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Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamayan Kabul Back Page Clear Clear Chance of Rain Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy 32°C 36°C 19°C 24°C 32°C 4°C 12°C 24°C 16°C 33°C 17°C 19°C 10°C 19°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast May 14, 2016 Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6, Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 www.outlookafghanistan.net Officials Ghani to Europe Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6, Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 www.thedailyafghanistan.com Ghani’s Speech Interrupted at London Institute Afghanistan Hospital Bombing Result of Confusion over US Mission Pentagon Gilani Thanks US, Afghan Forces for Son’s Rescue Work Launched on Teacher Township in Khost Karzai to Visit Pakistan: Afghan Envoy Misuse of Government Assets Spark Public Criticism Paktika Customs Revenue Sharply Increases Absorb Refugees, Appreciate Afghanistan’s Problems Relations with US Tense over Haqqani Network KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has urged the global fraternity to appreciate Afghanistan’s limita- tions, asking European countries to evaluate reasons for accepting refugees. He made the remarks at a meet- ing with British Prime Minister David Cameron after the Anti- Corruption Summit in London, the president’s office said on Fri- day. The Afghan peace process, the war on graft and terrorism, as well as the tragedy of refugees figured at Thursday’s meeting, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. PESHAWAR - Pakistan has ac- knowledged its relations with the United States have been strained on the issue of support for the Haqqani network, blamed for attacks in Af- ghanistan. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said US officials, Congress, think-tanks and media had been blaming Pakistan for supporting the Haqqanis. However, the Americans had failed to provide Pakistan with any con- crete evidence to enable it to take more action against the terrorist or- ganisation, Aziz said, hitting out at the Indian lobby in the US for cam- paigning against his country. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the advisor conceded the Taliban’s spring offensive and the latest ter- rorist attack in Kabul had further aggravated the already bleak secu- rity situation in Afghanistan. Islamabad had been urging the US and Afghanistan to give the rec- onciliation process a fair chance and more time, the diplomat said, LONDON - President Ashraf Ghani’s speech was interrupted at a gathering in Royal Unit- ed Services Institute (RUSI) in the United Kingdom after two Afghans blasted him for what they called injustice against the Turk- menistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghani- stan-Pakistan (TUTAP) electricity project. One of the two protesting attendants Ahmad Bahduri called Ghani a “liar” and claimed that he has failed to fulfill promises he made to the Afghan people. “You are a liar, you are lying to the people of Afghanistan, ...(More on P4)...(13) WASHINGTON - The report in- dicates that 15 years into the war and occupation, US troops do not understand why they are fighting in Afghanistan, what the rules of engagement are, and what the overall strategy is. On Monday, the Pentagon is- sued an eye-opening report de- tailing troop confusion about the broader mission in Afghanistan, and a lack of clarity regarding the rules of engagement, in a review following the tragic killing of 42 people when an American AC- 130 Specter Gunship opened fire on a trauma center operated by Doctors Without Borders in the Afghan City of Kunduz. While international analysts called ...(More on P4)...(15) ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gilani says his son was released from Taliban captivity because of the “combined efforts” of U.S. and Afghan forces. “This combined operation was carried out by the American forc- es and the Afghanistan forces. My boy was recovered because of their combined efforts. I want to thank them because Ali Haider has been rescued after three years owing to their hard work.” “Look, good news is very benefi- cial ...(More on P4)...(16) KHOST CITY - A presidential ad- visor on Thursday said the unoty government was committed to re- claiming lands related to teachers’ townships from their illegal occu- pants. Qamaruddin Shinwarai, advisor to President Ashraf Ghani on trib- al affairs, told this at a ceremony marking the launch of construc- tion work on a teacher township in southeastern Khost province for teachers from four districts. He said the unity government over the past one and a half years had retaken land allocated to teacher townships from usurpers in Khost and some other provinces. Shinwarai said the government was serious in recovering usurped lands ...(More on P4)...(20) Sartaj Aziz NYT Suspected Toxic Gas: 100 Nimroz Schoolgirls Fall Ill Afghanistan and Pakistan Agree to Reopen Torkham Border Gate 1,400 Militants Killed in Recent Weeks Pakistan a Duplicitous US Partner in Afghanistan ZARANJ - At least 100 girl students of a school fell un- conscious on Thursday when they entered classrooms and breathed in toxic gas in south- western Nimroz province, the first incident of the kind in the province, officials said. Abdul Hadi Bidar, deputy ed- ucation director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the girl students of the Malalai Middle School in Zarang city, the provincial capital, fell ill when they en- tered classrooms and breathed in a toxic fume. KABUL - The Afghan and Pakistani officials on Friday agreed to reopen the Torkham border following four days of closure that resulted to strand- ing of hundreds of vehicles as well as thousands of people. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Afghan Ambassador to Paki- stan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday. A spokesman for the Paki- ISLAMABAD - Afghan Am- bassador to Pakistan said that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited Af- ghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai to visit Islama- bad. Speaking to IRNA Omar Zakhilwal said the invita- tion has been extended by Pakistani envoy Sayed Abrar Hussain who met with Kar- zai. Responding to a question re- garding agenda of the visit, Zakhilwal said more details about the visit will be an- nounced later. Karzai has accepted the invi- tation ...(More on P4)...(17) KABUL - Residents on Fri- day expressed deep concerns over the misuse of govern- ment assets and vehicles by government employees, terming the approach an act of treason. Critics said that government employees use government vehicles for personal use and they take their families for picnics and recreational ac- tivities in their free time. TOLOnews correspondent from Qaragha Lake in Kabul reports that dozens of gov- ernment employees flocked to the lake on Friday. “These vehicles are supposed ...(More on P4)...(21) SHARANA - The revenue of customs department of southeastern Paktika province has drastically increased during the past four months as compared to the same period last year. Paktika customs direc- tor Syed Saad Maluk told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive inter- view that the Ministry of Finance had set them 160 million afghanis target for last year but had increased the target to 387 million for this year. During the first four months of last year, Maluk said his department’s rev- enue collections stood at 51 million afghanis com- pared to 75 million afs collected during the same period this year. About the reasons behind the surge in revenue, he said: “The main reasons include the establishment of a new customs branch at the Angoor Ada area and the reopening of the Afghanistan-Pakistan bor- der crossing.” He said the closure of smuggling routes and the appointment of skilled personnel also contributed to the increase in revenue. He said only the Angoor Ada customs office col- lected one million afs in revenue during the previ- ous month. “I have prevented middle- men, powerful individuals ...(More on P4)...(24) He said the girls were taken to the Zarang civil hospital by security forces and some were discharged after being treated and others were ad- mitted. Noor Ahmad Shirzad, the public health director, con- firmed the incident and said the girls, aged 7-14 years, were all discharged except six from hospital after treat- ment. Nimroz Governor Moham- mad Sami said an investiga- tion ...(More on P4)...(18) stan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) General Asim Bajwa said the two sides agreed to resume rou- tine border traffic at the Torkham border. Bajwa further added that the two sides also agreed to con- tinue efforts to fight terror- ism and bring lasting peace in the region. The meeting between Zakh- ilwal and Gen. Sharif fol- lowed shortly after tensions ...(More on P4)...(22) Tanks, Armoured Vehicles Deployed as Durand Line Hots up PESHAWAR - Afghani- stan and Pakistan have de- ployed tanks and armoured personnel carriers along their border at Torkham after failure of talks on the fencing dispute, an official said on Friday. Pakistan started fencing some vulnerable points along the Durand Line in an attempt to plug illegal and secret border crossings a move that drew strong re- sistance from Afghan bor- der guards. “As the border gate re- mained shut on Thursday, additional army, Khasadar Force and Frontier Corps personnel were moved to the tense frontier,” a Landikotal-based security officer ...(More on P4)...(23) KABUL - The ministries of defense and interior said Thursday that since the be- ginning of the Persian year, more than 1,400 militants have been killed across the country and that the Tali- ban’s summer offensive is being defeated. According to security of- KABUL - A leading American newspaper on Friday branded Pakistan, which has received $33 billion in aid from Washing- ton, as a duplicitous and dan- gerous partner for the United States and Afghanistan. In an editorial, titled “Time to put the squeeze on Pakistan,” The New York Times also ques- tioned President Barack Oba- ma’s decision on reducing the American force of 10,000 troops to 5,500 by the end of the year. “The truth is, regardless of troop levels, the only hope for long-term peace is negotia- tions with some factions of the Taliban. The key to that is Paki- stan,” the newspaper said. For years, it alleged, Pakistan’s army and intelligence services ficials, the terrorist’s main bases are located in Paki- stan. Ministry spokesmen said the security forces’ Shafaq operation, which is ongo- ing across the country, is one of the security forces’ biggest operations to date. ...(More on P4)...(19) had aided the Taliban and the Haqqani terrorist network. The rebel outfits are relied to promote Pakistani interests in Afghanistan and stop In- dia consolidating its foothold there. Despite conducting a military offensive against the Taliban in its tribal badlands, Pakistan continues to let the Haqqanis operate in relative safety. It also referred to the view that the Pakistan army had helped engineer the integration of the Haqqanis into the Taliban leadership. “Pakistan’s double game has long frustrated American offi- cials, and it has grown worse. There are now efforts in Wash- ington ...(More on P4)...(14) While asking Europe to absorb refugees, Ghani said: “We are trying to create development op- portunities so as to prevent our people leaving their country.” Cameron promised the UK would support Afghanistan’s Military Academy till 2020 and beyond. He also assured the president of continued British cooperation in training Afghan security forces. Until 2020, the prime minis- ter said, the UK would provide Afghan forces $100 million an- nually. The refugee crisis was an important issue for Europe, Cameron concluded. (Pajhwok) explaining that action could be taken against irreconcilable elements if ne- gotiations failed. “We hope to discuss these issues in detail during an up- coming meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group in Islamabad on May 18 and 19,” the foreign policy chief told lawmakers. (Pajhwok)
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Ghani’s Speech Interrupted at
London Institute
Afghanistan Hospital Bombing
Result of Confusion over US Mission
Pentagon
Gilani Thanks US, Afghan
Forces for Son’s Rescue
Work Launched on Teacher
Township in Khost
Karzai to Visit Pakistan:
Afghan Envoy
Misuse of Government Assets Spark
Public Criticism
Paktika Customs Revenue Sharply
Increases
Absorb Refugees, Appreciate Afghanistan’s Problems
Relations with US Tense over Haqqani Network
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has urged the global fraternity to appreciate Afghanistan’s limita-tions, asking European countries to evaluate reasons for accepting refugees.He made the remarks at a meet-ing with British Prime Minister David Cameron after the Anti-Corruption Summit in London, the president’s office said on Fri-day.The Afghan peace process, the war on graft and terrorism, as well as the tragedy of refugees figured at Thursday’s meeting, the Presidential Palace said in a statement.
PESHAWAR - Pakistan has ac-knowledged its relations with the United States have been strained on the issue of support for the Haqqani network, blamed for attacks in Af-ghanistan.Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said US officials, Congress, think-tanks and media had been blaming Pakistan for supporting the Haqqanis.However, the Americans had failed to provide Pakistan with any con-crete evidence to enable it to take more action against the terrorist or-ganisation, Aziz said, hitting out at the Indian lobby in the US for cam-paigning against his country.Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the advisor conceded the Taliban’s
spring offensive and the latest ter-rorist attack in Kabul had further aggravated the already bleak secu-rity situation in Afghanistan.Islamabad had been urging the US and Afghanistan to give the rec-onciliation process a fair chance and more time, the diplomat said,
LONDON - President Ashraf Ghani’s speech was interrupted at a gathering in Royal Unit-ed Services Institute (RUSI) in the United Kingdom after two Afghans blasted him for what they called injustice against the Turk-menistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghani-stan-Pakistan (TUTAP) electricity project.One of the two protesting attendants Ahmad Bahduri called Ghani a “liar” and claimed that he has failed to fulfill promises he made to the Afghan people.“You are a liar, you are lying to the people of Afghanistan, ...(More on P4)...(13)
WASHINGTON - The report in-dicates that 15 years into the war and occupation, US troops do not understand why they are fighting in Afghanistan, what the rules of engagement are, and what the overall strategy is.On Monday, the Pentagon is-sued an eye-opening report de-tailing troop confusion about the broader mission in Afghanistan, and a lack of clarity regarding the rules of engagement, in a review following the tragic killing of 42 people when an American AC-130 Specter Gunship opened fire on a trauma center operated by Doctors Without Borders in the Afghan City of Kunduz.While international analysts called ...(More on P4)...(15)
ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gilani says his son was released from Taliban captivity because of the “combined efforts” of U.S. and Afghan forces.“This combined operation was carried out by the American forc-es and the Afghanistan forces. My boy was recovered because of their combined efforts. I want to thank them because Ali Haider has been rescued after three years owing to their hard work.”“Look, good news is very benefi-cial ...(More on P4)...(16)
KHOST CITY - A presidential ad-visor on Thursday said the unoty government was committed to re-claiming lands related to teachers’ townships from their illegal occu-pants.Qamaruddin Shinwarai, advisor to President Ashraf Ghani on trib-al affairs, told this at a ceremony marking the launch of construc-tion work on a teacher township in southeastern Khost province for teachers from four districts.He said the unity government over the past one and a half years had retaken land allocated to teacher townships from usurpers in Khost and some other provinces. Shinwarai said the government was serious in recovering usurped lands ...(More on P4)...(20)
Sartaj Aziz NYT
Suspected Toxic Gas: 100 Nimroz Schoolgirls Fall Ill
Afghanistan and Pakistan Agree to Reopen Torkham
Border Gate
1,400 Militants Killed in Recent Weeks
Pakistan a Duplicitous US Partner in Afghanistan
ZARANJ - At least 100 girl students of a school fell un-conscious on Thursday when they entered classrooms and breathed in toxic gas in south-western Nimroz province, the first incident of the kind in the province, officials said.Abdul Hadi Bidar, deputy ed-ucation director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the girl students of the Malalai Middle School in Zarang city, the provincial capital, fell ill when they en-tered classrooms and breathed in a toxic fume.
KABUL - The Afghan and Pakistani officials on Friday agreed to reopen the Torkham border following four days of closure that resulted to strand-ing of hundreds of vehicles as well as thousands of people.The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Afghan Ambassador to Paki-stan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday.A spokesman for the Paki-
ISLAMABAD - Afghan Am-bassador to Pakistan said that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited Af-ghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai to visit Islama-bad.Speaking to IRNA Omar Zakhilwal said the invita-tion has been extended by Pakistani envoy Sayed Abrar Hussain who met with Kar-zai.Responding to a question re-garding agenda of the visit, Zakhilwal said more details about the visit will be an-nounced later.Karzai has accepted the invi-tation ...(More on P4)...(17)
KABUL - Residents on Fri-day expressed deep concerns over the misuse of govern-ment assets and vehicles by government employees, terming the approach an act of treason.Critics said that government employees use government vehicles for personal use and they take their families for picnics and recreational ac-tivities in their free time.TOLOnews correspondent from Qaragha Lake in Kabul reports that dozens of gov-ernment employees flocked to the lake on Friday.“These vehicles are supposed ...(More on P4)...(21)
SHARANA - The revenue of customs department of southeastern Paktika province has drastically increased during the past four months as compared to the same period last year.Paktika customs direc-tor Syed Saad Maluk told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive inter-view that the Ministry of Finance had set them 160 million afghanis target for last year but had increased the target to 387 million for this year.During the first four months of last year, Maluk said his department’s rev-enue collections stood at 51 million afghanis com-pared to 75 million afs collected during the same period this year.About the reasons behind the surge in revenue, he said: “The main reasons include the establishment of a new customs branch at the Angoor Ada area and the reopening of the Afghanistan-Pakistan bor-der crossing.”He said the closure of smuggling routes and the appointment of skilled personnel also contributed to the increase in revenue.He said only the Angoor Ada customs office col-lected one million afs in revenue during the previ-ous month.“I have prevented middle-men, powerful individuals ...(More on P4)...(24)
He said the girls were taken to the Zarang civil hospital by security forces and some were discharged after being treated and others were ad-mitted. Noor Ahmad Shirzad, the public health director, con-firmed the incident and said the girls, aged 7-14 years, were all discharged except six from hospital after treat-ment.Nimroz Governor Moham-mad Sami said an investiga-tion ...(More on P4)...(18)
stan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) General Asim Bajwa said the two sides agreed to resume rou-tine border traffic at the Torkham border.Bajwa further added that the two sides also agreed to con-tinue efforts to fight terror-ism and bring lasting peace in the region.The meeting between Zakh-ilwal and Gen. Sharif fol-lowed shortly after tensions ...(More on P4)...(22)
Tanks, Armoured Vehicles Deployed as Durand Line Hots up
PESHAWAR - Afghani-stan and Pakistan have de-ployed tanks and armoured personnel carriers along their border at Torkham after failure of talks on the fencing dispute, an official said on Friday.Pakistan started fencing some vulnerable points along the Durand Line in an attempt to plug illegal and
secret border crossings a move that drew strong re-sistance from Afghan bor-der guards.“As the border gate re-mained shut on Thursday, additional army, Khasadar Force and Frontier Corps personnel were moved to the tense frontier,” a Landikotal-based security officer ...(More on P4)...(23)
KABUL - The ministries of defense and interior said Thursday that since the be-ginning of the Persian year, more than 1,400 militants have been killed across the country and that the Tali-ban’s summer offensive is being defeated.According to security of-
KABUL - A leading American newspaper on Friday branded Pakistan, which has received $33 billion in aid from Washing-ton, as a duplicitous and dan-gerous partner for the United States and Afghanistan.In an editorial, titled “Time to put the squeeze on Pakistan,” The New York Times also ques-tioned President Barack Oba-ma’s decision on reducing the American force of 10,000 troops to 5,500 by the end of the year.“The truth is, regardless of troop levels, the only hope for long-term peace is negotia-tions with some factions of the Taliban. The key to that is Paki-stan,” the newspaper said.For years, it alleged, Pakistan’s army and intelligence services
ficials, the terrorist’s main bases are located in Paki-stan.Ministry spokesmen said the security forces’ Shafaq operation, which is ongo-ing across the country, is one of the security forces’ biggest operations to date....(More on P4)...(19)
had aided the Taliban and the Haqqani terrorist network. The rebel outfits are relied to promote Pakistani interests in Afghanistan and stop In-dia consolidating its foothold there.Despite conducting a military offensive against the Taliban in its tribal badlands, Pakistan continues to let the Haqqanis operate in relative safety. It also referred to the view that the Pakistan army had helped engineer the integration of the Haqqanis into the Taliban leadership.“Pakistan’s double game has long frustrated American offi-cials, and it has grown worse. There are now efforts in Wash-ington ...(More on P4)...(14)
While asking Europe to absorb refugees, Ghani said: “We are trying to create development op-portunities so as to prevent our people leaving their country.”Cameron promised the UK would support Afghanistan’s Military Academy till 2020 and beyond. He also assured the president of continued British cooperation in training Afghan security forces.Until 2020, the prime minis-ter said, the UK would provide Afghan forces $100 million an-nually. The refugee crisis was an important issue for Europe, Cameron concluded. (Pajhwok)
explaining that action could be taken against irreconcilable elements if ne-gotiations failed. “We hope to discuss these issues in detail during an up-coming meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group in Islamabad on May 18 and 19,” the foreign policy chief told lawmakers. (Pajhwok)
