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MARCH 14. 2016 -Hoot 24, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 0778894038 AT News Report MoD authorizes AT News Report KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Af- troops to ramp up ghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbud- din Hekmatyar, had nodded to night raids participate in the four-nation bro- Defense Minister Masoom Stani- kered Afghan peace talks, likely to kzai has issued an order authoriz- ing Afghan security forces to in- be held in Pakistan, the group said crease the number of night raids in a media statement on Sunday. against homes of suspected Tali- The Quadrilateral Coordina- ban insurgents and other militants. tion Group (QCG), comprising of Stanikzai also asked Afghan KABUL: Scores of Afghan sena- the ‘treacherous policy’ of Paki- Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United forces to take firm action against tors on Sunday alleged Pakistan of stan, he said that Pakistani flags States and China, had held its fourth border violations and to defend the playing double game with Afghan- were hosted in some parts of Hel- meeting in Kabul on February 23, nation against threats without hes- istan, and urged Islamabad to stop mand. itation. interfering into internal affairs of Gulalay Akbari, a senator from where the four countries called on The minister's remarks come the Taliban and other insurgent the country. Badakhshan, said that the Taliban just days after reports surfaced Criticizing Pakistan for the insurgents extorting money from groups to join the Afghan-owned that Afghanistan's eastern border and Afghan-led peace and recon- regions have once again come un- cross Durand-Line attacks in Ku- the people. Expressing deep con- ciliation process. Although the der rocket attack from outside the nar and Nangarhar, the senators cern over growing insecurity in the Taliban rejected to participate in country. said that due to its insincerity and province, Akbari said that the Tal- The move also comes as Tali- dual policy, Pakistan had lost its iban insurgents asked people to the peace talks, but HIA showed ban forces continue to pose major its readiness to become part of rec- reputation before Afghanistan and join them. “If anyone rejects to join challenges to embattled Afghan the international community. them (Taliban), they demand Afs onciliation process. “By joining National Security Forces (ANSF) the peace talks we want to show in various regions of the country, In today’s session (Sunday) 50,000 on monthly basis from that to the nation that we believe in in their bid to gain territory and they said that Pakistan was mak- person,” Akbari added. peace,” HIA said in the statement, Following peace talks, Presi- United States of America added or posed serious risks of commit- strategic towns. ing promises to help Afghanistan The former minister of interi- however, it added that the United dent Ashraf Ghani also called on two members of the Hezb-i-Isla- ting, acts of terrorism that threat- Following the end of the U.S in its peace and reconciliation pro- or Mohammad Omar Daudzai on combat mission in Afghanistan, the cess, but at the same time it re- Saturday blamed Pakistan for sab- States and its allies wanted to con- the HIA to join peace talks and mi Afghanistan, Abdullah Nowba- en the security of the U.S. nation- security situation has sharply de- tinue the war. “The US see its in- showed government’s readiness to har and Abdul Saboor, in the list of als or the national security, foreign cruits, trains and equips the mili- otaging the Afghan peace process teriorated on the back of intensi- tants. and said that Islamabad never terests in war in Afghanistan,” it hold talks with all militant outfits global terrorists. “We criticize the policy, or economy of the United fied attacks by the Taliban against added According to the statement including HIA. Despite the fact decision of the United States for States,” the US State Department Afghan forces. The sharp increase The senators also expressed wanted to stop interference into the US is still keen on fighting and that the Taliban rejected to partic- adding two members of this group said in a statement. The statement has shown no signs of abating. concerns over fragile security sit- Afghanistan’s internal affairs. But wants to see more bloodshed. ipate in peace talks brokered by to the list of global terrorists,” HIA added that as a result of “these "Presently the question is why uation in the country. They said this is what Pakistan always de- are these wars fought in Zabul and that the Taliban insurgents were nied, he said, referring to Pakistan’s Moreover, the statement added four-nation talks, the government said in the statement. The State designations”, all properties sub- Shindand and Badghis where only that some circles within the gov- is still looking how to bring the Department has designated Abdul- jected to the US jurisdiction in controlling most areas of the Hel- interference. “Pakistan making Afghan civilians are killed. What mand province. efforts to pursue its strategic ob- ernment see the peace initiative as group to the table of talks as some lah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor which Abdullah Nowbahar and are the intentions behind these a threat to their privileges that they Afghan officials believe that Tali- as Special Designated Global Ter- Abdul Saboor had any interest was wars? If these wars are aimed at Senator Hashem Alkozai said jectives by interfering into the in- are receiving from foreign states. ban’s peace talks rejection was a rorists (SDGTs) under second 1(b) blocked and the US nationals were seizing power or fighting for the that Taliban were controlling 75 ternal affairs of Afghanistan and After the Taliban, the HIA is tactical step. The group’s call to of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, prohibited from engaging in any slavery of others, then it must be percent of Helmand province while sabotaging the peace drive,” said the second largest militant group kept in mind that the people of the rest is controlled by the gov- Daudzai, who is also a member of participate in the peace talks is which imposes sanctions on for- transactions with Nowbahar and Afghanistan are fully aware of in the country. taking place at a time when the eign persons that have committed, Saboor. ernment. Criticizing the govern- the Council for Protection and Sta- these conspiracies," said Stanikzai. ment for not paying much heed to bility in Afghanistan. Alleged fraud in deputy speaker’s election being probed 26 MILITANTS KILLED IN AFGHAN FORCES KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Sunday tasked a delegation 1st polio case of AIR AND GROUND OPERATIONS: MOD with probing lawmaker Hamidzai An Afghan Air Force aerial gunner communicates with the pilot of an Mi-17, owned and operated by the Lalai’s claim regarding fraud in the 2016 detected in Kandahar Air Wing, before an engine run-up at Kandahar Airfield, March 2, 2016. Members of the AAF election of first deputy speaker. work closely with Train Advise Assist Command – Air, a U.S.-run functional command, that assists our Zahir Qadir, former first dep- Kunar’s Shegal Afghan partners to develop a professional, capable and sustainable force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. uty speaker of Wolesi Jirga (lower district Robert Cloys) At least 26 anti-gov- house of parliament), was re-elect- ernment armed militants were ed to the position on Saturday. ASADABAD: A new polio case killed in the air and ground opera- Earlier, Abdul Rauf Inami, a has surfaced in the Shegal dis- tions of the Afghan national secu- lawmaker from Badakhshan prov- trict of eastern Kunar province, rity forces in the past 24 hours. ince, was elected as secretary to the public health director said The Ministry of Defense (MoD) Wolesi Jirga and Erfanullah Erfan on Sunday. said the operations were conduct- as deputy secretary. Dr. Ihsanullah Fazli told Pa- ed in the various parts of the coun- In three rounds of voting, Qa- jhwok Afghan News an 18- try, involving securit personnel dir, Mirwais Yasini, Abdul Hafiz month-old baby had caught the from different security institutions, Mansoor and Abdul Qadir Zazai, poliovirus in the Shultan valley including the Afghan Air Force. Humayoon Humayoon and Zakria of the district. According to an operational update Zakriaran for the first deputy He said anti-polio cam- by MoD, at least 12 of the mili- speaker, but none could reach the paigns faced hurdles in the eight tants were killed in air and ground 50+1 threshold. districts of the province, where offensive in Shindand district of On Saturday, Hamidzai Lalai some 8,500 children were de- Herat province and 7 others were and Saleh Mohammad Saljuqi ran prived of being administered polio drops. wounded. MoD further added that for the position. But both Lalai (89 6 militants were killed during the votes) and Saljuqi (68) fell short Fazli said it was the first polio case discovered in Afghan- clearance operations in Nad-e-Ali of the target. As many as 193 MPs district of southern Helmand prov- took part in voting. istan in 2016. Governor Wahidullah Kal- ince. At least 7 militants were killed during a seprate operation in Charchino district of Uruzgan province, After the MoD said, adding that several villages were cleared of the militants during the ongoing operations in Dand- KABUL: First Lady Rula Ghani continued to persist. She said 705 imzai said they had held meet- candidates’consecutive failures to ings with religious scholars and e-Ghori and Dand-e-Shahabuddin in Baghlan province.