KABUL) on Saturday said some individuals posing as IEC officials visited candidates to cut deals on their victory in the polls and said these imposters would be brought to justice if identified. IEC spokesman Syed Hafizullah Hashemi told a press…
KABUL) officials and that their votes were thrown out. Fawad Aman, a Wolesi Jirga candidate from Kabul, criticized what he said mismanaged voting process and IEC performance and said votes of some of the candidates were thrown out secretly. “Seventy…
Some candidates defying the election commission’s warning continued to appear in media and social media networks campaigning on Thursday despite the end of the electioneering period last night. The 20-day campaigning period for the Wolesi Jirga elections came…
The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Thursday said Wolesi Jirga candidates, if found linked to illegal militias, would be removed from the candidate list. Dr. Ali Reza Rouhani, IECC spokesman and secretary, issued the warning during a…
KABUL Minister Dr.Firozuddin Firoz campaigning for a candidate. President Ashraf Ghani on August 7 released an order, asking government officials not to interfere in the Wolesi Jirga elections. The presidential order says Afghan security forces are responsible for ensuring security…
The UN has voiced its concern at the level of violence in the campaign for the October 20 parliamentary elections, including intimidation and attacks against candidates, their agents and supporters. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned…
KABUL members on Monday alleged some candidates in the lower house elections were utilizing government resources for their campaign and asked the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) to be attentive to the issue. According to a Pajhwok Afghan News report…
KABUL polls which according to expert would make the situation dangerous for the candidates who have vote bank among masses, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. According to the Independent Election commission (IEC election in the country and election campaign is…
A number of election observers on Sunday claimed rejecting money offered by candidates in return for working in their interest. They feared Wolesi Jirga candidates could possibly pay money to election watchdogs for using them in their own…
KABUL or lower house elections, saying the government respected electoral bodies’ decisions. The IECC on Saturday removed 35 possible candidates from the final list and said the removed candidates were not eligible to stand in the Wolesi Jirga elections. Mohibullah,…
Election candidates whose names are removed from the initial list of runners have the right of appeal against the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC)’s decision, legal experts said on Sunday. The IECC has barred 35 candidates from running…
KABUL). Among the disqualified candidates, 12 of them are incumbent members of the Wolesi Jirga. According to the list, the 35 candidates belong to Kabul, Uruzgan, Bamyan, Badakhshan, Balkh, Parwan, Paktia, Takhar, Khost, Samangan, Faryab, Logar and Nangarhar provinces while…
KABUL candidates on Monday strongly criticized the removal of some individuals from the list candidates and demanded explanation in this regard. According to a Special Commission for Assessment of individuals spearheading private and illegal armed groups had said the names…
The preliminary list of candidates running in the Oct 20 district council elections would be announced in two or three days, an official said Wednesday. Syed Hafeezullah Hashami, spokesman for the Independent Election Commission (IEC), told reporters in…
KABUL. According to an announcement from the poll panel, the list features parliamentary hopefuls from Herat, Parwan, Kapisa, Sar-i-Pul, Maidan Wardak, Paktika, Balkh and Daikundi. Six contestants from Kapisa, three from Parwan, three from Paktika, as many from Maidan Wardak,…
KABUL from initial list of candidates over ‘incomplete documents’. Other reasons for rejecting their nomination papers were repeated supportive cards, support cards out of zone and problems in their documents. Repeated support cards Those removed from the initial list over…
KABUL. The list features parliamentary hopefuls from Kabul, Bamyan, Uruzgan, Nuristan, Khost and Kunar provinces, according to an announcement from the poll panel Seventy-three contestants, including 16 women, from Kabul, seven, including three women, from Nuristan, three from Khost, two…
KABUL) said on Sunday. The process of candidate registration kicked off on Saturday. Awal Rahman Rodwal, IEC head for Kabul, said 1,000 people had obtained the candidate registration forms as of 1pm Sunday, terming it a highest number beyond IEC…
KABUL, have decided to take part in the October 20 parliamentary election in the country. Findings of Pajhwok Afghan News show 10 percent of all these possible contenders that included 28 women are businesspersons. Members of Wolesi Jirga’s 16th legislative…
KABUL, were not satisfactory. The election law, approved by parliament in 2013, law was amended for reforms in 2017. Parliament and the president okayed the reformed measure. Some fundamental conditions in the new election law are that a candidate Should…
Three lawmakers jumped into the race for the first deputy speaker, two for the second and four others for secretary and deputy secretary on Saturday. Abdul Rahim Ayubi, a lawmaker from Kandahar, Hamayun Hamayun from Khost, Mohammad Nazir…
With the next presidential elections penciled in for 2019, several political figures, including Ashraf Ghani, Atta Mohammad Noor, Omar Daudzai and Anwarul Haq Ahadi, are expected to run for the top constitutional slot. The 2014 presidential elections were…
KABUL) secretary were being interviewed and the position would be filled soon. Shah Hussain Murtazavi, deputy spokesman for the president, said interviews of the candidates introduced by IEC to the government were ongoing. “The president will pick a qualified person…
