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DOWNLOAD PDF File I hated every minute of training, but I said, “ www.outlookafghanistan.net ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of @The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan “ your life as a champion.’ [email protected] 0093 799-005019/ 777-005019 In front of Habibia High School, Quote of the Day Muhammad Ali District 6, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume Num. 4530 Tuesday January, 26, 2021 Dalw, 07, 1399 www.Outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/afs US to Consult Afghan Government for Joint Roadmap Toward Shared Interests: Ghani Ghani said on Monday. Addressing the cabinet meeting, Ghani said that a new chapter has opened in rela- tions between Afghanistan and US, follow- ing the inauguration of new administra- tion led by President Joe Biden. The president said that the new US nation- al security adviser’s first phone conversa- tion was with his Afghan counterpart. He said that the US considers Afghan gov- ernment and its security forces as its fun- damental partner and the two will have KABUL - The United States will review its state-to-state relations. deal with the Taliban and will consult the The president noted that the bilateral se- Afghan government for joint roadmap to- curity agreement is in place and is imple- wards shared interests, President Ashraf mented. (1TV NEWS) Afghan Officials Optimistic About India to Donate Ties with Biden Administration KABUL - Following the US national se- curity adviser’s phone call with Afghan 500,000 COVID-19 counterpart Hamdullah Mohib, hope has emerged among Afghan officials that Ka- bul’s ties with Washington will strengthen Vaccine Doses to Afghanistan and more accurate information about the KABUL - India has pledged to do- shir Noormal, said that people with people — elderly above 50 years peace process--from the US side--will be- nate 500,000 doses of coronavirus higher vulnerability to the disease of age and those below 50 but with come available from the Biden administra- vaccine to Afghanistan, authorities will be first to get the vaccine. severe comorbidities — by August. tion. said on Monday. So far, India has made 16.5 million Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghan officials said the former US admin- The doses of vaccine, made in In- doses of covid-19 vaccines, with 11 Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Mau- istration did not share organized informa- dia, will be administered to 250,000 million Covishield shots and the ritius are other countries that are tion about the peace process with the Af- people in Afghanistan, the coun- rest Covaxin, and plans to secure expected to receive free doses of ghan government. with us, but now we think that gov- try’s health ministry said. more jabs later this month. COVI-19 vaccine from India. (1TV “Previously, their (US’s) national security ernment-to-government and institu- Afghan deputy health minister, Ba- It plans to vaccinate 270 million NEWS) institutions did not have strong relations tion-to-institution relations will... More on Num(Page (1) 4) Italian Embassy Ghani, Abdullah Emphasize MoFA Calls on Vehicle Targeted in IED Permanent Ceasefire Pakistan, Allies to try and also emphasized on Explosion in Kabul a permanent ceasefire in Af- Pressure Taliban ghanistan. The two leaders meet amid in- for Ceasefire creasing incidents of violence in the country despite the pas- sage of three months since the launch of intra-Afghan nego- tiations in Qatar. In the first round of intra-Af- ghan peace talks lasted three months and the two sides only agreed on procedural rules. The negotiating sides rose for a KABUL - President Ashraf The Presidential Palace in a three-week break and returned Ghani and High Council statement said President Gha- to Doha for the second round for National Reconciliation ni met with Dr. Abdullah Ab- of talks on January 6. The new KABUL - An armored Land Cruiser belonging to (HCNR) chairman Dr. Ab- dullah at the palace. US government says it will re- the Italian Embassy was targeted in an early morn- dullah Abdullah on Monday Both leaders discussed recent view the peace agreement with ing IED explosion in Kabul’s PD4 area in yet an- expressed their concern over progress in the peace process the Taliban. The agreement KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has other targeted attack. increasing violence in the and regional matters and ex- was signed during former asked Pakistan and other countries with a stake in This time there were no casualties reported, police Afghanistan’s future to put pressure on the Tali- country and emphasized a pressed their concern over in- president Donald Trump’s ad- confirmed. ban to agree to a reduction in violence, a ceasefire permanent ceasefire. creasing violence in the coun- ministration. (Pajhwok) Security sources confirmed the Land Cruiser be- and to cut their ties with terrorist groups. longed to the embassy. Police stated a second ve- “We expect Pakistan’s government and all our hicle, a Toyota Corolla, was also damaged in the international partners to force the Taliban to explosion. acknowledge their commitment to reducing This vehicle belonged to the Ministry of Economy. violence, ensuring a countrywide ceasefire and According to sources, no casualties were reported. Over 200 Afghans Released from Dubai cutting their ties with terrorist groups to create The incident happened at around 7.35am in Par- the grounds for meaningful peace and political wan-e-Do area of Kabul. Prisons in Past 8 Months agreement,” the Afghan foreign ministry said in This comes just a day after a senior official of De DUBAI - At least 200 Afghan people will be released tomor- a statement. Afghanistan Bank, (the Central Bank) was targeted President Ashraf Ghani last week said Kabul- nationals have been released row (Monday) and will be sent in an IED explosion in Kabul. Islamabad ties are weak and that the Taliban from Dubai prisons with the (to Kabul).” The bank said in a statement that Abdullah Daw- should cut their ties with Pakistan. help of the Afghan consulate Azizi said the government is rani, the head of the Financial Dispute Resolution “Trust between us is weak. Respect is prone to over the last eight months, of- paying for the transfer of the re- Commission, was the target in an IED explosion at risk. Interests have not been defined properly. ficials from the consulate said leased Afghan nationals. around 8.15 am on Sunday morning. The Taliban should consider all this,” Ghani said. According to the statement, Dawrani was wound- on Sunday. Those who have been released Afghan officials said they are still concerned ed and his bodyguard was killed in the blast. The Afghan general consul said they were imprisoned on about the safe havens of the Taliban in Pakistan. The bank stated that another person was also in- in Dubai, Masoud Azizi, said suspicion of committing vari- “They are those who have been raised along with jured in the explosion, which occurred in the Shah that 28 were sent to Kabul this ous crimes. They said they are their children in Quetta and Peshawar streets Shaheed area of PD8 of the city but did not reveal week. “Fortunately, we have happy to join their families. “No and their dependency is mostly on that country the person’s identity. sent 210 released (Afghan) one asked us there. We were released after five months,” said and they consider that country as their own,” No group has claimed responsibility for either of prisoners back in the last eight released,” said Abdullah Aziz Akhtar Mohammad, a released said Ahmad Zia Saraj, the head of the Na- the attacks. (ATN) months,” he said. “Two more Mir, a released prisoner. “I was prisoner. (TOLO NEWS) tional Directorate of Security. ... More on Num(Page (2) 4) Page 2 January 26, 2021 Main Page Ahmad Ali: Pakistan Secretly Invites Qataris Eye More Investment Afghan Tribal Leaders in Farah: Minister JALALABAD - The provincial He said such covert Pakistani council chairman of eastern Nan- efforts on the Afghan side were garhar on Sunday claimed Pa- a direct interference in Afghani- kistan had secretly invited some stan’s affairs and urged the Af- Afghan tribal elders from border ghan government to take action districts and made promises to against in this regard. them, calling it intervention in Af- Meanwhile, Wajah-ur-Rehman ghanistan. Shinwari, director of tribal af- Ahmad Ali Hazrat told Pajhwok fairs in Nangarhar, denied that Afghan News that the Afghan some leaders had gone to Paki- government and people should stan and that Pakistan had made not remain silent in the face of Pa- promises to them. kistan’s moves because it would However, he said in the past, FARAH - Qatari business peo- Last May, Algharrafa Founda- have bad consequences in future. Pakistan had repeatedly made ple are seeking to invest in the tion, a Qatari organization, pro- “I have correct information that offers to tribal elders in various western Afghan province of Fa- vided $1 million worth of aid these tribal elders have been districts, which they had reject- rah with an aim to upgrade the and pledged to build a hospital promised scholarships, perma- ed. provincial airfield into an inter- in Farah province. nent Pakistani identity, cash and He said Pakistan had promised national airport, an Afghan of- Qatari businesspeople have also some other things,” he added. to provide Pakistani identity ficial said Sunday. invested in the agricultural sec- He said Pakistan’s aim was to cards to tribal elders in various The industry and commerce tor in Farah province over the show its sovereignty in tribal ar- border districts and provide minister, Nisar Ahmad Ghory- last three years. eas and if there was a referendum them with roads, electricity and ani, addressing a press con- Qatari institutions have also in- on the tribal belt, the people of other facilities in their areas, but ference on Sunday, said that vested in Kabul.
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