Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has been declared the winner of last September's election following delays due to allegations of vote-rigging.
Ghani was re-elected with 50.64% of the vote, officials said.
But his main rival Abdullah, who came second with 39.52%, contested the result, declared victory, and vowed to form his own parallel government.
Opponents of Ghani said the 28 September vote was marred by massive fraud and technical problems.
Only a small proportion of the country voted in the election.
Election commission chief Hawa Alam Nuristani announced the result during a press conference in Kabul. She said 137,000 votes classed as suspicious and 12,012 votes cast outside polling hours had been found to be valid during a special audit.
(Source: BBC News)