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Afghan election results heavily scrutinized.


"We think that about 15 percent of the polling sites never opened on Election Day. But they still managed to report thousands of ballots for Karzai."

An unnamed senior Western diplomat is one among many who believe the recent election in Afghanistan was rigged to favor the current President.

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Title Annotation:QuickQuotes
Author:McManus, John F.
Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:9AFGH
Date:Oct 12, 2009
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