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Herat officials say all local polling sites are secure

By: Storai Karimi , Date:28/09/2019

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Officials in western Herat province say all polling sites are protected, asking people could turn out in large numbers to vote without any fear of violence. Governor Abdul Qayum Rahimi, after... Read More

Herat: 30 polling sites face closure, 69 high risk

By: Storai Karimi , Date:22/09/2019

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) regional office in western Herat province on Sunday said 30 polling stations would be closed on the Election Day and another 69 faced high secur... Read More

Low election awareness in Herat irks watchdogs

By: Storai Karimi , Date:18/09/2019

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of election observers in western Herat province on Wednesday voiced their frustration over lack of awareness-creating programs as part of the electoral process. The watchdogs... Read More

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Women’s active participation in polls urged

Hundreds rally against voters’ mutilation

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of people on Tuesday protested in this western city of Herat against the mutilation of nearly a dozen voters by insurgents in Kasht-i-Sangi Robat district on the election day.
The 11 men, mostly elders, were seized by insurgents after they had voted in the election and got their index fingers dipped in indelible ink mutilated.
Hundreds of people on Tuesday gathered in front of the Governor’s House in protest against the mutilation, chanting slogans against militants.

Obe district chief suspended on fraud charges

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Obe district administrative chief has been suspended due to his alleged involvement in fraud in the runoff vote, an official said on Monday.
The Herat governor’s spokesman, Ihsanullah Hayat, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul Qayyum Zawri had beaten a worker at a polling site on the Election Day.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Armed militants chopped off fingers of nearly a dozen voters in western Herat province on Saturday, a senior official said.
Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Ayub Salangi wrote on his Twitter page the insurgents cut off inked fingers of 11 people. However, he gave no further details.
But a provincial security official confided to Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred in Kasht-i-Kohna district, where the 11 people were kidnapped after they cast their votes.

فعالیت های جنگی مخالفان مسلح علیه روند انتخابات در هرات ١٩ کشته بر جای گذاشته است

والی هرات: نقش هرات درانتخاب رئیس جمهور آینده تعیین کننده است

بیش از ٥٠٠ کارمند کمیسیون ولایتی انتخابات در هرات برکنار شدند

بیش از ١٦٠ مرکز رای دهی در حوزه غرب با تهدید امنیتی مواجه است

HERAT CITY, TARINKOT, JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Thousands of people have held separate gatherings in western Herat, eastern Nangarhar and central Uruzgan provinces in support of presidential runner Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, his campaign office said in a statement.
Addressing a large number of people, Ahmadzai, said he would work out a strategy to bolster the nascent economy of the country by reducing trade deficit.
Businessmen, he promised would be offered more facilities and the cultural heritage of Herat City would be protected if he won the ballot.