comments and this is disrespectful to the process and the mechanism in place and to the people. obviously the elections, there are violations all over the world in the elections but there are mechanisms to take care of it. the only way is to respect the mandate of the institutions. if we do their job, we have not helped democracy. >> reporter: the good and bad of this situation you do see democracy there, two presidential candidates fighting for their position. they want to be the president. they fought for it. they have the supporters that have supported them. but the bad side of this when you talk to the average afghan, they see this fighting and see the accusations and they don't feel that their government is really

dr. abdullah abdullah told us a short while ago that his reporting and his monitors around the country have been collecting information. >> in my favor. most provinces. yes. preliminary results. these are indications. >> reporter: the problem is hamid karzai, the president, and generally considered the front runner in the election, is saying the same thing. that he believes that he is in the lead. candidates think they will have more of an indication by the end of this weekend. meanwhile, the top u.s. envoy for both afghanistan and pakistan, richard holbrooke, is urging the two sides not to make any statement, not to delegitimize the process and says there will be disputes but hopes that afghan officials can work it out calmly and wait for the final results to come in. richard engel, nbc news, kabul. >>> meanwhile, a weekend of sports means a busy weekend for metro. >>> maryland's easy pass users stage a protest. >>> protesters were handing out leaflets at the whole foods super mark net silver spring today. they are unhappy wh the anti-government health care op-ed article written by the sup

dr. abdullah's vote may be increased because of the relative stability up there. rick.round, the american troops sort of working against the taliban. in the runup to the vote, the election, how are our troops doing? >> well, the marines continue to operate in this part of helmand province called dama. they have most of the town under control now. there has been some practicedic back and forth in the recent -- some sporadic back and forth in the recent hours. the taliban trying to reclaim that town. the troops we have spoken to they have easily been able to push the taliban back and hope to control the town fully by the time afghans vote next week. rick. rick: conor powell in afghanistan, thanks so much. julie: well, gitmo may be in america's heartland. representatives from the departments of defense, justice and homeland security checking out a maximum security lockup in standish, michigan, yesterday. they were looking to see if the facility could be the new prison for terror suspects. the president is the largest employer -- the prison is the largest employer in this c

dr. abdullah well over 60% of those votes counted.he afghan president here meeting at least 50% of the total votes and it looks like it's going in president karzai's way. heidi? >> very, very interesting. we'll continue to follow that story very closely here on cnn. appreciate that live from kabul, afghanistan, this morning. >>> meanwhile, good news seems to keep coming from the commerce department just issued its report. new home sales for the month of july. gerri willis is here now with more details on this. what is the deal? is it really great news or just another little sliver? >> i think you have to say it is great news but home sales market, a portion of the market, not the entire market. july new home sales jumped 9.6% to 433,000, the sales of brand-new spanking new houses out there, june's level was 395,000. as you know, heidi, this is good news not just for the housing market but also for the economy. and follow-on spending by consumers as they buy furniture and rugs and everything else that makes a new house go. other good n

dr. abdullah abdullah, the soft-spoken ophthalmologist who was regarded as one of the few decent men in afghan he is the politician so nice they abdullahed him twice. bret: then there is that. that's it for "special report" this time. the only place you w g

dr. abdullah and the others. dr. abdullah being a targik or at least half. karzai did because of his alliances get some cross-board ethnic support. but nonetheless, ethnicity was a factor. there is hard evidence now of large-scale ballot-box stuffing, destruction of ballots, falsification of tallies. and i think there is going to be much more evidence presented in the next few weeks. there have been more than 1,000 complaints that have been filed by the opposition candidates and by the karzai people themselves. but what is likely to i think trip up the perpetrators of fraud is their own greediness. it's very likely that we're going to best know what occurred on a large scale when we start to see what we believe were the participation figures say in kandahar, somewhere between 5 and 15%. if the results come in which we have not yet for kahn to my knowledge and we see -- for kandahar and we see 30, 40, 50%, this will be the case for rather massive fraudulent voting. we have here unfortunately an electoral camp complaints commission which has a majority of inte

dr. abdullah abdul a former foreign minister in this country, told us a short while ago that his reporting and his monitors around the country have been collecting information. >> results in my favor. most provinces. yes, these are preliminary results. these are indications. >> reporter: problem is hamid karzai, the president, and generally considered the front-runner in this election, is saying the same thing. that he believes that he is in the lead. the candidates think they will have more of an indication by the end of this weekend. meanwhile, the top u.s. envoy for both afghanistan and pakistan, richard holbrooke, is urging the two sides not to make any statements, not to delegitimize the process and says there will be disputes but hopes that afghan officials can work it out calmly and wait for the final results to come in. richard engel, nbc news, kabul. >>> today president obama called the election an important step forward for a country that has seen violence and instability for decades. he praised the afghan people for turning out to vote despite the threats from the taliban. >> we

dr. abdullah abdullah and that's not all. promises hope for change and features a quote from president obama. interesting use of obama there. >> if you think people are getting angry at town halls over the issues, take a look at this. >> just because you think it's good for america -- okay. >> seriously, really, i mean, come on. >> okay. that's house member sheila jackson talking on the phone as a woman asked a question on health care in texas. a spokesperson

dr. abdullah, i will inviteshraf ghani-- give them food d tea and give them jobs,s i did the la time. >> brown: as kari addressed supporters in kabu his rival abdull drew tens of thousands in the northern city of zar-i- sharif. if no sgle candidate wins an outright majority ne week, the top twoote-getters will go into a run-off. f more on the security situation in afghanistaand on the upcing election, we turn to renemontagne, the host of national public radio's "morng edition. she's beein afghanistan for the past the weeks. renee, thanks for joining u know you've talked to general mccrysl and oter officials this week what's their sense aboutthe abilityo provide security for the eleion? >> well, geral mccrystal is pretty optistic about what they're ab to do, and obvusly in most ofhe country there are tros and theresn't much of an insurgency. down in helmand they feel pretty good out being able to get at least aroundhe main voting, main polling centers to manage to protect people who come to vote. there's quite a bit less presence kandahar. and the are threats from taliban in kandahar as w

dr. abdullah abdullah, a former foreign minister, accusing hamid karzai's government of failing to provide security around the country. >> unfortunately, the government of afghanistan has failed to provide security for its citizens and also to utilize the opportunity, which was the business of the foreign troops, international troops, as well as billions of to the construction assistants in afghanistan. to stabilize afghanistan to the extent that eight years down the road, we would have been able to say, less troops rather than more. >> reporter: there are big questions now whether or not even with the additional troops, some 101,000 american and nato forces in afghanistan, whether or not they will be able to keep the country safe, particularly in the taliban-ridden south and east of the country, to allow voting to take place on august 20th. ivan watson, cnn, kabul. >>> in this country, president obama's week ahead, he is planning to keep health care in the headlines. we have got a peek at his schedule. (pouring rain) i had a great time. me too. you know, i just got out of a bad relatio...

dr. abdullah's supporters, mostly ethnic say. >> they want change.the people of afghanistan want change. >> reporter: president karzai's supporters on the streets of kabul. he has the loyalty of many pashtuns but many claim security is getting worse and he's done deals with war lords and drug dealers to stay in power. abdul salaam, known as rockety has seen it all first as a mujd commander fighting the russians then -- first as a muge hadean commander fighting the russians. >> the biggest hope was the new government and the foreigners would bring peace, development and security. people were expecting a good education and much more freedom. but security turned to insecurity, building became destruction and education ended up as ignorance. >> reporter: in a televised debate last night, president karzai brushed off the crit same -- criticism saying he's the only one that can bring the taliban to the table and deal with war lords are in the name of national security. we found supporters of the president outside the luxurious home outside of the most noto

dr. abdullah abdullah, someone else? administration says it has no preference. they believe corruption is ram pan with ma ha hamid karzai. senator corker talked about benchmarks because billions of u.s. dollars in aid, thousands of troops, more and more money and more bloodshed unfortunately coming in the months ahead and members of congress from a bipartisan level want to lay out clear benchmarks for progress. if they don't get progress, what this president, obama, might see very soon, wolf, is a debate very much like we saw in 2005, 2006, when the iraq debate shifted, when members of congress started asking the white house what are the benchmarks, standards for progress and what is the exit strategy. >> good questions. no simple answers. tell us what's coming up sunday morning on "state of the union." >> we put these questions to admiral mark mullen and the ambassador in kabul who is a former general. three u.s. senators, senator lieberman and senator lugar on the foreign relations committee to talk about afghanistan a

dr. abdullah, accusations of ballot-box stuffing.for example n polling stations where there may have been say 20 or 30 votes, people said that somehow the ballots ended up being sent to kabul with hundreds of votes in them, hundreds of paper ballots in them. we heard allegations of officials at polling places, police, army members, local important influential people pressuring voters to vote one way or another. and remember, a lot of voters here cannot read and write. and are easily intimidated by authority figures. there were a number of different kinds of allegations. and the really sort of poisonous combination was that of insurgent intimidation which kept people away from the polls. and thus made it much easier to do mischief with the ballots themselves. >> warner: are u.s. officials concerned that all this could undermine the credibility of whatever result is ultimately announced? >> it's a little bit too soon to tell. i've talked to a number of officials at the international election complaints commission which is doing its bes

dr. abdullah. richard, take it away. >> reporter: thank you very much.two-candidate race between you and president karzai. let me start off by asking you about the violence. there was another attack today. do you think this kind of taliban violence is going to keep people from voting on thursday? >> fortunately, it didn't keep people away from campaigning or during the campaign, but, again, unfonl, this unfortunately, this is a fact of life now. i think the level of enthusiasm i see in the population, they will take that risk. >> do you think it will be a fair election? there's been so many allegations of fraudulent voter cards that you can buy on -- >> no, i think the issue is that -- how unfair it is, how much. it's already the process, the campaign itself. it wasn't on a level playing field. far from it. >> you think president karzai was unfairly campaigning? >> of course. he has used state resources. if you just take the air time in the state-run television, it was 90% for him, 1% for me. just take that one example. the same applies to the rest of it

dr. abdullah abdallah. thank you. >> thank you. mr. isby? >> tnk you. the mo important u.s. policy decision is not implementing current policy but rather deciding what should come after them or hard realities or politics in the unite states underlying $0.02 a x. first, the situation afghanistan i that serious and the need of improvement in so many areas of geographical and functional is so profound, that even if all elements of th current poliay are successful, afgnistan nnot be solved in three years. suessful ilementation can at best me a down payment on success and if we don't we can put afghanistan back into a civil war. second, over the next three years u.s. politics ll have the increasingotenal to affect afghanistan. the current of frustrati will want to have afghanistan in the rearvw mirror as the cqrrent sayi goes by the time they run for reelection in three years. if theeft-wing base would like you to be happy with the course of conflict at baton public support is already declining they do n 1/2 to explain it to the electorate. but i didn't find her policies is impor

dr. abdullah and the others. dr. abdullah being tajic, or at least half tajic. karzai did, because of his alliances, get some cross-board support, but nevertheless, ethnicity was a factor. there's hard evidence now of large-scale ballot box stuffing, destruction of ballots, falsification of tallies, and i think there is going to be much more evidence presented in the next few weeks. there have been more than a thousand complaints tt have been filed by the opposition candidates and by the karzai people themselves, but what is likely to, i think, trip up the perpetrators of fraud is their own greediness. it's very likely that we're going to best know what occurred on a large scale when we start see what we believe were the participation figures, say, in kandahar somewhere between 5-15 percent. if we begin, if the results come in which we have not yet for kandahar to my knowledge and we see 30, 40, 50 percent participation, this, i think, will be a prime fascia case for rather massive fraud, fraudulent voting. we have here, fortunately, a electoral complaints commi

dr. abdullah. "it was a sea of blue. the color of the campaign with supporters wearing abdullah t-shirts, hats and waving their flags. abdullah is a rising superstar in the afghan political scene. and the main challenger for current president har midkarzai, a man he used to work for as foreign minister. they're too young to vote but still have dreams of abdullah as president. we want him to be of service to our country. first, to take the fighting out of afghanistan. secondly, to start a new base for girl's education. move it forward. and many villages girls can't go to school. they aren't even allowed to leave the household. we want them to bring the freedom to those girls. >> he cemented his name in afghan history as the voice of resistance against the taliban. standing side-by-side with the war hero who was killed by al qaeda just two days before september 11th. thousands of thousands have shown up to show their support. men, women and children. the crowd has gotten a bit out of hand. the candidate making sure the jou

dr. abdullah pointing out the fraud showing video evidence and hoping some way, somehow that will give himat the run-off election. >> atia, good to see you. thank you. >>> a suspected u.s. drone attack on possible taliban members. pakistan intelligent sources say six people killed and seven wounded. the attack in the area part of pakistan's tribal region. a spike in those strikes recently. and we're getting reports of 27 people killed near pakistan's border with pakistan. the u.s. navy taking gunfire and take a look at this navy video shot from a helicopter off the coast of somalia. the crew was filming somali pirates holding a hijacked ship when someone shot at the chopper with a large caliber weapon and the it was not hit and did not return fire. >>> let's get you to rob marciano. rob, i was going to ask you what is going on in the tropics and what's the latest on danny, but, oh, good, give us an update on the wildfires in california, if you would, sir. >> a handful going on there. the last check about 20% contained or so. but the big one which you reported yesterday, still over 1,700 ac

dr. abdullah abdullah in a runoff.n: thanks very much for that update, just two days away to that election. brian: u.s. troops could be forced to leave iraq a year ahead of schedule. the decision will be in the hands of iraqi voters. it's part of a proposed referendum just backed by iraqi prime minister nory al-maliki but it's a move the u.s. commanders on the ground do not like since violence in the country son the rides. if iraqi lawmakers sign off on the proposal, the referendum will be held in january. steve: and the new c.e.o. of a.i.g., the one who is spending his first month on the job vacationing in croatia, well, now we're learning how much he is getting paid for working so hard. can you say $7 million a year? that's a combination of salary and stock and he could make millions more in performance-enbans -- performance-based incentives. he has to figure out how to repay $182 billion in tart money -- tarp money to the government. if does he that, he's worth $7 million. gretchen: some dramatic video when a man is

dr. abdullah and hamid karzai both believe they have the lead. >> so they send the donkeys out and then theys is different in every country. >> certainly is. >>> hurricane bill bearing downright now on bermuda. forecasters are saying the category three storm will cause heavy flooding on the island over the next two days and the u.s. coast could feel the wrath of bill this weekend, as well. dangerous waves and rip currents going to be in the forecast from florida up the new england coastline. >>> also churning this morning, sarah palin rumor mill. the latest rumor has the former alaskan governor moving to rhode island. a report in the anchorage daily news says palin's plan is to settle in rhode island with $7 million from her book and a contract with fox. why the republican palin would choose rhode island is a bit of a mystery. politically the state is bluer than blue. you may also recall calling her a quote cocky wacko. >>> bolt shave ed time off his record, finished it in 19 seconds. he makes it look so easy. earlier this week, bolt broke another one of his old world records, that was in th

>> can you talk a little bit about the new allegations from dr abdullah about corruption with a number of ballots being stamped and that kind of thing? >> i have not seen the allegations. i would say that there is an excepted process for dealing with these allegations -- an accepted process for dealing with these allegations. we would urge all parties to adhere to the process for the electoral commission to evaluate these allegations of fraud. we take all allegations of fraud very seriously and the afghan authority will take all allegations of fraud seriously. >> are you concerned about these allegations being made? >> as we said, many times, we want to see this process play a note. an important part of that process -- we want to see this process play out. an important part of the process is an investigation by the electoral commission to investigate these politicians of fraud. we want all parties to refrain from speculation on the outcome until do it -- until the legitimacy of the process is drawn-out. >> the khaddafi question. >> if president karzai will be back, did you think you wi