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Reg: No 352 Volume No. 3261 Saturday April 02, 2016 Hamal 14, 1395 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 15/-Afs Salahuddin Rabbani Peace in Af-Pak Region President Suspends Helmand, Key to Global Stability Nuristan Governors: Source KABUL - The governors of formance, the source said. southern Helmand and eastern However, Nuristan governor Nuristan provinces have been Hafiz Abdul Qayum said “I don’t suspended, but both the gover- know about the decision and no nors said they were unaware of one has so far informed me.” the decision. Likewise, Helmand governor Ra- A source close to the govern- himi said he did not know about ment told Pajhwok Afghan News the decision and no one had so far KABUL - Foreign Minister and functionaries and traders that President Ashraf Ghani had talked to him in this regard. Salahuddin Rabbani on Thurs- participated in the event. suspended Helmand Governor However, the president’s special day said and Pa- “If we don’t cooperate in Mirza Khan Rahimi and Nuristan representative for security in Hel- kistan should cooperate with maintaining peace, both coun- governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum mand, Abdul Jabar Qahraman, efforts for bringing peace to tries will be damaged by inse- due to their weak management. confirmed Rahimi had been laid the region and forging eco- curity,” he the foreign minister The communications and infor- off. nomic links. warned, saying stability in the mation technology, education, in- “Only the governor has been laid Addressing a function at the two counties meantstability formation and culture and higher off and no other officials are sus- Pakistani embassy in Kabul, across the world. education directors would also be pended. The situation is getting Rabbani underlined the need The two countries should also suspended due to their poor per- improved,” he said. (Pajhwok) for Kabul and Islamabad to deepen economic links, he join hands for ensuring peace suggested, calling TAPI and and security in the region. CASA-1000 two important JCMB to Meet Civil and military officials of energy projects that would im- Serious Anti-Corruption, different countries, Afghan mensely benefit and Next Week on Govt’s parliamentarians, government ...(More on P4)...(1) Commitments Anti-Terrorism Fight is Pakistan, Afghanistan Needed: Massoud Return to War of Words KABUL - Ahmad Zia Mas- soud, president’s special envoy for reform and good governance on Friday said terrorists have been imple- menting the strategies of in- KABUL - The Joint Coordination and Monitoring telligence agencies of the re- Board (JCMB) is scheduled to meet next week in gion in Afghanistan. Kabul on how to implement demands of the inter- During the first death an- national community ahead of NATO’s Warsaw and niversary of Hakmatullah ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has determination,” foreign min- Brussels summits, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) Haqmal, the former police rejected Afghan allegations its istry spokesman Mohammad said on Thursday. chief of district in the intelligence agencies of the stability and cultural develop- intelligence agency is behind Nafees Zakaria told a weekly The meeting, which may be held on Monday under southern , region. ment for the country, it is our na- the ’s resurgence and news briefing in Islamabad the chairmanship of President ...(More on P4)...(2) Massoud said that terrorists Haqmal was killed last year as a tional and religious duty to fight that Islamabad is not helping Thursday. don’t recognize any tribe and result of a roadside bombing in against terrorism” he said. in efforts to end the war in Af- Top Taliban leaders, Afghan Turkey Pledges religion, but they only imple- Grishk district of Helmand prov- It is the duty of the unity govern- ghanistan. officials say, are sheltering in ment the strategies given by ince. “In order to bring political ment to ...(More on P4)...(3) In a speech to the Afghan the neighboring country and Continued Military parliament this week, acting directing insurgent attacks If Not Allotted Govt. Terms spy chief, Massoud Andarabi, from their sanctuaries across Support to Afghanistan Land Plots, Logar NATO, US Troops’ directly blamed Pakistan’s In- the border. KABUL - Turkey has pledged continued military ter-Services Intelligence or ISI Taliban fighters among refu- support to Afghanistan in the format of NATO-led Teachers to Quit Presence Effective for “completely supporting gees Resolute Support (RS) mission, the country’s Chief PUL-I-ALAM - A number of schoolteachers in KABUL - The Presidential Palace on Thursday and encouraging” the Taliban Pakistani officials acknowl- of Army Staff Hulusi Akar said. central on Thursday accused the termed the presence of NATO and US troops in to extend its influence and edge presence of Taliban Akar arrived to Afghanistan and met with President government of failing to keep its promise of giv- the war against terrorism as effective and neces- capture Afghan territory. fighters among nearly three Mohammad Ashraf Ghani to discuss bilateral rela- ing them land plots, but the authorities said they sary. “It is unfortunate. Such as- million Afghan refugees they tions between Kabul and Ankura and cooperation were ready to build four townships for educa- However, the deputy spokesman for President sertions are baseless and con- have hosted for decades, but between the two nations. tion officials. Ashraf Ghani, Sayed Zafar Hashemi, said that it trary to the facts. Pakistan say the militants have now According to a statement by ARG Presidential Pal- Shah Mahmood, a teacher at the Jamhooriat was the duty of U.S politicians to decide over the is fighting terrorism and ex- either gone back to Afghan ace, Akar emphasized on ...(More on P4)...(4) School in Pul-i-Alam, ...(More on P4)...(5) future of U.S ...(More on P4)...(6) tremism with full resolve and areas ...(More on P4)...(7)