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India welcomes Afghan results, cautious about challenges to Ghani-Saleh’s victory
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- India welcomed the preliminary results in the Afghanistan presidential election but stopped short of congratulating President Ashraf Ghani directly for winning a second term.
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- President Ashraf Ghani wins majority: According the Independent Election Commission (IEC) results announced on Sunday evening, Mr. Ghani had won a majority of 50.64% of the votes, with his closest rival and former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah getting 39.52% of the 1.9 million votes counted.
- India’s statement
(1) We welcome the announcement of the preliminary results of the Presidential election of Afghanistan held on September 28 and commend all the leaders and institutions for their hard work to preserve and strengthen democracy in the country
(2) India remains committed to work with the people and Government of Afghanistan, in its fight against terrorism and in its pursuit of socio-economic development.
Source
The Hindu