Afghan polls to be split

KABUL – Afghanistan’s post-Taliban presidential elections can be held “on time” but not simultaneously with parliamentary polls, a presidential spokesman said yesterday.

Much delayed by logistical problems and threatened by rising insurgency, landmark presidential elections would be held as scheduled in the Afghan month of Mizan which falls from late September to late October, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai, Jawad Ludin told AFP. While an official date for the polls has not yet been announced, the Joint Electoral Management Body told the Afghan cabinet yesterday that simultaneous presidential and parliamentary polls were “impossible,” Ludin said.- Nampa-AFPWhile an official date for the polls has not yet been announced, the Joint Electoral Management Body told the Afghan cabinet yesterday that simultaneous presidential and parliamentary polls were “impossible,” Ludin said.- Nampa-AFP