Gunmen have attacked a voter registration centre in Afghanistan, kidnapping five people, including three election employees, and destroying documents, officials said Wednesday. Nizami said the militants abducted three IEC staff and two policemen charged with protecting the registration centre. “They also set all the voter registration materials on fire,” Nizami said. IEC officials have acknowledged that ensuring security at voter registration centres, particularly in rural areas, will be a major challenge. The Taliban was not immediately available to comment on the attack in Ghor, but the group claimed responsibility for most of the violence during the 2014 presidential election.

Source: The Guardian April 18, 2018 14:03 UTC