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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:321 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SATURDAY . JULY 01. 2017 -Saratan 10, 1396 HS AT Monitoring Desk he United Kingdom’s Defense Secretary, T Michael Fallon has announced that Britain has taken a formal decision to deploy 100 more soldiers to Afghanistan in a bid to help, and train the Afghan on war, war is a fundamentally Support Mission beyond 2017. security forces. While talking to unpredictable phenomenon," Speaking at a press conference after KABUL: Former President Hamid media on his arrival to NATO Mattis told reporters after meeting Thursday’s defense ministers Karzai has opposed the info-icon defense ministers his counterparts from the 29- meeting in Brussels, he said: “Our deployment of more US soldiers meeting at Brussels, he said the nation alliance. "The bottom line military authorities have requested in Afghanistaninfo-icon and UK soldiers would be used to is that NATO has made a a few thousand more troops for warned the move may have enhance war skills and capabilities commitment to Afghanistan for the mission and today, I can negative consequences. Karzai of the Afghan soldiers and air force freedom from fear and terror, and confirm that we will increase our expressed the view during his pilots rather than any direct freedom from terror demands that presence in Afghanistan.” “We address on International Peace at combat role. He vowed the UK you can't let this be undone,” he have recently seen brutal attacks one of the Chinese university in would continue its military and added. Citing both Afghanistan in Kabul. In recent months, China. The former president talked financial support for the Afghan and "ungoverned spaces" in Syria hundreds of innocent civilians have about the current security situation security forces. Michael Fallon and Iraq where the Islamic State been killed. This is exactly why of the country and termed the appreciated the Afghan security group has flourished, the retired our presence is so important. So expansion of terrorist network forces for maintaining their Marine general added: "You cannot today, we reconfirmed our dangerous for regional and forward movement during the say 'I am tired of it' and come home enduring commitment to international peace and stability. fight period against terrorist and then you get hit again." He said Afghanistan. We will sustain our He termed the Shanghai military base from us and promised Mattis said that after talks with NATO allies at least 70 that after talks with the allies about Resolute Support Mission beyond outfits. Moreover, UK has percent of the new plan's requirements were in place and he Cooperation Organisation (SCO) us two things in return,” Karzai already 500 soldiers stationed in 70 percent of the new plan's 2017.” NATO currently has role for regional peace and stability told Anadolu Agency in May. “The Afghanistan under Resolute looked forward to bridging the remaining gap. requirements were in place and he 13,500 troops in Afghanistan in important and said Russian and first was to support Afghanistan Support Mission. In addition to looked forward to bridging the the Resolute Support mission to Chine held more responsibility in against external threats like that, NATO Secretary General The U.S defense secretary James resurgent Taliban. Mattis however remaining gap. On Thursday night, "train, advise and assist" Afghan this regard. Karzai said he hoped Pakistan. And the second was to Jens Stoltenberg has said that 15 Mattis on Thursday called on refused to give a firm number for NATO Secretary General Jens troops. Reports indicate that an regional countries would fully help the country improve its among the NATO member NATO allies to finish the job in how many troops U.S President Stoltenberg said that NATO and increase of up to 3,000 was under support Afghanistan to achieve security situation and hence its countries has made a solemn Afghanistan or risk terrorist Donald Trump would commit its allies have reconfirmed their considerations, while U.S officials regional peace. He said without a economy.” Roughly 8,400 U.S. promise for increasing their revenge as the alliance confirmed a under a new strategy, the AFP commitment to Afghanistan and say it might be nearer 4,000. clear strategy and roadmap the troops remain in Afghanistan, number in troops to be deployed troop increase to counter a reported. "I don't put timelines that they will sustain Resolute (ToloNews) surge of US troop in Afghanistan along with 5,000 NATO forces, in Afghanistan. He said, “We will would have no positive outcome. but U.S. Secretary of Defense end the day with a meeting of all He further stated with more US James Mattis has recommended a nations contributing to the Peace in troops more Afghans would be further 5,000 be deployed. “The Resolute Support Mission in killed and their villages would be U.S. agenda is not designed to Afghanistan. We will discuss the destroyed. The former president secure the stability of Afghanistan future of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan stressed over regional efforts to . ISIS is growing during the U.S. that country.” promote peace and stability. The presence,” Karzai continued, good for the former president Hamid Karzai adding that, “The U.S. must end The ACCI officials said said that the United States is this war responsibly.” He said that extortion and transit responsible for his country’s Afghanistan “needs the whole problems with regional region: ‘intensely volatile’ security strategy of the cooperation in the countries particularly with situation. “Initially, the entire region, because anti-terrorism is a countries particularly with EU envoy Afghan people supported them global exercise,” and said that his Pakistan are among big when the U.S. troops arrived in country is “grateful for what China challenges for Afghan Afghanistan, our constitution was has done for Afghanistan. “China businessmen. made, our democracy was is increasing its cooperation with launched. However, our support Afghanistan on economy, A number of drivers and local pay up to 150,000 AFs for each money (from us) and nothing has been lost since they began to investment, and security. China businessmen on Friday truck on highways. “It costs us remains for us,” said Gul Ahmad, go to Afghan homes, bomb our wants the peace of Afghanistan. complained about extortion on between 100,000 AFs to 150,000 another driver. villages,” Karzai told China Global China has launched some highways, saying that they totally AFs to pay for each truck to The Afghanistan Chamber of Television Network in an interview, integration economic program, the pay 150,000 for each truck on customs offices, high tonnage scale Commerce and Industries (ACCI) saying the U.S. lost focus on its One Belt and One Road Initiative elecommunications and their way to Kabul and other parts and municipality and to many admitted the challenge, saying that objectives to combat terrorism and is one benefit of the whole region, Information Technology of the country – when they import individuals. We sell our goods for MPs also have hand in the provide security to Afghanistan. that requires peace and stability in T Minister Syed Shah Sadat goods from abroad. The drivers said 180,000 AFs or 200,000 AFs. We extortion. “In particular they (those “The U.S. demanded a permanent the region.” (Sources) on Friday said all social media all the legal payments including the benefit only 50,000 AFs but we who take money from drivers) are pages that hosted anti- customs taxes cannot surpass spend it on repairing our vehicles,” MPs, powerful figures and constitutional and pro-militancy 10,000 AFs. But according to said Nasir Ahmad, a truck driver. government officials,” the ACCI content would be blocked from them, they are ‘forced by local “Check posts are taking money spokesman Siyam Psarlai said. next week (Saturday). Sadat wrote officials and powerful figures’ to (from us), municipality is taking (ToloNews) NATO supports 4-year on his Facebook page that the international community stood The European Union High Afghan security roadmap by the Afghan people, but some Representative Federica externalinfo-icon circles through ‘Coalition for saving Afghanistan’soon Mogherini, who attended the BRUSSELS: Acting Afghan had requested a few thousand more making alliances were hatching NATO defense ministers meeting defence minister Tariq Shah troops for the mission. conspiracies against in Brussels, told reporters that Behrami on Thursday said “Today, I can confirm that we Afghanistaninfo-icon. to announce its presence in Kabul security and development in NATOinfo-icon and its allies had will increase our presence in “I can see some irresponsible Afghanistan was good "for all the pledged their support for a four- Afghanistan. Fifteen nations countries in the region". expressions on social media which Three Afghan political parties have “Within two weeks, the High reforms in the government.” A year security roadmap for pledged additional contributions are against the freedom of speech formed new coalition so-called Coalition For Saving Afghanistan close figure to Dostum who also a Mogherini said she sees a Afghanistaninfo-icon. and we also got some more code and the Afghanistan “Coalition For Saving will announce its presence in member of Junbish-e-Milli party commitment in the Afghan Talking to reporters in announcements and pledges during government and in support of Afghanistan’, the alliance is due to Kabul. Having role in upcoming said that the new coalition was government’s leadership. Brussels after attending a meeting the meeting today,” the NATO terrorists.” The minister said all announce its presence in Kabul presidential and parliamentary formed to address the performance "Perspectives (in Afghanistan) of NATO defence ministers at the chief said.