Iran Press/ Asia: Both men issued invitations last week to parallel swearing-in ceremonies on Monday, after Abdullah had disputed last month's decision by Afghanistan's Electoral Commission to name Ghani as the winner of September's election.
"The swearing-in ceremony ... will be held in the afternoon," Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Twitter on Monday hours after Abdullah camp announced the postponement.
An official, who declined to be named, said Ghani, US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Abdullah were continuing meetings on Monday morning as they worked towards a deal to prevent two parallel inauguration ceremonies, Al Jazeera reported.
Omid Maisam, Abdullah's spokesman, said the move from their camp was contingent on Ghani also postponing his own swearing-in.
Afghanistan's Election Commission last month announced that Ghani had retained power by winning the September 28 election. But his long-time rival, Abdullah, rejected that and proclaimed himself winner.
The political crisis comes as the government is meant to be preparing for talks with the Taliban, to follow up on the February 29 pact between the United States and the Taliban fighters on the withdrawal of US troops after 18 years of war.
Ghani and Abdullah both held roles in the previous government under a US-brokered power-sharing agreement that followed the previous election in 2014.
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