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Parliamentary, District Council Elections To Be Delayed: IEC Chief
The new head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Gula Jan Abdulbadi Sayyad, on Sunday said that parliamentary and district council elections will be delayed because the commission has lost a lot of time.
Last year, the IEC announced July 7, 2018 as the parliamentary elections date.
“If we could compensate the wasted time, the elections will be held as scheduled; otherwise, we may announce a new elections date after accurate and comprehensive studies,” Sayyad said.
Meanwhile, he claimed that new plans are underway to avoid any electoral fraud or infractions in the future.
Officials also emphasized that parliamentary polls will be held based on the citizens identity cards.
“We assume that the voters list will include about 13 to 14 million people in Afghanistan who are eligible to cast their votes,” said Wasima Badghisi, deputy head of operations at the IEC. “We will prepare the voters list based on the national identity cards.”
On the other hand, electoral monitoring organizations express their concerns about the performance of the IEC.
“We have always emphasized on holding a transparent elections, but the performance of IEC shows that we will face with challenges,” said Habib Shinwari, a member of the Election Watch of Afghanistan (EWA).
“We emphasize on taking practical actions in order to held a transparent and inclusive election in the country, but there are a lot of concerns regarding the existence of challenges in this process,” said Mujeeb Khelwatgar, the Chief Executive Officer of NAI – an agency supporting open media in Afghanistan.
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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