Quote of the Day Forgiveness www.outlookafghanistan.net Beware of” the man who does not” return facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan your blow: he neither forgives you nor Email: [email protected] allows you to forgive yourself. Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, George Bernard Shaw District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume No. 4361 Sunday January 12, 2020 Jadi 22, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Afghanistan Overflights Up 25 Percent amid US-Iran Tensions KABUL - Flights over Afghani- countries in the region to help fa- A Ukrainian passenger plane stan have increased by 25 percent cilitate more overflights, follow- crashed in Tehran on Wednesday, amid tensions between the Unit- ing escalation of tensions in the killing 176. Iran said on Saturday ed States and Iran that escalated region. it had mistakenly shot down the recently following military ac- The authority said that airlines plane, after initially denying it tions, Afghan authorities said on had already changed their routes brought down the aircraft. Saturday. to Afghanistan due to security is- The increase in Afghanistan over- In a statement, Afghanistan’s sues in Iran and the Persian Gulf. flights would mean rise in the Civil Aviation Authority said Tensions in the Middle East inten- country’s revenues. The country that the International Civil Avia- sified last week after a US drone haschages every overflight $700 tion Organization and Interna- strike killed an Iranian general in and in November, it announced tional Air Transport Association Iraq, prompting Tehran to fire at plan to increase it to $950. (1TV requested Afghanistan and other US targets on Wednesday. NEWS) Zaman Ahmadi, In Prison “I thank the Supreme Court for reversing a false ver- Heavy Rain and Snowfall, Flash Floods Imminent in dict against me, I hope that the primary court serves Parts of Afghanistan: Meteorological Department for Blasphemy Since 2012, justice,” said Ahmadi. “This time we will only focus on securing the ac- KABUL - The Afghan Mete- May Be Released quittal of my client,” said Ali Madad Hakimi, Ah- orological Department warns madi’s defending lawyer. people of heavy rainfall and KABUL - A primary court in Afghanistan is expect- ed to release Zaman Ahmadi, a man who was hand- The Attorney General’s Office meanwhile said that snow followed by flash floods, the Supreme Court of Afghanistan will take the fi- 11 through 12 January. ed a 20-year prison sentence in 2012 for blasphemy. On December 3 last year, the Supreme Court of Af- nal decision about the release of Ahmadi. Provinces such as Kandahar, “The original decision will be reversed, the courts Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Pa- ghanistan reversed a 20-year jail sentence for Ah- in Afghanistan will issue their decision on the case, ktika, Uruzgan, Daikundi, madi, but their decision must be reviewed by the and whatever is decided by the courts of Afghani- Kabul, Parwan, Panjshir, primary court. stan, the Attorney General will comply with,” said Baghlan, Nangarhar, Khost, A primary court in Kabul in 2012 had sentenced Ah- Jamshid Rasuli, spokesman for the Attorney Gen- Ghor, Maidan Wardak, Logar, madi to 20 years’ imprisonment for blasphemy. eral of Afghanistan. ...( More on P4)...(1) Bamyan, Farah, Herat, and On Friday, Ahmadi spoke to a TOLOnews’ corre- parts of Kunar and Nuristan, spondent from Kabul jail and said that he expects to are highlighted through the be released on bail, possibly next week. forecast. Ahmadi expressed hope that a new court will serve It is said that the amount of justice on his case. rain in different places will Ahmadi’s defending lawyers also said they hope be 10 – 45 milliliters and snow that Ahmadi is released on bail sometimes next will be 10 to 50 centimeters. week. The department also noti- Ahmadi has spent seven years in jail so far. fies the likelihood of floods “Now that a comeback by the Taliban into power is in some southern and south- felt again, everyone is realizing that I was innocent; western provinces of Afghani- I was defending social values,” Ahmadi told TOLO- stan. (ATN) news. 2 January 12, 2020 Main News Page Govt Asked to Curb ‘Rise NATO: US Army Vehicle Hit by in Crime’ in Herat HERAT - A council of security of- cent weeks. Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan “Such attempts are not effec- ficials in the western province of KABUL, Afghanistan — A road- Herat last week began implement- tive for this city. It needs proper side bomb hit a U.S. army ve- ing a new plan for restraining the measures. All the routes connect- hicle Saturday in Afghanistan, number of illegal armed men and ing to the city should be under both NATO and Afghan officials vehicles without number plate in surveillance,” said Wakil Ahmad confirmed, without providing the city. But hours after the plan Karokhi, member of Herat Pro- any details. was announced, two people were vincial Council. Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, a Tali- killed by unknown armed men in Herat residents said they are con- ban spokesman, immediately claimed responsibility for the attack saying it occurred in the southern Kandahar province. In a short statement, a NATO spokesman said that officials were still “assessing the situa- tion and will provide more infor- mation as it became available.” An Afghan official said the at- tack had taken place in the Dand district of Kandahar province. The official was not authorized two separate incidents in Herat cerned about the situation in the to speak with media and re- city, according to local residents province and that they expect a quested anonymity. and provincial council members. change in it in the near future. He added that there is no report Herat police confirmed the two “Insecurity has increased. People on any possible casualties. ghanistan. The militants continue to stage near-daily attacks targeting Afghan and U.S. forces, even as incidents and said an investiga- cannot go out during nights. Some The Taliban now control or hold they hold peace talks with the U.S. Scores of Afghan civilians are also killed in the crossfire or by road- tion has started to arrest the per- incidents even happen during the sway over roughly half of Af- side bombs planted by militants. (AP) petrators. day. Security agencies and local “Two incidents have happened… officials should prevent this,” said An investigation is underway in Abdul Ghafoor, a Herat resident. this respect, ” Herat police spokes- “The situation in the city is miser- Rising Food Prices: Ceasefire A Must for man Abdul Ahad Walizada said. able and people are tired of this But a member of Herat Provincial situation,” said Nazir Ahmad People of Paktia Peace: Uruzgan Residents Council cast doubt on the effi- Hashemi, a Herat resident. “We PAKTIA - The people of Paktia at the same price as in Pakistani TIRINKOT - Residents of central was aimed to ask the parties in- ciency of the plan to reduce crime call on the government to pay province complain about the ris- rupees.” He adds “The govern- Uruzgan province have called volved to observe a permanent in Herat which according to resi- more attention to this matter.” ing prices of food in the province. ment should declare a price list on the warring parties to ob- ceasefire and lasting peace. dents has highly increased in re- (TOLO NEWS) They want the government to for shopkeepers in order to put serve a ceasefire and renounce He said the parties should not take action in this regard. an end to the issue.” conflict. halt drop peace efforts for the According to the people, shop- Officials in the province acknowl- They expressed the views at a sake of achieving petty person- Kabul-Kandahar Highway keepers there, have increased the edge the problem and say that a huge gathering organised by al interests. The peace activist the People’s Peace Movement called for the renunciation of (PPM) in Tirinkot. Hundreds of war in the country. Reopened for Cargo Trucks Uruzgan residents attended the Tribal elders and religious KANDAHAR - The Ministry of ating problems for cargo truck meeting. scholars also called on the gov- Interior (MoI) on Saturday said drivers would be tried according PPM member Haji Mohammad ernment and the Taliban to put Kabul-Kandahar highway was to the law, the source said. Nekzad told Pajhwok Afghan an end to the killing of Afghans reopened after addressing prob- Asadullah, a truck driver on Kan- News their visit to Uruzgan and ...( More on P4)...(5) lems of traders and transport dahar-Kabul highway said that companies. they reopened the highway after Traders and a number of trans- two weeks of protest. port companies had blocked the He said that hundreds of truck Peshawar-Jalalabad highway in protest to illegal ex- drivers had protested in reaction tortions. to illegal extortions by police and Railroad to Boost Trade A statement from MoI received Taliban militants on the highway. rates since the Afghan currency committee will be set up to con- PESHAWAR - Pakistan’s fed- Azakhel dry port, completed at by Pajhwok Afghan News said He said that officials assured have been promoted to the mar- trol the rate of food in the market. eral minister for railways has a cost of Rs510 million. Rashid that deputy interior minister, Maj. them that they would be no long- ket replacing Pakistani rupees. Abdullah Hasrat, spokesperson suggested the addition of the earmarked funds for the con- Gen. Khushal Saadat traveled to er face problems on the highway. It is said that now that Afghani for the Governor of Paktia, says Peshawar-Jalalabad railroad to struction of the dry port.