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September 8, 2009

UN: Evidence of Fraud Mounts in Afghan Election
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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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