KABUL, December 26 (SPA) - Afghanistan aims to hold a vote for the lower house of parliament by late May, as laid out in the constitution, a top election official said on Saturday, according to Reuters. Zekria Barakzai, deputy head of the government-appointed Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan, said the president, chief justice and speakers of both houses of parliament had met and agreed the election should go ahead according to the schedule laid out in Afghanistan"s constitution.--SPA 13:41 LOCAL TIME 10:41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/731783