Insurgent attacks on candidates and poor security are negatively affecting the country’s parliamentary elections, to be held Sept. 18, a human rights advocate group warned. Candidates, especially women, are facing risks of kidnappings, assassinations and intimidation by rebels and rival candidates, the New York-based Human Rights Watch says. These risks are threatening the validity of the upcoming elections, the organization adds. This will be Afghanistan’s second parliamentary election since the fall of the Taliban. The first was in 2005.
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Ivy Mungcal
As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.
