Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:307 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes THURSDAY . JUNE 13. 2019 -Jawza 23, 1398 HS AT News Report organize for a serious and impartial probe. “Ahundred KABUL: Ware of upcoming ambassadors and 30 commanders poll’s transparency, Mohammad were replaced in one day. These Mohaqiq has warned the replacements pave the way for Presidential Palace (ARG) widespread frauds in the against mass demonstrations if upcoming elections,” Mohaqiq it continues appointing officials told newsmen in northern Balkh as its term has legally ended. He province, describing recent also reacted over “sexual charges” replacements by President... against Palace, asking the judicial AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: According to a new study, the world became “very slightly” more peaceful for the first time in five years, but remains “considerably less peaceful now” than a decade ago due to conflicts in the Middle East, a rise in terrorism, increasing numbers of refugees, and other factors, REF/RL reported Wednesday. The Institute for Economics and Peace’s annual Global Peace Index published on June 12 ranked Iceland as the world’s most peaceful country for the 11th year in a row. The country is joined at the top of the index by New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, and Denmark. Afghanistan is at the bottom of the index, replacing Syria, which is now the second-least peaceful country in the world,... Afghan police arrive at the site of a suicide car bomb in Kabul last month. AT News Report (NDS)operatives in Karokh district of Heart province, KABUL: One Pakistani terrorist officials said Wednesday. NDS in a statement said the killed and was killed and two others were AT News Report AT News Report arrested in operation conducted by detained militants affiliated to.. the National Directorate Security KABUL: The Afghan security KABUL: German Special Envoy forces have killed at least 53 for Afghanistan and Pakistan Taliban insurgents, including a Markus Potzel pledged to designated deputy governor of the cooperate with U.S. special extremist group in an operation representative for the Afghan carried out in southern Zabul peace, Zalmay Khalilzad in his province late Tuesday, top efforts to end the Afghan war. provincial official said KUNDUZ : Four Afghan National a result of an airstrike in Imam Potzel said Wednesday in Wednesday. Provincial .... Army (ANA) soldiers have been Sahib district of northern ... Kabul that Khalilzad had asked... killed and five others wounded as THURSDAY. JUNE 13, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Study ranks Afghanistan as... ...P1 according to the Global Peace Index. Since April Australia-based think tank. They 2014, some 13,000 people have are followed by South Sudan, been killed in fighting between Yemen, and Iraq. Ukrainian government forces and In Afghanistan, the Taliban the Russia-backed separatists and other militant groups who control parts of Ukraine’s continue to launch near-daily eastern regions of Donetsk and attacks on Afghan security forces, Luhansk. Cease-fire deals government forces, and civilians, announced as part of the Minsk even as peace efforts have been peace accords have contributed to gaining momentum to put an end a decrease in fighting but have to the almost 18-year-long war. failed to hold. The economic The Institute for Economics impact of violence on the global and Peace said the greatest economy in 2018 represented 11.2 KABUL: Security and Justice minister and police chief levels members from district councils. increase in peacefulness occurred percent of the gross world Presidential Team, led by were aimed at engineering the It claimed the behavior of the in the Russia and Eurasia region, product, according to the study. Rahmatullah Nabil, has accused upcoming presidential vote and to election bodies showed they where “the number of deaths The index is based on 23 the government of not being benefit President Ashraf Ghani. were not sincere regarding free from conflict declined, owing to indicators that included internal sincere to hold free and fair Earlier, Deputy Presidential and fair election and had no such the de-escalation of violence in and external conflicts, military election and claims members of Spokesman Shah Hussain intensions. Ukraine,” which is ranked 150th spending, terrorism, murder, and the election bodies were changed Murtazavi defended President Mohammad Qasim Elyasi, out of 163 countries in the 2019 other crime rates. to pave the way for fraud. Ashraf Ghani’s recent secretary and spokesman for the In a statement, Babil’s appointments and said they were Independent Electoral Mohaqiq blasts govt. over recent.... electoral team claimed President in line with the law and asked Compliants Commission (IEC), Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking critics to provide evidence in said the IECC was bound to ...P1 Ghani as electoral bribery. it seems that nothing has reelection, was trying to hamper support of their allegations. address complaints registered “I had comprehensive happened.” the opportunity for free and fair The Security and Justice team with them, adding so far there discussions with the US Special There have been previously polls by making decisions against criticized the government for was no complaint regarding early Representative for Afghanistan allegations that the law and democracy. It claimed ignoring the Provincial Council campaigning. Offices of the Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad Ghani’s administration was recent appointments starting and District Council elections and election candidates have been and Atta Mohammad Noor, the trading government positions for from lowest government said the upper house had lost its officially asked to avoid early Chief Executive of Jamiat-e “sexual favors”. However, the positions to the secretary, legitimacy with absence of elected campaigning. (Pajhwok) Islami Party,” he said. AGO on Monday issued a Referring to his talks about summoning letter for Ghani’s ex- the presidential elections with advisor, Habibullah Ahmadzai, ambassador Khalilzad, Mohaqeq who lacked evidence to Security Council discusses national situation termed continuation work of the substantiate his claims regarding National Unity Government’s the “sexual harassment” at ....P12 security forces. The killing at least 40 Taliban (NUG) illegal. Presidential Palace. commission of martyred soldiers insurgents. The security forces Speaking about sexual This comes as somepolitical reported about their activities to conducted clearance operations in bribery at ARG, he said: “This is parties and presidential candidates serve Afghan wounded and fallen Kohistanat district of northern Sar- an embarrassing issue, if such had earlier warned of boycotting soldiers. The meeting tasked the e-Pul province, killing 16 things happen in other states, the elections and staging protests if commission and the rest of the insurgents. presidents and ministers of those their demands regarding a security institutions to provide Mohib had earlier claimed that states resign, but in Afghanistan, transparent election weren’t met. jobs for wounded soldiers in non- security forces would “break the combat positions. Mohib thanked backbones of the Taliban in the Afghan forces kill over 50 Taliban rebels in Zabul security forces for destroying safe next four months”, adding that the havens of insurgents across the stalemate in the battlefield was country. over. ...P1 Governor security forces intensified The Afghan security forces He had declared that the KABUL: The Independent RahmatullahYarmal said anti- attacking Taliban insurgents, and pushed back a major Taliban Taliban would not be able to resist Election Complaints Taliban operation conducted in stand ready to thwart any sorts offensive on Day Chopan district even one day without the Commission (IECC) on response to the Taliban’s recent of attack form the insurgent of southern Zabul province, Pakistan’s support. attack on a number of group. On Tuesday, the Afghan Wednesday said some individuals checkpoints in Dai Chopan security forces freed at least 47 had been gired to receive district. prisoners, including military complaints against the ongoing He also confirmed killing of personnel, from two Taliban jails “Afghan peace efforts voter registration process for the Taliban’s shadow district in northern Baghlan and Kunduz presidential vote. On Saturday, governor for Mizan and Dai provinces. stack in four pillars” the Independent Election Chopan. 209th Shaheen Military Commission (IEC) announced However, six Afghan Corps said commando forces ...P12 sador Khalilzad is in Kabul Afghan peace among a number of launching a 20-day voter security forces were also killed targeted a Taliban-run detention right now and he met with critics and Afghan politicians, registration process for the Sept during operation, the governor center during a special operation [President Ashraf] Ghani TOLONews reported. Among 28 presidential election. lamented, but termed the military on the outskirts of Kunduz yesterday [Sunday] and he and them is former President Hamid operation successful that pushed province, in which 13 jailbirds president Ghani spoke about Karzai, who said the peace Most of the people being documented as voters are those back the Taliban insurgents form were set free from Taliban’s preparation for intra-Afghan process is moving forward slowly the area. captivity. Elsewhere, the Special negotiations,” she said. and that it is questioning.