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KHOST CITY - Tribal el-ders and religious schol-ars from southwestern Khost province on Thurs-day demanded the peace agreement between the government and the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan be implemented as soon as possible.The tribal elders and reli-gious scholars, at a meet-ing in support of the Brussels Conference, said

KABUL - A number of se-curity sources told TOLO-news that a discussion between head of military operations in Helmand, Abdul Jabbar Qahraman and police chief of the province, Aqa Noor Kin-toz, has led into a verbal clash between the two key officials over the war leadership in the southern province.The sources said Qahra-

KABUL - The Afghanistan Council for Peace Salva-tion (ACPS) on Friday expressed deep concerns over increasing incidents of violence in the coun-try and demanded the conflicting parties to halt fighting and agree to cease fire.Gul Rahman Qazi, head of the ACPS, told reporters here it was the time that

SHIBERGHAN - First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum, who recently traveled to northwestern Faryab province to clear Ghormach district of Taliban, said his next target was to eliminate rebels from northern Kunduz province.Ghormach district of Faryab was captured by Taliban two days ago. Gen. Dostum, addressing a meeting of governors, police chiefs and security bosses in the northern region in Faryab, said: “I’m here to ques-tion security forces who deserted their posts without resistance in Ghormach.”After investigations, punishments and rewards would be given to security units and the officials concerned would be ques-tioned about their performance, he said. Violators of the law or those committing dereliction of duty would be taken to task, the VP warned.“When a person wears a military uniform, he/she should not fear death, because the uniform they wear is for defending the honour of the country. I have cleared Faryab province of militants many times,

KABUL - Hundreds of residents on Friday at-tended a ceremony for the reconstruction of a historical monument called ‘Nijat Tower’ in Kabul, an official said.The Nijat Tower located near Chaman-i-Hazoori area was constructed in the October 1928 by Mohammad Nadar Khan, Wazir Gul Mohammad Khan Momandand Gen. Yar Mohammad Khan Waziri.But the tower was destroyed four decades back. Nearly 2,000 people, including a num-ber of MPs, politicians, jihadi and national figures, as well as youth participated in the rehabilitation ceremony. ...(More on P4)...(13)

WASHINGTON - The United States strong-ly condemns the terrorist attacks at two mosques in Kabul and the attack in the coun-try’s Balkh Province, the White House said Wednesday.The attacks, which came as Afghans were ob-serving Ashura rituals during holy Muslim’s month of Muharram, killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 80.“These cowardly attacks... targeted Shia ci-vilians preparing for the Ashura holy day of mourning and were clearly designed to stoke sectarian tension in Afghanistan,” Ned Price, spokesperson for ...(More on P4)...(14)

KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday called the death of two Afghan diplomats in a traffic accident in neighboring Turkmenistan as an irreparable loss to the ministry. Shafiqullah Shafaq and Ahmad Farsi died on Wednesday in an accident in Meru city. A statement from the MoFA said Shafaq was 1st secretary and acting consul-general in the Meru and Farsi ...(More on P4)...(15)

Dostum Pledges Purging Kunduz of Taliban

Early Implementation of Govt-HIA Deal Stressed

Key Helmand Officials Clash over War Leadership

Political Objectives Can’t be Achieved

through Fighting: ACPS

2,000 Attend Nijat Tower Rehabilitation

Ceremony

US, UN, Pakistan Denounces Terror

Attacks in Afghanistan

2 Diplomats’ Death an Irreparable Loss

total implementation of the peace deal would encour-age other rebels to join the peace process.They praised the interna-tional community for fresh aid pledges of $15.2 billion to Afghanistan. The partici-pants stressed utilisation of the assistance for infra-structural projects.Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran, a scholar and head of ...(More on P4)...(12)

man has warned the police chief that he will be fired.Talking with TOLOnews, Qahraman rejected the al-legations and assured that there is a good coordina-tion among security forces in Helmand.“Such argu-ments happen when there are challenges, especially in war and it is quite usual, but it does not mean that we do not have coordina-tion. ...(More on P4)...(11)

everyone should recong-nised that fighting was not the way to achieve political objectives.He said the only way for-ward in the country was in-ter-Afghan talks negotiated by impartial individuals.Qazi said ACPS held a meeting with representa-tives of the Taliban in Qatar and would hold meetings with ...(More on P4)...(10)

although I have no responsibility to con-duct military operations,” he remarked.“After clearing Ghormach, I would soon go to Kunduz province and would not

return to Kabul until I eliminate all the militants there,” Dostum pledged.Clad in military uniform, the Uzbek lead-er said he would also purge the Kunduz-

Baghlan highway of insurgents to let com-mute safely round the clock. “I will ensure security of Kunduz residents before going back to Kabul,” ...(More on P4)...(9)

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