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JALALABAD - The president, who arrived here, urged local authorities to bring about reforms, implement reconstruction projects, fight corruption, land grabbing and improve local security in Nangarhar.At the head of a high-level delegation, President Ghani reached Jalalabad, the provincial capital, in the morning. He laid the foundation stone of a 1000-bed hospital for the east-ern zone and appeared in a big gathering of people in Shahi Palace in Jalalabad city around 10:30am.Talking to the gathering, Ghani once again invited the Tali-ban for peace negotiations and asked people to question the reason for Afghan civilians killing by the rebel group.“I don’t accept anyone’s negative view about peace and will

not allow anyone to veto, I am ready for any type of ceasefire with the Taliban, I am ready to talk with them wherever they like, in Kandahar or Nangarhar or any place they choose,” he said.He hailed the Afghan National Army (ANA)’s efforts for im-proving security particularly in Nangarhar but said the police had failed in security area.Ghani set a three-month deadline for Nangarhar police chief and National Directorate of Security (NDS) head to bring seri-ous changes in police ranks and eliminate corruption.The president also directed Nangarhar authorities to deal with land grabbing and restore people’s rights. “The governor should create a commission ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - Aziz Ahmad is one of the unlikely win-ners of the stand-off between the United States and Iran, turning his modest transport service into an international foreign exchange operation that is providing much-needed dollars to the stricken Iranian economy.A driver in the western Afghan city of Herat, he crosses the border regularly, taking passengers in his transit van to Mashhad in Iran and carry-ing thousands of dollars to a country desperately starved of foreign exchange.“Lately it’s been possible to make good money with dollars in Iran,” he said. On each trip, he takes about $5,000-6,000 with him, making around $100 on the exchange rate alone and buying foodstuffs and other products to sell back home.“Usually, I bring back a few things you can make a profit on here,” he said.Iran’s rial has lost 40 percent of its value since President Donald Trump’s decision on May 8 to pull the United States out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and reimpose tough eco-nomic sanctions on Tehran.As the threat of renewed US sanctions starts to bite, Tehran has become increasingly desperate for dollars and neighboring Afghanistan, with a loosely regulated, dollarized economy and a bor-der with few controls, ...(More on P4)...(5)

KABUL - Members of the Hel-mand Peace Convoy on Sunday called on the Afghan govern-ment and the Taliban leadership to honor the demands of the Af-ghan people and reach a ceasefire agreement to end the ongoing bloodshed in the country.They said the resolve by all par-ties to continue the war in the country is a shame. This comes a day after President Ashraf Ghani announced the end of the ceasefire and ordered Afghanistan’s armed services to resume operations across the country.“The nation has shown they are ready for peace, this is the great-est achievement. The ceasefire was a controlled experiment. The government is ready whenever the Taliban wants a ceasefire. The ceasefire was 98 percent success-ful,” Ghani said.He also stated that many Taliban members are tired of the war and want peace and that in turn the nation showed that it is ready for reconciliation.Ghani announced a ceasefire on June 12 – that was carried out over Eid-ul-Fitr. The Taliban also called a ceasefire over Eid, but only for three days. Over Eid, Ghani extended government’s ceasefire – but this ended on Fri-day. However the Taliban failed to respond and immediately after Eid resumed attacks across the country.“War must become a shame in Afghanistan so that the two sides realize war is a shame and they must stop waging war,” said ac-tivist leader Iqbal Khyber.Helmand Peace Convoy mem-bers, who are carrying out a sit-in protest outside the US embassy in Kabul, said on Saturday they will not move from the embassy until contact has been made with embassy officials and US Con-gress members.The peace activists initially said they would spend three days outside different missions and embassies in Kabul in a bid to be heard.Abdul Malik Hamdard, one of the Helmand activists, has been rallying for peace despite the dif-ficulties ...(More on P4)...(3)

CHARIKAR - More than 300 students were taken sick after dirking poisonous water in cen-tral Parwan province on Sunday morning, an official said.Deputy Director of Education Ni-zamuddin Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident oc-curred at Zarbia School in Jabalus Saraj district in the morning.He said more than 300 students, including girls, were evacuated to the Charikar Civil Hospital, poisoned after drinking toxic wa-ter.Rahimi said unknown men had thrown some poisonous sub-stance in the canal -- a from Pan-jsher river tributary. He added the schoolchildren had been con-suming the canal water.Parwan Civil Hospital Director Dr. Khalil Musadiq confirmed more than 100 students had been brought to the hospital for medi-cal treatment after being poi-soned. The student are said to be in stable condition.A resident ...(More on P4)...(6)

Afghan Money Traders Profit off Iran’s Currency Woes

Peace Activists Call on Govt-Taliban to End the War

More Than 300 Parwan Schoolchildren Poisoned

No One’s Veto on Peace Acceptable: Ghani

President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday once again repeated his readiness to enter peace talks with the Taliban anywhere, but cautioned

no one’s negative view or veto on peace was acceptable.

KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Com-mission (IECC) on Sunday said complaint registration

‘Presidential Palace Confronts IECC with Challenges’

Herat Records 319 Suicide Attempts in 2 Months

faced problems because the list of commissioners for provinces shared with the president had not been ap-proved so far.Abdul Aziz Ar-yayi, IECC head, told a press con-ference here that the commission shared a list of 102 individuals with

the Presidential Palace one month and a half months ago, but the

president was yet to approve it.He said the 102 individuals had found their way to provincial commissioner posts after qualify-ing an open competition.He said not approving the list had confronted the IECC activities with problems. “It is a matter of concern for us, it has created a se-rious challenge in legal handling of complaints.”Aryayi criticized the Presidential Palace and said: “If the Presiden-tial Palace believes in a demo-cratic system, then it should not weaken ...(More on P4)...(4)

HERAT CETY - Nearly 320 people, a major-ity (70 percent) of them women, attempted suicide during the first two months of the on-going solar year in western Herat province, with five persons losing their lives, officials say.Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, spokesman for the Herat Zonal Hospital, told Pajhwok Af-ghan News the incidents of suicide attempts happened in Herat City, the provincial capi-tal, and districts.He added of the 319 people attempting sui-cide five lost their lives while 24 incidents involved men. Sherzad said the attempts included hanging, drug poisoning or using alcohol.He did not have number for the people who attempted suicide during the first two months of last solar year but added that 1,800 people tried to kill themselves, but 19 died.

Reasons of suicide:Suraya, 27, a resident of Karurkh district who attempted to finish her life by eating opium, said her husband was a drug addict who always fought with her on trivial issues and found every reason to beat her.

Suraya is currently under treatment at the Herat Zonal Hospital: “I ate enough amount of opium after a clash with my husband. I wrapped up myself in a blanket and did not know what happened until my eyes opened in hospital.”Suraya married eight years ago and has no children. She complains about stomach and other internal pain. She regrets her suicide attempt but says she had no other option.Fatema, not a real name, took tablets in an attempt to take her life to avoid her forced marriage.“I attempted suicide to protest my forced marriage with my cousin,” said the 16-year-old.Surge in violence against womenActing Women’s Affairs Director Aziza Ka-rimi said violence against women had in-creased as 319 incidents ...(More on P4)...(7)

””KABUL - Local telecommunication companies on Sunday expressed serious concerns regarding the risk to security and customer-data privacy in the new collection system the government is propos-ing to implement.The mobile operators presented multiple, alter-native solutions to the government that they be-lieved would enable full and transparent fee col-lection without compromising security or data privacy, read the joint statement from Etisalat, Roshan, MTN and AWCC.The solutions were instantly rejected without any further consultation, the statement said, adding “despite this, the mobile operators remain com-mitted to working with the government. “Protection of our customers’ information is guar-anteed by Article 37 of the Afghanistan Constitu-tion; Articles 51, 52, 53 of the Law for Regulation of ...(More on P4)...(2)

Telecom Firms Concerned About Customer-Data Privacy