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KABUL - The German Spe-cial Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Markus Potzel said the international com-munity would like to see a larger regional role for India in the ongoing conflict and its resolution.“We would like to see India play a bigger role in Afghani-stan,” said Potzel, as quoted by The Economic Times.Indian news agencies report-ed that Potzel will be meet-ing with senior officials in the MEA on Friday.Germany co-hosted an intra-Afghan dialogue that hap-pened in Doha on July 7-8.“We believe that all initia-tives and processes must in-clude all sections of the Af-ghan society, including the legitimately elected govern-ment. Any process should respect the constitutional legacy and political mandate and should not lead to any ungoverned spaces where terrorist and their proxies

can relocate,” Potzel said.The talks in Doha ended with a resolution agreed to by more than 60 delegates from Kabul and 17 members of the Taliban.The resolution included a com-mitment to reduce violence and bring civilian casualties “to zero”.India has refused to be a part of talks with the Taliban directly, sending only retired officials in a “non-official” capacity for

Germany Wants India to Play a Bigger Role in Afghanistan

one round of talks in Moscow last year.Last week, talks between the US, Russia, China appeared to cut India out of the talks on Af-ghanistan’s future.However, officials indicate that the next round of talks with regional powers will be held soon, which would invite India, Central Asian neighbors like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, as well as Iran. ...(More on P4)...(10)

Safari Wins Asian Contact Jujitsu Championship

KABUL - Claiming de-cline in criminal incidents in capital Kabul, police on Thursday announced ar-resting 1,400 individuals in connection with different crimes in various parts of

the city and districts during the past four months.Police Chief Lt. Gen. Syed Mohammad Roshan Dil told reporters here 701 of the alleged criminals had been accused of murder, kidnapping, armed rob-bery, planned crimes, mor-al crimes, fraud, vehicle theft, extortion and mobile theft.He termed the past four months as successful for police and added the eradi-cation of a criminal gang led by Enayat Qachi in Pa-ghman district, the arrest of an individual possess-ing five pistols without li-

KABUL - Police in Slovakia are searching for four members of

Kabul Police Detain 1,400 Crime Suspects in 4 Months

Four Members of Afghan Orchestra Missing in Slovakia

KABUL - Afghan athlete Hussain Bakhsh Safari won a gold medal in con-tact jiu-jitsu in the 4th Asian Jiu-jitsu Championship 2019 in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and becomes the champion of contact jujitsu in this championship. Safar also got a bronze medal in fight-ing jiu-jitsu.The 4th Asian Jiu-jitsu Championship 2019 was attended by athletes from 24 Asian countries. Safari on his Facebook page has written: “I present these gold and bronze med-als to my hero people who have suf-fered a lot.” ...(More on P4)...(9)

cense, the eradication of Nabi Kohbandi, head of a 10-member gang and other arrests were some of police achievements.As a result of the arrests and elimination of some

gangsters, the security situ-ation in Kabul has returned to normalcy.He said during police ac-tions against criminals, 143 weapons of different kind, two rockets, one machine gun, 150 heavy bullets and 1,125 light weapons and 51 vehicles had been recov-ered.According to Roshan Dil, 84 individuals have been arrested in connection with subversive and terrorist activities and after initial investigation they were referred to the authorities concerned for further in-vestigation. (Pajhwok)

Afghanistan’s first all-female or-chestra who went missing from

Shahrzad Akbar, the newly appointed AIHRC head, said this in her first remarks after her introduction by the president to her position.

Ambassador Markus Potzel is in New Delhi to discuss the outcome of the intra-Afghan dialogue.

Severity of War Behind Human Rights Violations

KABUL - The newly appointed Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) chief on Thursday said the intensity of war in the country has restricted people’s access to their rights and paved the way for mass violations.On her twitter account, she said the AIHRC was one of the country’s important institutes and an achieve-ment of the Constitution. “Working in this commission and leading it is my highest pride and great respon-sibility, “she added.She also thanked the former head of the commission, Sima Samar, for her services and congratulated her on her new position as state min-

ister for human rights and interna-tional relations. “Last year when I sent my docu-ments to the recruitment process for the commission, I was hopeful I would find a chance to serve in this important and national institute.”“I am happy I will have the chance to work with a different and strong team that has theoretical and prac-tical backgrounds in the human rights area,” she said.She said working for human rights was a time-consuming and hard task and people of different classes were worried about their basic rights in future. On the other hand, severity of the war in the country

has limited people’s access to their rights and paved the way for grave violations leading to disasters.“I hope my colleagues would be able in this critical time to support the ba-sic rights of people of this country in important national process and we would be effective in giving access to human rights of people in every corner of the country. I took the re-sponsibility of a heavy job and we would not succeed without the sup-port of the people,” she said. Shahr-zad Akbar replaced Sima Samar as AIHRC on Wednesday following a presidential decree. Samar ruled the commission for around 18 years. (Pajhwok)

their hotel after performing at a local festival, the AFP says in a report. Zohra, an ensemble of 35 teenagers and young women musicians played a concert on Saturday at a festival in the western town of Trencin, some 130 kilometers north of Bratislava, near the Czech border, the AFP said.Four members went missing from their hotel on Sunday, Slovak police said, as quoted by AFP.“I can confirm that the search for two female teenagers and

two female adults from Af-ghanistan is ongoing,” Pavol Kudlicka, a spokesperson for the Trencin regional police, said on Thursday as quoted by AFP.He added that the musicians returned to their hotel after the concert but went missing the next morning.“Due to legal reasons and the ongoing investigation no names can be disclosed for now,” Kudlicka added.Local Slovak media reported that some orchestra members had ...(More on P4)...(11)

Parwan Military Council Complains Interference of Politicians, Powerful Individual

KABUL - The findings of some civil society groups show that the electoral team currently in power has initi-ated some programs which can be assumed as election

campaign on government funds while no attention is paid to other candidates.The research “Evaluation and Findings before Election 2019” was conducted by the Afghanistan’s Civil Societies Grand Alliance also known as MAJMA.The study was conducted in one month period with 15 presidential candidates, elec-tion commission officials and concerned election organisa-tions.The appointment of new commissioners to electoral bodies, lack of transparent voter lists, use of govern-ment facilities by the election team in power, lack of secu-rity to other election candi-dates and lack of security for

Electoral Team in Power Campaigning on

Public Funds: Study

KABUL - National Security Advi-sor Hamdullah Mohib has pledged to take effective steps against exist-ing threats in central Parwan prov-ince, according to a statement from the National Security Council on Friday.Mohib expressed the view during a meeting with members of the Par-wan Military Council headed by Govenror Fazal Din Ayar.The council members complained that some powerful individuals and politicians interfered in the council’s affairs.The members informed the meeting regarding their and said that secu-rity institutions worked jointly and in complete coordination against the threat of terrorism.The council member briefed the meeting regarding security situa-tion in the province and pointed out some of the areas where insur-gents are active.Mohib stressed that law should be implemented on powerful individ-uals and ordinary people equally; adding that political interference in military affairs and violation of law was not ...(More on P4)...(8)

polling stations on election day were some concerns the candidates shared during the research.Aziz Rafei, MAJMA head, said the Independent Elec-

tion Commission (IEC) was unaware about the exact number of voters for the presidential election and questioned transparency in polls if the exact number of voters was not known.“The major concern of can-didates regarding upcoming polls is the use of govern-ment resources and funds by the election team which is currently in power as it ques-tions transparency in polls.”Criticizing the use of gov-ernment resources by one team, he said unfortunately the facilities enjoyed by one electoral team were denied to other teams.Roshan Seran, executive of Human Rights Centre for Women, ...(More on P4)...(7)