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Ghani Warns to Close Transit Route for Pakistan to Central Asia

Calls Made to Establish National Resistance Movement

Massoud’s 15th Death Anniversary Observed

War on Terror Giving Rise to Extremism: Karzai

Supply Route Closed After Rebel Attack on Nawa District

Govt’s Security Strategy for Kabul under Fire

KABUL - The Afghan Presi-dent Mohammad Ashraf Gha-ni has warned to close transit route for Pakistan to Central Asian countries as the Wagah port has been closed for the Afghan traders for import and export.President Ghani made the re-marks during a meeting with

KABUL - President Ashraf Gha-ni’s Special Representative on Reforms and Good Governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, said at a gathering on Thursday in Ka-bul, to mark martyrs week, that a national resistance movement

KABUL - The 15th death anniversary of Afghan National Hero, Ahmad Shah Massoud, was commemorated as part of the Martyrs Week in Kabul on Thurs-day.Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah, accompanied by high-ranking officials, placed a wreath of flowers at the Resist-ance Monument in the central capital.Popularly known as the Lion of Pan-jsher, Massoud was assassinated in the Khwaja Bahauddin district of northern Takhar province on September 9, 2001 by two Arabs posing as journalists.Flanked by Defence Minister Gen. Ab-dullah Habibi, Interior Minister Moham-

the UK’s special envoy for Af-ghanistan and Pakistan Owen Jenkins in Kabul.He said Afghanistan is no more a landlocked country as several other options and transit routes are available for Afghanistan for the import and export of commodities of the Afghan traders. President Ghani fur-

needs to be established by all po-litical parties and national figures in order to fight insurgents.Massoud said that the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Daesh would not able to stand up against such a movement. Meanwhile, head

KABUL - Former president Hamid Karzai has once again faulted the ongoing war on terror, saying the flawed campaign has given rise to extremism in the region.Speaking at the International School of Management (ISM) in Germany, he expressed his views on democracy in

LASHKARGAH - Taliban militants have again at-tacked the Nawa district of southern Helmand prov-ince, an official said on Wednesday.A security official, who spoke on condition of an-

KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) Friday con-firmed intelligence and re-connaissance institutions were failing to foil terror-ist attacks in Kabul, but vowed to plan more co-herent and robust security

ther added that Pakistan usu-ally closes transit routes during the fruits season which incurs millions in dollars loses to the Afghan traders.According to President, India has agreed to exempt Afghani-stan from financial tariff for the export of fruits to the country.In other ...(More on P4)...(11)

of Islamic Party, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, supported Mas-soud’s suggestion for fighting insurgents. This comes amid a deteriorating security situation in the country. Government of-ficials ...(More on P4)...(14)

Afghanistan, peace talks with Taliban and the need for eradicating terrorist safe havens.A statement from his office quoted Karzai as saying: “I’m opposed to ongoing flawed war on terrorism. I will continue to be averse to ...(More on P4)...(15)

onymity, said the rebels stormed the district on Wednesday night, closing the supply route.He added the fighters had captured a security check-post in the area and inflict-ed ...(More on P4)...(17)

measures to thwart mili-tant attacks.“If we analyze the perfor-mance of the intelligence bodies, they have made achievements, every mis-sion has its own weak ...(More on P4)...(18)

Kajaki Dam Set to Boost Power Supply

HELMAND - Officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) have said that within a month a third turbine will be installed and inaugurated at Helmand’s Kajaki dam.This will add an extra 18.5 megawatts of power, increas-

ing the dam’s output to 51 megawatts.The new turbine has been paid for with the help of funding provided by USAID.“The Kajaki Dam is complete and now we are preparing for the inauguration of the tur-bine ...(More on P4)...(16)

Pakistan Extends Stay for Afghan Refugees’ By 3 MonthsPESHAWAR - The Pakistan government on Friday announced extending the stay for Afghan refugees by three months, giving Kabul badly-needed breathing space. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, chairing a meeting of the federal capital in Islamabad, approved the three-month extension, pushing back the previous deadline.Islamabad had previously set the December 31 for Af-ghan refugees, who can now ...(More on P4)...(13)

mad Jahid and other officials, the CEO paid rich tributes to Massoud at a cer-emony in Public Health Square.A number parliamentarians and senior government officials attended the cere-mony, which began with playing of the national anthem. The participants paid respects to the great resistance leader and other martyrs. President Ashraf Ghani has constituted a commission to mark the day in a befitting manner this year. The day has been declared a closed holiday. Massoud was a powerful mili-tary commander during the resistance against the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1989. ...(More on P4)...(10)

Haqqani Network Planned to Settle in Paktia: Officials

PAKTIA - General Qadam Shah Shahim, chief of army staff, said on Friday during a visit to Paktia, that Haqqa-ni network in cooperation with Pakistan’s Inter-Servic-es Intelligence (ISI) intends to take control of Musakhel and Jani Khel in Paktia and Khost provinces and use the districts as their main havens.However, Shahim said that Afghan security forces have fought the insurgents and their plans have been foiled.“Haqqani network in cooperation with the Pakistani military intelligence in recent months tried take a few districts of Paktia province ...(More on P4)...(12)