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September 27, 2015 Page 4 September 27, 2015 (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 Afghanistan’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 Taliban militants (4) 8 Afghan ... Kandahar, Kabul, 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 Pakistan 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.
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