Afghan presidential candidate boycotts recounting process

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has unilaterally withdrawn his team’s election observers from an official recount of ballots ahead of long-delayed election results.
Abdullah says Sunday the results will have no legitimacy if his team’s observers are not present during the recount by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission.
Abdullah is a partner in the country’s unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani, his lea