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Poverty Deepens, Gains of Past 15 Years at Risk

US Seeks to Establish Hegemonic Govt. in

Afghanistan: Pedram

Pakistan, Afghanistan Start Joint Survey after

Border Clash

Zakhilwal Spurns Pak Claim of Killing 50 Afghan Soldiers

MPs Hail Gen. Raziq, Want Qala-I-Zal Chief Tried

KABUL - Poverty in Afghanistan soared to 39 per-cent of the population in 2013-14 from 36 percent in 2011-12, meaning an additional 1.3 million Afghans were unable to satisfy basic food and non-food needs, a report said on Monday.Poverty and unemployment increased in the three years after the start of international troops with-drawing in 2011 due to a sharp fall in growth and rise in insecurity, the joint report by the government and the World Bank said.The report, including 2013-14 data, shows a dra-matic deterioration in employment opportunities, especially in rural areas where joblessness rose by three times since 2012. In 2013-14, almost 2 million Afghans were unemployed; 60 percent of the unem-ployed were men and 74 percent of them were in rural areas.According to the report, in 2013-14, one in three youth aged 14 to 24 were unemployed, and youth unemployment accounted for 46 percent of the total.Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank country director for Afghanistan, said: “This report shows a country where socio-economic progress is increasingly at risk and, although the latest data we have is from 2014, there is every reason to fear that poverty re-mains at high levels nowadays.“We need therefore to redouble our efforts to ensure that economic growth reaches more Afghans and more is done to stop Afghan families from falling into or becoming trapped in poverty because of con-flict, natural disasters, and economic events beyond their control.”This second edition of the report said the intensify-ing conflict was making the already precarious lives of many Afghans even ...(More on P4)...(14)

KABUL - Abdul Latif Pedram, the leader of the Na-tional Congress Party (NCP), on Monday raised con-cerns over Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s recent remarks and said the Hizb-e-Islami leader’s comments give the impression that Afghanistan could be heading for an-other civil war.Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Pedram said that the recent developments in the country indicate that Afghanistan was moving toward another bloody civil war, however he stated that the U.S would be the key player behind such a move. Pedram said the return of Hekmatyar was a U.S plan and stated that Washington wanted to create a mono-ethnic government in Afghanistan. “The U.S wants to establish its hegemonic govern-ment in Afghanistan and it (U.S) will maintain such a government with the help of similar groups which have returned to the country,” said Pedram, referring to the arrival of Hekmatyar.The NCP leader said the murder last week of As-sadullah Kohzad, one of the party’s senior members in Baghlan, had been a politically motivated assassi-nation. “The incident happened after our last gathering about the Durand Line and the establishment of a federal system in Afghanistan; the assassination in Baghlan was a political incident,” he added.Neither Hizb-e-Islami ...(More on P4)...(17)

KABUL - Foreign forces report-edly targeted insurgent hideouts on Monday in a border area of Paktia and killed at least 40, local officials claimed.According to provincial police chief Abdullah Abdiyani, weap-ons caches were also destroyed in the operation in Chenar area of Dand Aw Patan district.Abdiyani said according to intel-ligence reports received at least 40 armed insurgents were killed and several others were wounded.“A second strike was conducted in the Nari Kotal district where at least 15 insurgents were killed and six others were wounded,” Abdiyani added.A source claimed that among the dead in ...(More on P4)...(11)

Over 50 Insurgents Killed in Paktia

Airstrikes: Officials

South African Fielding Coach Back

with Afghanistan

KABUL - Calling adminis-trative corruption a great challenge to ensuring good governance, second vice-president Sawar Danish on Monday said the menace had decreased in Afghanistan, but its complete eradication need-ed time.Addressing the European Union (EU)’s third annual anti-corruption conference in Kabul, Danish said corrup-tion threatened good govern-ance and services delivery to people.“Unfortunately this phenom-enon remains a challenge for good governance in Afghani-stan,” he said.He said reforms in financial, administrative and judicial sectors and utilization of civil society and media role could help overcome corruption .

“Unfortunately there is no codified policy and strategy for fighting corruption, docu-ments prepared in this regard

QUETTA - Pakistan and Af-ghanistan started a joint sur-vey agreed on following last week’s deadly clashes along the two countries’ disputed boundary in Pakistan’s south-west, officials said Monday.The two sides agreed to con-duct a geological survey of the border villages to “re-move discrepancies.”Pakistan has said that Af-ghan forces fired on Pakistani census workers and troops escorting them, killing two soldiers and nine civilians on Friday. Islamabad also claimed 50 Afghan troops were killed in retaliatory ac-tion, a claim Kabul denies,

KABUL - Afghanistan’s ambas-sador to Pakistan on Monday rejected Islamabad’s claim casu-

KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Monday praised Kandahar police chief for courageously responding to Friday’s cross border attack and demanded trial of Kunduz’s Qala-i-Zal district police chief.The skirmish between Af-ghan and Pakistani border se-curity forces in Spin Boldak’s Luqman village resulted in

during in the past years had mistakes and need an in-depth review,” he said.Danish expressed concern

over corruption in customs departments and said efforts so far made to curb the men-ace in the vital sector were

Reforms to Help Check Corruption: Danish

Afghanistan Keen to Import Iran’s Gas: Official

TEHRAN - A senior Iranian energy official announced that Afghanistan has voiced willingness to import gas from Iran.‘The Kabul government has requested Iran to export its gas to Afghanistan,” Deputy Oil Minister Hamid-Reza Araqi told reporters on the sidelines of Iran Oil Show 2017 on Monday. Araqi, meantime, pointed to Iran’s gas exports to Iraq, and said, “The financial problems are currently be-ing resolved.” He went on to say that a

KABUL - Afghanistan have re-appointed former South African first-class cricketer Ryan Maron as fielding coach, ahead of June’s chal-lenging tour of the West Indies – and July’s one-off fixture against the Marylebone Cricket Club.Maron worked with Afghanistan during the 2015 World Cup – and the same year’s World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. He also assisted then-Dolphins head coach Lance Klusener during South Africa’s 2015-16 domestic season.Like in 2015, Maron is eager to im-press the importance of the game’s least glamourised facet upon a char-acteristically unenthusiastic fielding unit.“When I first arrived, Afghanistan were very lackadaisical – and I had to be quick in bringing an intensity they were otherwise not really used to. This rubbed off on them really well – and they took each practice and drill seriously,” Maron told Hustle Digital.“The feedback I would give them, they really appreciated that – and looked to get better and better each time. The stats-based feedback I put into play worked well – and brought a professionalism and strong dy-namic to the team.”Afghanistan Cricket’s landscape has changed significantly since Maron’s initial contract, with former New Zealand coach Andy Moles and ex-Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq having come and gone as head coach. ...(More on P4)...(16)

insufficient. He added more steps were needed to pre-vent tax evasion at customs offices. ...(More on P4)...(9)

the killing of four Afghan se-curity men and injuring of 46 others, including civilians.Nine Pakistanis were also killed and 40 others wounded in the 12-hours long exchange of fire.Shekaba Hashami, a lawmak-er from Kandahar province, said: “For years Pakistan has been ...(More on P4)...(13)

saying only two border po-licemen and a civilian were killed.Kashif Nabi, a local admin-istrator in Pakistan’s Balu-chistan province said the sur-veyor teams, which included military officers, arrived in the border villages on Mon-day and were working “ami-cably.” He said the situation is calm but that the border crossing in the area remains closed.Sartaj Aziz, the foreign affairs adviser to Pakistani prime minister, told reporters nei-ther side wants “any violence between our two countries or any ...(More on P4)...(12)

alties claimed by Pakistan on Afghan side after skirmish on Durand Line in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province.On Sunday, Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) Inspector General (IG) Maj. Gen. Nadeem Anjum claimed 50 Afghan security per-sonnel were killed and another 100 injured as Pakistani forces retaliated to unprovoked fire from Afghan forces.But Ambassador Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, who is also Presi-dent Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy, rubbished the Pakistani claim and said only two Afghan security personnel were killed and ...(More on P4)...(15)

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meeting was held to discuss the issue and it was agreed that Iran’s gas export to Iraq will start after the opening of the letter of credit (L/C).“Iran has now the capacity of exporting 50 million cubic me-ters of gas per day to the Iraqi cities, including Baghdad and Basra,” the deputy oil minister noted.Asked about gas talks with Oman, Araqi said that Tehran and Muscat have made pro-gress in their negotiations.As the official noted, supply of energy has been ensured in the ...(More on P4)...(10)