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MoD Taliban Militants Seize 80 Scores of Rebels Perish in Clearing Operations KABUL - Ten security Villages in Northern personnel and 67 mili- tants have been killed According to reports, Taliban insurgents occupied over 80 villages in northern Afghanistan. and 36 others wound- MOSCOW - Taliban insurgents duz province. ed in the past two days occupied over 80 villages in Taliban militants attacked the in different incidents northern Afghanistan, local offi- Khan Abad district of the same of violence across the cials said Tuesday. province two days ago, clashing country, the Ministry “The Taliban last night took con- with local residents, according to of Defence (MoD) said trol of as many as 80 villages the channel. on Tuesday. and about 14 residents who are Afghanistan has been plagued by The insurgents were fighting the insurgents have been an ongoing Taliban insurgency killed and wounded in sepa- Faryab operation, in which killed or injured so far,” head of beginning in the early 1990s. The rate clearing operations in Taliban’s shadow governor the provincial council of Kunduz militants have become notorious Paktia, Kandahar, Uruzgan, was killed, was a success. Mohammad Yousuf Ayoubi said, for staging attacks against civil- Herat, Farah, Nimroz, Fary- He said 10 Afghan National quoted by the TOLO News tel- ian and state targets in Afghani- ab, Badakhshan, Helmand, Army (ANA) soldiers were evision channel. stan and , seeking to es- Faryab, Kunduz and Maidan also been killed in clashes. According to the media outlet, tablish a fundamentalist sharia provinces. He said in the past 24 hours hundreds of families fled their law on the territory under its con- Dawlat Waziri, MoD deputy Afghan Air Force carried out homes in the attack on the Kun- trol. (Sputnik) spokesman, told reporters the 72 ...(More on P4)...(8) Jirga Formed to MoI Launches Probe into Governor Takes Resolve Kandahar ‘Stop Creating Anti-Taliban Stern Action Education Militias Amid Peace Talks’ Collapse of Badakhshan Against Torkham Problems KHOST CITY - Religious Police Base Officials KANDAHAR CITY - An ad- scholars and tribal elders in KABUL - Ministry of Inte- been appointed to investigate JALALABAD - The gover- visory mini-Jirga involving southeastern Khost prov- rior (MoI) spokesman Sediq the surrendering of local po- nor of eastern Nangarhar university teachers, civil so- ince on Tuesday said “illegal Sediqqi said on Monday that lice forces to the Taliban,” has terminated two security ciety activists and media rep- distribution” of weapons to a task team has been appoint- said Sediqqi. personnel and cases against resentatives has been formed residents in Northern prov- ed to investigate reports that “These forces do not have a three other Torkham scale to voluntarily work with the inces would lead the country a deal was made between lack of equipment and am- officials have been referred education department to to another crisis. security force members and munition and were able to to Attorney General Office improve teaching standards Speaking at a gathering to the Taliban that led to the protect their military base. (AGO), an official said on in southern Kandahar prov- voice support for the on- fall of the Teergaran base in Until the last minute the Min- Tuesday. ince. going peace process, they Badakhshan a few days ago. ister of Interior had direct Ahmda Zia Abdulzai, the The 11-member Jirga on claimed some circles wanted to use all possible means for litias are not in the inter- On Sunday, the Taliban freed contact with them. The inci- governor’s spokesman, told Tuesday called on Gover- to derail the peace parlays bringing peace and stability est of Afghanistan, they are 142 Afghan Local Police and dent needs to be investigated Pajhwok Afghan News the nor Dr. Humayun Aziz at for their own interests. to Afghanistan. anti-peace and anti-stability border police who had re- to find out who made a deal extreme step was taken on the governor’s house, where Besides religious scholars Speaking on the occasion, and their creation must be portedly surrendered to the with the Taliban,” Sediqqi the basis of complaints that Education Director Abdul and tribal elders, the gath- provincial council member stopped,” Wahidzai added. insurgents on Saturday. They added. police commanders of Achin Qadir Piwaston was also ering was attended by civil Abdul Wali Wahidzai said Religious scholar Maulvi Ra- were freed following efforts These claims followed the and Huski districts and three present. society activists, provincial some circles feared they himullah asked all the war- on the part of tribal elders. release of security force mem- officials of Torkham scale The meeting decided that the council members and others would be held accountable ring parties to stage a cease- On Monday however, Sediq- bers who told officials that were overstepping their au- Jirga would oversee the edu- in Khost City, the provincial for their misdeeds if the war fire without any condition. qi said that the circumstances their move to surrender had thority. cation process and would capital. came to a close. He appealed to the govern- of the incident were being been arranged. Three Torkham scale staff- work jointly with the educa- They asked the government “For God’s sake, these mi- ment ...(More on P4)...(9) probed especially in light of Badakhshan police Chief ers were not only terminated tion department in finding the fact that the Taliban had Gen. Baba Jan has pointed but also referred to AGO solution to problems plagu- seized a large quantity of a finger at Teergaran base’s for further investigations, ing the sector, said Samim Mohammadi weapons. local police commander for he added. The governor re- Khpalwak, the governor’s “The Ministry of Interior has having cut a deal with the ceived complaints against spokesman. Kochi-Hazara Dispute in taken the matter under inves- Taliban and said that he has the police commanders and He said the Jirga would tigation and a delegation has ...(More on P4)...(10) after consultation with the meet after every 15 days and police chief and other secu- would try to address hurdles Wardak Politicised rity officials he terminated crippling the education pro- MAIDAN SHAHR - Presi- Jawzjan Gun Battle their services. cess. dent’s Legal Advisor Dr. Governor Salim Kunduzi re- More than 100 schools have Abdul Ali Mohammadi on Leaves 7 Rebels Dead ceived corruption informa- been closed across Kandahar Tuesday said the dispute SHIBERGHAN - At least the gun battle. tion by some officials of mil- province due to insecurity between Kochi and Haz- seven militants have been Mohammad Ismail, a resi- lions of afghanis on a daily amid complaints about the ara tribes in central Maidan killed and two Afghan Local dent of Shair Baig area, said: basis in Torkham scale, the lack of professional teachers, Wardak province had been Policemen (ALP) wounded “Though the residential area spokesperson said. corruption and several other politicised and elements when insurgents stormed a is far away from the battle Zabihullah Zamaray, pro- problems. fuelling the tensions would police check post late Mon- scene even then residents vincial council member, ap- Education Director Abdul be exposed. day in Qoshtapa district in were afraid and could not preciated ...(More on P4)...(13) Qadir Piwaston acknowl- Mohammadi expressed edged these problems and these views at a gathering in individual fueling tension the country and account 2 Daesh hoped the newly-formed Maidan Shahr, the provin- between the tribes. The dis- the losses occurred as result jirga would help bring about cial capital, which was at- putes, he said had turned of disputes and clashes be- Fighters Killed, reforms for the sake of im- tended by provincial council into a lucrative business for tween Hazara and the Kochi. 6 Held in provement in the education members, judicial and secu- some people who would be Mohammadi said his trip to process. rity officials. exposed soon. the province helped gather Jalalabad Provincial council chief and Attaullah , the He said the president had more information about the JALALABAD - Two Daesh a member of the mini-Jirga, governor’s spokesman, taken the issue seriously. He judicial department of Maid- commanders have been Haji Syed Jan Khakrezwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News tasked some committees to an Wardak and he would killed and six others are ap- said ...(More on P4)...(11) that Mohammadi accused identify land owners across share ...(More on P4)...(12) northern Jawzjan province, sleep the entire night as both prehended during search an official said on Tuesday. parties used heavy weapons operation in Jalalabad, the Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, in the fight.” Taliban fight- capital of eastern Nangarhar Militants Frisking Passengers Traders Seek Opening of police chief, told Pajhwok ers targeted the check post province, official says on on Maidan-Bamyan Highway Afghan News that seven and then fled away from the Tuesday. ACCI Branch in Paktika militants including two ALP scene, he added. Maj. Gen. Fazal Ahmad SHARAN - Businessmen on branch of the ACCI. personnel who joined Tali- Abdul Razzaq , Gre- , police chief, told a Tuesday asked the Afghani- Abdul Khaliq, shopkeepers’ ban insurgent last month zwan district chief, said press conference two Daesh stan Chamber of Commerce union head, said the level of had been killed and two unidentified people called commanders were killed and and Industry (ACCI) to open investment had declined in ALP personnel wounded in 23-year- ...(More on P4)...(14) six fighters had been arrest- a branch in southeastern Pak- Paktika following the with- ed during search operation tika province. drawal of foreign troops. in Chaparhar district. They issued the demand at a Businessmen are not willing 2 Women Stabbed to Death, He identified Ghulam Fa- gathering in Sharan, the pro- to invest in Paktika due to se- rooq and Mir Wais slain MAIDAN SHAHR - Drivers militants stopped passen- vincial capital, where ACCI’s curity concerns and lack of a 3 Injured in Zabul Attack commanders of Daesh. of Maidan-Bamyan highway gers’ vehicles anywhere and industry committee head was proper environment. QALAT - Two women of a his relative’s house and at- Separately, the police chief complained that Taliban searching them. also present. Abdul Khaliq believed if the family have been killed and tacked several women with claimed seizing three SIM militants were stopping their Taliban were searching for One trader Gul Zada Hamidi ACCI opened a branch in three others wounded as a knife. Two women were boxes in Rod district. cars and subjecting passen- only government officers in told Pajhwok Afghan News Paktika, it would encourage a result of a family feud in killed on the spot and three “We have arrested the cul- gers for body search. the vehicles and taking them most of Paktika residents traders in other provinces to southern Zabul province, an others wounded in the inci- prits and recovered SIM They said Taliban started with themselves, he said. were associated with busi- come and invest there. Simi- official said Tuesday. dent, he said. Police shifted boxes of Roshan, MTN and searching passengers after Ali Reza, another resident nesses, but an improper en- lar views were expressed by Provincial police chief Col. the injured women to hos- other telecommunication an operation by Afghan Na- of Markazi Behsood district, vironment prevented them other speakers at the gather- Ghulam Jilani Farahi told pital. networks,” he added. Mean- tional Army (ANA) in Jalrez also confirmed that militants from making necessary in- ing. Pajhwok Afghan News the One of the wounded women while, police had arrested two district in central Maidan search passengers’ cars. vestments. ACCI official Kashif incident took place in Resali said that her relative came smugglers along with 180 kil- Wardak province. However, a resident of He said commercial goods said he would talk to the of- village on the outskirts of to her house and killed her ograms of hashish in Sur Rod Mohammad Numan, a resi- Behsud district Hamidullah reached across Afghanistan ficials concerned about open- Qalat, the provincial capital, mother and sister and left district and recovered two dent of Jalrez district, told who on Monday came to Ka- from Pakistan through Pa- ing of an ACCI branch in in the morning. her and another woman in- Kalashnikovs in Ghani Khail Pajhwok Afghan News that bul ...(More on P4)...(15) ktika, but still there was no ...(More on P4)...(16) He said a person broke into jured. (Pajhwok) district. (Pajhwok)