Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:82 Price: Afs.15 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes TUESDAY . OCTOBER 20 . 2015 -Mizan 28, 1394 HS Pakistan Taliban well aware incapable of Page 4 of threats to capturing even a its nuclear checkpoint in sites: US Herat let alone a district: Official Downed AT Monitoring Desk drone was KABUL: A security official in Page 5 Russian- western Herat province said that cannot capture even a security made: checkpoint in the province let Turkish PM alone a district. A swarm of the Taliban militants stormed Shin- dand district of the province. Lo- cal officials in the province said that security forces repelled the Pakistan le- attack and inflected heavy casu- alties on the militants. veraging US The fighting started around By Akhtar M.Nikzad Afghanistan. The report says that 8:00 pm near police headquarters conflict and violent extremism in- Page 9 and China s in the district the other night and KABUL: The cost of insecurity flicted heavy damages in fields of interest in the raged on till 2:00 am. and extremism last year in Af- infrastructure system, education, The Governor of Herat, Mo- ghanistan estimated around healthcare services, reintegration, region hammad Asif Rahimi, said that $9.091 billion and detracted from human capital and earning poten- only one policeman was killed in resources needed for developmen- tial and a large section of the bud- Despite 14 years of combat, the there is more radicalism in Afghani- the fighting. In the meantime the tal projects, says a report issued get is allocated for conflict against Taliban in Afghanistan are still stan, and indeed, in the whole re- provincial police chief, Abdul by the Equality for Peace and the Taliban insurgents. Deputy English strong and are launching another gion, than there was ever before. Majid Rozi, said that the militants Democracy. The report tells about Director of the EPD, Edrees massive offensive. Can the extrem- That is why I've been calling for a cannot capture a even security cost of conflict and violent ex- Omarzad, said that the ongoing town di- ist tide be stopped? Will Afghani- long time now for re-thinking of checkpoint in the province. This tremism in Afghanistan in 2014. conflict has created considerable stan be able to hold - and does the the strategy in the fight against ter- comes at a time that the militants The report found out that insecu- financial and economical costs for Page 8 vided over American presence help in the fight rorism; for re-evaluating whether have recently mounted their ter- rity and violent extremism in the Afghanistan, the region and inter- new refu- against radicalism, or it is just dam- this struggle against terrorism is a rorist activities in Shindand and country inflicted $9.091 billion national community.Quoting the aging the unity of the already dev- failure or if there's a broader issue Golran districts of the province. cost to the national economy of report as reference, he said ..P2 gee centre astated state? We ask the former at hand here that we don't know President of Afghanistan, and still yet about or we don't understand. a figure of immense power in Af- Therefore, you're right, it s very Wolesi Jirga quizes minister over liquor imports ghan politics: Hamid Karzai is on much time, rather long overdue, to Sophie&Co today. reconsider the whole question and Cannot prevent alcoholic beverages imports at Karzai airport, says the deputy counternarcotics minister Egypt's new Follow @SophieCo_RT to find answers together with ma- Sophie Shevardnadze: His Ex- jor countries in this region, mean- Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi therefore, could not control im- ratories producing illicit drugs. parliament: cellency Hamid Karzai, the former ing Russia, China and India. In port of liquor at the airport. How- Rehabilitation of the addicts in the Control and President of Afghanistan, welcome other words: the U.S. and its KABUL: The deputy minister of ever, the police had seized more capital was one of the major con- Page 7 to the show, it's great to have you NATO allies must now begin to counternarcotics at the Ministry than eight tons of alcoholic bever- cerns of the lawmakers. Ahmadi fragmenta- back. consult with major powers and of Interior told Wolesi Jirga on ages across the country as alcohol said that rehabilitation of the drug Hamid Karzai: Thank you, explain it. Monday that the ministry could is illegal beside other narcotics and addicts was impossible until there tion happy to be with you. SS:But how do you explain the not stop importation of the alco- drugs. Arrest of the international was cooperation between the SS:Now, Mr. Karzai, for 14 phenomena that I have cited in the holic beverages at the Hamid narcotics smugglers is difficult for concerned organizations. Regard- years the strongest armies in the beginning that for such a long time, Karzai International Airport as the the government due to lack of ac- ing rehabilitation of the addicts, world were fighting terrorism in the greatest powers, the greatest airport is under control of the Glo- cess. Most of the big smugglers Minister of Public Health Fero- Champions your country, yet, you've said military powers were trying to bal, a private security firm. are living in other countries and in zuddin Feroz said that more than League there's more radicalism in Afghani- fight terrorism in Afghanistan, and He said the coalition forces areas controlled by the Taliban, 60 percent of rehabilitated drug stan today than ever before. How yet they have failed. How was that had handed over the overall secu- he explained. He further said that users returned back to addiction Arsenal, do you explain that? even possible? Is it their failure? rity of the airport to the Global police has detained 1,600 drug because there was no cooperation Page 11 Bayern set HK: Well, unfortunately, yes, HK: We must first find out ..P8 instead of Afghan security forces; smugglers and destroyed 12 labo- between the relevant ..P2 to unleash danger-men Traffic accident kills 20 Afghans in Iran Why should the AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A traffic accident in Qom city of US accept Syrian Iran left 20 Afghan refugees dead, Iranian Page 6 media reported. Iran s state TV said that the refugees? because it incident took place on Sunday evening, when a bus carrying Afghan refugees overtook a helped displace them truck. A bus, a car and truck were involved in the accident, the television network re- ported. It added that all the victims of the accident were Afghan refugees, who had ille- gally entered the country. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) con- firmed the incident. It said that the incident Why Abdullah didn t took place on Highway between Tehran and Editorial P6 Qom on Sunday evening. steal the show? The MoRR in a statement issued on Monday said that the wounded people have been ad- mitted to a local hospital. It added that the MoRR has sent a delegation to Iran to inves- tigate the incident. In conver- sation with NATO nations to keep Page 10 the LSAs' presence in Afghanistan, hat-trick officials say queens TRAPANI, Italy: Germany, Turkey and Ita- ly are set to keep their deployments in Af- ghanistan at current levels, senior NATO of- ficials said on Monday after the U.S. govern- Lapis lazuli ment decided to prolong its 14-year-old mil- mine revenue itary presence there. The Taliban s brief take- over of a provincial capital has raised concern Page 2 lines Taliban s about the strength of Afghan state forces and pockets both the United States and its NATO allies now say events, rather than timetables, must dictate gradual troop reductions. Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO s top commander in Eu- rope, said he had assurances that NATO coun- tries will continue alongside the nearly 10,000 Afghanistan, U.S. troops in Afghanistan. While discussions Iran hold of exact numbers are still continuing, the big- gest national deployments are not in doubt, Page 3 business he said. Several of our largest contributors have already communicated with us that they conference will remain in their current posture, Breed- love told Reuters.He declined to give ..P2 65.05 63.75 74.42 72.15 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESSDAY . OCTOBER 20, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES US F-16 fighter jet Taliban court orders elderly struck by Taliban m ili- man executed in Jawzjan SHIBERGHAN/MAIMANA Manjigak where the father was tan ts in Afghan istan in (Pajhwok): Insurgents on Monday gunned down after a trial. He said executed an old man after a Kanga- the Taliban killed Mohammad un preceden ted attack roo court sentenced him to death Amin because he was relative of a in northern Jawzjan province, po- public uprising commander. Amin lice said. Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, himself was a local elder and had Jawzjan deputy police chief, told no links with the government, he Pajhwok Afghan News the insur- said. The police official said gents had snatched Mohammad Amin s son was still in Taliban s Amin, 70, and his son from a vehi- captivity and elders were trying cle in Dawlat Abad district of to secure his release. A resident of Balkh province and shifted them Qorchenghoi locality, who did to Manjigak district of Jawzjan.