KABUL, Afghanistan — Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai conceded Tuesday that he fell short of a first-round victory in the nation’s disputed presidential election, and agreed to hold a runoff election with his top challenger on Nov. 7. Flanked at a news conference in Kabul by Senator John Kerry, the head of the [...]
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One in ten ballots from Afghanistan’s fraud-ridden presidential ballot are to be recounted after election officials spoke in damning terms yesterday of “state-sponsored” vote rigging, police intimidation and phantom polling stations. The recount increases the chances of the election going into a second round if President Karzai’s lead – 54.3 per cent with nearly all [...]
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