UN: Afghan election audit done around Sept. 10

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UN: Afghan election audit done around Sept. 10
By REBECCA SANTANA
Associated Press
Aug 28, 2:09 PM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A massive audit of Afghanistan's disputed presidential election won't be done until around Sept. 10, the U.N. said Thursday, quashing hopes the new president would be determined before an upcoming NATO summit.

The U.N. has been helping supervise an audit of eight million ballots to see who will succeed President Hamid Karzai, with the goal that the new president would be inaugurated by the end of August. But the audit has become increasingly contentious, which has slowed down the process.

The announcement by the U.N.'s representative in Afghanistan, Jan Kubis, came after a meeting with Karzai.

The U.N. said in a statement that Kubis told Karzai: "....a rigorous and credible audit required time, but could be completed around 10 September. Following all necessary steps, as required by law, the inauguration of the new President should then be possible soon after."