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the air corridor which he said would self. an teams sparked strong reactions in taking extrajudicial steps, accusing (1) McCain, Warren... also help explore more markets for Af- “When this review is completed, the the U.S. Some U.S senators said that them of seizing the power by force. Tuesday, “Wonderful seeing so many ghan fruits. prosecutor will make a final decision they will follow up the visa denial The protests who were rallying under outstanding American service mem- Saaduddin Saeed, in charge of pack- on whether to request the pre-trial with the department of state. the name of ‘Uprising for the Change’ bers serving in #Afghanistan - we can’t aging and processing sector, said chamber authorization to commence The U.S’s move comes at a time that also demanded that justice should be thank them enough for their sacrifice.” last year they exported 200 tonnes of an investigation,” the prosecutor’s of- America is grappling with the legality served for their comrades who lost CNN reached out to the senators’ of- grapes to India and the UAE, where fice said. It gave no timetable. of President Donald Trump’s order to their lives during the clashes with the fices but additional details on the the grapes were sold in foreign mar- “This has to be seen as a step down by temporarily ban travel of people from security forces. (KP) trip were not immediately available. kets at doubled price. the prosecutor’s office,” said Kevin Jon six Muslim majority countries. How- (14) Nabil Reacts ... (CNN) He said trade via the land rout was Heller, an expert on the ICC and inter- ever, despite Afghanistan not having never economical and effective be- national law at Amsterdam University. been included on the list, the U.S has Pakistan, specifically the country’s (2) Afghanistan ... cause trucks transferring fruits were “It is very rare for Bensouda to say a issued visas to the robotics teams from military and intelligence for support- to Afghanistan – stopping the flow of had no freezers. decision is imminent and then not to Syria and Iran - which are on the travel ing the anti-government armed ele- water to Afghanistan. These trucks went through hot areas, follow through: her statements are ban list. (Tolonews) ments of Afghanistan and last year released several documents to prove Iran, the ministry said, has used un- affecting the quality of fruits, he said, usually carefully measured and delib- (10) Residents ... precedented volume of waters from adding the trucks were stopped art erate,” he said. his claims regarding the support the Afghanistan’s Helmand and Harirod every checking point and the journey All NATO members contributed to “The war is ongoing for the past three Taliban and Haqqani terrorist network Water Zones, in the bordering areas was time consuming. the International Security Assistance days. Taliban has entered our house. are receiving from the military intelli- with Iran, over the years. Jalal Rahman, another fruit business- Force mission to Afghanistan that ran We left our house but we left our goods gence of Pakistan. (KP) “With the establishment of dams in man, hailed the launch of the Afghani- from 2001 until last year. Forces from there,” said Abdul Alim, another resi- (15) Taliban Deaths ... the country, we can ensure the man- stan-India air corridor and termed it a the United States and other countries dent of the province. agement of water resources in Afghan- huge success for Afghanistan exports. remain in the country on a NATO However, Kunduz police chief Abdul Safi further added that the operations istan,” said deputy minister of water He, however, said the export of fruits training exercise. (Reuters) Hamid Hamidi said security forces are being conducted with the support of the foreign forces based in the coun- and energy Basir Azimi. and other items from Kandahar was (8) Afghanistan Accepts.. have repelled all Taliban attacks and Based on Article 5 of the Helmand carried out in traditional manner and that the group has suffered heavy loss- try, who are mainly providing air sup- River Treaty signed between Afghan- hoped modern system of packaging government has welcomed the [Paki- es in the battle. port to the Afghan troops and Special istan and Iran in 1973, Iran shall make would be introduced after the launch stani] proposal and a mechanism to “The militants do not have the abil- Forces on the ground. no claim to the water of the Helmand of the air-corridor. undertake these simultaneous joint ity to stand against the security forc- The Helmand police chief also added River in excess of the amounts speci- He said 20 cents were a reasonable operations will be developed by our es who have gathered from different that vast swaths of Loy Kali, Zhar Sa- fied in this Treaty, even if additional price by which Afghan fruits and herb- defense and security forces,” Afghan provinces,” he said. hib, Mir Salim, and Ainak Kali have amounts of water may be available in als could be exported to India though presidential spokesman Dawa Khan Kunduz provincial council says Talib- been cleared from the presence of the the Helmand Lower Delta and may be the air corridor. Meenapal told VOA on Wednesday. an has physical presence in many vil- Taliban insurgents. put to a beneficial use by Iran. He said export of fruits by land route Pakistan military spokesman Major lages of Taloka area. According to Safi, besides suffer loss of This comes after the Iranian president took six days and one kilogram of General Asif Ghafoor, when contacted According to the provincial council, lives, dozens of vehicles and weapons criticized Afghanistan’s dam project at fruits was accounted for 60 cents, but by VOA, confirmed the security deal Taliban has control over Shinwari and belonging to the Taliban insurgents a conference on sandstorms in Tehran through the air corridor it took a few with Afghan counterparts. However, Naseriha villages in eastern parts of were also destroyed. on Monday hours to reach India against 20 cents. he dismissed the reported impression Kunduz city, the Omarkhail, Madras- The anti-government armed militant Rouhani said: “We cannot remain He said when the packaging of fruits that Afghan forces would be allowed sa, Shna Tepa in south of the city, and groups have not commented regarding silent about the thing which is ap- was of substandard, it checking took to step on Pakistani soil. Kanam, Hazrat Sultan, Mullah Sardar, the report so far. (KP) parently damaging our environment. much time. He said it was unfortunate “There is no concept of joint opera- Orta Blaqiha and Doblola villages in (16) 16 Members... Establishment of several dams in Af- that many traders had put the fruits in tions [on Pakistani soil]. Pakistan does northern parts of Kunduz city. or escape to Iran. ghanistan such as Kajaki, Kamal Khan bags and had packaged them in a sub- not and will not allow foreign boots on The war in the outskirts of Kunduz Police spokesman Abdul Karim Your- and Salma in the north and south of standard way on the first cargo plane the ground,” said General Ghafoor. city erupted on Sunday when groups ish confirmed the development and Afghanistan,” said Rouhani. to India. He went on to explain that under the of Taliban fighters attacked govern- said two police personnel were among He said the dam projects in Afghani- To a question about the export of proposed “coordinated, complementa- ment forces’ outposts in the outskirts those who had surrendered to the stan ‘threatens a number of bordering grapes this season, he said they had ry” operations, when Pakistani forces of Kunduz city as well as in Ali Abad guerrillas. provinces in Iran’. cold storages at the airport with the ca- plan counterterrorism actions on their district along the Baghlan-Kunduz Meanwhile, uprising commander Haji Afghan experts said they believe that pacity of storing 1244 tonnes of fruits. side of the border, Afghan counter- highway. Hesamuddin strongly condemned the Iran should thank Afghanistan for ben- (Pajhwok) parts will be required to mobilize forc- The Afghan army announced on Tues- lack of government attention to the efiting from its waters in the course of es on the other side and the other way day evening that they have cleared the (5) Houses Built ... district, saying the group members history. around to prevent terrorists from flee- Baghlan-Kunduz of militants. (Tolone- were using their own resources against The analysts said Afghanistan would “Thirty houses have been destroyed so ing. ws) the Taliban. face in a crisis with its neighbors over far in the first and Kohistan districts,” McCain and his fellow senators, in- (11) Hundreds of .... He added when they suffered casual- water if it remains ‘reluctant’ to man- he added, accusing certain elements of cluding Lindsay Graham, Sheldon ties, they needed help but the provin- age its water resources. building homes at historical site. Po- Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren and He said Daesh wanted to find a perma- cial administration did not respond “According to the international con- lice and the Ministry of Information David Perdue, held talks with Paki- nent foothold in Kunar in order to ex- to their phone calls. He commands 50 ventions, we maintain the right to es- and Culture would take steps to en- stani civilian and military leaders and tend their activities to other provinces. fighters who supported the govern- tablish dams. It is our responsibility sure the protection of such places. visited a tribal region near the Afghan “Kunar has a complex geography and ment without any concessions. (Pajh- to take steps in this respect according No arrests have been made and no in- border on Monday before traveling to shares a long border with neighboring wok) to our national interests,” said Sayed dividual referred to the attorney office Kabul for talks with leaders there. Pakistan and this maybe the reason Massoud, an economy expert and Ka- in connection with the illegal construc- President Ghani has long blamed Pa- Daesh wants to build their bases here”, (17) Woman, Child ... tion, according to the police spokes- kistan for not upholding its commit- he said. bul University lecturer. large number of children among the man. ments to prevent terrorists from using He said Afghan security forces were “The Afghan government must take 3,498 dead. Mohammad Ajmal, a resident of the Pakistani soil against Afghanistan. He fully prepared to deal with Daesh and action in line with international con- The report documented 11,418 con- area, alleged powerful individuals had has lately linked complete normaliza- the issue had been shared with the ventions and ask Iran to pay Afghani- flict-related civilian casualties, in- built houses near historical places. He tion of relations to the involvement of central government. The central gov- stan for the waters it has received over cluding 3,498 people killed and 7,920 said ordinary people were unable to a third country to oversee actions and ernment was asked to equip Afghan the years,” said Ramazan Jumazada, injured in 2016. Of these, 3,512 were go to the sites that were dug up secret- commitments undertaken by Afghani- forces in Kunar so they were able to head of Afghan parliament’s natural children -- 923 dead and 2,589 injured, ly by strongmen. (Pajhwok) stan and Pakistan. crush Daesh. resources commission. up by 24 percent from the previous The Afghan government alleges that Himmat said NATO’s Resolute Sup- On average basis, the scale of water re- (6) AGO to ... highest-ever recorded figure. (AA) sources in Afghanistan is estimated up Taliban insurgents and their ally, the port (RS) mission had carried out 14 to 70 billion cubic meters annually. But graft cases. Haqqani network, are using sanctuar- airstrikes on Daesh militants in differ- (18) 4 Policemen ... “Although the anti-corruption justice ent parts of Kunar since the start of the 80 percent of these waters are flowing ies inside Pakistan for sustaining the the capital of Farah province. center has done some general work new solar year (March 22). to Iran, Pakistan and other neighbor- insurgency in Afghanistan, charges Is- Provincial police spokesman, Iqbal Ba- and sent some cases to the court and Military operations would continue in ing nations in the Central Asian coun- lamabad strongly rejects. her said that the two rebels along with verdicts were issued on them, over- Kunar until all hideouts of the militant tries. The offer of “coordinated” operations some ammunition and a satellite tele- all it has not managed to attain the group were destroyed, the police chief Iran is one of the neighbors which re- to Afghanistan came as Pakistan’s mil- phone were detained in Karchi village trust of the people, one of the reasons said. ceive much water from Afghanistan’s itary is building a fence on the long bor- of Farah city on Tuesday. (Pajhwok) two water zones – Helmand and Harir- I heard is that there are some big cor- der and undertaking other fortification Apart from local insurgents, foreign rod zones. (Tolonews) ruption cases and they have failed to measures to deter militant infiltration terrorists were also active in the prov- (19) Afghan Cricket ... send them to the courts,” said HOOAC ince and were involved in training and (3) Barred from... in either direction. Islamabad has long the International Cricket Council. chief Sayed Ghulam Hussain Fakhri. complained that a lack of coordination equipping new fighters and launching The Afghanistan cricket board last but we have been barred from assault- Abdul Ghafar Dawi is accused of tax from the Afghan side has allowed mil- attacks, he said. month announced the national team ing them.” evasion, disregarding court orders and itants to flee security operations in the Himmat said before Daesh could create squad for the match which includes Akhar Shah, another ANA soldier, deception. volatile Pakistani tribal belt and take problems for the Afghan forces, they Asghar Stanikzai, Noor Ali Zadran, asked top commanders to let them It was expected that Dawi’s case refuge in Afghan border areas to plot were targeted in joint air and ground Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, launch crack down on the Taliban who would be referred to the court by now, attacks against Pakistan. (VoA) operations in Manogi, Chapa Dara and Shafiqullah Shafaq, Gulbadin Naib, bothered passengers. but the AGO says the hearing has been (9) Afghan... some other parts of the province, in Rashid Khan, Javed Ahmadi, DAw- This Pajhwok reporter also witnessed delayed due to ongoing investigations which hundreds of fighters and com- lat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Rahmat the Taliban checkpoint on the high- and the addition of names of at least The competition, which starts on July manders of the group were killed. Shah, Afsar Zazai, Nasir Jamal, and way, where the group checked all ve- two deputy ministers and seven other 16, is the FIRST Global Challenge - a The police chief said they would Farid Ahmad Malik. (KP) hicles. suspects. robotics Olympics dreamed up by destroy all IS fighters in Kunar if Brig. Gen. Syed Qurban Musavi, chief Meanwhile, a number of lawmakers Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway. equipped enough. He said the central Pakistan to of staff at the 20th Pamir Unit, said a in parliament have expressed mixed He founded FIRST - For Inspiration government had promised equipping plan was being chalked out to launch views about the job of the ACJC. and Recognition of Science and Tech- security forces with advanced weap- Conduct Joint Ops offensive, but the militants hiding in “My view is that there is no commit- nology - a program to motivate stu- ons. (Pajhwok) with Afghanistan along civilian homes created problems. ment within the Afghan government dents in science, technology, and engi- (12) Power Bills ... He added the vital northern highway to combat administrative and financial neering - in 1989. Durand Line remained open for traffic and there corruption,” said MP Dawoud Kalaka- Robotics teams from 162 countries are access to electricity. KABUL - Concerns have been raised that was no security on the busy road. (Pa- ni. expected to attend the competition in “When people ask DABS for electrici- key terrorist hideouts are not positioned jhwok) “The Attorney General is a strong the United States. ty, they say they have no budget,” he man,” said MP Allah Gul Mujahid. “When we visited the U.S embassy in said, asking the government organs to along the Durand Line and that these will (4) Afghan-India... Dawi Oil Ltd which is a branch of Dawi Kabul, the U.S embassy told us that clear their unpaid bills so the power not be targeted. facilities required for the export of Group of Companies is a leading avia- they can’t issue B1 and B2 visas which utility would be able to distribute their The Presidential Palace said after paying a fruits via the airport and their staff of- tion fuel distributor at airports across are issued to the Afghan nationals, be- services to the public. visit to Pakistani military officials, U.S sen- fered 24 hours services in this regard. Afghanistan. However the group is cause we are participating in the com- Governor Abdul Karim Matin con- ators assured Afghanistan that Pakistan, Governor Zalmai Wesa believed qual- now facing charges such as deception petition; but these visas are issued to firmed the problem, saying many gov- in coordination with Kabul, will conduct ity packaging of fruits was vital to ex- and eight civil suits, due to debt worth other nationals,” said Ali Reza Mehra- ernment offices including the gover- joint operations along the Durand Line. ploring more markets for the Afghan millions of dollars, by private firms ban, a trainer of the National Robotics nor’s house were defaulters. He asked President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman, products. He said Kandahar fruits and government. (Tolonews) Team. all government organs to reduce pow- deputy Najibullah Azad, said the oper- ation will be conducted under the U.S’s were the best in terms of taste and (7) New Information ... “When we were denied the visas, some er consumption and pay bills. quality, but more attention should be of our team members cried, but we did “In the past, the governor’s house supervision. paid to standard packaging. United States, which is not a member not lose hope and instead continue consumed electricity worth 200,000 “Both countries will launch operations in He acknowledged issues in standard of the court and has in the past vehe- our efforts to make robots and to send afghanis every month, but now the their territory against terrorists and over- packaging, transportation and securi- mently opposed it. them to the U.S,” said Summaya Fa- consumption level has fallen to only see the U.S operations,” said Azad. ty but said these problems should be Bensouda’s November report “trig- rooqi, a member of the robotics team. 20,000 afghanis,” he claimed. “This means that both counties launch mutually resolved by the government gered reaction, notably from the The team from Afghanistan - and its Matin promised the governor’s house operations on their territory to destroy and traders. government of Afghanistan, which robot - will now be represented by would soon pay its power bills. Elec- enemy nests on the other side of the Du- The governor praised the Afghanistan subsequently submitted substantial Afghan-American students who have tricity in Ghazni is provided by pow- rand Line,” said Mohammad Radmanish, Chamber of Commerce and Industry information to the office earlier this been recruited from Washington high er generators, with each kilowatt ac- deputy spokesman for the Ministry of De- (ACCI) for striving to strengthen the year,” prosecutors said in the email. schools. The same will be done with counting for 30 afghanis. fense (MoD).However, there are concerns country’s economy. That information, which probably the Gambian team, which, like the Af- According to DABS, only 27 percent that the main terrorist hideouts, which are Haji Mohammad Younis Momand, covered local prosecutions of alleged ghan girls, will be participating via of people in Ghazni City have access not along the Durand Line, will remain ACCI deputy head, said the launch crimes, is now being carefully re- Skype. to electricity. More than half of them safe and for this reason the effect of the of the Afghanistan-India Air Corridor viewed. The ICC only has jurisdiction “There is success behind each failure, have only seven hours of power sup- operation will be questioned. was a great opportunity for expansion in situations where a member state we consider it a success, because we ply and the rest 24 hours. (Pajhwok) “The target must not be only war activities but target should also be the terrorist nests of Afghanistan exports. such as Afghanistan is unwilling or will try harder and harder,” said Ko- (13) Detained Kabul... He said an increased amount of fruits unable to undertake prosecutions it- sar, a member of the robotics team. along the Durand Line,” said Nasrullah would be exported this air thanks to Visa denial to the Afghan and Gambi- prevent the government leaders from Stanikzai, a university lecturer. (Tolonews