Afghans count votes, al Qaeda rejects poll "farce"

KABUL (Reuters) - Counting of ballots from Afghanistan's landmark legislative elections began slowly on Tuesday after international observers praised the vote and al Qaeda's number two condemned it as a farce. 

The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan warned that more fighting could be expected in the weeks ahead despite the Taliban's failure to derail Sunday's vote for a national assembly and provincial councils.