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Journalist Killed in Afghanistan, the First of 2019

GHAZNI - For hard-pressed Afghan troops, uncertainty over a planned withdrawal of U.S. forces has raised fears that they will lose American air support, one of the few decisive advantages over in-creasingly confident Taliban fighters.Afghanistan has been shaken by reports that more than 5,000 U.S. troops may pull out in the coming months in a reversal of a strategy an-nounced in 2017 to step up pressure on the Taliban to ac-cept peace negotiations.More than 14,000 American troops are serving in Afghan-istan as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support training

KABUL - A number of Wolesi Jirga or lower house members on Monday criticized the Hu-man Rights Watch (HRW)’s allegations against the acting defense minister Asadullah Khalid as ‘biased’ and ‘base-less’.The lawmakers termed the report a political conspiracy against Khalid and claimed it was hitched on the demand of regional intelligence agen-cies.A recent HRW report said ‘credible evidence of serious human rights abuses and war crimes linked to Khalid have followed him throughout his government career.

and advisory mission and a separate counterterrorism operation mainly fighting Is-lamic State and Al Qaeda.While peace talks between U.S. officials and Taliban representatives continue, it

An official internal Canadian document described the al-legations of human rights abuses attributable to Khalid as “numerous and consist-ent,” the watchdog said in a statement on Saturday.

Afghan Troops Fear Loss of Air Support if U.S. Pulls out Forces

Human Rights Watch Report on Khalid a Conspiracy: MPs

is unclear which troops may be withdrawn and whether they will go before a permanent ceasefire.For frontline Afghan forces, one fear prevails....(More on P4)...(5)

Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin testified to a Canadian parliamentary commission in 2009 that Khalid perpetrated en-forced disappearances and held people in private prisons....(More on P4)...(6)

KABUL - A part-time radio journalist was traveling in west-ern Afghanistan last week when he was kidnapped by Taliban militants and later killed. The country is repeatedly ranked as one of the deadliest for journal-ists.The body of Javid Noori, an Afghan government employee who also worked as a part-time journalist in western Afghani-stan’s Farah region, was turned over to his family on January 9. He was taken off a bus by Tali-ban militants three days earlier.Shoaib Sabet, the Farah provin-cial governor, said Noori was traveling in a remote part of the province when he was abducted along with 30 other passengers.“(He) was a government em-ployee but was working part-time as a journalist for local radio,” Sabet said. Noori hosted two radio shows for a local sta-tion.In a statement, Taliban spokes-man Zabihullah Mujahid said that Noori was killed because he worked for the U.S.-backed Kabul government.Journalists in dangerAccording to the media free-dom group Reporters Without Borders, Afghanistan is the deadliest country in the world for journalists with 15 journal-ists ...(More on P4)...(9)

8,900 Key Members of Taliban, IS Killed in Afghanistan Last Year: MoI

KANDAHAR CITY - Resi-dents of southern Kandahar province complain domestic product prices are higher than imported food and non-food items.Mohammad Ajmal, a resident of 3rd police district, told Pajh-wok Afghan News the prices of domestic products were higher than the imported items. Peo-ple seek cheap-price items.The items include ghee, bever-ages, processed grains, plastic pipes, construction materi-als and several other different things produced domestically and imported from foreign countries.According to him, residents believe the quality of foreign products is better than the do-mestic items. That is why they prefer products imported from neighbouring countries.He urged the government and industrialists to pay attention to the prices and quality of do-mestic products to make them attractive for consumers and discourage imports.Another resident, Abdul Wa-hab, says domestic products have no value despite the pas-

KABUL - The bodyguards of former Vice President Mo-hammad Younis Qanouni on Monday opened firing on the quick response force police personnel in the limits of 11th Police District in capital Kabul who intended to clear the black glasses of their vehicles, an eye-witness said.An eyewitness who wishes to go unnamed told Pajhwok Af-ghan News the incident hap-pened near the Aryana Petrol Station in the Khirkhana local-ity at around 11:00 am.There was no information about casualties in the incident but according to the eyewit-ness the firing continued for few minutes.

KABUL - At least 18 Taliban militants were killed in two sep-arate airstrikes during the last 24 hours in northern Baghlan province, a local official said on MondayThe provincial police spokes-man Ahmad Jawed Bisharat told Ariana News that the Af-ghan Forces have conducted air operations in Dahn-i-Ghori and Baghlan-i-Markazi districts of Baghlan province.Bisharat said Afghan forces targeted Taliban insurgents in Kokchinar village of Baghlan-i-Markazi district and Bazpostak

Kandaharis Complain of High Domestic Product Rates

Qanoni Bodyguards Allegedly Opened Firing on Police in Kabul

18 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Baghlan Airstrikes

KABUL - The Ministry of Interior Af-fairs on Monday said that as many as 8,900 senior members of the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) or Daesh mili-tant groups have been killed across the country last year.MoI said that 3100 other senior mem-bers of the Taliban and Daesh have been wounded in 2018.“The Afghan Defense and Security forces have launched ground and air operations against the enemies. A lot of members of the Taliban have been killed and wounded this year as well,” said Nastrat Rahimi, Deputy Spokesman of the Interior Affairs Ministry.According to MoI, some of the killed members of the Taliban include:Mullah Manan, Shadow governor for HelmandPir Agha, Shadow governor for Pak-tiaMullah Rahim, Mullah Javid, Mullah Ahmad, Qari Fida Mohammad, and Mullah Khairullah – senior members of the Taliban....(More on P4)...(7)

sage of years. Another prob-lem is that people are unaware of the value of homemade products.He blamed industrialists for being unable to promote their products and raise public awareness. He asked the gov-ernment to ban the import of the items that were produced internally.Lack of electricity, technical workers and high taxes on raw materials are the main prob-lems facing the industry. But the industrialists are still trying to produce products with ap-propriate prices and quality.Abdul Bari, owner of a plastic pipe factory in the Kandahar industrial park, said his factory produced high-quality prod-ucts with lower prices than Ira-nian and Pakistani pipes.He said the industrialists, who had invested millions of af-ghanis, were trying to produce best-quality products with ap-propriate prices.Nasrullah Zahir, the chamber of commerce and industry head, told Pajhwok the gov-ernment was responsible for facilitating ...(More on P4)...(8)

Police spokesman Basir Muja-hid confirmed the incident and said it was yet to be ascertained that individuals who opened firing on police belonged to whom.He did not provide more infor-mation, but added for more in-formation you may contact the Ministry of Interior. (Pajhwok)

area of Dahn-i-Ghori district, killing at least 18 militants of the group.During the air operations, a training center and an ammuni-tion depot of the militants were also destroyed, he further said.Meanwhile, the residents of Baghlan urges the govern-ment to hold military opera-tion against Taliban militants in Dahn-i-Ghori and Baghlan-i-Markazi district of Baghlan, as well as Dand-i-Shahabuddin area of Pole-Khomri in order to retake these areas from the Tali-ban insurgents. (ATN)

- The US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation has arrived in China in an effort to

facilitate an intra-Afghan political settlement.

Khalilzad in China for Talks on Afghan

Peace Process

KABUL - The US special repre-sentative for Afghanistan recon-ciliation has arrived in China in an effort to facilitate an intra-Afghan political settlement.Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted: “I am meeting with Chi-nese officials on our effort to fa-cilitate peace in Afghanistan.” He

wrote China had an important role in the process.Earlier, in another tweet, Khalilzad said: “Unexpected flight delays prevented me from getting to Ka-bul yesterday. Luckily, I was able to meet Afghan NSA Hamdullah Mohib and new envoy to Pakistan Atif Mashal.”

However, he did not provide details of the meeting with Mo-hib and Mashal. On Wednesday, Khalilzad embarked on a 14-day visit to India, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan to meet senior gov-ernment officials in each country to facilitate an inter-Afghan politi-cal settlement. (Pajhwok)