SECURITY
Injured Border Policeman Dies
Nangarhar: A border police finance manager on Thursday succumbed to injuries he sustained in a bomb blast a day earlier in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. Col. Madar Khan, the finance manager for 1st border police brigade in the east, was injured in the blast caused by a magnetic bomb attached to his car in Jalalabad late on Wednesday. Six other people were wounded in the blast. Pajhwok
Search Mounted For 2 Doctors Kidnapped in Badghis
Kabul: Two doctors have been kidnapped by suspected militants in northwestern Badghis province. Working for the Public Health Department, the doctors were kidnapped on their way to a clinic in Qadis district, a statement from provincial government’s media office said. Pajhwok
POLITICAL
Khost-Paktia Cooperation on Curbing Violence Stressed
Officials in southeastern Khost and Paktia provinces on Thursday stressed the need for cooperation on improving security and resolving tribal disputes. Khost Governor Hakam Khan Habibi, during a trip to Paktia province, talked about on a wide range of issues with his counterpart and other officials on Thursday. Security and defence officials, provincial council members, tribal elders and other officials of both provinces discussed greater cooperation and coordination on combating crimes. Pajhwok
Balkh PC Bypassed in Budget
Balkh: The provincial council of northern Balkh province on Thursday complained of being always ignored by the governor’s house in preparing and executing provincial development and budgetary plans. A member of the council, Hasham Azimi, told that the governor’s house used to prepare development and budgetary plans and send them for approval to the central government, but the provincial council was never consulted. Pajhwok
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
NATO General hails Progress Made by Afghan Forces
Kabul: Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti paid a visit to Afghanistan from January 23 to 26 and witnessed the efforts of coalition members executing the Resolute Support (RS), a statement from the RS said on Thursday. Pajhwok
Petraeus Calls for Sustained US Focus on Afghanistan
Preventing Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist sanctuary still needed, a former American general and commander of US forces in the country told lawmakers. “The mission, I think, is still very clear, it is to prevent Afghanistan forever, once again becoming a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when Al Qaida had the bases there under Taliban rule,” Pajhwok
