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February 07, 2016

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President Ashraf Ghani

Karzai Urges Inclusion of Iran, India, Russia in Afghan Peace Process

TEHRAN - Former president Ha-mid Karzai proposed using the potentials of Iran, India and Russia to give a new lease of life to peace talks and establish security in Af-ghanistan.“If absence of peace in Afghanistan is because of internal disputes, then we, ourselves, should hold talks to settle our differences. However, the problem in Afghanistan is because of external factors. It is the inter-ests of outside powers that have engulfed our country,” Karzai told FNA on Saturday.Noting that the current peace talks are being overseen by foreign pow-ers, he said, “Pakistan, China and

KABUL - Afghanistan’s cen-tral bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), has announced to sell USD 12mn in the mar-ket on Saturday.DAB requested qualified deal-ers and commercial banks who already have kept one

KABUL - Former advisor to the president, Shahzada Mas-soud, said on Saturday the unity government, formed less than two years back, had no programme for convening a Loya Jirga.Under the coalition agreement between President Ashraf

JALALABAD - Provincial council members and par-ticipants of the university entrance test (Kankor) in east-ern Nangarhar province on Saturday asked the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) to ensure that deserving stu-dents made it to state-run uni-versities.The demand for transparent and fair entry test was made at a ceremony before the launch of Kankor exam in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. As many as 11,000 fresh high school graduates are expected to sit the exam this year.Governor Salim Khan Kun-duzi and provincial council members ...(More on P4)...(10)

JALALABAD - Launching a spring tree plantation cam-paign, the governor on Satur-day said he had directed dis-trict and police chiefs of some districts to prevent forests from being cut down.One and a half million trees both fruit bearing and orna-mental will be planted as part of the campaign in Nangarhar, according to local officials.Governor Salim Khan Kun-duzi inaugurated the tree plantation drive by planting a few seedlings at the Kidney Hospital, urging the people to protect and take care of the young trees.To a question from Pajhwok Afghan News the governor said: “Forests were cut down in some areas, but at yester-day’s security meeting, some district administration and police chiefs were asked to prevent it.”Meanwhile, Nangarhar agri-culture and livestock director Eng. Shakir told Pajhwok Af-ghan News that three millions seedlings would be planted in cooperation with the private sector this spring.“The plants include 450,000 fruit bearing and the rest orna-mental. These saplings will be grown on 5000 acres of land,” the director said.Shakir said cutting of forests in the Shinwari zone had been prevented based on agreements with tribes. “We have plans for the cut down forests which will be revived by planting new trees so the blank parts are filled.”...(More on P4)...(12)

China’s Role Vital in Afghan Peace Talks

DAB Sells $12mn in the Market

Country Headed for a Political Crisis,

Warns Massoud

Governor Orders Halt to

Forest Cutting in Nangarhar

University Entrance Exam

Kicks off in Nangarharmillion and five hundred thou-

sand Afghanis as a guarantee with the Bank to participate in the bidding for the sale of the US dollars.Those dealers who have not paid the aforementioned guar-antee ...(More on P4)...(8)

Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah, a Loya Jirga is to be called on amending the constitution.The proposed amendments include making the CEO the prime minister. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Af-ghan ...(More on P4)...(9)

visit to Kabul in November. Since Ashraf Ghani’s first visit to China last year, con-siderable progress had been made in political, economic and people-to-people rela-tions between the two coun-tries, the envoy said.He took into confidence

President Ghani about his call for practical work on the construction of the railroad between China and Afghani-stan and said an agreement on cooperation in this regard would signed soon so that Afghanistan could benefit from ...(More on P4)...(11)

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani during a meeting with Chinese ambassador in Kabul on Saturday said China was playing an important role in bringing peace to Afghani-stan.The Chinese envoy extended his country’s president best wishes to President Ghani and the people of Afghani-stan at their meeting at the Presidential Palace this after-noon, a statement from the palace said.The ambassador said his country’s leadership concept about Afghanistan had taken a positive turn after Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao’s

the US are involved in the negotia-tions, making efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan. However, Iran, In-dia and Russia, which are impor-tant regional states and neighbors, should also be part of the process.”This comes as representatives from Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States and China met in Islamabad on Saturday to continue work on a roadmap for peace talks with Tali-ban insurgents who have ramped up their violent campaign against the government in Kabul.The talks are part of the latest effort to find a negotiated end to nearly 15 years of war in Afghanistan, a con-flict ...(More on P4)...(7)