Sar-i Pol

 
SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Sixteen polling stations facing a high security threat have been secured in northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor claimed on Sunday.
Abdul Jabbar Haqbin said security for the election sites had been ensured with people’s cooperation, but necessary materials were yet to be dispatched to the areas.     
He told Pajhwok Afghan News the number of polling stations facing a high security threat in the provincial capital and Kohistanat district had come down from 32 to 16.  

 
SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): An illegal armed group has beaten a local Independent Election Commission employee in the Balkhab district of northern Sar-i-Pul province on, Provincial IEC official said on Saturday.
Abdul Rahman Farid, the IEC provincial office head, expressed concern over the incident and told Pajhwok Afghan News the organiser had gone to the district to conduct a workshop. 

 
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A tribal leader campaigning for presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah was gunned down northern Sar-i-Pul province on Saturday morning.
On Feb. 1, two members of the frontline presidential runner’s campaign office were killed in western Herat province. The two men were shot to death by unidentified individuals as they came out of their office in the city.