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World’s Stability Depends on Situation in War-Torn States

KABUL - The Afghan government on Thursday stressed on g7+ member countries and the international com-munity to continue supporting conflict-torn states in order to help ensure stabil-ity across the world.The Afghan government is hosting a two-day fourth g7+ ministerial meeting in Kabul on dealing with poverty and other challenges, officials say.The Afghan government says stabil-ity in the world depends on stability in war-affected and undeveloped coun-tries.Mustafa Mastoor, advisor to Chief Ex-ecutive Officer (CEO) and deputy fi-nance minister, told the g7+ meeting on second day that Afghanistan had

KABUL - The former Afghan Intelligence – National Di-rectorate of Security (NDS) Chief Rahmatullah Nabil has

warned regarding ongoing attempts to create ethnic divi-sions among the Afghan peo-ple.Nabil issued an online state-ment amid intensifying ten-sions among the supporters of top political figures, General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ata Mohammad Noor.General Abdul Rashid Dos-tum is the First Vice President

KABUL - More than two-thirds (69%) of Afghans say that things in their life are worse than they were 12 months ago, with a quarter (26%) seeing no change in their lives, finds a new survey.Conducted from October 27 through November 18, 2015 by the US-based Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Gallup, the poll found fewer than four percent of respond-

KANDAHAR CITY - Local health officials on Thursday said around 2,000 tuberculosis cases have been recorded in southern Kandahar province during last solar year.The health officials expressed these views during a meeting marking the World Tuberculo-sis Day in Kandahar City, the provincial capital.Mohammad Hussain Akrami, public health department offi-cial responsible for controlling

KANDAHAR CITY - Minis-try of Public Works officials on Thursday said the feasibil-ity study to construct a road between southern Kandahar and central Bamyan provinces would be started within a few days.A Ministry of Public Works delegation visited Kandahar province as part of the feasi-bility study on the Kandahar-Bamyan road.Abdul Qayum Arghoshi, who led the delegation, told report-ers here the Ministry of Pub-

JALALABAD - Despite be-ing one of the most insecure provinces in the country, Nan-garhar province residents cel-ebrated the Orange Blossom Festival on Friday with music and Attan - a traditional Af-ghan dance.Nangarhar provincial gov-ernor Salim Khan Kunduzi said that this year the festival boasted a music show and an exhibition. “Maybe this time

ASADABAD - As many as 85 families of Islamic State (IS) or in its Arabic acronym --- Daesh --- have arrived in eastern Kunar province after fleeing military offensive in the Achin district of Nangra-har, an official said on Friday.Police Chief Gen. Abdul Ha-bib Syedkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News these families had been settled in the Shon-gri locality of Sarkano dis-trict. He said according to reports Daesh leader in Afghanistan Hafiz Saeed also lived with these families who came here.He said IS militants may try to destabilize Kunar, but the people of the province would not allow them. (Pajhwok)

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Defense Minister Kha-waja Muhammad Asif has expressed the hope that Afghan peace process would yield positive re-sults. Talking to Voice of America (VOA), he said that peace in Afghanistan is necessary for the en-tire region and Pakistan would continue support-ing the peace process. He said “Every step which is being taken for peace in Afghanistan is important for the region.” “Peace-ful Afghanistan is very important for Pakistanis and Pakistan,”, he added. (APP)

KABUL - Member of First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid led Jumbish-i-Islami led party in northern Balkh province said on Friday that police failed to arrest individ-uals who brought down the portrait of their leader, but po-lice said they performed their duty.Earlier, Protesters in northern Sar-i-Pul and Samangan prov-inces asked the government to identify and take legal action against individuals involved in removing portraits of the Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum in the capital of northern Balkh province. Numbering around 3,000, ...(More on P4)...(11)

Dostum Asks Supports to Stop Protest, Allow Govt. to InvestigateAttempts Being Made

to Create Ethnic Tensions Among Afghan People

69pc of Adult Afghans Say Things Have

Changed for Worse

2,000 TB Cases Recorded in Kandahar Last Year

Feasibility Study on Kandahar-Bamyan

Road Soon

Nangarhar CelebratesOrange Blossom Festival

‘Police Unable to Arrest

Individuals Involved in

Portraits Case’

Khawaja Asif Optimistic

about Results of Afghan Peace

Process

Daesh Families Arrive in Kunar’s Sarkano District:

Syedkhel

and head of Junbish-e-Milli party while Noor is the acting provincial governor and chief of Jamiat-e-Islami party.The supporters of the two po-litical figures staged protests which turned violent yesterday in northern Faryab province, leaving one dead and five oth-ers wounded.Meanwhile, Nabil warned that attempts are being made to further destabilize the country by creating ethnic divisions among the Afghan people.The former NDS chief said the Afghan intelligence operatives obtained a classified report which was prepared for Paki-stan’s military intelligence – Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) shortly after the presidential elections in 2014.Nabil further added that the report was prepared in English which stated that the project to create ...(More on P4)...(12)

ents seeing a change for the bet-ter.As many as 2,000 Afghans, aged 15 and older, were interviewed in all 34 provinces of the coun-try. Afghans in urban areas are more likely to say things in their lives are much worse than they were a year ago.Some 46% of adults fear life will be even worse 12 months from now, 22%expect no change while ...(More on P4)...(13)

tuberculosis, said 2,098 cases of the disease were registered last year in Kandahar, with women making 64 percent of the pa-tients.He said they had activated TB identification branches at all private and public health cent-ers in Kandahar City and dis-tricts.Akrami said so far 1,300 TB patients had been treated. He said 80 percent work on a well-equipped ...(More on P4)...(14)

lic Works planned to connect southern and northern prov-inces through a road network that would be extended from Kandahar to Bamyan. He said the Asian Develop-ment Bank (ADB)-funded pro-ject would be implemented by the Ministry of Public Works and the feasibility study in this regard would be started within a few days and would be com-pleted in one year’s time. The deputy governor of Kandahar, Abdul Ali Shamsi, expressed his ...(More on P4)...(15)

lots of facilities are not here but next time you will witness more facilities. This time also an exhibition was held and Attan held by the participants,” said Kunduzi.Nangarhar Theater members also participated in the festival.Meanwhile festival participants said that insecurity was a con-cern but with celebration of the Orange Blossom Festival their minds ...(More on P4)...(16)

Supporters of Dostum and Balkh Governor Atta Mo-hammad Noor took to the streets in Maimana, Fary-ab’s capital, and held rallies which turned violent eventu-ally.Bashir Ahmad Tainj, mem-ber of Wolesi Jirga and Dos-

tum led Jumbish-i-Islami Party, read out the message of first vice president regard-ing recent tensions devel-oped among the supporters of him and Noor’s.“During my trip out of the country I came to know that some of my young supports

KABUL - First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Friday asked his supports to stop staging more rallies against the removal of his portrait and allowed the gov-ernment to investigate the is-sue.One person was killed and four others were wounded after rival protestors met in a square and clashed in north-western Faryab province on Thursday, hospital sources said. Similar protest held in Sar-i-Pul, Balkh and Jawzjan provinces after the picture of Dotum was brought down by unknown persons dur-ing Nawroz celebrations in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Rahmatullah Nabil

significantly developed compared to its situation in 2002.“Developments made in Afghanistan have resulted from support of the in-ternational community, we are trying to strengthen our cooperation with the international community,” he said.Despite developments, Afghanistan still faced several challenges, he said, adding that the peace process was one of the ways Afghanistan could over-come its problems.Without peace, the Afghan govern-ment could not achieve full economic prosperity, according to Mastoor, who said the Afghan government was trying to take the country out of turmoil with support from ...(More on P4)...(8)

KABUL - The United Na-tions in Afghanistan has launched a new bulletin on the pop-ulation movements that have dominat-ed the news in recent months.Afghans make up the sec-ond largest group of people ar- riving in Greece after Syrians, with percentages varying from 28 per cent in January to 25 per cent in February, up from 2015 when some 21 per cent of arrivals through the Mediterranean was represented by Afghanistan.Figures for 2016 show that women and children make up more than 60 per cent of sea arrivals to Greece, an increase from the 2015 figure of less than 30 per cent.Mark Bowden, the UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and the Secretary-General’s Deputy Spe-cial Representative for Afghanistan, writes in the new bulletin: “As well as the ...(More on P4)...(9)

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took to the streets and stage peaceful protest against individuals who brought down my portrait in Mazar-i-Shairf. I also noted that due to some miscreant the peace-ful protest turned violent,” he said.According to Dostum the protesters expected the ad-ministration of Balkh prov-ince to bring the culprits involved in this action to the justice but no action was taken in this regard which led to more protests by his supporters.Dostum in his message asked his supporters to stop staging more protest, al-though ...(More on P4)...(10)