(MENAFN- Daily Outlook Afghanistan) KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said attacks on voter registration centers are worrying and that security forces are asked to maintain their safety.
Some voter registration centers were recently attacked in a number of provinces.
On Tuesday, armed men attacked a voter registration center in Ghor province and kidnapped three IEC local employees along with two policemen. Ghor police spokesman said the attackers were Taliban.
Following that on Thursday, unknown armed men attacked two police force members in Jalalabad City who were guarding a voter registration center. The two policemen were killed in the gunfire.
'In Jalalabad City's PD5, armed men attacked a voter registration center and killed two policemen and seized their weapons, Naser Kamawal, member of Nangarhar Provincial Council, said.
On Friday morning, armed men attacked another voter registration center in Qala-e-Naw, the center of Badghis province, in which a police officer who was assigned to maintain security of the center was killed.
'In Baghbanan village there is a school named Baghbanan School where a voter registration center is located. Taliban has fired five rockets on the village. One of them hit the school and killed one person, Faiz Mohammad Mirza Zada, Badghis governor deputy, said.
IEC officials said these attacks are worrying.
'Security forces should do their jobs better to ensure the safety of voter registration centers, the people and voter registration employees, the IEC financial and administrative deputy Maazullah Dawlati said.
The Interior Ministry's deputy spokesman Nusrat Rahimi meanwhile said they will leave no stone unturned to ensure the safety of the process.
'All relevant departments have been ordered to use all their equipment and resources to maintain security of voter registration centers, Rahimi told TOLOnews.
No group has claimed responsibility for recent attacks on voter registration centers. (Tolo News)
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