The Independent Election Commission announced the parliamentary candidate list for seven provinces on Saturday. 

According to the list, from Kabul 70 candidates including 17 women have been removed from the list as they failed to meet the necessary criteria. 

From the six other provinces, a number of candidates were also removed from the list:

In this episode of Takani, host Fawad Akbarzai discusses the topic with the following guests:

• Zabihullah Sadat, election commission deputy spokesman 

• Matiullah Ibrahimi, a former advisor to the commission 

• Sharifullah Kamawal, an MP