Abdullah Abdullah, Former Foreign Minister, Emerges As Karzai's Chief Rival In Afghan Race

Abdullah Abdullah Emerges As Karzai'ss Chief Rival In Afghan Race

HERAT, Afghanistan When Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the main election challenger to President Hamid Karzai, arrived here to campaign last weekend, thousands of supporters choked the six-mile drive from the airport. Cars were plastered with his posters. Motorbikes flew blue banners. Young men wearing T-shirts emblazoned with his face leapt aboard his car to embrace him to ecstatic cheers.

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