The incumbent president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, has secured his second term as Afghan president, final election results in the country revealed on Tuesday. In the presidential elections that were conducted in September 2019, Ghani received 50.64% votes. In light of this, the Election Commission declared Ashraf Ghani as the president of Afghanistan. Preliminary polling results earlier had shown Ghani taking a narrow margin over his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah. However, questions have been raised on the credibility of elections held on September 28 with allegations of fraud and corruption.

Source: dna February 18, 2020 15:00 UTC