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Reg: No 352 Volume No. 3688 Tuesday September 19, 2017 Sunbla 28, 1396 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 15/-Afs Quote of the Day History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy. George W. Bush www.thedailyafghanistan.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: Sarai Ghazni, District 3, Kabul KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani expressed the views during a meeting with OCA head, Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah, in Ashgabat -- capital of Turkmenistan -- late on Sunday. Ghani travelled to Turkmenistan to attend the inaugural ceremony for Asian Games and meet his Tajik and Turkmen counter- parts. Two hundred Afghan athletes, 30 percent of them females, are taking part in the 10-day contest. The Afghans are participating in 16 of the 21 different disciplines. Afghan athletes won two medals, includ- ing one gold and a silver, in the contest \on Sunday in Ashgabat. A statement from the Presidential Palace said the OCA head thanked President Gha- KABUL - A Wolesi Jirga or lower house member on Monday alleged some ministers-designate had offered government jobs to relatives of lawmakers in return for granting them the vote of confidence. Hameed Tahmasi has been nominated as minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Mohammad Shafiq Gul Agha Sherzai for the ministry of border and tribal affairs and Tariq Shah Bahrami for defense. Abdul Latif Roshan has been named by the president as his NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said at the United Nations on Monday the United States had not changed its plans to withdraw from the Paris climate pact with- out a renegotiation favorable to Washington, with little appetite for such a step in the international community. Trump in June announced his decision to withdraw the Unit- ed States from the Paris climate agreement, saying it would put U.S. industries at a disadvantage, cost U.S. jobs, weaken American national sovereignty and put the country at a permanent disadvan- tage to the other countries of the world. “We made the president’s posi- tion unambiguous, to where the president stands, where the ad- ministration stands on Paris,” Cohn said after the informal breakfast meeting with ministers from about a dozen countries on the sidelines of the annual gather- ing of world leaders at the United Nations. In a ...(More on P4)...(2) ni for his partici- pation in the inau- gural ceremony. Sheikh Fahad Al- Sabah was quot- ed as saying the Games helped im- prove ties among nations and they were ready for any kind of co- operation with developing the sports sector. The president expressed his pleasure over the winning of medals by Afghan athletes and hoped they would bring home more pick for the slot of higher education minister, Faizullah Zaki for ‘labor, social affairs, martyrs and disabled’ and Nargis Ne- han for mines and petroleum. Wais Ahmad Barmak has been nominated to head the minis- try of interior, Shahzad Gul Aryubi the ministry of telecom- munication and information technology and Yama Yari pub- lic works ministry. Mirbat Khan Mangal, a lawmaker from southeastern Paktia province, told today’s session: ...(More on P4)...(1) KABUL - The Afghanistan Chamber of Com- merce and Industries (ACCI) on Monday said a high-ranking delegation of Russian officials will visit Kabul in October to discuss investment op- portunities in the country. According to ACCI, Russia is interested in invest- ing in Afghanistan in the field of infrastructure, construction and power generation. At a recent meeting between ACCI officials and Russian embassy staff in Kabul, Russian officials said they are keen to invest in different sectors in Afghanistan and that a delegation will come from Russia to discuss the issue. ...(More on P4)...(3) KABUL - The construction of the largest private township was inaugurated in capital Kabul on Monday amid rising demand for the accommoda- tion and housing in the city. The construction of the township was inaugu- rated by the minister of urban development and housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi. The ceremony was also attended by several senior government officials including the Kabul mayor Yaqoob Haidari, head of the Chamber of Com- merce Khan Jan Alokozay, parliament members, and some other ...(More on P4)...(4) KABUL - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday said it is in the final stage of setting up a militia unit, in order to help Afghan defense and security forces maintain stability in certain parts of the country. Defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said the militia will be made up of reserve soldiers and officers and they will receive a salary like other forces. According to the MoD, they need to make contin- gency plans to secure areas – especially vulner- able areas that have been cleared of insurgents. This is a problem and often an area is retaken by insurgents as the military does not have the ca- pacity to safeguard these areas. “We will announce at a provincial level that those people who were in the army in the past and want to again serve in the army, they can join the mili- tia,” said Waziri. According to the MoD, the new militia unit will be ...(More on P4)...(7) KABUL - In an interview with Financial Times, published Monday, Abbasi also admitted the limitations of its operations but said it was doing all it could to eliminate terror groups such as the Taliban and Haqqani Network. KABUL - As many as 730,000 un- documented Afghans have been forced by the Iran government to go home since last 12 months, heading to an uncertain future with the war just entered its 16th year in Afghanistan, Iranian offi- cials have said. Iranian officials have stressed that the deportation process of Afghan refugees will continue. “Forced deportation of Afghans from Iran is not a solution and it only warms up smugglers’ mar- ket,” said Sayed Hussain Alem Balkhi, Afghan Minister Refugees and Returnees. “In 2016, 120,000 Afghan refugees have been force- fully deported from Iran,” he add- ed. The high numbers of Afghan de- portees from Iran and high un- employment in Afghanistan lead to concerns that some of young returnees may join the Taliban or other militant groups. Currently, 1.5 million Afghans liv- ing in Iran, according to Ministry of Refugees ...(More on P4)...(5) laurels.Ghani said he planned to allocate special funds and create a four-year plan for the promotion ...(More on P4)...(9) KABUL - Australian Defence Minis- ter Marise Payne would be travelling to Washington this week to discuss her country’s role in the Afghan con- flict, a media report said on Monday. Senator Payne of the Labour would hold talks with senior Trump admin- istration officials, including US Secre- tary of Defense Jim Mattis, during her visit from Monday to Thursday. As well as Afghanistan, the ongoing fight against the Islamic State mili- tants in Iraq and Syria and the North Korean nuclear threat are likely to dominate the agenda. The Turnbull government has not ruled out increasing Australia’s mili- tary commitment to Afghanistan after President Donald Trump unveiled his Pakistan’s new prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the bombers behind a deadly truck bombing in the diplomatic zone of Kabul in May, which killed over 150 people, were likely to have come from Pakistan. As Afghanistan prepares a four-year plan for the development of domestic sports, a delegation of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is expected to visit Kabul to evolve a National Olympic Council (NOC) policy. Russians to Visit Kabul to Assess Investment Prospects Largest Private Township Construction Inaugurated On 1534 Acres of Land in Kabul MoD Almost Ready to Roll out Militia Units At U.N., Trump Adviser Says U.S. Still Leaving Paris Climate Pact Iran Deported 730,000 Undocument- ed Afghans since 12 Months Payne to Discuss Afghanistan with US Officials MP Alleges Deals with Cabinet Picks on Trust Vote new war blueprint in late August. In May, the Australian government made a modest boost of 30 to its mis- sion, bringing the number of total troops in Afghanistan to 300. Senator Payne will also meet US Con- gress members and a leading group of women in Washington DC, who work in the national security arena. She will stop ...(More on P4)...(8) On the truck bombing incident he said: “I don’t know all the details, but it seems three or four people crossed over the bor- der. There was a vehicle which travelled from that area to Ka- bul and was parked in an embassy compound before it blew up,” he said. “We have 250,000 troops fighting there (in the tribal areas along the Durand Line), but we don’t have control of the full area. [Militants] often cross the border from the other side and attack our people. If the Afghan army cannot control them, and US forces cannot control them, what are we supposed to do?,” Abassi said. Abbasi also warned the US that it risks fuelling terrorism in the region and undermining military efforts in Afghanistan if the Trump administration follows through with a threat to downgrade its relationship with ...(More on P4)...(6)
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Reg: No 352 Volume No. 3688 Tuesday September 19, 2017 Sunbla 28, 1396 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 15/-Afs
Quote of the DayHistory is moving,
and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.
George W. Bush
www.thedailyafghanistan.comEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019Add: Sarai Ghazni, District 3, Kabul
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani expressed the views during a meeting with OCA head, Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah, in Ashgabat -- capital of Turkmenistan -- late on Sunday.Ghani travelled to Turkmenistan to attend the inaugural ceremony for Asian Games and meet his Tajik and Turkmen counter-parts.Two hundred Afghan athletes, 30 percent of them females, are taking part in the 10-day contest. The Afghans are participating in 16 of the 21 different disciplines.Afghan athletes won two medals, includ-ing one gold and a silver, in the contest \on Sunday in Ashgabat.A statement from the Presidential Palace said the OCA head thanked President Gha-
KABUL - A Wolesi Jirga or lower house member on Monday alleged some ministers-designate had offered government jobs to relatives of lawmakers in return for granting them the vote of confidence.Hameed Tahmasi has been nominated as minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Mohammad Shafiq Gul Agha Sherzai for the ministry of border and tribal affairs and Tariq Shah Bahrami for defense.Abdul Latif Roshan has been named by the president as his
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said at the United Nations on Monday the United States had not changed its plans to withdraw from the Paris climate pact with-out a renegotiation favorable to Washington, with little appetite for such a step in the international community.Trump in June announced his decision to withdraw the Unit-ed States from the Paris climate agreement, saying it would put U.S. industries at a disadvantage, cost U.S. jobs, weaken American national sovereignty and put the country at a permanent disadvan-tage to the other countries of the world.“We made the president’s posi-tion unambiguous, to where the president stands, where the ad-ministration stands on Paris,” Cohn said after the informal breakfast meeting with ministers from about a dozen countries on the sidelines of the annual gather-ing of world leaders at the United Nations.In a ...(More on P4)...(2)
ni for his partici-pation in the inau-gural ceremony.Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah was quot-ed as saying the Games helped im-prove ties among nations and they were ready for any kind of co-operation with developing the sports sector.The president expressed his pleasure over the winning of medals by Afghan athletes and hoped they would bring home more
pick for the slot of higher education minister, Faizullah Zaki for ‘labor, social affairs, martyrs and disabled’ and Nargis Ne-han for mines and petroleum.Wais Ahmad Barmak has been nominated to head the minis-try of interior, Shahzad Gul Aryubi the ministry of telecom-munication and information technology and Yama Yari pub-lic works ministry.Mirbat Khan Mangal, a lawmaker from southeastern Paktia province, told today’s session: ...(More on P4)...(1)
KABUL - The Afghanistan Chamber of Com-merce and Industries (ACCI) on Monday said a high-ranking delegation of Russian officials will visit Kabul in October to discuss investment op-portunities in the country.According to ACCI, Russia is interested in invest-ing in Afghanistan in the field of infrastructure, construction and power generation. At a recent meeting between ACCI officials and Russian embassy staff in Kabul, Russian officials said they are keen to invest in different sectors in Afghanistan and that a delegation will come from Russia to discuss the issue. ...(More on P4)...(3)
KABUL - The construction of the largest private township was inaugurated in capital Kabul on Monday amid rising demand for the accommoda-tion and housing in the city.The construction of the township was inaugu-rated by the minister of urban development and housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi.The ceremony was also attended by several senior government officials including the Kabul mayor Yaqoob Haidari, head of the Chamber of Com-merce Khan Jan Alokozay, parliament members, and some other ...(More on P4)...(4)
KABUL - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday said it is in the final stage of setting up a militia unit, in order to help Afghan defense and security forces maintain stability in certain parts of the country.Defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said the militia will be made up of reserve soldiers and officers and they will receive a salary like other forces.According to the MoD, they need to make contin-gency plans to secure areas – especially vulner-able areas that have been cleared of insurgents. This is a problem and often an area is retaken by insurgents as the military does not have the ca-pacity to safeguard these areas.“We will announce at a provincial level that those people who were in the army in the past and want to again serve in the army, they can join the mili-tia,” said Waziri. According to the MoD, the new militia unit will be ...(More on P4)...(7)
KABUL - In an interview with Financial Times, published Monday, Abbasi also admitted the limitations of its operations but said it was doing all it could to eliminate terror groups such as the Taliban and Haqqani Network.
KABUL - As many as 730,000 un-documented Afghans have been forced by the Iran government to go home since last 12 months, heading to an uncertain future with the war just entered its 16th year in Afghanistan, Iranian offi-cials have said. Iranian officials have stressed that the deportation process of Afghan refugees will continue.“Forced deportation of Afghans from Iran is not a solution and it only warms up smugglers’ mar-ket,” said Sayed Hussain Alem Balkhi, Afghan Minister Refugees and Returnees. “In 2016, 120,000 Afghan refugees have been force-fully deported from Iran,” he add-ed.The high numbers of Afghan de-portees from Iran and high un-employment in Afghanistan lead to concerns that some of young returnees may join the Taliban or other militant groups.Currently, 1.5 million Afghans liv-ing in Iran, according to Ministry of Refugees ...(More on P4)...(5)
laurels.Ghani said he planned to allocate special funds and create a four-year plan for the promotion ...(More on P4)...(9)
KABUL - Australian Defence Minis-ter Marise Payne would be travelling to Washington this week to discuss her country’s role in the Afghan con-flict, a media report said on Monday.Senator Payne of the Labour would hold talks with senior Trump admin-istration officials, including US Secre-tary of Defense Jim Mattis, during her visit from Monday to Thursday.As well as Afghanistan, the ongoing fight against the Islamic State mili-tants in Iraq and Syria and the North Korean nuclear threat are likely to dominate the agenda.The Turnbull government has not ruled out increasing Australia’s mili-tary commitment to Afghanistan after President Donald Trump unveiled his
Pakistan’s new prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the bombers behind a deadly truck bombing in the diplomatic zone of Kabul in May, which
killed over 150 people, were likely to have come from Pakistan.
As Afghanistan prepares a four-year plan for the development of domestic sports, a delegation of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is expected to visit Kabul to evolve a National Olympic Council (NOC) policy.
Russians to Visit Kabul to Assess Investment Prospects
Largest Private Township Construction Inaugurated On 1534 Acres of Land in Kabul
MoD Almost Ready to Roll out Militia Units
At U.N., TrumpAdviser Says U.S. Still Leaving Paris Climate Pact
Iran Deported 730,000 Undocument-ed Afghans since 12 Months
Abbasi Admits Kabul Truck Bombers ‘Came from Pakistan’
Olympic Council of Asia Delegation to Visit KabulPayne to Discuss Afghanistan with US Officials
MP Alleges Deals with Cabinet Picks
on Trust Vote
new war blueprint in late August.In May, the Australian government made a modest boost of 30 to its mis-sion, bringing the number of total troops in Afghanistan to 300.Senator Payne will also meet US Con-gress members and a leading group of women in Washington DC, who work in the national security arena.She will stop ...(More on P4)...(8)
On the truck bombing incident he said: “I don’t know all the details, but it seems three or four people crossed over the bor-der. There was a vehicle which travelled from that area to Ka-bul and was parked in an embassy compound before it blew up,” he said.“We have 250,000 troops fighting there (in the tribal areas along the Durand Line), but we don’t have control of the full area. [Militants] often cross the border from the other side and attack our people. If the Afghan army cannot control them, and US forces cannot control them, what are we supposed to do?,” Abassi said.Abbasi also warned the US that it risks fuelling terrorism in the region and undermining military efforts in Afghanistan if the Trump administration follows through with a threat to downgrade its relationship with ...(More on P4)...(6)
