Chaman Border Crossing Reopens After 2 Weeks of Closure Intelligence Agents Rescue Child from Kidnappers
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SEPTEMBER 02. 2016 -Sunbula 12, 1395 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime Chaman border crossing reopens after 2 weeks of closure PESHAWAR: Islamabad reopened At a meeting on Wednesday, At Tuesday’s meeting, the Spin Boldak-Chaman Friend- when the neighbours agreed on re- Dawn TV reported,Afghan ship Gate, a key border crossing opening the border, Afghan offi- officials delivered to their Pa- KABUL : President Ashraf issue that was also discussed in ers of the president and the CEO between Pakistan and Afghanistan cials strongly denounced the burn- kistani counterparts a letter, Ghani and Chief Executive detail at the previous meetings. and improving the government’s that was closed two weeks back, ing of the Pakistani flag and the in which the Ashraf Ghani Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Ghani and Abdullah discussed performance. NDS claims on Thursday. attack on the Friendship Gate. administration condemned the Abdullah met for a fourth time appointments based on the politi- On August 11, Dr. Abdullah The border crossing was Amid enhanced security on Aug 18 incident. The closure on the implementation of the cal agreement, consultations on criticised Ghani’s leadership and closed after Afghan demonstrators both sides, cross-border trade ac- drew howls of protest from political agreement on the na- vital issues, service-oriented pub- said he was obliged to make public nabbing torched Pakistan’s flag and at- tivities restarted on Thursday, Afghan businessmen, besides tional unity government. lic representation, meritocracyand his differences with the tacked the gate. During the two- with thousands of stranded trucks affecting supplies to NATO A statement from Abdul- genuine electoral reforms. president.He alleged key pledges week closure, traders on both sides and containers resuming move- forces and UNHCR-assisted lah’s office said Thursday the Both agreed on the enforce- like convening a Loya Jirga, amend- would-be suffered heavy losses. ment, TV footage showed. repatriation of refugees. top government leaders held ment of the accord on forming the ing the Constitution and introduc- talks on Wednesday evening unity government, cooperation on ing electoral reforms had not been on breaking the deadlock, an national affairs, defining the pow- honoured so far. (Pajhwok) suicide bombers in Nangarhar KABUL: Two would-be suicide bombers have been detained in Jala- labad, the capital of southeastern Nangarhar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Thursday. The teenage detainees -- Sha- kirullah and Sajjad -- hail from the Kandal Atal locality of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. They studied at the Haider Khurd Madrassa, the spy service said. A statement from the intelli- gence network said the bombers planned attacks on sensitive instal- lations on the outskirts of Jalala- bad. Arrested in the border town of Torkham, the boys are under investigation. US CALLS HAQQANI NETWORKA Intelligence agents rescue child The detainees, who reported- ly confessed to their crime, were THREATTO SOUTHASIAN REGION quoted as saying that Qari Bilal, a KABUL: The Haqqani network stan in New York next month Carter were divided on Paki- from kidnappers seminary teacher, had trained them and other terrorist groups in Paki- would be a way forward for decid- stan’s role in the US-led cam- HERAT CITY: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday claimed rescuing a child from on suicide bombing. The arrests stan and along the Afghanistan ing Afghanistan’s future, State paign against the scourge of kidnappers in the Injil district of western Herat province. A statement from the intelligence network said reinforce Afghanistan’s claim that border pose a continued security Department spokesman John Kir- terrorism . Earlier in the week, NDS operatives had detained three men in connection with the kidnapping of the child, named Fahim. terrorist networks enjoy support threat to the entire South Asian by told a news briefing on Tues- Secretary Kerry said Pakistan The minor was abducted two days ago in the Tobaryan village of the Injil district, the spy service and sanctuaries in Pakistan. region and beyond, the US alleges. day. He tended to reject the sug- had taken strong action said, adding the captive was rescued on Wednesday night. According to the NDS statement, which did A trilateral dialogue of the gestion that Secretary of State John against the Haqqani networ- (Pajhwok) not name the suspects, the detainees are currently being investigated. (Pajhwok) United States, India and Afghani- Kerry and Defence Secretary Ash kin recent months. (Pajhwok) FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] byMarwan Bishara Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 117 The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end of their term. Editorial Four months into the job, and John ny, while Kerry has a playful mats is that there are no perma- yourself the right to bomb where Kerry had already met Sergey sense of humour. Both share an nent friends and no permanent en- you please: Afghanistan, Iraq, Ye- Lavrov five times - in Berlin, Lon- appreciation for the good life, good emies. men, and Somalia to name only a don, Brussels, Moscow and Kiru- drinks and designer clothes - good JK: What aggravation? You few. Not to mention your world- na, Sweden - the most meetings old imperialist emissaries of the bring it upon yourselves. wide drone strategy of bombings Kerry has had with any foreign Russian and American mould. SL: We do?! There's something anything or anywhere we like! diplomat. Reportedly, both could be nice psychopathic about your policies. JK: We are in the midst of a One long high-level meeting af- and courteous, but neither is mod- You just don't care how they end war on terror! You do remember 9/ ter another, their formal relation- est. Kerry was known among some up affecting everyone else. We, all 11, don't you? During their election campaigns, the two leaders promised to re- ship gave way to intimate rapport of his colleagues as unrelenting, but of us in this world, need order, not SL: We're in the same boat. In as the two men took long strolls, also as a "gasbag". And Lavrov was chaos. At last we have a pseudo fact, we could be more exposed to form the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Indepen- rode along in the same sleek mo- called formidable but also an world order, an international order terrorism than you are. dent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) after broad-based torcade, enjoyed face-to-face chats "a*****e" in Washington, where based on an interstate system. We JK: So let's agree on the right without their aides. I guess, they they apparently "love to hate him". respect that, you don't. You con- path to stabilise the situation in consensus. The leaders had plans when they were contesting the needed or wanted to keep some Bonding buddies tinue to undermine it. Syria, in order to focus on ISIL. things off the record or top secret. After finishing one of their long JK: Look, unlike you, I've SL: Sure, but soon enough polls. However, it has been nearly two years that they have not Even their body language be- working dinners that went on till fought in a war and have three stars you'll be back on your 23-metre gan to change, reflecting a new midnight discussing Syria and oth- to show for it. I witnessed people yacht and your mansions and materialized their plans. They have not reached consensus on the type of amiable bonding. er stuff, Kerry and Lavrov, for getting massacred and even took penthouses, and I'll be here stuck timeline, scope and nature of reforms in the two electoral bodies. But if it's true what they say whatever reason, toasted the Amer- part in it. I looked people in the with more talking about more of about "opposites attract", the rap- ican B-50 bomber that made the face and shot them. I know all about the same. The result is delayed Wolesi Jirga and district councils election. It port between Kerry and Lavrov world's first nonstop flight around the terrible cost of war and blood- JK: That's all the more reason has certainly evolved into an eerie the world in 1949 with a wine of shed, and that's why I am trying why we should make something has created several legal issues. Legitimacy of the Wolesi Jirga is - perhaps even fatal - attraction. that year's vintage. A 65-year-old hard here to get us to agree on a out of our time - get things done. Bromantics wine! That's just as good of a rea- diplomatic path in Syria and You have a partner. under question because it has completed its term mentioned in the When one speaks of bromance son as any to commemorate any- Ukraine. SL: True, let's focus our ener- Constitution.