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Pakistan-China-Russiasummiton Afghanistanunproductive:Kabul Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:148 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28. 2016 -Jadi 08, 1395 HS Pakistan-China-Russiasummiton TALIBAN CHANGES 60 insurgents IT’S WAR TACTIC IN killed in raids AT News Report Afghanistanunproductive:Kabul KABUL: At least 60 Taliban in- BADAKHSHAN surgents were killed in different AT Monitoring Desk Badakhshan local officials said tacks,” Wadoud said. joint clearance operations lunched Afghan army Tuesday the Taliban in the prov- Meanwhile a number of civil by security forces in the past 24 KABUL: Government officials ince has changed its war strategy society members in the provincial hours across the country, minis- have expressed strong reaction helicopter and are now bombing security capital Faizabad have raised con- try of interior said Tuesday.In a against a trilateral meeting involv- check posts opposed to storming cerns over the Taliban’s new tac- media statement, the ministry said ing Pakistan, China and Russia to crashed in Herat them. tics and said this will affect civil- the national army with the coop- discuss Afghan situation. They According to local officials, ians. eration of the national police and also expressed concerns over the province the Taliban has conducted two sui- Civil society members have the National Directorate of Secu- absence of Afghan officials in the A helicopter of the Afghan Nation- cide bombings against check posts criticized government forces for rity conducted clearance operations summit. al Army (ANA) forces has report- this month and have moved their delaying the launch of their winter against insurgents in different ar- Foreign Ministry Spokesman, edly crashed in western Herat focus from Wardoj district to Ba- operation. eas of Kabul, Nangarhar, Kanda- Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni, said province of Afghanistan. harak district. “Taliban techniques are very har, Zabul, Oruzgan, Helmand, Tuesday that Afghan government The security sources in Herat Baharak district police chief dangerous; with these techniques Sar-e-Pul, Faryab and Kunduz is not optimistic in the outcomes have confirmed that the helicopter Abdul Wodoud said both suicide more civilians will suffer,” said provinces. “In these operations, of the meeting. crashed due to technical issues in bombings have been carried out in Abdul Basir Wasiq a civil society 60 Taliban insurgents were killed and 18 others injured,” the state- “Such meetings without the Shindand airfield. Baharak district. activist. presence of Afghan officials will The sources speaking on the ment said. 10 insurgents were also In the first suicide attack two Meanwhile, security forces in arrested. The ministry also claimed not represent a real picture of the condition of anonymity further policemen were killed and three Badakhshan said they are waiting situation of Afghanistan in the added that the helicopter crashed that the security forces have seized others wounded, Wodoud said. for orders to launch winter opera- huge cache of weapons, but did not meeting,” Khaama Press quoted after completing an ordinary mis- According to Wodoud, insur- tions. (Tolonews) the spokesman of the diplomacy sion in Herat city. provide details. Elsewhere, a se- government should hold contacts press briefing said that peace and gents carried out their second sui- nior Taliban commander was ar- department, as saying. This comes as reports emerged cide bombing on Monday night in Moreover, he said, “Such with the regional countries regard- stability in Afghanistan is in the earlier suggesting that the helicop- Editorial: rested during an operation in Log- ing such meetings. interest of Pakistan and the entire the same district. As a result of ar province, ministry of interior meetings, even if have good mo- ter made a crash landing after a ensuing clashes, one insurgent was tive, will raise serious question A meeting between Pakistan, region. said. “The leader was identified as magnetic bomb was found inside. killed and two were wounded. The Shaista Mohammad was arrested among the Afghans regard its ob- Russia and China was slated Tues- Chinese, Pakistani and Rus- The pilot of the helicopter re- day in Moscow to discuss situa- sian officials say that they put joint rest fled the area. late Monday in Qala-e-Ghafar vil- jectives.” portedly posted a message in his There were no casualties among Russia in Prior to this, Wolesi Jirga tion in Afghanistan. action against the efforts of Daesh lage, Pul-e-Alam city, the provin- Facebook account to confirm no security forces. cial capital,” the ministry said in a Speaker, Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi According to Pakistani offi- affiliates to establish a foothold in casualties in the incident. cials, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ah- Afghanistan. “We have families in Baharak statement. termed such meeting as a clear sign In the meantime, the Taliban district that cooperate with the of interference in international af- mad Chaudhary will lead the Paki- However, the Afghan officials spotlight It added he was involved in militants claimed that the helicop- Taliban but we are trying to stop many terrorist and destructive ac- fairs of the country. stan delegation for the talks. termed such meetings a clear inter- ter was shot down by the group’s Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry ference in the internal affairs of the suicide attacks as we have al- tivities in Kharwar, Charkh and In the Monday session of the fighters in Shindand airfield. KP ready stopped their aggressive at- See P6 parliament, Ibrahimi said that the spokesman, Nafees Zakria, in a Afghanistan. Azra districts of Logar province. 65: 98 67: 39 72: 68 75: 48 From National Solidarity Programme to Citizen’s Charter The National Solidarity Programmeof the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/NSP) thathadextensive activities in overall 34 provinces of Afghanistan has recently ended and will be replaced with another development program calledCitizen’s Charter.According to MRRD, the first phase of the new program will start in themonth of Dalwa of current solar year in three parts inthe villages and districts of Afghanistan.The Citizen’s Charter is the first national inter-ministerial programthat MRRD, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education,Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Agriculture, irrigation and livestock and Independent Directorate of Local Governancethat will jointly proceedit in Afghanistan.The Citizen’s Charter increases the role of people in implementation of development projects across all urban and rural areas. The primary objective of this national program is to strengthen, expand and maintain Community Development Councils (CDCs) as effective entities for economic and social development as well as good governance in Afghanistan. NSP was created in mid-2003 within the framework of the MRRD tostrengthen local governance, ensure socio-economic development and establish CDCs. Indeed, this national program was a good dream and fortune for all villagers.By implementing development projects,villagers could largely rebuild and reconstruct their communities.NSP has made great achievements with support ofpeople, government and international community in various aspects including reconstruction, development and poverty reduction. In addition, NSPcovered almost all parts of the country by implementing development and capacity enhancement projects. The great effort of CDCs is always highly appreciable in implementing development projects. They proved their honesty only for the sake of community development and theirvillagers without any wages and privileges. Nowadays, we proudly admit that for the first time all community-related issues are being solved andmonitored by villagers. NSP facilitates grounds for democracy and strengthens linkages between people and government. NSP caused remarkable transformation in economic development of villagers andbroughtpositive changes in terms of unity and equality in rural areas. Moreover, one of the objectives of NSP was the poverty reduction and meeting villagers’needs which has largely beenachieved. The villagers are now able to make decisions to prioritize their needs and requirements and make an enjoyable and decentlife style for themselves. Creation of good local governance system and giving people the power to take decisions which is demonstrate the role of democracy is another primary achievement of NSP. The NSP has also paved the way forwomen’sparticipation in CDCs and decision making process on community issues andsocial affairs. We can say thatthe MRRD/NSPand villagers’overall activities and accomplishmentsare handled in a democratic process that have a remarkable role in prioritizing the communities’ needs and requirements. According to MRRD provided facts, NSP has so far disbursed AFN 81.4 milliard for implementation of89,389 uplift projects in various sections including agriculture, electricity, water and sanitation, transportation, education, health, etc. The NSP previously committed to reconstructing and developing Afghan rural communities has been replaced with the Citizen’s Charter Program that will cover the urban areas in addition to rural communities of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the focus will be on large projects and the CDCs will be convertedCDC clusters in Citizen’s Charter.It means several CDCs will get together and the projects will promote from one to several villages. The Citizen’s Charter designed to last until 2026 will be implemented in three phases.
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