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Security Forces, Taliban Suffer Causalities in Kunduz & Helmand

KABUL - A number of gov-ernment employees com-plain about non-payment of transport fare on Thursday, which has been declared as a working day.Seven years ago, the govern-ment of former president Hamid Karzai had declared Thursday as a closed holiday in order to reduce air pollu-tion.But the current government declared Thursday a work-ing day at the beginning of the solar year 1398. In Kabul, government servants remain on duty from 8:00am till 1:00pm.No transport fareNajiba, an employee of the Minister of Women Affairs, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “The daily cost of my trans-portation is 80 afghanis. But I’m not being paid this

KABUL - Acting Minister of Transportation says the pro-ject is one of the biggest in-vestments of the ministry in Balkh. One ring road is also included in the projects, said Yama Yari, Acting Minister of Transportation and Public Works.The first road is the Mazar-e-Sharif city’s ring-road which is 17.4 kilometers in length and will be constructed within two years. The second road will be con-structed along the east side of Tangi Shafa river and it will be 1.8 kilometers in length which will be constructed within five months. “The value of the contracts signed today (Saturday) are more than AFs1.7 billion. The

KABUL - A special meeting at-tended by officials from Ministry of Information and Culture and representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN-ESCO) was held in Kabul on Sat-urday to discuss ways to protect the 900-year-old Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan’s Ghor province – which is on the verge of collapse

due to recent flash floods.The minaret is located in Ghor, around 200 kilometers east of Herat in the west of Afghanistan, at the confluence of the Hari Rud and Jam Rud rivers. The isolated location of the minaret may have prevented the monument from intentional destruction over nearly 900 years.The minaret is believed to have

Contracts Worth $21m Signed on Road Construction In Balkh

Govt Servants Seek Transport Charges for Thursdays

been built between 1163 and 1203 during the reign of the Ghu-rid sovereign Ghyias-ud-Din. It has been on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Properties in Danger since 2002.The minaret is 62 meters high and was built entirely of baked bricks and is famous for its intri-cate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration. ...(More on P4)...(6)

KUNDUZ CITY/LASHKAR-GAH - At least three security forces and 10 Taliban have been killed and in northern Kunduz and southern Helmand provinc-es, officials said on Sunday.Kunduz police chief Col. Man-zoor Stanikzai told Pajhwok Af-ghan News the militants stormed a security check-post in the Zakhel locality of the provincial capital on Saturday night.He said three policemen were killed and two others wounded. The Taliban also suffered causali-ties in the firefight but he did not exact figure.Elsewhere, foreign forces con-ducted airstrikes in Sangin, Musa Qala and Nad Ali districts of Hel-mand on Saturday night, Maj. ...(More on P4)...(8)

amount, so it is hard for a worker who draws 8,000 af-ghanis in salary.”Ahmad Shah, another work-er of the Ministry of Interior, said: “On one hand, our sal-ary is so low and on the other the government does not pay us transport charges.”A worker at the Ministry of Education, who did not want to be named, said: “The gov-ernment should pay us trans-portation fare before we for-mally complaints. It is very hard for a poor person to pay transport charges from his/her own pocket.”Another worker at the same ministry held a similar view, asking the authorities to think about the wellbeing of poor government servants.Shamroz Khan Masjidi, spokesman for the Ministry of ...(More on P4)...(7)

Minaret of Jam after the Qutub Minar in New Delhi is the second tallest brick-built minaret in the world.

Govt, UNESCO Criticized for ‘Inattention’ to Minaret of Jam

Marines Accorded Warn Welcome Back Home

KABUL - Afghanistan Na-tional Cricket Team will face England in an ODI warm-up match today ahead of the 2019 World Cup. The match will kick off at 2pm Kabul time.

On Friday, Afghanistan rode on an unbeaten knock of 74 runs by Hashmatullah Sha-hidi to pull off a three-wicket victory over Pakistan in a last-over thrilling World Cup warm-up match at County Ground, Bristol.After opting to bat, Pakistan managed to post 262 runs before being bowled out in 47.5 overs. Babar Azam top-scored for Pakistan with 112 runs off 108 ball, including 10 boundaries and two sixes.Apart from Imam-ul-Haq’s 32 off 35 balls and Shoaib Malik’s 59-ball 44, no other Pakistani batsman managed to impress much with the

Afghanistan to Face England in World Cup Warm-up Match

KABUL - More than 180 Marines were accorded a warm welcome back home from Afghanistan, where they fought Taliban and Daesh militants, a US ra-dio station reports.WOBM News called the military per-sonnel American heroes coming back from Afghanistan. Over $225,000.00 were amassed through fundraising for Hope for the Warrior --a national non-profit organisation for armed forces.Domenic Gatto, chairman of Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Clubm said. “We know freedom is not free, It is our privilege and honor to host a well-deserved day of fun and relaxation for these courageous men and women....”As many as 285 service personnel rep-resenting all five branches of the mili-tary, including the 185 Marine Corps members just returning from Afghani-stan, have been hosted this year by Ea-gle Oaks.“We owe much to the brave men and women who fight for our country’s freedom, and it was an honor to have them with us at Eagle Oaks,” remarked Joe Cary, Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Club member.(Pajhwok)

willow.Mohammad Nabi led Af-ghanistan’s bowling attack with three crucial scalps, while Dawlat Zadran and Rashid Khan joined the party with two wickets each.

Chasing a competitive tar-get, Afghanistan looked con-fident since the start of the innings. Even though wick-et-keeper batsman Moham-mad Shahzad was retired hurt on 23 runs, other opener Hazratullah Zazai scored a quickfire 28-ball 49 to put Afghanistan in driver’s seat.However, Zazai was dis-missed by Shadab Khan in the 12th over to disrupt Af-ghanistan’s momentum in chase.Hashmatullah Shahidi capi-talised on a brilliant start with the help of Rahmat Shah (32) and Mohammad Nabi (34). (Tolo news)

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road will be 17 kilometers long, 40 meters width and will have six lanesand it will be a standard road. This project is one of the big-gest investments of the Ministry of Transport in Balkh,” Yari said. A lawmaker from Balkh, Abbas Ibrahimzada, said more projects are needed to be implemented in the northern province.“We call on the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works to pay more attention to the districts located far from Mazar-e-Sha-rif city (the capital of Balkh). There is a road in Charkint district, a road in Dawlat Abad district and a few roads in other districts which the ministry should pay ...(More on P4)...(5)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

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Consultancy Services for Preparation of the Upper Kabul Sub-Basin Water Resources Development and Management Plan (C-960). NPA/MEW/98/CS-2274/QCBS

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Request for Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail): Attention: Safiullah Alokozai Procurement Liaison Specialist| Evaluation Facilitation Secretariat|Deputy Operation & Resources| National Procurement Authority (NPA) Administrative Office of the President (AOP), Pashtunestan Wat, Kabul, Afghanistan | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Office PH NO: +93 (0) 20-214-7488| + (93) 791 045 505 Email: Email: ahmad.shinwari@npa.gov.af ,copied to aziz.obaidi@npa.gov.af , ahadi.nasir@eirp-afg.org , Saeed.Azizullah@eirp-afg.org ,ghulam@eirp-afg.org, zekrullah.harooni@eirp-afg.org & wais.rahimi@npa.gov.af

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