Afghan Presidential Candidates Cast their Votes, All Complained Problems in Process

The people of Afghanistan appeared in large numbers, during the fourth round of presidential elections, to vote for their favorite candidates.

The people of Afghanistan appeared in large numbers, during the fourth round of presidential elections, to vote for their favorite candidates.
The voting process for Afghan presidential elections had started around 7:30 am (Kabul time) and the people went to the polling stations to cast their votes.

Rahmatullah Nabil, a presidential candidate, who cast his vote this morning says “the start of the election process was not bad, and many of the problems in parliamentary elections have been resolved.”
“This is a historic day for the people and the future of Afghanistan. People are casting their votes despite the challenges and threats,” said Rahmatullah Nabil, adding that “the democratic process has two enemies, one is the Taliban and the other is frauds.”

Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, who cast his vote in the first hour of the voting process, said: “We see the means of survival of the republic in the elections.”

“Election fraud is unacceptable and we demand that national and international bodies monitor the process closely,” said Ghani, adding that major expenses of the election have been paid from the state budget.

Abdullah Abdullah, a presidential candidate who also cast his vote early Saturday morning said that “we thank the people of Afghanistan, who despite security threats, went to the polling stations and used their votes to determine their fate.”

Speaking about election threats posed by Taliban, Mr Abdullah, said: “Taliban cannot achieve their goals by threatening the civilians.”
Latif Pedram, a presidential candidate said that there are many reports from Kabul, Badakhshan, and Kandahar that IEC staff are not familiar with biometric devices, after casting his vote in Kabul.

“Hundreds of people in Badakhshan province have gone to the polling stations, but their names are not in the list while their identity cards (Tazkiraz) have stickers,” he added.

Enayatullah Hafiz, another presidential candidate who cast his vote in the west of Kabul, said “most people who go to the polling stations to cast their votes, their names are not on the list.”

Afghan presidential elections have been held under tight security threat posed by the Taliban as about 70,000 security forces have been tasked to provide the security of the elections across the country.