Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:IX Issue No:260 Price: Afs.15 SATURDAY . APRIL 25 . 2015 -Sawr 05, 1394 HS www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes Security forces CASA-1000 launch operation Spanta rebuffs aid New Delhi supplies three TO RESCUE 31 electricity HOSTAGES money ended up in transmission Cheetal helicopters to Kabul A joint military and police opera- deal signed tion has been launched to track and DAESHS POCKET rescue 31 hostages held for nearly AT Monitoring Desk two months in southern Zabul, local officials told TOLOnews. KABUL: The long-awaited Cen- The operation was launched tral Asia South Asia (CASA-1000) Thursday in Khak Afghan district electricity transmission projected where the abductees were alleg- signed in Istanbul city of Turkey edly transferred soon after being on Friday. kidnapped by unknown armed Based on the agreement signed men on Kabul-Kandahar highway. in October, 2015, the project will "So far, the operation is going bring $45 million in transit reve- on very well and there has been no nue. The project is expected to complaining regarding the opera- export electricity from hydro- tion," head of provincial council power stations in Kyrgyzstan and Ataullah Jan Haqparast said. "If it Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pa- continues the same way, we hope kistan. The signing ceremony was there will be achievements." attended by energy and water The abduction incidents have ministers of the four countries. increased since February 24 the The CASA-1000 power trans- first incident when 31 bus passen- mission line would transmit 1300 gers were kidnapped by armed megawatt electricity. In addition masked men. Only this month, AT Monitoring Desk al Affairs as well as National Di- to transit charges, Afghanistan will more than 60 passengers and em- rectorate of Security (NDS), pro- also receive 300 megawatt electric- to Afghanistan on 9th of April and Cheetals are the upgraded ver- ployees of government and non- KABUL: The former National vided foods and other essential ity. AT Monitoring Desk government agencies were abducted items to the displaced families. Around 570 kilometers of were test flown, and accepted by sion of Cheetah light utility, multi- Security Advisor, Rangin Dadfar Afghan pilots on April 15. role helicopters built by state-run in Baghlan, Herat, Logar, Sar-e-Pul Spanta, rejected the allegations of We distributed the aid packages around 1000 kilometers electrici- KABUL: India has delivered three and Nimruz provinces. among the displaced people pure- ty line will pass through Kunduz, Cheetal helicopters along with al- He said that the government Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. the governor of Paktika province of India delivered the three heli- They can be used for personnel The families of 31 hostages, that aid money to displaced peo- ly under humanitarian purposes Baghlan, Panjshir, Parwan and lied equipment and spares to Af- however, look hopeless and dis- and those who question the aid Nangarhar provinces of Afghani- ghanistan, Indian junior defense copters to Afghanistan based on transport, casualty evacuation, ple in the province ended up in the agreement with the Ministry reconnaissance and aerial survey, appointed as the fate of their loved hands of Daesh fighters. distribution are talking the lan- stan. The construction works of minister told parliament on Fri- ones is still unknown after two guage of the ISI, he added. the project is going to start in Sep- day. of External Affairs. logistic support and rescue and Spanta in an interview to Ra- According to an official source can operate in high-altitude areas. months. These families have set dio Azadi admitted that the Na- Spanta went on as saying that tember, 2015 and will be complet- Indian Minister of State for up protest camps for more than there was no Daesh at that time ed in May, 2018. Defense Rao Inderjit Singh told the choppers were supplied un- The delivery of the helicop- tional Security Council (NSC) der the strategic partnership agree- ters came at a time that Afghan 20 days in Zarnigar Park of Kabul. under his leadership has provided and the humanitarian aid was pro- the lower house of India (Lok Sab- The protestors have repeatedly vided to the people who hosted ha) in a written reply that the ment inked between Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is going aid to displaced families. We Civilians New Delhi in 2011. to pay a visit to India this week. accused the government of doing have provided the humanitarian aid five million Afghan refugees dur- three helicopters were dispatched nothing to secure release of their under the supervision of the UN ing the Soviet Union s invasion of suffer in fight family members. "The government to 35,000 displaced people from Afghanistan. Land mafia has forces, helicopters and other North Waziristan in Paktia, Pak- However, Abdul Karim Ma- between Free Syrian army footage shows resources. We need our passengers tika and Khost provinces, rather teen, the Governor of Paktika destructs released," said Shahnaz, a mother than terrorist groups, he added. province, said that the previous armed groups four Afghans fighting in Syria whose young son is among 31 hos- The Governor of Paktika government had provided the aid Helmand forests Recent video footage published by neighboring countries and are ex- tages. "We are ready to die. We are province, recently told ToloNe- to Barmal district of the province, MAHMOOD RAQI: Armed clash between two illegal com- the Free Syrian Army shows four ploited for purposes of war," an- ready to be burnt alive, so that we ws that the aid money for dis- in such a time that government had LASHKAR GAH: Land mafia Afghan nationals who were cap- other resident named Ahmad said. will be able to get rid of this situa- placed families have ended up in no control on the district. I con- manders inflicted heavy casualties ruthlessly cut down forests on on civilians for last two years in tured by the rebels while fighting Meanwhile, some Afghan jour- tion," another protestor Abdul hands of Daesh in Barmal district demn the policies of the former more than 13,000 acres of land and on behalf of embattled Syrian nalists have suggested the four men Hussain said. President Ashraf of the province. government and cited an example the Koh Band district of central seized the swathes during the past Kapisa province, residents com- four decades in southern Helmand President Bashar al-Assad. The in the video were likely sent to Ghani, however, said during his Spanta said that NSC in co- where it had sent $200,000 to four young men say they originally Syria by the Iranina government. visit of Iran that so far, $6 million operation with the United Na- Barmal district, when the then plained. province, an official said on The residents told Pajhwok Thursday. fled Afghanistan and migrated to "The government of Afghanistan, have been spent on tracking the tions Higher Commissioner for government had no control over Iran because of poverty and un- mainly the Ministry of Foreign hostages. He stated that efforts Refugees (UNHCR), eight minis- the district and now it is unclear Afghan News that commander Provincial Agriculture Director Zabit Wakil and commander Gul Rafiullah Qalam told Pajhwok employment before going to Syria Affairs, Ministry of Refugees and were underway to secure the re- tries and domestic organizations , whether the money have ended up to fight. Repatriation and the National Se- lease of hostages. in hands of the displaced people Nazim belonged to Jamiat-i-Isla- Afghan News Helmand had com- including ministries of Interior, mi Afghanistan and Hezb-i-Isla- Seeking to shed light on the curity Council, must take action But earlier, when the families Defense, Finance, Border and Trib- or Daesh, he added. paratively large forest areas than mi Afghanistan (HIA) had been other provinces, but the areas had subject, the Afghan Ministry of and prevent Afghan youth from of 31 hostages met with Ghani at Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has since being burnt by the flames of every the Presidential Palace, Ghani re- fighting with each other for the been reduced to only 300 acres as last few years. the forests were turned into agri- announced that there is no evi- country's war," journalist Shah portedly told the visitors that he dence indicating these young men Hussain Murtazavi told could not guarantee the release of District police chief escapes Khalid, a local resident, com- cultural fields. According to his plained: Civilians get killed and department, land mafia had seized were deployed to fight in Syria by TOLOnews. their loved ones something that Iran. According to officials, the evi- In response to the video, the sparked huge criticisms by the UNHURT IN MINE BLAST wounded in a gun battle between nearly 1700 acres of land in Nad the rival commanders. People ex- Ali district, 1500 acres in Khan- dence suggests they voluntarily Afghan Ministry of Foreign Af- families of hostages and the civil MAIDAN SHAHR: Police chief man said. Attaullah Khogyani told went to fight for al-Assad. fairs has said there is no evidence society activists. (TOLOnews) pected police would bring the cul- shin district, 17 acres in Kajaki for Sayed Abad District escaped Pajhwok Afghan News Col. Said- prits to justice and reduce the mis- district and 18 acres in Greshak. The video was published proving the involvement of Iran in unhurt while his two guards an Zarab Shah, the district police eries of locals but police force is They had already transferred the online by the Amood Horan, a fac- sending Afghans to Syria to fight. 14 MILITARY wounded in a roadside blast on chief, was travelling when his ve- totally helpless.