Meet The Two Men Going Into Afghan Presidential Runoff Election

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(CNN) -- And then there were two.

One is identified with the ethnic Tajik group from northern Afghanistan and is a former foreign minister who later became a critic of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The other is close to the president and belongs to his Pashtun ethnic group.

Both are technocrats who campaigned on a message of change.

And each hopes to lead their turbulent nation into a brighter future.

Preliminary results from Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections show former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah getting the most votes -- but not the majority needed to avoid a runoff with Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.

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