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Afghan official: election results might be delayed

By RAHIM FAIEZAMIR SHAH
Published July 1, 2014 9:55pm ET
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Afghan official: election results might be delayed
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah greets supporters at an election campaign rally in Ghor province, Afghanistan. The planned release of preliminary results from the runoff vote in Afghanistan's presidential election will probably be postponed, a spokesman said Tuesday, a move that comes as officials struggle to resolve an impasse over fraud allegations. Abdullah Abdullah, one of the two candidates vying to replace President Hamid Karzai, has warned he would boycott the results as he claims that supporters of his rival Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai engineered fraud in the June 14 balloting. (AP Photo/Omar Sobhani, Pool, File) | Omar Sobhani

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The planned release of preliminary results from the runoff vote in Afghanistan’s presidential election will probably be postponed, a spokesman said Tuesday, a move that comes as officials struggle to resolve an impasse over fraud allegations.

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