KABUL) on Wednesday said the audit and recount of votes had been stopped in all provinces in response to candidate complaints.
As a result of the halt to the recount and audit of ballots, the poll panel said, the announcement of preliminary election results had been further delayed.
On November 9, the IEC started the audit and recount of votes from 8,255 of the 26,580 polling stations to sift fraudulent votes from valid ones -- a move opposed by some candidates including Dr. Abdullah Abdullah . . .
