VOTER VOICES & DEMANDS

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Most residents in Ghazni province say insecurity, joblessness, low quality of education, lack of attention of the officials, and presence of administrative corruption as the main problems in the areas and demand addressing these problems.
Haji Asadullah, resident of Giro district told Pajhwok Afghan News that lack of security, joblessness and lack of attention of officials to education were the key problems in the district.
He added during the last ten years none of the problems of the district have been addressed.

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Residents of southern Ghazni province want the Afghan government and the international community to address their pressing problems, including insecurity, joblessness, promotion of quality education, enforcement of women’s rights and sending them abroad for higher studies.
Key demands of Ghazni dwellers included better security in the province and the elimination of unemployment, provincial council member Hamida Gulistani told Pajhwok Afghan News.

People in the central Ghazni province are fed up with unemployment and lawlessness. They're ready to vote, saying the government must take steps to ensure peace and provide jobs to them.
Located some 150 kilometres south of Kabul, Ghazni province consists of 18 districts. The province has 19 seats in the provincial council. Five of them are reserved for women.
A total of 93 candidates are in the field for the 19 seats. Nine of them are women.
Nawa is one of the 18 districts which was captured by Taliban a year ago and is still under their control.

Restoration of peace, alleviation of poverty and construction of water dams are on top of the list for the people of the central Uruzgan province.
The province having six districts is located 670 kilometres south of the central capital Kabul. Its provincial council has nine seats with three of them for women.
According to the election commission, 26 candidates have registered their names for the provincial council seats. Only two of them are women.

The Sikhs and Hindu followers in Kabul said they will participate in the elections and demanded the next president to provide them with special ritual places for burning their dead, establishing schools on their own language for their children and providing them with governmental duties.
The number of religious minority was around 20000 people before the wars in 1992 however due to the violence and Taliban regime alike thousands of other Afghans they left their houses.

AIBAK: The people of Samangan want the next president to provide them clean drinking water and construct school buildings for children who are studying in tents or under trees.
The people of this province dig holes to store rain and snow water and then use it for drinking and other purposes. According to locals, the water level in Samangan is very low and people cannot dig deep wells without the assistance of the government.

The people of Laghman are ready to participate in the elections but they are fed up with the insecurity in the province.
The province, consisting of four districts, is located some 140 kilometres east of Kabul. Majority of the people there are farmers. The report is prepared on the basis of interviews with eight people from three districts and the provincial capital. Two of the interviewees are girls.

Despite their grievances against the incumbent government, the people of Kunduz are ready to cast their votes in the upcoming presidential elections. Lack of security and no enforcement of the law are their biggest problems.
This Northern Province is located around 340 kilometres from the central capital Kabul and adjoins the border with the Central Asian state of Tajikistan.
The province has six districts. The number of seats in the provincial council is 15 with four of those reserved for women.

Although a number of people in Kandahar feel change in their lives in the past five years, they still complain about the security situation and ask the next president to ensure security in the country.
Consisting of 15 official and two unofficial districts, Kandahar has 15 members in its provincial council (four of them are women). It is located around 500 kilometres south of Kabul.
Kandahar is known as the birthplace of the Taliban movement. The people work as farmers and traders; poppy cultivation and smuggling are also major parts of the economy.

The people of Jawzjan consider insecurity and unemployment as their major problems. The province is located 570 kilometres north of the central capital Kabul and having 10 districts.
The number of its provincial council seats is nine with three of those reserved for women. The number of candidates for the provincial council is 74 and 14 of them are women.
Kidnapping for ransom, roadside landmines, killing of government employees, theft and robberies and tax collection by opponents of the government are disturbing lives of the people in the province.