US Ambassador Alice Wells said on Wednesday that the United States supports the Independent Election Commission’s policy of counting only biometric votes.

She also confirmed with Afghan media that both President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah pledged to respect the independence of the Election Commission in its tallying of votes and eventual announcement of a winner.

The Independent Election Commission on Wednesday said the process of transferring voters’ information from biometric devices to the commission’s data center has been completed.

The IEC officials said that in the second phase the commission will invalidate fake votes.