Violations

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) has rejected allegations of electoral fraud raised against provincial governors by presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign team.
Abdullah’s Reforms and Unanimity team has recently released some documents and audio and video recordings allegedly contained evidence of fraud against the governors of southeastern Paktika and central Maidan Wardak provinces.

SHARANA (Pajhwok): Calling an audio tape played by presidential contender Dr. Abdullah Abdullah’s team as completely fake, Paktika Governor Mohibullah Samim said on Sunday tactics aimed at maligning the hard-won Afghans’ right to vote must be stopped.
Members of Abdullah's team the other day played an audio recording allegedly contained proof of irregularities during the June 14 runoff presidential elections in favour of Abdullah's rival candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and promised to release more such “evidence of electoral fraud” in the next few days.

SHARAN (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) office in southeastern Paktika province on Friday announced invalidating ballots from 19 polling stations.
At a meeting, IECC Director Abdul Hamid Malang also announced imposing a fine of 75,000 afs on presidential runner Dr. Abdullah’s campaigner Attiqullah for committing fraud.
He said votes from eight polling stations in Orgun district, eight in Barmal and three in Khairkot had been thrown out on the basis of convincing evidence of irregularities.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential runners Dr Abdullah and members of his Reform and Unanimity team on Friday joined thousands of supporters to protest alleged electoral fraud, marching across the capital.
The protestors from different parts of the city gathered in Pashtunistan Square near the Presidential Palace, chanting: “Death to Cheats, We Have Won and We Don’t Want Sheep to Participate.”

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): The electoral watchdog’s office in northwestern Faryab province on Friday said 121 complaints had been filed against meddling by illegal armed individuals and local strongmen in the June 14 runoff vote.
Independent Electoral Complaints Commission member Syed Jamil Sajjadi told Pajhwok Afghan News that 87 complaints had been lodged against Dr. Abdullah, 26 against Ashraf Ghani and 8 against election workers.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah’s supporters on Thursday said widespread rigging had taken in central Maidan Wardak and the Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province in favour of Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
Abdullah’s camp member Abdul Jabbar Shalgarai told journalists in Kabul that Maidan Wardak governor Abdul Majeed Khogyani had committed fraud in favour of Ahmadzai during the June 14 runoff presidential election.

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The Kabul-North highway that was blocked by protestors earlier in the day was later reopened for traffic, an official said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in support of the Reform and Unanimity team, led by Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province.

FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Complaint Commission (IECC) office in western Ghor province on Tuesday announced quarantining ballot boxes from 11 polling centres and a recount of votes from 12 other sites.
About 63 fraud-related complaints were recorded in Ghor, the provincial IECC head, Anwar Asayee, told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said 19 A-category complaints, if found valid, could affect the final results. They have been sent to the main office.

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of Badakhshan and Kapisa provinces on Monday staged protest demonstrations against alleged fraud in the June 14 runoff election, calling for the election commission secretary’s trial.
In Badakhshan, hundreds of protesters marched in front of the IEC office and assembled in the Shahr-i-Kohna area of Faizabad, the provincial capital, in the morning.