Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Thursday announced that all votes cast in Kabul in the country's Oct.20 parliamentary elections were invalid due to the widespread charges of irregularities and fraud recorded in the voting. At least 18 people were killed and 67 injured by a series of bomb attacks close to polling stations in Kabul during the October 20 vote. “There were serious outstanding problems in Kabul that could hurt the fairness, transparency and inclusiveness of the election,” Ali Reza Rohani, a spokesman for the Electoral Complaints Commission, said on Thursday.
Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission declares all votes cast in Kabul Province to be invalid due to voter fraud and other cases of mismanagement.