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(1) Over 50 ... Journalists. introduced to the attorney office for the fruits ripen late in most areas,” reasons for the confrontation, the are scheduled to hold an informal The last foreign journalist killed in investigations,” the director said. he said. report further said. meeting on Wednesday. (Xinhua) Kentoz. This comes after the First the country was Anja Niedringhaus, Eighteen schools in insecure are- The number of melon and water- Further, Cricket Board Vice President Abdul Rashid Dos- (22)U.S. to Keep... an Associated Press photographer as of the province were closed but melon gardens is high in Nawa and (ACB) have accepted that some of tum said government’s control is who was shot to death by an Af- teachers’ salaries continued to be Garmser districts. The fruit from the the words spoken by their players to conclude an ambitious, compre- confined to main roads and that oth- ghan policeman while covering the paid. Paikan said investigations into two districts has a better market, weren’t in good taste and it could hensive and high standard agree- er parts are under the control of in- elections in 2014.(PressTV) the incident had been launched to Mohammad confirmed. Sometimes have well been one of the reasons ment this year. “ surgents from Pakistan.(Tolonews) Froman also admitted the U.S. gov- (7) 3,000 Kgs... unearth the truth. farms have been hit by diseases, but for the Namibians to feel offended. (2)Japan, UN ... Some civil society organisations the agriculture department is help- The board and its players are said ernment was evaluating the effect arrested in connection to the trans- ing growers to prevent such attacks. to have offered apologies to their of Brexit on the TTIP negotiations. facilities for the Afghan students. have complained of corruption in port and attack plots in Kabul. (Pajhwok) Namibian counterparts, while also (Xinhua) The president also met UN’s Special the department and teachers’ ap- NDS said the militants were looking stressing that at no point it should Representative Nicholas Haysom, pointments. They claim a teacher’s (14)37 Daesh... (23)Turkey Signs... to use the explosives for the attacks be mistaken as a breach of ICC’s whose tenure has come to an end. post could be purchased for 80,000 specifically during the Eid days. were wounded during the opera- Anti-Racism Code. blockaded in 2010 in May Ghani praised Haysom for support- afghanis. The anti-government armed mili- tion,” he said. Additionally, the ACB has under- 2010. ing Afghanistan. For his part, the They welcomed the initiative of tant groups including the Sangin also confirmed 37 Daesh taken that their national squad Attempts to mend ties were initiated outgoing diplomat expressed his Paikan to introduce the corrup- insurgents have not commented re- militants had been killed and 40 players will also attend an educa- in 2015 when delegations from two gratitude to the Afghan government tion-tainted employees to the at- garding the report so far. others wounded during the opera- tion and training programme to be sides met for the first time. Negoti- and people for support of Afghans. torney office, hoping the accused This comes as the Taliban-led insur- tion since yesterday. organized by the ICC which will ations were conducted throughout Tadamichi Yamamoto, UNAMA’s would be brought to justice.(Pajh- gency has been rampant during the “Daesh militants are on the run, help them understand the respon- 2016 until June 26, when the two new head who was also present, wok) recent months as the group attempts they have emplaced many landmin- sibilities of international cricketers sides met in Rome to agree on the was welcomed by Ghani, who said to carry out more attacks as part of (11) Civil Society ... es in the district and we have found in relation to issues regarding race, latest draft of the agreement. the Afghan government would sup- its spring offensive. not allow anyone to work on any and defused 40 landmines since culture and language sensitivity. Under the deal, will pay $20 port him in his task. Yamamoto said The Taliban group announced the coalmine in the province until the yesterday. Our operation is success- Commenting on the entire pro- million in compensation to the rela- he would try to expand cooperative launch of the offensive earlier in government addressed their prob- fully ongoing.” cess, David Richardson, ICC’s tives of the Mavi Marmara victims, relations with Afghanistan.(Pajh- April this year under the name Om- lems. Mohammad Jan, one of the During the capture of Janjal Ghundi chief executive, said that the ICC and Turkey will deliver humanitari- wok) ari operation but the Afghan securi- protestors, alleged the company and Seh Pai areas, the official said places utmost importance towards an aid and other non-military prod- (3) Afghanistan ... ty officials are saying that the offen- had fired more than 580 workers. they found four dead bodies of lo- removing racism from the game ucts to Gaza with a first shipment cal gunmen who resisted the Daesh of 10,000 tons of supplies being sent ported by Pakistan, meanwhile sive has been successfully thwarted Yar Mohammad, another protestor, and commended both teams for fighters. next Friday. (Xinhua) President Mohammad Ashraf as the group has received major said they would close the Afghan their understanding of the same. Governor Salim Khan Kunduzi told Ghani policy towards Pakistan has blows during the operations.(KP) Coal company and block the main “I would like to thank all parties (24)Merkel Warns... highway linking Pul-i-Khumri with Pajhwok that ground and air forces involved for their cooperation in been ineffective, the situation has (8) More than ... Norway which accepted free migra- Mazar-i-Sharif if their demands were taking part in the Kot opera- and commitment to the conciliation gone chaotic specially the Afghan tion from the EU in return for access refugees have been arrested over were not met in the next few days. tion and the district would be soon process. I am also extremely grate- migrants living condition in Paksi- to the internal market. the past month, police said, as they Governor Abdul Sattar Barez said purged of Daesh presence. ful to the conciliator for his profes- tan.” “This applies to Britain as it does to continued with search operations in the contract for Ghori Cement and He said the IS militants had torched sional approach. The ICC would The following comments come af- everyone else,” she said. different parts of the city. Kakar Coalmine was signed with 90 homes of local residents and 500 like to stress that there is no place ter Afghan President Mohammad The German leader reiterated that Police said 950 illegal Afghans were the Ministry of Petroleum and Min- families had been displaced as a re- for racism within the sport; we are Ashraf Ghani has repeatedly insist- no formal or informal negotiations arrested in Cantonment area, 350 ing. But according to reports, the sult of the attack. proud of the diversity of the global ed that his Government is commit- over Britain’s future relations with in interior city and 700 in the rural company fired workers without The governor said the displaced cricket community and according- ted to ensure peace and stability in the EU would start until the coun- areas around Peshawar. Some 400s consultations with the central gov- families would return to their homes ly place the utmost importance on Afghanistan.(Agencies) try formally notifies its intention to settlers have been deported to their ernment. once the situation in the district every participant according respect leave. (4) Kazakh, ... homeland. Mohammad Maroof Sarwari, head was improved and their destroyed to their fellow players,” he said. Mushtaq Ghani, spokesman for the As long as Britain hasn’t formally Russia in fighting terrorism and ex- of the Afghan Coalmine Compa- homes would be reconstructed. Under ICC Anti-Racism Code, since KP government, said the province both parties have accepted that the exited the bloc, it remains an EU tremism, holding working meetings ny, said the workers had been dis- Nangarhar provincial council secre- could no longer afford to bear the reconciliation process has reached a member state and “all rights and ob- of the two countries’ experts. It was missed because work on the mine tary Zabihullah Zamarai hailed the economic burden of Afghan refu- consensual resolution over the mat- ligations of membership would con- also proposed to intensify the ac- had been stopped due to insecurity. operation in Kot as well-coordinat- gees. “We cannot bear the load of tinue to apply to both sides.” He said Hezb-i-Islami command- ed and said the offensive had good ter, the case has now been deemed tivity of the Central Asian Regional more than three million Afghans.” Merkel expressed confidence that er Mirwais had attacked the mine results. The public representative as closed and there will be no fur- Information and Coordination Cen- If the federal government wished several times, causing the company the EU is “strong enough” to with- urged both sides of the conflict to ther comments made. (Agencies) tre for Combating Illicit Trafficking to extend the stay of Afghans, then and residents losses. “We have told stand a withdrawal of Britain. avoid harming civilians. of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic it needs to establish refugee camps the officials concerned about the (18)Amu River... “Any suggestions that could lift the A statement from the governor’s Substances and their Precursors and shift the immigrants from Khy- problem but nobody paid attention orchards were at risk of being EU out of this crisis are welcome,” (CARICC) in order to more effec- ber Pakhtunkhwa to Punjab. “After to the issue.” he said.(Pajhwok) house said civilians had suffered no washed away. she said, adding that she and the tively counteract drug trafficking June 30, all Afghans will be restrict- casualties during the ongoing oper- “The rise in water level and de- German government would make via Kazakh and Russian territories. ed to camps...”(Pajhwok) (12) Dostum’s ... ation in the Kot district. struction occurs when Tajikistan every effort to prevent nationalist (Agencies) Aziz Rafee, head of a civil society Malak Aman Khan, a tribal elder closes its side and all the water forces in the EU from strengthening. (9) State Warns... organization. in Dawani village of Kot district, is unleashed on us, causing huge (Xinhua) (5) Nangarhar ... claimed most of the Daesh fighters destruction. Some families were that are of a military or paramilitary The head of the political and inter- (25)UN Chief ... 90 houses in the attack, but he add- nature. national committee of the Council of were Pakistanis who used light and obliged to leave the area.” ed that they will provide the dis- “Any party that has military rela- Protection and Stability in Afghani- heavy weapons during the clashes The 5th Badakhshan water district electricity shortage in Gaza and the placed families with facilities and tions with or links to foreign sourc- stan, Mohammad Umer Daudzai, against security forces. head, Abdul Baseer Qanit, said the unemployment that hit 50 percent assistance. es, will have to contend with the Af- said they are concerned about the “The operation in Kot needs to be Amu River in Shaghnan, Shakash- among the coastal enclave’s youths. According to reports, nearly 161 ghanistan government and judicial fragile situation in the state. intensified. Both sides are using am, Darwaz and some other dis- The UN chief said “we must speak Daesh militants, seven security institutions that have the authority “An agreement-based government heavy and light weapons and this tricts had inflicted financial losses openly about the unacceptable hard- force members and five civilians to disqualify parties that have mili- can last for one or two years, not for- is creating problems for local resi- on people and caused damage to ships faced by the people of Gaza in were killed and 31 others including tary branches,” the Head of the sec- ever. The duration of the agreement dents,” he said. forests, farmland and orchards. light of the humiliation, occupation 13 civilians were wounded in Nan- retariat of lawyers’ union, Ainuddin has been completed. Now you [gov- The Daesh group has so far said The river forms a 850km border and siege, as well as the division be- garhar clash. Bahaduri, said. ernment leaders] should find a solu- nothing about the operation in Kot. with Tajikistan in Badakhshan from tween the Gaza Strip and the West Most of the insurgents were killed Armed clashes between Jamaat-e-Is- tion. If they don’t and do not have (Pajhwok) Wakhan to Shahr-e-Buzarg area, he Bank.” in foreign troops’ air strikes, accord- lami and Junbish-e-Melli party sup- the ability to do so, they should seek (15)Rashidan District... said, adding the Ministry of Water He called for uniting the West Bank ing to officials. porters in the North have shown help from us,” said Daudzai. and Energy was only able to estab- and Gaza under a democratically Daesh fighters are reportedly active that those two parties do have some “No rifts should emerge from with- police chief Brig. Gen. Aminullah lish a nine-kilometer embankments elected government based upon the in parts of Nangarhar, particularly armed supporters. Both parties have in the system. This will favor armed Amarkhel confirmed the incident. along the river. political program of the Palestine in Kot and Achin districts. (Tolone- however said that armed groups anti-government militants,” said There was no immediate claim of “Averagely building a kilometer of Liberation Organisation (PLO). ws) who disturbed the public order in Mohammad Abduh, head of the responsibility for the attack.(Pajh- embankment costs one million US Ban also thanked donors for their wok) (6) Media Rights ... the city, did not belong to them. The judicial commission at the Wolesi dollars. Despite a lack of resources, efforts in the reconstruction of Gaza, Junbish-e-Melli party called for dis- Jirga (Lower House of parliament). (16)Taliban Extorting... we should try our best to protect the pointing out that 90 percent of the Rahimullah Samander, the head of armament of the armed groups. Talking to journalists during a mili- land from being destroyed.” schools and hospitals were recon- the AIJA, told a press conference in “Those who are threatening the tary operation in Dawlat Abad dis- Qush Tapa district, also said prices A Kunduz resident also complained structed. the Afghan capital that the Afghan security situation, have never be- trict in Faryab on Monday, Dostum of food items had been on the in- about the issue and said agriculture He stressed that the international security forces were involved in 15 longed to us. We ask the government said President Ashraf Ghani and the crease over the past two months. land in Imam Sahib, Qala-i-Zal community “has a great responsi- incidents of violence, the Taliban that if armed groups were to threat- Chief Executive Abdullah Abdul- “A tin of five liters of ghee which and many other districts had been bility to work continuously and se- militants were involved in four and en the security of the state, members lah have shared the power among was previously sold at 500 afghanis washed away by the river. riously to achieve peace, “ and that unnamed armed groups were in- of such groups should be detained themselves. His role in the adminis- is now costs 900 to 1,000 afghanis, The Amu River originates from Pa- the UN will continue to work for a volved in three others. and legal action taken against them tration is now unclear. the prices of overall food items are mir Mountains series and has a total future without occupation and in- “In some cases, government em- in accordance with the law. We be- Dostum said considering his efforts high,” he said. 1126km length inside Afghanistan. justice, and for the establishment of ployees, specially low-ranking po- lieve in our party’s democratic val- in bringing President Ghani to pow- He added shopkeepers argued they According to the Ministry of Water a Palestinian state to live side by side lice officers, do not understand how ues, not the values of bullies,” said er, at least 10 embassies should be must increase prices because Talib- and Energy, surveys show perma- with the state of Israel. to behave with reporters,” Saman- Bashir Ahmad Tayang spokesman allocated to his supporters.(Tolone- an were extorting money from truck nent embankments along the worst Ban’s visit to Gaza came at the end der said, adding, “We ask govern- for Junbish-e-Melli party. ws) drivers. parts of the river needs $40 billion. of a tour in the Middle East. ment departments, armed groups “The Jamaat-e-Islami party operates The food prices would increase by (Pajhwok) Before leaving Tuesday night, he is (13) Helmand... three times if the security situation and those who involved in the fight- on the basis of Afghanistan constitu- (19)Peshgam, New... scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime ing to pave the way for reporters to tion and we do not believe in mili- and some agriculture organisations on the Shiberghan-Qush Tepa and Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Je- do their jobs properly.” tary activities,” said Waqif Hakimi appoint non-professional individu- Darzab roads did not improve, he Afghanistan’s media history, ex- rusalem and Palestinian officials in- An American journalist and his Af- spokesman for Jamaat -e-Islami. als to train farmers.” said. plaining politics, economy, admin- cluding Prime Minister Rami Ham- ghan translator were killed in an Jamaat-e-Islami and Junbish-e-Melli Mohammad complained inexpe- However, a Taliban spokesman istration and management were the dallah and President Mahmoud ambush by the Taliban militants in parties are led by First Vice-Pres- rienced trainers offered the grow- Zabihullah Mujahid denied the ex- focus of the channel. Abbas. (Xinhua) tortion as government propaganda Literacy programmes and scientific the southern province of Helmand ident Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum ers little help. He linked the lower (26)Indian PM ... on June 5. of the US and Foreign Minister Salahuddin yield levels to what he called the against militants. documentaries would also be aired National Public Radio (NPR) and Rabbani. poor training imparted to growers “No Taliban member can do so, if by the TV channel, which is cur- all the countries to be visited have his interpreter, Zabihullah Taman- Recent armed clashes between sup- on maximising the production of any of them is involved in such ac- rently on the air in Kabul and some coasts facing the Indian Ocean and na, who were traveling with the Af- porters of the two parties in the Far- crops. tions, they would face serious reac- other provinces of the country.(Pa- have large Indian communities set- ghan army, came under fire by the yab province, have caused the death However, he acknowledged the tion and would be expelled from the jhwok) tled there for long time. militants near the town of Marjah. and wounding of some of their sup- market for melons and watermel- Taliban ranks,” he said. (20)Clinton, Trump... The visit would follow that by Indi- American journalist David Gilkey porters. Dozens of civilians have ons was better this year. A big-size Jawzjan governor’s spokesman, an President Pranab Mukherjee to (R) and his Afghan translator Za- also been killed and wounded. watermelon is sold for 50 to 70 af- Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, con- who are the least favorable presi- three African countries earlier this bihullah Tamanna were killed in a “If we found that any party has ghanis and a small one for 30 af- firmed the money extortion by Tali- dential candidates in decades, have month. (Xinhua) Taliban attack in southern Afghan- armed groups, there should be no ghanis in Helmand markets. ban and said the problem would be each lost ground among independ- (27) Wijemanna... istan on June, 5, 2016. (AP) doubt that such a party will face Mohammad Bayan, a resident of resolved as a clearing operation was ents who lean toward neither party. improve their quality of life, and to Gilkey had been covering the con- legal action,” said President Ashraf Garmser district, confirmed the being launched in the area in near Because of this, the candidates’ na- accelerate economic growth, social flict in Afghanistan and since Ghani’s deputy spokesman, Dawa lower yield of watermelon but future. tional favorable ratings have stayed the US invasion of the two countries Khan Menapal. prices were higher. “Watermelons He said Taliban also stopped people still or declined slightly, despite progress and poverty alleviation in in early 2000s. Afghan law states that if a party’s farms are yet mature fully, but the on roads and harassed them under recent improved ratings from their the region. The Fund is to serve as Helmand and other southern Af- supporters engaged in armed activ- market is very hot.” different excuses. Ghafoori assured own parties, Gallup said. the umbrella financial institution ghan provinces have been the scene ities, such a political party will be The fruit is sold to merchants from the problem would be addressed Clinton’s overall favorable rating for SAARC projects and programs of deadly fighting between the Tali- declared to be an armed party. Dec- Herat, Kabul, Ghazni and other soon. since clinching the nomination has which are in fulfillment of the objec- ban militants and government forc- larations of that nature will be detri- provinces at high prices. However, Darzab and Qush Tepa are unsta- averaged 41 percent, nearly match- tives of the SAARC Charter. SDF has es in recent months. mental to those parties. Their politi- he called for the government to help ble districts of Jawzjan, located 105 ing her 40 percent in May but down three funding windows viz. Social, In January, at least seven Afghan cal activities and their participation farmers in preventing fruit diseases. kilometers west of Shiberghan, the slightly from 44 percent in January. Economic and Infrastructure.(PR) provincial capital.(Pajhwok) media workers were killed and in the democratic process will be A resident of Nawa district, Haji Trump’s average 31 percent thus (28)NATO Military... more than two dozen were serious- banned. Both national and interna- Mohammad, said: “Our farms have (17)ICC Defuses ... far in June compares with 32 per- ly injured in a bomb attack targeting tional restrictions will be imposed given unsatisfactory yield over the the exercise, while their counter- convinced the Namibians that the cent in May and 34 percent in Jan- a bus transporting journalists from on their party’s leaders.(Tolonews) past few years; we don’t know how parts from Lithuania, Australia and words spoken by the Afghanistan uary. (Xinhua) the Afghan television channel, Tolo to boost production.” Beside crop the U.S. Coast Guard would be of- fielders were misunderstood as a TV, in Kabul. (10) Baghlan ... diseases, insecurity and blasts also (21)Exit Talks... ficial observers, the statement said. result of the linguistic differences At least 27 foreign journalists have taking office. “Initially I found harmed the crops, he explained. referendum. During the past three years, the between the two nations and at no 800,000 afs salaries were not paid. been killed since 1992 in Afghan- Shah Mohammad, agriculture pro- point did the Afghanistan fielders British Prime Minister David Cam- Bulgarian Air Force hosted various istan, which is one of the most “In connection with the embezzle- motion manager, said watermelon mean to racially abuse their oppo- eron is set to explain the referen- multinational training of military dangerous countries for media, ac- ment of this amount, four employ- and melon were not fully mature sition. Lack of sensitivity as well as dum at Tuesday’s summit. The 27 transport aviation, the statement cording to the Committee to Protect ees of the department have been so far. “Their yields are not low, as cultural misunderstanding were the non-UK EU member states’ leaders said. (Xinhua)