KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The voter registration process could not be conducted in four districts of northern Kunduz province owing to insecurity, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) regional office said on Wednesday.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A Wolesi Jirga candidate from southern Kandahar province Asadullah Mashouri was killed in a magnetic bomb blast on Monday, an official said.
Aziz Ahmad Azizi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in Fabrika Sari locality in Kandahar city, the provincial capital, shortly after 4pm.
He said the blast was caused by a magnetic bomb which had been attached to Ashouri’s vehicle. Police were investigating the incident, Azizi concluded.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC)’s regional office in southern Kandahar province was reopened on Monday, thanks the provincial council’s efforts.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Protesting Wolesi Jirga candidates from Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan provinces on Monday held a gathering in southern Kandahar province to jointly push for the acceptance of only biometrically verified votes cast in the Oct polls.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The residents of southern Kandahar province have different views about winning Wolesi Jirga candidates, mostly new faces, from the province.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Some tribal elders in southern Kandahar province on Monday held a gathering to announce they would support Dr. Shiada Abdali if he contested the upcoming presidential election.
The elders held the meeting in Aino Mena township in Kandahar City, the provincial capital.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The week-long delayed voting in the Wolesi Jirga elections concluded in southern Kandahar province without a security incident occurring on Saturday, the acting governor said.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Despite technical problems at polling stations, a large number of people on Saturday participated in the Wolesi Jirga elections in southern Kandahar province.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Acting Kandahar Governor Abdul Hanan Munib on Saturday visited some polling stations and assured that technical issues in the way of voting process would be resolved soon. Wolesi Jirga elections in Kandahar province postponed after the killing of Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq just two days before the conduct nation-wide polls on October 20.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chairman Abdul Baday Sayyad has said the commission was committed to hold transparent polls in southern Kandahar province.
Voters have arrived in front of polling centers at 7:00am on Saturday (today) and waiting in long queues for vote but voting process yet to start in the province.
A resident of the city complained that people had been arrived earlier to polling stations but voting process was not yet started.
