Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:207 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26. 2017 -Hoot 08, 1395 HS AT News Report man, Mohammad Reza Ghafoori said. KABUL: Ten police officers and a He blamed the newly emerged in the neighboring country’s terri- woman were killed after gunmen Daesh terrorist group for the tory. “The railway will have two opened fire at them outside a shooting, saying that the wife of trucks. mosque in the northern province an officer who arrived at the scene “The sub-grade of one of the of Jawzjan, local officials said Sat- after learning of her husband’s kill- tracks has been laid by 50 percent, urday. ing was also shot dead. while the second track’s sub-grade The incident took place late Taliban spokesman Zabihullah is only 25 percent ready,” he add- Friday in Sardar village of the Darz- Mujahid, however, said on Twit- ed. ab district when the officers were ter that their militants killed po- He added that connecting Iran’s coming out of a mosque after the lice officers in Darzab and cap- railways to neighboring countries’ evening prayer, provincial spokes- tured the village. railroads is a priority for Iran. In addition to that this project would boost the volume of trade and to enhance bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Iran and Six Daesh leaders it would link Afghanistan with Europe, China and Central Asia via the transit corridor of Iran. Earlier this year the top leadership of Af- among 47 killed ghanistan, Iran and India has signed AT News Report were also destroyed during opera- Chabahar port agreement in Te- tion. hran, the capital city of Iran. Cha- KABUL: At least six leaders of the According to the statement, bahar would provide an opportu- Islamic State (IS), aka, Daesh ter- one PK machine gun, one rocket nity to the landlocked country of rorist group were among 47 other launcher, two AK47, and 4 motor- Afghanistan to have access to hot- militants killed in an air and ground cycles of the Daesh terrorist were water. The three regional countries operations carried by the Afghan also confiscated by the Afghan se- has signed a historic deal to devel- security forces in Haska Meean and curity forces. op the strategic port of Chabahar Bati Kot districts of eastern Nan- The killing Daesh fighter in Iran and agreed on a three-na- garhar province,” the provincial comes as recently the group had tion pact to build a transport-and- press office said in a statement. 25 kicked off recruiting process to trade corridor through Afghanistan other Daesh fighters were also bring more fighters in their mili- that could help halve the time and wounded in operation within past tancy rank. Hameedullah Hameed, cost of doing business with Cen- 24 hours, the statement added. administrative chief for Azra dis- tral Asia and Europe. Moreover, The statement added that two trict of Logar province, said that Afghanistan has three railroad lines anti-vehicle mines, two machine Daesh was recruiting youngsters in the north of the country. The guns, one 82mm cannon and two to swell its ranks in the embattled first is between Mazar-e-Sharif depots of Daesh terrorist group district. and the border town of Hairatan in Balkh province, which then con- nects with the rail network of neigh- boring Uzbekistan. The second ‘Pakistan wants good links Toraghundi in Herat province AT Monitoring Desk Hossein Ashouri said Iran’s and “Iran has constructed a rail- ready by 2018,” Ashouri said. with Serhetabat in Turkmenistan. relation with Afghanistan’ Afghanistan’s railways to connect road till border with Afghanistan, Infrastructure in Afghanistan The third is between Aqina in KABUL: The Deputy Head of in early 2018, Mehr, an Iranian however the remaining railroad in- is also ready, he said, adding that Faryab province and neighboring Iranian Railway Company, news agency reported on Saturday. side Afghanistan is expected to be two railing blocks are being built Turkmenistan. KABUL : Pakistan Prime Minis- ter Nawaz Sharif has said his coun- try wanted good relation with Af- ghanistan and was a well-wisher for the war-torn country, a media 10 students suffer report said on Saturday. Sharif expressed the view while talking to journalist in An- casualties as rocket hits kara, the capital of Turkey where he has been on a three-day official visit, a according to express tri- school in Laghman bune. He urged the government in (CPEC), Sharif said some regional MEHTARLAM : Two students dent. The injured were evacuated Kabul that realise that. “Pakistan countries were opposed to the were killed and eight others injured to hospital for treatment, he said, has always desire peace and sta- multibillion project in the region when a rocket struck a school in assuring of stable health condition bility in Afghanistan and wants to without naming any country. He eastern Laghman province on Sat- of the wounded. contribute to its development.” ruled out if the US and western urday, an official said. However, Laghman education When asked about the China countries were conspiring against Governor’s spokesman, Sarha- director, Mohammad Hazrat Mu- Pakistan Economic Corridor the vital project. (Pajhwok) di Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan jadadi, said two students were News a rocket fired by militants killed and eight others suffered in- targeted a school in Basram area juries in the incident. “It is still on the outskirts of the provincial unclear who fired the rocket but Pakistan deports 234 capital around 10:30am today. an investigation is underway into He said two students were the incident,” he said. No militant killed and six others along with a group has so far commented about Afghan nationals despite teacher were wounded in the inci- the incident. (Pajhwok) KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met Saturday with a number of the Walasr Intellectual Movement of Afghanistan, discussing the role of having legal documents educated youths in making a developed and self-sufficient society. JALALABAD : Pakistan has de- deported Afghan nationals. Javed Daesh set free 42 kidnapped ported as many as 234 Afghan na- Shena, a shopkeeper in Torkham Badakhshan: Food tionals who owned legal documents, dry-port told Pajhwok Afghan civilians in Nangarhar Mass grave discovered an official said on Saturday. Ghulam News the Afghan national were in aid distributed to Haidar Faqirzai, head of the refu- bad situation when they were JALALABAD : The 42 civilians kidnappees were released in Ag- gees and repatriation department, kidnapped by Daesh have been haz locality of Haska Mena and handed over to Afghan Border Po- 550 poor families said Afghan nationals who recently lice. Pakistan has launched coun- released by mediation and efforts 26 others in Janjal Ghondai area of in Faryab, says police traveled to Pakistan and had legal try-wide offensive against terror- of tribal elders, officials said on Kot district. The released men were travel documents were sent back via ist after fresh wave of terrorist at- Saturday. handed over to their families by rotten bones, which are earlier FAIZABAD : The People's Re- MAIMANA : A mass grave has Torkham last night. He said old men, tacks in major cities of the neigh- The Nangarhar governor’s security personnel. There has been shifted here.” public of China distributed food been discovered in Maimana city, He said while considering the aid to around 550 impoverished women and youth were among the bouring country. (Pajhwok) spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, so far no word from insurgents in the provincial capital of north- told Pajhwok Afghan News the 42 this regard. (Pajhwok) decomposed bones it was estimat- families in northeastern Badkhs- western Faryab province, local ed that about 20 to 30 people were han province, an official said on civilians were abducted about four officials said on Saturday. months back by Daesh in Pachi- collectively killed. However, a bag Saturday. The food items included Col. Mir Amanullah Zafir, pro- of the bone would also be sent to 25 tonnes of rice, 30 tonnes of ragam district of the province. vincial police chief, told Pajhwok With efforts by the Presiden- Kabul for forensic test, he added. flour, five tonnes of ghee (cooking Afghan News that according to Dr. Abdul Basir, Chaghatak oil) and 5.7 tonnes of salt. Abdul- tial advisor and Nangarhar gover- inhabitants of Chaghatak village, nor, Mohammad Gulab Mangal village residents’ representative, lah Naji, provincial council head, which is located in limits of 9th said the mass grave surfaced after said the aid package from China and tribal elders’ assistance the municipal district of the city, se- kidnappees were set free. people started digging in a grave- wash handed over to the authori- curity and discovery team of 2nd yard to burry a body. He said the ties of Wakhan district and was Khogyani said the captives police district had found the col- were all men, who were transferred bones might date back to the era of then distributed among 550 fami- lective grave. Soviet Union invasion of Maima- lies of Pamir under the supervi- to Haska Mena and Kot districts “The grave had seven bags of after abduction. He said 16 of the na city. (Pajhwok) sion of district council. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES I ndia plans building low-cost which trains officers of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) cadre also conducted a 12-day session for 34 homes in Afghanistan Afghan officers. "India has built roads connect- ing key cities in the country and set up power transmission lines. The Chahbhar port in Iran, which is a being developed as a part of trilateral agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan will provide a key link between the nations," he said.