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Afghans express relief at election deal

By JOHN DANISZEWSKIRAHIM FAIEZ
Published July 13, 2014 6:04pm ET
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Afghans express relief at election deal
Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani, chairman of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), center, speaks during a joint press conference as Jan Kubis, United Nation representative for Afghanistan, left, and Abdul Satar Saadat, chief of Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission, listen at the IEC office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Welcoming an agreement between the two top candidates brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the United Nations, Afghanistan's election commission hopes to finish an audit of 23,000 polling stations within three weeks. (AP photo/Rahmat Gul) | Rahmat Gul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Amid relief that a dangerous rift in the country’s troubled democracy has been averted, Afghan officials praised a deal between presidential contenders brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and said Sunday they hope to finish a full ballot audit within weeks.

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