Afghan vote fraud widespread.

EU election observers have said that about 1.5 million votes cast in Afghanistan's elections last month could be fraudulent - almost a third of ballots cast.
The deputy head of the EU Election Observation Mission to Afghanistan, Dimitra Ioannou, told reporters on Wednesday that 1.1 million votes cast for the incumbent Hamid Karzai were suspicious.
Ioannou said there had also been 300,000 questionable votes for his main rival Abdullah Abdullah, with the rest of the suspicious votes cast for other candidates.
EU observers did not give an estimated figure for turnout, but Al Jazeera correspondent James Bays reports that total voter turn out according to the Election Commission is believed to be around 5.5 million.
The total registered electorate was 17 million.
Second round?
General Philippe Morillon, the EU Chief Election Observer, told Al Jazeera that what was needed now was an investigation and a decision as to how to proceed.
"Over a million votes are suspect and must be investigated .... the decision as to whether there will be a first round or second round election victory is in the hands of the Election Complaints Committee," Morillon said.
Karzai was leading an incomplete count with 54.3 percent, ahead of his main rival Abdullah on 28.1 per cent. But if fraud is confirmed, then any result less than 50 percent would trigger a second round run-off.
Electoral officials have already warned that hundreds of thousands of votes could be quarantined for investigations, which could take two to three weeks, delaying the announcement of the victor.