Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:44 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY . SEPTEMBER 06 . 2015 -Sunbula 15, 1394 HS Karachi operation: Crime down Page 4 but sleeper cells still exist France considers Page 5 air strikes on ISIS in Syria Former President Hamid Karzai ever, the bribe had been made by should be cautious in comment- played open cards in an interview foreigners, he said adding that he ing about the current president. with TOLOnews and spoke of his had not accepted it. Speaking My words should be in support support of the National Unity frankly on the challenges he faced of the government. I deem it my G20 promises Government, the war in Afghani- while in office, on mistakes made responsibility to support the gov- transparency stan, the Bilateral Security Agree- and on his achievements, he said ernment of Afghanistan and I on rate moves ment and what he called the US's the most difficult decision of all should be with them. I will do duel policy towards Pakistan and had been on whether to sign the anything to bring a positive envi- Page 9 as global terrorists. He also said however BSA with the United States. But ronment to the country," he add- economy disap- that he was sure the country could on the subject of the National Unity ed. Asked pointedly about pull together and achieve peace and Government (NUG) Karzai said whether he is looking to bring points stability by 2020. Asked by Black President Ashraf Ghani had been down the current government, he and White host Sami Mahdi, about his choice for president in the run said that he has no such whether he had ever been offered a up to the 2014 elections. "As the intention."We left the govern- bribe Karzai said he had. How- former president of Afghanistan I ment. We could continue if ..P2 What more Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi He said that investment in ag- can US do riculture and mining sectors as Page 8 to help dis- KABUL: Assuring the donor na- well as regional connectivity were New Dehli for stronger tions of corruption-free adminis- priorities of the government. The placed Syr- tration, President Muhammad president said the National Unity ians? Ashraf Ghani on Saturday vowed Government (NUG) was busy in TIES WITH KABUL result-oriented structural reforms drafting different laws, including vesting in Iran s Chahbahar Port for economic growth. Addressing banking, procurement and energy AT Monitoring Desk as an alternate transit trade route the Senior Officers Meeting laws, to facilitate the investors. to Afghanistan and the Central (SOM) of the donor countries, the Speaking about anti-corrup- KABUL: A high-ranking official Asian Republics. Mehta said that president highlighted the achieve- tion efforts, he said the assess- of the Indian foreign ministry said India was working hard to con- Faith in ments made in the last 10 months. ment of contracts is a major step here that New Delhi is committed nect Afghanistan with regional and humanity Peace process, human rights pro- of the government to fight graft. to strengthen relations with Kab- world markets in order to tection, electoral, judicial and ad- The government has suffered loss ul further and play its role in im- strengthen economy of the war- Page 7 should be ministrative reforms were major of millions of dollars in the con- provement of the war-hit coun- hit country. Mehta arrived at areas which the president tracts. The NUG has saved mil- try s economy. Secretary in the Kabul to attend the sixth Region- restored discussed. We have planned to lions of Afghani as result of the external affairs ministry of India, al Economic Cooperation Confer- introduce structural reforms that assessment of the contracts, he Sujata Mehta, said that Afghan ence on Afghanistan. Ministers will take Afghanistan from an added. He further said that reve- economy would get a boost if ties from 30 different countries and economy that was built on the nue collection increased after re- between the two countries scaled representatives from 40 interna- consumption of foreign aid to one forms in the customs department. new heights. Sujata Mehta said PESHAWAR: The State Depart- tional organizations attended the Warrington vs Brunker: Your one- that is built around rising produc- The president also told the donor the other day that India was in- two-day summit. tivity through commercial invest- nations about prosecution of ment says the late Taliban supre- stop preview ment, creating job opportunities, those involved in corruption. Re- mo Mullah Omar had asked the of the Com- alleviating poverty and boosting garding protection of women s Gen. Musharraf government to trade and investment, Ghani said. rights, Ghani said that four ..P3 bomb southern Kandahar prov- Page 11 monwealth ince if it did not like the move- Schoolgirls, teachers ment s policies. A secret US cable featherweight released by the State Department title clash e-ID cards issuance delay reveals Musharraf conveyed the poisoned in Herat message to then Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering at a stirs protest in Kabul meeting in Islamabad on March 26, 2000. Dawn reported Mush- AT News Report arraf then chief executive Is Ghani s foreign Gunmen kill cited a visit of ISI Director-Gen- KABUL: Hundreds of civil rights eral Gen Mahmud to Kandahar, Page 6 activists, representatives of po- 13 passengers where Mullah Omar voiced his policy a farce? litical parties and residents of regrets over Pakistan s problems Kabul City staged protest dem- in Balkh resulting from Taliban policies. If onstration against delay in issu- Islamabad did not like those poli- ance of the electronic national AT News Report cies, the Taliban leader suggested, identification cards (e-ID cards) Pakistan might bring in weapons They asked President Ashraf KABUL: Unidentified gunmen and begin shelling Kandahar, the Ghani and Chief Executive Of- killed 13 passengers of a bus in military dictator told Pickering. northern Balkh province on Sat- Asked by Musharraf to engage ficer Abdullah Abdullah to put urday, said an official. Munir Ah- SOM: The present, aside their political differences. mad Farhad, spokesman for the with the Taliban, Pickering said They said the two leaders should Balkh governor office, said that the US had been in contact with order the relevant authorities to the insurgent movement at multi- the passengers were attacked on a yawing and vomiting. It has not Editorial P6 the future and the start distribution of the comput- highway in Zari district of the ple venues on repeated occasions AT News Report erized ID cards. The protestors Washington, New York and been clear that how they got poi- province. He added that all vic- soned but the team is busy in in- challenges marched from Eid Gah Mosque tims of the deadly incident were Islamabad. The American diplo- KABUL: Scores of schoolgirls to Pashtunistan Square. The pro- civilians. He said that police have mat said Pakistan being the stron- and teachers were poisoned at a vestigating the case. The provin- testers chanted anti-Pakistan slo- started investigations into the in- gest supporter of the Taliban was school in Herat City on Saturday. cial police s spokesman Ahmadi gans. They chanted Death to ISI cident. The Taliban militants also of particular concern to the US. Confirming the incident, also confirmed the incident and said and foreign spies , We want denounced the killing. Zabihullah This presented us with the spokesman at the Herat Regional that students were at classrooms Taylor Swift's computerized national identifica- Mujahid, a Taliban s spokesman anomaly of a good friend being the Hospital, Mohammad Rafiq when felt ill. He said that no one new video tion card with our identity . Ah- tweeted that such attacks, regard- best friend of our worst enemy. Shirzai, said that 32 poisoned stu- has been arrested so far. It is perti- mad Hotak, a protestor, said that less of the reason, need to be con- Washington understood why Gen dents and teachers were shifted nent to mention that on August 31, Page 10 criticised for it has been 10 months that the demned. Zari district is located Musharraf did not want to go to to hospital for treatment. The around 126 students, teachers and Census Law was approved by around 150 kilometers from Maz- Kandahar without being able to teachers and their pupils were kindergarten children were shifted being 'racist' the president but due to political ar-e-Sharif, the capital city of bring back concrete results, the poisoned in Abdul Wali Shah to the regional hospital in Herat differences between the two lead- Balkh province. official said. But it was impor- Tukhi School in the provincial after they were poisoned at ers, distribution of the e-Tazkeera tant that he recognise that the Bin capital.He said the students were Habibullah Mustafa School. was delayed.He said the govern- Woman killed along Laden issue was eating away at ment was not serious in distrib- our relationship. Aware of US uting the computerized ID cards with 3 children in concerns, Musharraf said he was Peace impossible despite the fact that Ministry of personally dealing with the Tali- Suicide blast injures 16 Interior has completed prepara- Kunar rocket strike ban on three issues: Terrorist train- Page 3 sans world pressure on tions. They issued a resolution, ASADABAD: A woman and her ing camps and the sanctuary giv- asking the government to men- three children were killed in a rock- en to Pakistani terrorists, peace civilians in Logar Pakistan: Massoud tion words Afghan and religion et strike in eastern Kunar prov- and Osama Bin Laden.