Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah addresses a news conference in Kabul June 15, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday his opponent's apparent million-vote lead in the second round of national elections at the weekend was due to massive fraud.
Observers fear allegations of fraud on both sides could lead to a lengthy and paralysing struggle for power along ethnic lines, threatening to derail attempts to transfer power democratically for the first time in Afghanistan's history.
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