NDS Prevents Suicide Bombing in Laghman
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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:153 Price: Afs.15 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . JANUARY 01. 2016 -Jadi 11, 1394 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime NDS prevents suicide bombing in Laghman The National Directorate of Secu- NDS has confiscated the rity (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelli- suicide vest Ihsanullah had gence agency has prevented a sui- with him at the time of the cide bombing in the capital of east- raid in Chehalmati village. ern Laghman province. Meanwhile, six insurgents have been killed in joint secu- rity operation conducted by Afghan commandoes and po- lice in Alingar District. Sarha- di Zwak, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman KABUL: Pakistan’s Foreign province said the operation Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz started in Salingar, Haidar has asked Afghan Taliban to 3 cotton stores, 2 vehicles Ghar and Qasaba areas early shun violence ahead of talks on Wednesday morning and with the government in Kabul continued till late evening in to make the peace process a gutted in Nangarhar which five militants have been success. JALALABAD: Some cotton stores, two vehicles and other tools were A statement released by NDS killed and another wounded. Aziz told reporter on destroyed in a blaze in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar prov- on Thursday states that Ihasanul- Zwak added that one of Wednesday senior officials ince, on Thursday, an official said. The fire erupted at Matin Market in lah S/O Zabihullah was assigned the militants killed was a se- from Pakistan, Afghanistan, the 4th municipality district at around 10:00am, said the governor’s by the militant commander Samar- nior commander of the group. the United States and China spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani. Seven shops and two vehicles were qand to carry out attack in a crowd- Governor’s spokesperson would meet in Islamabad in the ed area of Mehtarlam city but he identified the militant com- first half of next month to re- gutted. Khogyani added the fire, caused by a gas cylinder, spread to vive the reconciliation dialogue cotton stores that were reduced ashes. The losses are still being worked was arrested before he could reach mander killed as Mohammad between Kabul and the Tali- out. Governor Salim Khan Kunduzi expressed concerns over the inci- to his target. Nasir alias Abdul Rahman. ban Earlier, Javed Faisal, dep- dent, tasking the emergency response committee to reach the site imme- uty spokesman for the Chief diately and provide necessary help to shopkeepers. Obaidullah, one of Executive Office, told Pajh- the affected shopkeeper, said he had lost three stores of cotton account- 25 DAESH MILITANTS KILLED IN wok Afghan News the quadri- ing for 2.5 million rupees. He had no idea what caused the blaze. lateral meeting would be held NANGARHAR AIR STRIKES in Kabul. Aziz said the Afghan government wanted the recon- At least 25 militants belonging to Nangarhar has become the ciliation process to begin and Pakistan says no option but to extend stay of Afghan refugees the Islamic State (IS) or Daesh hot spot of the militant group violence to cease. Violence in PESHAWAR: The Pakistan gov- of sending back the refugees forcibly. He said Kabul had constantly been pressing Islamabad to let the group have been killed and 31 oth- in eastern part of the country Afghanistan has spiked since ernment, despite having serious refugees live in Pakistan. ers wounded in two air strikes in where it has also established the security forces took full reservations on the issue, says it Nisar praised intelligence agencies for preempting several terrorist attacks through better coordination. A eastern Nangarhar province. prisons. responsibility from Nato af- has no option but to extend the proposed Joint Intelligence Directorate (JID) will start functioning by the end of June 2016. According to a statement re- Only in Achin District, the ter their combat mission end- leased by the Ministry of Defense group runs eight captivities ed last December. The advisor stay of Afghan refugees in the coun- try. (MoD) on Thursday, the precise where they possibly keep the expressed deep concerns over strikes were carried out in past 24 around 300 villagers detained the growth of Islamic State (IS) Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the Senate on hours based on the coordinates of in the course of two months. insurgency in Afghanistan and Afghan National Army’s 201st Si- termed its existence a threat Wednesday thedeadline for the re- patriation of Afghan refugees ex- lab Corps. for Pakistan. Representatives The press release further from the four countries who pired Thursday (today). But it was not possible for the states that two gatherings of Daesh met in Islamabad on the side- belonging to the group’s command- line of Heart of Asia- Istanbul government to simply “throw out” Process Conference had agreed the three million people, the min- ers Abdul Khaliq and Sayed Ama- to re-launch the peace pro- ister said while briefing the upper rati were targeted in these attacks cess. Pakistan had also prom- house on the progress made on the in Qala-e-Shikhan area of Deh Bala ised to act against elements National Action Plan (NAP). District leaving 25 killed and 31 refusing to shun violence. The Interior Ministry as well others wounded. The first round of talks as the governments of Khyber Pa- “Sayed Amarti is believed to between the government and khtunkhwa and Balochistan have be among those killed,” the state- the Taliban was held in July. “serious reservations” about ex- ment adds. But the process collapsed af- tending the stay of Afghan refu- Several different types of ter the news of the death of gees. heavy and light weapons of Daesh Taliban's supreme leader Mul- But the Ministry of States and were also destroyed during the air lah Omar was broke. (Pajhwok) Frontier Regions opposes the idea strikes. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . JANUARY 01, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 Thierry Vircoulon E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 103: The Ministers can participate in the sessions of either House of the National Assembly. Either House of the National Assembly can demand the Regardless of what the inter- is very difficult. Anicet Dologuele, the former islative elections run the risk of participation of the Ministers in its session. national actors say in Bangui, The fifth problem is the lack prime minister and presidential marking the return of the dis- the elections will not be the end of civic education. Because of candidate, the exclusion of credited political establishment of the political transition in the a tight schedule and funding, Bozize from the electoral race with the danger of rapid disen- Central African Republic. Ini- no civic education campaign does not mean the exclusion of chantment - unless these poli- tially planned for December 27, was organised. Nobody ex- his party. ticians learn from their mistakes Editorial the legislative and presidential plained to voters - a consider- Despite these improve- and re-invent themselves. elections are taking place on able number of whom are illit- ments, the management of the The new government will December 30 with a second erate - the meaning of this elec- electoral process is still a soon have to face up to the round planned for January 31, toral process, the rights of the source of concern: the elector- electorate's expectations - as In the clutches of poverty 2016. candidates, the voters, and re- al cards have not been distrib- the problems after the elections Delayed five times in 2015, sponsibilities of the monitoring uted to all the CAR citizens so will be the same problems as Poverty has taken deep roots in the country while the policy- these elections will end the le- bodies. people have been allowed to before. gal transition that started in Governance challenges vote with a proof of registra- The new government will makers are clueless on how to deal with the challenge. The 2013. But can they bring Two weeks after the consti- tion amid widespread rumours have to improve the security authorities have more statements to deliver than a coherent change in the CAR? tutional referendum, the results about sales of electoral cards. situation by dealing with the The constitutional referen- are still provisional. All we Questions remain in the armed groups, encourage dia- mechanism to cope with the issue. Afghanistan is in the list of dum that was held on Decem- know is that the voter turnout run-up to the elections: How logue and trust between Mus- least developed countries. Tired of poverty, scores of people ber 13 was a test for the elec- was about 30 percent and near- many voting stations will be lim and non-Muslim communi- toral commission. This test ly 90 percent voted yes. operational on December 30? ties, rebuild the state services - turn to drug addiction or crimes. Many see addiction as an easy sheds light on several prob- It is very unclear whether How long will it take to collect especially the security servic- escape from the miseries, though for a brief period.