Afghan election results delayed amid fraud accusations
KABUL (Reuters) Preliminary results from Afghanistan presidential election, due to be announced on Wednesday, have been delayed, an election official said, amid accusations of fraud that threaten to split the fragile country along ethnic lines.
Afghan presidential candidate Canada Goose Parka Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (C) leaves after canada goose clearance a news conference in Kabul June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Votes from around 2,000 polling stations in the June 14 run off are to cheap canada goose uk be reviewed and recounted, said canada goose coats Sharifa Zurmati Wardak of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
The canada goose coats on sale contest pitted former foreign minister Canada Goose Coats On Sale Abdullah Abdullah against former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani.
will take nearly a week and canadian goose jacket the final result won be announced on time, Wardak told Reuters. official said the canada goose factory sale delay was intended to take account of allegations by Abdullah that his rival engaged in mass vote rigging.
Ghani aides, citing election observers, buy canada goose jacket say Canada Goose Jackets he is in the lead in canada goose black friday sale https://www.goosesale.ca the run off by one million votes. But official canada goose black friday sale figures have not been released.
The election was intended to mark the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history, a crucial step towards canada goose uk black friday stability as NATO prepares to withdraw the bulk of its troops by the end of the year. fears the standoff between Abdullah, who draws his support from the minority Tajik community, canada goose uk outlet and Ghani, a member of the Pashtun majority, could inflame long simmering ethnic tensions. The Pashtun are Afghanistan largest ethnic group and the Tajiks the second largest.
Abdullah has accused President Hamid Canada Goose Outlet Karazai, an ethnic Pashtun, of uk canada goose collusion in the alleged rigging. Last Canada Goose sale week, thousands of Abdullah supporters marched on the presidential palace.
Abdullah campaign has also released audio recordings purporting to show senior canada goose officials discussing stuffing ballot boxes. His aides say that turnout for the run off canada goose store in some Pashtun areas was three times higher uk canada goose outlet than in the first round. officials and Western diplomats who are buy canada goose jacket cheap trying to help resolve the deadlock. statement said.
Diplomats hope the delay will help the two sides to agree on the Canada Goose online appointment of new electoral officials, following cheap Canada Goose the resignation of Canada Goose Online the head of the commission secretariat over fraud claims.
After the meeting, Ghani aides denounced delays in the count.
IEC results should be announced, canada goose uk shop so that the nation can move on to the adjudication of complaints, they said in a statement.
the rules of the game, which all participants agreed to beforehand, in the middle of the process, will cause that process to have less legitimacy. People must keep their promises.
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