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Presidential polls: Nearly 18,000 biometric sets being purchased

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Procurement Commission (NPC) on Wednesday approved the purchase of around 18,000 biometric devices worth $16 million for the upcoming presidential polls.

The procurement contract for buying 17,865 biometric sets was approved during a NPC meeting chaired by President Ashraf Ghani in his office on Tuesday evening, said a statement from the president’s office.

It said the biometric sets would include printers, power banks, paper prints and connection lines. The total cost of the sets was nearly $16 million. Some . . .

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