KABUL – Ashraf Ghani To Take Oath Next Month. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will delay his inauguration until March 9. This is to not de-rail the historic Afghan Peace Deal.
According to details, Afghanistan held its elections last year and Ashraf Ghani won. While Abdullah Abdullah immediately rejected the announcement of Ghani’s second term.
Their bickering has cast a shadow over efforts to forge an agreement between the US and the Taliban. It would ultimately see the end of America’s longest war and launch Afghanistan into an uncertain future. The Taliban, US and Afghan forces have preceded the deal with a partial week-long truce.
While the ongoing truce does not amount to a full ceasefire, the number of Taliban attacks has fallen dramatically. The situation remains tenuous however, with the interior ministry reporting four deaths in five attacks on Wednesday. Ashraf Ghani To Take Oath Next Month.
The Taliban, which has vowed not to attack urban areas as part of the truce, immediately denied responsibility. The election and the infighting which followed has strained the patience of the international community and ordinary citizens exhausted after years of fighting.
Afghans have shown little enthusiasm for Abdullah, Ghani or the election process in general, with most of them abstaining from voting in last year’s lacklustre poll that saw candidates pitch few new ideas.
US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad urged the president and other leaders on Wednesday to “ensure that the new government is inclusive and reflects the aspirations of all Afghans”.