Recount Ordered

Electoral Complaints Commission audit the disputed ballots at Independent Elections Commission, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. Afghan President Hamid Karzai hung onto his 54 percent to 28 percent lead over his closest rival Sunday in the presidential contest as allegations of ballot stuffing and phantom polling stations have marred the Aug. 20 election, threatening Afghanistan's political stability at a time of rising Taliban violence and an increased U.S. military presence.

Ballots from about 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations must be recounted because of suspicions of fraud in last month's presidential election, according to an order from a U.N.-backed body.