Elections in Mr. Khattack's constituency have now been postponed, said Muhammad Najeeb Khan, director of the provincial election commission.

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The 135 regional representatives are selected by the 27 provincial parliaments, and the 65 functional-group representatives by the National Election Commission.

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Mr Mabona, a provincial safety and security minister, was pressed into resigning in 1997 after an independent commission found that he had mismanaged public funds and called him unfit for public office.

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The comments came a day after Karzai decreed the presidential and provincial elections should take place in April, instead of the August date determined by the Independent Election Commission.

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