Afghanistan’s main political parties on Saturday claimed the current voter registration process is riddled with irregularities which will lead to a crisis in the country.

The remarks were made at a gathering in Kabul involving Jamiat-e-Islami, Hizb-e-Islami, Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami, Mahaz-e-Milli party, Islamic National Movement of Afghanistan and a few other parties. 

Members of the parties held discussions on issues related to the elections and then issued a statement in which they called on government and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) tosuspend the voter registration process and all other electoral activities. 

The political parties lodged a range of demands.

They called for changes to be brought to the electoral system, the suspension of the voter registration process, rolling out a biometric system for voter registration and declaring each province a single constituency.  

In this episode host Sadaf Amiri discusses the topic with Mohammad Nataqi, a representative of the parties and Ubra Rezaee, IEC deputy spokeswoman and Gul Ahmad Madadzai, deputy head of Afghanistan's Lawyers Union.