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| Ballots from 10% of polling stations in Afghanistan need to be recounted because of indications of fraud, a top election official says. | Ballots from 10% of polling stations in Afghanistan need to be recounted because of indications of fraud, a top election official says. |
| About 2,500 polling stations across the country were affected, Grant Kippen of the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said. | |
| His comments come amid reports of serious tensions within the UN mission over the issue of electoral fraud. | His comments come amid reports of serious tensions within the UN mission over the issue of electoral fraud. |
| A substantive vote recount could force President Hamid Karzai into a run-off. | A substantive vote recount could force President Hamid Karzai into a run-off. |
| With 95% of the vote counted, Mr Karzai had a 54% share, electoral officials said on Saturday. | With 95% of the vote counted, Mr Karzai had a 54% share, electoral officials said on Saturday. |
| But if fraud investigations cause this figure to drop below 50%, he and closest challenger Abdullah Abdullah, who has 28% of the vote, may have to go to a second-round vote. | But if fraud investigations cause this figure to drop below 50%, he and closest challenger Abdullah Abdullah, who has 28% of the vote, may have to go to a second-round vote. |
| Afghanistan's second direct presidential election on 20 August was marred by widespread claims of vote-rigging and intimidation. | |
| The ECC last week ordered Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission to identify stations reporting 100% turn-out or where one candidate received more than 95% of the vote in order for recounts to be carried out. | |
| "About 2,500 plus polling stations are affected by the order and all provinces are affected," ECC Chairman Grant Kippen told AFP news agency. |