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ISALAMABAD - Pakistan claims having taken neces-sary measures to create a peaceful environment for promoting trade with Af-ghanistan.Minister of State for Parlia-mentary Affairs Ali Muham-mad Khan informed the Sen-ate on Friday Pakistan had recently gifted Afghanistan a modern hospital.The Muhammad Ali Jinnah Hospital in Kabul, complet-ed at a cost of $24 million, was handed over to Afghani-stan as a goodwill gesture, the state minister said.Exports to Afghanistan in

KABUL - Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the in-surgent group’s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces.Mujahid says he gets his team of writers to cross-check facts shared by some of the hard-line Islamist groups fighters, who double as reporters in the 34 provinces across the coun-try. The writers prepare press statements in five languages and gather footage and photo-graphs shot on smartphones.The editor-in-chief then ap-proves final drafts of the reports - highlighting the

2016-17 stood at 1299 mil-lion dollars and rose to 1301

group’s claimed victories in its war aimed at toppling the U.S.-backed Afghan govern-ment - before they are pub-lished by IT specialists based outside the country.While some Afghan journal-

Steps on to Boost Trade with Afghanistan: Pakistan

Taliban Fighters Double as Reporters to Wage Afghan Digital War

million dollars in 2018-19, Khan told the upper house. (Pajhwok)

ists say its accuracy is patchy, and its opponents accuse it of spreading “fake news”, the Tali-ban’s slick media operation has emerged as a key weapon in the information war that often leaves ...(More on P4)...(4)

New Delhi and Beijing have agreed on boosting cooperation with efforts to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan.

India, China to Help Efforts for Peace in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI - The commitment came after Chinese Special En-voy Ambassador Deng Xijun was on a visit to New Delhi, where he met Indian officials to discuss Afghanistan’s current situation. The Chinese diplomat also met Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, according to Ministry of Exter-nal Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar.“Chinese Special Envoy Ambas-sador Deng Xijun today held dis-cussions with Indian officials on

the situation in Afghanistan, in-cluding peace and reconciliation efforts. He also called on Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale,” Kumar wrote on his Twitter handle.“The two sides agreed to consult closely on the evolving situation in Afghanistan and carry for-ward the decision taken by the leadership of the two countries on joint cooperation in Afghani-stan,” read another tweet.In April last year, Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi and Chinese

President Xi Jinping had met in Wuhan.During the meeting, the two leaders agreed to collaborate on Afghanistan’s peace efforts in order to boost mutual trust be-tween New Delhi and Beijing, following the 73-day standoff in Bhutan’s Doklam plateau in 2017, which strained bilateral ties.The US has been leading efforts to pressurise the Taliban to lay down ...(More on P4)...(5)

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Request for Bids Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Afghanistan Name of Project: Modernization of Afghanistan State Owned Banks (MASOB) Contract Title: Procurement of Power Edge M640 and Power Edge M 1000e Blade Chassis for Pashtany Bank) MASOB/AF/G-29 Grant No.: D2830-AF RFB Reference No.: MASOB/AF/G-29 1. The Ministry of Finance has received financing from the World Bank toward the

cost of the Modernization of Afghanistan State Owned Banks (MASOB), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract “Procurement of Power Edge M640 and Power Edge M 1000e Blade Chassis for Pashtany Bank) MASOB/AF/G-29”

2. The Ministry of Finance now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders “Procurement of Power Edge M640 and Power Edge M 1000e Blade Chassis for Pashtany Bank) MASOB/AF/G-29”

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 edition (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Finance Procurement Directorate, Mr. Shafiqullah Eshaqzai, Shafiq_eshaqzai@yahoo.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours 8:00 to 17:00 Kabul Time at the address given below

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 11/Jun/2019 at 2:00 P.M Kabul Time. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 11/Jun/2019 at 2:00 P.M Kabul Time.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of AFN 300,000 (Three hundred thousand).

8. The address (es) referred to above is (are):

Procurement Directorate of Ministry of Finance Contact Name: Mr. Shafiqullah Eshaqzai, Procurement Senior Specialist Address: Procurement Unit, Second Floor, DM Admin Building, Ministry of Finance, Pashtoonistan Watt, Kabul Afghanistan Telephone Number: 0093 (0) 202922492 Facsimile Number: 0093 (0) 798248248 Email Address: Shafiq_eshaqzai@yahoo.com Website: www.mof.gov.af

Invitation for Bids (IFB) Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, (herein after referred as purchaser) now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for Procurement of IT Equipment for Post Services

Contract Package No: MCIT/98/ICB/G-11 Bidding will be conducted

through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in

the Afghanistan procurement law.

A complete set of Bidding Document in English may be obtained by interested

bidders by downloading the same from the website www.mcit.gov.af and NPA

website www.npa.gov.af . In case of problem in downloading from website,

interested bidders may contact to, Mohammad Jon Khan Watt, Ministry of

Communication and IT Procurement Department, 14th Floor,

Telephone: +0093 (0) 202105652

Email: Hussain.adil@mcit.gov.af ,

CC: Khyber.Seddiqi@mcit.gov.af

Bids must be delivered to the address above at or before 10:00 Hrs. (local

time) [June, 11, 2019] Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will

be rejected. Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline of bid

submission at the same place of bid submission, in the presence of the bidder’s

representatives who choose to attend in person.

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security amount (Bank Guarantee) in

USD or an equivalent amount in freely convertible currency {$ 8,740 eight

Thousand, seven hundred forty USD}.