Afghanistan's election body has ordered a partial recount of votes from seven of the country's 34 provinces on suspicion of fraud. An official said, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) may also push for the recount of ballots in other provinces after the September 18 ballot, which was hit by widespread allegations of fraud. A commissioner of IEC, Zekriya Barakzai said, he has obtained evidences which show that the results were suspicious and ordered a recount in the provinces of Kunduz, Balkh, Takhar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Logar and Khost. Mr Barakzai said the commission had also declared invalid all votes cast in five polling stations in eastern Khost province. The election passed off relatively smoothly despite a Taliban threat to disrupt the poll, although hundreds of polling centres were unable to open because of poor security. Mr Barakzai said, the final results, originally set to be declared on October 30, may face more delays because of the recount. Results of the election are being closely watched in Washington ahead of US president Barack Obama's planned war strategy review in December, which is expected to examine the pace and scale of US troop withdrawals after nine years of war.