U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Afghanistan’s presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani (L) before a meeting at the U.S. embassy in Kabul July 11, 2014. Kerry said on Friday Afghanistan’s transition to a self-reliant state hung in the balance after a contested presidential election and urged Afghan officials to focus on auditing the vote count to underpin its legitimacy. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (AFGHANISTAN – Tags: POLITICS)