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Kabul Police Officer Detained for Taking $30,000 Bribe Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:172 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. 2017 -Dalw 02, 1395 HS AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Exploring all ave- nues to restore peace in Afghani- stan, President Ashraf Ghani talked to the godfather of Taliban, Maulana Samiul Haq, by phone and discussed ways that could help the Afghan-lead reconciliation process. Afghan Ambassador to Islam- abad, Hazrat Umar Zakhilwal, called on Samiul Haq, who is the “Donald Trump must make a dra- chief of his own political party matic, strategic and immediate shift Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-S), in in US policy towards Pakistan. Nowshera. The Pakistani cleric is Anything less than that will be a also in charge of Darul Uloom continuation of Afghan misery and Haqqania, a religious school, in Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Umar Zakhilwal and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam rise of extremism”, said Afghani- Akora Khattak area of Nowshera (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq in a meeting.—INP stan’s former President Hamid district. The seminary has gradu- Karzai as he blamed Barack Obama ated scores of top Taliban and just a mentor to the Afghan insur- government and Taliban. for failing to address terror sanc- Haqqani leaders. gents but a “respectable figure for In the meeting with Samiul tuaries in Pakistan which he called The telephonic conversation the entire Afghan nation, which Haq, the Afghan envoy to Paki- the root cause of violence in Af- between President Ashraf Ghani looked up to the latter for restora- stan said the Taliban leaders should ghanistan. and Samiul Haq took place in pres- tion of peace” in Afghanistan. come forward to engage in direct Karzai’s comments come at a ence of the Afghan ambassador to Chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i- talks with the government. Re- time when there is a change of guard Pakistan. In the telephonic conver- Islam emphasized on the need of sponding to Zakhilwal, the cleric in the United States and civilian sation which lasted about half hour, stability and peace in both Afghan- stressed on the need of dialogue casualties in Afghanistan are high- they conferred on different ways istan and Pakistan. He said the between Kabul and Islamabad to est since 2001, when the Ameri- that could help the Afghan-led rec- Afghan government “needed to resolve their differences. Sources can government unleashed its war onciliation process, reported play an active role in achieving the told Dawn that Samiul Haq also against terror. According to Unit- Dawn, a Pakistani newspaper. objective.” expressed “concern over the grow- ed Nations Assistance Mission in According to Dawn, President Samiul Haq further said that ing influence of India” in Afghani- Afghanistan the number of civil- Ghani described Samiul Haq not Afghan government and people stan. This was Zakhilwal’s second ian casualties in 2015 was over should ask the US-backed foreign visit to Darul Uloom Haqqania to 11,000, the highest since 2009. forces in Afghanistan to leave the meet Samiul Haq and seek his sup- Approximately 8,400 casualties country. The Pakistani cleric for port in convincing the insurgent were reported till September, 2016 Hizb-e-Islami slams Taliban as an ignorant, fanatic group long has supported the Taliban and group to renounce violence and and the annual figure is expected Attacks on the civilian popu- un-Islamic act. Hizb-e-Islami was course, when Mr. Hekmatyar and ment and Hizb-e-Islami signed a stressed on withdrawal of coali- become part of the Afghan recon- to cross the 2015 number. lation have no justification and are the first party which denounced his companions enter Kabul, they peace deal a few months ago in a tion forces from Afghanistan. In ciliation process. The Former President has al- against Islamic principles, said the Taliban as a fanatic and associ- will abide by the laws of Afghani- bid to end the group’s long insur- the conversation with President ways been extremely critical of Amin Karim, a top aide to Gul- ated and ignorant party,” said Ka- stan just like other citizens of Af- gency in the country. Ghani, he said the withdrawal of Obama’s approach to the war in buddin Hekmatyar, the leader of rim. ghanistan.” The two parties agreed to take foreign troops would help to pro- Centralized Afghanistan. He said, “What was Hizb-e-Islami party on Thursday. Hekmatyar’s aide went on to Referring to the recent peace a number of steps that could help tect sacrifices of Afghan people conducted in the name of war on In response to a question re- say that the continuation of UN accord signed between Hizb-e-Isl- Hizb-e-Islami conduct its politi- from going to waste. However, the political system terror was hurting Afghan people. garding the lifting of UN sanctions sanctions against Hizb-e-Islami’s ami and the government, Karim cal activities within the framework report did not elaborate that wheth- There was total failure in address- against Hekmatyar, Amin said that leader was not the reason for Hek- criticized government’s efforts for of the Afghan laws and constitu- er he was referring to civilian cau- not viable: ing the roots of it beyond Afghan- the group’s leader would soon ar- matyar’s delay in returning to Kab- beefing up the implementation tion and lay down its arms. salities inflicted by the militants istan where sanctuaries, training rive in Kabul whether the UN re- ul. process of the peace accord. Government and Hizb-e-Isla- or causalities suffered by the Tali- Qanooni grounds and motivational factors moves sanctions against him or “The Hizb-e-Islami leader and “Good incentives and good mi also pledged to take a number ban or both. were located” and that “the sup- not. Hizb-e-Islami party are resolute works have been done with them, of solid steps in line with the peace The godfather of the Taliban port for US war in Afghanistan was He called the Taliban a fanatic about the coming of its leader in but it is hoped that the accord is accord so that Gulbuddin and his said that the coalition forces in the at its lowest today”. and ignorant group and condemned Kabul and no issue will change the implemented appropriately,” said party can re-initiate their political country do not want to see Af- Karzai said for Trump to be attacks on civilian targets. decision,” he said. HPC member Mohammad Ismail activities in the country, but in ac- ghanistan and Pakistan stable. Sa- successful he must take a hard “Hizb-e-Islami views bomb- I response to this, CEO Ab- Qasimyar. cordance to the laws and the Af- miul Haq also suggested the mea- stand against Pakistan and break ings in public places such as dullah Abdullah's spokesman After months of backdoor ghan constitution. sures that could help in reducing See P2 mosques, hospitals, offices as an Mujiburrahman Rahimi said: "Of peace talks, the Afghan govern- (Tolonews) trust deficit between the Afghan WOLESI JIRGA, Regional, ISI interference is Afghan among 3 Former vice president Mohammad Gitmo inmates Kabul police officer DISTRICT Younus Qanooni on Thursday said obstructing peace talks: HPC that the current centralized politi- transferred to UAE COUNCIL cal system was not meeting the The Afghan High Peace Council stan’s Aziz called upon the Afghan needs of the country as power has (HPC) Thursday said interference political leadership to avoid mak- KABUL: On the eve of President detained for taking ELECTIONS NEXT been monopolized within the pres- by regional countries and Pakistani ing illogical excuses and to stop Barack Obama’s departure from idential palace. military intelligence service (ISI) blaming Pakistan for peace talks the White House, the Pentagon on YEAR With the current system, pow- are hindering the Afghan peace pro- failure and instead come up with a Thursday delivered four er has been centralized to the pres- cess. more clear and comprehensive pol- Guantánamo prisoners, including $30,000 bribe KABUL: The Chief Executive idential palace and it has increased Pakistan’s intervention is the icy about the peace process. an Afghan citizen, to the Persian Officer (CEO) office on Thursday Afghanistan’s political, military Gulf. KABUL: A police officer in the capital Kabul has been caught red- root cause of the ongoing war in There is an ambiguity within handed while receiving $30,000 in bribe, a knowledgeable security source stressed the need for fundamental and social issues, said Qanooni Afghanistan, the HPC said. the Kabul policy on whether to Afghan national Wali Mu- reforms in the electoral system and while addressing a gathering in hammed was sent to the United revealed on Friday. “We are extremely concerned treat the Taliban as terrorists or as Mohammad Hussain, the 13th district police chief, was arrested said the government was commit- Kabul. Arab Emirates along with Ravil He suggested the current po- about Pakistan’s involvement, Pa- a political power, said Aziz. Mingazov of Russia and Yassin Thursday evening by an Interior Ministry team, a security official con- ted to holding elections to Wolesi kistan must convince them (Tali- The HPC also criticized what fided to Pajhwok Afghan News. Jirga and district councils next year. litical system be changed into a Ismail Qasim of Yemen. Saudi Ara- mixed-system where a prime min- ban) to talk to us, I can say to you it called the “zero outcome” of the bian Jabran al Qahtani was repa- He said the accused initially tried to flee, but the raiding party Mujib Rahman Rahimi, CEO that there is something going on ongoing war against terrorism.
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