Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission, Hawa Alam Nuristani, at a press conference on Tuesday assured that her team is fully ready to hold the presidential election on its scheduled time.

She said that all required election materials, including ballot papers, result sheets, and ink, have arrived from abroad and the transfer of the materials to provinces has also started.

Figures by the IEC show that 9.6 million people have registered to vote.

Mrs. Nuristani said that holding a national identity card and fingerprint will be a must on election day.

In this program, host Karim Amini discusses the topic with the following panelists.

Rahimi Zarifi, member of the IEC

Yusuf Rasheed, CEO of Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan

Noor Rahman Akhlaqi, member of Jamiat-e-Islami party

Fazl Hadi Wazin, first vice-presidential candidate for Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's team