Afghan commission attempts to remove 9 legislators after protracted debate about electoral fraud

KABUL, Afghanistan—An Afghan election commission announced Sunday that nine legislators won their seats by fraud last year and ordered them removed from parliament.

If observed, the ruling would put an end to a months-long political feud that has pit a large faction of the country's legislature against President Hamid Karzai, deepening Kabul's political paralysis.

Afghan officials have long been convinced that the results of last year's parliamentary elections were manipulated by pervasive fraud. But there has been a bitter debate over which politicians were involved in those misdeeds, and which entity should be charged with the investigation.

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Michael A. Fletcher 21 Aug, 2011

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