Abdul Majid Samim

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Abdul Majid Samim
Known forAfghan presidential candidate

Abdul Majid Samim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 presidential elections. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He dropped out of the race on August 3, 2009, approximately two weeks before the election date. When he dropped out he said "Since the people consider Karzai a better candidate, I don't want to challenge him, because public aspirations are more important than my personal ambitions. If the people accept Karzai, so do I."

His three running mates were Obaidullah, Sayed Shah Agha and Nahuil Al-Hammed.

References

  1. ↑ Rahmani (2009-08-03). "A third candidate retires in favour of President Karzai". Pajhwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Another Afghan presidential hopeful withdraws in favor of incumbent Karzai". e-ariana. 2009-08-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-06-10. Presidential candidate Abdul Majid Samim withdrew in favor of incumbent President Hamid Karzai and asked his supporters to cast their vote for his re-election.
  3. ↑ "Another Afghan presidential hopeful withdraws in favor of incumbent Karzai". Xinhua. 2009-08-03. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  4. ↑ "4 presidential candidates withdraw in Karzai's favor". Afghanistan Times. 2009-08-17. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31.
  5. ↑ Ghafoor Saboory (2009-08-03). "Afghan Candidate Steps Down in Karzai's Favor". quqnoos. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-10.


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