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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XIV Issue No:77 Price: Afs.20 www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes MONDAY. OCTOBER 14 . 2019 -Mizan 22, 1398 HS www.afghanistantimes.af AT News Report and trampled democratic “It was not an accident. The KABUL: Electoral crisis in principles and rejected political national unity government that Afghanistan is displaying the opposition. According to the was formed in a political deal after death of democracy, the magazine, the new-born Afghan the 2014 failed presidential Diplomat Magazine writes in an democracy is dying during the election increased poverty, article. The magazine said on unity government. corruption, insecurity and Sunday that the September 28th It expressed concerns over the weakening of law. presidential election and future of democracy in People lost trust to elections as people’s participation, shows Afghanistan. The magazine non-democratic powers overruled By Jessica Donati abruptly canceled plans to meet this bitter fact that democracy wrote that the latest presidential government and democratic Taliban officials at the Camp in this country needs an urgent election discouraged people from entities,” the magazine wrote. WASHINGTON: U.S. officials David presidential retreat to reinterpretation. Diplomat said voting, adding that the low Diplomat added that the recent and representatives of the complete an agreement hashed out that the national unity turnout overshadows next election would cause insecurity Afghan Taliban have begun during a year of bilateral talks, government posed restrictions president’s legitimacy. It in which military tanks would discussing ways to revive a peace amid opposition from top aides on the civil freedom and freedom emphasized on reconsideration march on the roads... process after talks fell apart last and cabinet members. of press, encouraged violence for democracy in Afghanistan. month, according to people At a rally in Minnesota last week, familiar with the discussions. Mr. Trump appeared to signal The top U.S. envoy for openness to return to the table to Afghanistan reconciliation, end the 18-year-old war. Zalmay Khalilzad, met “The single greatest mistake our international diplomatic country made, in its history, was counterparts in New York in late going into the quicksand,” Mr. September and met with the Trump said. “We’re pulling Taliban in Pakistan earlier this people out and we’re trying to month. The meetings touched on make good deals and we’re going confidence-building measures to bring our soldiers back home.” that could include a possible A reduction in violence could be prisoner swap or a reduction in modeled on the cease-fire that took violence, according to the people place in June 2018, during the familiar with the discussions. Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr. The President Trump last Taliban then announced a three- month declared that talks with day cease-fire, ... the Taliban were dead, and AT News Report AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations KABUL: Mohammad Haneef Assistance Mission in Hanafi, a member of the upper Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it house of the parliament on Top U.S. envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay has encouraged by the Afghan Sunday has claimed the Afghan Khalilzad PHOTO: KARIM JAAFAR/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE people who turned out to have National Police has detained him their voices heard on 28 for hours and beaten his guards September and to exercise their on Thursday in 5th PD of Kabul. constitutional right to vote for Hanafi, who representing the their next president. southern Uruzgan province in the This presidential election was the parliament said that despite first completely run by Afghan having the parliamentary authorities since 2001 and is an immunity, the police has checked important milestone in his weapon’s license and armed know the source who supplied Afghanistan’s transition... vehicle registration numbers... them the arms. The ministry said on Sunday that it had given 837 weapons to the legislators for their security. Each member of parliament is allowed to have four bodyguards according to the law, but a number of them have hired more than 10 bodyguards. Allah KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga or Few days back, Pakistani police Gol Mojahed, one of the members Senate on Sunday described the raided the Afghan Market, a AT News Report of parliament, said he has six removal of Afghanistan flag from property of Afghanistan in bodyguards who have licenses for the Afghan Market in Peshawar Peshawar, and removed the flag of KABUL: The ministry of interior as “an insult to Afghans”, calling Afghanistan from it. In protest, says that 90 out of 250 members carrying weapons. He admitted for the Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan closed its embassy in of parliament are not using having personal weapons at his be summoned and the issue Islamabad and consulate in weapons given by police for their home based on government order. referred to international courts. Peshawar... protection, adding they didn’t “Some friends began... MONDAY. OCTOBER 14, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 3 political parties want non-biometric votes counted AIBAK: The number of people who took part participated in last KABUL: Three political parties have the right to participate in month’s presidential election was on Sunday demanded that non- deciding the future of the country, 48 percent less than those voted biometric votes cast in the their votes should be respected,” in parliamentary election in September 28 presidential polls he said. Syed Mohammad northern Samangan province. The should be counted, but the HadiHadi, head of the Harakat presidential election was held on Independent Election Islami, demanded that non- September 28 and parliamentary Commission (IEC) rejected their biometric votes should be counted election was conducted in demand as illegal. The primary as valid. He said people should October 2018. Results of the result of the September 28 polls accept the election result and presidential election are yet to be in which 16 candidates took part failing candidates should not announced. Mohammad Alam is expected to be announced on mislead the masses like the Nawabi, public awareness in October 19 while the final result previous elections. Atiqullah charge at the Independent would be announced on Khosiwal, representative of the Election Commission (IEC) in November 7. Addressing Jabha-e-Melli, announced his Samangan, told Pajhwok Afghan reporters here, heads of the party’s support to the State News that a total of 39,395 Hezb-e-Refa Melli, Hezb-e- Builder team and said the IEC had people participated in the Harakat Islami and Jabha-e-Melli taken no sides so far. He also presidential election in the province. He said 20,875 of the Nejat demanded non-biometric demanded non-biometric votes to voters were men and 18,520 were votes be counted as well. be counted. He stressed women. He said a total of 75,538 Mohammad Hassan Jafari, head candidates who lost elections people including 36,034 of them of the Hizb-e-Refa Melli, said should accept the result. But women and 39,504 men had most of the voters used non- Merza Mohammad Haqparast, participated in the parliamentary biometric ballots because in some spokesman for the IEC, insisted election in the province. The polling stations biometric that votes used through biometric number of women participants devices did not work. “They are system were acceptable as was higher in Aibak, the provincial the people of Afghanistan and demanded by the law.(Pajhwok) capital, in both the elections compared to their participation in districts, he added. The figures Growing insecurity worries showed men’s turnout in the presidential election was 38 women’s polling station in Shahr- some areas, patriarchy, social and participate in higher numbers. women from going outside their Baghlan shopkeepers percent down and women’s 58 i-Qadim Aibak High School, told cultural barriers also played a role Nahida Azizi, who cast her vote homes. “Even if women were percent down compared to the Pajhwok Afghan News: “Only 80 in reducing women’s in a polling station in Aibak city, allowed to vote, they were asked PUL-I-KHUMRI: Shopkeepers and security is not ensure, then Wolesi Jirga or lower house women voted in the polling station participation in the election. The said that lack of awareness among to vote for a candidate of their in Baghlan-i-Markazi district of we will close our shops.” Another elections. Different sources say where I worked. Eight women who Taliban had warned people not women in remote areas of the husband choice,” she said. The northern Baghlan province on shopkeeper, who wished to go insecurity and lack of public refused their photo returned to participate in the election, province was one of the main IEC did not announce the exact Sunday said they would shut unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan awareness about the importance without casting their votes.” These declaring polling sites as their reasons of low women turnout in number of voters who down their businesses if the tide News that firing daily occurred in of election affected public figures show that 10 percent of military targets. Naibi said, election. However, Mohammad participated in the September of growing insecurity there was the city and the government had participation in the election. But women did not vote due to “Election is the soul of a Alam Nawabi, public awareness presidential election, but the not reversed. Mohammad Isa, been silent to improve the mandatory women’s photo in mandatory photo in Samangan. democratic system. All people in charge at the provincial IEC, commission had earlier said that one of the shopkeepers, told situation. He said, “At least 20 presidential election was among However, some people believe regardless of their gender or social said they had provided people around 2.6 million people voted Pajhwok Afghan News that a shops have so far been touched.