A day after CEO Abdullah Abdullah said an agreement had been reached on the use of a biometric system in elections, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said it is working on the issue and has been dealing with a German company.

 “The issue which is being worked on is the use of a biometric system on October 20 (Election Day). Our assessments have been completed by up to 70 percent, but there are still questions in this regard. We hope that we can find answers for them,” said Hafizullah Hashemi, the IEC spokesman.

He said they will announce a final decision after consultations with political parties.

Meanwhile, sources said that government has agreed to a German company providing the biometric system for elections. The project, is worth 15 million euros, and the company will send 24,000 units and other necessary equipment to Kabul by October 10, sources said.

In this episode of the program, host Sadaf Amiri discusses the topic with Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, deputy spokesman for IEC, Fazelrahman Oria, a spokesman for grant collation of Afghanistan and Habiburrahman, CEO of FEFA.