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NATO’s Support Crucial for MoD’s Four-Year Plan: Waziri

Ubiquitous Blasts Prompted Me into

Demining: Afghanmal

Over 140 Armed Groups Operating in Ghazni: Police Chief

Gen. Bajwa Extends Hand to Kabul against

Daesh

Saleh said the U.S should tell Pakistan that Washington is a superpower and it does not have endless patience for Islamabad’s continued support of terrorists

Germany Had Intel Ahead of Deadly Truck-Bombing

Efforts on to Put out Nuristan Forest Blaze

NATO’s Troop Decision Met with Mixed Reaction by MPs

Saleh Urges U.S to Target Terrorists in Pakistan

KABUL - MoD spokesman Dawlat Waziri said NATO’s decision to send a few thousand more troops to Af-ghanistan will help with the imple-mentation of the security plan.The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has commended the North Atlantic Trea-ty Organization (NATO) for their commitment to support Afghanistan and to train the Afghan security and defense forces, saying that the organ-ization’s help is vital for the future of the country.“NATO’s commitment to continue its support to Afghanistan and to our se-curity forces is crucial for implement-ing the Defense Ministry’s four-year security plan,” the MoD’s spokesman Major General Dawlat Waziri said at a press conference on Saturday.Based on the plan, Waziri said the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANDCOP) and the Border Police would be merged with the Ministry of Defense.He went on to say that according to the plan, the size of the Afghan Com-

KABUL - Some MPs said NATO should rather target terrorist havens in Pakistan while others welcomed the move to send in more foreign troopsA number of MPs from the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) on Saturday welcomed NATO’s move to send in more troops to Af-ghanistan, while others said instead of sending in more troops NATO should put more pressure on Pakistan to elimi-nate terrorist safe havens.“NATO and America should

KABUL - Former head of the National Directorate of Secu-rity (NDS), Amrullah Saleh, said in an interview with Al Jazeera the Pakistan army and

KABUL - Germany’s foreign min-istry on Friday confirmed that many embassy staff had been evacuated ahead of the deadly truck bombing that killed over 180 people in Kabul.Just six days before the May 31 truck bombing in Kabul city, Ger-many was reportedly warned of the imminent attack.According to Deutsche Welle (DW), the German Foreign Min-istry confirmed on Friday that

JALALABAD - A fire in the Noor-gram district of eastern Nuristan province has gutted a three kilo-meters forest of pine nuts, offi-cials said on Thursday.Noorgram district chief Naima-tullah Muslim told Pajhwok Af-ghan News the blaze erupted in Malika and Tongarat forests, rais-ing concerns about its spread to other areas. He said they lacked modern equipment to put out the blaze and the forest was situated in an area where no road existed.“About 60 to 70 policemen led

force those countries that sup-port terrorist groups to end what they are doing,” MP Na-der Shah Bahar said.

intelligence agency support terrorist groups including the Taliban.He called on the United States (U.S) to target terrorist safe ha-

Germany’s intelligence agencies knew the Kabul embassy in the Green Zone was about to be hit.DW reported that security agen-cies had received warnings from multiple intelligence sources in the months leading up to the at-tack. As a result, a number of em-bassy staff had been evacuated from the building prior to the at-tack.The embassy building was largely destroyed ...(More on P4)...(11)

by a commander have been sent to the area along with civilians to extinguish the fire. Mobile phones don’t work in the area and we are contacting them via satellite phones. The fire will be put out until evening.” The forest blaze, meanwhile, worried the local people. A tribal elder, Khuda Dad, said: “The fire has erupted in pine nut forest which is the only livelihood of area people. Residents have suf-fered losses.”Provincial council head ...(More on P4)...(12)

mando Unit would be doubled and up-graded to Corps level. The Afghan Air Force would be

equipped and reinforced, Waziri said when giving details about the four-year security plan.He stressed the need for

KANDAHAR - A police officer in southern Kandahar province has defused more than 10,000 landmines, thereby saving thou-sands of lives.1st Lt. Sirajuddin Afghanmal has been serving in Zherai, Panjwai and Maiwand districts of Kandahar over the past 12 years.Afghanmal’s job is onerous and different from that of his colleagues, as he detects and defuses bombs without having any advanced tools.He has only one mine detector, a pair of scissors and a bayonet for demining opera-tions. The 35 years old, in exclusive inter-view with Pajhwok ...(More on P4)...(8)

GHAZNI CITY - As many as 142 militant groups have been active in southern Ghaz-ni province and rebels from other parts join them at times, the police chief says.Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, in an ex-clusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said some armed groups were en-gaged in fighting against the security forc-es while others were complicit in human trafficking and armed robberies.He put the number of gunmen at more than 2,000, including Arabs, Chechens, Pakistanis and Uzbeks. The number of foreign militants was around 100, mostly bomb-makers and organisors of suicide at-tacks.The provincial police boss said militants used the RDX-type explosives in suicide bombings. The substance had a huge im-pact and was not available in Afghanistan, he explained.Amarkhel added the militant outfits main-tained contacts close with other groups in the neighbouring provinces and carried out joint insurgent activities when needed.But the security ...(More on P4)...(9)

KABUL - Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday said a great-er Pak-Afghan border coordination and security cooperation was required to con-tain the brewing threat of Daesh or Islamic State.In the rare development, the army chief extended hand towards neighboring Afghanistan for “security cooperation” against Daesh while addressing tribesmen in Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram tribal region.A media report quoted Gen. Bajwa as say-ing: “Threat continues to reside across the border in Afghanistan with ISIS [Daesh] gaining strength there.”The army chief arrives in the Shiite domi-nated area ...(More on P4)...(14)

NATO’s help to train and equip the Af-ghan forces so they could put the plan into practice. ...(More on P4)...(7)

“Why do you not put pressure on Pakistan? Why do you sup-port that country? Why you do not impose ...(More on P4)...(10)

vens across the Durand Line.Saleh emphasized that the United States should make it clear to Pakistan that the U.S is a super power and that it does not have endless patience for Islamabad’s continued support of terrorists groups.“We do not necessarily expect that based on our recommen-dation Washington declares war on Pakistan, but at least we are sitting on a massive amount of intelligence, both us and the Americans, which clearly shows Pakistan is supporting terrorism. What the United ...(More on P4)...(13)

CONTRACT AWARD NOTIFICATION

Date: 02nd July, 2017 Project Name: Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program (CCNPP)/ Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project (CCAP) Project ID: P160567 Funding: ARTF TFA03827 and IDA D1390-AF Type of Consultancy Services: Facilitating Partner (FP) for the MRRD/CCAP Client: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) Packages#: 2 Further details are available in the NSP/NPA websites at www.nspafghanistan.org & www.npa.gov.af