Karzai leading Afghan vote with 54 percent (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 09/16/2009 - 2:05pm

An Afghan traffic police officer manages a crossing under Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai's election poster, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.<br /><br />Afghanistan's election commission released preliminary vote totals Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent of the vote in the first full results to be released since the country's Aug. 20 election.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - Afghan officials issued full preliminary results Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote in last month's election, a result that could be annulled by mounting fraud allegations.

European Union election monitors say fraud is indicated in more than a quarter of the 5.6 million votes counted.




 

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