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Special vote audit postponed due to IECC absence

By: Azizullah Hamdard , Date:11/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday postponed the special audit of suspicious votes due to absence of Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) observers. On the othe... Read More

Abdullah team’s observers shut IEC office in Balkh

By: Ahmad Jawed , Date:13/11/2019

MAZAR-I-SAHRIF (Pajhwok): Protesting observers of the Stability and Partnership team led by Dr. Abdullah on Wednesday closed the provincial office of the Independent Election Commission in northern Balkh province.... Read More

Insecurity to keep voter turnout low in Balkh

By: Ahmad Jawed , Date:15/09/2019

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday said voter turnout in this month’s presidential elections would be weak in the province if the security situation... Read More

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PUL-I-KHUMRI/MEHAMOOD RAQI (PAN): Two bodyguards of a Wolesi Jirga -- lower house -- member were killed in a roadside bombing in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, officials said.

MP’s guards killed in Baghlan roadside blast

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A total of 52 pairs tied the knot at a mass marriage ceremony held in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Monday, thanks to three businessmen who financially supported the event that cost $40,000.
The businessmen were Ghulam Abbas Akhlaqi, also deputy head of the provincial council, Zulfikar and Ahmad Shah Ramazan.

52 pairs enter wedlock in Balkh mass marriage

په بلخ کې د پستې ځنګلونه له سره احيا کېږي

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Kuchi tribesmen on Tuesday asked the government to create mobile voter registration centres for them in northern Balkh province.
They warned 95 percent of nomadic families could be deprived of getting voter cards if mobile registration services were not provided for them.

Kuchis demand mobile voter registration teams

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A senior anti-corruption official on Sunday said two officials were foiled in their bid to steel 400 tonnes of wheat flour from a warehouse at the Hairatan port in northern Afghanistan.
Shamsullah Javed, the High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC) head for northern zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News the officials exposed have been detained by intelligence officials.