The White House has given an ultimatum to Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates: Resolve the dispute over last month’s election, or the United States will move forward with plans for immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the war-torn nation by the end of the summer according to The Blaze.
President Barack Obama has tasked Secretary of State John Kerry with resolving the election crisis after failed attempts by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to yield any resolution between former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and his opponent, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, according to a U.S. military official and a U.S. government official.
Both candidates have raised allegations of extensive election fraud, but Levin’s failure to resolve the crisis “is why Kerry arrived hastily” in Afghanistan early Friday, the U.S. official said.
