"Can you help me choose a good person as president?" asks a women voter in a blue burqa to the ballot paper issuer at a mock polling station.
"No, we cannot tell you who to vote for. This is your decision," replies the polling official in a mock election set-up in Bamyan.
"I have brought the voter registration card of my daughter, she was sick and could not come, can I vote for her?" asks Fatima, 30, who is acting as a voter.
The answer is again no: "Every voter can only cast one vote."
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) has stepped up its efforts for voter education in the central province of Bamyan
As part of this programme, a mock vote casting exercise was organized, under IEC supervision, by the women's organization Nawai Sulh.
"The mock voting play is a very effective method of education, especially for illiterate voters," said Ms Amina Hassanpoor, the head of Nawai Sulh, which deals with social and educational issues.
"Today, we tried to bring eligible female voters from as many villages as possible to educate them about polling, so that they can take our messages to other women in their villages," Ms Hassanpoor said.
Ms Hassanpoor speaks with the audience at the gathering: "Women's vote is as important as those of men."
The event was organized through a small grant programme funded by UNDP/ELECT, the elections support project.
The small grant programme funds projects up to maximum US$ 1,000, contracted to local civil society organizations and councils to carry out civic education activities.
"We have contracted many other civil society organizations to have similar gatherings in all the districts," said Abdul Hakim Hussaini, the public information officer of the IEC in Bamyan.
"The aim is to reach to as many voters as possible," Hussaini added.
The mock voting included polling procedures from queuing to casting a ballot.
"I learned many new things from today's show, it focused on the issues that were not clear for us," said Zakia, 25, a house wife, who was one of the participants.
"The acting voter in the show asked most of the questions which we wanted to ask," added Zakia.
By Jaffar Rahim, UNAMA