Quote of the Day PEACE Share your smile www.thedailyafghanistan.com with the world. It’s a symbol Email: [email protected] of friendship and peace. Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, Christie Brinkley District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan Reg: No 352 Volume No. 4008 Tuesday October 23, 2018 Aqrab 01, 1397 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Candidates, Supporters Afghan Leaders Say Say their Votes Stolen Election Turnout Shows Voters Are Rejecting the Taliban Senior Afghan officials have praised voters who cast ballots KABUL - Some candidates and observers in the in weekend parliamentary elections that were plagued by violence Wolesi Jirga elections on Sunday said they did not and organizational problems, saying the turnout shows that Afghans trust Independent Election Commission (IEC) of- ficials and that their votes were thrown out. are rejecting the ideology of Taliban militants. Fawad Aman, a Wolesi Jirga candidate from Ka- bul, criticized what he said mismanaged voting process and IEC performance and said votes of Balkh Legends some of the candidates were thrown out secretly. “Seventy or 80 percent of votes cast in my favor Clinch the First on Saturday are missing. In some polling stations where people voted for me are now missing,” he Ever APL Title said. KABUL - The Balkh Legends He accused IEC workers of fraud and said teach- trounce the Kabul Zwanan in ers employed as election workers stuffed ballot the final match of the Afghani- boxes in favor of some specific candidates. stan Premier League (Gulba- Aman said election observers were tricked into har T20 League) to clinch the leave polling stations under excuses of security inaugural APL 2018 trophy in threats, electric short circuits and other pretexts the Sharja International Crick- and then ballot boxes were stuffed in favor of spe- et Stadium on Sunday night. cific candidates. The Kabul Zwanan won the Despite violence and technical problems, people toss and elected to bat first cast their votes, but it seemed a political game was against the Legends. The Zwa- played with their votes. Tafsir Seyahposh, nan set a target of 133 with the ...(More on P4)...(2) loss of nine wickets in the al- lotted 20 overs—the lowest to- tal of the final competition. Taliban Failed to Disrupt Wayne Parnell starred with Elections: Abdullah bat and ball but couldn’t pre- vent the Balkh Legends from defeating Zwanan by four wickets with 11 balls in hand to take the inaugural APL title in Sharjah. Parnell scored 21 off 25 balls, KABUL - “The Taliban wanted to build a stream of blood, but itant attacks in which dozens of people were killed and delays Colin Ingram 21 off 19 and the Taliban was defeated and the Taliban’s thoughts and ide- caused by technical and organizational problems. Javed Ahmadi top-scored with as were rejected,” Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah told a The Taliban had issued several warnings in the days leading 32 off 19 balls as the Zwanan cabinet meeting on October 22. up to the poll demanding the more than 2,500 candidates for struggled to reach 132-9 off Around 4 million out of 8.8 million registered voters in a the lower house of parliament withdraw from the race and their 20 overs, their lowest country of more than 30 million cast their ballots over the for voters to stay home. KABUL - National Unity Government’s CEO Ab- score of the tournament. two-day voting at more than 4,500 polling centers across the Preliminary results of the parliamentary elections, which dullah Abdullah on Monday said that the aim of The 18-year-old Afghan novice country, according to election authorities, despite deadly mil- were seen as a key test of the government’s ...(More on P4)...(1) the enemies to stop elections did not work and the Qais Ahmad took an incred- Taliban must have the courage to accept that they ible five wickets for 18 runs to failed to achieve their goals. Speaking at the Council of Ministers meeting Ab- rock the Zwanan batting line- Around 4 Million People Voted, Says IEC Chief dullah said that it has been a very hard struggle, up. Ahmad’s wickets included on Monday said around the use of the biometric but people have proven that they reject the sound Parnell, Ahmadi, Laurie Evans that almost four system over elections. of violence, terror and the return to the dark days and Zwanan captain Rashid million Afghans in “The committee will probe all ir- of the past. Khan. 32 provinces voted regularities reported including Abdullah said that the Taliban did everything In response, the Legends then during the two voter list problems, the fact many they could, but despite knowing about the threats picked off the runs with ease, days of elections in polling stations did not open, the people came out to vote. Bopara ending 32 not out off the country. the problems around the biom- “The Taliban wanted to build a blood stream, 29 balls and watching from the Sayyad said 4,640 etric system and that if people but the Taliban were defeated and the Taliban’s non-striker’s end as Gulbadin election centers are found to have been negligent thoughts and ideas were rejected,” said Abdullah. Naib smashed Fareed Ahmad opened on Satur- they will be prosecuted,” he said. “Our old men and females, youths and their en- for a six in the 19th over to day and Sunday Sayyad said the commission will thusiasm, standing in line to vote, all that shows clinch the title. and that currently prepare a detailed report on all that people do not want Taliban ideology, but the However, the Balkh Legends ballot boxes are be- polling stations, violations and Afghan people want a system based on the peo- managed to chase the given ing transferred to negligence reported on election ple’s vote, and in fact, we have witnessed a his- day. target during the 18.1 over of Kabul. torical moment,” Abdullah added. “The commission will investigate the game by losing six wickets. KABUL - the chairman of the Independent Election He said that a committee has been At the same time Abdullah admitted that there Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) Abdul Badi Sayyad established to probe problems and ...(More on P4)...(3) Qais Ahmad was declared the had been ...(More on P4)...(4) player of the match for his outstanding figures that had restricted Zwanan to 132-9 and set up a fairly comfortable Notification for Intention to Contract Award match to victory for his team- mates. The Ministry of energy and water of Afghanistan (MEW) intends to award the contract, Detail Design Zwanan skipper Rashid Khan and Construction Extension of 220KV High Voltage Transmission Line from Takhar to Badakhshan and was named player of the tour- nament. substation in Kishm and Faiz Abad in Afghanistan, under the contract No, NPA/MoEW/96/ W-1716/ICB The Afghan Premier League kicked off on October 5 and 23 with Xinjiang Garson Co, Ltd, address: No.369 Song Shan Road, Urumqi Economic Development Zone, matches were played between five teams (Nangarhar Leop- Urumqi, Xinjiang Provence, P.R.China, license Registration No: 91650100798156986U, in the amount of ards, Kandahar Knights, Pak- USD 52,200,000 (Fifty two million two hundred thousand only). Bidders who want to appeal for recon- tia Panthers, Kabul Zwanan, and Balkh Legends). sideration or have any objection, they can submit their application within 7 days to the Ministry of Energy The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in a statement said the and Water from the date of announcement. champions of the Afghan Pre- mier League received a cash This notification does not constitute award of contract. The contract shall not be awarded until the notice pro- award of $300,000 while Kabul vided elapsed and complaints, if any received, is addressed in compliance with appeal and review manual. Zwanan received a cash award of $100,000. (Pajhwok).