Herat women turned out in their thousands to vote on Saturday ( 21.10.18) IEC officials confirm. Officials from the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Sunday said that over 320,000 people cast their ballots in Saturday’s parliamentary elections in the western province of Herat, of which almost 40 percent were women – writes Ghafoor Saboory […]
417 women campaigning for a seat in the 250-member Afghanistan parliament.
‘It is time’: Afghanistan’s female candidates promise change -This year, a total of 417 women are campaigning for a seat in the 250-member Afghanistan parliament – writes Hamza Mohamed, 19 Oct 2018 Kabul, Afghanistan – Pashtana Arabzai feels she has done her homework and says it is only a matter of days before she realises her ambition. […]
Hundreds of women stand in Afghan election marred by ‘chilling’ attack
The assassination by the Taliban of a notorious police chief in an important Afghanistan province this week could not have come at a more pivotal moment. On Saturday, parliamentary elections are taking place across the country in a vote that had already been delayed for three years because of security concerns – writes Ali M. Latifi […]
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