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Two Front-runners in Partial Afghan Vote Count

(Updates with later results and Abdullah/Rassoul talks)Two clear front-runners have emerged from Afghanistan's April 5 presidential election, former finance minister Ashraf Ghani and opposition politician Abdullah Abdullah.With about 10 percent of the votes counted, Abdullah was in the lead with nearly 42 percent of the vote. Ghani had about 38 percent. A third candidate, Zalmai Rassoul trailed with less than 10 percent.About 7 million votes were cast in all. Final results are not...

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