Berlin Hails Afghan Legislative Election As Successful, Important For Future

Berlin Hails Afghan Legislative Election as Successful, Important for Future

Despite all the challenges, the election in the Afghan parliament turned out to be a success and constitutes an important step in the country's further development, the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

BERLIN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd October, 2018) Despite all the challenges, the election in the Afghan parliament turned out to be a success and constitutes an important step in the country's further development, the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

"Last weekend the Afghan population elected the new parliament. It was for the first time that the Afghan authorities prepared and held the election under its own responsibility. Despite all the challenges [the election] was a success and an important step in the country's further development," the statement said.

The ministry added that Berlin strongly condemned all the attempts to disrupt the election by the means of violence.

"[The Afghan people] have showed their will for stability, peace and self-determination," the ministry stressed.

Afghan parliamentary election was held in all but two provinces of the country over the weekend amid threats from the Taliban movement. A number of polling stations failed to open due to technical issues and several attacks across the country. According the Afghan Interior Ministry, at least 28 people were killed, while nearly 250 were injured on Saturday, the main election day.

The voting has become the first parliamentary election in Afghanistan since 2010. In 2016, the election was postponed over unstable security situation in the country.

It is planned that preliminary result of the election will be made public in November, while the official results will be announced in late December.