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[email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:279 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SATURDAY . MAY 13. 2017 -Sawar 23, 1396 HS ‘safe zone’ has been es tablished in the country’s Asouth for those Taliban The security situation in Afghani- who have and will lay down their stan will further deteriorate even arms and join the peace process, if there is a modest increase in U.S. Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Ab- military support for the war-torn dul Raziq said. Raziq said the safe country, the top U.S. intelligence zone will help the Taliban from official said on Thursday, as Pres- Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and ident Donald Trump's administra- Zabul provinces to live without tion weighs sending more forces worrying about their security af- to Afghanistan. ter they quit violence and join Afghan army units are pulling peace. He added that a number of back, and in some cases have been ABUL : NATO Secretary Germany makes key contributions Taliban members, especially their forced to abandon more scattered General Jens Stoltenberg on all these aspects.” About the commanders who have laid down and rural bases, and the govern- Kand German Chancellor fight against terrorism, Stoltenberg their arms, as well as 10 Taliban ment can claim to control or influ- Angela Merkel have exchanged said NATO had long been active commanders who have returned ence only 57 percent of the coun- views on an upcoming summit of in this area, with its biggest mis- from Pakistan and have embraced try, according to U.S.