Members and heads of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaints Commission have been dismissed, the president said Tuesday.

It comes after the Afghan cabinet chaired by President Ashraf Ghani approved draft amendment to Election Law.

In a decree, the president said that heads of secretariat of the two commissions would temporarily act as caretakers of the commissions.

The president called on political parties and civil society institutions to introduce candidates for posts of members and heads of secretariat of the commissions within a week.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General's Office said that 12 former members of IEC and ECC including their heads were banned from travelling abroad.

It said that a delegation was tasked to investigated allegations of misuse of authority against the former election officials.

Afghanistan is expected to hold presidential election in July. It follows a long-delayed parliamentary election in October last year that received heavy criticism of chaotic organization.