GHANI AND ABDULLAH ASSUME POWER IN AFGHANISTAN AND IMMEDIATELY SIGN SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
NEWTOWN, Conn. - On September 29, Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as President of Afghanistan and Abdullah Abdullah was sworn in as chief executive. Ghani is Afghanistan's first president to take office in a peaceful transfer of power.
Under a power sharing agreement reached earlier in the month, Ghani and Abdullah will have equal powers of appointment. Neither candidate was able to win a clear majority in the June runoff election and a unity government was formed as a solution.
The day after the inauguration, the new Afghan government signed a long-delayed Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States. The deal will permit 10,000 soldiers to remain in Afghanistan after the international mission ends on December 31, 2014.
According to President Ghani, under the terms of the BSA, the right for the international mission to use force in Afghanistan must be authorized by the Afghan government. Troops will not be permitted to enter mosques or other hold sites without consent.
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