Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:28 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TUESDAY . AUGUST 18 . 2015 -Asad 27, 1394 HS Afghanistan, India hold renewable energy summit KABUL: The Afghanistan Re- various Afghan Ministries, includ- newable Energy Union and the ing, the Ministry of Power, Coal Ministry of Energy and Water and New and Renewable Energy hosted a two day Afghanistan-In- of India, as well as the Ambassa- dia Renewable Energy Summit in dor of Afghanistan in India and New Delhi aimed at promoting the Ambassador of India in Af- Afghanistan s energy sector. The ghanistan attended. The Summit United States Agency for Inter- introduced Indian businesses from national Development (USAID), the renewable energy sector so- the Embassy of India in Afghani- lar, wind, biomass, geothermal and stan and the Federation of India hydro to renewable energy in- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- vestment opportunities in Af- tries supported the event which ghanistan and included a presen- was held on August 6 and 7, a tation by the Afghan delegation statement from the USAID said of the Kandahar Solar Project. on Monday. Representatives from This 10-megawatt hybrid so- By Akhtar M. Nikzad with great zeal. There is a scene homes, streets and shops with 19 as a reminder that how the an- try s foreign policy back in 1919. the Indian renewable energy sec- lar photo voltaic power project, of competition among residents of posters and flags. Scores of Kab- cestors fought for freedom of the They said that public and the gov- tor, Afghan enterprises, financial aims to replace diesel generators KABUL: Afghans are preparing different cities. Dwellers of Kab- ul residents termed the Indepen- country to defeat the British Em- ernment shall celebrate the Inde- institutions, Da Afghanistan as a source of electricity in Kan- to mark the Independence Day ul are also busy in decorating dent Day celebrations on August pire and take control of the coun- pendence Day magnificently ..P3 Breshna Sherkat, officials from dahar. (Pajhwok) Flash floods in Nangarhar killed 8, damaged 300 houses AT News Report KABUL: Flash floods in eastern Nangarhar province killed at least eight people and damaged more than 300 houses. Head of the Red AT News Report kistani members of the militant group. In a Crescent Society office in Nan- video clip sent to media outlets, the arrested garhar, Nangialai Yusoufzai, said KABUL: The National Director- men have confessed that they were mem- that flash floods in Ghanikhel, ate of Security (NDS) arrested a bers of the deadly terrorist group. One of Dur Baba, Nazian and Mohm- commander along with two Paki- the Pakistani members of the group said that and districts of the province have stani members of the Islamic State he has joined the IS through internet web- caused loss of life and property. (IS), when trying to enter Afghan- sites. The statement said, the NDS opera- According to our volunteer istan through Torkham gate. tives have also destroyed a hideout of the workers in the flood-hit areas, as The NDS in a press statement Taliban militants in southern Helmand prov- many as 170 houses have been issued on Monday said that their ince. It added that the hideout belonged to damaged in Ghanikhel district, 60 operatives arrested an IS com- fighters of Abdul Jabar, a Taliban command- houses in Dur Baba district, five mander named Hayatullah, known er. Security forces also recovered several to 10 houses in Nazian district as Mansoor, along with two Pa- and 60 to 70 houses in Mohm- bombs from the hideout. and district, he added. He said that at least eight people have died in the flash floods. Yusoufzai Foreigner 7B AFGHANIS said that the floods have also de- stroyed hundreds of Jirebs of female aid DECLINE land in the areas. Ahmad Zia Ab- dulzai, the spokesman for Nan- worker garhar governor office, said that IN REVENUE they have directed the concerned kidnapped in KABUL: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) organizations to provide aid to on Monday registered seven billion Afghanis the affected people.However, the decline in revenue this year and directed cos- affected people said that they Kabul tume officials to complete the target in the haven t received any aid so far. AT News Report next three months or resign from their posi- tions. Finance Minister Aklil Hakimi during 18 militants KABUL: Unidentified gunmen assessment of financial performances of last kidnapped a female aid worker at year and review of the first six months of the killed in Baghlan gunpoint on Monday morning in fiscal year told costume and revenue officials Kabul. Fraidun Obaidi, head of that they failed to achieve the target of reve- AT Monitoring Desk Kabul police criminal investiga- nue generation despite their promises with tion department, said that the in- the international community. He said that KABUL: At least 18 Taliban mil- cident took place around 9:15 am around six to seven billion Afghanis which itants have been killed in fighting in Qala-i-Fathullah area of Kabul should be collected in revenue was not with Afghan security forces in city. He said that they have achieved because the revenue was collected northern Baghlan province over launched an investigation into the less than the target in some provinces. He the past three days. The clashes incident and whereabouts of the did not name any province but directed cos- took place in Dand-e-Ghori area kidnapped aid worker. He didn t tume and revenue officials: You should of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital city disclose nationality of the kid- achieve the target. You should gain more than of the province, said the provin- napped foreign national. Howev- that and those who collect more than the tar- cial police chief. Abdul Jabar Pur- er, foreign media outlets reported get will be rewarded but those who failed dely said that security forces that the female aid worker was will be fired. Hakimi did not share details have cleared over 10 villages of national of Germany and was about the target for each costume and the the Taliban militants. working in GIZ. No one has revenue collected. However MoF spokesman He added that one Afghan claimed responsibility of the kid- Abdul Rahmizai on July 4 had said that 123 soldier has been killed and three napping so far. Another worker billion Afghanis was revenue target for this others wounded in the clashes. of the organization was abducted year. He had said that 54.68 billion Afghanis He said that fighting between se- in Kunduz province earlier this was collected in the first six months of the curity forces and the Taliban are year, who managed to escape af- fiscal year while the amount last year stood still going on. ter six weeks in captivity. at 51 billion Afghanis. (Pajhwok) 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. TUESDAY . AUGUST 18, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Gh an i s approval rating continues to slide: Survey The findings of the fourth survey in a series conducted by ATR Con- sulting and TOLOnews shows Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's popularity has further dipped, il- lustrating a decrease of 5.7 percent as compared to results published in May. According to the findings released on Sunday, slightly less than 20 percent of the entire pop- ulation in Afghanistan is "very sat- isfied" with the performance of Ghani since he assumed office last year in September this is down from 25.5 percent in May. HAHRANA: Local resi Combined Military Hospital in one of the participants, said Ha- said the Pakistani leaders were in- their security forces and would al- Taliban and was sometimes re- Approximately one person out dents on Sunday celebrated Muree late on Saturday. A large mid Gul s death was in the inter- volved in recent incidents of vio- ways assist them against those cre- ferred to as the father of the Tal- of five is or 22.8 percent are Sformer Pakistani spymaster number of people rallied in the est of Afghanistan because he had lence in Afghanistan. Gul Khan, ating insecurity in the country. iban . "moderately satisfied" with Gen. Hamid Gul s death with capital of Paktika province, danc- been creating problems and hur- another participant, asked Paki- Gen. Hamid Gul, who headed the In an interview with the BBC Ghani's performance, the report pump and show in southeastern ing at drum beats for an hour and dles all his life for Afghanistan. stan to shun it dual-faced policy Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI in 2010, Gul had remarked: said. But the largest percentage of Paktika province. chanting slogans like Down with He said Afghans would celebrate toward Afghanistan and focus on from 1987 to 1989, had been ac- America is history, (then Afghan the population - 52.1 percent - is The ex-director general of the Pakistan. They also raised slo- the death of every Pakistani lead- security and stability in its neigh- cused for supporting armed mili- President Hamid) Karzai is histo- "not satisfied at all" with the gov- premier Pakistani intelligence ser- gans in support of the Afghan se- er until they played a sincere role bouring country. He said the Af- tants in Afghanistan. Gul also ry, the Taliban are the future. ernment of Ghani that came into vice died of brain hemorrhage in curity forces. Mohammadullah, in the Afghan peace process.