Peace “ www.outlookafghanistan.net In peace, sons bury their fathers. @The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan “ In war, fathers bury their sons. [email protected] 0093 799-005019/ 777-005019 In front of Habibia High School, Quote of the Day Herodotus District 6, Kabul, Afghanistan Volume Num. 4609 Sunday May, 23, 2021 Jawza, 02, 1400 www.Outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/afs Georgian Troops Start Ghani, Haidari for Returning from Afghanistan said on Friday that 100 infan- Greater Cooperation to trymen of the Western Com- mand’s 3rd Brigade were the Address Climate Change first troops returning home. The unit was stationed under KABUL - Director-General of German forces at Camp Mar- the South Asia Cooperative mal in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capi- Environment Program (SA- tal of northern Balkh province, CEP) Ambassador M. Ashraf as part of RSM. Haidari has called on President Upon homecoming, the return- Ashraf Ghani and discussed with him matters related to cli- ees were given at a welcome mate change. KABUL - Following an end to ceremony at the Vaziani Mili- Afghanistan is one of the eight the NATO-led Resolute Sup- tary Base near the capital Tbi- member-states of the South port Mission (RSM), Georgia lisi. Asia Cooperative Environment has started pulling its troops Georgian Defence Minister Program (SACEP). out of Afghanistan. Juansher Burchuladze, As part of his SACEP coun- In Tbilisi, the Defence Ministry Defense Forces ... try visit, Haidari briefed the More on Num(Page (2) 4) president on the various pro- grams and priorities of SACEP aimed at helping its member- $164m Needed to Combat states adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change on Covid-19 in South Asia: South Asia as one of the most vulnerable world regions to the UNICEF adverse effects of global warm- On the plastic pollution, he institutions could benefit from now a five-year cycle. ple, the region accounts for half ing. discussed SACEP’s collabora- the regional block grants of “Our seasonal rainfall now of known new infections across Director-General Haidari ap- tion with the World Bank and the PLEASE project on a com- comes in spring instead of win- the globe, according to a state- preciated the “nationally deter- Parley for the Oceans to im- petitive basis. This investment ter, and with it, lethal floods, ment from the UN agency. plement the Plastic Free Riv- should help them innovatively and destructive erosion. The mined contributions” (NDCs) Over three new Covid-19 infec- of SACEP member-states to re- ers and Seas for South Asia recycle and upcycle plastic southeastern part of our coun- tions are being recorded every duce national emissions, help- (PLEASE) project at the cost of waste, thereby reducing plas- try is now believed to have second. Mortality in the region ing meet the global goals of the $50 million. tic pollution and mitigating its gotten 1.5 degrees warmer in is rising sharply, with more Paris Agreement. “Under the PLEASE project, impact on public health,” said last 40 years. Deforestation has KABUL - UNICEF says it ur- At the same time, he encour- SACEP looks forward to pro- Director-General Haidari. been rampant due to the last than three people dying every aged increased regional co- viding capacity support to the President Ghani comprehen- four decades of conflict,” the gently requires $164 million minute due to pandemic. operation and coordination National Environmental Pro- sively discussed the vulnera- president said. to procure oxygen and testing UNICEF Regional Director for through SACEP to address the tection Agency of Afghanistan bility of South Asia and that of Indeed, just recently, Ghani supplies, medical equipment South Asia George Laryea-Ad- intertwined challenge of air, (NEPA) for drafting its national Afghanistan to climate change. said, climate-change-induced and personnel protective equip- jei said: “The sheer scale and plastic, and nitrogen pollutions plastic waste management ac- He noted that “the cycle of flush floods hit seven -Af ment across South Asia to save speed of this new surge of in South Asia that contribute to tion plan, while Afghanistan’s drought has drastically short- ghan provinces, and left lives from Covid-19. Covid-19 is outstripping climate change. public, private, and non-profit ened, from a 33-year cycle to over 3,000 homes ... Home to almost 2 billion peo- countries’ abilities ... More on Num(Page (1) 4) More on Num(Page (3) 4) Supreme State Council Key Assassinate Civilian Killers, Afghanistan’s Economy to Boost Peace Efforts: Orders Gen. Dawood Is Not What Is Being Ismail Khan garhar police chief, said this during Officially Projected: his introductory gathering at the is important for accelerating the governor’s house. Study peace process and that the final list He said those insurgents who kill KABUL - The real for members of the body will be an- innocent Afghans deserve no mercy economy of Afghani- nounced Monday. and should be killed for the crime. stan is markedly dif- “If consensus is achieved, of course, He promised to build close liaison ferent from the one the Taliban will also accept it to with the public and also establish that is officially re- enter into dialogue with such peo- security in cooperation with the ported, according to a fresh USAID research. ple,” Ismail Khan said. “At the same masses. In 2019, the Afghan government reported im- time, the knowledge of these people Nangarhar governor, ZiaulHaq ported goods valued at $6.8 billion and exported (members of state council) can be JALALABAD - The new police chief Amarkhil praised efforts of former goods worth $863 million, of which the exports KABUL - Mohammad Ismail Khan, a guiding principle for the govern- for eastern Nangarhar province has police chief, Gen. Juma Gul Him- were 45 percent fresh or dried fruit, 21 percent a former mujahedeen leader and ment.” ordered police to kill gunmen mur- mat and welcomed the new police medicinal herbs, and 10 percent minerals. former minister of energy and wa- Meanwhile, President Ashraf dering civilians instead of arresting chief, saying security could only In reality, however, trade at the borders is more ter, on Friday said that the establish- Ghani and Abdullah Abdul- them. be established in cooperation than twice the amount of freight reported by vol- ment of the Supreme State Council lah, the head of the ... Gen. Sultan Dawood, the new Nan- with the public.... ume and possibly an even greater multiple of the More on Num(Page (4) 4) More on Num(Page (5) 4) reported value. For example, our estimates of talc exports at their peak in 2018—prior to the cur- tailment of production in 2020—are more than twice the amount reported in trade statistics, and Forty Advocacy Groups Urge Congress to Use Afghanistan almost five times the reported value. High-resolution satellite imagery also reveals Withdrawal to Cut US Defense Budget a coal industry with significant undeclared ex- TEHRAN - Forty advocacy groups from across the amine the nation’s extremely large commitments ports, as well as substantial amounts of chro- political spectrum are pushing lawmakers to use to the Pentagon budget”, The Hill reported. mites crossing into Pakistan without any of the President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghani- “We are dismayed that the administration’s initial trade recorded in official statistics. stan as an opportunity to cut the defense budget. budget blueprint to Congress did not reflect a cor- The same vast discrepancies can be seen with In a letter being sent Friday to the leaders of the de- responding reduction in war funds, and instead reported imports. Our calculations, show fuel fense appropriations subcommittees in the House included a gargantuan request of $753 billion imports from Iran of 2.5 million metric tons, and Senate, the organizations argue the Afghani- for the Pentagon and affiliated spending,” compared to the 1 million metric tons re- stan withdrawal “offers an opportunity to re-ex- the organizations wrote in the ... ported in Afghanistan’s official ... More on Num(Page (7) 4) More on Num(Page (6) 4) Page 2 May, 23, 2021 Main Page Khost Airport to Become Afghan Poet Khalili Remembered at Operational Soon: Officials Gathering in Kabul KHOST - An airport in Khost, thority. which aims to become one of The association of aviation com- KABUL - Afghan poet, histo- the international airports in the panies said the inauguration of rian and writer, Khalilullah country, will be fully opera- the airport will boost the avia- Khalili, was remembered at a tional in near future, a progress tion market and will increase gathering in Kabul on his 34th that will happen 10 years after the country’s exports. death anniversary. the start of its construction, of- “Air transportation is a good Writers and poets who attend- ficials said but did not provide way towards trade develop- ed the event said Khalili still an exact time. ment. Security challenges have has an exceptional and special Some test flights have been hampered traveling to many place among them. made in the airport starting provinces, including Badakh- Khalili was born in Kabul. He from last week by the state- shan, Helmand, or Uruzgan; wrote in Persian. ture, politics, and culture,” said owned Bakhtar aviation com- therefore, air transportation is “Organizing such events will Zubair Rezwan, a poet. pany. one of the best options,” said impact the mindset of the “Khalilullah Khalili was the Afghanistan has four interna- Mahmoud Shah Habibi, head of youth who will know which most known and renewed poet tional airports in Kabul, Herat, the association. values and personalities we of the 20th solar century,” said Balkh and Kandahar. Khost Airport project costs 900 had in the past,” said Shahid Makhdoom Rahin, former min- “This airport will soon be inau- million Afs ($11 million) and it Farhosh, a poet.