TEHRAN (Iran News) – Afghan officials have set a new date for announcing the last month’s Afghanistan election results, after several delays. Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, says Sunday preliminary Afghanistan election results will be announced on Nov. 14. There is a delay on the initial deadline for sharing the results […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Afghan officials have set a new date for announcing the last month’s Afghanistan election results, after several delays.
Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, says Sunday preliminary Afghanistan election results will be announced on Nov. 14.
There is a delay on the initial deadline for sharing the results as the commission dealt with widespread accusations of misconduct in the polling. Then they are ending to technical problems with transferring ballot papers and data from a biometric system, AP reported.
Afghans voted Sept. 28 despite Taliban threats and violence. The lead candidates are President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who have led together a fragile coalition government.
If no candidate obtains over 50% in the results, a second round of voting will be held.
During the foretold election, on polling day alone, 28 civilians killed and 249 injured. Children accounted for more than one-third of the victims.
Despite the high toll, Afghan security forces said Election Day was a success because the Taliban failed to pull off any large-scale attacks that stole the headlines, AFP reported.
The majority of Taliban attacks involved the use of rockets, grenades and mortars, as well as homemade bombs planted near polling centers, including schools, the report found.
- source : Tasnim, Irannews
