Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:261 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes THURSDAY. APRIL 21. 2016 -Saur 02, 1395 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 0778894038 The Russian Presidential Spe- cial Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghani- stan are looking to expand to Cen- tral Asia and Russia. Kabulov, who is also the head By Akhtar M.Nikzad KABUL: The night before Kab- ul’s suicide attack, President Ashraf Ghani met some members of the parliament to discuss security sit- uation, the lawmakers said of the Asia and Middle East de- Wednesday. partment of the Russian foreign “President Ghani marked the ministry, said the number of the next six months bloody for Afghan- loyalists of the terror group has istan as militants intensified at- significantly increased in Afghani- tacks,” the lawmakers who met stan. Ghani, told parliament session. “There are now 10,000 IS fight- A suicide bomber detonated ers in Afghanistan. A year ago there his explosive-laden truck near an was a hundred. This growth over a intelligence facility in Pul-e-Mah- year is spectacular,” he told report- moud Khan area in Kabul, in which ers. 64 people mostly civilians were Kabulov further added “The killed and 347others injured. Afghan branch of IS is definitely MPs said that president specialized against Central Asia. Ghani expressed his deep concern Russian is even one of their work- over security situation and asked ing languages,” Kabulov added. them to offer security schemes to “They are being trained against take practical measures against in- Central Asia and Russia.” surgents. The remarks by Kabulov “Ghani said that we can play comes as a spokesman for the US- significant roles in supporting Af- led coalition forces in Afghanistan ghan National Security Forces,” earlier said the Islamic State of Iraq MP, Zahir Sadat said. and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group “Pakistan’s spy agency has has the potential to be an ‘enor- launched a proxy war in Afghani- mous’ threat in Afghanistan. stan,” said Sher Wali Wardak, an- The chief of communications other parliamentarian. “Peace talks for the coalition, Brigadier Gener- are also a trick of Islamabad to al Charles Cleveland, has said the keep our government busy to fur- threat exists despite the group has ther fuel insurgency in the coun- received major setbacks during the try,” Wardak said. recent months, pointing towards Afghans were hopeful to the growing US forces airstrikes peace and security after the Bilat against the loyalists of the terror See P2 group. “Obviously, we’ve all seen them, how rapidly they are able to spread, in other parts of the Iran’s Larijani hails world,” Gen. Cleveland said dur- ing a briefing at Pentagon. Afghanistan’s According to Gen. Cleveland, between January and March, the progress in United States has carried out 70 to 80 airstrikes against ISIS in Af- anti-terror fight ghanistan. Kabul deadliest attack China supports Afghan membership in SCO AT News Report death toll jumps to 64 KABUL: The National Security talks with Atmar, Wang Yi said that firmed that China was supporting that the Afghan government is By M. Sadiq Yousafi Umar Azizi, Chief of the National Adviser, Mohammad Hanif Atmar China supported full membership Afghanistan’s stance and fight thankful to China for supporting Directorate of Security for capital met with Wang Yi, China’s Minis- Afghanistan’s full membership at KABUL: The death toll from the Kabul told newsmen on Wednes- ter of Foreign Affairs, in Beijing SCO. Tuesday’s deadliest Taliban attack day. the other day. “Afghanistan hope this will TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament incapital Kabul jumped to 64, and See P2 The two sides held in-depth transform Afghanistan into regions Speaker Ali Larijani said the Af- the number of injured persons to talks about expansion of bilateral connecting point,” he added. He ghan government has made some 347, several of them still in hospi- 33 insurgents relation, China’s economic coop- furthered that ANDSF were fight- progress in its fight against terror- tals under treatment, according to eration with Afghanistan and fight ing against terrorists and terrorism ism, calling for regional countries’ security officials. killed, 35 against terrorism, National Securi- threats on behalf of all region and assistance in the anti-terrorism “With regrets to announce in ty Council spokesman, Tawab world. campaign. yesterday’s (Tuesday) attack, 64 wounded in Ghorzang said in his twitter count. “So equipping ANDSF would Larijani held a meeting with his of our innocent countrymen had Wang Yi offered condolences help both.” Furthermore, Atmar re- Afghan counterpart in the Russian been killed and 347 were injured, raids: MoD to Afghan National Security Advi- of Afghanistan at Shanghai Coop- against terrorism and would pro- iterated that Afghan government capital, Moscow, on Wednesday most of them civilians” Sediq Sedi- AT News Report sor, on the barbaric terrorist attack eration Organization (SCO), he vide military aid, training to Af- would not conduct any peace talks on the sidelines of the first meet- qi, spokesman for the Ministry of in Kabul that martyred and injured asserted. ghan National Defense and Securi- with terrorist and those who are ing of Eurasian parliamentary KABUL: The Afghan security forc- Afghan civilians, he said. During He added that Wang Yi reaf- ty Forces (ANDSF). Atmar said supporting terrorism and violence. speakers. es in different crackdowns across During the meeting, the senior the country during past 24 hours, Kunduz: Taliban Iranian official condemned a recent had killed 33 insurgents. In addi- Ghani warns militants of revenge for killing of Afghans terrorist bomb blast in Afghani- tion 35 other militants were re- capture Qala-i-Zal stan’s capital of Kabul and ex- ceived injuries, official said on KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani, swift recovery of the wounded and so,” Ghani said, adding such at- pressed his condolences over the Wednesday. district’s bazaar deaths of tens of people in the trag- while visiting the people injured condemned the massive assault as tacks were carried out by the ene- KUDNUZ CITY: Taliban mili- The Ministry of Defense in Tuesday’s devastating attack on an anti-Islam and inhuman act, the mies of Afghans -- a euphemism ic event. (MoD) in a press statement, said tants captured the bazaar of Qala- Larijani, elsewhere in his re- an elite security agency in Kabul, statement added. for the insurgents. i-Zal district of northern Kunduz that the security forces conducted province and were closing in on marks, pointed to the recent ad- operations against insurgents in has promised revenge for the kill- “All Afghans and I raise our “All Afghans are equal and we vances by the Afghan army in its ing of innocent Afghans. voice daily for peace and reconcil- will seek revenge for each drop of the district headquarters, the different areas of Nangarhar, Ku- town’s police chief said on anti-terror military campaign, and nar, Laghman, Logar, Ghazni, At least 30 people were killed iation. But Allah enjoins upon us our people’s blood,” the president Wednesday. The rebels advanced underlined the need for other re- Maidan-Wardak, Kandahar, Zab- and more than 350 others wound- to stand united and firm against warned. The Afghan nation, hav- on the district bazaar amid an on- gional countries to help in the fight ul, Badghis, Jawzjan, Balkh, Fary- ed in car suicide attack in the Pul- those attacking us,” the statement ing 5,000 years old history and going fierce clash with security against the inauspicious phenom- Interior said in a press conference ab, Baghlan, Kundoz and Helmand i-Mahmood Khan area of the 16th quoted Ghani as saying. known for their strong resistance, forces, Col. Safiullah told Pajhwok enon. The first conference of the on Wednesday. “Some of injured provinces, in which 33 militants police district in the capital. Addressing the militants, the could not be divided, he said. Afghan News. He said at least 200 Eurasian states’ parliament speak- still need to be under treatment in were killed and 35 others were A statement from the Presi- president said they had failed to “You should know we are fol- militants attacked the district and ers, titled Inter-Parliamentary Co- wounded during operations. captured some parts of the district various hospitals of the capital” dential Palace said Ghani visited fight against the security forces on lowing the path of Allah and his centre. Meanwhile, provincial po- operation in the Interests of Joint he said. Four militants were also arrest- Prosperity of the Counties in the the injured at the Sardar Moham- the battlefield as a large number of prophet, but you are headed in a lice chief Gen. Mohammad Qasim The deadly attack which dam- ed during operations, the state- mad Daud Khan Hospital on Tues- rebels had been killed during re- wrong and devious direction,” the Jangalbagh said the Taliban also at- Eurasian Region in the 21st Cen- ment added.Unfortunately, seven aged shops and houses as far as day evening when doctors briefed cent clashes. president told the Taliban, who tacked Dasht-i-Archi district, but tury, opened in Moscow on Tues- army soldiers were killed during hundreds meters away in the cap- him on condition of the injured. “We had no intention to kill claimed responsibility for the Kab- security forces pushed them back, day. Speakers from 19 countries ital was carried out by Pakistan- operations, the statement lament- killing 10 fighters and injuring 15 are attending the meeting.