Qayum Karzai, older brother of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, speaks during an interview in Kabul October 8, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan president's older brother, Qayum Karzai, announced on Wednesday he was withdrawing from next month's presidential election and would back former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul.
The alliance is the first public acknowledgement of weeks of negotiations aimed at consolidating the voting bloc of Pashtuns, the country's largest ethnic group, and brings together two candidates considered close to the current president.
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