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KABUL - Famous writer and poet Saduddin Shpoon has passed away at the age of 85 at a hospital in the United States of America.He had long been living in Amer-ica, where he was admitted for medical treatment to a hospital. He breathed his last on Sunday.Shpoon, hailed as a renowned Pashto prose writer and critic, penned some novels and com-posed trail-blazing poem.Born in 1932 the in Khanabad dis-trict of Kunduz province, he re-ceived education in Kabul and the US. He worked for the Afghani-stan Academy of Sciences and Voice of America.Some of his articles are Wana Aw Yaw Shpoon, Sheen Tagahi, Gaty-alai, De Smasy Yaran, De Bangi Ghara and Khayestona.Afghan social media users, mean-while, expressed their shock at his death and called it a huge loss.Mahboobullah Mahboob, a lec-turer at Kabul University, wrote on his Facebook page: “I regret the death of this great writer and ...(More on P4)...(9)

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has expressed his sorrow over the death of author, poet and novelist Saduddin Shpoon and called his death a big loss for Afghanistan.The legendry writer and poet passed away at the age of 85 in a hospital in the United States of America yesterday.A statement from the Presidential Palace quoted President Ghani as saying that Shpoon served Af-ghanistan’s literature and culture as a writer, poet and a scholar and had a big role in awakening the people and creating enthusiasm through his novels and stories.“Shpoon was compelled to leave his country by the war and insecu-rity, but he never stopped work-ing for the betterment of Afghani-stan. He also served his people as a journalist.”The president expressed his con-dolences to Shpoon’s family, friends and fans and prayed for his soul to rest in peace. (Pajhwok)

Terror War Needs Renewed Global Consensus: CEO

NEW DELHI - Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said 116 new “high impact” de-velopment projects would be implemented jointly in 31 prov-inces of Afghanistan.India on Monday agreed to provide Afghanistan further as-sistance to strengthen its secu-rity forces as the two strategic partners decided to deepen se-curity cooperation and resolved to work closely to deal with the challenge of cross-border terror-ism from Pakistan.After holding wide-ranging talks with her Afghan counter-part Salahuddin Rabbani, Ex-

ternal Affairs Mnister Sushma Swaraj said 116 new “high im-pact” development projects would be implemented jointly in 31 provinces of Afghanistan.“We remain united in overcom-ing the challenges posed by

JALALABAD - ‘Hundreds’ of Taliban militants stormed the Barg-i-Matal district in eastern Nuristan province on Monday morning, sparking a fierce gun-battle with security forces.The clash was ongoing, accord-ing to local officials. Residents feared if the district captured, it

NEW YORK - Talking to IRNA, Seyqal added, ‘We demand the global community to take notice in the plans and activities of Iran in Afghanistan and accept that Iran has done a lot of positive ac-tivities there.’ Talking about Myanmar massa-cre, he said, ‘Afghans are really worried and have sent numer-ous messages to the govern-ment.’ Seyqal said that the Afghan government has denounced the killings and wanted the UN and humanitarian organizations to do investigations in order to find out the facts as soon as possible.Answering questions regarding

KABUL - A female Spanish physiotherapist associated with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) was killed by a patient in northern Afghani-stan’s Balkh province on Mon-day, officials said.The security chief of the pro-vincial police Abdul Razaq told Anadolu Agency that the victim

KABUL - Members of the Wolesi Jirga (the Upper House of Parlia-ment) on Monday voiced their objection to the drop of leaflets in Parwan, Kapisa and in Koh-daman district of Kabul province by the US army last Tuesday.MPs issued a statement and said the United States army insulted Islam values by dropping such

cross-border terrorism and safe havens and sanctuaries to both our countries,” Swaraj said at a joint media briefing with Rab-bani.Afghanistan has faced a wave of terror ...(More on P4)...(11)

KANDAHAR CITY - Counter-narcotics officials in southern Kandahar province have linked an end to poppy cultivation to the economic well-being of farmers.They say as long as the finan-cial situation of growers does not improve, it will be difficult to control poppy cultivation in Kandahar.On the other hand, farmer argue they have to grow poppies as a last option because other crops need more water and there is no market for their produce.In the past, the illicit crop was cultivated once a year but now it is grown two, three or even four times in parts of the province.Complaints of farmersFormer says they know the neg-ative effects of the illegal crop but have no option but to grow it.Mohammad Jan, a grower from the Shah Mir Kala area of Mai-wand district, said: “We know poppy growing is prohibited but we have no other option.“Water for other crops isn’t ad-equate ...(More on P4)...(15)

would allow the insurgents to sneak into northern provinces.However, officials said security forces were putting up a stiff re-sistance to the attacks and the air forces had reached the scene.Nuristan police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Muhiduddin Sarwari told Pajhwok ...(More on P4)...(10)

terrorism, he said that the devel-opment is seriously interwoven with stability and security of Af-ghanistan’, and to improve the situation, ...(More on P4)...(12)

was working at the ICRC facility in the provincial capital, Mazar-e-Sharif, and was shot dead by a young disabled patient who had been under treatment at the facility for 19 years.The security chief said the assailant had been apprehended and an investiga-tion was launched into the mur-der. ...(More on P4)...(13)

leaflets and warned the US army that such incidents legitimize the Taliban war against the Afghan government.On Tuesday, the US army dropped leaflets from helicop-ters that contained an image of a white dog with a passage from the Quran used in Taliban ban-ners ...(More on P4)...(14)

Noted Pashto Poet, Writer Shpoon Passes

Away at 85

President Ghani Says Shpoon’s Death

a Big Loss

Farmers’ Well-Being a Must to End Poppy

Cultivation

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said terrorism remained a threat to humanity and some countries in the region 16 years after the 9/11 attack.

Fierce Clash as Hundreds of Taliban Storm Barg-I-Matal

Iran Stands by Afghans in Hard Times: UN Envoy

Red Cross Health Worker Killed at Afghanistan Hospital

MPs Furious Over Leaflets Dropped by US Army

India to Provide Further Defence Assistance to Afghanistan

KABUL - Presiding over a Cabinet meeting in Kabul, Abdullah said after the 9/11 incident, US assistance and cooperation with Afghanistan began and that cooperation was ongoing till date.The CEO said the new US strategy was warmly welcomed by the government and people of Afghanistan as “a posi-tive sign.”He said support to the people and gov-ernment of Afghanistan till the end in the fight against terrorism was one of the major parts of the new US policy.He said the US policy would also im-pact corruption, implementing reforms and continuation of cooperation with Afghanistan and regional countries.Abdullah said: “Cooperation of the in-ternational community and among our security forces will be more effective if we ensure unity among our people.”He urged a renewed global consensus on the war against terrorism and said the people of Afghanistan could reach their desired goals with the help of Al-lah and assistance of the global com-

munity in the fight against terrorism.Deputy presidential spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazavi said terrorism con-tinued to claim precious lives 16 years after the 9/11 attack.

“Militant groups transformed during this period and their method and tactics of war also changed,” he said.He said Afghanistan was the frontline state in the war on terror and regional countries

were expected to behave in more respon-sible manner in the fight against terror-ism.After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre ...(More on P4)...(8)