Growing IS, Taliban Influence a Matter of Concern, Putin Tells Karzai

Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:IX Issue No:320 Price: Afs.15 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . JUNE 26. 2015 -Saratan 05, 1394 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime Growing IS, Taliban influence a US, China support matter of concern, Putin tells Karzai peaceful, stable Afghanistan WASHINGTON: The United KABUL: Russia is seriously States and China on Wednesday concerned about increasing in- pledged their support for a peace- fluence of Islamic State and ful, stable and unified Afghanistan. Taliban in Afghanistan, Presi- The two countries said this in dent Vladimir Putin said a joint statement at the conclusion Wednesday during talks with of their annual US-China Strategic former Afghan president Ha- and Economic Dialogue. mid Karzai, sputniknews re- The United States and China ports. During the meeting, continued their close cooperation Karzai told Russian president in support of Afghanistan s gov- that Daesh or the Islamic State ernment of national unity, econom- was posing serious threat to ic development, and security forc- the peace and stability of Af- es, the statement said. ghanistan and the entire region, To advance this vision, US and a statement from the former president said. Chinese counterparts agreed to continue convening a trilateral con- to reform its economy and to pro- today, we agreed to launch a Putin said that Taliban has tect its people from the threat that new joint training program for boosted its operations in Af- sultation with Afghanistan, and the ghanistan after NATO ended two sides agreed to launch new is posed by violent extremists. Afghan medical and veterinary its International Security As- joint training programs for Afghan And that s why we ve pur- professionals, Kerry said. sistance Force (ISAF) mission trolling a large part of [Afghan] fortable there," the president said. ghanistan. In a letter posted online medical and veterinary profession- sued multiple rounds of trilateral The Chinese State Councilor in late 2014 and launched a territory, many border crossing He said that ISIL is currently last week, the Taliban warned the als, the joint statement said. talks with the Afghan government Yang Jiechi said China is ready non-combat mission in the points. What is more worrying, present in 25 out of 34 Afghan Islamic State against recruiting in- In his remarks, the Secretary in order to expand our coopera- to work with the U.S. and the country. "We are witnessing however, is the fact that the so- provinces. The Islamic State mili- surgent fighters in Afghanistan. In of State, John Kerry, said on Af- tion regarding an Afghan-led and rest of the international com- processes that cause serious called Islamic State organization is tant group, which captured large May 2015, clashes between the ghanistan, US and China share a Afghan-owned reconciliation pro- munity to advance the recon- concern Taliban is actively working more and more actively swathes of Syria and Iraq, has re- Afghan Taliban and Islamic State mutual interest in supporting ef- cess, as well as Afghanistan s eco- ciliation process in Afghani- spreading its influence, con- in Afghanistan, feeling more com- cently been making inroads in Af- left at least 27 dead. (Pajhwok) forts by the government in Kabul nomic development, he said. And stan. (Pajhwok) Kingpin of kidnapping US to manage Afghan Girl commits suicide gang arrested ghanistan's public health min- Zaki Dako, the kingpin of kidnap- in Jawzjan istry statistics over 9,000 sui- AT News Reporter ping gang and his friend Nesar airspace till mid-September cide attempts were recorded Ahmad. According to the media KABUL: The National Direc- statement, the intelligence agency young girl reportedly across the country since the torate of Security (NDS) on conducted a special operation in By Akhtar M. Nikzad company to take the airspace con- the responsibility of controlling the hanged herself in northern beginning of last year. Since Thursday said that leader of Kabul to arrest the kingpin, who trol over from the United States yet airspace fall on shoulders of the A Jawzjan province on the beginning of last year kidnapping gang has been de- was also involved in armed rob- KABU: The Afghanistan Civil Wafayezada said an American com- Afghan government. However, the Wednesday, officials said Thurs- 4,466 cases of self-poisoning tained in the capital city, Kab- beries. Zaki was allegedly in- Aviation Authority (ACAA) on pany has won the contract. After government lacks the capacities to day. Abduhafiz Khashi, a Jawzjan and 707 cases of self-immola- ul. In a press statement issued volved in 21 cases of murder, kid- Thursday said that United States gurantee, the company will under- control the airspace on its own. security official, has confirmed the tion were recorded in the cap- here, the NDS said that its napping and armed robbery in dif- will continue to guide Afghan air- take controlling our airspace for the Therefore, it stirred concerns that incident and that the girl was a Class ital, while 4,136 cases of self- operatives succeeded in ar- ferent parts of Kabul. The sus- space and air-traffic control for next two years, he said. Paper- international airlines would cancel 7 student but did not know her immolation were recorded in resting Zaki alias Pahlawan pect confessed to his crimes. another two-and-a-half months work and talk over details are on- flights into the country and over age. He said the reasons for the the provinces. after its current contract expires going and the contract will be signed its aerial territory. To tame the con- According to the health soon he said. He underlined the cerns, the government started bid- suicide is not clear. In addition, at the end of June. Deputy Direc- Khashi said at least five women officials about 166 victims 374kg heroin seized in tor General on Policy and Plan- company will work under the di- ding to hire the services of interna- died as the result of severe ning in ACAA, Mohammad rectives of the government, how- tional companies. He said that by have lost their lives as the result of big consignment of heroin was Qassim Wafayezada, told Afghan- ever, its personnel will be foreign signing an agreement with a win- domestic violence in the province burns and the majority of the Nangarhar discovered and confiscated in Be- istan Times they have the remedy experts. However, we have set ning company there is no need for so far this year. victims were females. hsood district of Nangarhar prov- This comes after an earlier sui- In addition to violence, AT News Reporter now how to control the airspace. some conditions including training worries anymore at least for the ince. The heroin was skillfully The United States will continue of Afghan personnel, he said. Since coming two years. So far the U.S cide by a young girl who reported- Public Health officials cited KABUL: The Counter Nar- placed in a Hino vehicle, which to manage our airspace till Sept. 2001, Afghan airspace, a key air cor- officials have not commented over ly hanged herself over not getting forced marriage, often between was on the way to Kabul. The 16. By then we will have devised ridor between Europe and Asia has the extension of airspace control a new dress to wear to a relative's pre-adolescent girls and adult cotics Police (CNP) has seized CNP stopped the vehicle and 374 kilograms of heroin in our own mechanism and program. been controlled by the US-led in- for two-and-a-half months. wedding party. men, as well as widespread il- seized the illicit drug. A person literacy as the main challenges eastern Nangarhar province. was arrested in this connection It will be a smooth transition and ternational military coalition and Wafayezada said that air traffic via According to local security A press release issued by and was handed over to the rele- another well-experienced interna- foreign companies paid by donor Afghanistan, as well as from the officials, this girl had been a high facing female Afghans that CNP department of Ministry vant judicial body for interroga- tional company will take it over, countries. After the US and its co- Central Asian countries, generates school student in Class 11 in She- contribute to the startling rates of Interior (MoI) said that a tion, the statement said. he said. He didn t name the likely alition troops started withdrawal, about $33 million a year. barghan city. According to the Af- of suicide. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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