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30 Militants Killed in Takhar USAID Pays for Afghan Hospitals That Do Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:92 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SATURDAY . OCTOBER 31 . 2015 -Aqrab 09, 1394 HS UNAMA vows continued Pakistan, USAID pays for Afghan hospitals Iran vow assistance to Afghanistan Page 4 joint anti- that do not exist: SIGAR terror efforts AT News Report The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has come KABUL: The chief of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghani- under serious criticism after Amer- stan (UNAMA), Nicholas Haysom, said the organization keep contin- ica's federal watchdog found out ue assistance in Afghanistan until peace is restored in the war-torn that the agency provided "inaccu- country. He remarked on an occasion when several Afghan and foreign rate" data about the location of officials observed the 70th anniversary of the, United Nations in Kab- nearly two dozen health facilities Syria peace ul on Thursday. We decided to recognize the 70-year of the UN exist- in Afghanistan's western zone. talks under ence in a remarkable way as it also symbolizes the partnership between Special Inspector General for Page 5 way with 17 the UN and Afghanistan, said Haysom. Afghanistan Reconstruction's (SI- countries But more importantly it recognize the importance of working with the GAR) inspection of the $259.6 people of Afghanistan as without working with them they cannot do million Partnership Contracts for anything on their own capacity, he told an event in Kabul to mark UN s Health (PCH) program has found 70th anniversary. Portraits of those Afghans who helped this interna- "substantial inaccuracies" in the tional body and their works made a marked difference in different parts GPS coordinates USAID provid- of the devastated country were displayed at the event. Haysom, said ed for 23 of the 63 healthcare facil- for any flaws. meanwhile, called on the central ities it was funding in Herat prov- that The UN will keep continue working with the Afghans until long "Government offices in Herat government and the Ministry of Oil industry ince. had no role in building these facil- Public Health to follow up the is- slipping lasting peace is restored in the country. He said the UN was willing to The inspection has revealed stay in Afghanistan until stability and prosperity is home in Afghani- ities and if there is a corruption sue. This comes after the watch- into the red that the location of the 23 facili- found in the program, the foreign- dog revealed about "ghost" Page 9 stan. Rahima a UN Polio coordinator also attended the event and urged ties were up to 6 miles from the ers should account for it," said schools, teachers and also the health as outlook the families to help the organization in eradicating the fatal virus which GPS coordinates provided by US- Mohammad Asif Kabir, acting clinics in Afghanistan which it re- dims exists now only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She called on the people AID - seven were more than three health director of Herat. ported only existed on fake docu- and also the insurgents to help polio workers in immunization cam- miles from the coordinates and 16 Herat governor's spokesman, ments. paigns throughout the country to subdue the virus and save the children that were located less than three from being paralyzed. Rahima works with UN as a polio coordinator for miles from the provided location around 15 years in northern Balkh province. The pictures of several UN data, the inspector general John Dasht-e-Archi cleared of Desperate Afghan workers were displayed during the event including Ghulam Nabi, Sopko said in a letter to the agen- Gazans face showing him fertilizing the farms. He said that he has been helping cy a week ago. militants: Jangal Bagh Afghan farmers to increase their yields by at least 30 percent. He fur- SIGAR stated that it could Page 8 second winter in thered that they have distributed fertilizers to thousands of farmers in determine that only 19 facilities AT Monitoring Desk tents, animal Nangarhar province and helped increase their products up to 30 per- actually existed of the remaining 40 medical centers it examined. shelters cents. Farmers are very happy with UN assistance, Nabi said. KABUL: Afghan security forces have retaken complete control of Dasht- Furthermore, SIGAR also e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, said local officials. pointed out issues with the condi- Qasim Jangal Bagh, Police Chief of Kunduz, said that security forces Dostum links jihadi council s tions of some of the facilities their have cleared the district of the Taliban militants. He said that Afghan inspection teams visited. forces are securing their positions to prevent comeback of the militants It noted that four of the 23 clin- to the district. He said that 40 Taliban militants have been killed in the success to cooperation with govt ics lack water or electricity. The fighting, adding that four security troops have been injured. First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum declared on Friday that the watchdog however could not visit He said that by losing control of Dasht-e-Archi, the Taliban insur- Turkey s new election: newly-established Jihadi Council will remaining facilities due to "securi- gents lost their last stronghold in the province. The Taliban has no Page 7 be helpful at resolving national issues if ty conditions." district s control in the province now, he added. The Taliban haven t War or peace? it is committed to working with the gov- But the Afghan health officials commented in this regard yet. ernment in a bid to strengthen the po- say that they had neither any role The government had lost control of the district around three months litical system. Referring to recent move- in building these healthcare facili- ago. It is worth mentioning that Dasht-e-Archi district was considered as ment of a number of former Jihadi fig- ties nor will they be responsible a strategic location for the Taliban, particularly foreign militants. ures, Dostum made it clear that the Andre Ward up council will remain ineffective in solv- to light-heavy- ing issues facing the country if the body preferred Page 11 weight and making decisions without coordinating the govern- closer to Sergey ment. "I have respect towards all of them," Dostum said, adding that "if their activities are coordinated Kovalev bout with the government, they will be helpful otherwise they will not succeed." These statements came after unconfirmed reports emerged that the jihadi figures were pushing the government towards convening the Loya Jirga a grand council rarely being held for big national issues. However the council members refrained from commenting on the issue. Meanwhile, Afghan and CEO Abdullah's cultural advisor, Sayed Aqa Fazel Page 6 Sancharaki supported establishment of jihadi coun- Afghanistan (I) cil. He said the council was working to strengthen the country's political system. "Meetings and con- sultations of Jihadi leaders and politicians are very helpful. And we know that there had been talks during these meetings on how to strengthen the sys- tem," Sancharaki said. In addition, the committee to oversee implementation of the political agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah said The woes of earth- that if the council managed its activities in line with the political system, it would likely be proven con- Editorial P6 quake victim families structive towards resolving key national issues. 30 militants Item numbers killed in Takhar weren't a Page 10 planned move AT Monitoring Desk forChitrangada KABUL: At least 30 Taliban militants have been killed during a military operation of Afghan securi- Singh ty forces in Khwaja Ghar district of northern Ta- khar province. This comes at a time that the Tali- ban militants captured Darqad district of the prov- ince recently. Darqad was the first district of the Quake-hit province to fall to the Taliban militants. Sunatullah Afghanistan Temor, spokesman for Takhar governor office, told villages Azadi Radio that security forces are soon to con- Page 2 duct a large scale operation to retake control of the relying on district. After clearing Khwaja Bahauddin district, self-help security forces will conduct a military offensive against militants in Darqad, he added. Fresh units of security troops have been deployed to Khwaja Bahauddin, he added. Temor said that Darqad is surrounded by Oxus River from three 150 quake- sides, thus the only for retaking the district is launch- ing airstrikes. He said that fighting between the affected families Taliban militants and Afghan forces is still ongoing Page 3 assisted in in Khwaja Ghar district of the province. Khwaja Nangarhar Ghar is a neighboring district of Dasht-e-Archi dis- trict of Kunduz province. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . OCTOBER 31, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES KABUL: Quake-stricken villagers fice for Coordination of Humani- in Afghanistan were doing their tarian Affairs (OCHA) said. best to help themselves while wait- Under the auspices of Disas- ing relief from aid agencies since ter Management Committees, joint the devastating 7.5-magnitude rapid assessments have now been earthquake struck parts of the coun- able to verify the complete destruc- try on October 26. tion of 2,419 houses with a fur- Up to 15 districts of Kunar ther 2,445 houses severely dam- province had been affected by the aged, the OCHA said in a state- quake. Dozens of rough roads were ment. blocked by landslides.
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