Preliminary results from Afghanistan’s presidential elections have been delayed for nearly a month, officials announced Sunday, a lengthy postponement likely to stoke political uncertainty and allegations of fraud.
Afghans went to the polls for a first-round vote on September 28, and initial results were supposed to have been released October 19.
But more than a week after saying the Independent Election Commission would miss that deadline, commission chairwoman Hawa Alam Nuristani said the results now would not be released until November 14.
“We have already apologised for missing the date, but this doesn’t mean failure,” Nuristani told reporters.
“This (election)
