Complaints of Afghan election fraud flood in

AFGHANISTAN’S Electoral Complaints Commission has received more than 2,000 complaints of fraud or abuse in last week’s disputed presidential election, with 270 now listed as serious enough to affect the result, it said yesterday.

More than a week after the election, Afghanistan remains in a state of political limbo, with authorities having published results from just 17% of polling stations, giving inconclusive figures.

President Hamid Karzai’s main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, has complained about fraud and said he would not accept the result if large-scale abuse was found to have played a decisive role.