Samangan Provincial Council Elections

AIBAK (Pajhwok): A total of 143 couples entered into wedlock at a mass marriage ceremony solemnised by some businessmen in this capital city of northern Samangan province on Monday, participants said.
A resident of Aibak city, Haji Abdul Qudos, told Pajhwok Afghan News the ceremony was financially supported by 34 businessmen who belonged to Samangan but currently living abroad.
Around 6,000 guests, relatives of the grooms and the brides took part in the ceremony, he said.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): At least five policemen were killed and another seriously wounded in militants’ attack on a police check post in Dar-e-Sof Payen district of northwestern Samangan, a resident said Saturday.
A resident of Bayanan village of the district wishing anonymity told Pajhwok Afghan News anti-state rebels attacked a police check post in Kanda Moshak area of the district at around 2:00 am last night.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Residents and public representatives say the voter registration campaign is yet to be extended to remote parts of northern Samangan province a result of road blockades.
Provincial council member Ahmad Ali Shah Tamaski told Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday there were several areas located far from registration centres and roads leading to some villages had been closed.