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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:196 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 2017 -Dalw 27, 1395 HS A deadly suicide attack rocked the those behind the attack. (KP) Lahore city of Pakistan on Mon- day evening, leaving at least 90 people dead or wounded. HEKMATYAR According to the Pakistani police officials, the incident took REPORTEDLY place as hundreds of people had participated in a demonstration in HOSPITALIZED the city. The protesters had organized a sit-in against a new law near the IN ISTANBUL Punjab provincial assembly build- A Turkish newspaper has claimed By Mansoor Faizy ing. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader Inspector General of Punjab of the Hizb-e-Islami group, is cur- KABUL: Among the concerns that “I once again call upon those police, Ahmad Mushtaq Sukhera, rently in hospital in Istanbul. The the upcoming spring would be a Taliban who are having an inde- said the blast ripped through the newspaper, Aydinlik, quoted a bloody one with serious of fight- pendence of mindset that Afghan- protesters after the suicide bomb- Turkish intelligence source as say- ing, President Mohammad Ashraf istan is the joint homeland of all er detonated his explosives vest ing Hekmatyar is being treated at Ghani, on Tuesday warned that the Afghans, and (you should) come among the people. an Istanbul hospital. No details country’s security forces will “de- to live a dignified life in this com- He said at least six police offi- were however given. feat” the militants and will “chase mon home like other countrymen, cials, including two senior offic- Last week, Afghan government them in every valley and moun- and take part in its development ers, were among those killed. and Hizb-e-Islami officials said tains” of the country. instead of destruction” he noted. Sukhera further added that 13 Hekmatyar would return to Kabul While briefing a gathering at Ghani prized the Hezb-e-Isla- people were killed in total and at within the next few weeks and that the Presidential Palace to mark the mi Afghanistan leader, Eng. Gul- least 73 others were wounded. arrangements were being made in 28th anniversary of the Soviet badin Hekmatyar for his “histori- The officials are saying that the terms of housing and security. Forces withdrawal from Afghani- cal” decision to join the intra-Af- Pakistan media recently re- suicide bomber detonated his ex- ported that Turkish President Re- stan, the president said that mili- ghan peace process, in which paved plosives when police officers were tant “will face big defeats” in the the way for a big number of dissi- cep Tayyip Erdogan had said he busy in a discussion with the pro- would travel to Kabul to welcome coming years as the security forc- dent Mujahidins to return home testers. es “will be chasing them in every after decades of living in Pakistan. Hekmatyar when he returns to valley and mountain”, if the mili- The president furthered, “this Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Afghanistan. This was in addition tant outfits continue killing “inno- year nearly one million refugees (TTP) Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group to reports that a top Hizb-e-Isla- cent Afghan people” in their de- were returned to the country, most- claimed responsibility behind the mi delegation led by the group’s structive terrorist attacks. ly from Pakistan and now there is attack. The Pakistani Prime Min- political committee Ghairat Baheer “Militant would not reach to no excuse for the country to blame ister Nawaz Sharif condemned the and top negotiator Mohammad their “evil goals” by killing judges, the former refugee Mujhaideens for attack in strongest words with the Amin Karim visited Turkey at the Mullahs, soldiers, innocent Afghan the ongoing fight in Afghanistan.” Pakistani Army Chief of Staff in- invitation of Erdogan. But Hizb- women, and children in their sui- President Ghani called on ji- structing the relevant authorities e-Islami officials rejected the cide attacks. hadi leaders to lend support to the to take immediate steps to arrest claims. (Tolonews) “If their new or old lords security forces in the current con- thinking that they will once again flict, calling it “Jihad against ter- turn Afghanistan to a country with- rorist”. “Our today’s struggle is not out army, police, no rule of law different from what we had against Roots of ongoing violence in Afghanistan lie outside, Afghan envoy tells UNSC and also toward isolation, then communism, as we conquer in that The roots of ongoing violence in tection of Critical Infrastructure”. serves no one, defies international combat this menace with greater they should bear in mind that their one, we will also triumph over the Afghanistan lie outside the coun- “The ongoing cycle of violence law and constitutes a blatant vio- precision and accuracy. In this evil hope would be dashed to ongoing fight against militants.” try, the Afghan envoy to the Unit- in Afghanistan is not, by any lation of the very spirit and tenets context, we welcome the efforts ground with gigantic defeat.” It is worth mentioning that 28- ed Nations said during a meeting means, a homegrown phenomenon. of the UN Charter, including rele- of the new Secretary General to “I have a strong believe that year ago the Soviet Forces with- of the United Nations Security Its roots lie elsewhere, outside vant counterterrorism resolutions strengthen the UN counter-terror- the terrorists will not succeed to drew from Afghanistan, following Council (UNSC). Afghanistan,” Salarzai said. of the General Assembly and Se- ism architecture, including his de- divert the Afghan nation’s will from tough resistance from the Afghan Nazifullah Salarzai Minister, Salarzai further added the curity Council. According to Sala- cision to create the Office of development and prosperity of the people and Mujhaideen. The Rus- Deputy Permanent Representa- roots of violence are emanating rzai, the fight against international Counter Terrorism (OCT), and country” the president said, while sian Occupation which lasted for tive of Afghanistan, was speaking from a strategic design crafted from terrorism stands at a crossroads. appoint of an Under-Secretary calling on Taliban to return to Af- nine years claimed around two during the meeting “Threats within our region to advance an ill- “ At this critical juncture, a General to head that office,” he ghanistan and live with dignity. million lives. Caused by Terrorist Acts – Pro- fated political agenda, which refined global effort is needed to added. (KP) AIHRC calls for legal Afghanistan talks action to be taken MOSCOW: Russia is expected to Russia’s direct talks with the Tal- host a second round of internation- iban, which U.S. officials say are al talks on Afghanistan in Mos- aimed at undermining their efforts. against Taliban cow on February 15, reports Rus- Russian Foreign Minister Ser- sia's TASS news agency, with Af- gei Lavrov announced the peace ghanistan representatives invit- talks on February 7, during a visit ed for the first time. by his Afghan counterpart, Russia says it wants stability Salahuddin Rabbani. and cooperation in the fight against China and Pakistan were at extremists in the region. But Af- December talks in Moscow, while ghan officials are not happy with Iran, India and Afghanistan repre- sentatives are invited to participate at this week’s round for the first Iran ready to help time. It is not yet clear which repre- Afghan farmers sentatives have accepted the invi- replace poppy tation. The Independent Human Rights Commission The Russian side will be rep- (AIHRC) on Monday called for action to secure cultivation: resented by special presidential justice in cases where Afghan citizens have been envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kab- attacked or killed. Official ulov and Deputy Foreign Minis- They warned that impunity for crimes by Tal- ter Igor Morgulov, reports TASS. iban operatives against Afghan citizens was wide- Deputy Head of Iran's Anti-Drug (VOA) Headquarters Assadollah Hadine- spread. jad declared his country's readi- The AIHRC said many Taliban prisoners have ness to help Afghanistan to replace 20 militants killed been apprehended red-handed while committing its poppy cultivation with anoth- crimes but have not been prosecuted. er agricultural crop. in airstrikes in As such they called on the Afghan government "The official stressed that Af- southern Uruzgan to ensure justice is meted out and that the law is ghan farmers could replace poppy implemented. cultivation with other agricultural province Negligence regarding the rule of law in the coun- products, including sesame and At least 20 militants were killed in try is distressing, warned AIHRC chief executive corn, and sell them to Iran," Had- a series of airstrikes conducted in Musa Mahmoudi, adding that such an approach inejad said on Tuesday. southern Uruzgan province of Af- could only prolong the culture of impunity. He reiterated that all border ghanistan. In response to AIHRC allegations, the Minis- areas of Iran-Afghanistan have According to the local securi- try of Interior (MoI) has said that the arrest of been blocked to prevent the entry ty officials, the militants were tar- Taliban operatives and their associates have been at of opium into the country. geted in the vicinity of Tarinkot the top of the working agenda of government. Hadinejad's remarks came af- city, the provincial capital of Uruz- The Taliban has been at war with the Afghan ter the United Nations Office on gan. Provincial governor’s spokes- security forces since the hardline movement was Drugs and Crime (UNODC) an- man Dost Mohammad Nayab con- toppled from power in 2001 and continue to carry nounced that Afghanistan’s pop- firmed that several airstrikes were out deadly attacks on Afghan towns and security py cultivation has risen to its third- carried out against the militants in forces.