Hawa Alam Nuristani
Ashraf Ghani is declared winner of Afghanistan’s presidential polls but crisis continues
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan declared president Ashraf Ghani the winner with 50.64% of the votes but his main rival Abdullah Abdullah rejected the results and said he would form his own government
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