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US Wants Kabul to Hold Fair Polls, Eradicate Graft

Health Facilities Remain in a Shambles:

IWA Study

Breshna to Introduce Pre-Paid

Electricity System

Chinese Delegation in Herat Studying Marble

Deposits

US Stance on Pakistan in New Plan ‘Turning

Point’: KarzaiUS May Sanction

Pakistani Officials Over Ties to ‘Terrorists’

Govt. to Keep Reconciliation Door Open: Ghani

Pakistan Stresses Need for Durand Line Security

US Envoy Briefs Pakistan Army Chief on Trump’s Afghan Plans

Ministry Says Hajigak Iron Mine under Review

KABUL - Washington would maintain pressure on the Taliban to join a peace process with the Afghan government to end the war and would continue to support Afghan forces in defending their country, the US Embassy said. “We will remove the incentives for hedging behavior by some that leads to support for the Taliban, and we will emphasise with all regional countries the importance of cooperation to re-duce the threat of terrorism and nu-clearised conflict,” it added. In a statement on President Donald Trump’s new Afghan policy, US Spe-cial Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Hugo Llorens said the plan was based on conditions on the ground, not shift-ing timelines. “So just understand, the US is not go-ing anywhere and we will continue to partner with the government of national unity and the Afghan people in our common fight against terrorists and those forces unwilling to recon-

KABUL - Mine ministry said if the Indian consortium that has the tender to mine Hajigak does not fulfill its obligations, the process will be put out for tender once again.The Ministry of Mines and Pe-troleum (MoMP) on Tuesday said the ministry is assessing the Hajigak Iron Mine situa-tion and will put it out to ten-der if the Indian consortium currently ...(More on P4)...(8)

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said the end of militants and terrorist groups was inevitable, but his government would keep the door to reconciliation open.The president said this while presiding over a meeting with top officials from the Ministry of Defense (MoD), Ministry of Interior (MoI), National Se-curity Council (NSC) and the National Directorate of Secu-

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan army’s public relation director has stressed the need for managing the Durand Line, saying effective security measures are in the inter-est of both sides.Gen. Asif Ghafoor, during a meet-ing with a delegation of Afghan journalists visiting Rawalpindi, asked the delegates to play posi-tive role in strengthening bilateral relations.Afghanistan usually blamed Pa-kistan for supporting the Taliban and Haqqani Network and refus-ing to nudge them into peace ne-gotiation with the Afghan govern-ment.He said it was the responsibility of Afghan and foreign forces to coor-dinate with Pakistan measures for maintaining border security and stopping militant movements.“Pakistan’s action on Durand Line security and control is right, as a porous frontier offers no solution to the problem,” Ghafoor argued.

ISLAMABAD - The U.S. ambas-sador to Pakistan has met with that country’s army chief two days after President Donald Trump warned Pakistan to stop harboring insurgents who are battling U.S. forces in Afghani-stan.Pakistan’s military said Ambas-sador David Hale briefed Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa on Trump’s new Afghan war strategy. The U.S. president announced the

KABUL - Former president Hamid Karzai dubbed the US stance on Pakistan in its new strategy as a ‘turning point’ but condemned the America’s emphasize on war instead of peace.Under the new US strategy on Afghanistan announced on Monday, the US wouldn’t withdraw its troops from Afghanistan as US President Donald Trump said he would specify the number of troops in Afghanistan in line with the country’s situation.Trump announcing support to the Afghan government said the US aims were clear in Afghanistan and Pakistan and they would eradicate ‘terrorist hideouts’ that threatened the US.A statement from the former Afghan Presi-dent Karzai’s office, said: “The strategy pri-oritizes war over peace which is the original and basic requirement of Afghanistan. We oppose this ...(More on P4)...(12)

WASHIGNTON - Reports said that US may sanction Pakistani officials over having ties with “terrorists” after Donald Trump an-nounced his new strategy for Afghanistan.US President Donald Trump’s new, get-tough approach with Pakistan’s government could potentially include sanctioning Paki-stani government officials with ties to terror-ist organizations, according to a POLITICO report.The report said that a senior administration official said Tuesday morning, part of an overall regional strategy has put Pakistan “on notice” that “business as usual as it has been up to now is over.”Early Tuesday Trump, in nationally televised address, announced his strategy for Afghani-stan and said the United States must continue fighting in the country and that they can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organizations.He also talked about giving more authority to the troops on the ground. “We will also expand authority for American armed forces to target the terrorists and criminal networks that sow violence and chaos throughout Af-ghanistan,” the US president said.He added that their mission in Afghanistan will be to eliminate terrorists.The POLITICO report said that after the an-nouncement ...(More on P4)...(13)

rity (NDS) at the Presidential Palace.The meeting discussed the US new strategy for South Asia, particularly Afghanistan. The president said the new strategy had been concluded after deep and multi-dimensional analy-sis and would benefit Afghani-stan and the US.Ghani said confusion in the past about US future strategy on ...(More on P4)...(7)

He vehemently denied Pakistan was supporting militant groups, urging the media to spread posi-tive messages for the sake of close relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.Relations between the beighbours turn worsened after President Ashraf Ghani came into power. He blamed Pakistan after frequent failures of peace negotiations bro-kered by the neighbour .Ghafoor’s statements regarding the Taliban and Haqqani network came a day after the US announced its new strategy for Afghanistan.While rolling out his long-awaited plan, President Trump accused Pakistan of offering the Taliban, Haqqani network and other ter-rorist groups sanctuaries.Trump said his country would no longer remain silent about terror-ist safe havens inside Pakistan, from where extremist groups threatened Afghanistan and the US. (Pajhwok)

cile.” On Monday evening, Trump spoke to the American people and the world

about his government’s new strategy and renewed commitment to success in Af-ghanistan and in the broader South Asia

KABUL - The Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) on Wednesday said health facilities across the country were unable to provide required services despite million of dollars investment by donors over the years.Presenting an analytic report on the state of public health facilities in the country, IWA in a statement said it inspected 184 public clinics and hospitals in eight prov-inces built or operated with donor moneyThe report shows despite spending hun-dreds of millions of dollars by the donor community on Afghanistan’s public health sector, these ...(More on P4)...(6)

KABUL - Da Afghanistan Breshna Sher-kat on Wednesday announced that within nine months it will launch a pre-paid elec-tricity system in Kabul.Officials said the first smart meters will be installed in government institutions and in homes where the owners are in arrears with their electricity payments.The program would then be rolled out na-tionwide.They said government institutions and homeowners would buy electricity vouch-ers and load the credit to meters for elec-tricity – in much the same way that the pre-paid mobile phone system operates.Officials said this system would force eve-ryone, including powerful figures, to pay for the electricity they use.In addition, bills sent out every two months, under the current system, will now be sent out monthly. Breshna spokesman Wahidullah Tawhidi said that once the smart meter system has been installed, Breshna clients would only have ...(More on P4)...(9)

HERAT CITY - A visiting Chinese del-egation has started studying marble stone deposits in western Herat province before shipping the stone for processing to China, officials said on Wednesday.Local officials said the visit of the Chinese delegation to Herat could prove effective in terms of economic development, in-creased extraction of marble and its export to European countries.Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, said the Chinese was in Herat to study marble stone deposits. He first export ship-ment of the marble would be sent to China and then to European countries.The Chinese delegation arrives in Herat five days after President Ashraf Ghani vis-ited the province and said marbles worth $5 million would be exported to China in near future. ...(More on P4)...(11)

new strategy late Monday but provided few details about how he plans to win America’s longest war, which began nearly ...(More on P4)...(10)

region. The US diplomat in Kabul said: “Let us be clear: in order to achieve real pro-gress, the Afghan government must re-double its reform efforts and deliver on vital promises.The commitments include parliamentary elections next year and the presidential ballot in 2019, rooting out corruption, and enacting the tough reforms neces-sary for meaningful private sector-led economic growth. To maintain stability in the face of in-surgent threats, Afghanistan’s leaders must also increase outreach to all ethnic groups and seek greater diversity and in-clusivity in the government, he stressed. “As I have said previously on many oc-casions, we and our allies are firmly with you, and we are not going anywhere. And as President Trump said, “We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan people how to live or how to govern their own complex so-ciety...” (Pajhwok)