New biometric identification system and security hampering Afghan elections
(20 Oct 2018) Some Afghans lined up for hours to cast their vote on Saturday in parliamentary elections.
The process is being protected by tens of thousands of security forces on alert nationwide, following a campaign marred by relentless violence.
In some of Kabul's western neighbourhoods voters waited up to five hours for the polls to open, after the official opening time of 7am failed to crystallise.
Poll workers struggled with a new biometric system and in several polling stations workers took an extraordinary amount of time to locate names on voter lists.
In some polling stations in Kabul, voting started considerably late leading to small disturbances by frustrated voters, some of whom had come to vote nearly two hours before polls opened.
The new biometric machines meant to curtail fraud were late additions to Afghanistan's elections and had not been tested in the field.
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