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(1) Govt.-Taliban ... working climate for women, youth and and needs, adding as the projects were in another direction,” said Ajmal Omar, evacuated to the provincial hospital. The He says they had asked for an addi- media, are among the fundamental put into service for people, they should a member of Nangarhar provincial health of injured women was said to be tional 11 million litres of diesel, whose political representatives wrapped up a challenges which Massoud believes are help the government protect them. council. (Tolonews) stable. supply has been delayed. visit to Pakistan. Pakistan and Taliban harming the reform process. He said four other rehabilitation projects Sar-i-Pul Governor Mohammad Zahir Rasool identifies power supply to the confirmed the visit but avoided giving (13) Treatment of ... According to Massoud, in some cases had also been launched in Pul-i-Alam said one rebel was killed and two others industrial park as a top priority, but details. Afghans are not being provided the and at a total We want the president to help us in this wounded during infighting in Halaka faults in power generators, late supply Sources said Pakistan “encouraged the right to make decisions regarding major cost of 178 million afghanis. The projects respect so that we can provide him with village of . of fuel and other technical issues are Taliban negotiators to join the peace national projects. included roads’ construction. medical treatment; he is in dire need of Taliban have not yet commented about some of the hurdles. talks” like Hezb-i-Islami, which struck “Institutions must be nonpolitical and Durani promised construction of anoth- treatment,” said Eshchi’s son Ahmad the incidents.(Pajhwok) USAID would establish a solar-pow- a peace deal with the Ashraf Ghani there should not be nepotism so that er 80 kilometres of rural roads at a cost of Eshchi. er centre at a cost of $15million for the administration in late September. (Pa- (18)2 Held, Drugs, ... they can work in a professional manner 700 million afs next year The law states that there should be cred- Kandahar industrial park. The centre jhwok) and provide services,” he added. A resident of Mangokhel, Ahmadullah ible evidence when making an arrest. by police, he added. was to be functional by summer sea- (2) Good News ... Massoud made the remarks during a said: “Our village’s road was unpaved “According to the law, the person who Meanwhile, two men were also arrested son, but work on it is yet to be initiated. is going to be arrested must be given no- in Momandara district on the accusation (Pajhwok) province used to be slaked by Hamoun special seminar under the theme ‘Re- and we faced problems, but now as it tice about the reasons behind his arrest, of trafficking precious stones, Mashriqi- Lake which got its water from Hirmand search and Scientific Seminar on Good has been paved, we are so happy.” (Pa- he has the right to be in contact with his wal stated. (22)90 Tons of... River in the province. Governance and Reforms’ jhwok) family,” said legal expert Ainuddin Ba- According to him, the precious stones in connection with the drugs, but ef- Hirmand, named Helmand in Afghan- The seminar was attended by a number (11) Authorities ... haduri. were concealed in a loaded truck and forts were underway to find and arrest istan, is a joint river between the two of corruption monitoring groups and and U.S. special forces in recent months Meanwhile, a number of MPs have also were destined to be smuggled them to them. neighboring countries. oversight commissions. also pushed many Islamic State fight- called on the security institutions to clar- other areas. In overall, Afghan police had seized Hamoun Lake is now dry most of the The participants urged that those in- ers out of Nangarhar and into neigh- ify the fate of Eshchi and provide his Anti-terrorism personnel had recovered more than 90 tons of narcotics includ- months of a year as has volved in corruption must be brought to boring , which borders family with the necessary information a number of different kinds of weapons ing heroin, opium, alcoholic beverages constructed the Kajakai Dam in Hel- justice regardless of their positions. Nuristan. about his health. and ammunition as well, he concluded. and others across the country during mand province in south of that country. Chairman of the High Office for Over- To prevent them moving further north, “Access to information law states that (Pajhwok) the past one and a half months, he said. Due to those reasons, Iran’s Sistan-Bal- sight and Anti-Corruption, Sayed Ghu- security officials said they had provided media must be aware of the issue,” said Ahmadi said the drugs were seized uchestan province has been suffering lan Hussain Fakhri meanwhile raised (19)Zafar-21 ... weapons, ammunition and other sup- MP Mohammad Abdoh. during 104 operations in which 284 from drought since the past eleven concerns over the involvement of pow- port to villages in Nuristan, while also “His family maintains the right to be Azemabad and others were cleared in people including seven policemen and years. erful figures and government officials tapping the province’s particular culture aware of his location, media also has which seven rebels were killed and two 10 women had been detained. According to Iran tourism and touring in the appointments process and said to try to create a barrier against outsiders. the right to know, therefore the security others wounded. Police also destroyed seven heroin and online (ITTO) website, Hirmand River appointments must take merit into ac- Hafez Abdul Qayum, the provincial institutions must provide the informa- The governor said 19 landmines and re- six hashish processing factories during accounts as the only vital water way count. governor, has held several meetings tion,” said MP Arifullah Pashtoon. mote controls planted by the Taliban to the operations, he said. (Pajhwok) in Sistan, and takes its source in the “Relatives of local lawbreakers, pow- with local elders, who enjoy significant Eshchi was allegedly beaten and then hit security forces were recovered dur- Baba Mountains of Afghanistan. Af- erful elements and officials have been (23)EU, U.S.... powers in a province where central gov- taken into custody by Dostum’s guards ing the operation. ter following a long course enters the hired at customs, transport and com- ernment is weak. almost two weeks ago. His exact where- Separately, one commander of pub- partnership between the EU and Hamoun Lake, and the water require- mercial ports and they do whatever they On one recent trip, after a two-hour car abouts and condition is however still a lic uprising group was killed, another NATO,” the diplomatic service of ments of the plains of Sistan is provided want,” said Fakhri. journey along mountainous dirt roads, mystery. (Tolonews) wounded and the Perkhesh area of the EU said,”as they work together to by this river. Other water reserves also Delegates also reiterated calls to support he and his entourage walked the final Pashtunkot district fell to the Taliban’s strengthen defense and security in Eu- depend on the capacity of the Hirmand. the media and promote good govern- (14) Laghman Shahi ... few hundred metres to the meeting hand during an overnight attack. rope and project stability among neigh- The said river is divided into two at the ance. (Tolonews) place out of respect for local tradition. execution of the projects and thus the Deputy Police Chief Col. Mir Aman- bors and partners.” (Xinhua) borders of Iran and Afghanistan, and (8) Cases of Violence ... There he sat down with elders young people of Laghman were disappointed. ullah Zafir said hundreds of Taliban the main branch forms a part of the (24)UNHCR Calls... against them.” and old, many of them wearing round, Later, Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi stormed the area during the Monday common borderline between the two According to her, illiteracy and igno- woolen “pakul” hats and sporting traveled to discuss the issue with night’s attack and captured it. (Pajhwok) light of the resultant breakdown in countries, before entering Afghanistan. the authorities concerned and to remove public trust and the fact that the issue The other branch is divided into two rance about women’s rights has resulted beards dyed orange, to share a lengthy (20)Sher Khan ... the sense of frustration among the mass- was seized upon by those who wanted on Iranian land, one flowing towards in an increase in the number of violence meal of seared goat meat and urge his es. Mubashir said the attorney office had to turn refugees into scapegoats, it is im- Chah Nimeh and the other towards cases in the province. hosts to oppose the new threat. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokes- asked the provincial court for suspend- portant that EU member States show, the region of Koohak and Zahak. Two Civil society activist Farzana suggested “Whether it is Taliban or Daesh, they man, told Pajhwok Afghan News rel- ing the acting director on charges of through collective action, “that Europe diverging dams have been constructed the Women’s Affairs Department con- both are the biggest misguided people evant officials briefed Naeemi on the non-cooperation, dereliction of duty is capable of engaging effectively and in these two areas on the river. In the duct a public awareness campaign on and destroyers of our religious values,” issue. He was told the canal project ap- and aiding usurpers. On Monday, he in a principled manner with refugee southern portion of the Sistan plains the women’s rights. Qayum, himself from Nuristan, told el- proval was delayed because the techni- was formally suspended. movements, helping to stabilize refu- near the Hirmand, is a large natural pit “People should know that beating ders in Wama district, close to Pech Val- women and giving of girls in Badare ley in Kunar where Islamic State fighters cal study was yet to be completed. “Until the acting director does not ap- gee flows over the long term through or hollow which forms a reservoir for pear for interrogation at the attorney of- irrigation purposes and also is a natural prohibited in Islam,” she added. have settled. Information regarding technical issues more strategic external engagement Another civil society activist, Kazim Ra- “Dear brothers, fighting against this related to the Kala Gosh dam project fice, he couldn’t continue his duty,” the -- while at the same time, continuing to barrier in times of flood, thus prevent- prosecutor said. sooli, said violence against women hap- menace is our biggest priority.” was accurate and approved by the welcome refugees in Europe,” he add- ing damage. The area of this pit is ap- But Sarshakhi rejected the accusations, pened mostly in families whose heads ‘Valley of death’ council, he added. ed. (Xinhua) proximately 4,700 hectares. (IRNA) saying: “The land was usurped in 1388 were addicted to drugs. Such outreach is not unusual in a coun- Naeemi hailed the projects as historic solar year, when I was not acting head, (3) Russia Should... He believed if drug addicts were reha- try where the word of traditional leaders and important for the people of Lagh- (25)U.S. Asia-Pacific... and preventing the practice is not my the upper house panels on foreign and bilitated and jobless people employed, often counts for more than directives man. He said people were ready to ren- “freedom of navigation” and embold- responsibility.” defense affairs on Saturday, Muslimyar violence against women would decline from central government. der any sacrifice for the protection of the en the former Philippine government said, asking Russia to prove it hadn’t to a great extent. And Nuristan, a province whose name mega projects. He called his suspension a conspiracy to initiate a case about maritime terri- been in contact with Taliban. Last year, 80 cases of violence against means “the land of light” in Persian, has A tribal elder, Haji Wahidullah, the ca- and he had duly answered to all letters torial disputes with China at a ragtag However, senator Jumauddin Giyanw- women, including seven murders, were a history of repelling outsiders, includ- nal project was a matter of survival for and questions from investigators. He international arbitral tribunal, which al said Russia had even equipped Tal- registered in Ghazni. (Pajhwok) ing the Taliban and al Qaeda, by refus- the people of Laghman and its cancella- was ready to visit the attorney office for ran from 2013 to July 2016. Carter even ing them food and shelter and engaging answering the allegations, the director iban insurgents with military gear in a (9) Farmers Urged ... tion would have been a grave injustice boarded a U.S. aircraft carrier in the number of Afghanistan provinces. in combat if necessary. to them. said. (Pajhwok) South China Sea in late 2015 to “show Lawmaker Nazar Mohammad Fa- unregulated areas have been taking ad- But Afghanistan’s security forces see Is- He hailed efforts of Governor Naeemi (21)Unscheduled... muscle”. (Xinhua) qiri said: “Russia through Tajikistan vantage of the situation to grow poppies lamic State as a fresh menace, because by and his prompt contact with the author- (26)Terrorists Refusing... had given Taliban weapons and am- to fuel the highly lucrative international targeting the minority Shi’ite commu- ities in Kabul on the key project which, for Kandahar, which needs more than munition.” According to him, Russia heroin trade. nity it risks making a dangerous insur- when implemented, would help irrigate 150MW, the third turbine will help miti- Syrian army to take additional securi- shouldn’t be trusted because the coun- The growing of poppies and their by- gency led by the Taliban even harder to 20,000 to 25,000 hectares of land. gate people’s problems province. ty measures to protect hospitals from try wants to deceive Afghans.” (Pajh- products have been on a constant rise contain. The canal is 60 kilometres long, originat- A shopkeeper in the Herat Bazaar says terrorists after Monday’s shelling of a wok) in Afghanistan since the collapse of the Last month, more than 30 people died ing from the Alingar River and flowing one month ago DABS officials told them Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo, in Taliban regime in late 2001. in a suicide bombing claimed by Islam- south of the district. It could irrigate the installation of the third turbine in Ka- which two Russian nurses were killed (4) MoF Defends... A survey conducted by the Afghan Min- ic State at a Shi’ite mosque in Kabul. lands in Shakhtari, Sultan Ghazi Baba jaki Dam had been completed and they and one doctor was seriously wound- projects in order to create more jobs for istry for Counter-Narcotics and the Unit- Nuristan is seen as a natural buffer, with and Mahtarlam. (Pajhwok) would start supply from the facility to ed.(Xinhua) the people,” said Ajmal Hamid Abdul ed Nations Office on Drugs and Crime its singular culture, rugged mountain Helmand and Kandahar. (27)Syria Says... Rahimzai, spokesman for the MoF. (UNODC) released in October, revealed ranges and lack of paved roads or elec- (15) Youth Get Jobs... The shopkeeper says residents went But, lawmakers said that balance has a 43 percent increase in the amount of tricity. their living standards, he added. through the hot summer in the hope resolution on Monday for a week-long not been considered in the budget, ar- drugs harvested, compared to last year. Known as “Kafiristan”, or “land of infi- Ahmadullah, a resident of the locali- that the 3rd turbine at the Kajaki dam ceasefire, with Moscow arguing that guing that only a few development pro- The estimated opium production in dels”, before its people were converted ty who frequently visited Pakistan for would be installed and power supply rebels used such pauses in the fighting jects were included in the draft budget 2016, according to the survey, was 4,800 to Islam in the 19th century, it has an work, asked the government to imple- would increase winter arrived. to reinforce, causing more fighting and which cannot meet the demands of the tons, compared to 3,300 tons in 2015 and, economy partly based on barter and ment similar schemes in all district to Haji Syed Mohammad, an industrialist, harm to civilians. people. “Balance has not been consid- similarly, the land used to cultivate pop- local languages and dialects unrelated create employment opportunities. is angry over the continued shortage Russia, Assad’s most powerful foreign ered in the budget for provinces; some pies in the current year had increased 10 to the main , “From dawn to dusk, we used to work of electricity enhancing their problems. supporter, has conducted a campaign provinces are given more money while percent to 201,000 hectares compared to and . That has made it diffi- in Pakistan for a daily wage of 400 ru- They are provided with 6-8 megawatts of air strikes against the rebels since some others less money,” said MP last year. cult for the central government to exert pees, of which 200 rupees we spent dai- of power daily, which is not enough to September 2015, including in Aleppo. Khalid Pashton. “The next fiscal budget The majority of Afghan opium, the raw control, and only a few thousand lightly ly. At times, Pakistani police asked us meet the needs of the industrial park. (Reuters) is not transparent; lawmakers plan to material used in the manufacturing of armed police and one army unit are sta- for bribes, but now we go to work inside As a result, factories in the industrial (28)Merkel Launches... reject the budget so that amendments heroin, according to officials, has been tioned there. The real power in Nuristan our town and earn reasonable wages,” park are suffering huge losses. The pres- can be made to the budget,” said anoth- produced in the troubled provinces is widely considered to be the “Qaomi he remarked. Syed Gul, another inhab- ident, during his last year’s trip, pledged of her centre-right Christian Democrat- er MP Nadir Shah Bahr. where Taliban militants are active and Shura”, or local elders’ council. itant of the district, acknowledged the to resolve the issues facing industrialists ic Union (CDU). There are only two weeks to go before security is fragile. “If they say to someone ‘die’, that person ministry had launched clean drinking and promised establishing a solar ener- Next year’s polls will “not be a walk the next financial year starts, but parlia- Gathering the beautiful purple flowers dies. This is the power of the council,” water and footpath projects in the area. gy plant, a pledged that is yet to be im- in the park” as Germany is deeply po- mentary commissions have not yet con- of saffron on his small piece of land, said a senior government official in the “We are happy with these projects, plemented. larised, noted the German leader, but cluded their discussions on the issue. Ahmadi, the hardworking farmer, said provincial capital . which offer youth work opportunities DABS head for Kandahar, Eng. Syed urged the population to remain “scep- (Tolonews) happily that the price of one gram of If elders can be persuaded not to allow on the one hand and obviate the need Rasool, acknowledges public com- tical about easy answers”. saffron here in Ghazni is worth 500 af- Islamic State to settle, security officials for us going to Pakistan on the other,” plaints as genuine. Work on installing “Rarely is it the easy answers that bring (5) Corruption ... ghanis (around 8 U.S. dollars), whereas believe they will have a better chance of Gul remarked. the 3rd turbine was launched on August progress to our country,” she said, in complex processes at government de- 1 kg of poppies costs some 10,000 to stopping its fighters from crossing from MoRRD Director Eng. Momin said de- 6 and ended on October 17. a clear reference to the upstart anti-Is- partments one of the problems in en- 12,000 afghanis (150 U.S. dollars to 180 Pech Valley, where the Taliban and al velopment projects worth 10 million Earlier, two turbines at the dam had the lam and populist AfD, which Merkel suring good governance and fighting U.S. dollars) depending on its quality. Qaeda are also established. afghanis had been initiated in the dis- capacity of producing 23 megawatts of had previously criticised as offering no corruption. The governance system Meanwhile, Mohammad Zakria Hotak, Officials say Islamic State fighters from trict. He added similar projects had been power and as the third will produce an solutions to problems. (AFP) should be gradually computerized in Director of Agriculture Department in different countries have found sanctuary launched in 11 other districts to help extra 18.5MW. The total electricity-pro- (29)US, NATO ... order corruption could be prevented in said that his adminis- in a part of Kunar that includes an area youth get work opportunities. ducing capacity of the dam went up to best way to respond to doubts over the a good manner, Fakhri said. tration has been encouraging the farm- known by U.S. troops as “The Valley Situated east of Sharan, the provincial 51.5MW. future of US commitment to the mili- “The government has other duties and ers since 2014 to grow saffron on their of Death”, where they have lost dozens capital, Matta Khan is a backward dis- Because of the turbine installation work, tary alliance. obligations as well like social and eco- lands. of soldiers. Al Qaeda’s presence was trict, whose residents complain the gov- Kandahar and Helmand provinces “Questions have been asked related to nomic development and elimination of “The Agriculture Department in Ghazni underlined in October, when a U.S. air- ernment had not executed enough uplift were deprived of electricity supply the strength of the transatlantic bond,” social injustices in order to discourage has been distributing saffron seeds to the strike killed Farouq al-Qatari, the move- projects in the past. (Pajhwok) for 68 days. He says power supply to Stoltenberg said as ministers gathered tendency towards corruption.” (Pajh- farmers over the past three years and the ment’s top commander in the east. the provinces started on a trial basis a (16)Bomber Planning ... for the two-day talks at alliance head- wok) result so far is promising,” Hotak told So far, Islamic State’s presence is con- month ago. quarters in Brussels. (AFP) (6) Security Forces .... Xinhua. tained, as it finds its place in an area hotly been captured during separate opera- However, reconnecting the provinces Numerous farmers have abandoned contested by other militant groups, and tions over the past week. They included did not last long due to the war-dam- (30)Iran Committee... The security forces made advancement locals have been warned against giving three Islamic State (IS) or Daesh fight- aged wires and pylons, which need re- poppy cultivation and begun growing reports by the US administration and in Talani and Paynawa, the last unclear help. But it has the potential to grow. ers, one of them tasked with carrying pairs. The security forces stationed there saffron over the past couple of years, the the International Atomic Energy Agen- pockets in outskirts of the city, clearing “They moved in with their families some out a suicide attack on the Indian Con- were engaged in fighting. official said. cy (IAEA), which has been tasked with most of areas from militants on Mon- months ago and only appear in mosques sulate in . According to him, a week ago, they He also added optimistically that three monitoring the technical implementa- and do not roam around very often,” He said the second IS man was accused were allowed to fix the problems and day, now, the security threats on Tirin hectares of land would be used to grow tion of the JCPOA, have confirmed Ira- said one official in Kunar, who spoke on by terrorist attacks and the third had the power supply resumed. Kot have been zeroed,” provincial po- saffron next year in Ghazni province, nian compliance. (Presstv) lice chief Wali Jan Sarhadi told Xinhua. saying that the saffron plantation would condition of anonymity because he is not plan to carry out a terrorist attack in Na- But power lines between Kajaki and The clearing operations will continue be gradually expanded to replace the authorized to speak to the media. zian district. Sangin were again cut off on Monday (31)Attack on Reporting.. because of a clash. A technical team has until the city and surrounding villages poppies. “They are trying to win local support Harifi said six of the detainees had been and intimidate the Turkmen people,” been dispatched. are cleared of the militants, he said. Afghanistan’s saffron in terms of quali- and recruit young boys, the same meth- active against the government in Na- RFE/RL President Thomas Kent said Syed Rasool says the water level has During the ongoing operations, huge ty has been named as the world’s “best od they used when they emerged in zian, Ghanikhel, Rodat and Bati Kot in a statement. declined in the Kajaki dam and the ca- quantity of arms, ammunition and ex- saffron” by the International Taste and Nangarhar.” (VoA) districts. The NDS official a suspect had Allegations of drug possession are one pacity of each turbine has declined from Quality Institute in Brussels and the been arrested in connection with the kill- of the Turkmen government’s pre- plosive were seized, he noted. (12) Hekmatyar ... 16.5MW to 10MW of power. war-torn country produces more than ing of a trader and another in connection ferred methods for silencing independ- The Taliban militants have been on Another resident, Ekramullah, said: “I Every year, the water level falls in this 4.5 tons of saffron annually. (Xinhua) with the 100 guns. (Pajhwok) ent reporters. (Monitoring Desk) the rampage since April when they hope Hekmatyar stays this way and that season, affecting the production of launched a so-called annual rebel offen- (10) 3 Uplift Projects ... he has left the past behind him.” (17)3 Rebels Dead, ... power. During load-shedding, citizens (32)China and Russia ... sive in different places in Afghanistan, implementation provided transport fa- “I think it is time for Hizb-e-Islami to forces in Bigsar village of the Qoush-Ta- cannot be supplied with power from including the capital of Kabul, killing Tajikistan and China’s People’s Libera- cilities to thousands of people. help the Afghan government. And Hek- pa district on Monday night. diesel-run generator. and injuring hundreds. (Xinhua) tion Army (PLA) were conducted five Meanwhile, Minister Durani said the matyar should not put pressure on gov- He said two women suffer injures in DABS head office has provided them days of counterterrorism exercises in a (7) Political Uncertainty,... projects were based on people’s demand ernment, because it will take the system Taliban fired mortar shell who had been with 4million litres of diesel this year. region bordering Afghanistan. (AP)