8/14/09 -- Kabul, Afghanistan
-- Elections in Afghanistan -- A crowd cheers and follows Presidential candidate and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah to a rally speech he is to give in the Gardi Village in the Nangahar Province on his campaign tour through the province. Abdullah Abdullah is second in the polls and noted today as the main challenger to the incumbent, President Hamid Karzai, in the Aug. 20 election. Abdullah served in the Karzai administration from 2002-2006 as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.