Samangan All Elections News

AIBAK (Pajhwok): The number of people who took part in last month’s presidential election was 48 percent less than those voted in last year's parliamentary election in northern Samangan province.
The presidential election was held on September 28 and parliamentary election was conducted in October 2018. Results of the presidential election are yet to be announced.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Taliban militants after capturing five villages disallowed people to cast their votes at four polling centers in Dara-i-Suf Paeen district of northern Samangan province, an official said on Sunday.
Voting in the Wolesi Jirga elections kicked off nationwide on Saturday but violence and technical glitches caused delays and interruptions.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): A total of 143 couples entered into wedlock at a mass marriage ceremony solemnised by some businessmen in this capital city of northern Samangan province on Monday, participants said.
A resident of Aibak city, Haji Abdul Qudos, told Pajhwok Afghan News the ceremony was financially supported by 34 businessmen who belonged to Samangan but currently living abroad.
Around 6,000 guests, relatives of the grooms and the brides took part in the ceremony, he said.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Mohammad Hashem Zari, the newly-appointed governor for northern Samangan province on Wednesday pledged security, launching development projects, and ensuring freedom of expression.
Hashem Zari was officially introduced to local officials and residents of Samangan province by Mohammad Nader Yama, policy deputy of Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).
Yama urged residents to extend all out cooperation to the new governor in ensuring security, rule of law, rooting out administrative graft and good governance.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): At least five policemen were killed and another seriously wounded in militants’ attack on a police check post in Dar-e-Sof Payen district of northwestern Samangan, a resident said Saturday.
A resident of Bayanan village of the district wishing anonymity told Pajhwok Afghan News anti-state rebels attacked a police check post in Kanda Moshak area of the district at around 2:00 am last night.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): The residents of northwestern Samangan province have blocked implementation of a water supply project, demanding the construction of a reservoir in their area to tackle the water shortage issue.
However, local officials working on the project said the construction of a water reservoir was included in their programme. Officials say the project worth $8.9 million is 95 percent complete but work on it has been halted in Zhwandoon valley.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): The prolonged electoral crisis has led to an unprecedented decline in revenue from coalmines in the Dara-i-Suaf district of northern Samangan province, an official said on Wednesday.
Mohammad Kabir Mukaram, director civil services, told Pajhwok Afghan News the continued election wrangling had a negative impact on the coal mining process in Samangan as it has rendered more than 2,000 employees jobless.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Samangan province have urged the new president to act in accordance with the teachings of the holy Quran and work hard to eliminate administrative graft, ensure security and encourage foreign aid.
The first round of presidential election was held on April 5 and the runoff on June 14, but the process is yet to be decided, causing people numerous economic and security problems.
Residents say the new president should tackle problems facing common people and put the country on the path to development and prosperity.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Eleven persons, including four women, a child, and employees of Independent Election Commission (IEC), were killed and three others wounded when a passenger wagon struck a roadside bomb in northern Samangan province the other day, an official said Sunday.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Residents and public representatives say the voter registration campaign is yet to be extended to remote parts of northern Samangan province a result of road blockades.
Provincial council member Ahmad Ali Shah Tamaski told Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday there were several areas located far from registration centres and roads leading to some villages had been closed.