Abdullah Threatens to Withdraw from Afghan Presidential Vote Audit

An Afghan election commission worker sorts ballots for an audit of the presidential run-off at an election commission office in Kabul, Aug. 25, 2014.

An Afghan election worker carries a box of presidential run-off ballots for the audit process at an election commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2014.

Auditors are in their final stages of examining the eight million votes cast during the June 14 run-off between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, Kabul, Aug. 25, 2014.

Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai said in a statement that the inauguration ceremony for the next country's president will be held on September 2, 2014 and it is not subject to change.

Afghan election commission workers sort ballots for an audit of the presidential run-off, in Kabul, Aug. 25, 2014.