Activists of the Hizbi-Wahdat Milli Party, Wahdat Mardum, Insijam-i-Milli and other residents of the two provinces who were gathered at a big mosque in Neili, provincial capital of Daikundi, voiced to Karzai.

Sohrab Ali Etimadi, a representative of the Hizbi-Wahdat Milli Party in his address to the gathering called on the participants to fully participate in the November 7 elections and cast their votes in favor of the incumbent.

The pledges came as presidential challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah announced his withdrawal from the election runoff race.

Abdullah told a rally of his supporters in Kabul he would not participate in the election as his demands for changes in the election commission were not met.

"The runoff election is a national issue and we should go to the polling stations and cast ballots in favorite a favourite candidate," Haji Muhammad Anwar, a participant of the meeting, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Meanwhile, in the neighbouring Uruzgan province, a similar gathering also voiced support to Karzai in the election.

More than 1000 people participated in the meeting held in Tirinkot, provincial capital, a campaign manager of Karzai, Jan Muhammad Khan said.

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