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(1) Distrust is ... He said his country went through on the port has already begun Balkh province for processing, SIGAR said the Pentagon had lem. two major developments last by a joint venture of Kandla according to Abdul Basir Faqiri, 335,054 coats on order for the Af- “The use of drugs through injec- frequently attack the security year one was the transfer of po- Port Trust (KPT) and Jawaharlal the extension department head ghan army, but they were not ex- tion and unsafe sex are main ways forces, preventing children from litical power and another was Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). at the provincial Agriculture De- pected to be delivered until 2017. which affect people with HIV. going to school, torching schools the transfer of security and both Access to ’s Gar- partment. A SIGAR official said the letter Other way that affects people is and TARGETING the tribal el- were successful. land Highway can be made from He said a soybean processing was part of a larger audit that unsafe blood transfusion,” he said. ders. The CEO said creation of Unity Chahbahar port using the exist- factory would be established should be published by early (Tolonews) But President Ghani says that government was a new experi- ing Iranian road network and the in Kunduz next year. He said 2016. “peace is easier in Nangarhar (17) ISIS Militants ... ence in the region and he and Zaranj-Delaram road, construct- 70 acres of land cultivated with The Combined Security Transi- province than in Kandahar.” President Mohammad Ashraf ed by India in 2009. soy this year when the yield was tion Command-Afghanistan did or sympathy were reported in 25 He said that the justice is one of Ghani pledged to work jointly This would establish a direct nearly 250 tonnes. not respond to a request for com- provinces in the war-torn coun- the basic foundations of religion. for the prosperity of people. (Pa- road access to four of the major A farmer in Chardara district, ment. (Reuters) try.” On Thursday, Ghani wished the jhwok) cities of Afghanistan – Herat, Mohammad Rassoul, said previ- According to the report the ISIS nation a peaceful and happy Eid- (14) Laghman Ulema ... loyalists and the militants (4) 8 Afghan ... Kandahar, , and Mazar-e- ously he would grow vetch crop ul-Azha and called for an end to Sharif. on his one acre of land which During a meeting with Governor are fighting each other only in violence. went missing on the way [back The port will be also used to ship would usually produce about Abdul Jabbar Naeemi, a group of eastern Nangarhar province, cit- After Eid-ul-Azha prayers at the from Mina],” Deputy Hajj Minis- crude oil and urea, saving India 420kg of vetch. ulema hailing from Karghaio dis- ing the drug trade as the main rea- Presidential Palace, Ghani said ter Dai -ul-Haq Abed said. “Five transportation costs. It will also But for the past two years, he trict, underlined the need for mil- son behind the brutal clashes. that peace is a prerequisite for of them are possibly dead or in- cut transport costs and freight has been growing soybean on his itary action against insurgents. Abdul Rauf Khade, the former the entire nation. jured but there is no report on the time for India to Central Asia and land with the yield hovering be- A statement from the governor Taliban adviser to Mullah Moham- “I’d like to wish a very joyful and three others.” the Gulf by about a third. (KP) tween 120kg and 160 kg. office said the ulema believed the mad Omar, has been described as peaceful Eid to all Afghans and operation would bring peace and President Ashraf Ghani, mean- (8) India Announces... He said the Agriculture Depart- one of the prominent ISIS fight- Muslims around the world. May while, asked the ministry to in- ment also assisted them with stability in the restive areas of the ers who formed his own group in you have a wonderful time with vestigation of the issue. 1000 scholarships per annum 10kg of urea and 20 kg of DAP province and public trust on gov- southern Helmand and western your loved ones,” Ghani said. “I have talked to the minister and to Afghan students, the largest and the soybean association ernment be restored. Farah provinces after visiting Iraq Ghani also said that Kabul still instructed him to investigate the scheme for any country run by purchased a tonne of soybean According to the religious schol- in 2014. prefers intra-Afghan peace pro- incident and address the issues ICCR. for $700 -- more profitable then ars Afghan security forces were The report also added that mili- cess. facing the Afghan pilgrims,” Out of total 998 candidates en- vetch crop. fully capable of defending the tants from and Uzbeki- In his Eid message, Ghani again Ghani said. rolled this year, 15 students “If a processing factory is estab- country. They, however, stressed stan with some of them having called on the youth not to leave Meanwhile, the Iranian govern- enrolled for pursuing PhD pro- lished in the province, farmers the need for an effective use of close ties to al-Qaeda terrorist net- the country and assured them ment has led growing criticism of gramme (14 boys and one girl), will sell their produce with good available resources. work have come under the IS ban- that the National Unity Govern- the Saudi government, accusing while 211 students have been en- prices,” he said. Governor Naeemi on the occa- ner after fleeing their country and ment is working on developing it of “incompetence.” rolled for Postgraduate studies Agricultural experts say the cash sion said law and order, recon- have “rebranded themselves” in employment programs. Iran’s Supreme National Security (192 boys and 19 girls) and 772 crop could be an alternative for struction, good governance and recent months. (KP) Thursday is the first day of Eid Council has asked Saudi Arabia students have been enrolled for poppy crop which is illegal and development was the unity gov- (18) Paktika... ul-Azha - the tenth month of Dhu to take responsibility for the undergraduate studies (682 boys has many hazardous effects on ernment priority and added pub- al-Hijjah. This holiday is the larg- deaths. and 90 girls). the society. lic that these targets could not be forests. But the rulers remain in- est religious festival of the year It is the second tragic incident in 259 have been admitted in tech- Faqiri said they have been trying achieved without public support. souciant about our woes,” he de- for Muslims around the world. two weeks after a construction nical courses such as B.Tech, to encourage soybean cultivation (Pajhwok) plored. However, he went on to praise crane collapsed at Mecca’s Grand M.Tech, BE, ME, B.Sc.(IT), B.Sc. in the province to discourage (15) Mass Exodus ... Relevant government depart- the Afghan security forces and Mosque, leaving over hundred (Comp. Sc.) etc. Technical cours- poppy. ments could help them with the Over the past few months, near- he expressed hope for economic pilgrims dead, including nine es were a priority for Afghan He said had distributed soybean construction of cold storage fa- ly 70,000 Afghans have left the and infrastructural development Afghans. (Tolonews) Government. seeds to 700 farmers for trial cul- cilities and access to international country for Europe in search in the country. (Tolonews) The candidates from all 34 prov- tivation and the yield was satis- markets, he explained, saying (5) Daesh Active ... of jobs and comfortable life, he (2) US May Keep ... inces availed ICCR Scholarship factory. hundreds of tonnes of pine nuts said, adding illegal travel to security forces and the Taliban in this year. Some of the top per- To encourage soybean cultiva- were sold to Pakistan annually. continuing with current plans, those countries was dangerous different areas of Afghanistan. forming provinces are: Kabul, tion, Faqiri said had distributed But Dur Mohammad, a farmer the paper explained. and claimed dozens of lives each It said 10 percent of the Taliban Nangarhar, Ghazni, Parwan, 15 tonnes of seeds, 30 tonnes of from the Sultan village of Sara According to the Journal, some month. fighters had sympathies with the Balkh, Badakhshan, Wardak and DAP and seven tonnes of urea Rawza, said: “Some days back, I U.S. officials worry that a large He appreciated the youth going Daesh fighters, adding that 70 Herat. to 1000 farmers in 88 villages sold my pine nut forest to an Af- cut in the number of interna- to foreign countries for higher percent of the group’s fighters The universities most preferred of Kunduz City, Khanabad, Al- ghan trader for 15 million afs. Af- tional forces could endanger the education. In the same breath, came from Syria and Iraq to Af- by Afghan students are Banga- iabad, Chahardara, Qala-i-Zal ter a few days, the forest was sold sustainability of the Afghan gov- however, the unionist stressed ghanistan. lore, Punjab, Chittoor, Gujarat, and Imam Sahib districts. (Pajh- to a Pakistani trader for 20 million ernment. their return to work for their Afghan security officials did not Delhi. (PR) wok) afs.” Pentagon has however not made considered IS a threat, said the motherland and contribute to its Mohammad Raza, the Argon dis- any official recommendation to report, however, their intelli- (9) Abdullah Talks ... (12) Ghani Praises ... prosperity. trict chief, confirmed the traders’ the White House on any chang- gence agencies kept close eye on that NUG is determined to take National Army (ANA) high “Youth are a huge asset to any problems, including lack of access es on troop presence, the paper its activities. measures in reducing poverty in ranking officials, including inte- country. The government, there- to the international market. But he added. The report pointed out Rauf Kha- the country. rior minister, defence minister, fore, should give them jobs inside said the issue had been taken up “We will continue to work close- dem, a former advisor to Taliban “Afghanistan begun to pursue its chief and deputy chief of the the country,” Dr. Aadel stressed. with higher-ups. (Pajhwok) ly with President Ghani, the supreme leader Mullah Omar, MDGs almost half a decade later armed forces were present in the The youth voting with their feet (19) Ghazni ... Afghan government, and our had traveled to Iraq last month than other member states. Based meeting and briefed the presi- was a big loss for the country, he international partners to ensure and since organised his own on our 2005 to 2015 MDG report, dent about ongoing operations maintained. lack of market for the fruits, saying that Afghan forces have the ca- group in southern Helmand and we have a mixed achievements in the country. The AAFTU chief asked the gov- there is no cold storage facility for pabilities and training necessary western Farah provinces. (Pajh- and setbacks, while poverty rate “Our purpose was to protect our ernment and the private sector to the farmers to keep their products to preserve the gains made by wok) as remains more or less constant people and I always told security provide employment opportuni- there and supply to market on the the Afghans and the interna- basis of demand. (6) Ghani Urges ... for several years, we have made forces officials to pay special at- ties for the youngsters to prevent tional community over the last considerable progress in primary tention to the families of mar- them from leaving the country in “As we don’t have electricity in 13 years,” the paper quoted an while we need them to serve in education, gender equality, in tyrs,” the statement quoted the droves. Ghazni, we can’t establish cold unnamed Obama administration the legal and judicial systems. women empowerment, child and president as saying. According to Aadel, of the 12 storages here,” he said while sug- official as saying. Already 249 female judges serve maternal mortality rate are being Security officials promised to pay million potential work-force in gested the establishment of mar- The Afghan officials and -ana there. There is not a single fe- reduced, “ CEO Abdullah said. the highest prices for and render the country, 65 percent (7 mil- keting union to find market for the lysts, meanwhile, stressed the male judge in Iran. But this is not In addition, Abdullah talked on scarifies for the sake of the coun- lion) are jobless. Up to 3 million production. (Pajhwok) need for continued international enough, numbers of female judg- the issue of terrorism and reiter- try and making Afghanistan a se- Afghans are drug addicts. Inse- (20) US Army... community’s support to the Af- es should be increased,” he said. ated that the militant groups are cure place. (Pajhwok) curity, corruption and jobless- ghan forces. “The fundamental issue is that still operating inside the Paki- ness are the main reasons forcing sprang into action. Cpl Davis- “The American generals real- women aren’t prepared to serve stani soil. (13) Afghan Police ... youth to seek refuge in drugs. Smith was shot in the arm as he ize that their military gains are in the provinces, I want to request It is expected that NUG will sub- Sopko wrote that the US-led He hit out at the government for ran to protect Major General Ba- still vulnerable in Afghanistan,” the human rights commission mit the evidences proving Paki- Combined Security Transition anomalous appointments and thurst. Three others, including lawmaker Mirdad Nijrabi said. and national assembly to study stan’s support of terrorism to the Command-Afghanistan (CSTC- called for an immediate end to the team leader Sgt Ford, began “The Afghan security forces need the environment and offer their UN general assembly. A), which is responsible for discrimination in the recruitment giving life-saving first aid to Cap- support from their international recommendations to me, because A trilateral meeting between Af- training Afghan forces, had or- process. tain Hutton, who was shot several counterparts. We see the role of without presence of women, we ghanistan, Pakistan and the US dered more than 75,000 coats for Dr. Aadel also urged the authori- times. (BFN) foreign forces very important. If can’t resolve the problems facing is also scheduled to take place in Afghan police for delivery by ties to take urgent measures to (21) China, Russia ... necessary, we will request them the women,” Ghani added. New York on the sidelines of the July 2015, but they still had not ensure the security of work- to defend the fruits of the WWII to bring back their combat forces He said that contribution of general assembly meeting. (Tolo- been delivered. ers and provide education and victory as well as the post-war to Afghanistan.” women in the cabinet helps to news) Another 15,000 coats were not health facilities for their children. order, firmly oppose any act of This comes after President Barack improve women situations in scheduled to be delivered until He hoped work opportunities (10) Taliban Make... whitewashing wartime atrocities Obama announced in March that the country, adding that there is July 2016, it said. would be provided for labour- and promote the establishment of the U.S. would keep 9,800 troops a need to increase women repre- areas they control. They meet “A lack of cold-weather clothing ers with the implementation of lasting peace and common pros- in Afghanistan through the end sentation in the government in- their financial needs through could adversely impact the over- mega projects. The unionist also perity across the world. of 2015 following a request by stitutions. pistachio earnings,” said Baha- all effectiveness of the Afghan underlined transparent execu- For his part, Melnikov said Russia Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. “Women contribution must be uddin Qadesi, head of Badghis National Army (ANA) and Af- tion of agreements and checking shared the same stances as China However, the original plan sug- increased in the departments, the Provincial Council. ghan National Police (ANP) and corruption. (Pajhwok) concerning WWII history.(Xin- gested keeping 5,500 troops by current trend is not acceptable to Furthermore, the local officials degrade their operational capa- (16) Officials Concerned.. hua) the end of 2015. me. My instruction to ministers claimed that the militants also bilities,” he wrote. Currently, about 13,000 U.S. and is to consider female candidates destroy pistachio forests while Winters in Afghanistan can be past six months. (22) Hungary ... battling the security forces. Head of HIV department, Dr. Hu- NATO troops are stationed in for deputy ministries. There will frigid, with temperatures as low capital of Vienna on Friday that his (Tolonews) mayun Mubariz, said: “We have Afghanistan, mainly focusing on not be proper representation of as 15 degrees Fahrenheit (minus government was not planning to registered 61 positive cases of training and assisting the Afghan women unless women are in (11) Soybean Growers ... 9 degrees C) in the Hindu Kush build a fence on the Slovenian bor- forces under the Resolute Sup- place in jobs,” he said. mountain range. The coldest HIV/AIDS in Kandahar over the fixation characteristic in soil. der. port (RS) mission, which started In addition, Ghani pledged to temperatures are usually at high past few years of which 17 have A farmer in Qala-i-Zal district, He said that field work was under last year after the end of combat dispatch a number of women elevations. lost their lives. The remaining are Mohammad Yaqub, told Pajh- way on the border to “clean up” a mission. (Tolonews) abroad to pursue short term Afghan security forces have in contact with us and are under wok Afghan News he was given strip of land and make it suitable for courses in leadership and man- faced an intensified Taliban - in treatment.” (3) Lack of Regional ... soybean seeds last year by the deploying mobile equipment, Hun- agement. (Tolonews) surgency since a US-led military Residents of Kandahar are also Agriculture, Irrigation and Live- garian press agency MTI reported. were fully capabale of thwarting coalition formally ended its com- concerned over the issue, saying (7) Afghan, Indian,... stock department and he culti- (Xinhua) internal and external threats, but bat mission last year. that the government should take vated them on his 1.5 hectare of there was need for more support for India as the port will facilitate About 12,000 NATO troops have serious measures to control the (23) Saudi Border ... land. from international direct access to to Afghanistan remained in Afghanistan to train spread of the disease among them. 26. U.N.-backed efforts for a com- “The crop is very good for us community as far as the equip- bypassing Pakistan besides pro- and assist Afghan forces. “We ask the international commu- promise faced long odds as combat because it is legitimate and has ments of Afghan security forces viding investment opportunities According to the letter, from nity and the Public Health Min- ramped up on Saturday. a high income,” he said, adding were concerned. for the Afghan businessmen and 2011 to 2013 the procurement of istry to establish treatment cent- Clashes between Houthi forces and there was no need for too much The CEO said that a commission being a critical alternative trade cold-weather clothing was the ers for them. They should hold those loyal to the exiled administra- hard work to grow the plant. had been tasked to reform the route for Afghanistan. responsibility of Afghan min- awareness campaigns about the tion raged in the central desert prov- Yaqub has been growing soybean country’s electoral system so that The Indian ambassador to Af- istries, while the United States disease,” said Ahmad Shah a resi- ince of Marib and the southwestern for the last three years, but in the rigging and iregularties in future ghanistan Amar Sinha quoted by funded the purchases. dent of Kandahar. city of Taiz, where residents reported absence of a processing factory, election could be avoided. The Times of India said “We are When clothing shortages became “This is a big problem for our soci- that the two sides duelled with heavy he sells his produce at low price. He said Afghan government was looking at a trilateral transit cor- apparent, the United States took ety. It is difficult for those who are artillery in civilian areas.(Reuters) He asked the government to es- committed to bring refoms in the ridor MoU.” back responsibility for procure- affected with the disease to reveal tablish a soybean factory in the (24) EU, Iran... government administration and Sinha further added that Iran has ment. their problem to health officials. province to enable farmers to sell eliminate corruption. allotted land for the Afghan in- Shipments of clothing resumed They should go under treatment,” meetings on the sidelines of this their product at suitable prices. He said with the help of interna- vestors to invest in the attached in May 2014, but only Afghan another resident of Kandahar, Sa- year’s UN General Assembly meet- tional community Afghanistan free trade zone. Currently, the Nutrition and police received coats, the letter miullah, told TOLOnews. ing will seek to forge a new con- had made progress in security, Afghanistan is expected to have Education International (NEI) Meanwhile, the Public Health Di- said. Neither the army nor the sensus on the way forward in Syria economic and political sectors sea-land access through the stra- and Zafron Growers Association rector in Kandahar, Abdul Qayum and the country was on track tegic Chabahar port in Iran by purchase soybean produce from police received sweaters, gloves Pakhla, said they have taken sev- where fighting has driven four mil- with global community. the end of next year as the work farmers and send it to northern or caps. eral steps to fight the health prob- lion people from their homes.(AFP)