KABUL - Over the past days, the United Nations and I have endured repeated attacks in the media. The accusations range from being partial in this election process to ordering my staff to conceal fraud by allegedly asking them to suppress reports. دری

My silence is now being exploited, to a point where these allegations are impeding the ongoing election process. This is unacceptable. I have been motivated by my determination to make every effort to bring the election process to a conclusion.

An audit of suspicious ballot boxes, which is being undertaken by the Independent Election Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission, in the presence of monitors and representatives of candidates, is nearing its end. We need to allow both these bodies, which were created under the laws of this country, to conclude their investigations, identify fraud, and deliver a credible result in the next few days.

The accusations that the United Nations has covered up or that I asked for fraud to be covered up are patently false. I intend to deal openly with all these allegations against the UN and myself relating to fraud and bias at the appropriate time. The UN in Afghanistan is clearly mandated by Security Council Resolution 1868 (2009) to support the electoral process but not to interfere in it. This has been, and remains, the basis of all my efforts.