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Karzai Sushma Swaraj and Programs to the Wolesi Jirga KABUL: Moscow Is Prepared (WJ) on Wednesday Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:IX Issue No:251 Price: Afs.15 THURSDAY . APRIL 16 . 2015 -Hamal 27, 1394 HS www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes Votes of MOSCOW India vows to make confidence set Elimination of VOWS TO for Saturday: Afghanistan WJ speaker terrorists financers cooperate in peaceful, prosperous: Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi war on terror KABUL: Four other ministers- AT Monitoring Desk designate explained their plans must for peace: Karzai Sushma Swaraj and programs to the Wolesi Jirga KABUL: Moscow is prepared (WJ) on Wednesday. The WJ will to cooperate with Afghanistan grant a vote of confidence to min- to normalize the situation in the isters-designate on Saturday. country as well as work with Assadullah Hanif Balkhi min- Kabul and international partners ister-designate of education in the fight against terrorism, the pledged to fight against corrup- Russian Foreign Minister (FM), tion and hire professional teach- Sergei Lavrov, said Wednesday. ers, improve living conditions of According to Russia s Sputnik, teachers and build their capacity. Lavrov said: We are ready to He said that training centers provide all-encompassing aid should be established in order to to Afghanistan in order to stabi- raise capacity of teachers. He also lize the situation in the country vowed to establish a mechanism which remains complex. We are for raising education level and in- ready to work closely with you crease number of religious semi- and with other foreign partners naries inside the country. in overcoming terrorist and drug I would control the quality threats. He expressed the re- and fee of private schools if re- marks in a meeting with the Pres- ceived vote of confidence from the ident Ghani s Advisor on National Wolesi Jirga, he said. Delbar Naz- Security, Mohammad Hanif At- ari minister-designate of women mar in Moscow. affairs pledged to find market for On Tuesday, Afghan delega- handy crafts of women inside the tion for the first time participat- country and abroad. She said that ed as an observer in a meeting Swaraj today hosted a dinner for Afghan First Lady Rula the efforts exerted by women of the Secretaries of the Security Ghani during which she assured her of India s continued rights activist and welfare organi- Council of the Shanghai Cooper- commitment towards assisting Afghanistan. zations for protection of women AT News Report The two leaders explored stan and the other side of Durand ation Organization (SCO) that rights haven t yielded desirable ways to bring lasting peace to the Line. To uproot of terrorism, took place in Moscow. The SCO AT Monitoring Desk dent, peaceful and prosperous results so far. She vowed to mon- KABUL: The ex-President Hamid region, particularly areas on both Karzai stressed that financial includes Russia, China and four country . We see this as being itor the activities of the activists Karzai in a meeting with the Chief sides of Durand Line. They hoped sources and ideological support former Soviet Central Asian re- KABUL: India s Foreign Affairs vital for India s security and the and NGOs working for women Minister of Khyber Pakhunkhwa that Kabul and Islamabad will find for terrorists should be curtailed. publics. The agenda of the meet- Minister Sushma Swaraj hosted a security of the wider South Asian rights. She also pledged to work (KP) Pervez Khattak and his ac- an end to wars and conflicts in the He reiterated his support for ing included the situation dinner for the First Lady Rula region, added Swaraj. for increasing participation of companying delegation on countries through peace talks. the peace process of Afghanistan. in Afghanistan. On Saturday, Ghani during which she assured Swaraj said the countries of women in judiciary, politics and Wednesday said that elimination Hamid Karzai expressed his War and military operations are Russian Deputy Defense Minis- her of India s continued commit- South Asia are undergoing rapid build capacity of women through of financial sources of terrorism deep concerns over slaughter of not a solution, but they create dis- ter Anatoly Antonov said the es- ment towards assisting Afghani- transformation. seminars. Nazari said that if re- is a must for bringing peace to the tribal elders, religious scholars, tance between governments and calation of the conflict in northern stan in becoming a peaceful and She said that the last 67 years ceived vote of confidence, she region. children and women in Afghani- people, Hamid Karzai added. Afghanistan threatens Russia and prosperous country, reports said of development experience in would establish a special strategy its allies due to the possible spread Wednesday. India has taught us the basic les- for elimination of violence against of the conflict to Central Asia. Efforts on to Afghanistan has been plagued According to the Economic son that if you empower the women. Mahmoud Baligh minis- Times, Swaraj said Noting that ter-designate of public works ex- AUAF to train 245 Afghan by the Taliban insurgency since women of any community, the plaining his plans to lawmakers ensure abducted the early 1990s. Afghanistan has a very special community is much more likely stressed on construction of new BUSINESSWOMEN passengers safe The militant movement is no- place for India, adding that the to allocate its resources wisely, roads, railways in accordance to torious for staging attacks country is proud to be called Af- feed and educate children better, regional and international stan- The American University of Af- offer programs to help improve release: NSC against civilians and authorities ghanistan s first strategic partner. invest in infrastructure that is pro- dards. He also pledged to work ghanistan (AUAF) is set to launch skills for women in business fields, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, seek- She added that India is com- ductive and choose a environmen- for maintenance of roads. Minis- a training course for Afghan busi- stressing that various challenges Some family mem- ing to establish austere sharia law mitted to assisting Afghanistan in tally sustainable development ter-designate of transportation nesswomen. Up to 245 women are such as security threats, social val- bers of the kidnapped on these territories. its quest to become an indepen- path . and civil aviation, Muhammadul- expected to benefit from this. ues, the nonexistence of business Training courses that will be fundamentals and access to passengers were briefed lah Batash, pledge to computer- about the ongoing ize transportation revenue collec- offered include financial manage- microcredit were among the main No insurgent hideouts left in Sangin: ANA tion system, fight against corrup- ment, accounting, communications, challenges that have hampered fe- efforts at the meeting. tion and establish a national com- leadership, management, market- male participation in the business ing and other business related pro- arena. "In previous years, the gov- KABUL: The National Security All insurgent hideouts were de- ried out over a period of almost who was fighting here was also mittee of road safety. Delisting Council (NSC) has reiterated all stroyed during the Zulfiqar mili- two months, resulted in a heavy killed during the operation," Saifi Afghan airlines form blacklist, es- grams. "The program will help ernment did not focus on the de- women enhance their knowledge velopment of women in the busi- options are being employed to tary operation which ended a week casualty toll for the Taliban, Saifi said, who also leads the 6th ANA tablishing mechanism to control ensure safe release of the 31 ab- ago in Sangin district, southern stated. He said that during the op- Battalion. Meanwhile, residents in price of plane tickets, establish- about business issues. We always ness sector, an issue that hindered try to help Afghan women extend women from becoming involved in ducted passengers. A statement Helmand, said the Afghan Nation- eration, ANA forces neutralized Sangin have asked the government ing civil aviation academy and from the Presidential Palace on to make sure the area is secure and completion of airport construction their experience in the business business. We expect the current field. AUAF will also offer these government to not ignore the role Wednesday said the thorny issue to prevent the return of militants. projects were in top priority of of passengers kidnapping was dis- "We want peace and security," a Batash s plans. Speaker of the women help in selling their prod- of women," head of the social ser- ucts," said head of the global cen- vice coordination center of MoWA cussed at length in the NSC meet- resident of Sangin told TOLOne- Wolesi Jirga, Abdul Raouf Ebra- ing held on Tuesday. Some family ws. "War has destroyed everything himi said that they will grant a ter for economic development at Mahrukh Yousafzai said. "We are AUAF Zakia Sulaiman. Officials working to pave the way for members of the kidnapped pas- here." The residents accused the vote of confidence for cabinet sengers were briefed about the Taliban of setting their mosques nominees on Saturday. It is worth at the Afghan Ministry of Women women to be involved in various Affairs (MoWA) and Ministry of sectors so that they may expand ongoing efforts at the meeting. and schools on fire which prevent- mentioning that the minister-des- During the meeting, the families ed their children from attending ignate of information and culture, Commerce and Industries (MoCI) their business activities. have also announced that they will (TOLONews) of the abducted persons were school. Abdul Bari Jahahani, was not al- asked to demonstrate patience and But some MPs from Helmand lowed to explain his plans for hold- the government was doing all to have claimed that the operation left ing dual nationality. Jahani is hold- release them.
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