President Ashraf Ghani says by voting in today’s elections, Afghans will be able to determine their own future.
President Ashraf Ghani officially launched the long-awaited parliamentary elections this morning when he cast his vote at a Kabul polling station.
Addressing journalists after casting his vote he said he wants to thank the people for having made this possible.
More than eight million people registered to vote and now are ready to select their future themselves, he said.
He said he wants to remember the freedom martyrs, which according him are those who lost their lives during the election process.
He said Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq and Gen. Momin who were killed this week in an attack “were the martyrs of fighting against terrorism.”
He said elections in Kandahar have been delayed for one week at the request of the people and that all of Afghanistan is sharing the grief of Kandahar people.
He says he wants to address the nation as a citizen.
“I request every Afghan to use their right to vote today. It is a right and a responsibility,” he said.
