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Published: 20 October, 2009, 23:10

Workers of the Afghan Election Commission audit and recount ballots at the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) warehouse in Kabul on October 7, 2009 (AFP Photo / Shah Marai)

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The levels of corruption and mismanagement are so pervasive in the Afghan government that it will be difficult to create any sort of legitimacy, Malou Innocent of the Cato Institute on Afghanistan and Pakistan, told RT.

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