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. Images and soundbites from Abdullah and Karzai's team, Kabul, Afghanistan (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)