Afghan election complaints watchdog warns of fraud


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014

A worker of the Independent Election Commission transfers ballot box and electoral materials to an Election Commission office, in Herat province, April 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's presidential election last Saturday may have suffered a significant degree of fraud, the country's election complaints commission said, warning that all votes cast irregularly would be thrown out.

The final result is not expected for weeks as ballot boxes have to be returned to Kabul from distant corners of the insurgency-racked country, with some carried down from the mountains by mule.

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