Even if the win is not contested by the power brokers who have swung behind karzai , abdullah abdullah is seen as representing tajik interests , although he is of mixed parentage .
A surge of support for mr karzai 's main challenger , dr abdullah abdullah , a champion of the tajik minority , hints at what sort of change they would like .
At a time when many tajik leaders are spooked by fears that the government might rush a peace deal with the taliban insurgency , it is not surprising that mr karzai , in a private meeting last month , begged shareholders to return the cash voluntarily .
Hasan tajik , a senior official at iran 's foreign ministry in charge of its european affairs , appeared to clarify the situation later , telling the irna state news agency that iran had warned europe that it would find other customers for its oil should the west insist on the sanctions .