The head of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission and his number two have stepped down, the government said Wednesday, amid international pressure following last year's fraud-tainted vote.
"The tenure of the president of the election commission, Dr Azizullah Ludin, has come to an end," President Hamid Karzai's spokesman Waheed Omer told a news conference in Kabul.
"Yesterday (Tuesday) he told the president that he did not want to continue in the position any more. It was accepted by the president.
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"(Chief electoral officer) Daoud Ali Najafi also resigned. His resignation was accepted and a new figure will be appointed," the spokesman said.
