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17 Foreign Troops Killed in

Afghanistan In 2017

Bombing plot to harm MoI

workers foiled

PESHAWAR - About 48,000 refugees returned in 2017 to their homeland from Pakistan under the voluntary repatria-tion programme, a senior gov-ernment official said on Mon-day. In 2016, some 400,000 Afghan refugees had been repatriated under the same programme, the official told Pajhwok Af-ghan News on condition of anonymity.The voluntary repatriation programme has been sus-pended since October due to the harsh winter in Afghani-stan. The process is expected to resume in March 2018.Also in 2016, the source re-vealed, 200,000 unregistered Afghan citizens returned to their country. He believed the complete return of refugees from Pakistan was unlikely this year.Over the past six months, ac-cording to the official, 670,000

KABUL - The government has approved contracts for two major power projects worth $113 million to be implemented jointly by private and public sectors, the Presidential Palace said on Monday.Contracts for the projects were approved at a meeting of the National Procurement Com-mission, chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, a statement from the Palace said.One of the projects, involving an investment of $38.8 million by the Bayat Power Corpora-tion, envisages the construction of a gas-run power generation facility in Shiberghan, the capi-tal of northern Jawzjan prov-ince.The second project is for the

KABUL - The Afghan National Cricket Team leg-spinner Rashid Khan is still shining for Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) and claimed two wickets for the Strikers’ victory over Brisbane Heat.

KABUL - The International Fed-eration of Journalists (IFJ) says 81 journalists and media staff were killed in targeted killings, car bomb attacks and crossfire inci-dents around the world during 2017. Another 250 were jailed.In a statement on Monday, the US-based watchdog detailed journalist casualties, issues and threats over the past one year. The IFJ welcomed the fall from last year’s tally of 93 to 81 in 2017.However, it cautioned unprec-edented numbers of journalists were jailed, forced to flee, that self-censorship was widespread and impunity for the killings, harassment, attacks and threats

KABUL - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Monday announced a 50 percent cut in bank guarantee and license fee for private media outlets.

against journalism was running at epidemic levels.The annual report from IFJ said 81 journalists and media staff were killed in targeted killings, car bomb attacks, group attacks, explosions and cross fire inci-

MoF spokesman Ajmal Hamid Ab-dul Rahimzai told a news confer-ence here that the government en-dorsed the cut after being proposed by the MoF in order to strengthen

81 Journalists Killed Across the Globe in 2017: IFJ

Last Year, 48,000 Afghans Returned Home from Pakistan

Contracts for Power Projects worth $113m Approved

Rashid Keeps Shining in Australia’s BBL

dents around the world during 2017.The number is 12 -- down from last year’s death tally of 93 -- making 2017 among the least deadly in a decade. The report said a ...(More on P4)...(7)

and support media.He said the decrease in bank guaran-tee and license fee had also been en-dorsed by the Cabinet.He said the media bank guarantee regulation had been amended and would soon be published in the offi-cial gazette for enforcement.Rahimzai further said: “Currently a media outlet provides 500,000 af-ghanis in bank guarantee but after the modified regulation coming into effect, the amount would be reduced to 250,000 afs.”In November, 2017, the Cabinet ap-proved ...(More on P4)...(10)

KABUL - Seventeen foreign sol-diers, most of them Americans, lost their lives in Afghanistan in 2017, but the Taliban claimed killing hundreds of foreign sol-diers.In 2016, 15 foreign troops fell in Afghanistan and 2017 proved another year during which foreign troops suffered lowest number of casualties since 2002.According to foreign forces sta-tioned in Afghanistan, 12 for-eign troops had been killed in Afghanistan last year.June was the most deadliest month for foreign troops in Afghanistan, in which three US soldiers were killed in the Achin district of eastern Nan-garhar province as a result of ‘green on blue’ attack when an Afghan commando opened fir-ing at US soldiers.According to New York Times, six American soldiers who died in combat in Afghanistan this year were involved in the fight against ...(More on P4)...(9)

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Civilians have paid a high price for these attacks as it has been mostly ordinary people who were killed and wounded in the explosions.

Over 60 Suicide Attacks Hit Afghanistan in 2017

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,,undocumented Afghans have been registered across the country by the National Da-tabase Registration Authority (NADRA).The nationwide documenta-tion drive would come to an end in the first week of the current month, he said, add-ing 350,000 Afghan citizens had been registered in north-western ...(More on P4)...(8)

construction of an electricity generation facility in Mazar-e-Sharif. It will be built with a total investment of $75 million by the Ghazanfar Group and ...(More on P4)...(11)

KABUL - A bombing plot to target workers of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) was foiled while one person was killed and another injured in gunfire in 11th police district of the capital Kabul, officials said on Monday.Deputy MoI spokesman, Nas-rat Rahimi, said that a magnet-ic bomb attached to a vehicle of MoI workers was defused.He said the vehicle was iden-tified immediately entering to the ministry’s compound and the bomb was then defused. No ...(More on P4)...(12)

The Strikers won easily on New Year’s Eve, bowling Brisbane Heat out for 91 off less than 17 overs on the way to a 56-run vic-tory.After the debut match of Rashid, the ...(More on P4)...(13)

KABUL - In 2017, Afghanistan witnessed over 60 dead-ly suicide attacks carried out by Taliban and Daesh across the country, with the majority of hits in Kabul, Nangarhar and Herat provinces. Of the 63 attacks, Taliban has claimed responsibility for 48 of and Daesh 15 others. In 2017 the Taliban changed its war tactics and mostly used group attacks seizing Humvees for carrying out attacks against major mili-tary bases. Civilians have paid a high price for these attacks as it

was mostly ordinary people who were killed and wounded in the explosions. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commis-sion (AIHRC) has meanwhile said in most of the suicide attacks mainly the civilians’ have lost their lives and that re-emphasized targeting civilians is a war crime. In the Deash suicide attacks, mostly civilians were targeted in Afghanistan. Shia’s mosques and reli-gious places were the main ...(More on P4)...(6)

Private Media Gets 50pc Cut in License Fee, Bank Guarantee