Us Monitors: Afghan Turnout Numbers Too High (ap)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens during an election day news conference in Kabul in this August 20, 2009 file photo. Karzai defended last month's election as honest on Wednesday, a day after returns showed him on course to win in a single round but a UN-backed panel also ordered a partial recount over fraud. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesAP – A U.S. monitoring group said Thursday that “large numbers of polling stations” had more than 100 percent turnout in Afghanistan’s election, the latest black mark against a vote increasingly tainted by reports of fraud.

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