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Ex-president Hamid Karzai has warned that outsourcing the war in Afghanistan will lead to deterioration of security if the privatisation proposal goes ahead.

Afghan Senate Against Politicizing Hajj Pilgrimage

TAPI Project Plays Strategic Role: Pakistani Envoy

Baghlan Residents Support New Alliance

Former Helmand Police Chief Gets Three

Years in Prison

Karzai Warns Against Outsourcing of War

ASHGABAT - The Turk-men Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-tentiary of Pakistan Murad Ashraf Janjua, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.During the meeting, the diplomat noted the strategic role of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project and expressed full commit-ment to the further coop-

KABUL - Ex-president Hamid Karzai has warned that outsourcing the war in Afghanistan will lead to deterioration of security if the privatisation proposal goes ahead.Outsourcing the war management to the notorious private security firm Blackwa-ter would violate Afghanistan’s sover-eignty and constitution, he wrote on his social media account.Such a step would amount to prolonging the conflict and ...(More on P4)...(8)

KABUL - Meshrano Jirga or Senate deputy chairman on Saturday praised the Saudi Arabia government for serv-ing the entire Muslim community and criticized countries who ‘mix the sacred annual hajj pilgrimage with politics.’Dr. Mohammad Asif Sedeqi told Pa-jhwok Afghan News the Saudi gov-ernment was not only assisting the Afghans in the performance of the hajj but the kingdom had been supporting Afghanistan since the Soviet Union in-vasion until date.He said no other country, except the Saudi Arabia, could manage the hajj affairs because it was beyond others’ ability to serve millions of pilgrims.Sedeqi welcomed recent remarks by a Kabul-based Saudi diplomat, who called the Taliban a terrorist group.The Saudi charge de affairs during a press conference last week in Kabul said ...(More on P4)...(7)

eration with Turkmenistan.“Having noted the dy-namic development of political and diplomatic cooperation, the two sides discussed issues concerning the forthcoming meeting of the intergovernmental com-mission, to be held in Ash-gabat,” reads the Foreign Ministry’s message.The sides mulled the possi-bilities of developing coop-eration in economy, trade, culture ...(More on P4)...(6)

KABUL - Residents demand that government take’s stern actions against corruption and insecu-rity across the country.A large number of residents of Baghlan province in the country’s north, have expressed their support to the newly established the National Coalition for the Salvation of Afghanistan. At a big gathering, participants claimed that the leaders of the National Unity Government were not capable of managing the ongoing turmoil in the country.“I want to ask Mr. Abdullah (Abdullah) and Mr. Ashraf Ghani not to test the peoples’ patience. The people will use any ...(More on P4)...(10)

KABUL - Former Helmand police chief, Brigadier Gen. Sarjang, is accused of the abuse of authority and embezzlement.The primary court of the Anti-Corruption Crimi-nal Justice Center (ACJC) has sentenced Brigadier Gen. Abdul Rahman Sarjang, former police chief of Helmand, to three years in prison.In a public hearing on Saturday, the judge accused Sarjang of abusing authority, embezzlement of a government vehicle and releasing two suspects from custody.“Two soldiers Jannat Gul and Rohullah were ar-rested with 500,000 Pakistani rupees. The money was given back to the owner. After nine days the two suspect soldiers were released by the accused (the police chief) after threatening a jail official,” said Mujiburrahman Adib, an ACJC prosecutor.The defense attorney of the police official denied the accusation and said the claims had been made by a mafia circle against Sarjang.“He (Sarjang) says that he is aware that the two soldiers were ...(More on P4)...(9)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

Procurement Entities

NPA on behalf of Kabul Municipality, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Funded By World Bank

Item Description / Ref No.

Consultancy for Design & Review of 40 KMs Road in Kabul City NPA/KM/96/CS-1832/QCBS

Deadline for EOI Submission

August 30, 2017 by 16:00 Hours (Local Time).

Address for EOI Submission

Request for Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail): Attention: Mr. Aziz Ahmad Obaidi National Procurement Authority Administrative Office of the President

Pashtunestan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan Email: aziz.obaidi@aop.gov.af copied to wais.rahimi@aop.gov.af, umar.sultani@aop.gov.af, a.zazai@kutei-pmu.com s.salarzai@kutei-pmu.com and tamana.noori@aop.gov.af

REOI is available at www.npa.gov.af : Interested consultants may download the complete REOI from our website. In case of any problem in downloading, may obtain the same by sending e-mail at the address below: aziz.obaidi@aop.gov.af

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

Procurement Entities

NPA on behalf of Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Funded By Government of Afghanistan.

Item Description

Feasibility Study for Coal Availability and power generation capacity of Ashpushta and Qaleech Coal Mines-Bameyan Province

Ref No. NPA/MEW/96/CS-1781/QCBS

Deadline for EOI Submission

September 10, 2017 by 15:00 Hours (Local Time).

Address for EOI Submission

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, by mail, or by e-mail):

Attention: Mr. Aziz Ahmad Obaidi Consultancy Services Procurement Department National Procurement Authority Administrative Office of the President 5th floor, Pashtunestan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan

aziz.obaidi@aop.gov.af copied to wais.rahimi@aop.gov.af, umar.sultani@aop.gov.af , ahabmu@gmail.com, and fahim.ahmadi@aop.gov.af.

Website www.npa.gov.af : Interested consultants may download the complete REOI from our website. In case of any problem in downloading, may obtain the same by sending e-mail at the address aziz.obaidi@aop.gov.af

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

Procurement Entities

NPA on behalf of Ministry of Energy and Water, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Funded By Government of Afghanistan Item Description / Ref No.

Feasibility Study of Kawgan Dam Project in Herat Province NPA/MoEW/96/CS-1757/QCBS

Deadline for EOI Submission

September 10, 2017 by 16:00 Hours (Local Time).

Address for EOI Submission

Request for Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail): Attention: Mr. Aziz Ahmad Obaidi National Procurement Authority Administrative Office of the President

Pashtunestan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan Email: aziz.obaidi@aop.gov.af copied to wais.rahimi@aop.gov.af, umar.sultani@aop.gov.af, ahabmu@gmail.com and tamana.noori@aop.gov.af

REOI is available at www.npa.gov.af : Interested consultants may download the complete REOI from our website. In case of any problem in downloading, may obtain the same by sending e-mail at the address below: aziz.obaidi@aop.gov.af

Request for Expression of Interest

Procuring Entity Ministry of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Donor Government of Afghanistan Name of Project & PP Ref No:

Foreign Trip for Non-Tax Revenue Directorate MoF/96/CS-240/CQS

Deadline for submission of EOIs

Date: September 02, 2017, Time: 04:00 pm (local time)

Address for submission of EOIs

Interested consultants can submit their EOIs to the below address: Contracts Department, Directorate of Procurement, Ministry of Finance The EOIs can be submitted from 08:00 am till 04:00 pm, or through email address: ajmal.sami@mof.gov.af and cc to eimaljahangir@gmail.com

Websites Interested consultants can obtain the REOI document from www.npa.gov.af. In case, unable to retrieve, the REOI document can be requested from ajmal.sami@mof.gov.af