Political turmoil has hit Afghanistan as it prepares itself for a second round of electoral voting this year.

After the massive fraud that hit the original election in August, authorities have reassured they will try their best to prevent the events from happening again.

After the rigging of the votes in the first ballot, 200 out of 380 district election officials from the government appointed Independent Election Commission have been fired, with their punishment pending.

A spokesman for the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, Aleem Siddique, said measures have been made to ensue the voting safety this time around.

“More than half of the district field coordinators are being replaced to prevent any attempted fraud or because there have been complaints made against them by candidates and observers,” he said.

The former foreign minister who will be facing off against Hamid Karazi, Abdullah Abdullah, who had his voting share considerably slashed below the 50% needed for outright victory by the dishonest employees.

He said he was looking forward to a fairer upcoming election this time around.

“Some people lost their finger in the last round elections [so] this is a serious issue, and in order to prepare the ground for transparency and fairness of the elections we have certain recommendations, suggestions as well as conditions that … we will come up with soon,” Abdullah said.

Despite the current controversy in the middle eastern country, the United States has indicated they will send over more troops to control the elections safety.

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