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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:61 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29 . 2015 -Mizan 07, 1394 HS 28 insurgents eliminated in Shah Walikot operation KANDAHAR CITY: Twenty- Fall of Kunduz city: Wolesi eight Taliban militants have been killed and another four captured Jirga accuses governor of alive during a search operation in AT News Report southern Kandahar province, where one child died and two oth- KABUL: At least 21 people have abetting with Taliban ers were injured in a roadside been killed in northern Kunduz Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi to spare no efforts to regain con- bombing, officials said on Mon- province as the Taliban stormed trol Kunduz city from the Tali- day. The 28 insurgents were killed the capital city of the province, KABUL: Wolesi Jirga accused the ban militants. In the meantime in Shah Walikot district, said Kan- late last night at around 3am. The governor of northern Kunduz some lawmakers suggested that dahar police spokesman Zia Dur- Taliban captured parts of the city. province of abetting with the Tal- the United States and UK should rani. He said the operation had been Spokesman of Kunduz police, iban. The lawmakers expressed be asked to take a clear stance to- launched a few days ago by joint Sarwar Husaini, confirmed that their deep concerns over collapse wards Afghanistan. Shirwali Ward- Afghan security forces. He said the most part of the city has fallen to of Kunduz city to the Taliban and ak, an MP from Kabul, said that operation had been largely focused the Taliban. He said that the mili- mounting insecurity in other prov- speaker of the Wolesi Jirga should on Zangal area, where Taliban ac- tants have also captured the pro- inces. Nazifa Zaki, a member of chair a 40-member meeting with tivities had lately increased. As a vincial governor s office, police the internal security committee of the US and British ambassadors result of the operation, 28 militants headquarters and the provincial the Wolesi Jirga, said that handing to Kabul to demand the countries were killed and their large number prison, and have released the pris- over Dahen-e-Ghori district of to take a clear stance towards Af- of weapons confiscated. He said oners. Some parts, including Bal- Baghlan and Dasht-e-Archi dis- ghanistan. Nazir Ahmad Hanafi, a four suspected insurgents had also ahesar and airport are under the trict of Kunduz to the Taliban was lawmaker from western Herat been arrested during the operation security forces control and clash- one of the blunders committed by province, also criticized the US and the detainees were currently es are still going on. The spokes- state officials. She said that gov- policy in Afghanistan and said that being interrogated. Durrani said the man of the Ministry of Interior ernment officials should be asked former mujahedeen should be operation would continue until the (MoI), Seddiq Seddiqi said that for explanation. Abdul Rahman moralized in fight against mili- entire area was cleared of militants, Taliban attacked the Kunduz city Shahedani, an MP from Bamiyan tants. Speaker of the Wolesi Jir- claiming security forces and civil- from different points last night at that heavy clashes are going on that most of the point of Kunduz were going on in the third district province, called on President ga, Abdul Rauf Ebrahemi, accused ians stayed unhurt. The operation 3:00am. Addressing a press con- between Afghan security forces is under control of Afghan forces, of the city and the neighborhood Muhammad Ashraf Ghani as com- the governor of Kunduz province was launched after ..P3 ference here on Monday he said and the Taliban fighters. He said however, he added that clashes of the provincial hospital. ..P2 mander-in-chief of armed forces of having link with the..P3 64.45 63.15 72.20 70.60 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. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Officials from the Afghan Minis- day at Jamarat in Mina resulted in taken inclusive measures to pro- hope that the fate of five missing lies of the victims. try of Hajj and Religious Affairs the deaths over 700 but uncon- vide world class services to Afghan pilgrims are cleared at the end of "Better services were provid- said Sunday that at least 15 Af- firmed reports put that death toll pilgrims during this Hajj. "Eight the day," deputy minister of Hajj ed to pilgrims this year and there ghan pilgrims were confirmed dead at close to 1,000. However, five dead bodies were identified yes- and Religious Affairs, Dayee ul was not any complaints about the in two tragic incidents, the crane Afghan pilgrims are still unac- terday, we had eight missing pil- Haq Abid said. It is said that so far services offered to them, transpor- accident and the stampede, that counted for, said officials. Accord- grims in the aftermath of Mina in- the body of at least one Afghan tation of the pilgrims to Saudi Ara- have claimed hundreds of lives of ing to the officials, the Saudi gov- cident, in our last contact with our pilgrim who died when the crane bia ended successfully," he said. pilgrims to Mecca in the past two ernment is providing medical treat- delegation in Saudi Arabia it was collapsed has been repatriated but Jamarat stampede is the sec- weeks. The crane accident hap- ment for those injured in the stam- confirmed that five pilgrims were the rest of the victims were buried ond after the 1990 stampede in- pened two weeks ago in Mecca at pede also for the injured Afghan missing, two of the missing pil- in Saudi Arabia. side a tunnel at Grand Mosque in the Grand Mosque and killed 109 pilgrims. The government howev- grims have been identified, but we The Saudi government has also Mecca. In this incident 1,426 pil- people. The stampede on Thurs- er recently announced that it had did not got the dead bodies, we announced compensation to fami- grims lost their lives. Indian-funded ANASTU on brink of closure Polio-endemic nations: Afghanistan, Pakistan only countries left The World Health Organisation on Friday took Nigeria off the list of polio-endemic countries, hail- ing a historic achievement more than a year after the last recorded case of the disease in Africa s most populous nation. The announce- ment, made in a statement and at a meeting of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in New York, leaves just two countries - Pakistan and Afghanistan - on the list. In declaring Nigeria no long- er polio endemic , the WHO said: This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild (naturally occurring) polio- KANDAHAR CITY: Govern- ty to be in Kandahar and thus ig- virus, bringing the country and the ment s negligence and other prob- noring it. African region closer than ever to lems have pushed the Afghan Na- An official at the university being certified polio-free. The tional Agricultural Sciences and administration, wishing to go un- last case was in the Sumaila dis- Technology University (ANAS- named, acknowledged the univer- trict of Kano state, northern Ni- TU) in southern Kandahar prov- sity was on the verge of closure. geria, on July 24, 2014. Countries ince to the verge of closure. He said former Indian Prime have to go at least 12 months with- Former president Hamid Minister Manmohan Singh had out a case before they can be con- Karzai and Indian foreign minis- pledged the university s establish- sidered for removal from the list ter Salman Khurshid inaugurated ment in 2011 when he visited Af- while polio-free status comes af- the university in February 2014 ghanistan and the project was said ter three years without a case. in the sprawling Tarnak farm. to be part of India s $500 million The WHO said all laboratory At that time it was said stu- assistance for Afghanistan. data have confirmed a full 12 dents at the university would do It had been pledged that until months have passed without any doctorate and master s level stud- the university was fully estab- new cases . The announcement is ies and both local and foreign lished on the Tarnak research farm the latest good news in the global teachers would be appointed. with $100 million Indian aid, its battle against the virus, which is ticularly in hard-to-reach areas, cy. It has also had to overcome keep Africa polio-free, said WHO sistence, we have beaten polio. We But despite the passage of affairs would be run at the Cana- spread by poor sanitation and that could hinder the complete rumours the vaccine caused infer- director-general Margaret Chan. know our vigilance and efforts about two years, the university dian-built Agriculture and Live- contaminated water and can cause eradication of the disease. In tility, leading to many parents, We must now support the ef- must continue in order to keep has been without leadership, li- stock Institute in Kandahar City, irreversible paralysis. Children 2015, 41 cases of wild poliovirus particularly in the Muslim-major- forts in Pakistan and Afghanistan Nigeria polio-free. Rotary Inter- brary and laboratory, with the he said, but added the university under-five are particularly vulner- have been reported world-wide - ity north, refusing to have their so they soon join the polio-free national and the Bill and Melinda Ministry of Higher Education building s reconstruction was yet able.

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