A number of Independent Election Commission (IEC) workers in southern Paktika province say the commission has not paid them their salaries following 2018 Wolesi Jirga elections. The Wolesi Jirga elections were held in October 2018 while the presidential…
A number of people who worked for two months during the parliamentary elections two years ago with the election commission on Tuesday protested against non-payment of their wages. They protested in front of the Independent Election Commission’s office…
KABUL elections in Ghazni province. IEC Secretary Habib Rahman Nang told Pajhwok Afghan News the commission was prepared if the international community and government of Afghanistan pledged funds. The panel has expressed its readiness to hold the polls as differences…
The Local Partnership for Legitimacy through Democracy on Monday asked the Independent Electoral Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission to provide a full report of the types of ballots cast on the presidential election day. LPLD in…
KABUL) on Monday announced wrapping up the special vote audit process and said based on initial reports over 137,000 controversial votes and over 102,000 votes cast outside polling time might be declared valid. Earlier, the IEC said that both…
KABUL) on Thursday official started the implementation of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) decisions, an official said. IEC Secretary Habiburrahman Nang told Pajhwok Afghan News that commissioners of the two election bodies have held a meeting on Wednesday and…
KABUL) said on Wednesday. IEC Secretariat said that on the bases of decisions made by the IEC and the Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC) 10 percent biometric data of the 137,630 votes and 15 percent biometric data of the 102,012…
KABUL) on Monday termed the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC)’s decisions on vote audit and recount as vague and not stamped. IEC Secretary Habiburahman Nang also acknowledged receiving IECC decisions and added the Commission would start work on these decisions…
CHARIKAR) employees have been identified for their alleged involvement in rigging and violations during the presidential election in central Parwan province and are being referred to judicial organs, an official said on Thursday. Mohammad Haroon Aziz, the local Independent Electoral…
People in various provinces on Sunday welcomed the announcement of preliminary results from the September presidential election, but criticized the outcome’s prolonged delay. President Ashraf Ghani has won the September 28 ballot by bagging 50.64 per cent of…
KABUL) on Sunday said presidential candidates who collected less than 100,000 votes in the election would not be given their money deposits back. The presidential election was held on September 28 and its preliminary results were announced today, Sunday. Based…
President Ashraf Ghani has won the September 28 ballot by bagging 50.64 per cent of the votes, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Sunday. Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah Abdullah stood second with 39.52 per cent of…
An overnight meeting of the election bodies on announcing the preliminary result from the presidential election ended with not outcome, an official said on Sunday. Maulana Abdullah, an Independent Election Commission (IEC) member, wrote on his Facebook account…
KABUL) on Saturday said the presidential election’s initial results would be announced today if no technical challenge occured. IEC commissioner Mohammad Hanif Danishyar told media persons here that if the IEC secretariat shared its report with the IEC board, then…
The ‘Stability and Partnership’ electoral team’s supporters removed their protest tents after more than a month and allowed the vote recount in the remaining seven provinces, officials said on Sunday. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it has…
KABUL) on Sunday officially began the vote recount and audit process in remaining seven provinces, an official said. Zabihullah Sadat, IEC acting spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the recount process of votes started in Jawzjan, Faryab, Badakhshan, Takhar, Baghlan,…
KABUL) on Saturday said the vote recount and audit process in the remaining seven provinces would begin Sunday and the presidential election’s preliminary result would be announced later this week. This comes a day after Chief Executive Office Abdullah…
KABUL) members on Thursday agreed over a resolution to announce the preliminary result of presidential election, but the resolution is yet to be signed by the Commissioners, a source said. The IEC official, who declined to be identified, told Pajhwok…
KABUL) members on Thursday agreed over a resolution to announce the preliminary result of presidential election, but the resolution is yet to be signed by the Commissioners, a source said. The IEC official, who declined to be identified, told Pajhwok…
KABUL) on Tuesday said the initial results of the presidential election from 27 provinces were likely to be announced within next two days after a revision. The presidential election was held on September 28. Earlier the IEC had given October…
KABUL) on Thursday said it would not be able to unveil initial results of the presidential election until the vote recount and audit process was completed in seven provinces. IEC chief Hawa Alam Nuristani made these remarks during an event…
