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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 16 > Huge recount ordered in Afghanistan election

Huge recount ordered in Afghanistan election

By Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Sangar Rahimi / The Bulletin
September 16, 2009

KABUL — One out of every seven ballots in last month’s Afghan presidential elections — and possibly many more — will be examined as part of a huge recount and fraud audit that may force the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, into a runoff, election officials said Tuesday.

A U.N.-backed commission serving....

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