The mass disqualification of votes comes as officials in Kabul continue to release behind schedule,partial and preliminary results of the August 20 election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

With just days to go before all preliminary vote totals are to be released, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office is applauding the Independent Election Commission "for its efforts in pursuing the process in an impartial and faithful national spirit."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09