Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:166 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 2016 -Jadi 24, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US President Barack flicts like Syria, where we’re part- Moscow to Obama said that Afghanistan, Pa- nering with local forces and lead- Terror bid kistan, Middle East and some oth- ing international efforts to help that er regions might become havens for broken society purse a lasting provide terrorist networks. peace,” he added. foiled in President Obama in his last He added that both, Islamic State of the Union speech to a joint State group and al-Qaeda terror Kabul with Helmand session of Congress in Washing- organizations pose direct threat to ton said that the United States’ the country. AT Monitoring Desk foreign policy must focus on ISIS “Both al Qaeda and now ISIS light arms and al-Qaeda that pose direct pose a direct threat to our people, KABUL: Police have thwarted a AT Monitoring Desk threat to the country. because in today’s world, even a terrorist plot while killing a sui- “Instability will continue for handful of terrorists who place no decades,” he said, adding that parts value on human life, including their KABUL: Russian foreign minis- cide bomber before he could man- of Middle East, Pakistan and some own, can do a lot of damage. But try has said that it plans to sup- age to reach the target in Lashkar- other regions would need US at- they do not threaten our national ply small arms to Afghanistan in gah city, the capital of southern tention even more now. existence,” Obama said. near future though it would stop Helmand province. “For even without ISIS, insta- “We do not want to echo the sending other weapons. The state- Spokesman to the governor, bility will continue for decades in “lie that ISIL is representative of ment comes amid growing insecu- Omar Zwak, told Afghanistan many parts of the world—in the one of the world’s largest religions. rity in Afghanistan, which Russian Times that the police shot the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pa- We just need to call them what they kistan, in parts of Central Ameri- are—killers and fanatics who have officials believe a major threat to bomber who was driving an explo- ca, Africa and Asia. to be rooted out, hunted down, and Russia and other former Soviet re- sive-laden Corolla-model vehicle. Some of these places may be- destroyed,” he furthered. “With publics. “The delivery will be in “Therefore, the explosives deto- come safe havens for new terrorist nearly 10,000 air strikes, we are February and for now, it’s more nated. Fortunately, neither civil- networks; others will fall victim taking out their leadership, their than sufficient,” Russia’s special ians nor police suffered any cau- to ethnic conflict, or famine, feed- oil, their training camps, and their envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kab- sality,” he said. ing the next wave of refugee,” he weapons. We are training, arming, ulov was quoted by Interfax news Target of the suicide bomber said, the National Politic Radio and supporting forces who are agency as saying on Wednesday. reported. steadily reclaiming territory in Iraq Facing threats from ISIS, al-Qaida was the local police headquarters. “The world will look to us to and Syria,” he said. Obama asked and the Taliban, Kabul has asked But his plot was foiled by the pro- help solve these problem [s], and the Congress to authorize the use Moscow for military support as vincial police, the governor’s of- our answer needs to be more than of military force against ISIS, if it the United States is downsizing fice in a statement said. Police head- tough talk or calls to carpet bomb is serious about winning the war troop presence. Earlier, Russian quarters was only a few meters civilians. That may work as a TV against the extremist group. He away from the site of the blast. sound bite, but it doesn’t’ pass added that US would win the war President Vladimir Putin had muster on the world stage,” he add- anyway, with or without Congres- warned leaders of Central Asian However, local media report- ed. sional action. “If you doubt Amer- nations of a possible militants’ in- ed that a civilian was injured in the In such a case the US “will ica’s commitment – or mine – to cursion from Afghanistan. He said blast. Officials at the Emergency- mobilize the world to work with see that justice is done, ask Osama Militants fleeing operations in Pakistan the situation in Afghanistan is run hospital confirmed receiving us, and make sure other countries bin Laden. Ask the leader of al “close to critical” and called on the one injured person from the scene. pull their own weight,” Obama Qaeda in Yemen, who was taken join IS in Afghanistan: Mosazai Central Asian leaders to be pre- This is worth mentioning that said, whose presidency is set to out last year, or the perpetrator of pared to act together to repel a at least seven policemen were end in January 2017. the Benghazi attacks, who sits in a possible attack. He made the “That’s our approach to con- prison cell,” he said. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghan envoy in Islam- pact on the economy of Pakistan killed in an attack on the Pakistani abad Janan Mosazai claimed as well as Afghanistan. remarks at a summit of former So- consulate in Jalalabad on Wednes- viet republics in Kazakhstan in day. Wednesday that majority of insur- Mosazai thanked the govern- October 2015. gents escaping military operations ment of Pakistan for sheltering in Pakistan’s Orakzai and Mohm- millions of Afghan refugees for and agencies joined Islamic State more than 30 years and appreciat- Heroin- (IS) also known domestically as ed efforts made by Islamabad for Suicide attack Daesh Afghanistan. bringing Afghan Taliban to the manufacturing “About 60 to 70 per cent mil- peace table. foiled in laboratory destroyed itants fleeing Pakistan during op- “Afghan Taliban should be By Akhtar M. Nikzad erations in Mohmand and Orakzai brought to the negotiation table so Kandahar: in Badakhshan went on to join Daesh in Afghani- the long-running conflict in Af- FAIZABAD/KABUL: A drug lab- stan,” Mosazai told Pakistani me- ghanistan can be ended through MoI oratory has been destroyed and dia, while addressing a seminar in political means.” AT News Report more than a tonne of heroin seized Islamabad. Reports suggest that those in- during an operation by the Nation- He warned that Daesh was a surgents fleeing counter-terrorism KABUL: Kandahar police pre- al Interdiction UnitInterior in the major threat to all regional coun- operations in various regions of vented a major terrorist attack in northeastern province of Badakhs- tries, particularly to Afghanistan Federally Administered Tribal Ar- the province, said Ministry of In- han, officials said on Wednesday. and Pakistan. He assured that eas joined different insurgent terior (MoI) on Wednesday. The Ministry of Interior unit Kabul would never allow any in- groups in Afghanistan. Police in a special operation also recovered at least 1,500 litres surgent group to use its soil against of morphine during the overnight any country. killed four and injured six of a ter- rorist group before they reached operation in Darayem district, the “Afghanistan is committed to provincial crime branch chief, Col. its policy of non-interference in their intended, it said in a state- Musadiqullah Muzaffari, told Pa- neighboring countries, including ment. jhwok Afghan News. Pakistan,” he added. The statement added the ter- Meanwhile, a statement from Mosazai furthered that Kabul rorists were using a vehicle to car- MoIsaid 1,000 kilograms of hero- wants cordial ties with Pakistan ry out attack. in, 1500 litres of morphine, 30 li- as it is important for both coun- The vehicle was filled with tres of acid and 20kg of carbons KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Low- designed. activities,” he said. tries in order to provide prosper- explosives in the Leo valley of were also recovered by the NIU er House) of the Parliament ap- “After several days hard work, Ministry of Finance, Eklil ous and stable environment in the Ghorak district. Security forces personnel. The factory in Torgani proved Wednesday the tax law on we got a data management system Hakimi said the government would region. suffered no casualties in the oper- village, having a press machine, 10 telecommunication services. that can give us detailed informa- receive four billion Afghanis from He said Kabul recognizes the ation in the operation, it said. bet pots, six gas cylinders, a pow- Based on the law, telephone tion on the number of subscribers the phone tax annually. importance of China-Pakistan Eco- Kandahar is one of the unsafe er generator, a 300-metre pipe, a users have to pay 10 per cent tax and varying trends of the market More than 60 per cent of Af- nomic Corridor (CPEC). He add- and volatile provinces. As the heavy metal pot, a stove, a scale to government. ghans use mobile phones, accord- ed that the billions-dollar worth birthplace of Taliban, the province and a big jug, was destroyed in the Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani ing to official reports. project would put a positive im- has witnessed several attacks. raid involving four helicopters. had instructed for imposing the Seven security communication tax through a de- cree, which the lawmakers reject- forces killed in ed, arguing that financial issues should be in the framework of law.