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Survey Suggests 61 Percent of Herat Residents Won’t Vote in Elections

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

A recent survey by Ariana News shows that around 61 percent of residents in Herat province will not vote in the upcoming elections.

Ariana News survey findings indicate that insecurity, intervention of the government and parties in the electoral process are the main concerns of Herat inhabitants.

According to the survey; 61 percent of people in Herat do not want to vote due to the tensions in the previous Presidential election.

46 percent of people say fraud and corruption in the previous elections are the main reason of not voting.

59 percent for insecurity and 33 percent for the intervention of local commanders.

The survey also says that 65 percent of Herat residents do not believe in the elections and 69 percent do not believe in transparency of its process.

37 percent of women cannot vote due to the family limitations.

36 percent of people call for the role of parties in the elections and 38 percent do not believe in electoral campaigns.

Ariana News survey has completed in 15 days with the distribution of 2 thousand questionnaires in Herat city and districts.

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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.

Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.

The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.

Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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