Afghan president Hamid Karzai holds up his inked-stained finger after voting in the presidential election in Kabul on 20 August. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersAudit Pushes Karzai Below 50 Percent in Afghan Vote -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s political crisis deepened on Monday, with President Hamid Karzai hesitating to accept an international audit that stripped him of nearly a million votes, requiring a runoff with his top challenger.
A panel of United Nations-appointed experts issued findings for the first time on Monday showing that the fraud was so pervasive that Mr. Karzai had not won the Aug. 20 election outright, according to foreign and Afghan officials in the capital, Kabul.
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More News On the Afghan Fraud Panel's Ruling On The Afghanistan Election
Hamid Karzai refuses to accept being stripped of Afghanistan election win -- The Telegraph
Nearly a third of Afghan president's votes voided -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghan poll picture darkens with run-off looming -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Fraud Panel Throws Out Votes in Afghan Election -- Voice of America
Many Afghan Ballot Boxes Voided, Setting Stage for Runoff -- Wall Street Journal
Leaders urge Karzai to accept fraud report on Afghanistan election -- The Guardian
Afghan Panel Scraps Votes, Making Karzai Win Unsure -- Bloomberg
Sacked US diplomat says Afghan fraud even worse -- AFP