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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:278 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TUESDAY . MAY 08. 2018 -Sawar 18, 1397 HS AT News Report change tactic against militants as center,” explained Barmak, wounded over 100 including support law enforcement in Masom Stanikzai also faced a has the Taliban. We are jointly highlighting that law enforcement women. protecting civilians in parliament questioning. He said a KABUL: Minister of Interior working with NDS and defense had no more capability to deploy In the parliament questioning, constituencies, Bahrami explained, unilateral military action against AT News Report Wais Ahmad Barmak on Sunday ministry on how to beef up more security officers in defense minister Tariq Shah reckoning that the army will carry terrorism won’t suffice, proposing during a questioning in the security in voter registration registration sites to maintain Bahrami said that the army forces out clampdown operations in 216 an involvement of people. “It is a KABUL: Ministry of Interior said Parliament regarding election centers, said the minister. “We will security. This parliamentary were not directlymaintaining districts before election. He went collective duty of all people as well Monday it was working hard to security said his team was working change our tactic as has the enemy,” impeachment comes a few days security; rather they were backing on to say that the army will exert as parliamentarians to help free the Indian engineers kidnapped on ‘stringent plans’to beef up he added. after terrorist attacks on voter up the police in security utmost effort to defend the maintain security by reporting any Sunday by Taliban along with their security in voter registration “4 to 10 police officers are registration centers in Kabul and measurements. More than 7,000 country and protect the people. suspicious activity or security Afghan interpreter in the northern centers, explaining that they will deployed in each registration tumultuous Khost killed and troopshave been deployed to NDS Chief Mohammad threats,” he said. province of Baghlan. The ministry spokesman, NajibDanesh said that police would use any possible way to free the engineers. Seven Indian engineers and their Afghan colleague were abducted by Taliban in the Khaja Alwan area, provincial governor, Abdul HaiNemati said, adding that they were being held in the Wasghar area, another neighborhood of the province. Taliban have not yet commented in this regard. AT News Report to the government’s preparedness Separately, foreign minister in a for the two elections, targeting telephonic conversation with his KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani voter registration centers. He Indian counterpart assured that the denounced the attacks against the government of Afghanistan... reiterated that the legislative and P2 presidential elections would be registration centers as attack on held timely, with the first in democracy and transparent October and the latter in April next elections. Ghani who was speaking year. Ghani’s comments come Monday in the fifth international while the armed opposition groups symposium of Afghan women, AT News Report have recently intensified reactions said that his service... P2 KABUL: As many as 36 people - AT News Report most of them children - have been killed and dozens other received KABUL: A suicide attacker who injuries in aerial operations carried attempted to target a blood out by the Afghan forces donation campaign was shot dead helicopters following multiple on Monday in Shahr-e-Naw Park rockets and firing heavy before reaching his target, officials machineguns during an open-air said; a failed terrorist attempt in ‘dashtar bandi’ religious ceremony the wake of a string of suicide AT Monitoring Desk next to a madrassa where hundreds bombings. This time terrorists of men and boys were gathered, wanted to target a blood donation KABUL: The Indian Minister of the United Nation Assistance campaign that was set up in State (MoS) for External Mission in Afghanistan support of the victims of terrorist Affairs MJ Akbar said India is (UNAMA) said in its special attacks. focusing on people-oriented reports on Monday. The airstrike “Police spotted a suicide development in the war- was launched on 2 April bomber in Shahr-e-Naw Park and ridden Afghanistan. As per a press approximately at 12:30pm in and wounded. “As of 7 May, were children (30 killed and 51 shot him down,” said Police release issued by the Ministry of Laghmani village, Dasht-e-Archi UNAMA verified 107 casualties injured). According to the Spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai. External Affairs on Monday, MJ district of Kunduz province, in (36 killed and 71 injured) according Government, the airstrike targeted “The attacker was heading towards Akbar attended an international which several people were killed to its methodology, of which 81 senior Taliban leaders... P2 a blood donation campaign conference in Tajikistan themed on launched by civil activists and Co un te rin g Te rr ori sm a nd Kabul citizens,” he explained. Preventing Violent Extremism on No fatalities followed, and May 4 in which he reiterated only the would-be suicide bomber Bharatiya Janata Party’s slogan was killed, he said. “Sab ka saath, Sabka Vikas”. He Members of Hizb-e-Islami, who police commander said the recent This comes in the wake of a also underscored efforts made were released from prisons, have suicide attack, which left at least string of terrorist activities across by India to combat terrorism joined Taliban ranks in Kandahar eleven children dead in Daman the country. A dozen people were in Afghanistan. He said, “Our province and are causing security district of the province, was a plot KABUL: The Kingdom of Saudi The new Saudi ambassador to Ambassador Jassim killed in a terrorist attack on a assistance to Afghanistan is over problems in the province, by Wali Mohammad, a member of Arabia has pledged boosting Afghanistan held out the promise Mohammad Al Kadi met Abdulla mosque in Khost province. Three three billion dollars and includes, Kandahar police chief general the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar-led cooperation with Afghanistan, of enhanced cooperation at a at his office in the morning. The weeks ago, a suicide bomber blew at the moment, 116 new projects Abdul Raziq said on Monday. Hizb-e-Islami party, who was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. meeting with Dr. Abdullah in CEO hailed Saudi Arabia as an himself up near a voter registration in 31 provinces.” He blamed the In an interview with Sarkhat released from jail by the Abdullah Abdullah’s office said on Kabul, the CEO spokesman said Afghanistan’s longstanding friend site and killed more than fifty sponsors of terrorism while... P2 newspaper, Kandahar’s powerful government. But.... P2 Monday. in a statement. and supporter. (Pajhwok) people, wounding tens more. TUESDAY .MAY 08, 2018 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Ghazni-Paktika highway closed P olice tr yin g amid clashes to secu r e r elea se... in Andar ...P1 would spare no efforts to help of tribal elders to free these free the engineers. The kidnapped engineers. They are working in the GHAZNI CITY: The Ghazni- engineers are part of 150 Indian reconstruction of Afghanistan and Paktika highway has been closed citizens working in the we ask the government to be for traffic following fierce clashes BreshnaSherkat (Power serious in their release,” Shahab between Afghan forces and Taliban Company). AssadullahShahab, said. But, another member of in the Andar district of southern member of provincial council, said provincial council, Ghazni province, officials said that tribal elders were FerozuddinAimaq alleged that Sunday. intermediating to free the engineers. security forces were not doing Mohammad Arif Noori, the “We are making efforts with the enough to free the Indian nationals. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that clashes had been ongoing between the security forces and insurgents “I n dia focu sin g on in parts of Andar district for the last three days. He said 14 militants and an people-or ien t ed ... Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier had been killed and eight ...P1 saying that these people misleaders posing as leaders,” he target those who are economically added. Finally, the third dimension rebels and five troops wounded vulnerable and allure them to take is economic. He said that the during an overnight firefight. terror-related activities. He further shared aspiration of the young Clashes had stopped but might highlighted three dimension of generation is equitable prosperity erupt again, he said. (Pajhwok) terrorism which includes, security and called for economic equity. and intelligence services, Minister Akbar congratulated radicalization, and economic. He Tajikistan President Emomali Foreign donors said security and intelligence Rahmon to succeed in preventing services of every right-minded a critical challenge of terrorism to Afghanistan Bilal and his parrot, Toti, at their new home in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, in February 2017. government are engaged in from turning into a catastrophe. He countering terrorism to the best of further praised Tajikistan for their abilities. successfully fighting, deferring, and fuelling ... “ (The) second dimension is more reversing terrorism. subtle. This is the battlefield within Tajikistan had banned the Islamic ....P12 Kabul. “We ignored the mind, where seeds of Rebirth Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) corruption early on. We ignored radicalization are being planted in 2015 and termed it a terrorist the corrupt officials we were giving with profuse abandon by organization. money to, the warlords, the petty bosses who then later grew extremely wealthy.” Such corruption is helping to fuel the 3 6 , m ostly ch ildr en , protracted conflict, now in its 17th year, by eroding support for the Afghan government and morale k illed in K u n du z... among its security forces “who are fighting and dying”, Sopko said.