Tag: Afghan elections

By Shadi Khan Saif, Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan is all set to go to parliamentary polls on Oct. 20 as candidates rolled back their campaign posters on Thursday in line with the electoral rules in the mountainous country marred by decades of conflict. The intense 20-day campaign transformed the landscape of major urban centers across the country with the candidates placing their posters, banner and billboards all over main roads, markets and other public places with pledges of a better Afghanistan. More than 2,500 people, including 418 women, are competing for the 249...