Quote of the Day LIFE Only I can change www.thedailyafghanistan.com my life. No one can do Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 it for me. Add: In front of Habibia High School, Carol Burnett District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan Volume No. 4137 Sunday March 31, 2019 Hamal 11, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Afghanistan, Iran Agree Ghani Meets Political to Advance Telecom Ties Figures, Ex-Jihadis on Peace Process Ghani says he will continue his consultations with KABUL - Afghanistan and Iran have agreed on other politicians and representatives of all walks of life. fiber optic connectivity to help reduce Internet and other telecom services’ prices in the country, Afghanistan Enacts a statement said on Thursday. During his two-day official trip to Iran, Telecom- Comprehensive munication and Information Technology Minis- Counter-Terrorism ter Shahzad Aryubi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahrom and visited the Strategy: Raz state-run Telecommunication Company of Iran or NEW YORK - Afghanistan’s Per- TIC. manent Representative to the UN Both the sides conferred on bilateral relations, es- Adela Raz on Saturday told the pecially in area of internet facility, the statement UN Security Council that Kabul’s from the Ministry of Telecommunication and In- approach to counter-terrorism formation Technology (MoCI) in Kabul said. was a comprehensive one. They discussed and agreed on the Afghanistan This included strengthening the Noori Optic Fiber project’s connectivity between national legislation to meet provi- western Herat City and southwestern Zaranj, the sions of various treaties, conven- capital of Nimroz province near the border with tions and UN resolutions, – in- Iran. cluding this Council’s, to combat Extending Afghanistan’s optic fiber network to terrorist financing, she said. Iran’s Chabahar port to connect the landlocked Addressing the Security Coun- country with the Submarine Cable also came up cil’s open debate on preventing for discussion during the meeting, the statement and combating the financing of said. ...(More on P4)...(1) terrorism she said Afghanistan being the prime victim of ter- CSO Head Insults rorism fighting various terrorist groups in the battlefield, includ- IT Minister, Threatens ing Foreign Terrorist Fighters KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on talks with ex-president Hamid Kar- regarding the ongoing peace negotia- to Fire Him (FTFs) coming from outside. Saturday met with a number of po- zai, Ustad Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyab, tions and the meeting stressed lasting Preventing financing of terrorism litical figures and former jihadi leaders second vice-president Sarwar Danish, peace in the country. was an important part of our na- and discussed the peace process, an of- High Peace Council (PHC) chief Karim The meeting comes ahead of US Special tional counter-terrorism strategy, ficial said. Khalili, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Representative for Afghan Reconcilia- she said, adding “Our National Presidential spokesman Mohammad Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. tion Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad Security Council is leading the Haroon Chakahnsori told Pajhwok He added during the meeting the arrival in Kabul for consultations on inter agency efforts to implement Afghan News President Ghani held political figures offered their views the Afghan peace process. (Pajhwok) the strategy. We have established a Task-Force, which is comprised of the Attorney General’s Office, Angelina Jolie Pushes for Women to be Part of Afghan Peace Talks Ministry of Finance, the National Directorate ...(More on P4)...(2) Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed KABUL - Ministry of Telecommunications and for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during Information Technology (MCIT) officials say their Rashid Khan an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations. minister was insulted and threatened by the Cen- tral Statistics Organization (CSO) director general. Voted Adelaide since U.S.-backed a ministerial meeting on U.N. A credible source in the MCTI told Pajhwok Af- Strikers Most Afghan forces peacekeeping. ghan News that Alokozay Groups of Company overthrew the Tal- “The international community’s (AGC) wanted to make major investments in the Valuable Player iban in 2001 could silent response is alarming to say telecom sector. slide backwards, the least,” said Jolie, a special en- In this regard, the source said, High Economy and complain voy for the U.N. refugee agency Council (HEC) directed Telecom and IT minister their voices are be- UNHCR, which she began work- Shahzad Gul Aryubi, Afghanistan Telecom Regu- ing sidelined. ing with 18 years ago. “There latory Authority (ATRA) head Najibullah Azizi, “In Afghanistan can be no peace or stability in CSO director general Ahmad Javid Rasouli, Na- thousands of Afghanistan or anywhere else in tional Procurement Authority (NPA) head and a women have re- the world that involves trading lawmaker Seddiqullah Osmani to hold a meeting cently come to- away the rights of women.” and review documents of AGC for a final deci- gether in public While the Taliban has said in sion. risking their lives official statements they might The source said after emphasis from the AGC, to ask that their consider more liberal policies Aryubi organized a meeting of the mentioned fig- rights and the toward women, their chief nego- ures on March 25, but Rasouli and the NPA head UNITED NATIONS - Peace talks between U.S. rights of their children be guaranteed tiator has said the constitution, did not participate. and Taliban officials began late last year. How- in peace negotiations that so far they which protects women’s rights, “Aryubi contacted Rasouli and told him to attend is an KABUL - Afghanistan legspinner ever, some women fear the freedoms eked out have been allow no part of,” Jolie told ...(More on P4)...(3) their next meeting ...(More on P4)...(4) Rashid Khan has been named the Adelaide Strikers ‘Most Valuable Player in the Big Bash League for the second year in a row, making Residents Report Intensified Clashes in Ghazni him the franchise’s first player to GHAZNI - Reports indicate that some parts others were wounded. win the prize in succession. of Ghazni province, including the outskirts It is not confirmed whether the rocket was Rashid claimed 19 wickets for of Ghazni city and Andar district, have faced fired by the security forces or the Taliban. Strikers in the recent BBL, a fran- heavy clashes between Afghan forces and the “People are living in other provinces but in chise record and the joint fifth- Taliban over the past few days as the new Ghazni, we are seeking ways to stay alive,” most in the tournament’s eight- fighting season begins. said Safiullah Hamidzai, a Ghazni resident. year history. Almost 30 security force members have lost Parts of Ghazni city, almost 146 kilometers in He finished the BBL with an their lives in recent clashes in Ghazni and the southwest of Kabul, were fallen to Tali- economy rate of 6.14, which was Badakhshan provinces, sources confirmed. ban last year in August. One month after that, the second-best for all bowlers. This includes the death of nine police force President Ghani in a trip to the city vowed to Rashid also scored 93 runs at a members in a Taliban attack on a police out- establish three more police districts and imple- strike-rate of 166.07. post in Police District3 (PD3) of Ghazni city ment a special security plan for the province in His all-round success saw him on Thursday night. The head of the PD3 po- six stages. pip team-mate Jon Wells in the lice headquarters, Mujib Mahmoudi, was also “During his trip to Ghazni, President Ghani votes by the Strikers squad. The among the victims. made 12 promises but has implemented none other contenders were Colin In- “At least 10 security force members were of them,” said Khalid Bahar, a Ghazni resident. gram, Jake Weatherald and Ben martyred in the PD3 inside the Ghazni city,” Meanwhile, heavy clashes were reported Laughlin. said Hamidullah Nawrozi, member of Ghazni the death of eight police force members in the hours-long clash. in Arghanj Khwa district in northeastern Adelaide finished second from Provincial Council. According to local officials, a rocket landed on a school in Andar district in Badakhshan province. last in ...(More on P4)...(5) The Ministry of Interior, however, confirmed Ghazni on Friday in which four students and two teachers were killed and 15 ...(More on P4)...6).