Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:256 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes WEDNESDAY . APRIL 19. 2017 -Hamal 30, 1396 HS KABUL: A political party in the followed by several criticisms. United States has declared oppo- “This action is particularly sition to Donald Trump adminis- disturbing in the immediate after- tration’s use of the world’s largest math of the missile strikes in Syria non-nuclear bomb. and operations in Yemen. We con- “We stand opposed to acts of demn this pattern of choosing cost- aggression, such as the MOAB ly, unauthorized, unilateral, mili- (Massive Ordinance Air Blast) tary engagement over broad-based, Bomb the United States recently multilateral, peaceful solutions,” used on the Achin district of Af- the party said in a statement. ghanistan, which borders Paki- The statement added that mega stan,” said the New Jersey-based ordinance, such as this MOAB Green Party, a peace and non-vio- with its one mile radius, shows a lence party. complete disregard for human life. Thursday’s aerial attack by the The mechanics of this weapon are US forces on Nangarhar’s Achin described as sucking out all the district apparently targeted the oxygen from an area and setting Daesh terrorists’ strongholds, was the air on fire...P2 4 bomb-making factories destroyed in Helmand KABUL : Ahmad Zia Massoud, ment on the unity government for- LASHKARGAH : Four bomb- In Nawa, the forces also de- former special envoy on reforms mation existed and the president making factories have been de- fused many roadside bombs plant- and good governance, on Tuesday reserved no right to fire him, the stroyed by Afghan forces in Mar- ed by militants, he said. claimed the president had no right ex-advisor maintained, asking ja district of southern Helmand The governor’s spokesman, to dismiss him under the agreement Ghani to revoke his orders and tell province, an official said Monday. Omar Zwak, said the operation in on the formation of the national the people that his decision was The factories were destroyed Nawa district was going success- unity government (NUG). wrong. Earlier, the Presidential Pal- in Pinzam Blak area of Marja dis- fully. “The areas we have captured Talking to reporters here re- ace said Massoud had been sacked trict on Sunday night, Lt. Col. are now being demined,” he said. garding his sacking, Massoud al- under Article 64, Clause 13 of the Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, the A border police border, who leged the government had not come Constitution. What prompted ANA’s 215th Maiwand Military wished to go unnamed, said the to power through a free and fair Ghani to remove Massoud, who Corps spokesman in Helmand, Taliban had brought two armoured AT News Report Stressing that the Afghan peo- why regional and neighboring election. “Massive rigging had hap- has lately been critical of the gov- told Pajhwok Afghan News. vehicles for fighting against the ple don’t allow foreigners to make countries should join hands in or- pened in the (2014) election ernment, remains unclear. He said two vehicles, two Afghan forces during the operation KABUL: Former President Hamid any aggression against them, he der to save Afghanistan from the “Subsequently, all agreed on Massoud was first vice presi- walkie-talkies and some explosives in Nawa. Karzai lambasted Washington for said, “therefore, by its Thursday current situation, reciprocally, we creating a government based on dent from 2004 to 2009 in the first were also seized from the facto- The tanks were destroyed in dropping a BGU-43/B ‘mother of operations, the US has lost the le- should also be cooperative with compromise and power-sharing to elected government of Hamid ries. No gunshots were fired dur- an airstrike by the Afghan and all bombs” the largest non-nuclear gitimacy for any claims and it them.” bring political stability to the coun- Karzai. He ran with then foreign ing the destruction of the factories NATO forces. The Taliban have weapon in its arsenal – on Nangar- should leave Afghanistan.” He furthered, “nearly two de- try. My struggle in the election minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul in the in Marjah. being resisting over the past sev- har province as an action that could He added, “if the current situ- cade presence of US in Afghani- was to prevent instability; other- 2014 presidential election, but en- A separate operation by the eral days and lost a large number never be forgiven, and said the US ation continues, it would follow stan not only sensational in bring- wise we would have witnessed a dorsed Ghani in the second round Afghan forces was ongoing in near- of fighters in airstrikes, the official should leave Afghanistan. with no desirable future, and that’s ing peace and stability,...P2 civil war,” he said. A written agree- of the vote. (Pajhwok) by Nawa district, Zazai said. added. (Pajhwok) Financial losses caused by BPF arms depot blaze KANDAHAR CITY : Financial losses have resulted from a pre- dawn fire at an arms depot of the Boarder Police Force (BPF) in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province, an official said AT Monitoring Desk on Tuesday. The fire that broke KABUL: Local provincial author- out at around 1:00am left residents ities on Tuesday said that ten mil- of locality worried, as it triggered itary and civilian officials have small and heavy explosions at the been detained in central Kapisa arms depot. The governor’s provinces on charges of corrup- spokesman said the cause of the tion. Police Spokesperson Mo- fire could not be ascertained so far. hammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pa- Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwok jhwok Afghan News that the indi- Afghan News a team had been dis- viduals were detained on Monday patched to the site to ascertain the by Ministry of Interior’s Heinous Head, Hussain Sajni confirmed the cause. He said a car was burnt to Crime Department Personnel. Po- arrest of 10 officials by MoI dele- ashes and a clinic near the site dam- lice chief, administrative and crime gation that came from Kabul. aged. But a security source, who branch heads for Kohistan-2 dis- However, there have been no com- wished to go unnamed, said six trict were among the detainees af- ments so far from the governor’s health officials of the clinic were ter the MoI delegation carried out house. Anti-corruption campaign investigations against them. Seven of the government is underway. wounded in the incident. Residents more provincial administration of- The government has taken impor- of the area were worried by the ficials among them were sin Mah- tant steps to overcome the cancer massive fire. “It was midnight and mood Raqi, the capital of Kapisa. of corruption in the country. people were sleeping when a se- A source, meanwhile revealed that Many civilian and military officials ries of blast were heard in the area,” some security officials accused of had been arrested and sent behind said Abdul Shakoor, a resident of corruption. Provincial Council the bars. the locality. (Pajhwok) Masoud condemns Achin bombing AT News Report er ways to target Daesh fighters. KABUL: Political expert and Ex- Daesh threat is a stranger phenom- president Karzai’s advisor Shahza- enon, which imposed on Afghans da Masoud on Tuesday con- by strangers, he added He believed demned the use of mother of bombs that using of biggest bomb is not by US forces on Daesh tunnels in the solution way, if using of heavy Achin district of eastern Nangar- weapons were the right track Rus- har province. He said that there sian used different kinds of bombs was other proper ways to target and missiles, but it was result-less. Daesh fighters. The US forces Af- Using of biggest bomb was a kind ghanistan conducted an airstrike of testing weapon and a military against ISIS-K complex in Achin show to Russia, Iran and North district Nangarhar province on Korea, he claimed. Pointing to Thursday and targeted Daesh hide- former President Karzai stance out by GBU43 the biggest un-nu- against US airstrike in Achin, he tries. He said that only summon clear bomb. This attack had dif- said that it is most of the nation of traditional Loya Jirga can be a ferent positive and negative reac- stance and we strongly support it. proper way to overcome all chal- tion inside the country and in Urging people to unity, he said lenges. All political figures, parties abroad. “US forces could target that ex-president must present a and people must mobilize and Daesh through other proper ways remedy to current crisis in order make a clear decision to address such as guided missile,” said Ma- to be followed by people and say current challenges, he noted. Giv- soud. He said that using of biggest farewell to current problems. He ing massage to all insurgents group bomb in Afghanistan is violation stated that Afghan people at the that war is not the way for solu- of sovereignty of Afghanistan. light of respecting sovereignty of tion, he called on Afghan insurgents Slamming Daesh brutal attacks on Afghanistan willing to have good group to join traditional Loya Jir- civilians in Nangarhar, he said that relation based on mutual interests ga in order to reach to peace and there were more simple and prop- with all neighboring and world coun- stability across the country. WEDNESDAY.APRIL 19, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, has started pro- viding insurance services to big com- panies in Afghanistan.