Vote recount completed in 4 provinces: IEC

KABUL) on Tuesday said the vote recount and audit had been completed in four of the seven provinces.

The process of recounting would be completed in two more provinces by the end of the day, acting spokesman for IEC

Zabihullah Sadat told Pajhwok Afghan News.

The ballot recount and audit was over in Jawzjan, Panjsher, Sar-i-Pul and Takhar, he said, he hoping the process would be completed in Badakhshan and Faryab today.

On Sunday, the poll panel embarked on the vote recount and audit in seven provinces. The commission said preliminary results from the presidential election would be announced later in the week.

The recount of ballots is in progress in Jawzjan, Faryab, Badakhshan, Takhar, Baghlan, Sar-i-Pul and Panjsher.

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