The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Monday said there has been a significant increase in the number of people making their way to voter registration centers across the country.

In the first two days, following the launch of the process, just over 12,000 people registered, of which 25 percent were women, the IEC commissioner Sayed Hafiz Hashimi said.

Meanwhile, the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) speaker Fazel Hadi Muslimyar visited a registration center in Kabul on Monday and said the success of legitimate and fair elections was rooted in the participation of the people.

He called on all eligible Afghans to register to vote.

In this episode of Mehwar host Masoud Malik discusses the topic with Zainab Mohid a university lecturer.