By Golnar Motevalli KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s election rival, Abdullah Abdullah, will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week’s disputed run-off vote, as Western diplomatic sources said he was leaning toward pulling out.

Abdullah canceled a planned trip to India on Saturday, just before a deadline he had given Karzai to sack Afghanistan’s top election official was to expire.

Afghanistan has been racked by weeks of political uncertainty after widespread fraud marred the first round, with security a major concern after a resurgent Taliban vowed to disrupt the November 7 run-off.

With Afghanistan’s political future hanging in the balance, U.S. President Barack Obama is also weighing whether to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Obama met U.S. military leaders in Washington on Friday as part of a strategy review.

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