Abdullah leads in first official results of Afghan vote

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By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - Former opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah led on Sunday after the first official results from Afghanistan's presidential election, but recorded incidents of serious fraud exceed figures for 2009, when over a million suspect votes were thrown out. Initial results based on 10 percent of the vote from 26 out of 34 provinces showed Abdullah in the lead with 41.9 percent, the Independent Election Commission said, while Western-leaning academic Ashraf Ghani came second with 37.6 percent. A third candidate, running with the backing of two of President Hamid Karzai's brothers, trailed far behind with 9.8 percent. "I want to make clear that the results could change in future, as we announce the results with additional percentages of the vote and this is not the final result," said the chairman of the election commission, Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani.




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