‘Major discrepancies’ in Afghan presidential vote

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Mon, 2019-10-07 00:34

KABUL: Biometric machines key for the validity of last week’s presidential election in Afghanistan have gone missing, officials for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Sunday.

The results sheet and all related documents from the election have arrived in Kabul. IEC officials said that the government-appointed body will verify the discrepancy between the results sheets and biometric devices in a number of provinces, which has drawn criticism from observers who consider it part of a series of irregularities that marred the vote.