Kabul Campaign

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential runner Faramarz Tamanna joined the State-Builder team led by President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday.
The Prudence and Development team, led by Dr. Faramarz Tamanna, and the State-Builder vowed to work for a developed and stable Afghanistan where all citizens had equal rights, freedom and opportunities.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential candidate Mohammad Hakim Torsan entertained people and made them laugh during his presidential campaign amid tense environment caused by insecurity incidents in the country.

KABUL (Pajhwok): After an end to the election campaign period, candidate supporters canvassed in a novel way on social media.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pajhwok Afghan News findings show presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s claim to increase customs revenue is correct to some extent but his claim to surge the telecommunications sector’s i

KABUL (Pajhwok): Parties engaged in the presidential election process say their personal lives were attacked and their privacy violated by a number of candidates, media and social media users, demanding prevention of the norm.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The two-month long electoral campaign period for Saturday’s presidential election will come to an end tonight, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Wednesday.
Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, IEC spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News no candidate would have the right to campaign beyond midnight tonight and legal action would be taken against offenders.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Promises by presidential elections contenders are imaginary and inapplicable, leading to a trust deficit between the people and candidates, as well as damaging credibility of the polls, Pajhwok Afghan News has found.
Campaign for the presidential elections kicked off on July 28 and will continue till September 25. The electioneering will end 48 hours before voting.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Saturday said it has registered 46 complaints so far against presidential candidates.
The presidential election campaign kicked off on July 28 and would continued for two months.
Mohammad Qasim Ilyasi, a commissioner and spokesman for IECC, told Pajhwok Afghan News the complaints were about insulting comments against each other and installation of pictures over each other photos and misuse of authority.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Election Oversight Network (EON) on Thursday questioned ‘whether peace or election is a priority’, claiming the two ruling electoral teams were using government resources.
Officials of the Election Oversight Network, a coalition of several election oversight institutes, on Thursday organized a press conference about peace and election.

KABUL (Pajhwok): A presidential candidate, Latif Pedram on Thursday after launching his electioneering said he would change the structure of the government if he won the election.