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U.N. Invalidates Thousands of Karzai Ballots

By | 10.19.09 | 1:31 pm

Somewhere, Peter Galbraith is rolling his eyes. Suspected over the weekend, but made official now: the Afghan election commission, which is backed by the United Nations, has thrown out thousands of ballots due to fraud complaints.

After nearly two months of investigations, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) – controlled

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