EU urges wider fraud probe in Afghan elections

By Amir Shah

Published July 3, 2014 6:33pm ET

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EU urges wider fraud probe in Afghan elections — Smoke rises from the Kabul airport after an attack in Afghanistan, Thursday, July 3, 2014. An Afghan official says militants fired two rockets into the military side of the Kabul airport, striking President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it sat on the tarmac. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) | (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union called on Thursday for a more extensive investigation into allegations of irregularities in Afghanistan’s presidential election, citing “highly worrying indications of potentially widespread fraud.”

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