CLEAN: Abdullah pulls out of Afghan run-off election

Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday pulled out of Afghanistan's run-off election, plunging the war-torn country into fresh political turmoil less than a week before the scheduled contest. After President Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands promoted as a bid to avoid a repeat of massive first-round fraud, Abdullah said he saw no point in standing in the second round, while stopping short of calling for a boycott. But Karzai's camp insisted the contest should still go ahead, with analysts saying a one-horse race could still take place on November 7 even if turnout is likely to be well below the 38 percent recorded last time. Kabul, Afghanistan (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)