<p> Afghanistan's president won a second term with 50.6 per cent of the preliminary vote count, but his opponents can still challenge result, according to an announcement Sunday by the country's election commission.</p>.<p>Results for the September 28 presidential polls have been repeatedly delayed amid accusations of misconduct and technical problems with counting ballots.</p>.<p>Ashraf Ghani received 50.64 per cent of the vote, said Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, at a press conference in the capital, Kabul.</p>.<p>Ghani appears to have beaten out his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah, who serves as the country's chief executive in a fragile national unity government.</p>.<p>Abdullah agreed earlier in December to allow a ballot recount in provinces where his supporters had stopped the process for over a month.</p>.<p>The Afghan Election Commission had tried to launch a ballot recount in November but Abdullah halted the attempt, saying he wouldn't let his observers participate.</p>.<p>Thousands of Abdullah's supporters rallied in November in the capital against what they say is the presence of faked ballots amid a controversial recount that seemed set to favour Ghani. </p>
<p> Afghanistan's president won a second term with 50.6 per cent of the preliminary vote count, but his opponents can still challenge result, according to an announcement Sunday by the country's election commission.</p>.<p>Results for the September 28 presidential polls have been repeatedly delayed amid accusations of misconduct and technical problems with counting ballots.</p>.<p>Ashraf Ghani received 50.64 per cent of the vote, said Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, at a press conference in the capital, Kabul.</p>.<p>Ghani appears to have beaten out his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah, who serves as the country's chief executive in a fragile national unity government.</p>.<p>Abdullah agreed earlier in December to allow a ballot recount in provinces where his supporters had stopped the process for over a month.</p>.<p>The Afghan Election Commission had tried to launch a ballot recount in November but Abdullah halted the attempt, saying he wouldn't let his observers participate.</p>.<p>Thousands of Abdullah's supporters rallied in November in the capital against what they say is the presence of faked ballots amid a controversial recount that seemed set to favour Ghani. </p>