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Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamayan Kabul Back Page Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 37°C 39°C 25°C 38°C 8°C 15°C 29°C 20°C 38°C 21°C 24°C 20°C 12°C 22°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast May 07, 2016 Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6, Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 www.outlookafghanistan.net U.S. Warns Kidnap Threat ‘Very High’ after Attempted Abductions Situation in Afghanistan Remains Highly Volatile, Indian Embassy Alerts Citizens Central Govt. Accused of Ignoring the South Local Documentary ‘Afghanistan Night Stories’ Wins Remi Award 74 Afghan Citizens Apprehended in Peshawar Operation Pakistan’s Afghan Policy Slammed as Self-Destructive Afghan Army Short of Boots despite Billions in US Financing Treatment of Afghan Interpreters: British Minister under Fire KABUL - Soldiers in the Afghan army do not have sufficient sup- plies of uniform footwear despite the United States providing the country with $68 billion for its security forces over the past 14 years, it was report- ed in the media. Only a few lucky service person- nel have received appropriate boots from their commanding officers while they have had to procure uni- forms on their own, The Washington Post reported. “This one, when it gets wet, they are KABUL - The British minister of state for defence has come under scathing attack over his department’s policy on Afghan interpreters seeking asylum in the United King- dom, Daily Mail reported on Friday., Earl Howe came in for flak after he defended the Brit- ish government for keeping the interpreters in the Calais Jungle or deporting them. But House of Lords mem- bers slammed the action an ‘inexplicable, inhumane and shameful’. A ruckus erupted in the house when Lord Ashdown insisted there was ‘nothing’ stopping the government from letting interpreters now ‘languishing in despair’ into Britain. According to the newspaper, 100 interpreters are believed to have directly appealed to the Ministry of Defence for help under a second scheme. However, their applications have gone unanswered. Under the first scheme, 270 translators were permitted to stay in Britain, but only one was allowed in under the sec- KABUL - The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan urged Americans to be vigilant Thursday after an attempt was made to kidnap a U.S. citizen and other expatriates in capital Kabul. In an “emergency message” posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, offi- cials said an attempted kidnapping targeted foreigners in the city on Monday. No further details were released. Officials warned the threat of kidnapping and hostage taking of Americans in Afghanistan “continues ...(More on P4)...(15) KABUL - The Embassy of India in Kabul has issued a security alert to the Indian citizens residing in Afghanistan and travelling to the country, warning regarding the persistent volatile situation of the country. “All Indians residing in Afghanistan and In- dian travellers to Afghanistan are advised that the security situation in Afghanistan remains highly volatile. Terrorist attacks have taken place in many parts of the country against a variety of targets including foreigners and are expected to continue. ...(More on P4)...(16) KANDAHAR CITY - Members of provincial councils and tribal el- ders on Thursday accused the gov- ernment of ignoring the southern zone and not taking measures to prevent insecurity in the country’s south. These views were expressed at a gathering attended by provincial council members and tribal elders from Kandahar, Helmand, Uruz- gan and Zabul provinces in Kanda- har City. Kandahar provincial council chief Haji Syeda Jan Khakrezwal told the gathering that insecurity was on the increase with each passing day in the southern zone, particularly in Helmand and Uruzgan prov- inces, but the central authority was not taking steps to reverse the tide of insecurity. He said the strength of police had been insufficient in the south over the past many years and the force had been ...(More on P4)...(17) KABUL - Afghan movie ‘Afghani- stan Night Stories’ has won a pres- tigious Gold Remi award at the 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Fes- tival in Houston in the United States. Film director and writer Alka Sa- dat has expressed her joy over the win and described it a historical moment. “We are thrilled and delighted to announce that “Afghanistan Night Stories” which was offi- cially selected for the 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival, has won a prestigious Gold REMI award,” Sadat said. WorldFest is one of the oldest and largest film and video competi- tions in the world, with more than 4,500 category entries received from 37 countries in 2015. (Over- all only 15-20 percent of the total category entries actually win an award at WorldFest.) Only about 15 percent of the en- tries in WorldFest actually win a Remi Award. WorldFest is the only International Film Festival in the world with ten major competi- tion categories and more than 200 sub-categories. Sadat has been associated with the film industry for many years. She has made at least 30 documenta- ries and ...(More on P4)...(19) Nabil Supports Central Residents for Protesting Against Change of TUTAP Route US Troops Conduct Operation to Target Daesh, Al-Qaeda Over 60 Hostages Freed from Taliban Prison KABUL - US forces are con- ducting operations to prevent Al-Qaeda from using Afghani- stan as a launching pad for attack against the West, a top American military official said on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cleve- land, Resolute Support mis- sion’s deputy communications chief, told a Pentagon media briefing the troops were au- thorised to target the Islamic State. “We believe we really have arguably the best counterter- rorism forces on the planet … here in Afghanistan,” Cleve- land remarked, calling the counter-Daesh campaign as an KABUL - Scores of Afghan citizens have been arrested during search operations in the capital of Pakistan’s Khy- ber Pakhtunkhwa province, a media report said on Friday. Law-enforcement agencies also recovered weapons during the police raids on houses, shops, commercial buildings, hostels and motels in different parts of Pesha- war, according to a Pakistani newspaper. Policewomen and sniffer dogs also took part in the search operations that led to the detention of 140 suspects, including 74 illegal Afghan nationals, the Pakistan To- day quoted police as saying. (Pajhwok) KABUL - A senior analyst has panned Pakistan’s Afghan policy as a self- destructive, monotonous and tiresome. He faulted quadrilateral dialogue process as an exaggerated attempt to do things that look impossible or run counter to Pakistan’s per- ceived objectives of work- ing for peace in Afghani- stan. Raoof Hasan, head of an Islamabad-based think- tank, Pakistan’s position as a key player in the four- nation effort is largely fo- cused on its much-touted influence over the Tali- ban, interest in genuine peace in the neighbour- ing country and perceived readiness to take on the so-called ‘irreconcilable’ militants. In an OPED piece pub- lished in The News on Friday, he wrote the as- sumptions, and the hope associated with them, have either been blown away or stretched thin, virtually to a breaking point, because Pakistan’s Afghan policy suffers from a host of paradoxes -- the principal one being its inability to treat both Pakistani Taliban and Af- ghan Taliban as enemies of peace. “In its unique appraisal, although the former con- stitute a terrorist group that is engaged in fight- ing (against) the state of Pakistan and has to be eliminated by all means, it has a diametrically op- posite appreciation for a similar band of militants dubbed as the Afghan Tal- iban, who are engaged in dismantling the govern- ment in Kabul in a bid to ...(More on P4)...(22) aggressive effort. About 100 counterterrorism strikes were conducted in the first three months of the cur- rent year, he said of opera- tions Al-Qaeda and Daesh targets in Afghanistan. Less than 19 strikes were car- ried out last month, mostly against Daesh targets. “The No. 1 goal is for Af- ghans to be able to defend their own territory and ad- dress transnational and trans-regional terrorist or- ganisations that often will base in this region and then try and strike the West,” he said in a report on Penta- gon’s website. (Pajhwok) 4th Made in Pakistan Exhibition Kicks off in Kabul KABUL - Amid criticism by a number of residents, the fourth ‘Made in Pakistan’ exhibition was launched in capital Kabul on Thursday. The three-day show was launched in the presence of deputy Afghan minister of commerce and industry, the Pakistan ambassador and a number of traders at the Ka- bul Intercontinental Hotel. Forty Pakistani companies are participating in the ex- hibition showcasing food items, construction materi- als, electronics goods, cos- metics, dairy products, ce- ment, metallic equipment, home equipment, clothes and others. Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) deputy head Khan Jan Alokozay said the ex- hibition was launched by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Indus- try in cooperation with the ACCI. Some Afghanistan-made ...(More on P4)...(21) KABUL - The former Afghan Intelligence, National Directo- rate of Security (NDS) Chief, Rahmatullah Nabil has en- dorsed the residents of cen- tral provinces for protesting against the change of 500Kv TUTAP route to Salang. Nabil issued an online state- ment following the announce- ment of TUTAP’s change of route from central Bamyan- Maidan Wardak to Salang which sparked criticisms and protests among the residents of the central provinces. The statement by Nabil further added that the Government of National Unity has not provid- ed a technical or satisfactory response for the change of the KABUL - Afghan army com- mandos, with the support of the international military co- alition, conducted an over- night raid and freed more than 60 prisoners from a Taliban-run detention center in southern Afghanistan, of- ficials said Friday. A statement from NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Kabul said the illegal prison was located in the district of Now Zad in Helmand prov- ince. It said the Ktah Khas – Afghanistan’s national counterterrorism unit – and an Afghan army commando unit “jointly conducted this successful mission. Coali- tion forces supported their Afghan partners in a train, advise and assist role.” The helicopter assault was staged “during the cover of darkness” in an effort to disrupt Taliban activities, ac- cording to the statement. route of project. Nabil said the decision once again deprives a large popu- lation of the central provinces from their rights to enjoy from the benefits of national treasures as they have been deprived in the past several years. Expressing concerns It added that Afghan forces did not sustain any casual- ties during the operation. Two insurgents were killed while “numerous were wounded and detained.” The freed prisoners were safely transported to neigh- boring Kandahar province before they were turned over to Afghan authorities. The insurgent group has not yet commented on the prison assault. The Taliban controls sev- eral districts in Helmand, including Now Zad. The province, the country’s largest in terms of territory and poppy cultivation, bor- ders Pakistan and has been the scene of recent intense fighting. This was the fourth raid Afghan forces have con- ducted against Taliban- run prisons in Helmand ...(More on P4)...(18) regarding an outrage among the people by putting against each other, Nabil said he un- derstands the pain the people of Dara-e-Shakari, Bamyan, Daikundi, Ghor and Maidan Wardak are suffering. He questioned the unity ...(More on P4)...(20) not comfortable,” Abdul Ali, 21, who is an Afghan soldier commented to the newspaper about his footwear. Corruption and incompetence among the Afghan authorities have left them unable to clothe the country’s service personnel properly, so the US-led coalition has had to assume responsi- bility for the shipment of uniforms to the country’s armed forces even after beginning to withdraw in 2011. “So we had to go back in… You just can’t stop the flow of stuff. He [Presi- dent Ashraf ...(More on P4)...(13) ond. A dozen others are facing deportation from the UK. Ten of them, seeking to make it to Britain, are caught in the Calais Jungle camp. The Mail said 10 more individuals had ...(More on P4)...(14)
