Jalalabad Ghazni Kandahar Mazar Herat Bamayan Kabul

Back Page

ClearClearClearClearClearClearClear

10°C 10°C13°C2°C19°C

-13°C -4°C

-5°C 11°C

-2°C1°C -3°C -8°C 2°C

Daily Outlook Weather Forcast

February 01, 2016

Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6,Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul

Email: outlookafghanistan@gmail.comPhone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019

www.outlookafghanistan.net

US General

60 Police Abandon 7 Posts in Dehrawud District

TIRINKOT - Dozens of police have abandoned their posts in Dehrawud district and arrived in the capital of central Uruzgan province after developing dif-ferences with the district police chief, an official said on Sunday.Dost Mohammad Nayab, the governor’s spokesman, told Pa-jhwok Afghan News at least 60 policemen arrived in Tirinkot, the provincial capital, late on Sat-urday.A former provincial council chief, Amanullah Hotaki, said the po-licemen had been stationed in Zartali locality and they left their

WASHINGTON - “Improved coordination between Paki-stan and Afghanistan along their common border is im-portant to counter-terrorism operations and improved bor-der security,” Lt Gen John W “Mick” Nicholson, President Barack Obama’s choice to take command of coalition and US forces in Afghanistan, told a Senate Committee.In a written reply to questions by the Senate Armed Services Committee which is consid-ering his nomination, Gen Nicholson stated the military operation being carried out

KABUL - Some 44 militants have been killed amid cleanup operations conducted by Af-ghan security forces since early Saturday, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Sunday.A total of 27 militants were wounded and one militant was arrested by Afghan army, police and intelligence agency person-

LASHKARGAH - Some 72,000 fruit and ornamental saplings are being planted as part of a plantation drive kicked off on Saturday in the southern prov-ince of Helmand, officials said.Helmand Governor Mirza Khan Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the saplings would be distributed to citi-zens of Lashkargah and farm-ers in districts during the tree

KABUL - An agreement was concluded between Afghani-stan and Qatar officials for the establishment of first standard football academy in the coun-try.The agreement is part of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Afghanistan Foot-ball Federation (AFF) and Qa-tar Football Association.According to AFF, prelimi-nary negotiations regard-ing the establishment of first standard football federation concluded during the signing of the MoU by the Afghan and Qatar authorities.Afghanistan Football Federa-tion President General Kera-

Martyrs’ Kin, Disabled Assured of Enhanced Facilities

Women Gain Job Skills through Engineering

Internship Program

$1m Terminal Being Constructed

at Torkham Dry Port

BF Assisted More than 200 Needy

Families in Bagrami

Pak-Afghan Coordination Important

to Counter-Terrorism Operations

44 Militants Killed in Military Raids within

Day: MoD

Tree Plantation Drive Kicks off in Helmand

Qatar to Help Establish First Standard Football

Academy

Riza Gul Appeals for Help After

Husband Chops off Her Nose

by the Pakistani military in the tribal region had reduced the ability of militants to use Paki-stani territory as a safe haven for terrorism. (APP)

nel during the operations which were launched in Day Mirdad district of Wardak, Maiwand dis-trict of Kandahar, Sangin district of Helmand and Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan province re-spectively, the ministry said in a statement.The security forces also seized weapons ...(More on P4)...(6)

plantation campaign and urged people to protect the young trees and keep watering them.Natural resources manager at the provincial agriculture depart-ment, Khad Mohamamd, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had in hand 72,000 saplings includ-ing 43,000 ornamental and 28,000 fruit trees which would be dis-tributed in accordance with the ...(More on P4)...(11)

muddin Karim along with Secretary General of the Af-ghanistan Football Federation Sayed Alireza Aghazada vis-ited Qatar to sign the MoU.AFF also added that the estab-lishment of the first standard football academy is the most important part of the five-year Memorandum of Understand-ing (MoU).Qatar has agreed to help Af-ghanistan establish the first standard academy, AFF said, adding that Qatar will also pro-vide all Afghan national teams with training camps during the next five years.This comes as the Afghanistan football had major achieve-ments ...(More on P4)...(10)

“We are trying to banish cor-ruption and provide educa-tion and work opportuni-ties for the special people,” Oryakhel said, adding her ministry and the Supreme

interns have completed the program, subsequently find-ing employment with agen-cies like the Afghanistan Min-istry of Energy and Water, private engineering compa-nies, or furthering their edu-cation.USAID Mission Director Herbert Smith said the U.S. government is committed to gender equality, and this pro-gram gives women access to opportunities that were pre-viously not “The Afghan Women Engi-neering Internship Program

Court were trying to check fake documentation.Additionally, she said they were working together with the Ministry of Public Health to identify the level of dis-

is the perfect example of how to promote higher educa-tion and gender equality in Afghanistan,” Smith said. “These opportunities help create a strong, resilient com-munity of women ready to contribute to the country’s development and serve as role models to future genera-tions.”“This internship program had a big impact on my life,” said Zurwa Farhad, a former intern and now manager of the program. It allowed me to find ...(More on P4)...(9)

KABUL - Victim of domestic violence Riza Gul has called on Afghan officials to send her abroad for better treatment af-ter her husband chopped her nose off two weeks ago.Riza says that she can not breath properly and feels pain all over her body. The tragedy has also affected her psycho-logically.“I can not breath and feel like I am suffering from asthma. I feel pain in my head, please take me out of here, they can not treat me here,” she said.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has said that they paved the way for her to be transferred to Ka-bul ...(More on P4)...(8)

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has said his adminis-tration will consider creating an independent entity to deal with issues related to the fami-lies of martyrs and the physi-cally-challenged people.During a meeting with repre-sentatives of the disabled and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Nasrin Oryakhel at the Presidential Palace, Ghani promised curbs on corruption and fake affidavits.A statement from the Presi-dential Palace on Sunday quoted Oryakhel as saying her ministry planned to con-duct a survey to determine the exact number of special peo-ple across the country.

KABUL - Four women gradu-ated from the United States Agency for International De-velopment’s (USAID) Afghan Women Engineering Intern-ship Program, becoming the fourth group of qualified en-gineering interns who have strengthened their chances of landing a job in their chosen field.The program, which began in 2011, provides opportunities to intern at a USAID partner’s engineering firm, empower-ing women to excel in the field of engineering. Sixteen female

JALALABAD - The transport minister on Sun-day said a terminal was being constructed at Torkham dry port at a cost of $1 million in east-ern Nangarhar province to organise traffic and facilitate passengers.Mohammadullah Batash, who inaugurated construction work on the terminal at the dry port, said the facility would be completed and put into service in one year time.On the sidelines of the inauguration, the min-ister told Pajhwok Afghan News that the ter-minal was being constructed over five acres of land. “Our containers and passengers face many problems at the Torkham dry port, but the terminal would have many facilities like waiting rooms, mosque, parking lot and oth-ers.”To a question about corruption in the trans-port sector, the minister said he said his visit to Torkham was aimed at discussing with local officials how to prevent possible problems and address existing ones.The minister said he wanted the governor of Nangarhar to keep an eye on possible corrup-tion in transport services on the Torkham high-way. The minister also ...(More on P4)...(13)

KABUL - Starting winter aid program, the Bayat Foundation (BF) on Sunday assisted the displaced people in Bagrami district of capital, Kabul.Chairman of the Bayat Foundation, Engineer Ehsanullah Bayat said that the foundation as-sisted food materials to more than 200 families in children camp of Bagrami district of Kabul and several other provinces of the country will be under aid coverage of the foundation in this year’s winter season.“We decided to distribute more than two mil-lion food packages to the needy children in this year’s winter season,” said chairman of the Bayat Foundation, Eng. Ehsanullah Bayat.Bayat Foundation has been helping poor fami-lies in over Afghanistan ...(More on P4)...(12)

posts after a verbal clash with the district police chief.The Deharwud district chief, Ami-nullah Khaliqi, confirmed the police had abandoned seven check-posts and gone to the provincial capital with their weapons and ammuni-tion.But the district police chief, Haji Niaz Mohammad, who took charge two days back, said around 60 po-licemen had left their posts and set alight the facilities.He said he had no information where the policemen had gone, but investigation into the incident had been launched. (Pajhwok)

abilities. Currently, 8,955 disabled people and 125,000 families of martyrs are regis-tered with the ministry.Each of them is getting 5,000 afghanis in cash assistance on a monthly basis from the government. On the basis of reports, 89,000 of the disabled people are getting privileges on the basis of fake docu-ments.Ghani assured the govern-ment would pay greater attention to resolving the problems of the disabled and respond to their demands and suggestions keeping in view the available resources.The government would look ...(More on P4)...(7)

An Afghan man rides his motorbike on a street covered with snow in Bamyan city after Snowfall hit Bamyan province on Friday. (Xinhua/Latif Azimi)