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NOVEMBER 04 . 2015 -Aqrab 13, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re PAKISTAN reveals Afghan refugees repatriation plan AT News Report KABUL: Chinese Vice President, Li Yuanchao, has arrived in Kabul on his first ever official visit since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, here Pakistani authorities say they have on Tuesday. a plan to begin a phased repatria- Afghanistan and China signed tion of 1.5 million Afghan refugees three cooperation agreements. within the next two years reports The agreements were signed Voice of America (VOA). during Chinese Vice President Li AT News Report Tariq Hayat who is cited as a Yuanchao s visit to Kabul in the Pakistani spokesman by the news KABUL: Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao and his agency says that the repatriation fields of security, construction and education accompanying delegation called on ex-President Hamid plan is Okayed by all stakehold- Karzai at his office on Tuesday. Hamid Karzai appreci- ers and will go to cabinet for ap- President Ashraf Ghani while proval this week. ated China s support for Afghanistan over the past 13 Hayat has told VOA that the See P2 See P2 proposed plan does not seek ex- tension or settlement of the Af- ghan population in Pakistan be- yond the December 31 deadline. There is no decision to ex- tend their stay. However, we can- not send them overnight and we will be sending them in a phased program, which is likely to take something under two years. But at the end of that period they will all be out of here (Pakistan), he said, adding that the plan ensures Afghan refugees return to country In recent weeks, the world has rent Chief Executive Abdullah Ab- Critics say the arrangement has cre- the agreement reached by the elec- with dignity in an organized turned its focus toward helping dullah agreed to hold such an as- ated uncertainty as supporters of tion teams of the two Afghan lead- manner. Afghanistan deal with increasing sembly. It was a key component of the two leaders have often compet- ers, he said. Mainly composed of Taliban presence violence by the Taliban, a threat the power-sharing deal that keeps ed over appointments and exercis- national and provincial lawmakers, that has even raised the specter of their national unity government in ing authority. On November 1, the the Loya Jirga is defined by the cur- seen as a threat Taliban control over major cities office. The power-sharing agree- upper house of the Afghan parlia- rent Afghan constitution as the high- beyond their current hold over large ment, brokered by U.S. Secretary ment, or Meshrano Jirga, called on est manifestation of the will of the to Kunduz City swaths of the countryside. Scores of State John Kerry, envisaged government leaders to fulfill their Afghan people. Such rarely held as- of Afghan lawmakers and political an amendment to the constitution to pledges by convening the assembly. semblies have historically been the KUNDUZ CITY: Public represen- leaders are pushing Kabul to hold a create the post of executive prime First Deputy Mohammad Alam supreme decision-making bodies in KABUL: The time is not yet ripe tatives and residents of northern AT Monitoring Desk Loya Jirga, or grand tribal assem- minister. This will essentially alter Eizedyar emphasized the need for the country. Another member of the for Islamabad to work for the re- Kunduz province have expressed their deep concern over the con- KABUL: Russian Ambassador to bly, to review the country s polit- Afghanistan s presidential form of holding the Loya Jirga as soon as Meshrano Jirga, Senator Sher Mo- sumption of the Afghan reconcili- ical system by debating constitu- government into a presidential-par- possible. I hope that the kind of hammad Akhundzada, also called on ation process, a top Pakistani dip- tinued presence of Taliban fight- Afghanistan, Alexander Man- ers in areas around the provincial tytskiy talking to the newsmen tional changes that will create the liamentary hybrid and formalize the Loya Jirga outlined in our constitu- the government to move swiftly. lomat says. office of a prime minister. Last year, hasty arrangement by essentially tion will be held to decide on the Afghan leaders should convene a capital. Two months back, the Tal- here in Kabul said that Moscow is Adviser on Foreign Affairs iban overran the strategic city and ready to respond to the Kabul s Afghan President Ashraf Ghani turning the post of chief executive current situation. It will also delib- Loya Jirga as soon as possible to Sartaj Aziz was quoted as telling controlled it for three days. How- request for military help. and his then election rival and cur- officer into that of prime minister. erate about the implementation of find out a solution...P2 journalists in Islamabad on Mon- ever, the security forces launched But the Afghan government day: Right now I don t think the a clearing operation to retake the should make clear that what kind PC OF CURED BUT JOBLESS time is opportune. provincial capital after two weeks of military help it needs, he said. 92 The process of Pakistan-facil- of fighting. Provincial Council He also assured of his coun- itated dialogue between the Afghan (PC) Chairman Amruddin Wali said try s support to help boost the ADDICTS RETURN TO DRUGS government and the Taliban was the presence of Taliban in several already weak economy of Afghan- KABUL: The Afghan government scuttled by the disclosure of Mul- localities on the edge of Kunduz istan. He said that Moscow stands would contact five Indian pharma- lah Omar s death in late July. City posed a serious security by Afghanistan to eliminate Islamic JALALABAD: Intelligence officials have arrested Taliban s shadow The first round of the peace threat. He added people were gen- ceutical companies to purchase governor for Laghman in eastern Nangarhar province, Amin Jan Kuchai, State, known as Daesh, and other high quality medicines from them talks was held in the hill resort of uinely worried about the prevail- terrorist outfits in Afghanistan. along with his two associates, the Governor s House said on Tuesday. Murree near Islamabad. Pakistan ing situation. After being flushed and would struggle to collect and A statement from the governor s house said Kuchai was arrested by Questioning NATO s efficien- cure drug addicts in a specific build- has offered the Afghan government out from Kunduz City, the Tali- cy in Afghanistan, he stated that National Directorate of Security (NDS) officials in Samarkhel area of its help in resuming the process. ban had got shelter in the Gor Tepa, ing in Kabul, the Meshrano Jirga Behsud district. The Taliban s shadow governor arrived in Afghanistan despite 14 years of struggle by the was told on Tuesday. But Kabul has not responded to Hazrat Sultan, Kinm, BozKhan- coalition forces, the country is still one month back to conduct insurgent activities in eastern Laghman the Pakistani suggestion. dari, Asqala and Aqtash areas of Counternarcotics Minister province, the statement said. It said Kuchai was travelling in a truck not secure. Alexander added that Salamat Azimi and Deputy Public For the revival of the peace Khanabad district, wherethey despite decades of war Afghani- along with his two friends named Jan Mohammad and Amir Moham- talks, Aziz said, both sides needed roamed freely, he claimed. He de- Health Minister Najia Tariq testi- mad when security officials stopped them in Samarkhel locality. The stan is not safe yet. He elucidated fied before the Senate after being to be convinced of the usefulness manded a clearing operation in the that Moscow seeking a political detainees, who had confessed to their involvement in subversive activ- of the process and should create areasto deal effectively with the summoned to provide information ities, had been transferred to the provincial NDS office for investiga- remedy to the Syria s continuing to lawmakers about the increasing The production of drugs has the right atmosphere for the dia- threat the insurgents posed to the tion. (Pajhwok) provincial capital. crises. number of drug addicts and pop- declined by 50 percent in the coun- logue. py cultivation in the country. try and the cultivation of poppy Forces advancing to Azimi told the upper house reduced by 19 percent, she said, Taliban hideouts in they had collected 1000 addicts in adding more than 500 drug dealers Conflict leaves 43 schools closed in Shinwari zone Kabul and 10,000 in other prov- have been arrested over the past Helmand inces, but many more remained six months in different parts of JALALABAD: The conflict in He said though schools in oth- flict had affected schools in near- uncollected in Kabul due to a lack Kabul. Shinwari zone of eastern Nangar- er districts of the zone were oper- by districts. The official said 60 The anti-insurgent operation in of space. Najia informed 92 percent of har province has led to the closure ational, but they had been nega- schools had been established for southern Helmand province is suc- She asked the government to treated addicts had returned to the of 43 schools, driving about 20,000 tively impacted. children of the displaced families cessfully continuing as the forces specify Camp Qargha, formerly addiction due to lack of work op- children out of school, an official The education director urged from the Shinwari zone, estimat- are pushing the militants back from Camp Phoenix, a NATO military portunities for them, lawlessness, said on Tuesday.