Reports Of Fraud and Violance In Afghan Polling

Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm

WASHINGTON: Reports of fraud and intimidation in Afghanistan’s presidential election continued to mount Saturday, with anecdotal, but widespread accounts of ballot-box stuffing, a lack of impartiality among election workers and voters casting ballots for others.

Director Jandad Spinger, Foundation for free and transparent elections in Afghanistan said that over 7000 observers of his group told that the ballot boxes were already stuffed, while bogus voting and other irregularities continued.

US newspaper said that European groups have also pointed out many discrepancies, while in several provinces the polling stations remained shut fearing violence.

Karzai government has denied any sort of fraud committed in the elections.