Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:52 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 2016 -Sunbula 31, 1395 HS AT Monitoring Desk TALIBANAMBUSH DOSTUM’S 'Don't rule out boycott of UAE to aid six billion MOTORCADE IN dollars for Afghan SAARC summit in Pakistan': infrastructure JAWZJAN AT News Report Afghan envoy to NDTV projects AT News Report KABUL: Taliban insurgents am- NEW DELHI: The time has come bushed the convoy of the first vice for a decisive message to Pakistan, even if it means the possible boy- KABUL: The United Arab Emir- president General Abdul Rashid ates has promised to donate six Doustum in northern Jawzjan cott of the SAARC summit in Is- billion dollars for the infrastruc- province, local officials said Tues- lamabad in November. That was ture projects in Afghanistan, a gov- day, an attempt with no casualties the hard hitting statement of Af- ernment official said Tuesday. to Dostum’s guards. ghanistan's Ambassador to India in “About $5-6 billion will be Provincial police chief Khwa- an interview to NDTV. support to India in the aftermath donated by the United Arab Emir- jah Rahmatulllah Turkistani said When asked if India, Afghani- of Sunday's attack on an army base ates, all in infrastructure projects,” KABUL: The term of the political The two rivals of the 2014 ship deal, creating the unity gov- the incident took place in Khwa- stan and Bangladesh should come in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri in Ali Ahmad Osmani, minister of deal by which the national unity presidential elections Ashraf ernment. Ghani became president, jah Do Koh district. together to boycott the SAARC which 18 soldiers were killed. water and energy told reporters, government was created two years Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah who while Abdullah got a new post He said there are no reports meeting, Dr Shaida Mohammad In tough words for Pakistan, adding that the issue would be fi- back reached end, and the govern- could not reach an agreement, were called chief executive, based on the regarding the casualties of the mil- Abdali said, "We have to make sure Mr Abdali said, "There must be nalized in an economic conference ment’s legitimacy is now suspend- encouraged by the US secretary of agreement. itants wither. that we bring the maximum num- zero tolerance. It must end. We planned to be held next month in ed. state John Kerry to sign a partner- See P2 “There is only some blood ber of countries and I am sure most have seen the signs of terrorism Dubai. stain in the scene of the clash.” South Asian countries are in line becoming much more lethal and “This enables us to build and Taliban and other anti-govern- with what we think. Therefore, the very systematic." rebuild power producing ment armed militant groups are effort should be comprehensive The ambassador said that it projects,” Osmani said. actively operating in a number of and we should single out a coun- was an issue of state sponsored According to Osmani, the the districts of power Dostum’s try that spoils our unity and re- terrorism. "It is no more an issue power generated in Afghanistan gional peace". could be exported to neighboring AT Monitoring Desk birthplace. Earlier, Dostum had of non-state actors that we have Mr Abdali said that "any mea- been hearing about. Now we have countries like Pakistan and India. conducted a sweeping operation in This comes, as efforts are un- Jawzjan and Faryab provinces in sure that brings peace, stability ample proof of state sponsored KABUL: A delegation has been Highway Commander Haji Ra- Saki area of Trinkot. Moreover, US and unity to the region should not derway to boost the domestic in- assigned to probe bombings, alleg- himullah told media. military spokesman Gen. Charles which at least dozen Taliban in- terrorism," he said. be ruled out," emphasising that all "We have to draw a line be- come of the country, specifically edly carried out by foreign forces Two raids were took place, he Cleveland said the raid was con- surgents were killed. This is the through investments on natural third time that the country’s first SAARC nations should be con- tween a country that sponsors ter- against a police checkpoint in said, adding that once police offic- ducted after a group of militants sulted on this. resources of Afghanistan. southern province of Uruzgan, the er was killed in the first raid, while attacked Afghan security person- vice president is practically par- rorism and a country that is an ally Earlier the government signed ticipating in the battles against the Afghanistan President Ashraf in the war against terrorism. This Ministry of Interior said in a state- seven others were killed in the sec- nel in Tirinkot. “I can confirm that Ghani spoke to Prime Minister over 80 mining contracts with pri- ment. ond airstrike. we conducted an airstrike against Taliban militant group since inten- difference must be made and vate sector in a bid to boost the sifying violence in the northern Narendra Modi this morning and should be made immediately," the According to the statement “Taliban had raised their white individuals firing on, and posing a conveyed his country's strong extraction of mines and prevent il- issued Tuesday, the delegation will flags in nearby areas, but their po- threat to, our Afghan partners in Afghanistan. envoy said. legal extraction of the mining. report back to the ministry. sition was not pounded by the Tarin Kot (Trinkot) on 18 Septem- According to provincial offi- American,” he furthered. ber. We don’t have any further in- cials, at least eight Afghan Nation- Furthermore, provincial coun- formation on who those individu- Japan vows continued reconstruction aid to Afghanistan al Police (ANP) troops were killed cil member Zahir Naderi told Af- als might have been or why they in a US airstrike targeted their ghanistan Times that there were were attacking ANDSF forces. KABUL: Japan’s Prime Minis- the sidelines of the United Nations port to Afghanistan. out of the UN General Assembly checkpoint in central Uruzgan two strikes in the checkpoint. U.S., Coalition, and Afghan forces ter Shinzo Abe has pledged con- General Assembly, held out the Ghani was quoted as saying session. In New York, Abe met province. “First raid had no causality, but have the right to self-defense, and tinued support from his country pledge during a phone call with that he would work on improving the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Ha- The checkpoint in the Saki area the second raid that took place 15 in this case were responding to an for Afghanistan’s reconstruction President Ashraf Ghani. Kyodo public security and implementing mad al-Than. Japan will begin is- of Tirinkot, the provincial capital to 20 minutes later, killing at least immediate threat. I would refer you effort, a news report said on news agency reported Abe spoke administrative reforms. The pres- suing three-year multiple-entry on the Uruzgan-Kandahar road eight policemen.” He added that to the Afghan interior ministry for Tuesday. Abe, who spent busy with Ghani on Monday, saying ident, who was scheduled to meet visas to holders of Qatari pass- was bombed on Sunday evening, this checkpoint was located in the any more information.” day meetings foreign leaders on Japan would keep extending sup- the Japanese premier, has pulled ports. (Pajhwok) Firm Strides towards Communities Welfare and Development In order to accelerate the public utility projects’ rehabilitation process and improve rural livelihoods – the Leadership of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) has continuously travelled to various provinces of Afghanistan. They have closely observed communities’ difficulties and took urgent measures to put an end to them. In continuation to the visits he had from the communities in Balkh and Samangan provinces, Eng. Naseer Ahmad Durrani the MRRD Minister has also inaugurated and handed over a number of infrastructure projects constructed through the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) in various localities of these provinces. During his visit to Balkh province, the MRRD Minister has inaugurated the work of 24 development projects in a pragmatic manner at a sum of AFN 160,000,000 by laying the foundation stone in a number of communities. These development projects encompassed the rehabilitation and construction of embankments, water-intakes, rural roads, bridges, culverts, retaining walls and irrigation canals. The Tashqurghan Valley in Khulm district of Balkh province is one of the strategic projects that was inaugurated by the MRRD Minister witnessing participation of Balkh local authorized figures, Balkh provincial Assembly Speaker and members, members of National Assembly and Khulm district influential elders. The Tashqurghan Valley has been washed away by seasonal floods several times over the past few years, leaving negative impacts on residents living in northern provinces of Afghanistan. Taking people’s difficulties and economic growth into consideration, the MRRD has pragmatically started the revitalization of Tashqurghan Valley in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank. The completion of Tashqurghan Valley Project will help the residents of Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan, Sar-e-Pul and other provinces using this route, solve their transportation problems. Scheduled to be completed in a period of ten months, The Tashqurghan Valley Project includes the construction of a road, awaterway and retaining wallsat a sum of AFN 171, 000,000 disbursed by the Asian Development Bank through the Regional Mobilization Program. “The Tashqurghan Valley, a strategically important bypass on country’s Northern Highway has severely been damaged by the seasonal floods recently hit the region.