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Volume No. 4137 Sunday March 31, 2019 Hamal 11, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Quote of the Day Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett www.thedailyafghanistan.com Email: thedailyafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan LIFE Ghani says he will continue his consultations with other politicians and representatives of all walks of life. Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations. NEW YORK - Afghanistan’s Per- manent Representative to the UN Adela Raz on Saturday told the UN Security Council that Kabul’s approach to counter-terrorism was a comprehensive one. This included strengthening the national legislation to meet provi- sions of various treaties, conven- tions and UN resolutions, – in- cluding this Council’s, to combat terrorist financing, she said. Addressing the Security Coun- cil’s open debate on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism she said Afghanistan being the prime victim of ter- rorism fighting various terrorist groups in the battlefield, includ- ing Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) coming from outside. Preventing financing of terrorism was an important part of our na- tional counter-terrorism strategy, she said, adding “Our National Security Council is leading the inter agency efforts to implement the strategy. We have established a Task-Force, which is comprised of the Attorney General’s Office, Ministry of Finance, the National Directorate ...(More on P4)...(2) KABUL - Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan has been named the Adelaide Strikers ‘Most Valuable Player in the Big Bash League for the second year in a row, making him the franchise’s first player to win the prize in succession. Rashid claimed 19 wickets for Strikers in the recent BBL, a fran- chise record and the joint fifth- most in the tournament’s eight- year history. He finished the BBL with an economy rate of 6.14, which was the second-best for all bowlers. Rashid also scored 93 runs at a strike-rate of 166.07. His all-round success saw him pip team-mate Jon Wells in the votes by the Strikers squad. The other contenders were Colin In- gram, Jake Weatherald and Ben Laughlin. Adelaide finished second from last in ...(More on P4)...(5) Afghanistan Enacts Comprehensive Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Raz Rashid Khan Voted Adelaide Strikers Most Valuable Player Ghani Meets Political Figures, Ex-Jihadis on Peace Process UNITED NATIONS - Peace talks between U.S. and Taliban officials began late last year. How- ever, some women fear the freedoms eked out Angelina Jolie Pushes for Women to be Part of Afghan Peace Talks Residents Report Intensified Clashes in Ghazni since U.S.-backed Afghan forces overthrew the Tal- iban in 2001 could slide backwards, and complain their voices are be- ing sidelined. “In Afghanistan thousands of women have re- cently come to- gether in public risking their lives to ask that their rights and the rights of their children be guaranteed in peace negotiations that so far they have been allow no part of,” Jolie told a ministerial meeting on U.N. peacekeeping. “The international community’s silent response is alarming to say the least,” said Jolie, a special en- voy for the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, which she began work- ing with 18 years ago. “There can be no peace or stability in Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world that involves trading away the rights of women.” While the Taliban has said in official statements they might consider more liberal policies toward women, their chief nego- tiator has said the constitution, which protects women’s rights, is an ...(More on P4)...(3) GHAZNI - Reports indicate that some parts of Ghazni province, including the outskirts of Ghazni city and Andar district, have faced heavy clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban over the past few days as the new fighting season begins. Almost 30 security force members have lost their lives in recent clashes in Ghazni and Badakhshan provinces, sources confirmed. This includes the death of nine police force members in a Taliban attack on a police out- post in Police District3 (PD3) of Ghazni city on Thursday night. The head of the PD3 po- lice headquarters, Mujib Mahmoudi, was also among the victims. “At least 10 security force members were martyred in the PD3 inside the Ghazni city,” said Hamidullah Nawrozi, member of Ghazni Provincial Council. The Ministry of Interior, however, confirmed the death of eight police force members in the hours-long clash. According to local officials, a rocket landed on a school in Andar district in Ghazni on Friday in which four students and two teachers were killed and 15 KABUL - Afghanistan and Iran have agreed on fiber optic connectivity to help reduce Internet and other telecom services’ prices in the country, a statement said on Thursday. During his two-day official trip to Iran, Telecom- munication and Information Technology Minis- ter Shahzad Aryubi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahrom and visited the state-run Telecommunication Company of Iran or TIC. Both the sides conferred on bilateral relations, es- pecially in area of internet facility, the statement from the Ministry of Telecommunication and In- formation Technology (MoCI) in Kabul said. They discussed and agreed on the Afghanistan Noori Optic Fiber project’s connectivity between western Herat City and southwestern Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province near the border with Iran. Extending Afghanistan’s optic fiber network to Iran’s Chabahar port to connect the landlocked country with the Submarine Cable also came up for discussion during the meeting, the statement said. ...(More on P4)...(1) KABUL - Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) officials say their minister was insulted and threatened by the Cen- tral Statistics Organization (CSO) director general. A credible source in the MCTI told Pajhwok Af- ghan News that Alokozay Groups of Company (AGC) wanted to make major investments in the telecom sector. In this regard, the source said, High Economy Council (HEC) directed Telecom and IT minister Shahzad Gul Aryubi, Afghanistan Telecom Regu- latory Authority (ATRA) head Najibullah Azizi, CSO director general Ahmad Javid Rasouli, Na- tional Procurement Authority (NPA) head and a lawmaker Seddiqullah Osmani to hold a meeting and review documents of AGC for a final deci- sion. The source said after emphasis from the AGC, Aryubi organized a meeting of the mentioned fig- ures on March 25, but Rasouli and the NPA head did not participate. “Aryubi contacted Rasouli and told him to attend their next meeting ...(More on P4)...(4) Afghanistan, Iran Agree to Advance Telecom Ties CSO Head Insults IT Minister, Threatens to Fire Him KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday met with a number of po- litical figures and former jihadi leaders and discussed the peace process, an of- ficial said. Presidential spokesman Mohammad Haroon Chakahnsori told Pajhwok Afghan News President Ghani held talks with ex-president Hamid Kar- zai, Ustad Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyab, second vice-president Sarwar Danish, High Peace Council (PHC) chief Karim Khalili, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. He added during the meeting the political figures offered their views regarding the ongoing peace negotia- tions and the meeting stressed lasting peace in the country. The meeting comes ahead of US Special Representative for Afghan Reconcilia- tion Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad arrival in Kabul for consultations on the Afghan peace process. (Pajhwok) others were wounded. It is not confirmed whether the rocket was fired by the security forces or the Taliban. “People are living in other provinces but in Ghazni, we are seeking ways to stay alive,” said Safiullah Hamidzai, a Ghazni resident. Parts of Ghazni city, almost 146 kilometers in the southwest of Kabul, were fallen to Tali- ban last year in August. One month after that, President Ghani in a trip to the city vowed to establish three more police districts and imple- ment a special security plan for the province in six stages. “During his trip to Ghazni, President Ghani made 12 promises but has implemented none of them,” said Khalid Bahar, a Ghazni resident. Meanwhile, heavy clashes were reported in Arghanj Khwa district in northeastern Badakhshan province. ...(More on P4)...6)
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Volume No. 4137 Sunday March 31, 2019 Hamal 11, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs
Quote of the Day
Only I can change my life. No one can do
it for me.Carol Burnett
www.thedailyafghanistan.comEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019Add: In front of Habibia High School,
District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan
LIFE
Ghani says he will continue his consultations with other politicians and representatives of all walks of life.
Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during
an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations.
NEW YORK - Afghanistan’s Per-manent Representative to the UN Adela Raz on Saturday told the UN Security Council that Kabul’s approach to counter-terrorism was a comprehensive one.This included strengthening the national legislation to meet provi-sions of various treaties, conven-tions and UN resolutions, – in-cluding this Council’s, to combat terrorist financing, she said.Addressing the Security Coun-cil’s open debate on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism she said Afghanistan being the prime victim of ter-rorism fighting various terrorist groups in the battlefield, includ-ing Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) coming from outside.Preventing financing of terrorism was an important part of our na-tional counter-terrorism strategy, she said, adding “Our National Security Council is leading the inter agency efforts to implement the strategy. We have established a Task-Force, which is comprised of the Attorney General’s Office, Ministry of Finance, the National Directorate ...(More on P4)...(2)
KABUL - Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan has been named the Adelaide Strikers ‘Most Valuable Player in the Big Bash League for the second year in a row, making him the franchise’s first player to win the prize in succession. Rashid claimed 19 wickets for Strikers in the recent BBL, a fran-chise record and the joint fifth-most in the tournament’s eight-year history.He finished the BBL with an economy rate of 6.14, which was the second-best for all bowlers. Rashid also scored 93 runs at a strike-rate of 166.07.His all-round success saw him pip team-mate Jon Wells in the votes by the Strikers squad. The other contenders were Colin In-gram, Jake Weatherald and Ben Laughlin.Adelaide finished second from last in ...(More on P4)...(5)
Afghanistan Enacts Comprehensive Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Raz
Rashid Khan Voted Adelaide Strikers Most Valuable Player
Ghani Meets Political Figures, Ex-Jihadis on
Peace Process
UNITED NATIONS - Peace talks between U.S. and Taliban officials began late last year. How-ever, some women fear the freedoms eked out
Angelina Jolie Pushes for Women to be Part of Afghan Peace Talks
Residents Report Intensified Clashes in Ghazni
since U.S.-backed Afghan forces overthrew the Tal-iban in 2001 could slide backwards, and complain their voices are be-ing sidelined.“In Afghanistan thousands of women have re-cently come to-gether in public risking their lives to ask that their rights and the
rights of their children be guaranteed in peace negotiations that so far they have been allow no part of,” Jolie told
a ministerial meeting on U.N. peacekeeping.“The international community’s silent response is alarming to say the least,” said Jolie, a special en-voy for the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, which she began work-ing with 18 years ago. “There can be no peace or stability in Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world that involves trading away the rights of women.”While the Taliban has said in official statements they might consider more liberal policies toward women, their chief nego-tiator has said the constitution, which protects women’s rights, is an ...(More on P4)...(3)
GHAZNI - Reports indicate that some parts of Ghazni province, including the outskirts of Ghazni city and Andar district, have faced heavy clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban over the past few days as the new fighting season begins.Almost 30 security force members have lost their lives in recent clashes in Ghazni and Badakhshan provinces, sources confirmed. This includes the death of nine police force members in a Taliban attack on a police out-post in Police District3 (PD3) of Ghazni city on Thursday night. The head of the PD3 po-lice headquarters, Mujib Mahmoudi, was also among the victims.“At least 10 security force members were martyred in the PD3 inside the Ghazni city,” said Hamidullah Nawrozi, member of Ghazni Provincial Council.The Ministry of Interior, however, confirmed
the death of eight police force members in the hours-long clash.According to local officials, a rocket landed on a school in Andar district in Ghazni on Friday in which four students and two teachers were killed and 15
KABUL - Afghanistan and Iran have agreed on fiber optic connectivity to help reduce Internet and other telecom services’ prices in the country, a statement said on Thursday.During his two-day official trip to Iran, Telecom-munication and Information Technology Minis-ter Shahzad Aryubi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahrom and visited the state-run Telecommunication Company of Iran or TIC.Both the sides conferred on bilateral relations, es-pecially in area of internet facility, the statement from the Ministry of Telecommunication and In-formation Technology (MoCI) in Kabul said.They discussed and agreed on the Afghanistan Noori Optic Fiber project’s connectivity between western Herat City and southwestern Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province near the border with Iran.Extending Afghanistan’s optic fiber network to Iran’s Chabahar port to connect the landlocked country with the Submarine Cable also came up for discussion during the meeting, the statement said. ...(More on P4)...(1)
KABUL - Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) officials say their minister was insulted and threatened by the Cen-tral Statistics Organization (CSO) director general.A credible source in the MCTI told Pajhwok Af-ghan News that Alokozay Groups of Company (AGC) wanted to make major investments in the telecom sector.In this regard, the source said, High Economy Council (HEC) directed Telecom and IT minister Shahzad Gul Aryubi, Afghanistan Telecom Regu-latory Authority (ATRA) head Najibullah Azizi, CSO director general Ahmad Javid Rasouli, Na-tional Procurement Authority (NPA) head and a lawmaker Seddiqullah Osmani to hold a meeting and review documents of AGC for a final deci-sion.The source said after emphasis from the AGC, Aryubi organized a meeting of the mentioned fig-ures on March 25, but Rasouli and the NPA head did not participate.“Aryubi contacted Rasouli and told him to attend their next meeting ...(More on P4)...(4)
Afghanistan, Iran Agree to Advance Telecom Ties
CSO Head Insults IT Minister, Threatens
to Fire HimKABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday met with a number of po-litical figures and former jihadi leaders and discussed the peace process, an of-ficial said.Presidential spokesman Mohammad Haroon Chakahnsori told Pajhwok Afghan News President Ghani held
talks with ex-president Hamid Kar-zai, Ustad Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyab, second vice-president Sarwar Danish, High Peace Council (PHC) chief Karim Khalili, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.He added during the meeting the political figures offered their views
regarding the ongoing peace negotia-tions and the meeting stressed lasting peace in the country.The meeting comes ahead of US Special Representative for Afghan Reconcilia-tion Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad arrival in Kabul for consultations on the Afghan peace process. (Pajhwok)
others were wounded.It is not confirmed whether the rocket was fired by the security forces or the Taliban.“People are living in other provinces but in Ghazni, we are seeking ways to stay alive,” said Safiullah Hamidzai, a Ghazni resident.Parts of Ghazni city, almost 146 kilometers in the southwest of Kabul, were fallen to Tali-ban last year in August. One month after that, President Ghani in a trip to the city vowed to establish three more police districts and imple-ment a special security plan for the province in six stages.“During his trip to Ghazni, President Ghani made 12 promises but has implemented none of them,” said Khalid Bahar, a Ghazni resident.Meanwhile, heavy clashes were reported in Arghanj Khwa district in northeastern Badakhshan province. ...(More on P4)...6)
