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Add: In front of Habibia High School, Jacob Rees-Mogg District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume No. 4429 Monday July 06, 2020 Saratan 16, 1399 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Britain Urges Taliban to Reduce Violence KABUL - The British Embassy It called on parties to the con- in Kabul on Sunday called for flict to heed the UN Security reduction in violence to cre- Council’s calls for an immedi- ate the conditions for intra- ate cessation of hostilities, in Afghan negotiations. order to reduce violence and The embassy said that it was to ensure access of humanitar- deeply concerned about “high ian aid throughout the country levels” of violence in Afghani- is not unduly hindered. stan. The embassy expressed con- “As we move towards cru- cern about the deliberate tar- India Signs MoUs Worth $2.6 Million for cial negotiations, we urge the geting of civil society mem- Taliban to listen to the clear bers, religious figures and Construction Projects in Afghanistan demand of the Afghan people, healthcare workers. “This is demonstrate they are serious completely unacceptable. We KABUL - India signed five mem- Nuristan provinces, a teaching Indian Ambassador Vinay Ku- dollars to Afghanistan over the about peace, and reduce the call for a robust investigation orandums of understanding building in Farah University, mar said that the MoUs under- last two decades, he said. violence,” the embassy said in into all incidents of violence worth $2.6 million for construc- and building internal roads for score India’s “consistent” com- The envoy said that India has a statement. “Continuing at- where civilians have died or tions projects in Afghanistan ed- Alberoni University in Kapisa mitment for the development of completed nearly 400 small de- tacks create a climate which been injured, and for those ucation sector on Sunday. province, Afghan Economy Min- the capacity of Afghan youth. velopment projects and high- encourages further insecurity, responsible to be held to ac- The projects include building ister Mustafa Mastoor said at India has committed an assis- impact community development instead of building confidence count.” three schools in Badakhshan and signing ceremony. tance of nearly three billion US ...( More on P4)...(1) that peace is possible.” The ...( More on P4)...(2) Taliban Violence Is Russia Answers Bounty Claims, Unacceptable, It Has to Says US Is ‘Drug Trafficking’ KABUL - The Russian president’s tions,” he said. “Every citizen of Go Down: NATO SCR special envoy for Afghanistan Kabul will tell you that, everyone affairs, Zamir Kabulov, on Sat- is ready to talk about that,” said urday accused US intelligence in Tass quoting Kabulov speaking Afghanistan of “drug trafficking,” to a state-run tv channel. reported Tass, a Russian news The New York Times report said agency. that there were different theo- Following a New York Times ries on why Russia would sup- story alleging that a Russian unit port Taliban attacks, “including was offering bounties to Taliban- a desire to keep the United States linked militants to kill US-led bogged down in war.” coalition troops in Afghanistan, The Taliban operation was “led Kabulov responded to the allega- by a unit known as the GRU,” tions, saying that US intelligence said the Times article, “which officers, who “accuse us of differ- has been blamed in numerous ent things,” are involved in “drug international incidents includ- trafficking.” ing a 2018 chemical weapons at- “Those wonderful US intelligence tack in Britain that nearly killed legations. ports of Russian bounties for Tali- The NATO called on the Taliban published on his twitter account officers, who accuse us of differ- Russian-born double agent Sergei Russia has more recently been ban fighters who kill Americans, group to decrease violence as has said that the Taliban violence ent things, are involved in drug Skripal.” accused by the United States of said: “The fact that the Russians the country is going towards an has to go down as it creates an is- trafficking. Their planes from The New York Times quoted a quietly providing weapons to the are engaged in Afghanistan in a intra-Afghan peace dialogue. sue for the ongoing peace efforts. Kandahar, from Bagram [airfield Kremlin spokesman saying that Taliban. way that’s adverse to the United Stefano Pontecorvo, the NATO “Taliban violence has to go near Kabul] are flying wherever Russia was unaware of the accu- The US Secretary of State Mike States is nothing new.” Senior Civilian Representative to down, it is simply unacceptable they want to - to Germany, to sations. Pompeo on Wednesday last week, “Some members of Congress who Afghanistan in a video message and ...( More on P4)...(3) Romania - without any inspec- The Taliban also rejected the al- in remarks to the press on the re- are ...( More on P4)...(4) Etisalat Provides School Calls for New Probe into Nine Taliban Insurgents Books for Students Education Ministry Under Killed in Kandahar, KABUL – As a part of its corporate http://elearning.etisalat.af only social responsibility and in sup- and on the condition of having an- Farooq Wardak Ghazni Clashes port of MoE Alternative Education other data bundle activated. KABUL - Six years have passed several other officials at the Min- Program, Etisalat has introduced a “We are aiming to turn the lock- since large scale corruption was istry of Education were accused new data bundle that enables the down into a learning opportunity reported within the Afghan Min- of being involved in embezzle- students and teachers to access for school students in Afghanistan istry of Education with Farooq ment. and download school books from by providing them internet at the Wardak serving as minister. But The Independent Joint Anti-Cor- a dedicated website- developed by lowest possible prices,” said Eti- no progress has been made on the ruption Monitoring Committee the company. The aim is to tackle salat Afghanistan CEO, Matthew corruption case. (MEC) on Saturday again called the challenges of school closures Willsher. In 2015, the US Special Inspector on the Afghan government to fi- due to the spread of COVID-19 Etisalat has been committed to sup- General for Afghanistan Recon- nalize corruption cases involving and help the students and teach- porting Afghans in areas that help struction (SIGAR) in a report re- the cabinet ministers. ers to continue with their lessons improve the quality of life and fos- vealed large scale embezzlement “Regarding the cases of the min- when attending schools is not pos- ter development in the country. As of funds provided for the Min- isters, over the past two or three sible. a part of this commitment, educa- istry of Education. Later on, the years, we have not seen any pro- KANDAHAR/GHANI - At least in the Maruf district of southern Since its launch on 28 June 2020, tional programs have always been Afghan government assigned a gress. MEC is demanding these nine Taliban militants were killed Kandahar province. the bundle, which offers 1GB data placed in supporting activities of probe team comprising members cases to be finalized,” said Khair- in clashes with the Afghan forces The incident took place in Nadir at 5Afs per month, has gained in- the company. The management at of parliament and a top official ullah Saraj, MEC’s member. in Kandahar and Ghazni prov- Khan area of the province on Sat- creased attention and has been Etisalat Afghanistan believes that from the attorney general to in- Corruption cases in the Education inces. urday night. labeled as the most affordable giving children a quality education vestigate reports of billions of afs Ministry involve fraud in school- Jamal Nasir Barikzai, a spokes- At least five Taliban militants were data bundle in the market by Eti- can help bring out the best in every funds provided by the USAID. building and the printing of text- man for the Kandahar police told killed and eight more wounded in salat customers on social media. child and prepare them as future At the time, the then Minister of books as well seeking funds for Ariana News that the militants the clash, Barikzai said. The bundle can be used to access leaders of their country. (PR) Education Farooq Wardak and ghost ...( More on P4)...(5) attacked Afghan security forces According ...( More on P4)...(6) 2 July 06, 2020 Main Page Reconceptualizing Peace and Violence By: Asadullah Fahimi After Two Decades of Democracy ar, Violence, explosion, terrorism and … gle, therapy, meaning deliberate efforts by Self are set of words every Afghan is famil- or Other to move the system back again toward Wiar with since late 20th century. Decades some well-state. Closely related to the distinction of war against soviet army and civil war brought between negative and positive health and peace about a tense atmosphere and formed a complex is one between curative and preventive therapy. social structure which we are living in and with All four stand for well-states with no (or very lit- today. Violence is laid in deep layers, psychologi- tle) disease or violence. The systems are (almost) cally, socially, culturally no need to mention po- symptom-free. But in the negative case, that is litically. about all that can be said about them. The equilib- It has been almost 20 years of democracy and de- rium is so unstable that even a minor insult can tip velopment constant attempts in Afghanistan and the system into an ill-state.