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Volume No. 4142 Saturday April 06, 2019 Hamal 17, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Quote of the Day There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell www.thedailyafghanistan.com Email: thedailyafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan failure The US special envoy for Afghan peace process, Zalmai Khalilzad discussed the Afghan peace drive with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani foreign ministry said. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States ensure the efforts made by NATO allies would not be wasted and insurgent groups could never pose any threats again from Afghanistan in the future. KABUL - Heavy flash floods gen- erated by seasonal rainfalls badly affected different parts of Herat and Badghis provinces in the west of Afghanistan. The flash floods started on Thurs- day afternoon and continued late at night, local officials said. The officials said that at least 20 people were killed in the flash floods which randomly takes place in northern and western provinces over the past month. Last month, at least 13 people lost their lives in flash floods in Herat. Thousands of acres of agricultur- al land and hundreds of houses were damaged following heavy rains and flash floods, Herat gov- ernor’s office said in a statement last month. Ghoryan, Koh Zor, Rubat Sangi, and Zinda Jan districts are mostly affected by the flash floods. A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released in March said that thou- sands of families have been af- fected by recent flash floods in the southern provinces of Kanda- har and Helmand provinces and that they require humanitarian assistance. The report says that 4,698 house- holds and more than 33,000 peo- ple have been identified as re- quiring humanitarian assistance as a result of flooding in Kanda- har province. The report adds that 1,855 houses have ...(More on P4)...(3) KABUL - Afghanistan transport minister and civil aviation head discussed increased cooperation with Saudi Arabia’s transport minister during a visit to the kingdom, a statement said on Thursday. The Civil Aviation Authority in a statement said transport minis- ter Yama Yari and civil aviation authority head Dr. Mohammad Qasim Wafai visited Saudi Ara- bia to attend the Global Aviation Summit 2019. The summit was held on April 1-2 under the patronage of King Salman. Minister of Transport and Chairman of the General Au- thority ...(More on P4)...(6) Flash Floods Take Heavy Toll in Herat, Badghis Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia Discuss Civil Aviation Ties Khalilzad, Pakistani Foreign Minister Discuss Afghan Peace Process WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States ensure the efforts made by NATO allies would not be wasted and US Ensure NATO Efforts Would Make Afghanistan Safe from Posing Threats U.S. Revokes ICC Prosecutor’s Entry Visa Over Afghanistan Investigation insurgent groups could never pose any threats again from Afghanistan in the future. Talking to a press conference after NATO foreign ministers meeting in Washington, Pompeo said the meeting also dis- cussed terrorism and the alliance was playing a key role for fighting it on the global level. “The U.S. especially appreciates NA- TO’s commitment to the NATO mis- sion in Iraq. For nearly 18 years, NATO allies and partners have fought terrorism in Afghanistan. We’ve trained and advised and assisted the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces,” he said. He said that he updated NATO counterparts on the work of Zal- mai Khalilzad, the US special envoy for the Afghan peace pro- cess, and his diplomatic under- taking that he is executing at my direction. “Our nations have inherited a strong alliance because our pre- decessors had the wisdom to continue to adapt to the chal- lenges ...(More on P4)...(4) WASHINGTON - The United States has re- voked the entry visa of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, her office said on Thursday, a response to her inquiry into possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. United Nations human rights experts called the reaction “improper interference” in the work of the world’s permanent war crimes court. It also drew criticism from within the European Union. “We can confirm that the U.S. authorities have revoked the prosecutor’s visa for entry into the U.S.,” Bensouda’s office told Reuters in an e- mail. It said it understood the move should not im- pact Bensouda’s travel to the U.S. to meet her United Nations obligations. The ICC is not a U.N. court, but Bensouda trav- els regularly to brief the U.N. Security Council on cases referred to The Hague by the UN body. A State Department spokes- man said members of international organizations planning official travel to the U.N. could apply for diplomatic visas. “We recommend that applicants apply KABUL - Senior officials from Afghanistan and Belarus on Thursday signed a bilateral agree- ment on trade and economic cooperation which is aimed at strengthening relations and joint invest- ment between the two countries. Addressing the signing ceremony, Pavel Utiupin, the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Bela- rus, said his country is interested in investing in Afghanistan and exporting machinery for agricul- ture. “The Republic of Belarus is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in areas of export of machinery, agriculture, joint investments and expansion of trade relations,” Utiupin said. Minister of Economy Mustafa Mastoor, mean- while, said the agreement will help Afghanistan to increase its cooperation with Belarus and at- tract more investment. “It was needed to analyze and evaluate these ca- pacities so that we can implement all common ar- eas for joint cooperation acceptable to both sides within the ...(More on P4)...(2) KABUL - Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility on Friday said practical work on the CASA-1000 electricity project would begin in the next seven days. Under the $1.2 billion project, launched in May 2016, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will supply 1,000 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan and 1,300MW to Afghanistan during the summer. Amanullah Ghalib, DABS head, told Pajhwok Af- ghan News that the procurement processes for the project had been completed and contracted com- panies were getting prepared for launching prac- tical work on the plan. He said that practical work on the project would start in three points of Salang in Sarobi district of capital Kabul and Nangarhar province within a week. All measures have been taken for starting work on the project which would be officially inaugu- rated following the government leaders’ direc- tion, he said. Ghalib said CASA-1000 project was expected to complete ...(More on P4)...(5) Afghanistan, Belarus Sign Economic Cooperation Agreement Practical Work on CASA-1000 Project to Begin in a Week KABUL - The US special envoy for Afghan peace process, Zalmai Khal- ilzad discussed the Afghan peace drive with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani foreign ministry said. On his sixth trip from the US follow- ing his negotiations with the Taliban, Khalilzad has met with several Afghan government officials and politicians in Kabul over the last few days. He was expected to travel to Islamabad few days ago, but his trip was delayed for unknown reasons. A statement from the Pakistani Minis- try of Foreign Affairs received by Pajh- wok Afghan News said that Khalilzad met with the deputy Pakistani delega- tion headed by foreign minister, Tah- mina Janjua. Later, Khalizad met separately with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and shared his in- formation about the progress in peace process. Qureshi welcomed advance in the Af- ghan peace ...(More on P4)...(1) as early as possible to maximize the chances of being found eligible,” the spokesman said. The U.S. in not a member of the ICC, along with other major powers Russia and China. The office of the prosecutor said on Thursday that Bensouda would exercise her duties “with- out fear or favor”. She has been investigating alleged war crimes by all parties in the conflict in Afghanistan since November 2017, including the possible role of U.S. personnel in relation to the detention of suspects. ICC judges are still reviewing materials and have not yet handed down a decision on open- ing a formal investigation in Afghanistan. The ICC is a court of last resort with 122 mem- ber states. It acts only when countries within its jurisdiction are found to be unable or unwilling to seriously investigate war crimes, genocide or other serious atrocities. (Reuters)
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Volume No. 4142 Saturday April 06, 2019 Hamal 17, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs
Quote of the Day
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell
www.thedailyafghanistan.comEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019Add: In front of Habibia High School,
District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan
failure
The US special envoy for Afghan peace process, Zalmai Khalilzad discussed the Afghan peace drive with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani foreign ministry said.
- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States ensure the efforts made by NATO allies would not be wasted and insurgent groups could never pose any threats again from Afghanistan in the future.
KABUL - Heavy flash floods gen-erated by seasonal rainfalls badly affected different parts of Herat and Badghis provinces in the west of Afghanistan.The flash floods started on Thurs-day afternoon and continued late at night, local officials said.The officials said that at least 20 people were killed in the flash floods which randomly takes place in northern and western provinces over the past month.Last month, at least 13 people lost their lives in flash floods in Herat.Thousands of acres of agricultur-al land and hundreds of houses were damaged following heavy rains and flash floods, Herat gov-ernor’s office said in a statement last month.Ghoryan, Koh Zor, Rubat Sangi, and Zinda Jan districts are mostly affected by the flash floods.A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released in March said that thou-sands of families have been af-fected by recent flash floods in the southern provinces of Kanda-har and Helmand provinces and that they require humanitarian assistance.The report says that 4,698 house-holds and more than 33,000 peo-ple have been identified as re-quiring humanitarian assistance as a result of flooding in Kanda-har province.The report adds that 1,855 houses have ...(More on P4)...(3)
KABUL - Afghanistan transport minister and civil aviation head discussed increased cooperation with Saudi Arabia’s transport minister during a visit to the kingdom, a statement said on Thursday.The Civil Aviation Authority in a statement said transport minis-ter Yama Yari and civil aviation authority head Dr. Mohammad Qasim Wafai visited Saudi Ara-bia to attend the Global Aviation Summit 2019.The summit was held on April 1-2 under the patronage of King Salman. Minister of Transport and Chairman of the General Au-thority ...(More on P4)...(6)
Flash Floods Take Heavy Toll in Herat, Badghis
Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia Discuss Civil Aviation Ties
Khalilzad, Pakistani Foreign Minister Discuss Afghan Peace Process
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States ensure the efforts made by NATO allies would not be wasted and
US Ensure NATO Efforts Would Make Afghanistan Safe from Posing Threats
U.S. Revokes ICC Prosecutor’s Entry Visa Over Afghanistan Investigation
insurgent groups could never pose any threats again from Afghanistan in the future.Talking to a press conference after NATO foreign ministers meeting in Washington, Pompeo said the meeting also dis-cussed terrorism and the alliance was playing a key role for fighting it
on the global level.“The U.S. especially appreciates NA-TO’s commitment to the NATO mis-
sion in Iraq. For nearly 18 years, NATO allies and partners have fought terrorism in Afghanistan. We’ve trained and advised and assisted the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces,” he said.He said that he updated NATO counterparts on the work of Zal-mai Khalilzad, the US special envoy for the Afghan peace pro-cess, and his diplomatic under-taking that he is executing at my direction.“Our nations have inherited a strong alliance because our pre-decessors had the wisdom to continue to adapt to the chal-lenges ...(More on P4)...(4)
WASHINGTON - The United States has re-voked the entry visa of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, her office said on Thursday, a response to her inquiry into possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.United Nations human rights experts called the reaction “improper interference” in the work of the world’s permanent war crimes court. It also drew criticism from within the European Union.“We can confirm that the U.S. authorities have revoked the prosecutor’s visa for entry into the U.S.,” Bensouda’s office told Reuters in an e-mail.It said it understood the move should not im-pact Bensouda’s travel to the U.S. to meet her United Nations obligations.The ICC is not a U.N. court, but Bensouda trav-els regularly to brief the U.N. Security Council
on cases referred to The Hague by the UN body. A State Department spokes-man said members of international organizations planning official travel to the U.N. could apply for diplomatic visas. “We recommend that applicants apply
KABUL - Senior officials from Afghanistan and Belarus on Thursday signed a bilateral agree-ment on trade and economic cooperation which is aimed at strengthening relations and joint invest-ment between the two countries.Addressing the signing ceremony, Pavel Utiupin, the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Bela-rus, said his country is interested in investing in Afghanistan and exporting machinery for agricul-ture.“The Republic of Belarus is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in areas of export of machinery, agriculture, joint investments and expansion of trade relations,” Utiupin said.Minister of Economy Mustafa Mastoor, mean-while, said the agreement will help Afghanistan to increase its cooperation with Belarus and at-tract more investment.“It was needed to analyze and evaluate these ca-pacities so that we can implement all common ar-eas for joint cooperation acceptable to both sides within the ...(More on P4)...(2)
KABUL - Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility on Friday said practical work on the CASA-1000 electricity project would begin in the next seven days.Under the $1.2 billion project, launched in May 2016, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will supply 1,000 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan and 1,300MW to Afghanistan during the summer.Amanullah Ghalib, DABS head, told Pajhwok Af-ghan News that the procurement processes for the project had been completed and contracted com-panies were getting prepared for launching prac-tical work on the plan.He said that practical work on the project would start in three points of Salang in Sarobi district of capital Kabul and Nangarhar province within a week.All measures have been taken for starting work on the project which would be officially inaugu-rated following the government leaders’ direc-tion, he said.Ghalib said CASA-1000 project was expected to complete ...(More on P4)...(5)
Afghanistan, Belarus Sign Economic
Cooperation Agreement
Practical Work on CASA-1000 Project to
Begin in a WeekKABUL - The US special envoy for Afghan peace process, Zalmai Khal-ilzad discussed the Afghan peace drive with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani foreign ministry said.On his sixth trip from the US follow-ing his negotiations with the Taliban, Khalilzad has met with several Afghan
government officials and politicians in Kabul over the last few days.He was expected to travel to Islamabad few days ago, but his trip was delayed for unknown reasons.A statement from the Pakistani Minis-try of Foreign Affairs received by Pajh-wok Afghan News said that Khalilzad met with the deputy Pakistani delega-
tion headed by foreign minister, Tah-mina Janjua.Later, Khalizad met separately with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and shared his in-formation about the progress in peace process.Qureshi welcomed advance in the Af-ghan peace ...(More on P4)...(1)
as early as possible to maximize the chances of being found eligible,” the spokesman said.The U.S. in not a member of the ICC, along with other major powers Russia and China.The office of the prosecutor said on Thursday that Bensouda would exercise her duties “with-out fear or favor”.She has been investigating alleged war crimes by all parties in the conflict in Afghanistan since November 2017, including the possible role of U.S. personnel in relation to the detention of suspects.ICC judges are still reviewing materials and have not yet handed down a decision on open-ing a formal investigation in Afghanistan.The ICC is a court of last resort with 122 mem-ber states. It acts only when countries within its jurisdiction are found to be unable or unwilling to seriously investigate war crimes, genocide or other serious atrocities. (Reuters)
