KABUL elections in Kabul’s constituencies, calling for reelections in the central province. The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on December 6 declared all votes cast in Kabul in the Oct parliamentary polls as invalid, pending investigation into alleged fraud and…
KABUL elections but also alleged the vote was massively rigged. Biometric system was for the first time used in the election to ensure transparency but votes were polled at some polling stations without biometric verification due to technical problems…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday ordered the creation of a committee comprised of government figures and representatives of political parties to assess suggestions for transparent polls. Ghani issued the orders while chairing a high-level meeting at his office…
Political parties and movements on Friday set the government a two-week deadline to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections. The ultimatum was issued during a gathering of political parties’ leaders…
Commentators view demands of political parties for a change in the electoral system to multi-dimensional representation (MDR) and biometric voter registration as impracticable. Heads of different political parties and alliances recently slammed the voter registration process as inappropriate…
Heads of political parties and alliances have termed the voter registration process as inappropriate, rigged and demanded fresh registration of voters using the biometric system. During a meeting here, leadership of major parties stressed over transparency in upcoming…
KABUL) if their demand was not met. Addressing a press conference here, representatives of major political parties including Jamiat-i-Islami, Junbish-i-Islami, Hezb-i-Wahdat Islami, Hezb-i-Afghan Mellat and Hezb-i-Mahaz Melli, said the current system of election was one of the major problems of…
KABUL) for what they call non-implementation of their suggestions. Mohiuddin Mahdi, a representative of the Jamiat-i-Islami (JIA) complained at a joint meeting of political parties and processes the government and the IEC had ignored their ‘very important’ suggestions about transparency…
KABUL from its current crisis and challenges. The demand was echoed during a meeting between Independent Election Commission (IEC, the United Nations and foreign embassies in Kabul. The meeting conferred on plans of political parties and election institutes, political parties…
The Political Parties Cooperation Council (PPCC) on Monday renewed its demand for timely parliamentary elections, asking the government to resolve its internal differences in the national interest. The council’s leadership board, headed by Abdur Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, held…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday supported the presidential order prohibiting prosecutors, judges and armed forces' officials from joining political parties. In line with the presidential order, the ministry barred military officials from supporting parties and political…
Senior security officials in the northern region say all political groups in the zone possess illegal weapons “as an honor” and for protection. On the other hand, civil society have failed to adopt democratic politics. They say all…
Some political parties and civil society groups, terming the current situation as chaotic, on Thursday urged for unity among political forces to take the country out of crises. Leaders of the political parties and civil society organizations gathered…
KABUL in the country. Mohammad Omar Ayar, founder of the Political Parties and Civil Society Organizations Network (PPCSON), told reporters here that their demand was giving a proper place to political parties in parliament and warned of boycotting the upcoming…
The Supreme Council of Jihadi and National Parties on Thursday announced its formation aiming to resolve the current challenges in the country and support the national unity government. Ahmad Zia Massoud, first deputy head of the Jamiat-i-Islami Party…
