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Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Abdullah ended a three-day visit to Pakistan optimistic the uneasy neighbors had turned a corner away from a relationship marked by suspicion and downright hostility toward one akin to a partnership for peace in the region. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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In this Aug. 19, 2019, photo, a man waves an Afghan national flag during Independence Day celebrations in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban fighters attacked an army checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing 14 military personnel, the Defense Ministry said Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) **FILE**

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Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, leaves after addressing the media following a conference with his party members and few candidates in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Afghanistan's leading presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, announced temporary truce, agreeing to allow ballot recount Sunday in provinces where his supporters had stopped the process for almost a month. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Afghan election workers check ballot papers of September's presidential election during the recounting process of ballot papers at Independent Election Commission counting center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Polling was held on Sept. 28, but the announcement of results repeatedly postponed after accusations of misconduct and technical issues with counting ballots.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. While there will be 18 names on the presidential ballot when Afghans go to the polls on Sept. 28 only five, including Ghani, have been campaigning after several suspended their campaigns believing a peace deal with the Taliban was imminent. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Abdullah Abdullah, a candidate in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election speaks during an interview at his home, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Abdullah Abdullah, a leading contender in this weekend's presidential election, is alleging widespread abuses of power by his rival, incumbent President Ashraf Ghani. The painting behind Abdullah shows him with Ahmad Shah Masood, a hero to some in Afghanistan, who was killed in an al Qaida suicide bombing on Sept. 9, 2001, just two days before Al Qaida terrorists attacked the United States killing nearly 3,000 people. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 file photo, Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, participates in a session at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Afghanistan's chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, urged the world not to give up on his impoverished country, which has struggled with corruption, political instability and a long Taliban insurgency. He told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: &quot;Don't lose patience. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

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"Is it not better to have these [political] debates with these groups than to have those groups planning attacks?" asks Abdullah Abdullah, a top Afghan leader.
Afghanistan's Chief of Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, talks during a press conference after he escaped from three suicide attacks during a funeral ceremony, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jun 3, 2017. Explosions in Kabul on Saturday killed at least six people attending a funeral attended by government officials, including members of parliament, a day after hundreds of demonstrators turned out to demand more security in the capital. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks as Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, and Abdullah Abdullah listen during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Radicals" backing Abdullah could foment postelection violence if he isn't given an equitable share of power, his spokesman warned Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 ahead of a meeting with his rival aimed at resolving a monthslong election dispute. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry helped broker an agreement this summer under which all 8 million ballots would be recounted, a process which was concluded Friday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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