KABUL, March 26 Kyodo Afghan Pres...

KABUL, March 26 Kyodo

Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to put off the country's presidential and parliamentary elections until September because of the precarious security situation and a delay in voter registration, diplomatic sources in Kabul said Thursday.

subject to the 2001 Bonn agreement which brought Karzai into power, the Afghan regulation is required to hold the elections through June.

The Afghan guidance has been working to draw a of recent origin constitution and to prepare for the recently made known administration under the accord unless the postponement highlights the fact that the security interests continue to pose serious obstacles, analysts say.

Karzai intimateed his view at a meeting of tonic cabinet members and foreign ambassadors forward Wednesday, the diplomatic sources said, adding that he plans to announce the postponement at an Afghan reconstruction meeting for consultation to be held in Berlin at the cessation of the month.

Considering the fact that Karzai has no serious contender the Afghan management had debated the possibility of holding the presidential election ahead of the parliamentary single but it apparently chose to clinch the two elections simultaneously according to giving more time for voter to register.

Of about 105 million eligible voter in the native land only 1.57 million are said to have registered with equal reason far.

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