I understand that Abdullah Abdullah is really named just “Abdullah” but he got tired of the media always asking him for a last name so he became Abdullah Abdullah, which is pretty awesome.
In any case, Abdullah Abdullah thinks he was robbed in the Afghan presidential election and he’s basically writing off the results of an independent audit. I’m not sure what this is going to mean, but it probably won’t be any anything good.
His opponent, former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, is Pashtun, while Abdullah Abdullah is of mixed heritage with Tajik and Pashtun ancestry.
Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the former leader of the Northern Alliance. Supporters of Abdullah Abdullah will be feeling some strong emotions and they’ll be angry about Abdullah Abdullah’s fate.
In the longer term, Afghanistan needs a president and it could really use one that has widespread internal legitimacy. But, I guess that’s out of the question now.
