Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:187 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 05. 2017 -Dalw 17, 1395 HS Child suicide bomber AT News Report provincial capital to three districts KABUL: At least 20 people died have been closed, according to pro- capitulates and 20 others were injured as vincial spokesman. “There were heavy snowfalls covered different heavy snowfalls in Rostaq, Chah in Helmand areas in the northeastern province Aab and Chal districts,” Sonnatul- of Badakhshan province, a local lah Taimoor said, adding that the AT News Report official said on Saturday. “The roads to tens of villages in six dis- tricts were blocked. Also, the roads KABUL: A child suicide bomber roads to 10 districts have been on Friday handed himself to the blocked,” said Sayed Abdullah to districts have been blocked due Helmand authorities after escap- Homayoun Dehqan, head of pro- to the same event in Ghazni and ing Taliban insurgents, provincial vincial disaster management de- Ghor provinces, according to re- official said on Saturday. The 12- partment. He added that the two- ports. Northern, northeastern and years old suicide child identified day snowfalls have also blocked central provinces are annually af- as Abdullah, is originally from the roads from district centers to fected by the snowfalls and ava- southern Zabul province, and was dozens of villages, disrupting peo- lanches in the winter, while the forced by the Taliban insurgents ple’s ordinary life. In the adjacent spring rainfalls and flash floods to carry out suicide attack in Hel- province of Takhar, the roads from sweep these areas. mand province. In a statement, the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said the Taliban insurgents appointed the child to carry out suicide at- tack, but he child escaped Taliban Police impose ‘illegal taxes’on captivity and surrendered himself to the Afghan Local Police (ALP) truck drivers on key highways in Helmand province. However, the Taliban militant group has not A TOLOnews investigation finds they say has led to this new trend. ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanc- commented into the matter so far. By Farhad Naibkhel truck drivers regularly forced to “Corruption starts in ARG This is not first incident of its na- tions List. “UN Security Council pay police at check posts along a removed Hekmatyar’s name fol- (the Presidential Palace) with min- ture as in the past the Taliban in- KABUL: The United Nations Se- number of highways in the coun- istries, deputy ministries; there- lowing request by the Afghan gov- surgents have been busy in recruit- curity Council on Friday dropped try. An investigation by TOLO- fore, police commit illegal actions. ing children and provide them with sanctions against Gulbuddin Hek- ernment,” President Ashraf news has found that some police suicide trainings in a bid to contin- Ghani’s Advisor, Akram Khpal- It is concerning, but it is the com- matyar the leader of Hezb-e-Isla- force members appear to be charg- mon masses who mostly bear the ue war in the country. Nothing is mi Afghanistan (HIA), aimed at wak told newsmen on Saturday. worse than using children in an ir- The call for removal comes after ing “illegal taxes” on truck drivers brunt of this problem,” said Obaid- supporting peace drive in Afghan- along the Kabul-Kandahar-Herat ullah Barikzai, an MP from Uruz- rational war. In last year report, istan. As part of peace deal, the the Afghan government signed a the United Nations (UN) said, 48 peace deal with HIA. According Highway. Video footage shows gan. Meanwhile, the Ministry of children were recruited by the var- Afghan government requested the that in some instances police are Interior (MoI) acknowledged the UN Security Council to remove to him, the removal is a “sign by ious militant groups involved in the the UN Security Council to sup- accepting food and other goods problem and said they take legal HIA from black list. The group instead of money. One truck driv- action against those who violate conflict. The report also expressed port peace process” in Afghanistan. grievances over the safe seminar- considered as the second largest er said that money was demanded the law in such instances. He added that work is going over ies and launching pads of Taliban armed group in the country. Ac- at many check posts. “When we “We will take serious action insurgents in the tribal belt across cording to a statement published the fate of HIA prisoners by the drive from Farah, check posts against those who have a hand in rd Attorney General Office, and the the Durand Line. This comes af- on 3 February by the Security charge us 5,000, 4,000, 2,000 and this issue. We hope that we receive ter the Taliban’s evil activities are Council, a UN committee removed outcome would be shared at the future. He also informed of gov- 1,000 Afs,” said driver, Rahimul- more documents (evidence) in or- speaking louder in Helmand prov- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s name lah. Another driver, Abdul Khaliq, der to address the problem,” MoI ernment preparations to welcome ince for the last one week. The from the sanctions list. According said: “We are tired of this. They deputy spokesman Najibullah Taliban militants have launched a HIA leader in Kabul. Pointing out to statement the Security Council Gulbuddin Hekmatyar the leader of Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan. [police] speak badly to us and take Danish said. number of deadly attacks in some Committee pursuant to resolu- to the success of peace deal be- districts of the province. Howev- tween government and HIA, Kh- money from us.” “From Abkhur- Late last year, the transporta- tions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and which supported by all Afghans itive step toward peace in Afghan- ma to Tah Toot (in Farah) we are tion union protested against illegal er, the brave Afghan security forc- palwak called on all armed groups, 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL and International community, he istan.” He said that based on peace charged by police all along the charges being imposed by police es retaliated and pushed back their including Taliban insurgent to shun (Da’esh), Al Qaida and associated mentioned. Mohammad Karim agreement, removal of HIA lead- way,” said Rahmatullah, a driver. on the country’s highways. At the attacks with high moral. The one violence and join peace and recon- individuals, groups, undertakings Amin, Head of HIA Delegation ers from UN-black list was a need. Meanwhile, a number of MPs time, Chief Executive Abdullah week fight that erupted in Sangin ciliation process. Peace with HIA and entities removed the name of said, “removal of HIA leader’s He ensured people that HIA would criticized the MoI for not paying Abdullah vowed to address the district has inflicted huge casual- was an intra-Afghan process, ties on both sides. HIA leader Hekmatyar from the name from UN-black list is a pos- exert utmost efforts...P2 police their salaries on time, which problem. (Tolo News) The CCP showing strong commitment to serving people Nowadays, Afghanistan is in need of much-needed development comparing to past years. The long-standing devastated civil war, recurrent droughts, natural disasters and many other problems badly affected the people of Afghanistan. Our economic infrastructures have been either ruined or put at risk of destruction. As a result, unemployment and a weak economy caused the young generation to leave their houses and travel abroad to different countries to find work. In order to overcome certain human disasters and appalling conditions, there is a need for a courageous and constructive movement to boost reconstruction activities and alleviate poverty in Afghanistan. To achieve this goal, the National Unity Government of Afghanistan has recently established the “Citizen’s Charter Program” (CCP). The Program is committed to making considerable changes to the living standards of people living in both rural and urban areas across Afghanistan. The CCP is a national movement designed to serve the nation by advancing the country towards socio-economic growth and social infrastructure. It is worth mentioning that the Government of Afghanistan had already established the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) within the framework of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) in 2003 in order to ensure development on a larger scale by implementing thousands of infrastructure projects in the communities of all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Over the past decade, the NSP with active contribution of villagers has implemented thousands of development and public utility projects which brought about considerable changes in living standards of villagers across rural areas. Moreover, by execution of the NSP projects, people were optimistic for their future and most villagers that had left their houses because of unemployment, chose to return to their villages again and start a new life. Furthermore, the establishment of Community Development Councils (CDCs) was one of the most significant achievements of the NSP as these entities have played a prominent role in ensuring local leadership at community level for the first time. Meanwhile, the villagers including men and women had an opportunity to become members of their elected CDCs and make decisions on their own to progress their communities towards development. In addition, the experiences and skills acquired during implementation of the NSP-funded projects, demonstrate that the people of Afghanistan have the capability of moving their country towards further success in coming years by making determined efforts in this regard. In the meantime, the NSP has successfully ended. However, the achievements made through this national-driven development program will never be overlooked as the CCP will function as a proper substitute committed to sustaining the momentum of development process in the country.