Tolo News: A spokesperson for the Stability and Partnership campaign, the team led by presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, on Saturday claimed that ‘circles within the Independent Election Commission are colluding with the State Building team (Ghani’s team) and are trying to organize a systematic fraud.’ Speaking in a press conference, Abdullah’s candidate for second VP, Assadulah
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 10, 2019 KABUL – Two-thirds of the votes cast for incumbent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in last month’s presidential election were cast without proper biometric verification and fraudulent, a leading rival candidate, former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said Oct. 7, joining a chorus of candidates making similar accusations. “This election
Ariana: The head of Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA), a Kabul-based election monitoring organization, claimed on Wednesday that he is threatened to death by the ruling electoral team. “We are being threatened and those who have threatened me can hear my voice. I’m concerned because I have no protection and there is no mechanism in
Tolo News: The presidential campaign team for Abdullah Abdullah held a press conference on Monday and again claimed that a clear winner exists and that there is no need for further voting. “According to our calculations, the election has a winner and it will not go to a second round,” said Fazal Ahmad Manawi, a member
The New York Times: The worry about low turnout has now turned into suspicion of artificially high turnout. Ballot boxes from several areas that had exceptionally high turnout in the Saturday election, surprising observers, have arrived at the Independent Election Commission’s tabulation centers brimming with votes. Some places of sparse voting reported turnout rates as high
Tolo News: Presidential candidate Rahmatullah Nabil at a press conference on Tuesday said he knows of widespread fraud by two specific teams and there is a need for a second round to ensure a legitimate winner and a substantial voter turnout. According to Nabil, almost 1.5 million to two million people have voted in the election
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 29, 2019 An member of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) has said that an unofficial estimate of voter turnout in the country’s September 28 presidential election shows that a little more than 2 million voters cast ballots — a sharp drop from roughly 7 million who turned out for the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 28, 2019 KABUL — Polls have closed in Afghanistan’s presidential election with voting marred by several attacks and reports of problems at polling stations. Fifteen candidates were on the ballot, but the race was widely seen as a two-horse race between President Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking another five-year
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 26, 2019 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his country needs “one president, not two,” telling RFE/RL that if he wins a presidential election on September 28 he won’t accept another national unity government. The 70-year-old Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have ruled through a deeply unpopular and fractured
1TV: As Afghan presidential election is due to be held on coming Saturday, US Embassy in Kabul said on Monday it was “disturbed by so many complaints about security, lack of an equal playing field and fraud.” “We urge all candidates to adhere to the IEC Code of Conduct and respect Afghanistan’s democratic process,” the embassy