New Delhi, December 23: Moving a step ahead in attaching great importance, the relationship shared by India and its close ally Afghanistan has gradually developed and enhanced over a period of time. Continuing to support each other through thick and thin, the Ministry of External Affairs assured India's support to the neighbouring country in its fight to terrorism as it welcomed the preliminary results of Afghanistan presidential elections. Coming in power once again, Ashraf Ghani secured a comfortable win in the Afghan Presidential election.
The ministry, in an official statement, said, "we hope that the Afghan leaders and other stakeholders will work together to further strengthen the democratic polity and to fight the serious challenges of terrorism facing the country." "India remains committed to working with the people and Government of Afghanistan in its fight against terrorism and its pursuit of socio-economic development," the official statement read.
After nearly three months of Afghanistan Presidential vote, Independent Election Commission on Sunday announced preliminary results in which Ashraf Ghani secured a victory with 50.64 per cent votes. Meanwhile, the opposition leader and currently the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan scored 39.52 per cent votes.
Millions of people in Afghanistan braved persistent threats from the Taliban and cast their votes in September. However, the elections were marred by low voter turnout, logistical issues, and fraud allegations and attacks by the Taliban. Amidst the threats and fear growling in the war-torn Afghanistan, the people had moved out to cast their votes to elect a president for Afghanistan with more than 9 million Afghan registered voters potentially heading to the polls amid attacks in several cities on September 28.