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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:140 Price: Afs.15 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . DECEMBER 18. 2015 -Qaus 27, 1394 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime Afghan inventor seeks govt support AT News Report KABUL: Rajab Ali Andishmand, different tools for different an Afghan inventor who recently factories in Afghanistan and designed a military tank and an air- Iran. I am able to invent tools plane, has criticized the govern- to decrease traffic accidents, WASHINGTON: The United and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Pakistan government simulta- was the raid in Pakistanon Osama kistan. ment for its inattention towards prevent boat from capsizing States on Wednesday pressed had shown impressive leadership, neously opposed what it consid- bin Laden, we didn't tell the Paki- “While we do not always see the field of science and technolo- and even decrease risk of for greater cooperation be- he acknowledged during the hear- ered the bad Islamist groups, stanis we were coming, because, eye to eye on every issue, our re- gy. plane crashes,” he claimed. tween Kabul and Islamabad, ing on Pakistan convened by the Royce commented. frankly, they would snitch us off lationship with Pakistan is vital to Rajab Ali Andishmand is in the He said that in the past as lawmakers expressed con- House Foreign Affairs Committee. The US had given Pakistan and Osama bin Laden would have the national security of the United field of engineering for the past over eight months he had made a cern over continuation of ter- While cooperation between the $30 billion since 9/11, Congress- left,” he said. States,” Olson said in defence of 40 years. He worked inside and robot, which is useful for mil- rorist safe havens in the north- neighbours on reconciliation was man Ted Poe said. “I think Paki- Describing America’s relation- the US providing billions of dol- west frontier areas of Pakistan. certainly an important first step, stan is a Benedict Arnold ally to ship with Pakistan as a disgrace, lars in aid to the South Asian coun- “We continue to press for the US continued to press for in- the United States. Even going back Congressman Dana Rohrabacher try. greater cooperation between creased coordination on security to May the 2nd, 2011, when there alleged it was a government that Pakistan, he argued, was be- Afghanistan and Pakistan, issues, Olson said. gave safe haven to Osama bin Lad- coming a more constructive actor both to stabilise the common However, top American law- en, the murderer of 3,000 Ameri- in the region. Last July, Pakistan border region and to build the makers appeared unsatisfied. cans. He did not think anybody facilitated a direct meeting between constructive relationship nec- Chairman of Foreign Affairs Com- believed that the high-level people the Afghan government and Tali- essary for regional stability,” mitteeEd Royce observed: “Paki- in the Pakistan government did not ban representatives in Murree. the US special representative stani governments have come and know about that. “While we see progress in de- said. gone, but it's northwestern fron- Olson, however, argued Paki- creasing the presence of certain Richard Olsontold legisla- tier has remained a terrorist haven, stan seemed to be committed to terrorists in Pakistan, we continue tors during a Congressional with its security services support- this fight against terrorism. “I think to press Pakistan to target all mil- hearing: “We will not be able ing what it considers to be good that their commitment is serious itant groups that have safe haven to eradicate militant groups Islamist terrorist groups.” to fighting terrorism. At the same in Pakistan, particularly the Tali- until both sides of the border Theso-called good groups de- time, I think more needs to be done ban, including the Haqqani network are effectively secured.” stabilised Afghanistan and threat- in terms of action against terror- and Lashkar-i-Taiba,” Olson said. outside the country. On Thursday itary purpose. The robot is President Ashraf Ghani en neighbouring India, while the ists like Haqqani networks in Pa- (Pajhwok) he said the government must sup- like a small military tank port inventors for development of equipped with binocular and the country. can cross rough ways. Conference on Speaking at a press conference Seeking the government’s Govt lost millions to tax exemption on NATO fuel imports here he said if the government is support, he said that he had regional unable to support inventors then shared his works and plans cooperation gets KABUL: The government lost ing that some government officials sible for quality control of imports it also allows the import of low it should introduce them to other with different government millions of dollars in revenue to were complicit in the corruption at the two dry ports which earned quality products,” he said. countries for progress. departments but failed to get under way in tax exemption on import of fuel “If the government wants to millions of dollars in daily reve- The Wolesi Jirga summoned “I have designed and made positive response. for foreign troops through the Her- increase its revenue, it should re- nue. finance, commerce and foreign af- Balkh atan dry port, a Wolesi Jirga dele- move corruption from customs On the basis of the contract fairs ministers and the head of fuel Insecurity hampers delivery of MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A two- gation has learnt. departments and dry ports. If all with the foreign firm, the compa- imports at the Ministry of Com- day conference on negotiations The lower house deputy sec- dry ports of the country are in- ny submitted five percent income merce to answer questions from health services in Helmand between Afghanistan and Cen- retary, Erfanullah Erfan, who head- vestigated, the corrupt would be to the Afghanistan National Stan- lawmakers about the tax exemp- tral Asian States kicked off in ed a nine-member delegation to identified,” he said. dards Authority (ANSA), he said. tion on fuel by the private sector. LASHKARGAH: Officials in cy centres, 11 health units and Heratan dry port in Balkh prov- He also mentioned a foreign “In the presence of ANSA, The foreign minister, the dep- southern Helmand province say eight mobile clinics are housed Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of they have enough resources but in rented premises. northern Balkh province, on ince and Aaqnina dry port in Fary- company, Geocam Group, respon- there is no need for the company, uty ministers of finance, com- growing insecurity impedes the The emergency clinics are Thursday. The conference has ab province, told Wednesday’s ses- merce and the director of fuel de- delivery of health services to the situated in Sangin, Musa Kala, been organised by the Minis- sion that they observed 28,000 let- partment attended yesterday ses- people. Greshk, Marja and Garmser try of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) ters that showed private compa- sion. But lawmaker Gulam Hus- Public Health Director Inayat- districts, where war victims are and the Institute for Interna- nies had imported fuel in the name sain Nasiri said the deputy minis- ullah Ghafari told Pajhwok Afghan treated on a priority bases. He tional Studies (IIS), the gover- of supply to foreign troops over ters should leave because they had News during an exclusive interview said the facilities provided nor’s spokesman, Munir Far- the past few years. summoned ministers. his department provided health healthcare to 2 million ill peo- had, told Pajhwok Afghan Due to the tax exemption on “The issue should have been services to 75 percent of residents ple in the province. supplies for foreign troops, the thoroughly discussed by commis- of districts and Lashkargah, the He, however, explained News. He said top diplomats provincial capital. that despite all available re- from the Central Asian States, government suffered millions of sions before its inclusion in the He said 85 health facilities were sources, the health department Pakistan and Turkey would be dollars losses in revenue and the agenda. The time of ministers operational in Lashkargah and dis- was unable to provide facili- participating in the event, evidence in this regard needed to should not be wasted every day,” tricts. Of them 25 percent do not ties to the masses in areas af- aimed at cementing regional be carefully investigated by a pro- another MP, Abdul Qadar Zazai have proper buildings.The remain- fected by war and a presence cooperation. fessional delegation, he said, claim- said. (Pajhwok) ing facilities, including six emergen- of militants. 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. 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