AFGHAN CANDIDATE ABDULLAH ABDULLAH 'MAY BOYCOTT' VOTE AUDIT

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has withdrawn observers from an audit of votes in the disputed election, citing concerns over fraud.

His  spokesman said they will not join the process today, and maybe we will not re-join the process at all.

Both Mr Abdullah and his rival Ashraf Ghani have claimed victory and both have alleged widespread fraud.
The UN-supervised audit to find a successor to Hamid Karzai began a month ago and could take weeks to complete.
The two candidates have agreed to form a government of national unity but have so far failed to reach a deal.
Mr Abdullah was the frontrunner in the first round in April but did not secure an outright majority.
Preliminary results after a second round in June put Mr Ghani ahead.
Mr Abdullah's team is now demanding that hundreds of thousands of what they call fraudulent ballots should be thrown out.
Some of his supporters have threatened to stage major street protests, and the BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says it feels a very dangerous moment in Afghanistan.
The Abdullah team said they would boycott the audit when it moved into its final stage this week, and only a few ballot boxes were thrown out.
UN officials held late night meetings with both teams to keep the process going - and it is clear that the audit will go on, with or without Mr Abdullah's observers, our correspondent says.