ASIA-PACIFIC A UN-backed electoral watchdog on Monday ordered Afghan officials to discard hundreds of thousands of ballot papers from August’s presidential poll due to fraud, denying Hamid Karzai, the president, outright victory in the tainted vote.
The findings of the UN-led Electoral Complaints Commission will fuel the confrontation between Mr Karzai, who is adamant he won the August 20 vote, and western powers embarrassed by evidence of extensive vote rigging.
