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Swedish Student Stops Deportation of Afghan

Man with Protest Streamed on Facebook

KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said 53 percent of the Afghanistan women aged above 15 years endured physical violence.Ahmad Jan Naim, MoPH planning and policy man-ager, told a press conference here that violence against women was not only a hu-man rights issue, but also a health problem. “Violence damages women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproduc-tive health,” he added.The MoPH has so far regis-tered 22,957 cases of violence against women pertaining to mental, physical problems, sexual assaults, sexual har-assment and forced marriag-es, he said.Naim said 61 percent of women did not seek solution to their problem while 56 percent faced physical and

ISLAMABAD - Polling to elect members of National Assembly the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament and four Provincial Assemblies has come to an end and the process to count votes begins. The polling started at 08:00 am and continued till 06:00 pm without any break. This is for the first time in his-tory that the polling time has been extended by 10 hours.The Prime Minister of Pakistan is elected from the National As-sembly who forms the federal government. It was a public holiday today so that the people could exercise their right to vote conveniently. While polling stations officially

opened for voting at 08:00 am, enthusiastic citizens queued up outside their respective stations as early as 07:00 am.Despite hot and humid weather large number of people cast

Pakistan General Elections:Polling Ends, Counting Begins

53pc of Afghan Women Experience Physical Violence

their votes and turnout of vot-ers was good.To hold a secure election around 350,000 troops were de-ployed across Pakistan to assist the ...(More on P4)...(4)

ISTANBUL - A student used a Facebook Live Stream to prevent the deportation of an Afghan asy-lum seeker on board an Istanbul-bound plane at Gothenburg air-port in Sweden.Elin Ersson refused to sit down until the man was taken off the plane along with her as the other passengers applauded.In her video, Ersson, who on Face-book says she is a student at Goth-enburg University, explained to stewards and passengers why she was taking a stand.“There is a man who is going to get deported to Afghanistan, where he will most likely get killed,” she said in the video. “I’m not going to sit down until this person is off the plane.”After she was asked to sit down or get off by a steward, and to turn off the video, Ersson said: “I don’t want a man’s life to be taken away just because you don’t want to miss your flight. I am doing what I can to save a person’s life.“As long as a person is standing up, and other people stand up, the pilot cannot take off. All I want to do is stop the deportation and then I will comply with the rules here. This is all perfectly legal and I have not committed a crime.”At one point an angry passenger, tried to grab her phone, saying Ersson was “upsetting all the peo-ple” and frightening children.After ...(More on P4)...(8)

Joint Action Plan Finalized at Abu Dhabi Meeting

mental abuse, in most cases at the hands of their spouses.Without providing specific figures, he said a large num-ber of women faced violence during their pregnancy with-out reporting it to any organ-ization.Spozhmai Wardak, deputy women’s affairs minister, who attended the confer-ence, said that despite hav-ing the elimination of vio-lence against women law and anti- harassment law, her ministry alone could not deal with the matter.“In Afghanistan, these laws are not followed as should be and it is because of low budget”, Wardak added.She criticized the ways rights for women were sought and said women needed to be in-formed about their rights in order to get rid of violence and the ...(More on P4)...(7)

KABUL - The spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Qadir Shah said a joint action plan on counter-terrorism, peace and regional cooperation was finalized be-tween the four nations at the meeting. He said this plan will be implemented after being ratified by leaders of the countries.“The meeting focused on fighting terrorism, sup-porting peace talks and regional cooperation. And the joint action plan was approved after much dis-

cussion. It will be implemented once approved by the leaders of the (four) countries,” said Shah.Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar attended the day-long meeting, where the officials agreed that Saudi Arabia and the UAE will put political, religious and economic pressure on Pakistan to help the Afghan peace process.The officials agreed to hold more meeting in fu-ture and that the next round will be held within the next three months. ...(More on P4)...(5)

National security advisors attending a quadrilateral meeting between Afghanistan, United States, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates discussed the details of direct talks with the Taliban and another ceasefire, the national security advisor’s spokesman said on Wednesday.

ISTANBUL - Russian border guards patrolling the Armenian Turkish bor-der have detained five trespassers, the Russian Federal Security Service’s Bor-der Defense Department in Armenia informs.The criminal group attempted to ille-gally cross into Armenia. The five were identified as citizens of Afghanistan.The trespassers have been handed over to the Armenian law-enforcement bodies.Investigation into the details of the in-cident is under way. (Agencies)

BAKU - Turkmenistan supports the resolution of the UN Security Council aimed at further strengthening the ef-forts of the UN member states in in-ternational support to Afghanistan, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement July 25.This touches upon such regional initiatives as the Turkmenistan-Af-ghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, the Afghanistan-Turkmeni-stan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey tran-sit, trade and transport corridor agree-ment, and a project for a railway from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan.

KABUL - The Independent Directo-rate of Local Governance (IDLG) on Wednesday said members of district councils would be granted salaries and other legal privileges.A statement from IDLG said the Na-tional High Council for Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption had decided on giving district council members sala-ries and other benefits.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National High Council for Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, chaired by President Ashraf Ghani, on Wednes-day.IDLG is currently working on a draft law on determining salaries and other

Five Afghan Citizens Detained in an Attempt to Cross Armenian-Turkish Border

District Council Members to Get Salaries, Privileges

Turkmenistan Backs UN Efforts on International Support to Afghanistan

This issue is expected to be considered during the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, which will be held in New York in late September.“Turkmenistan is ready to provide a platform for further discussion of the necessary financial, economic, investment and ...(More on P4)...(9)

perks for the district council members, the statement added.Four consultative meetings regarding the draft law have so far taken place in the four zones of the country, according to the directorate.The law will provide a clarification on issues of provincial, district, village and ...(More on P4)...(6)