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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:176 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . JANUARY 24. 2016 -Dalwa 04, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 Karzai’s govt was better than NUG: Ahadi AT Monitoring Desk Kabul: Hamid Karzai had better governance than the leaders of the National Unity Government led to civil war and destruction of (NUG) despite facing challenges, Kabul. They also claim that Paki- a former minister and prominent Analysts stress on improved AfPak ties stan tried its best to facilitate talks politician has alleged. “Karzai’s and bring about unity amongst the administration faced problems Afghans. We have heard all of that likes corruption and inefficiency. narrative. But the reality, support- But in general, the situation was ed by massive amount of research better than it is today,” said An- and evidence, is that Pakistan nev- warul Haq Ahadi, who served as er stopped supporting Hekmatyar finance and then commerce min- and later on Taliban for the sole ister under Karzai. Ahadi who purpose of dominating Kabul’s was supporting President Ashraf foreign policy and security pos- Ghani in the 2014 presidential elec- ture,” the ex-NDS chief said. tions, seems to be disappointed Stressing on the need of improved by new administration. He recent- bilateral ties, Saleh said that the ly formed a political party, chal- two nations should listen to each lenging the government as politi- other for greater good. Head of cal opposition. “We had a grow- the AISS, Dawood Muradian, said ing economy and the graph of un- that purpose of the dialogue was employment was lower. The gov- to provide a “clear picture” to peo- ernance was also in a good condi- ple of Pakistan about position of tion,” Ahadi said told Pajhwok Afghan government on the Taliban. news agency. He calls the govern- “We want to analyze the elements ment unsuccessful, saying that of dispute between governments security, economy and governance of Pakistan and Afghanistan, so we are in the worst condition ever. can resolve these disputes,” he “Changing the government is the said, adding that Pakistani civilians only solution, not repairing it,” and military establishment had dif- he believes. Ahadi accused Presi- ferent viewpoints on the Taliban. dent Ghani of being disloyal to those who helped him during the He said that the bilateral dialogue election, saying that “Ghani ex- would encourage the people of cluded them (including himself) Pakistan to pressurize their mili- by the pretext that he wanted to tary to stop supporting insurgen- AT News Report give chance to the new face”. “But power in 1990s. Addressing the and explore all possible avenues stitutional ways. Last summer, values between people of Pakistan cy in Afghanistan. The former he was not honest in this either as KABUL: Former Chief of the Na- fourth round of the Afghanistan- to resolve the disputes between the scores of mourning ceremonies for and Afghanistan, but there is a Chief of Pakistan’s Naval Staff, he brought a number of the former tional Directorate of Security Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue held in two neighboring countries. The deceased Taliban leader Mullah very sharp axe constantly cutting Fasih Bokhari, said that the joint ministers to his cabinet.” Head of (NDS) said on Saturday that Is- Kabul, Amrullah Saleh said that for session was attended by scores of Omar were organized in almost us apart. That axe is the military, dialogue was a significant step to the National Front for New Af- lamabad has not given up pursu- Afghans the jihad ended in 1992, Afghan and Pakistani officials and every city of Pakistan, under the intelligence and security mindset improve relations between the two ghanistan claimed in his interview ing the strategy of dominating the but for Pakistan the anti-Afghans analysts. Saleh said that it has very nose of establishment. Semi- and establishment in Pakistan. neighboring countries. He said that that the situation was worsening. Afghan foreign policy which led and anti-Kabul jihad still contin- been 24 years but the mainstream naries are collecting donations to They are setting the agenda.” “Af- Taliban insurgents were still “Each government receives both to civil war and unprecedented ues. The dialogue was organized literature of Pakistan’s policy on support militants in Afghanistan, ghans are branded as enemies of present in some parts of Afghani- positive and negative heritages destruction in Afghanistan, refer- by the Afghan Institute for Strate- Afghanistan is jihad, militancy, in- the ex-NDS chief pointed out. The Pakistan, though we are not. Paki- stan, threatening the two countries. from its predecessor that has to ring the factional fightings follow- gic Studies (AISS). It was aimed clusion of anti-Afghan state groups former spy chief said: “There are stan claims that it was division The fifth round of the dialogue is fix it,” he said. ing the Mujahideen’s takeover of to discuss the existing challenges into the system through extra-con- so many commonalities and shared within the Afghan Mujahedeen that expected to be held in Islamabad. BAGHLAN RESIDENTS The Execution of the National Employment Generation FORCED INTO Program for Peace through MRRD/ NSP DIGGING TRENCHES FOR The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) had considerable achievements in rural development across Afghanistan in past few years. Without doubt, this ministry has been able to make TALIBAN NEW DELHI: The great-grand- Pakistani Pashtuns against the people of Afghani- daughter of Khan Abdul Ghaffar stan. “It’s unbelievable that any Afghan would at- great strides in rehabilitation and revitalization of Afghan rural communities. With the help of various PUL-I-KHUMRI: Some residents Khan, after whom the Bacha Khan tack a university that is named after Khan Abdul development programs within its framework, the MRRD has so far been able to successfully execute of northern Baghlan province on University is named, has accused Ghaffar Khan. So the popular notion that Tehrik-e- Saturday accused the Taliban of Pakistan of being behind the attack Taliban is responsible for the attack on the Bacha public utility projects for the sake of villagers in Afghanistan. forcing them to dig trenches for the on the institution, dismissing claims Khan University is a cooked up story,” Yasmin The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is one of the foremost programs among them that has fighters. Over the past 10 days, that the Taliban was responsible for told Hindustan Times. “I firmly believe none — the militants have been digging the assault. Yasmin Nigar Khan, not even any terrorist organization from Afghani- been able to implement thousands of development projects as wells as enhancing the villagers’ capacity trenches and browbeating localsto who heads the All India Pakhtoon stan — can do any harm to any institutions associ- in terms of developing their communities that indeed brought positive changes to the people’s lifestyles. help them, a resident of the Dar- Jirga-e-Hind, argued the man known ated with Bacha Khan.” Yasmin said she believes One of the main objectives of the NSP is to leave positive and productive impacts on livelihoods and qad village of Dand-i-Ghori district as the Frontier Gandhi is held in the Taliban were also not responsible for an attack told Pajhwok Afghan News on con- such high esteem in Afghanistan on an army-run school in Peshawar in 2014 that left rural living standards. This National flagship proramme could manage to lead villagers towards develop- dition of anonymity. “The insur- gents bring together people and that even terrorists from that coun- nearly 150 people dead. “The Pakistani govern- ment, self-sufficiency, stability and peace with great ambition. The programme has created a sense of try would not attack anything ment and terrorist outfits supported by Pakistan force them to dig trenches. They cooperation and empathy amongst people as well as encouraging them to conform with the demands of takes dozens of youth for work named after him. She accused the are responsible for both the attacks. They have a daily,” he alleged, saying the resi- Pakistan government and terror dual mission: first to vitiate the minds f the Pakh- the modern world so as to have a peaceful and advanced life. dents had no option but to com- groups backed by Islamabad for toons from the North West Frontier Province [Khy- The other objective of the NSP is to alleviate poverty and improve the economy of villagers including ply with rebel orders. Meanwhile, Wednesday’s attack on the univer- ber Pakhtunkhwa] of Pakistan against the Afghans the deputy police chief, Col. Ab- sity that killed 21 people, saying it because Afghanistan is supporting the cause of an men, women, children and the elderly living in rural areas of Afghanistan. Having successfully achieved dul Rashid Bashir,verified the dig- was done to “vitiate the minds” of independent Pakhtoonistan,” she said...P2 this goal uninterruptedly in all 34 provinces, the NSP activities continue expanding broadly across the ging of trenches by the Taliban, saying such a step would not bust Ghani, Carter country on a daily basis. As such, the people of Afghanistan seem to be fully content with this program the moral of the security person- and show strong support for it. Considering the same reality, H.E Muhammad Ashraf Ghani the president nel. “Plans for a clearing operation discuss in the area have been drawn up. of Afghanistan and the founder of the NSP highly trusts both the MRRD and the NSP and attaches great The security forces will destroy Afghanistan significance to their accomplishments.