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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:205 Price: Afs.15 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . FEBRUARY 24. 2017 -Hoot 06, 1395 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime Daudzai warns against hostilities between Afghanistan, Pakistan Rumors that Pakistan’s military Sayed Makhdoom Raheen. Pakistan should be included in UN black list for its was contemplating military inter- “During that period there vention in Afghanistan, has led to was no division between the a warning by former Afghan min- Hindus, but now they are try- crime of supporting terrorism: Protestors chanted ister of Interior Mohammad Umer ing to divide us under the name By Farhad Naibkhel Daudzai that such a move would of Shia, Sunni, Tajik and Pash- lead to terrible consequences for toon,” said member of Kabul KABUL: Hundreds of Kabul ment for carrying out cruel terror- shelling in Kunar and Nangarhar Afghan Ulema to come harder and of Bilateral Security Agreement Pakistan. provincial council Naqibullah residents including politicians ist attacks and rockets shelling into provinces, he urged all the Afghan declare Jihad against Pakistan. (BSA). Daudzai made the remarks Hashimi. Participants at the and civil society activists on Afghanistan. masses to stand unitedly against At the end, the protestors re- They also slammed the Na- during a special ceremony in Kab- gathering also hailed the sacri- Thursday took out to the They called on International Pakistan barbaric act against civil- leased a resolution in which they tional Unity Government for its ul on Wednesday, marking the 3rd fices of the Afghan security streets to give vent to their Community to include Pakistan’s ians. asked International Community to failure in the past two years, term- Hoot revolution of the people of forces in their defense of the anger against Pakistan for its name in the United Nation black Furthermore, he called on Pres- include Pakistan’s name in the UN ing its insufficiency within the Kabul against Soviet occupation. country. They asked the gov- “continuing support to the list for its supporter of terrorism ident Ashraf Ghani to issue a de- sanction list as a backer of terror- government as a major cause be- Daudzai said Pakistan’s viola- ernment to reach out in sup- militancy, and the recent shell- in the region and the world. cree of banning use of Pakistani ism in the region and the world. hind the enemy’s presumption. tion of Afghanistan’s territory port of families of fallen and ing on resident areas in east- “Pakistan have to be triggered rupees across the country. In a tit- In the resolution they added The protestors also an- would lead to all-out war between wounded soldiers. ern provinces of the country. to the court for it crimes against for-tat respond, Stanekzai called that remaining silence of NATO nounced strong support to the the two countries. While chanting anti-Paki- humanity and the UN have to lis- on Afghan masses to stop using and particularly the US forces sta- Afghan security forces and warned “As an Afghan citizen, I would 3rd meeting over stani slogans, the demonstra- ten to our tone of voice,” a pro- Pakistani goods and instead sup- tioned in Afghanistan is question- Pakistan that fueling war in Af- like to tell Pakistan if you (Paki- tors called on the Internation- testor, Edris Stanekzai, who is also port domestic products. able regarding Pakistan attacks in ghanistan would one day reach to stan) put your evil foot on the sa- conduct of future al Community not to turn a one of the organizer of the demon- Pointing toward an announce- Afghanistan. The demonstrators Pakistan as well—where the recent cred land of this country, the Af- blind eye over criminal activi- stration said. ment of Jihad against Afghanistan asked the US to announce its clear series of attacks in Pakistan is a ghan people will cut off your legs election held ties of the Pakistani govern- While condemning Pakistani by Pakistani Ulemas, he asked the stance about Pakistan at the light clear induction. and throw them back to the other side of Attock river,” said Daudzai. KABUL: The third meeting which discussed the conduct Daudzai also asked the Afghan of future election and other political leadership and govern- electoral issues has been held ment officials to be vigilant. at Presidential Palace, a state- Continued closure of crossing points against “Don’t let the Pakistanis to ment from the palace said on intervene on our soil. If we don’t Thursday. President Moham- have the capacity to stop them, mad Ashraf Ghani, Chief Ex- we have some international op- ecutive Abdullah Abdullah, tions and will use them,” added second vice president, cabinet APTTA, international law: Zakhelwal members and commissioners Daudzai. KABUL: Afghanistan ambas- and Spinboldak crossing should transit crossing points between “The closure of these crossing the crossing points between the Participants also urged the of the election bodies attend- sador to Pakistan Hazrat Umar have been reopened as it was agreed the two countries, under no cir- points, which are heavily regulat- two countries should be reopened Afghans across the nation to uni- ed the meeting which was held fy and never surrender to conspir- Wednesday evening, the Zakhelwal has expressed con- during talks with Pakistani author- cumstances should have been ed with full checking arrangements today without causing further un- statement said. First the offi- cern over the continued block- ities a couple of days back. closed in the first place, both as on both sides, serve no purpose necessary hardship. acies. cials of Independent Election ade of Torkham and Spinbold- He lamented, the crossings per Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade other than to inflict hardship on He said he conveyed the same “The 3rd Hoot marks the voice Commission (IEC) briefed the ak crossing, the envoy wrote points on the Durand Line be- and Transit Agreement (APTTA) ordinary people and hurt trade and message to Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Advi- of Allah-e-Akbar against invasion participants of the meeting on on his social media account on tween the two countries were un- and also Afghanistan’s land-locked transit,” Zakhelwal wrote. sor to the Prime Minister of For- and oppression,” said former min- its operational plan, schedule Thursday. fortunately still remained shut. country transit right as per inter- He said he wrote a letter to the eign Affairs, last night. ister of information and culture and work processes. Zakhelwal said Torkham He asserted formal trade and national rules. Pakistani military and hoped that (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok) FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 24, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] By Rami G Khouri Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 117 The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end of their term. Significant international concern threat by themselves. Most ISIL supporters were positive religious values alongside that thousands of Islamic State of We should focus our attention not motivated by religious senti- negative feelings of helplessness, Editorial Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters to a much bigger - and an increas- ments, but rather by political, so- lack of direction, and, ultimately, and their leaders will soon disperse ingly clear - reality that perhaps cial, economic and other grievanc- hopelessness. to many countries - once Raqqa up to 30 or 40 million people es. The combination of two or and Mosul are liberated - has fo- across the Arab world express One possibility is that frus- more of these conditions tends to cused on possible terror threats sympathy, support, or approval trated Arab citizens who express drive citizens into the hands of from a renewed global underground for ISIL and its actions, based on sympathy for ISIL would not ac- extremists, with the most common army of frustrated radicals. numerous credible surveys of Arab tively assist it, but rather they see sentiment among many who join This narrow focus will exacer- public opinion.--- it as a proxy means of expressing or like ISIL being a desire to trans- bate the radicalism and terror that The Arab world now faces their anger with their own govern- form their life of vulnerability, hu- have plagued Arab and other coun- three massive challenges in the ments and societies, since ISIL di- miliation, weakness and suffering tries for decades, for two critical post-Raqqa and post-Mosul ISIL rectly challenges all ruling Arab into a new life defined by strength, reasons: It neglects the more im- era. - power elites. purpose, direction and pride. portant underlying drivers of ex- First, the very large absolute Even if we cut these figures in An important finding in the tremism and violence in the Arab numbers of ISIL "sympathisers"; half - to be on the safe side - we are 2014 Doha-based Arab Center poll The agreement of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India world from which both al-Qaeda second, the many reasons for this still looking at somewhere between across 12 Arab countries was the and ISIL emerged, and it ignores situation across almost all sectors eight and 20 million Arabs who lack of any correlation between (TAPI) gas pipeline project is now closer to a reality.