Ghani wins Afghan polls

Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as president of Afghanistan, according to final results of the September 28, 2019 poll released yesterday by the country's election commission. Ashraf Ghani won 50.64 percent of the votes, 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, Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, forced a recount. Earlier this week, Abdullah's team said they would not accept fraudulent results.