Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:314 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . JUNE 18. 2017 -Jawza 28, 1396 HS AT News Report he Saudi and Egyptian diplomats in separate T meetings with former president Hamid Karzai, asked him to support the position of their respective countries against Qatar, Karzai’s office said Saturday. “The former president in meetings with Egyptian ambassador and Saudi charge d affairs to Kabul, called for the unity and solidarity of the Islamic World in fight against terrorism and extremism, declaring his support in this regard,” Karzai’s office said .S Forces-Afghanistan on in a statement. Karzai also Friday night confirmed the promised he would not spare any Udeath of the senior leader efforts to strengthen the Muslims’ of media production for Daesh in unity. Afghanistan, Jawad Khan. According to a statement issued by USFOR-A, Khan was killed in an airstrike in Achin district, in Nangarhar on June 3. “His death will disrupt the ISIS-K (Daesh Woman commits suicide in Faryab Afghanistan) network, degrade their recruitment process and MAIMANA : A 35-year-old violence in Karta-I-Genral Dostum drinking bleach. Sayed Hafizullah hinder their attempts to conduct woman committed suicide by area of Maimana city this morning. Fitrat, head of the provincial international operations,” said poisoning herself in Maimana city, Abdul Karim Yurish said the Independent Human Rights Gen. John Nicholson, commander the capital of northwestern Faryab husband of the woman was Commission, said four suicide and of the U.S Forces Afghanistan. province on Saturday, an official spending his jail term for a criminal 12 honor related cases have been “There is no safe haven for ISIS-K said. case. Investigation about the real registered in Faryab in the past six in Afghanistan. With our Afghan Provincial police spokesman, motive behind the suicide is months. He linked such incidents partners we will continue to Abdul Karim Yurish, told Pajhwok underway, he added Provincial to poverty, joblessness, lack of aggressively target ISIS-K and Afghan News the woman named, public health’s in charge for awareness from religion, forced defeat them.” (ToloNews) Abida, the mother of seven children forensic, Dr. Samir Enayat, said marriages, honor marriages and By Farhad Naibkhel Taliban and Daesh from different Representative of Nangarhar in killed herself due to domestic Abdia committed suicide by insecurity. (Pajhwok) part of Chaparhar and Pachiragam Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of KBAUL: Ministry of Defense on district including foothill of Tora Parliament Haji Qadir Zahir Daesh Saturday said that Afghan forces Bora. He said that currently said that Daesh fighters have had been descended onto the Tora Afghan forces area in foothill of captured around 90 percent of Bora mountains and have removed Tora Bora and also Afghan Chaparhar, 80 percent of Tora Daesh terrorists from the bottom commando descended to top peaks Bora, they have plan for Khogiani, of the mountains in Pachiragam of Tora Bora. Operation will be Isarak and Azra in order to cut district of eastern Nangarhar continued by Afghan forces in Kabul-Jalalabad highway,” said province. Pachiragam to clear the district Haji Zahir Qadir He said that “24 hours after the report of from Taliban and Daesh. In the “MoAB” the biggest bomb used presence of Daesh in Tora Bora past 22 Daesh affiliates were killed in Achin district of Nangarhar to area in Pachiragam district of and 13 others wounded in the past eliminate Daesh, foreign forces and Nangarhar, Afghan forces three days in mentioned two government say that Daesh is conducted joint ground and air districts, He added. Minister of ending, but all claims are baseless. operations in the area,” said Acting Defense said that after clearance I have eye witnesses that three Defense Minister General Tariq checkpoints from local police and days ago, a container full of shah Bahrami, MOD uprisers will be established in weapons transferred to Daesh in He said that Daesh fighters Pachiragam district. He said that Narai Obo area of Nangarhar, he have been succeeded to capture over 2500 Daesh affiliates claimed. some areas in Pachiragam and including 23 commanders were Daesh or Islamic state Chaparhar district after clashes killed in the past two years by footprint has been revealed around with Taliban last Tuesday, but next Afghan and international forces two years ago in southern day Afghan forces started through air and ground operations Helmand for the first time and operations against them in both in the country. MoD informs of gradually expanded to Nangarhar, district. He said that Afghan forces clearance operation against Daesh Zabul, Ghor, and some other have been succeeded to clear in Tora Bora while, last Wednesday provinces across the country. No decision on troop surge so far: MAIMANA : Five policemen, 10 personnel, nine Taliban were killed militant and a woman have been and 22 others, including eight killed as a result of clashes in policemen, were wounded during Pentagon different districts of northwestern clash in Boryaraklak area of Qaisar Faryab province, an official said district. He said the clash continued WASHINGTON: The Defense on Saturday. for four hours until reinforcement Secretary James Mattis has taken Police spokesman, Abdul reached to the site of clash and no decision on a troop increase in Karim Yourish, said the Taliban recaptured the check-posts and Afghanistan so far and any such stormed security forces check- pushed the militants back. decision would be taken in posts in Sherin Tagab, Qaisar and Mohammd Alam, a wounded consultation with the Afghan Ghormach districts late on Friday. commander of police said the clash Government, his spokesperson He said woman, policeman erupted at 11pm last night and said Friday. were killed and five others continued until morning. Over 100 “Secretary Mattis has made no wounded including civilians when militants took part in the fire fight. decisions on a troop increase for the Taliban attacked security Separately, a notorious Afghanistan,” Pentagon forces check-posts and a civilian commander Qari Sayeduddin was spokesperson Dana W. White said vehicle in Sherin Tagab district. killed and four others wounded as in a statement, adding that any such Also 15 militants suffered a result of firefight with security decision would be taken in casualties during the ANA airstrike forces in Abgarmak area of consultation with the Ghani after the Taliban attack. Ghormach district late on Friday Government in Kabul and other Separately, four security night, said Yourish. (Pajhwok) allies and friends of the United States. “Any decisions about troop numbers will be made only after consultation with the interagency, Security forces foil the Afghan government, NATO allies and coalition partners," White said in a statement. “As he (Mattis) said terrors bid in Farah throughout the week in testimony, the revised Afghanistan strategy olice in western Farah provinces have recovered an explosive- will be presented to the president laden vehicle and prevented huge devastation and loss of precious for his approval in the coming lives, an official said on Friday. weeks,” she said. P The vehicle with 1,500 kilogrames of explosives was transferred White said the president has from Bakwa district to Balabolukand police seized it in Dezyak village. delegated force management The driver took the advantage of darkness of the night and managed authority for Afghanistan to the to flee from the area. The explosives were detonated by security forces secretary. (Pajhwok) Thursday night in Bala boluk. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Photographer wins national award for image of boy in war-torn country explosive vests and carrying Bora, the mountain redoubt that handguns, tried to force their way was once Osama bin Laden’s into the mosque’s main entrance, fortress, from the Taliban. but encountered strong resistance No faction has claimed from the police guarding it. One responsibility for the truck attacker was shot and killed, but bombing at an entrance to the the second went around to the Green Zone in Kabul on May 31, kitchen area of the mosque, where which killed more than 150 people. he detonated his explosives, killing The Taliban have denied any role Mr. Hussainzada and three others. in that assault, or in an attack days One of the dead and four of later at a funeral that killed at least the eight wounded were Afghan a dozen others. Those attacks have police officers, said Najib Danish, set off weeks of demonstrations a spokesman for the Interior against the government. Ministry. A member of Mr. The protesters have accused Hussainzada’s family, Ali Sadaat, senior officials of conspiring with who was at the mosque during the terrorists, and some of Mr. attack, said his relative “was a good Hussainzada’s supporters businessman, a great man and an expressed that view as well. important figure among the “ISIS claimed responsibility, For someone that never planned overseas. His work has been Hazaras.” Mr. Sadaat said Mr. but we are not sure,” Mr. Sadaat on becoming a photojournalist, featured in a number of Hussainzada had been known for said. “It may be Taliban terrorists, Zachary Prong has made quite an publications throughout Canada helping street vendors and day it may be a fifth column in the impression on the industry. and Egypt. laborers, and for giving money to government. There are too many Prong, a 29-year-old Simcoe “The photograph can be an parents to send their children to questions unanswered, like how native, had felt destined to examine important first step in helping school rather than putting them to did these terrorists know about conflict in the Middle East and the people to understand it's work.