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'2016 Bitter Year for Afghan-Pak Relations' Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:282 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TUESDAY. MAY 16. 2017 -Sawar 26, 1396 HS AT News Report Describing the Afghanistan-Paki- tribal areas of Pakistan that were stan region as the breeding ground forcefully taken away and merged KABUL: The UN Assistance Mis- for international terrorism, Euro- into British India need to be re- sion in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is pean Parliament (EP) Vice Presi- stored to their earlier status as the deeply concerned by the contin- dent Ryszard Czarnecki has said sovereign territory of Afghanistan, ued increase in conflict-related there is a need for the European he said. child deaths in 2017 and urges par- Union and the United States to Czarnecki said the September ties to the conflict to take immedi- review their respective Afghan 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade ate measures to reduce harm. By Farhad Naibkhel mine and labor and social affairs “I was appalled to hear that introduced to the parliament. policy to foster long-term peace Centre in New York was a wake- KABUL: Wolesi Jirga (Lower As all Member of Parliament in the region, rather than pouring up call for the West to re-visit its an unexploded mortar round killed five boys from the same family House) of Parliament on Monday agreed that Wolesi Jirga won’t take millions of Euros in aid to Afghan- policy. Instead, they decided to once again criticized National Unity in agenda voting process for min- istan, and trying to win a war that send their troops to counter mili- yesterday. The children were play- ing outside their home and found Government for the delay in in- isters till date all nominees not in- cannot be won. tants and allowed roots of the prob- troducing candidates for the min- troduced instead of acting minis- In an opinion piece titled, lem to fester. the mortar round, likely fired dur- istries running by acting ministers ters, he insisted. “Time to Revisit the Durand Line, Since 2001, thousands of U.S. ing fighting earlier in the day,” said and urged President to introduce Another Lawmaker Abdul “published in EP Today, Czarnec- and European troops have lost Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secre- new nominees as soon as possi- Qayyum Sajjadi, while concerning ki warned that Pakistan will con- their lives in Afghanistan and will tary-General’s Special Represen- ble. “President must introduce new over running of different ministries Maintaining that relations be- the death of Afghan soldiers. tative for Afghanistan in a media tinue to interfere and destabilize continue to do so as long as we tween Afghanistan and Pakistan While Pakistan maintained that nominees to the parliament for the by caretakers, said that the gov- areas across the Durand Line, with choose to bury our heads in the statement. ministries operating by caretak- ernment must introduce new nom- have deteriorated sharply over the it had killed 50 soldiers and injured “A family destroyed in sec- the objective of retaining control sand, he added. years, Czarnecki says frequent more than 100, Afghanistan con- ers,” said Wolesi Jirga Speaker inees to the parliament soon. over it as it borders Afghanistan. Restive Afghanistan has the onds - this horror is just one of too Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi. It is pertained to mention that border skirmishes are a manifesta- tended that only 2 had died. This many incidents documented at the Criticizing National Unity aroundfive months ago due to fail- He suggests that there is an potential of adversely impacting tion of the inherent friction be- incident was in retaliation to an immediate need for the west to take the security and stability of its onset of this fighting season.” Government for delay in introduc- ure in spending budgetary alloca- tween both countries due to dif- earlier one in which 9 persons were The explosion took place in ing candidates, he said that during tions during the last Afghan fiscal a hard look at this artificial border, neighborhood, and the world at ferences over the Durand Line. killed and 45 injured on the Pak and restore the natural and histor- large, he warns in the article. Mehterlam city, Laghman prov- meetings before, president has of- year lawmakers have sacked sev- To back his view, he cites the side, when Afghan border forces ince. The first four months of 2017 ten pledged to introducethe new en ministers including Ministers of ical frontier between these two It is time that hard decisions incident of May 7 at the Chaman fired at Pakistan security person- nominee to replace the ministers Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rab- countries for the sake of peace in are taken, and the historical mis- witnessed the highest recorded border in Balochistan, when firing nel guarding a census team, he said. number of child civilian casualties have been disqualified by Wolesi bani, Labor and Social Affairs Nas- the region. Balochistan and por- take known as the Durand Line is by the Pakistan Army resulted in Emphasizing that Afghanistan...P2 Jirga. He said that unfortunately rin Oryakhil, Public Work Mah- tions of the Pashtun-dominated set right, he said. resulting from conflict-related in- cidents in Afghanistan, including president playing politically with moud Baligh, Education Assadul- parliament and still not introduced lah Hanif Balkhi, Transport and the highest number of children the nominees. Continuation of Civil Aviation Mohammadullah killed, for the same comparable duty by acting ministers is a clear Batash, Minister of Technology Afghan military period since the Mission began sign of breach of constitution as and Higher Education Farida Mo- documenting cases. Between 1 well as violation of caretaker regu- hmand. Also due to bloody attack forces suffer poor January and 30 April 2017, lations, he added. He said that till over 209 Shaheen military corps, UNAMA preliminarily recorded date three nominees including can- defense minister and the army leadership in fight 987 child casualties (283 deaths didates for ministries of defense, chief of staff resigned. and 704 injured), a 21 per cent in- against enemies crease in child deaths...P2 number of Parliament Mem bers say Afghan military ‘2016 bitter year for forces are suffering from wAeak leadership and there is no Daesh management and proper command- Afghan-Pak relations’ ing in security ranks. In Afghani- hideouts stan, members of the country’s AT Monitoring Desk “Instead, he rightly respond- national security forces are facing Ten days after the Taliban took several internal challenges, even as destroyed in ed that the last visit by a leader to control of the strategic district of KABUL: The Afghan envoy to each other’s capital was made by they are locked in intense fighting Qala-e-Zal in northern Kunduz with the Taliban Representative of Islamabad, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal has him in December 2015. It, there- province, the Afghan security forc- Nangarhar emphasized on tension-free rela- fore, was the Pakistan Prime Min- Kandahar at the Lower House of es are still on the defensive. Parliament, Shekiba Hashemi said, tionship between Afghanistan and ister’s turn to visit Kabul and that “oppositions have strong leader- TOLOnews reporter Karim AT News Report Pakistan. Trust-deficit has already he would visit next,” he furthered. ship but we do not have. All the Amini, who is reporting from the reached at boiling point between Responding to a query, Zakhil- nation are tired of the war. How frontline, said security forces have the two neighboring states. wal was hopeful regarding the re- long would this situation contin- taken up positions only a few ki- ABUL: At least three hide Zakhilwal said, both sides opening of Chaman crossing point ues?.” Some of the lawmakers said lometers from the district center. outs of the so-called Islamic should learn something good by in the nearest time, he underlined the main challenge is the appoint- However, the Kunduz police chief State (IS), also known as memorizing their incorrect acts and the capability of the authorities on K both sides who succeeded to stop ment of relatives in senior posi- has said security forces will soon Daesh terrorist group have been decisions in past to normalize and tions and no one appoints for qual- launch an operation against the destroyed in an airstrike carried out improve better ties between the shelling across the Durand Line as ification. Representative of Herat, militants. “Currently the district in eastern Nangarhar province, se- two states. a result of 15-minutes table talks. Munawar Shah said, “the situation headquarters is the epicenter of the curity official said. “There had been a lot of mis- “It did not escalate and lives reaches to a point that meritocra- The Ministry of Defense takes over the past one year and were saved on both sides, we are war between us and the enemy. We moving in the right direction,” he cy is not considered for appoint- will soon launch a clearance oper- (MoD) in a statement, said that both have learnt a lot,” he said in ing individuals.” Kandahar repre- border security forces in Kunduz. days after Kunduz governor Ass- the airstrike has resulted into kill- an interview published on Mon- said, adding that closure of cross- ation as we are assured by offi- day. He termed 2016 bitter and tens ing points on Durand Line remains sentative, Sayeed Muhammad cials,” said Mahbubullah Saeedi, “We will officially announce the adullah Omarkhail warned the Tal- ing of at least four fighters, loyal Akhund said, “the Human Rights clearance operation in Qala-e-Zal iban that the province will be year for bilateral relations.
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