Independent Election Commission (Afghanistan)

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| agency_name = Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan

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| formed = {{Start date|2006}}

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| dissolved = {{End date|2021}}

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| jurisdiction = Afghanistan

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| chief1_position = Chair

| chief1_name = Najeebullah Ahmadza

| chief2_position = Secretary

| chief2_name = Ziaul Haq Amarkhel{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26893972|title=Afghanistan votes in historic presidential election|date=5 April 2014|access-date=5 April 2014|work=BBC News}}

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| website = {{URL|www.iec.org.af}}

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{{Politics of Afghanistan}}

The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) was the national electoral commission of Afghanistan, which was responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums under the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.iec.org.af/|title=Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan|access-date=4 April 2014|archive-date=4 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804004052/http://www.iec.org.af/|url-status=dead}}

The commission was established in 2006. It was dissolved by the Taliban regime in December 2021.{{Cite news|date=25 December 2021|title='No need': Taliban dissolves Afghanistan election commission|work=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/25/taliban-dissolves-afghanistan-election-commission}}

In March 2014, the commission's headquarters were attacked by the Taliban.{{Cite news|last=Urquhart|first=Conal|date=29 March 2014|title=Taliban attack Afghan electoral commission HQ in Kabul|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/29/taliban-attack-afghan-electoral-commission-hq-kabul}}