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(1) Jihadi Council ... claimed a quarter of a million lives war,” he noted. Haji Ata Jan Haqbayan, head of the University part of the Aga Khan De- to express his gratitude to the Afghan and triggered an exodus of refugees He called Taliban “the servants and provincial council of Zabul province, velopment Network and the French government in recognizing the achieve- they wanted to determine the fate to Europe. wagers of Pakistan.” said no compensation has been given NGO, La Chaîne de l’Espoir. (PR) ments of the journalists. of the already agreed post of Prime Top diplomats from 17 countries, as Pakistan has long been accused of to the kidnappers in return. Hundreds of Taliban militants, security Minister. (10) Bahrain Reviews ... well as the United Nations and the backing insurgent groups in Afghan- We still demand central government personnel and 163 civilians were killed The council, which constitutes ex- European Union, gathered for the istan. to arrest the illegal armed group be- edition of the Manama Dialogue. In during the war for the control of Kun- Jihadists and political leaders, urged talks bringing together all the main Despite President Ashraf Ghani’s hind it and punish them, Haqbayan the meeting, they discussed the ef- duz city and hundreds others sustained the government to take their call se- outside players in the four-year-old almost nine-month efforts to bring said. forts exerted for security and peace injuries, according to officials. (Xinhua) rious for convening the traditional crisis for the first time. the two states closer, the relations Including women and children, the in Yemen. gathering – which is rarely being The Syrian regime and the opposi- between Afghanistan and Pakistan 14 family members were kidnapped Dr Riyadh Yaseen expressed his (14) Afghan National ... held for making major national-level tion were not represented. once again strained following a se- after head of the house was shot dead country’s appreciation of the great the report states, adding that according decisions. - ‘Agree to disagree’ - ries of attacks and bombings in Ka- around 11:00 PM on 26 October. efforts exerted by Bahrain and its to the Afghanistan Justice Project, as the “Holding of Loya Jirga is one of the Regime allies Russia -- which has bul – which the Afghan government Neither officials have released iden- supportive position in the interest of remaining villagers watched, Alamyar’s demands of the people and this coun- waged a month of intense air strikes blamed on Pakistan’s intelligence tification of the kidnappers nor has the Yemeni people as well as its keen- forces then bulldozed the bodies into a cil,” the council member Iqbal Safi against Syrian rebels -- and Iran are agency. (Tolonews) any group claimed responsibility for ness for Yemen’s security, peace and trench. Many were only wounded and said. “If the government didn’t re- resisting Western and Saudi pressure the kidnapping but Haqbayan said unity. buried alive. spond to our demand, we will make (5) US Attacks ... to force Assad from power. that foreign intelligence is trying to Shaikh Khalid also met his Tunisian “The mass grave is still visible in Karala. our next decision in consultation “Some countries have tried to in- kilometers near Afghanistan’s south- put ethnic and tribal tensions in Af- counterpart Dr Taïeb Baccouche, and The incident has been described in me- with the people.” clude a timetable for the departure ern border with Pakistan. The facili- ghanistan. (KP) discussed bilateral relations and the dia accounts and documented by hu- The members of the council main- of Bashar al-Assad in the statement ties are believed to have existed for as means to bolster them ties in various man rights organizations, but no one tained that they will meet with Presi- (issued after the meeting) but with long as a year. (8) Security Forces... fields. has ever been held accountable for the dent Ashraf Ghani soon to the efforts made, this part has been The operation took place just days casualties suffered by Taliban but Shaikh Khalid expressed his appre- atrocity,” states the report. In addition, they said the council in removed,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign before U.S. President Barack Oba- Hafiz Abdul Qayoum who is the ciation of the historic relations be- “In announcing Alamyar’s arrest, the cooperation with the government has Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ma announced plans to keep 9,800 governor of Nooristan says that 30 tween the Kingdom of Bahrain and Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office has established a new committee which said in Vienna, quoted by Iranian troops in Afghanistan through the attackers were killed. Tunisia and its progress at all levels, called for witnesses to the massacre to will draft plans to bring reforms to se- news agencies. greater part of 2016 and some 5,500 He said some of the dead bodies affirming the Kingdom’s keenness come forward. Those who have done so curity, political and economic sectors. US Secretary of State John Kerry ac- troops in the area into 2017. were left behind by the attackers. to strengthen relations to further have already sent a clear message from However some other members of the knowledged that he had “agreed to Campbell said the training camps He confirmed that three Afghan achieve joint benefits. beyond Karala’s mass grave: Alamyar council claimed that the government disagree” with his Iranian and Rus- were in “a place where you would National Army soldiers embraced The Tunisian Foreign Minister ex- – and other war crimes suspects like is not interested in the council. sian counterparts on the fate of the probably think you wouldn’t have” martyrdom and six others sustained pressed his country’s keenness to him – will never be out of the reach of “The government despite having its Syrian leader. al-Qaida operatives. The United injuries in the gun battle. develop relations with the Kingdom justice.” inefficiencies is not much interested “The United States’ position is that States has long said the few traces Hafiz Abdul Qayoum said that the of Bahrain at all levels. The meeting HRW says thousands of killings and in working with this council,” Da- there is no way that President Assad of al-Qaida believed to be left in Af- area is under full control of the secu- covered the exchange of views on re- systematic torture have taken place dur- wood Kalakani said. “Even in some can unite and govern Syria. And we ghanistan were located in several val- rity forces and Taliban have escaped. gional issues. ing the Afghan wars. cases, the government opposes the believe that Syrians deserve a differ- leys in the eastern part of the country. Six civilians have also sustained The Minister of Foreign Affairs also “It’s rare when victims of 36-year-old council.” ent choice,” he said. The Washington Post said the new injuries in the clash. Taliban have met the Minister of Foreign Affairs crimes get their day in court. In Afghani- However the government in re- “But we can’t allow that difference to information “has raised questions claimed responsibility for the attack of Afghanistan, Salahuddin Rab- stan’s wars, there have been thousands sponse to council’s demand said that get in the way of the possibility that about the effectiveness of the U.S. but rejects report of heavy casualties. bani, and discussed with him the of killings, systematic torture, rapes, and it will take steps in line with its prom- diplomacy can end the killing and military to find and strike the mili- (KP) developed relations between the two a litany of other war crimes and griev- ises and the circumstances. find the solution.” tants” in Afghanistan, 14 years after countries and the means to bolster ous human rights abuses. Many Af- The council constitutes former Jihadi (9) Adult Cardiac ... He said the participants had agreed the September 11, 2001 attacks on them in various fields. ghans have called for accountability, but leader Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, to ask the United Nations to broker the United States that led to the U.S. consultations, diagnostic angiog- He affirmed the commitment of few perpetrators have ever faced justice. former defense minister Besmillah a peace deal between the regime military’s attacks on Afghan-based raphy, angioplasty and open-heart the Kingdom to supporting efforts Human Rights Watch has documented Mohammadi, former Jihadi leader and opposition to clear the way for a militants. surgery. exerted by Afghanistan to combat similar cases over the years, and Alam- and former vice president Moham- new constitution and UN-supervised Uprising against IS militants With the introduction of FMIC’s car- terrorism and extremism as well as yar’s prosecution would give hope to mad Yunus Qanuni, former defense elections. Meanwhile, hundreds of local citi- diac programme, Afghan residents comprehensive development and victims everywhere that they too might minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lav- zens in Afghanistan’s eastern Nan- will no longer has to struggle to ac- prosperity for the people of Afghani- one day see justice. (KP) former minister of economy Abdul rov stressed that Assad’s fate “needs garhar province have launched an cess specialist cardiac services or stan. Hadi Arghandiwal, former minis- (15) Asylum Seekers ... to be decided by Syrians” through uprising against Islamic State mili- travel abroad for health care. Every The Minister of Foreign Affairs of ter of interior Mohammad Omar elections. tants. year, an estimated US$ 250-300 mil- Afghanistan expressed his country’s located near the northern border with Daudzai, former Jihadi leader and The idea has been rejected by rebels “Around 600 local people joined us in lion is spent on treatment overseas by appreciation of the Kingdom of Bah- Sweden, was established in late Sep- ex-minister of water and energy who say a vote would be impossible the fight against IS,” district governor patients who have no other options. rain’s role to support efforts aimed at tember. Since then, migrants from Iraq, Mohammad Ismail Khan and other in the current circumstances, with of Achin, Haji Ghalib, said in an in- Inaugurating the programme, Dr bolstering peace, security and devel- Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran and Eritrea prominent jihadi figures and leaders millions of Syrians displaced, cities terview with VOA’s Afghan service. Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Pub- opment in Afghanistan. have arrived to the facility, she says. The of political parties. standing in ruins and two-thirds of The Achin district, which borders lic Health, applauded FMIC’s work. Shaikh Khalid also met the US Depu- number of families requesting asylum The council was established follow- the country in the hands of jihadists Pakistan, has recently seen an in- “Improving health care in Afghani- ty Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has also risen slightly. ing a sharp increase in insecurity and other armed groups. creasing presence of IS militants. stan is a priority for the Government and affirmed that ties between the Katajamäki says it’s possible some that across the country, most specifically, Russia said Friday its airforce had hit “There were around 1,500 fighters of the Islamic Republic of Afghani- Kingdom of Bahrain and the US were Iraqis may now be turning their sights after the fall of Kunduz city to the 1,623 “terrorist targets” in Syria over initially but most of them died or stan,” he said “and we support such witnessing further coordination in towards other European countries af- Taliban. (Tolonews) the past month, including 51 training were killed in battles with our forc- initiatives that can help us reduce various fields. ter the Finnish Immigration Service’s (2) Parliament ... camps. es,” Ghalib said. medical tourism.” He also noted the importance of con- widely-reported change of security as- In recent months, there has been an The First Lady Afghanistan Mrs Rula tinued development of cooperation sessments. country’s security. Lavrov criticised the US deployment increase in the IS insurgency in Af- Ghani congratulatory message com- for the benefit of the two countries. The Service recently announced that it They claimed that the United States of ground troops, saying any action ghanistan, especially in Nangarhar mended FMIC on its new services. The meeting also covered efforts no longer considers certain parts of Iraq has been reluctant towards “equip- should be done with the agreement province where IS fighters have FMIC is proud to invest in its peo- to bolster security and peace in the unsafe enough to grant all Iraqi appli- ping the Afghan forces” – a key point of the Syrian regime. launched multiple attacks on Afghan ple and in cutting-edge infrastruc- region as well as opportunities to cants asylum in Finland. (Monitoring in the agreement. “Russia has consistently advocated security checkpoints. ture that enables innovation in the strengthen coordination between the Desk) “America has not equipped our se- that the fight against terrorism be The uprising, which surged on delivery of high quality health care two countries towards various issues curity forces based on the security conducted on the basis of interna- (16) Putin gives ... Thursday, is reportedly a joint effort in Afghanistan said AKDN Diplo- of mutual interest. (News of Bahrain) accord and it is questionable,” MP tional law, which means that in the by Afghan security forces and local matic Representative Mrs Nurjehan opened for the public to provide related Rahman Rahmani from Balkh said. event of a military operation -- be it residents to rid the Achin district of Mawani. She spoke about how “the (11) Treatment ... information, while psychologists were “Why is America not equipping our by the air force or ground forces and the IS presence. cardiac programme marks yet an- said. “These patients need a comfort- sent to St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport, forces?” lawmaker Abbas Ibrahimza- contingents -- there needs to be the “It was very successful,” Ghalib told other step in this direction” and rep- able place far from noise and also a ready to assist the families of the passen- da asked. “They are not honest on consent of the concerned govern- VOA. “It’s the local people that sup- resents a milestone for FMIC, with green environment.” gers aboard the crashed Airbus A-321. their commitments.” ments and the UN Security Council,” port the government and the gov- “adults being admitted to the hos- Shafiq, a drug addict who has left his It added that three ministry aircraft are Meanwhile, some other lawmakers he said. ernment supports them back. With pital as inpatients for the very first family in Holland, says he can easily on high alert to set off for Egypt to assist criticized President Ashraf Ghani for - More talks ahead - this IS will be defeated in all of Nan- time”. access drugs in Afghanistan. and rescue victims.(Xinhua) asking Russia for military assistance. The participants in Vienna agreed to garhar province. Even if they go to Over the next 15 years, an estimated “I heard good drugs can be found in “I believe seeking help from Russia meet again in two weeks for more (17) UN Draft ... the furthest mountains, they will be 6,000 adult cardiac surgeries, 12,000 Afghanistan, therefore, I came here,” is a mistake,” Rahmani said, who talks. defeated.” angiographies, 2,400 angioplasties he said. “I use hashish, cocaine, hero- December. North Korea’s dismal hu- called for cancellation of BSA. “First Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir Afghanistan’s Pajhwok news agen- and 163,000 consultations will be con- in and other drugs.” man rights situation has been un- an agreement should be signed with -- whose kingdom supports anti-re- cy reported that 30 IS fighters were ducted at the facility. The new service Another young Afghan patient at the der attack for more than a year. The Russia and then help should be gime rebels -- was sat at Friday’s talks killed and a dozen others were costs US$ 1.7 million and is funded facility said he was a medical student groundbreaking U.N. inquiry forced sought.” almost as far from his Iranian coun- wounded in ongoing operations in by the Aga Khan Development Net- before he got addicted to drugs. Pyongyang to discuss an issue it usu- According to reports, the Afghan terpart as was possible at the tight U- the district. Many fighters have re- work and La Chaîne de l’Espoir. “I started drinking alcohol, smok- ally disdains. Last December, the Gen- government has given Russia a shaped table in a conference room of portedly retreated to neighboring La Chaine’s President, Dr Eric Chey- ing cigarettes and using other drugs eral Assembly approved a non-binding weapons’ wish-list in a bid to seek Vienna’s Imperial Hotel. Pakistan. sson, described the French NGO as when I was attending wedding cer- resolution urging the Security Council military help. Yet even getting Iran and Saudi “They are forced to retreat and they committed to supporting FMIC ini- emonies with my friends,” he said. to refer North Korea’s human rights However the House Speaker Abdul Arabia -- the Middle East’s foremost have also taken their families back to tiatives to deliver quality health ser- Government statistics show that situation to the ICC — but the council so Raouf Ibrahimi asked the govern- Shiite and Sunni powers which back Tirah Valley [on the Pakistani side vices. “This is best done by sharing nearly three million people in Af- far has not taken any action, mainly be- ment to make its foreign policy clear opposing sides in conflicts across the of the Durand Line] that they had best practices through long and short ghanistan are using drugs. Of them, cause of opposition from China, an ally and send its draft to the Parliament Arab world -- to be in the same room brought with them,” Ghalib said. term medical missions,” he added. nearly two million are addicted to of Pyongyang. for approval. was seen as progress. ”There are only a few fighters in the Mr Jean-Michel Marlaud, Ambas- drugs. (Tolonews) This year’s draft resolution expresses “We have repeatedly asked the gov- As the participants met, at least 91 mountains and they too will soon be sador of France to Afghanistan, “grave concern” at the commission of ernment to have a clear foreign poli- people, including 17 children, were (12) Drone Strike ... forced to leave.” Mr Salim Hasham, Vice President, inquiry’s findings and the lack of ac- cy,” Ibrahimi urged. “Once again we killed on Friday in attacks on oppo- According to Pajhwok, the public Health Services Aga Khan Univer- of al-Qaeda network in Kunar province countability.(AP) ask the president to send the draft of sition strongholds in the north and uprising members will be recruited sity, senior government representa- in the past. foreign policy to Parliament for ap- outside Damascus, the Syrian Obser- (18) German U.N. ... into the Afghan Local Police (ALP) tives, civil society and media organi- In April 2011, a drone strike killed Abu proval so that the decisions should be vatory for Human Rights said. state to the brink of collapse four once the area is cleared of the IS fight- zations also attended the event. Hafs Al Najdi, a Saudi citizen who also made based on it.” Most died in government strikes on years after the fall of longtime leader ers. There are an estimated 2,000 to FMIC was founded in 2006 through went by the name Abdul Ghani, then The security agreement – which for- Douma, a town on the eastern edges Muammar Gaddafi. The chaos has 3,000 IS militants in the country, ac- a unique public-private partner- number two on the coalition’s list of Al mer President Hamid Karzai refused of the capital, the Britain-based moni- allowed Islamic State militants to cording to intelligence reports. ship between the Governments of Qaeda targets. to sign – was inked soon after Presi- toring group said. gain a foothold in the country. (Reu- IS has reportedly recruited young Afghanistan and France, the Aga He was recruiting; training and em- dent Ghani was inaugurated on Sep- And underscoring the perils facing ters) soldiers and forced marriages on Khan Development Network and La ploying fighters; obtaining weapons tember 29, 2014. those fleeing the war, 26 migrants, in- cluding at least 17 children, drowned young women and girls in the areas Chaine de L’Espoir, with the facility and equipment; organizing al-Qaeda (19) More Ambitious Based on the agreement, the United managed by the Aga Khan Univer- finances; and planning attacks against during the night making the perilous it controls in Afghanistan. from Turkey to Greece are Syr- States is obliged to ensure security of sity. Afghan and coalition forces. journey from Turkey to Greece as IS last week released a series of grue- ians, Iraqis, Afghanis, Pakistanis Afghanistan – which the critics say is About FMIC In August 2012, an ISAF airstrike killed they made a desperate bid to reach some photos on its website that mili- and Bangladeshis. The number of not taking place. (Tolonews) The French Medical Institute for Chil- Mullah Amir Mohammad alias Ma- Europe. (AFP) tants say were taken in Afghanistan irregular economic migrants from dren, the only ISO certified hospital lik or Mutaqi who was responsible for (3) US to Send... and show several bodies of men Africa who use the eastern European (4) Zia Massoud... in Kabul, offers high quality care and passing critical information between President Barack Obama was back- dressed in Afghan military garb who refugee path is also growing. “They medical education in the quest to al-Qaeda associated Taliban leaders in tracking on a promise not to put Pakistan. were allegedly killed in battles with fly to Turkey then they go by boat to build a sustainable healthcare system Kunar. boots on the ground. “Today’s war in Afghanistan is actu- IS. (VoA) Greece or to Bulgaria,” said Leggeri. for Afghanistan. Since 2006, FMIC In December 2012, a drone strike killed “Our strategy in Syria hasn’t ally Pakistan’s war,” Massoud said. (Xinhua) (6) Investments ... has carried out 2,000 plus paediatric an al-Qaeda commander identified changed,” spokesman Josh Earnest “Taliban is a group that fights for the supports agency Mohammad Qur- cardiac surgeries, served over 3 mil- as Numan who was the facilitator of (20) US Smooths... said. “These forces do not have a interests of Pakistan. Therefore this ban Haqjo declared the main reasons lion child and adult patients, trained movement of weapons and money to combat mission.” will be a long war in our country.” Minister ErlanAbdyldaev, Kerry said are none stability of economy, and 700 medical professionals, and em- the insurgents in Kunar province. Officials said an initial deployment of Speaking at a gathering held to sup- the prize had been to reward Askarov’s political have caused that investors ploy 95 per cent Afghan staff. FMIC Kunar on the border with Pakistan’s “fewer than 50” special forces would port media, Massoud opposed the lifetime of work. It was not, he said, re- flee from the country and hesitate to performs over 55,000 radiology pro- restive tribal areas is a mountainous be sent to northern Syria -- parts of peace talks with the Taliban – which lated to the disputed incident, which he invest in Afghanistan. cedures and over 300,000 laboratory area with having jungles where terror- which are controlled by US-backed have reached a deadlock after a series said he could not speak about. After establishing of the National uni- tests annually. FMIC has also intro- ists can easily make nests and organize Syrian Kurdish forces fighting Daesh. of bombings in Kabul and especially “And I regret that it did result in some ty Government there has been a lot of duced Adult Cardiac Surgery Ser- attacks. (KP) Washington will also deploy A-10 when the death of Mullah Omar was concerns,” he said, insisting that the preparation to invest in Afghanistan vices along with a Cardiac Catheteri- ground-attack planes and F-15 tac- revealed. (13) Govt. Honors ... United States had no intention of inter- but by considering the security con- zation Laboratory (Cath-lab) which tical fighter jets to the Incirlik base Calling peace with Taliban unreason- fering in Kyrgystan’s domestic security dition the following measurements will significantly assist the Ministry fire exchanges was very risky, I feel in southern Turkey, as part of the able, Massoud said the process can be concerns. weren’t implemented, the question of Public Health in improving the proud that I was among the few jour- ramped up effort. an opportunity for realization of Pa- “We have discussed this very frankly, kistan’s interests in Afghanistan. remains that when the same suitable health indicators in Afghanistan. nalists who entered the city and reflect- The announcement came as key ed the city-in-war to the Afghans and very openly, and all of us want to move “This is a war that cannot be ended condition comes back. (ATN) As a not-for-profit hospital, FMIC is backers of Syria’s rival sides meet- run through an innovative partner- the world,” Omid said. on,” he said, adding that human rights ing in Vienna sought to narrow their through peace mechanisms, there- (7) 14 Civilians ... ship between the Governments of Af- Shah said he felt happy to finish his job was a founding value of the United divisions over a conflict that has fore, we must be ready for a long of parliament. ghanistan and France, the Aga Khan in Kunduz successfully and he wants States. (AFP)