Oslo: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed that he plans to step down in 2014 soon after the expiry of his mandate given by the Afghan people in 2009 presidential elections.
Talking to reporters in Oslo, the president said, “The question of me staying as the president beyond 2014 is out of the question.”
“Neither am I seeking a third term, nor does the constitution allow it. There will be an election and a new president will come,” he said.
Karzai was elected in 2004, and re-elected in 2009 in a vote marred by accusations of fraud.
Afghanistan’s next presidential election is scheduled for April 2014, just a few months before the end of NATO’s mission.
Karzai has previously said he would not stay in power beyond 2014, including at a meeting with US President Barack Obama last month, amid some concern that he could try to cling to power.
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