KABUL: The election to choose a successor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai appeared “less fraudulent” than the scandal-tainted 2009 vote, poll officials said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), despite complaints being made against all the candidates.

More than seven million people defied bad weather and Taliban threats of violence to vote in Saturday’s first round of the election, earning praise from world leaders.

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