Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:IX Issue No:227 Price: Afs.15 MONDAY . MARCH 23 . 2015 -Hamal 03, 1393 HS www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TROOPS NUMBER A US DOMESTIC ISSUE: GHANI President Ashraf Ghani declared to get into," Ghani emphasized. Syria's national army is one exam- that the numbers of American "We will explain the condition ple," Ghani said. "Here, it is not troops staying in Afghanistan was what we are doing, how we are the physical presence of people a complicated domestic issue of the bringing those efficiencies, and then from Syria or Iraq. It is the net- United States, insisting the Afghan we need to let the internal process work effect." government would not interfere take over, and arrive its decisions Ghani and Abdullah left Kab- into it. that serves our need, the regions, ul for the United States on Satur- ic transition will be chaired by Lew. his CEO. Ghani expressed these state- the global needs and the security day night where they would meet After that, there will be a press A gathering of Afghan-Ameri- ments on Saturday in a briefing to of United States." the U.S. President Barack Obama, conference at Camp David, a re- can Diaspora, civil society lead- the reporters, just hours before In addition, Ghani for the first Vice President Joe Biden, Congress turn to Washington and then the ers, media representatives, NGOs leaving to the United States along time publicly expressed his con- members, the NATO Secretary Afghans have an event for Mon- and a range of key stakeholders General Jens Stoltenberg, Secre- day s evening on economic issues. will be in attendance. tary of the State John Kerry, De- On Tuesday Ghani and Abdul- Wednesday will see congres- fense Secretary Ashton Carter and lah will have a breakfast meeting sional engagement, including Pres- other senior U.S. officials. with Vice President Joe Biden be- ident Ghani s address to the joint The NUG leaders are accom- fore visiting Arlington Cemetery session and meetings with a num- panied by Foreign Minister and heading to the White House ber of key Hill committees. He will Salahuddin Rabbani, national se- for a summit with Obama. also interact with the Afghan Wom- curity adviser Hanif Atmar, Fi- They will be at the White en s Caucus to highlight his com- nance Minister Eklil Hakimi and House for four to five hours. We'll mitment to strengthening the role other Afghan officials, the state- open up with a set of bilateral of women and girls. ment added. WASHINGTON: On their land- will set the pace and tone for strong meetings to go through and recap Ghani has squeezed in some Kerry has also invited the Af- the agenda from Camp David, but time for addressing the Washing- mark visit to the US, President bilateral ties between the two coun- ghan leaders to Camp David - the also to discuss the bilateral rela- ton s think-tank community on Ashraf Ghani and CEO Dr Abdul- tries. U.S. president's retreat grounds - lah Abdullah arrived at the An- We are visiting the US to tionship more generally and stra- Wednesday evening. On Thurs- tegically, said Jeff Eggers, Nation- day morning, they will head to for a strategic discussion. ?Ghani drews Air Force Base on Sunday deepen cooperation between our is also expected to speak at the morning. countries. With US support, the al Security Council senior direc- New York for meetings with the tor. UN secretary general. U.S. Congress. The Obama administration, hardworking people of Afghani- with the Chief Executive Abdullah cerns about the presence of Daesh which is yet to decide on the pace stan can rebuild our country, de- Obama will host a working Ghani is also scheduled also lunch for the visiting delegation, attend think tank events and pub- Abdullah. militants in Afghanistan. Pakistan claims of troop withdrawal, hopes the trip velop our economy and resist ter- "Issue of numbers is a very "Daesh's characteristic is that rorism, Ghani and Dr Abdullah followed by a press conference. In lic engagements, as well as some the evening Kerry will host a for- editorial board meetings, in New complicated domestic issue in the it is like a man-eating. It swallows eliminating 80 wrote in an op-ed in The Washing- United States and we do not want its competitors. What it did in the Faryab elders ton Post. mal dinner for the president and York. (Pajhwok) Their first engagement is Sun- insurgents in among 5 civilians day evening when Secretary of State John Kerry will host an in- Tirah killed by Taliban formal dinner for them, setting the Farkhunda laid to rest; Ghani appoints MAIMANA: Taliban have killed agenda for next days and priorities KABUL: At least 80 Pakistani in- five Andkhoi district residents, in- of the two countries during the surgents have been killed and sev- cluding three local elders, in north- Ghani-Obama summit at the White fact-finding team as lynching stirs heat eral others wounded in fierce clash- es with security forces near the ern Faryab province, an official House on Tuesday. AT Monitoring Desk said on Sunday. Dan Feldman, US special rep- Afghanistan border, a media report Sultan Sanjar, the district s resentative for Afghanistan and KABUL: Amidst criticism and The incident earned huge crit- said on Sunday. administrative head, told Pajhwok Pakistan, said the visiting leaders slogans against violation of wom- icism from Afghans inside and out- Security forces also suffered Afghan News the insurgents ab- would hold strategic talks with en s right and what was called in- side the country after the footages casualties in the operation, which ducted the residents before killing Kerry and other officials at Camp human act, the 27-year-old that showed Farkhunda being beat- left an army major injured. The them. David on Monday. Farkhunda was laid to rest in Kab- en harshly went viral on social soldiers bodies were taken to the Bodies of former jihadi com- Ghani and Abdullah would ul on Sunday. media. Combined Military Hospital in manders Amir Aslam and Amir kick off their official engagements Farkhunda was an instructor TOLONews quoted Farkhun- Peshawar. Faizullah and Dr. Sayed Amin were on Monday with a visit to the who taught the Holy Quran for da s family as saying that she went A Pakistani newspaper report- found by police in Dasht-i-Laili Pentagon to thank the US troops children. She was lynched by an to a talismans writer to stop him ed fighter jets pounded insurgent from deceiving people by writing positions in the Tirah valley of locality, he added. for the sacrifices they made for the angry mob for allegedly burning a Tawiz Based on reports, they spent people of Afghanistan. They will copy of the Holy Qura an, near false or talisman, a folded Khyber Agency home to the the New Year eve at Haji Moham- be accorded a ceremonial guard of Shah Do Shamshira Mosque in piece of paper containing the vers- Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), mad Qul s house before being ab- honour by Defence Secretary Ash- Kabul the other day. es of Quran. Lashkar-i-Islam and other out- ducted the next morning on their ton Carter. Hundreds of people including But the talismans writer in or- lawed groups. way home. From Pentagon, Ghani will go lawmakers, women s rights activ- der to save his job and life report- Dawn quoted the Inter-Servic- Bashir Ahmad, a parliamentar- to Camp David for official talks ists, religious scholars and journal- edly began shouting and calling on es Public Relations (ISPR) as say- ian from Faryab province, alleged with Kerry and the entire US na- ists attended her burying ceremo- people that the girl burnt the copy ing that 80 militants had been elim- that Qari Ahmad a Taliban com- tional security team, including ny. For the first time in history, However, Dr. Niyazi posted a of Qur an. inated in the operation codenamed mander was behind the mur- Carter and Secretary of Treasury women took her coffin to the grave- video in his Facebook page and said The practice of talisman writ- Khyber-2. It said seven soldiers Citing hurdles from yard challenging male dominance his speeches were misunderstood. ing is common in Afghanistan as also lost their lives. ders. Lew. Nobody has claimed respon- This would be followed by a and the extreme layer of ignorance, Female lawmaker, Farkhunda the people wear it with a belief Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) spokes- sibility for the incident so far. And- working lunch of an hour and a half, Kabul, Nangarhar prevalent in the society that only Zahra Naderi, condemned that it will remove any evil or af- man Salahuddin Ayubi claimed the khoi residents urged the govern- chaired by Kerry, on regional en- governor resigns breeds intolerance. Farkhunda s death in strongest fliction put on them through black bodies of 11 soldiers were in his ment to thoroughly investigate the gagement, including reconciliation- Participants of the funeral cer- possible words, and said that she magic, keep them safe and also group s custody. The soldiers incident and bring the perpetrators related issues. Another 90-minute emony did not allow Dr. Ayaz (Farkhunda) was martyred. bring them good luck. were killed during a ground offen- JALALABAD: The acting gover- The Interior Ministry said that sive in Sipah area. to justice. (Pajhwok) session on Afghanistan s econom- nor of eastern Nangarhar province Niazi, a renowned religious schol- She said such acts were inhu- ar at Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque, man and the government should at least 11 people were arrested so ISPR chief Maj.