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Helmand Ulema Steps in to Help Protestors

Helmand’s Nawa District Residents Also

Erect Peace Tent

KABUL - The National Pro-curement Commission (NPC) has approved 16 contracts worth around 8.9 billion af-ghanis, a statement from the Presidential Palace said Sun-day.The contracts were signed during a NPC meeting chaired by President Ashraf Ghani in his office on Satur-day evening, the statement said.The meeting approved a pro-curement contract for pro-viding air facilities to 30, 350

KABUL - The Minister of Public Health (MoPH) Firo-zuddin Firoz said Sunday that the cases of non-commu-nicable diseases especially cancer has increased in the country.“Day by day, there is an in-crease in the cases of non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan which includes cancer,” Minister Firoz told participants at the second general assembly of Afghani-stan Cancer Foundation (ACF).He added that more than 60 patients are receiving treat-ments in the country on daily basis and 13,000 patients have been cured during the

KABUL - An exhibition that reproduces the precious treas-ures of Mughal art in their orig-inal setting in Kabul’s Babur Garden opened this weekend,

bringing a rare moment of cul-tural relief to a city pounded by war for decades.“King Babur’s Kabul: Cradle of the Mughal Empire” displays a selection of high quality re-productions of some of the masterpieces of the Timurid and Mughal periods from the mid-16th century, one of Cen-tral Asia’s richest cultural eras.It follows a similar exhibition in December held in the historic citadel of the western Afghan city of Herat, at one time the seat of the powerful Timurid dynasty and one of the great centres of the Persian world.At the Kabul exhibition’s launch on Saturday, Michael

LASHKARGAH - A number of Nawa district residents in southern Helmand province have also erected a tent, ask-ing the Taliban to join the peace pro-cess.The new tent was erected in Nawa dis-trict bazaar after a suicide attack killed 16 people and injured 55 others in Lashkargah locality 10 days back.Mualvi Karim, one of the organizers of the protest camp, said in the past they had also asked the Taliban via mosques to join the peace process but no practi-cal action came from their side in this regard.“This time we launched the movement in a unified manner and erected the tent in bazaar of the district, we are peace seekers.”Besmillah Khan, a tribal leader and a participant of the camp, told Pajhwok that innocent Afghans were being killed for 40 years. “People who join us in this movement only seek peace and noting else.”Surgul, another tribal elder, said the tent would be available until the Tali-ban accepted their suggestion.MangalKhoshal, the organizer of the protest peace tent, said their move-ment had the backing of many tribal leaders and ...(More on P4)...(10)

KABUL - Balkh residents claim Atta Noor back-tracked on his decision not to step down until his demands were met. Following Atta Mohammad Noor’s exit as governor of north-ern Balkh province, a number of residents on Sunday accused him of making a deal with the Presidential Palace in exchange for his resignation and the with-drawal of his demands. “He misused the movement of the people to reach his own goals,” said one resident, Sami.“In the beginning, he made some commitments to the peo-ple, but later he entered into talks with government and retreated from his promises,” added another resident, Mas-soudHabibi.

They allege that Noor back-pedaled from his earlier stance after he sealed a deal with the Presidential Palace. Noor who initially defied Presi-dent Ashraf Ghani’s acceptance of his resignation as governor, pledged to stay in the position until certain demands were met – including one calling for the

Noor Accused of ‘Making a Deal’ with Arg

NPC Approves 16 Contracts worth Nearly 8.9bn Afghanis

Cancer Cases Increasing in Afghanistan: Health Minister

Rare Kabul Exhibition Brings Taste of Mughal Art Back Home

2014 political agreement on the formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) to be im-plemented. Among other conditions, Noor called for the roll out of the Electronic National Identify Cards (e-NIC) in accordance with the law, that political par-ties be ...(More on P4)...(7)

LASHKARGAH -Ulema members have promised protestors they will talk with the Taliban to end the vi-olence in the province.Helmand Ulema members have formed a committee to work with protestors in Lashkargah city in a bid to get their demands for a ceasefire agreed to.The Ulema committee will report-edly work with the protestors and hold talks with the Taliban. This came after the committee stepped in and got the protestors to end their hunger strike – which started on Thursday.Protestors said on Sunday, they ended their hunger strike when the Ulema members promised to start negotiations with the Taliban on their behalf.The Ulema members have also re-portedly promised protestors they will encourage more people to join the sit-in protest for peace, which was launched after a deadly car bombing at a stadium last week-end.The Ulema members meanwhile said by the end of the week they will encourage people, through mosques, to join the peace rally and that they will also start talks with the Taliban.The High Peace Council deputy chief Habiba Sarabi meanwhile on Sunday welcomed the Helmand peace rally but also called on Tali-ban to end the war and join the peace process. The activists embarked on a hun-ger strike on Thursday after their demands for a ceasefire were re-jected by both government and the Taliban.However, by Saturday, six hun-ger strikers were hospitalized, Lashkargah health officials con-firmed.The hunger strike started after both government and the Taliban failed to agree to ceasefire demands by protestors. The protestors had been holding a sit-in peace rally in Lashkargah city since Monday, following a deadly car bombing that killed at least 16 people after a wrestling match at a local stadium last weekend. (Tolo news)

EU Launches Anti-Graft Drive in Afghanistan

Afghan hajj pilgrims and another contract for Afghan students in India, Turkey and Malaysia.The meeting also approved a contract for construction of the first part or asphalting of the road from Ahmadkhel to Qasam Abad area near the Durand Line.The meeting also approved high-quality gas protection and state-of-the-art gas con-tracts, procurement contract for 26 types of cloths and ...(More on P4)...(8)

last one year.At the same event, First Lady RulaGhani, who has played a key role in setting up the Afghanistan Cancer Foun-dation, a center for the treat-ment, prevention and timely diagnosis of cancers in Ka-bul, described the goals of the foundation.“The main goals of Afghani-stan Cancer Foundation are public awareness in Afghan-istan from harms and risks of cancer,” First Lady said.Doctors believe that lack of information among cancer patients regarding the cur-ability of this disease has in-creased cancer mortality.“Most ...(More on P4)...(11)

Barry, a world authority on Af-ghan art and culture who cu-rated the exhibition reminisced about a visit he made to the city at the height of the brutal

1990s civil war.“Here in the Bagh-e Babur, what we saw in 1994 was wreckage, broken trees, shells fired. The beautiful 17th cen-tury marble mosque here was full of bullet holes. All we saw was despair and ugliness.”The Bagh-e Babur or Babur’s Garden, one of the oldest sur-viving Mughal gardens, was named after the first emperor of the Mughal dynasty, which came to rule over much of In-dia in the following three cen-turies.Babur loved Kabul and was buried in the garden which he ordered to be created after he conquered ...(More on P4)...(9)

KABUL - A statement from EU said the three-week campaign would culminate with a high-level anti-corruption conference in mid-April.Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon, head of the EU Delegation, acknowledged the government’s steps in the fight against corruption in 2017.He cited the prosecution of some cases by the An-ti-Corruption Justice Centre and the launch of the

national anti-corruption strategy.“But more needs to be done to fight this scourge: strategies and plans need to be translated into firm actions. People should see the difference,” he not-ed.“Corruption questions Afghanistan´s ability to be-come self-reliant” says the Head of European Un-ion Delegation to Afghanistan.” (Pajhwok)

The EU Delegation on Sunday announced launching its 2018 anti-corruption campaign in Afghanistan. The drive seeks to highlight the impact of corruption in three

critical sectors -- development, economic growth and elections.

KABUL - Thirty-four peo-ple, including a woman and a citizen of Iran, have been detained on drug smuggling charges in various provinces of the country, the Crimi-nal Justic Task Force (CJTF) said on Sunday. The sus-pects were arrested in Kabul, Jawzjan, Kunduz, Nimroz, Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhsa-han, Herat and Nangarhar, ...(More on P4)...(12)

PUL-I-ALAM - Local officials on Sun-day said the Taliban had closed all schools in Charkh district of central Logar province.Charkh district chief Mohammad Hanif Hanifi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban closed the schools in reaction to an Afghan forces operation launched in the area.“After Afghan forces killed Mualvi Mohammad, a Taliban commander, during a raid on Friday night, the Taliban in response shut the district’s schools,” he said.He said they had launched efforts

34 Detained on Drug Smuggling Charges: CJTF

Taliban Order Closed all Charkh District Schools

through local tribal elders at resolving the problem. A tribal elder form Qala-i-Naw area of Charkh district, Sayed Ahmad Agha, said that all schools in the district re-mained closed since Saturday. “Taliban have warned all students and teachers not to go to school, teachers and students fear Taliban’s ...(More on P4)...(13)