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KABUL - A report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction says a program by the Defense Department of the United States has spent $675 million USD to revive the Afghan economy, but it could not provide reli-able data on where the money went.“DOD was unable to provide reliable data showing the extent

KABUL - In a statement from his office on Wednesday, the CEO underlined the need for the complete execution of the accord among Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UN refugee agency.Earlier, Pakistan extended the stay of Afghan refugees for a month. The decision came at a federal cabinet meeting days after the US blamed Pakistan for sheltering some of the fiercest Taliban factions.At a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Kabul on Tuesday, Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Syed Hussain Alami Balkhi briefed participants on the Af-ghans living in Pakistan.The problem had been taken up at bilateral and trilateral meetings, Balkhi said, adding a unanimous agreement had been reached among

to which TFBSO projects created jobs, facilitated foreign direct investments, increased exports, or increased Afghan govern-ment revenues,” the Special Inspector General for Afghani-stan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in the report titled DOD Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO). TFBSO’s purpose was to fund ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - The First Lady Rula Ghani says women are ‘harassed’ in all government and private insti-tutions. She said women have a valuable role to play in decision making in government and that their role must be increased in government.Addressing a session on ‘presenting policy for increasing women’s role in civil services organi-zations’, the first lady said discrimination against women in government and private institutions must be eliminated.“Harassment exists a lot in all government insti-tutions and private companies and as well as in markets and streets,” Rula Ghani said. “This is not an Afghan tradition.”At the same event, Nader Naderi, Head of Inde-pendent Administrative Reforms and Civil Ser-vices Commission, termed discrimination as one of the reasons for the low numbers of women in government institutions. He said they have plans to overcome the problem.“When we walk in the corridors of the (independ-ent reforms and civil services) commission, half of all the doors are ...(More on P4)...(3)

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani officials say the U.S.-led NATO military coalition in Afghanistan has of-fered to import vital supplies through the south-western port of Gwadar, calling it a much shorter and economically viable route into landlocked Afghanistan.The federal minister for maritime affairs, Hasil Bizenjo, says NATO representatives proposed the idea at a recent meeting he convened with local and international business leaders.“They (NATO) are very interested and we are working on it,” Bizenjo told VOA in an interview.The coalition of about 16,000 troops, known as Resolute Support, mostly consists of Americans advising and assisting Afghan forces in their bat-tle against the Taliban and other militant groups.The military mission is dependent on ground lines of communication and air lines of commu-nication, known as GLOC and ALOC, through Pakistan for receiving supplies.Currently, NATO ...(More on P4)...(4)

KABUL - Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday said they visited government departments during recruitment process in order to prevent injustices not to get hired their own people.Their reaction came a day after President Ashraf Ghani address-ing freshly graduated police ca-dets at Kabul Police Academy urged lawmakers not to visit ministries for trying to get ap-pointed their own individuals, saying whoever did this, it should be recorded through cameras and then aired on TV channels.His remarks were criticized by a number of lawmakers. Lawmak-er Obaidullah Barakzai from cen-tral Uruzgan province, dubbed the president remarks as an insult to the Wolesi Jirga. “We are not interested in going to government organizations, un-less we are obliged. An ordinary individual cannot reach out to a government official for months.”Abdul Rauf Inami, a lawmaker from Badakhshan province, said: “No justice is observed in hiring process and ministers are busy playing games inside their of-fices.”Haji Zahir Qadir, a legislator from eastern Nangarhar prov-ince, also called the president’s remarks as an insult to Wolesi Jirga. “The president should have asked his ministers why lawmak-ers visit them? If officials address people’s problems, there will be no need for lawmakers to visit ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - Two senior govern-ment officials and one public rep-resentative have been sentenced from three to five years in jail over corruption and other charg-es, an official said on Wednesday.The convicts included Dayi-ul-Haq Abid, deputy minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs, Abdul Rahman Ahmadzai, a former Is-lamic Affairs head at the ministry and Asif Mohmand, a member of the Balkh provincial council, a re-liable source.The government official, wishing anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the sentences were handed down by the primary court of Anti-Corruption Justice Center in an open trail in Kabul.According to him, Abid and Mohmand, accused of forgery, fraud and misuse of authorities were awarded five years and two months in jail. Ahmadzai was also sentenced to three years in jail for same charges.Only Abdul Rahman Ahmadzai was present at the trial and verdicts for the other two -- Abid and Mohmand -- were issued in absentia.Jam-shed Rasouli, the Attorney Gen-eral’s Office (AGO) spokesman, confirming the trial, said two oth-er MoHRA employees were also under judicial prosecution over similar charges. (Pajhwok)

the three parties. Unfortunately, he noted, Pakistan had not yet put it into practice.He informed the Ministry of Refugees and other relevant ...(More on P4)...(6)

- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah says the issue of refugees should not be politicised and a three-way agreement on the subject implemented in letter and spirit.

Women Are Harassed in all Govt Offices: Rula Ghani

Pakistan Mulls NATO Offer to Ship

Afghan Supplies through Gwadar Port

Ask Your Ministers Why MPs Visit them, Qadir Tells Ghani

2 Hajj Ministry Officials, Public Rep Sentenced to Years in Jail

Ghani Orders Focus on Challenges in Anti-Polio Drives

Abdullah Wants Accord on Refugees Enforced In Letter and Spirit

71 Pardoned Prisoners Released from Herat Jail

US Program to Revive Afghan Economy Fails

KAUBL - President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday called for full eradication of polio, saying all challenges in this regard particularly in remote areas should be identified and focused on.A statement from the Presidential Palace quoted the president as stressing the need for identifying and analyzing problems and challenges in the implementation of anti-polio campaigns.The Ministry of Public Health presented its report on progress and challenges towards implementation of polio program in the country.The full report showed progress in implementa-tion of anti-polio drives in various provinces of Afghanistan and thanked the president for his attention in this regard. The report has also shared suggestions.The president directed relevant authorities particularly the Independent Directorate of Local Governance to take serious and urgent action in coordination with local authorities in ef-fectively implementing and expediting anti-polio efforts.

HERAT CITY - Seventy-one, including five women, have been set free from the central jail in western Herat province after they were pardoned under a presidential decree, an of-ficial said on Wednesday.The Presidential decree pardoning the inmates has been is-sued on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi, said the provincial jail warden, Hamidullah Sadiqi.He said jail terms of another 31 prisoners had been reduced under the presidential decree. Sadiqi asked the released in-mates not to commit any crime hereafter.According to Herat prison’s ...(More on P4)...(5)

A SIGAR report showed the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations program to be inept and beyond the

Defense Department’s capabilities.

Ghani emphasized the entire provincial and capital adminis-trations should use all possibilities and equipment in order to eradicate polio. (Pajhwok)