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Qadir Vows Cooperation in Resolving

Nangarhar Problems

Lawmakers Welcome Renewed

NATO Pledges

UNESCO Vows Protection of World Heritages against

Terrorism and Wars

Afghanistan Returns Successful from Warsaw: Ghani

NATO is Afghanistan’s Key Partner in Fighting Terrorism: Stoltenberg

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said Afghanistan achieved what it wanted to achieve at a recent NATO summit in Warsaw, the Pol-ish capital.On Saturday, NATO countries agreed at the summit to maintain troop numbers in Afghanistan and reiterated a funding pledge of $5 bil-lion a year for Afghan forces until 2020.Ghani told reporters in Kabul that Afghanistan returned successfully from the Warsaw summit and con-gratulated the nation for that.The United States has been keen to

WARSAW - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is committed to strengthening the Afghan armed forces to combat terrorists in the country, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.He said in an interview with TOLOnews in Warsaw that NATO is trying to reduce casu-alties among Afghan security and defense forces by providing military training to the country’s troops.

KABUL - First deputy speaker of the Wole-si Jirga or lower house of parliament, Haji Zahir Qadir, has said he is not concerned about the security situation of districts of eastern Nangarhar province where people have staged uprisings against insurgents.Qadir, who met Nangarhar Governor Salim Khan Kunduzi, assured the governor of his cooperation at the central government level in resolving problems in the province.The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Kho-gyani, quoted the lawmaker as demanding serious attention of security forces towards improving the situation in Kot, Pacher-agam, Chaparhar, Sherzad and some other districts.Zahir Qadir talked with the governor about land acquisition for the second Kabul-Jalal-abad road lane in Surkhrud district, black-topping of the road and not destroying some homes to make way for the road and solution to these issues.He said hundreds of families had been liv-ing in the Farm Hadda camp over the past 20 years and called for permanent solution to the camp and land plots provision to the families. Qadir assured the governor of his complete cooperation at the central level with regard to finding solution to the con-struction of the ...(More on P4)...(3)

KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga or upper house of the parliament on Sunday welcomed NATO’s new commitments with Afghanistan in a recent two-day summit in Po-land and asked the Afghan gov-ernment to fulfill its own pledges with the international community.The heads of states and govern-ment of NATO member countries after their summit in Warsaw, the Polish capital, extended the alli-ance’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan until the end of 2017 and pledged $1 billion in an-nual aid to fund the Afghan forces until 2020.On its part, the Afghan govern-ment vowed to strengthen the country’s national security depart-ments, increase capacity of secu-rity leaders, respect human rights and take measures in light of en-forced laws of the country.The ...(More on P4)...(4)

ISTANBUL - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-tion (UNESCO) vowed on Sun-day to protect the world’s cultural values and heritages against the increasing threat of terrorism and wars more than ever.“We must stand together for unity, for humanity as a single commu-nity,” Irina Bokova, UNESCO’s director general, said at the open-ing ceremony of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee in Istanbul.Bokova noted that the committee’s meeting will be an important mes-sage to the world confronting with extremists who are targeting hu-man rights and cultural diversity.“It is also an important message when we see extremists seeking to divide communities, manipulat-ing the culture to fuel xenophobia and fear,” she added.Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called on the UNESCO and the international community to take a bigger responsibility in passing the world’s heritages to the ...(More on P4)...(5)

Roshan’s M-Paisa and Promote-WIE Team up to

Offer Female Interns Stipends

Russia-NATO Council to Address Ukraine, Afghanistan, Risk Reduction

World Must Actively Fight Terrorism: Iran VP

Usackas, Morgulov Discuss Afghanistan Donors Conference

TEHRAN - Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says the fight against terror-ism requires the firm determi-nation of all countries across the world.“It is necessary to support the legitimate governments of countries plagued with ter-rorism,” Jahangiri said in a meeting between high-rank-ing Iranian and Bulgarian del-egations, co-chaired by him and visiting Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Tehran on Monday.He called for an active cam-paign against terrorism and extremism, expressing hope that the international commu-nity would step in to firmly counter and uproot terror-ist groups. Jahangiri said the

MOSCOW - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Mor-gulov and EU Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas have dis-cussed issues of the Interna-tional Afghanistan Donors Conference, the foreign min-istry said on Monday.

Middle East is politically faced with violent terrorism, adding that terrorist groups in the region are posing a danger to both countries and civilians.He expressed regret that ter-rorist and extremist groups

“Current situation in Af-ghanistan and issues of the upcoming International Afghanistan Donors Con-ference, which will be held in Brussels from October 4 to 5, were discussed at the meeting,” the ministry said.

KABUL - Roshan’s M-Paisa, Afghanistan’s leading M-Commerce provider, has been awarded the contract to distribute stipend payments to 9,500 female interns of the Pro-mote-Women in Economy (WIE) program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Aid (USAID). The contract was awarded through the Promote-WIE implementing partner Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI).Roshan was the first company to launch a mo-bile money solution in Afghanistan in 2008. One of the most successful applications used by customers ...(More on P4)...(6)

BRUSSELS - The agenda of this week’s Russia-NATO Council will include the cri-sis in Ukraine, Afghanistan and efforts to scale down the risks of military incidents, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) official told RIA Novosti on Mon-day. Last week, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg set out the crisis in and around Ukraine, the security situation in Afghanistan, as well as military trans-parency and risk reduction as the central topics of discussion at the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels on Wednesday.Asked whether ...(More on P4)...(7)

secure the target of a billion dol-lars annually to support more than 350,000 Afghan security forces as it draws down its own military presence in the country.The Pentagon has budgeted $3.45 billion in annual US funds to pay for the Afghan forces, with the Afghan government providing an additional sum of around $420 million, for a total yearly budget of nearly $5 billion.Ghani said more than 11,000 in-ternational troops were expected to stay in Afghanistan for a period of ...(More on P4)...(1)

“Afghanistan is important for NATO because the stability of their country is important for Afghans. It is also important for NATO member countries. We have to prevent Afghanistan once again becoming a safe ha-ven for international terrorists. Therefor we will continue to work with and support Afghani-stan because it is good for Af-ghanistan and for the security of NATO allies,” Stoltenberg said.He said NATO will support all

have spread Islamophobia across the world, saying that Bulgaria, as a European country with many Muslims, has managed to establish cordial relations among the followers of different divine religions. (Presstv)

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said earlier that the conference will be an ex-ample of NATO-EU proac-tive cooperation in the field of international security.(TASS)

efforts by the Afghan government for peace.“NATO strongly supports all efforts to ...(More on P4)...(2)