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Fraud claims mar Afghan election count

By Lindsey Hilsum

Updated on 16 September 2009

EU officials monitoring the elections in Afghanistan say a quarter of all votes cast could have been fraudulent. Lindsey Hilsum reports

Harmid Karzai (credit: Getty images)

As Afghan voting figures from last month's presidential elections show the incumbent Hamid Karzai winning a majority, claims of fraud continue to bedevil his administration.
 
Questions over the legitimacy of the election results led to a senior official at the UN mission in Afghanistan leaving the country after a row.
 
International editor Lindsey Hilsum has the details.

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