A source has told TOLOnews that the National Unity Leaders (NUG) recently rejected three candidates chosen for the position of secretariat head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
EIU’s Democracy Index Brands Afghanistan as Authoritarian Regime
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its democracy index for 2021 has classed Afghanistan as an authoritarian regime as it has assessed 167 nations in five indexes involving elections, pluralism, civil liberties, political and cultural participation.
Based on the index, all countries of the world have been divided into four main categories including authoritarian regimes. Afghanistan has scored the lowest point in the 2021 index with 0.6 points.
The EIU states that 70 percent of countries recorded a decline in their total democracy score.
In this assessment, Afghanistan s position is better known than all its neighbors except for Pakistan.
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The Taliban denied involvement in most of the attacks, including the one on Rasheed.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned the killing and praised Rasheed s work in promoting democratic values and transparency of electoral processes
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Rasheed s assassination was also condemned by the United States, which has been pushing the Taliban and the Afghan government to end a war that has kept western forces in Afghanistan for more than 19 years.
Hailing Rasheed as a tireless advocate for democracy , the US State Department said his voice could not be silenced. The future of Afghanistan cannot be foreclosed by murder but must be resolved at the negotiating table, it said on Twitter.
Head of election monitoring group gunned down in Afghanistan
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Rasheed was on his way to office when his car was ambushed.
A prominent advocate of democracy in Afghanistan who headed an election monitoring organisation was gunned down on Wednesday in a Kabul neighbourhood, drawing widespread condemnation locally and internationally.
Yousuf Rasheed, executive director of the Free and Fair Elections Forum of Afghanistan Organization (FEFA), was shot dead while his driver was wounded, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz confirmed.
No one has claimed responsibility.
Rasheed was on his way to office when his car was ambushed, according to FEFA Programme Manager Naeem Asghari. The organisation had been scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday on the creation of a proper system to monitor peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent Taleban, he added.
Head of election monitoring group gunned down in Afghan capital Reuters 12/23/2020
KABUL, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A prominent advocate of democracy in Afghanistan who headed an election monitoring organisation was gunned down on Wednesday in a Kabul neighbourhood, drawing widespread condemnation locally and internationally.
Yousuf Rasheed, executive director of the Free and Fair Elections Forum of Afghanistan Organization (FEFA), was shot dead while his driver was wounded, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz confirmed.
No one has claimed responsibility.
Rasheed was on his way to office when his car was ambushed, according to FEFA Programme Manager Naeem Asghari. The organisation had been scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday on the creation of a proper system to monitor peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent Taliban, he added.