abdalla is already rejecting the results and insists he won both rounds. stephanie decker reports. >> a frenzied campaign even before everyone knew how difficult it would turn out. abdalla abdalla presidential candidate number 1 and presidential candidate number 2 ashraf ghani, both insisted they were the best to replace. >> abdalla abdalla won by a narrow margin which meant it had to go to a runoff. that happened in june, this time, ashraf ghani was the winner. ghani agrees to a recount bit takes almost a month of back and forth on the details of how to proceed. and finally both candidates agree on a process for the vote ordered with the help of the u.s. secretary of state. but it takes time and john kerry rushes to ensure the pressure is on. >> both parties now agreeing that the rules of the road, both parties have agreed to stay at it. both parties have agreed to live by the outcome. >> but an outcome is proving hard to find. and so five months after millions of afghans went to the polls, still no word on who won. stephanie decker, al jazeera, kabul. >>> widespread audits of the 8 million votes cast in the second round of presidential elections. now he says he's not going to respect the

between presidential arrival ar raar -- ashraf he ghani, internationally monitored review process that's lasted nearly two months. jennifer glasse reports from the capital, kabul. >> abdalla abdalla says he won afghanistan's presidential election but denied victory because of widespread fraud. and in the interest of the people he says he can't accept defeat. >> to be able to deal with the challenges which afghanistan has faced in this part of the world, could not be based on the foundation of fraud. >> reporter: abdalla first alleged election fraud two months ago. after preliminary results in the runoff poll put him a million votes behind his rival, ashraf aghani. u.s. secretary of state john kerry came to kabul and negotiated a deal satisfactory to both candidates. including hundreds of afghan and international viewers. aghani's supporters say the political demands are unacceptable. >> they are pushing for things outside the confines of our constitution and we have no authority to succumb to those issues that are prohibited by our constitution. but we are still committed to continue our block. >> abdalla says political negotiations are at a deadlock but didn't close the door tot

. >> besides being sworn in, president ghawn created ghani a position for his presidential opponent abdalla abdalla. how important is it for afghanistan to get its economy back up to a more profitable level, as it relates not only to this stability of the country but also its security? >> yeah, well it's extremely important as i mentioned before, you have the immediate important importance of the shortfall of revenue. i think donors will come in and help out with that. but a loss of business is cf, confidence. sustained many of the urban economies so there's a huge need for afghanistan to begin to develop indigenous source he of revenue and produce in order for the country to be able to survive. now i think the chief executive name as you mentioned is misleading. it's sort of a de facto prime minister but since afghanistan is by definition a presidential system they've come up with this term chief executive office. we know ashraf ghani, the new president has an idea how to rebuilder his country, he has written a book on the subject, he was a finance minister before. probably more he rather than doc

. >> afghanistan's two presidential candidates are said to have set up more talks. a spokesman forham i.d. karzai saying that abdalla abdalla and ashraf ghani are speaking again. >>> david cameron is promising scotland that it will have more powers if it stays in the union. they are voting whether to become independent of the rest of bre britain. >> this is a decision that could rip scotland from the rest of united kingdom. we must be very clear: there's no going back from this. no rerun. this is a once and for all decision. if scotland votes yes, the u.k. will split. and we will go our separate ways forever. >> lawrence lee is in aberdeen where the prime minister has been making his speech. >> reporter: please don't go please don't tear the family apart. that was the central message from the prime minister in be aberdeen often his last visit to the nation. he didn't actually say it directly to them mind you, he said to it his own conservative party in a business center on the edge of aberdeen. but the message really was the same to all scots that on an emotional level it would be disastrous to mr. cameron personally and to