The list of candidates has been displayed around the country. People have until 9 June to challenge a candidate's right to take part in the election. Election law bars anyone with a criminal record or ties to militia groups from running.
Some 588 of the 6,070 candidates are women, who were banned from public life under the former Taliban regime.
At least a quarter of all seats in both a new national legislature and provincial assemblies have been reserved for women.
Richard Atwood, chief of operations for the joint UN- Afghan election commission, said enough women have registered for the national legislature, but there is a slight shortfall for the provincial ones.
(AP)
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Afghanistan Lists Possible Candidates For September Polls
5 June 2005 -- Afghan officials have published the names of more than 6,000 candidates who want to run in parliamentary and local elections in September.
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