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Article: Vote fraud hard to define in fledgling Afghan democracy.
- Article from:
- Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2009
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Byline: AFP
KABUL: The allegations in Afghanistan s post-election fray come thick and fast: intimidation, ballot box stuffing, suspiciously high turnout, and incredible numbers of votes for one candidate at polling stations.
Contenders hoping to unseat President Hamid Karzai are crying foul but in a nation where democracy is only five years old, decisions are traditionally made collectively and only 30 percent of people can read, fraud is never clear cut.Eoe1/4A[yen] What is fraud where we come from is not fraud here," said one Western official who asked not to be named.
Afghans have lived through civil war and have been governed by an ...