Losing Afghanistan Presidential Candidate Refuses To Accept Results

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An Afghan presidential candidate today made veiled threats of civil war as he claimed election results had been distorted by voter fraud.
Abdullah Abdullah told thousands of supporters at a rally in Kabul he had been called by both Barack Obama and John Kerry after he refused to accept the preliminary results.
Although he asked supporters for a few days to negotiate, there were fears that Mr Abdullah could ignore the result and declare victory, something he hinted at during his speech.
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But officials added that no winner could be declared because millions of ballots were being audited for fraud.
Preliminary results showed that Mr Ahmadzai had about 4.5million votes, or 56 per cent, while Mr Abdullah had 3.5million votes, or 44 per cent, according to the commission. Turnout was more than 50 per cent.
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Mr Abdullah told them: 'We denounce and do not accept the results of fraudulent vote. I assure you people of Afghanistan that I will sacrifice for you, but I will never accept a fraudulent government.
'We announce that only the government elected through clean votes will come to power.'
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said during a visit to Tokyo that any action to seize power illegally in Afghanistan would lead to the end of U.S. financial and security support.
Kerry said suggestions of a 'parallel government' in Afghanistan were a grave concern and added that he expected Afghan electoral institutions to conduct a full review of all reasonable allegations of irregularities.
He said there was no justification for violence or threats of extralegal action.

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Afghanistan election crisis: Presidential candidate refuses to accept result, claiming the vote was rigged
Abdullah Abdullah told supporters he had been called by Obama and Kerry
There are fears that he may ignore the result and declare victory
Preliminary results put him 11 percentage points behind his rival
But the electoral commission has admitted it's auditing votes for fraud
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 08:19 EST, 8 July 2014 | UPDATED: 08:21 EST, 8 July 2014