Jalalabad KandaharGhazni Mazar Herat Bamayan Kabul

Back Page

CloudyCloudy Cloudy Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

15°C22°C14°C23°C

-3°C 6°C

18°C 8°C 16°C

4°C 8°C 7°C 2°C 14°C

Daily Outlook Weather Forcast

April 03, 2016

Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6,Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul

Email: outlookafghanistan@gmail.comPhone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019

www.outlookafghanistan.net

US Has not Lost the War, Insists Rula Ghani

WASHINGTON - The unity government led by President Ashraf Ghani is actively pursuing the integration of women in the decision making process, First Lady Rula Ghani has said.Speaking to an audience at the Atlantic Council, a top American think-tank, she said at the cabinet level, a commission for gender policy had been busy looking into the gender units of all ministries.Led by Vice-President Sarwar Danesh, the commission is comprised of representa-tives from several ministries. It was study-ing the gender sensitivity of all rules and policies, she added.The first lady said one important develop-ment in Afghanistan since the new gov-ernment came to power 18 months ago

HERAT CITY - Fifteen kid-napped workers of the Halo Trust were on Saturday res-cued from their captors as a result of an operation in west-ern Herat province, an official said.The deminers and the four

KABUL - The United Nations on Friday called on all parties to the recent EU-Turkey agree-ment on migrants to ensure that all legal safeguards are in place before refugees are re-turned to Turkey.This statement not only came

FAIZABAD - As many as 634 posts in the education depart-ment of northeastern Badakh-shan province have been oc-cupied by acting officials, a probe team has found.The investigative delegation from the Ministry of Educa-tion (MoE) said the education department of Badakhshan was hit hard by mismanage-ment, corruption and admin-istrative disorder.Qais Mahrin, senior advisor to the education minister, who headed the three-member del-egation to Badakhshan, said their visit came in response to the request by provincial council ...(More on P4)...(12)

SHARAN - Hundreds of children of Barmal district in southeastern Paktika province are still attending Pakistani schools across the border, resi-dents said on Saturday.Mirajan Wazir, a resident of the district, told Pajhwok Af-ghan News around 700 stu-dents from Barmal district at-tended Pakistani schools.He said people were send-ing their children to Pakistani schools because the Afghan government was not provid-ing education facilities to them.Wazir said local officials, who visited Barmal district last year, ...(More on P4)...(14)

KABUL - Different kinds of Afghan handicrafts have been put on display at a cultural exhibition involving 60 coun-tries in Medina city of Saudi Arabia.The five-day cultural expo organized at the Islamic Uni-versity is being participated by students from 60 countries.The students have put on display their country’s cul-tural objects at the exhibition, Afghan students’ association chairman, Sheikh Wazir Gul, told Pajhwok Afghan News.Up to 160 Afghan students were taking part in the expo, he said, adding Afghan diplo-mats had also been invited to the show.“We have displayed Afghan cloths, foods and clay pots,” an ...(More on P4)...(13)

KABUL - A 400 MW gas-fired plant being built in Turkmeni-stan will export electricity to energy-starved Afghanistan, according to a report on the Power Engineering Interna-tional (PEI) website.In line with an agreement with the Turkmen government, Afghanistan would import power from the plant once it was completed, the report said, calling the accord aimed at pushing the reconstruction of the war-torn country.The power export to Afghani-stan ...(More on P4)...(11)

Social Media Users Warned for Forging Decrees Issued by Ghani

Abducted Halo Trust Deminers Freed in Herat

UNHCR Warns Against Refugee Returns to Turkey,

Calls on EU Support

Graft, Nepotism Hit Badakhshan Education Dept. Hard

Hundreds of Paktika Children

Still Attend Pakistani Schools

Afghan Handicrafts

on Display in Saudi Arabia

Pakistan, Afghanistan Call for Joint Efforts to Fight Terrorism

Afghanistan to Import Power from Turkmen

Gas Plant

vehicles they were travelling in were seized by unidentified gunmen in Shabsh area of Ka-histan district on Friday even-ing.They were released on Satur-day evening as a result of an ...(More on P4)...(7)

amid rapidly deteriorating conditions in Greece but also just days before Turkey is due to begin taking back illegal mi-grants from Greece. Under the deal, Turkey starts taking back migrants on Monday, accord-ing to the ...(More on P4)...(8)

KABUL - The ARG (Presiden-tial Palace) has issued a state-ment warning the users of social media not to forge the decrees issued by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.According to the statement issued by the Office of the President, some social media users are misusing the mod-ern ...(More on P4)...(9)

KABUL - A National Day Reception was held in Pakistan Embassy, Kabul, on Friday. A large number of Afghan dignitaries includ-ing Ministers, Members of Parliament, busi-

isted in the West, particularly in the West-ern media.Rula contested the myth that the United States had lost the war in Afghanistan. “Wasn’t the peaceful succession from Presi-dent Karzai to President Ghani the sign of political maturity?” she asked.The first lady said it would be inaccurate to say the unity government was not working efficiently. “Repeated half-truths take a life of their own…and suddenly become con-ventional wisdom,” she observed.The government had made progress on re-ducing corruption, she claimed, cautioning: “It takes time to clean up years of neglect and absence of management. It takes even more time to build up solid foundations on which to build reforms.” (Pajhwok)

Jalalabad KandaharGhazni Mazar Herat Bamayan Kabul

Back Page

Cloudy Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

Chanceof Rain

15°C28°C16°C26°C

1°C 9°C

17°C 7°C 21°C

9°C 10°C 16°C 7°C 16°C

Daily Outlook Weather Forcast

March 31, 2016

Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6,Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul

Email: outlookafghanistan@gmail.comPhone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019

www.outlookafghanistan.net

120 Paktia Policemen Serving as Bodyguards of Public Reps

GARDEZ - Dozens of police person-nel are serving as security guards for parliamentarians and provincial council members instead of main-taining public order in southeastern Paktia province, public representa-tives said on Wednesday.Abdul Rauf Zadran, the provincial council chairman, told Pajhwok Af-ghan News that more than a hun-dred policemen had been assigned to serve as bodyguards of lawmak-ers. The practice has been ongoing for years, he claimed.As a result, Zadran complained, the security situation had nosedived in several areas, causing the police force multiple problems in perform-

KABUL - An eight-year-old Baghlan girl was allegedly married off to a man after her sister, his fiancé, ran off with another man.The child was married off in Baad – a traditional way of set-tling disputes – after her sister allegedly ditched her fiancé for another man.The decision to give the girl to the man was reportedly taken by tribal elders in Nahrin dis-trict of Baghlan province – but neither the girl nor her family are happy about the decision.Documents in TOLOnews’ possession show that tribal el-ders in Nahrin district ordered the girl to marry the man in place of her sister.Meanwhile child rights activ-

KABUL - A prominent Tali-ban commander and mem-ber of the group’s leadership council ‘Rahbari Shura’ Mul-lah Abdul Qayoum Zakir has ended rifts with Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor.An online statement pub-lished by Taliban on Wednes-day states that Mullah Zakir pledges allegiance to the new leader.The statement dated today carries Mullah Abdul Qay-oum Zakir’s name at the bot-tom.When the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar was con-firmed in late July last year, a group of Taliban command-ers announced Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as their next leader but some others including Mullah Zakir op-posed the appointment.Mullah Abdul Qayoum Zakir once headed Taliban’s mili-tary commission but stepped down due to differences with Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor. (KP)

100 Militants Eliminated in Week-Long Herat Operation

Eight-Year-Old Married off to Settle Dispute

Mullah Zakir Ends Rifts with Mullah Akhtar

Mansoor

ists in Baghlan province said the girl’s father is calling for her return.“One month ago when an en-gaged girl escaped with anoth-er man, those who call them-selves ...(More on P4)...(9)

HERAT CITY - A hundred militants have been killed and 110 others wounded during an operation in the Shindand district of western Herat province, local officials claimed on Wednesday.The first phase of the op-eration -- codenamed ‘Azm’ -- ended Tuesday night af-ter a week of its launch, the governor’s spokesman, Jilani Farhad, told Pajhwok Af-ghan News.He said the district was cur-rently under the control of security forces. The second phase of the operation would completely clear the district of the insurgents, he hoped.At least 100 militants, includ-

ing several commanders, were killed and 110 oth-ers injured during the first phase.Two Taliban com-manders were detained, 20 vehicles, 31 motorcycles and some military equipment of rebels were destroyed.Governor Mohammad Asif

ing its day-to-day duties.He went on to seek an immediate end to the practice, urging par-liament and provincial council members to keep as many security guards as permissible under the law and avoid encumbering the police force.Under an Interior Ministry regula-tion, a public representative is al-lowed to have only two policemen as bodyguards. But many of them tend to keep larger numbers of se-curity guards.A provincial council member, BehramZoy, said: “The number of security personnel in remote ar-eas has been inadequate on the one

Awareness Drive on Illegal Immigration Risks

Kicks off in Bamyan15 Militants Killed, 16

Wounded in Latest Clearance

Operations

MoD

Nangarhar Marks 100 Years of Afghan-German Relations

Alawuddin Girls Orphanage Gets Techno Boost

1,000 Rally for New Ghazni Mayor, Closing Busy Highway

Conditions Deteriorate for Trapped Migrants

Nangarhar Plans

toEstablish Diplomatic Enclave

KABUL - Conditions for migrants, including Af-ghans, stuck at the Greece border with Macedonia are rapidly deteriorating and where there was once hope, there is now despair.According to TOLOnews journalist, Parwiz Sha-mal, who is reporting from the area, thousands of migrants are stranded at the border and conditions worsen by the day.Living in tents in a cold, windy and inhospitable environment, these ...(More on P4)...(12)

KABUL - At least 15 anti-govern-ment armed militants were killed and 16 others were wounded in the latest clearance operations conduct-ed by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in the past 24 hours.The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the militants were killed in the west-ern Herat province and southeast-ern Ghazni province.At least 12 of the militants were killed in Shindand district of Herat, according to an operational update by the Ministry of Defense (MoD).The source further added that 16 militants were also wounded during the same operation and 3 vehicles and 2 motorcylces were destroyed.At least 3 militants were killed in a separate operation in Geru district of Ghazni province, MoD said, adding that the artillery units were support-ing the Afghan security forces dur-ing the clearance operations.The anti-government armed mili-tant groups including the Taliban group have not commented regard-ing the reports so far.The Afghan forces have stepped up counter-terrorism operations as the Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant amid concerns that the group will pursue violence during the summer which would follow despite ongoing efforts to revive rec-onciliation talks. (KP)

BAMYAN CITY - An aware-ness campaign informing peo-ple about the dangers of illegal immigration was launched in central Bamyan province on Wednesday.Ten percent of the Afghan mi-grants travelling to Europe are residents of Bamyan province. Around 250,000 Afghans have left for Europe in search of asy-lum during the past year.Major reasons for Afghans leav-ing their country include in-security, widespread poverty, joblessness, political instability

KABUL - Local officials in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednes-day marked 100 years of Afghan-German relations and said that both countries have continued their friendship over the years with rela-

KABUL - Alawuddin Girls Or-phanage in Kabul has been able to move into the era of modern tech-nology – all thanks to Roshan.On Wednesday, representatives of Roshan officially handed over and inaugurated a new computer room at the orphanage which will enable the girls access technology.

GHAZNI CITY - A large number of residents rallied in southern Ghazni City on Wednesday in support of the new mayor, closing the busy Kanda-har-Kabul highway.Nasir Ahmad Lalizai was appointed as Ghazni mayor some two weeks back, but his appointment has drawn instant opposition from some residents. There have been calls for his removal.Over the past six days, agitators have been on hunger strike, setting up a protest camp in front of the mu-nicipality office in Ghazni City -- the provincial capital.On Wednesday morning, nearly 1,000 people took to the streets in a

JALALABAD - Efforts have been intensified to establish a diplomatic enclave near the governor’s house in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nan-garhar province, to house for-eign missions, an official said on Wednesday.Nangarhar foreign affairs di-rector Hifzullah Ihsaqzai told a gathering celebrating hundred years of Afghanistan-Germany friendship here that the diplo-matic enclave would result into many facilities.A photo exhibition showcasing pictures of projects jointly exe-cuted by Afghanistan and Ger-many and in cooperation with each other was also opened at the gathering.“We want to establish the diplomatic area near the gov-ernor’s house. In this area, the consulates of Iran, Paki-stan and India will be housed besides other foreigners,” Ishaqzai said.He said it was possible Germa-ny, France, Turkey and China and other countries open their consulates in Jalalabad.He said the foreign missions would enhance their countries’ relations with the people of Nangarhar in areas of trade, education and others.Nangarhar governor’s spokes-man, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the diplomatic enclave project would be launched this solar year.“The current foreign missions in Nangarhar are housed in crowded areas and the estab-lishment of the diplomatic area would facilitate local resi-dents,” he said.Speaking at the gathering ...(More on P4)...(16)

tions improving along the way.At a ceremony to mark the event, of-ficials displayed old photographs of Afghanistan and Germany’s friend-ship. Local officials, civil society ac-tivists and ...(More on P4)...(13)

Roshan, a leading communications provider in Afghanistan, furnished and equipped a classroom at the orphanage and donated 16 com-puters for the girls to use.Speaking at the inauguration cere-mony, Roshan’s CEO Karim Khoja said: “Roshan’s mission is to be more than ...(More on P4)...(14)

show of support for the mayor. “Lal-izai is a victim of ethnic prejudice,” one demonstrator alleged.Mir Ahrar told Pajhwok Afghan News they were supportive of the new mayor. The highway link-ing Kandahar with Kabul has been blocked for several hours now in Pa-khtunabad area.Another protestor, Mohammad Ka-bir, explained they did not want to inconvenience the people. The only objective behind the road closure was to defend the mayor, he added.On the other hand, passenger Noor Rahman said: “I wanted to travel to Kandahar and reached here at 8am, but they have ...(More on P4)...(15)

and the government’s failure to address people’s problems.Refugee and Repatriation Direc-tor Azizullah Aminyar voiced grave concern over large num-bers of Bamyan residents opting

for illegal immigration. He said 10 percent of the immigrants were residents of the province.Poverty and joblessness were the main reasons for illegal im-migration, ...(More on P4)...(11)

hand and the policemen deployed there have been assigned public representatives on the other…”While asking how the far-flung areas could be secured in such cir-cumstances, he said the 15-member provincial council had debated the issue several times, but there had been no positive outcome.Asadullah Sherzad, commander of the 303rdSpinghar Zone, confirmed several policemen were serving as bodyguards of provincial council members.“This exercise was initiated long ago. I’m reviewing the issue and will soon call the policemen back to their ...(More on P4)...(8)

Rahimi had travelled to the district for assessing the se-curity situation there, his spokesman added.He did not provide infor-mation about Afghan forc-es’ casualties, but a number of security personnel are said to have been killed or

wounded during the offen-sive.The Taliban confirmed clashes in Shindand in a statement on their website, saying they destroyed a military tank on Tuesday. However, the group did not comment on casualties.A resident of the area, Na-sir Ahmad, said: “Fighting between the Taliban and se-curity forces has been ongo-ing since last Saturday. The situation is better today and shopkeepers have opened their shops.”Aziz Ahmad, another shop-keeper, said Afghan forces were fighting against Mul-lah ...(More on P4)...(10)

had been the greater participation of women in public affairs.She spoke about the progress and achievements, particularly on wom-en’s rights and debunked some of the myths about Afghanistan that ex-

ness community and members of diplomatic corps attended the Reception. Afghanistan Foreign Minister, SalahuddinRabbani, was the chief guest at ...(More on P4)...(10)