After announcing his victory in the second round of the Turkish presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan considered the people the main winner of the election and thanked each and every one of them.

The Afghan Foreign Ministry has summoned the United Nations (UN) special representative for Afghanistan to protest his meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, a former official and a rival to incumbent President Ashraf Ghani.

Afghanistan has entered a fragile phase due to the controversial release of the results of the country’s September presidential election.

Following the announcement of the presidential elections final results, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell has called President Ashraf Ghani and congratulated him on the outcome of the electoral process.

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has met with US Chargé D’Affaires Ross Wilson and discussed on Afghanistan Presidential election and the peace process.

The National Movement Party led by Abdul Rashid Dostum, rejected the announcement of initial results of presidential election, saying that “fraud” could not determine the results of election.

 Presidential candidate, Faramarz Tamanna stopped running for presidency, announcing support to President Ashraf Ghani who is also one of the nearly a dozen of hopefuls.

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.

Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has harshly criticized a peace proposal by his election rival and incumbent President Ashraf Ghani as a “wishlist,” amid efforts to revive stalled talks between the US and the Taliban militant group.

Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral team says that 137,000 votes registered in the election commission’s data bank, are not valid.

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.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani wants to start peace talks with the Taliban as soon as the recent presidential election result is clear, he told the Nikkei Asian Review in an interview in Tokyo.

Officials of Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said that a total of 4,528 complaints had been registered of which 4,362 have been addressed and ballots from 1,817 polling stations will be recounted.

US Ambassador to Afghanistan, John Bass, on Monday voiced support for the decision of the country's electoral authorities to count only biometrically verified votes.

The “Stability and Partnership” electoral team has said that it will not let anyone violate the election law, including the Independent Election Commission (IEC).

The head of Afghanistan’s IEC says that the processing of information is ongoing fast and the preliminary results will be announced later in October.

The Afghan Independent Election Commission says that 28 devices of biometrics have been either lost or broken by powerful individuals.

The Presidential candidate, Faramarz Tamana has said that pure votes must be separated from foul ballots and even a single non-biometric vote will be acceptable.

The officials of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) said that 4367 complaints have been registered in the commission.

The head of “Security and Justice” electoral team, Rahmatullah Nabil on Tuesday said that the Presidential Election has no winner in the first round and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) must take preparations for the second round.