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Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Afgtimes@Yahoo.Com Eye on The Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:192 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY . FEBRUARY 07. 2018 -Dalwa 18, 1396 HS AT News Report KABUL: The United States Forces-Afghanistan launched a Pashtun genocide, human rights addressed the protesters. All these series of precision strikes in violations and enforced parties expressed their full support northern Afghanistan in a direct disappearances in FATA and state to the protest and urged the effort to destroy insurgents’ imposed militarism and terrorism. government of Pakistan to abandon revenue sources, training facilities, The long march was highly its project of terrorism and meet and support networks. A press welcomed by Pashtuns in various the demands of the protesters. statement issued by the US- districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Addressing the protesters, Forces Afghanistan, said that over and Balochistan. The protest has Asfandyar Wali Khan asked the the past 96 hours, U.S. forces been changed into Pashtun Long government to arrest the Rao conducted air operations to strike March and sit-in continues in Anwar—culprit of Naqeeb Taliban training facilities in Islamabad since February 6. Mahsood killing and demanded a Badakhshan province, preventing According to reports, the sit-in is judicial commission to probe into the planning and rehearsal of composed on more than 10,000 extra judicial killings of Pashtuns terrorist acts near the border with Pashtuns, chanting slogans against in Karachi and other parts of that China and Tajikistan. The strikes state sponsored terrorism and said, country, adding the masterminds also destroyed stolen Afghan AT Monitoring Desk in a fake police encounter in “Terrorism is being imposed by the behind the criminal activities of the National Army vehicles that were Karachi—capital city of Sindh state of Pakistan,” adding police officer must be unmasked in the process of being converted KABUL: The Chief of Awami province, Pashtuns—across the “Pakistan and terrorists are the to trigger them into the court. to vehicle-borne improvised National Party, Asfandyar Wali board started peaceful protests two sides of the same coin.” Asfandyar Wali Khan pledged his explosive devices. During these Khan and Pakhtunkhwa Milli across the country, especially ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali, party support to the Pashtun Long strikes, a U.S. Air Force B-52 Awami Party head, Mahmood southern districts of Khyber PMAP Chief Mehmood Khan March until the government meets Stratofortress dropped 24 Khan Achakzai openly announced Pakhtunkhwa. On January 26 Achakzai, Jamiat ulema-e-Islam the demands. “Fate of FATA could precision guided munitions on their parties support to the youth Waziristan started a long leader Maulana Fazal Rehman and only be decided by the people of Taliban fighting positions, setting Pashtun long march in Islamabad. march from D.I. Khan—southern Qomi Watan party leader Aftab FATA,” he said. Moreover, AT News Report studying, but the poor people are a record of the most guided Following the extra judicial killing district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sherpao participated in the Asfandyar Wali said he is an deprived from getting job. “The munitions ever dropped from a B- of Naqeeb Mahsood on 13 January against the ongoing slow motion Pashtun Long March and Afghan and would...P2 KABUL: Ousted governor for the sons of poor people who are really 52. The aircraft has played a northern province of Balkh, Atta patriotic can’t find job even with leading role in Air Force Mohammad Noor, accused the higher education degrees from operations for decades, and was government of ousting the jihadi famous universities.” He warned recently reconfigured with a figures from their position that the current situation “that the conventional rotary launcher to increase its reach and lethality. particularly in the military. government has imposed” is no Continued U.S. strikes disrupt “About 80 per cent of the longer tolerable and people would Taliban support networks in army general who were forced to arise against what he called Helmand province, as well as retire are jihadi people,” Noor said, “injustice”. He has been criticizing destroy their sources of revenue referring to President Ghani’s the government since president such as illegal narcotics. Ongoing recent order by which 164 army Ghani approved his resignation last The Afghan government has center of the city will be closed off security officials including two wrote on Twitter. According to generals went to retirement. month. He says that he would strikes in Helmand continue to unveiled a new security strategy for and security forces will increase generals for negligence over the the new strategy, the security degrade Taliban revenue sources He also blamed the joblessness remain as the governor of Balkh and safe havens. U.S. strikes and Kabul in a bid to make the city safe their reconnaissance and attack on an Afghan Army Unit forces will also undertake search on the government, saying that until he is asked by the leadership ASSF raids have resulted in the from insurgent attacks – following intelligence activities. President near Marshal Mohammad Qasim operations in vulnerable areas of some people find job in high of the Jamiat party (he is a member removal of more than $30 million a series of deadly terrorist incidents Ashraf Ghani has already Fahim Military Academy in Kabul Kabul and the process will be government posts while still of the party) to step aside. of Taliban revenue since the that claimed at least 200 lives. The approved the plan which will be last month. “Findings reveal that expanded to all parts of the city. campaign began in November, Ministry of Interior on Monday implemented in a week’s time. seven high ranking officers “In the reconnaissance and 2017. “The Taliban have nowhere announced a package of measures “Inform the faithful people of including two generals committed intelligence portion, all side roads to hide,” said General John which includes seven priorities Kabul that your security plan was professional negligence. All seven coming to Kabul have come under Nicholson, commander, USFOR- composed of 92 classified items and finalized yesterday, and it will be are sacked and referred for further an operational plan and this is a A. “There will be no safe haven will be implemented in three phases. implemented within two weeks,” investigations. The process of comprehensive plan,” Interior for any terrorist group bent on Based on the new plan, side roads Ghani told a gathering on Tuesday. REWARD and PUNISHMENT to Ministry’s deputy spokesman bringing harm and...P2 connecting suburbs of Kabul to the The president has removed seven continue!” Presidential Palace Nusrat Rahimi said. (ToloNews) Contract workers at US military bases in Iraq have said troops are leaving on flights on a daily basis. AT News Report KABUL: At least 35 militants were killed and 13 others were The US military is redeploying its Iraq, with nearly 4,000 deployed wounded in different operations launched by the troops from an American-led to support and assist local groups security force in different parts of the country within the past 24 hours. In a press release issued coalition base in Iraq to fighting Daesh militants. The here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan Afghanistan following the defeat remaining personnel included National Army (ANA) in collaboration with of Deash in the country, Fox News special operations forces, logistical Afghan National Police (ANP) and National reported. workers and troops on temporary Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has The report said that it western rotations, the BBC reported. Iraqi conducted joint operations against insurgents in contractors at the base say US officials reportedly said their different areas of Nangarhar, Ghazni, Kandahar, troops began the drawdown over government reached an agreement Uruzgan, Zabul, Faryab, Baghalan, Takhar, the past week, with groups of with the US-led coalition to reduce Badakhshan, Nimroz and Helmand provinces. soldiers leaving the base on daily the number of troops in Iraq. The Statement said that in these operations 35 flights. However, the exact scale reported military buildup in insurgents including 10 Daesh affiliates were killed of the redeployment was unclear. Afghanistan is the latest sign of a and 13 others were injured. Afghan forces also According to various estimates, as growing US focus on Afghanistan arrested 11 insurgents and handed over them to of 2016, there were more 5,000 US as the primary conflict. judicial organs for further inquiry. The joint Afghan military personnel stationed in (ToloNews) operation was supported by airstrike. During these operations in the past 24 hours, 12 Taliban fighter killed, eight wounded and three suspects arrested in Darqad district of Takhar, 10 Daesh fighters were killed and two motorbike destroyed in Achin district of Nangarhar, nine insurgents were killed, one wounded and eight including a commander were arrested in Garmsir district of Helmand, also a vehicle full of explosive destroyed. Similar, three rebels were killed in Khanaqa district of Urzgan, one insurgents killed and two other wounded in Marof district of Kandahar and a stronghold with ammunition belonged to Taliban was destroyed in Wardoj district of Badakhshan. In past 24 hours, 12 planed clearing operations,19 Special Forces operations conducted in 11 provinces; also, Air forces conducted 95 aerial
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