Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XIV Issue No:106 Price: Afs.20 www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13. 2019 -Aqrab 22, 1398 HS www.afghanistantimes.af nationally televised press conference that his government has made a deal with the Taliban for the release of U.S. citizen Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, who were abducted in August 2016 as they traveled through Kabul where they taught at the American University of Afghanistan. In exchange, the Afghan government is to release Anas Haqqani and two other members of the Haqqani wing of the Taliban. It Afghan President Ashraf Ghani university professors who have was a "tough but important announced Tuesday the been held captive by the Islamic decision" influenced by the conditional release of three high- militant group since 2016. "critical" poor health of King and ranking Taliban members in The prisoners were released Weeks. "Our joint effort in tracing exchange for two American Tuesday. Ghani said during a the two professors... WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Not registering assets: 483 officials get salaries suspended KABUL : The vote recounting Daikundi, Takhar, Baghlan, underway. vote recount process and locked and so far votes of 10 polling process has been stopped in 12 Helmand and Fayarb provinces. Mohammad Nazir Nasrat, the door of IEC office. stations had been recounted. He KABUL: Pajhwok Afghan News Technical and Professional provinces but completed in two The Stability and Partnership deputy operational director for Similarly in Faryab, the said the process kicked off when findings show the government Training Authority and two provinces, Pajhwok Afghan News team leader for Sar-i-Pul province Ghor IEC office, said they started Stability and Partnership team election teams of Abdullah, Nabil has suspended salaries and deputies of the Ministry of reliably learned on Tuesday. said he had warned the local IEC the vote recount process on stopped the process of vote and Hekmatyar boycotted the privileges of its 483 workers for Education are among those who The presidential elections office against the vote recount. He Monday morning, but recount in the afternoon. The process and staged protest in not registering their assets and are yet to register their wealth. were held on September 28, said they will lock the IEC office supporters of the Stability and process started in the morning. front of their office. properties. However, Abdul Wadod featuring 14 candidates. gate if they dared to start the Partnership team obstructed the Provinces where vote recount In Khost, the vote recount Article 134 of the Bashiryar, head of Assets Earlier, the date for process. IEC head Murtaza process and locked the doors of process has been started process has been boycotted by Constitution says, “The wealth Registration Department of announcement of preliminary Alamizada said no delegation from the commission. According to Pajhwok Afghan the Stability and Partnership and of the President, Vice-Presidents, Office of Administrative Affairs, polls was set October 19, but the central IEC office has arrived Eng. Mohammad Din News reports, the vote recount and Hekmatyar’s teams. Ministers, members of the told Pajhwok that nine Wolesi later the Independent Election in the province so far. Khawani, foreign affairs in-charge audit process has been launched In Paktia, the Stability and Supreme Court as well as the Jirga and seven Meshrano Jirga Commission (IEC) set November Abdul Qahar Wahat, regional at IEC office in Badakhshan in 22 provinces and the process is Partnership and Hekmatyar’s Attorney General, shall be members recently registered their 14 new date for the IEC office head in Parwan, province, said the process of underway normally but some teams boycotted the vote recount registered, reviewed and wealth after the list was announcement. confirmed to Pajhwok that recounting votes was expected to presidential candidates have and audit process. published prior to and after their published. Sadiq Adib, Abdullah The IEC had said it would supporters of Stability and start and a delegation from central boycotted the process. IEC Head Hawa Alam term of office by an organ Big, Kamal Nasar Ausoli, Ziauddin start recount and audit process Partnership team locked their gate IEC office had also arrived in the The vote recount process is Nuristani told reporters in Kabul established by law.” Zia, Sayed Babar Jamal, Javid of over 8,000 polling stations on on Monday and the gate remained province but supporters of smoothly underway in Bamyan, that the vote recount and audit According to Article 5 of the Safi, Mohammad Rafi Mamozai, November 10th in its provincial locked. Abdullah, Nabil and Hekmatyar Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Farah, process had beeeen started in 20 dissemination and assets Ibrarullah Murad and Anisa offices. But the Stability and Ghulam Hussain Sharif, IEC halted the process. Badghis, Nimroz, Balkh, provinces but candidates created registration law, “Based on the Omrani were the Wolesi Jirga Partnership team led by Dr. head in Panjshir, said the Stability Amanullah Habibi, IEC head Nangarhar, Kapisa, Maidan hurdlers for the process in 14 article 154 of the constitution, members and Fazal Hadi Abdullah Abdullah demanded a and Partnership stopped the vote in Daikundi province, said the Wardak, Zabul, Kunduz, Paktika, provinces. senior government officials, Muslimyar, Gulmari Laghmani, halt to the recount process and recount and audit process and vote recount at 63 polling stations Laghman, Nuristan, Uruzgan, She said if candidates did not prosecutors and other Nawaz Sharif Hayat, Ghulam subsequently his supporters locked the office. was expected but the Stability Herat, Logar, Kunar and Kabul. cooperate, the announcement of government officers are Abbas Akhlaqi, Haji Mahmod stopped the recount process in Almas Aurang, IEC office head and Partnership team stopped In Badghis and Kapeia, the preliminary polls on November responsible to register their Khakrizwal, Mohammad Wali 12 provinces. Similarly, nine more in Jawzjan, said the Stability and the process and did not allow the recount and audit process of votes 14 will be difficult for them. wealth whether it is controlled Aliza and Mohammad Afzal were presidential candidates expressed Partnership team warned them of process to begin. has been completed. IEC Acting Spokesperson by them or by someone else, they the Meshrano Jirga members who opposition to the vote recount, staging a massive protest if they The IEC office gate in Takhar Mohammad Qasim Qaseem, Zabihullah Sadaat said that a also should register their father, registered their wealth in recent but the State Builder team led by started the vote recount. province has been locked by IEC office head in Bamyan, said formal letter has been sent to mother, spouse and children’s past. Bashiryar said salaries and Ashraf Ghani supported the “Therefore, we have not launched Abdullah’s supporters and is not they started the vote recount election candidates to cooperate wealth every year.” privileges of those refusing to move. the process. “ allowing the recount process to process on the directives of central with the Commission in the “Government departments register their wealth had been Provinces where vote From Samangan, Pajhwok be launched. IEC office but Dr. Abdullah, recount and audit process. cannot refer employment of suspended since a month. He said recount faced hurdles Afghan News reporters said In Baghlan, supporters of the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and He said if presidential people who refuse to register and Parliament members who had not The Stability and Partnership supporters of the Stability and Stability and Partnership team Nabil’s teams boycotted the candidates did not cooperate disseminate their wealth, to the registered their assets not only got team stopped the vote recount Partnership team stopped the vote stopped the vote recount process. with the IEC despite the formal Presidential Palace for their salaries suspended, but they and audit process in Sar-i-Pul, recount process in the afternoon process. Emal Abdullah, head of IEC letter sent to them, security approval,” the article says. were also barred from foreign Parwan, Panjshir, Jawzjan, and locked the IEC area where the In Helmand, the Stability and office in Kandahar, said they forces will facilitate IEC officials According to a list published by trips until they register their Samangan, Ghor, Badakhshan, vote recount process was Partnership team stopped the started the votes recount process in the recount process. the Office of Administrative wealth. The list of 16 former and Affairs, 17,000 government current senior officials of the officials have registered their government who did not register Post-presidential situation in Afghanistan discussed: EU assets this year while 483 of their wealth has also been 5 ALP personnel gunned them are yet to do so. Heads of published. Eklil Hakimi, former ...P12 soon between the “We might have the paradox process to be launched between 76 different organs, seven deputy finance minister, Mohammad government and the Taliban…” of having probably had the best a legitimate government ministers, a general director, Hamayon Rasa, former commerce The European Union (EU) elections ever in Afghan history following the elections. down by guest in Herat parliament members, advisors minister Sayed Sadat Mansoor high representative and vice- and still some doubt about some “In this, we see a role for the HERAT CITY: At least five Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and workers of different Naderi, former urban and housing president also hoped the stalled obvious shortcomings and the long European Union. The Afghans have been shot dead by a guest in western Herat province, an official departments are yet to register minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, US-Taliban talks would resume time it takes to announce results.” see a role for the European Union, said on Tuesday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told their assets.