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DOWNLOAD PDF File Quote of the Day Teamwork www.outlookafghanistan.net Teamwork” makes the dream” work, facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan but a vision becomes a nightmare Email: [email protected] when the leader has a big dream and a bad team. Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, John C. Maxwell District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume No. 4453 Saturday August 15, 2020 Asad 25, 1399 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Coronavirus US Mulls Positivity Rate International Conference on Releasing Drug Drops to Afghanistan Kingpin KABUL - An international virtual confer- 15 Percent in ence on “Efforts of Uzbekistan and Paki- Demanded by stan in resolving the situation in Afghan- Afghanistan istan: Prospects for mutually beneficial Taliban KABUL - Coronavirus positivity rate cooperation” has been held. has declined to 15 percent in Afghani- The joint event of the Institute for Stra- stan, the country’s acting public health tegic and Regional Studies under the minister said on Thursday. President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ahmad Javad Osmani said that recov- and the Pakistani Center for Global and ery cases have also increased to 71 per- Strategic Studies (CGSS) was attended cent in the country. by the heads and leading experts of an- He said that there were 9,000 active alytical and research centers of the two cases of coronavirus in Afghanistan. countries, as well as representatives of Referring to a grand assembly or Loya political-forming circles of Pakistan: dip- Jirga that was held in Kabul over the lomats, scientists and specialists in secu- weekend to decide the fate of 400 Tali- rity and foreign policy. ban prisoners, Osmani said that of The central theme of the event was the 5,120 tests that were carried out, 31 (1 role of Uzbekistan and Pakistan in re- percent) ...( More on P4)...(2) solving the Afghan crisis. The partici- pants of the dialogue discussed in detail the issues of economic recovery in Af- Increasing Volume of ghanistan, prospects for the implementa- tion of joint projects contributing to the Mutual Trade B/W development of trans-regional coopera- Pakistan, Afghanistan tion between Central and South Asia. First Deputy Director of the Institute for to be Beneficial for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan projects in transport, economy, energy a strategic document covering such key KABUL - The United States is consid- People: Arbab Akramjon Nematov noted that thanks to and education, supports the neighboring aspects of achieving long-term and sus- ering to release Bashir Noorzai, an Af- ISLAMABAD - Special Assistant to the efforts of the international communi- country in overcoming the humanitarian tainable peace in Afghanistan as respect ghan heroin kingpin, who is impris- Prime Minister Muhammad Shehzad ty, including regional countries, signifi- crisis caused by the pandemic. for the independence, territorial integ- oned since 2005, it has been reported. Arbab has said that increasing volume cant qualitative shifts are taking place in Drawing attention to the significant ef- rity and national unity of Afghanistan, Noorzai was given a life sentence in of mutual trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan in promoting the peace pro- forts being made by Uzbekistan in the ensuring equal rights for all Afghans and 2009 after being convicted of conspir- Afghanistan would be beneficial for cess, direct inter-Afghan talks between issue of resolving the situation in Af- ending violence. ing to import heroin into the US and the people living on both side of the the Afghan government and the Taliban ghanistan, CGSS President, Major Gen- Major General Jaffery emphasized that conspiring to distribute it. border. in Doha are planned in the coming days. eral Khalid Amir Jaffery emphasized that Uzbekistan and Pakistan, being neigh- Noorzai was arrested in April 2005 He said this while chairing the 3rd Akramjon Nematov emphasized that Tashkent Conference, initiated by the bors of Afghanistan, and directly feeling after being identified by US President meeting of the Task force on Paki- Uzbekistan’s involvement in solving the President of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev, the emerging situation in this country, George W. Bush as one of the world’s stan Afghanistan Trade Liberaliza- Afghan problem is not limited to diplo- played an important role in achieving can and should play a significant role in most wanted drug traffickers. tion under the Executive Committee matic efforts. Today, Uzbekistan makes a the current practical results in conduct- the peace process and post-conflict re- Prosecutors had said Noorzai led an of Pakistan Afghanistan Parliamen- significant contribution to improving the ing inter-Afghan negotiations. construction of Afghanistan. international trafficking organization tary Friendship group at the Parlia- socio-economic situation in Afghanistan According to him, Tashkent Declara- He also highlighted the initiatives of the since 1990 that manufactured heroin ment House in Islamabad. (Monitoring through the implementation of specific tion, signed following the conference, is President ...( More on P4)...(1) Desk) in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They said he helped the Taliban come to power and gave explosives and weap- ons in return for protection of his opi- UN Experts Call on UAE to Invest in Afghanistan’s Solar Project, um crops. During a conference call in late June, Afghanistan to Prevent Eyes to Generate 3000 MW Power Mullah Baradar, the Taliban’s head of political office in Qatar, asked the US KABUL - The Afghan Government and United Arab Further Killings of Secretary of State to release Noorzai, Emirates-based PAL 4 Solar Engery LLC signed a according to the office’s spokesman. memorandum of understanding to provide electri- Human Rights Defenders TIME, citing unidentified US and cal energy through solar panels in Afghanistan. GENEVA – Afghanistan must take early decisive ac- western officials, reported on Wednes- “This project will be implemented all over the coun- tion to prevent killings of human rights defenders, day that US Special Representative for try”, said the office of the President on Tuesday. UN human rights experts* said today, calling atten- Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Representatives from both the Emirates private tion to a recent spate of such deaths. Khalilzad has quietly recommended sector and the Afghan government were present at “The killing of one human rights defender is a trag- setting Noorzai free. the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi. edy for society; the death of nine defenders since the Putting Noorzai back in action would If fully implemented, this solar energy project will beginning of this year shows the emergence of a tru- add one more skilled player to the provide Afghanistan with 3000 MW of electrical ly alarming trend,” said Mary Lawlor, Special Rap- global drug trade, with Afghanistan energy, officials said. porteur on the situation of human rights defenders. already the world’s largest producer In 2007 it was outlined in one of the UNDP ‘s reports “Already by August, Afghanistan has far exceeded of heroin, the proceeds of which west- that Afghanistan has the capability of producing 67,000 ern officials say will end up funding last year’s figures.” MW of electricity from wind energy, 220,000 MW elec- “Impunity allows the perpetuation of such crimes the Taliban. tricity from solar energy, 4,000 MW of clean energy “They are trying to go back to busi- and implies a lack of recognition for human rights from biomass and 23,000 MW of electricity from water ness as usual,” says Gretchen Peters, defenders’ role in society,” the experts said, noting resources annually. who studiedthe Afghan drug trade, that investigations in many cases have not yet yield- Afghanistan still imports a significant amount of energy and now runs the private intelligence ed any results. “There needs to be full accountability from the neighboring countries. (KHAAMA PRESS) organization CINTOCthat tracks hid- for such egregious violations of human rights.” den criminal networks. “Haji Bashir Asmatullah Salaam, who worked on promoting the Noorzai was the original financier right to education in the province of Ghazni, was Ghani Forms A ‘Women Council’ In Palace to and protector of the Taliban,” skilled abducted and killed as he made his way to celebrate in exporting heroin and importing Eid with his family on 1 August. His death comes ’Empower’ Women weapons, she said. not long after Fatimah Natasha Khalil and Ahmad A former US defense official, howev- non-governmental organizations. (KHAAMA PRESS) Jawed Folad were killed on their way to work at the KABUL - President Ghani ordered er, said that adding one man back to Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commis- the establishment of a high coun- the drug scene isn’t going to have that sion on 27 June. Human rights defender Ibrahim cil dedicated to women, ARG an- much impact on a country already Ebrat was shot dead in Zabul in May. nounced in a decree signed by the leading in global heroin production. “In January the Government of Afghanistan voiced President on Thursday. “It’s a power play on the Taliban’s support for the idea of creating a national protection The order to form a women high part,” he said. “They’re just trying to mechanism for human rights defenders, but no pro- council with the collaboration of make it as hard as possible to get to gress has been reported and clearly defenders are domestic and international part- the table. still no better protected than they were before,” said ners in a belief to empower them A former senior official the US Drug the experts. “We urge the government to urgently was signed by the president, Pal- Enforcement Administration called put in place, as promised, an effective national pro- ace said in a statement. Noorzai “the single largest heroin tection mechanism.” According to the decree signed trafficker in the world and one of the It is the responsibility of every government to pro- by Ghani, the Ministry of Women founding fathers of the Taliban shura tect human rights defenders against armed groups, Affairs together with the Admin- in Afghanistan.” they added.
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