Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:25 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SATURDAY . AUGUST 15 . 2015 -Asad 24, 1394 HS Modi wishes Pakistanis Page 4 on Inde- pendence Day US investi- gating if Page 5 ISIS used chemical arms AT Monitoring Desk fensive mode. We launch planned wide. However, he added that the at least 350,000 security troops, rule of law and maintain security operation and this shows that the security forces have succeeded to including 157,000 national police all over the nation, he said as KABUL: Though the security army is in good condition, Wazi- fail anti-Afghanistan militants in force and nearly 30,000 local po- quoted by Radio Azadi. Accord- forces have made landmark ri told Radio Azadi. Our special reaching their nefarious ends. The licemen. However, the National ing to him, the NDS has had land- progress in recent years, the Min- and commando forces are not fac- Interior Ministry has also said that Directorate of Security (NDS) mark achievements despite the Malaysian istry of Defense (MoD) has said ing any problem; we are faced they lack modern equipment in spokesman Hasib Sediqi said the fact that it has not been able to that still they need air support and with a number of hurdles in air technical fields. The deputy Afghan National Security Forces prevent the recent deadly attacks economy state-of-the-art equipment in this forces as they have not been spokesman for the ministry, Na- are progressing with high poten- in Kabul. He said the NDS has grows at field. The MoD spokesman, equipped with state-of-the-armed jib Danish, in a chat with Radio tial and no force can stop their arrested 584 individuals on charg- Page 9 Dawlat Waziri, has said that the weaponry. He said the militants Azadi said saving borders and improvement. The security forc- es of terror activities and has re- slowest pace security forces have powerful have increased their pressure af- mines recovering needs modern es are using any possible tactic to covered and confiscated nearly in nearly two morale and are in offensive mode. ter the security forces shouldered equipment, and that the sector defend the country s sovereignty, 17,000 kilograms of explosive years They have been out of de- security responsibly country- needs serious attention. There are ensure citizens safety, support over the past three months. Karzai On Greek island, condoles loss Page 8 migrants of lives in twin find hell in blasts in China paradise AT News Report KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sorrow Xenopho- over the death and destruction caused by explosions in China s the district, and have cleared 33 bia and port city of Tianjin. areas of the Taliban which include fear drive Twin blasts at a warehouse in 123 villages. In the operation, he Page 7 Tianjin left 54 people and said, at least 24 Taliban rebels have the West s wounded around 700 others. been killed and eight others were debate on According to reports volatile arrested. He said at least 15 road- chemicals were stored in the side bombs were defused by the refugees warehouse. More than a dozen army troops which were placed to firefighters were among those target the security forces. In the AT Monitoring Desk killed in the blasts. Hamid Karzai meantime, the First Vice President Movie extended his condolences to the Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum who KABUL: Iran s Foreign Minister government, people of China and is in northern provinces said the Review: Mohammad Javad Zarif has said prayed for quick recovery of the security forces have cleared lots of 'Brothers' - that his country supports peace, wounded. areas of rebels. He said foreign security and cooperation between fighters were among those killed in Page 10 Action Afghanistan and Pakistan. He the operation. It is said that Al- packed made the remarks in a joint press Taliban kidnap AT Monitoring Desk hammad Riza said the Almaas op- maas operation will be implement- family saga conference following a meeting eration was launched after Shmsh- ed through different phases in in- with Pakistani Prime Minister s KABUL: New military operation er 7 operation which is led by Af- secure areas of Faryab. Dostum National Security Advisor Sartaj nine passengers named Almaas (Diamond) was ghan National Army (ANA) troops. said all the villages should be cleared Aziz in Islamabad the other day. kicked off in Qaisar district in The commander told Radio Azadi of militants from Hazar Qala to Zarif said terrorism, extremism, in Ghazni northern Faryab province. An on Friday said the forces have made Ghormach villages. He said the sit- and violence recognizes no bor- army commander in north, Mo- at least 25 kilometers progress in uation was better in Faryab. ders, no ethnicity, no religion and AT News Report Taliban confused no sect. He said it is in every- one s interest to be engaged fully KABUL: Taliban militants have Infighting between Page 6 in resolving these problems. Iran kidnapped at least nine passen- and nervous is very much supportive of peace, Taliban leaves 15 security, cooperation both be- gers on gunpoint from the volatile th tween Pakistan and Afghanistan Ghazni province, official sources killed in Herat and in the region in general and said on Friday. inside Afghanistan. He said. We Spokesman to the provincial AT Monitoring Desk hope that the process of reconcil- governor, Shafiq Nang, said the militants have abducted the pas- KABUL: Fifteen Taliban insur- BLACK DAY iation - having the need to fight gents were killed in western Her- extremism and violence particu- sengers in Gaghori district on Thursday night when they were at province during infighting over larly extremists that come from appointment of Mullah Akhtar Commendable Daesh, and the new inclusion of on their way to the provincial cap- ital, Ghazni city. He said the in- Mansoor as new figurehead of the Daesh elements into Afghanistan, militant group. Security officials Editorial P6 standpoint of our which is a threat against all of us - surgents freed a child and an eld- erly man and took the remaining at the province confirmed the could be facilitated by all coun- clash, saying the militants in Shin- religious scholars tries. He also said: We welcome to an unknown location. Two any cooperation in this region in days ago the Taliban militants kid- dand district were divided into two these areas and we certainly wel- napped 12 residents of Qarabagh rival groups; one opposing Mul- come cooperation between Iran, district. A few days ago the group lah Mansoor as new chief while Pakistan and Afghanistan in deal- killed at least four kidnapped peo- the other put weight behind the Chris Froome ing with these threats. Zarif who ple including an engineer. Civil- controversial new supreme com- backs Mo was in Pakistan on Thursday and ians have become a soft target for mander. It is said to be the second in India on Friday, held high-level the militants. The group kidnaps infighting this month between the Page 11 discussions with different high- Taliban insurgents over the ap- Farah over and kills civilians to show its pres- pointment of Mullah Mansoor as ranking officials on the subject of ence in the restive parts of the personal data peace and stability in the region. new leader of the group.Earlier, country and pressurize the gov- nine Taliban fighters including the release At the same press conference in ernment. It is widely believed that Islamabad, Aziz reiterated Paki- militant group s senior command- anti-Afghanistan forces want to er, Mullah Ismail, were killed in stan s commitment to Afghani- weaken the unity among Afghans stan. The string of attacks Herat during the infighting. Mul- Amidst deadly while kidnapping ethnic minori- lah Ismail was killed along with against Kabul in the wake of the ties. Though, no group has attacks, there is cancellation of the second round his five supporters. In the gun- of peace talks has created some claimed responsibility but it is fight three militants of the rival Page 2 still fun and kind of apprehension within Af- believed that the Taliban insur- faction were also killed. Emergence laughter in ghanistan, he said. I hope that gents are involved, because the of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as the any misunderstanding between militant group uses hostages as new supreme leader of the Tali- Kabul the two countries will be re- bargaining chip to free its detained ban, after confirmed death report moved. This comes after a high- fighters. Nearly three months ago, of Mullah Omar, has flared up level Afghan delegation visited Pa- four civilians including a child, two tensions among the Taliban and kistan on Thursday and met with women and a driver were kid- broken out a deepening schism. Forgotten Aziz over the ongoing war in the napped by armed men from Gilan Amid the rifts over the appoint- AT News Report country and Pakistan s reported district of Ghazni. Their fate is ment of Mullah Mansoor as the Bagram involvement in it. The delegation still uncertain. Ghazni is becom- new leader of the militant group, KABUL: As Pakistan celebrated social media users and what this Page 3 villagers speak returned to Kabul on Thursday ing a no-go area for visitors and the head of the Taliban s political its 69th Independence Day or day means to them. Most of the night but no details regarding the residents of other provinces while bureau office in Qatar, Sayyad Birthday on 14th of August, (yes- social networking sites users were out against govt meeting have yet been revealed dwellers of the province also fear Tayyab Agha, stepped down a terday), Afghanistan Times con- picked from Khyber Pakhtunkh- from the Afghan side.