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Karzai still ahead in Afghan vote

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Afghanistan’s election commission has released further results from the presidential poll on August 20th, still showing the president in the lead. It said the ballots from 47.8% of polling stations had now been counted. President Hamid Karzai has gained 45.8% of the votes tallied, with his nearest rival Abdullah Abdullah at 33.2%, the independent commission said. However, more than 2,000 allegations of fraud and intimidation have been made. Marco Werman talked with Grant Kippen, the chairman of the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghanistan. >>>BBC coverage