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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No: 301 Price: Afs.20 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . JUNE 01 . 2018 -Jawza 11, 1397 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime Eight people were wounded as a car bombing hit a joint base of police and National Directorate AT News Report trol node in Musa Qal’ah during a explosive device facilitator, who the Afghan National Defense and of Security in southern Helmand high-level meeting of Taliban com- has been coordinating improvised Security Forces maintain an offen- province on Thursday. The manders. Among the more than 50 explosive device operations sive edge and a high-operational bomb attack on the police com- KABUL: The US Forces in Af- casualties was the deputy shadow against Afghan National Defense tempo, providing security for the plex in Greshk district took place ghanistan conducted a series of governor of Helmand, multiple and Security Forces, international people in support of safe and se- at around 9:30am, said Attaullah precision strikes over a ten-day Taliban district governors, intelli- forces and the people of Afghani- cure elections. Khogyani, the governor’s period, May 17-26, killing more gence commanders and key pro- stan for the last 13 years. Addi- Established in 2009, U.S. Forc- spokesman. The bomber rammed than 70 senior Taliban leaders. vincial-level leadership from Kan- tionally, from May 17-26, more es-Afghanistan is a U.S.-led mis- The security forces have regained killed and three others wound- his explosives-laden vehicle into “These strikes represent one dahar, Kunduz, Herat, Farah, than 15 Taliban were killed in sep- sion that directs and enables U.S. control of the Dasht-i-Kala district ed, Commander Zabit Alam was the police base, the official said, of the largest blows to Taliban lead- Uruzgan and Helmand provinces. arate strikes around the province. military operations in support of of northern Takhar province, an among 10 uprising members cap- without going into details. A ership in the last year,” said U.S. In a separate airstrike the same “National and international lead- Resolute Support, NATO’s train, official said on Thursday. Police tured by the Taliban, he added. source in the Emergency-run Army Gen. John Nicholson, U.S. day, U.S. Air Force A-10s struck a ers have been clear – victory in advise and assist mission. Its pur- spokesman Col. Abdul Khalil Around 20 rebels suffered cau- hospital, meanwhile, said eight Forces-Afghanistan and Resolute Taliban Red Unit commander for Afghanistan will be a political rec- pose is to sustain campaign mo- Aseer told Pajhwok Afghan News salities during the clash, accord- injured individuals had been Support commander. “The cumu- Helmand and an associate while onciliation,” said Nicholson. “As mentum in Afghanistan. It is also that the district remained under ing to the police. But the Tali- brought to the hospital from the lative effects of which will be felt they were transiting in Sangin dis- we continue the season of fighting tasked with executing responsibil- Taliban control for a few hours. ban claimed inflicting heavy cau- blast site. The injured were dis- nationwide for quite some time.” trict. U.S. Air Force A-10s also and talking, we will continue to ities and oversight for manpower, On arrival of reinforcements, the salities on the security forces. charged after being administered The largest of these strikes killed a shadow district governor increase pressure on the Taliban material and logistics, basing and security forces wrested back the Sharafat, a resident of the area, first medical aid. There was no came, May 24, when four High and destroyed a shadow district and remain vigilant to opportuni- operational movement in the coun- town from the insurgents, he said, verified the insurgents had left immediate claim of responsibili- Mobility Artillery Rocket System headquarters in Nahr-e-Saraj, May ties for negotiated peace.” try, supporting a responsible eco- adding the militants had been the district after torching the ty for the attack. (HIMARS) rockets destroyed a 25. On May 26, an MQ-1C Gray Tactical strikes against Taliban nomic transition that encourages a pushed back. During an eight hours police headquarters and intelli- (Pajhwok) known Taliban command and con- Eagle killed a senior improvised commanders and facilitators help resilient Afghan economy. clash, five security personnel were gence compound. (Pajhwok) The Afghan government would Rajinder Khanna. Atmar’s remarks napping incident. The two sides, At least 105 civilians including The 7th Battalion of the comman- make all-out efforts to ensure the after seven Indians, all engineers while conferring on the situation five women were freed from a dos conducted a special operation security of Indian citizens in the working on a power project, were in Afghanistan, agreed to step up Taliban prison in southern Hel- in Sor Kariz and De Babay villag- war-torn country, says the national kidnapped in northern Baghlan security cooperation, Atmar’s of- mand province on Wednesday es of Kajaki district of the prov- security advisor. At a meeting in province on May 6. “We assure fice said. Khanna was quoted as night during a special operation ince on Wednesday night in which killed, one arrested and the securi- vide further details. The Taliban Kabul on Wednesday, Hanif At- you that we will work hard to en- saying by Qadir Shah, spokesman conducted by the army, the mili- 105 civilians including five wom- ty forces also seized 10 motorbikes have not yet commented over the mar held out the assurance to a vis- sure the security of Indian citizen for the National Security Coun- tary corps for special operations en were freed, according to the during the operation,” it said. How- operation. iting Indian delegation led by Dep- in Afghanistan,” the NSA tweet- cil, that India stoutly supported said in a statement on Thursday. statement. “Four insurgents were ever, the statement did not pro- (ToloNews) uty National Security Advisor ed, without referring to the kid- an Afghan-led. (Pajhwok) FRIDAY . JUNE 01, 2018 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan’s mineral resources Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] fueling war and insurgency Afghanistan’s rich mineral resources could prove to be the best substitutes Email: [email protected] for foreign aid and could decrease the country’s dependence on donor coun- www.afghanistantimes.af tries and foreign support. These resources, if properly managed, provide an Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi opportunity for Afghanistan to write its own story of economic success. Advisory editorial board By Ahmad Shah Katawazai operations elsewhere. the state up to $300 million annu- for the development of its nascent Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Insurgents are attempting to ally since the Taliban’s collapse in mineral sector. take control of the areas that are 2001.[32] Insecurity in eastern The international community Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Part II rich in mineral resources. In some Nangarhar province and elsewhere can help the Afghan government areas, insurgents have been able to prompted Minister Saba to warn prevent the illegal trade of miner- Graphic-Designers: take control of mineral deposits. Afghan lawmakers in 2015 that als that contributes significantly to ...Islamic State (ISIS) and Tali- For instance, Helmand province, monitoring the thousands of mines conflict and strengthening insur- Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi ban insurgents Eye on Miner- rich in chromite and one of the larg- around the country is impossible, gents. The UN Sanctions Commit- als in Afghanistan est opium-producing provinces, and that the complete and unre- tee should begin investigating how Marketing & Advertising: Natural resources can contrib- has faced fierce fighting in the past strained looting of local resources mining wealth reaches insurgents Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 ute to conflict, especially when the decade. Some of the districts in this might happen in the absence of a and funds illegal armed groups. state does not have complete ter- province are under the control of peace deal with the Taliban. The international community, par- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan ritorial sovereignty. This is a big Taliban insurgents. Badakhshan Without a coherent and imme- ticularly the United States, should possibility in Afghanistan, where province, which is famous for its diate response, the vast mineral work in collaboration with the Af- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 according to the new data released gold and azure mines, and Kunar resources in Afghanistan not only ghan government to encourage re- by US forces in Afghanistan, 30% and Nuristan provinces, which represent a lost opportunity but a forms and an effective mechanism Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press of districts are contested or are have large deposits of precious threat to Afghanistan’s national of oversight and monitoring of the under the insurgent influence.[23] stones, have experienced fierce security. If robust policies coupled country’s mineral resources. Man- According to a 2014 mining indus- fighting because insurgents in those with a comprehensive, realistic and agement of the mineral resources, try study, some of the most prom- territories are particularly focused long-term strategic approach are which can foster economic devel- ising deposits of lithium are in the on and attracted by the large de- not adopted, there is a significant opment and stability, needs to be The constitution says eastern province of Ghazni and the posits of precious stones. This is possibility that Afghanistan will a core strategic priority. Given the southern region of Helmand prov- a dangerous move by the insur- slide into a resource curse and suc- plethora of problems in Afghani- Article 117 ince, which are largely under the gents to seek control of the areas cumb to the same historical cycle stan, each step of the process will control of Taliban.