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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Karzai dismisses election rival's ultimatum Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:19pm EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Golnar Motevalli and Ahmed Masood KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan president Hamid Karzai rejected a demand from his rival in a presidential run-off to dismiss the country's top election official, setting the stage for a new confrontation. Tension between Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah escalated when the former foreign minister demanded that the head of the Independent Election Commission be fired because he was biased toward Karzai. Abdullah also wanted three cabinet ministers suspended until the election was completed. "Our ministers and officials, which Abdullah wants sacked or replaced, they have not done anything illegal or against the law that is why we cannot sack or replace them," Karzai was quoted as saying in a statement released by his office on Monday. "In this short period of time, we cannot makes these changes, this will not be for the benefit of the country and will also harm the country," he said. The run-off vote, pitting Karzai who derives much support from Pashtuns -- Afghanistan's largest ethnic group -- against Abdullah, who is backed mainly by Tajiks in the north, comes as the insurgency is at its strongest since U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in 2001. Abdullah gave the authorities until Saturday to dismiss election chief Azizullah Ludin, but refused to say what he would do if this demand was not met. "We will wait for the commission's reply until October 31 and until then we suspend all of our relations with the commission," he told reporters at his house in Kabul. Abdullah's ultimatum fueled speculation that he may pull out of the election, the first round of which was mired by allegations of widespread fraud, most leveled at Karzai. But in Washington, Senator John Kerry challenged the image among some in the United States of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as a corrupt, weak leader, saying he was a patriot who understood there must be changes among his ministers. "The fact is that this man, I believe, is a patriot ... He has a commitment to this," said Kerry, who returned last week from Afghanistan where he helped convince Karzai to participate in the run-off election. Kerry's defense of Karzai contrasted with recent comments by U.S. officials, who have expressed frustration at what they see as the Afghan leader's refusal to tackle corruption. "REASONABLE" DEMANDS A Western diplomat in Kabul said Abdullah's demands for the removal of Ludin, who has been accused of being partial to Karzai, were "completely reasonable." But Ludin told Reuters he would not stand down. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Karadzic shuns war crimes trial, court to proceed Also On Reuters Analysis: How much power does Hillary Clinton have? 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