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1st Female Attorney Starts 81 Attorneys Killed in 14 Work in Ghor Court Years in Afghanistan: Official KABUL - As many as 81 attorneys have been understand that insecurities exist all over the killed during the past 14 years in Afghanistan country, but effective security measures to pro- and no one in connection with their murders tect attorneys have not been taken. We demand could be detained, the Attorney General’s Of- security and intelligence organs, especially po- fice (AGO) said on Saturday. lice and the interior ministry take strong meas- AGO spokesman Basir Azizi told Pajhwok Af- ures for protection of the prosecutors,” he said. ghan News during an interview that elements Attorneys in 15 districts, most of them in south- FEROZKOH - For the first time, a female at- who were afraid of the rule of law targeted ern provinces, could not perform their duty torney has been appointed at the provincial judicial officials. due to bad security situation which had created prosecutor’s office in western Ghor - prov “Attorneys are threatened more than other problems for local residents who used to travel ince to deal with violence against women officials. We lost attorneys after being threat- to provincial capitals and even Kabul to resolve cases, it was learnt on Sunday. ened in provinces. They are not spared even legal issues, Azizi said. He said his department Nagina Ghori, a Sharia Law graduate, was in Kabul,” he said. had 5200 staff and they included 2500 attorneys. recently appointed as attorney for violence He said the main challenge attorneys faced But Interior Ministry’s deputy spokesman Na- against women. was insecurity and the Ministry of Interior jib Danish said terrorists not only targeted at- “When I was attending school, I noticed should take measures in this regard. “We torneys but all people. ...(More on P4)...(8) that violence against women was paid lit- tle attention. So I decided to study Sharia Law and work for providing women access 50 Taliban to justice,” Ghori said. She said a woman could better understand Eliminated in Afghanistan Capable to Produce and address problems of other women as compared to men. Badakhshan The appointment of female attorney in Ghor 14 Tons of Saffron Annually was warmly welcomed by women activists Airstrikes KABUL - The Afghan ministry of years, it has gained the first posi- in the province. agriculture and livestock bread- tion in the world. Farida Naseri, women’s affairs manager at ing says that according to a new Researches have shown that saf- the provincial human rights commission policy, efforts are underway to fron contains different vitamins office, said it was for the first time in Ghor enhance the rate of Saffron pro- essentials for body growth, min- history that a woman was appointed as at- duction in five years to 14 tons erals and fats which are used ex- torney. per year. tensively in medicines. Saffron “We appreciate the appointment as a good In an interview with The Kabul is usually used for treatment of move because there was no attorney in the Times reporter, the spokesman nervous, digestive and respirato- violence against women section of Ghor at- of that ministry Lutfullah Rashed ry and other diseases. Herat is a torney’s office, a female attorney increases said at present, the saffron pro- susceptible province in Afghani- our hopes that cases of violence against duction level is 3.5 tons per year stan for cultivation of saffron but women would be addressed properly in which is unprecedented. the MoAL said that its trying to future,” she said. She added now women FAIZABAD - Fifty Taliban fight- Afghanistan has a total capacity year that would earn US $200m per year. Afghanistan saffron generalize saffron production in could share and explain their cases openly ers, including some notorious of 70 tons saffron production per enjoys good universal quality and reputation and since three thirty ...(More on P4)...(9) to the attorney. ...(More on P4)...(10) commanders, have been killed and a dozen others wounded in Massive airstrikes in the Arghistan dis- Bereaved Families Call on Govt to Afghanistan to Face trict of northeastern Badakhshan Taliban Attack province, the Ministry of Defence Ensure Citizens’ Safety, End War Repulsed in (MoD) said on Sunday. KABUL - Families of the vic- Scotland in ODI Series The Afghan Air Force (AAF) tar- tims of Thursday’s Taliban Wardak: Official geted Taliban hideouts in differ- attack have called on the on Monday KABUL - Afghan security ent areas of the troubled district, government to ensure the forces repulsed a massive inflicting the casualties on the in- safety of its citizens, they do insurgent attack on their surgents, a brief statement from not want more bloodshed. posts in the Jalrez district MoD said. The families said on Sunday of central Maidan Wardak Brig. Gen. Janat Gul Karokhel, they are tired of war and province, an official said on commander of the 20th Pamir they don’t want to see the Saturday. Corps second unit, told Pajhwok continued killing of the sons Hundreds of Taliban gun- Afghan News key Taliban figures of Afghanistan. men stormed security posts Maulvi AttiqullahZubair, Ba- While the youth of this in Khwaja Sahib area of the sit and Ibrahim were among the country were shedding district on Friday morning, dead. their blood to ensure the se- triggering a gunbattle that He said the militants had been curity of the country, politi- Now he will not come ported the recruits to Ka- KABUL - Afghanistan and Scot- the second round of the compe- forced the rebels to retreat pushed back from the district cen- cians remain unable to end back. What will his wife bul, said he saw tens of his land cricket teams will contest tition, beating the competitions and flee, the governor’s tre and the operation would con- the war, they said. do without him? Who she colleagues were stained two One Day International eventual winners, West Indies. spokesman, Abdul Rahman tinue until the town was secured. The mother of a soldier will wait for?” mother of with blood. (ODIs) fixtures, which will take The ACB announced the squad Mangal, told Pajhwok Af- (Pajhwok) killed on Thursday said her the soldier said. “I was in the second bus place at The Grange in Edinburgh for the Scotland and Ireland ghan News. son, Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Nazir, the when the explosion oc- on Monday 4 and Wednesday 6 tours last month. He said insurgents from was married only one and a soldier’s brother, said: “He curred. I stopped the vehi- of July. According to the ACB, the team other districts and neigh- Security Forces half years ago. He was hop- joined the police because cle and suddenly there was According to a statement issued includes Mohammad Shahzad, bouring Ghazni and Zabul Re-Take Outpost ing to see his son. She said he wanted to, but now another blast in the bus be- by Afghanistan Cricket Board Asghar Stanikzai, Shapoor provinces had joined their her son joined the police he was martyred. We are hind us. I took my gun and (ACB), the Afghan National Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Mo- comrades in Wardak in the in Wardak force four months ago. proud that he lost his life saw Mohammad Amin on Cricket Team produced a num- hammad Nabi, Rahmat Shah, attack. “My son told me that he defending the country. He the ground. He was mar- ber of impressive performances Samiullah Shinwari, Rashid The attackers initially made had prepared clothes for was martyred in Ramazan, tyred,” Edris said. at the ICC World T20 earlier this Khan, Yamin Ahmadzai, Gul- some progress but were de- the Eid. I asked him not go which is a sacred month.” Mohammad Amin’s moth- year - which included overcom- badin Naib, Dawlat Zadran, feated as a result of a joint anywhere during Eid days Edris, a soldier who drove er is ill. His wife does not ing Scotland in a tight encounter Hamid Hassan, Mirwais operation by security forces, and not to make me angry. one of the buses that trans- talk to anyone.(Tolonews) in Nagpur - as they progressed to Ashraf, ...(More on P4)...(11) he said, adding the rebels also fled from an area in Kh- waja Sahib which they had Pak Govt. Prepares Plan Taliban Split, Weakened After previously captured. He said the operation was to Bring Displaced NWA Double Blow: Gen. Raziq still ongoing and the insur- KANADAHAR - The insur- overcome their gents were being chased Families Back Home gent Taliban has been weak- differences. and targeted. About Tali- PESHAWAR – The Paki- “Initially, the plan was to ened after the deaths of its This has weak- ban casualties, he said the WARDAK - Security forces re-took stani government has start- start bringing them home founder Mullah Mohammad ened the rebel yesterday clashes left Tali- the control of an outpost in Wardak ed preparations to bring from July 20, but it was de- Omar and former leader Mul- group,” he told ban district chief for Jalrez, province that was fallen to Taliban Back to their home around layed so that the computer- lah Akhtar Mansour, says TOLOnews. Zahidullah, a group leader two days ago, local officials said on 7,000 families who had ised national identity cards General Abdul Raziq, police Raziq urged and seven others dead and Sunday. Abdul Rahman Mangal, a migrated to Afghanistan (CNICs) of these residents chief of Kandahar province. Taliban to quit as many others wounded. spokesman for Wardak governor when the military operation of North Waziristan could As a result of their leaders’ de- the insurgency He said three security per- said the security forces launched Zarb-e-Azb was launched be first verified by Nadra,” mise, the Taliban has split into and join the sonnel were also injured, a military operation in Jalrez dis- in North Waziristan Agen- he said. factions, he said. peace process. but exact information about trict and re-took the outpost that cy in June 2014. He put at 30,000 to 40,000 Raziq added that while Tali- With reference to Eid, the stated. Meanwhile, Kandahar casualties in Saturday’s collapsed to insurgents on Friday Kamran Ahmad Afridi, the total number of Pa- ban is faced with rifts within police chief vowed to ensure residents also called on the clashes was immediately night. The officials said that 15 political agent of North kistanis from North Wa- their leadership ranks, the tight security for Kandahar warring sides to announce a available. Taliban militants were killed and Waziristan, told The News ziristan presently living same applied to the National during the period. ceasefire during Eid days. A government official in injured in Jalrez clashes over the that efforts are being made in Afghanistan. He said Unity Government (NUG). “We have taken serious “The security forces have Jalrez district told Pajhwok past two days, adding that three to start the return process about 30 percent of them “Taliban is faced with internal measures for the Eid days. taken serious measures over Afghan News hundreds of security forces were injured in the of the displaced Pakistani were living in camps and rifts, as is then case with the We call on Kandahar resi- the past week. We call on po- insurgents attacked local battle. Mangal did not provide fur- families from Afghanistan 40 percent with their rela- NUG leaders. They [Taliban] dents to cooperate with se- lice and other security force police posts near the Kh- ther details about the operation. in the last week of July or tives while the remaining have been divided into factions curity forces to ensure better members to come up with waja Sahib base at about (Tolonews) first week of August. ...(More on P4)...(12) and are caught up in trying to security in the province,” he ...(More on P4)...(13) ...(More on P4)...(14)