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The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday reported that from the total number of 6,423 polling centers introduced to security institutions, 184 centers will be closed during the second round of the elections. Security institutions have stated that they will share their assessments with IEC shortly.

In addition, IEC Spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor announced that primary and sensitive election materials have been transferred to at least 61 districts via air and land.

The Ahmad Shah Massoud Foundation endorsed front-running presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul on Monday.

Speaking at the event was head of the Massoud Foundation, Ahmad Wali Massoud, who said that the foundation will work with Dr. Abdullah and his team to improve the situation of Afghanistan.

“We will work together to advance the situation of Afghanistan; we will try together,” Massoud said.

Dr. Abdullah took the stage after the announcement and asked that the people vote on Saturday to strive for democracy in Afghanistan. 

Bishkek, June 9 / Kabar /. Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) will assist Kyrgyzstan in combating corruption. Executive director of GOPAC Akaash Maharaj said today in Bishkek during the International Conference “The role of parliamentarism in promoting state anti-corruption policy in the Kyrgyz Republic".

Jakarta. Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto will face off tonight in the first debate of the presidential election campaign — streamed live on this website from 7:30 p.m. The debate, sponsored by BeritaSatu, focuses on the issues of law enforcement, clean government and democratization, spanning the ubiquity of corruption in Indonesia to the country’s ongoing efforts to professionalize its civil service.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday rejected Afghan claims it was linked to an attack on presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah last week that left 12 people dead ahead of an election run-off.

The denial came a day after Kabul accused “foreign intelligence services” — a thinly veiled reference to Islamabad — of being behind the two blasts, including a suicide bombing.

“We firmly reject any insinuation of Pakistan’s involvement in the attack,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said in a statement.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has firmly rejected allegations of its involvement in the attack on Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah and termed them as irresponsible.

"Pakistan is deeply disappointed by such allegations because they serve to vitiate the positive environment created between the two countries through constructive efforts over the past months," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said in the first ever reaction to such allegations.

Turkey’s main opposition leader has called on the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and its sister party, The Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP), to provide support in the presidential elections against the ruling party candidate, marking a first concrete appeal to reach out to Kurdish voters.