Kazakhstan believes that the holding of peaceful parliamentary election in Afghanistan in October this year is under threat, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Kairat Umarov said at a meeting of the Security Council, RIA Novosti reported.

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday warned of using force after protesters loyal to opposition movement Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan shut down election offices in multiple cities.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s list appears to be leading in Iraq’s parliamentary election, followed by influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s alliance, an election commission source and a security official told media on Sunday.