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November 16, 2016 Page 4 November 16, 2016 (1) Impeached... Daikundi province elected Ghairat various subjects .i.e. Diploma in Infor- part of Jawzjan’s neighboring Saripul en up. (Pajhwok) schools across the country this year, Jawaheri as head, Subhan Naibi as mation Technology (DIT), Diploma in province early Tuesday triggering while more than 1.3 million school age survived a no-confidence vote. (13) Daikundi Relatively... deputy head and Shima Mahmodi as English Language (DEL) and Diploma fighting. children have no access to education On November 9, the lower house de- secretary of the council. in Business Administration (DBA). “Taliban militants launched coordi- headquarters in [Daikundi] districts are due to poverty, conflicts, traditional cided to summon 17 ministers who Zabul: Haji Atta Jan Haqbayan was This education program will be carried nated attacks on the southern part of without buildings and they use rental obstacles and insurgency. spent less than 70 percent of their de- elected as head, Haji Asadullah Kakar out in one of the topes instituted of the Saripul provincial capital the Saripul houses,” Daikundi police chief Sayed In Kandahar and neighboring Hel- velopment budgets during the current as deputy head and Mohammad Omar Kabul city name Shaheen Institute that city early this morning but fled away Baqir Murtazawi said. mand, Zabul and Uruzgan Provinces solar year. Khan Omari as secretary of Zabul pro- duly licensed by Ministry of Education after suffering casualties and leaving Some residents of the province mean- where Taliban militants are active, On Saturday, lawmakers sacked For- vincial council. and AIAS holding brand and rich ex- nine dead bodies including two key while said the hunger for power among many students are leaving school for eign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, La- Sar-i-Pul: The provincial council of periences and qualified lecturer located commanders Gul Hamid and Ma- some local officials has resulted in Dai- fear of conflict and insecurity. bour and Social Affairs Minister Nasrin Sar-i-Pul province elected Moham- at 8th District of Kabul Afghanistan. bariz,” provincial capital Mohammad kundi being such an undeveloped prov- “Out of 470 schools in Kandahar, 150 Oryakhel and Public Works Minister mad Noor Rahmani as head, Masuma Chief Executive Officer of MTN Af- Zahir Wahdat told reporters here. ince. have already closed down due to in- Mahmood Baligh. Ramazani as deputy head and Mulavi ghanistan Hassan Jabber and Zahid the Fifteen more militants have been in- “The people are mostly busy support- surgent activities and conflicts,” Mo- Minister of Education Asadullah Hanif Mohammad Hanif as secretary of the General Manager Corporate Affairs in jured and sporadic fighting between ing parties. We are victims of this group hibullah Qaderi, head of Kandahar’s Balkhi and Minister of Transport and council. the inauguration ceremony delivered security forces and Taliban fighters of people,” said Muzammil Mohamma- Education Department said recently. Civil Aviation Mohammadullah Bat- Samangan: Haji Sifatullah Samangani keynote and said: “MTN Afghanistan is going on in some villages in the di, a resident of Daikundi. According to the official, no school is ash were voted out on Sunday. But Fi- has been elected as the provincial coun- management recognized the value and outskirt of the provincial capital the Another resident, Noor Mohammad open in Shorabak, Rigistan and Ghorak nance Minister Eklil Hakimi survived cil head, Haji Raz Mohammad Khan the importance of the knowledge and Saripul city 360 km north of Kabul, the Ekhtiyari, said: “The road to the center districts due to security problems at the the vote of no-confidence. as deputy and Mohammad Ewazbeg the development of the Afghan youth official added. and other parts of the province are in a moment. (Xinhua) Also on Sunday, the Presidential Palace Awghali as secretary. in such sensitive circumstances that is He also confirmed that six security per- bad condition and we travel with diffi- requested the Wolesi Jirga to suspend Ghor: The 15-member provincial coun- why we chose and prefer the free ed- sonnel have been killed or injured in culty.” (18)ISIS in Afghanistan... the ministers’ summoning process, but cil of Ghor province elected Fazal-ul- ucation project, he added: educating the fighting. Meanwhile, a number of MPs and pro- told Reuters. the house spurned the request. Haq Ehsan as head, Abdul Baseer one person or providing education op- Taliban militants, who are active in vincial council members from Daikundi The remarks by ISIS commander in The house asked Higher Education Qaderi as deputy and Anisa Ghoyor portunity for one person is in fact the parts of Saripul province, haven’t com- urged government to fulfill its commit- Afghanistan came as Trump earlier Minister Farida Momand, Justice Min- selected as secretary. empowering one entire family or even mented. ments regarding that part of the coun- promised to defeat “radical Islamic ter- ister Abdul Basir Anwar and Urban Faryab: Mohammad Sami Khairkhwa the entire community and MTN is ful- Meanwhile, observers believe that the try. rorism just as we won the Cold War.” Development Minister Saadat Man- has been elected as head, Abdullah ly committed to use its best and tireless Taliban militants would intensify activ- “Government leaders should not for- The US forces in Afghanistan as well soor Naderi to appear before MPs to- Albik as deputy and Aq Mohammad efforts with best of their ability to pro- ities to gain more grounds and consoli- get their promises they made about our as the Afghan National Defense and day, but none attended the session. Noori as secretary of the council. vide free education to Afghan youth. date their grips ahead of snowfall in the province. They should construct roads Security Forces (ANDSF) have stepped President Ghani said most of the min- Farah: Jamila Amini has been elected The representative of Ministry of Edu- mountainous country. (Xinhua) and connect the center of the province up counter-terrorism operations isters started their work in the middle for the first time to head the 9-member cation said, I am truly happy to appear with other parts,” said Suhrab Ali Ete- against the militant groups, including of current solar year at a time when (10) 900,000 Refugees ... provincial council of Farah province. and take part in a program in which madi, head of Daikundi provincial the ISIS terrorist group. (KP) the government was struggling with Khair Mohammad Noori was reelect- solely concentrated on the education garding the refugees; the refugees are council. security, economic and political prob- (19)Woman Among ... ed as deputy head and Dadullah Qani and development of Afghan youth, living in very bad conditions,” said an “The issue of roads is one of the main lems. He said the government had Afghan returnee Rozi Khan. problems that has not been addressed so as secretary. as you know better the key factor for spokesman, Abdul Karim, said the been successful in managing the three “We left Pakistan five days ago, now far. A main road and other roads should Jamila Amini, 41, vowed to serve the the strength and empowerment of the woman was a victim of family vio- transitions --- security, economic and there is no shelter for us to live in and be constructed in Daikundi,” said Sadi- people as a team and would make ef- youth is education and investment in lence. political. no food to eat, we have a lot of prob- qizada Nili, an MP from Daikundi. Police arrested her brother Ghulam forts at keeping their promises with the youth is not only help with these indi- “Afghanistan is going through a special lems,” another refugee Mohammad Deputy Governor of Daikundi, Ha- Mohammad and her spouse Abdul people.” vidual who will profiting this program phase and we have commitment with Jan said. bibullah Radmanish, meanwhile point- Basir in connection with the killing, he Kabul: Sayed Abdul Rahman Hashimi or their family only but it is in fact the the international community that we The MoRR has said that it is committed ed out that the province was plagued by said. has been reelected as head of the Ka- help with the economic and education- will have effective gains and will pres- to meeting the challenges facing the ref- a number of other problems. (Tolonews) A security official, who wanted to bul’s provincial council, Sayed Najib al development of the whole country, I ent clear and transparent outcomes in ugees in line with its capacities. go unnamed, said Rahima had been Fareed as deputy and Lutfullah Nom- really appreciate such program initiat- return for the promised international “Government has announced the al- (14) Herat Growers ... forced into marriage with Basir in re- ani as secretary. ed by MTN and urging other private aid, something that can be achieved in location of $100 million USD for the City shopkeepers buy per four kilo- turn for giving the hand of his sister to Kuduz: Similarly, Amruddin was elect- sectors to follow MTN and take active the presence of all Cabinet members.” returnees, some financial cooperation grams of raisins from farmers for 450 to Mohammad. But Rahima’s mother in ed as head, Toryak Kakar as deputy step in the developing of our young Chief Executive Officer Abdullah has been considered for each returnee,” 500 afghanis, according to Rasuli, who law subjected her to brutality and she and Zargul Alami as secretary. generation, he added. (PR) Abdullah affirmed the president’s re- said Hafiz Ahmad Miakhail, media ad- urged the government to explore for- returned home. (Pajhwok) marks and said the parliamentary deci- Kandahar: Haji Sayed Jan Khakri- (7) Carter Says ... visor to MoRR. eign markets for their produce. sion coincided with the country’s secu- zwal has been elected as head of the Recently the UN called on the inter- Shahabuddin, in charge of a raisin fac- (20)Airstrike Kills 3 ..
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