Tag: Elections postponed

Kabul : The Afghan government on Friday delayed October 20 parliamentary elections by one week in Kandahar province after the provincial police chief and intelligence chief were assassinated by the Taliban. A spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani announced that the National Security Council decided in a special meeting that Saturday's polls would be suspended as recommended by provincial leaders and the National Election Commission, Khaama Press reported. Thursday's brazen attack, claimed by the Taliban, was aimed at a meeting of senior US military and Afghan leaders in Kandahar city. General Austin "Scott"...