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KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga or Senate on Tuesday decided to summon government offi-cials to brief the upper house about Pakistan’s fencing of the Durand Line.Pakistan has been reportedly installing a fence along the 2,600-km porous border.Coming into being in 1893, the line divides Afghans into two parts. Afghanistan refused to accept the Durand Line in 1947 when Pakistan was created and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan became part of that

ASHGABAT -Turkmen officials have met with Director of the Political Department of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghani-stan (UNAMA) Scott Seward Smith in Ashgabat, the Turk-men Foreign Ministry said in a message.The sides drew attention to the importance of regional coop-eration and practical steps to implement large-scale projects in energy, transport and com-munications sectors in Afghani-

KABUL - ‘The bread-winner’ – Angelina Jolie’s animated film about an Afghan girl, has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for best mo-tion picture.The Golden Globe Awards 2018 nomi-nees were announced on Tuesday morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Golden Globes honor the year’s best in film and TV movies, split into the genres of comedy (or mu-sical) and drama.This animation tells the story of a young Afghan girl named Par-vana who cuts her hair and dis-

NEW DEHLI - Female cadets say the training in India is crucial be-cause Afghanistan does not have much space for learning military skills.A batch of 20 women who serve in the Afghan National Army is re-

KABUL - The new United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, John R. Bass, presented his cre-dentials to President Ashraf Gha-ni during an official ceremony at the Arg Palace on Tuesday, the US embassy said in a statement. “It was an honor to present my credentials to President Ghani today,” said Ambassador Bass. “I look forward to working with the Afghan government, as well as with all the people of Af-ghanistan, to continue to build a peaceful, secure, and prosperous future.”Ambassador Bass will oversee US support for Afghanistan’s

country.Speaking on the floor at to-day’s Meshrano Jirga member, Rahmatullah Achakzai, from southern Kandahar, claimed the Afghan government had agreed with Pakistan on install-ing the fence along the Durand Line.“If the government has not agreed with Pakistan, then why it does not stop fencing, the government never thinks about national issues,” he said.Senate’s second deputy chair-man, ...(More on P4)...(12)

KABUL - The World Food Pro-gram (WFP) will distribute 268 tons of food items to 1,500 displaced families in northern Samangan province and give in cash more than 65.8 million afghanis to around 10,000 eco-nomically-affected families in capital Kabul.The money and aid will be dis-tributed to families of displaced persons, returnees and others who suffered economic prob-lems during the three months of this winter.Each ...(More on P4)...(13)

stan.Methods of cooperation in se-curity, ensuring stability and peaceful settlement of conflicts in Afghanistan were consid-ered during the meeting.Turkmenistan has a long bor-der with Afghanistan. Afghani-stan is involved in a number of interregional projects, in-cluding the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pa-kistan-India (TAPI) gas pipe-line. (Trend)

guises herself as a boy so as to earn money for her family after the Taliban imprisoned her fa-ther.The girl also risks her life in a bid to find out whether her father is still alive.The Breadwinner is based on ...(More on P4)...(15)

ceiving military training in India’s southern Tamil Na du state.The cadets, who come from vari-ous branches of the Afghan Na-tional Army, such as the medical wing, logistics and special were seen holding ...(More on P4)...(14)

continued economic and political development, including support for the rule of law and combating all forms of corruption, the state-ment said.The main focus of his tenure will

New US Ambassador to Focus on Peace in Afghanistan

Senate to Summon Officials over Durand Line Fence

Turkmenistan, UN Mull Situation in Afghanistan

Afghan Women Cadets under Training in India

Film on Afghan Girl Nominated for Golden Globe Award

KABUL - The Ministry of Mine and Petroleum (MoMP) on Monday said it is worried that Daesh

be on efforts to bring peace, secu-rity, and stability to the country and the region as part of the US’s South Asia strategy, the statement read.Bass most recently served as Ambassador ...(More on P4)...(10)

The ministry had raised concerns over the Daesh presence in the mining areas while before the local officials had said that Daesh group had access to mineral resources in Jawzjan province.

MoMP Worries Daesh Might Extract Mineral Riches

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مالی و اداریریاست ریاست تهیه و تدارکات

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

For Operation and Maintenance, Training of Existing Operational Personal of North-West Thermal Power Plant

DABS/96/ICB/030

COUNTRY: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NAME OF PROJECT: Operation and Maintenance of North-West Thermal Power Plant Expression of interest: For Operation and Maintenance, Training of Existing Operational Personal of North-West Thermal Power Plant Reference No: DABS/96/ICB/030

1. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat as national power utility and commercial entity received two 25MW diesel

generators in 1363 and two more diesel generators each 21.8MW and 23.1MW diesel generators in 1386 , constructed by BBC and AEG respectively .The plant is running by DABS from above COD up to date by diesel fuel during winter peak times and any blackout of import lines feeding Kabul city distribution network to cover the power shortfall. DABS has already commenced a separate tender to change diesel fuel generator to gas generated electricity thermal plant.

2. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat now invites expression of interest (EOI) from eligible service providers/firms having experience in the areas of Operation and Maintenance of Gas Power Plant. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services.

3. Objective DABS as power utility and owner of North-West Thermal Power Plant (NWTPP) would like to enter into a commercial agreement with any interested service provider to provide the O&M, supply and delivery of gas to the site as per the required specification an affordable tariff rate to evacuate generated power at the agreed bus bar cost under a PPA for five years for retail sale of electricity.

4. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat now invites eligible service providers to indicate their interest in providing the services. Service providers must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, financial annual report). Service providers may associate to enhance their qualifications.

5. The service providers will be selected in accordance with procedure set out in the Public Procurement Law and its Procedures , Saratan 1395 ( July 2016).

6. The method of procurement is International Competitive Bidding (ICB).

7. Interested service providers may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1500

hours on any working day from Saturday to Wednesday. Expression of Interest must be delivered to the address below by 3rd Jan 2018 at 16:00 local time.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat( DABS) Attn: Procurement division Procurement Directorate 6th floor,Deh Mazang, DABS building Kabul, Afghanistan Tel.No: 0729003737 E-mail: akbar.kamandi@dabs.af

could extract minerals from mines in Jawzjan prov-ince, including gold, ...(More on P4)...(11)