As the deadline looms for upcoming parliamentary and district council elections, some political parties are trying to increase pressure on the Independent Election Commission to hold elections as scheduled. On Saturday they issued a joint declaration calling for certain issues to be tackled.

Twenty political parties and movements issued the joint resolution in which they called for the review of specifying voting centers and the rights of political parties to monitor electoral processes.

The parties meanwhile called for voting rights to be given to refugees and internally displaced persons – also known as IDPs.

In this episode host Nemat Rawan discusses the topic with the following guests: 

Mohammad Natiqi, Wadat Islami party member 
Ahmad Dawar Nadi, head of Afghanistan Peace Association (APA)
Mohammad Ibrahim Rahimi, the head of civil society and political party unity commission
Idris Stanikzai, head of the youth movement