Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:317 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY . JUNE 21. 2017 -Jawza 31, 1396 HS AT News Report AT News Report on the protestors should be KABUL: The government prosecuted,” said Belal Seddiqi, removed the last and central tent KABUL: The human rights spokesman for the human rights installed by the protestors in independent commission asks the commission, calling the Kabul. “The security forces raided government to arrest and prosecute government’s action against the the protest tent in Zanbaq those people who had attacked on demonstrators as “unjustifiable”. crossroad at around 11:35 and the Kabul protestors. “The government should meet removed it,” said a protest Security forces raided the the protestors’ demands.” organizer, Haroon Motaref. AT Monitoring Desk protest tent in the Zanbaq Hundreds of demonstrators He said that during removal of crossroad Monday night and took to the streets of downtown the tents, the security forces faced judge of appealing court removed it as the last tent. Kabul two weeks ago, marching resistance by protestors and According to Haroon Motaref, towards the presidential palace. opened fire at them, killing two was lost dead and his two brothers sustained injuries an organizer for the protest tents, They had been protesting against protestors and wounding 27 more. A the security forces faced resistance a truck bomb in the city that killed Motaref added that 11 protestors on Tuesday in a bomb attack occurred in Jalalabad, capital-city by the protestors and opened fire over 150 people. Protestors were also arrested by the security on them, killing two protestors and blaming security officials with forces. Meanwhile, chief executive of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. wounding 27. failure in security reinforcement Abdullah Abdullah said that one “The perpetrators of the attack and were seeking their resignation. protestor was killed and six others Attaullah Khogyani, wounded. Abdullah said that an spokesperson for the provincial investigation was going on to find governor has been quoted by the fact. “One person was killed Pajhwok Afghan News as saying, during the clash between security by force,” Danesh added. He security reinforcement and were before tents culture in Kabul as the bomb explosion was occurred Teenage suicide bomber forces and the protestors,” said assured that the case would be seeking their resignation. soon as possible. at around 9:00am in the Shisham Najib Danesh, a spokesman for the investigated, asking the protestors Demonstrator established strike The demonstrators or uprising Bagh area of Jalalabad. interior ministry. He said that nine to keep calm and reatrain any act tents on the street in different part seeking change in government, The Shisham Bagh area is captured near Bagram base protestors were arrested. “One of leading to violent. Hundreds of of Kabul city, which created huge removed six tents from roads of closed to governor house and them was armed by a small demonstrators took to the streets traffic jam and caused a matter of Kabul city on Tuesday last week tomb of Khan Abdul Ghafar khan, KABUL: A would-be suicide near Bagram airport in the morning. weapon.” He said that eight of the of downtown Kabul two weeks concern for people. Members of after repeated suggestion of people also known as Bacha Khan. attacker was detained by security The detainee planned to conduct arrested people would be released ago, marching towards the the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of and parliamentarian, but the central Khogyani said the unpleasant forces in the Bagram district of suicide attack on foreign forces, he and the armed one would go under presidential palace. They had been Parliament often expressed tents on Zanbaq crossroad main event happened when a bomb central Parwan province on claimed. Two suicide vests and two prosecution. “Police frequently protesting against a truck bomb in deepest concern over sit-in tents street was not removed, which sticky to the car of the judge, Sher Tuesday, an official said. grenades were seized from the asked the demonstrators to lift the city that killed over 150 by demonstrators caused heavy finally the governmental forces raid Rehman was exploded which took Col. Abdul Samad Zalmay, detainee, a 16 year-old resident of their tents. But they refused the people. Protestors blaming traffic jam in Kabul city and they the tents and remove it yesterday his life and three others wounded, crime branch chief, said the Laghman province, the official said. demand, so police had to lift them security officials with failure in asked government to put an end night. composed of his two brothers. suspected individual was arrested (Pajhwok) The U.S’s chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said no decision has been made with regards to deployment of additional troops. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Monday addressed guests at the National Press Club AT News Report in Washington, D.C. and said U.S President Donald Trump’s KABUL: At least eight guards administration could decide by working for the US-led mid-July on U.S force levels in international coalition forces were Afghanistan. killed and two others wounded He said no decision has been when Taliban fighters attacked their made with regard to the vehicle near the US-administered deployment of additional forces in Bagram airbase late Monday in Afghanistan but this decision will northern Parwan province, be part of a broader South Asia important is articulating to the officials said Tuesday. “Unknown strategy to counter opposition American people .. why does it armed men attacked the Afghan forces. matter here in the United States guards’ vehicle working in the He conceded that current (that we send in more troops), we Bagram airbase, killing eight guards insecurity in Afghanistan "is not owe them that. “We are trying to and wounding two more,” where we want to be." support our partners on the provincial spokeswoman, Wahida Dunford said the objective in ground in driving the level of Shahkar said. She said that the Afghanistan and other conflict violence down so that local attack was carried out in the areas from West Africa to security forces can deal with Shahkai area of Bagram district Southeast Asia is to assist a broad security challenges with the around 10:00pm, while the guards coalition of some 60 members in minimal amount of international were on their way to duty. Shahkar reducing the level of violence to support.” He went on to say added that the attackers opened fire where local forces can control the Pakistan is the key to Afghanistan by the AK-47 rifles on the vehicle situation. and its security and that the U.S of guards. The two wounded In relation to sending in more was trying to ensure that “Haqqani guards had been shifted to the Italy- troops to Afghanistan, he said does not have sanctuary in South funded Emergency hospital in there is a “remaining threat of Asia, that the Taliban don’t have Kabul, according to the provincial terrorism in South Asia” and that sanctuary in South Asia; making spokeswoman. “Investigation 17 terrorist groups operate in this sure there is a secure border started over the incident,” he region. He said sending in more between Afghanistan and Pakistan; underlined. Taliban claimed troops and tightening their strategy and making sure there is effective responsibility for the attack. was also so as to “prevent a political and military relationships Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman regional conflict in the region”. “I between Afghanistan and for the insurgent group said in a don’t believe it is useful to have a Pakistan.” This comes just days statement that their armed fighters conversation about where we have after the Associated Press reported attacked the guards’ vehicle and been, how much money we have that the Pentagon plans to send killed eight and wounded two spent or how long we have been in almost 4,000 additional U.S troops others. Afghanistan. “What’s most to Afghanistan. (ToloNews) KABUL : BRIC, a group of five among BRICS nations on emerging economies, on Monday international and regional issues. reaffirmed support for an Afghan- In a joint statement, the led and Afghan-owned national ministers deplored continued reconciliation process. terror attacks, including those in Foreign ministers of Brazil, the BRICS countries, and Russia, India, China and South reaffirmed solidarity and resolve Africa supported efforts of the in the fight against terrorism. Afghan National Defence and According to an Indian Security Forces in fighting against newspaper report, the BRICS terrorist organisations. nations called for the early At the end of a two-day adoption of the Comprehensive meeting in Beijing on Monday, Convention on International they agreed to enhance Terrorism in the UN General coordination and cooperation Assembly. (Pajhwok) WEDNESDAY . JUNE 21, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES (Project Coordination Unit) Irrigation Restoration and Development Project NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING Invitation for Bids (IFB) For Procurement of Works for Rehabilitation of Donbali&Khair Abad Canal Irrigation Scheme works IFB No: NPA/ MEW/ ??/ W-??/ NCB MEW/ PCU/ IRDP/ H-519/ Herat/ NCB Date: June 21,2017 1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business published on 11 January 2011. 2. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Energy & Water has received a grant from theInternational Development Associationtoward the cost of Irrigation Restoration and Development Projecttoward the cost of Irrigation Restoration and Development Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the Contract for the Sub project given in para 3 below.