Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has won 50.6 per cent of a preliminary vote count after the September election
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani was on track to win a second term after election officials announced he had scored aBut despite Mr Ghani's apparent clean win, the fallout from the bitterly contested 28 September election looked set to continue, with top rival Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah saying he would contest the result.
Candidates now have the right to file any complaints they may have before final results are announced, probably within a few weeks. Preliminary results were originally due 19 October but were repeatedly delayed amid technical issues and
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