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(1) Kazakhstan... leading militaries, came to rest on that all import companies in the sec- draw on the Galkynysh natural gas (Tolonews) thousands in Montenegro against Afghan shoulders since the begin- tor have the right to bid for govern- field near the border of Afghani- the pro-NATO government recently relations. Kazakhstan will direct (14) Pedram Blasts... ning of 2015. ment contracts. stan, one of the largest gas fields in have turned violent. more than 600 thousand tons of “We now have to develop our own “There are at least 106 gas and fuel the world, with an estimated 925 tion turned into crisis and unfortu- Anti-NATO sentiments are due part- wheat to Afghanistan,” Nursultan capabilities. This is why we are companies in the country and all trillion cubic feet of reserves. (UPI) nately parliament also accepted this ly to the Alliance’s bombing cam- Nazarbayev said. reaching out to our friends and al- have equal rights. No one has the agreement,” he added. paign against Yugoslavia over Ko- Nazarbayev further added that due (10) German Minister... lies,” the minister said. right to direct any of the companies Meanwhile a number of delegates sovo in 1999. Montenegro was part of to the fact that Afghanistan is going President Mohammad Ashraf Gha- to sign contracts with them.” spiratorial planning”. at the gathering criticized the gov- Yugoslavia along with much-larger through very difficult times, we are ni has been under pressure for his Shortly before the emergence of At least 129 people were killed in ernment for not responding imme- Serbia. providing humanitarian assistance. policy of engaging more with Islam- this latest document, Mohammadi the attacks carried out nearly si- diately to last week’s Zabul Seven Stoltenberg said that “our air cam- We will continue to provide assis- abad rather than Delhi, on security wrote on his Facebook page on multaneously at a football stadium, protestors. paign in 1999 was never against the tance to Afghanistan. issues, sources told NDTV. With Wednesday that he had been invit- a concert hall and restaurants as Zulfaqar Omid, head of the Work Serbian people” and expressed “deep Kazakhstan provides humanitarian Taliban attacks at an all-time high, ed by the complaints commission of throngs of Parisians were enjoying and Development Party said: “All regret” at the loss of innocent lives. assistance to Afghanistan annually, he is seen as needing to mend fences the Wolesi Jirga to brief them on the a night out. the youths that are here attended He added that NATO on Friday lifted he added. with New Delhi. Kabul Bank case. CIA director John Brennan warned last week’s Kabul protest.” all air restrictions in a central Serbian The Kazakh President also added In an interview to NDTV in April, “During the discussions I high- Monday that the attacks were likely A member of another opposition area bordering Kosovo that were im- that during the talks the sides dis- President Ghani had acknowl- lighted the following points. 1. I not a “one-off event” and that he ex- party said the government should posed back in 1999. He described the cussed issues of transportation of edged, “The past is past. We are was neither informed of the Urban pected IS has more operations in the take the fight against corruption se- decision as “a significant step toward wheat. engaged in a comprehensive un- Ministry’s deal with Frozi and nor pipeline. riously. (Tolonews) full integration of the region into the In May and September 2014, Ka- derstanding of our mutual interests did I defend the agreement. I was A series of recent bloody attacks European air space.”(AP) zakhstan provided assistance worth (15) Communication... and we will act and build on those responsible for the mechanism have been attributed to, and claimed more than $3 million. mutual interests”. that was approved by the cabinet by IS, which controls large areas of orders from some local Taliban in- (22) UK Police .... It has also delivered more than Asked if more lethal weaponry has and the president. 2. There are two territory in Iraq and Syria. surgents. violation of the women’s human 21,000 tons of food products worth been sought, Minister Hekmat Kar- groups that want to blacken my They include twin suicide bomb- “I call on the telecommunication rights, an abuse of police power and $20 million. (AIKPress) zai said, “We have been assured name and hamper the Kabul Bank ings that killed 44 people in Beirut companies to reactivate their ser- caused significant trauma,” said as- (2) Corruption ... that India is going to look at our re- clearance process. I will talk about last Thursday, the downing of a vices, because their stations are in sistant commissioner Martin Hewitt. Russian airliner over Egypt with government-controlled areas but “I unreservedly apologise on behalf challenges facing SIGAR, Sopko quests, and proceed accordingly.” these groups at a suitable time. 3. I 224 people aboard on October 31, they take orders from Taliban,” a of the Metropolitan Police Service. I said the first challenge is “the inabil- But, as of now, sources say -- apart appreciate the president’s decision and the suicide attack that left 102 member of Helmand provincial am aware that money alone cannot ity to define requirements, measure from the attack helicopters -- those to investigate this case. I hope that dead and over 500 injured in An- council Bismillah Rouhani claimed. compensate the loss of time, their effectiveness and assess sustainabil- requests will not necessarily lead to the assigned team finds the answers kara on October 10. They warned they would take de- hurt or the feelings of abuse caused ity.” a further supply of military equip- to the case. 4. Meanwhile, I have not De Maiziere warned that the threat cisions themselves if the govern- by these relationships.” “U.S. agencies measure inputs and ment that can be used in the battle spoken to anyone privately or out- for Germany and Europe “is seri- ment failed to bring officials of the The officers were working for two outputs rather than outcomes,” he against the Taliban. (Tolonews) side of the commission’s sessions. ous, really serious”, with Western telecommunication companies to units -- now disbanded -- that in- said, adding that “numbers don’t All that I have said was to the media (5) Security ... nations “in the sights of Islamist ter- justice. filtrated groups promoting radical tell Congress about the effectiveness and to the commission members,” said they have new plans to sup- rorism”. The volatile southern province of political action on issues such as en- of programs.” he said. press militants in different parts of On Tuesday night German authori- Helmand has long experienced vironmental campaigns, anarchy and The second challenge is the “lack Mohammadi allegedly facilitated the country – also in Badakhshan. ties cancelled an international foot- fighting over the past years and vio- animal rights.(AFP) of coordination within our govern- the signing of the “Smart City Despite winter being on its way, ball match in Hanover citing a secu- lence has had a major impact on the ment, with the Afghans and with Township” project - worth over $900 (23) EU-Turkish... troops are currently fighting insur- rity threat, calling off an event that local economy, rule of law and gov- our partners in Europe and else- USD. The deal was inked about two gents in 13 provinces. had been meant to show solidarity ernance. (Tolonews) said EU and Turkish officials have where,” Sopko said. “By not coor- weeks ago. However, after mount- The air force has meanwhile carried with France. been unable to finalize a plan in- dinating the various lines of efforts ing criticism of government, Ghani (16) 12 ISIS ... out 70 flights for transportation and Speaking at the same conference, volving 3 billion euros in European ... we undermine our mission and cancelled the contract within a week several hours before the Afghan military purposes over the past 24 Germany’s Federal Crime Office funds, measures to keep refugees waste U.S. taxpayer dollars.” and ordered an investigation into forces manage to push them back, hours. (Tolonews) chief Holger Muench also warned and migrants in Turkey, accelerated The third challenge is “poor plan- the issue. (Tolonews) leaving at least 12 militants dead. of a heightened threat, saying that visa liberalization for Turks visiting ning, oversight and accountability,” (6) Thousands Flee ... According to Haji Ghalib, at least (8) ISIS in ... of the more than 750 German citi- Europe, and a revitalization of An- he said, noting that nearly $13 mil- three members of the Afghan na- Shinwari said. 3 in the terror tactics used by the zens who had joined Islamists fight- kara’s stalled EU accession negotia- lion USD allocated for an Afghan tional security forces also sustained Displaced families have also criti- group. ing in Syria and Iraq, over one third tions. European Commission spokes- electricity operator was never used. injuries during the gun battle. cized government for not being able An ISIS loyalist is seen conducting a had returned. man MargaritisSchinas said no date “Fraud kills,” he said. “Oversight Nangarhar is among the relatively to help families who have fled their grim lesson in one scene after herd- He also warned of the possibility Is- had been set for the summit yet after is not just about saving money. It’s volatile provinces in eastern Af- homes. ing a ragtag group of boys and girls lamic extremists could hide among Commission Vice-President Fran- also about saving lives.” ghanistan where anti-government “The total number of the displaced into a room (girls are ordered to sit the one million asylum seekers Ger- sTimmermans held talks in Ankara The fourth challenge is corruption, armed militants are actively oper- families was around 20,000, but in back). many expects this year -- adding on Thursday, but he denied that the he said, adding the phenomenon ating in a number of its remote dis- now this figure has raised to more “What is this word?” he says, and however that about 120 warnings, talks had stalled. was undermining all the efforts of tricts. than 24,000,” said Ghulam Haidar answers his own question: “Jihad”, many from foreign security servic- Noting that Commission President U.S in Afghanistan reconstructions. The Achin and Kot districts have Faqirzai, head of Nangarhar’s or- with the children repeating the es, had netted no confirmed cases Jean-Claude Juncker and European Despite the establishment of a num- became a main operational base ganization for internally displaced same word. so far. Council President Donald Tusk had ber of anti-corruption bodies over for the militants loyal to the Islamic families. The militant is later seen saying Muench also warned that funda- met Erdogan on the sidelines of a the past decade, the phenomenon State terror group during the recent The Nangarhar governor disputes “God says do jihad until intrigue, mentalist Islamist groups in Ger- G20 summit in Turkey on Monday, has put Afghanistan at the top of the months. (KP) these figures however and has also idolatry and infidelity are gone many had in about 60 known cases Schinas told reporters: “There is list of the world’s fraud-hit coun- denied claims that the military op- from the world.” sought to contact people in refugee (17) ASEAN FMs ... movement, the ball is rolling. tries. eration is proving unsuccessful. “We do hope that this process will Telling a boy to stand up, he asks shelters for propaganda and recruit- Children which was endorsed by According to analysts, millions of “The number of displaced families lead soon to transform this joint ac- “What is this?” indicating his rifle. ment purposes. (AFP) the 13th ASEAN Political- Security dollars in aid to Afghanistan were is not 20,000, it is around 10,000 to tion plan into an effective agreement The child then replies saying the Community Council Meeting on wasted in the country during the 14,000. We have a procedure for (11) BMA Course... that can be operationalized and pro- weapon and continues explaining Friday will be signed by ASEAN past 15 years. (Tolonews) their relief and rescue, but it is in the unique experiences with other stu- duce change on the ground.” the use of it, saying it will be used to leaders on Saturday, Anifah said. first stage. The responsible institu- dents and experts to the benefit of An EU official familiar with the ex- (3) Obama Says.... defend the faith by hitting the heads (Xinhua) tions must conduct a survey to find all concerned on both sides of the changes said Ankara was loath to extraordinarily helpful on issues of the infidels (Kafir). out the exact numbers,” Nangarhar Tajik-Afghan border.” (18) Gunmen Attack ... commit to a timetable for improving like countering the destructive and The fighter then continues to show governor, Saleem Khan Kunduzi The course was delivered through conditions for refugees before the perverse narrative that’s devel- a hand grenade to the child, saying the gunmen, who burst through se- said. a mixture of theoretical and practi- EU comes through with the money. oped.” “This is a hand grenade, meaning curity at the hotel entrance at 7 a.m As winter approaches, concern cal exercises including field visits to Only Britain has made a firm finan- Malaysia deployed extraordinary hand bomb” with the child repeat- (0700 GMT), spraying the area with among the displaced families is also the nearby border with Uzbekistan cial pledge so far.(Reuters) security measures around Kuala ing the same word “Hand bomb”. gunfire and shouting “Allahu Ak- growing as they say their children and the dog training centre in Du- Lumpur on Friday as leaders from He is also handing an unloaded bar”, or “God is great” in Arabic. (24) Balkan Border ... in particular are vulnerable and will gun to a boy, coaching him to “fire shanbe where participants observed Occasional bursts of gunfire were 18 countries arrived for a pair of migrants are left in total limbo and not be able to cope with the extreme it from a standing position.” One by a demonstration on the use of dogs heard as the assailants went through weekend summits amid fresh at- completely stranded at different bor- temperatures by next month. (Tolo- one, the other boys (no girls, it must in border security and management the seven-floor building, room-by- tacks by Islamist militants. der points, according to UNHCR. news) be said) handle the weapon. operations. (Asia-Plus) room and floor-by-floor, one senior Malaysia’s police chief cited uncon- “There is urgent need to put in place Earlier another report was released security source and a witness told firmed reports of an “imminent ter- (7) MoF Deems ... (12) Ghor Girl... additional reception capacity at the on the recruitment and brainwash- Reuters. rorist threat” in the country, follow- controversial housing contract be- Meanwhile, governor of Ghor Sima points of entry, to allow for decent ing of Afghan children by ISIS loyal- State television said 80 hostages had ing last week’s attacks in Paris and tween the Ministry of Urban Devel- Joyenda said an investigation has and effective accommodation, com- ists in Afghanistan. left the building by midday, but an the downing of a Russian airliner opment and Frozi. been launched into the incident. pliance with child protection stand- The report released earlier this hour later the hotel’s website said over Egypt by Islamic State mili- But Urban Development Minis- In addition, the interior minis- ards, assistance, registration and month stated that the children were 124 guests and 13 staff were still in- tants. ter, Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, try said investigations have been screening of the thousands of peo- trained to become suicide bombers side. Some 4,500 soldiers were deployed claimed he had received several let- launched in this respect. ple arriving every day,” the refugee and ground fighters. Some people were freed by the at- or on standby to secure the summit, ters from Mohammadi urging him “This incident and the incident of agency said in the statement. According to the report, the train- tackers after showing they could in addition to thousands of police to sign the “Smart City Township” Rokhshana should be seriously UNHCR, IOM and UNICEF called ings included use of pistols, AK-47 recite verses from the Koran, while who have fanned out around the project with Frozi – who was jailed investigated,” Interior Ministry on the concerned states to re-establish assault rifles and hand grenades others were brought out by security Kuala Lumpur City Centre. The site for 10 years in a court verdict last spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. “In- coordination and response mecha- which were provided by ISIS in- forces or managed to escape under is home to Petronas Towers, once November after being found guilty vestigations are underway by the nisms which were agreed upon at the structors to children between 13 to their own steam. the world’s tallest buildings, and a of defaulting on loans that helped assigned fact-finding team.” Western Balkans Summit on October 14 years of age in the restive east- One of the rescued hostages, cel- convention center where the sum- lead to the collapse of Kabul Bank This comes only three weeks after 8 and the Leaders’ Meeting on Octo- ern Kunar province of Afghanistan. ebrated Guinean singer Sékouba mits are taking place. in 2010. 19-year-old Rokhshana was stoned ber 25. (Xinhua) (KP) ‘Bambino’ Diabate, said he had In addition to Obama, leaders from On Wednesday night however, to death by the Taliban after having overheard two of the assailants (25) Turkey ... China, Japan, Russia, India, South a document surfaced implicating (9) Afghanistan ... been accused of eloping with a man. Korea, Australia and New Zealand speaking in English as they searched Mohammadi in yet another Frozi- in a statement. (Tolonews) also to Russian President Vladimir are attending the East Asia Summit the room next to his.(Reuters) related scandal. According to the Afghan govern- Putin’s special envoy for the Middle following the annual Association of (13) Baghlan... This time, Mohammadi appears to ment, most of the country’s gas (19) Russian... East, Mikhail Bogdanov. Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) In addition, they accused local po- Turkish authorities have summoned have issued a memorandum, via exploration and infrastructure is in crime without limitations and be meeting. (Reuters) lice officials of supporting the sus- the Russian ambassador several the Finance Ministry, to inform all Jawzjan province. As of February firmly combatted in all countries of pect. times since September 30 when Rus- (4) India to... government offices that they could 2011, the last full year for which the the world,” it said. sign deals with Frozi’s Gas Group The suspected policeman however sian war planes started to carry out provinces, so, it is important to government has data, there were 34 A Russian A321 plane crashed in for their supplies. rejected what he called baseless al- air raids in Syria. have that covered,” he said. wells operating in three fields with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31, The typed document dated Novem- legations. He claimed Zarghona’s Turkey has complained over Rus- This is a marked shift in policy fol- limited production. The govern- killing all 224 on board. Moscow an- ber 2, 2015, and signed by Moham- family was trying to defame him. sian planes’ incursion into Turkish lowed from the UPA government’s ment estimates current gas produc- nounced on Tuesday that the plane madi stated: : “The revenue earned He said he was ready to appear in air space and also warned Moscow tenure -- of not providing Kabul any tion at around 1.5 million cubic feet, was brought down by a bomb.(Xin- by this company will go to the loan court in their district but not in Pul- against supplying arms and support lethal weapons or equipment. India about 70 percent less than the en- hua) department of Kabul Bank to cover e-Khumri, the provincial capital. for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the has been training around 1,000 Af- tire production from the Marcellus the loans of Khalilullah Frozi. There- “I have told them many times that I (20) Syrian Refugees.. Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. ghan army and other security offic- shale formation in the United States. fore it is requested that all govern- am ready to appear at the prosecu- official pledge not to work with local The latest tensions come as Russian ers and men a year. The agreement awaits final ap- ment offices should be given notice tion office in Jelga but not in Pul-e- authorities. According to UNHCR, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set In April, New Delhi supplied mili- proval from the central Afghan gov- to sign agreements with this com- Khumri,” he told TOLOnews. this is pushing more and more Syr- to visit Turkey next Wednesday. tary transport vehicles and three ernment. According to consortium pany to meet their supply needs.” Meanwhile, the police chief of ians to work in the informal sector The Istanbul meeting will focus on small unarmed Cheetal helicopters. member Bayat Energy, gas reserves A university lecturer Nasrullah Baghlan, Abdul Rashid Bashir, where agricultural and construction “comprehensive exchange of views Referring to the coalition draw- in the northwest provinces are some Stanekzai said: “The president’s de- promised a thorough investigation jobs usually pay no more than 15 U.S. on foreign policy issues with a prior- down and the vacuum created with of the more promising in the region. crees are registered with the admin- into the incident. dollars for a 12-hour working day. ity on Syrian crisis,” a Turkish offi- the need for helicopter gunships, The region will play host to multi- istrative affairs office and are then “We will definitely investigate the (Xinhua) cial said. the Afghan minister said, “”Two lateral pipeline from Turkmenistan publically announced. President’s incident. We will make sure to bring With momentum growing in long- and a half years ago, we had about to India. Described as part of the (21) Russia Inter... the suspect to court,” he promised. stalled efforts to find a peace deal 150,000 coalition forces. To support advisors do not have the authority “new Silk Road,” the project -- the Scores of Afghan girls have been and historic influence in the Bal- for Syria after the Paris attacks, the them, we had over 200,000 military to issue any type of letter that con- Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Paki- contractors.” tains a direction or an order. stan-India, or TAPI -- is described the victim of domestic violence in kans — has been opposed, fueling two sides will be seeking to nar- But the major counter-terrorist op- Meanwhile the head of the Gas and as essential for regional economic Afghanistan, especially in the areas anti-NATO sentiments among some row their differences on the conflict. erations, supported by the world’s Fuel Union, Azrakhsh Hafizi, said and energy developments. It would where government has less control. Montenegrins. Several protests by (AFP)