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KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has underlined the need for surveying the education sector to determine the number of teachers, their ages and qualifications.The solar year 1397 should be the year of a nationwide educa-tion campaign, the president said during a meeting of High

ISLAMABAD - The United States and Paki-stan Monday accused each other of failures in Afghanistan.American President Donald Trump started the accusations first, saying his country had “foolishly” given billions of dollars in aid to Islamabad, which in return allegedly pro-vided safe havens to terrorists fighting in the war-stricken country.“The United States has foolishly given Paki-stan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 year, and they have given us noth-ing but lies & deceit thinking of our leaders as fool. They give safe havens to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No More,” Trump tweeted.The remarks are the latest in a series of warnings hurled by top U.S .of-ficials, including Vice President Mike Pence in recent months.Also, the tweet follows reports that Washington was seriously consid-ering withholding $255 million aid until Islamabad did more to crack-

Human Resource Council at the Presidential Palace here on Monday. Najiba Ayubi, speaking on behalf of civil society or-ganisations at the council meeting, explained the salient fea-tures of a reform plan called the Afghanistan Education Task Force. ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - The rolling out the electronic identity cards has once again been delayed over political disagreements, government sources speaking on condition of anonymity said on Monday, upset-ting Afghans who have waited for years for the start of the process.Previously the ousted governor of Balkh Atta Mo-hammad Noor had expressed his opposition to the nature of the roll-out process. Noor had criti-cized the government for not rolling out e-NIC in terms of the law previously approved.Noor’s disagreement is likely one of the reasons that the roll-out has been delayed, said the source.Legislators Split on the e-NIC rolloutThe rolling out process of e-NIC has also followed major disagreements among the members of Af-ghan parliament since discussions on the process initially got momentum.On Monday over 50 members of the parliament called on the parliament chairman to include president Ashraf Ghani’s legislative decree on the issuance of e-NIC on the agenda of the house for further discussions.This comes a week after Ghani’s second vice pres-ident Mohammad ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - The Political Parties Cooperation Coun-cil (PPCC) renewed its demand for timely par-liamentary elections, asking the government to resolve its internal differences in the national in-terest.The council’s leadership board, headed by Abdur Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, held a meeting on Sunday and discussed some important issues and public concerns.The PPCC once again asked the government to ensure this year’s elections were held as sched-uled and warned any delay or excuses in holding the vote would have no good consequences for the nation. ...(More on P4)...(3)

KABUL - Officials from the Central Bank of Af-ghanistan (CBA) on Monday said that the bank is assessing a plan to print plastic banknotes for the country. Statistics show that annually banknotes to the value of over 3.3 billion ...(More on P4)...(5)

KANDAHAR - Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq respond-ed to recent rumors about his re-moval from the position, saying that he has not been appointed by the government and that the state cannot remove him.He made the remarks in an inter-view with a local radio station in Kandahar.Raziq said the government is a coalition government and that the recent decisions of National Unity Government leaders are not in the country’s interest.“This government has neither appointed me, nor it can remove me. I have been appointed based on the demands of Kandahar people and I will leave based on Kandahar residents’ demands,” Raziq said in the interview.Raziq said the recent decisions by the government have distanced the people from the administra-tion.“This is not an elected govern-ment; it is a coalition govern-ment. Government’s acts are not tolerable,” he said.This comes after Atta Moham-mad Noor, the Balkh governor who was ousted by President Ghani, issued fresh warnings against the government.“You, the minister of interior or you the minister defense, or you, the national security council, or you, the commander in chief; which one of you gave this order to the Corps to set their weap-ons to target our people?” Noor asked. ...(More on P4)...(6)

KABUL - A successful opera-tion by a doctor and his col-leagues in Kabul’s Istiqlal hos-pital has enabled a girl to walk after 15 years. The girl, Fatima, from Dai-kundi province. Her foot was attached to her thigh when she was born and caused her not to be able to walk.The foot was attached to her leg as a result of severe burning. After 15 years, Fatima’s family brought her to Kabul and the doctor successfully performed the operation, now she can walk. According to the doctor, the operation took five hours and he, along with his colleagues, was able to separate her foot from her thigh. According to the surgeon, it was the first operation of its kind being in Afghanistan. “After the surgery, her foot bone was short about by 10cm. It is because her foot was at-tached for 15 years and had not grown as it should have. Through bone surgery, this also can be treated,” Ahmad Shah Wazir, burn and plastic sur-geon in Istiqlal hospital said. Fatima says now she is very happy that she can walk, and she will attend school after re-turning to her home province. “I passed 15 years with numer-ous problems. I was unable to walk and always needed some-one’s help. ...(More on P4)...(7)

down on terrorist groups.Reacting sharply to Trump’s warning, For-eign Minister Khawaja Asif said the U.S. army had used Pakistani land, roads and trains for logistical ...(More on P4)...(9)

E-NIC Hits another Delay over Political

Disagreements

Govt Asked to End Infighting in National Interest

CBA to Assess Plan for Plastic Banknotes

Raziq Says Govt Cannot Remove him from his Post

Surgery Enabled Girl Walk after 15 Years

This Year’s Polls to be Held on Scheduled Date: IEC

US, Pakistan Trade Barbs Over Failures in Afghanistan

Protesting Aibak Truckers Block Kabul-Mazar Highway

1397 Should be Year of Drive to Promote Education: Ghani

KABUL - Assuaging political parties’ concerns, the Independ-ent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday assured this year’s parliamentary and district council elections would be held as scheduled.The IEC also rejected claims about possible delay in holding the long-delayed elections on the announced date in a state-ment.The statement said more discussion on the election topic showed people’s interest in the democratic exercise and their concerns. The commission sought ‘a sincere and professional debate’ on elections as an important and vital topic.The IEC asked people, experts, election watchdogs and public representatives not to doubt the commission’s work, ability and capability as far as the conduct ...(More on P4)...(4)

AIBAK - Hundreds of truckers on Tuesday blocked the Ka-bul-Mazar highway in northern Samangan province to pro-test a hike in the urban service tax.The protestors have kept closed the road at several parts since morning, saying the commissioners appointed by the munici-pality received 300 to 500 afghanis from each trucker every month.But now the money is charged on a daily basis, according to the protestors, numbering around 300.Khan Mohammad, who drives a Kamaz-type truck in Aibak, the capital of Samangan, told Pajhwok ...(More on P4)...(8)

Second Vice-President, Sarwar Danish, ministers of higher education, public health, women affairs, labour and social affairs and education, as well as other senior

officials also talked about civil society’s cooperation to the Ministry of Education.