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FEROZKOH - Around 200 armed fami-lies supporting the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Tahir Yaldash have sneaked into western Ghor province, of-icials said on Tuesday.Governor Ghulam Nasir Khaze told Pajhwok Afghan News it was yet to be known from where the pro-Yaldash fam-ilies had entered Ghor. They have settled in Pasaband district.Based on intelligence, the governor said, the families possessed weapons and am-munition. Provincial authorities, before targeting them, are trying to determine the exact location of the families.Fazal Haq Ihsan, the Provincial Council chairman, claimed the Turkish-speaking families had stolen into Ghor from Uz-bekistan. They are reportedly living in rented houses in Pasaband for the past two weeks ago.But Abdul Ahad, the acting district chief, said only 10 armed families had taken up residence in the Kakar village of Pa-saband.He voiced grave concern over the new ar-rivals and urged the provincial adminis-tration to take strict action against them.Sirajuddin Ahmadi, a resident of Feroz-koh, said the armed households had sparked concerns ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says 427,000 doubt-ful names were removed in late July this year from the voter list to ensure the transparency of the presidential election.The review was done following the 2018 Wolesi Jirga elections as part of a process of reexamining registration books and combining data sources, then screening for duplicates or fake Tazkera numbers.Rejecting claims that voters from a cer-tain part of the country or ethnic group had been struck off the list, the IEC said the process of removing suspicious names was nation-wide. Zabihullah Sadaat, acting spokesman for the commission, said the election body had removed 427,000 voters from the list in two phases before the presidential vote. The process was not conined to one place or ethnic community.He said individuals removed from the voter list held fake identity cards, did not meet the eligibility criterion or produced multiple Tazkeras.He added: “We dispatched voter lists to the National Statistics and Information Authority, which said 27,000 ID cards did not exist in its database and they were removed.”Habibur Rahman Nang, head of the IEC Secretariat, said some lists they had in-herited from previous commissioners had problems, but the new list was error-free.“Only individuals who registered with fake or dual ID cards have been deprived of the voting right,” he insisted.Roena Shahabi, spokesperson for Na-tional Statistics and Information Author-ity (NSIA), also rejected the allegation that names of ...(More on P4)...(2)

Armed Families Linked to Yaldash Sneak into Ghor

Over 400,000 Names Struck Off Voter List to Ensure Transparency

US Mission in Afghanistan Has Not Changed: Esper

ISLAMABAD - The meeting will explore options for joint efforts to help resume

the stalled talks between the US and

the Taliban and start an intra-Afghan

dialogue, oficial and diplomatic sources told the Daily Times Monday.In another development, China plans to

host an intra-Afghan between the Tali-

ban and Afghan political leaders and

members of civil society. Representa-

tives of the Afghan government will also

attend, a source in Kabul familiar with

the meeting said on Monday to the Daily Times. He said a 25-member delegation from Kabul is likely to take part in the conference.Sources said that Chinese oficials will share their country’s plan at the Moscow

KABUL - On the sideline of the World Bank’s annual meetings in Washington this week, Afghan Minister of Finance Humayoun Qayoumi reportedly asked for loans worth billions of dollars from several global inancial institutions while promoting Afghanistan’s “Self-Reliance Accelerator Package,” sources have told TOLOnews.In response, CEO Abdullah Abdullah’s ofice said that asking for billions of dol-lars of loans at this time wasn’t a good decision.“In the view of the current sensitive situation of the country, making big re-quests for loans is not a good decision,” said Omid Maisam, Abdullah’s deputy spokesman.Qayoumi reportedly asked for an $8 bil-lion loan.Lawmakers in Afghanistan’s parliament

KABUL - Russia has urged the Afghan government to take urgent measures to ensure the security of civilians and step up the ight against terrorists,“First of all, exterminate bases of the in-ternational terrorist organisation Islamic State,” the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Monday.The statement came days after a massive bomb explosion in a mosque in the Haska Mena district of eastern Nangarhar prov-ince. At least 62 worshippers were killed in the assault.According to TASS, the ministry vehe-mently denounced the terror attack and called on the Afghan authorities to take urgent measures to ensure the security of civilians. “We strongly condemn this crime and extend condolences to families of those killed and wish speedy recovery to those injured,” the ministry added.“No doubt that this terror attack was

LONDON - Afghan poet Parwana Fayyaz has won a prestigious British prize for poetry called Forward.Parwana won the £10,000 prize for best single poem for Forty Names, which de-picts the experience of 40 women who jump off of a cliff in order to preserve their “honour”.Born in Kabul and raised in Pakistan, Parwana began to write poetry in 2010, when she learned English as a second language.Shahidha Bari, the chair of the judges, called Forty Names “a poem that feels close to a prayer, and yet is shocking and vital.”“It startled us with its simple, invocatory power, and reminded us of the profound act of witness that poetry can be.”Parwana graduated with a BA and an MA in CompLit, Creative Writing and Religious Studies from Stanford Univer-

Pakistan to Attend Moscow Meeting on Afghan Peace

Finance Minister Requests Big Loans from Foreign Donors

Russia Stresses Security of Afghan Civilians

Afghan Poet Wins Prestigious British Prize

meeting.In the meantime, US peace envoy for Af-ghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday visited NATO headquarters in Brussels

and discussed the Afghan peace process

with NATO allies.Khalilzad’s current trip includes stops in Brussels, Paris, and Moscow to dis-

cuss the Afghan peace process, the US

Department of State said in a statement Monday.In Brussels and Paris, Khalilzad will

meet with “likeminded partners includ-

ing the EU, NATO, and UN to review

how best to support accelerated efforts

to reach peace in Afghanistan,” and “In Moscow, Ambassador Khalilzad will

meet with Russian and Chinese counter-

reacted to the move with dismay, saying the decision to apply for an $8 billion loan raises concerns since there is no clarity about which projects the money is intend-ed for. Lawmakers said there are fears of embezzlement in view of the ongoing corruption allegations plaguing govern-

geared to maintain the atmosphere of fear in Afghan society. Lasting peace in Af-ghanistan the conlicting parties and the international community have been tak-ing serious efforts towards runs counter to the interests of terrorists who are seeking to use that country as their stronghold.” (Pajhwok)

parts to discuss shared interests in seeing

the war in Afghanistan come to an end.” (TOLO News)

Pakistan will join the representatives from China, Russia and the US to meet about the Afghan peace process in Moscow on Oct. 25, Pakistan’s Daily Times reported.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Washington will continue to pursue an aggressive military campaign against Taliban and other terrorist groups until Afghanistan reaches to a political settlement.

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KABUL - In a surprise visit, the Pen-tagon chief arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday.On Monday, Esper appeared at a joint press conference with Afghan Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid, Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi and U.S. top commander in Afghanistan Gen-eral Scott Miller.Speaking at the conference with his Afghan counterparts, Esper said the United States is supporting peace ef-forts led by the Afghan government.“The United States remains fully com-

mitted to helping Afghans create a peaceful, stable and prosperous Af-ghanistan,” he added.Esper said he had a good meeting with President Ashraf Ghani upon his ar-rival and the two sides have spoken about the importance of relationship between Afghanistan and the United States.He reiterated that his country remains committed to the success of Afghan se-curity forces who have taken the lead of security in the war-torn country.The U.S. official also praised Afghan

forces for their success to provide se-curity of the Afghan presidential elec-tion that took place on September 28 despite of Taliban’s repeated threats.“Regardless of the outcome of the elec-tion, our security partnership with Af-ghanistan will remain strong. Our mis-sion in Afghanistan has not changed,” Esper emphasized.During his one and half day stay in the capital of Afghanistan, Pentagon chief also visited U.S. soldiers based in camp Moorhead in southeast of Kabul. (ATN)

ment institutions. “They are trying to take money under the guise of reconstruction. But they divide 99 percent of the money with their foreign counterparts and then it is our future generations who have to compensate,” said MP Ramazan Bashar-dost. (TOLO News)

sity, US.She is currently working towards a PhD on the medieval Persian poet Jami at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. (1TV News)

KABUL - Afghanistan National

Futsal Team headed to Iran to

participate in the AFC Futsal

Championship 2020 Qualiica-

tion, Afghanistan Football Fed-

eration said on Tuesday.

A total of 16 teams qualify to play

in the inal tournament.Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Ta-

jikistan and Nepal will play in

group A of the central and south

zone.

The matches are played in the

Urmia city of Iran between 23-25

KABUL - US special envoy Zal-

may Khalilzad has embarked on

a multination visit for talks on

ending the war in Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump’s point

man on Afghanistan, seeking to

support stepped-up efforts to

KANDAHAR CITY - Pakistani

militiamen and Taliban have at-

tacked Afghan forces in the Spin

Boldak district of southern Kan-

dahar province, oficials said on Tuesday.

Police spokesman Jamal Nasir

Barakzai told Pajhwok Afghan

News the Pakistani paramilitary

troops and Taliban militants at-

tacked the security personnel in

the Sur Chahan area of the district

on Monday evening.

He said the security personnel

were attacked while conducting

an operation. At least 10 Pakistani

militiamen and militants were

killed and eight others wounded,

he claimed. The Afghan forces suf-

fered no casualties.

A security source, speaking on

condition of anonymity, said ive

KUNDUZ - At least 16 police

were killed and two were wound-

ed in clashes with the Taliban in

northern Kunduz province on

Monday night, local oficials con-

irmed Tuesday.The clashes took place in the Ali

Abad district after the Taliban

attacked security checkpoints,

the provincial police chief Abdul

Rashid Bashir said.

“The Taliban have also sustained

casualties in the clashes, along

with the local police,” Bashir said.

A soldier who survived the at-

tack said: “Nine of my colleagues

were martyred and another was

injured. I fought alone for an hour

with the Taliban and the rein-

forcements arrived for us around

3:30 am.”

Mahmoud, a commander of a

Afghanistan: Khalilzad Begins Fresh Peace Bid

AIBAK - Two workers were be-

lieved killed after a coalmine col-

lapsed in Dara-i-Sauf Bala district

of northern Samangan province,

an oficial said on Tuesday.Ahmad Ali Hussaini, the district

administrative chief, told Pajh-

wok Afghan News the coalmine

partially collapsed burying two

workers and their bodies were

yet to be pulled out.

He said the coalmine’s tunnel

was being extracted in personal

and private capacity, adding that

efforts underway to retrieve the

dead bodies and an investigative

team had been tasked with prob-

ing the incident.

Haji Raz Mohammad, Chairman

of ...(More on P4)...(7)

2 Miners Believed Dead in Samangan Collapse

Afghanistan Leaves for 2020 AFC Futsal

Championship Qualiication

16 Police Killed in Kunduz Clashes

Pakistani, Afghan Forces Clash Near Durand Line

reach peace in the war-torn coun-

try, is visiting Brussels, Paris and

Moscow.

A statement from the State De-

partment said on Monday the US

negotiator would consult Russia,

China and European allies on

checkpoint, is also among the

dead, his relatives conirmed.The provincial police said that

the clashes ended after reinforce-

ments deployed to the area and

the Taliban led.The Taliban claimed the attack on

the security checkpoints, and said

that several security forces were

killed in clashes. (TOLO News)

putting an end to the conlict in Afghanistan.

In Moscow, the diplomat will

meet his Russian and Chinese

counterparts to discuss shared

interests in seeing the war in Af-

ghanistan come to an end.

Oct 23, 2019 - Have you been thinking about working toward a career as a writer or teacher? If so, this is the day to start. Perhaps you need to sit down and start writing, or you want to take some courses to improve your skills. A number of communications from out of state

or even distant lands could come your way from people with information that might change your life in some way.

Oct 23, 2019 - Good news about career success may have your home in an uproar. Visitors, particularly men and young people, could be in and out all day, and warm and loving calls could come periodically. You may want to do

some work on your home, perhaps clean, decorate, or even minor repairs, but the interruptions may get in your way. Enjoy the company.

Oct 23, 2019 - Celebrating coming mile-stones could have you running around paying visits, shopping, or consulting with others. You might have some in-teresting news to tell that others enjoy hearing. There might be some changes

coming in your area. Perhaps new neighbors or busi-nesses are moving in, or a get-together is planned. This promises to be a busy but satisfying day.

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Oct 23, 2019 - Success in a creative ield and possible public acknowledgment could come your way. Close friends and romantic partners will be very happy for you and might even throw a little

celebration of some kind. Phone calls with congratu-lations may come from distant states or even foreign countries.

Oct 23, 2019 - You’re swamped with pa-perwork regarding inancial affairs. Bills need to be paid and checks deposited. There may also be a legal paper of some kind to deal with. Basically, everything

looks great regarding money, so this is certainly wel-come. Your circle of acquaintances may widen. To-night you may receive an invitation to a social event that you choose not to attend.

Oct 23, 2019 - A group with which you’ve been involved could receive rec-ognition for good work that you may have spearheaded. Or a friend could receive some sort of public acknowl-

edgment that relects on you. Long-term goals may suddenly come together for you, winding up months of hard work, bringing you well-earned success and recognition.

Oct 23, 2019 - A letter or phone call con-cerning potential positive changes in your inancial situation could have your mind buzzing over possibilities for the

future. You might be a bit worried about being able to make the most of this break, but your practicality should enable you to face it objectively and eficiently. There’s no need to worry.

Oct 23, 2019 - The current aspects indi-cate success. This might relate to your romantic life or to a creative project that you’ve been working on for a long

time. Whichever it is, it comes at just the perfect time when your enthusiasm and optimism are at a peak. You’ll be able to make the most of the fortunate event that comes your way.

Oct 23, 2019 - Someone that you don’t re-ally know well may corner you at a social occasion and try to talk you into some-thing. Get all the facts before you commit to anything. Your persuasive powers are

high. If you have a project to pitch to someone, this is the day to do it, or at least map out your strategy. Success is strongly indicated for any project you start today.

Oct 23, 2019 - Your writing and speak-ing abilities are operating at a high level today. If you’ve been thinking about pursuing either of these ave-

nues, starting now gives you an advantage toward attaining success. Make a start and get your ideas down on paper, however rough they may be. The only downside is the stress that might result from the sudden stimulation.

Oct 23, 2019 - Being around others should be especially gratifying for you today. Most people should be friendly, and you’ll enjoy their company. The

downside is that your psychic faculties are acute, so you might pick up some unsettling feelings from those you talk to. You’re likely to ind that many smiles hide turmoil inside.

Oct 23, 2019 - Today might mark a milestone for you in the form of public recognition. Your clear, quick think-

ing and powers of observation have impressed others, and you could reap the beneits of your hard work. These events might encourage you to seek other methods of advancing yourself, per-haps by taking a few courses or moving where there are more opportunities in your ield.

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Before launching his latest peace

offensive, Khalilzad met Chair-

man of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen Mark A. Milley and other of-

icials.After the meeting, Khalilzad said

a ...(More on P4)...(6)

October 2019.

Afghanistan will play its irst match against Uzbekistan on Oc-

tober 23.

Top two teams of each group

qualify for 2020 AFC Futsal

Championship.

Turkmenistan will host the 2020

AFC Futsal Championship.

In 2019, the National U20 Futsal

Team of Afghanistan inished sec-

ond in the AFC Futsal Champion-

ship after defeating Hong Kong,

Thailand and Indonesia. (ATN)

Main News PageOctober 23, 20192

Afghan security personnel were

killed, including a commander

named Tofan as a result of a blast.

The security personnel were hit

by the explosion on their way to

the area. But local security forces

denied the landmine blast. (Pajh-

wok)

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

October 23, 2019

Dr. Rajkumar Singh is Professor and Head of P.G.Department of Po-litical Science BNMU, West Campus, P.G.Centre, Saharsa-852201. Bi-har, India.

Mohammad Zahir Akbari is the permanent writer of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan. He can be reached at mohammadzahirakbari@gmail.com

Best Practices to Prevent Electoral

Violence

Electoral violence is a major threat in countries with week electoral bodies, week governance systems and widespread corruption. Research indings suggest

that political systems based on patronage and clientelism are more likely to experience election violence. In political systems in which formal political institutions are super-seded by informal relationships based on the exchange of resources and political loyalty, political supporters seem willing to perpetrate election violence in support of their preferred candidates. Also the weakness of electoral man-agement bodies, such as electoral commissions, play an im-portant role in establishing credible elections. The presence of pre-existing conlicts, such as terrorism, ongoing conlicts over land or other resources, also increases the likelihood of election violence. While this relationship can have sev-eral explanations, one appears to be the tendency for poli-ticians to adopt the grievances of conlicting factions into their campaigns. This is one of the main strategies of some Afghan candidates to incite people using their grimaces to achieve their political goals in Afghanistan. This approach is very evident during the elections in the country. Research shows international election observation missions may decrease the likelihood of pre-election violence, but in-terestingly they may increase the likelihood of post-election violence if they expose attempts at election fraud. A grow-ing number of studies also ind signiicant differences in how men and women experience election violence. How-ever, too few policy interventions in the ield explicitly take these differences into account. In particular, electoral violence prevention efforts are more successful when they are coordinated by a strong coalition or consortium. A cooperative approach such as this has several advantages, but the ield research shows that one critical component of a coordinated intervention platform is that it more easily facilitates practitioners’ ability to deep-ly engage a full range of political parties and candidate in their efforts. Inclusion of the politicians themselves is key in developing successful violence mitigation strategies. Prevention efforts are more successful when practitioners are able to gain access to and adopt methods successfully used in other countries. This strongly suggests that suc-cessful investments in secure elections in one country can have positive spillover effects in other countries via trans-national civil society networks. Violence prevention efforts are also more successful when 4 practitioners have access to geographical violent incident mapping during the cam-paigns. Both civil society actors and state organizations are able to target their resources best when they have access to accurate, up-to-date information on violent events in their respective countries as well as information on critical areas most likely to experience various types of election violence. Donors should consider placing additional resources into program follow-up assessments as well as long-term pro-gramming for those youth who are likely to participate in violence. Reforms of the security services, in particular how police are prepared to deal with protests, crowd control, and conlicts between party supporters are in need of consider-ably more attention from donors. Several existing violence prevention programs engage the security services in only a supericial manner, despite the frequency with which the police are responsible for election-related fatalities.Electoral violence is wide spread phenomena in developing countries; especially in those countries that have very week electoral bodies, week governance systems and suffer from wide spread corruption. As some candidates may use pub-lic grivances as tool for political violence, the government, civil society, Afghan religious scholars and tribal leaders shall concert their efforts to prevent the violent conlicts by creating a coordination framework that represents the members of all of the aforementioned stakeholders. As the Afghan presidential election result will be announced soon, all presidential candidates shall prefer the national interests to their own ones and shall accept the decision of the elec-toral bodies as the legal institutions authorized to manage the election process in Afghanistan. Furthered, if there are any groups who pursue to incite the people for theory per-sonal gains, Afghan civil society, political parties and lead-ers, and international community shall not allow them to take any measures beyond the law in the country.

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The present status of women in society is a challenge for human rights. Women form nearly half of the human capital but in terms of gender equality and gender equity, they remain the most

deprived and long neglected segment of society, despite the constitu-tional guarantee for equal rights and privileges for men and women. In modern times all are given liberties and rights, freedom of expression as well as right to get education. Despite this women are ighting for crisis such as dowry, female infanticide, sex selective abortion, health, poverty, education, sexual harassment, domestic violence, etc. In this era of Globalisation the growing attention is considered as a strategy for survival, competition and growth. As a result of this a new economic en-vironment has been created wherein only self-reliant and self-regulated economic enterprises, including women enterprises will survive. Em-powerment of women is the theme of the time and the general trend is towards improvement, however the achievements have still fallen short of expectation.Development of the Concept and backgroundToday human rights are universally accepted as those conditions of so-cial life which allow the full development of human personality. They refer to a wide continuum of values that are universal in character and in some sense equally claimed for all human beings. We claim for these rights all over the world simply by being human. The term ‘human’ is it-self a vague since the life cycle of a human being ranges from conception to death and decay. Even before conception, sperm and eggs exist that contain human genetic material but decision is made easily on the issue because they are human cells and not human beings. In between the discussions and controversies various groups hold the view that there is some special quality of human life that provides a basis for possessing rights; when that quality is acquired, so are rights. This approach is fa-voured by many since it allows for the distinction between humans and other animals. Human rights are rights particularly to human beings, thus the basis of the claim to rights should be something that differenti-ates humans from other animals. Likewise the Western philosophical tradition manifests, from the an-cient times, the stories of an inevitable conlict between the concept of individual rights and state authority. In the writings of great Greek in-dividual’s right to resistance against sponsored terror was highly glo-riied. In the later periods the theme of humanity was carried out in the classical philosophy of Plato and Aristotle who attempted to protect the citizens and non-citizens under a scheme of justice. Another Roman thinker Cicero irst gave a philosophical foundation to the concept of rights and its association with the idea of natural law. The concept of natural right as a precondition for human development had received further staunch support in the works of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, who believed that the state as an institution is the most effective instru-ment for protecting the rights of the individual against the oppression of the rulers. The concept of human rights found its further elaboration and promotion in the writings of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and Karl Mark (1818-1883), the revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century. Evolution in modern times

In last four decades, Afghanistan has been facing domestic and international terrorism which left millions of deaths, disabled, orphaned and widows in the country. Given the nature of their

successive attacks in Afghanistan, they have no commitment to any Islamic or humanitarian values. Though they try to attribute their bru-tal crimes to religion, they always attacked on the heart of religion killings dozens religious and none religious groups. The last Friday attack carried out on Nangar mosque can be considered as one of the latest example which killed nearly 70 civilian worshipers and wound-ed around 40 people. In line to this, they killed dozens of religious scholars, religious activists and Ulema gatherings in the mosques in 2018 in Kabul, Herat and other provinces.Historically, the irst suicide attacks are attributed to Tamail tigers and so the question is not what the origin of terrorists is but the question is how to combat terrorism in the cultural context, and can the cur-rent cultural trend towards suicide terrorism end it? Everyone knows that terror is an act of evil and those who commit terrorist attacks are criminals but we need to have a clear cultural position against the phenomenon. The irst sign of deviation in ighting against terrorism is that we relate it to only external factor. However, it is not going exculpate those factors but want raise a question that there are a lot of religious and none religious people in the world why they are not al-lured by those factors. It means there must be something wrong in our ight strategy; for example, why a piece of cotton is easily burnt than other stuffs because its nature is different to other things. In fact, the nature of every human being is subject to be changed by awareness, training and especially educational system or other means of advocacies. Unfortunately, very few people might ask why the ter-rorists groups knowingly kill themselves and others. What are their real motives to launch such brutal attacks on human including chil-dren, men, women and worshipers? This question will guide us to check the textbooks and educational program run by a terrorist orga-nization. The regular condolence and then keeping silence until an-other deadly event will not be a good answer to such a vital issue. Therefore, in addition to physical ighting against terrorism, we need to ight against their intellectual resources.Unfortunately, our society is not seriously and mentally opposed to suicide attack but merely disapproves of it. This might be because of our ill educational system, repeated events and lack of public satis-faction from the ruling system. If such attack were launched by the government or international forces what would have been the reac-tion of community and religious authorities towards it. The answer to

Development of Western Women Human Rights in Globalisation

The Fighting Strategy Should Comprise both Terrorists and Terrorism

However, in the evolution of modern human rights the ideas of liberal humanism and universalism played a signiicant role. For instance John Rawls (1921-2002), who although did not assign the label of universalism to the concept of human rights, but attached a special status to it. ‘These rights do not depend on any particular comprehensive moral doctrine or philosophical conception of human nature …but basic human rights express a minimum standard of well- ordered political institutions for all peoples who belong, as members of good standing, to just political society of peoples. He also made the human rights distinct from the con-stitutional rights, or the rights of democratic citizenship, or from other kinds of rights that belong to certain kinds of political institutions, both individual and associations. Jurgen Habermas, another important con-tributor, called it a part of the post-modern agenda and believed that human rights and the principle of popular sovereignty constitute the sole idea that can justify modern laws. In today’s society, human rights have become the necessary condition of a regime’s legitimacy and of the decency of its legal order.Present propositionsIn the phase of globalisation, privatisation and liberalisation, the con-cept of human rights has been deined and analysed by Amartya Sen, the philosopher-economist and Tony Evans, the noted theorist of inter-national politics. Dr. Sen has viewed rights usually in terms of political power and according to him the invoking of human rights tends to come mostly from those who are concerned with changing the world, rather than interpreting it. In the inal analysis he concludes that human rights may or may not be relected in a legal framework through speciic hu-man rights legislation, but there are also other ways of implementing human rights that includes, public recognition, agitation and monitor-ing. While Tony Evans linked the concept of human rights and its uni-versalisation aspect with the issue of power and hegemony. For him, it is an instrument for empowering people in their ight against persecu-tion and injustice. Evan’s understanding of hegemony provides a new insight into the post-war politics of rights, particularly in the context of the emerging role of US as the leader of human rights. The theoretical discussions held so far on the human rights, predomi-nantly relect that it is not citizens rights, but often a thinking about an abstract universal community and imposing political structures, con-ceptions of individual and peculiar relationships between individual and community that are not generally shared. In the present there are three categorisation of right based on three major generations of the con-cept. The irst generation of rights refers to the traditional or classical notion of rights denoting different political and civil rights. The second generation of rights mainly includes different types of socioeconomic rights, while the third generation of rights emerges in course of the worldwide anti-imperial movement in different parts of the world and includes cultural rights, environmental rights, right to development, mi-nority rights, etc. All these rights are essential not only because of our existence, as human being but these are needed also to make each one of us an ideal human being.

Editorial and Opinions3

By: Mohammad Zahir Akbari this question is somewhat clear. If this had been done by international forces, demonstrations would have been carried out in many cities against the perpetrators, and even controversy would have resulted in violence and ignition of some public buildings. When it is commit-ted by a suicide bomber, whether a Taliban or IS, the response of the community, especially the cultural elite, to this issue is very supericial. In some parts of the community, terrorists live in their neighborhood, shop from their markets and may rent their neighboring houses but still the community seems just indifferent. According to some analysts, terrorism can be a part of a culture of vio-lence. Culture is a complex yet practical phenomenon that cannot be easily changed. During the eighties and early nineties of the twentieth century, the children’s textbooks were full of violent lessons taught to children to become familiar with the elements of war and killing. This way, they were prepared to ight against the former Afghan govern-ment and the Soviet Union. However, this situation changed after 2001, but it was not enough because many areas of the country are occupied by Taliban or its afiliated groups where are no government schools and most of the youth in those areas are illiterate or in religious schools under control of terrorists. These schools teach them violence and somehow continue the Cold War cultural discourse and even more so.No society can ight against terrorists unless criticize the inspirational textbooks and teaching resource of terrorism, but Afghanistan’s closed society is not yet ready to cope with the sources and misinterpreted texts of terrorism. Some members of the community feel weak against these resources and their supporters, and lee from ighting against the terrorist to save their lives. However, this tactic may work for just a few days because sooner or later it will hunt everyone. Some members of the community even do not condemn the misinterpretation from religious resources and just watch how the terrorists target the inno-cent people. Therefore, the current cultural approach of our society is not successful in the ight against terrorism because no one targets the main source of suicidal thinking. Overall, the ideological weapons of terrorist groups are sharper than their guns and grenades and so our ight will not be effective unless neutralize the misinterpreted resources and inspirational personalities that promote violence in our society. It is also the responsibility of the government to mobilize all available resources, regardless of religious or ethnic afiliation, against the suicide phenomenon. On the other hand, the religious scholars have a very big responsibility to articulate their positions against terrorism and any kind of violence.

By: Rajkumar Singh

October 23, 20194

(1) Armed Families...

among Ghor residents as they might trig-

ger insecurity.

Mohammad Qasim, another resident, held

a similar view. He asked the governor to

take deterrent action against the suspect-

ed families.

Tahir Yaldash was involved in terrorist

activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

His loyalists have been stoking an insur-

gency in northern Afghanistan. (Pajhwok)

(2) Over 400,000 ...

voters from a particular ethnic commu-

nity had been excised from the list. There

was no evidence to support the claim, she

said.

She added the IEC had formally request-

ed NSIA to identify fake, fraudulent and

doubtful ID documents. They discharged

their duty in line with the law, the official

continued.

Shahabi explained: “Tazkeras having

flaws were identified by the IEC as sus-

picious. The NSIA formally informed the

poll panel that 27,000 Tazkeras had prob-

lems and the IEC can take any decision

on them in line with its legal authority.”

Pajhwok tried to obtain formal letters ex-

changed between IEC and NSIA regard-

ing transparency in voter lists but was un-

able to do so.

Pajhwok also sent the two institutions a

special form to get the required informa-

tion but both refused to cooperate on the

issue.

The election monitoring organizations

initially said they welcomed the scrutiny

of the voter list to ensure transparency.

But later on, they found negligence had

been committed in this regard.

Yousuf Rashid, the Free and Fair Election

Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) head,

told Pajhwok that before the presidential

election, a number of politicians wel-

comed the IEC decision to discard more

than 400,000 voters.

He said their agents monitored the presi-

dential election in different areas and the

removal of such huge number of voters

was not related to ethnicity, zone or lan-

guage.

He said, “We, as an observer body, told

the commission to prepare a list after cor-

recting mistakes but our request was not

supported. We noted that names of some

people existed in the list, had stickers and

they cast their votes in the Wolesi Jirga

election, but their names were not in the

biometric system on the presidential elec-

tion day.”

Mohammad Naeem Ayubzada, head of

the Transparent Election Foundation of

Afghanistan (TEFA), said the IEC had

committed negligence in preparing the

voter filtration list and failed to prepare

a transparent list.

Qutbuddin Roidar, an Independent Elec-

toral Complaints Commission (IECC)

member, said 417 complaints had been

registered regarding missing names of

voters in biometric system and anoth-

er 792 complaints were about missing

names from voter lists.

He said eight complaints had also been

registered with them about no arrival of

the voter lists to polling stations.

Ahmad Nasim, a resident of 5th mu-

nicipality district of Kabul, said that he

registered his name at the Ismail Hassan-

zai high school polling station for 2018

Wolesi Jirga election but he could not

vote because his name was missing from

the biometric system.

“I took a second voter card to participate

in the presidential election, but my name

was missing in biometric system and I did

not vote,” he said.

Mohammad Hassan, a resident of 4th

police district of Kabul, said that he

had registered at Haji Mohammad Daud

Mosque polling station but his name was

not among voters on the Election Day.

Abdul Latif Pedram, a presidential can-

didate criticized deleting people’s names

from voters lists and claimed their infor-

mation showed NSIA employees worked

in favor of specific electoral teams and

removed names from voter lists.

Number of voters in 2018 Wolesi Jirga

election:

The voter registration for 2018 elections

was fresh and it was a paper-based pro-

cess using books and each book had 100

pages and each page has six voter re-

cords. These books have been designated

for male or female polling centers.

In this process, about 9,463,555 voters

existed on the lists, but after scanning and

transferring data from the books to the

database, 563,614 records (voters) were

removed based on the following seven

categories.

In these categories: “1) 140,906 votes

were used with torn ID cards, 2) 157,142

were duplicate ID cards, 3) 101,746 cards

were without date of birth, 4) 160,693

were under age voters, 5) 403 has no Taz-

kera information, 6) 1,878 ID cards were

registered in books which had been lost

and 7) 846 voters were counted of poll-

ing centers which had been closed on the

election day.

These records were identified and re-

moved using database scripts that had no

reference to geography or ethnicity and

only data was scrutinized. This left a total

of 8,899,941 eligible voters on the list for

2018.

Number of voters in 2019 presidential

election:

After the 2018 Wolesi Jirga elections, the

IEC had time to conduct a close scrutiny

of the data which had been produced un-

der tight time constraints. The commis-

sion discovered books that had not been

scanned and some pages that had been

missing.

The IEC also performed a new search on

exact duplicate and spoiled IDs, which

flagged 428,901 records for deletion.

Again, this was done solely on the basis

of the data on the voter record, without

reference to geography or ethnicity.

After cleaning up and adding the votes to

the data system, a total of 5,936,465 male

voters and 3,167,187 female voters total-

ing 9,103,652 votes were left.

The IEC also had a list of 26,846 records

from National Statistics and Information

Authority (NSIA) that purportedly con-

tained particulars of voters who had fake

Tazkeras. The data in the NSIA list lacked

sticker number data field so it was diffi-

cult to do a direct match to the database.

The IEC was only able to match 205 re-

cords based on available data, and only

181 of these were active voter records in

the database. These 181 records were re-

moved.

Ahead of the presidential ballot, the IEC

conducted voter registration supporting

process and about 329,312 new voters

were registered.

The election body also launched this

supporting voter registration process in

southern Ghazni province, in which a to-

tal of 244,209 people were registered as

voters.

The number of voters reached 9,665,745

across the country after the IEC added

Ghazni votes. During the 2019 presiden-

tial election, approximately 2.7 million

voters participated; of these numbers,

the IEC announced 1,787,000 biometric-

based votes thus far.

The presidential ballot was conducted on

September 28. The preliminary results

were expected to be announced on Oc-

tober 19 but the IEC announced a delay

instead. The IEC said that the results will

be declared after identification of clean

votes. (Pajhwok)

(3) Ghani Vows...

counterterrorism following his recent

meeting with U.S. defense secretary

Mark Esper in Kabul.

Ghani claimed that the peace process and

the country’s diplomacy should not be

confused. Peace should be directed by the

people of Afghanistan, he said, while the

U.S.-Afghan relationship is based on mu-

tual interests. “So the level of American

forces does not depend on Taliban accept-

ing that. It is we who can reduce it,” he

said.

On top of achieving the long sought

peace, Ghani said reducing poverty will

continue to be the country’s main goal if

he remains in office. His economic agen-

da includes water dam infrastructure, ag-

riculture reforms, seeking investment in

the country’s resources and urban infra-

structure. Afghanistan is rich in lithium,

which is used for electric vehicles and

smartphones. Ghani expressed interest in

engaging with Japan as the “center of the

car industry and development.”

As for China’s Belt and Road Initiative,

Ghani said that Afghanistan is not part of

it but “we are complementary to it.”

“What is important is for Asia to be con-

nected,” he said, highlighting the im-

portance of transporting resources from

Central Asia to South Asia. He added

that “there must be many complementary

initiatives,” and called for more involve-

ment from the Japanese private and pub-

lic sectors. (Pajhwok)

(4) Haska Mena...

their obligations under international law

and relevant Security Council resolu-

tions, to cooperate with the Afghan gov-

ernment and other relevant authorities in

this regard. (Pajhwok)

(5) Online Form...

year within 57 days nearly 9,000 individ-

uals received passports.”

In recent weeks, around 500 people ap-

plied for passports on a daily basis, he

added.

Abdul Malik, who took passport five

years back but now wanted to renew it,

expressed happiness over the introduc-

tion of online form filling for passport.

He said he renewed his passport within

three days without paying any bribe to

someone in this regard.

A number of other people held similar

views. (Pajhwok)

(6) Afghanistan...

political settlement would help reduce

the burden of war and protect the gains

made in Afghanistan.

Last month, Trump abruptly called off

planned meetings with senior Taliban

leaders and President Ashraf Ghani at the

Camp David resort. (Pajhwok)

(7) 2 Miners...

the Provincial Council, said there were

about 2,000 non-standard mining tunnels

in Dara-i-Sauf Bala and Chian mine and

the receives 1,500 afghanis in tax per ton.

(Pajhwok)

(8) Canada’s Trudeau...

the University of Toronto. “I don’t think

anybody expected Trudeau to get a ma-

jority but they are not that far off.”

With results still trickling in early Tues-

day, the Liberals had 156 seats — 14

short of the 170 needed for a majority in

the 338-seat House of Commons.

“Tonight Canadians rejected division and

negativity. They rejected cuts and auster-

ity. They elected a progressive agenda

and strong action on climate change,”

Trudeau said early Tuesday.

His address to supporters came, unusu-

ally, as his Conservative rival, Andrew

Scheer, had just begun speaking to his

own supporters, forcing networks to tear

away from Scheer’s speech. But the prime

minister struck a conciliatory note: “To

those who did not vote for us, know that

we will work every single day for you, we

will govern for everyone,” Trudeau said.

The Canadian vote came down to what

was essentially a choice between the

handsome and charismatic Trudeau and

Scheer, the Conservatives’ unassuming

leader who was seen as the perfect anti-

dote to Trudeau’s flash and celebrity.

Trudeau reasserted liberalism in 2015 af-

ter almost 10 years of Conservative Party

government in Canada, but scandals com-

bined with high expectations damaged his

prospects.

Perhaps sensing Trudeau was in trouble,

Barack Obama made an unprecedent-

ed endorsement by a former American

president in urging Canadians to re-elect

Trudeau and saying the world needs his

progressive leadership now.

Trudeau, son of the liberal icon and late

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is one

of the few remaining progressive world

leaders in the Trump era and even ap-

peared on the cover of Rolling Stone

magazine under the headline “Why Can’t

He Be Our President?”

Scheer, 40, is a career politician who was

seen as a possible antidote to Trudeau’s

flash. But Bothwell said late Monday that

he expected Scheer to resign.

“He’s gone,” Bothwell said. “He ran a re-

ally dirty campaign. There is nothing to

be proud of on his side. He had the op-

portunity and blew it.”

Among other things, Scheer called

Trudeau a phony who couldn’t even re-

member how many times he had worn

blackface.

In his concession speech, Scheer said

the results showed Trudeau was much

weakened since his 2015 election, when

pundits had predicted the beginning of

another Trudeau dynasty.

“Tonight Conservatives have put Justin

Trudeau on notice,” Scheer said. “And

Mr. Trudeau when your government falls,

Conservatives will be ready and we will

win.”

Trudeau also was hurt by a scandal that

erupted this year when his former attor-

ney general said he pressured her to halt

the prosecution of a Quebec company.

Trudeau has said he was standing up for

jobs, but the damage gave a boost to the

Conservative Party.

Trudeau’s Liberals will likely rely on the

New Democrats to form a new govern-

ment and pass legislation. Opposition

New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh

said early Tuesday he had congratulated

Trudeau and vowed to play a constructive

role in Parliament.

Wiseman, from the University of Toron-

to, said Monday’s results left the Conser-

vatives deeply disappointed.

“They had an opportunity here to win,”

he said.

Scheer had promised to end a national

carbon tax and cut government spending,

including foreign aid, by 25%.

Trudeau embraced immigration at a time

when the U.S. and other countries are

closing their doors, and he legalized can-

nabis nationwide.

His efforts to strike a balance on the en-

vironment and the economy have been

criticized by both the right and left. He

brought in a carbon tax to fight climate

change but rescued a stalled pipeline ex-

pansion project to get Alberta’s oil to in-

ternational markets.

His also negotiated a new free trade deal

for Canada with the U.S. and Mexico

amid threats by U.S. President Donald

Trump to scrap it.

Trump, who has clashed with Trudeau

over trade, tweeted his congratulations

early Tuesday, saying, “Canada is well

served.”

Pat Gill, a Vancouver retiree, said she

voted for Trudeau.

“I think people know he’s made some

mistakes,” said Gill, who is 74. “I’m hop-

ing he’s learned in the last four years. I

still think he’s our best bet.” (AP News)

(9) Japanese Emperor...

the throne after the abdication of Akihito,

his father. Naruhito leads the world’s old-

est hereditary monarchy, which historians

say goes back 1,500 years.

The short ceremony, which some critics

say was largely meant to allow Abe’s ul-

tra-conservative government to win pub-

lic support, was marked by extraordinary

contrasts: the rhythmic shuffle of dozens

of court dignitaries’ long, stiff, antiquat-

ed robes as they brushed over mats lead-

ing to the throne room, to the thunder of

cannon salutes reverberating through the

palace.

“I hereby proclaim my enthronement

to those at home and abroad,” Naruhito

said. “I hereby swear that I will act ac-

cording to the constitution and fulfill my

responsibility as the symbol of the state

and of the unity of the people of Japan,

while always praying for the happiness of

the people and the peace of the world as I

stand with the people.”

The ceremony began with the sound of a

bell. Naruhito, wearing a formal brown-

ish-orange robe that was dyed in sappan-

wood and Japanese wax tree bark and a

black headdress decorated with an up-

right tail, then stood perfectly still while

a pair of black-robed chamberlains pulled

aside and secured the purple curtains sur-

rounding the throne.

The throne, called “Takamikura,” is a

6.5-meter- (21-foot-) high decorative

structure resembling a gazebo. It was tak-

en apart in 3,000 pieces and transported

last year from the former Imperial Pal-

ace in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto,

where emperors lived until 150 years ago,

and reassembled and repaired with new

lacquer coatings.

Despite the time, effort and cost put into

preparations, the ceremony lasted only

about 30 minutes.

It was originally modeled after one by

the ancient Tang dynasty of China and is

the second of three ceremonies that fol-

low the May succession. Next month sees

the highly religious and divisive ritual of

Daijosai, or the Great Thanksgiving.

While the harvest ritual is an annual event

that the emperor performs privately, the

government funds the first one by a new

emperor as part of the succession cere-

mony. A one-off shrine for the Nov. 14-15

ritual is being constructed at the palace.

Historians have various interpretations

of the harvest ritual that the emperor per-

forms alone inside a shrine that houses

a bed. In one theory, the emperor sleeps

with Shinto gods from the past, including

the sun goddess Amaterasu. In another,

the bed is for the god of rice, who comes

to rest after the harvest season.

Some experts have raised questions over

the government’s funding of 16 billion

yen ($150 million) for ceremonies that

contain religious rites like Daijosai. Most

of the cost goes to a one-time shrine that

will be demolished after the event.

Criticism, however, was largely eclipsed

by the festive mood, in part because Na-

ruhito’s succession came about because

of abdication, not death, palace watchers

said.

To mark the occasion, Abe’s ultra-con-

servative government granted pardons

to about 550,000 eligible applicants. The

decision was not publicly debated.

The pre-war custom of clemency by the

emperor, who was revered as a god in

those days, has triggered criticism as be-

ing undemocratic and politically motivat-

ed. At the time of former Emperor Aki-

hito’s enthronement, 2.5 million people

were given amnesty.

Earlier Tuesday, the 59-year-old Naruhito

put on a white robe and prayed at Kashi-

kodokoro and two other shrines, to report

to gods ahead of the ceremony. Enshrined

at Kashikodokoro is the sun goddess Am-

aterasu, the mythological ancestress of

Japan’s emperors.

Recent changes to the enthronement cer-

emonies included a slightly smaller struc-

ture for the empress, called “Michodai,”

or “The August Seat of the Empress,”

where Naruhito’s wife, Masako, stood,

dressed in traditional costume. It was

first used by Naruhito’s grandmother.

Naruhito and Masako, a Harvard-educat-

ed former diplomat, were to host a court

banquet later Tuesday to be attended by

about 400 foreign dignitaries and repre-

sentatives from Japan’s administrative,

legislative and judicial branches and their

spouses.

A parade originally planned for Tues-

day afternoon had been postponed until

Nov. 10 because of a recent typhoon that

caused flooding and other damage in cen-

tral and northern Japan.

Naruhito and Masako have been warmly

welcomed by the Japanese public. They

made positive impressions by freely con-

versing with President Donald Trump and

first lady Melania Trump during their

visit weeks after Naruhito’s succession in

May, palace watchers say.

“I think people have high expectations

for the emperor, who is fluent in foreign

languages and internationalized,” said

historian and monarchy expert Eiichi Mi-

yashiro, who is also a journalist.

Naruhito, who studied at Oxford, is a

historian, a viola player and an expert

on water transport. Masako has struggled

for more than a decade since developing

“adjustment disorder” after giving birth

to the couple’s only child, Princess Aiko,

and facing pressure to produce a boy in

Japan’s monarchy, which allows only

male heirs. (AP News)

(10) Erdogan Warns...

borders.

Turkey launched the operation into north-

ern Syria on Oct. 9, saying it aimed to

push out Syrian Kurdish fighters it con-

siders terrorists and an extension of a

Kurdish insurgency within Turkey.

The move came days after President Don-

ald Trump suddenly announced he was

pulling American forces out of the area,

essentially abandoning Kurdish allies in

the battle against the Islamic State group

and paving the way for the incursion Tur-

key had long promised to carry out.

Turkey seeks to establish what it calls a

“safe zone” extending more than 400 ki-

lometers (250 miles) along the Turkish-

Syrian border and about 30 kilometers

(19 miles) inside Syria, where it plans to

resettle about 2 million of the roughly 3.6

million Syrian refugees currently living

in Turkey.

“If America does not keep to its promises,

our offensive will continue from where it

left off, with a much greater determina-

tion,” Erdogan said. “There is no place

for the (Kurdish fighters) in Syria’s fu-

ture. We hope that with Russia’s coopera-

tion, we will rid the region of separatist

terror.”

Erdogan and Putin are meeting in Sochi

for talks expected to focus on border ar-

eas that are currently held by Syrian gov-

ernment forces.

Although Turkish officials say the cease-

fire agreement specifically covers a

roughly 120-kilometer (75-mile) stretch

between the Syrian border towns of Tal

Abyad and Ras al-Ayn, Erdogan has made

clear he wants Turkish military presence

along the full stretch of the border from

the Euphrates River to Syria’s border

with Iraq. (AP News)

(11) South Sudan’s...

for South Sudan’s national disarmament

demobilization and reintegration com-

mission. “They loot and raid and it will

begin to create insecurity.”

Since the fighting broke out in 2013, the

U.N. children’s agency has facilitated the

release of more than 3,200 child soldiers

from both government and opposition

forces.

Yet even after a peace deal was signed a

year ago, the rate of forced child soldier

recruitment by both sides in the conflict

is increasing, the U.N. Commission on

Human Rights in South Sudan said in a

statement earlier this month.

“Ironically, the prospect of a peace deal

has accelerated the forced recruitment of

children, with various groups now seek-

ing to boost their numbers before they

move into the cantonment sites,” said

commission chairwoman Yasmin Sooka.

According to the peace deal the govern-

ment and opposition should have 41,500

troops trained and unified into one na-

tional army.

Children who leave armed groups often

struggle to adjust.

The AP followed several child soldiers

among 121 released in February. Many

said they are still haunted by their pasts,

unable to talk about their experiences for

fear of being stigmatized and often inca-

pable of controlling their anger.

“Whenever I think about the bush, even if

I’m playing football, I feel like stopping

and picking something up and hitting my

friends,” said a 13-year-old. The AP is

not using the names of the former child

soldiers to protect their identities.

(AP News)

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ISLAMABAD - Jamiat Ulema-e-Is lam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Akram Durrani on Monday said that the opposition will not hold any dialogue with the government unless they are allowed to take out their peaceful Azadi March on October 27.Addressing a press conference after the meeting of opposition’s Rahbar Committee, the JUI-F leader said that it was decided in the meeting that the option of talks with the government would remain open only if the latter allows them to take out a peaceful Azadi March on October 27.Although he reiterated the opposition’s demand of the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said that the joint opposition was still open for a meeting with the committee constituted by the government for holding talks with the opposition.

BEIRUT - Amid days of passionate protests in Lebanon over new taxes, demonstrators took a short break from shouting anti-government slogans to serenade a scared child, breaking into an impromptu rendition of “Baby Shark.”As thousands took to the streets of Beirut last weekend to demand a repeal to the tax hikes, the commotion was a bit too much for one young bystander, -15month-old

SUCRE - Bolivian President Evo Morales is slated for victory in a highly contentious election after authorities issued a fresh vote tally, prompting claims of fraud from the opposition and chaotic protests across the country.Following a -24hour pause in the vote count by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the agency updated its tally late on Monday – accounting for over 95 percent of the ballots – putting Morales just over the 10 percent lead needed to win and avoid a run-off election with rival

OSLO - Norwegian police have arrested a suspect who stole an ambulance and used it to ram innocent bystanders on the streets of Oslo on Tuesday afternoon.The armed suspect was apprehended but not critically injured, despite the fact that police reportedly opened ire on the ambulance during their pursuit.Several people have been injured in the incident but their condition is unknown at this time.The ambulance was stolen at approximately 12:30 local time and, according to the police, the rampage lasted for some 45 minutes. An elderly couple as well as a mother and child were struck by the vehicle during the police pursuit.Eyewitness footage from the scene captured the moment police had the ambulance partially surrounded but the suspect managed to evade them and drive away despite being under ire. (RT)

SINGAPORE - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday encouraged citizens to make more ef-forts to use and improve their Manda-rin.The prime minister made the call at an event marking the 40th anniversary of the Speak Mandarin Campaign at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre.“People all over the world are learning Mandarin eagerly. They all know that to work in China, to build relation-ships with the Chinese, and to grab opportunities that come with China’s development, they have to master Mandarin,” he said. (Xinhua)

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris John-son faces two pivotal votes in parlia-ment on Tuesday that will decide whether he can deliver on his promise to lead the United Kingdom out of the European Union in nine days’ time.As the clock ticks down to the latest Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s departure, Brexit is hanging in the balance as a divided parliament debates when, how and even whether it should happen.After he was forced by opponents into the humiliation of asking the EU for a de-lay that he had vowed he would never seek, Johnson is battling to ram legisla-tion through the House of Commons that will enact his last-minute Brexit deal.In yet another day of high drama, lawmakers vote at around 1800 GMT on the 115-page Withdrawal Agree-ment Bill and then vote on the govern-ment’s extremely tight timetable for approving the legislation.“I hope par-liament today votes to take back control for itself,” said Johnson, the face of the successful 2016 referendum campaign to leave the EU.“The public doesn’t want any more delays, neither do other European leaders and neither do I. Let’s get Brexit done on 31 October and move on.”Defeat in either vote would scupper Johnson’s plans to leave the EU with or without a divorce deal on Oct. 31. He would have to decide whether to abide by a law that demands he ac-cept any Brexit delay offered by the EU or somehow leave without a deal.Victory, an imperfect indicator of sup-port for Johnson’s deal, would give opponents in parliament another chance to ambush the government with amendments that could wreck Johnson’s plans by demanding a much closer post-Brexit relationship with the EU. (Reuters)

buses operate on the Tashkent -Khu jand , Ferghana-Khujand, T e r m e z - D u s h a n b e , Denau-Dushanbe and Samarkand-Penjikent routes.The bus service between the cities of the two countries was interrupted in 1992, due to the outbreak of the civil war in Tajikistan. As relations between the two states began to improve, passenger trafic also resumed.The irst regular bus light was launched in May 2018 along the Tashkent – Khujand – Tashkent route. (Trend)

heavier loss and the other with lesser,» he noted.The Iranian minister also slammed the United States for what he called leaving international treaties.«The United States pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal, the NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement), the Paris climate deal, the missile deal with Russia, and many others. I hope they also leave the UN Security Council so we are relieved,» Zarif said. (Trend)

emphasized the desire of his country to establish closer cooperation with T u r k m e n i s t a n in the trade and economic sphere, the humanitarian and cultural ield, the report said.Veladzic was also received in the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.During the negotiations, speaking about trade and economic relations, the parties considered the possibility of exchanging business delegations. (Trend)

He also said that the statements of the premier and his minister imply that the government is not serious about holding dialogue with the opposition.The JUI-F leader denied reports that the opposition would step back from its decision of holding the march on October 27. “There would be no compromise on the march and it will be taken out as per schedule on October 27. Our march will remain peaceful,” he added.He further said that the opposition will stick to the conditions agreed upon in the All Parties Conference and no dialogue would take place in the absence of even a single member of the Rahbar Committee, therefore, the government should not approach the opposition parties separately. (Pakistan Today)

YAMBIO, South Sudan — When he escaped the armed group that had abducted him at the age of 15, the child soldier swore he’d never go back. But the South Sudanese teen still thinks about returning to the bush, six months after the United Nations secured his release.“Being asked to kill someone is the hardest thing,” he told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity for his safety.And yet the army offered him a kind of stability he has yet to ind outside it. “I had everything, bedding and clothes, I’d just steal what I needed ... here, I haven’t received what I

WASHINGTON - All roughly 100 U.S. armored vehicles evacuating northeast Syria in a convoy have arrived in Iraq, a U.S. defense oficial tells Fox News.Earlier today in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said some U.S. troops will stay behind, and “remain in the towns that are located near the oil ields” in northeast Syria to protect them from ISIS, Syrian regime or Iranian forces.Esper said the plan to guard the oil still needed President Trump’s approval.A few hundred other U.S. troops will

Canada’s Trudeau Wins 2nd Term but Loses Majority

TOKYO — Three booming cheers of “Banzai!” rang out Tuesday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Naruhito formally declared his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the nation’s 126th emperor.As a driving autumn rain briely gave way to sunshine and 2,000 guests looked on, Naruhito pledged at an elaborate, ritual-laden ceremony to serve as a symbol of the state for his people. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

was expecting,” he said.He lives with family, adrift, waiting to attend a U.N.-sponsored job skills program, struggling to forget his past.There are an estimated 19,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, one of the highest rates in the world, according to the U.N. As the country emerges from a ive-year civil war that killed almost 400,000 people

and displaced millions, some worry the ighting could re-ignite if former child soldiers aren’t properly reintegrated into society.“Without more support, the consequence is that the children will move towards the barracks where there’s social connection, food and something to do,” said William Deng Deng, chairman (More on

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remain in southern Syria at a garrison near the border with Jordan, the president said last week in a statement.“Our forces will remain in the towns that are located near the oil ields. The purpose of those forces, a purpose of those forces working with SDF, is to deny access to those oil ields by ISIS and others who may beneit from revenues that can be earned. I’ve made no decision with regard to various options. Those are things we would have to be presented to the president in due course,” Esper said earlier in the day. (Fox News)

congratulated him and led the cheers of “Banzai,” which traditionally means

Robin Jabbour, who was with his mother when a crowd of protesters approached her car.“I have a baby, don’t be too loud,” his mother pleaded with the group of several dozen protesters, according to CNN, but realizing a little boy was in the car, the men instead erupted into song, clapping and chanting the words to the children’s song, now known virtually worldwide. (RT)

Carlos Mesa. Morales is currently vying to serve an unprecedented fourth term as president under the Movement for Socialism Party.The previous igure – issued before the pause on Sunday with some 84 percent of the votes counted – suggested Morales was unlikely to secure the needed margin for victory, sparking allegations of fraud from the Citizen Community Party leader Mesa and his supporters, some of whom took to the streets to protest ahead of the inal count. (RT)

Erdogan Warns Kurdish Fighters to Pull Out of Syrian Region

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday up to 1,300 Syrian Kurdish ighters have yet to vacate a northeastern Syrian area invaded by Ankara, hours before a ive-day cease-ire between Turkish troops and Syrian Kurdish ighters was set to expire there.Erdogan said up to 800 Syrian Kurdish ighters have already left under the deal that brought the pause in ighting

following Turkey’s incursion and renewed threats to resume the offensive if all the Syrian

Kurds don’t depart before the deadline runs out at 10:00 p.m.The Turkish leader

spoke to reporters before traveling to Russia for a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.The pullout occurred under the terms of a U.S.-brokered deal for a -120hour pause in ighting that expires Tuesday night, to allow Syrian Kurdish ighters to leave areas Turkey controls following its incursion into northeast Syrian to drive the ighters away from its (More on P4)...(10)

TORONTO — Prime Min-ister Justin Trudeau won a second term in Canada’s national elections Mon-day, losing the majority but delivering unexpect-edly strong results despite having been weakened by a series of scandals that tarnished his image as a liberal icon.Trudeau’s Liberal party took the most seats in Par-liament, giving it the best chance to form a govern-ment. However, falling short of a majority meant the Liberals would have to rely on an opposition party to pass legislation.

“It’s not quite the same as 2015. It’s not all ow-ing to the leader,” said Robert Bothwell, a pro-fessor of Canadian history and international

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relations at the University of Toronto. “Trudeau is prime minister because the rest of the party was able to pull itself together and prevail. While

Trudeau certainly de-serves credit for what has happened he’s really going to have to demonstrate quali-ties that he hasn’t yet shown.”Still, the results were a victory for Trudeau, whose clean-cut im-age took a hit after old photos of him in black-face and brownface surfaced last month.“I’m surprised at how well Trudeau has done,” said Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at (More on P4)...(8)

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Ghani Vows Direct Talks with Taliban If Reelected

KABUL - The UN Security Council has condemned as hei-nous and cowardly a suicide bombing that killed at least 62 people inside a mosque in east-ern Afghanistan.About 60 other worshippers were injured on Friday when a suicide bomber walked into the mosque and detonated an explosive device in the Haska Mena district of Nangarhar province.In a statement, the 15-member UN body said: “The members of

MAZAR-I-SHARIF - A test process of illing form to ob-tain online passport kicked off in northern Balkh province on Tuesday, an oficial said.Balkh Passport Department director Ahmadullah Hajiza-dah told a press conference in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, that the examination process of illing form for online passport has been started.He said after 20 days of the test, the oficial online process would be also launched.He said through online form illing for passport, corruption

Haska Mena Bombing a Heinous Act: UNSC

Online Form-Filling for Passport Kicks Off in Balkh

the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the govern-ment of Afghanistan and they wished a speedy and full recov-ery to those who were injured.”The Security Council members stressed the need to hold per-petrators, organisers, inanciers and sponsors of these reprehen-sible acts of terrorism account-able and bring them to justice.It urged all states, in accordance with ...(More on P4)...(4)

KABUL - The presidential can-didate said he would start talks with the rebels as soon as the presidential election result was clear.US President Donald Trump last month abruptly broke off nego-tiations with the militant group. “If I’m [re-]elected president, then this will start in week one to re-start the process,” Ghani told the Nikkei Asian Review in an inter-view in TokyoThe result of the September presi-dential election has not yet been announced. Ghani, the incum-

President Ashraf Ghani has said if he is reelected, he will restart peace talks with the Taliban in the irst week.

bent president since 2014, said that the election was effectively managed and would ensure that “the results are accepted by all contenders.”Ghani said that Taliban could be incorporated into the country as a political party. Within the current constitution, the “Taliban need to live, wake up, and understand that the majority of Afghan peo-ple will embrace them if they de-nounce violence,” he said.The president also said that peace with the Taliban needs to ensure security for the Afghan popula-

tion. “This requires clear evidence that the Taliban are not linked to international terrorist groups”, he said.Ghani acknowledged and said. “The Taliban are different [from] any other armed group” in that “their power derives in violence” and they are not willing to partici-pate in elections.He also added the role of Pakistan would be key, saying that “Paki-stan would need to become con-structive and support the peace process.”Trump seeks to withdraw forces

from Afghanistan, and has been reducing the number of troops in the country. “The question is not the presence or absence,” Ghani said. “The question is the type of support that we will be able to maintain our [Afghan] security forces.”“We all want the reduction of ex-penses and more eficiency, and we are prepared for it,” he added.However, he also emphasized the importance of Afghanistan for international security and for U.S. domestic security in terms of ...(More on P4)...(3)

would be reduced. He said the number of passport applicants had also increased in the prov-ince.He said, “Within the irst six months of last year around 6,000 people received passports but this ...(More on P4)...(5)