Afghanistan's Presidential Candidate Abdullah Calls On Election Officials To Halt The Count Amid Claims Of Massive Fraud

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah holds up his ink-stained finger as he casts his vote at a polling station in Kabul June 14, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Ahmad Masood

Afghan President Hopeful Abdullah Abdullah Cries Foul -- BBC

Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah has demanded an immediate halt to vote-counting over allegations of widespread fraud.

Ballot boxes had been stuffed and the whole system was working to benefit his rival Ashraf Ghani, Dr Abdullah said.

He said he had lost trust in election officials, adding: "We have asked our monitors to leave their offices."

A run-off vote to choose who replaces Hamid Karzai was held on Saturday. Final results are due in July.

Dr Abdullah won most votes in the first round in April, but did not secure an outright majority.

There was no immediate comment from Mr Ghani, a former World Bank economist.

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