Ashraf Ghani secures second term as Afghan president: final results

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KABUL, Feb 18, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as
president of Afghanistan, according to final results of the September 28,
2019 poll released Tuesday by the country’s election commission.

“The election commission… declares Mr Ashraf Ghani, who has won 50.64
percent of the votes, as the president of Afghanistan,” election commission
chief Hawa Alam Nuristani told a press conference in Kabul.

The results had been delayed for nearly five months after allegations of
vote-rigging from Ghani’s main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, forced a recount.