Afghanistan Pledges October Date for Parliamentary Election

Afghanistan Pledges October Date for Parliamentary Election
Gula Jan Abdul Badi Sayad chairman of Independent Elections Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan, speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan April 1, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sobhani
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KABUL–Long-delayed Afghan parliamentary and district council elections should be possible this year despite major security and logistical challenges, Afghan election authorities said on Sunday as they confirmed Oct. 20 as the date of the vote.

President Ashraf Ghani, his credibility on the line with both Afghan voters and increasingly impatient international partners, has vowed to hold the elections before presidential elections next year.