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KABUL - Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) has allocated 4.2 million afghanis for its two teams in the budget for the current year, as more than 50 percent of the Afghan popu-lation lives below the poverty line.DAB documents, whose cop-ies have been received by Pa-jhwok Afghan News, indicate the bank’s budget includes 23.8 billion revenue and more than 5.8 billion afs expenses.As part of a proposal from Mohammad Younis Sadat, financial officer of the bank, the budget was sent to the Supreme Council of the bank before its approval by the board directors.A table of the budget shows that four million afs was set aside in 1397 and more than 4.2 million in 1398 for the

Ashgabat - The first batch of gas-gasoline ECO-93, produced at the plant in Ovadandepe in the Ahal prov-ince of the country, arrived at Akina station in Afghanistan, Trend reports with reference to Altyn Asyr TV channel.The first 60 tons of this prod-uct was sent to a neighboring state as humanitarian aid.The train with ECO-93 gaso-

KABUL - Afghan business-men and shopkeepers have lost millions of Afghanis as a result of the Taliban’s com-plex attack in Kabul City yes-terday.The attack claimed by the Tali-ban left more than a hundred people killed and injured.Khan Jan Alokozai, Deputy of Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment on Tuesday said that the attack has destroyed a lot of nearby shops in the capital of the country.He added that insecurities and such attacks discourage Afghan investors to invest in the country.“Unfortunately, the investors are escaping from Afghani-

football and cricket teams of DAB.On the other hand, 250,000 afghanis has been allocated for a kindergarten of DAB in the ongoing year.A credible source told Pajh-wok the budget was spent on purchasing equipment such as jerseys, balls, rent of grounds, salaries of coaches and food for players.

line and convoy were met by the head of the Akina vil-lage Bashir Ahmad Azimi, a representative of the Afghan Foreign Ministry Ghulam Ra-sul Aymak, heads of the cus-toms of the Akina station and representatives of oil and gas and railway structures, reads the message.The plant in Ovadandepe is designed for annual produc-

stan every day and the in-vestment is decreasing day by day,” Alokozai said.The shopkeepers and entre-preneurs who have lost eve-rything in the attack say they are disappointed and will not invest anymore.“$800,000 was invested in

Millions of Afghanis Set Aside for DAB Teams

Turkmenistan Delivers First Batch of Gasoline to Afghanistan

Businessmen Lose Millions of Afghanis in Kabul

The source revealed Moham-mad Younis Sadat was also in charge of sports teams. He claimed Sadat himself had pre-pared the budget for sport teams and spent it in violation of pro-curement principles.“Most of Afghanistan’s citizens cannot afford two square meals but DAB spends 4.2 million af-ghanis on entertainment. Why? Is this ...(More on P4)...(7)

tion of 600,000 tons of gasoline brand ECO-93 from natural gas.The project was implemented under the contract of Turkmen-gas with a consortium of the Jap-anese company Kawasaki and the Turkish Rönesans.Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and other European countries have already placed orders for the party of the product, the com-pany says. (Trend)

the [National Olympic Commit-tee] but it is totally damaged,” said Qasim Ali Hamidi, the Ad-min, and Finance Assistant of the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports.“Each shopkeeper lost his mate-rials. This is not a city to stay in,” said a shopkeeper. (ATN)

Torkham Border to be Kept Open Round the Clock

KABUL - Presidential candi-date and former head of the National Directorate of Secu-rity, Rahmatullah Nabil, on Tuesday, accused President Ashraf Ghani and the First Lady Rula Ghani of using the

national treasury for the elec-tion campaign.Nabil also said that some appointments in key government posts are also done for campaign purposes for the upcoming presidential elections, scheduled for Sep-tember 28. “They appoint an employee and ask him to collect votes,” he said in an address to his supporters in the northern province of Balkh.Nabil, meanwhile, criticized Afghan politicians for attend-ing a conference on peace in Pakistan. He said that Pakistan has been a hostile neighbor to Afghanistan for decades and that there is no justification for the political elites to visit that country. “The chief executive [Abdullah Abdullah], the pres-

KANDAHAR CITY - At least 3,800 men and 750 women have registered to vote in the Sept 28 presidential polls in southern

Ghani Accused of Using Govt Facilities for Election Campaign

3,800 Men, 750 Women Register as Voters in Kandahar

KABUL - Pakistan will operationalise the Torkham Border round the clock with effect from August 2019. An official said on Monday. “Arrangements in this regard were finalised in a meeting of all stakeholders today,” a prime ministerial aide tweeted.In line with the directive of the prime minister, the Torkham Border would be kept open round the clock, Arbab Muhammad Shahzad added. The move seems to be a tangible outcome from President Ashraf Ghani’s recent two-day visit to Pakistan. (Pajhwok)

ident [Ashraf Ghani, the for-mer president [Hamid Karzai], deputies of the chief executive, vice president, and foreign minister, they all share their walls, they do not talk to each other and instead take their ap-

plications to the addresses of others,” said Nabil.Meanwhile, President Ghani’s spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told reporters that the president would not use government facilities for the election cam-paign. “The Afghan govern-ment is committed to holding transparent elections,” Sediqqi said. “Based on the Constitu-tion, the president of Afghani-stan has the authority to ap-point or remove officials.” Other participants of the gath-ering, Massouda Jalal and Gen. Murad Ali Murad, who are on the same ticket with Nabil, said the country is facing a political crisis. “We want to end the crisis with the help of men and women,” said Jalal. (Tolo news)

Kandahar province.The voter registration process ended on Saturday in Kandahar, but insecurity and lack of aware-

Germany and Qatar have extended joint invitations to Afghans who will participate only in their personal capacity and on an equal footing.

The project was implemented under the contract of Turkmengas with a consortium of the Japanese company Kawasaki and the Turkish Rönesans.

Germany, Qatar to Co-Host Intra-Afghan Talks Next Week

KABUL - As part of their efforts to support the peace process in Afghanistan, Germany and Qa-tar will convene an Intra-Afghan Dialogue Conference to be held in Doha on 7 and 8 July, 2019, Germany’s Special Representa-tive for Afghanistan and Paki-stan, Markus Potzel, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Afghanistan stands at a criti-cal moment of opportunity for progress towards peace,” Potzel said, adding that “an essential

component of any process lead-ing to this objective will be a direct engagement between Af-ghans.”“Only Afghans themselves can decide the future of their coun-try. An Intra-Afghan Dialogue can help clarify the options and opportunities of such direct en-gagement,” he added.Germany and Qatar hope that this event will contribute to trust-building among key stakehold-ers, representing a wide spec-

trum of the Afghan people and society, and thus foster peace and stability in Afghanistan and the wider region.Meanwhile, the US Special En-voy Zalmay Khalilzad in a tweet on Monday night thanked Ger-many and Qatar for hosting the July 7-8 intra-Afghan Dialogue Conference and said that this dialogue is an essential element of the four-part peace framework and an important step in advanc-ing the ...(More on P4)...(8)

ness kept most of the people from taking part in the process.Hashim Durrani, head of the provincial Independent Elec-tion Commission (IEC) office in Kandahar, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Af-ghan News said the voter reg-istration process was launched on June 8 and wrapped up on June 30.He said during this period 3,400 men and 750 women reg-istered as voters in Kandahar City and 13 districts.Information about voter reg-istration has not arrived from

four insecure districts (Ghorak, Maroof, Miansheen and Nesh) but 400 people might have reg-istered in these four districts.Employees and documents had been sent to these insecure dis-tricts through air and the out-come would take several days to arrive.About 28 voter registration centers were set up in Kanda-har, including 11 in Kandahar city.The voter registration process was launched to document eli-gible voters who had not regis-tered ...(More on P4)...(9)