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Taliban Delegation Visits China Tribal Elders Struggle for Reopening Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:08 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . JULY 31. 2016 -Asad 10, 1395 HS Taliban delegation visits China AT Monitoring Desk China has been a member of the quadrilateral group for controver- on Friday night. According to the government control or influence as KABUL: A senior member of Tal- sial peace talk’s process of Afghan- statement the security forces re- of May 28, 2016, a decrease from iban group has told Reuters that a istan which had contribution in pelled the attack. Reinforcement the 70.5% reported as of January delegation from the group visited several meeting in Kabul and Is- was immediately rushed to retake 29, 2016. Of the 407 districts with- China last week earlier this month lamabad but never resulted to di- the district from the Taliban. in the 34 provinces, 268 districts to discuss the situation in Afghan- rect talks with leader of Taliban. Khaama Press reported that were under government control or istan. The efforts appeared to break the Special Operations Forces influence, 36 districts (8.8%) with- The source said on condition down definitively when former (commandos), of the Afghan Na- in 15 provinces were under insur- of anonymity that the delegation Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad was led by Sher Mohammad Ab- Akhtar Mansour was killed in a AT News Report district. “Several government ferent parts of the strategically tional Army have been deployed gent control or influence, and 104 to Khanshin to push the Taliban districts (25.6 %) were “at risk.” bas Stanakzai, head of Taliban’s US drone strike in Pakistan. buildings including office of the important district. political office in Qatar. China has long been concerned KABUL: After hours of clashes district chief have fallen to the mil- “Afghan security forces are out of the district. Of the 36 districts under insurgent Provincial officials had earlier control or influence, nine districts “We have good relations with that instability in Afghanistan will with the security forces which itants after hours of fierce clash fighting the Taliban in several parts different countries of the world and spill over into the violence-prone started on Friday night, the Tali- which started last night [Friday],” of Khanshin to clear the district warned the central government that with a population of 524,072 are the district would fall to the Tali- under insurgent control and 27 dis- China is one of them,” the official far western Chinese region of Xin- ban insurgents seized control of said the provincial council mem- from insurgents. Clashes between said. jiang, where hundreds have died in strategically important Khanshin ber.Attaullah Afghan, another Pro- the security forces and the insur- ban if additional troops were not tricts with a population of 1.98 dispatched. million are under insurgent influ- Chinese officials did not im- recent years in unrest blamed by district in the southern province vincial Council member, told me- gents are underway,” he said. The mediately comment on the issue. Beijing on Islamist extremists. of Helmand. Provincial Council dia that a soldier was killed and spokesman also assured of com- It is worth to mention that on ence,” the report said. Member Bashir Ahmad Shaker five others were injured in the clash prehensive operation to defeat the Friday the US Special Inspector Based on the local media re- said that heavy clashes were still for control over the district. How- militants in the district. General for Afghanistan Recon- ports, over 50 (12.3%) of the coun- underway between security forc- ever, he did not provide further Other officials in the district, struction (SIGAR), in its quarter- try’s districts are facing serious es and Taliban militants in the dis- information. Spokesman to the however, refused the reports of the ly report to the Congress, said that threats from militants, with nine trict. He said the district chief’s provincial governor, Omar Zwak, district fall to Taliban. the Taliban has gained five percent out of the government’s control as office had fallen to insurgents. He told Afghanistan Times that fight- The provincial government in more territory this year. of June 28, 2016. Those districts told Afghanistan Times that the ing between the security forces and a statement said that 20 Taliban “USFOR-A reports that ap- include four in Helmand, two in militant group has seized control insurgents started on Friday when insurgents were killed and 15 oth- proximately 65.6% of the coun- Badakhshan, and one each in Ghaz- of government buildings in the the Taliban launched attacks in dif- ers were wounded in an airstrike try’s districts are under Afghan ni, Sar-e Pul, and Zabul provinces. AT Monitoring Desk Up to 50pc reduction in trade KABUL: The National Security 11 die as bus Poyan shraes refugees' Forces on Saturday started a mas- deals between Afghanistan sive military operation in Raghistan plunges into problems with Jhagra district of Badakhshan province in and Pakistan: ACCI order to eliminate insurgents in the Kukcha River area, provincial officials said. AT News Report Taliban insurgents are making all out efforts to turn the district as KABUL: At least 11 passengers their strategic stronghold, local of- died Saturday as a bus plunged into ficial said. the Kukcha River in the north-east- “We launched a large-scale mil- ern province of Badakhshan, pro- itary operation in Raghistan today vincial officials said. “The incident (Saturday), and we have succeed- took place in the area of Khwajah ed to take control of several areas. ferent terrorist and subversive ac- Abdal of Baharak district at 7:00 KABUL : The Afghan consul-gen- steps being taken to ensure the The enemy is fleeing,” provincial tivities in the district. pm Friday night,” said district gov- eral has shared problems of refu- provision of facilities to legal Af- governor Faisal Begzad was quot- Badakhshan is one of the north- ernor Abdul Sami Atiq. He said gees in Pakistan with the Khyber ghan refugees. ed by TOLONews, as saying. ern insecure provinces, where be- that the bus was heading from Ba- Pakhtunkhwa governor. Visas issued by the Afghan However, several provincial side Afghan Taliban, stranger fight- harak to Faizabad city, the pro- A statement from the Afghan consulate and prevention of po- officials, including civil activities ers including Tajik and Chechens vincial capital that suddenly it de- consulate said Dr. Abdullah Wahid lice harassment of refugees also fig- called on the government to main- carry out terrorist activities there. viated and sank in the Kukcha Riv- Poyan met Iqbal Zafar Jhagra at ured at the meeting in Peshawar. tain peace and stability in the areas Dr. Noor Mohammad Kha- There has been an unprecedented hospital in Peshawar said. “This er with all its passengers. “Eleven the governor’s house on Friday. According to another report, once cleared of insurgents. wari, a provincial public health di- reduction in trade deals between is a lot less even for the month of passengers were killed and one oth- Matters of mutual interest, with Afghan school principals in Khy- “Taliban is focusing on rector, said that the presence of Afghanistan and Pakistan since Ramzan when there is a general er injured and their bodies are not particular reference to Afghan ref- ber Pakhtunkhwa complained of Raghistan because it has gold foreign insurgents deprived at least relations between the two coun- drop in the number of patients by yet available,” Atiq added. It is ugees in the northwestern prov- police harassment during a sepa- mines. They extract the mineral to 2,000 children from polio vaccina- tries hit a new low in mid-April about 50 per cent.” said the bus passengers were go- ince and situation in the region, rate meeting with Poyan. He prom- finance their war. They [Taliban] tion in the Raghistan district. this year. Officials in Afghanistan Another doctor in Rahman ing for sightseeing but their fate were discussed. The governor ap- ised taking up the issue with Paki- will vanish and be eliminated if gov- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- Medical Institute (RMI) said the touch with river. prised the consul-general about the stani officials. (Pajhwok) ernment takes control of the mine tries (ACCI) have said the trade number of patients had gone down and the district,” TOLONews 56 insurgents deals have been affected by up to drastically during the last couple quoted Zia-ul-Haq Wasiq, deputy 50% in recent months. of months, especially since the vi- head of Badakhshan provincial killed in A spokesman for ACCI Seya- olent clashes at Torkham. council, as saying. muddin Pasarle has said the main The reduced number of Afghan Tribal elders struggle for A provincial civil society ac- military reason behind an unprecedented patients visiting the city for treat- tivist, Mamoruddin Kofi termed reduction in trade deals and invest- ment has also affected other trades, public uprising as the only solu- operations ments has been the recent political including the sale of medicines reopening schools in Paktika tion to eliminate the Taliban insur- upheavals. while occupancy at guesthouses AT News Report AT News Report gents. He called on government to The remark by the ACCI offi- and the revenues of transport ser- lution. Loya Katawaz tribal elder children go to school. “It is dis- put weight behind local militiaman. KABUL: At least 56 Taliban cial comes as reports emerged ear- vices have also declined. KABUL: Tribal elders have prom- Hajji Dogar said that: “We are graceful if schools remain closed Raghistan is located in west of militants were killed and 35oth- lier this month suggesting that the Tensions between Kabul and ised to fight for the reopening ready to reopen the school for our in historical area of Katawaz and the province and its strategic loca- ers wounded in different crack- medical business in Khyber Pakh- Islamabad increased following a schools in the southeastern prov- children at any cost in the prov- children grow up illiterate,” he tion and mineral wealth has lured downs across the country con- tunkhwa province of Pakistan suf- series of deadly attacks in Afghan- ince of Paktika.
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