The administrative board members of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) were reelected to their previous positions in a new voting, the commission said on Sunday. A statement from IECC received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that administrative…
The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament on Sunday elected lawmaker Javid Jaihoon as first deputy speaker of the house while three remaining posts of the administration board of the house would go for election on…
President Ashraf Ghani has said the government is committed to the principle of election in the country and would facilitate provincial council, district council and Wolesi Jirga elections in southern Ghazni province. A statement from the Presidential Palace…
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said 98 US nationals and 40,000 Afghans have been killed in Afghanistan since 2015. During an interview with CNN, the president said he will hand over power to his successor only through election.…
The US Congress certified on Thursday that Democrat Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have won the 2020 presidential election after an attack by President Donald Trump’s supporters on the Capitol building that resulted in the…
KABUL elections, a source said. The source, who declined to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the former electoral officials were released from Pul-i-Charkhi prison on Thursday. Pajhwok tried to seek comment in this regard from the authorities concerned, but…
Two major political parties on Friday announced holding ‘million marches’ and rejected the recently announced presidential election results. The two parties --- Wehdat-i-Islami and Wehdat-i-Murdum-i-Afghanistan --- also asked the international community not to play the role of a…
The Council of Presidential Election Candidates on Thursday demanded revocation of the election results and warned of creating ‘a Grand National Government, if the two leading teams continued their blame-game. Presidential Candidate Abdul Hakim Torsan, while addressing the…
KABUL) official on Tuesday said the final results of presidential election would probably be announced later today or tomorrow, Wednesday. The IEC official, who wished anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News, that the final result of presidential election might be declared…
The vote audit process was expected today Sunday but could not be started as yet due to absence of Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) observers, officials said. The special audit of 10 percent of total 137,630 votes and…
Independent Eelectoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Monday announced receiving more than 16,500 complaints, saying the commission is doing its job impartially and according to the law. Zahra Bayan Shinwari, IECC head, talking to a press conference here said…
Election oversight institutes believe the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) central office would not be able to respond to all complaints during the determined time if the commission’s provincial offices failed to convince the complainants. After the announcement…
KABUL on Wednesday called the establishment of an interim government as illegal and stressed dialogue, saying the lower house would take action to break the election deadlock. The presidential election was held on September 28. Earlier the IEC had given…
The Stability and Partnership team leadership on Sunday vowed to protect people’s clean votes and would never allow rigging and fraud to decide the country’s future. The warning came in a statement from Abdullah Abdullah, presidential candidate…
KABUL) and other related institutions to meet legal demands. A resolution passed at the end of a rally staged in capital Kabul, said that as a result of continued fraud and rigging in the public vote and their determination,…
KABUL)’s central server. Dermalog is a German company that provides and operates biometric devices in the IEC. Documents obtained by Pajhwok Afghan News show that Dermalog Company in response to a IEC letter on October 27, said that it verified…
The Election Oversight Network (EON) on Monday said postponement of the announcement of preliminary result of presidential election would raise doubts on the credibility of the process. The presidential election was held on September 28 and its primary…
KABUL election process, calling for trial of those involved in systematic electoral fraud. Ahmad Wali Massoud, a presidential candidate and member of the Presidential Candidates Council, told a press conference here that a number of countries were interfering in the…
Two election observerswerekilled, 20 injured and 26 arrested and released while tens of others were beaten and threatened during the September 28 presidential election, Pajhwok Afghan News has learned. The presidential election was held on September 28 after…
KABUL) on Thursday said around 100 biometric devices have been missed and the number would probably turn higher. Mirza Mohammad Haqparast, acting IEC spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that around 100 biometric devices have so far missed. He said the…
KABUL) on Wednesday said it would announce preliminary result of the presidential election a week later than originally scheduled citing some technical problems. The presidential election was held on September 28 and the primary results were scheduled for October 19…
