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(1) Kunduz Falls... with security forces.” (9) Up to 60,000 ... This meeting was followed by a or undue interference.” (Tolonews) research, extension and training Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi, a -law June meeting in Oslo bringing to- were the three basic components The fighting is particularly fierce in Durzabi said that on average, every (16) Access to ... maker from Herat, criticised the US gether Taliban representatives and developed countries had adopted the southeastern area of the city.” week 20 Afghans die in fire of bor- for what he said assisting both par- Afghan women leaders specifically will have major effects in limiting to realise economic self-sufficien- Dominic Medley, UNAMA spokes- der security forces, traffic accidents ties to the conflict in . for the purpose of discussing wom- corruption, localizing democracy cy. He said the entire nation had man, said late afternoon that UNA- or other accidents at their working He questioned why the US did not en’s rights. and strengthening the people’s their eyes fixed on ANASTU. MA has “temporarily relocated our locations in Iran. provide complete equipment to Af- Both the Taliban and the Afghan political and social participation in He said countries who had adopt- staff from Kunduz to other locations Meanwhile, a group of Afghan mi- ghan security forces. government emphasized that this state building. ed the three components formula in Afghanistan.” grants who were recently deported The speaker said the security situ- meeting was not part of the negotia- People will gain access to state and had not only been able to achieve He also said that the situation in from Iran and Turkey while trying ation in some provinces was going tion process. public budgets, and official spokes- self-sufficiency but they fulfilled Kunduz is a matter of serious con- to reach out to Europe illegally say out of control and said the parlia- The negotiation process is in limbo people will be inclined to share needs of other countries. (Pajh- cern for UNAMA. that they faced extreme hardship ment could do nothing except sum- at the moment following the July information with journalists and wok) Power meanwhile, was cut to the during their journey. moning government officials to ask disclosure that Taliban leader Mul- citizens. city early Monday morning, resi- They said that some of them were (19) 16 Killed... them about their failure. (Pajhwok) lah Omar died on April 23, 2013, the Previously, statistics indicated that severely beaten and some others dents confirmed and cellphone Taliban chose a new leader, Mullah violence against journalists in Af- member of the provincial council, (4) Transparency Urged ... disappeared. They called on parents reception is also extremely limited Akhtar Mansour. ghanistan was increased by NUG Abdul Ghani Paktin, said 20 peo- to stop sending their children on with hardly any coverage. tax which comes from communica- In August 2015, Mansoor discount- officials compared to the former ple had been killed and 60 others this risky journey. (KP) They also say that the Taliban flag tion services, this will help govern- ed current efforts as “propaganda government. wounded in the incident. has been raised at a number of loca- ment to jointly collect the taxes with (10) ANSF Plan... campaigns by the enemy.” At the Historically, the government of The Ministry of Interior said nine tions across the city including in the the private communication compa- Afghanistan has been marked by civilians had been killed and 33 to Daesh and are determined to same time, relations between the Af- city centre. nies,” a lack of transparency, with only more wounded in the bomb blast. eliminate them,” said. ghan government and the Pakistani Another Kunduz resident told spokesman for the ministry of fi- a vague – and thus far unenforced Paktika Governor Aminullah Elaborating on the anti-Daesh op- government have become tense, TOLOnews.com that Taliban fight- nance, Ajmal Hamid Abdul Ra- – reference in its decade-old consti- Shariq accompanied by local offi- eration, commanders of Afghan adding another complicating factor ers are driving openly in the city in himzai said. tution to the guaranteed right to ac- cials, traveled to Khairkot district national army in the eastern region to the effort to convene talks. government military vehicles bran- MoF officials have warned commu- cess to information. and visited the incident area, ac- vow to continue the operation until “The pause in peace negotiations dishing their weapons. nication companies against embez- The access to information law cov- cording to a statement from the Daesh is eradicated from the region. creates the opportunity for the Earlier Monday, officials said that zling the money and said that any ers non-governmental organiza- governor’s house. “We are always at war with for- Ghani government to work with the bulk of Kunduz security forces company found guilty of tax irregu- tions and the private sector. (ATN) The statement said a child was eigners, neighboring countries are women’s rights activists and groups were outside the city limits fighting larities will face legal action along among 10 people killed and 33 always interfering in our country to get the negotiation process right (17) Social Good... the Taliban in a number of outlying with huge fines. more people including nine chil- and we have sufficient evidences going forward,” Taylor said. districts when the early morning at- According to statistics, currently up progress at school. The event will dren were injured in the incident. to prove it,” the commander of 301 “Ghani should take steps now to tack was launched. to 23 million Afghans use commu- also include a panel discussion The officials also visited the- in border police in east, Wali Khan genuinely integrate women into the Officials say reinforcement troops nication services. with development experts on gen- jured people. Shinwarai said. peace process at every level, from have been sent to the area along The Afghan government recently der equality, education, access to The Taliban have denied involve- This comes after Daesh launched district and province peace-build- with air support. However, air enforced the move and has ordered clean water and renewable energy ment in the attack. A similar attack its first attack against government ing bodies to the highest level team strikes are not possible as the inner communication companies to col- and how to create rural jobs. last year in the Yahyakhel district forces on Sunday. The attack oc- advising the president and sitting city is densely populated. lect the money and transfer it to “This is the start of a new era that at a volleyball match killed 45 peo- curred in of eastern across the table from Taliban nego- Reports earlier in the day from government treasury. will define how development ple and wounded at least 50 more. . tiators.” (Pajhwok) health officials put the casualty “There are huge problems, they works for the next 15 years,” said (Pajhwok) The attack ended with the killing toll at 40 civilians – including dead steal money under different pre- (12) WJ Admin ... UNDP Country Director, Doug- of 85 Daesh terrorists. U.S forces (20) Paktika ... and wounded. In addition 10 secu- texts, government and companies own private business, adding that las Keh. “Today, we hope to raise provided air support to the Afghan rity force members were reportedly must have monitoring systems in this prevents the house from accom- awareness of the SDGs and what lack of concern for civilian casual- forces during the battle. (Tolonews) killed or wounded. No further de- place over this issue,” a resident of plishing its own legal tasks efficient- the new development agenda ties, particularly women and chil- tails were however available. , Gul Mohammad (11) HRW for... ly which also includes the summon- means for Afghanistan.” dren. Eyewitnesses meanwhile, report The participants, including stu- Meanwhile, the US Embassy in said. tional forces. ing of key government officials over having seen scores of bodies in the dents and civil society activists, Kabul issued a statement con- “We are determined to prevent the A July 7, 2015 meeting in Murree national issues. streets of the city FOLLOWING 14 will join the global conversation demning the attack and sharing issues, however, we do not reject the near Islamabad between the Af- “Serious criticism exists against the hours of heavy fighting. by posting updates and their own condolences with the victims. problems in the new system, but we ghan government and the Taliban admin board as the chairman re- According to local officials, Kunduz opinions live from the summit, “The Embassy of the United States are committed to prevent embezzle- was seen as the first official meeting mains busy with his own business, governor Mohammad Omer Safi is using the hashtags #GlobalGoals, condemns yesterday’s horrific -at ment of the money,” a spokesman between the two warring sides. The ignoring the issue, in-fact hindering currently in Tajikistan and the secu- #2030Now and #SGSKabul. tack on a crowd of Afghans play- for the ministry of communication Afghan government delegation in us,” Paktia MP Gul Padshah Majidi rity chief of the northern province is The Social Good Summit in Af- ing sports in , and Salim Samim said. (Tolonews) Murree included no women. said. in Kabul. ghanistan is part of more than 100 offers our sincerest condolences to Afghan women’s rights activists “The admin board seeks to put its It has also been reported that at (5) Kabulov Warns... Social Good Summits being organ- the victims and their families,” the have persistently demanded to be responsibility on lawmakers while least 45 Taliban members have been and Uzbekistan are aware of this ized around the world. (Wadsam) embassy said in the statement. full participants in peace talks, as the board is responsible to imple- killed. situation in northern Afghanistan. The United Nations Assistance set out in United Nations Security ment parliament’s internal rules on (18) Indian-Funded... The province is one the most vola- Afghan and foreign media have members and conduct disciplinary Mission in Afghanistan (UNA- Council Resolution 1325 and later government’s affairs. He said Wesa tile provinces in the northern region been reporting increasing unrest processes,” MP, Mohammad MA) condemned yesterday’s at- resolutions. would rarely visit the university of the country, with three districts in northern Afghan provinces Abdoh said. tack in Paktika. (Pajhwok) Ghani has assured them that they and had been unable to give special reportedly under Taliban control. throughout this year including the Reacting to lawmakers’ allegations, will be included, but has also sug- attention to the institute. (21) Analysts ... Security force members have waged presence of militants from Central parliament speaker Abdul Rauf gested that he did not intend to in- Few months ago when Wesa was an ongoing battle with insurgents in Asia. (Asia-Plus) Ibrahimi strongly rejects the claims tack and not to lodge a strong pro- clude women throughout the pro- replaced by a new governor, it was the area for the past few months. made by them, saying that any test. (6) Iran Regards ... cess, saying that he “will not bother hoped he would now pay attention Kunduz city meanwhile is a key member who remains absent in the President Ghani then phoned Pa- them until the right time.” to the university, but he did not pay hub in the extremely mountainous and production of narcotic drugs. future will face legal action. kistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sha- “For years, Afghan women have a single visit to the campus current- northern region, and the only road He also said connecting Iran’s rail- “I do not agree with the allegations, rif and condemned the incident, been denied a seat at the table when ly plagued by a number of admin- to Takhar and Badakhshan provinc- ways to Afghanistan’s Herat prov- the admin board has done its job, insisting Afghanistan would never their future has been on the line,” istrative issue, the student said. es leads out through the city. ince could raise bilateral coopera- but it depends on you [lawmakers] allow its soil to be used against its Taylor said. “For Ghani to claim that “Dr. Toryalai Wesa after his re- Meanwhile, reporting from the out- tion. , whenever you want to summon a neighbours. he would only ‘bother’ women to moval as the governor had been in skirts of the city, TOLOnews jour- Abdullah thanked the Islamic Re- SECURITY official, we are ready to Fakor said the insurgents had their participate in talks at the ‘right time’ Kabul for two or three months and nalist Karim Amiri says rumors are public of Iran for its support to the abide by your decision,” he said. attacks focused on Nangarhar is a signal that their participation is then went to Canada, leaving the rife among the locals that the siege people and government of Afghani- “On the basis of civil service law, the and Kunduz provinces as they somehow optional.” university without a leadership.” was pre-planned and an insider stan specially in the reconstruction lawmakers who remain absent from believed they would be able to During past efforts to launch ne- He said the big problem was the attack. He also says residents are area. He said Iran had proved its the house for 21 days, we will not achieve gains given the weak pro- gotiations, Afghan women’s rights Ministry of Higher Education’s in- desperately trying to flee the city. brotherhood and friendship under pay them their salaries and will deal vincial governments. activists have repeatedly spoken attention to the university as so far (Tolonews) all conditions. (Pajhwok) with them in line with the internal (Pajhwok) out about their fears that the gov- no official from the ministry had (7) Transparency ... rules and the law,” house secretary (22) Russia Sees... (2) Security Forces ... ernment will trade away women’s visited the campus. Abdul Rauf Enaami said. President Ashraf Ghani issued a rights in an effort to reach an accom- He said the situation had created challenges, such as eradicating full control over the city. The Afghan Lower House of Parlia- decree ordering the Administrative modation with the Taliban. many problems for the university extreme poverty, combating in- However, reports from the area ment consists of 249 seats. Affairs Office at the Presidential These fears have been exacerbated administrative staff and pushed the equalities, ensuring food security suggest that Taliban have occupied The parliament was expected to Palace to introduce members of the by the exclusion of women from institute on the brink of closure. and healthy lifestyles and shift- several government compounds vote on three legislations at Mon- selection committee, but the decree the process. A 2014 study by Oxfam He urged President Ashraf Ghani ing to more sustainable patterns and hospital in the city and are now day’s session, but because of a lack is yet to be implemented. found that in 23 rounds of peace to rescue the university from being of production and consumption, trying to reach out to the police HQ of a quorum were not able to as only Election watchdogs on Monday talks between the Afghan govern- closed by resolving problems on will require additional financial, and governor house. 80 lawmakers were present. (Tolo- insisted the selection committee ment and the Taliban between 2005 the campus. industrial and technological re- Taliban launched the attack on Kun- news) duz city from western, northeastern should be formed at the earliest and and 2014, women were present on Another student, Asmatullah, had sources, supported by an environ- and southern sides last night. urged transparency in the process. only two occasions. No women (13) US Tracking... similar complaints. He said since ment of constructive cooperation were ever included in discussions Public Health officials in Kunduz Yousuf Rashid, Free and Fair Elec- city after launching coordinated at- the inauguration of the university and mutual assistance.”(Xinhua) between international negotiators have told media that seven civil- tion Foundation of Afghanistan tacks. two years ago, only 21 students and the Taliban. (23) Russia ... ians and 14 security men have lost (FEFA) executive director, told Pa- Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, spokes- had been enrolled, a process cur- Previous negotiations have typical- senior State Department official lives and 47 others, most of them jhwok Afghan News previous se- man for the provincial police chief rently brought to a halt. ly occurred with little transparency, told reporters: “It was a very thor- civilians, have been wounded in the lection committees lacked transpar- of Kunduz, told The Associated “The former Kandahar gover- with the public often learning of ough exchange of views on both clashes. ency because their meetings were Press on Monday that gun battles nor did not discharge his duty as them only after they occurred. This the military and the political im- In the morning, Police HQ of Kun- conducted secretly and information are still underway between Taliban chancellor of the university even has prevented Afghan civil society plications of Russia’s increased en- duz confirmed killing 20 Taliban in about the membership remained militants and Afghan government for a single day. Previously all the groups, including women’s rights gagement in Syria.” the clashes. (KP) secret. forces. affairs would be handled by vice- activists, from providing meaning- Kerry also discussed Syria with He, however, said such problems He says Taliban gunmen have oc- chancellor Dr. Rokhan Wolasmal, (3) MPs Want ... ful input to the government on their Iran’s foreign minister during a had been resolved to a great extent cupied a number of government but he was recently appointed as human rights concerns and their meeting at the United Nations on Kunduz City had been repulsed, but and balance had been considered buildings in the city, including a Kandahar mayor.” recommendations for ensuring hu- Saturday.(Reuters) the rebels claimed capturing several between members from different hospital and a courthouse. He said the real issue lied with man rights protections in the event areas and government buildings in- organizations and government in- Kunduz city, capital of the prov- the Ministry of Higher Education (24) German ... cluding the main hospital. stitutions in the new proposed selec- a settlement is reached. which did not want the university ince of the same name, has twice reasons or fleeing war,” said - gov The Taliban launched their coordi- tion committee. For instance, activists seeking justice to be in Kandahar and thus ignor- come under attack by the Taliban ernment spokesman Steffen Seib- nated attacks on Kunduz City, the The FEFA executive head said me- for war crimes and crimes against ing it. this year. The strategically situated ert. capital of , on Sun- dia outlets had the right to be in- humanity have had no real oppor- An official at the university admin- city was once one of Afghanistan’s The debate came amid signs of day night at around 2am, overrun- formed about meetings of the selec- tunities to ensure that amnesty for istration, wishing to go unnamed, wealthiest. (AP) growing tension among asylum ning some areas around the city. tion committee. these crimes will not be on the table acknowledged the university was seekers, part of a wave of mass mi- Sher Wali Wardak, a lawmaker Naeem Ayoubzada, the Transpar- in the negotiations. (14) Spain to... on the verge of closure. gration into the European Union from Kabul, said people across the ent Election Foundation of Afghani- There have been signs of a greater Project Manager Shukriya Jalalzai He said former Indian Prime from the Middle East and parts of country had been raising the issue stan (TEFA) head, said members of willingness by the Taliban to dis- said they were interested in imple- Minister Manmohan Singh had Africa.(Reuters) of fast deteriorating security, but the selection committee should be cuss women’s rights, though ac- menting similar educational pro- pledged the university’s establish- there was no one to take measures independent and not affiliated with tivists have viewed statements by grams in far-flung areas to enable ment in 2011 when he visited Af- (25)Ban Opens... Taliban leaders seeming to support and improve the situation. the government. rural women and empower them. ghanistan and the project was said to overcome divisions over the way some forms of women’s rights with He urged the speaker to summon He said the proposed committee (Pajhwok) to be part of India’s $500 million forward. significant skepticism given the Tal- ambassadors of UN, US and UK should work under defined rules assistance for Afghanistan. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Da- iban’s continued abuses targeting (15) AI Calls for ... and question from them about Af- and regulations and its members It had been pledged that until the vutoglu, whose country has taken in women. activist – and must ensure that ghanistan’s security situation be- should be selected in a transparent university was fully established some two million Syrian refugees, At a meeting in Doha in May 2015, there are no reprisal attacks against cause the keys to peace and stability manner. (Pajhwok) on the Tarnak research farm with will open the meeting that coincides three women participated. Malalai them.” were in their hands. (8) Afghanistan... $100 million Indian aid, its affairs with intense diplomacy to address Shinwari, a former member of par- “Reports that the Taliban have al- MP Zmarak Padkhwabi echoed would be run at the Canadian- the war in Syria. also mentioned the upcoming liament who was one of the partici- ready sent armed fighters into a Wardak remarks and demanded built Agriculture and Livestock The European Union last week NATO defense ministerial next pants, told the Wall Street Journal, public provincial hospital are ex- the foreign envoys be summoned to Institute in Kandahar City, he said, agreed to inject $1 billion to UN the house. week and foreign ministers’ meet- “They [the Taliban] said they won’t tremely worrying. Hospitals are but added the university build- relief efforts in Syria’s neighboring Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi urged ing in December and said the al- make the same mistakes that they places of sanctuary under interna- ing’s reconstruction was yet to be unity and said: “You the representa- liance would make important de- made in the past. They said they tional law and their staff must be launched. countries, but Ban said more should tives of the house should have been cisions during the two meetings. would accept the rights we have to- allowed to do their vital life-saving About the importance of ANA- be done to ensure that the migrants in Kunduz now to show solidarity (Pajhwok) day.” work without the threat of violence STU, the official said agricultural are treated with dignity.AFP)