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Your Ad Here Your Ad Here Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:143 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes MONDAY. DECEMBER 21 . 2015 -Qaus 30, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 0708954626 AT News Report to connect with India. KABUL: Briefing members of the This is worth mentioning that Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of leaders of Turkmenistan, Afghani- the parliament on Sunday, the min- stan, Pakistan and India inaugurat- ister of mines Daud Shah Saba said ed $10 billion gas pipeline project the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- expected to help ease energy defi- Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline cits in South Asia and stem ten- project would create 7,000 jobs in sions in the divided region. AT Monitoring Desk the country. TAPI gas pipeline project will He said that work on TAPI gas also help promote peace and trade AT News Report pipeline project would be launched in the regional countries. KABUL: The deputy governor of “When Nawzad district was col- in Afghanistan next year, adding southern Helmand province, Mo- lapsed, we lost tens of our soldiers, that physical work on the nearly hammad Jan Rasulyar, took to so- tanks, military vehicles, weapons $10 billion gas pipeline project cial media to urge President Ashraf and other equipments to the ene- would be kicked off in 2017 and Ghani to leave Ghani to send fresh troops to the my,” the Facebook post reads. It would concluded in 2020. restive province. Through a post added that after one month the stra- He furthered that socio-phys- for Azerbaijan on his Facebook page, Rasulyar tegic district of Musa Qala also fell ical survey of the project in Af- tomorrow expressed his deep concerns over to the Taliban insurgents. He said ghanistan would be started in the deterioration of security situation that the government is yet to pun- beginning of 2016. AT News Report in the province and said that Hel- ish anyone in connection with fall He informed the lawmakers that work on TAPI project has KABUL: President Muhammad mand was on the verge of collapse. of the districts. He added that be- Ashraf Ghani is expected to leave KABUL: Indian media reported He said that more than 90 security fore fall of every district, they have started in the Karakum desert, out- side the southern Turkmen city of Kabul for Azerbaijan tomorrow that Indian Prime Minister Naren- personnel have been killed in the informed the concerned authori- “TAPI creates permanent jobs and Kandahar provinces of the (Tuesday) on an official trip where dra Modi might soon visit Kabul fight against militants during the ties. He said that they could not Mary. for around 7,000 people in the “Transfer of gas to India via country to reach Pakistan. Paki- he would explore new avenues to to inaugurate the parliament build- past one month. He said that after provide food and equipment to se- country,” he remarked. Further- stan will work on 800km pipeline enhance cooperation between the ing—India’s symbolic gift of de- failing to directly contact the pres- curity forces on time, adding that Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and more, he said that 2,000 more peo- Pakistan would begin in early two countries. mocracy to Afghanistan. ident, he took to Facebook to de- Sangin district was also on the verge ple would be hired to ensure secu- Embassy of Afghanistan in According to reports, Prime liver his message. He said that of collapse and 44 troops have been 2020,” he added. rity of the project. However he termed the project Azerbaijan in a media statement Minister’s Office has put pressure Helmand was on the brink of col- killed in the district. He said that He said that a 750km portion NATO support said that the president would be on all stakeholders to finish the lapse and urged the president to no one was telling the truth to the important for creating jobs for the of the pipeline would pass from Afghan masses. accompanied by the ministers of project and said that Modi was personally visit the province. president. Herat, Farah, Helmand, Nimroz needed to reverse external affairs, economy, com- keen that the building be ready for merce and industries, labor and him to undertake the visit and in- tide of insecurity: social affairs, and the national se- augurate Afghanistan’s new parlia- India committed to building Kandahar cricket stadium curity adviser. ment building. Noor During a week-long trip, the The project initiated by the KABUL: India has assured it is of land in Kandahar City with one tion against the delayed construc- president would also discuss the government of India in 2007 as a committed to establishing an in- million US dollars Indian assistance tion of the cricket ground. MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The gover- Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Paki- mark of friendship and coopera- ternational cricket stadium in could be launched so far. Kandahar cricket board official nor of northern Balkh province on stan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline tion to rebuild war-hit Afghanistan, southern Kandahar province, Last week, members of the Mohammad Massoud Rahmani Sunday said Afghanistan serious- project. The project will cost $10 is finally nearing completion and tweeted Afghan Deputy Foreign ly needed NATO forces’ support billion. set to meet its December 31 dead- Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai on to reverse the tide of insecurity. President Ghani, Turkmen line, source added. Saturday. Atta Mohammad Noor was President Gurbanguly Ber- Though the parliament build- Karzai said he held talks with speaking at a change of command dymukhamedov, Prime Minister of ing was expected to be completed Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan ceremony at the NATO’s Train, Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, and Vice in November 2011 but has missed AT News Report Amar Sinha about the cricket sta- Advise Assist Command – President of India Mohammad at least three deadlines over the last dium in Kandahar and the envoy (TAAC) North headquarters in Hamid Ansari at a special ceremo- four years. KABUL: Mediothek Afghanistan assured him that India had not Maza-i-Sharif, the provincial cap- ny in the project area near the gas In the latest review conducted on Sunday launched two-day con- backed out on its promise and re- ital. fields of Turkmenistan inaugurat- by India’s Secretary of Urban De- ference titled “The role of media mained firmly committed to the Outgoing commander of the ed the project, a week ago. velopment Madhusudan Prasad in peace and social security” to stadium’s construction. TAAC-North, Brig. Gen. Andreas The 1,735-kilometer pipeline and the Central Public Works De- seek media’s support in bringing Hikmat Karzai said formal Hannemann, handed over the helm is expected to carry 33 billion cu- partment (CPWD) it was found lasting peace to Afghanistan. construction of the cricket stadi- of affairs to incoming commander bic meters of Caspian Sea natural that 96 percent of the work has um would be launched once pre- Brig. Gen. HartmutRenk last night. gas per year from Turkmenistan been completed and the project liminary works in this regard were Besides NATO troops based through Afghanistan into Pakistan team is giving the final touch to finished. in the north, high-ranking provin- and then to India. Price estimates the building. Four years on since India prom- provincial council, civil society told Pajhwok Afghan News when cial security and government offi- range as high as $10 billion and the In October, Modi had ex- ised the aid, construction works activists, youth and cricket fans the zonal cricket tournament was cials attended the ceremony. project is expected to be complet- pressed concerns over delay in the on the cricket stadium on 20 acres carried out a protest demonstra- newly launched in Kandahar four Speaking on the occasion, ed in 2018. construction of the building and he years ago and Kandahar finished Governor Atta Mohammad Noor The project is expected to cre- ordered the Indian External Affairs Muslim antiterrorism coalition asked to first, the Indian ambassador prom- thanked NATO forces for their ate 50,000 jobs in Afghanistan. ...P2 cut off funding sources for terrorism ised his country would provide one services to the Afghans and said million US dollars for the construc- he was happy over the extended THREE CIVILIANS ABDUCTED ON AT Monitoring Desk tion of an international cricket sta- stay of German troops in Afghan- KABUL: As its prerequisites for joining Muslim antiterrorism coali- dium in the province. istan. KABUL-GHAZNI HIGHWAY tion, the government should urge the alliance to cut off all funding sourc- About one and a half years ago, He hoped German troops sta- The Deputy Minister of In- es for terrorism in the region and support Afghan security forces, said a the Indian Embassy in Kabul pro- tioned in the north would not only AT Monitoring Desk formation and Culture, Sayeda number of lawmakers and political analysts. Saudi Arabia recently an- vided the money to the Economy train Afghan forces but would also KABUL: Unknown gunmen have abducted three civilians on the Kab- Muzhgan Mostafawi, said that nounced the formation of a coalition of 34 largely Muslim nations to Ministry and a contract for the assist Afghanistan in area of eco- ul-Ghazni highway, said an official on Sunday. media should lend its support to fight terrorism. Nazir Ahmad Ahmadzai, the second deputy speaker of nomic development. Wolesi Jirga, told Azadi Radio that if the coalition is genuine one, then it stadium construction was given to The provincial council head of Ghazni, Khaliqdad Akbari, told me- the government’s peace efforts.
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