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Danish says Afghans are supporting peace in order to preserve the achievements of the past 18 years.

The High Peace Council (HPC) on Monday said Afghan refugees would be given the opportunity to attend the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on peace.

KABUL - An 80-member Afghan delegation is expected to hold the second round of talks with the Taliban representatives in Doha, the capital of Qatar next month.Former President Hamid Karzai would be leading the delegation which is comprised of Afghan politicians, former Jihadi leaders, and political & civil activists.Some members of the delegation said that the government has also been asked to introduce its team of negotiators, but the president has not responded positively.“Preparation has been made for the meeting in Qatar so that U.S. and the Taliban reach into a final agreement with Afghans to find a lasting solution in Afghanistan,” said Ahmadullah Alizai, a former presidential advisor.The representatives of the U.S. and some other countries includ-ing Qatar are also expected to at-tend this round of intra-Afghan dialogue in Doha.According to Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, the intra-Afghan negotiation is part of the going ...(More on P4)...(2)

DEHRADUN - Afghanistan’s cricket team claimed a historic first Test win on Monday as they beat Ireland by seven wickets.Rahmat Shah and Ihsanullah Janat scored fifties for the war-torn country as they chased down 147 for victory on day four in Dehradun, India.Afghanistan were steered to their target by a 139-run partnership between Shah, who made 76, and debutant Janat, who hit an un-beaten 65.Shah, a top-order batsman, regis-tered his second fifty of the match after making 98 in Afghanistan’s first innings score of 314.With three needed to win, Af-ghanistan lost Shah and then Mohammad Nabi in successive deliveries before Hashmatullah Shahidi came to the crease and hit the winning boundary to trig-ger ...(More on P4)...(3)

Afghan Delegation Set to Hold Second Round of Talks with Taliban in Qatar

Afghanistan Beat Ireland for Historic First Test Victory

Danesh Stresses on Preserving Freedom of Press in Peace Talks

KABUL - The High Peace Council (HPC) on Mon-day said Afghan refugees would be given the opportunity to attend the upcoming Consulta-

Afghan Refugees to Attend Consultative Loya Jirga

Afghan Refugee Women to Receive Skill Development Training in Pakistan

tive Loya Jirga on peace.Sayed Ihsan-ullah Tahiri, HPC spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Presi-dent Ashraf Gha-ni’s special envoy and High Peace Council (HPC) secretariat head Mohammad Omar Daudzai had met with a number of Afghan refugees’ representatives in

Iran during his recent trip to the neigh-boring country. He added the Afghan ambassador in Iran and the refugees’

representatives also took part in the meeting with Daudzai.Tahiri further said Omar Daudzai had shared details with the Afghan refugees regarding the ongoing peace efforts and the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on peace.The Afghan refugees said they would support the Afghan-owned peace process, according to Tahiri, who quoted Daudzai as announc-ing that Afghan refugees based in Iran and others countries would be given an opportunity to take part in the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on peace.He said the Afghan refugees could play an im-portant and crucial role in various sectors of their country. (Pajhwok)

ISLAMABAD - NAMA Women Advance-ment Establishment (NAMA) has signed its first-ever agreement with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to conduct a one-year project to support local and Afghan refugee women in Pakistan, according to a statement from the UN refugee organization on Mon-day.NAMA’s affiliate, Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council and UNHCR will be working in partnership to provide artisanal training to skilled and semi-skilled local and Afghan refugee women in Punjab and Islamabad aimed at improving their income-generating capacity.Some 150 Afghan refugee and Pakistani women will receive training in the craft of weaving. Using the skills, these female arti-sans will then be guided to produce Emirati-inspired designs. The project comes in line

with Irthi Council’s key role to support women in the crafts sector and em-power them socially and economically through vocational and skills train-ing, and enabling access to market opportunities, leading to the creation of

KABUL - In a bid to revive bilateral trade ties, Af-ghanistan will open a direct air corridor with Sri Lanka later in the month, a news site reported on Monday.Afghan Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari was quoted as saying Kabul would like to extend the air corridor launched two years ago Sri LankaAccording to the Colombo Page, Haidari also ex-pressed Jabul’s keenness on an investment protec-tion and promotion (IPP) pact with ColomboThe ambassador, at a meeting with Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on Friday, Afghanistan had exported goods worth $1 billion through the corridor.“We would like to extend this corridor to Sri Lan-ka, via a new corridor through south, all the way to Colombo,” Haidari said, explaining the air link would have to be operated through Mumbai or New Delhi. (Pajhwok)

KABUL - Afghanistan and the United Arab Emir-ates (UAE) have signed six agreements on boost-ing bilateral cooperation, a media report said on Monday.The agreements envision enhanced mutual coop-eration in areas of education, agriculture, mining, energy, cultural and sports, The National report-ed.The accords were inked after President Ashraf Ghani’s arrival at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, where he was given a warm welcome by the crown prince.Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Gha-ni witnessed the signing of the memoranda of un-derstanding.Meanwhile, UAE Crown Prince Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed tweeted they reviewed efforts for combating terrorism and extremism, and means to achieve regional security and peace.Support for Afghanistan’s reconstruction, devel-opment and peace initiatives was also discussed.Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Finance Mo-hammad Humayon Qayoumi and UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash signed the agreements. (Pajhwok)

Kabul to Open Air Corridor with

Colombo this Month

Afghanistan, UAE Ink 6 Agreements of Cooperation

KABUL - Senior officials from Presi-dent Ghani’s administration, includ-ing Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish, marked the Journalists National Day at a ceremony in Kabul on Monday.Addressing the event, Danish said free-dom of the press, which is one of the biggest achievements of Afghanistan in

the past 18 years, should be preserved in the peace talks with the Taliban – who were once against freedom of the press during their rule in Kabul be-tween 1996 to 2001. He said the Afghan people and govern-ment are supporting peace in order to preserve the past 18 years’ achievement, especially the freedom of the press.

“All stakeholders in Afghan peace talks should assure the people that freedom of the press will be maintained,” Dan-ish said. He said holding transparent elections will not be possible in absence of freedom of speech, adding that a so-ciety without freedom of the press will be exposed to war and violence....(More on P4)...(1)

sustainable jobs and incomes.Rizwan Beyg, an internationally-renowned fashion designer from Pakistan will super-vise the quality of artisanal technical train-ing, while UNHCR will conduct the life-skills training.All those registered with the project will be treated and compensated fairly and ethically, enabling them to support their families.The MoU was signed by H.E Reem Bin Kar-am, Director of NAMA and H.E Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, UNHCR’s representative in Pakistan, in the presence of Erum Mazher Alvie, Senior Advisor in the Executive Office of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mo-hammed Al Qasimi, Sheikha Hind bint Majed Al Qassimi, Chairperson of Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC) and Rizwan Beyg.H.E Reem BinKaram remarked: “We are pleased to ...(More on P4)...(4)