Wahidullah Amani
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Western province becomes first to impose ban on smoking in government offices, but so far officials failing to enforce the law.
Symbols assigned to candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election has some prospective politicians fuming.
Afghan leadership says foreigners exploited Islamic sentiment to destabilise the country in advance of elections.
Some candidates for the country’s first democratic legislative election are warning that voters may be shortchanged.
The country’s poorest people, the nomadic Kuchis, feel they will not be adequately represented in the new legislature.
With the parliamentary vote scheduled for September, many still profess ignorance of how legislators will be chosen.
Is sudden surge in insurgent attacks a short-term push to disrupt September elections, or a real sign the Islamic militia is reviving?
Distribution of voter cards opens the way for possible widespread fraud in forthcoming election.
Afghanistan’s only election helpline fields hundreds of calls a day from puzzled voters.