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He says additional verification of voter lists also requires more time.<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary elections were fraught with delays after the few staff trained on the biometric system did not show up at the polling booths and countless registered voters could not find their names on voter lists. Scores of challenges to the parliamentary election results have surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>No new date for presidential polls has been set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s election commission says the presidential vote scheduled for April will be postponed for several months to allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October&#8217;s parliamentary 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