The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Sunday announced that it has started the voter registration process in villages across Afghanistan and that the campaign will continue until July 6.

The IEC stated meanwhile that 5,781,183 people have registered in the country so far to vote.

Of these, 3,789,033 are males, 1,879,374 are females, 112,256 are Kuchis and 520 are Sikhs.

According to the IEC, up to now more than 1,100 people have filed nomination papers as candidates for parliamentary elections and another 690 for provincial council seats.

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

• Abdul Subhan Misbah, deputy head of Afghanistan’s Lawyer’s Union

• Abdul Khaliq Zazai, a member of Kabul provincial council

• Mohammad Naeem Asghari, program manager for Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan