Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:22 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes MONDAY.AUGUST 15. 2016 -Asad 25, 1395 HS AT News Report Abdullah may declare new stance as rift with Ghani deepens KABUL: The rift between the Ahmad Mashahid was last The relations between the two decisions had gone in Afghani- Presidential Palace and the Chief week appointed as advisor to the government leaders further deteri- stan. Executive Office (CEO) has re- president and removed as the ad- orated on Sunday when President The source close to the unity portedly deepened and CEO Ab- government said Abdullah was dullah Abdullah is scheduled to very angry over the president’s announce his new stance at a gath- latest remarks. ering. A source close to Abdullah The differences between the said the CEO was holding con- two leaders resurfaced three days sultative meetings with his KABUL: The Taliban insurgents that fighting still continues in some casualties in Nawa, Garmsir, Nad launched a complex attack early parts of the district, but he did not Ali, Marjah and Nahr-e-Saraj dis- ago, when Abdullah criticized Pres- group’s leaders since yesterday Sunday on the Want Waigal dis- provide detail about casualties. tricts of the province, after “hun- ident Ghani for what he said hav- and he met with Afghanistan Pro- trict of eastern Nooristan prov- The Taliban group did not com- dreds of commandos and special ing no time to meet him. tection and Stability party leader ince, but the Afghan security forc- ment into the issue so far. Taliban forces” arrived into the province. Abdullah also expressed his Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf in es repulsed their attack with strong attack on the district is taking place “Their [Taliban’s] efforts to cap- displeasure over some appoint- Paghman district of Kabul on intention, a provincial official said. at a time when Afghan security ture Lashkargah and districts failed. ments which the president ordered Sunday. He said it was predicted “Dozens of militants carried forces are fighting Taliban insur- The threats that had been posed without consulting his chief exec- that Abdullah would announce his the attack in the district from dif- gents in several parts of the coun- to Lashkargah were neutralized,” utive. new stance at a gathering of 500 ferent sides, but the security forc- try. The recent clashes in Helmand Sediqqi said, adding there are now es repulsed successfully, provin- has caused serious property dam- “enough troops” around and in After Abdullah’s criticism, the people and would release the res- cial Governor Hafiz Abdul ages to the civilians as large num- outskirts of Lashkargah and “there Presidential Palace issued a state- olution to the media. Qayyum said. ber of people displaced in Nawa, is no need to be worried and con- ment that called Abdullah’s re- It is said efforts at high level Foreign insurgents, including Garmsir, Nad Ali, Marjah and cerned about fall of Lashkargah” marks as irresponsible and against were made since yesterday to re- Arabs were among the Taliban Nahr-e-Seraj districts. Spokesman the spokesman said. “Security in the principles of governance. duce the tension between the two fighters, who were looking to cap- for the Ministry of Interior Sediq the areas and security belt near and But a source close to the unity leaders, but to no avail. ture the district through complex Sediqqi, said that the Taliban were around Lashkargah will be government told Pajhwok Afghan With the emergence of the po- attack, he added. The governor said pushed back and suffered heavy strengthened further,” he said. News that the real dispute between litical tension, a number of for- the two leaders was over a possi- ministrative reforms chief, a post Ghani indirectly criticized Abdul- eign diplomats had stared meet- ble removal of the acting Balkh he held for the past 14 years. lah Abdullah at the launching cere- ing the CEO. Pajhwok tried to Taliban have governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, The source said another rea- mony of the youth parliament. seek comments from the spokes- and the removal of Ahmad Masha- son that provoked Abdullah’s ire The president stressed nation- men of the Presidential Palace and shut 8 schools hid, a son-in-law of late former were massive changes in the At- al unity in his speech and declared the CEO office, but could not in Logar, says president Ustad Rabbani. torney General Office (AGO). that the days of making unilateral succeed. (Pajhwok) AT News Report official Kabul joins Afghan merchants PUL-I-ALAM : The Taliban have KABUL: Republican presidential AGO committed to fighting closed eight schools in central Log- nominee Donald Trump’s cam- convention on willing to invest in ar province, education officials said paign spokeswoman Katrina Pier- on Sunday. However, the militant son on Saturday accused President certain conventional corruption: Hamidi movement rejected the claim as KABUL : Attorney General Farid He said individuals referred to Chabahar Barack Obama of founding the Is- weapons Chabahar Port has great potential baseless. lamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Hamidi on Sunday said the Cor- the attorneys should be behaved KABUL: The United Nations has ruption Justice Task Force (CJTF) well and the use of harsh words for profitability for Afghan inves- Education Department She claimed that Obama was tors, a spokesman for the minis- spokesman Mohammad Shahpoor responsible for the invasion of commended Afghanistan’s en- would be a powerful and indepen- should be avoided against them. dorsement of the Convention on try said on Sunday, reported Tas- Arab told Pajhwok Afghan News Afghanistan. dent institution to curb corruption He told the new officers to nim News Agency. The spokes- the Taliban had closed one high and Certain Conventional Weapons in the country and wage a real fight meet applicants respectfully and Pierson’s comments came dur- (CCW) as a major step toward the man added that the Islamic Repub- three intermediate schools for boys ing an exchange with CNN’s Vic- against the menace. confidently so their trust could be lic of Iran has provided the required security of its citizens. He said this while addressing restored in the vital government and three intermediate schools for tor Blackwell, when she was asked “This principled action dem- facilities for investment in the free girls in Mohammad Agha district. to explain the Republican nomi- onstrates a commitment to rules a gathering on the second round of organ. trade zone. In May, Iran, India and As many as 2,000 students nee’s recent assertion that Presi- which establish greater security for reforms in the Attorney General He said the AGO was an inde- Afghanistan inked a trilateral agree- had been deprived of education by dent Obama is the “founder of Afghan civilians in conflict situa- Office (AGO), introduction of his pendent institution and its pur- ment to establish an international the closure of schools, he said, ISIS.” Trump has since called the tions,” the United Nation Mine two deputies and another 51 of- pose was to investigate cases re- transit corridor, passing through adding local elders had been tasked comment sarcastic, “but not that knowledge regarding Afghanistan Action Services (UNMAS) said. ficers at the top prosecutor’s of- ferred to it. He deplored recent in- Chabahar. The deal was signed by with talking to the Taliban on the sarcastic.” mission is less as the mission was UNMAS Programme Manag- fice. cidents of violence against judges the road ministers of the three reopening of the facilities. Pierson blamed the rise of ISIS not launched on Obama’s watch. er Jeffrey McMurdo said in a Hamidi said the AGO would and AGO employees. countries at a ceremony in Tehran Haji Atal, a local elder from on Obama and Hillary Clinton’s However, she later took to twitter statement the action recognised the look into corruption cases and He told the militants that at- on May 23, attended by Iranian Surkhab district, confirmed the opposition to the surge in Iraq, state's responsibility for the re- would try to eliminate the menace tacks on AGO workers was a huge President Hassan Rouhani, Afghan Taliban the closure of eight schools when she was a senator from New See P3 moval of explosive remnants of war from the country along with dis- crime as they strived hard to dis- President Ashraf Ghani and Indi- in the area. York. in areas under its control. charging its other responsibilities pense justice, eliminate crimes and an Prime Minister Narendra Da- But Taliban spokesman Zabi- “If you want to go way back, Political rivals McMurdo called on all parties --- crime control, implementation ensure justice in society. modardas Modi. hullah Mujahid spurned the claim, we can look at the troop surge, and to the conflict to commit them- of justice, rule of law and investi- He said the newly-established promising the group would inves- after 2007 al Qaeda was essential- clash over land in selves to the civilians, according gations. CJTF would launch its work and tigate the issue to ascertain who to a statement issued by the Di- He stressed the AGO should would investigate cases against top 25 militants ly in ashes,” Pierson said. “It was Mazar-i-Sharif rectorate of Mine Action Coordi- had closed the school. Barack Obama and Hillary Clin- be a clean and transparent institu- government officials within a MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): nation (DMAC) on Sunday. tion in order to win people’s trust week. Wahiduddin Arghano, the fi- As many as 307 education fa- ton who then destroyed the entire On July 30, the Directorate of killed in cilities are functional in Logar, rollout by wanting to pull out ear- One person was injured after a and spearhead the anti-corruption nance and administration depart- clash erupted between supporters Mine Action Coordination where 150,000 students are en- ly..