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Lawmakers Seek End to Culture of Acting Officials

Ghani Launches G7+ Summit in Kabul

600 Afghan Students to Get Scholarship this Year: Pakistani Envoy

Taliban Show Readiness for Prisoner Swap

Japan Pledges Over $63m to Afghanistan for Irrigation,

Roads and Fiscal Support

Rights Group Calls for End to Military Use of Schools

KABUL - The Pakistani ambassador in Kabul on Wednesday said 600 Afghan students would be sent to Pakistan for higher studies under the Prime Minister Scholarship for Afghan Students this year.Speaking at a ceremony marking Pakistan Day (March 23) at the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul, Syed Ibrar Hussain said almost 2,200 Afghan students had already been sent to Pakistan for higher stud-ies under the programme during the last four years.The Pakistan Day ceremony started with national anthem and hoisting of Pakistan flag by Ambassa-dor Syed Abrar Hussain, a statement from the Pa-kistani Embassy said. Representatives of Pakistani community in Afghanistan and embassy officials attended the ceremony.Ambassador Syed Abrar Hussain, in his brief ad-dress, highlighted the historical significance of the Day and paid tributes to ...(More on P4)...(4)

KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday said the most important task for the government was to improve the security situation, calling for an end the culture of acting officials.The lower house last year ap-proved the law on acting offi-cials, barring officials from per-forming duty for more than two month in acting capacity.The law in one chapter and three articles demands the gov-ernment introduce a new face to the parliament for a vote of confidence within 10 days of rejecting the earlier nominee by the house.But against the law, Masoom Stanikzai has been serving as acting defence minister for one year after he was rejected by lawmakers.Masood Andarabi has been

KABUL - President Ashraf Gha-ni officially opened the 4th G7+ Ministerial meeting in Kabul on Wednesday and said Afghani-stan has made enormous strides over the past 15 years with the help of the international com-munity.But he said stability in the coun-try was the responsibility of government and that all Afghan leaders need to focus on reforms.On the issue of corruption, Gha-ni said although government has condemned the scourge it has not taken enough practical steps to stamp it out.He said that corruption and in-security will hinder develop-ment in Afghanistan. As such he

appointed as acting head of the National Directorate of Secu-rity (NDS) few months back and Gen. Taj Mohammad Jahuid was recently promoted as acting Inte-rior Minister.Speaking at today’s session, law-maker Obaidullah Barakzi said the president had failed to com-plete his Cabinet since the unity government was formed two

KABUL - Taliban on Wednes-day said they are willing to start the process of swapping prisoners with government.A statement released by the group, undersigned by one of its spokesperson Qari Mo-hammad Yousuf Ahmadi, states that they have pre-pared a mechanism which

KABUL - The Government of Japan has contributed over USD 63.654 million to Af-ghan Government to support improvement of irrigation systems and rural access in Afghanistan.The funding, contributed through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund

KABUL - The military use of schools discourages student enrollment and increases teacher absenteeism, an in-ternational rights group said on Tuesday when President Ashraf Ghani rang in the new academic year. Girl stu-

called on the nation to unite to fight corruption. He also said all govern-

years ago.“Currently clashes are under-way in most parts of the country, some provinces are being threat-ened by the enemy due to irre-sponsible behavior of officials.” The situation may not return to normal unless responsible indi-viduals are hired at key posts.”Another MP Mir Dad Najrabi wondered ...(More on P4)...(5)

could be applied through a commission in an environ-ment of confidence.The statement further states that Taliban have also talked to a number of neutral organ-izations and informed them about their readiness for the prisoner swap. According ...(More on P4)...(2)

(ARTF), administered by the World Bank, will support the following two on-going pro-jects, which are essential to meet the country’s needs to improve the lives of the peo-ple of Afghanistan, and the recurrent cost expenditures of the Afghan government....(More on P4)...(3)

dents often bore the brunt of disruptions because parents were wary of sending daugh-ters to schools occupied by armed men, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement. Afghanistan needed ...(More on P4)...(6)

ment leaders need to focus on re-forms, adding that he can’t “blame

others for our situation”.Afghan Foreign Minister Salahud-din Rabbani also addressed del-egates and said that Afghanistan is working on its reform process and said one of the country’s priorities was developing Afghanistan’s in-frastructure.The two-day summit in Kabul, has drawn high-ranking delegates from g7+ countries along with some de-velopment partners.The meeting will be an opportunity to review progress made since the previous Ministerial meeting held in Lome, Togo in 2014 and also agree on a strategic roadmap for the year 2016 -2017.The themes of the meeting include discussions ...(More on P4)...(1)