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NEW DEHLI - “The bright prospect is India regarding a con-sensus of 8 per cent potential rate of growth,” Ghani said, re-ferring to China’s growth settled at 6 per cent, while giving a public address at the Vivekanand International Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank.Ghani further said the Afghan Strategy by the United States singled out India for engagement on the economic front.“It singled out India for engagement in this approach and particularly, on the economic front, where India was such an important partner with respect to a range of issues,” said Ghani, while giving a public address at the Vivekanand Inter-national Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank.Ghani thanked every Indian for contributing in the financial

KABUL - Presidential Palace has come under fire for having digi-tally manipulated a photograph and for having issued false in-formation regarding to venue of Monday’s meeting.On Monday, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson paid a secret visit to Afghanistan where he met with President Ashraf Gha-ni and CEO Abdullah Abdullah at the heavily fortified Bagram Airbase outside Kabul. It was a meeting that was only publicly announced once the US official had left the country.Following his departure, the US embassy in Kabul issued a state-ment regarding his visit. So too did ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has said that dividing the nation through fences was impossible.Sher Mohammad Akhunzada, a senator from southern Helmand province, told Tuesday’s session that there were reports that the gov-ernment had reached an agreement with Pa-kistan about fencing the Durand Line.“Based on the agreement, six gates would be installed on the Durand Line”, he said, with-out providing details.“Fencing the Durand Line is unacceptable for Afghans and the Afghan government has no authority to sign such agreements”, he said.He said the Afghan government’s silence over the issue proved it had reached an agreement with Pakistan.But President Ashraf Ghani during his a trip to Paktia province last

aid to Afghanistan, saying that “India gave us USD 1 bn pack-age of assistance for the Brussels Conference in 2016. In effect, every Indian contributed USD 1. Thank you to every Indian.”He further said that Afghanistan needs courage, compassion and determination in equal measures to end the 40 years of violence for his country and 600 years of instability for Asia.This visit of the Afghan President, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is his fourth visit to India in the last three years and 12th personal interaction between the two leaders.The Afghan President, emphasising on the growing extrem-ism and terrorism around the world, said, “Terrorism is man-ifesting itself in its fifth ...(More on P4)...(1)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country is willing to deepen relations with its neighbours in accordance with the principle of amity, sincerity and mutual interest.Xi expressed the view at the closing session of 19th CPC of National Congress in Beijing. He said Chin would forge inclusiveness and policy of friendship and partnership with its neighbours.Over 3,000 journalists including 1,800-plus from overseas covered the CPC meeting. The president was elected into the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the clos-ing session on Tuesday.Xi added the 19th National Congress of CPC had reviewed and approved the report on the work of the 18th central commission for discipline inspec-tion. The Congress endorsed its works.The Congress called on the central and local com-missions for ...(More on P4)...(3)

KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga, Lower House of Parlia-ment, on Monday approved the mid-year budget despite some concerns among lawmakers about the amendments. MPs said the amendments in the budget are relat-ed to money being allocated to newly established organizations.They argued that the budget was not transparent and that in some cases the allocations made are against the law.“The amendments in the budget from page six to eight are all about the allocation of millions of dol-lars in salaries, for trips and for vehicles (for these organizations). These are the issues that we (MPs) criticize every day,” said Ramazan Bashardost, an MP from Kabul.“There is no transparency. This will open the way for misuse and it will prevent parliament from putting pressure on government regarding the implementation of development projects,” said Ahmad Behzad, another MP.But members of the Financial Commission of the Wolesi Jirga said that according to the law, gov-ernment can amend the budget at any time during the year. The members of the commission said however that the development projects’ mid-year budget still needs to be approved. “The law allows parliament to review any chang-es and amendments ...(More on P4)...(6)

TEHRAN - Iran has hosted 2.3 million Afghan refugees from 1990-2013, Deputy Head of for-eign nationals’ office of the Min-istry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare said.Other refugees were from Iraq, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmeni-stan, Armenia and Turkey, Bah-man Abbasi said.He referred to positive and nega-tive consequences of immigration in refugee-hosting countries, say-ing recruiting workforce with no need of training them is among positive factors.Abbasi pointed to population growth, decreasing local work-ers’ salaries, spread of diseases and facing cultural and social difficulties as negative conse-quences of immigration to these countries.According to Statistical Center of Iran, Afghan, Pakistani and Iraqi refugees ...(More on P4)...(4)

KABUL - A business startup program in Kabul has helped 17 women get their businesses off the ground after empowering them with the skills to work for themselves. Seventeen young women have successfully started up their own businesses after completing a program through Start-Up-Val-ley center in Kabul, which aims to empower women to work for themselves. Center officials said they help women to start their own busi-nesses and provide advise and technical support. One beneficiary of their services is Nabila Sharifi, who runs her own handicraft company. She said she has used the center for advice and through them learned to set up, ...(More on P4)...(7)

Sunday said that any type of attempts at dividing the nation would fail.He added: “Those who think they can divide people by installing fences, they should rethink, even cannons and bom-bardments did ...(More on P4)...(9)

Some Meshrano Jirga or upper house members on Tuesday alleged the Afghan government had reached an agreement with Pakistan on fencing the Durand Line.

China Wants to Cement Relation with Neigh-

bours: Xi

Parliament Approves Mid-Year Budget

ARG Digitally Manipulates Picture of Ghani with Tillerson

Iran Hosts 2.3 Million Afghan Refugees in 23 Years

Women Get Helping Hand in Start up Initiative

China, Afghanistan and Pakistan to Dominate Agenda: Tillerson

Senators Allege Deal on Durand Line FencingForeign Investors to Get Visas on Arrival at Airport

Ghani Highlights India’s Importance

on Economic

NEW DELHI - The Trump administration’s South Asia strat-egy is under the spotlight this week, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to New Delhi after stops in Kabul and Is-lamabad.A rising and increasingly assertive China, as well as America’s future plans for war-torn Afghanistan, are among the issues that are likely to top the agenda, say analysts.Here are the key issues to watch out for.ChinaAlthough he isn’t visiting Beijing on this trip, China is set to be a key talking point during the Secretary of State’s visit to India. Tillerson indicated as much last week, when he contrasted In-dia with China in a speech in Washington D.C.“The driving force of our close ...(More on P4)...(5)

KABUL - Foreign traders and investors will be facilitated with visa-on-arrival at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.Certain provisions of a draft amendment to the Law on the Travel and Stay of Foreigners in Afghanistan provide for the facility in line with Presidential Decree No 147 issued on Sep-tember 5.A statement from the ministry said the new amendment to 10th, 16th and 27th clauses of the ...(More on P4)...(8)

President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday highlighted that the economic cooperation with India was a bright prospect, saying

that the country has “8 percent potential rate of growth.”