ashraf gandhi is sworn in, in a democratic transfer of power. then signed a degree creating a new job chief executive to be filled by his former rival abdullah abdullah. now they must work together in an unity government. abdullah says it will make the changes that afghanistan needs. >> based on the agreement of national unity government we are in a government for the sake of reforms. in all political and social sectors of the government we are together. afghanistan today needs national unity, security, and prosperity based on the agreement for national unity and economic development and administrative reforms as required by the nation of afghanistan we are committed. >> gandhi in his inauguration speech that the government will serve the people. >> if they want to have rule of law, the high level officials who are involved in corruption should be removed so that we can have a transparent judicial system. and all those wh involved. >> and promised a new relationship with international partners. the new president acknowledged that his government

and presidential candidate number two, ashraf gandhi. afghans came out to elect their future leader. abdullah abdullah in the run off, and ashraf gandhi took the lead. he demands a recount but it takes a month to decide on how to proceed. it takes time and john kerry returns to insure that the pressure isen. >> both parties now agreeing to the rules of the road. both parties have agreed to stay at it. both parties have agreed to live by the outcome. >> reporter: but the outcome is proving hard to find. after five months there is still no agreement on who will run afghanistan. >> we have more now from jennifer glasse. abdullah abdullah says no go. what happens now? >> reporter: abdullah abdullah said he's reflecting the will of the people. they met and say it was was the last chance to form that unity government. abdullah abdullah addressed the people in a national address covered by most of the networks, and he said that the unity talks did not go well in. >> today respectfully i say the political process has reached a dead-end. the peop

they have been gridlocked for months after abdullah an doll la and his rival ashraf gandhi claim fraud. >> a frenzied campaign before anyone knew how complicated it would turn out. enter abdullah abdullah presidential candidate number one. and presidential candidate number two, ashraf gandhi both insist they were the best man to replace mohamme hamid karzai. abdullah abdullah won by a narrow margin, which meant it had to go to a run off. that happened in june. this time it was ashraf gandhi to take the lead. >> he agrees to a recount, but it takes almost a month of back and forth on the details of how to proceed. and finally both candidates agree on a process of the vote audit with the help of the secretary of state. it takes time and john kerry returns to assure that the pressure is on. >> both parties agree to the rules of the road. both parties have agreed to stay at it. both parties have agreed to live by the outcome. >> but in an outcome is proving hard to find, and so five months after millions of afghans went to the polls there is still no agreement on who will run afghanistan.

ashraf gandhi said that corrupt officials need to be removed. and just before his swearing in ceremony a suicide-bombing killed seven people at a security checkpoint close to the airport in kabul. >> reporter: promising to obey afghanistan's constitution and protect the rights and interests of the afghan people, ashraf gandhi is sworn in in an historic tran transition of democratic power. then he signed a decree creating a new job chief executive to be filled by his former rival abdullah abdullah. now they must work together in an unity government. abdullah said he'll make the changes that afghanistan needs. >> based on the agreement of national unity government we're in a government for the sake of reforms. in all political and social sectors of the government we're together. afghanistan today needs national unity, security, and prosperity based on the agreement for national unity, economic development, and administrative reforms as required by the nation of afghanistan we are committed. >> gandhi in his inauguration speech echos the themes of

ashraf gandhi is sworn in. an historic democratic transfer of power. then signing a decree creating a new job to be filled by his formal rifle, abdullah abdullah. the two have been locked in to opposition for three months. now they will create the unity government. >> based on the agreement of national unity government we are in government for the sake of reforms. we are together. afghanistan today needs national unity, security, and prosperity based on the agreement for national unit, government and administrative reforms we are committed. >> gandhi, in his inauguration speech that the government will serve the people. >> if you want to have a rule of law, high level officials who are involved in corruption should be moved out so we could have a transparent judicial system, and a council should be formed to review them. >> reporter: and he promised a new relationship with international partners. he acknowledged that there is much to do, and the job won't be easy. >> we have big security challenges. we have huge economic challenge that needs to be tack

it's results on sunday it did so without specific numbers naming only a winner and new president, ashraf gandhi. he and his rival, abdullah abdullah had signed to form an unity government just hours earlier. but the deal is flaw. >> part of it is not within the constitutional framework, therefore it will be two teams in one, and then how they manage that will be judged in the days to come. >> but after months of deadlock the announcement was also welcomed. many afghans here call the appointment of the new president and the end of the political crisis a relief. now they wonder if the new unity government will be workable. one reason for the concern was the inability of each candidate's team to agree on anything during the election stalemate. >> they have been hard on each other in the past few months. there are scars that need to heal, and i think people demand action soon because people are frustrated with the situation. >> the problems include a poor committee and difficult security situation. on top of that the taliban calls the new unity government a sham and said it will continue to fight.

. >>> signing in as afghan's new president ashraf gandhi pledge an unity government to the people. >>> and these jockeys are just eight years old to keep their families in the money. >> first let's go to the tension on the board between turkey and syria. now syrian activists say fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil are now within five kilometers of kobane. and tanks have been positioned on the hills near the syrian border. we're going to live now to the united nations in new york where the general assembly is continuing. >> i would like to congratulate you and your election to the general assembly, and to wish you success in leading the work in the enhancement of the rest of the general assembly. i would also like to thank your predecessor mr. john ashe. mr. president, many events have taken place since i stood here last year. because we have been over the fast three and a half years warning that we would not reach this stage that we are at now. maybe speaking, what we're witnessing for the last months is far more dangerous than the economic crisis which has

we know that members of both candidates teams, abdullah abdullah and ashraf gandhi were meeting to iron out the final details of the agreement. it spells out what the deal will be between the two presidential hope else. we're expecting that deal to be signed tomorrow, the same day that we're hoping to get results from the election. that election took place three months ago. the run-off election took place three months august and marred by allegations. all of the ballot has been recounted. one of the problems between the candidates is they didn't want the numbers announced. they really just wanted a winner declared without numbers being declared. so that seems to have hammered out. we understand from the presidential spokesman that the deal has been initialed by the two candidates, they will formerly sign that deal. afghans have been waiting months to find out who their new president will be. it has been paralyzing to the economy, so it's going to be very, very good news as this becomes a reality. >> thank you for bringing us that breaking news from kabul. in india 13 men have been sente

. >> ashraf gandhi will be sworn in, the latest violence is in eastern province where 70 people have been killed in the last week alone. jennifer glasse has more now from kabul. >> reporter: local officials in the district in the west of ghazni say this fight has been very brutal going on for nearly a week now. anthey have been keeping the taliban off the road, and they say the taliban has been during down many homes and brutally murdering those individuals they feel were against them. and they have tried to gain control of the area. we understand that the attacks at four check points along the road they say they have killed many police with ieds. the governor said he believes that afghan forces will prevail, but he's waiting for reinforcement. they are 200 miles west of the provincial capitol, but reinforcements are having trouble along those roads, mountainous territory and it's difficult to gain access. we've seen fighting, a very difficult fighting season for afghan forces, but this fighting is considered brutal with at least 70 people having been killed. the government waiting f

. >>> ashraf gandhi has been elected president. resolving three months of little political deadlock. but some say the deal is a sham. >>> warning that the health crisis is unfolding and thousands are getting sick with abdominal problems, skin diseases are becoming problems. nicole johnson sent us this report from southern punjab province. >> a baby girl born four days ago and named after her mother. she had to give birth on the banks of these flooded fields. the family's home was swept away by the rising tide a week ago. >> i was in acute pain lying on the bed for two days. i can't afford to visit a doctor or get medicine. >> reporter: the weakest is suffering especially children, pregnant women and the elderly. we count a dozen babies in this small camp alone. children are developing sores. >> we need a doctor and money. we need care for the babies. hygiene and food and clothes and a tent for giving birth. the government has given us nothing. we are exhausted. >> reporter: two and a half million people have been effected in one of

he and his rifle, ashraf gand gand--rival ashraf gandhi. >> many feel that their process is back to square one. this is where they were two months ago when abdullah abdullah said that the voting was fraudulent and would not accept it. this is the long process that has gone on since the beginning of july to audit all 8 million ballots cast in that second round of elections in june. abdullah abdullah announcin announcing that the auditing process was fraudulent, and he says that the commission was part of the fraud. but he did not necessarily rule out a future unity government even though the talks are in a deadlock. right now it's uncertain what could happen next. >> jennifer there were concerns that this could erupt in violence. is that sill a possibility today? >> you know, there were a lot of concerns tomorrow is martyr's da day. abdullah abdullah in his nationwide speech carried the speech not to mix politics on martyr's day. many people go out on the streets in remembrance of those who have been killed in afghanistan, especially the north alliance leader who was killed 13 years ago her