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Quote of the DayEvery improvement in

communication makes the bore more terrible.

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Local officials in the province have blamed the Taliban for most of the fatalities among the civilians.

KABUL - A statement from the Presidential Palace said the HEC meeting at the president’s office discussed the Minis-try of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT)’s plan about establishing the Real Time Data Man-agement (RTDM) system.

KABUL - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Sunday said that over 1900 civilians have been killed or wounded in the southern province of Helmand last year. All the victims were killed or wounded as a result of the war, including explosions and terror attacks, AIHRC site office in Helmand said in a statement on Sunday. Meanwhile residents in Helmand have called on the warring factions to ensure the security and safety of civilians during the conflict. From the figures, over 200 civilians killed and 1700 others were wounded, said the AIHRC site office. “Helmand has had two bloody years. The number of civilian casualties, among them women and chil-

The meeting also conferred on the value chain of talc sector and the contract on leasing out cement factories and Karkar-Dodkash coalmines in Baghlan province.MCIT minister Shahzad Aryoubi first presented his ministry’s scheme with regard to setting up ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - IEC will send a shortlist of three names to Ghani to finally appoint the new head of the electoral commission. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday said the commission’s selection commit-tee has resumed its work and will select a new commissioner for the election commission in the near future. IEC spokesman Abdul Badi Sayyad said presi-dent Ashraf Ghani issued a decree on Saturday and ordered the selection committee to start its work to select a commissioner to head up the elec-tion commission. The Presidential palace, in its decree, has asked all the eligible members and those interested in working in IEC to submit their documents to the secretariat of the selection committee no later than Tuesday. According to Sayyad, the selection committee re-sumed its work on ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - Afghanistan and Uzbekistan will start transiting goods across the border in the near fu-ture, officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries said, adding that delegations from the two countries are working to make this happen.Spokesman for the ministry, Musafir Qoqandi, told TOLOnews that Afghan goods will be sent by train from Uzbekistan to other parts of the world.The two countries signed dozens of agreements and contracts during ...(More on P4)...(3)

KABUL - The health and environment commis-sion of Afghanistan’s parliament on Sunday sum-moned at least 20 government officials to respond to concerns of the people on the increasing level of air pollution in the nation’s capital Kabul. Members of the commission have said that the rising pollution in the ...(More on P4)...(4)

KABUL - The process of issuing electronic national identity cards (eNIC) will start in the next two days, a number of Meshrano Jirga or Senate members said on Sunday said.They said the first e-NIC would be issued to the president and the chief executive officer (CEO), Senator Zalmai Zabuli from southern Zabul province, told to-day’s session that ID cards would be issued in compliance with the decision of the joint committee of both houses of the parliament.According to him, the joint com-mittee has approved inclusion of nationality and ethnicity in the new e-NIC and the draft law has been endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani.Abdullah Qarlaq, a legislator from northern Kunduz province, referring to some differences in this regard, said: Differences over ID card in the current situation is not in favor of Afghanistan and and the decision by the joint com-mission is legitimate.”Abdul Baqi Baryal, a representa-tive from Ghazni province, said: “A number of circles with their double standards behavior want to disrupt the ID cards issuance by raising unreasonable voices. We want the government not al-low certain ...(More on P4)...(5)

KABUL - Legislators in Afghan-istan’s parliament are expected to try and impeach the minister of water and energy Ali Ahmad Osmani over his poor perfor-mance in the construction of dams and his failure to achieve the spending targets of the 2016 fiscal budget. Some other lawmakers op-posing the impeachment, have accused their colleagues of conspiring the move against Osmani after he refused to ac-cept their illegal demands. MPs who insist on the impeach-ment, argue that the spending of less than 60 percent of the budget and poor performance in the construction of dams were among key reasons that the lawmakers decided to call the minister. “The first reason for impeach-ment relates to the unspent budget allocation as he has failed to meet the index which had been determined by the parliament. The second reason is lack of work in the construc-tion of the dams which has an-gered the representatives of the people,” said Mohammad Na-zir Ahmadzai one of the MPs. Other lawmakers say that cer-tain circles in the parliament have conspired the plot against the minister “There are certain circles which are trying to create a conspiracy, especially the ma-fia groups which have not been able to work because their con-tracts have been annulled by the presidential palace,” said another MP Ghulam Farooq Majroh. ...(More on P4)...(6)

dren, have been higher and we are very concerned about it,” said Afifa Maroof, AIHRC site office chief in Helmand. “Both sides ...(More on P4)...(8)

Committee to Select New Commissioner for IEC

Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Transit Route to Open Soon

Commission Summons Officials Over Air Pollution

Issuance of E-ID Cards to Begin in 2 Days: Senators

MPs to Impeach Osmani Over Dams, Budget today

MoU Signed on Modernising Postal Services

1900 Civilians Killed and Wounded in Helmand in One Year

Disabled Vendors Protest Removing their Roadside Stalls

Economic ProjectsSafety Part of Security

Plan: Ghani

KABUL - A three-way memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed to modernise postal services throughout the country.The MoU has been signed among the Ministry of Communi-cations and Information Technology (MCIT), Capital Region Independent Development Authority (CRIDA) and Afghan Post.Signing of the MoU on improving the postal services was an-nounced at a press conference at the Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC) in Kabul on Sunday.The MoU allows the creation of post offices to international standards, including banking services, a comfortable space for clients such as library and resource centres, café shops and an internet lab.Minister of MCIT Shazad Arubi said: “There are over 463 post offices in Afghanistan, and

KABUL - Tens of disabled individuals on Sunday gathered in front of the Parliament building in capital Kabul, asking lawmakers to defend their rights.The disabled people protested the Kabul Municipality move to remove their stalls and illegal mini shops on roadsides in downtown Kabul.They claimed the municipality without informing them had removed their stalls and caused them financial losses.Shah Wali Ahmadzai, one of the protesters, said: “We are gathered here to ask where our goods worth five million af-ghanis are? They are missing ...(More on P4)...(7)

President Ashraf Ghani, chairing a meeting of the High Economic Council (HEC) on Sunday, said ensuring security

of economic projects was part of the five-year security plan.

“We are committed to modernise post services inside and out-side the country, and the MoU concentrates on equipping post offices with modern IT and other mechanisms.” (Pajhwok)