The security report on Presidential and Provincial Council elections days is not realistic and Afghan security forces should work honestly to provide security for transparent elections, said officials of the Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) on Sunday.
TEFA's assessment comes after security officials on Saturday have said that about 95 percent of polling centers are expected to be open for business on election day. If accurate, the estimate would mean more centers will be active in the upcoming elections than were during the 2009 Presidential vote.
TEFA believe that security of districts of the country is very important for the holding of transparent elections.
"The security organisations don't have plans for future security and the security of districts is very important. I think the security report of security organisation is not realistic," said Mohammad Naeem Ayoubzada, head of TEFA.
Security of the elections is one of the big tensions of presidential candidates and their teams.
"The security of the elections is very necessary. The Afghan government and international community should try to provide security," said Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, second vice-president of Abdullah Abdullah, Presidential election candidate.
In the 2009 election, 900 polling centers were closed due to security issues, but right now the number has reduced to 414.
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) referred a list of at least 7,000 polling stations to security officials roughly 14 months ago and requested continuous status reports on them.
The IEC officials on Friday said that further preparations, including the transportation of voting materials to the centers around the country, depend heavily on what was submitted by security officials in the final election security report this week.
The relatively optimistic security report submitted on Saturday came six days after the deadline the IEC had originally given security institutions to finish their assessments.