link>*KABUL-President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday called on the Taliban to take part inthe upcoming district and parliamentary elections.*

Ghani and the First Lady Rula Ghani today officially launched the voterregistration process and signed up to vote in the upcoming elections.

In his speech after the inauguration of process, President Ghani said,“this was the right moment for the Taliban to commence politicalactivities. If they [Taliban] believe they have roots among the people inAfghanistan then elections is a chance.”

President told media that the National Unity Government (NUG) has the willand commitment to hold transparent elections on 20 October this year.

He also called on the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to pay seriousattention on the transparency of the election and no intervention would beacceptable in the process.

In the meantime, during the voter registration, the Chief ExecutiveAbdullah Abdullah stressed on the government’s commitment for the electoralreforms.

CE Abdullah warned that no one will be able to vote if they have notregistered.

According to officials, voter registration process is expected to be heldin two steps.

Voter registration process is scheduled to begin in provincial centers,then in districts, according to the agenda of the election commission.