Karzai's challenger rules out making coalition

KABUL, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Abdullah Abdullah has ruled out joining any coalition administration, a private television channel reported Tuesday.

"Dr. Abdullah utterly ruled out making coalition and said he would not compromise at the price of people votes," Tolo aired in its news bulletin.

Abdullah made these remarks amid reports that efforts are underway to form a coalition administration under sitting President Karzai in Afghanistan.

The former Foreign Minister Abdullah also stressed if complaints are thoroughly examined, a runoff is inevitable.

Abdullah, who has secured 28.1 percent votes of the 95 percent polling stations against Karzai who bagged 54.3 percent, has accused the sitting presiding of rigging the votes.

More than 2,100 complaints have been lodged with the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC). Among the complaints, 700 are so serious that, according to officials, they can affect the election result.