KABUL: Afghanistan will host a grand presidential inauguration on Monday, with former US-based academic Ashraf Ghani taking power as North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops end their 13-year war without defeating the fierce Taliban insurgency.

Ghani takes over from outgoing President Hamid Karzai after a three-month standoff over disputed election results that fuelled the insurgency and worsened Afghanistan’s dire economic outlook.

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