Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:09 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes THURSDAY . JULY 30 . 2015 -Asad 08, 1394 HS LeJ chief NSC seeks Malik Ishaq international Page 4 killed in Muzaffargarh COOPERATION police IN FIGHT AGAINST ISIS AT Monitoring Desk Turkey KABUL: The National Security inks deal Mullah Omar s death in a hospital in Karachi city of Pakistan is still in mystery, Siddiqui Council (NSC) stressed on region- al and international cooperation in to open fight against ISIS. Najib Manalai, Page 5 bases to Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi the cultural advisor to the NSC, told Azadi Radio that ISIS has never US-led been strong in Afghanistan, but its KABUL: The National Director- presence is a threat to the country. coalition ate of Security (NDS) confirmed He stressed that the entire world that Taliban s leader Mullah Omar should take part in fight against died around two years and four ISIS, also known as Daesh. Qatar Airways, months ago in a hospital in Kara- Some senior commanders of chi city of Pakistan. Daesh have been killed in Afghan- Flydubai Abdul Haseeb Siddiqui, istan over the past few months. reject reports spokesman for the NDS, said that The National Directorate of Secu- Mullah Omar mysteriously died rity (NDS) said that killing of the Page 9 of interest in in a hospital in Karachi around two ISIS commanders has weakened the India s years and four months ago. He terrorist group in Afghanistan. The said that Mullah Omar s death is secretary of Meshrano Jirga, Naji- SpiceJet still a mystery. Siddiqui added that ba Husaini, believes that ISIS fight- they have told media several times ers of old Taliban groups who have in the past that Mullah Omar is no switched their flag from white to more. The Presidential Palace had black. Unfortunately, some Tali- S-Sudan ban in Afghanistan switched their previously said that they are look- flag from white to black in order to war: 'We ing into the reports that the Tali- prolong war in Afghanistan, he ban leader Mullah Omar had died. added. In the meantime, Shekiba Page 8 need In the meantime, the former chief Hashemi a member of the Wolesi healing to of spy agency of Afghanistan, Jirga said that the government has Amrullah Saleh in a brief interview failed to curb militancy. Hinting at happen at with Afghanistan Times said that public uprisings, she said that peo- Islamabad has told Kabul to an- ple should lend their support to all levels' nounce death of Mullah Omar. Taliban recently released a message the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, where rect peace talks between the gov- the Afghan government in fight This comes at a time that the of their leader, Mullah Omar, on he had lent his support to the di- ernment and the Taliban. against Daesh. Govt urged to use Ghor governor Constitution Page 12 as a redline donates golden in peace necklace for talks building mosque FEROZKOH: The governor for western Ghor province has donat- When ed her golden necklace for comple- Anushka got tion of Khatam-un-Nabiyen mosque in her province. The con- trolled on struction of the mosque that is lo- Page 10 twitter for her cated in Ferozkoh, the provincial capital, has stopped since last two 'Alia Bhatt' years due to lack of funds. The moment necklace, worth 60,000 afghanis and its money would be spent in construction of the mosque. Sima Joyenda, the governor for Ghor province, said she had bought the necklace 20 years back and it was WHY AFGHANISTAN IS A very dear to her. While submitting BIG WINNER IN THE her necklace to the hajj and reli- Page 6 gious affairs department, she said US IRAN DEAL it was imperative for Muslims to donate their valuable belongings for the holy causes. She said she had also donated another 100,000 from the province s budget to the con- struction of the mosque. We will continue our efforts for the com- pletion of the mosque. Its con- struction has been stopped in the Mullah Omar s death puzzle past two years due to lack of funds, she added. (Pajhwok) Editorial P6 and peace process Baghlan hostages released School in Pakistan reiterates 5 construction constructive company workers Triple Crown by Taliban after 48 hours Ghazni set kidnapped in Ghor winner Ameri- engagement with Eleven hostages were released on to have been brokered by local trib- ablaze FIROZKOH: Five workers of a Page 11 can Pharoah Afghanistan school construction project have Monday after being held for 48 al elders, which was also the case AT Monitoring Desk works half hours by Taliban kidnappers in for 19 of the 31 bus passangers KABUL: Highlighting Islamabad s been kidnapped by Taliban in west- northern Baghlan province. kidnapped by militants in Zabul KABUL: Unknown armed men efforts to fight terrorism and ex- ern Ghor province, an official said mile The Taliban insurgents ab- province earlier this year, who have torched a school in the out- tremism, a top Pakistani diplomat Wednesday. ducted the civilians on Saturday were freed following negotiations skirt of Ghazni city, the provin- has reiterated his government s Ghor governor s spokesman when they stopped a passenger between tribal leaders and the ab- cial capital of Ghazni province, commitment to taking forward the Abdul Hai Khatibi told Pajhwok Rural Afghan vehicle in the Dandi Ghore area of ductors. "The Taliban kept us in a local official said on Wednesday. process of constructive engage- Afghan News five workers who Pol-e-Khomre, the capital of mosque and they did not say any- The director of Ghazni education ment with Afghanistan. were working on the construction girls continue Baghlan province. The freed hos- thing to us about who would re- department, Mohammad Abid Advisor to Prime Minister on of Noorak Middle School in Pasa- Page 2 to fall victim tages reported that they were re- lease us, and after that, with the Abid, said the incident took place National Security and Foreign Af- band district were abducted by leased in exchange for the Tali- help of tribal elders, we were re- in Khosk area around 10pm Tues- fairs Sartaj Aziz held out the as- militants late on Wednesday. He to 'baad' ban's commander in Baghlan prov- leased," another one of the men day night. He said unidentified surance at a meeting with a seven- said that the motive behind the in- marriages ince who had been in the custody freed on Monday told TOLOne- armed men set fire to Imam Hudad member delegation of the British cident was unclear. of authorities, claims that have ws. The Baghlan Provincial Coun- High School and run away taking Parliament at the Ministry of For- The abductees included four been corroborated by Baghlan Pro- cil has confirmed the release and the advantage of the darkness. He eign Affairs on Tuesday. workers and an architect, he said vincial Council members. "Two said the swap involved the free- added that three classrooms suf- A statement from the Paki- without identifying the construc- cars stopped us and took us to a ing of a Taliban commander named fered damages due to the fire but stan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs tion company. Noorak area is cur- Govt urged mosque and they [the kidnapers] Moman. "These men were re- further damages were prevented quoted Aziz as saying Pakistan rently under Taliban control. to recruit told us 'one of our men was ar- leased in exchange for a Taliban after villagers reached to the school enjoyed friendly and warm rela- About a year ago, four workers of rested by your men so we kid- local commander and this raises and extinguished the fire.Abid also tions with the United Kingdom, a construction company in Cha- Page 3 more napped you,'" one of the freed concerns among Baghlan resi- said that hundreds of boys are stu- which had been further strength- harsada district of the province policewomen hostages named Haji Mullah Juma dents," Provincial Council mem- dents of this high school in the ened during the last two years. were also kidnapped and then said. The exchange deal was said ber Bismillah Attash said. morning and girls in the afternoon. (Pajhwok) killed by militants. (Pajhwok) 61.90 60.50 68.15 66.75 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. THURSDAY . JULY 30, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES ernmental organization Civil and Liberal Initiative for Peace (CLIP) sought to map the practice of baad and its social impact in Afghani- stan. Focusing on nine districts in Kabul, Parwan, and Panjshir prov- inces, the survey showed a signif- icant decline in baad cases. "The Baad tradition is still practiced in some of the areas where literacy rates are low," said CLIP member Khadija Amiri. She attributed the decrease of baad practice to improved education and literacy programs and an increase in public awareness. Amiri con- firmed that the victims of baad are mostly under-aged girls who are Bamiyan, Afghanistan: Carved the houses of the Hazaras, forc- sacrificed to settle an inter-family into dun-coloured cliffs, hundreds ing them to take shelter in caves dispute. Girls who run away from of man-made caves situated next right next to the Buddha statues. home with a boy or are accused of to empty niches that once shel- But two years after the Taliban having premarital sex are also tar- tered giant Buddha statues de- regime was toppled in the 2001 geted, according to CLIP's find- stroyed by the Taliban are home US-led invasion of Afghanistan, ings.