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Jalalabad Clear Ghazni Clear Kandahar Clear Mazar Partly Herat Clear Bamayan Partly Kabul Clear Cloudy Daily Cloudy Outlook 32°C 22°C 29°C 17°C 23°C 14°C 22°C Weather 9°C °C °C 18°C 6°C 9°C 6 0 7°C Forcast Minister Appointed as Nangarhar Governor US Supportive of Afghan KABUL - President has appointed Border and Tribal Affairs Minister as Peace Bid, won’t Engineer it the governor of eastern Nan- garhar province, replacing WASHINGTON - The United looking to engineer this, Salim Khan Kunduzi who had States is supportive of the we’re not looking to super- resigned citing personal rea- Afghan-led peace process and vise this in any way, shape or sons. is not looking to engineer it, form. This is something the Mangal would also serve as a State Department official Afghan government and the presidential advisor on tribal said on Tuesday, but declined Taliban would have to take affairs, according the state-run detailing its role in the latest on their own,” Toner added. Radio Television talks between Kabul and the He acknowledged that re- (RTA) on Tuesday.The report Taliban in Qatar. gional dynamics did play a said the appointment of Man- “I’m not going to speak about role in the security situation gal as the governor of Nan- what our role may or may not in Afghanistan. He argued re- garhar had been The former drafted Afghanistan’s recent be with regard to this new gional dynamics played into governor of Helmand, Lagh- Constitution. Mangal was con- initiative. As we made clear any country’s domestic situ- man and Paktika provinces, sidered an effective governor before, we believe a peace ac- ation, and with that in mind, Gulab Mangal had served as by both foreign diplomats and cord is really the primary or his daily news conference the US had Asked about the latest peace initiative the US had been working head of the Committee that military officials.(Pajhwok) the only pathway to ensuring supported and continued to back an in Doha, he replied: “I want to be very hard to push Pakistan to go peace and stability in Afghan- Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process careful about how I after all terrorist groups on its Many Sayyad Villages istan,” the State Department for negotiated resolution to the conflict. “But we’ve always been clear that fun- territory. deputy spokesman said. And we’re committed to promoting damentally, this needs to be Afghan- “We are pushing for more di- Cleared of Militants Mark Toner told reporters at that as much as we can,” he said. lead and Afghan-owned. So we’re not alog ...(More on P4)...(10) KABUL - Several Taliban in- Abdul Qayum Baqizoy, told surgents have been suffered Pajhwok Afghan News that 10 Af-Pak Border Afghan casualties as many villages villages in Sayaad district were ‘Hekmatyar won’t Enter were cleared during an op- cleared from militants during Crossing in Students eration in Sayyad district of an operation currently ongoing Kurram Agency Kabul Until Sanctions Lifted’ Develop New northern Sar-I-Pul province, in Shah Toot and other regions GARDEZ - A senior Hizb- an official said Wednesday. of the district. Stays Shut i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Software Three days earlier, the Taliban He said five militants were PESHAWAR - Pakistan has member on Wednesday KABUL - Muzhdah Hashimi militants captured 13 villages killed and 10 others wounded closed a northwestern border said HIA leader Gulbuddin and Agha Mohammad Sahar, of Sayyad district from Af- during the operation. crossing with Afghanistan, Hekmatyar would not enter senior students at the com- ghan forces. However, a local resident who citing security threats. The Kabul unless all sanctions puter science department of Provincial police chief, Col. wished ...(More on P4)...(14) crossing in Kharlach area of against his group were re- , have de- Kurram Agency has been moved. veloped new software that Operations on to Ensure Security closed since Friday. Jumma Khan Hamdard, a can manage traffic systems. The border was shut in the senior HIA member and for- The software is named Darak in Vulnerable Areas of Kunduz wake of a suicide attack on mer Paktia governor, was and is accessible to everyone KUNDUZ CITY - Local secu- fensives were underway in a check-post in the area, addressing a gathering in all over the country. By in- rity officials on Wednesday different areas of Kunduz to wounding two security per- Gardez, the provincial capi- meeting. stalling the software on a mo- said clearing operations in all fully eliminate insurgents, who sonnel. The closure has creat- tal, held in support of the Hamdard said only the first phase of the peace bile phone, the user will be vulnerable areas of northeast- posed threat to the provincial ed difficulties for both Afghan peace process. agreement between the Afghan government and able to find out about traffic ern Kunduz province were capital. and Pakistan transporters. Besides other HIA members, the HIA had been implemented and the remaining incidents nationally. ongoing. “Operations continue on the The Express Tribune cites an Habib Rahman Hekmatyar, phases should also be implemented. The software works offline Deputy police chief, Col. Kunduz-Takhar highway, in unnamed official as saying son of Gulbuddin Hekmat- However, he did not explain the phases, but said (without internet) and has Masoom Hashimi, told Pa- Pul Alchin and Bandar-i-Kabul the ...(More on P4)...(11) yar, also participated in the the government should ...(More on P4)...(12) been ...(More on P4)...(13) jhwok Afghan News the of- areas ...(More on P4)...(15)