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www.thedailyafghanistan.com facebook.com/The.Daily.Afghanistan Email: thedailyafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 February 12, 2019 Back Page Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan www.outlookafghanistan.net facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan Email: outlookafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamiyan Kabul Snow Chance of Rain Rain Snow Chance of Rain Rain Rain 5°C -1°C 10°C 16°C 2°C 4°C -5°C 1°C 0°C 14°C 12°C 14°C 5°C 3°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast Donors Urged to Tie Afghan Aid to Cut in Civilian Casualties KABUL - According to lat- est figures released by the Afghanistan Women Cham- ber of Commerce and Indus- tries (AWCCI), investments by women entrepreneurs amount to more than $77 million. Figures show that 1,150 women entrepreneurs have invested in different busi- nesses in the country over the past 18 years, with 300 women opening new busi- nesses in the country last year alone. “We had 650 women in our database, and it was 830 women in 2017 and now it is 1,150 women and 300 of them have registered their business last year,” said KABUL - Amid raising peace efforts, a number of election tickets and watchdogs have expressed concerns on the fate of the upcoming Afghan presidential elections, warn- ing that lack of consultation with people regarding peace and elections will deepen the crisis in the country. Some election teams said that peace and elections should not be victimized of each oth- er and that people should be consulted in this regard. Asadullah Sa’adati, who is running for the July election as second deputy of Abdullah Abdullah said that if election being undermined in peace talks, it will put a negative impact on the given scenario. Parwarish Oryakhail, chair- person of business develop- ment services at AWCCI. About 50% of these invest- ments are in Kabul. Ghor, Paktia, Laghman and Uru- zgan are among provinces with lowest level of invest- ment by women. “The people of Afghanistan have the right and power to decide and they should take decisions,” Ghulam Farooq Nijrabi, a presidential candi- date said. The election observers, meanwhile, expressed con- cerns on the outcomes of de- Over $77mn Worth of Investment in the Country by Afghan Women Entrepreneurs Peace Efforts Undermining July Presidential Elections: Watchdogs The businesses opened by women have created jobs for 77,000 people across the coun- try. The problems facing Afghan women entrepreneurs is the high cost of raw materials and lack of access to bigger markets for their products. (Wadsam) lay in July elections. “We are seriously concerned of these games which don’t help elections and democracy and it may fragment the system into several pieces and unable to us have a countywide election,” said Nayeem Ayoubzada, Head of TEFA. ...(More on P4)...(5) KABUL - The Civilian Protec- tion Advocacy Group (CPAG) on Sunday urged international donors to link their aid to Af- ghanistan with reducing civilian causalities. A statement from the group said international donors should put pressure on the Afghan govern- ment until civilian causalities significantly decreased. The statement said civilians in- deed suffered causalities in wars but in Afghanistan the casualties were of great concern. Latest security incidents in sev- eral provinces showed there was a total disregard for civilian lives and war principles were not fol- lowed at all, the CPAG believed. The group strongly condemned civilian casualties, which it said showed the president’s and se- curity forces’ weakness. Meanwhile, Hasham Khan Alokozai, a Senator from south- ern Helmand province, claimed 21 civilians had either been killed or wounded in nighttime operations ...(More on P4)...(6) Ex-Deputy Afghan Intelligence Chief Appointed as Acting Interior Minister GARDEZ - Some residents of southeastern Paktia province on Monday claimed that fell- ing of trees inside reserve for- ests in their areas continued despite efforts to prevent the illegal logging. Government officials also con- firmed the issue and said ef- forts were underway to fully protect forests in the province. Abdulllah, a resident of Zazi Aryub district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that in the past a government department would protect jungles in the district, but now local resi- dents had taken over that re- sponsibility. However, he said illegal cut- ting of forest trees continued due to lack of attention on the part of the authorities con- cerned. “Now we have hired two tribesmen each against 12,000 afghanis per month, they walk around the mountains and in- form us if someone is cutting trees without their permis- sion. Then we not only con- fiscate the tree but also punish the person involved as per the KABUL - The Czech Repub- lic says it will follow suit if American forces exit Afghan- istan as a result of negotia- tions with the Taliban. Czech Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar was quoted as saying by the Pravo news- paper they would pull out troops from Afghanistan in the wake of a US pullout. “If the current negotiations are successfully completed and lead to internal politi- cal stability, then security KABUL - Afghan spin-bowling teen- age sensation Mujeeb Ur Rahman will play for English county Middlesex in their T20 campaign next season, the club announced on Monday. The 17-year-old -- who has taken 54 international wickets in all formats Trees Still Cut Illegally Inside Paktia Forests: Locals Czechs to Follow if US Forces Exit Afghanistan Middlesex Sign Afghan Teen Rahman for T20 Blast KABUL - The Former Deputy Intellli- gence Chief of Afghansitan Massoud Andarabi has been appointed as the Acting Minister of Interior. Sources privy of the development con- firmed that Mr. Andarabi has been ap- pointed as Acting Minister of Interior and will assume charge of the ministry in the near future. Mr. Andarabi assumed charge of the Afghan Intelligence after the former director of the National Directorate of Security Rahmatullah Nabeel stepped down from his position nearly three and half years ago. He has also served as the director of operations of the National Directorate of Security (NDS). This comes as the former Acting Minis- ter of Interior Amrullah Saleh stepped down from his post after enrolling himself for the post of Vice President in Ashraf Ghani’s team. (KP) tribal agreement.” Amanullah, a resident of Ah- madkhel district, said peo- ple’s poor economic situation had compelled them to cut trees in the forests and meet their daily needs. He urged all government in- stitutions and NGOs to re- sume Mandayer Mountain wood project run by a German firm before the civil war. More than 500 individuals worked on the project, he recalled. He said: “Our people don’t have other work to do and meet their families’ needs ex- cept cutting the forests. The government has to provide al- ternative source of income to people such as saffron, vegeta- bles and other projects.” Fazal Rabi, another resident of the Zazi Aryub district, expressed his concern over the illegally cutting of forests, which he said was affecting the environment. He said, “I have visited my district three times and com- plained about forest cutting in my village because the Man- dayer’s ...(More on P4)...(7) should improve,” the minis- ter added. Should the US reduce the number of troops or with- draw all forces from Af- ghanistan, Metnar said they would also pull out”, Metnar told the Pravo newspaper. Around 340 Czech soldiers are currently based in Af- ghanistan as part of the NATO Resolute Support mission to train and assist the Afghan security forces. (Pajhwok) since making his debut aged 16 -- will hope to make the same impact his compatriot Rashid Khan did at Sussex last year. Khan took 17 wickets at an average of 14.35 to play a major role in Sussex reaching the knockout stages for the US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a new trip to several to push the Trump administration’s Afghan peace initiative. Khalilzad Resumes Afghanistan Peace Diplomacy KABUL - US special envoy Zal- may Khalilzad has embarked on a new trip to several to push the Trump administration’s Afghan peace initiative. Khalilzad is heading an inter- agency delegation from Febru- ary 10 to 28 on visits to Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Qatar, Af- ghanistan, and Pakistan. The State Department says the trip is part of an overall effort to facilitate a peace process that protects US national security in- terests. The Trump administration is eyeing a process that brings all Afghan parties together in an intra-Afghan dialogue through which they can determine a path for their country’s future. During recent peace negotiations in Qatar, both American and Taliban envoys voiced optimism over prospects for a peace agree- ment. Khalilzad hopes a deal could be reached before Afghanistan’s presidential elections in July. However, he says there is still a long way to go before a final agreement. The trip, which be- gan on Sunday, will continue till Feb 28, when the chief US nego- tiator will return to Washington for consultations. Khalilzad will meet “our allies and partners to discuss mutual efforts to ad- vance that goal and will consult with the Afghan government throughout the trip”, the state- ment added. (Pajhwok) first time since 2015 -- although he was unable to play in the lat- ter rounds due to international duty. Rahman has enjoyed a success- ful Big Bash campaign with Bris- bane Heat, picking up 12 wick- ets and returning best figures of three for 16. “Middlesex Cricket is today de- lighted to announce the signing of Mujeeb Ur Rahman for this season’s Blast campaign,” the county said in a statement. “The 17-year-old spinner becomes head coach Stuart Law’s first signing of the summer and will be available for the entire Blast campaign. ...(More on P4)...(8)
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Donors Urged to Tie Afghan Aid to Cut in Civilian Casualties
KABUL - According to lat-est figures released by the Afghanistan Women Cham-ber of Commerce and Indus-tries (AWCCI), investments by women entrepreneurs amount to more than $77 million. Figures show that 1,150 women entrepreneurs have invested in different busi-nesses in the country over the past 18 years, with 300 women opening new busi-nesses in the country last year alone. “We had 650 women in our database, and it was 830 women in 2017 and now it is 1,150 women and 300 of them have registered their business last year,” said
KABUL - Amid raising peace efforts, a number of election tickets and watchdogs have expressed concerns on the fate of the upcoming Afghan presidential elections, warn-ing that lack of consultation with people regarding peace and elections will deepen the crisis in the country.Some election teams said that peace and elections should not be victimized of each oth-er and that people should be consulted in this regard.Asadullah Sa’adati, who is running for the July election as second deputy of Abdullah Abdullah said that if election being undermined in peace talks, it will put a negative impact on the given scenario.
Parwarish Oryakhail, chair-person of business develop-ment services at AWCCI. About 50% of these invest-ments are in Kabul. Ghor, Paktia, Laghman and Uru-zgan are among provinces with lowest level of invest-ment by women.
“The people of Afghanistan have the right and power to decide and they should take decisions,” Ghulam Farooq Nijrabi, a presidential candi-date said.The election observers, meanwhile, expressed con-cerns on the outcomes of de-
Over $77mn Worth of Investment in the Country by Afghan Women Entrepreneurs
Peace Efforts Undermining July Presidential Elections: Watchdogs
The businesses opened by women have created jobs for 77,000 people across the coun-try.The problems facing Afghan women entrepreneurs is the high cost of raw materials and lack of access to bigger markets for their products. (Wadsam)
lay in July elections.“We are seriously concerned of these games which don’t help elections and democracy and it may fragment the system into several pieces and unable to us have a countywide election,” said Nayeem Ayoubzada, Head of TEFA. ...(More on P4)...(5)
KABUL - The Civilian Protec-tion Advocacy Group (CPAG) on Sunday urged international donors to link their aid to Af-ghanistan with reducing civilian causalities.A statement from the group said international donors should put pressure on the Afghan govern-ment until civilian causalities significantly decreased.The statement said civilians in-deed suffered causalities in wars but in Afghanistan the casualties were of great concern.Latest security incidents in sev-eral provinces showed there was a total disregard for civilian lives and war principles were not fol-lowed at all, the CPAG believed.The group strongly condemned civilian casualties, which it said showed the president’s and se-curity forces’ weakness.Meanwhile, Hasham Khan Alokozai, a Senator from south-ern Helmand province, claimed 21 civilians had either been killed or wounded in nighttime operations ...(More on P4)...(6)
Ex-Deputy Afghan Intelligence Chief Appointed as Acting Interior Minister
GARDEZ - Some residents of southeastern Paktia province on Monday claimed that fell-ing of trees inside reserve for-ests in their areas continued despite efforts to prevent the illegal logging.Government officials also con-
firmed the issue and said ef-forts were underway to fully protect forests in the province.Abdulllah, a resident of Zazi Aryub district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that in the past a government department would protect jungles in the district, but now local resi-dents had taken over that re-sponsibility.However, he said illegal cut-ting of forest trees continued due to lack of attention on the part of the authorities con-cerned.“Now we have hired two tribesmen each against 12,000 afghanis per month, they walk around the mountains and in-form us if someone is cutting trees without their permis-sion. Then we not only con-fiscate the tree but also punish the person involved as per the
KABUL - The Czech Repub-lic says it will follow suit if American forces exit Afghan-istan as a result of negotia-tions with the Taliban.Czech Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar was quoted as saying by the Pravo news-paper they would pull out troops from Afghanistan in the wake of a US pullout.“If the current negotiations are successfully completed and lead to internal politi-cal stability, then security
KABUL - Afghan spin-bowling teen-age sensation Mujeeb Ur Rahman will play for English county Middlesex in their T20 campaign next season, the club announced on Monday.The 17-year-old -- who has taken 54 international wickets in all formats
Trees Still Cut Illegally Inside Paktia Forests: Locals
Czechs to Follow if US Forces Exit Afghanistan
Middlesex Sign Afghan Teen Rahman for T20 Blast
KABUL - The Former Deputy Intellli-gence Chief of Afghansitan Massoud Andarabi has been appointed as the Acting Minister of Interior.Sources privy of the development con-firmed that Mr. Andarabi has been ap-pointed as Acting Minister of Interior and will assume charge of the ministry in the near future.Mr. Andarabi assumed charge of the Afghan Intelligence after the former director of the National Directorate of Security Rahmatullah Nabeel stepped down from his position nearly three and half years ago.He has also served as the director of operations of the National Directorate of Security (NDS).This comes as the former Acting Minis-ter of Interior Amrullah Saleh stepped down from his post after enrolling himself for the post of Vice President in Ashraf Ghani’s team. (KP)
tribal agreement.”Amanullah, a resident of Ah-madkhel district, said peo-ple’s poor economic situation had compelled them to cut trees in the forests and meet their daily needs.He urged all government in-
stitutions and NGOs to re-sume Mandayer Mountain wood project run by a German firm before the civil war. More than 500 individuals worked on the project, he recalled.He said: “Our people don’t have other work to do and meet their families’ needs ex-cept cutting the forests. The government has to provide al-ternative source of income to people such as saffron, vegeta-bles and other projects.”Fazal Rabi, another resident of the Zazi Aryub district, expressed his concern over the illegally cutting of forests, which he said was affecting the environment.He said, “I have visited my district three times and com-plained about forest cutting in my village because the Man-dayer’s ...(More on P4)...(7)
should improve,” the minis-ter added.Should the US reduce the number of troops or with-draw all forces from Af-ghanistan, Metnar said they would also pull out”, Metnar told the Pravo newspaper.Around 340 Czech soldiers are currently based in Af-ghanistan as part of the NATO Resolute Support mission to train and assist the Afghan security forces. (Pajhwok)
since making his debut aged 16 -- will hope to make the same impact his compatriot Rashid Khan did at Sussex last year.Khan took 17 wickets at an average of 14.35 to play a major role in Sussex reaching the knockout stages for the
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a new trip to several to push the Trump administration’s Afghan peace initiative.
Khalilzad Resumes Afghanistan Peace Diplomacy
KABUL - US special envoy Zal-may Khalilzad has embarked on a new trip to several to push the Trump administration’s Afghan peace initiative.Khalilzad is heading an inter-agency delegation from Febru-ary 10 to 28 on visits to Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Qatar, Af-ghanistan, and Pakistan.The State Department says the trip is part of an overall effort to facilitate a peace process that protects US national security in-
terests.The Trump administration is eyeing a process that brings all Afghan parties together in an intra-Afghan dialogue through which they can determine a path for their country’s future.During recent peace negotiations in Qatar, both American and Taliban envoys voiced optimism over prospects for a peace agree-ment.Khalilzad hopes a deal could be reached before Afghanistan’s
presidential elections in July. However, he says there is still a long way to go before a final agreement. The trip, which be-gan on Sunday, will continue till Feb 28, when the chief US nego-tiator will return to Washington for consultations. Khalilzad will meet “our allies and partners to discuss mutual efforts to ad-vance that goal and will consult with the Afghan government throughout the trip”, the state-ment added. (Pajhwok)
first time since 2015 -- although he was unable to play in the lat-ter rounds due to international duty.Rahman has enjoyed a success-ful Big Bash campaign with Bris-bane Heat, picking up 12 wick-ets and returning best figures of three for 16.“Middlesex Cricket is today de-lighted to announce the signing of Mujeeb Ur Rahman for this season’s Blast campaign,” the county said in a statement. “The 17-year-old spinner becomes head coach Stuart Law’s first signing of the summer and will be available for the entire Blast campaign. ...(More on P4)...(8)
