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Afghanistan's Ashraf Ghani leads in early vote count | |
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Former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani is leading the race to replace Hamid Karzai as president, according to preliminary results. | |
Mr Ghani won 56.44% of votes cast in the 14 June second round, the election commission said. | |
His opponent Abdullah Abdullah had 43.56%, the commission said. | |
Dr Abdullah led after the first round and has alleged widespread fraud in the run-off. Votes are being re-checked at thousands of polling stations. | |
The vote comes during a critical year for Afghanistan. Most foreign troops are due to withdraw by the end of 2014. | |
Dr Abdullah pulled out of Afghanistan's 2009 presidential election which was also marred by claims of mass fraud. |