Sunday, July 6, 2014

Afghanistan Election Results To Be Released On Monday

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a news conference in Kabul, July 6, 2014.

Afghan Presidential Candidate Says No To Partial Results -- Voice of America

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah says he will not accept preliminary results that are due to be released Monday.

Abdullah told reporters in Kabul he will only accept the result when what he called "clean votes are separated from unclean votes" and all fraud allegations are resolved.

The release of preliminary results from the June 14 runoff between Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani were due last week, but instead postponed until July 7 after the Independent Election Commission said it needed to audit votes from nearly 2,000 polling stations.

Abdullah alleges mass fraud has been committed during the runoff vote that pitted him against former finance minister Ghani.

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Update: Afghan election candidates clash on eve of results -- AFP

My Comment: The last thing that Afghanistan needs right now is political chaos .... but it looks like political chaos is the result. From a Canadian source that I trust and who is in Afghanistan right now .... he tells me that the overwhelming sentiment on the streets in Kandahar is that the vote was fixed.

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