the deal sealed with a prayer after zalmai rassoul announced he'd endorse abdullah abdullah. zalmay rassoul, who fashed third said he -- finished third in the first round said he made it the decision for the sake of unity. >> we are supporting abdullah abdullah - he shares the same hopes and aspirations i have for afghanistan. >> the former foreign minister who stepped down to take part in the poll could gain considerably from his endorsement. political analysts say his decision secured him a place in abdullah abdullah's upper circle. we asked the man widely expected to be the next president if he will offer zalmai rassoul a role in his go. . -- government. >> absolutely, we form different teams, and we are part of one team, not his team, my team. from this point onwards we are running and form government together. >>> it's not just zalmai rassoul who benefits. outgoing president hamid karzai could do. he is barred from a third term in office and stayed publicly neutral in the election. diplomats in kabul said he received distrot backing from the president in the early staple

we will form a future government. >> it's not just zalmay rassoul who benefits from the union. outgoing president hamid karzai could. he is constitutionally barred from a third-term in office and stayed publicly neutral in the election documents said zalmay rassoul received discreet backing from the president meaning hamid karzai is all but assured an insider in the future government. zalmay rassoul, popular among the ethnic pashtuns to the south said support from abdullah abdullah could be a balance maker in the run-off election. a second-round vote is expected to be between the front runner and the world bank economists ghani. >> anything could happen before final votes are in, but support to abdullah abdullah is as close as one can get. >>> a nigerian expert says book could have put land mines in a forest where teams are searching for school girls. the search has largely focussed on a forest, a known boko haram hideout. churches and moskss remembered those kidnapped. we have more from the capital abuja. >> reporter: almost a month after the abduction of the girls, nigerians