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Delay in Final Results Declaration Worries Afghan National Security Council
Oct 6 2009, Ikramuddin Bahram

Afghan government revealed that the delay in the declaration of August 20 Presidential Elections is costing the country a heavy price in terms of decline in national income and increase in crimes in the country.
The preliminary results of August 20.

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