Afghan Presidential Candidate Abdullah Rejects The Presidential Vote Audit

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (center) speaks during celebrations to commemorate Afghanistan's 95th anniversary of independence as he is flanked by presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (right) and Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on August 19.

Afghanistan's Abdullah Rejects Vote Result -- Al Jazeera

Hopes of solution to political crisis fade as Abdullah Abdullah insists he won presidential poll he says was rigged.

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has insisted that he won the country's disputed election, dimming hopes that a UN-supervised audit of votes could soon end the prolonged political crisis.

Abdullah repeated claims on Monday that massive ballot-rigging had denied him victory over his rival Ashraf Ghani in the race to lead Afghanistan as US-led NATO troops withdraw from their long war against the Taliban.

The bitter stalemate over alleged fraud in the June 14 vote has raised fears of renewed ethnic violence as the 13-year international military and civilian development effort winds down.

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My Comment: I have two friends who work (through the U.N.) in Afghanistan .... and they witnessed the election. They told me ... to put it bluntly .... in the Pashtun regions of the country wide spread was the rule and not the exception. This is an ominous development for Afghanistan .... the Kabul government has enough problems in Afghanistan on legitimacy .... this crisis has the potential to kill it.

Update: Even President Obama could not work his "magic" .... Obama intervention fails to break political deadlock in Afghanistan (Washington Post).