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Officials said the turnout was more than eight million in the June 14 vote out of an estimated electorate of 13.5 million voters -- far higher than expected, and a figure likely to fuel weeks of arguments about fraud from both sides.
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The next president will lead Afghanistan at a pivotal time as US-led troops end their 13-year war against Taliban insurgents and the fragile economy struggles with declining international aid.
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"We can not deny fraud and violations in the process," Independent Election Commission (IEC) head Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani told reporters. "In some cases some security forces were involved, in other cases senior government officials like the governors or lower-level officials were involved."
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Nuristani emphasised that the results would now be subject to auditing and adjudication of complaints, before the official result released on about July 24.
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"The preliminary result in no way means the announcement of the winner of the election," he said. "After addressing all the complaints, the objections and the inspections, a change in the result is possible."
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