Initial Afghan Presidential Election Results Posted

Afghan presidential candidate and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah speaks during an interview in Kabul April 9, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail

Abdullah Leads In First Official Results From Afghan Vote -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Initial election results put Afghan opposition figure Abdullah Abdullah in the lead on Sunday, but with less than 10 percent of votes counted and widespread allegations of fraud, there was no clear indication of who would succeed Hamid Karzai.

Results based on 10 percent of votes from 26 out of 34 provinces showed Abdullah with 41.9 percent and Western-leaning academic Ashraf Ghani second with 37.6 percent. A third candidate, Zalmay Rassoul, backed by two of Karzai's brothers, trailed far behind with 9.8 percent.

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More News On The Preliminary Results From Afghanistan's Elections

Partial Afghan Election Results Show Runoff Likely -- New York Times
Partial results show tight race in Afghan election -- AP
Afghanistan's Abdullah leads in vote count -- Al Jazeera
Abdullah takes early lead in Afghan presidential election -- Washington Post
Former Afghan foreign minister leads early vote count in presidential election -- CNN
Partial Afghan Election Results Put Abdullah Abdullah in Lead -- Voice of America
Partial results show tight race in Afghanistan election -- FOX News
Early results show a two-man race in Afghan presidential election -- Stars and Stripes
Complaints of serious fraud in Afghan election exceed total in 2009 -- Reuters
Nearly 1,900 complaints of fraud investigated in Afghan election, lower than last vote -- AP