Press review | 17/09/2009

EU observers accuse Karzai of electoral fraud

Four weeks after the presidential elections in Afghanistan the country's electoral commission has presented the complete preliminary results. According to their findings incumbent Hamid Karzai obtained 54.6 percent of the vote, and thus attained the absolute majority necessary for an additional term in office. EU observers in Kabul have accused Karzai of electoral fraud. More than a quarter of all ballots could be falsified, they claim.