Quote of the Day Strength www.outlookafghanistan.net The strong man is the one ”who is facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan able to intercept” at will the communication Email: [email protected] between the senses and the mind. Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, Napoleon Bonaparte District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume No. 4327 Tuesday December 03, 2019 Qaws 12, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Afghanistan Widespread Afghan Acting Defense Minister, Peace Poetry and Painting Festival Private Sector Employees Gen. Miller Met with First VP Held in Kabul Can Now Get JAWZJAN - The Acting De- Pension fense Minister, Asadullah Khalil and the top US com- KABUL - Private sector em- mander Gen. Scott Miller in a ployees can now get pension, trip to Jawzjan province met Afghanistan’s Ministry of La- with the first vice-president, bour and Social Affairs said on Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum. Monday. The aim of the meeting is not In a statement, the ministry clear so far. This comes as previously, said that a regulation on pen- Gen. Dostum in a meeting sion of workers of non-gov- KABUL - The Afghanistan-Wide Meanwhile, by the end of the with a number of Afghan law- ernmental institutions had Peace Poetry and Painting Festival ‘Peace and Poetry Festival’, nine makers has warned that the was held by the Institute of Media people were awarded in poetry been prepared in three chap- security forces should keep and Research in Kabul University. and painting. ters and 22 Articles and that it neutrality in the election pro- By the end of festival, which fea- The next round of the festival is took effect following a presi- cess. (AVA Press) tured nominations for ‘peace’, scheduled to be held in Bamyan, dential order. ‘support for security forces’, and Badakhshan, Balkh, Nangarhar, The regulation requires em- ‘modern Afghanistan’, six Dari and Kandahar and Herat provinces addressed by judicial institu- ployers to pay one-month Pashto poems and three paintings in the near future. (THE KILLID Herat Activists: “More Attention” tions,” Herat Women’s Affairs were awarded. GROUP) salary for every year their Director Anisa Sarwari said. employee has worked. (1TV Needed for Women’s Rights But according to Herat’s econo- my directorate, this year, at least 2 Intelligence Officials NEWS) $12 million has been invested in women-related programs by 30 Shot Dead in Kabul institutions: KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan Rahimi. “The projects involved capacity official says a gunman has opened No group has immediately claimed building, awareness of women’s fire on a vehicle in the capital, Ka- responsibility for the assault, but rights, access to justice and eco- bul, killing two intelligence officials both Taliban and an Islamic State nomic empowerment,” chairper- and wounding three others. affiliate have carried out attacks in son of Economy Directorate, Na- Afghan interior ministry spokes- the capital. hid Rahmati, said. man Nasrat Rahimi says that po- The Taliban control or hold sway But activists and women’s rights lice were searching for the gunman over nearly half of Afghanistan, institutions doubt the effective- who carried out the attack early staging near-daily attacks that tar- ness of the investments in wom- Monday. Police have sealed off the get Afghan forces and government HERAT - Activists in Herat said fice show that violence against en-related programs. eastern District 9 area of Kabul as officials but also kill scores of civil- they are concerned about an in- women has increased by 21 per- “The programs have not been they search for the assailant, said ians. (AP) crease in violence against wom- cent since last year. The figures helpful in reducing violence en and call for increased aware- include cases of murder, suicide, against women. This is because ness of women’s suffering and sexual abuse and beating. they have not researched the women’s rights. “We recorded 801 cases of vio- realities of the society and they Figures by the province’s di- lence (against women) this year don’t make plans based on real- rectorate of women’s affairs of- and 98 percent of the cases were ity; REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL(RFP) Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) invites bids from competent Service Providers in Afghanistan for the REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL following services: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR PROVISION OF STAFF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE Architectural Design of School Construction and WASH facilities Contract Name: Contract Number: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) would like to invite competent service providers to REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR PROVISION OF STAFF HEALTH AND NRC-CONTRACT-SO- submit proposals/bids for architectural design of school construction and WASH facilities MEDICAL INSURANCE 2019-015 located in Khost and Kunar Provinces in Afghanistan funded by PATRIP Foundation. 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No liability or claim in that respect would be admissible or entertained necessary. No liability or claim in that respect would be admissible or entertained whatsoever. whatsoever. bidders can download the tender documents from this website. 2 December 03, 2019 Main News Page Bamyan Cave-Dwellers Need Farah Residents Urge Early End Wood to Survive Winter to Telecom Blackout BAMYAN CITY - On the brink of She told Pajhwok Afghan News harsh winter season, tens of cave- her husband died due to illness FARAH CITYY - Residents of dweller families besides famous and he was the only bread winner western Farah province on Mon- Buddha statue in central Bamyan for the family. After the death of day expressed deep concern over province demand woods and fuel her husband, she had to take care suspension of telecom services in to heat up their caves. of her children and bring them the province, urging an early end Around 3,000 caves are dotted up. to the inconvenience. around the famous Buddha stat- “I work in the farm lands and Around two months back, Tali- ues, inhabited by 250 families sometimes go to homes and wash ban militants banned telecom from Bamyan and other prov- their clothes and other house services of Afghan Wireless, inces. Caught up in grinding pov- work in order to earn food for my Roshan and MTN firms after the erty, the people living here do not children,” she said. NATO Resolute Support Mission have other shelters. Inside the cave, Karima sitting on conducted operations against Some of the caves at the base of an old floor said today is first of them in Farah. the statues were used by the Tali- December and there is no wood For the past one month, the men- ban for storing weapons. Later to heat up the cave. tioned telecom firms have sus- on, destitute civilians used the She said in the past, government pended their services across the rock structures as their abodes. and welfare organizations would province but later they got per- For nearly three centuries, the provide them wood and other mission to offer services for three Buddhists lived in the caves. fuel materials ahead of winter for hours a day. Looking at the excruciating living warm the caves. However, some residents of Fa- conditions, one could not escape Ghulam Ali, 65, lives in the cave rah claim they access telecom ser- the feeling that the hapless indi- from the past 16 years with his vices only for a few minutes on a viduals are stuck in a time warp, family coupled with difficulties daily basis. isolated from the modern-day and hardships. Farah residents also use the gov- world. To them, hand-to-mouth Ali who is unable to earn more living is more than a luxury. than 100 afghanis a day said: ernment Salaam telecom service Braving subzero winter tempera- “With 100 afghanis we could only but not a majority of them due to tures and other day-to-day priva- afford to buy food and survive.” its limited coverage. tions, the cave residents do not Mohammad Alim, a father of two Ajab Gul, a trader in Farah City, have blankets -- much less other sons and a daughter, has built a the provincial capital, told Pajh- home appliances.