Parwan All Elections News

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Eight election workers who were kidnapped on September 28 are still in Taliban captivity in the Shinwari district of central Parwan province.
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) workers were abducted by Taliban in the Namak Aab area of the district on election day evening.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A man shot dead his cousin who refused to vote for the presidential candidate of his choice in Charikar, the capital of central Parwan province, on Saturday morning, an official said.
The voting process for a new president began this morning across the country. At least 14 candidates are contesting the vote.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has announced the Wolesi Jirgaelections preliminary results of central Parwan province.
IEC head Abdul Baday Sayyad on Monday evening said six candidates, including two women, were able to find their way to the new Wolesi Jirga.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Wolesi Jirga candidates in central Parwan province on Sunday accused their rival hopefuls of using government resources and making some areas insecure in order to pave the ground for rigging.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Hundreds of Independent Election Commission (IEC)’s contract-based workers staged a protest rally in central Parwan province on Saturday against non-payment of their salaries.
The protestors said the IEC has not yet paid salaries of 400 contract-based workers who performed duty in districts.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): The residents of Charikar, the provincial capital, and some districts of central Parwan province complain about increasing insecurity and activities of illegal armed men.
Abdul Qahar Majeedi, a resident of Syagard district, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants had intensified their activities in parts of the town and the nearby Shinwari district.
He said security forces lacked a strategy to counter activities of rebels who were becoming strong with each passing day.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Some residents of central Parwan province on Saturday expressed grave concern over the performance or work done by the new provincial council (PC) in the province.
But PC members say some of the work has been done and they were planning to initiate more development projects.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three people have been killed and six others wounded as a result of a clash between local groups in central Parwan province, an official said Wednesday.
Crime branch chief Lutf-u-Rahman Rashad told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash took place as a result of personal feud in the Qalacha Sokhta area on the outskirts of the capital of the province last night.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Hundreds of people on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in the capital of central Parwan province against a recent Wolesi Jirga decision.
On Wednesday, the lower house rejected a clause of the law on provincial councils, barring the elected bodies from overseeing the performance of local departments.
The decision sparked protests by PC members in various provinces, with some closing down their offices.