KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's campaign chief claimed a single-round victory Friday in the country's presidential election, saying Karzai had secured the outright majority needed to avoid a run-off in October.

"Initial results show that the president has got a majority," Deen Mohammad told Reuters, although he said it was the duty of the election commission to announce the official results. "We will not got to a second round. We have got a majority."

(Reporting by Sayed Salahuddin; writing by Peter Graff; editing by David Fox)