Afghan

Registration station in Jalozai Camp in Pakistan

740,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan have registered to vote, UN mission says

7 October 2004
Some 740,000 Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have registered to vote this Saturday in their homeland's first-ever presidential election, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced today, as campaigning by the candidates formally ended 48 hours ahead of the poll.

UN rights report finds Taliban and other groups still intimidating Afghan voters

4 October 2004
The Taliban and other extremist groups continue to intimidate Afghans against voting in this weekend's historic presidential election, and many government officials, local leaders and military or police figures are partisan campaigners on behalf of candidates, a report co-authored by the United Nations mission finds.