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Baghlanis Stage Protest, Reject

Elderly Governor

Bamyan Potato Yield 15 Percent

up this Year

KABUL - Helping people affect-ed by deafness and other forms of hearing loss is among the highest and most compassionate forms of humanitarian service that a charitable organization can undertake. Providing ‘The Gift of Hearing’ to thousands of Afghans who are affected by deafness and other forms of hearing loss, is the vital mission that will be accomplished on No-vember 7, 2017, when the Bayat Foundation, in partnership with The Starkey Hearing Founda-tion, launch their fourth annual Afghanistan Hearing Care Mis-sion.Since 2014, The Bayat Founda-tion and The Starkey Hearing Foundation, during their an-nual Afghanistan Hearing Care Mission, have provided hearing

PUL-I-KHUMRI - Hundreds of residents of northern Baghlan prov-ince on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the gover-nor, calling him incompetent.The demonstrators held a protest gathering in Pul-i-Khumri, the pro-vincial capital, saying the current governor was an elderly man and unable to govern or administer the province.They demanded a young and eligi-ble governor for the province who could address people’s problems.Ahmad Javed, one of the protestors, slammed the ...(More on P4)...(12)

BAMYAN CITY - Bamyan, a largest potato producing province in Af-ghanistan, produced 350,000 tons of the carbohydrate rich vegetable this year, showing an increase over last year’s yield.Abdul Wahab Mohammadi, head of the Agriculture and Livestock department, told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive chat that around 60,000 farmers were associ-ated with potato crop in the prov-ince.Mohammadi added 50 tons more potatoes were produced this year, compared to the previous year amid soaring prices.Last year, the price of seven kilo-grams of ...(More on P4)...(14)

KABUL - Minister of Finance Eklil Ahmad Hakimi and Acting and Nominated Minister of Com-munications and Information Technologies Shahzad Gul Ary-obee will be on a visit to Azerbai-jan Nov.7-8, Trend learned from Afghan embassy in Baku.During the visit, Hakimi will hold a meeting with Azerbai-jan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev, while Aryobee will

GARDEZ - A survey has been launched for the long-delayed Gardez ring road, a project that will cost $50 million, officials said on Monday.Paktia Governor Shamim Khan Katawazi told a meeting the road -- the biggest project in the history of the province -- had a length of 43 kilometres and width of 40 metres at some points and 60 metres at others.He said the scheme, which is es-

KABUL - The Afghan govern-ment will not block the instant messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram, a spokesman said on Monday, following days of controversy after reports the ser-vices would be suspended.“Government of Afghanistan isn’t going to ban any social me-dia platforms. WhatsApp and Telegram to continue operating in Afghanistan,” Javid Faisal, deputy spokesman to govern-ment Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah wrote on Twitter.The row over instant messaging services began after a letter from

aids to thousands of Afghans—including thousands of Afghan children—who are affected by deafness and other forms of hear-ing loss. In 2014, the very first Bayat Foun-dation-Starkey Hearing Founda-tion Hearing Care Mission pro-vided hearing aids and hearing care to more than 1,000 children and adults. And this precious gift of hearing—the ability of people

have discussions with Azerbai-jani Minister of Transport, Com-munications and High Technolo-gies Ramin Guluzade, said the embassy.Earlier, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance became familiar with the activities carried out in Azer-baijan in the sphere of building e-government and expressed in-tention to use Azerbaijan’s expe-rience in ...(More on P4)...(11)

timated to cost $50 million, was being funded by the Ministry of Public Works. He urged the people to cooperate with the au-thorities on implementation of the project.The people whose houses, gar-dens or other structures were affected by the project would be compensated in accordance with the relevant rules, he promised.“Some people’s houses, trees and gardens ...(More on P4)...(13)

Afghanistan’s telecoms regula-tor to Internet service providers telling them to block the services “without delay” was circulated on social media platforms last week. WhatsApp, owned by Fa-

Afghanistan will not Block Whatsapp, Telegram: CEO Spokesman

Hakimi and Aryobee to Visit Azerbaijan

Mega Project: Survey for $50m Paktia Ring Road Launched

BF and SHF Launch Fourth Annual Afghanistan ‘Gift of Hearing’ Mission

TalibanizationNot the Agenda or Narrative

of Pakistan: Gen. Bajwa

KABUL - Gen. Bajwa reportedly made the remarks during a meeting of the Pakistani delegation with the Afghan leaders in Kabul last month.A source privy of the development has told Dai-

ly Times in Pakistan that “Gen Bajwa asked the Afghan leaders about what Pakistan could do. The Afghan leaders reiterated their longstanding claims that Taliban ...(More on P4)...(9)

cebook, has more than a billion users worldwide. Telegram is a much smaller but fast growing instant messaging service that is popular in a number of countries including ...(More on P4)...(8)

The Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said extremism and Talibanizatin is neither the agenda of Pakistan nor its narrative.

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

For procurement of

Security Services for 4 international airports [Hamed Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Herat International Airport (HIA), Mazar-e-Sharif International Airport

(MZRIA) & Kandahar International Airport (KDHIA)]

IFB No: NPA/ACAA/96/NCS-1889/ICB

National Procurement Authority (NPA) on behalf of Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for procurement of security services for 4 international airports [Hamed Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Herat International Airport (HIA), Mazar-e-Sharif International Airport (MZRIA) & Kandahar International Airport (KDHIA)], IFB No: NPA/ACAA/96/NCS-1889/ICB Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the Afghanistan procurement law and Procedure, and are open to all bidders from Eligible Sources/Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents.

Interested eligible bidders may download bid document in English version from NPA Website: www.npa.gov.af, or obtain by email from address: nooria.parsa@aop.gov.af copy to: aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af, hayat@acaa.gov.af, zamarai.jalalzai@acaa.gov.af, or receive by flash memory at the address given below from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM on any working day from Saturday to Thursday All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security (Bank Guarantee) mentioned as below in USD or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency

Pre- Bid meeting shall be held at 10.00 Hrs. on 29- November - 2017 at ACAA Office, Next to afghan film, Ansari watt Shash Darak, Kabul, Afghanistan

Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10.00 AM (local time) on 09 – December- 2017. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids are not being opened immediately after the deadline of bid submission at the same place of bid submission, in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person. The address referred to above is:

National Procurement Authority (NPA), 4th Floors, Administrative office of the president (AOP) Kabul, Afghanistan, Pashtunistan, Watt, and Kabul, Afghanistan. Telephone: +93-020-2147536 E-mail: Nooria.parsa@aop.gov.af

CC: aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af, hayat@acaa.gov.af, zamarai.jalalzai@acaa.gov.af,

Bid Security (USD) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. Valid as per below

925,000 USD Bank Security should be valid for 148 days from bid submission deadline till 05/05/2018

to hear the voices of their loved ones, and the sweet sounds of the wider world—changed their lives for the better.During 2015, The Bayat Founda-tion and Starkey Hearing Foun-dation expanded their second Hearing Care Mission to serve Afghans living in Herat, Balkh and Kabul Provinces. During the 2015 Hearing Care mission, more than ...(More on P4)...(10)

Joint Bayat Foundation and Starkey Hearing Foundation Hearing Care Teams will Distribute More Than

1,000 Hearing Aids to Afghans Affected by Hearing Loss