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In the run-up to Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council elections on Aug. 20, Afghan and international political elites and journalists will pass judgment on the past five years. But only the Afghan people can decide who will best lead their country for the next five.

PESHAWAR: With preparations for the second presidential polls in full swing in their country of origin, a large number of Afghans residing in different areas of Pakistan may not join the process for a number of reasons.

KABUL (PAN): Afghan and Combined Joint Task Force-82 soldiers have successfully completed an operation aimed at disrupting militant preparations to disrupt the upcoming presidential election in the southeastern Khost province.

KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (AIEC) has taken appropriate measures to avert possible rigging in the August 20 simultaneous presidential and provincial councils' elections.

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Helmand Governor Muhammad Gulab Mangal on Sunday recalled on the Taliban fighters to take part in the upcoming simultaneous presidential and provincial council elections due on 20th of this month.

KABUL (PAN): The Council for Joint Cooperation of Afghan Presidential Candidates (CJCAPC) on Sunday warned of boycott of the August 20 presidential elections if its concerns about lack of transparency in the poll process were not addressed.

KABUL (PAN): The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) will deploy 50 international observers in 10 provinces to monitor the August 20 presidential and provincial council polls in Afghanistan.

KABUL (PAN): Reporters Without Borders in a letter to Afghanistans leading presidential candidates has urged them to give a clear undertaking to ensure that press freedom becomes firmly rooted in the everyday life of Afghans.

HERAT CITY (PAN): A bomb went off in a campaign office of the incumbent Hamid Karzai, seeking reelection in the August 20 polls, in the western Herat province on Wednesday amid surge in attacks on election campaigners and offices in the country heading to the second historic ballot.

TALOQAN (PAN): President Hamid Karzai's first vice president pick Marshal Qasim Fahim on Sunday survived an assassination attempt in the northern Kunduz province.