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PUL-I-KHUMRI - The gov-ernment has taken no step to reclaim about 2,000 acres grabbed of land belonging to the Baghlan Sugar Factory, official in the Northern Prov-ince said on Monday.Eng. Ghulam Sakhi, acting head of the factory, told Pa-jhwok Afghan News formal letters had been dispatched to the police headquarters and the governor’s office re-questing the retaking of the land had not been heeded.“The factory bought 3,500 tonnes of sugar beets this year, with one tonne ac-counting for 2,500 afghanis. To crush this beet stock, the factory will run only for a month,” he said.Sakhi believed the factory would remain functional

KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during a meeting with the elders of the Ghani and Zabul prov-inces said that the Special military operations will kick off soon Ghani and Zabul provinces to sup-press the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group and Taliban insurgents.The elders of Zabul said the local residents in Khak-e-Afghan and Nawbahar districts have noted move-ments of the two groups to establish and strengthen their presence.The Ghazni representatives also said the ISIS loyalists and Taliban insurgents have started to expand their foothold in Nawa dis-trict.According to the Office of the Chief Executive, the elders of Zabul have said

Watchdog Drawing up Strategy to Ensure Access to Information

France Quiet after Objecting to Clearing of Hekmatyar’s Name

Over 2,000 Acres of Baghlan Sugar Factory

Land GrabbedAnti-ISIS Operations to Kick Off in Ghazni and Zabul

all year round if more than 2,000 acres of its grabbed land in Baghlan-i-Markazi and Dand-i-Ghori districts was wrested back from powerful individuals.Arbab Faramoz, and elder from Baghlan-i-Markazi, accused the government of failing to take appropriate measures to strengthen the mills. “Over 1,000 workers and 2,000 farmers were en-gaged with the factory when it began operations. Today, only 200 workers and 100 farmers are associated with it.”But Gauhar Khan Babari, the administrative chief for Baghlan-i-Markazi district, said the town was highly im-portant for the Taliban, who tried ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - Afghanistan’s first female pilot Nilofar Rahmani has dismissed reports of her apparent move to seek asy-lum in the U.S and reaffirmed her commitment to serve Af-ghanistan.Following a report published in the New York Times, Rahmani sent a letter to the Afghan Air Force and to TOLOnews stating that she had been misunderstood and misquoted by the newspaper. Rahmani, who is a captain in the air force, said that the enemies of Afghanistan, as part of their anti-women sen-timents, have always tried to spread propaganda and mis-conception in society aimed at misleading the public on the abilities and development of women. “History proves that the en-emies of Afghanistan have been waiting to get a chance to create confusion among the public by speaking out against women … these moves are only aimed at pre-venting women from being included in the development process in the country,” her letter read. “The fact is that I have com-pleted my education in C-130 aircrafts and scored high marks. But with considera-tion of the problems I had in my way in Afghanistan, which I cannot go into detail about, I thought that with the passage of time, the problems will be resolved. Therefore during my education, I filled in applications for some char-ity and education-supporting institutions to help me con-tinue my education to a mas-ter’s level and I was given some assurances in this re-spect, but all these issues will be legal,” the letter added. According to her, she was misrepresented in the article published in the New York Times. “I ...(More on P4)...(7)

to target the militants dur-ing the winter season be-fore they manage to gain a prominent foothold. (KP)

Afghanistan to Import 100,000 Tons of Wheat from Uzbekistan

Azizi Bank Awarded Best Bank Award

Student Enrollment up by 30pc in Kandahar Schools

Rahmani Rejects Reports, Vows to Continue Serving

Afghanistan

Police Kill Top Taliban Commander

KABUL - On its continuous endeavor to im-prove upon the customer service as per in-ternational standards, Azizi Bank have been honored with the Best Bank in Afghanistan – Customer Service Award at a prestigious awards function held at the Marina Bay Sands & Convention Center, Singapore by the In-ternational Finance Magazine, London. The Award was presented to Azizi Bank’s CEO by his Excellency - The Ambassador of Malaysia to Singapore. Mr. Mohammad Salem Omaid, CEO of Azizi Bank was also honored with the Best Bank-ing CEO, Afghanistan by the Ambassador of Mongolia to Singapore. International Finance Magazine provides analysis and insights to the global finance community headquartered in London and read in over 185 countries worldwide. The audience for IFM is the financial community worldwide, and includes top decision makers and influencers in ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - France, as one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, has power and can veto any resolution.A credible source told TOLOnews that the rea-son for France objecting to the removal of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s name from the UN’s blacklist has not been clarified, but some political commentators have linked their reluctance to the killing of ten French soldiers in 2013

KANDAHAR CITY - Despite multiple challenges to the education sector, 35,000 new students have been enrolled in schools this academic year in southern Kandahar prov-ince, officials say.Education Department spokesman Nazar Moham-mad Samimi told Pajhwok Afghan New the enrolment increase had been recorded in different districts and the provincial capital showing.He estimated the surge at 30 percent, regretting parental failure at the district level to send their children to school. Instead, he said many parents in rural areas wanted their children to work in order supplement family income.Up to 50 regional schools have been established in

KABUL - Ministry of Agri-culture, Irrigation and Live-stock (MAIL) on Monday said that the process of ex-porting nearly 100,000 tons of wheat from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan will start within three months.The ministry has said that the wheat will be stockpiled for emergency purposes. India has also pledged to provide 130,000 tons of

KABUL - The Oversight Commission on Access to Information on Monday said at a conference they are working on a national strat-egy to ensure the media has access to information, add-ing that in accordance with a presidential decree, gov-ernment departments have three days in which to clas-sify information after a re-quest before sharing it with the media. It is said that many govern-ment institutions do not share information with the media, citing it as confiden-tial. The law of access to informa-tion was approved by Presi-

wheat to Afghanistan, offi-cials said.Meanwhile, Lotfullah Rashid, a spokesman for MAIL said the national pro-curement commission has finalized the contract to pur-chase the wheat from Uz-bekistan and that the total shipment of 100,000 tons will arrive in the country within three months. “The wheat, which is to be

dent Ashraf Ghani in 2014. Two years later, the law has still not been fully implemented. Now however, the commission says media work-ers can register a complaint with them if refused information. “All the ministries and government institutions have introduced us to

by the Hizb-e-Islami group. Three years ago, militants reportedly associated with Hizb-e-Islami attacked a convoy of French soldiers in Surobi district of Kabul, kill-ing at least ten and wound-ing 21 others.France, as one of the per-manent members of the UN Security Council, has power and can veto any resolution.Last month, the Afghan gov-ernment in a letter to the UN, asked the organization to lift

every district of Kandahar, where 20,000 to 30,000 stu-dents are being imparted education. Samimi said the status of regional schools was upgraded annually and finally converted into regular schools.Most regional schools have been set up in areas where regular schools have been closed due to insecurity. The official acknowledged some 139 schools had been shut in the province.The number of registered schools in Kandahar has reached 460. Of them, 321 are functional, where 270,000 stu-dents are getting education. Lack of textbooks and profes-sional teachers is a major is-sue for the education depart-ment. ...(More on P4)...(6)

imported from Uzbekistan, will ...(More on P4)...(5)

who we should ask for information. The media can contact these sourc-es and if the information is not pro-vided within three days, they can register a complaint against the related department with this com-mission,” said Sayed Ikram Afzali, chief of the commission.

A number of commission members meanwhile say that government depart-ments should provide the opportunity to media staff to assess and read classified information in the presence of the related department representatives in order to promote investigative jour-nalism in the country.“We do not need to keep the confidential or highly-confi-dential information. We can read the information in the presence of the department staff,” said Abdul Shokor Dadras, a member of the commission.“We have an obligation to work ...(More on P4)...(3)

GHAZNI CITY -The Af-ghan National Police on Monday killed a senior Taliban commander dur-ing an anti-terror opera-tion in Ghazni province. olice killed Mullah Firoz Jahadi among five other militants of the Islamist movement and injured nine others, the TOLO news channel reported, citing the country’s Inte-rior Ministry.During the operation, po-lice officers had seized two rocket launchers, two PK machine guns and one vehicle, the media outlet added.Afghanistan is in a state of political and social tur-moil, with government forces fighting the contin-uing Taliban insurgency. The instability in the Asian country is supported by regular terror attacks and killings of civilians. Never miss a story again — sign up to our Telegram chan-nel and we’ll keep you up to speed! (Tolo News)

thousands of ISIS militants have arrived in Khak-e-Af-ghan district.The ISIS militants have

reportedly arrived with their families and are ful-ly equipped with the area turning into an entry point

for the foreign insurgents.The elders of the two prov-inces said an operation should be launched soon

sanctions against Hekmat-yar. ...(More on P4)...(4)