*KABUL – **After 5 months delay, Afghanistan Election Commission announcesFinal Results of Presidential election.*
*Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as president of Afghanistan,according to final results of the September 28, 2019 poll released Tuesdayby the country’s election commission.*
“The election commission… declares Mr Ashraf Ghani, who has won 50.64percent of the votes, as the president of Afghanistan,” election commissionchief Hawa Alam Nuristani told a press conference in Kabul.
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The results had been delayed for nearly five months after allegations ofvote-rigging from Ghani’s main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, forced a recount.- APP / AFP
