Muted reaction to Afghan poll result despite warlord's rallying cry

Afghanistan's former vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful warlord who has long held undue sway over the country's politics, called on his supporters Wednesday to take to the streets to protest against the re-election of President Ashraf Ghani. Ghani on Tuesday was declared winner of the presidential election -- five months after it was held -- prompting a muted response from the international community as well as ordinary Afghans weary of the dragged-out process. The result was immediately rejected by Ghani's main rival, former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, who declared he would form his own parallel government.