Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:87 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TUESDAY. OCTOBER 24. 2017 -Aqrab 02, 1396 HS AT News Report AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday said that five KABUL: Some of senators criticize the government for not armed Taliban killed and 13 others KABUL : Pashtun nationalist arrested in southern Ghazni calling the Loya Jirga, saying it is leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai province. worried of holding the Jirga to has accused the government of “General Command of Police remove the current problems. Pakistan of targeting and isolating Special Units launched a joint They ask the government to the Pashtun people under the special operation with Resolute pretext of the war against terrorism. specify the Jirga agenda. Support Mission Forces in Spina The senators also said that Addressing a huge gathering of they did not expect the US new Ghondi and Tanki villages, Nawa his supporters and tribal elders on strategy to provide peace and district, of Ghazni against Sunday in Islamabad, the Pakistani insurgents last night,” said a press security in Afghanistan, accusing capital, Achakzai said tribal people statement issued by MoI. the US of changing the country had rendered countless sacrifices into a battle field among the Statement said that five armed for Pakistan but the country’s regional countries and the super Taliban killed and 13 other armed leadership besides dishonoring Taliban with some amount of their sacrifices had decided to kill, powers. The recent Taliban and ammunition arrested during the Daesh attacks against the security disgrace and displace them. operation in the province. forces and civilians in the mosques, He said the Pashtuns were identity cards of thousands of Two GCPSU officers were being killed and their homes and Pashtuns. The nationalist leader have made the senators wounded during the operation, disappointed and worried about shops looted in the so-called accused Pakistan’s former foreign added statement. their own lives. They believe that counter-terrorism operations and affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz of The Afghan National Defense the government was unable to threats to the China-Pakistan dividing the Pashtuns in the name that the US strategy caused the war US strategy was a plot to weaken spying for foreigners, transfer the and Security Forces have stepped provide security, saying that calling Economic Corridor (CPEC) and of FATA reforms. Pakistan has expansion, blaming the government the government and increase killing war into the mosques and other up Counter-Terrorism operations the Loya Jirga would be the only for supporting this “wrong of the Afghan people. Head of the religious places. Earlier, the FATA reforms. formed a committee headed by to suppress the insurgency He claimed and accused the Sartaj Aziz to look after the merger way to get rescued of the current strategy” that had intensified the Mishrano Jirga (Senate) said that parliament had also called for the activities of the terror groups, crisis. The senators said Monday war.According to the senators, the some politicians and those who are Loya Jirga. Pakistan’s Inter Services process of the tribal region into concluded the statement. Intelligence (ISI) of killing over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. 1,000 tribal elders in recent years. Tribal elders, however, demanded He also accused the National FATA to be declared a separate Database and Registration province instead merger with Authority (NADRA) of blocking Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Pajhwok) AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday said that Police Special Units discovered and confiscated an ammunition cache in southwestern Logar Province. “ General Command of Police Special Units launched a special operation in Mohammad Agha district, Logar province, which as result of this cache consists of: 3210 kilos of IEDs, 74 roadside Afghan Ministry of Defense administration, the agency is insurgent groups by the US. In to attack the other; and this he was (MoD) on Monday welcomed the sending small teams of experienced September alone they dropped referring to Pakistan. so not only bombs, three motorcycles and move by the United States’ Central officers and contractors to work 751 bombs on Taliban and Daesh will pressure be applied to the some amount of ammunition,” said Intelligence Agency (CIA) to ramp alongside Afghan forces to go after militants. enemy on the battlefield in a press statement issued by MoI. up efforts to target Taliban leaders the Taliban. The top US commander in Afghanistan, but there will also be During operation also four armed and commanders in Afghanistan. Afghan defense ministry said Afghanistan General John pressure applied to those who are Taliban were killed, four other The Trump administration is in addition to the CIA's new move, Nicholson meanwhile has said supporting the enemy from outside wounded and one was arrested reportedly stepping up its they will also increase their based on the new US strategy for the country,” said Nicholson. with one AK-47 rifle in the district, counterterrorism efforts in operations to eliminate insurgents. Afghanistan, not only will the Government critics meanwhile added statement. Statement said Afghanistan and sending in the CIA “We carry out more than 30 to pressure be increased on said Afghan security forces should that discoveries of mentioned to conduct covert operations to 45 airstrikes, 50 to 200 flights every insurgents, but the countries that not continue to be on the ammunition cache demonstrate the hunt and kill Taliban militants in 24 hours. We launch two to five support them will also come under defensive, but should carry out ever-increasing capability of Afghan President Mohammad to implement it right away. the country, according to a New night operations every night and serious pressure. offensive operations to kill Taliban Afghan National Security Forces Ashraf Ghani issued a decree on “Pakistan did not allow York Times report. our commando units do up to 30 “As you heard in that policy insurgents, and other insurgent to protect the civilians from Sunday banning Pakistani trucks Afghan trucks to cross the border A senior American official who operations in 24 hours,” defense announcement by president groups. indiscriminate IED attacks. Afghan from entering Afghanistan. up until now, while Pakistani spoke to the New York Times said ministry spokesman Dawlat Trump, the United States, as “A defensive position is not National Police encourages all This comes as a retaliation to trucks could enter Afghan soil that as a signal of accelerating Waziri said. president Trump said no good - it gets soldiers killed,” citizens to report suspicious Pakistan’s constant stopping of without any problem. Afghanistan counterterrorism efforts under the The move by the CIA comes partnership can survive when one former military officer Mohsin activities and criminal acts to Afghan trucks from entering its should do the same to Pakistan,” US President Donald Trump’s after a increase in airstrikes against of the partners is sending people (ToloNews) Mukhtar said. contact by dialing 119, mentioned territory. said Abdul Rauf, one of the owners statement. According to Ministry of of a transport company. Transport, Pakistani trucks will The ministry also said they have to offload their goods and will sign transit agreements with transfer them to Afghan trucks at Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the border crossing. Turkmenistan soon and based on Many Afghan transport the new agreements, Afghan trucks companies have welcomed the will be allowed to enter the three decree and urged the government countries. (WADSAM) The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has fired five of its members over a range of cases including halting Senior the reform plans, manipulation of attendance records, ignoring the presidential decree, and violation member of of administrative rules. The U.S. commander of international chairman of the commission, Abdul forces, John Nicholson, on Sunday Haqqani Aziz Aryayee said on Monday that vowed to increase pressure on the sacked members were “halting Islamic State group in Afghanistan, the reforms process”. Adding that two days after the group claimed network their cases have been referred to deadly attack in Kabul. Nicholson Attorney General’s Office. The said this while visiting southern fired members include Deputy of province of Kandahar along with arrested in IECC Secretariat, Head of Analyses deputy interior minister and and Evaluation Department, Head ambassadors of Norway and of Human Resources Department, people and their target was to over violation of law and Netherlands. “We’ve been putting KABUL : A Russian recently sabotage the upcoming elections,” corruption. Kabul visited New Delhi for discussions Head of Document and Relation pressure on Daesh around the Department and the IECC Aryayee explained. The Deputy “This decision is more of world and we’re going to put more Afghan intelligence agency has Kabul city,” the statement said. on Afghanistan with Indian of IECC, Humaira Haqmal, political and bias, it has no arrested a key member of the National Security Advisor Ajit Attendance Manager. “Some of pressure on Daesh here in The statement further added the commissioners and certain however, expressed opposition to legitimacy and contrary to the law,” Afghanistan,” Nicholson said Haqqani Network in the capital that he was involved