Thousands Displaced As Taliban Advance in Faryab
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Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6, Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6, Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 www.outlookafghanistan.net www.thedailyafghanistan.com Back Page January 04, 2017 Jalalabad Cloudy Ghazni Clear Kandahar Partly Mazar Partly Herat Clear Bamayan Clear Kabul Partly Cloudy Cloudy Daily Cloudy Outlook 11°C 10°C 18°C 8°C 11°C -2°C 6°C Weather 2°C °C 7°C -4°C 5°C -1 -12°C -7°C Forcast 45 New Teachers Appointed to Dur Thousands Displaced as Baba Schools JALALABAD - Forty-five saying the new teachers had new teachers have been ap- not yet assumed charge. pointed to different schools in Haji Kaftar Khan, a resident Taliban Advance in Faryab the Dur Baba district of east- of the district, said teachers MAIMANA - Afghan forces band and other areas of Al- ern Nangarhar province, an earlier used to travel from have broken the siege of Al- mar. official said on Tuesday. Jalalabad to the district to mar district in northeastern A security official, who In line with special orders teach students. Faryab province, but tacti- wished to go unnamed, said from Governor Gulab Man- Residents claimed their col- cally retreated to avoid casu- the Taliban had deployed gal, the teachers had been lective efforts had led to im- alties, local officials said on three tanks, several mortars posted to different schools proved security in the district Tuesday. and other artillery weapons in the district, said Attaul- but education and health is- Provincial police chief Col. to highlands in western Al- lah Khogyani, the governor’s sues remained unresolved. Mir Amanullah Zafer said mar district, firing at the se- spokesman. They previously blamed the three security check points curity forces. He added 66 candidates with provincial government for had to be relocated in Almar Almar district chief Moham- bachelor’s degrees, 14th and failing to initiate uplift pro- district after hundreds of mad Saleh Saleh said more 12th class certificates, ap- jects. Taliban rebels launched at- than 1,800 families had been peared in the test. Of them, They complained no gover- tacks in many areas. displaced in Qara Ghaweli the spokesman said, 45 were nor visited the district and But airstrikes by the Afghan area in the past 24 hours. selected on merit. proper attention to the social Air Forces inflicted heavy The families, fleeing to Al- Rana Gul Shinwari, head of security issues was not paid casualties to the enemy in mar center, lacked food, the local youth council, con- in the past 15-year. Qara Ghweli and Chaghatak water and warm clothes and firmed the appointments, Haji ...(More on P4)...(9) areas, he said. were dire need of emergen- A provincial council mem- cy aid, the district chief said. 8 Policemen Killed ber and a resident of Al- were closing in on the Almar jured in Qara Ghaweli clash, Arab rebel were also those He said local government Mysteriously in Helmand mar district, Abdul Manan center. he said. Manan said Taliban killed in the clashes. How- was unable to help the dis- Qatay, said that Jalgaldi One security forces com- suffered heavy casualties in ever, hundreds of insurgents placed families and the cen- and Qara Ghaweli areas had mander, Gul Ahmad, was retaliatory attacks. continued to attack Afghan tral governmental and char- been lost to the Taliban who killed and four others in- He added an Uzbek and an forces in Chaghatak, Sar- ity ...(More on P4)...(8) Key Taliban Figure Dead in Public Support Guarantees Takhar Blast TALOQAN - The Taliban Govt’s Survival: Azizi KANDAHAR - The gover- various districts were in at- shadow deputy district nor of southern Kandahar tendance. Besides the gov- able. chief for Ashkmash district LASHKARGAH - Eight po- province on Monday said ernor, other provincial of- Gen. Abdul Rahim Chakhan- has been killed and his two licemen guarding a police getting rid of the ongoing ficials were also present on suri, commander of the 505th colleagues wounded as a check-post in Lashkargah, the misfortunes was possible if the occasion. Bost Zone, said a clash took result of bomb explosion in capital of southern Helmand the masses and the govern- “Like the government, peo- place between the Taliban northern Takhar province, province, have been killed ment joined hands. ple have their own respon- and security forces in the an official said on Tuesday. mysteriously, a source said Addressing a gathering of sibilities which they should area. Police spokesman, Maj. on Tuesday. tribal elders here, Moham- discharge,” the governor He confirmed security forces Khalil Aseer, told Pajhwok A security official told Pajh- mad Humayun Aziz said a said, believing the 37-year- suffered casualties but did not Afghan News the incident wok Afghan News on condi- government was not cred- old conflict in Afghanistan give specific figures. A del- took place while Mullah tion of anonymity that eight ible if it lacked people’s could not be brought to a egation had been dispatched Hukam excavating a plant- policemen were killed and support which he said pro- The elders said they had al- livery in districts. halt until the masses and to the area for investigations, ed mine on Monday night. three others wounded at vided credibility to the gov- ways supported the current The gathering took place the government joined forc- the commander added. He said that Mullah Hu- the check-post in Bolan area ernment and guaranteed system but the government at the governor’s house, es.Azizi said Afghanistan Border Police Commander kam who was expert in Monday night. No more de- the regime’s survival. should focus on services de- where tribal elders from Col. ...(More on P4)...(11) mine making led the Tali- ...(More on P4)...(10) tails were immediately avail- ban in the district and was involved in multiple clash- Afghan Female Nuristan Women es with security forces. Air Force Pilot ‘Russia Sees HIA Deal Remain Deprived of Qudratullah, the resident of the locality, confirmed Awaits Response to against its Interests’ Elemental Facilities the killing of Mullah Hu- US Asylum Request KABUL - Political analysts JALALABAD - Women in eastern Nuristan kam and said he was say Russia believes the re- province, toiling their way to survival, re- known as Qari Omar in moval of Gulbuddin Hek- main deprived of education, healthcare and the area and was killed in matyar’s name from the UN other elemental facilities, an official said on bomb blast, blacklist is not in its interest, Tuesday. Taliban have not yet com- thus trying to block the move. Women Affairs Director Dr. Zahida Faizan, in mented about the incident. Hekmatyar-led Hezb-i-Islami an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan Ashkmsh district situ- Afghanistan (HIA) and the News, said women in Nuristan collected fire- ated 20 kilometres south Afghan government, after of Taloqan, the provincial months of peace negotiations capital, which is one of the KABUL - Afghanistan’s first female fixed finally reached a peace accord most unstable districts of wing pilot in the country’s air force awaits a in September. province. (Pajhwok) response to her asylum request to the United Under the agreement, the ment between HIA and the six months to provide reason- States, which she filed last month after receiv- government would try to get government besides blocking ing for its opposition. Most Cities ing threats from Taliban insurgents, accord- lifted international sanctions Hekmatyar’s removal from Russian Foreign Minis- ing to her lawyer. on HIA and removed names blacklists. try spokeswoman Maria Lashed by Rain & “Her reason for seeking asylum in the United of HIA members on UN and According to a Wall Street Zakharova said on Monday Snowfall, Ending States is she’s in fear that if she were to go US blacklists. Journal (WSJ) report, during that Moscow had put the back to Afghanistan that she would be per- However, some Afghan and the 10-day period for mem- delisting on hold but hadn’t wood, worked on farms and did hard jobs. Dry Spell secuted,” Kimberley Motley told VOA’s Af- western media outlets re- ber states to respond, Russia blocked it. She didn’t explain There were no job opportunities for women, KABUL - After months of dry ghan Service. “She has a tremendous amount cently said Russia was try- said it needed more time to why Russia needed more which affected their economic situation. They weather, most provinces of of worry about the Taliban insurgents who ing to create problems for consider the request. Accord- time to consider the move. have no access to healthcare services as there the country, including Kabul, have put out death threats against her and, implementation of the agree- ing to UN rules, it has up to Some ...(More on P4)...(12) is not even a single lady doctor in the entire received rain and snowfall frankly, now she’s concerned with the gov- province. on Tuesday. The wet spell is ernment who has also issued a statement Only nurses and midwives are working in expected to continue over the through the ministry of defense that if she is Mangal Steps Down from Nuristan. The official said the number of next couple of days. to return, she will be prosecuted for deser- clinics in the province was not enough, with Plain areas were lashed by tion.” International Cricket pregnant women facing a lot of problems. rains and mountainous re- Niloofar Rahmani, 25, says she has received KABUL - Captain of the Af- Faizan added Nuristan girls recently started gions of Kabul, Jalalabad, threats telling her to leave the military from ghan national cricket team getting education in neighbouring Nangarhar Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat City, the same insurgent faction that attempted to Nawroz Mangal on Tuesday province.