Officials of Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said that a total of 4,528 complaints had been registered of which 4,362 have been addressed and ballots from 1,817 polling stations will be recounted.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has urged the Afghan authorities to safeguard, complete the election, and to protect the integrity of the process, especially with regard to tabulating and announcing the results.

Presidential spokesperson Sediq Seddiqi said that the Afghan government welcomes UNAMA’s support for the upcoming presidential election.

The Pakistani Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday accorded an approval to gift 40,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's election authorities are considering delaying a presidential election scheduled for April 2019, officials said, as they struggle to count votes cast in recent parliamentary elections.