KABUL (PAN): Voting for the historic presidential and provincial council elections was delayed by technical problems at four polling centres in Kabul, residents complained on Thursday.
GHOR (PAN): Almost a hundred polling stations of about 250 polling stations in western Ghor province opened without a police presence on Thursday, officials said.
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): As the nation went to the polls, militants gunned down a district police chief and wounded three policemen in northern Baghlan province on Thursday, an official said.
QALAT/LASHKARGAH/KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Six people, including civilians, were killed in separate incidents of violence as the nation went to the historic polls on Thursday, officials said.
HERATCITY (PAN): Men and women are streaming to polling stations to elect a president for the next five years and hundreds of provincial council members in western Herat province, bordering Iran.
JALALABAD/ASADABAD (PAN): Several polling centres in eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces could not be opened due to security problems, election officials said on Thursday.
ASADABAD (PAN): Nine polling centres in Chapa Dara district of eastern Kunar province opened, albeit behind schedule, as a result of hectic efforts by tribal elders.
KHOSTCITY (PAN): "I sell fresh fruits in market. I voted to help establish a fair system in the country," says Askar Muhammad, the first person exercising his franchise at a polling station in the capital of southeastern Khost province.
