General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the leader of Junbish-e Millie Party and First Vice President of the Government of National Unity endorsed Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s stance after the announcement of final election results.

Manawi wrote on his Twitter that the election commissions officials have been banned by Dr Abdullah Abdullah to respond to the betrayal they have committed.

The Taliban group strongly reacted to re-election of Ashraf Ghani as the President of Afghanistan, calling the election process as ‘fake and unlawful’.

Rahmatullah Nabil, an Afghan presidential candidate who stands in the 4th position securing 1.86% votes, following the announcement of the final election results by the IEC, said today was the day for the death of democracy in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s incumbent chief executive Abdullah Abdullah says that based on the clean votes, he is the winner.

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Monday it would announce the long-delayed final presidential poll results in three-to-four days.

Afghanistan’s incumbent president, Ashraf Ghani, won a slim majority of votes in September’s election, according to preliminary results, after a poll that plunged the country into political crisis and was marred by allegations of fraud.

Afghanistan’s former chief of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) Mohammad Yousuf Nuristani has convicted of public budget theft and federal welfare fraud by a court in the United States.

In the wake of ongoing anti-fraud demonstrations, a large number of supporters of top electoral teams have staged marches on the streets of western Herat province, calling on the Independent Election Commission to nullify the 300, 000 votes, which they claimed are not transparent.

Officials in the Independent Election Commission (IEC) say around 12,650 of its staffs have been introduced to the Independent Election Compliant Commission (IECC).

Thousands of Supporters of Stability and Convergence electoral ticket led by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah gathered in Kabul on Friday to protest over the recount of votes in the presidential election held on September 28.

The result of the Afghan presidential election may be further delayed, two officials said, after the main challenger to incumbent Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday he would not agree to the addition of hundreds of thousands of what he called suspicious votes to a planned recount.

The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) says the decision of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) for recounting the Presidential election votes is contrary against the 19th article of the amended election law.

The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and the leader for “Stability and Convergence” electoral team says the recounting process of votes should be stopped and it will not have legitimacy without the monitor of their observers.

Dermalog Company has submitted a complete report on verification of biometric votes to Independent Election Commission, IEC spokesman confirmed.

An election crisis is simmering in Afghanistan as preliminary results have not been announced even a month after the landmark polls and as the insurgency rages on.

Post-election atmosphere in Afghanistan remains volatile due to political tensions and election fraud allegations. 

Officials of Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that only the corridor of IEC’s digital center has been opened and the digital data center is unharmed.

New date for the announcement of preliminary results from September 28 presidential poll will likely to be set tomorrow (Monday), the Independent Election Commission said on Sunday.

 Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Saturday that it had postponed the release of the preliminary results of the presidential election held on Sept. 28.