M. Ashraf Ghani declared the winner of the Afghan presidential poll, however, his rival Abdullah Abdullah along with the members of his team said at a press conference that the results are “illegal” and his team will form an “inclusive” government

Afghan IECC officials announced the result of the audit and review of the election complaints, saying that over 137 thousand “suspicious” votes are being subjected to special audit

The IECC says that the process of sorting out 16,500 complaints filed with the commission in all provinces has been completed

Filing electoral complaints process ended Wednesday night as about 15,000 complaints were filed with the IECC by electoral teams. The electoral complaints process began three days ago after the preliminary election results announced last Sunday

Following the announcement of the Afghan presidential election’s preliminary results on Sep. 28, the IECC says the electoral complaints process will begin Monday and the candidates have three days to file their complaints with the commission’s provincial office

The IEC announced that it will begin recounting votes in the seven remaining provinces by Sunday, Dec. 15, after CEO Abdullah Abdullah agreed with the process of recounting votes

The head of IEC says that 137,000 votes were biometric information, not analog ballot papers criticized by candidates. “biometric votes are credible for the IEC,” she added

Afghanistan IEC has begun recounting and auditing votes in the provinces as it demanded observers of the electoral teams and observatory bodies to monitor the process

Afghan IEC set a new date for the announcement of presidential election’s preliminary results after it was delayed due to technical problems

Independent Election Commission (IEC) declared that preliminary results delayed due to transparency in election process