The Chairman of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Wednesday warned candidates who have closed the doors of IEC offices in provinces that they will be disqualified if they continue to disrupt the work of the election commission.

Speaking at a national conference with civil society representatives and political parties, the IEC chief expressed concerns over the ongoing security challenges ahead of the elections and said that neighboring countries, the Taliban and Daesh militant groups including some lawmakers are deliberately disrupting the electoral process.

In this episode of the program, host Karim Amini discusses the topic with Naeem Asghari, the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan's member, Rahmatullah Bezhanpoor and political analyst.