Human Rights Watch raised concerns Monday over possible fraud and the election of individuals involved in rights violations to office in the upcoming presidential elections.
"We are watching very closely to see what will happen. There are so many questions about the elections: Will the voter registration be valid that everyone can vote and fraud is minimized? will there be some kind of investigation to make sure that people with serious human rights abuses are not able to run for president?" Barr told TOLOnews Monday.
She also said that the country's stability could be threatened if the legitimacy of the elections is compromised and adequate security isn't provided during the election.
"When the election is over and people feel like there was a legitimate election, the cause a real instability in the country."
But the Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials said that they cannot stop a candidate from running for president unless they are found guilty by the courts.
"Unfortunately, human rights violators are limited to run for the elections according to law," IEC Spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor told TOLOnews on Monday.
But he insisted that a commission will be formed after the registration process is complete to investigate if the candidates are linked to illegally armed groups.
The presidential election is scheduled for April 5, 2014.