Quote of the Day Death www.outlookafghanistan.net Death most” resembles a prophet” who is facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan without honor in his own land or a poet Email: [email protected] who is a stranger among his people. Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, Khalil Gibran District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume No. 4387 Tuesday February 11, 2020 Dalw 22, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Afghan Acting Interior President Ghani Discusses Expanding Minister Orders Cooperation with UAE FM Personnel Not to Give ABU DHABI - President Ghani met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Interviews to Press KABUL - Afghan Acting Interior Minister Mas- Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates soud Andarabi has ordered the ministry’s person- Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan during nel not to give interviews to press or remark on his visit to UAE and discussed a wide range social media. of issues. If needed, necessary procedures should be made “Both sides discussed strengthening bilateral following instruction by the ministry’s leadership ties, expanding trade and economic coopera- and in coordination with the general directorate of tion,” Seddiq Sediqqi, the presidential spokes- strategic communications, according to the order. man twitted. The directorate should release information to In a separate meeting with Maimunah Mohd media about the achievements of national police Sharif, the Executive Director of the United including the outcome of operations after receiv- Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN- ing instructions from the ministry’s leadership, ac- Habitat), president Ghani talked about the cording to the order. UN-Habitat activities in Afghanistan. “No Interior Ministry’s personnel could publish “The activities of UN-Habitat are not in line secrets, documents on appointments, reshuffle, with the needs and priorities of our cities and promotions, photos of personnel in uniform, vehi- we call for a reform of activities in Afghani- cles, weapons, equipment, meetings and congratu- stan,” Arg said in a statement quoting Presi- latory events on social media,” the order reads. dent Ghani ...( More on P4)...(1) It said that they ...( More on P4)...(2) The customs revenue is marred Learning to Skateboard Herat Customs ‘Loses 30 % Of by tax evasion, corruption and in A Warzone (If You’re A Girl) strongmen’s influence, he said, Revenue’ to Embezzlement, Tax Fraud adding that an estimated six billion afghanis (about $78 mil- Wins Oscar HERAT - A senior official in the lion) has gone into the pockets Learning to Skateboard in a War- life in 2007 as a skate school in customs office in the western of strongmen over the last year. zone (If You’re a Girl), a film about the Afghan capital, we see the province of Herat claimed that He said that the “strongmen,” Afghan girls learning to skate, organization, and the girls, grow almost 30% of customs revenue among whom are government won the Oscar for best documen- into something much bigger. for imported goods is being officials, are taking imported tary (short subject) on Sunday. Skateistan itself becomes a multi- lost due to “embezzlement” by goods through the customs of- The documentary film, set in Af- national educational initiative. “strongmen,” among whom are fice without paying taxes, using ghanistan and directed by Carol Learning to Skateboardwas one “high-ranking government of- their influence. Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva, of four Middle Eastern films nom- ficials.” follows a class of girls who find inated for an prize at this year’s This issue has pushed the of- solidarity through the unlikeliest Academy Awards. (1TV NEWS) The revenue of the Herat cus- ficials to reduce their target for of pass times. toms office, which operates un- the next fiscal year to Afs21 bil- Over the course of 15 years, a class der the Ministry of Finance, col- lion – about $273 million. of young girls from disadvan- lected Afs18 billion (over $234 The deputy head of the cus- taged neighborhoods in war-torn million) in the 1398 solar year – toms office, however, refrained Kabul, learn to read and write, March 2019 to March 2020 – but to name any specific individual and grow together in confidence its target was Afs32 billion (over or official allegedly involved in through the joy of skateboarding. $416 million), the deputy head “widespread” corruption in the At a non-profit organization of the customs office of Herat, office. called Skateistan, which began Jawed Samim, said. “It will ...( More on P4)...(3) QATAR - The United States nego- Pakistan to Host Conference tiators and Taliban members met Analysts See Qatar’s Mediation in Qatar on Sunday evening – af- on Afghan Refugees ter days of informal meetings – to Helpful for Peace ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s gov- will attend the event, the state- discuss “the results of the talks a deal to be signed and a mecha- ernment in collaboration with ment said. and the next steps for process,” a nism of a reduction in violence on the United Nations High Com- In Pakistan, Afghans can be cat- spokesman of the group in Doha, which the Taliban has agreed af- missioner for Refugees will host egorized as Proof-of-Registration Suhail Shaheen, said in a tweet. ter consolation with their leading an “international conference” to (PoR) Card holders and therefore The Qatari Foreign Minister, Mo- military council last month. mark “40 years of Afghan Refu- refugees, visa holders or ‘undoc- hammed bin Abdulrahman Al “The Qatar foreign minister me- gees Presence in Pakistan: A umented’, according to the Inter- Thani, was also at the meeting in diates the talks when there is a rift New Partnership for Solidarity”, national Organization for Migra- which US special envoy Zalmay between the US and the Taliban,” on 17-18 February, Pakistan’s For- tion (IOM). Khalilzad as well as Taliban’s said Khalilullah Safi, former head eign Office said in a statement on Among those who are ‘undocu- deputy leader Abdul Ghani Bara- of Pugwash, an independent in- Sunday. mented’, there are Afghan-Cit- dar, Mohammad Fazil, Mullah ternational organization. “Re- The two-day conference will izenship-Card holders (ACC), Khairullah Khairkhwah, Mawla- ports indicate that the Taliban has be held in Islamabad, the state- those who registered for ACC wi Amir Khan Muttaqi were also shown more flexibility – on an ment said, adding that it will be but haven’t yet been issued with present, according to Shaheen. extended reduction in violence inaugurated by Pakistan’s Prime their cards, and those who hold Analysts familiar with the pro- and intra-Afghan negotiations – Minister Imran Khan. no documentation from the Gov- cess said the talks have reached a but this is not final.” The Afghan The United Nations High Com- ernment of Pakistan at all. “promising stage” due to Qatar’s government expects that Qatar’s missioner for Refugees, Filippo IOM figures show that currently, mediation as well as due to the mediation will convince the ...( Grandi, ministers, and senior of- Pakistan hosts 1.3 million regis- two sides’ willingness to discuss More on P4)...(4) ficials from around 20 countries tered ...( More on P4)...(5) and Culture so that appropriate steps could be tak- Afghan Female Athlete to him soon after they heard the firing. Sahba explained. Presidential Delegation in en to conserve the Minaret of Jam. Cryingly I took the dead body in my arms and start- Ghor to Help Conserve the Meanwhile, the residents of Ghor province wel- Leave the Country after Her ed running towards our car. The gunmen fired from comed the deployment of the delegation to assess behind and shouted on us to stop and leave the dead Endangered Minaret and respond to risks threatening the historic mina- Dog Shot Dead by Gunmen body of the dog here. Sahba added. ret. HERAT - Unknown gunmen shot ‘Asoman’ to death I begged them to allow me take the body of Asoman of Jam Calling the Minaret of Jam a ‘National and Historic on Friday evening while she was hiking with Sahba and burry her myself, but they did not listen and said GHOR - A presidential delegation has arrived in Identity’ of Afghanistan, Ramazan Nabizada, one Barakzai and her family in Dasht-e-Hawz mountains, I was a girl and have no right to keep dogs, she said. North-western Ghor province to help conserve the of the civil society activists urged the government an area 20 KM north of Herat city. “I even could not report it to the police as I knew noth- endangered historic Minaret of Jam, the local offi- to take necessary steps to restore and renovate the ‘Asoman’ was the name of a 7-month old female ing will happen. Dozens of human beings are killed cials said. minaret and prevent it from destruction and col- Husky dog owned by Sahba Barakzai a female athlete every day in the country and no one feels responsibil- Abdulhai Khatebi, the provincial governor’s spokes- lapse. and owner of a Karate club for girls in Herat city. ity”, she added. (Khaama Press) man said a delegation from department of the Presi- The residents of Ghor are saying that the Minaret of “My father has got a hiking team and we used to dential Palace arrived in Ghor following President Jam is in a bad condition, warning that the minaret sometimes join them together with Asoman”, Sahba Ashraf Ghani’s commitments which he made dur- is at the risk of destruction if the authorities did not Barakzai told Khaama Press. ing a video teleconference to the people of Ghor. pay necessary attention to conserve it. On Friday me, my father, sisters and ‘Asoman’ went Khatebi further added that the delegation consists The Minaret of Jam is located around 200km east out to Dasht-e-Hawz mountains for hiking wherein a of a technical team which visited the site and as- of Herat, at the confluence of the Huri Rud and Jam gunman looking like a ‘Shepherd’ shot at my dog.