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The Root Causes of Their Failures Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:72 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SATURDAY . OCTOBER 10 . 2015 -Mizan 18, 1394 HS Pakistan most dangerous Page 4 country for the world: ex-CIA official Islamic State advances Rabbani calls Page 5 on Aleppo in on Afghans to Syria fighting unite against militants Islamic AT News Report halal KABUL: The Minister of Foreign economy Affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani, said Page 9 that Afghans have been mobilized set to AT News Report he said. While the Afghan army against terrorists. grow, say and police have engaged in tough He added that Afghans would KABUL: The commander of fighting with the enemy and have not allow any country to inter- experts NATO s Resolute Support mis- proven themselves resilient, they fere in Afghanistan s affairs and sion and U.S. forces in Afghani- cannot handle the fight alone at rule their country. stan said that Afghan security forc- this point, Campbell said, adding, The minister has recently es have exhibited good perfor- Ultimately, I m convinced that AT Monitoring Desk NUG is completely another case. paid a visit to Badakhshan, Ta- The Iranian mance against insurgents but still improved leadership and account- During Hamid Karzai s tenure, khar, Kunduz and Baghlan prov- need support. Army Gen. John F. ability will address most of their KABUL: Former National Secu- at least we had a government based inces, to meet with Jihadi leaders general Campbell on Thursday told the deficiencies. But it will take time rity Advisor (NSA), Rangeen on law and elections, Spanta said, and security forces. During his who plotted House Armed Services Commit- for them to build their human cap- Dadfar Spanta, said that the Na- adding that there were constant visit to Baghlan province, he Page 8 tee that the war-hit country was ital. tional Unity Government (NUG) contact and talks between people called on people to unite against out Syrian passing through a critical juncture According to the US De- has wasted one year of its term of Afghanistan and the former terrorists. Rabbani said that peo- assault in and needed assistance of the al- partment of Defense, about the and failed to bring prosperity and President Hamid Karzai. Hinting ple s presence in the frontline of lies. The Afghans welcome the plan, Campbell said, is to contin- give hope to Afghans. It has been at the achievements of the previ- war against militants is commend- Moscow opportunity to share their desti- ue to build the Afghan security one year since formation of the ous government, Spanta said that able. ny, but they still desire, need and forces so they can protect their National Unity Government the constitution has been drafted, He came hard on the elders and deserve our assistance. Working people, and have a stable govern- (NUG). One year is not a long, education sector has improved, lawmakers, who are fanning dif- together, we can be successful, ment that can provide for its peo- but for a country that should healthcare service has expanded ference among various ethnic The key to he said. The general told that Af- ple. The Afghans welcome the come out of security, social and like never before, security forces groups. ghan forces need assistance to be opportunity to share their desti- economic crisis, one year is a long have been established, young peo- In the meantime, residents of solving the strengthened in order to deal with ny, but they still desire, need and period of time, he added. Span- ple had been sent to foreign coun- Baghlan province urged the gov- puzzle of the existing and emerging challeng- deserve our assistance, the gen- ta in an article published in a local tries to pursue higher education, ernment to take all necessary mea- Page 7 es, including the rise of Islamic eral said, adding, Working togeth- newspaper, said: In third world free media has been developed, uni- sures against the militants who are Afghanistan State, also known as Daesh. If er, we can be successful. He not- countries, particularly in Afghan- versities have once again become intended to destroy Afghanistan s we think that this is going to be ed it was envisioned in 2014 the istan it is trend that governments places to get education, people north. is Pakistan cleared up in a couple of years, U.S. would transition to a normal- blame their successors and for- from all walks of life were present The Taliban militants have re- we re fooling ourselves. We have ized embassy presence by Janu- eigners for their incompetence and in the government and so on. He cently mounted their terrorist ac- to position ourselves to ensure ary 2016. But much has changed wrongdoings to free themselves said that during Karzai s adminis- tivities in the northern parts of that we can do everything we can in Afghanistan since that time, from the responsibility of finding tration the government had a for- the country. The insurgent group Dele Alli to mitigate this impact. The way Campbell said. The general, echo- the root causes of their failures. eign policy. Leaders of other coun- recently took control of Kunduz to mitigate the threat is to apply ing what he told a Senate panel He added that to say that the in- tries were considering leaders of city. However, security forces re- deserves pressure with the great men and earlier this week, said he offered cumbent government has inherit- the then government, as represen- captured the city from the mili- women that we have in all of our President Barack Obama several ed some of the outstanding prob- tatives of an equal government. tants after several days of fight- Page 11 his shot with services, and build the countert- options for the U.S. presence in lems from its successor is true, When an issue was against Afghan- ing. Kunduz was the first major errorism capability of Afghanistan Afghanistan in 2016 and beyond. but rapidly deterioration of the istan s interest, Afghan leaders and city to fall to the Taliban in the England, says Afghanistan has extremely...P2 Jamie Redknapp and other countries in the region, situation since formation of the diplomats could even say no ..P2 past 14 years. Afghanistan Motives behind seeks full membership Page 6 insurgency in war stricken Afghanistan of SCO programs, he pointed out that, KABUL: Afghanistan is seeking to ITEC is the flagship program of become a full member of the Shang- the Indian government s capacity hai Cooperation Organisation building efforts not only because (SCO), the organisation s Secretary of its magnitude and wide geo- General has said. According to graphical coverage but also for in- Dmitry Mezentsev, Afghan offi- novative forms of technical co- cials have tabled the request re- operation. These programs have cently. The Afghan authorities generated immense goodwill and The root have recently applied to the presi- substantive cooperation among Editorial P6 dent of the country chairing the the developing countries, he said. SCO requesting for its full mem- By Akhtar M. Nikzad The deputy chief of mission organizes specialized training pro- General Director of Independent cause bership in the Organization. He Embassy of India, Viraj Singh, said grams for Afghan government of- Administration Reform and Civil has said current situation in Af- KABUL: Embassy of India in in the ceremony that India is one ficials on specific request by Af- Services Commission, Farhad ghanistan has a special place on Kabul celebrated the Indian Tech- of the counterpart countries that ghan government. Singh said the Usmani, told Afghanistan Times the SCO s agenda of the day and nical and Economic Cooperation every year offers around 500 slots Indian government conducted that each year India provides Happy issues relating to providing regional (ITCE) Day and offered informa- under the civil ITEC program and short and long term training pro- short term capacity building stability have assumed more sig- tion about India s competence in cover 200 slots under ITEC de- grams for Afghan employees had courses for 500-700 civil employ- with what nificance. Cooperation with Af- field of technical innovation and fense program to Afghanistan. He significant impacts over profes- ees through the ITEC programs. ghanistan must be built not only economical cooperation for re- said that apart from these annual sional knowledge of the partici- He said the capacity building pro- Page 10 I am paid: on combating terrorism or drug traf- gional and inter-regional countries. slots, the government of India also pants. Speaking about the ITEC grams include: accounting, ..P2 ficking but also in the economic, Kareena cultural and humanitarian Kapoor spheres, the SCO official said, Situation in Afghanistan noting that the SCO keeps and develops new system of priorities remains challenging: NATO chief From expansion of cooperation in eco- KABUL: As the United States tary General Jens Stoltenberg said nomic, cultural and humanitarian asked NATO allies on Thursday the defence ministers discussed Nimroz, a spheres. The Shanghai Coopera- for flexibility in its exit plans from the latest developments in Af- Page 2 risky route tion Organization currently has six Afghanistan, the alliance acknowl- ghanistan, including the situation In a separate incident two militants opened fire on a restau- full members -- China, Kazakhstan, edged the situation in the war-torn in northern Kunduz province. rant in the 3rd police district of Kabul city on Thursday evening. to riches in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and country remained challenging. US They also discussed the tragic loss Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, Belarus, AT Monitoring Desk ternoon. No group has claimed Europe India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan Defense Secretary Ash Carter said of lives in the Doctors Without responsibility of the blasts so far.
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