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KABUL - A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Sat-urday said that a lack of a clear war strategy has resulted in exchanging districts between security forces and insurgents and that President Ashraf Gha-ni should discuss this at a spe-cial meeting with lawmakers.“Our political leaders both in higher and lower levels have failed in war management against insurgents,” said Saleh Mohammad Saljoqi, an MP.Another lawmaker, Fatima Aziz, said: “Government leaders and other authorities should be asked if they fail to overcome the situation and face people with crisis.”Meanwhile, Wolesi Jirga Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi accepted that parliament’s ac-tivities in assessing security

KABUL - President Vladimir Putin said India and Russia were both interested in deep-ening “constructive multi-lateral cooperation” to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan where decisive action was needed to defeat terrorism, Times of India reported.In an interview with IANS and Sputnik news agencies, Putin said Afghanistan was of con-cern as the “situation on the territory between India and Russia remains tense”.“The developments in Af-ghanistan still raise concern. Decisive actions are required to help that country in deal-ing with such challenges and threats as terrorism, extrem-

MAIMANA - First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum, currently on a visit to Farah province, has said some internal and foreign circles are trying to send 7,500 Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), rebels to northern Afghanistan.He said the IS militants be-ing sent to north the includ-ed Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese and Libyan fighters. Some re-gional intelligence agencies were trying to implement their plan before spring, he alleged. “The infiltration of Daesh militants into Afghanistan is a project, but we don’t know the motive behind it

KABUL - About 1,000 Daesh (Islamic State) terrorists are currently operating in two or three districts of eastern Nangarhar province, a NATO spokesman said on Saturday.Provincial officials frequently claim killing dozens of Daesh members in ground opera-tions and airstrikes. However, an independent confirmation of casualties is difficult as ac-cess to the rebel stronghold is restricted.In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, NATO spokesman Brig. Gen. Charlie Cleveland declined commenting on provincial of-ficials’ claims regarding casu-alties imposed on the insur-gent outfit.“Nine months ago, we thought

KABUL - The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MCIT) on Sat-urday signed a Memorandum of Understand-ing (MoU) with a Turkish Cargo company on postal services from Afghanistan to European, American and Middle East countries.The MoU was signed between Afghan Post head Ahmad Wahid Wais and Turkish Cargo airline chief Nasim Jamal Muradian in capital Kabul.Wais said postal transfer of things in the past would take more time, but its delivery time and cost would be reduced with cooperation of the Turkish Cargo airline. “We for a test sent some mails through the Turkish Cargo from Istanbul, our postal pack-ages reached America in five days, to Germa-ny in three days and to Finland in two days. The same deliveries in the past took up to two weeks,” he said.Sayed Ahmad Shah Sadat, technical assistant at MCIT, said promoting postal service sector was one of the ministry’s primary goals. The minis-try was trying to modernise the postal service and make it available in every part of the world, he added. ...(More on P4)...(7)

PESHAWAR - Afghanistan on Friday evinced a keen interest in becoming part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), assur-ing stout support for the multi-billion project.“The CPEC is a great project that is equally relevant to Afghanistan like Pakistan, and anything that will be good for Pakistan will be good for the entire region,” Ambassador Dr. Omer Zakhilwal said.Speaking to a Pakistani TV channel, the dip-lomat remarked the Afghans were “thirsty for development” and desired to see their conflict-devastated homeland prosper.He said: “I think CPEC is not limited to Pa-kistan, it is for the entire region, particularly Central Asia, CPEC is very much relevant to Afghanistan and it takes much interest in the project.” said ...(More on P4)...(5)

PESHAWAR - Investor roadshows would be held next month for the long-delayed gas pipeline project from Turkmenistan to Pa-kistan and India via Afghanistan, an official said.The $10 billion TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghan-istan, Pakistan and India) pipeline, involving the four countries’ energy companies, will carry 33 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year.But the ambitious project has been ham-strung by lack of funds and security concerns in Afghanistan. The funding shortage stems from the region’s complex geopolitics and contract disagreements.Mobin Saulat, head of Pakistan’s Inter-State Gas Systems (ISGS), claimed there had been “significant progress” on the project. Investor roadshows to ...(More on P4)...(8)

KABUL - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intel-ligence agency (ISI) is trying to transfer the insurgents’ main strongholds to Afghanistan by expanding the war in the country.The Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said Taliban is fully supported by ISI, but the group has failed to have any signifi-cant achievements so far.“Pakistan’s ISI and its military have tried to help Afghan and foreign militants transfer their big bases as well as Taliban’s councils to Afghanistan, but the Afghan security forces have prevented them from this bid,” Waziri stated.“The essence of war has changed following the death of ...(More on P4)...(3)

KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Ab-dullah would travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) at the head of high-level delegation on Mon-day, an official said on Sat-urday.Javed Faisal, the CEO’s dep-uty spokesman, told Pajh-wok Afghan News Abdul-lah’s three-day state visit was in response to a formal invitation from the oil-rich kingdom.During the trip, bilateral is-sues and the Afghan peace process would come under discussion with the Saudi officials, he said, adding cabinet members, deputy head of the High Peace Council (HPC), ulem and businessmen would accom-pany the CEO.“The Afghan delegation will mainly focus on win-ning Saudi help in areas of higher education, hajj, busi-ness links and, more im-portantly, assistance from the kingdom in restoration of stability in the country,” said Faisal.He added the visiting team would ...(More on P4)...(6)

GHAZNI CITY - Police freed 45 prisoners from a Taliban prison during a raid in southern Ghazni province, officials claimed on Saturday.Provincial police chief Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News the hostages were rescued in Nani Ghond area which borders Paktia province’s Giro district.Police discovered the loca-tion of the Taliban-run jail with the help of some lo-cal residents and elements within the insurgent group who had links with police, he said.Amarkhel said the rebels had imprisoned the 45 per-sons on the accusation of supporting the government and other crimes.Hailing from Ghazni, Pa-ktia and Logar provinces, the hostages were rescued after spending six months in captivity.The police chief said an operation was currently underway in Giro district and many areas had been cleared of insurgents so far.Elsewhere, insurgents stormed a number of secu-rity check posts in Deh Yak district of Ghazni on Satur-day, an official said.The Deh Yak district chief, Mohammad Haroon Ba-war, said one policeman was killed and three others injured in the attacks. The attackers had been beaten back and causalities inflict-ed on them, he added.Taliban spokesman Zabi-hullah Mujahid claimed the fighters killed 10 gov-ernment troops in Deh Yak district.He rejected the claim that police had freed prisoners from a Taliban jail, saying neither such a jail existed in the area nor they had cap-tured civilians. (Pajhwok)

MPs Blame Govt. for Failure in War Management

Russia, India Share Need to Rebuild Afghanistan: Putin

Thousands of Daesh Fighters Trying to Sneak Into North: VP

Taliban’s Bid to Capture Major Cities Frustrated

MoU on Fast, Cheapest Postal Service Signed

Pakistan’s ISI Wants to Move Terrorist Bases

to Afghanistan: MoD

Afghanistan Eager to Join Sino-Pak

Economic Corridor

TAPI Gas Pipeline: Investor Roadshows

Next Month

Peace Drive High on Agenda as CEO Travels to Riyadh

45 Civilians Freed from

Taliban Jail in Ghazni

agencies have been symbolic.“We have not summoned se-curity officials to the house properly. We have not raised questions that are based on re-alities and about the issues that damage our people,” Ibrahimi said.According to the findings of Wolesi Jirga’s internal se-curity commission, relations-based appointment of security officials is one of the main rea-sons behind the security forces’ shortcoming in fight against anti-government militants.“The reasons that result in fall of districts, military bases and outposts is the symbolic ac-tivities in appointing security officials and we are witness-ing heavy casualty and other problems in the war against insurgents,” said Mirdad Ni-jrabi, head of the commission. (Tolonews)

ism, and illicit drug traffick-ing,” Putin said.“Russia and India share the need to support national recon-ciliation efforts under interna-tional law and are interested in deepening constructive multi-lateral cooperation for the pur-poses of assisting Afghanistan in solving the issues of national security, building counter-nar-cotics capacity, ensuring social and economic development, and enhancing interconnectiv-ity,” Putin said.He said his country was will-ing to develop such formats of interaction that would “allow responding swiftly to emerg-ing security challenges, jointly seeking ...(More on P4)...(2)

and the location from where they would sneak,” the former Uzbek warlord commented.Speaking to security officials and public uprising representatives of

there were between 1,500 and 3,000 spread over 9 districts. Afghan and US operations have successfully re-duced the number of Daesh terror-ists in Nangarhar,” he said.Cleveland said the Taliban were

continuing to try and take over a provincial capital before the end of the year – a goal the militant group has failed to achieve so far. Despite challenges, he acknowledged, Af-ghan forces had successfully de-

fended major population centres.Asked why the US, NATO and Af-ghan intelligence services could not get information about the Kunduz situation, he replied the spy agen-cies were doing tremendous work in disrupting many plots. But de-tecting small units infiltrating into an urban area could be hard for any intelligence organisation.With regard to Taliban attacks in Kunduz, Farah, Helmand, Uru-zgan and Baghlan provinces, the spokesman said a major objective behind Taliban’s spring offensive -- Operation Omari -- was to capture a provincial capital. As the fighting season is going to conclude, the re-bels have been unsuccessful.“From March until the end of July, the Afghan forces were on the of-fense and had all of the momen-tum. In August, ...(More on P4)...(1)

Faryab and Jawzjan provinces, Dos-tum said: “We should be fully pre-pared to prevent this project from being implemented; we should strengthen our ranks.”

The VP is in Faryab prov-ince to break the Taliban’s siege of a battalion of the 209thShaheen Military Corps in Ghormach district, which fell to the insurgents a week ago. He also plans to spearhead an offensive to regain control of the dis-trict.The VP claimed the sale of military equipment and weapons to the Taliban was one of the reasons why re-mote parts of districts had collapsed. Also accompa-nied by two prosecutors from Kabul, Dostum said they had assessed the fall of Ghormach and the officials responsible would be taken to task. ...(More on P4)...(4)