Ariana: According to research conducted by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), President Ashraf Ghani did not win the 2014 Presidential Election based on clean votes… during the second round of the 2014 elections, a large number of fraudulent votes were casted in favor of President Ashraf Ghani in certain provinces where he had fewer
Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Monday announced the preliminary results for Kabul parliamentary elections three months after they were held in the country. There are 24 male and 9 female candidates among the front runners who have secured their seats in the parliament. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Following the last year’s chaotic parliamentary elections, more than 230 people including senior employees of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has been referred to the Attorney General’s office over alleged election crimes. Jamshid Rasooli, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s office on Monday said they have registered at least 80 cases of election-related crimes and
Tolo News:A number of Afghanistan’s political parties and mainstream on Tuesday, reacting to the new announced delay in the schedule of the presidential elections by the election commission, said the election delay is against the Constitution. The political movements’ remarks come after, on Sunday, the election commission said the election management body had decided to
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 30, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Electoral authorities in Afghanistan have delayed by three months next year’s presidential election and it will now be held on July 20. The head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Sunday the delay would give his institution more time to fix technical issues and overcome related
Tolo News: Major political parties and movements on Monday said the Independent Election Commission (IEC) is not capable of holding credible presidential elections. The parties called on judicial institutions to investigate “large-scale fraud” in the parliamentary elections. Click here to read more (external link). Related Int’l community urges changes in Afghan election commission leadership IEC
Tolo News:Leaked documents seen by TOLOnews show that the provincial offices of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Logar and Herat provinces have included fake votes among the credible ballots during the vote counting process. Based on some other documents, IEC staffers were also involved in stealing votes to increase the ballot numbers of their
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 26, 2018 Hafizullah rocks on his hospital bed in pain, an oversized bandage covering the nub where his finger used to be. This is the price he paid for exercising his right to vote in Afghanistan’s October 20 parliamentary elections. Shortly after electoral officials in Helmand Province marked
Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said they will start counting votes from this weekend’s parliamentary elections on Wednesday in Kabul. On Tuesday, election commission officials said all election materials, including the preliminary results, have been transferred from polling centers to the provincial capitals. Click here to read more (external link). Related Regional IEC Chief
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 20, 2018 KABUL — Afghanistan’s long-delayed parliamentary elections were marred by deadly attacks and descended into chaos with many polling stations hit by technical and organizational problems Police said a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a polling station in the capital, Kabul, on October 20, killing at least 10