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(1) World Faces... saying insurgents get about 60 percent activities in our country,” he said. simply unacceptable, he observed, Ahmad Sharif, who owns a grocery expressed concerned over the incident of their funding from the drug trade. Saikal quoted leading Pakistani offi- saying UNAMA stood ready to move store in Taimani neighborhood, said, and directed security organs to inves- “Without collective and coordinat- “The corruption supports the insur- cials as acknowledging their support the process forward and to help gen- 49kg of Kazakhstani flour was sold for tigate the incident seriously. ed global efforts, people will simply gents. We have evidence of that.” to terrorist groups. General Pervez erate momentum for peace. 1,300afs, 49kg sack of Pakistani sugar Earlier, Daesh militants had beheaded starve to death. Many more will suffer Sopko said President Ashraf Ghani Musharraf proudly commented in Pursuing an inclusive peace process for 2,800afs. and even exploded civilians in Nan- and die from disease. Children stunt- warned, years before he became the a 2015 interview that “Pakistan’s In- and economic growth against the He sold 16-litre tin of Khurshid ghee garhar in the past. The group has not ed and out of school. Livelihoods, fu- country’s leader, that had ter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had giv- backdrop of an intensifying insurgen- for 1,250afs, 24.5kg sack of Pakistani commented about the incident yet. tures and hope will be lost.” the potential to become a narco-terror- en birth to the Taliban to counter Indi- cy is a major challenge to the Afghan rice for 1,800afs, a kilo of Madina green (Pajhwok) He called war-wracked Yemen “the ist state. an action against Pakistan”. government, says the top UN diplo- tea for 280afs and the same quantity of (19) Helmand Refugee... largest humanitarian crisis in the “And it’s trending that way because Last year, the envoy recalled, Prime mat in the country. African black tea for 300afs -- higher world,” with two thirds of the popula- no one is seriously addressing the Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs “Fortunately, the ground is being pre- than wholesale prices. on Friday evening, police chief for tion, or 18.8 million people -- three mil- narcotics problem,” Sopko said. “We Sartaj Aziz went on record to say that pared to make Afghanistan a success. The price of Russian gold also de- Bolan area, Maj. Haji Wasi, told Pajh- lion more than in January -- in need of hope the Afghan people and the new Taliban leaders resided in Pakistan Internationally, Warsaw and Brussels creased. Mohammad Fawad, a jew- wok Afghan News. assistance and more than seven mil- American administration will be more and that they had influence over them. set the stage for steady progress,” the eller in Timor Shahi area, said the A source at the Emergency-run hospi- lion with no regular access to food. aggressive.” (VoA) A couple of weeks ago, Ashraf Je- UNAMA head told the powerful UN price of one gram of Arabian gold cost tal in Lashkargah aid Shah succumbed The conflict in Yemen has left more (4) Ground Conditio.... hangir Qazi, former ambassador of body. 2,300afs. But he said the price of one to his wounds at the hospital. than 7,400 people dead and 40,000 Pakistan to the US, Russia, China, and On the domestic front, he said, the gram of Russian gold decreased from Haji Wasi said security forces con- wounded since an Arab-state coalition and not just focus on the timeline. India wrote in the Herald Magazine: government had introduced pro- 1,850afs to 1,800afs due to its low de- trolled the Bolan area which was intervened on the government’s side Commanders were frustrated by the “After the Soviet defeat and with- grammes to improve social services mand. located near the frontline where an against rebels in March 2015, accord- timeline-approach...” drawal, we (wittingly or unwittingly) and promote growth and develop- According to moneychangers’ union operation was under way. Zmaryal ing to UN figures. (AFP) Curtis added the US public opinion unleashed a ruinous civil war and im- ment. He called for delivering con- in Sara-i-Shahzada, one US dollar was confirmed his father’s death. (Pajh- (2) Parliament to ... was different than it was six-seven posed a barbaric and medieval Talib- crete outcomes to improve Afghan accounted for 68.30afs and 1,000 Pa- wok) years ago. However, several top lead- an upon the hapless Afghan people.” lives. the incompetent security officials that kistani rupees for 630afs against last (20) ‘Illegal Armed... ers of the administration including the Saikal said Qazi’s words were but a He highlighted three areas where the security situation cannot be worse week’s 67.70afs and 625afs. defense secretary and the national se- confirmation of the truth that Pakistan Ashraf Ghani administration -- half- i-Sharif, the capital of prov- than it is in Kabul now. How did the Haji Khan Mohammad, deputy head curity advisor understand the impor- talked one policy, but walked the oth- way through its constitutional term ince, said the number of illegal armed terrorists enter the hospital? If some- of moneychangers’ union, said the tance of investment in the region. er. Husain Haqqani, another former -- had initiated visible steps forward: afghani’s value decreased after Da Af- groups had increased five times. one had not helped them from inside, Former special representative Daniel ambassador, categorised in a article Anti-corruption, the electoral process ghanistan Bank (DAB) invalidated old He said members of uprising groups they would not have been able to en- Feldman agreed with Curtis. “Once the links between state apparatus and and women’s economic empower- banknotes in late August. and Taliban militants who had joined ter,” said Nazifa Zaki, MP. our troop levels went down, the the Taliban. ment. The DAB had announced exchanging the peace process but still toted guns A number of MPs believe that parlia- casualty rate came down, and as such In the context of peace talks, Haqqani A range of institutional reforms, old banknotes until the end of Assad were also among the illegal armed ment should put pressure on security there is not much public opinion on it wrote: “The Taliban and their Paki- such as efforts to restore integrity to month of next solar year or late Au- men. departments to do their jobs properly. in the US.” stani mentors have hardly changed the management of public services, gust. (Pajhwok) Manan said the Afghan Local Police “Terrorists carried out a cruel attack Shamila Chaudhry of the John Hop- their arguments or their tendency to had been introduced, he noted. “We (ALP) also acted like illegal armed on the hospital. Security officials, will kins School of Advanced International fudge facts”. need, however, to acknowledge that (13) Bamyan ... men instead of ensuring security. you be unresponsive until they take Studies noted: “Luckily for Pakistan, Saikal said the quotes and admissions much remains to be done, including Local officials say the 012 Police Unit Citing an example, he said once there Arg (presidential palace)?” MP Abdul they seem to be good Muslims… But were not “rhetoric from Kabul” or addressing corruption in security in- has the responsibility of security of all were only 50 illegal armed men in Aq- Rahim Ayubi said. things could change.” Pakistan’s rela- “blame game” as often claimed by a stitutions.” historical sites in Bamiyan. cha district of Jawzjan province, but “Security departments meet with tionship with the Saudis could have known member state. It was Pakistan Yamamoto believed political leader- “The number of the police is not suffi- now their strength had reached 2,000 representative of Taliban and Daesh, something to do. talking, he observed. ship and strong determination was cient for this purpose. They are 20 po- in the name of uprising against the while daily hundreds and thousands But she argued that in reality generals The ambassador said while terrorist needed to deal with the problem. lice members who have the responsi- Taliban. of people get killed here,” MP Aman- would be taking most of the policy de- attacks in Pakistan were strongly de- UNAMA will launch its first anti-cor- bility of keeping all the historical sites “We believe illegal armed gangs have ullah Paiman said. cisions. “There would be a militaristic plored by Afghanistan, the world was ruption report, titled “Afghanistan’s in Bamiyan. They cannot take care been providing weapons to the insur- Parliament members blasted security approach to the relationship,” she be- surely witnessing blowback effects of Other Battlefield: The Fight against of all the sites,” said Mohammad Isa gents,” he said. (Pajhwok) officials for their failure in doing their lieved, saying the old strategy of carrot using violent proxies as instruments Corruption”. Azizi, Cultural and Tourism Manager jobs while election of parliament ad- (21) Khost Airport ... and stick might come out. of foreign policy. He referred to the government’s com- of the Directorate of Information and ministrative board is still not finished from the dead assailant. Investigations She was of the view that Pakistan “In other words, the chickens are com- mitment to holding fair, inclusive and Culture in Bamiyan. (Tolonews) and parliament secretariat has not into the incident are underway, he was not on the top of the agenda of ing home to roost! We have reminded transparent parliamentary elections. been fully elected yet. (Tolonews) (14) Taliban Training .... added. the American leadership under the our Pakistani counterparts on many The commissioners of the Independ- motorcades of Mullah Nangialai and The military airport serves as a base (3) SIGAR Warns ... Trump administration. occasions that “you reap what you ent Election Commission and the Elec- Jack Gill of the National Defense Uni- toral Complaints Commission have Mullah Niazai of a splinter Taliban for the special forces. No group has so vacuum created when the U.S. in- sow”. We say once again, it is time to versity said the governance issue in already been appointed. (Pajhwok) group led by Mullah Rassoul. far commented on the incident. (Pa- vaded Afghanistan to oust the terror- change that failed policy for your own Afghanistan should not be lost sight The group developed differences with jhwok) ists responsible for plotting the 9/11 sake, desist from using radical terror- (10) : 5 ... of. the Taliban leadership after the death attacks, Washington and aid agen- ists as a foreign policy accessory, and (22) Work on .... Feldman asserted diplomacy had to of Ajristan district, Rahmatullah, said: of Taliban’s founder and long time su- cies pumped money into the pover- genuinely join the international fight premo Mullah Mohammad Omar. can make them self-sufficient.” be on an equal footing with the mili- “We don’t know if we have an ad- ty-wracked nation to help install a against all forms and shades of terror- ministrative chief. If there is any legal The two Taliban commanders have He welcomed the initiation of estab- tary. “There has to be an empowered new government and start a devel- ism,” Saikal said. work, our people go to Ghazni City to been active and fighting against secu- lishing 500 new orchards in Jawazjan, State Department presence here,” he opment plan to overcome the poverty By bleeding Afghanistan, he alleged, resolve it.” rity forces in , accord- but complained farmers in Jawzjan said. that breeds extremism. Pakistan was not only trying to create Rashidan and Zankhan districts are ing to Ismail Khan, a former water and faced irrigation water shortage. He “Diplomacy plays a critical role in this While there were successes, the strat- a stalemate on the battlefield but was in a similar situation. Residents of the energy minister. said if the irrigation water shortage egy also fed corruption in a country region. We would be surely mistaken also hindering the political track. districts want the authorities to ad- However, the Shindand district chief was resolved, it would help thrive where it already was endemic. (thinking) that military would drive In order gain legitimacy for groups dress the issue on a priority basis. rejected Khan’s claim that the govern- gardening in the province. (Pajhwok) “The U.S. did contribute to the prob- the process. It would be absolutely such as the Taliban, Pakistani deci- Governor Abdul Karim Matin con- ment was supporting the two Taliban lem, unintentionally,” Sopko said. incorrect,” Curtis said, adding Russia sion-makers continued to use plausi- firmed administrative heads for the leaders as baseless. He said Mullah (23)UNSC Hopes... “The U.S. and its allies probably gave was trying to assert its role in Afghan- ble deniability and shifting blame, as five districts could not discharge their Nangialai and Mullah Niazai were the country’s six-year war. “They fur- too much money too fast to too small a istan. part of their defensive tactics while duties due to insecurity. “They are enemies of security forces. ther welcomed the announcement by country, such as Afghanistan, with too “They (Russians) are trying to take ad- manipulating geo-political fault lines civilians and cannot go to work. And Hikmat said the Shidand district had Special Envoy de Mistura of a clear little oversight. vantage of our presidential transition. to their advantage, he said. we also don’t force them to do so.” been divided into five administrative agenda for future negotiations” as “When that happens, corrupt Af- I don’t think they would be successful. “They forget that legitimacy in my Matin said the issue had been shared units, including Zirkoh, Qasaba, Posht indicated by Security Council Reso- ghans, corrupt Americans and corrupt They do not have a lot of leverage in country flows through the people and with the Independent Directorate of Koh, Zawal and Kohzawar. lution 2254, focusing on governance; contractors will steal money and then the region. They don’t have a lot of a constitutional order, not through Local Governance (IDLG) and the Meanwhile, Jilani Farhad, the Herat constitutional issues; elections; and bribe officials. The blame is two-sid- support among the public,” Curtis acts of terror, intimidation, and forced problem would be resolved soon. governor’s spokesman, said about 20 counter terrorism, security and con- ed; it takes two to tango. The United concluded. (Pajhwok) imposition of extremist thinking and Pajhwok couldn’t obtain comments to 30 percent area of the province was fidence building measures, the state- States could have done a better job in (5) Islamabad ... radical behavior by misinterpreting from IDLG officials despite efforts. under Taliban’s control. (Pajhwok) ment said. (Xinhua) overseeing the billions of dollars that and misusing our sacred religion,” On the other hand, chief, (15) 32 Taliban... (24)Syria Urges... were sent to Afghanistan,” he said. it had been forced to close its borders Saikal concluded. (Pajhwok) Abdullah Khairkhwa, said he was not SIGAR was created in 2010. Sopko, a temporarily, it had reopened them on (7) Study Uncovers ... permitted to go to the district centre killed in the airstrikes and their weap- allied rebel groups were closing in on former Justice Department prosecutor purely humanitarian grounds. due to insecurity. Abdullah said he ons and vehicles were destroyed. Manbij to dislodge the MMC from the who fought organized crime at home, “Singling out Pakistan and pinning corruption in the ministry’s affairs. lived in Ghazni City and resolved council member Haji city. was brought aboard two years later. the blame on it for everything that Zabihullah Sarwari, MoMP spokes- people’s problems from there. Kula Khan said hundreds of fami- Ankara has recently said it has no He discovered that while some mon- goes wrong in Afghanistan is neither man, said about 100 projects had been “We face threats traveling to the dis- lies along the Nad Ali-Lashkargah problem with the Syrian army tak- ey was lost to sheer waste, corruption fair nor accurate,” he said, underlining referred to the National Procurement tricts from the provincial capital. But highway had been displaced due the ing over Manbij as long as the Kurd- ate up a large chunk of what was left. his country’s sincere engagement in Commission after being processed. recently we were promised to be air- clashes between security forces and ish-supported groups are not in- And not all of it went to line Afghan the work of the Quadrilateral Coordi- He said the projects would be put out lifted soon to the district,” he added. insurgents. volved. (Xinhua) officials’ pockets. nation Group. to bid their approval by the procure- Pajhwok tried to seek comments from Meanwhile, Taliban’s spokesperson (25)Tusk Urges ... “We’ve arrested over 100 contractors, Pakistan also remained open to the ment commission. other district heads, but failed to estab- Qari Yousuf Ahmadi tweeted that 17 U.S. government employees, U.S. mil- repatriation of refugees, and deserved About companies owing money to the lish contacts with them. security personnel were killed and of continental Europe’s biggest econo- itary employees, and they are serving praise for having hosted more than government, Sarwari said letters had Ghazni is a southern province, having wounded in Bolan area of Lashkargah mies who back the idea of differentiat- time,” Sopko said. “We’ve recovered three million Afghans for some 40 been sent to these firms, asking them 18 districts. In addition to the five dis- and Nad Ali district on Friday. ed integration for EU member states. about $1 billion in fines and restitu- years, the envoy added. to pay land lease and taxes. Some of tricts, residents of Jaghori, Malistan, The Taliban are in control of 13 dis- (Xinhua) tion.” He continued Pakistan remained the companies had cleared their debt Nahwar, Jaghatu, Khwaja Omari, tricts of Helmand, making the prov- (26)Putin, Erdogan.... SIGAR also is working with the Af- committed to regional efforts to com- and the remaining were obliged to do Gilan, Qarabagh, Maqur, Aab Band ince the most insecure. (Pajhwok) leaders also discussed bilateral affairs ghan government to turn around a bat terrorism and drug trafficking. He so. (Pajhwok) and Deh Yak districts also complain of (16) 4 Feared Dead, ... including cooperation in trade, en- long tradition of corruption in its min- hoped other partners would share its similar problems. (8) US Lawmaker... with nine passengers onboard was en ergy, investment and infrastructure. istries. zeal on the issues. They say districts chiefs stay absent route to the centre of Nusay district on (Xinhua) “Many of the generals have paid to During the open debate, several “Pakistan has become a quasi-adver- from their offices most of the time. Friday when it fell to the Amu River. get their jobs, many of the police have speakers expressed deep concern sary, receiving hundreds of billions (Pajhwok) (27)EU Summit ... He said five passengers injured in the paid to do their jobs,” Sopko said. over heightened tensions between Af- through the years in direct and in- (11) Gov’t Officials ... incident had been evacuated to the refused to accept the summit’s con- “Many of the former ministers have ghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan direct U.S. support+ , a strange hos- hospital in Nusay district but three clusion to reappoint Tusk, saying put their friends and cronies in these charged the recent attacks had gener- tage-like arrangement in which we Nadiri said bringing about reforms is others and the vehicle remained miss- “Poland doesn’t agree with this. And I agencies. ally been plotted across the Durand pay Islamabad to do what it should be a difficult task and insisted the com- ing. definitely won’t accept any document “This is the difficulty that the Afghan Line in Pakistan. doing anyway to protect its own do- mission itself needed to be reformed. A woman among the missing persons from this summit.” government has. They have to ferret Sima Samar, chairperson of the Af- mestic security and buttress Afghan “The office needs more qualified staff was rescued from the river but she Instead of the traditional conclusions out those corrupt elements. Collabo- ghanistan Independent Human stability,” Poe and Clad wrote. and has to be reformed. The necessary succumbed to her wounds on the way by the European Council, there were rating together, we can fight corrup- Rights Commission, said Pakistan’s Meanwhile, Chief Executive Abdul- staff should be recruited based on to hospital. merely conclusions “by the President tion better that we can do alone or the closure of their common border had lah Abdullah’s deputy spokesman their merit and free of any discrimina- The three others were yet to be locat- of the European Council.” As such, Afghan government can do it alone. an adverse effect on the people. Jawed Faisal told TOLOnews that tion,” Nadiri said. ed but efforts were underway to find the summit ended without the cus- We may have helped create the prob- Indian Ambassador Syed Akbarud- world pressures should be mounted Ahmad Mushahid, the former director them as soon as possible, Anwari said. tomary accord on a final document. lem. Now we have to help the Afghan din said terrorism in Afghanistan on Pakistan. of the commission also said reforms in (Pajhwok) (Xinhua) government stop the corruption and had grown enormously in its intensi- “No doubt Pakistan is a supporter of the civil service offices is a need. basically take a knife and cut out the ty, brutality and scope in the last few terrorists. World pressures should be “I hope that by the appointment of (17) Afghanistan’s... (28)Trump to ... increased on Pakistan in order to en- cancer that is corruption.” months. Terrorist groups had been Nadiri, new actions and plans will the administration so far have been sure peace in Afghanistan and elim- spellbinding display against Ireland, While he wishes the current Afghan able to capture and hold territory, he begin for the civil service in Afghani- strong and consistent, that all allies inate terrorists in the region,” Faisal taking five wickets in nine balls to government would do more, he has added. stan,” Mushahid said. need to be making progress towards said. turn the game around in an eventual found them a more willing partner “The Taliban have tried to expand The independent administrative re- this two percent goal,” said the official. “Now that the world has noticed that 17-run win. than the previous administration. their influence to territories in north forms commission has been managed “So I expect that will be definitely a our neighboring country Pakistan The top pick at the draft was Lendl “They have to have a willing partner. and northeast along with southwest by an acting director since National topic of their conversation for the con- should be named as state sponsor of Simmons, the second-highest run-get- Up to now they have, and we hope where they traditionally were not so Unity Government was established. crete plan to meet this commitment.” strong,” he said. terrorism, I think that it is not late. I (Tolonews) ter in the tournament’s three-year that continues,” Sopko said. history with a tally of 1238 from 39 (Xinhua) Still, mistrust of the government is “The nexus between terrorist net- believe that the efforts will have a pos- (12) Afghan-Pak ... works and criminal groups has fur- itive impact in fighting terrorism,” MP matches. Also a two-time World T20 (29)Modi Wins... pervasive. SIGAR has set up a confi- winner, he went to Jamaica Tallawahs ther strengthened,” he noted, saying Fawzia Kofi said. (Tolonews) the closure of borders with Pakistan as 312 of 403 seats in the state assem- dential hotline for citizens to report for USD 160,000 having represented the unimpeded brutal attacks, terri- and the hike in flour price in Kazakh- bly, the biggest majority for any party corruption. (9) No Military.... Patriots in 2016. torial gains by terrorist groups with stan were reasons behind the increase. in the state since 1977. “Many of our best cases come from through violence, he continued. Tallawahs, the defending champions, support from outside Afghanistan Pakistan has closed transit ports with Almost four in ten voters backed brave Afghans who have contacted The envoy asked the Taliban to enter needed the muscle at the top of the and the emerging grave humanitarian Afghanistan since three weeks. Modi’s party, the election commission this hotline,” said Sopko. peace talks without preconditions, order after they traded their captain crises were portents of dreadful times. However, the prices of rice and tea said, close to the party’s vote share in Getting rid of corruption is also key urging all actors to exercise their in- Chris Gayle and top-scorer in all of to fighting Afghanistan’s drug prob- (Pajhwok) also remained steady. Fazal Rahman Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 general elec- fluence to this end. The government, said 24.5 kilograms of Pakistani rice CPL to the team that finished bottom lems. And both are critical to fighting (6) Afghanistan ... tion when it won the biggest national neighbouring countries and other key cost 1,600afs. last season, the Patriots. West Indies terrorism. majority in three decades. (Reuters) inconsistent with our desire to live in powers should reinforce the message Haji Rahmatullah, a tea seller in Kabul T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite might “The drug trade supports the insur- a peaceful and prospering region. In that the Taliban could be a part of Af- Mandavi, said a kilogram of Madina also turn out for the Patriots provided (30)EU to Take... gents and the extremists,” Sopko said, earlier statements to this Council, we ghanistan’s future and its political and green tea cost 240afs and the same he does not have any WICB commit- Investment flows into ASEAN states quoting Gen. John Nicholson, the have emphasised, time and again, on social fabric. amount of African black tea 260afs, the ments at the time. (Tolonews) in 2015 with 23.3 billion euros. (1 head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, as Pakistani actions that sustain terrorist An endless conflict and violence was same rates as of last week’s. (18) Daesh Behead 3 ... euro=1.06 U.S. dollars) (Xinhua)