MOSCOW. Jan 10 (Interfax) - The decision to postpone the presidential election in Afghanistan was made due to pressure from the United States, which wants the vote to go "according to its patterns," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The decision to postpone the election was apparently made under the influence of the U.S., which needs more time to prepare to conduct the upcoming vote according to its patterns and plan the peace process in the IRA according to its own scenario," the ministry said in a statement available on its website.