Who's Who Among The Afghan Presidential Candidates
Fifteen men will contest Afghanistan’s presidential election on September 28 in a race among old power brokers -- ex-government officials, prominent technocrats, and a notorious former warlord.
The twice-delayed September 28 election is slated to be only the second-ever democratic transition of power in the war-wracked country of 35 million people.
The candidates include some controversial figures from the last four decades of conflict in the country -- former cadres of the Soviet-backed communist regime of the 1980s, mujahedin from the civil war that erupted in the early 1990s, as well as members of the Taliban regime that ruled from 1996 until 2001.
Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-presidential-election-candidates/30102105.html
Election day over there, there was one bombing near a voting place, some injuries, no one killed. We can update this for any vital info. So even people from the Taliban are running per above?
Explosion, Reports Of Attacks Mar Afghanistan's Presidential Election
Afghan forces have stepped up security in Jalalabad ahead of the September 28 election.
KABUL -- An explosion at a polling site and reports of rocket attacks elsewhere have marred voting in Afghanistan’s presidential election.
Fifteen candidates are on the ballot, but the race is widely seen as a two-horse race between President Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking another five-year term, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.
Soon after polls opened across the country earlier on September 28, officials in the southern city of Kandahar reported an explosion at a mosque serving as a polling station. Local hospital officials later said at least 15 people had been wounded in the blast, three seriously.
More at: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-presidential-election-amid-fear-violence-worries-fraud/30187792.html
