Afghan audit ends but poll puzzle still unsolved

KABUL, Sept 5 (AFP): A UN-supervised audit of votes cast in Afghanistan's disputed election was completed Friday, officials said, but the results will not be known for days as the contentious process of invalidating fraudulent ballots continues.
Both presidential candidates claim to have won the June 14 election, triggering a political stalemate and rising ethnic tension as US-led NATO combat troops withdraw after 13 years of fighting the Taliban.
The United Nations has said the audit results should be finalised by September 10, with the delayed inauguration of President Hamid Karzai's successor scheduled to be held soon after.