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www.thedailyafghanistan.com facebook.com/The.Daily.Afghanistan Email: thedailyafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 August 26, 2019 Back Page Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan www.outlookafghanistan.net facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan Email: outlookafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamiyan Kabul Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 16°C 39°C 29°C 16°C 32°C 11°C 20°C 23°C 34°C 25°C 36°C 38°C 29°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast 28°C The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary- general has expressed the organization’s support for the Afghanistan peace process and next month’s presidential election. Taliban’s Planted Landmines Thwarts IDPs Return in Urzgan KABUL - The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) an- nounced Sunday that it has terminated the contracts of its 43 employees. According to a statement re- leased by ACB, the leadership of decided to terminate the contracts of 43 employees of the board in a bid to uplift the KHOST CITY - The Wom- en Affairs Department has organized a women’s handi- craft exhibition in southeast- ern Khost province to find market for their products. Kamila Akbari, women’s rights advocate, said handi- crafts were women’s best source of income. She believed organizing handicraft exhibitions could help explore market for women’s made handicraft MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Inde- pendent Election Commission (IEC) officials say half of the polling stations in northern Balkh province would stay shut on Election Day due to security problems. Mohammad Ayub Bayani, IEC head for Balkh, told Pa- jhwok Afghan News that all preparations had been made for holding the September 28 presidential election in the province. He said the commission had launched a public awareness campaign since last two weeks to encourage people to partici- pate in the election. He said they were trying to ex- tend the awareness campaign to districts besides Mazar-i- Sharif, the provincial capital. However, Bayani said security problem in some areas of the KABUL - Kabul will host the Fifth International Women’s Film Festival - Herat in which 200 films from around the world will be screened in local cinema halls. Thirty-three films from Af- ghanistan will compete in the festival. Forty movies which were nom- inated for Oscar will also be screened in the festival. The movies will be screen in different cinema halls in Kabul, including Kahkashan, Ariana, and the central cinema hall at Kabul University. Moreover, people in Bamiyan, Nangarhar and Herat will also watch the movies on small screens. “The festival will showcase an KABUL - SG Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen made the assurance during a meeting with President Ghani in Saudi Arabia, a state- ment from the Presidential Palace in Kabul said. Both sides discussed terrorism, joint fight against extremism, in- tra-Afghan talks, and transparent conduct of presidential election unequal world, a world which is still not ready for justice and equality,” Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat told reporters at a ceremony in Kabul on Sat- urday. Afghan filmmakers welcomed the move and said it will help improve the film industry in Afghanistan. and establishment of the Islamic University in Afghanistan, the The OIC SG extended his condo- lences over a recent deadly suicide attack inside a wedding hall in Ka- bul and called on the Taliban to re- nounce such kind of violence and arrive at negotiating table with the Afghan government. However, Daesh or Islamic State Kabul to Host Fifth Int’l Film Festival Afghanistan Cricket Board Terminates the Contracts of Its 43 Employees Khost Organizes Women’s Handicraft Exhibition Presidential Poll: Half of Balkh Polling Stations to Stay Shut “Any positive step is for improve- ment of the culture,” said Rokh- shan Bani Etemad, a filmmaker. “We are making meaningful films. It means that we accept meaningful films and keep a little distance from commercial mov- ies,” former head of Afghan Film Latif Ahmadi said. (Tolo news) (IS) had claimed credit for the sui- cide attack that targeted the wed- ding party and the Taliban denied had involvement, denouncing it as brutal. The Presidential Palace said Othai- meen vowed to support the peace efforts and presidential election and calling for all-out cooperation of ...(More on P4)...(6) TIRINKOT - Internally Dis- placed Persons (IDPs) in central Uruzgan province have been afraid and worried of returning to their homes as the Taliban planted landmines in the area. Police chief Col. Mohammad Khetab Khanjari said at least 70 landmines were recovered and defused in Kabutarkhan area of Tirinkot City, the provincial capital so far. He said the militants had plant- ed the mines on roads, bridges, culverts, foot parks, house and mosques during their three- year-control in order to prevent the entry of security forces. However, the security forces had cleared the area from Taliban’s presence two months back but the residents could not go back due to landmines, he added. According to Khanjari, security personnel carried out air-and- ground operation in Khanqa area over the past 72 hours and killed 24 militants. On the other hand, six other re- bels had been killed in artillery strike in eastern part of Tirinkot, he said, assuring that operation against ...(More on P4)...(10) working quality considering the budgetary shortage. The statement further added that the Cricket Board leader and Human Resources De- partment of ACB decided to review the contracts of all em- ployees of the board. Furthermore, the Afghanistan ...(More on P4)...(7) items. Women Affairs Director Shafaie Noorzai said the purpose of the exhibition was to promote women’s handicraft products and im- prove their livelihood. She said the event would en- courage other women to get involved in making handi- crafts to support their fami- lies economically. “The orgnaisation of exhibi- tions ...(More on P4)...(8) province was an obstacle to the cam- paign drive. “There are a total of 315 polling stations in Balkh”, he said. “Unfortunately more than half of our polling stations are currently fully or partially closed or are under high se- OIC Supports Afghan Peace Process, Presidential Poll curity threats, so half of our polling stations would be shut on the Elec- tion Day in Balkh,” he said. Afghan forces have assured they would ensure security in some of these areas ...(More on P4)...(9)

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary-general has expressed the organization’s support for the Afghanistan

peace process and next month’s presidential election.

Taliban’s Planted Landmines Thwarts IDPs Return in Urzgan

KABUL - The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) an-nounced Sunday that it has terminated the contracts of its 43 employees.According to a statement re-leased by ACB, the leadership of decided to terminate the contracts of 43 employees of the board in a bid to uplift the

KHOST CITY - The Wom-en Affairs Department has organized a women’s handi-craft exhibition in southeast-ern Khost province to find market for their products.Kamila Akbari, women’s rights advocate, said handi-crafts were women’s best source of income.She believed organizing handicraft exhibitions could help explore market for women’s made handicraft

MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Inde-pendent Election Commission (IEC) officials say half of the polling stations in northern Balkh province would stay shut on Election Day due to security problems.Mohammad Ayub Bayani, IEC head for Balkh, told Pa-jhwok Afghan News that all preparations had been made for holding the September 28 presidential election in the province.He said the commission had launched a public awareness campaign since last two weeks to encourage people to partici-pate in the election.He said they were trying to ex-tend the awareness campaign to districts besides Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital.However, Bayani said security problem in some areas of the

KABUL - Kabul will host the Fifth International Women’s Film Festival - Herat in which 200 films from around the world will be screened in local cinema halls.Thirty-three films from Af-ghanistan will compete in the festival.Forty movies which were nom-inated for Oscar will also be screened in the festival.The movies will be screen in different cinema halls in Kabul, including Kahkashan, Ariana, and the central cinema hall at Kabul University.Moreover, people in Bamiyan, Nangarhar and Herat will also watch the movies on small screens.“The festival will showcase an

KABUL - SG Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen made the assurance during a meeting with President Ghani in Saudi Arabia, a state-ment from the Presidential Palace in Kabul said.Both sides discussed terrorism, joint fight against extremism, in-tra-Afghan talks, and transparent conduct of presidential election

unequal world, a world which is still not ready for justice and equality,” Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat told reporters at a ceremony in Kabul on Sat-urday. Afghan filmmakers welcomed the move and said it will help improve the film industry in Afghanistan.

and establishment of the Islamic University in Afghanistan, the The OIC SG extended his condo-lences over a recent deadly suicide attack inside a wedding hall in Ka-bul and called on the Taliban to re-nounce such kind of violence and arrive at negotiating table with the Afghan government.However, Daesh or Islamic State

Kabul to Host Fifth Int’l Film Festival

Afghanistan Cricket Board Terminates the Contracts of

Its 43 Employees

Khost Organizes Women’s Handicraft Exhibition

Presidential Poll: Half of Balkh Polling Stations to Stay Shut

“Any positive step is for improve-ment of the culture,” said Rokh-shan Bani Etemad, a filmmaker.“We are making meaningful films. It means that we accept meaningful films and keep a little distance from commercial mov-ies,” former head of Afghan Film Latif Ahmadi said. (Tolo news)

(IS) had claimed credit for the sui-cide attack that targeted the wed-ding party and the Taliban denied had involvement, denouncing it as brutal.The Presidential Palace said Othai-meen vowed to support the peace efforts and presidential election and calling for all-out cooperation of ...(More on P4)...(6)

TIRINKOT - Internally Dis-placed Persons (IDPs) in central Uruzgan province have been afraid and worried of returning to their homes as the Taliban planted landmines in the area.Police chief Col. Mohammad Khetab Khanjari said at least 70 landmines were recovered and defused in Kabutarkhan area of Tirinkot City, the provincial capital so far.He said the militants had plant-ed the mines on roads, bridges, culverts, foot parks, house and mosques during their three-year-control in order to prevent the entry of security forces.However, the security forces had cleared the area from Taliban’s presence two months back but the residents could not go back due to landmines, he added.According to Khanjari, security personnel carried out air-and-ground operation in Khanqa area over the past 72 hours and killed 24 militants.On the other hand, six other re-bels had been killed in artillery strike in eastern part of Tirinkot, he said, assuring that operation against ...(More on P4)...(10)

working quality considering the budgetary shortage.The statement further added that the Cricket Board leader and Human Resources De-partment of ACB decided to review the contracts of all em-ployees of the board.Furthermore, the Afghanistan ...(More on P4)...(7)

items.Women Affairs Director Shafaie Noorzai said the purpose of the exhibition was to promote women’s handicraft products and im-prove their livelihood.She said the event would en-courage other women to get involved in making handi-crafts to support their fami-lies economically.“The orgnaisation of exhibi-tions ...(More on P4)...(8)

province was an obstacle to the cam-paign drive. “There are a total of 315 polling stations in Balkh”, he said.“Unfortunately more than half of our polling stations are currently fully or partially closed or are under high se-

OIC Supports Afghan Peace Process, Presidential Poll

curity threats, so half of our polling stations would be shut on the Elec-tion Day in Balkh,” he said.Afghan forces have assured they would ensure security in some of these areas ...(More on P4)...(9)