Afghan presidential election outcome remains in limbo as results are delayed

KABUL — Afghanistan’s election commission said it will miss the Saturday deadline for announcing initial results from the country’s presidential election last month.

Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, apologized for the commission’s failure to announce the results on time.

“Regrettably, the commission, due to technical issues and for the sake of transparency, could not announce the presidential election initial poll results,” she said.