Afghan officials have reacted angrily to speculation that foreign military contractors could take over training and advising the Afghan armed forces, following

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KABUL - Erik Prince, whose company came to prominence during the war in Iraq, has been lobbying officials about his proposal to privatize parts of U.S. mili-tary operations in Afghanistan for more

Baku - Azerbaijan’s Foreign Min-ister Elmar Mammadyarov re-ceived Ambassador of Afghani-stan to Azerbaijan Mohammad Taqi Khalili upon the termination of his diplomatic tenure, Azerbai-jan’s Foreign Ministry said in a message.Mammadyarov commended the ambassador’s efforts in develop-ment of friendship and coopera-tion between Azerbaijan and Af-ghanistan during his diplomatic mission.Mammadyarov underlined fruit-ful discussions held with Min-ister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani in New York on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General As-sembly.Underlining Azerbaijan’s close cooperation with Afghanistan in the field of security, Minister El-mar Mammadyarov emphasized his confidence that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project will open new transport opportuni-ties for Afghanistan as well.Ambassador ...(More on P4)...(2)

Azerbaijani FM Meets Afghan Envoy Upon Completion of His Diplomatic Tenure

Afghan Government Rejects Proposals to Privatize War

Kabul - The U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, John R. Bass, has announced support to an ad-ditional 10 municipalities in Afghanistan. This brings the total support by the U.S. government to 30 under its Strong Hubs for Afghan Hope and Resilience (SHAHAR) project. SHAHAR works to improve transparency ...(More on P4)...(3)

KABUL - The European Commission has allocat-ed an additional €20 million (about $23 million) in emergency aid to Afghanistan as the humanitar-ian situation has worsened since the beginning of 2018, due in part a severe drought affecting large parts of the country.This brings total EU humanitarian aid for Afghan-istan to €47 million in 2018.“The humanitarian ...(More on P4)...(4)

U.S. Government Announces Additional Support to 10

Municipalities in Afghanistan

EU Ramps up Aid to Assist Drought Victims

than a year.On a recent visit to Kabul, he lobbied several Afghan political figures and gave interviews to media outlets in-cluding Tolo News, Afghanistan’s larg-

est television station, as well as the New York Times, to discuss the plan.President Ashraf Ghani, approaching presidential elections in April, has re-peatedly ...(More on P4)...(1)

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (ICB)

For

Procurement of Plant Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 220-kV Double Circuit Transmission Line Arghandi (Kabul) to Jalalabad

IFB No: NPA/DABS/97/W-2132/ICB

National Procurement Authority (NPA) on behalf of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ("the Employer") invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for Procurement of Plant Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 220-KV Double Circuit Transmission Line Arghandi (Kabul) to Jalalabad (the Works), IFB No: NPA/DABS/97/W-2132/ICB.

Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: Two-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all bidders from eligible countries of the ADB as described in the Bidding Document.

Interested eligible bidders may download bid document in English version from NPA Website: www.npa.gov.af or obtain by email from address: aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af copy to: Zabihulrahman.Rahmani@aop.gov.af, mukhtar.sadat@pmo.dabs.af, director@pmo.dabs.af, or receive by flash memory at the address given below from 08:30 AM to 04:00 PM on any working day from Saturday to Wednesday. On Thursday from 08:30 AM to 03:00 PM. 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

A pre-bid Meeting will be held on 27 October 2018, 10.00 AM (Local Time) at below Address: Place: DABS Headquarter, Commercial Building, 2nd Floor, PMO Office, Da

Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Chaman Houzouri, Kabul, Afghanistan Contact Person: Mr. Hamid Shahryar, Director PMO Electronic mail address: director@pmo.dabs.af Copy to: zabihulrahman.rahmani@aop.gov.af, mukhtar.sadat@pmo.dabs.af,

aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before November 17, 2018 10:00 hours (Kabul local time). 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:

Address: Administrative Office of the President, National Procurement Authority (NPA), Geodesy Building, 1th Floor, Pashtunistan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan Attention: Aziz Ahmad Rodwal, Procurement Specialist Email: aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af Telephone: +93-020-2147557.

Bid Security (USD) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

Valid as per below

USD 1,000,000

28 Days Beyond Bid Validity Period (i.e 238 days since bid opening date)

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (ICB)

For

Procurement of Plant - Design, Supply, and Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 220/110/20 kV Substation (SS) at Jalalabad Shaikh Mesri

IFB No: NPA/DABS/97/W-2138/ICB

National Procurement Authority (NPA) on behalf of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ("the Employer") invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for Procurement of Plant - Design, Supply, and Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 220/110/20 kV Substation (SS) at Jalalabad Shaikh Mesri (the Works), IFB No: NPA/DABS/97/W-2138/ICB. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: Single-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all bidders from eligible countries of the ADB as described in the Bidding Document. Interested eligible bidders may download bid document in English version from NPA Website: www.npa.gov.af or obtain by email from address: Mohammad.javid@aop.gov.af copy to: Zabihulrahman.Rahmani@aop.gov.af, mukhtar.sadat@pmo.dabs.af, director@pmo.dabs.af, or receive by flash memory at the address given below from 08:30 AM to 04:00 PM on any working day from Saturday to Wednesday. On Thursday from 08:30 AM to 03:00 PM. 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

A pre-bid Meeting will be held on 28 October 2018, 10.00 AM (Local Time) at below Address: Place: DABS Headquarter, Commercial Building, 2nd Floor, PMO Office, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Chaman Houzouri, Kabul, Afghanistan Contact Person: Mr. Hamid Shahryar, Director PMO Electronic mail address: director@pmo.dabs.af Copy to: zabihulrahman.rahmani@aop.gov.af, mukhtar.sadat@pmo.dabs.af, Mohammad.javid@aop.gov.af

Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before November 18, 2018 10:00 hours (Kabul local time). 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:

Address: Administrative Office of the President, National Procurement Authority (NPA), Geodesy Building, 1th Floor, Pashtunistan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan Attention: Mohammad Javid Javid, Procurement Specialist Email: Mohammad.javid@aop.gov.af Telephone: +93-020-2147557.

Bid Security (USD) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

Valid as per below

USD 300,000.00 (United States Dollars Three Hundred Thousand only

28 Days Beyond Bid Validity Period (i.e 238 days since bid opening date)