President Ashraf Ghani Current Academic 26, 2017/Front page.pdfmajor Silk Road routes. Ghani...
Reg: No 352 Volume No. 3544 Sunday March 26, 2017 Hamal 06, 1396 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 15/-Afs Quote of the Day Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson President Ashraf Ghani Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 www.thedailyafghanistan.com Scanners at Kabul’s Gates Within 2 Months: MoI Afghan Carpet Business Harmed by Nose-diving Af-Pak Ties KABUL - President Moham- mad Ashraf Ghani said the en- emies can no longer threaten Afghanistan by blocking trade routes as the country has alter- native routes to rely on. These remarks were made dur- ing a gathering in the provin- cial capital of Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif, which has his- torically been a trade hub owed to its strategic location on the major Silk Road routes. Ghani highlighted the geo- graphic importance of Afghani- stan and said the country is an inseparable part of the Central Asia.He said Balkh will once KABUL - Scanners to detect bombs such as vehicle-born explosive devices will be in- stalled at the four major en- trances to Kabul within next two months, an official said on Saturday. The scanners were provided to Afghanistan by China in December 2016, when Bei- jing delivered its first mili- tary aid to Kabul in January that year. The cargo contained among other things logistical equip- ment, parts of military vehi- cles, ammunition and weap- ons for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). Ministry of Interior’s deputy spokesman Najib Danish told Pajhowk Afghan News installation of the scanners would be completed within two months. The devices would be in- stalled on the eastern, west- ern, southern and northern gates of Kabul, he said. He said the scanners could not be installed in winter be- cause some persons had to be trained to manage the devices. The scanners needed perma- nent electricity and security and work on that was ongo- ing, he added. Danish said they faced land acquisition problem to build installations for the scanners at two gates. A legal debate was ongoing and the issue of ...(More on P4)...(4) PESHAWAR/KABUL - Pa- kistan’s crackdown against Afghan nationals illegally staying in the country is bad- ly hitting the famed Afghan carpet business, as a large number of artisans have left Peshawar and other parts of the country. Over the past many years, Peshawar had turned into major market for the famed Afghan carpet business as artisans escaping bouts of violence across Afghanistan sought shelter in Peshawar and its adjoining areas and where they also setup their looms. Apparently, the situation has come full circle for these artisans as they are find- ing it difficult to live in the country, amid a crackdown against Afghans living in the country which was launched in the aftermath of the Army Public School massacre back in December 2014. Subsequent saber-rattling and deteriorating relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have only added to the woes of Afghan nation- als living in Pakistan. The carpet business has come down by about 80 percent in Khyber Pakh- tunkhwa, says Fazal Hayat a carpet trader who mostly deals in Afghan carpet in provincial capital. He said that there were about 5,000 carpet looms were in operation across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as per a survey they conducted with the help of the Afghan carpet makers sometime back. “There are hardly about a 1000 are left now,” he said, adding that many among those left behind were also waiting to close their shops and only trying to sell their existing stocks and meeting previous con- tracts. “To a great extent, Afghan carpet business in Pesha- war is over,” he said. He said that decade long wave of terror which plagued Pa- kistan for more than a year literally .(More on P4)...(3) KABUL - About 120,000 people visited the “1396 spring exhibition” in Ka- bul, generating above five million afghanis income for farmers. A statement from the Minis- try of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday said that the ‘18th MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Presi- dent Ashraf Ghani on Satur- day said the current education curriculum was not respon- Afghanistan no Longer Threatened by Enemies Blocking Trade Routes Pakistan Starts Border Fencing with Afghanistan Millions Earned from ‘1396 Spring Exhibition’ in Kabul Current Academic Curriculum Unresponsive I will Quit my Job, not the Province: Balkh Governor MPs React to Ghani’s Remarks on Summoning Ministers List of Ministers will be sent to Parliament Soon: Menapal sive to students’ needs and teachers were also under pres- sure. Ghani, who arrived to a warm KABUL - A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Sat- urday reacted to President Ashraf Ghani’s reported re- marks on summoning of se- curity ministers and said the president had asked the legis- lators to cancel their decision in this respect. “According to our informa- tion, Ghani was concerned about the summoning of the [security] ministers and had said if ministers were sum- moned, he will dissolve the parliament,” said Abdul Latif Pedarm, an MP from Badakh- shan. “Based on which law the gov- ernment wants to threaten the legislation pillar and the Con- stitution? This government KABUL - The President Dep- uty Spokesman Dawa Khan Menapal said list of ministers will soon be sent to parliament for gaining trust votes, amid 11 ministries are being led by the acting Ministers where 7 Ministers were disqualified by the parliament. He said, “New Ministers will soon be introduced to those Ministries which are being led by the Acting Ministers once Ministers gain trust votes from the parliament.” A question remains to be an- swered what will be the des- tination of those 7 Ministers again become the roundabout of the Central Asia and added the northern Kunduz, Mazar and Herat provinces will be connected via railway network that will eventually connect Iran and China via Afghani- stan.This comes as Pakistan has time and again shut down its borders on Afghanistan follow- ing a political rift between Is- lamabad and Kabul.The recent border closures by Pakistan has inflicted millions of dollars of losses onto the Afghan econo- my. The routes were opened last week after three weeks of closure.(Wadsam) agricultural exhibition, was organized in connection with Nawroz festival. The statement said the event organized in Badam Bagh in Kabul ended with satisfac- tory outcome. In the exhibition, a total of 280 stalls showcased wom- en’s ...(More on P4)...(2) welcome in the capital of northern Balkh province, in- augurated the new academic year in Mazar-i-Sharif. itself has been established based on a deal,” MP Mirwais Yasini said, referring to re- ported remarks by Ghani. The first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) Hum- ayun Humayun, who met with President Ghani on Fri- day, said on Saturday that the president had urged him to whom were disqualified by the members of the lower house of the parliament.? Former Minister of Informa- tion and Culture Sayed Makh- dom Rahin said, “President should introduce Ministers to not only set the affairs in mo- tion, but also compensate the 3 years neglects, he/she should have knowledge, experience, and should be capable of to do variety things.” The Presidential preparation to introduce new Ministers comes after the members at the lower house of the parlia- ment are on the edge to begin ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said Saturday that the country has started fencing border with Af- ghanistan in a move to stop the cross-border movement of the militants. Security officials have long been complaining that the Pakistani militants, who have escaped as a result of military operations, now operate from the Afghan soil of the border. Pakistan and Afghanistan have nearly 2,600-kilome- ter-long common border, mostly porous, and Paki- stani officials insist that bombers could enter Pa- kistan due to weak border control. During his visit to Pak- Afghan border areas in Mohmand and Orakzai tribal agencies, Bajwa told the troops that fencing has commenced in Bajaur and Mohmand agencies as they MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Atta Mo- hammad Noor, the governor of northern Balkh province, on Saturday reiterated his in- tention to resign in the near future, saying the president had asked him to delay his decision. Addressing the opening cer- emony here for the new aca- demic year, also attended by President Ashraf Ghani, Noor said he would stand down as governor but would not leave Balkh Governor Atta Moham- mad Noor, who also attend- ed the ceremony, provided information about security ignore summoning the heads of security agencies. “The first thing that President Ghani told us was that we should remove the summon- ing [of senior security officials] from the agenda [of the Wolesi Jirga],” he told MPs at the Wolesi Jirga. Humayun said he rejected the ...(More on P4)...(5) summoning senior security of- ficials for the recent increasing of insecurity in the country. (Agencies) are high threat zones. Both Bajaur and Mohmand border Afghanistan and had once been under the influ- ence of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. “Additional technical sur- veillance means are also being deployed along the border besides regular air surveillance,” Bajwa said, adding the Pakistan Army shall employ all resources required for defense of the country and security of peace-loving Pakistani tribes. The army chief said that ef- forts are in hand to evolve a bilateral border security mechanism with the Afghan authorities, according to an army statement. “A better managed, secure and peaceful border is in mutual interest of both brotherly countries who have given phenomenal sac- rifices in the war against ter- rorism,” he said. (Xinhua) the province.The governor promised staying in the prov- ince to monitor the perfor- mance of his successor, pledg- ing not to let him do anything wrong. Without giving an ex- act date, Noor said he would resign in the near future. However, President Ghani asked the governor not talk about his resignation as Balkh people would not be happy with such a decision. “We would discuss it later in a re- laxed environment,” the president commented.Ghani gave the governor full credit for his dedicated work to develop the prov- ince. ‘Noor had always pleaded with Kabul for the progress of the province, not for personal favours, he said. (Pajhwok) situation, healthcare services, education development and infrastructure activities in the province ...(More on P4)...(1) Gen. Bajwa
Transcript of President Ashraf Ghani Current Academic 26, 2017/Front page.pdfmajor Silk Road routes. Ghani...
Reg: No 352 Volume No. 3544 Sunday March 26, 2017 Hamal 06, 1396 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 15/-Afs
Quote of the DayDon’t judge each day
by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.Robert Louis Stevenson
President Ashraf Ghani
Email: [email protected]: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019
www.thedailyafghanistan.com
Scanners at Kabul’s Gates
Within 2 Months: MoI
Afghan Carpet Business Harmed
by Nose-diving Af-Pak Ties
KABUL - President Moham-mad Ashraf Ghani said the en-emies can no longer threaten Afghanistan by blocking trade routes as the country has alter-native routes to rely on.These remarks were made dur-ing a gathering in the provin-cial capital of Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif, which has his-torically been a trade hub owed to its strategic location on the major Silk Road routes.Ghani highlighted the geo-graphic importance of Afghani-stan and said the country is an inseparable part of the Central Asia.He said Balkh will once
KABUL - Scanners to detect bombs such as vehicle-born explosive devices will be in-stalled at the four major en-trances to Kabul within next two months, an official said on Saturday.The scanners were provided to Afghanistan by China in December 2016, when Bei-jing delivered its first mili-tary aid to Kabul in January that year.The cargo contained among other things logistical equip-ment, parts of military vehi-cles, ammunition and weap-ons for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).Ministry of Interior’s deputy spokesman Najib Danish told Pajhowk Afghan News installation of the scanners would be completed within two months.The devices would be in-stalled on the eastern, west-ern, southern and northern gates of Kabul, he said. He said the scanners could not be installed in winter be-cause some persons had to be trained to manage the devices.The scanners needed perma-nent electricity and security and work on that was ongo-ing, he added.Danish said they faced land acquisition problem to build installations for the scanners at two gates. A legal debate was ongoing and the issue of ...(More on P4)...(4)
PESHAWAR/KABUL - Pa-kistan’s crackdown against Afghan nationals illegally staying in the country is bad-ly hitting the famed Afghan carpet business, as a large number of artisans have left Peshawar and other parts of the country.Over the past many years, Peshawar had turned into major market for the famed Afghan carpet business as artisans escaping bouts of violence across Afghanistan sought shelter in Peshawar and its adjoining areas and where they also setup their looms.Apparently, the situation has come full circle for these artisans as they are find-ing it difficult to live in the country, amid a crackdown against Afghans living in the country which was launched in the aftermath of the Army Public School massacre back in December 2014.Subsequent saber-rattling and deteriorating relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have only added to the woes of Afghan nation-als living in Pakistan.The carpet business has come down by about 80 percent in Khyber Pakh-tunkhwa, says Fazal Hayat a carpet trader who mostly deals in Afghan carpet in provincial capital.He said that there were about 5,000 carpet looms were in operation across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as per a survey they conducted with the help of the Afghan carpet makers sometime back. “There are hardly about a 1000 are left now,” he said, adding that many among those left behind were also waiting to close their shops and only trying to sell their existing stocks and meeting previous con-tracts.“To a great extent, Afghan carpet business in Pesha-war is over,” he said. He said that decade long wave of terror which plagued Pa-kistan for more than a year literally .(More on P4)...(3)
KABUL - About 120,000 people visited the “1396 spring exhibition” in Ka-bul, generating above five million afghanis income for farmers.A statement from the Minis-try of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday said that the ‘18th
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Presi-dent Ashraf Ghani on Satur-day said the current education curriculum was not respon-
Afghanistan no Longer Threatened by Enemies
Blocking Trade Routes
Pakistan Starts Border Fencing with
Afghanistan
Millions Earned from ‘1396 Spring Exhibition’ in Kabul
Current Academic Curriculum Unresponsive
I will Quit my Job, not the Province: Balkh Governor
MPs React to Ghani’s Remarks on Summoning Ministers
List of Ministers will be sent to Parliament Soon: Menapal
sive to students’ needs and teachers were also under pres-sure.Ghani, who arrived to a warm
KABUL - A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Sat-urday reacted to President Ashraf Ghani’s reported re-marks on summoning of se-curity ministers and said the president had asked the legis-lators to cancel their decision in this respect.“According to our informa-tion, Ghani was concerned about the summoning of the [security] ministers and had said if ministers were sum-moned, he will dissolve the parliament,” said Abdul Latif Pedarm, an MP from Badakh-shan.“Based on which law the gov-ernment wants to threaten the legislation pillar and the Con-stitution? This government
KABUL - The President Dep-uty Spokesman Dawa Khan Menapal said list of ministers will soon be sent to parliament for gaining trust votes, amid 11 ministries are being led by the acting Ministers where 7 Ministers were disqualified by the parliament.He said, “New Ministers will soon be introduced to those Ministries which are being led by the Acting Ministers once Ministers gain trust votes from the parliament.”A question remains to be an-swered what will be the des-tination of those 7 Ministers
again become the roundabout of the Central Asia and added the northern Kunduz, Mazar and Herat provinces will be connected via railway network that will eventually connect Iran and China via Afghani-stan.This comes as Pakistan has time and again shut down its borders on Afghanistan follow-ing a political rift between Is-lamabad and Kabul.The recent border closures by Pakistan has inflicted millions of dollars of losses onto the Afghan econo-my. The routes were opened last week after three weeks of closure.(Wadsam)
agricultural exhibition, was organized in connection with Nawroz festival.The statement said the event organized in Badam Bagh in Kabul ended with satisfac-tory outcome.In the exhibition, a total of 280 stalls showcased wom-en’s ...(More on P4)...(2)
welcome in the capital of northern Balkh province, in-augurated the new academic year in Mazar-i-Sharif.
itself has been established based on a deal,” MP Mirwais Yasini said, referring to re-ported remarks by Ghani.The first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) Hum-ayun Humayun, who met with President Ghani on Fri-day, said on Saturday that the president had urged him to
whom were disqualified by the members of the lower house of the parliament.?Former Minister of Informa-tion and Culture Sayed Makh-dom Rahin said, “President should introduce Ministers to not only set the affairs in mo-tion, but also compensate the 3 years neglects, he/she should have knowledge, experience, and should be capable of to do variety things.”The Presidential preparation to introduce new Ministers comes after the members at the lower house of the parlia-ment are on the edge to begin
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said Saturday that the country has started fencing border with Af-ghanistan in a move to stop the cross-border movement of the militants.Security officials have long been complaining that the Pakistani militants, who have escaped as a result of military operations, now operate from the Afghan soil of the border.Pakistan and Afghanistan have nearly 2,600-kilome-ter-long common border, mostly porous, and Paki-stani officials insist that bombers could enter Pa-kistan due to weak border control.During his visit to Pak-Afghan border areas in Mohmand and Orakzai tribal agencies, Bajwa told the troops that fencing has commenced in Bajaur and Mohmand agencies as they
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Atta Mo-hammad Noor, the governor of northern Balkh province, on Saturday reiterated his in-tention to resign in the near future, saying the president had asked him to delay his decision.Addressing the opening cer-emony here for the new aca-demic year, also attended by President Ashraf Ghani, Noor said he would stand down as governor but would not leave
Balkh Governor Atta Moham-mad Noor, who also attend-ed the ceremony, provided information about security
ignore summoning the heads of security agencies.“The first thing that President Ghani told us was that we should remove the summon-ing [of senior security officials] from the agenda [of the Wolesi Jirga],” he told MPs at the Wolesi Jirga.Humayun said he rejected the ...(More on P4)...(5)
summoning senior security of-ficials for the recent increasing of insecurity in the country. (Agencies)
are high threat zones.Both Bajaur and Mohmand border Afghanistan and had once been under the influ-ence of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.“Additional technical sur-veillance means are also being deployed along the border besides regular air surveillance,” Bajwa said, adding the Pakistan Army shall employ all resources required for defense of the country and security of peace-loving Pakistani tribes.The army chief said that ef-forts are in hand to evolve a bilateral border security mechanism with the Afghan authorities, according to an army statement.“A better managed, secure and peaceful border is in mutual interest of both brotherly countries who have given phenomenal sac-rifices in the war against ter-rorism,” he said. (Xinhua)
the province.The governor promised staying in the prov-ince to monitor the perfor-mance of his successor, pledg-ing not to let him do anything wrong. Without giving an ex-act date, Noor said he would resign in the near future.However, President Ghani asked the governor not talk about his resignation as Balkh people would not be happy with such a decision. “We would discuss it later in a re-
laxed environment,” the president commented.Ghani gave the governor full credit for his dedicated work to develop the prov-ince. ‘Noor had always pleaded with Kabul for the progress of the province, not for personal favours, he said. (Pajhwok)
situation, healthcare services, education development and infrastructure activities in the province ...(More on P4)...(1)
Gen. Bajwa
