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Half of Bamyan voters participate in presidential poll

By: Hadi Ghafari , Date:30/09/2019

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): About 84,000 people or half of the total registered voters in central Bamyan province exercised their right to enfranchise in the September 28 presidential election, an official said on Monday... Read More

Illiterate Bamyan women being taught how to vote

By: Hadi Ghafari , Date:29/08/2019

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Awareness program regarding biometric voting for illiterate womenhas been launched in central Bamyan province for the September 28 presidential election, an official said on Thursday. Aq... Read More

Bamyanis seem little interested in upcoming polls

By: Hadi Ghafari , Date:12/06/2019

BAMYAN (Pajhwok): The remoteness of voter registration centers, wide-spread rigging in the Wolesi Jirga elections and lack of trust over the Independent Election Commission (IEC) are to blame for lack of p... Read More

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In Bamyan, an elderly woman and man voted in 2018 Wolesi Jirga elections.

In Bamyan, an elderly woman and man...

BAMAYN CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of residents of Kahmard district of central Bamayan province protested against missing of candidates’ names in the list and non-transparency of the ballot process in their district.
Around 400 people had staged a rally in the center of Kahmard district today and they complained from the election process in their area.
They said some people were deprived from Saturday’s voting and they were not let to vote on the second day.

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Local officials on Friday said Taliban insurgents attacked important electoral materials in Shibar district of central Bamyan province, but the materials sustained no damages.
Mohammad Azim Farid, Shibar district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that insurgents attacked on important electoral materials in Sangpar area of the district on Friday but they could not inflict damages to the materials.

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): As many as 14 electoral offenses registered during campaigning for Saturday’s Wolesi Jirga elections in central Bamyan province, have been addressed, an official said on Wednesday.
Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) head for Bamyan, Mohammad Hadi Amiri, told Pajhwok Afghan News that no female candidate was among the offenders.
He said some of the offenders were banned for three to five days from running their electoral campaign as punishment and others fined.

"حکومت مکلف به دستگيرى و مجازات عاملان سربريدن ها است"

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Civil society activists and the governor of central Bamyan province on Wednesday urged the government and security forces to bring to justice the killers of seven civilians in Zabul province.
Holding a gathering in Bamyan City, the provincial capital, the activists demanded the government take stern action against the perpetrators.