Tribal Councils Seek Greater Role in Peace Drive
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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:90 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29 . 2015 -Aqrab 07, 1394 HS AT News Report commanders were killed. He said tion would be launched soon to re- that security check-posts were take Darqad district of northern ambivalent about the anti-Taliban Pakistan started religious militancy since 1979 for fter two days of battle be established in different areas of the Takhar province. However, the se- and anti-militant mission in the safeguarding its national interests and expelling the then USSR tween the security forces district and heavy contingent of curity forces would remain in Dash- FATA, in part due to their history from Afghanistan, Musharraf confessed in a TV interview and Taliban militants, final- of close ties to the Taliban in Af- A police and troops was deployed. ti-e-Archi for a while, he said. Lo- ghanistan's conflict with the Sovi- AT Monitoring Desk ly the government forces have He furthered that there were no cal officials said that the offensive to Afghanistan. They were our cleared Dashti-e-Archi district of civilian casualties during the of- was backed by air support which et Union and Pakistan's use of mil- heroes. Haqqani was our hero. northern Kunduz province from fensive. He said that the offen- targeted the insurgents vehicles. itant proxies in its conflict with Osama bin Laden was our hero. the miscreants and retaken con- sive was very useful and well- The district was the main centre of India." "Pakistan's desire to Zwahiri was our hero, confessed trol of the district, officials said planned. He said the main base of the Taliban insurgents from where counter India's growing influence Musharraf. Later they became on Wednesday. The deputy chief Taliban insurgents have been de- they have launched many attacks in Afghanistan and concerns about villains, Musharaf added. The U.S. long-term commitments to of army staff Gen. Murad Ali Mu- stroyed in the district and all in- on Kunduz and other parts of the An email released by WikiLeaks report further states that Mush- rad said that in the two-day in- surgents have been eliminated. The northeastern Afghanistan. The Tal- Afghanistan increase Pakistan's arraf admitted in the interview that reportedly from the hacked per- interest in hedging its bets by en- tense operation hundreds of Tali- deputy chief of army staff went iban insurgents have not yet com- sonal email account of the U.S's Pakistan supported and trained ban fighters including their key on to say that a large-scale opera- mented regarding the offensive. suring that it will be able to have a other militant groups like Lash- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) working relationship with the Tal- kar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) in 1990s to chief John Brennan indicates that iban to balance Indian and Iranian carry out jihad in Kashmir. Tribal councils seek greater role in peace drive Pakistan has used terrorists as interests if the United States with- In 1990s the freedom strug- proxies to counter India's growing draws," Brennan wrote in the 13- gle began in Kashmir. At that time KABUL: Tribal council chiefs on chief, called government s peace ef- ing HPC chief Abdul Hakim Muja- influence in Afghanistan. page strategy paper to U.S Presi- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and 11 or 12 Wednesday criticised govern- forts a failure, saying nothing tangi- hid said the council s annual expens- The document states: "Efforts dent Barack Obama in 2008 in the KABUL: The former president other organizations were formed. ment s peace drive, saying peace ble had been done during the past es stood at $2.8 million and since in the FATA (Federally Adminis- role of a top foreign policy and and military leader of Pakistan We supported them and trained would continue to elude Afghani- one decade. To date the peace talks its inception, the department had tered Tribal Areas) have been chal- counter-terrorism adviser to the Pervez Musharaf in an interview them as they were fighting in Kash- stan until recruitment by insur- remain in a symbolic form. The gov- only consumed $15 million. He said lenged by Pakistan's ambivalence president. The document shows to Pakistan s leaving TV Channel mir. Though they were beaten and gents and enemies propaganda ernment and the High Peace Council there were elements who saw the toward, and perhaps outright sup- US concerns about Pakistan's re- Dunya on Tuesday said that put to rout by Indian troops, but was prevented. More than 100 (HPC) had no achievements in this war in their interest and the govern- port for, the Taliban. solve to fight terrorism. Raising Pakistan started religious militan- we received them as our heroes, tribal councils heads attended a regard, he told Pajhwok Afghan ment should find ways to tackle this While the U.S. Intelligence doubts, Brennan said the US gov- cy since 1979 in its national inter- Musharraf gave it out in the inter- gathering in Kabul and discussed News. Based on reports around issue.Without consulting tribal coun- Community differs on the extent ernment may increase unilateral ests. We mustered up Muja- view. He said that terrorists like ways how to find a negotiated end $800 million has been spent on the cils heads, he said, bringing peace of the relationships, at least some action, but America needed Paki- hideen from across the world. We LeT s Saeed and Zakur Rehman to the country s conflict. Azizul- government-initiated peace process, was impossible, urging these chiefs elements of Pakistan's military and stani cooperation to eliminate the trained the Taliban. We sent them Lkhvi, who have been blamed ..P2 lah Waziri, Paktika tribal council but has little achievements. But Act- to persuade insurgents to talks. intelligence services appear to be threat from the FATA. ..P2 65.20 63.85 72.80 71.30 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Two young Afghan women have invented a new method of culti- vating mushrooms which they hope will not only bring down the price on the open market but will Scho o l girls w ho also encourage other women to use their new growing method. Sahar Hamdard and Mehria Karim, from Kabul, told TOLO- died in quake news that their initiative will also produce mushrooms in a clean and hygienic environment. laid to rest "Our purpose of cultivating mushrooms with this new method is to create job opportunities for women and also provide mush- rooms for the Afghan market," said Hamdard. She said they were work- ing to produce more mushrooms and sell them at markets. Explaining the method, her fel- low inventor, Mehria Karim said blend it with mushroom seeds and Using this method, they can the method was very simple and keep them in special plastic bags," grow two different types of mush- every Afghan can grow mush- Mehria said. "We keep those bags rooms. However, about 400 types rooms. "We mix hygienic wheat in humid conditions for 26 days of mushrooms have been identi- straw with chlorine and a type of and they are ready for use on the fied worldwide and are used for powder in a sanitized area and then 27th day." food and medicine. The funeral ceremony of 12 school cized the Education Ministry for girls who died while trying to run not paying attention to the quali- from their school building on Mon- ty of buildings used as schools. "I day during the 7.5 magnitude earth was at home when the quake hap- quake was held in northern Takhar pened. Then I went to school and province early the other day. saw that everyone was shocked The school girls died in a stam- and were running," another resi- pede caused when a roof collapsed dent said. "I was at school when FARAH CITY: A 14-year-old had been subjecting her to differ- at the Bibi Hajera School in Talu- the earthquake occurred. Then I married girl, Yagana, in western ent types of violence since they qan city. At least 38 others were started to run but I fell and there Farah province says her husband married a year back. wounded in the incident. were people running over me," said uses to beat her, fastens her hands Amanullah always beats me Families of the school girls said Nadia, a school girl who has sus- in chains and burns her body with with chains and hot rods with my classes were held in a rented house tained injuries. Monday's deadly hot iron rods to force her father to hands and feet tied. He asks me which was not built to standard. 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Af- return him the traditional bride to return the money taken by my They said it was for this reason ghanistan has left at least 82 peo- money. Yagana, a resident of Gin- father. He does not give me food, that there was such a high death ple dead. Officials say the death is bagh village of Purchaman district, except a loaf of bread after a long toll among the girls. "No one takes still expected to rise as relief teams came to the provincial capital, time, she said. care of the poor people. The gov- reach remote areas.