United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon departs after a press conference at UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) offices in Kabul on November 2, 2009. Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has decided a presidential run-off will not take place after the withdrawal of the only challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, to the incumbent Hamid Karzai, commission sources said on November 2. UPI/Hossein Fatemi

Date Taken: November 2, 2009