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KABUL - The power supply problem will be resolved with ex-tension of a permanent transmis-sion line to Kabul by Wednesday evening, authorities say.Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said work on fixing a permanent power transmission line in Salang would be complet-ed later in the day.Last month, power supply to 11 provinces, including Kabul, was cut after a pylon was blown up in Salang area. The power utility later temporarily reconnected the power cables.Wahidullah Tawhidi, spokesman for DABS, told Pajhwok Afghan News technical experts had been busy over the past few days to re-pair the destroyed pylon.He promised electricity supply to the nation’s capital would re-sume permanently by the even-ing.A resident of Mirwais Maidan area told Pajhwok: “Previously, there was loadshedding in the winter only. But now we don’t have ...(More on P4)...(1)

Uninterrupted Power Supply to Kabul Resumes Yesterday

Dermalog Delays Results of Votes Filtering

KABUL - The United States military carried out as many as 1,113 strikes in Afghanistan in September, according to data released by the military on Octo-ber 27.The number of US strikes in Afghanistan has been increasing in recent months. In August, it was 810, and 537 in July, according to the Bureau of Investi-gative Journalism.US Forces in Afghanistan said that the strikes in-volved fighter, attack, bomber,rotary-wing, or re-motely piloted aircraft, rocket propelled artillery and ground-based tactical artillery.The rise in the number of strikes comes in the same month US President Donald Trump halted peace talks with the Taliban, citing a deadly attack in Ka-bul that killed also a US soldier.Since then, Trump has repeatedly stated that the US is hitting the Taliban harder.Earlier this month, US Defense Secretary Mark Es-per confirmed that the US had stepped up attacks on the Taliban since the talks broke down.“The president did want us to pick up in response to the heinous attacks that the Taliban and others conducted throughout Afghanistan,” Esper said.US Forces in Afghanistan said that such strikes en-able Afghan forces’ ...(More on P4)...(2)

US Conducted More Than 1,100 Strikes in Afghanistan in

September

KABUL - Dermalog, the German company that provided biometric biometric machines, has delayed results of filtering its data on votes cast during September 28 presiden-tial election in Afghanistan.The company was expected to pro-vide results of its filtering to the In-dependent Election Commission on Saturday, but three days from the deadline, it has yet to do so.IEC commissioner Awrangzeb said that they had no other option but to

wait. He said that the commission was prepared to carry out its inves-tigation as it receives report from Dermalog.Some electoral camps criticized the delay saying it was due to lack of coordination between IEC and the company. They said that further de-lay was not acceptable.Between 1.7 and 1.9 million votes were cast using biometric verifica-tion machines during the election day.

Preliminary results from the votes were originally scheduled to be an-nounced on October 19, but the IEC postponed them till November 14.Meanwhile, the Attorney General’s Office said that three individuals who were accused of breaking the lock of IEC’s digital data centre had been referred for prosecution.Jamshid Rasooli, a spokesman for AGO, however, said that the culprits should be dismissed before investi-gation begins. (1TV News)

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ISLAMABAD - The impor-tance of reducing violence in Afghanistan was discussed in talks between US Special Rep-resentative for Afghanistan Rec-onciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Pakistani officials.During the two-day visit to Islamabad which ended on Tuesday, Khalilzad met with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief of Army Staff Gen-eral Qamar Javed Bajwa, and other government official, US Embassy in Pakistan said in a statement released Wednesday.The envoy discussed the cur-rent status of the Afghan peace process and the importance of reducing violence, according to

KABUL - The Taliban has de-manded the release of 80 pris-oners, including Anas Haqqani and Hafiz Rashid--two leaders of the Haqqani Network--for a swap with two US professors, sources close to the Taliban said on Wednesday.The sources said a prisoner ex-change would offer a restart to the US and Taliban peace talks

that were halted by US Presi-dent Donald Trump about two months ago.The US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is trying to secure the release of Kevin King, an Ameri-can, and Timothy Weeks, an Australian, who were abducted in Kabul in 2016 while employed at the American University of Af-ghanistan.The sources believe that there is some disagreement over the re-lease of Haqqani leaders Anas Haqqani and Hafiz Rashid. Both were captured in 2014 outside Afghanistan while traveling in the Persian Gulf.“Important people like Hafiz Rashid and 80 others are war commanders and are important

KABUL - Transparency in the presidential election will help the country to move toward peace and stability, Chief Executive Abdul-lah Abdullah said on Wednesday.Speaking at an event at the Turkey Embassy in Kabul, Abdullah said people have paid enough sacri-fices for the sake of a permanent peace.Abdullah said he is committed to the peace process, adding that he will make all efforts available at his capacity to achieve it.He also said Afghans are tired of war and they are suffering from the continuation of the ongoing war in the country.“Peace is a priority for the coun-try,” Abdullah said, “If there is any opportunity we should seize it.” In

Reducing Violence in Afghanistan Discussed in US-Pakistan Talks

Taliban Wants ‘80 Prisoners for 2 Expat Hostages’

We Must Seize Any Opportunity for Peace: Abdullah

the statement.He also underscored the econom-ic and security benefits peace can bring to the region, the statement said. US President Donald Trump halt-ed peace talks with the Taliban last month citing a deadly attack in Kabul. Last week, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the aim was to still get a peace agree-ment at some point. (1TV News)

people. I think the release of these people will show the gov-ernment of Afghanistan’s good-will, and be a gesture for peace,” said the head of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, Sayed Hamed Gailani, who met with Khalilzad in Kabul earlier this week.Former Afghan military official Jawid Kohistani said “Overall,

these people are important and their release will not only be a threat to Afghanistan but a threat to the region.” At a Tuesday press conference, National Secu-rity Adviser Hamdullah Mohib mentioned recent meetings be-tween President Ghani and Zal-may Khalilzad over the release of the two US professors. “Khal-ilzad’s aim in traveling to Kabul was to discuss the two US pro-fessors who are in the custody of the Haqqani group; nothing was discussed about peace during his visit with President Ghani,” Mo-hib said, adding that “The US is seeking our cooperation regard-ing the release of the professors, and we are ready to cooperate.” (TOLO News)

addition, he emphasized on elec-tion transparency and rule of law

KABUL - President Ghani has appointed Deputy Foreign Min-ister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman as Acting Foreign Min-ister, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted.Mr. Zaman has been serving as Deputy Foreign Minister for Po-litical Affairs since October 2018.The Office of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah yet to make a comment in this regard.His new appointment comes days after resignation of former Acting Foreign Minister Sala-huddin Rabbani.Rabbani had tense relationship with the presidential palace dur-ing the last couple of years.In his resignation letter to Presi-

Idrees Zaman Appointed as Acting Foreign Minister

in the country.“At this stage, focusing on trans-

dent Ashraf Ghani, Rabbani said that the foreign ministry had been sidelined and that it was treated as a private NGO.The Office of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah yet to make a comment in this regard. (ATN)

parency of election is also impor-tant,” he insisted. (ATN)

KABUL - A total of 150 young Afghan women celebrated their graduation on Wednesday from USAID’s Women in Commercial Banking (WICB) program during an official ceremony, a statement said.The event was attended by the Executive Directors of the Af-ghanistan Banks Association, the Microfinance Investment Sup-port Facility for Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Microfinance Asso-ciation, and representatives from private banks, microfinance insti-tutions, insurance companies and other stakeholders, the statement said.“Increasing the number of women in the financial sector, particularly in decision-making and lending roles, will change the way banks engage with women, ultimately making a wide range of financial services more accessible to wom-en,” said Tina Dooley-Jones, US-AID Afghanistan Deputy Mission Director. Implemented by the Af-ghanistan Institute of Banking and Finance (AIBF) in Kabul, Herat, Balkh, Kandahar and Nangarhar, the Women in Commercial Bank-ing program provided the gradu-ates with the technical and mana-gerial skills, as well as the valuable

KABUL - The Ministry of For-eign Affairs (MoFA) has strongly condemned Pakistani military at-tacks in eastern Kunar province and called for an immediate end to such attacks.In a statement, the MoFA said it objected to the recent rocket strikes by the Pakistani military across the Durand Line into Sano,

KABUL - The Attorney General Of-fice (AGO) on Wednesday asked the government to suspend security advisor, guards’ manager and a se-curity personnel of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in con-nection with the alleged lock-break-ing incident.After the lock-breaking case of the IEC digital center, an investigating team introduced security advisor of the commission, guards’ man-ager and a security personnel to the AGO.Abdul Qahar Farakh Seyar, pub-lic relations in charge at AGO, on Wednesday told Pajhwok Afghan News that they received a IEC letter regarding introduction of the three figures for investigation.He said the AGO had asked the IEC to remove and introduce the three people to AGO for further investi-

DUSHANBE - The Council of For-eign Ministers of the Collective Secu-rity Treaty Organization’s working group on Afghanistan met in Du-shanbe on Oct 29-30. National coor-dinators for Afghanistan of CSTO member states and officials of CSTO Secretariat took part in the meeting, the Foreign Ministry in Dushanbe said.Representatives of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia and the Executive Com-

Kabul Slams Pakistani Incursions into Kunar

KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has expressed its deepest condolences on the pass-ing away of UNHCR former high commissioner Sadako Ogata. Ogata was a visionary leader who steered UNHCR through one of the most significant decades in its history, the ministry said in a statement.Her efforts in Afghanistan in dif-ferent aspects were unforgettable it said, adding she was not only a hu-man rights activist but was also a role model in the world. MoFA said it would not forget her tremendous support to the people of Afghani-stan. Ogata, who led UNHCR from 1991 to 2000, passed away in Tokyo. Ogata became high commissioner shortly after the Cold War came to an end, uprooting tens of millions of people. (Pajhwok)

MoFA Saddened by Demise of Former UNHCR Head

150 Young Afghan Women Complete

USAID’s WICB Program

Dushanbe Meeting Discusses Situation in Afghanistan

AGO Wants 3 Under Probe IEC Officials Suspended

Chogam and Gawicha areas of Shultan district.“We consider such attacks a bra-zen violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty, as well as a viola-tion of international law. We ve-hemently condemn these acts,” it added.The Afghan government once again asked for an immediate

mittee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Coopera-tion Organisation were also in at-tendance. The participants discussed issues related to the military and po-litical situation in Afghanistan, the ministry said. They underlined the need for con-tinuing the process of consolidat-ing efforts by CSTO members on Afghanistan, both bilaterally and within specialised international bod-ies. (Pajhwok)

stop to the attacks and empha-sised good neighbourliness. The MoFA had expressed its concern to the government of Pakistan via the Afghan embassy in Islama-bad.On the other hand, former Presi-dent Hamid Karzai also slammed the Pakistani attacks on Kunar, where women and children were

Oct 31, 2019 - The day ahead should be fairly positive. You’ll begin to feel the faintest hint of a major change beginning. This new phase will last seven months. As it progresses, you’ll find greater freedom of expression. You can expect to shift into high gear on

subjects you used to avoid in the past. Some friction with siblings may arise in the next few months.

Oct 31, 2019 - If you’ve yearned to mod-ify something in your daily life, do it now. The planetary energy is telling you that the hour has come to make concrete changes. Whether the change you seek is at home or at work, physical or emo-

tional, don’t be afraid to seriously upset the status quo of your life.

Oct 31, 2019 - The planetary shift will probably be imperceptible today, but you’ll have several months to under-stand how this change impacts you. It will dawn on you that you feel a strong need for liberation. Perhaps you need to

release yourself from the bonds of your group. Change and innovation are in the air!

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Across Yesterday’s Solution

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1. Wanderer, 6. “Cut that out!”, 10. Unwakable state, 14. Ancient Greek marketplace, 15. The thin fibrous bark, 16. By mouth, 17. Varnish ingredient, 18. Anagram of “Seek”, 19. 1 less than 10, 20. A small unit of troops, 22. C C C C, 23. Dawn goddess, 24. Churns, 26. Hit the sack, 30. Spin, 32. Utilizers, 33. Passerines, 37. Russian emperor, 38. Remedies, 39. Re-lating to aircraft, 40. Punctuation mark, 42. Drive, 43. Buddhist religious leaders, 44. Grow feathers, 45. Hillsides, 47. Ghost’s cry, 48. Male undergrad social club, 49. Communicative, 56. 53 in Roman numerals, 57. 62 in Roman numerals, 58. Product of bees, 59. Plus, 60. Not odd, 61. Master of ceremonies, 62. Secluded valley, 63. Neat, 64. Darlings

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Oct 31, 2019 - You’ve met some strange people who have greatly influenced your attitude about your marriage or partner-ship. Some people have been pushing you toward more freedom. These people have

been influenced by the planetary alignments, but that’s no reason you have to be. Freedom or lack of it is com-pletely subjective.

Oct 31, 2019 - You mustn’t expect any enormous changes today. The process you began three or four years ago will accelerate slightly. You’re changing the moorings of your identity, the ideas that

make you sure of who you are. Your family, back-ground, and education no longer count for as much as your spiritual foundations.

Oct 31, 2019 - It’s an excellent day for you! Although no major events occur today, there’s the promise of freedom in the coming months. A fundamental shift is about to occur in your occupa-

tion and love life. As the months unfold, you can expect to be more visionary, more creative, and perhaps more rebellious. You’ll be much more ef-fective than in the past two or three years.

Oct 31, 2019 - In your case, the phrase “turning point” has some meaning. This turning point could take the form of a new person or a key event that changes

things forever. Sometimes amazing things we hear about really do happen. One of these things may be happening to you in the coming months.

Oct 31, 2019 - To understand the shift occur-ring today, you must look at events from a lofty perspective. A slow liberation process is gathering momentum. Over the next few

months you won’t refuse an opportunity to rid yourself of an oppressive part of your past. You’ll shed your old com-plexes and emerge renewed. Don’t be alarmed if family re-lations suffer a bit. The distress is only temporary.

Oct 31, 2019 - It may be that you’ve come back deeply changed from a long voyage. Of course, travel changes every-one to some extent, but in your case, the change is more profound. You’re going

to have a problem getting back into your old life. It may feel too limiting for you. So what are you wait-ing for? Change it!

Oct 31, 2019 - If you feel suffocated by your romantic relationship, if you feel it lacks spice or is too traditional, then why not liberate yourself? To-

day’s planetary energy will help you turn even your craziest ideas into reality. Starting today, you’re going to be asked to be more decisive.

Oct 31, 2019 - The solar system is liable to trigger a transformation that will last several months. The change will center on the means you use to fulfill

yourself in terms of your career and love life. If you feel hemmed in by your training or upbring-ing, you can expect to seek liberation from these inhibitions in the months to come.

Oct 31, 2019 - The gentle winds of change are blowing through your life at the moment. You have a feel-

ing of newness and an open attitude toward the world. Some outside events give you the impres-sion that you’re advancing in a concrete manner toward a new life. You can expect to have some pleasant surprises.

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killed last week.Karzai called the Pakistan attack an act of aggression and a viola-tion of Afghanistan’s territorial and integrity and sovereignty.“I call on the government of Pa-kistan to immediately stop these and adopt a peaceful and civi-lised approach towards Afghani-stan.” ...(More on P4)...(6)

work experience needed to secure permanent jobs in the country’s banking and financial sectors.The young women received six months of classroom training at AIBF, followed by three-month internships in commercial banks. Twenty-six of the trainees have al-ready transitioned to full-time jobs in various commercial banks. Mr. Lutful Haq Noor, the Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of AIBF, said: “The WICB was an essential program. It was a great initiative taken by USAID to bridge the gap between male and female professionals in the banking sector of Afghanistan.” “The WICB program was a good platform for me to enhance my knowledge, skills and practical experience. This program enabled me to get a full-time job with the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan,” Ms. Frozan Laheeb, a graduate, said. (Pajhwok)

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gations according to Article 23 of the electoral law.The AGO would launch its investi-gation about the cases of the three figures after they were sacked from their jobs, he said.On October 22, Dr. Abdullah Ab-

dullah’s team during a press confer-ence claimed that the lock of digital data collection center of the IEC had been broken by special police forces and secretariat workers of the com-mission. The team asked for clarifi-cation about the issue. (Pajhwok)

In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind

October 31, 2019

Jeremy Adelman is Professor of History at Princeton Univer-sity. Pablo Pryluka is a doctoral candidate in history at Princ-eton University.

Hujjatullah Zia is the permanent writer of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan and freelance writer based in Kabul. He can be reached at zia_hujjat@yahoo.com

The Underground Waters Reduction Worries

Kabul Residents

Despite many social and political issues, the reduction of under-ground water is a long growing issue in the country, especially in Kabul city. According to reports, the water table has unprec-

edentedly dropped in Kabul which resulted thousands of settlements and farms face sever water shortage. Few years ago, every family could access water through their 20 meter deep wells in Kabul but now it has reached up to 200 meters while there is no program to prevent it from the rising issue. Based on technical reports, annually around 22 meter of Kabul underground water is dropping. The experts emphasize that the problem is extremely worrisome and if the situation continues – with people using too much water – the water resources will farther drop. Therefore, the reduction of underground waters enumerated as an in-tensifying challenge needs to comprehensive program to prevent the growing the issues. The blamable factors behind the issue consists of climate change, lack of green area, increasing population and poor water management and more importantly water wastage. Though it is hard to have control over climate changes but it is possible to increase the green area, improve the water management and prevent from wastage of water. The fact is that there is no serious supervision over the water wells in Kabul city. The depth of drinking water wells reached from 20m to around 200 m and those who are in a good economic condition digs up to 200 meter per-sonal wells and consume water as much as they wish regardless of what is going on in their neighborhood. As a result, thousands of wells have been sunk in Kabul city while the numbers of population are increasing due to unemployment, security issues and other internal displacement factors.In urban area, the majority of the people get its water from wells and storage tanks while collecting water is most often a hard task assigned to women and children, usually girls. In some areas of the city they walk miles to find water and then carry it back in large, heavy containers. In some parts of city, the usual method of collecting and carrying water is with hand which is really difficult job, especially for children arduous and tiring. Globally, around 68% of Afghan has not access to clean water system and most of the farms severely affected by water shortage. So, the government and humanitarian community should act quickly to ensure this does not degenerate into farther disasters. However, the national unity government has paid some attention in building water infrastruc-ture but there is need for more investment and follow up.In rural area, almost 90% of Afghan people use water through traditional streams while in other countries water is distributed through pipelines. As a result, nearly 50% of water is wasted through traditional raceways. Accordingly, many people do not use it thriftily while others are suffer-ing from its shortage. As experts believe, if the situation continues in this way, by 2030 we will face a lack of water in our river basins and we will also face shortage in underground water. However, the issue which is raised now, follows several decades of steady droughts across Afghani-stan’s northern, northeastern, central and western provinces which al-ready led to a large-scale of food crisis but now it is the high time to take a strategic action. Overall, the shortage of water is a great challenge in Afghanistan, espe-cially in Kabul while the water of Afghanistan is a great capital provided that we can manage it properly. To reach this point, the government needs to invest in water infrastructure throughout the country, and de-vise an efficient plan. It should be emphasized that water sources should be distributed through pipelines and needs clusters of water tanks to be constructed in different areas to provide drinking water. Additionally, a new research is needed to form a collective diagnosis of the strengths and weaknesses of current river basin management practices in Kabul city. This would help ensure future plans for action are rooted in a realistic assessment of the current situation and add practical value where it’s.However, in previous years, the government of Afghanistan informed the people of some good programs such as construction of a water dam in vicinity of Kabul, but the practical process of this program is too much slow or remained on the paper only. For example the foundation of the Shah-wa-Arous dam project was laid in 2010 but it has not completed yet. If the project was timely implemented a great part of problem was eliminated from Kabul city. The Shah-wa-Arous dam was supposed to have the capacity of 30 million meter water and hopefully it may satisfy a large part of part of the Kabul needs. However, the implementation of large social and economic projects needs the people’s support and the people should contribute in implementation of such projects and should not forget their responsibility in this regard. Now, the people are well-aware about the catastrophe of waters in Kabul city but they are careless about its uses.Therefore, both people and government should try their bests to do their respective responsibilities. People should be cautious about water con-sumption as well as refrained from putting their rubbish everywhere in the city. On the other hand, the government should create a comprehen-sive strategy to prevent the future water crisis which may challenge the whole country, especially Kabul residents. In the other words, the gov-ernment needs to develop comprehensive plans to control Afghanistan’s waters and these plans should be implemented in the framework of a clear water policy.

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All over Latin America, public patience is wearing thin, with violence in Chile and the return to power of Per-onists in Argentina. For almost 40 years, leaders and

voters have struggled to realign economies with global mar-kets, leavening the adjustment with social policies to protect the worst-off. Center-right and center-left coalitions agreed on broad strokes. While they argued over taxes and other issues, Latin Americans accepted the need for foreign markets and foreign investment.For the past ten years, however, world trade has slowed. The World Trade Organization predicts anemic growth of 3% at best. Trade wars, stalled treaties, and the return of economic nationalism pose a real threat to Latin Americans and others who depend on foreign markets. To make matters worse, in-come inequality has widened. Already the world’s most unfair region in this regard, Latin America had made some progress before 2015. But slower GDP growth and stumbling social poli-cies have reversed the trend since then.Latin American leaders across the political spectrum find them-selves in a bind. As the world turned its back on globaliza-tion and open borders in favor of national and regional blocs, pro-globalization governments faced the yearnings of voters who took seriously the promise of economic rights and social wellbeing. At the same time, appeals to tradition, family, and property have proved to be seductive for a growing part of the population, fueling support for Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, Peru’s Keiko Fujimori, or even Chile’s José Antonio Kast.People are impatient and indignant. Argentina has been in an economic tailspin since 2017. Real wages have fallen. Pover-ty is up. Two years earlier, in 2015, Mauricio Macri won the presidency on his promise that fiscal adjustment and opening Argentina to the world would spur economic revival. Instead, they paved the way for his defeat. In a few short years, the package of pro-market reforms and economic opening seemed out of step with the rest of the world. Deglobalization, nativ-ism, and protectionism set a new tone for politics, with frustra-tion and uncertainty about the future overshadowing hope.Frustration is even afflicting the region’s paragon of open-mar-ket politics, Chile. On October 18, a wave of protests led Presi-dent Sebastián Piñera’s government to rely on gendarmes, rub-ber bullets, and tear gas to repress rioting and looting. During the ensuing week, the world watched images that seemed to contradict the stability of the “Chilean model.” The riots and the bloody response of the army and the carabineros were fol-lowed by videos of Piñera, surrounded by men in fatigues, de-claring that the country was “at war,” rhetoric that triggered memories of Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year military dictatorship. Despite Chile’s impressive economic growth and poverty re-duction since the dictatorship’s end in 1990, inequality loomed large, and those who have yet to see the benefits have run out of patience.Even progressive governments seem to have run out of time. A

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The issue of women’s rights and freedoms has been one of the main concerns in the peace talks. Afghan nation, notably women, urges the participation of

women in the peace talks so that their rights and freedoms, achieved under the post-Taliban nascent democracy, do not be compromised at the table. Following the downfall of the Taliban’s regime, Afghan women have participated in social, political, and cultural activities and played a highly significant role. They proved that their abilities and capabilities in social and political are-nas were as high as their male counterparts. Holding high political positions, Afghan women broke cultural stereo-types regarding themselves and changed public perspec-tive to a great extent. They played pivotal role in collective life and campaigned against deep-seated cultural taboos through joining military forces, concerts and musical per-formances, athletic centers and bike riding competitions, film making industries, etc. Afghan women enjoyed the relative freedoms after the col-lapse of the Taliban’s regime. The post-Taliban Constitu-tions entitled Afghan men and women equally in rights, freedoms, and dignity and a number of NGOs tried to em-power women perhaps to undo the restrictions imposed on them during the Taliban’s regime. Afghan women are making steady progress on day-to-day basis and try to increase their constructive role in the com-munity. They, along with Afghan men, have been paying sacrifices for democracy and their human rights and free-doms. Female MPs, police officers, journalists, and politi-cians are also being threatened and targeted by the militants.

The Politics of Frustration in Latin America

Women’s Inclusion Important in Peace Talks

few weeks earlier, when Ecuador’s government announced a reduction in fuel subsidies, a wave of popular unrest forced the government of President Lenin Moreno to flee the capital, Qui-to. Heir to the center-left government of Rafael Correa, Moreno had turned to the International Monetary Fund and subscribed to a program of fiscal cuts. As in Chile, massive street demon-strations were met by severe repression. In the end, Moreno had to mothball the controversial policies to restore peace.In some cases, malaise has led to paralysis. In Peru, the resig-nation of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in March 2018 only emboldened the populist forces of fujimorismo in Congress and prompted demonstrations denouncing the illegitimacy of Peruvian politicians. The shutdown of the Congress last month by the current president, Martín Vizcarra, casts doubt on the country’s future.Then there are the shockwaves from Bolsonaro’s victory in Bra-zil’s presidential election last year, which brought an end to the country’s long-standing center-left consensus and ushered in a new regime of cronyism and incivility. With the IMF predict-ing economic growth this year of 0.8%, it’s hard to say how long Bolsonaro’s incendiary rhetoric will keep his supporters happy. Time might be running out for him, too.Each country is going through its own drama. But what is clear across the region is that as the fabric of global integration comes undone, Latin American governments face spiking pop-ular dissatisfaction and a sharp downturn in public confidence in governments and institutions. The result is an escalation of protest and repressive responses, turning modest demonstra-tions into massive conflicts.So far, the outlier is Argentina, where the social unrest is be-ing channeled through elections. It is worth recalling, however, that many who voted for the Peronists once voted for Macri’s free-market reforms. How long they will wait for Alberto Fernández’s promises to bear fruit is unclear. While the new president is a wily pragmatist, even he knows that voters’ loy-alties, especially when pressed to the limit of subsistence, are unstable.Something fundamental has changed. Latin America cannot hitch its fortunes to the fading promises of globalization. Nor cannot it return to old-style populism. The only certainty is that the public’s fuse is short; many years of promises have dashed expectations at a time when the future looks especially bleak.This is not the same kind of unrest seen in Beirut or Hong Kong, where people are taking to the streets to fight undemo-cratic regimes. This is about economic frustration, amplified by the seeming absence of alternatives to failed globalization. The risk, of course, is that governments resort to Chinese-style tac-tics and turn economic malaise into a struggle over the future of democracy. Piñera’s ominous talk of an internal war, while surrounded by uniformed military officers, does not bode well.

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By: Hujjatullah Zia Women also lose their lives while registering for elections, casting their votes, or simply walking on the streets. A wom-an’s vote is as important as that of her male counterpart. During presidential and parliamentary elections, Afghan women use their suffrage through flocking to ballot boxes. A study by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Com-mission showed that Afghan women were worried about their rights in the peace talks with the Taliban. Since the US is seeking to step up its struggle for including women in the talks, Afghan women are likely to be hopeful for the end of their marginalization. The Taliban are unlikely to refuse women’s representatives in the talks to show the world that their mindset has been changed towards women and to court their trust. Facing women in informal talks, the Taliban show very positive attitude towards them. However, the Taliban yet to practically prove their genuine intention for not violating the rights and freedoms of wom-en. Since the Taliban are still exercising their radical mindset in areas under their control, Afghan women still view the Taliban with doubt. The Taliban have to change their mindset towards women in true way. Restricting women’s social and political activities is against Islamic tenets. Women are widely involved in so-cial, political, economic, and cultural activities in many Mus-lim countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Iran, Pakistan, Arab Emirate, etc. Thus, the Taliban have to stop their radical interpretation of Islamic tenets and respect the rights, freedoms, and dignity of women.

By: Jeremy Adelman and Pablo Pryluka

October 31, 20194(1) Uninterrupted... electricity for hours even in the sum-mer. Despite tall claims, the govern-ment could not resolve the power issue even in Kabul in the past 15 years.” (Pajhwok)(2) US Conducted ...operations and compliment the Reso-lute Support train, advise and assist mission, as Afghanistan and the inter-national community continue to apply “judicious military pressure to enable the Taliban’s eventual reconciliation, reintegration and realignment.” (1TV News)(3) Afghanistan’s Foreign ...which supports open media in Afghani-stan has said the instructions are con-tradicting the Article 34 of the Con-stitution which gurantees freedom of speech.Abdul Mujeeb Khelwatgar, the Chief Executive of NAI organization said all governmental and private institutions can have their own policies.However, he said such policies should not contradict the laws of the country.Khelwatgar further added that the for-mal letter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is fully contradicting the con-stitution of the country and is sup-pressing the freedom of speech which is one of the key rights of the citizens of Afghanistan. (KHAAMA PRESS)(4) 29 Midwives ...financial support of the Swedish Com-mittee.Public Health Director Dr. Abdul Khalil Musadiq called the graduation a step towards better health services in the province and said 41 girls had grad-uated previously from a similar course.Rahima Jafari, a resident of Dara-i-Sauf Bala district and one of the gradu-ates, said they had received theoretical and practical education. (Pajhwok)(5) Kabul Event Marks ...in Dari and Pashto, distributed in about 1,250 schools across 22 of the 34 prov-inces. Some 300 teachers were also trained on the MHM guidelines.Speaking at the event, Education Min-ister Dr Mohammad Mirwais Balkhi said, “Girls have an irrevocable right to education, which is lost if they feel un-able to attend lessons because of a lack of sanitary products or clean, private toilets at school. Governments simply need to ensure that every school has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.”UNICEF Representative for Afghani-stan, Aboubacar Kampo, described the day as an important occasion to break taboos and encourage girls to grow into healthy and informed women, who can share their well-being with their families and communities.“It is our collective responsibility to en-sure that every girl is equipped with ac-curate information on menstruation as a normal biological process.”He said educating girls on menstruation management built their self-esteem and confidence. “It also contributes to social solidarity, encouraging healthy personal hygiene practices among girls”.Current evidence and key findings indicate that 70 per cent of girls do not take bath or shower during menstruation for fear of infertility; 29 per cent of girls reported to miss some school days when they were having their menses; some 80 percent girls were not allowed to attend social events such as weddings, or funerals, or going to shrines during menstruation; and that 50 per-cent girls were not aware of menstrua-tion until first period started. Malalai, 15-year-old, in grade 9 at the Fatehmatul Zahra school in Paktika prov-ince, said she encouraged her classmates that girls should take a bath during men-struation.“We should never miss out on education, as mensuration is not a disease, but a natu-ral part of our growing up. We only need to know how to take care of ourselves properly”. (Pajhwok)(6) Kabul Slams ...The former president said.The Pakistani military media wing re-

cently claimed: “Afghan forces fired mortars and heavy machine gun fire from the Narai district of Kunar, target-ing civil population in Arundu village in Chitral. Six soldiers and five civil-ians including a woman were injured.”Pakistani troops responded effectively and targeted Afghan border posts in Kandakzi and Dilbar areas, from where fire was initiated. (Pajhwok)(7) Iraqi Prime ...economic hardship and corruption have broken nearly two years of relative sta-bility in Iraq. At least 250 people have been killed since the unrest started on Oct. 1. (Reuters) (8) Major Roads ...of the capital was quiet but was closed to traffic by security forces.Hariri’s resignation speech on Tuesday came after a crowd loyal to the Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah and Amal move-ments attacked and destroyed a camp in central Beirut.The strife was the most serious on the streets of Beirut since 2008, when He-zbollah fighters seized control of the capital in a brief eruption of armed con-flict with Lebanese adversaries loyal to Hariri and his allies at the time.The departure of Hariri, who has been traditionally backed by the West and Sunni Gulf Arab allies, pushes Leba-non into unpredictable political terri-tory.The protests have compounded Leba-non’s already serious economic woes and banks kept their doors shut on Wednesday. (Reuters) (9) Diplomat: Bolton ...Anderson will describe a June meet-ing in which he said Bolton expressed support for the administration’s goals of strengthening energy cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine and get-ting new Ukraine leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to undertake anti-corrup-tion reforms.“However, he cautioned that Mr. Gi-uliani was a key voice with the pres-ident on Ukraine which could be an obstacle to increased White House en-gagement,” Anderson will say, accord-ing to a copy of his prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. Gi-uliani is Trump’s personal lawyer.Another foreign service officer set to testify Wednesday, Catherine Croft, will say that during her time at the Na-tional Security Council, she received multiple phone calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston telling her that the-then ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, should be fired.“He characterized Ambassador Yova-novitch as an “Obama holdover” and associated with George Soros. It was not clear to me at the time_or now_at whose direction or at whose expense Mr. Livingston was seeking the re-moval of Ambassador Yovanovitch,” she will say.Their testimony follows that of Alex-ander Vindman, an Army officer with the National Security Council who testified that he twice raised concerns over the administration’s push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden.Vindman, a lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq and later as a diplomat, was the first official to testify who ac-tually heard Trump’s July 25 call with Zelenskiy. He reported his concerns to the NSC’s lead counsel.Vindman also told investigators Tues-day that he tried to change the White House’s rough transcript of the call by filling in at least one of the omitted words, “Burisma,” a reference to the company linked to Biden and his son, according to people familiar with his testimony. But Vindman was unsuc-cessful.His concerns, though, were far bigger than the transcript. And lawmakers said his failed effort to edit it didn’t significantly change their understand-ing of what transpired during Trump’s call that sparked the impeachment in-quiry.Vindman’s arrival in military blue,

with medals, created a striking image at the Capitol as the impeachment in-quiry reached deeper into the White House. He testified for more than 10 hours.“I was concerned by the call,” Vind-man said, according to prepared re-marks . “I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine.”Vindman, a 20-year military officer, added to the mounting evidence from other witnesses — diplomats, defense and former administration officials — who are corroborating the initial whistleblower’s complaint against Trump and providing new details ahead of a House vote in the impeach-ment inquiry.“That’s the story: There’s not like a new headline out of all of these,” said Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J. “Every single witness, from their own van-tage point, has corroborated the cen-tral facts of the story we’ve heard.”The inquiry is looking into Trump’s call, in which he asked Zelenskiy for a “favor” — to investigate Democrats — that the Democrats say was a quid pro quo for military aid and could be an impeachable offense.With the administration directing staff not to appear, Vindman was the first current White House official to testify before the impeachment panels. He was issued a subpoena to appear.Vindman, who arrived in the United States as a 3-year-old from the former Soviet Union, said that it was his “sa-cred duty” to defend the United States.Some Trump allies, looking for ways to discredit Vindman, questioned the colonel’s loyalties because he was born in the region. But the line of attack was rejected by some Repub-licans, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who said it was “shameful” to criticize his patriotism.Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, called the slams on Vindman “absurd, disgusting and way off the mark. This is a deco-rated American soldier, and he should be given the respect that his service to our country demands.”The testimony came the day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House would vote on a resolution to set rules for public hearings and a pos-sible vote on articles of impeachment.Thursday’s vote would be the first on the impeachment inquiry and aims to nullify complaints from Trump and his allies that the process is illegiti-mate and unfair.White House press secretary Stepha-nie Grisham said the resolution mere-ly “confirms that House Democrats’ impeachment has been an illegitimate sham from the start as it lacked any proper authorization by a House vote.”The session Tuesday grew contentious at times as House Republicans contin-ued trying to unmask the still-anony-mous whistleblower and call him or her to testify. Vindman said he is not the whistleblower and does not know who it is.GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio ac-knowledged Republicans were trying to get Vindman to provide the names of others he spoke to after the July 25 phone call, in an effort to decide whom to call to testify. “He wouldn’t,” Jor-dan said. (AP News) (10) Dreams of Jobs ...said she did not have family to ask for money and pleaded for her freedom.Instead, her captors raped her. And they raped the 20 other women with her — for weeks, different men all the time.“They used each of the girls,” she told The Associated Press. “Every night there was rape.”With its systematic torture, Ras al-Ara is a particular hell on the arduous, 900-mile (1,400 kilometer) journey from the Horn of Africa to oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Migrants leave home on sandaled feet with dreams of escap-

ing poverty. They trek through moun-tains and deserts, sandstorms and 113-degree temperatures, surviving on crumbs of bread and salty water from ancient wells.In Djibouti, long lines of migrants de-scend single file down mountain slopes to the rocky coastal plain, where many lay eyes on the sea for first time and eventually board the boats. Some find their way safely across war-torn Ye-men to Saudi Arabia, only to be caught and tossed back over the border. The lucky ones make it into the kingdom to earn their livings as a servants and laborers.But others are stranded in Yemen’s nightmare — in some measure because Europe has been shutting its doors, outsourcing migrants to other coun-tries.And European policies may be mak-ing the Yemen route more danger-ous. Funded by the EU, Ethiopia has cracked down on migrant smugglers and intensified border controls. Ar-rests of known brokers have prompted migrants to turn to unreliable traf-fickers, taking more dangerous paths and increasing the risk of abuses. (AP News) (11) UK Leaders ...Conservative Party has a wide lead in opinion polls, analysts say the election is unpredictable because Brexit cuts across traditional party loyalties.Johnson and Labour Party leader Cor-byn will trade carefully crafted quips when they face off in the House of Commons’ weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session, the last before Par-liament is suspended for the five-week election campaign.Johnson told Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday it would be a “tough elec-tion.” After three years of inconclusive political wrangling over Brexit, British voters are weary and the results of an election are hard to predict.Johnson will campaign as a leader with a plan to “get Brexit done” who has been held back by an obstructive Par-liament.The prime minister struck a divorce deal with the EU, which was approved in principle by lawmakers. But Johnson withdrew it after Parliament demanded more time to scrutinize it. (AP News) (12) Syria Government ...In opening remarks at an opening cer-emony, Ahmad Kuzbari, the commit-tee’s government co-chair, hit out at “terrorism” and hailed “the sacrifices and heroic deeds” of our army.He added: “The occupation of our ter-ritory, the spoliation of our resources, the continuing imposing of unilateral sanctions threaten the entire political process as well as being in contradic-tion with international legitimacy”.Opposition co-chair Hadi al-Bahra said 65 percent of Syria had been damaged, adding: “It is time for us to believe vic-tory in Syria is achieving justice and peace not winning the war.”Government and opposition delega-tions sat stony-faced opposite each other in a gilded hall at the U.N. Euro-pean headquarters in Geneva, convened by U.N. Special Envoy Geir Pedersen with the backing of major powers.The 150-member committee is de-signed to pave the way for political re-form and free and fair U.N.-supervised elections in the country, where the war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee since March 2011. (Reuters) (13) Indian Nuclear ...questions, as many noted it neither confirmed nor denied whether any of the secondary non-critical systems might have been compromised in the alleged breach.Cybersecurity expert Pukhraj Singh, whose tweets had triggered the ava-lanche of rumors, followed up with a clarification that he only spoke of an alleged lower level “domain control-ler” breach, instead of one on “control systems.” A hack on the domain level might affect a public-facing email ad-

dress linked to the plant, for example, but would not touch its reactors or oth-er sensitive equipment.The former officer of the National Tech-nical Research Organisation, Singh, also noted that he never said anything about possible culprits, because “false flags are so goddamn easy.”Panicked rumors and headlines spread like fire after Singh tweeted on Mon-day that the breach had gone “public,” stating that “extremely mission-criti-cal targets were hit” in the intrusion, which he called a “casus belli in the Indian cyberspace.”Since its reactors went online in 2013, the KNPP has encountered some 70 shutdowns, with one reactor temporar-ily halting operations in mid-October due to faults in its steam generator. While some recalled the issue and quickly linked it to the alleged hack, KNPP officials say the problem was entirely unrelated and since resolved. (RT)(14) US Forgot About ...Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Ca-vusoglu condemned the decision of the US House of Representatives, which voted for the recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide. (Trend)(15) Inside The ISIS ...ized, turning into the next generation of jihadis.Inside the camp, the guards have no control – they are vastly outnumbered, so can secure the perimeter only. ISIS’s female morality police, the al-hisba, operate across the tented city. They have set up secret religious courts, and murder those who have broken their laws, mutilating some of their bodies and cutting them up. They’ve even found a 1-year-old baby beaten to death, but can’t explain why.We tell the throng of gathered women across a flimsy fence about the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – one voice shouts at us in English, accusing us of being liars. They throw stones and we have to be wary of them swamping us.One lady who seems to be a leader then silences them all and tells them not to speak. They turn their backs, gathering together, and go silent. (Fox News)(16) Uzbekistan Railways ...Uzbekistan. The total developed length of the main roads of the company makes about 3645 kilometers today. More than 54, 7 thousand people work in the company. Annual goods turnover of the company makes about 90% of total goods turnover of all means of transport.Now the structure of the company is reformed radically. The special atten-tion is paid to privatization and priva-tization of separate areas.The main activities of the company are: forwarding and cargo delivery by rail; repair and maintenance of railway cars; passenger, tourist traffic; service, updating of locomotive and carriage park.Uzbekistan Railways since 1993 is the member of the Organization of the Commonwealth of the Railroads (OCR). The company has close con-nections with the international union of the railroads (IUR) and the Econom-ic commission of the UN for the Pa-cific Rim (ESCAP). Uzbekistan Rail-ways carries out collaboration with the TRASEKA (a transport corridor of Europe-Caucasus-Asia) of the TASIS program of the Commission of the Eu-ropean Union. (Trend)(17) Iran to Take ...obligations. On July 7, Iran announced that it will not be fulfilling its commit-ments regarding the enrichment of urani-um at 3.67 percent and the reconstruction of the Arak Heavy Water Reactor Facility as stated in the deal.On Sept. 5, Iran announced that it will en-rich uranium using next-generation centri-fuges and will not mix it with the enriched uranium residues as part of the third step of reducing commitments in the JCPOA, and stated that a further step will be taken in two months, should the other signato-ries not fulfill their commitments. (Trend)

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Major Roads Reopen in Lebanon After Prime Minister Resigns

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Iran to Take Next Step Regarding Nuclear Deal in Timely Manner

Ashgabat, Tashkent Discuss Cooperation Prospects

UK Leaders Switch from Brexit to Election

Syria Government Hits at ‘Occupation’, Opposition Urges

Justice as Peace Panel Opens

Indian Nuclear Power Plant Refutes Major Cyber Attack

Rumors, Says All Critical Systems ‘Air-Gapped &

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US Forgot About Armenian Terror - Erdogan

Inside The ISIS Prison Camp ‘Little

Caliphate’ Breeding The Next Generation of Jihadis

Dreams of Jobs in Saudi Arabia Dashed by Torture in Yemen

Safdar Granted Bail in Incendiary Speeches Case

Diplomat: Bolton Cautioned Him About Giuliani and Ukraine

TASHKENT - From Nov. 1, Uzbekistan Railways JSC introduces discounts on tickets for trains running across the country, Trend reports citing the company›s press service.The rail carrier set discounts of 20 percent and 30 percent. Their size will depend on the timing of the purchase of tickets.Thus, a discount of 20 percent is set if the passenger buys a ticket for the train “Tashkent - Andijan - Tashkent” two-five days before the departure. By

TEHRAN - Iran is ready take its fourth step as part of reducing commitments in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in a timely manner, Head of the Iranian Presidential A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Mahmoud Vaezi told reporters, Trend reports referring to IRNA.Vaezi said that this depends on the results of the ongoing discussions.The head of the Iranian presidential administration added that the Iranian committee overseeing the implementation of the JCPOA is considering further reduction of the commitments.In January 2016, the JCPOA was implemented between Iran and the P1+5 group (US, Russia, China, UK,

ASHGABAT - Uzbekistan›s First Deputy Foreign Minister Ilkhom Nematov met with Turkmen ambassador to Uzbekistan Yazguly Mammedov in Tashkent, Trend reports referring to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.During the talks, the sides discussed topical issues of bilateral and regional relations between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.The total trade turnover between Turkmenistan

LAHORE - A district and sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday granted bail to PML-N leader Capt retired Mohammad Safdar in a case pertaining to incendiary speeches against the government and state institutions.Additional Sessions Judge Tajamal Shehzad announced the verdict and granted bail against surety bonds worth Rs200,000. Safdar will be released following formalities.The defense counsel, in the bail plea, had contended that Safdar was being subjected to political revenge. He had added that Safdar was a political figure and talking about an anti-government drive was his “democratic right”.“If cases are filed on the basis of such statements, then cases should also be filed against the incumbent

GENEVA - Syria’s g o v e r n m e n t condemned what it called the occupation of its land and the opposition demanded justice and peace on Wednesday at the opening of a U.N.-backed panel designed to bring about political reconciliation ending years of civil war.The first meeting of Syria’s so-called C o n s t i t u t i o n a l Committee, composed of government and

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn were gearing up to trade barbs over Brexit and public spending Wednesday as campaigning unofficially kicked off for the country’s crucial yet wildly unpredictable Dec. 12 general election.The House of Commons on Tuesday approved an early election that politicians hope could break the deadlock

WASHINGTON - The US forgot about the Armenian terror and blames Turkey for the so-called Armenian genocide, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Trend reports referring to Turkish media Oct. 30.Erdogan noted that Turkey opened all the archives of 1915, while Armenia still hasn’t been able to present any facts, because there was no “Armenian genocide”.The Turkish president added that Ankara strongly condemns the decision by the US House of Representatives, which voted to recognize the so-called Armenian genocide.“This resolution has no legal force for Ankara,” Erdogan said.Earlier, ...(More on P4)...(14)

NEW DELHI - An Indian state nuclear power plant operator issued a carefully worded statement after reports of malware at one of the power plants’ systems snowballed into rumors of a North Korean cyber attack that allegedly crippled a reactor.“Any cyber attack on the Nuclear Power Plant Control System is not possible,” an information officer for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) stated on Tuesday. Both KNPP’s reactors were operating nominally, he added, emphasizing that all critical systems at KNPP and other plants are “standalone and not connected to outside cyber network and Internet.”The official statement, however, raised further ...(More on P4)...(13)

NORTHERN SYRIA -- It is a country unto itself, and nobody knows what to do with it.In a barren prison camp in north-ern Syria – tens of thousands of ISIS members are running what feels like a mini caliphate – abiding by the rules of the extremist terror group, and abiding by a brutal system of Is-lamic justice, which goes largely un-checked, and keeps the ISIS ideology alive.Held captive by the Kurdish SDF, they are angry, desperate to escape and, the guards say, a ticking time bomb.These people, mainly women and children, were mostly caught after the fall of the caliphate – fleeing from the final bastion in the town of Bag-houz. The camp commander tells us they are the most fervent, the ones who were there till the end, and who still believe that the terror empire will rise again.There are 71,000 people inside the Al Hawl camp including around 10,000 foreigners. English, French, Belgium, Russian, Chinese and more – their countries have refused to take them back, saying they are dangerous and would carry out attacks – the camp commander agrees, saying they’re beyond reform.One of the controversial issues is what to do with the children of ISIS. They attend religious schools inside the camp so are being brainwashed, but others argue they are innocent. Some are orphans who have returned home, including one American, but others have nowhere to go. They will stay here and likely become radical ...(More on P4)...(15)

purchasing a ticket from six to 45 days before the departure, the passenger can save 30 percent of the ticket price.In addition, similar discounts under the same conditions will apply to citizens who wish to travel by the Tashkent-Shakhrisabz-Tashkent train.Joint-stock company Uzbekistan Railways was formed on November 1994 ,7 on the basis of the former Central Asian railroad located in the territory of the Republic of ...(More on P4)...(16)

France and Germany) in connection with Iran›s nuclear program. In May 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the deal and imposed sanctions against Iran in November of the same year. In order to preserve the agreements reached as part of the JCPOA, the European signatories of the deal stated in January 2019 that a financial mechanism for maintaining trade with Iran called INSTEX was formed.On May 2019 ,8, Iran announced that it had ceased fulfilling its commitments regarding the sale of over 300 kilograms of uranium, as stated in the deal, basing its decision on the other signatories having not fulfilled their ...(More on P4)...(17)

and Uzbekistan increased from 159$ million in 2017 up to 274$ million in 2018.Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which have abundant hydrocarbon reserves, are in favour of diversification of energy flows. The implementation of the Turkmenistan-U z b e k i s t a n -Kazakhstan–China gas pipeline project, which was put into operation in 2009, can be cited as a good example. (Trend)

rulers,” he said.Punjab police had arrested Safdar last week from the motorway while he was returning to Lahore from Bhera. A case had been registered against him on Oct 11 for speaking against the government and state institutions.According to the prosecution, the suspect was arrested on a directive issued by then Lahore Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Asghar Joiya. According to the FIR, Safdar, during a court appearance for bail in another case, “sat in the barroom and made remarks against the government”.Earlier on Oct 26, a lower court in Lahore had denied a request for bail filed by Safdar in a case of alleged incitement of hate. (Pakistan Today)

WASHINGTON — A State Department foreign service officer will tell House impeachment i n v e s t i g a t o r s Wednesday former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned him that Rudy Giuliani “was a key voice with the president on Ukraine,” which could complicate U.S. goals in the Eastern European country.The testimony from Christopher Anderson makes clear that administration officials were concerned about

RAS AL-ARA, Yemen — Zahra struggled in the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden, grasping for the hands of fellow migrants. Hundreds of men, women and teenagers clambered out of a boat and through the surf, emerging, exhausted, on the shores of Yemen.The -20year-old Ethiopian saw men armed with automatic rifles waiting for them on the beach and she clenched in terror. She had heard migrants’ stories of brutal traffickers, lurking like monsters in a nightmare. They are known by the Arabic nickname Abdul-Qawi — which means Worshipper of the Strong.“What will they do to us?” Zahra thought.

Iraqi Prime Minister’s Main Backers Agree to Oust Him

BEIRUT - Some major highways in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday, after the army urged protesters to lift roadblocks so that activities could return to normal following 13 days of demonstrations that paralyzed the country and forced the prime minister to resign.Tuesday’s resignation toppled the coalition government of Saad al-Hariri, who said he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve the crisis unleashed by the huge protests against the ruling elite.

Giuliani’s back-channel involvement in Ukraine policy, and his push for investigations of Democrats, even before the July 25 phone call

between President Donald Trump and his Ukraine counterpart at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. ...(More on P4)...(9)

This story is part of an occasional series, “Outsourcing Migrants,” produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.She and 300 other Africans had just endured six hours crammed in a wooden smuggling boat to cross the narrow strait between the Red Sea and the gulf. When they landed, the traffickers loaded them into trucks and drove them to ramshackle compounds in the desert outside the coastal village of Ras al-Ara.There was Zahra’s answer. She was imprisoned for a month in a tin-roofed hut, broiling and hungry, ordered to call home each day to beseech her family to wire 2,000$. She ...(More on P4)...(10)

Early on Wednesday, troops cleared one major route north of Beirut after briefly scuffling with demonstrators. A group of soldiers tried to pick up a vehicle blocking the highway before it drove off, al-Jadeed television images showed.The Ring Bridge in the center of the capital opened after negotiations with some protesters who did not want to leave, saying they wanted more of the authorities to resign. Many protesters stayed on, but did not block the whole road.

opposition members as well as civil society, is a step forward in what the United Nations says will be a long road to political rapprochement.Experts question whether the government of President Bashar al-Assad would be willing to give away much at the negotiating table after consolidating its military control on the ground. ...(More on P4)...(12)

over Britain’s stalled departure from the European Union. The date will become law once it is approved Wednesday by the unelected House of Lords, which doesn’t have the power to overrule the elected Commons.The looming national vote comes 2/1 2 years before Britain’s next scheduled vote in 2022 and will be the country’s first December election since 1923.While Johnson’s ...(More on P4)...(11)

Putin to Skip APEC Summit in Chile, Kremlin Says

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Chile next month, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, adding that the decision had nothing to do with the ongoing riots in Chile.“It is not tied to the local riots,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters of Putin’s decision to miss APEC.

Peskov added that Putin was planning meetings in Russia to tackle domestic issues during that time.Last week, Chile’s

Foreign Minister Teodoro Ribera said the government will not let the violent riots derail plans to host the APEC summit on Nov.17-16.

The protests over inequality have resulted in at least 18 dead and 7,000 arrested, Chilean prosecutors have said. (Reuters)

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mah-di’s two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shi’ite south only to be met with violence.Populist Shi’ite cleric Mo-qtada al-Sadr, who leads parliament’s largest bloc, had asked Abdul Mahdi to call an early election. When the premier refused, he called on his main po-litical rival Hadi al-Amiri to help oust him.Amiri - who leads a parlia-

mentary alliance of Iran-backed Shi’ite militia that holds the second-largest amount of seats in parliament behind Sadr’s alliance - issued a

In a statement, the army command said people had a right to protest, but that applied “in

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statement late on Tuesday agreeing to help oust the prime minister.“We will work together to secure the interests of

the Iraqi people and save the nation in ac-cordance with the public good,” Amiri said in a statement.Abdul Mahdi took office just a year ago after weeks of po-litical deadlock in which Sadr and Amiri both failed to secure enough votes to form a government. They ap-pointed Abdul Mahdi as a compromise can-didate to lead a fragile coalition government.Mass protests driven by discontent over ...(More on P4)...(7)

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KABUL - Afghanistan on Wednesday renewed its commit-ment to educating girls on men-struation management and good hygiene and accelerating aware-ness-raising in this regard to miti-gate social taboos.The theme for 2019 International Girls Hygiene Day is, “It is time for action” -- a call on call for eve-ryone, at all levels, including fam-ilies, schools and communities, to take deliberate and concrete action, to eradicate the stigma and negative conceptions around menstrual hygiene, and provide girls with equal opportunity to maximise their potential.First Lady Rula Ghani in collabo-ration with the Ministers of Edu-cation, Public Health, Women

Affairs, as well as Rural Rehabili-tation and Development, together with international partners col-lectively made a commitment to breaking the silence on menstrual hygiene for the wellbeing of every girl. “Adequate personal hygiene and

Kabul Event Marks Girls’ Hygiene Day

nutrition during adolescence are important and help young girls to grow to their full potential and protect themselves from the most common and debilitating health problems,” said Rula Ghani, also patroness of girl’s education and empowerment.

KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday approved a draft water management law for better management of water resources and their protection.Haji Khan Mohammad Wardak, head of natural resources and environment commission of the lower house, told today’s session that the draft water management law had been prepared in six chapters containing 41 articles.He said management of water sources, fair distribution, effec-tive spending, meeting public needs, agriculture and industry, boosting economy and providing better services to water consum-ers were the goals of the law.

Wolesi Jirga Approves Water Management Draft Law

Water resources’ quality standard and resolving differences regard-ing water consumption were re-sponsibilities of the government organs based on the draft law, he said.“This draft can resolve water management problems of the country”, Wardak said. He added the draft law had been approved by all permanent commissions of the lower house.From 146 lawmakers present in the house, only three rejected the draft law. The president would approve the law after its passage from the Meshrano Jirga or upper house of the Parliament. (Pajh-wok)

Afghanistan Taps ‘Scaling Solar’ Expertise with 40MW Tender

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Minis-try of Energy and Water (MEW) has issued a request for pre-qualification (RfP) document for a 40MW solar PV project lo-cated in the western province of Herat.The project, also supported by the Ministry of Finance, would be developed on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis that em-

ulates the World Bank Group’s ‘Scaling Solar’ initiative, which has seen multiple large-scale so-lar tenders and auctions deliv-ered in Sub-Saharan Africa. For this reason, MEW has called on the World Bank Group’s Inter-national Finance Corporation, which spearheads the ‘Scaling Solar’ initiative, to act as lead advisor for the project.

KABUL - The Ministry of For-eign Affairs of Afghanistan has imposed limitations on staffs’ activities on social media web-sites.According to a formal letter is-sued by Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs, the deputy foreign minis-ter Edris Zaman has instructed

AIBAK - Thirty-nine nurses and midwives on Wednesday grad-uated from a two-year training course in northern Samangan province, an official said.Dr. Mohammad Sharif Anwari, in charge of Swedish Commit-tee for Afghanistan (SCA) in Sa-

Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry Restricts the Activities of Its Staff on Social Media

29 Midwives, Nurses Complete Training in Samangan

all formal employees of the ministry to refrain from political and security related comments in social media.Zaman has warned that the em-ployees would face legal actions should they violate the instruc-tions. Meanwhile, NAI organi-zation ...(More on P4)...(3)

mangan, told in the graduation ceremony 20 girls graduated as midwives and 19 others as nurses.Without going into details, he said the graduates had complet-ed the training programme with the ...(More on P4)...(4)

A meeting for interested compa-nies and consortia will be organ-ized on 5 November and pre-qualification applications must be submitted by 30 November 2019.A 10MW solar power plant in Baft County, central Kerman province, was connected to the national power grid in July. Meanwhile, a 10MW solar pow-

er plant in Kandahar province, supported by USAID and the utility Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), was also con-nected in October this year, marking the first private sector investment in the Afghan ener-gy sector. Last year, the country also put out an expression of in-terest document for 2GW of so-lar. (PV TECH)

Girls need accurate information and improved sanitation facili-ties in schools, to manage their hygiene, particularly during their menstrual period. Lack of infor-mation about menstruation hy-giene put young girls in shock, stress and discomfort.Since MHM is a multi-sectoral is-sue, efforts have been made to en-sure integration between WASH, education, gender and nutrition sectors to improve MHM.UNICEF in coordination with Ministry of Education advocated for action by partners on MHM amongst adolescent girls in schools.In 2019, UNICEF published more than 100,000 copies of the MHM booklets ...(More on P4)...(5)