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US Envoy Says Taliban Indifference to Lives of Afghan Civilians Leadership Leadership to me means www.outlookafghanistan.net duty, honor, country. “ @The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan “ It means character, and [email protected] it means listening from time to time. 0093 799-005019/ 777-005019 In front of Habibia High School, Quote of the Day George W. Bush District 6, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume Num. 4655 Wednesday July 28, 2021 Asad 06, 1400 www.Outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/afs Raz Takes Tajikistan Says Hosting Charge as US Envoy Says Taliban Afghans Awaiting U.S. Afghan Indifference to Lives of Visas Not on Agenda Ambassador to DUSHANBE - Tajikistan has no plans to temporarily house US Afghan Civilians thousands of Afghans await- ing U.S. immigrant visas after having worked for American forces now pulling out of the country, Tajik Foreign Minis- ter Sirojiddin Muhriddin said on Tuesday. teriorated in Afghanistan in Washington has asked Uz- recent weeks, with fighting bekistan, Kazakhstan and Ta- in its provinces as U.S.-led jikistan to house some 9,000 foreign troops complete their Afghans who now risk being withdrawal and the Taliban targeted by Islamist Taliban launch major offensives, militants for cooperating with seizing districts and bor- Western forces. der crossings. The security situation has de- “This matter is ... More on Num(Page (2) 4) Taliban Victory in Afghanistan Is Victory of KABUL - The newly-appoint- Entire Muslims: TTP Leader ed Afghan ambassador to the United States, Adela Raz, has KABUL - Ross Wilson, Chargé Monday Afghanistan could see many as 1,659 civilians were and said that their relations formally taken charge of office. d’ Affaires of the US Embassy the highest number of civilian killed and another 3,254 wound- with the Afghan Taliban are In a statement, the Afghan em- in Kabul, said Monday that the deaths in more than a decade if ed during the first half of 2021, based on brotherhood, sym- bassy in Washington said Raz Taliban is “reticence” to mean- the Taliban’s offensives are not a 47 percent increase compared pathy, and Islamic principles. met all its diplomats and staff ingful peace talks and that stopped. with the same period last year, Mehsud was interviewed by as well as consulate officials. shows “their indifference to- In its six-monthly report, re- the UNAMA report said. CNN through intermediaries The ambassador stressed the ward Afghan civilian lives.” leased Monday, UNAMA also UNAMA blamed anti-govern- somewhere along the Pak-Af- need for team work and other Wilson said in a tweet: “Each stated the pursuit of a military ment elements for 64 percent of ghan border. critical tasks the embassy was day, this country suffers more solution will only increase the civilian casualties — including The TTP leader acknowledged carrying out in the current sen- death and destruction that could suffering of the Afghan people some 40 percent caused by the that the victory of the Afghan sitive situation. be stopped through good faith and warned that Afghan troops Taliban and nearly nine percent Taliban in Afghanistan is not Raz previously served as Af- efforts at the negotiation table.” and pro-government forces by Daesh. The leader of Tahrik-e-Taliban limited to the country but it ghanistan’s permanent repre- This comes after the United were responsible for a quarter About 16 percent of casual- Pakistan (TTP) Noor Wali is a victory for the entire sentative to the United Nations. Nations Assistance Mission in of all civilian casualties. ties were caused by “un- Mehsud appeared in a TV in- Muslim people in the (Pajhwok) Afganistan (UNAMA) warned According to the report, as determined” ... terview for the first time ever world. ... More on Num(Page (1) 4) More on Num(Page (3) 4) Page 2 July 28, 2021 Main Page Sharp Rise in IDPs Stoltenberg Says NATO Will Across the Country in Continue to Support Afghanistan Past Four Months KABUL - NATO Sec- KABUL - Afghanistan’s Minis- retary-General Jens try of Refugees and Repatria- Stoltenberg said he had tion said on Monday that more spoken to Afghanistan than 50,000 families have been President Ashraf Ghani displaced in the current solar to reassure him that year (April) due to Taliban of- NATO would continue fensives across Afghanistan. to support the country, According to the ministry, where Taliban advanc- many of the displaced people es have piled pressure have received assistance. on the U.S.-backed gov- “In total, 51,000 families have ernment in Kabul. been displaced in the 1400 so- “Good to speak with lar year due to Taliban violence President Ashrafghani and have fled to government that insecurity is creating ob- controlled areas. stacles for the authorities to today. The security sit- “Aid is being distributed to the distribute humanitarian assis- uation in Afghanistan displaced people. We have as- tance in some areas. remains deeply chal- sisted 72,000 families which in- Meanwhile, Internally Dis- lenging, and requires a cludes 400,000 people. placed Persons (IDPs) said that negotiated settlement,” “In the past two weeks 14,000 5,000 families have been dis- wrote Stoltenberg on families have been displaced placed due to clashes between his Twitter account on in Afghanistan,” said Mo- Afghan National Defense and Tuesday. hammad Reza Baher, deputy Security Forces (ANDSF) and “NATO will continue spokesman for the Ministry of the Taliban in Malistan district, to support Afghanistan, Refugees and Repatriation. and other districts of Ghazni including with funding; The ministry warned that a hu- province in recent weeks. civilian presence; and man catastrophe will transpire Some Ghanzi families out-of-country train- if the violence continues. have taken refuge in ing.” (ATN) In addition, the ministry said Kabul province ... More on Num(Page (8) 4) $33M Lost in Customs Afghan Taekwondo Athlete Covid-19 Fund for Khost Revenue in Past Month: MoF Drops Out of Tokyo Olympics Misappropriated, Misspent KABUL - The Afghan govern- The second Afghan athlete KHOST CITY ment has lost 2.7 billion Afs dropped out of the Olympics - Hundreds of (over $33 million) in customs after the South Korean Taek- thousands of revenue over the last four weeks wondo athlete IN Kyo Don was afghanis were as key border towns have fallen defeated by his Macedonian withdrawn from to the Taliban during this peri- rival Dejan Georgievski in the the Covid-19 od, an official from the Ministry semi-final of the event on Tues- fund in south- of Finance said. day. eastern Khost Over the past month, the gov- Farzad Mansouri, the Afghan province under ernment has lost control of key national taekwondo athlete, the pretext of border towns including Islam was beaten on Tuesday morn- quarantine re- Qala in Herat, Abu Nasr Farahi (at least $91 million) but this ing by his Korean rival, and he round of the 10-meter rifle lated spending on people suf- were provided 1,299 food par- in Farah, Spin Boldak in Kan- was reduced to 4.6 billion Afs missed to fight for the bronze shooting event at the Olympics fering from coronavirus during cels from the City Centre Hotel dahar, Ai Khanum in Takhar, ($57 million) in Saratan (June 23 medal following IN Kyo Don’s but failed to make it through to the first wave of the pandemic, in Khost City, the price of every Dand Patan in Paktia and to July 23). defeat. the next round. Pajhwok Afghan News has reli- parcel was 350 afs, documents Shirkhan in Kunduz province. “The customs revenue is de- The points tally ended at 13-12 Shooters from China, United ably learned. show. The Finance Ministry said that pendent on trading. It will have in Korea’s favor. States, Slovakia, Turkey, Rus- According to documents, the Surprisingly, some individuals the government has no control a negative impact on revenue if Mansouri took part in the 80+ sia, Hungary, and China ad- money was claimed to be spent who stayed in the quarantine over seven customs depart- there are issues in trading,” he kg weight category. The Afghan vanced to the final eight. at the Qabaelo High School facility told Pajhwok Afghan ments in border towns. said. was ahead of this rival until the A new Olympic record was quarantine facility where some News that they were not served The Islam Qala customs area is Private sector representatives last seconds few seconds of the however set by the Chinese con- passengers who had arrived in food. They said they visited the one of the biggest trade gate- said the issues around the bor- event. testant who scored 632.7 points. the province from foreign coun- quarantine facility only once for ways between Afghanistan and der towns have affected traders’ Should the Korean make it to The previous record was set by tries were kept. registration purpose and did Iran and has been under Tali- willingness to import goods to finals in this weight category, Italy with 630.2 points in 2016. Documents processed in this not return again. ban control for the last 20 days. the country through these gate- Mansouri will have a chance This was the first time that Af- regard are signed and stumped Pajhwok contacted 30 people Rafi Tabe, a spokesman for the ways. to battle it out for the bronze ghanistan has taken part in by local officials. A total of 441 out of total registered indi- Ministry of Finance, said the “The market will face lack medal. the shooting event. people had been registered for viduals, but none said they collections from Jawza (May 22 of commodities and nec- On Sunday Mahdi Yavari, The Tokyo Olympics the quarantine in the facility. had been quarantined to June 22, 2021) was 7.3 billion essary goods.
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