Violations

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential runner Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said all those involved in electoral fraud should be held accountable under the relevant law.
Commenting on Independent Election Commission Secretary Ziaul Haq Amarkhel’s resignation, the ex-foreign minister; “Everyone complicit in rigging has to be held accountable.”
At a news conference in Kabul, he once again accused senior officials of the electoral bodies and other high-ups of committing anomalies, including ballot-stuffing, in the June 14 runoff vote.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Dozens of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s supporters, mostly students, held a protest demonstration over alleged electoral fraud in western Herat province.
Students taking part in the protest in Herat City, the provincial capital, burnt their voter registration cards in protest against alleged irregularities in the contest between Abdullah and rival Ashraf Ghani during the June 14 by-election.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday said the Independent Election Commission (IEC) had rejected its offer to investigate fraud allegations against its secretary Ziaul Haq Amarkhel.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Ballot boxes from 13 polling centres in southern Helmand province have been quarantined, an official of the electoral watchdog said on Saturday.
Rahim Gul Alikhel, the IECC chief for Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had received nine complaints from different parts of the province and eight from Kabul.
After investigating the complaints, the commission had quarantined votes from the 13 polling centres, he said. Some objections are still being evaluated.

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Police have detained five Independent Election Commission (IEC) workers on charges of committing fraud during last week’s presidential runoff in northern Kunduz province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) on Tuesday said 2,558 objections, most of them against election workers in the run-off vote, had been lodged.
The deadline for filing complaints expired today, IECC spokesman Nader Mohseni told a news conference in Kabul. He said 991 complaints were lodged against election employees.
As many as 664 complaints were filed against Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and 507 against Dr. Ashraf Ghani, he said. The complaints were recorded in all 34 provinces.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) chief for northern Balkh province on Monday confirmed receiving 48 objections about fraud and other irregularities during Saturday’s runoff polls.
IECC official Dad Mohammad Anabi told Pajhwok Afghan News that 42 objections had been made over the telephone and the remaining six submitted in writing. Most of the complaints are about irregularities in Mazar-i-Sharif.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The election watchdog on Monday said the number of complaints of irregularities during Saturday’s runoff vote had increased to 568, with 141 objections concerning Independent Election Commission (IEC) workers.
Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) spokesman Nader Muhseni told reporters 228 complaints were registered in provinces and 340 with the IECC’s main office in Kabul.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Obe district administrative chief has been suspended due to his alleged involvement in fraud in the runoff vote, an official said on Monday.
The Herat governor’s spokesman, Ihsanullah Hayat, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul Qayyum Zawri had beaten a worker at a polling site on the Election Day.

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in northern Kunduz province on Sunday said votes from certain polling centres would be quarantined in the wake of alleged fraud in some districts.