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[email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No: 74 Price: Afs.20 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . OCTOBER 12. 2018 - Mizan 20, 1397 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime fghanistan's intelligence agency said on Thursday 21 Taliban militants were killedA in an air raid after they gath- KANDAHAR CITY: Elections transparency of the Wolesi Jirga ered to plan attacks on the up- would not be conducted in Nesh election would improve with the coming parliamentary election. and Maroof districts of southern use of biometric system. Biomet- The raid happened in Syed Abad Kandahar province due to insecu- ric devices have arrived along KABUL: Chief Executive Officer rity and other issues. Independent with required tools in Kandahar. district of central Maidan Ward- Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Thurs- ak province, the National Direc- day left for Tajikistan at the head Election Commission (IEC) chief The requite equipment would be torate of Security said in a state- of a high-level delegation to attend for Kandahar Dr. Niamatullah airlifted to insecure areas, the ment. The deaths include also se- the Shanghai Cooperation Organi- Wardak told Pajhwok Afghan IEC said, adding Election work- nior Taliban militants including sation (SCO) summit. Faridoon News amid preparations for the ers would be hired in the next the provincial head of intelli- Khwazoon, deputy spokesman vote, security would be ensured few days. Nisar Ahmad Saleh, a gence, Naqibullah, and district for the CEO, told Pajhwok Afghan on the election day. Election would Wolesi Jirga runner, told Pajhwok shadow governor, Samad Wazir.