KABUL, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Up to 19 people, including a candidate and eight election officials, have been kidnapped in Afghanistan on the eve of a parliamentary vote which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt, an election official said on Friday. Independent Election Commission (IEC) spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor said a candidate had been kidnapped in eastern Laghman province but the circumstances were not clear. He said eight IEC officials had been abducted in northwestern Badghis but were safe. Reuters quoted Noor as saying that officials were checking reports 10 campaign workers had also been abducted in the same area. --SPA 14:17 LOCAL TIME 11:17 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/817808