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KABUL - The Maiwand Wrestling club was at-tacked by suicide bombers from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group last Sep-tember.At least 20 people were killed and 70 wounded in the assault at the club in Dash-e-Barchi, a neigh-bourhood in Kabul’s west, home to a sizeable Haz-ara community. Coach Ghulam Abbas lost his left arm in what he said was an attack on the ethnic Hazara minority - a group comprising mostly Shia Muslims and ac-counting for up to 15 percent of Afghanistan’s esti-mated 30 million population.The Hazara have long suffered oppression and per-secution in Afghanistan. In the 1990s, thousands were killed by al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. They are now often targeted by groups swearing alle-giance to ISIL. The Taliban, during their rule from 1996 to 2001, declared the Hazaras “non-Muslims”.More recently, peace talks have gathered pace fol-lowing a series of high-level meetings between US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban rep-resentatives over the past three months in Qatar.The Hazaras doubt the negotiations will stop the killings. (Aljazeera)

KABUL - The Ministry of Interior has confirmed that a prominent Taliban commander was killed during an opera-tion of Afghan Special Forces in south-eastern Paktika province.The Ministry of Interior in a statement said a prominent Taliban commander, Maulana Mansoor, was killed during a raid conducted by Special Forces in Pa-

KABUL - The Special Forces of National Directorate of Security (NDS) have killed the mastermind of a coordinated attack on con-struction firm in Nangarhar prov-ince.Provincial governor’s spokesman

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani met with the U.S. Central Com-mander General Joseph Votel in the Presidential Palace on Tues-day, President’s office said in a statement.According to the statement, the two sides discussed the peace process, funding, and strengthen-ing of the Afghan Forces and joint

Ghani Meets Outgoing U.S. Centcom Commander Gen. Votel,

Discusses Peace Process

Prominent Taliban Commander Maulana Mansoor Killed in Paktika: MoI

NDS Special Forces Kill Mastermind of ISIS Attack on a Construction Firm in Nangarhar

If you’ve been studying astrology, numer-ology, or any other occult science, Leo, to-day you might find some of the concepts you’re studying a bit confusing. You may have glossed over some of the ideas that are prerequisites to what you’re looking at

now. Go back and review last week’s lesson and every-thing might make more sense to you.

Sudden and unexpected problems could have your household in chaos, Aries. This probably doesn’t relate to difficulties with your housemates. It’s more likely to involve problems with

wiring, appliances, or phone lines. It could be annoy-ing to deal with repairmen in and out of your house, but you will have to bear with it.

Too many communications may prove distracting today, Taurus. The phone could be ringing off the hook and your email inbox overflowing. Everyone around you seems to be talking at once.

If you don’t bring some order to this chaos, it could give you a headache! Let voicemail get the phone, get away from the computer, and take something light to the park to read. You need some peace and quiet.

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Outlook Horoscope

Pisces (Feb.19-Mar.20)

Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb.18)

Capricorn (Dec.21-Jan19)

Scorpio (Oct.23-Nov.22)

Libra (Sep 23-Oct. 22)Cancer (June 21-July 20)

Sagittarius (Nov.23-Dec.20)

Leo (July 21-Aug. 21)Taurus (Apr.21-May 20)

Aries (Mar. 22-Apr.20)

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Virgo (Aug. 22-Sep 22 )

- Sudden and unexpected problems could have your household in chaos, Aries. This probably doesn’t relate to difficulties with your housemates. It’s more likely to involve problems with

wiring, appliances, or phone lines. It could be an-noying to deal with repairmen in and out of your house, but you will have to bear with it.

Generally you’re pretty emotionally stable, Cancer. Today’s events might seem to conspire to create erratic moods that you aren’t used to feeling. No major concerns should arise, but

little irritations like dropping things, misplacing keys, or missing calls could get on your nerves. Slow down and stay focused.

- Some equipment that you use a lot, perhaps an appliance, computer, or TV, might go on the blink today, Libra. Don’t try to fix it yourself even if you think you know how. Call a professional, and hang

the expense. If you try to do it yourself, you might cause more damage to the equipment or perhaps to you! This is definitely a day to exercise caution. Be patient!

You might hear some rather bizarre ru-mors today, Capricorn. Someone has misinterpreted a piece of information and blown it into something far different from

reality. You will need to check this out for yourself before jumping to any conclusions. Don’t be afraid to pass on what you learn. It’s better to nip this sort of gossip in the bud by revealing the facts than let it continue to spread.

Some rather bizarre news could come to you today about metaphysical or paranormal matters, Scorpio. This isn’t anything that af-fects you directly, but more likely concerns

discoveries of anomalies. You and others could find it fas-cinating and discuss it for hours. Don’t be surprised if the theories that come up seem even more bizarre than what you heard in the first place!

Today you might plan a quick trip by air, Aquarius. This could be business related. Someone else may have been meant to go but couldn’t, so you may be taking his or her

place. This could be disruptive for you, but if you make an effort, you can turn it into an adventure. It’s always best to go with the flow and make the most of it.

A date to get together with a romantic partner might have to be broken at the last minute, Pisces. Your friend might not give a reason, and you might won-

der if this means he or she doesn’t really want to see you. That probably isn’t the case. All signs are that your friend has received some bad news and didn’t want to upset you. Hang in there. You should hear from your honey again soon.

A friend could be having financial trou-bles and ask you for a loan, Virgo. You like this person and understand what he or she’s going through, so you want to

help. But it could be a while before your friend is solvent again. If you make the loan, remember the adage about never lending anything to a friend that you aren’t willing to consider a gift. Don’t depend on immediate repayment.

This could be a hectic day, Sagittarius. You will probably try to go too many places and do too many things at once.

Friends might want to get together, but you may have a lot of errands to take care of. It might be a good idea to assess what needs to be done and take care of it in order of urgency. That’s the only way you can stay sane!

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KABUL - Afghanistan suffered defeat against Palestine who claimed a nar-row 3-2 victory in AFC Beach Soccer Championship in Thailand on Satur-day.With the win, Palestine entered quar-ter-finals stage of the tournament as the first Group A team. Afghanistan must pick up points in their next game which will be against Thailand.The first goal of the game was scored by Afghan captain Sami Mohammadi, who broke the deadlock with a classy diving header, just 10 seconds before the break.Palestine’s Fadi Al Aawi hit the equal-izer in the 20th minute.Rauf Qaderi hit the post with a su-perbly inventive 28th-minute back-heel on the volley, then popped up again a minute later to tee up Moham-madi who slammed the ball past Pal-estinian keeper Fadey Jaber to make it 2-1 to Afghanistan.Palestine were minutes away from defeat, but Mohammaed Hassan gave them a lifeline when he forced the ball home from close range to equalise in the 32nd minute, before Al Neirab dramatically sealed all three points when he drilled home a low free-kick with just over one minute remaining.“This game was good, but it was also difficult for us, and I congratulate the Palestine team. The game was good today in terms of quality, but I think our mistakes helped the Palestine team to win the game,” said Meysam Ashtyani, Afghanistan head coach.Palestine head coach, Imadeldeen Hasim, said: “I have studied this team and we know that the Afghanistan team are very good, and very strong, but I also knew we could win. We have shown the level of performance I expected from the team.” (Agencies)

Palestine 3-2 Afghanistan in AFC Beach Soccer C’ship

Afghan Wrestling Club Reopens after

Suicide Attack

combat against terrorism.Gen. Votel said that his term in Af-ghanistan as U.S. CENTCOM Com-mander has been over and that his successor would be someone who could be familiar with Afghanistan conditions, adding that as a strategic partner of the Afghan government, the Security and Defense Forces and the people of Afghanistan he would

continue to his duties. On his turn, President Ghani hailed Gen. Votel’s services for Afghanistan and support of the United States with the Afghan government in various field.The president also noted that the fight against terrorism would continue to end the 40 years of crisis in Afghani-stan and ...(More on P4)...(10)

ktika province.The statement further added that Maul-ana Mansoor was in lead of Taliban militants in Paktika province and was involved in majority of high level and complex attacks in this province.Thea anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented regarding ...(More on P4)...(11)

Ataullah Khogyani said the NDS Special Forces conducted a raid in Momandara district of Nangarhar province last night which resulted into killing of a key ISIS group memeber Subhan....(More on P4)...(12)