KABUL (PAN): Women from the central province of Logar were trained on election procedures, rights and responsibilities at a one-day training arranged by the Women Affairs Department in Pul-i-Alam.
KHOST CITY (PAN): Kochis living in the southeastern province of Khost have warned of boycotting the upcoming polls if the construction of a border police post close to a religious school in their area is not halted.
KABUL (PAN): Electoral materials and security forces would be sent to the polling stations in the districts 'under threat from insurgents' once electoral norms were implemented there, said chief electoral officer Daud Ali Najafi on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The Obama administration, insisting it was not backing any candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, has voiced its readiness to work with any government that emerges victorious in the polls scheduled for August 20.
KABUL (PAN): Seeking to reach out to voters through televised debates and roundtables, presidential and provincial council candidates are competing for time and space on TV, radio and in the press.
TIRINKOT (PAN): The Governor's House and Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (AIEC) officials have been jointly working to encourage residents of central Uruzgan province to cast their vote in the presidential and provincial council elections in consultation with tribal elders and locals, an official has said.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two hundreds policemen have completed a short-term police training course to strengthen their ability to ensure security for the August 20 elections in the volatile southern province of Helmand.
KABUL: (PAN): The US ambassador has described the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections as a key milestone in Afghanistans democracy.
KABUL (PAN): A three-day training seminar on polling, vote count and announcement of results got under way here on Tuesday. Around a hundred provincial workers of the Electoral Complaints Commission are attending the event.
KABUL (PAN): A spokesman of President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said elaborate security arrangements have been made for holding the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in a peaceful manner.
