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Considering the demand of Af- talks, Taliban spokesman Mohammad ghan people for a calm, our priority is to Naeem on Friday said ceasefire will be reach a comprehensive ceasefire,” said on the agenda among other topics in the Ghulam Farooq Majroh, a member of negotiations. the republic’s peace negotiating team in He said in a tweet that the agenda will Doha. be made in agreement of both sides. “We are in support of peace and cease- “A ceasefire upon which the Afghan fire. We want an end to the war,” said government insists and the establish- Ghezal, a resident in Kabul. ment of an Islamic system that the Tali- Despite calls for a ceasefire inside and ban urge could be there (at the talks),” outside the country, violence continues said Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Tali- to grip Afghans across Afghanistan. ban commander. In the latest incident of violence, at least This comes a day after the US Special three members of the National Directo- Representative for Afghanistan Recon- rate of Security (NDS) were killed and ciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said that he 19 civilians were wounded in a blast that KABUL - Afghan political leaders Sat- a need for more consultations. “The guideline of the High Council for is heading back to the region to gather targeted a security patrol in Gardez city. urday attended the first meeting of the “The peace negotiations have reached National Reconciliation in its efforts to international support for the Afghan “Reports by our intelligence agencies High Council for National Reconcili- the second phase. The first phase achieve peace is the national interest of peace negotiations. indicate that it was a remote-controlled ation where they stressed the need for showed that the task was not easy, but the country. We will decide after con- In the first leg of his trip, the US envoy car bomb that was detonated on a mar- unity and consensus among political it succeeded,” Ghani said. sultation and fully accommodating the landed in Ankara where he met senior ket,” said Mohammad Halim Fedaee, leaders to move the peace efforts for- Abdullah Abdullah, who leads the rightful demands of the people of Af- Turkish officials on the current develop- the governor of Paktia. ward. council, stressed the need for consensus ghanistan,” he said. ments in the Afghan peace talks. The Afghan government has accused Addressing the meeting, President Gha- around peace and said it needed more He said that from now on, the regular “The modality of the participation of the the Taliban of killing 134 civilians and ni said the requirement is clear and that than ever. meetings of the leadership committee Taliban in the structure of Afghanistan’s wounding 342 more over the past one it is an agreement on the roadmap for He said the leadership committee of the will take place to discuss the peace pro- power structure will be transferred month. But the Taliban has hit out over peace. council represents all segments of the cess. to the next US administration,” said the allegations, saying the Afghan gov- He said the peace negotiations have en- society and the diversity of the Islamic “The first demand of the people of Af- Shukria Barikzai, a former diplomat. ernment forces have killed 68 civilians tered the second phase in which there is Republic. ghanistan ...( More on P4)...(1) “The talks will enter a new phase very just in ...( More on P4)...(2) Taliban Warns U.S Over US Congress Moves to Block Violating Peace Agreement Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal DOHA - Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the WASHINGTON - US lawmakers er announced plans to reduce Taliban, said US forces attacked the group’s posi- are moving to prevent the Trump US troop levels from about 4,500 tions in Helmand province last night in violation administration from reducing down to 2,500 by mid-January of the Doha peace agreement between Washing- troop levels in Afghanistan and 2021. ton and the Taliban. Germany before President-elect The bill, however, prevents the He stated on Friday, that US forces had attacked Joe Biden is sworn in on 20 Janu- department from reducing troop the village of Lavi Bagh in the Nad Ali district of ary 2021. levels below 4,000 – or the total Helmand province following repeated violations US news agencies report that the number left when the legislation of the Doha agreement. House and Senate conferees have is enacted – until the Pentagon, He claimed, Americans have attacked a region far hashed out the mutual terms for State Department, and the direc- from the battlefield, killing 18 civilians including the proposed fiscal year 2021 tor of national intelligence detail Taliban fighters, and wounding three others. National Defense Authoriza- how a drawdown affects threats According to Ahmadi, the US attack on Helmand ernment that “such reckless actions would not go un- tion Act and are set to vote on to the United States, the counter- province destroyed Taliban strongholds as a re- answered, and progress against the Doha agreement and approve the measure before lowing through with troop re- terrorism mission against the Is- sult of which civilian residential places were also will result in bad consequences”. sending it to President Donald ductions in Afghanistan and lamic State, and more, according damaged. This comes as, the press department of Herat’s Police Trump’s desk. Germany, according to a report to report by janes.com. A Taliban spokesman claimed that when people HQ stated on Saturday morning, that two soldiers The US lawmakers have includ- by janes.com. “The conferees note the South wanted to evacuate the dead and wounded, these and a civilian were killed by unknown gunmen in ed two provisions designed to Back in November, US acting De- Asia strategy emphasizes the im- people were attacked 7 times during the evacua- the Islam Qala port of Herat province. restrict the Pentagon from fol- fense Secretary Christopher Mill- portance ...( More on P4)...(4) tion process after the initial hit. According to the statement, unidentified Gunmen in Condemning the incident, he warned the US gov- a Corolla ...( More on P4)...(3) Pakistan to Build NDS Busts Haqqani 253 New Cases of COVID-19, Railway Line Between Leader in Kabul, 18 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan Chaman and Spin Boldak 8 Arrested: Saleh KABUL - Amidst an increase in the cases of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Public Health on Sat- urday reported 253 new positive cases of COV- ID-19 out of 1,400 samples tested in the last 24 hours across the country. The ministry also reported 18 deaths and 138 re- coveries from COVID-19 in the same period. Over the last five days, the number of deaths re- ported by the ministry has raised to around 20 from 3 to 5 COVID-19 deaths in a day. The positive cases have also increased to over 200 from around 100 cases a day. The new cases were reported in Kabul (73), Kan- by the Ministry of Public Health. dahar (17), Balkh (27), Nangarhar (22), Paktia (17), The cumulative number of total cases is now 47,641, ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Minister for Railways KABUL - Amrullah Saleh, the first vice president, Bamiyan (2), Baghlan (1), Parwan (20), Nimroz (2), the number of total reported deaths is 1,865, and the Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has announced plans to link said in the Morning meeting on Saturday, that the Ghazni (17), Logar (1), Helmand (5), Wardak (1), total number of recoveries is 37,485. Pakistan with Afghanistan by railway with a line NDS have arrested a leader of a Haqqani network Laghman (4), Khost (16), Paktika (12), Uruzgan So far, 157,316 samples have been tested in gov- from Chaman to Spin Boldak. along with seven others in Kabul. (1), Jawzjan (11), and Sar-e-Pul (4) provinces. ernment centers and there are 8,291 known active Ahmed said in the first phase Pakistan would lay According to him, this leader of the Haqqani net- The deaths were reported in Kabul (7), Nangarhar COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry around 11km of railway track from Chaman to Spin work is known as Matiullah, who was arrested (3), Takhar (1), Paktia (1), Badakhshan (1), and indicates. Boldak, and that a ...( More on P4)...(6) with the ...( More on P4)...(7) Khost (5) provinces, according to data provided The number ...( More on P4)...(5) 2 December 06, 2020 Main Page Anti-Graft Youth Alliance Mujeeb Ur Rahman Tests Positive for Covid-19 Set Up in Nangarhar QUEENSLAND - In a statement KABUL - UNDP Afghanistan, released on Friday, the Brisbane in partnership with the Move- Heat said that Rahman was test- ment for Protection Organisation ed positive during hotel quaran- (MPO), recently established an tine in Queensland. anti-corruption youth alliance “The Afghanistan player traveled in Jalalabad, the capital of Nan- from his home of Kabul last week garhar province, Behsud and but reported symptoms during Kama districts. his mandatory quarantine period Via this alliance, UNDP has pro- this week,” the statement said.