Last updated: 2 november, 2009 - 16:25 GMT
Karzai declared president
Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan by poll officials, after the second round of voting was scrapped by Afghanistan's election commission.
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announcement comes a day after Mr Karzai's sole challenger, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the race.
Dr Abdullah, who had demanded key poll officials quit, said he did not think it would be a free and fair vote.
The BBC's Andrew North is in Kabul.
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Haroun Mir is director of the Centre for Research and Policy Studies, an independent think tank in Afghanistan. He is also a friend of Dr Abdullah.
What does he make of the decision of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission?
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First broadcast 2 November 2009
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