LASHKARGAH (PAN): Up to 40 Taliban fighters were killed during operations in various districts of southern Helmand province on Election Day, a police chief said on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): Eleven poll workers were killed in armed attacks across Afghanistan during the poll process, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): A day after the landmark presidential polls, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Friday the completion of the vote count in all provinces.
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Twenty-one Taliban militants have been killed in an ongoing military operation the northern Baghlan province, an official claimed on Friday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Suspected Taliban militants attacked a vehicle carrying ballot boxes from two polling stations to a voting centre in the northern Balkh province, an official said on Friday.
JALALABAD (PAN): Voting for presidential elections -- the second in Afghanistan's history -- began at (local time) in several provinces. Simultaneously, millions of registered voters are electing 34 provincial councils.
KABUL (PAN): Amid airtight security, President Hamid Karzai -- seeking reelection -- cast his vote in the historic presidential ballot at a polling station in Kabul on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Endorsing the stand taken by Pajhwok Afghan News and other media outlets, the White House has voiced concern over restrictions on the media coverage of violent incidents on Election Day.
KBUL (PAN): With 300,000 national and international security personnel on high alert to stave off possible insurgent attacks, millions of Afghans go to the polls today to elect a new president and hundreds of provincial council members.
