Afghanistan's election watchdog has disqualified 19 candidates who stood in the September poll for alleged fraud.
Seven of them are current members of the 249-seat parliament.
The disqualifications were announced after the UN-backed Election Complaints Commission found most of their votes were fraudulent.
It is the latest setback to the vote, which has been surrounded by allegations of corruption and rigging. A final result has yet to be declared.
The parliamentary vote was seen as a key test for the country, a year after the re-election of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was overshadowed by fraud.
Turnout was around 40% in Afghanistan's second parliamentary election since the 2001 US-led invasion.
One Afghan official told Reuters news agency the disqualified candidates would not be able to appeal.
Some cases are to be referred to the Attorney General.
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