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Taliban’s Training Centres,

Revenue Collection Facilities Destroyed

in Airstrikes

3 Civilians Gunned Down in Kandahar City

KHOST CITY - The Khost Welfare and Social Founda-tion (KWSF) has launched campaign in southeastern Khost province against high dowry and extravagant ex-

penses on marriage ceremo-nies.Akhter GulWafa, head of the foundation, told Pajhwok Af-ghan News youth had been faced with multiple prob-lems due to high dowry and extravagant expenditures during wedding ceremony and most of the time they had been forced to go to for-eign countries for work.He said the KWSF has launched campaign to finan-cially help youngster in their wedding expenditures and also work against high dow-ry and culture of high expen-ditures during weddings.In a first, the foundation pur-chased appliances for the bride which she takes them

ZARANJ - Around 1,200 youth have been appointed to differ-ent government departments in southwestern Nimrozprovince over the last two years.However, some youth contin-ue migrating to Iran and other countries due to joblessness. More than 4,000 youth or 70 percent of the government serv-ants are working in provincial government departments.Governor Eng. Mohammad-Samey told Pajhwok Afghan News employment of youth had been one of the fundamen-tal objectives of the national unity government.He claimed the Nimroz admin-istration had been able to hand

PESHAWAR - Free and fair par-liamentary elections are a must for long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan, a Pakistani law-maker says.Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, speaking at the launch of a book

GARDEZ - Eleven people, includ-ing two children, were wounded in a traffic accident in southeast-ern Paktia province on Monday, an official said.Dr. Asel Khan, head of the Civil Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident happened in the BelandManzal Township area at around 10:00am. He added the injured were in stable condition.Eyewitness Mohammad Yousuf KANDAHAR CITY - Unidenti-

fied armed men shot dead three people in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Monday, an official said.The incident took place in the limits of the 3rd police district in front of Popal market in Kan-dahar city at around 12pm noon.Deputy police chief Matiul-lahHilal told Pajhwok Afghan News the masked gunmen gunned down three civilians and managed to flee the area.He said soon after the attack an investigative police team reached the site and cordoned off the area.No insurgent group has so far claimed responsibility for the assault. (Pajhwok)

KABUL - The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) squad for the International Cricket Coun-cil (ICC) World Cup Qualifier 2018 which will be held in Zim-babwe from March 4 to 25, a statement from the cricket body said on Monday.The 10 teams competing for two vacant places in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 split into two groups.Afghanistan is placed in Group B with host Zimbabwe, Scot-land, Hong Kong and the runners-up of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2. Group A consists of former world champions West Indies, Ireland, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and win-ners of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2.A total of 34 matches between the 10 participating teams will be played in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018. In the first round, each team will play a game against the other four teams in their group and the top three from both group will qualify to the Super Six

KABUL - As many as 2,044 were killed and injured in 154 attacks across Afghanistan last month, with one-fifth of casualties occur-ring in Kabul.Casualties surged by 15 percent in the first month of the year com-pared to December, as attacks saw a four percent decline. Pajhwok Afghan News reports based on different sources show the attacks took place in 27 of the country’s 34 provinces, killing 1,199 people and injuring 845 others. Statistics indicate that of every 21

over the leadership of many government offices to educated youth over the last two years.“The youngsters are familiar with modern technology and their education levels are high-

at the Pakistan Institute of Inter-national Affairs, called Pakistan the biggest loser in the Afghan war.The Afghan Papers detailing the long and rich history of the South Asian country has been

said the accident resulted by the collision of two Saracha type vehicles. (Pajhwok)

Stage where they will play three matches against the qualifying teams from the other group.Squad:AsgharStanikzai (c), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, DawlatZadran, Shapoor-Zadran, NajibullahZadran, JavedAhmadi, Nasir Ja-mal, GulbadinNaib, MujeebZadran, Rahmat Shah, SamiullahShenwari, IhsanullahJanat&Sharafuddin AshrafReserve Players: Noor Ali Zadran, Karim Janat, AftabAlam&AfsarZazai.(Pajhwok)

victims, 10 suffered causalities in face-to-face fight-ing, five in suicide attacks, three in airstrikes, two in targeted attacks and one in blasts. (Pajhwok)

With Appointment of Youth, Govt Services Improve

Khost Welfare Foundation Kicks off Campaign Against High Dowry

Children Among 11 People Injured in Paktia Accident

ACB Announce Squad for World Cup Qualifier 2018

Pakistan Called the Biggest Loser in Afghanistan Conflict

Over 2,000 killed, wounded in Afghanistan in January

er. Youth are capable of giving better performances,” the gov-ernor acknowledged.Samey revealed 1,176 youth -- 35 percent of them women -- had ...(More on P4)...(6)

written by prominent journalist Agha Masood Hussain.Haseeb Khan said around three million Afghan had been living in Pakistan since 1979. Undesir-able elements continued to cross the Durand ...(More on P4)...(8)

LASHKARGAH - The Tali-ban’s training centres, rev-enue collection facilities had been targeted in airstrikes in southern Helmand province, officials said on Monday while the Taliban rejected the claims.Ahmad NawidNazari, head of the borders and tribal af-fairs director, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces last night targeted the Tali-ban revenue facilities and training centres in the Deshu district.“The area targeted in over-night strikes situated be-tween Nimroz and Helmand provinces where the Taliban established drug business and collected their revenue,” he said.Nazari did not talk about the Taliban casualties but claimed heavy financial loses inflicted on the group during the attack.Governor Hayatullah Hayat acknowledged attacks on the Taliban training centres and revenue collection facilities in Deshu.“The Taliban suffered huge financial losses and weak-ened as a result of these at-tacks,” he said.But the Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said shops and oil tankers had been targeted in Dehu dis-trict airstrikes and the Tali-ban suffered no losses. Dehsu is one of the insecure districts of Helmand and was under the Taliban control from the past 15-year. (Pajhwok)

MAIL to Construct another 12 Cold Storage Facilities

to her in-laws home with herself, he says.“The bride was orphan and her father died in her child-hood, the groom was also economically not sound so

the foundation purchased all necessary goods at the cost of 150,000 rupees for them,” he said.Hanefa, the mother of bride, said she married her daugh-ter to her nephew who works in the city. He was unable to pay dowry and purchase the appliances and households.“We referred to the KWSF who bought all the needed households for my daughter. We will arrange the wedding ceremony simply because we don’t have the financial strength to arrange recep-tion,” she said.Civil Society Activist Sultan Mahmood Khirkhwa told Pajhwok Afghan News some tribal ...(More on P4)...(9)

KABUL - Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has said the ministry is planning to establish 12 large cold storage facili-ties across ten provinces for fresh produce. Each cold storage facility will hold up to 500 tons.

MAIL spokesman Akbar Rustami said the new cold rooms will be established in line with in-ternational standards so as to keep agricultural products fresh. According to Rustami, these cold storage facili-ties will cost in total ...(More on P4)...(7)

The ministry has announced it will start construction on another 12 cold storage facilities in the country at a total cost of 36$ million USD. ,,

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