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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:IX Issue No:305 Price: Afs.15 WEDNESDAY . JUNE 10 . 2015 -Jawza 20, 1394 HS www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes 324 teachers receive residential plots AT News Report tial decree, at least 80,000 resi- minister emphasized that survey dential plots were distributed for and engineering affairs of 800 acres KABUL: At least 324 school- teachers countrywide, he added. of land in Chahar Asiab district of teachers have received residential He said that they distributed near- Kabul was finalized and will be dis- plots in Istalif district of Kabul ly 400 residential plots for teach- tributed soon. The Minister of Ur- province, said officials on Tues- ers in Uruzgan, 2,019 in Ghazni ban Development, Sayid Mansur day. The Education Minister, As- AT News Report and 263 plots will be distributed Sadat Nadiri, assured to cooperate adullah Hanif Balkhi, Minister of for instructors in Qarabagh dis- with sketching process of teachers Urban Development, Sayid Man- trict of Kabul province. He add- townships as well as procurement KABUL: The Chief Executive sur Sadat Nadiri, a number of law- ed that around 502 residential and facilitating process of the resi- Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, makers and the governor of Kabul plots will be distributed for teach- dential plots not only in Kabul but Abdullah Abdullah, stressed that were the attendants of the cere- ers in Teachers Township in New in other provinces as well. It comes water should be utilized as a mony where the plots were dis- Kabul Project located in Dih-sabz after Kabul MP Ramazan Bashar- source of friendship and econom- tributed for the teachers. We district. He also said that sketch- dost earlier said that based on his ic integration. Addressing the In- want to introduce better life to ing of 591 residential plots has information lands were distributed ternational Decade for Action schoolteachers in support of the been finalized in Firoz Nakhchir to teachers only through a paper, Water for Life 2005-2015 Con- National Unity Government, Township in Samangan which will but they have not received any land ference in Dushanbe, the capital said Balkhi. As per a presiden- city of Tajikistan, Abdullah said be distributed in near future. The or plot yet. that Afghanistan is in a unique position both as a source, a tran- Flash floods take sit point, a corridor and water re- Regional threats discussed sources and that in line with this FOUR LIVES IN the government is committed to with neighbours: MoFA utilize the position to maximize JAWZJAN the usage of water at home and in AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan has dis- the region. Thus, the Afghan gov- cussed emerging regional threats he added. ernment is willing to utilize Af- Not only do we all suffer when made significant strides to catch Conference which was initiated by KABUL: At least four people with its neighbours, the Ministry During his visit to Tajikistan, ghanistan s geographic location, water is wasted or not used ac- up with national uplift objectives Tajikistan a decade ago and is ex- have died and seven villages have of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Abdullah held talks with Tajik pres- resources, water as well as inter- cording to established rules and as part of the reconstruction strat- pected to continue for three days. been damaged in flash flooding in Tuesday. Talking to reporters ident Emomali Rahmon and Prime national to maximize the use of norms, but we also fail to achieve egies adopted over the past 13 The conference was attended by northern Jawzjan province, said a about Chief Executive Officer Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda on bi- water for irrigation, power gener- other social and economic devel- years with the support of inter- senior officials from different local official. The provincial Dep- (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah s ongo- lateral relations. Rahmon pledged ation, he added. He said that Af- opment objectives in a coherent national community as well as countries, including the Ban Ki- uty Governor, Abdul Rahman ing trip to Tajikistan, MoFA his country s support for Afghan- ghanistan is now in a position to manner, he added. neighboring countries. Abdullah moon, the UN Secretary General. Mahmoudi, said that heavy rains spokesman Ahmad Shakib Mus- istan during his meeting with Ab- engage more constructively at the Abdullah said that three de- appreciated the international com- It is worth mentioning that led to flash flooding in Darzab dis- taghni said Afghanistan had shared dullah. regional and bilateral levels to ad- cades of wars and conflicts in Af- munity for lending its support to water bodies in Afghanistan cov- trict of the province. He said that its concerns about the emergence The Afghan government is con- dress win-win solutions with our ghanistan has eroded the country Afghanistan over the past 13 er 75 billion cubic meters, of which exact information about the loss- of Daesh or Islamic State and oth- cerned about the emergence of new friends and neighbors, based on of its infrastructure and capaci- years. only 30 percent remains in the es that the floods have caused is er threats in the region with Tajik threats at a time when informal international legal guidelines and ties and resource management abil- International Decade for Ac- country and the rest is channeled not clear so far. leadership and other neighboring talks with the Taliban have been prior experiences. ities. He said that Afghanistan has tion Water for Life 2005-2015 to other countries. However, initial information countries. He said the Afghan se- intensified. shows that the floods have killed curity forces had been fighting non- The reconciliation process was four people and have damaged state actors for security of Afghan- expected to be launched in March Illegal seven villages, he added. Mah- istan and the region. Stability in with Pakistan s mediation, but Taliban kidnaps four civilians in Ghazni Afghanistan was not the sole pur- there has been no breakthrough. moudi said that ten other people (Pajhwok) AT News Report when they were stopped by the However, it is not clear whether are still missing. pose of the war against terrorism, Taliban. The Taliban militants the kidnapped people are dead or gunmen loot KABUL: The Taliban militants moved the three people along with alive. Though no one has claimed have kidnapped four civilians in their driver to an unknown place, the responsibility of the kidnap- aid convoy in Gailan district of Ghazni province he added. He said that the kid- pings, local officials point the fin- the other day, said an official. napped people were residents of ger of blame to the Taliban. It is Faryab THE WORLD BANK GROUP The Deputy Governor of the Angori area of Jaghori district. He pertinent to mentioning that such province, Muhammad Ali Ahma- said that local tribal elders are try- kidnappings on highways have MAIMANA/FEROZKOH: di, said two women and a child ing to negotiate release of the kid- raised concerns among common Gunmen briefly seized a convoy were travelling to Ghazni city napped people with the Taliban. people. of four trucks carrying relief goods REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST for flood-affected families in northwestern Faryab province, 7 KILLED IN IMPUNITY FOR KILLERS OF looting two trucks, officials said (REI) NANGARHAR on Tuesday. In their report mem- JOURNALISTS MUST END bers of a delegation tasked with FOR DRONE STRIKE distributing the aid in Faryab, said the trucks were intercepted in the JALALABAD: A drone strike KABUL: Reporters Without Bor- organisation said in a statement. Pashtun Kot district on Monday. CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR THE WORLD killed at least seven armed rebels ders on Tuesday reiterated its con- The statement follows death anni- The report said gunmen brief- in Lalpur district of eastern Nan- demnation of the impunity en- versaries of two well-known jour- ly held hostage a joint delegation BANK KABUL garhar province, an official said on joyed by those responsible for nalists, Zakia Zaki, the owner of of World Food Program (WFP), Tuesday. Col Hazrat Hussain crimes against media personnel in Peace Radio in Parwan province, International Organization of Mi- Mashraqiwal, police spokesper- Afghanistan. gration (IOM) and Norwegian son, told Pajhwok Afghan News Although the national unity and Abdul Samad Rohani, who armed rebels were killed in Samso worked for Pajhwok Afghan News Refugees Council (NRC) organi- government has taken some mea- zations. The gunmen released the REI No. 15-0518 locality between Lalpur and Bati sures designed to improve the free- and the BBC in southern Helmand kot districts. Haji Ghalib, district province. delegation after a few hours, said dom of press, including dissolving the report, adding that two police The World Bank Group (World Bank) invites REI to pre-qualify general chief, said five dead bodies were The killers of the two journal- brought yesterday evening and a commission tasked with investi- rangers were accompanying the contractors (GC) for providing Construction Works for the World Bank Kabul. another one this morning to the gating violations by media outlets. ists remain on the loose. Rohani s convoy. The food items were be- district centre. Sparghay, a prom- The government has also ap- body was found seven years ago. ing carried four 260 families in inent rebel commander and resi- proved the law on access to infor- Zaki s eighth death anniversary Aqdara, Taht Zghan and Sar Hawz Scope dent of Bati kot, was also among mation, but journalists are increas- was observed two days ago. areas of the Pashtun Kot district. the dead. (Pajhwok) ingly targeted in violent acts, the (Pajhwok) Each package contained 150 Construct a new off grid (ready for future grid connection), blast resistant facility, kilograms of flour, 70 kilograms on a 5,300 m² site.