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NATO Committed to Stay in Afghanistan to Create Conditions for Political Solution: Stoltenberg

Insecurity Stalls Afghanistan-Iran Railway Project

KABUL - The 200-kilometer rail-way begins from Iran’s Khawaf city includes four phases.Two phases of the project have been completed in Iran and work

A railway project connecting Afghanistan and Iran has been stalled due to insecurity, officials said.

KABUL - Milad-Ul-nabi or Eid-e-Milad is the day when Muslims across the world observe the birth-day of Prophet Mohammad.It is believed that the Prophet Mohammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was born in Mecca on the twelfth day of Rabee-ul-Awwal – the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The day is also observed as the death anniversary of the Prophet.This year, Muslims in Afghanistan observed Eid-e-Milad on November 9. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs declared Saturday as public holiday across the country.Muslim communities, around the world, discuss the life and teachings of the Prophet on this sig-nificant day.In addition, lectures and recitations are held on the life of the Prophet and people attend to them through the day. Often, poetry is recited after the prayers.Today, separate official gatherings were also held in the Presidential Palace and Office of Afghani-stan’s Chief Executive where the Afghan lead-ers, politicians, and religious scholars discussed the life and teachings of the Prophet Moham-mad (PBUH). Meanwhile, religious scholars and ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - The Ministry of Education (MoE) is organizing a consultative meeting for the first time to collect public views for reforms and up-grading the education curriculum, according to a statement on Saturday.Around 300 participants that will include teachers, education officials, experts, ulema, parents and human rights officials will provide their in-put to the ministry in the meeting on how to improve the curriculum, the statement said.Working groups had been formed and launched their work on matters like segregation of schools by grads, merger of new subjects, language learning and other related issues.People had been informed regard-ing the summit one month earlier through social media in which they had been requested to share their views regarding the future of their children.The MoE named ongoing solar year as the year of education and asked citizenst to share their views regard-ing all plans and progammes of the ministry in order to become fully in-volved in the future of their children. (Pajhwok)

Afghanistan Celebrates Prophet Mohammad’s

Birthday

Curriculum Reforms: MoE Plans Grand Consultative Meeting

KABUL - NATO is committed to stay in Afghanistan to create the conditions for a political solution, chief of the alliance said on Thursday.“The more we convey the message that we are willing to stay in Afghanistan, and we are sending that message, the more likely it is that actually Taliban one day will understand they have to make real compromises and agrees to a peace deal,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stolteberg

said Speaking at Körber Global Leaders-Dialogue in Germany.He said that NATO went into Afghani-stan together and “we will make decisions on our posture and presence together and when the time is right we will leave together.” He said that the best way to create the conditions for a peaceful negoti-ated solution in Afghanistan is to send the clear message to the Taliban that they will not win on the battlefield.

“As long as Taliban understand that they will not win on the battlefield, they have to sit down and engage in real peace talks and make real compromises,” Stoltenberg said. He said that now Afghan forces are doing what 140,000 NATO forces did not so many years ago. He said that NATO is committed to train, advise and assist Af-ghan forces to enable them fight against terrorism in their own country. (1TV News)

on the third that crosses Afghani-stan border is stalled for the last one month and a half.Mahdi Rohani, a spokesman for Afghanistan Transport Ministry,

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said that 95 percent of the third phase of the project had been completed and work on the re-maining would start as security situation improves in Ghoryan district of Herat. The phase in-cludes 57 kilometres.Interior Ministry declined 1TV’s request for comment.The fourth phase of the railway project is 87 kilometres and will run from Ghoryan district to Her-at industrial township.Afghanistan National Procure-ment Commission has approved the ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - Deputy Foreign Minister Mirwais Nab has stress over joint efforts in fight against terrorism for greater economic prosperity and development in the re-gion.Addressing the 24th Econom-ic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) meeting Nab said: “economic prosperity is di-rectly connected with peace, & Afghanistan is fighting regional & international ter-rorists on behalf of the re-gion and the world. This is a shared responsibility that must be shouldered collec-tively.”He informed the participants on Afghanistan’s regional econ achievements & priori-ties over the past few years including major connectivity & energy projects including TAPI, CASA1000, Lapis La-

KABUL - Integrity Watch Af-ghanistan (IWA) on Friday strongly criticized the acquittal of Ahmad Shah Hemat, the for-mer head of the central hous-ing department of the Ministry of Urban Development Affairs, who was accused of being in-volved in corruption.In May 2015, President Ashraf Ghani suspended six top offi-cials from the Ministry of Urban Development Affairs on charges of corruption, including Ahmad Shah Hemat.Other suspects were Moham-mad Amin, the head of the real estate and accommodations de-partment; Ahmad Nawaz Bakht-yari, the head of the housing en-terprise department; Gul Rahim Zyarmal, the head of planning

Nab Links Economic Prosperity with Peace in Afghanistan

IWA Criticizes Acquittal of Govt Officer Accused of Corruption

zuli & more. AFG’s economic policy offers untapped oppor-tunities for the region.“Recent experiences show that only direct talks with the Af-ghan Government can lead

and project manager for the 5th Macrorayan; Syed Amanullah Sadat, the head of the finance de-partment; and Mohammad Amin Qane, the head of the apartments and rentals department.Hemat was among the main suspects in the case, but he has returned to his job after the At-torney General said that there is not sufficient evidence to prove he is guilty of graft.Although the Attorney General’s office has said that Hemat was aquitted over lack of evidence, Integrity Watch Afghanistan has accused the Afghan government of influencing the case.The allegations levelled against the ministry officials include tak-ing bribes in exchange for signa-tures on new housing projects,

doling out apartments to high-ranking government officials and their relatives, and constructing sub-standard apartments in or-der to pocket ministry funds.“People whose position is higher than chief, such as the deputies and the former ministers of the Ministry of Urban Development Affairs, have also been accused of having a role in this case, but their cases were never dealt with on time and in a neutral way by the legal and judicial institu-tions,” said Naser Taimoori, a member of IWA.“Unfortunately, its not only about Hemat—there are thou-sands of others who have turned the entire government and the anti-corruption efforts to zero,” said ...(More on P4)...(3)

to sustainable and dignified peace, and must start under a verifiable ceasefire as an in-dication of Taliban’s commit-ment for peace,” he added. (Pajhwok)

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KHOST CITY - Wolesi Jirga Mem-ber Mohammad Musa Khawrin on Saturday alleged massive cor-ruption in the Appellant Attorney General Office in southeastern Khost province.Addressing a gathering of tribal elders here, Khawrin said in ju-dicial organs, specially in the ap-pellant Attorney General office things against the will of the com-mon people was underway.He said murderers, kidnappers, robbers and drug dealers arrested by security forces are freed under hidden deals when their cases

KABUL - Eleven Taliban have been killed during security oper-ation and airstrike in two districts of Maidan Wardak province, a statement from the Ministry of

KABUL - Abdullah Abdullah dis-missed recount of part of presi-dential election, saying it would not take part in the process.The Independent Election Com-mission has decided to begin re-counting votes from 8,255 polling stations.Abdullah’s team in a statement protested the move saying du-plicate votes and those cast out-side voting time had not been removed in the filtering process.The statement warned that it will not ignore “validating of fraudu-lent votes” and urged the com-mission to fully remove fraudu-lent and non-biometric votes before conducting a recount.The statement called on its ob-servers in provinces not to par-ticipate in the process.

SHARAN - The governor of southeastern Paktika province on Sunday rejected claims about Pakistani forces capturing parts of Barmal district.Earlier in the day, Gomal resi-dents accused Pakistan’s para-military forces of installing barbed wire along the border in the remote district.At a gathering, also attended by the security personnel, tribal el-ders said the militiamen were stringing concertina wire in the Raidan area of the district.But Governor Mujibur Rahman Chamkani told a news confer-ence that he sent a delegation to the district to investigate allega-tions.He said the delegation had in-formed him that the Pakistan

11 Taliban Killed in Maidan Wardak Raid, Airstrike

KABUL - A woman has been detained on drug smuggling charges in Taloqan, the capital of northern Takhar province, an official said on Friday.Police spokesman Aseer Khalil told Pajhwok Afghan News counter-narcotics police ar-rested the woman with 730 kilo-grams of opium Thursday even-ing.The woman, trying to smuggle the drugs from Kalfagan district to the provincial capital, was ar-rested at a checkpoint, the offi-cial said.Khalil identified the detainee as Khal Nisa, daughter of Yar Mo-hammad and a resident of Kalf-agan. The woman is currently under investigation. (Pajhwok)

Woman Held with 730kg of Opium in Takhar Capital

Khawrin Alleges Massive Corruption in Khost Judiciary

Governor Denies Pak Forces’ Entry into Gomal Abdullah to Boycott Recount Process

Defence (MoD) said on Saturday.The operations carried out in the Chak and Syedabad districts, the statement said.Six militants were killed in an

paramilitary troops had not crossed the Zero Point on the border.The governor said the Afghan forces were capable of defending the territorial integrity of their motherland and they would not let the Pakistanis cross into their land. Speaking on the occasion, 203rd Military Corps Commander Gen. Raham Dil Haiderzai also en-dorsed the governor’s view.Similarly, Mohammad Zarif Zazai of the Border Police Force also denied the claims of the Pa-kistani forces entering Gomal district.He said they had a meeting with the Pakistani border guards dis-cussed the issue of respect for the Zero Point. (Pajhwok)

airstrike in the Abguzar Valley of Chak district, confirmed a state-ment from the Governor house said.It added, five Taliban were killed

Nov 10, 2019 - Practical, scientific, or spir-itual ideas of all kinds are your life’s blood. Today you might expand your knowledge. Much of what you learn may be based on technology such as telescopes or particle ac-celerators. You’re only scratching the surface

today. Much of what you learn may be confusing, but stay with it. It will make more sense to you later.

Nov 10, 2019 - You might feel a little under the weather today, but mentally you’re flying high. Ideas could keep popping into your head, sending you into flights of fancy that excite your creativity. This is a great day to read or

watch documentaries or otherwise feed your intellect. Whatever you learn could be of great practical use to you later.

Nov 10, 2019 - Today you might seek to expand your knowledge of the arts. You could decide to explore galleries, attend a concert or play, or look into the latest best sellers. A friend could accompany you. Make a day of it! Books, antiques,

or other fine objects might be especially appealing now. Try to avoid shopping. You’ll discover a lot of items you like and want to buy!

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Nov 10, 2019 - Today you may start to see your friends in a new light. Perhaps their accomplishments have aroused your ad-miration. A special person could seem more perfect than ever, and you could

suddenly view your friend through a romantic haze once more. Bear in mind that your view of these peo-ple only mirrors your view of yourself.

Nov 10, 2019 - Today you might have the desire to look into your genealogy. The Internet has made it possible for every-one to learn about their ancestors, and now is a great time for you to do it. Spir-

itually, you might also decide to explore past lives or get in touch with spirit guides or totem animals. Group activities could be of great help in these pur-suits.

Nov 10, 2019 - A new romance could come your way. An old friend could sud-denly seem like more to you, sending the relationship in an entirely new direction. The opposite could happen, too. An old

love could reappear and resurrect the intellectual side of your relationship, making a new friend out of an old love. Circumstances around you are changing and so are you. You’re the type to welcome it!

Nov 10, 2019 - Have you ever longed to be a movie star or participate in some way in the film industry? Today you might get your chance or at least learn

some of the technical skills required. You might take some time to learn about computer graphics or the ins and outs of camerawork. You could also meet some people involved in this industry.

Nov 10, 2019 - Insights that well up from deep within you could put your imagina-tion into overdrive. Perhaps ideas for es-says, poems, paintings, or music flow into

your mind in waves. You may want to stay home to de-velop them, though you may take one friend, or perhaps your partner, into your confidence. Keep the ideas coming! They might mean more to you later.

Nov 10, 2019 - You’ve been exerting yourself a little too much over the past few days and might feel a little listless. Nonetheless, your mind is still active, and you may seek stim-ulation through books, TV, or lectures of

some kind. You should find whatever you learn exciting. It could set you off in a new direction. Today you could turn into an armchair traveler!

Nov 10, 2019 - You could have some very strange yet beautiful dreams to-day. Write them down. They’re trying to tell you something. You could also

make an off-the-wall plan to increase your income that may or may not work. Consider all the aspects of your plan and get in touch with the reality of it before delving too far. It might be workable but not in the ways you think now.

Nov 10, 2019 - Today you might enlist the aid of friends to increase your computer skills. You may be interested in the artis-tic side of computers and want to experi-

ment with computer graphics or animation. Video journalism could also be of interest. You might re-ceive some unexpected good news about a possible increase in income, though it might be delayed.

Nov 10, 2019 - News about the plight of the world’s disadvantaged might have you toying with the idea of do-

ing more than you are to make a difference. This is a laudable goal, but you’re more apt to see the romantic side of helping the needy than the harsh realities of the situation. Before deciding to tackle any new ambition today, consider it from all an-gles. You might change your mind.

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in night raid in the Yousufkhelo locality of Syedabad district. The Taliban’s safe haven was eradi-cated during the raid, the state-ment said. (Pajhwok)

land at the Appellant Attorney General Office.Rahimullah Rameh, head of the appellant Attorney General Of-fice, rejected the claims of Law-maker Musa Khawrin regarding corruption and termed it as base-less.“These claims are baseless one hundred percent, if even one claim is proved I shall answer to the people of Khost.”Pajhwok strive to get the views of provincial government but they refrain to share their views. (Pa-jhwok)

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IEC was originally scheduled to announce preliminary result from the election on October 19, but the commission postponed it to November 14, a deadline which is

likely to be missed again.Head of IEC secretariat, Habib-ur-Rahman Nang, said that they had been ready for a recount, but could ...(More on P4)...(6)

In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind

November 10, 2019

Dr. Rajkumar Singh is Professor and Head of P.G.Department of Political Science, BNMU, West Campus, P.G. Centre, Saharsa-852201.Bihar, India. Email- rajkumarsinghpg@yahoo.com

Mohammad Zahir Akbari is the permanent writer of the Daily Outlook Af-ghanistan. He can be reached at mohammadzahirakbari@gmail.com

Inclusive Talks Will Bear Fruit

As the Afghan government seeks to find a peace deal with the Taliban, China is going to host an intra-Af-ghan dialogue. After the US-Taliban negotiations were

halted, a Taliban delegation visited some regional states, in-cluding China, for the resumption of the talks. Although China had a limited role in Afghanistan’s peace building over the past two decades, it has engaged actively in 2015 with the formation of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group – composed of the United States, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Since then, several Taliban delegations have met Chinese officials. Earlier, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chuny-ing had reiterated China’s support for a “broad and inclusive peace and reconciliation” process in Afghanistan. “We support the intra-Afghan dialogue between the Afghan government, the Afghan Taliban and other parties. We are ready to offer convenience and assistance for Afghanistan’s peace and recon-ciliation process based on our respect for the will of all relevant Afghan parties,” she is cited as saying. Afghanistan is forming a delegation for the talks. But political leaders seem discontented with the delegation being formed by the government and do not view it as inclusive. A mistrust between Afghan political leaders and the govern-ment emerged as political leaders participated in a peace meet-ing with the Taliban hosted by Moscow. Disapproving of the meeting, the Afghan government said that political figures had no executive authority. In other words, most of the political parties and political actors in Afghanistan have bypassed the state by directly contacting the Taliban or expressing interest in the so-called “intra-Afghan talks” in the absence of the state. It is important that the state should not be reduced to a faction. Instead peace talks should be state-centric.It is self-evident that peace cannot be concluded through a bi-lateral peace accord between two groups – be it US and Taliban or Afghanistan and Taliban. If the Taliban group is sincere in the talks, it has to hold talks with both the government and its international allies. The Afghan government is seeking to be included in the talks. But it has to form a national inclusive team, including political leaders, women, and civil society activists. The Taliban should not bargain much at the peace table, espe-cially regarding democratic gains and women’s rights. Study shows that 59.5% of the people urge that the Taliban must re-spect human rights and women rights. Similarly, 49% of the people claim that the Taliban should respect Afghanistan Con-stitution. Hence, there is strong domestic resistance to the re-placement of the current democratic system with any system which limits the rights, liberties, equality in front of the law, and political participation.However, in February Moscow conference, the Taliban del-egates stated that women could not become president of the state and could not judge the cases related to Hudood and Qi-sas. Hafiz Mansor is cited as saying, “I think we cannot negotiate with the Taliban on two issues: (1) territorial integrity of Af-ghanistan and (2) the second chapter of the 2004 constitution on fundamental rights and liberties of citizens. Rest of the is-sues are open for negotiations.”It seems naïve to fully buy the promise that the Taliban has to-tally changed to accept liberal democracy, gender equality, and civil liberties. There are still a number of serious ideologues or politically motivated figures within the group who intend to restrict women rights and resist against democratic achieve-ments. Moreover, the public call on the Taliban to reduce violence and do not target civilians in a gesture of goodwill for peace. Killing civilians for bargaining for higher price at the negotiating table is a wrong strategy that the Taliban should stop. Overall, the Taliban has constantly refused to hold talks with the Ghani administration despite the fact that the National Unity Government formally proposed the Taliban group, in February 2018, that the government was willing to recognize it as a political party and that it could participate in the system. Since intra-Afghan dialogue has reached a stalemate, Afghani-stan will appreciate if regional stakeholders and global powers seek to broker talks between the Taliban and the Kabul gov-ernment. All involved parties, the Afghan government, and regional and global powers need to jointly continue to work to-ward state-building and find a reasonable end to the conflict in Afghanistan. To put it succinctly, the role of regional and glob-al stakeholders is highly instrumental in pushing the Taliban to the table with the Kabul government and reducing violence.

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The word ‘Islam’, which is derived from ‘aslama’, means surrender to the Will of God. The word has other meanings too – to be at perfect peace, to have done one’s duty to the Master, to strive after righteousness, and

to greet safety and salvation. It believes that in obedience of God, lies peace, prosperity, happiness, and the salvation of man. According to Islam, the other prophets who preceded Muhammad were all true prophets, and Islam is noth-ing but a confirmation of the true faith taught by previous religions and teach-ers. Religion is certainly a vital force in every society and Muhammad made Islam a permanent force of vitality by giving it a natural and rational basis. He emphasised the universal concept of religion such as the unity of God and the unity of the human race. The essence of tawhid or the unity of God as a working idea is equality, solidarity, brotherhood and freedom. It is a change from hetero-geneity to homogeneity, from diversity to unity and from confusion to order.Dimensions of Islamic effectsIslam’s concept of the unity of man had very deep and far-reaching effects on the social, political, economic and moral way of life of the Muslims. It is emi-nently human because it takes man for what he is. The prophet was sent not to make life more difficult, but to facilitate it. The requirements of Islam are easy and simple. The striking feature of Islamic teaching, which is so well brought out is the equality and brotherhood of man. It attempts to level the barriers of caste, colour and class and takes its stand on the bedrock of love, liberalism and brotherhood. The Quran says, ‘ Oh people! be fearful of God who has created you all from the same single soul’. This unity of man was of great social value. It removed all discriminations in human society and had established the value of merit, ability and the capacity to wield the sword that mattered most, and not the race, colour or the social distinction. In the Muslim period of Indian history, slave after slave succeeded to political power and established a Slave Dynasty itself, holding power for nearly a century. An impression has been created that Islam is intolerant of other religions. The Quran emphatically declared, ‘There is no compulsion in religion’, and again ‘Unbelievers who worship other things than God need not be blamed lest they should abuse God in their ignorance. It is true that jehad or holy war is permitted in Islam, but Jehad is a fight against those who fight against you. It is a defensive war sanctioned by the prophet at an extraordinary period when the Kuraish were bent upon wiping out the Muslims. It does not permit the Muslims to commit aggression. Later theologians have interpreted jehad as a struggle to create something new and change the order through intellectual power, and it is not necessarily the use of physical force.Concept of intolerance is relativeUnfortunately, this intolerance is the common heritage of all the three semitic religions –Judaism, Islam and Christianity. The misfortune of Islam is that it has no Reformation, no Renaissance. This situation, said Sri Aurobindo, needs to be corrected. “We must strive to remove the causes of misunderstanding by mutual knowledge and sympathy and spread the just views of Mohammed-an history and civilisation. What is wanted is some new religious movement among the Mohammedans which would remodel their religion and change the stamp of their temperament. Although Islam has had no reformers because of the belief in the immutability of the doctrine. The same conviction guides the Christian Right, mainly in the US. They oppose Darwin’s theory since it negates the Word of God in the Bible. Lots of people all over the world have

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Remaining less than one week to the preliminary election result an-nouncement, many Afghan people including Electoral Complaints Commission are concerned about the repeated delay of election

schedule. Last Thursday, Electoral Complaints Commission warned the Independent Election Commission against further delaying the results. Originally, the preliminary election result was supposed to be announced on October 19 but the election commission failed to meet the deadline. So, it was postponed to a second deadline which is November 14 but probably Independent Election Commission (IEC) will again miss the deadline as one day ago it was announced that out of 26,000 polling stations, the votes of 8,494 stations will be re-counted. Therefore, many Afghans are not only wor-ried about a transparent election outcome, but also concerned about future of Afghanistan’s young democracy.Undoubtedly, democracy is the most important factor in stabilization and development of post-conflict countries, but it has not produced a good result in Afghanistan. Afghan citizens eagerly wanted to move towards peace and prosperity through democratic system, but now after nearly two decades of hopes and optimism everyone is disappointed about its functionality in Afghanistan. People expected to reach some of their dreams thorough im-plementation of democratic values, it often challenged by IEC poor perfor-mance. Therefore, the main responsibility this failure which many lead to a crisis will be on the shoulder of IEC. The Independent Election Commission officials say that their delegations have just started traveling to provinces to begin the recounting process, but the fact is that after more than a month waiting IEC could not announce the result of less than 2 million votes. In comparison to other countries which use similar technology they are able to announce about 100 million votes within 24 hours. But in Afghanistan due to an unsolved “technical delay,” the re-sults won’t be released until November 14 which was previously scheduled for November 7. According to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), the data collected by the biometric voter verification (BVV) devices are still being processed. Though it is the first time that IEC has used the BVV system to monitor the election process, it has national supports and international technicians who had been successful in their own countries. The IEC’s new measures came after a “boycott threat” in late July when the Council of Presidential Candi-dates issued a statement warning that they would boycott the election and warned against the possibility of it being influenced by fraud. They called for a transparent election with the assistance and monitoring of the Election Support Group, including the European Union, Australia, Sweden, Germa-ny, Japan, the UK, and the U.S. In this case, it was highly necessary for IEC

Relevance of true Islam today for humanity

Why Afghan preliminary election result is repeatedly postponed

the feeling that Islam is intolerant and violent. And this is true enough. The concept of Kafir and Jehad are wholly unacceptable, especially in its present form and interpretation.Islam started as a great revolutionary movement based on equality, human dignity and justice. These ideals were partly acceptable to the tribal society of Mecca. Equality and human dignity was acceptable in a limited way within tribal social boundaries. Members of a tribe could be accepted as equals, but not those of other tribes. Members of other tribes could be accepted only as a client, not as an equal. Hence, the concept of universal brotherhood and inter-tribal equality created social tension throughout the Islamic history. Within Arab society, these became explosive after the death of the prophet. By the time the prophet died, different tribes of Arabia had embraced Islam. Sociologically speaking, ‘hostile’ tribes also entered the fold of Islam leading to tension between them. The lofty ideals received a setback when the tribe of Quraysh claimed the Caliphate quoting a ‘hadith’ and superiority over other tribes. These concepts were never accepted sociologically. Islamic society soon transformed into a feudal society. The reasons for embracing a religion could be quite varied. Some embrace it collectively along with other members of the caste or tribe or nation; some embrace it for political or economic advantages ; and some after studying the religion. Normally the social structure does not change, but religious practices do. Arab society has remained tribal in struc-ture till this day. Had Islamic ideals and values prevailed, Arab society would have undergone radical changes and tribal norms and values would have been replaced by Islamic ones. Thus, it would be very difficult to talk of a ‘pure’ Islamic culture. Each Muslim society has its own distinct tribal or national or ethnic culture even though ritual practices may be the same.Significance and justification of religionThe continued presence of religion in the public sphere is justified on two grounds. First it is argued that religion per se is not responsible for the kind of hostility and hatred that we witness among members of different communi-ties today. Second, and more importantly, it is argued that ‘communal vio-lence’ is a contemporary phenomenon embodying a system of rationality that is characteristic of modernity. Industrial development displaces large sections of the population from their original surroundings, resulting in a deep sense of dislocation and alienation. At the same time it fails to provide an alternative set of values and along with it, a sense of belonging to these people. To offset this deficiency they try to reclaim and assert their traditional identities more stridently. The alienation generated in the process of modernisation provides the material for the growth of orthodox religious forms.In more positive term, the principles of modernity claim that the theme of toler-ance, which defines a liberal democratic framework, is an attribute of all lived and practised religion. Continuous interaction with members of other commu-nities in the course of everyday life, generates a degree of tolerance and diversi-ty in which religious boundaries become fuzzy as members of one community participate in the religious and cultural practices of the other. In contemporary India, despite the increasing incidents of communal violence, we find Hindus visiting ‘gurudwaras’ and rubbing shoulders with the Muslim pilgrims at the Chishti Dargah in Ajmer.

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By: Mohammad Zahir Akbari to use BVV, which uses fingerprints and eye and facial recognition, to verify the voters ensure a clean election. However, the IEC’s stance of insisting on the BVV devices faces a dilemma, if unverified votes are not counted, then the result might be influenced by the technical procedures, given that some BVV might have malfunctioned, especially in remote and mountainous voting areas, which would have left many disenfranchised. Yet, if the unverified votes are counted, it might open the door for the fraudulent votes being mixed with “clean” ballots, and even-tually influence the fairness of the election overall. According to some experts, in addition to the issue of biometric devices, the interference of national and international actors is also blamed for the confu-sions. Every country is trying to push its favorite candidates but the main responsibility is returned to impartiality of IEC. If the IEC stays on a clear position, no power can change fate of Afghan people. The IEC should under-stand that the future of Afghanistan depends on its impartial commitment and performance. Thus, the IEC members should note that the presidential was held with great human and non-human expenses. During the Election Day dozens of innocents civilians were killed or in-timidated but the brave Afghans accepted the serious risks hoping to play a role in construction of their country. The Taliban threatened Afghan civil-ians against voting because the elections would only meet the demands of “a limited number of politicians, resulting in the waste of time, money and resources. Even the presidential candidates had to reconsider the threats im-posed from the Taliban and so some of them stopped campaigning in some provinces while spoke to his supporters via video conferences instead.Unlike the dream of Afghan citizens, the biggest uncertainty of the election comes from the future of the government. The Taliban has been accusing the U.S. presence in Afghanistan as “occupation forces” and defining the Af-ghan government as “puppet government” controlled by Washington. The negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha is underway and it is difficult for the U.S. to decide which is the priority – to support the govern-ment of Afghanistan, or to make peace with the Taliban through key conces-sions, especially through forming an interim government led by the Taliban. Thus, it is still uncertain whether the future government resulted from this election will be able to maintain itself, or might it become a bargaining chip for the U.S. in the negotiation with the Taliban for the decent withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, John Bass, it is of “highest priority” to keep peace in Afghanistan. Not only the U.S. officials but also some of Afghan political leaders have expressed that peace is paramount for the region.

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ASHGABAT - The Days of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) will be held in Ashgabat on Nov. 21-18, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Government.High-level international events will be held as part of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in SPECA. Among them are the forum on trade policy of the SPECA countries, meetings of the working groups of the SPECA on sustainable transport and trade and the SPECA2019- Economic Forum.Following the forum, adoption of the «Ashgabat Initiative» document is planned.

TASHKENT - The project for the reconstruction of the Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Neurology and Stroke shall be launched in cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent, Masato Matsuno, country officer, Division of Central Asia and the Caucasus, JICA told Trend in an interview.As expected, the agency will provide 100$ million to cover loans for both of the construction of facility and supply of medical equipment.«Besides, the project shall include supply of equipment to other medical educational hospitals as well. The project has not yet been officially committed

ISLAMABAD - President Dr Arif Alvi has said that amid prevailing challenges, it is high time to revert to the message of Allama Muhammad Iqbal to find a solution to the ills corroding the society and hindering the progress and prosperity.“Faced with various challenges, let us revert to his message and pledge ourselves to make a deliberate effort by putting aside our differences, exhibiting unity and striving collectively for finding solutions to the ills that corrode

TEHRAN - The redesign of Iran’s heavy water reactor in Arak which makes it unusable for developing a nuclear weapon may be reversed, an Iranian atomic official said as US lawmakers seek to undermine the international work with sanctions.The Arak reactor was partially destroyed as part of the 2015 nuclear deal and is in the process of refurbishment that involves Chinese, Russian and British

CANBERRA, Australia — Wildfires razing Australia’s drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead, several missing and dozens injured, with over 150 homes destroyed, officials said Saturday.Around 1,500 firefighters were battling more than 70 fires across Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, with the most intense in the northeast, where flames were fanned by strong

BUSAN, South Korea — A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped within its walls, The Associated Press has found.The AP, which previously exposed a government cover-up at Brothers Home and a far greater level

HONG KONG - Three members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were arrested for allegedly breaching legislative council regulation earlier this year, Hong Kong police confirmed Saturday.The arrests were made over Friday and Saturday after the police carefully investigated reports of obstruction at a meeting in the Legislative Council Complex on May 11, they told Xinhua.Another four lawmakers have been notified by the police that they would be arrested.The three arrested lawmakers are Raymond Chan, Eddie Chu and Au Nok-hin. The police have charged them with ...(More on P4)...(15)

SANTIAGO - Demonstrators in Chile looted a Roman Catholic church Friday amid weeks of violent unrest triggered by a proposed four-cent subway fare hike that has since evolved into larger dissatisfaction over income inequality.The hooded vandals were spotted by an Associated Press photographer dragging church pews, religious statues and iconography onto the street in the capital city of Santiago and lighting them on fire.In the city›s main square nearby, thousands of demonstrators waved national flags as they continued to clash with riot police.At least 20 people have died since protests began last month.Two female police officers were set on fire Monday when Molotov cocktails were thrown in their direction. Other demonstrators...(More on P4)...(14)

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Saturday that while protests were important in bringing about political reform, life in the country must now be allowed to return to normal.Tens of thousands of people have protested throughout the country for weeks and dozens have been killed in clashes with security forces. Demon-strators are demanding an overhaul of the political system and decrying corruption in a ruling class that has dominated since the U.S.-led over-throw of Saddam Hussein in 2003.“The protests have helped and will help pressure political groups, the government ... to reform and accept change. However, continuing pro-tests must allow for a return to nor-mal life, which will lead to legitimate demands being met”, Abdul Mahdi said in a statement.In a nod to protesters demands, he acknowledged that political parties had made “many mistakes” in the past 16 years.More than 280 people have been killed since the protests began in Baghdad on Oct. 1 and quickly spread to the country’s southern provinces. Security forces continue to use live fire against demonstra-tors, in addition to tear gas canisters and stun grenades fired directly at protesters.Abdul Mahdi, who announced a spate of reforms during the first wave of protests last month, added that new electoral reforms would be an-nounced in the “coming few days”.He said the government and the ju-diciary would continue to investigate all deaths relating to the protests and “pursue all who assault, kidnap, or arrest” outside the law. (Reuters)

In order to implement the documents that are envisaged to be adopted at the above-mentioned events, a corresponding joint work is being carried out with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).SPECA was established in 1998 in accordance with the Tashkent Declaration signed by presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as executive secretaries of UNECE and ESCAP. . (Trend)

by JICA and the Government of Japan. The scope of the project may be changed after review,» country officer stated.Matsuno added that the project is still on the preliminary stage of consideration.Country officer stated that JICA is developing cooperation with Uzbekistan by three pillars: infrastructure development; industrial d i v e r s i fi c a t i o n and governance strengthening; and social sector including agriculture and health.«Based on the consultation with the Government of Uzbekistan, we are considering the future projects not only in power, agriculture and health sector, but also in tourism, legal assistance, education ...(More on P4)...(17)

our society and hinder our march towards progress and prosperity,” the president said in his message to the nation on eve of the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal being observed on Saturday.While paying rich tribute to the great thinker, philosopher and poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal, President Alvi said it was an occasion to recall and pledge for the nation to follow his message of self-awareness and self-esteem. (Pakistan Today)

contractors. The change is meant to greatly reduce the amount of plutonium in the spent fuel from the reactor, which can potentially be harvested and used to produce a nuclear device.According to Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the work may be stopped and the original design of the reactor restored, “if ...(More on P4)...(16)

BERLIN - Germany on Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall that separated East and West Germany, with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanking Eastern European neighbours for enabling a peaceful revolution.The toppling of the wall, which had divided the Communist-ruled East and the capitalist West in Berlin for nearly three decades and became a potent symbol of the Cold War, was followed a year later by the reunification of Germany in 1990.“Together with our friends, we remember with deep gratitude the events 30 years ago,” Steinmeier said during

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Cambodia’s exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived in Malaysia on Saturday, making partial progress in his quest to return to his home country to lead a movement to try to oust long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen.Sam Rainsy arrived in Kuala Lumpur in the afternoon after announcing earlier that he was boarding a plane in Paris, his home in exile, without disclosing his destination.He and fellow members of the banned

Hundreds of Indian Sikhs to Make Historic Pilgrimage to Pakistan

DAMASCUS - In an exclusive interview with RT’s Afshin Rattansi, Syrian President Bashar Assad said it’s hypocrisy for European nations to fear that Ankara will send refugees to Europe, but continue to sponsor terrorism in Syria.The Syrian leader argued that the primary concern for Europe should not be the Syrian refugees which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now threatens to release to Europe, but the “hundreds of thousands” of jihadists Europe allied itself with.

a ceremony at the Bernauer Strasse Berlin Wall Memorial, which was also attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel and heads of state from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.“Without the courage

and the will to freedom of the Poles and Hungarians, the Czechs and Slovaks, the peaceful revolutions in Eastern Europe and Germany’s reunification would not have been possible,” Steinmeier ...(More on P4)...(10)

Cambodia National Rescue Party had publicly declared that they planned to return to their homeland on Saturday, Cambodia’s Independence Day, to end the authoritarian rule of Hun Sen and restore democracy.Hun Sen’s government has vigorously opposed their return and declared they would be arrested immediately if they made it onto Cambodian soil.In what may be a possible turnaround in the Cambodian government’s position, however, its influential ...(More on P4)...(11)

How can you fear those few millions, the majority of them are moderates and they have few terrorists,

winds, Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.A woman who was found unconscious and with serious burns Friday near Glen Innes died in a hospital, he said.Vivian Chaplain, a -69year-old mother of two and grandmother of six, was alone in her house in the small community of Wytaliba when it was engulfed in flames, ...(More on P4)...(13)

of abuse than earlier known, has now found that the facility was part of an orphanage pipeline feeding the demand of private adoption agencies.Relying on government documents obtained from officials, lawmakers or from freedom of information requests, the AP uncovered direct evidence that 19 children were adopted out of Brothers and sent abroad, as well as indirect evidence showing at least 51 ...(More on P4)...(12)

Ukraine, Russian-Backed Rebels Begin Donbass Village Withdrawal

PETRIVSKE, Ukraine - Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels began withdrawing from a village in the disputed Donbass region on Saturday, one of a series of measures that could pave the way for a summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany.Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed fighters in the eastern region has killed more than

13,000 since 2014, with both sides accusing each other of violating a ceasefire that was agreed in the Belarus capital Minsk in 2015.

Relations between Ukraine and Russia collapsed following Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, which prompted

Western sanctions.But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won a landslide election victory in April ...(More on P4)...(9)

ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of Indian Sikhs prepared to make a historic pilgrimage to Pakistan on Saturday, crossing to one of their re-ligion’s holiest sites under a landmark deal between the two countries separat-ed by the 1947 partition of the subcontinent.The shrine to Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak lies in Kartarpur, a small town just four kilometres (two miles) over the Pakistan side of the border where he is believed to have died.In a rare example of coop-eration between the arch-rivals, a secure visa-free

land corridor has been created to allow pilgrims to travel straight to the temple from the Indian side.For up to 30 million Sikhs around the world, the

while you support those terrorists directly in tens of thousands at least and maybe hundreds

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white-domed building is one of their holiest plac-es, which for Indian Sikhs has remained tantalis-ingly close but out-of-reach for decades.At the time of independence from Britain in 1947,

Kartarpur ended up on the western side of the border, while most of the region’s Sikhs remained on the other side.The proximity of the shrine, known in Sikh-ism as a gurdwara, is such that Indian Sikhs can stand at the border and gaze across the di-vide at the building’s four cupolas.Saturday’s opening of the land corridor comes just days ahead of the Guru Nanak’s 550th birthday on No...(More on P4)...(7)

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Afghan Gov’t Sets Condition for Release of Taliban Prisoners

KABUL - Second Vice President Sarwar Danish, on Friday said that Afghan government is ready to release the Taliban prisoners, provided that the group stops violence and starts direct peace talks with the government.“In accordance to Afghanistan law, we are fully prepared for the

release of prisoners but reducing violence, ceasefire and launch of direct talks between Afghan gov-ernment and Taliban are key ac-tions for trust building,” Danish said.Furthermore, Danish rejected claims that Afghan government is not fond of the peace process,

KANDAHAR - A group of Tali-ban assailants stormed a police camp in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, local of-ficials said.According to Mohammad Qasim, deputy police chief of the district, gunmen entered a High Way Police camp on Saturday

NANGARHAR - A series of air-strikes killed 13 militants of ISIS Khurasan group in eastern Nan-garhar and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, the military offi-cials said.The officials further added air-strikes in Achin district of Nan-garhar province killed six mili-tants of the terror group.

Taliban Storm Police Camp in Kandahar

Airstrikes Kill 13 ISIS Militants in Nangarhar and Kunar Province

morning after a Humvee loaded with explosives went off near it.Clashes between assailants and Afghan forces are ongoing inside the camp but there are no reports of casualties yet, Qasim said.The Taliban insurgent group claimed responsibility for the at-tack. (ATN)

Another airstrike in Deh Bala district of Nangarhar killed two militants of the group, the officials added. The military officials also added that the se-curity forces conducted another airstrike in Tsowkey district of Kunar province which killed 5 militants of ISIS Khurasan group. ...(More on P4)...(5)

saying, “Afghan government is committed to a dignified long-term peace.”He also stressed that no one can undermine the legitimacy of Af-ghan government, and the results of 2019 Presidential Election will be announced soon.“Election is a main factor for the

legitimacy of a government, and nobody should challenge it for personal gains,” Danish stressed.This comes as according to sourc-es, Taliban militant group has given a list of 82 prisoners – to be exchanged with two foreign university professors – to the U.S. Special ...(More on P4)...(4)