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Presidential candidate Abdullah claims victory in Afghan election blaming fraud

8 July 2014, 13:32 -- Former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan and presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah claimed victory on Tuesday in Afghanistan's disputed election. He was blaming fraud for putting him behind his main election rival Ashraf Ghani in preliminary results.

'We will not accept a fraudulent result, not today, not tomorrow, never,' Abdullah told thousands of supporters gathered in Afghan capital.

The presidential election controversy has raised fears of public unrest and a return to the conflict between warlords.

Nevetheless, Abdullah believes that his compatriots should remaine unified as Afghanistan faces a difficult transfer of power after President Hamid Karzai's 13-year presidency, as well as 50,000 American troops withdrawal.

'We don't want partition of Afghanistan, we want to preserve national unity and the dignity of Afghanistan,' he said. 'We don't want civil war, we don't want a crisis. We want stability, national unity, not division,' AFP reports.

US to cut off aid to Afghanistan, if illegal power seizure takes place - John Kerry

The US may terminate the financial and security support to Afghanistan, if any of the presidential candidates will try to seize power in the country illegally, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement.

A former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai won the elections according to preliminary data and collected 56.44 percent of the vote, the Independent Election Commission announced on July 7.

Nevertheless, his rival, former head of the Afghan Foreign Ministry, Abdullah Abdullah refused to recognize the results, pointing out to numerous violations during the elections, and warned that the country will create a 'parallel government'.

'Any action to take power by extra-legal means will cost Afghanistan the financial and security support of the United States and the international community, ' Kerry said, according to TASS.

Source: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_07_08/ Presidential-candidate-Abdullah-claims- victory-in-Afghan-election-blaming-fraud-8613/