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Back Page July 17, 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 Add: V-137, Street-6, Phase, 4, District 6, Shahrak Omed Sabz, Kabul Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 www.thedailyafghanistan.com Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamayan Kabul Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Partly Cloudy Clear 39°C 42°C 24°C 31°C 34°C 12°C 21°C 33°C 23°C 36°C 22°C 29°C 16°C 24°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast Civilian Casualty Toll Increased By 17% in 1394: AIHRC KABUL - A new report pub- lished by Afghanistan’s Inde- pendent Human Rights Com- mission (AIHRC) shows that civilian casualties in Afghani- stan increased by 17 percent in 1394. Based on the report, last year the violence scale in Af- ghanistan was unprecedented and more than 3,000 civilians were killed. Fifty percent of those civilians killed died in suicide attacks and roadside bombings. “3,129 civilians were killed and 6,302 others were wounded in violence in 1364,” part of the re- port read. Among those killed or wounded 4,642 were men PESHAWAR - Afghan refugee children living in Pakistan’s northwestern Khy- ber Pakhtunkhwa province will be vac- cinated against polio during a three-day campaign due to begin on July 25. During the drive, children in eight high- risk districts of the province and 50 camps housing internally displace persons (IDPs)as well as Afghan refugees will be vaccinated. The decisionduring at a meet- ing at Emergency Operation Centre here, chaired Coordinator Akbar Khan. He said a total of 1,994,000 children below five years of age would be covered. At least 4,941 ...(More on P4)...(17) Anti-Polio Campaign to Cover Afghan Children in KP of government forces. “Every day with every person killed in Afghanistan, his family and relatives are affected,” said Sima Samar, AIHRC chair- person. Besides the death toll, the ongoing conflict has also forced thousands of Afghans to evacuate their homes. More than 149,000 Afghans fled their homes in the first six months of the year due to on- going conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations said in its latest figures on the conflict. The UN’s Office for the Coor- dination of Humanitarian Af- fairs said in a bulletin released in ...(More on P4)...(13) KANDAHAR CITY - Officials at Mirawais Zonal Hospital in the southern province of Kandahar said Saturday that every month 1,600 women give birth at the hospital, but that the facilities are not suf- ficient enough for the mothers that need medical care. According to officials, overcrowd- ing at the hospital, which is Kanda- har’s main health facility, has cre- ated enormous challenges for the people. They said in terms of maternity care, although the maternal mortality rate has sharply decreased in recent years in Afghanistan, the southern Kandahar province still deals with the problem. Officials said that lack of sufficient medical facilities ...(More on P4)...(12) Kandahar Hospital Battles Maternal Mortality Problem KHOST CITY - Abdul Ghaf- far, a resident of southeastern Khost province who lost a brother to a car bomb attack, has urged the government to prevent the loss of innocent lives, seeking severe punish- ment for the perpetrators of PESHAWAR - A senior politi- cal leader has underlined the need for removing the linger- ing trust deficit between Paki- stan and Afghanistan for the sake of durable peace in the region. Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chief Aftab Ahmad Khan Sher- Call to End Civilian Deaths, Assist War Victims’ Kin Sherpao Calls for Removing Kabul-Islamabad Trust Deficit attacks. In an exclusive in- terview with Pajhwok Af- ghan News, Ghaffar said his brother was killed close to the old airport in Karwan area last year. Thirty-three people, including security personnel, were killed and pao, addressing a public meeting in Shabqadar tehsil on Friday,urged the normal- isation relations between the neighbours. “Islamabad and Kabul should evolve a mechanism to protect their common in- terests,” Sherpao said, add- 12 security forces and 11 civilians injured in the as- sault. Four cars, as many rickshaws and a number of motorcycles were also de- stroyed in the attack. Liv- ing in Karwan Sarai area, ...(More on P4)...(16) ing Pakhtuns had been the worst hit by militancy and terrorism over the last three decades. Not only Pakhtuns, but the entire region had been af- fected by instability in Af- ghanistan and Pakistan, the ...(More on P4)...(15) ISLAMABAD - As international pressure on Pakistan over its controversial role in the war against terrorism increases, some Afghan political analysts Saturday asked the government to step up efforts to con- vince the world to take proper action against Pakistan before the opportunity is wasted. They warned if government fails to mobi- lize the world against Pakistan, the reper- cussions could be devastating and this will provide Pakistan with a new opportunity to mislead the international community by using its deceptive politics. Pakistan these days is under massive in- ternational pressure particularly from its strategic ally the ...(More on P4)...(18) Experts Call on Govt to Mobilize World Against Pakistan MAZAR-I-SHARIF - The urban court in northern Balkh province on Sat- urday sentenced four persons to 15 years in jail each over kidnapping a child. The court handed down the sentences at an open hearing in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital. Be- sides parties to the case, journalists and common people were also present at the trial. Judge Wajihuddin sen- tenced all the four ac- cused Mohammad Ba- shir, Mohammad Asif, Mirwais and Mohammad Arif to 15 years in jail each under clause four 4 Kidnappers Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail of the anti-kidnapping and smuggling law. One of the convicts, Moham- mad Bashir, told Pajhwok Afghan News the ver- dict was not acceptable to him. He accused the prosecutor of falsely im- plicating him in the case. He claimed police used while 775 were women and 1,116 were children. According to the human rights commission, armed opponents were responsible for 72 percent of the casualties while nine percent was at the hands torture to coerce him into making false confessions that were cited before the court. Father of the 11-year-old Mustafa, who was kid- napped, said he was sat- isfied with the ruling. He named the four convicts ...(More on P4)...(14)
