Moments after Ghani Ahmadzai took the oath, he swore in his election challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, as chief executive, fulfilling a political pledge he had taken to share power and defuse election tensions that had threatened to spark violence between the country's north and southeast.
Muda mfupi baada ya Ghani Ahmadzai kula kiapo, alimuapisha mpinzani wake wa uchaguzi, Abdullah Abdullah, kama mtendaji mkuu, akitimiza ahadi ya kisiasa aliyokuwa amechukua ya kugawana madaraka na kutuliza mvutano wa uchaguzi ambao ulitishia kuzua vurugu kati ya kaskazini na kusini mashariki mwa nchi hiyo.