Afghanistan: UN-Backed Fraud Panel Member Resigns - AP

KABUL (AP) -- A member of a U.N.-backed panel set up to investigate fraud complaints in Afghanistan's election resigned Monday, blaming what he called ''the interference of foreigners'' in a vote already mired in controversy.

Maulavi Mustafa Barakzia was one of the only two Afghans on the Electoral Complaints Commission. He alleged Monday that the three foreigners on the panel -- one American, one Canadian and one Dutch -- were ''making all decisions on their own'' without consultation.
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