Abdulla has earned a chance

Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's challenger in the run-off ballot for the presidential elections, is also an attractive option for the West, writes the daily Die Presse: "Why, the heads of government in Washington, London, Paris and Berlin ask themselves, should the West sacrifice blood and dollars for a corrupt regime? Above all for Obama, who had declared the conflict in Afghanistan a 'good war', Karzai has increasingly become a millstone around the neck. With his behaviour after the first round of elections, opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah has cut a promising figure. ... His supporters have not thrown a single stone, and he has limited himself to holding press conferences and keeping journalists up to date through emails and the public through interviews. He deserves a fair chance."

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