Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:131 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 09 . 2015 -Qaus 18, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 0708954626 At least eleven Taliban insurgents AT Monitoring Desk were killed in an airstrike in east- ISIS releases new ern Nangarhar province of Afghan- KABUL: The annual “Heart of istan, local officials said Tuesday. Asia’ summit aimed at shoring up video calling The airstrike was carried out support for peace and security by coalition forces in Khogyani development kicked off in Islam- Afghan Taliban a district of Nangarhar, provincial abad the capital city of Pakistan deviant group police spokesman Hazrat Hussain where Afghan and Pakistani offi- Mashriqwal said, adding that the cials reaffirmed their desire for The loyalists of the Islamic State air raid did not incur any casual- durable peace in the region as well of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist in Afghanistan have released a new ties to the local residents. The Tal- as in the world. iban militants group has not com- Tawab Ghorzang, spokesman video taking aim at the Afghan Tal- iban and calling it a deviant group. mented regarding the loss of their of the office of National Security The latest video by ISIS loy- KABUL: The power utility chief power metres could be another rea- fighters so far. Council tweeted that President alists in Afghanistan comes amid on Wednesday said a list of elec- son for load shedding,” he said. Nangarhar is among the rela- Ashraf Ghani and his national se- growing power struggle among the tricity bill defaulters has been sent Samadi said his department tively volatile provinces in east- curity advisor Hanif Atmar are vis- Taliban leadership with reports to the government and attorney had sent the list defaulters to the ern Afghanistan where anti-gov- iting Pakistan today to attend the suggesting the Taliban group lead- offices for action against them. Cabinet and prosecutor’s offices ernment armed militants are active- Heart of Asia Istanbul Process er Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has Da Afghanistan Bareshna Shir- and another list of individuals ly operating in a number of its dis- 2015, regional conference in Islam- sustained injuries or even has died kat head Abdul Razaq Samadi told stealing power was being prepared. due to his wounds following an tricts, including the restive Kho- abad. infighting in Pakistan. the upper house of parliament or He asked consumers not to use gyani. Extremists loyal to the new- Hekmat Khali Karzai, Depu- A man appears in the video and Meshrano Jirga that currently heaters which led to power cuts, ly emerged Islamic State of Iraq ty Foreign Minister and Sartaj Asghabat is holding TAPI identifies himself as Abu Yasir Al- there was 40 percent load-shed- saying without their cooperation, and Syria (ISIS) are also actively Aziz, Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Afghani, accusing the Taliban ding in Kabul and 22 percent in the issue could not be addressed. operating in a number of Nangar- Foreign Affairs on the summit groundbreaking ceremony group of working with Pakistan’s provinces. “We maintain a low level of har districts where periodic terror- called for an urgent, united re- military intelligence – Inter Servic- “The load shedding is only for load shedding for security organs, ist related activities are reported sponse to the menace of militancy AT Monitoring Desk es Intelligence (ISI). three months a year and the pow- heath centres and industrial parks along with clashes between ISIS threatening the region and the er is provided for 24 hours during and no government official is pro- affiliates and Taliban militants. world. KABUL: Pakistani media report- dia’s Gail Ltd, including Turkmen- the remaining nine months.” vided 24 hours electricity,” he said ed on Tuesday that groundbreak- istan’s Turkmengas, are holding Taliban storm This comes as at least fifteen Addressing senior officials He said load shedding could be of his department policy on pow- civilians and seven policemen sus- ing ceremony of much-awaited equal share in the TAPI Pipeline reduced if consumers stopped us- er distribution. Meshrano Jirga’s ahead of the opening of the Heart Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Paki- Company Limited (TPCL). tained injuries in an explosion in of Asia Conference, Khalil Karzai Kandahar ing heaters, adding that power con- first deputy chairman Mohammad Surkh Rud district of Nangarhar stan-India (TAPI) project will be- Saulat went on saying that In- sumption doubled in winters, Alam Ezedyar, who presided over said the emergence of terrorist gin from December 13 in Asghabat dia and Pakistan will get over 1.3 province earlier on Monday morn- group, Islamic State, also known airport prompting DABS to suspend today’s session, said the DABS ing. The incident took place after a the capital city of Turkmenistan. billion cubic feet per day of gas power to some areas in Kabul to chief’s remarks could not convince as Daesh in various parts of the TAPI project will commence from TAPI while Afghanistan will KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): suicide bomber detonated a truck region and the world is a serious Taliban fighters on Monday do justice with all parts of the city. lawmakers. He tasked the house packed with explosives near the next week, some 25 years after the get 0.5 billion cubic feet. More- “In addition to the use of heat- complaints commission with as- threat and concerted efforts are inception of the project, Pakistani over he added that India will pay evening forced into the Kandahar district administrative compound. needed to curb the new yet the International Airport and started ing systems, some people use un- sessing the issue of equal distribu- newspaper Dawn while quoting $200-250 million in transit fees to authorised electricity and faulty tion of power and load shedding. deadliest threat. managing director of Pakistan In- Pakistan and Pakistan will pay the clash with security personnel, but He added that a peaceful and there is no report regarding casual- terstate Gas Systems Private Ltd, same amount as transit fees to Af- ties. stable Afghanistan is in the best Mobin Saulat, as saying. ghanistan. This is worth mention- interest of the region. He also as- A group of Taliban opened fire TAPI is a $10 billion gas pipe- ing that the TAPI project will en- on security personnel at the en- sured that Afghanistan is deter- line project; leaders from Afghani- sure regional economic develop- mined to continue fight against ter- trance of the airport at around stan, India and Pakistan will at- ment and also it is taken as a per- 6pm, paved the way to enter into rorism in all its forms and mani- tend groundbreaking ceremony in fect example of energy integration a building in the airport from where festation. Ashgabat. in the region. When the region is they started firefight with securi- “Afghanistan is looking for- Dialogue to import gas for en- embroiled in tensions, and Afghan- ty personnel, the governor’s ward to have strong relations with ergy-starved Pakistan was initiat- istan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, AT News Report regional countries in a bid to bol- ed with Turkmenistan in 1990, India are looking to step forward, told Pajhwok Afghan News. ster up economic relations and also Saulat said. However, he added that TAPI is highly a beneficial project, There might be two or three KABUL: At least 54 Taliban fight- to address the challenges,” Khalil work on the pipeline will finally which will not only bring these attackers in the building, he said. ers have been killed in infighting in said. start next week. countries closer in terms of eco- Meanwhile, a Taliban spokesman, western Herat province, said a lo- Aziz termed the conference as Afghan Gas Enterprise, Paki- nomic interests, but it will eventu- Zabihullah Mujahid, asserted re- cal official. an effective platform to engage in stan’s Interstate Gas System, In- ally improve their political ties. sponsibly for the attack. Pajhwok Ehsanullah Hayat, spokesman result-oriented discussions on pro- for the provincial governor office, moting peace and stability in Af- US hails Ghani’s told Afghanistan Times that some ghanistan. MoCI vows to increase participation in 54 militants have been killed in He added that “Heart of Asia” Attack on political analyst foiled fighting between two rival groups summit, which was formed in 2011 regional export of Afghan carpets of the Taliban insurgents in Shin- had made breakthrough in promo- “Renowned political analyst, Jawed Kohistani, said Monday night that unknown AT News Report dand district of Herat province. He tion of durable peace and stability conference gunmen tried to assault his house, however, residents’ timely reactions, foiled said that the fighting between the in the war-hit nations. WASHINGTON: The United the attack” KABUL: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry militants started the other day Indian Foreign Minister, Sus- States on Monday expressed plea- (MoCI) vowed to pave the ground for development morning. “More than 40 other hma Swaraj is also visiting Islama- sure at the high-level participation AT News Report tigation of the team, a border policeman and a Ko- of carpet weaving. rebels haven wounded during the bad to attend the summit. from Afghanistan and India in the hestani’s neighbor, opened firing in the air when he The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ham- clashes,” Hayat added. Foreign Ministers of China, KABUL: Unidentified gunmen at- thought some gunmen were trying to attack Kohistani’s ayun Rasa, said that he has devised special plans for Heart of Asia Conference in Islam- tempted to storm residence of a house.