(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Preliminary results from Afghanistan's presidential election, due to be announced yesterday have been delayed, the head of the election commission said, amid accusations of fraud that threaten to split the fragile country along ethnic lines
Votes from around 2,000 polling stations in the June 14 run-off are to be reviewed and recounted, Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said
The contest pitted former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah against former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani
"Due to the review and recounting of votes from 1,930 polling stations in 30 provinces, the election commission has delayed the announcement of the preliminary result till next Monday to further assure transparency," Nuristani said
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