Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:27 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes MONDAY. AUGUST 17 . 2015 -Asad 26, 1394 HS KABUL MULLING OVER At least 70 dead in Syria regime Islamabad s 8-article action plan raids near Damascus: Report AT Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: At least 70 people were top aid post in May. KABUL: Pakistan has sent an 8- the action plan. Though contents article letter to Pakistan around killed Sunday in a string of Syrian A video posted online by ac- article action plan to President of the action plan are not clear so four months ago, where he had government air strikes on a mar- tivists of the aftermath of the at- Ashraf Ghani through a high-level far, a number of lawmakers assume asked the country to arrest the ketplace in Douma, a rebel-held tacks showed an intersection Afghan delegation that visited Is- that Pakistan may have stuck to Taliban leaders in Quetta and Pe- town near Damascus, a monitor- strewn with rubble and twisted ing group said. metal. lamabad on Thursday to convey its old demands unconditional shawar cities, not to treat wound- At least 200 people were in- Several buildings appeared to the message of the Afghan presi- access to Central Asia via Afghan- ed Taliban militants in its hospi- jured, with the death toll most of have their fronts almost sheared dent regarding action against the istan, recognition of the Durand tals, destroy camps of the militant them civilians likely to rise as off by the force of the blasts, and Taliban who are enjoying safe ha- Line as international border, con- group on its soil, conduct opera- many of the wounded were in se- many vehicles were overturned and vens in the neighboring country, trol over Afghanistan s foreign tions against Haqqani Network, rious condition, the Syrian Obser- crumpled amid the rubble. said an official. policy and natural resources. and monitor sale of chemical ma- vatory for Human Rights said. NDS fo ils m as s prison break attempt in Herat Douma lies in the rebel bas- In the aftermath of a wave of Shukria Barakzai, a member of terials used in bombs. The regime carried out four AT News Report tion of Eastern Ghouta, a region deadly terrorist attacks in Kabul Wolesi Jirga, said: Kabul should It is said the Afghan militants air strikes against a market in the outside the capital that is a regular centre of Douma, said Observa- KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has foiled mass target of government air strikes. that led to the killing of dozens of not surrender to Pakistan s de- enjoy easy availability of the tory director Rami Abdel Rahman. prison break attempt in Herat province. The Afghan spy agency foiled Earlier this week, Amnesty Afghans, Kabul sent a delegation, mand. They [Pakistan] need us cheaper chemical materials includ- the bid by arresting a man, identified as Ghulam Nabi, who was digging The preliminary information a tunnel into the prison. In a media statement issued here, the NDS said International accused the govern- comprising of the acting defense more than we do. ing fertilizers in Pakistan. Islama- suggests most of the dead are ci- on Sunday that it has arrested Nabi, a resident of Herat City, who ment of war crimes in Eastern minister Masoom Stanikzai, Min- She added that the Afghan bad has been urged repeatedly by vilians, he added. wanted to help the prisoners to escape through the secret tunnel that he Ghouta, saying heavy aerial bom- ister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin government should find alterna- the Afghan government and the Abdel Rahman said locals had dug a few kilometers. In another operation, the spy agency arrested bardment was compounding mis- Rabbani and the chief of National tives to Pakistani transit trade United States to monitor sale of gathered at the site after the first two money exchangers who were facilitating the transfer of cash be- ery created by a regime blockade tween the insurgents. They were identified as Mohammad and Abdul Directorate of Security Rahmatul- routes. For instance, we should these chemicals as the insurgents strike to help evacuate the wound- on the area. ed when more raids struck. Ghani. The two were arrested from Shindand district of Herat prov- Rebels also regularly fire on lah Nabil, to Islamabad. enhance our trade ties with the were using these materials in ex- The devastating attack on ince. They planned to transfer PKR 294,000 to Mullah Jamil, the the capital from the region, attacks An official told Azadi Radio Central Asian region, she said. plosive devices that killed and in- Douma came as UN humanitarian Taliban s shadow district chief for Shindand district. The NDS also that Amnesty also described as war on condition of anonymity that the It is worth mentioning that jured hundreds of innocent Af- detained Mullah Ghawsuddin who was collecting funds for the Taliban chief Stephen O Brien made his insurgents in the name of religion. crimes because of their indiscrimi- Afghan government is looking into President Ashraf Ghani sent an 8- ghans. first trip to Syria since taking the nate nature. 64.42 63.02 70.32 68.92 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . AUGUST 17, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghan Why Afghans won t mourn refugee hailed Drive to paint homes on death of Hamid Gul, former ISI a Hero in Hungary for Kabul hills kicks off chief and father of the Taliban saving home- less man s life Gen. Hamid Gul, a A teenage Afghan refugee was hailed a Hero in Hungary for his controversial bravery and on time assistance to military figure and save a critically injured homeless protégé of former man in the capital city of Budap- est. military ruler of The 16-year-old Aziz was the Pakistan Gen. Zia ul- only person who to act after the Haq, led the ISI man drunken, homeless man was injured when he smashed through between 1987 and a glass door to the soup kitchen, 1989. (File photo) which operates in the basement of a building. According to the local media reports in Hungary, the man s ar- tery was cut by the splintering glass who immediately lost a large amount of blood, and among the standers-by, who were clearly shocked by what happened. Aziz jumped to the man s help, squeezing his arm with a belt, leav- ing the eyewitnesses in surprise at the natural rutine with which Aziz did what was right. The man could face certain death had Aziz not been there to KABUL: A campaign colours, official said some traders had so to a great degree. The former chief of Inter Service the Soviet war in Afghanistan was the presence of foreign forces in help, according to the eyewitness- beauty and change has been pledged assistance to the drive and A resident of Khairkhana area, Intelligence (ISI), the powerful in- coming to an end and the armed Afghanistan is not ideal for peace es. Aziz has been residing rough in launched to paint front walls of the municipality had also set aside Naeem Atard, said: Whenever I telligence agency of Pakistan, died rebellion against Indian rule in as it emboldens armed insurgents the Hungarian capital Budapest homes built on mounds to beauti- some money for the purpose. travelled through Deh Afghanan of brain hemorrhage in Pakistani Kashmir was gaining ground. He to carry out suicide attacks. He with a Facebook page that report- fy the central capital Kabul, an He said owners themselves area, I would look at the mud-made resort town of Murree late on Sat- played an instrumental role in cre- justified the suicide attacks in Af- ed on the case stated that Aziz s official said on Saturday. chose colour for painting their houses on the mountain and would urday. He was 79. General Hamid ating the Taliban and fomenting ghanistan because of the contin- father was killed and he lost track Deputy director of services at homes. A large number of mud think if these structures are co- Gul, a controversial military fig- trouble across the Durand Line. ued presence of foreign forces . of his mother and brother on the the Kabul Municipality, Khogman houses had been built in a disorga- loured, it would change the city s ure and protégé of former military He created the Taliban, armed His conspiracy theories, which he way to Europe. Ullomi, told Pajhwok Afghan nized way on the mountains of outlook. dictator of Pakistan General Zia them, funded them and the goal was often discussed on run-of-the-mill In an interview with the news News the painting campaign was Asmai and Sher Darwaza areas and He shared his idea with some ul-Haq, led the ISI between 1987 to destabilize Afghanistan, says Pakistani news channels, made him website Index Aziz said I m hu- launched a day earlier and it was if these houses were painted with public representatives in Guzar and 1989. A conspiracy theorist, Anwar Mohammadi, a political an object of mockery in his own man, he s also human, he was in aimed at beautifying Kabul city. different colours, it would add to area and then with the Kabul mu- Gen. Gul supported armed insur- analyst. He carried forward the country. A few years ago, Pakistani troube, I knew what I had to do, I He said the drive was current- the city s beauty.