UK says Afghan vote not free and fair
Britain won’t accept any cover up in investigations of electoral fraud allegations in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday. Miliband said the country’s Aug. 20 vote wasn’t free and fair, but insisted the United Nations-backed Electoral Complaints Commission was proving effective in dealing with complaints of vote rigging. He…
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