Abdullah Abdullah Wins the Presidential Elections
On 14 May 2014, Abdullah Abdullah was announced as the president of Afghanistan after securing 69.2 percent of all votes in the runoff election. Original elections, held on 5 April 2014, resulted inconclusively as no running party secured over 50% of all votes as is required by Afghan Constitution. The main front runners were Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Dr. Abdullah secured 44.9 percent of votes while Dr. Ahmadzai received 31.5 percent. As no compromise was reached among the leaders, a runoff elections was scheduled and Abdullah Abdullah was secured as President. The announcement resulted in some riots near the capital city of Kabul. The rioters claim that the votes were unfairly determined as Abdullah Abdullah had support from foreign democratic nations which may have originally given him some power during time in Afghanistan. Originally Abdullah Abdullah was close adviser of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the original president of Afghanistan working against Taliban with support from foreign nations. It is believed this advantage allowed Abdullah Abdullah to gain support an unjust power from foreign nations. In 2009, Abdullah Abdullah ran against Hamid Karzai for president of Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai ran for second term and as a result in the 2014 elections, was unable to run as he had reached his term limit. During the 2009 elections Hamid Karzai secured second place following Hamid Karzai. In addition, Abdullah was part of the National Coalition of Afghanistan and his political spectrum was the Islamic Democracy Reform. He was also the former foreign affairs minister of Afghanistan.
On 14 May 2014, Abdullah Abdullah was announced as the president of Afghanistan after securing 69.2 percent of all votes in the runoff election. Original elections, held on 5 April 2014, resulted inconclusively as no running party secured over 50% of all votes as is required by Afghan Constitution. The main front runners were Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Dr. Abdullah secured 44.9 percent of votes while Dr. Ahmadzai received 31.5 percent. As no compromise was reached among the leaders, a runoff elections was scheduled and Abdullah Abdullah was secured as President. The announcement resulted in some riots near the capital city of Kabul. The rioters claim that the votes were unfairly determined as Abdullah Abdullah had support from foreign democratic nations which may have originally given him some power during time in Afghanistan. Originally Abdullah Abdullah was close adviser of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the original president of Afghanistan working against Taliban with support from foreign nations. It is believed this advantage allowed Abdullah Abdullah to gain support an unjust power from foreign nations. In 2009, Abdullah Abdullah ran against Hamid Karzai for president of Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai ran for second term and as a result in the 2014 elections, was unable to run as he had reached his term limit. During the 2009 elections Hamid Karzai secured second place following Hamid Karzai. In addition, Abdullah was part of the National Coalition of Afghanistan and his political spectrum was the Islamic Democracy Reform. He was also the former foreign affairs minister of Afghanistan.