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By Firuz Rahimi BBC Uzbek, Kabul Supporters of Abdullah Abdullah are disappointed Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of presidential elections but so far they have heeded their candidate's call to reject a violent response. In the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, with its famous blue mosque and a mixed population of Tajiks, Uzbeks and Pashtuns, Dr Abdullah secured more votes than his rival. While Hamid Karzai's supporters have been celebrating, among Abdullah supporters there is a mood of discontent. The governor of Balkh province of which Mazar is the capital, Atta Mohammad Noor, has rejected the election commission's decision to hand victory to Mr Karzai outright. Mr Atta, a close...

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