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Recounts ordered in Afghan election

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Download MP3Latest results from Afghanistan’s presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared. The results push President Karzai past the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off with rival Abdullah Abdullah. But the figures were thrown into doubt by the UN-backed election complaints commission ordering a number of recounts and audits of votes. It warned that it had found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud”. New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins has been writing about the fraud allegations.

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