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Jalalabad Clear Ghazni Clear Kandahar Clear Mazar Partly Herat Partly Bamayan Clear Kabul Clear Cloudy Cloudy Daily 22°C Outlook 38°C 33°C 43°C 37°C 32°C 34°C Weather 29°C °C °C 26°C 16°C 26°C 22 12 20°C Forcast Above 350 Acres of Usurped Govt. Land NUG Leaders Yet to Deliver on Retaken in Kunduz Promises of the Political Agreement KABUL - The leaders of National Unity years have passed since it was formed Government (NUG) have not yet addressed and Ghani and Abdullah have not met key elements of the political agreement their promises in terms of the agreement. signed between President Ashraf Ghani “The commission intended to amend the and his CEO Abdullah Abdullah, Moham- constitution has not been created. The mad Natiqi, head of the commission over- second issue is the roll-out of electronic seeing implementation of the agreement national identity cards which has not said on Wednesday. been started in practice,” said Moham- These include the constitutional amend- mad Natiqi. “They (leaders of the NUG) KUNDUZ CITY - More than 350 acres of ment of the Loya Jirga and the distribution only worked on the power sharing issue, government land illegally encroached by of electronic national identity cards. the political agreement has not been fully powerful individuals has been recovered Natiqi added government efforts to bring implemented,” MP Farooq Majroh said. during the past two months in northern about systematic reforms to the Afghan This comes at a time when tensions be- Kunduz province, the governor said on election law were not enough. tween government officials over appoint- Wednesday. Asadullah Omarkhel told While many believe that implementation of ments in key government positions are Pajhwok Afghan News during an inter- the political agreement is key to ensuring rising to new heights. However, president view that the land was recovered due to the continued existence of the NUG, two Ashraf Ghani has ...(More on P4)...(9) strong determination and efforts of the provincial government. Without naming them, Omarkhel said some former jihadi Taliban Reacts commanders had been involved in grab- Towards Pentagon Governor Claims 400 Ghost Soldiers bing of the 350 acres of government land. He said structures on the land had been Chief’s Visit And demolished. According to the governor, a Remarks in Found on Helmand Payroll commission ...(More on P4)...(10) lASHKARGAH - Hayatullah Forces (ANSF), something that Hayat, the governor of Hel- sparked great controversy in the Iran-Made Treasure mand province, has claimed country. Hunting Equipment Seized to have discovered more than In addition, the provincial gover- in Bamyan Province ‘ghost soldiers’ within the nor reported the immanent acti- ranks of the Afghan National vation of the second phase of the BAMYAN CITY - The Afghan security Police (ANP) and on the prov- ‘Khanjar 13’ military operation forces have confiscated a state of the art ince payroll. aimed at eliminating the insur- equipment made by Iran to identify treas- KABUL - The Taliban militants Those ‘ghost soldiers’ have gents in several regions across ures and precious earth materials in cen- group in Afghanistan reacted to- subsequently been removed, he the country. tral Bamyan province. wards the visit by the US defense said. “The second phase of Operation Provincial governor Mohammad Tahir secretary Ashton Carter in Afghan- “We are planning systematic Khanjar 13 will soon commence. Zahir said two suspects were also arrest- istan on Tuesday. changes in the ranks of the po- We will target vulnerable areas ed in connection to excavation of historic The visit by Carter followed days lice forces. Our assessments in this operation,” Hayat added. sites to seize monuments. after the US and NATO lead- indicate that there are ghost The Helmand provincial council He said the suspects were arrested by the ers reaffirmed long term support soldiers within the ranks of the has asked the ANSF to repress operatives of the provincial National Di- to Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces in Helmand. So the list,” he said. The statement ence of thousands of ‘ghost the insurgent Taliban during the rectorate of Security. National Defense and Security far we have discovered at least follows a few months after ru- soldiers’ on the payroll within operation and curb their pres- Zahir further added that the Iranian- Forces (ANDSF). Renewing the 400 and scrapped them from mors surfaced about the exist- the Afghan National Security ence in ...(More on P4)...(11) made equipment ...(More on P4)...(12) group’s stance to continue insur- gency in the country, the Taliban group spokesman, Zabiullah Mu- Afghanistan Trounce Ireland jahid, said “Our struggle against 800 Flour Mills Closed As the invaders shall continue until the complete independence of By 39 Runs in 2nd ODI Afghanistan Stops Wheat our country and establishment of KABUL - The national team de- contributed 29 and pathway for an Islamic system. No feated Ireland by 39 runs in the SamiullahShinwar- threat can ever stop our struggle in second ichipped in with 24. Import from Pakistan this path.” This comes as President (ODI) in Berlin, a spokesman The visitors, cruising KABUL - Around 800 Barack Obama announced last for the Afghanistan at 76 without loss, flour mills have report- week to keep 8,400 US troops in Board said on Wednesday.. slipped to 125 for 4 edly shut down in Paki- Afghanistan through January 2017. Mohammad Shahzad and Na- but a 70-run stand stan as Afghanistan has Obama had planned to draw down jibullah Zadran set the tone for between Zadran and stopped import of wheat the number of American troops in the 39-run triumph in Belfast, Shinwari saw them from the country. the country to 5,500 by the end of where the two teams are play- waltz to gradual sta- According to local me- the year. There are currently 9,800 ing a five-match ODI series, on bility. dia reports, citing the U.S. troops in the country. In the Tuesday. Zadran hit six fours relevant authorities in meantime, Obama last month ap- Afghanistan Cricket Board and two sixes in his 61-ball Khan took three Pakistan, the export of proved broader role for the US (ACB) spokesman Farid Hotak knockbefore being dislodged each, with flour from Pakistan to Af- military to assist the Afghan Na- told Pajhwok Afghan News Ire- by Barry McCarthy, who fin- and Mirwais Ashraf claiming ghanistan was suspended tional Defense and Security Forces land won the toss and invited ished with 4 for 59 - the best two scalps apiece. temporarily on Tuesday dealers in Peshawar ties at Torkham border. (ANDSF) to fight the Taliban-led the national squad to bat first. ODI figures for the medium- O’Brien smashed a 27-ball after authorities in the stopped export of the Another newspaper, The insurgency. Afghanistan were bowled pacer. 35, but Ireland came under neighbouring country in- commodity to Afghani- Express, reported that the The US forces in Afghanistan out for 250in 49.2 overs of the Ireland could not chase the pressure as the asking rate creased custom duty on stan as they were asked Afghan government has launched strikes against the Tali- game, as ShahzadMohamma- target, losing all their wick- mounted steadily. He was the commodity . to deposit additional hinted at banning the im- ban militants late last month and ditop-scored 66 runs and Na- ets in the 49 overfor 211 runs. fifth man dismissed before The reports further added amount as custom duty port of wheat flour from days after ...(More on P4)...(13) jib Zadran 59. and Rashid the ...(More on P4)...(14) that flour exporters and by the Afghan authori- ...(More on P4)...(15) Strong Winds Fuel Eye Ailments Pakistan Constructs Helipad, Pakistani Dealers Suspend in Heart: Doctors Installations in Paktika HERAT CITY - Eye ail- to 450 people affected last year’s visits.” SHARAN - Civil society tures in Khandak and Flour Exports to Afghanistan ments have surged by 80 by eye problems had The main reason was activists and Provincial Warsakareas. He sug- PESHAWAR - Pakistan percent in western Herat visited the hospital over growing population in Council (PC) members gested the immediate has suspended flour -ex province as a result of the past four months. Herat and inadequate ac- on Wednesday claimed destruction of the instal- ports to Afghanistan af- continued strong winds, He said continued cess to health services, Pakistani security forces lations built on Afghan ter an increasein custom doctors said on Wednes- windscaused problems Akhundzada explained, had launched the con- soil. duty on the commodity day Dr. Jamal Abdul Nas- for the people with sen- saying gales caused eye struction of a helipad MubinFaqirzada, a pro- and signing of an agree- er Akhundzada, director sitive eyes.“The number ailments and spread of and military installations vincial council member, ment between Kabul and of Noor Hospital, told Pa- of patients has increased viruses. He recommended in the Gomal district of confirmed the Pakistan New Delhi, a newspaper jhwok Afghan News up by 80 percent compared ...(More on P4)...(16) southeastern Paktika military installation in reported on Wednesday. province. KhandakWarsak areas. Peshawar-based flour ex- Yaqub Khan Manzoor, He said a past survey had porters and dealers halt- Waziri Hail Special Forces’ Gains Youth Cultural Society shown that huge oil and ed supplies to the land- (YCS) head in Orgun dis- gas reserves existed in locked country as they istan has also signed an Customs officials at in Nangarhar, Kunduz Provinces trict, said Pakistani se- the two neighbourhoods. were asked to deposit accord with Tajikistan, Torkham confirmed sus- KUNDUZ CITY - Gen- provinces over the past battlefields. As a result, curity forces had started But Governor Ilyas Wah- an additional amount in but Pakistani flour is pension of flour exports eral Bismillah Waziri, the few months. their activities have de- work on different facili- dat rejected the claims as custom duty by the Af- still preferred. About 70 to Afghanistan. Clearing commander of special He added that the num- creased compared to the ties. “Construction of the untrue, saying a govern- ghan authorities at the trucks loaded with flour agents and flour export- operations unit of the ber of youths joining preceding year. helipad is underway in ment delegation would Torkham border. cross into Afghanistan ers met in Torkham to re- Afghan National Army the commando units is He said commando forces the Nazam locality of be dispatched to the area Dawn quoted flour deal- via the Torkham border view the situation and dis- (ANA), on Wednesday on the rise. have conducted com- Gomal, 15 kilometres to assess the situation.Pa- ers as saying that an agree- on a daily basis. “But cussed ways how to deal praised the commandos Waziri said that the Tal- plicated military opera- into Afghanistan.” kistani and Afghan forces ment had been reached the exportshave been with the issue. for having made consid- iban have lost the abil- tions over the past three He said the Pakistani- recently traded fire over between Afghanistan and halted for the time be- Participants of the erable gains in Helmand, ity to face the Afghan months in various regions troops had built a gate the construction of a gate India on flour supplies at ing,” one of the dealers meeting,worried by the Nangarhar and Kunduz security forces on the ...(More on P4)...(17) and other military struc- in Torkham.(Pajhwok) subsidised rates. Afghan- told the daily. ...(More on P4)...(18)