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www.thedailyafghanistan.com facebook.com/The.Daily.Afghanistan Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 March 05, 2018 Back Page Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamiyan Kabul Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 21°C 10°C -3°C 10°C 2°C 0°C 15°C -7°C 21°C 20°C 12°C 11°C 11°C 22°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan www.outlookafghanistan.net facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan KABUL - Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials have discussed reforms in police ranks and other important is- sues with NATO’s Resolute Support Mission (RSM) commanders. Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Bar- mak met NATO’s joint operational commander Gen. Ricardo Marquez and RSM commander Gen. John Ni- cholson, the ministry said in a state- ment, NATO Supportive of Reforms in Police Ranks:MoI 4 Militants Killed by their Own Bomb in Jawzjan KABUL - The National Work and Education Exhibition -- a direct link creating an op- portunity for direct commu- nication between the human resource and prospective employers -- is set to begin today(Monday). Spogmai Sayam, an official of the Future Plan, told Pajh- wok Afghan News the three- day exhibition was a joint initiative of her office and the Ministry of Social Affairs, La- bour Martyrs and Disabled (MoSLMD). She said the development of a direct connection between PESHAWAR - Pakistan has lost more than 50 per cent of its mar- ket share in Kabul over the last two years when India expanded its foothold in Afghanistan, a business leader says. Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) Chairman Zubair Motiwala said in an interview that penetration by both India and China had left Pakistan with limited options. Motiwala, who recently visited Kabul, told Dawn India had heavily subsidises its exports to the war-hit country. Paki- stan’s trade with Afghanistan slumped to $1.2 billion from $2.7 billion in the last two years. As Pakistan lost even its tradi- tional markets of flour, clothes and red meat, he said, India was offering a 75 percent rebate air tickets. The Afghans find it easy to travel to India on cheap tick- Pakistan’s Market Share in Afghanistan Shrinking Work and Educational Exhibition Kicks off Today 202 Civilians Killed, Wounded in February: CPAG US Army Mistreated Bomb-Sniffing Dogs:Pentagon ets and free multiple visas. Cheaper products from China and India had flooded Afghani- stan, Motiwala said, adding Pa- kistani exports had dropped to $1.271bn ...(More on P4)...(4) SHEBERGHAN - Four Tali - ban militants have been killed while making bombs in the Mangajak district of northwestern Jawzjan prov - ince, an official said on Sun - day. Deputy police chief, Col. Ab - dul Hafeez Khashi told Pajh - wok Afghan News that four insurgents were killed while making bombs in Qour-Ch - inghori locality of the dis - trict. He said that Qari Ismail and Abdullah were bomb-mak - ing experts and were mak - ing explosive devices in the house of Mullah Qadir, the Taliban’s shadow district chief when blown up. Local residents suffered no casualties in the blast, he concluded. But a Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid rejected casualties in the incident. (Pajhwok) Corruption Threatens Battlefield Gains: Gen. Nicholson job-seekers and employers, creation an opportunity for discussion between educa- tional institutes and students and an exchange of infor- mation between different groups were among the ob- jectives behind the event. The organisers called the launch of the exhibition a crucial step, saying the visi- tors could get information regarding different universi- ties, academic curricula and fee discount. In addition, it will help educational insti- tutes attract more students. (Pajhwok) HERAT CITY - The symposium held at Camp Arena in on Feb. 28 (Wednesday) featured discus- sions from key Afghan government officials and military leaders from Resolute Support, including a legal prosecution team from Italy. Abdul Haq Ahmadi, director of the prosecutor’s office in Herat city, said that his office has ‘regis- tered 70 cases of corruption and placed more than 130 offenders in jail. “This symposium was very helpful for the Herat prosecutor’s office, and we were able to exchange ideas and experiences to fight corruption,” Ahma- di added. “We will find a way, with help from the Italian prosecutors, to remove corruption from Herat’s government departments.” Gen. John Nicholson, Resolute Support command- er, in a speech read at the ...(More on P4)...(5) A United Nations anti-corruption symposium in this capital city of western Herat province was told the prosecutor’s office has ‘registered 70 cases of corruption and placed more than 130 offenders in jail.’ ,, ,, “We have brought significant reforms to MoI and relevant organs, consider- ing our strategic outlook. This reform process is gradually being extended from the capital to provinces,” Bar- mak was quoted as saying. He presented information to Gen. Ricardo Marquez and Gen. John Ni- cholson on building an effective sys- tem at the MoI and fighting corrup- tion, the statement added. KABUL - Two Hundred and two civilians have suffered causalities in February with 113, including 16 women and 17 children killed, and 89 others injured, including 20 children, Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) said on Sunday. advocating for the decline of civilian casualties during conflict and want conflicting parties to ensure the pro- tection of civilians. Six hundred people were killed and injured in January and the Taliban were mostly made responsible for the civilian casualties, but in Febru- ary the government has been accused of civilian causalities because around 35 civilians were killed in the opera- tion and police arrested more than 28 people in the Band Taimour locality of Maiwand district in southern Kan- dahar province. Representative of the CPAG have es- tablished contacts with tribal elders and residents of Band Taimour area who claimed security forces have KABUL - The US military failed to take proper care of some bomb-sniff- ing dogs that served in Afghanistan, alleges a Pentagon report. After the programme came to an end in 2014, some soldiers could not adopt the life-saving dogs they had handled, the Pentagon inspector gen- eral said. Two of the 13 dogs had been pro- vided to a private firm for use as service dogs for veterans. However, the canines were abandoned at a Vir- ginia lair. According to the Associate “We are trying to minimise the bu- reaucraticred tape at the ministry and have recently activated an ad- vanced computerised system in the traffic department to check corrup- tion and bribery,” he added. Barmak also spoke about the shift- ing of border and public order police sections from the Interior Ministry to the Defence Ministry as well as train- ing facilities ...(More on P4)...(6) killed many civilians during night raid in the area. Haji Abdul Karim, the resident of Band Taimour area, who was present in 35 funerals said: “Per- haps the Taliban be present in the area but securi- ty forces bothered common people too much and martyred 35 innocent people.” Haji Raz Mohammad, another resident of the area told CPAG that two of his family members have been martyred and three other arrested by police. Raz Mohammad said: ...(More on P4)...(7) Press, the inspector general blamed the army for not properly screening those adopting the dogs af- ter returning from duty in Afghanistan. The US Air Force’s 341st Training Squadron generally oversees the dogs in the military. However, the canines did not go through the Air Force. (Pajhwok)

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    March 05, 2018Back PageJalalabad KandaharGhazni Mazar Herat Bamiyan KabulClear Clear Clear Clear ClearClearClear

    21°C

    10°C -3°C

    10°C

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    -7°C

    21°C20°C

    12°C 11°C 11°C

    22°C

    Daily Outlook Weather Forcast

    Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan

    www.outlookafghanistan.netfacebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan

    Email: [email protected]: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019Add: In front of Habibia High School,

    District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan

    KABUL - Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials have discussed reforms in police ranks and other important is-sues with NATO’s Resolute Support Mission (RSM) commanders.Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Bar-mak met NATO’s joint operational commander Gen. Ricardo Marquez and RSM commander Gen. John Ni-cholson, the ministry said in a state-ment,

    NATO Supportive of Reforms in Police Ranks:MoI

    4 Militants Killed by their Own Bomb

    in Jawzjan

    KABUL - The National Work and Education Exhibition -- a direct link creating an op-portunity for direct commu-nication between the human resource and prospective employers -- is set to begin today(Monday).Spogmai Sayam, an official of the Future Plan, told Pajh-wok Afghan News the three-day exhibition was a joint initiative of her office and the Ministry of Social Affairs, La-bour Martyrs and Disabled (MoSLMD).She said the development of a direct connection between

    PESHAWAR - Pakistan has lost more than 50 per cent of its mar-ket share in Kabul over the last two years when India expanded its foothold in Afghanistan, a business leader says.Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) Chairman Zubair Motiwala said in an interview that penetration by both India and China had left Pakistan with limited options.Motiwala, who recently visited Kabul, told Dawn India had heavily subsidises its exports to the war-hit country. Paki-stan’s trade with Afghanistan slumped to $1.2 billion from $2.7 billion in the last two years.

    As Pakistan lost even its tradi-tional markets of flour, clothes and red meat, he said, India was offering a 75 percent rebate air tickets. The Afghans find it easy to travel to India on cheap tick-

    Pakistan’s Market Share in Afghanistan Shrinking

    Work and Educational Exhibition Kicks off Today

    202 Civilians Killed, Wounded in February: CPAG

    US Army Mistreated Bomb-Sniffing Dogs:Pentagon

    ets and free multiple visas.Cheaper products from China and India had flooded Afghani-stan, Motiwala said, adding Pa-kistani exports had dropped to $1.271bn ...(More on P4)...(4)

    SHEBERGHAN - Four Tali-ban militants have been killed while making bombs in the Mangajak district of northwestern Jawzjan prov-ince, an official said on Sun-day.Deputy police chief, Col. Ab-dul Hafeez Khashi told Pajh-wok Afghan News that four insurgents were killed while making bombs in Qour-Ch-inghori locality of the dis-trict.He said that Qari Ismail and Abdullah were bomb-mak-ing experts and were mak-ing explosive devices in the house of Mullah Qadir, the Taliban’s shadow district chief when blown up.Local residents suffered no casualties in the blast, he concluded.But a Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid rejected casualties in the incident. (Pajhwok)

    Corruption Threatens Battlefield Gains: Gen. Nicholson

    job-seekers and employers, creation an opportunity for discussion between educa-tional institutes and students and an exchange of infor-mation between different groups were among the ob-jectives behind the event.The organisers called the launch of the exhibition a crucial step, saying the visi-tors could get information regarding different universi-ties, academic curricula and fee discount. In addition, it will help educational insti-tutes attract more students. (Pajhwok)

    HERAT CITY - The symposium held at Camp Arena in on Feb. 28 (Wednesday) featured discus-sions from key Afghan government officials and military leaders from Resolute Support, including a legal prosecution team from Italy.Abdul Haq Ahmadi, director of the prosecutor’s office in Herat city, said that his office has ‘regis-tered 70 cases of corruption and placed more than 130 offenders in jail.

    “This symposium was very helpful for the Herat prosecutor’s office, and we were able to exchange ideas and experiences to fight corruption,” Ahma-di added.“We will find a way, with help from the Italian prosecutors, to remove corruption from Herat’s government departments.”Gen. John Nicholson, Resolute Support command-er, in a speech read at the ...(More on P4)...(5)

    A United Nations anti-corruption symposium in this capital city of western Herat province was told the prosecutor’s office has ‘registered 70 cases of corruption and placed more than 130 offenders in jail.’,,

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    “We have brought significant reforms to MoI and relevant organs, consider-ing our strategic outlook. This reform process is gradually being extended from the capital to provinces,” Bar-mak was quoted as saying.He presented information to Gen. Ricardo Marquez and Gen. John Ni-cholson on building an effective sys-tem at the MoI and fighting corrup-tion, the statement added.

    KABUL - Two Hundred and two civilians have suffered causalities in February with 113, including 16 women and 17 children killed, and 89 others injured, including 20 children, Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) said on Sunday.advocating for the decline of civilian casualties during conflict and want conflicting parties to ensure the pro-tection of civilians.Six hundred people were killed and injured in January and the Taliban were mostly made responsible for the civilian casualties, but in Febru-ary the government has been accused of civilian causalities because around 35 civilians were killed in the opera-tion and police arrested more than 28 people in the Band Taimour locality of Maiwand district in southern Kan-dahar province.Representative of the CPAG have es-tablished contacts with tribal elders and residents of Band Taimour area who claimed security forces have

    KABUL - The US military failed to take proper care of some bomb-sniff-ing dogs that served in Afghanistan, alleges a Pentagon report.After the programme came to an end in 2014, some soldiers could not adopt the life-saving dogs they had handled, the Pentagon inspector gen-eral said.Two of the 13 dogs had been pro-vided to a private firm for use as service dogs for veterans. However, the canines were abandoned at a Vir-ginia lair. According to the Associate

    “We are trying to minimise the bu-reaucraticred tape at the ministry and have recently activated an ad-vanced computerised system in the traffic department to check corrup-tion and bribery,” he added.Barmak also spoke about the shift-ing of border and public order police sections from the Interior Ministry to the Defence Ministry as well as train-ing facilities ...(More on P4)...(6)

    killed many civilians during night raid in the area.Haji Abdul Karim, the resident of Band Taimour area, who was present in 35 funerals said: “Per-haps the Taliban be present in the area but securi-ty forces bothered common people too much and martyred 35 innocent people.”Haji Raz Mohammad, another resident of the area told CPAG that two of his family members have been martyred and three other arrested by police.Raz Mohammad said: ...(More on P4)...(7)

    Press, the inspector general blamed the army for not properly screening those adopting the dogs af-ter returning from duty in Afghanistan. The US Air Force’s 341st Training Squadron generally oversees the dogs in the military. However, the canines did not go through the Air Force. (Pajhwok)