DUSHANBE, November 18, 2009, Asia-Plus — Tajik delegation, led by Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, will attend Hamid Karzai inauguration that will take place in Kabul on November 19.
According to the MFA information department, the Tajik delegation will fly to Kabul tomorrow morning.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will be inaugurated for his second five-year term in office. According to international media, the ceremony for Karzai will take place at a heavily guarded palace compound in the capital Kabul.
Hamid Karzai was recently declared the winner of Afghanistan”s presidential election after his competitor in a scheduled run-off vote — former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah — dropped out with just days to go. The run-off was scheduled to be held this month after the first round of voting was marred by widespread fraud, but Abdullah dropped out because he said the run-off could not be conducted freely or fairly until changes were made to the election commission.
