Afghan recount to cover 10% of polling stations
The announcement means that enough votes are likely to be subjected to the fraud investigation to potentially alter the outcome, prolonging uncertainty over the result for weeks or months.
Main opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah said that if a result is delayed into next year, he would favour a transitional government led by neither himself nor President Hamid Karzai. Abdullah said he was in discussions with Western officials about Afghanistan’s political future, but he was not involved in talks about forming a coalition with Karzai to end the stand-off.
