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UN: Evidence of Fraud Mounts in Afghan Election

HeadlineSep 08, 2009

In other Afghan news, the UN-backed commission charged with investigating Afghanistan’s presidential election said that it has found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud” in the results. The commission ordered a recount of ballots from questionable polling stations. Supporters of President Hamid Karzai have been accused of setting up hundreds of fictitious polling sites where no one voted but where hundreds of thousands of ballots were still recorded toward the president’s re-election.

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