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Daesh Abduct 12 Imams in Darzab

DistrictKABUL - Former jihadi leader and head of the Council for Protection and Stability in Afghanistan, Abdul Rab Ra-sul Sayyaf, said the political rift between the Presidential Palace and Atta Mohammad Noor, the ousted Balkh gover-nor, is against the national in-terests and will have negative repercussions.Sayyaf made the remarks at a scientific ceremony in Kabul on Friday. Political figures, university lecturers and ana-lysts had attended the event.He pointed out to the tension between Presidential Palace and Atta Mohammad Noor, who is the CEO of Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan, saying that the situation will deteriorate if the political rift is not ended.“It is the time to ignore minor issues, understand each other, extend the hand of brother-hood and take the country out of this ill situation,” he said.Sayyaf called on politicians to

KABUL - The European Union will not interfere in the domes-tic matters of Afghanistan in-cluding the recent tension be-tween the Presidential Palace and Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Af-ghanistan, the European Union Ambassador in Afghanistan, Pierre Mayaudon, said.The relations between Jamiat-e-Islami and Presidential Palace strained following President Ashraf Ghani’s decision to ac-cept the resignation of Atta Mo-hammad Noor as Balkh gover-nor at least 10 days ago. “We deplore any internal cri-sis in Afghanistan, especially in the current context where all forces should be united to

COLOMBO - A team of SDF led by the CEO and Implementing Agencies of the SAARC Devel-opment Fund funded project, Strengthening the Livelihood

ISLAMABAD - As a trilat-eral foreign ministers meeting among Afghanistan, China and Pakistan concluded in Beijing recently with focuses on cement-ing relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as ex-tending an economic corridor between China and Pakistan to the Afghan side, the three par-ties are making efforts to restore long-waited peace and stability to the region after 17 years of turbulence.Pakistan on Wednesday stated that improved bilateral rela-tions between Pakistan and Af-ghanistan would bring peace and development in the entire region. Efforts made by China

KABUL - China has promised to provide $85 million for Afghan army to create a mountainous brigade for the protection of the Badakhshan border, an official

over the first trilateral dialogue among the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan “is a good step and it will yield positive results,” Pakistani Press Information Department quoted the country’s Foreign Minister

said Friday.“In a series of cooperation, China want to build us a mountain bri-gade and we are welcoming this move,” Afghan Defense Ministry

Experts Eye New Chance for Warmer Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Sayyaf Warns Against Negative Outcomes of Ghani-Noor Rift

European Union ‘will not Interfere’ in Ghani-Noor Saga

SDF Conducted Combined Project Meeting for the Implementing Agencies

of the ProjectStrengthening the Livelihood Initiatives for Homebased Workers in the SAARC Region

Khawaja Asif, who visited Chi-na for the trilateral discussion, as saying.Tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a hur-dle in rebuilding peace and sta-bility ...(More on P4)...(12)

Deputy Spokesman, Muhammad Radmanish, said.Russia and China are concerned about the increasing foothold of Daesh in northern Afghanistan.Recently, Russia’s special presiden-tial envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov claimed that there are about 10,000 Islamic State (IS) militants in Afghanistan and their number is growing.“This is not a support for the security of Afghanistan because they have their own interest. China is trying to protect its own borders from Daesh and they have ...(More on P4)...(14)

SHIBERGHAN - Daesh or Is-lamic State (IS) militants abducted a dozen of prayer leaders in two days in Darzab district of north-ern Jawzjan province, local offi-cials said on Thursday.Governor Mualvi Lotfullah Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the militant group collected the 12 imams in two days in Darzab district.“Training these imams in salafism maybe the only reason Daesh kid-napped them so people obey their orders through these imams,” he said.He said Daesh was spreading fear among people to achieve its goals. Just about a month ago, Daesh be-headed an imam for writing amu-lets in Sardara village of Darzab district.When asked when operation against the rebel group would be launched in Darzab and Qush Tepa districts, the governor said efforts were on in this regard and aircrafts were preparing an aerial map of areas where Daesh rebels were active.Residents of Darzab and Qush Tepa districts said Daesh had im-posed new Islamic laws on them.A man from Shir Baig village of Qush Tepa district, who wished to go unnamed, said Daesh mili-tants were teaching prayer lead-ers new rules.Salam, a resident of Darzab dis-trict, said Daesh militants’ move-ments had decreased in their area and aircrafts had also recently started circling around.Calling them a great threat to peo-ple’s safety, the resident said the rebels used to go into hiding in case of operation against them.“The situation would turn bad if the government does not take ac-tion against this group on time,” he added.The group was getting empow-ered ...(More on P4)...(16)

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The open media supporting organizations say government has been involved in many incidents of violence against journalists during this year.

Watchdog Labels 2017 Second Deadliest Year for Journalists

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put aside their disagreements and work together for the wel-fare of the nation.“It is not the time for the rift, it is not the time for the disa-greements; it is the time to come together take the coun-try out of crisis.”Sayyaf meanwhile con-demned Daesh attack on Tab-yan Cultural Center in Kabul and said the insurgents were trying to show a grim picture of Islam ...(More on P4)...(13)

bring the country and accom-pany the country towards sta-bility, peace and prosperity,” the European Union ambas-sador said in an interview with ...(More on P4)...(15)

Initiatives for Homebased Work-ers in the SAARC Region met in Colombo, Sri Lanka for their Combined Project Meeting on 26 December, ...(More on P4)...(17)

KABUL - NAI, an organization supporting open me-dia in Afghanistan, has labeled 2017 the second dead-liest year for journalists in the country, saying that it has registered 141 incidents of violence against media workers this year.

The cases of violence against journalists dropped this year compared with 2016; however, NAI says the figures are still concerning for media workers in the war-hit Afghanistan.An annual report by NAI, ...(More on P4)...(11)

China to Create Mountain Brigade for Afghan Army in Badakhshan