KABUL: Former finance minister Ashraf Ghani on Monday launched his bid to become the next president of Afghanistan, kickstarting the 2014 election race as the first big name to declare his candidacy.
Ghani, who is also a former World Bank academic, confirmed he would run in the April poll to succeed Hamid Karzai as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led military coalition withdraws and officials seek a peace deal with the Taliban militants.
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