Afghan paper concerned over violence, poll irregularities.

Text of report by Marzia Hila entitled "Violence, irregularities threaten elections" published by state-owned Afghan newspaper Hewad on 11 August

There are concerns about two serious problems facing the elections. The first problem is lack of adequate security. This problem exists in all provinces. There are different overt and covert factors behind violence. Its overt factors are the armed opponents, who are openly fighting the present system. They have threatened to employ all their resources to disrupt the elections. However, internal and foreign forces are trying to foil this threat and it is predicted that they will eliminate the factors behind violence and will ensure …