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Afghan Forces Reportedly Suffer Casualties in Farah Clash

KABUL - The Red Cross So-ciety of China on Sunday promised to continue provid-ing medical treatment to Af-ghan children suffering from heart diseases and equipping the hospital treating such children in Afghanistan.Chen Zhu, head of the Red Cross Society of China, told a press conference here that Afghanistan and China kept their friendly relations and it was a place of pleasure that the peoples of the two coun-tries were interested in coop-erating each other in different fields.He said the Red Cross Society of China was committed to continuing cooperation with Afghanistan, particularly in

KABUL - The Ministry of For-eign Affairs has briefed Kabul-based foreign diplomats about the recently concluded five-day Consultative Loya Jirga.The historic peace summit ended on Friday with delegates from across Afghanistan de-manding an immediate and permanent ceasefire.About 3,200 religious, tribal leaders, politicians and repre-sentatives deliberated on find-ing a breakthrough in Afghani-stan’s grueling conflict.At the end of the jirga, the del-egates in a 23-point declaration asked the government and the Taliban to declare and imple-ment an immediate and per-manent ceasefire at the start of Ramadan.

the treatment of children suf-fering from heart ailments.The Afghan Red Crescent Society has built a hospital in Kabul for treatment of chil-dren with heart diseases, but the facility is yet to be inau-gurated.Mahran Sadaqat, spokes-

Addressing the closing cer-emony of the assembly, Presi-dent Ashraf Ghani said he was ready to implement the fair and legitimate demand for a ceasefire but stressed it could not be unilateral.The Foreign Ministry in a state-ment on Monday said foreign

China to Help Equip Children Hospital in Kabul

Foreign Diplomats Briefed on Loya Jirga’s Decisions

man of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Red Cross Society of China had promised to help equip the hospital and train its personnel.The Red Cross Society of China head said his country had been ...(More on P4)...(3)

diplomats based in Kabul were briefed and provided information about the decisions of the Loya Jirga.The briefing was presided over by acting minister and deputy foreign minister for political affairs Idrees Zaman....(More on P4)...(4)

KS Relief Embarks On Ramadan Aid to Needy Afghans

KABUL - The Taliban on Monday said their talks with the US peace envoy in the Qatari capital would resume today (Tuesday) after a one-day break on the account of the first day of Ramadan.

The sixth round of talks be-tween the Taliban Doha of-fice representatives and US peace envoy for Afghani-stan continued for four days and were paused for a day to mark the start of the holy month.Taliban Qatar office spokes-man Sohail Shaheen on his Twitter account said that due to holiday on the first Ramazand their talks were suspended for a day. He said the talks would resume to-day (Tuesday).Taking advantage of the break, Khalilzad flew to In-dia to discuss the Afghan peace process with Indian of-ficials.Shaheen said in the ongo-ing round they would try

extend all possible coopera-tion to the Afghan govern-ment in bringing stability and peace to the war-torn country.Imran Khan said he endorsed President Ghani’s regional economic integration vision and stressed the need for del-egation level talks on technical issues.The Pakistani premier invited President Ghani to visit Paki-stan for detailed discussion on economic issues and regional connectivity and the Afghan leader accepted his invitation.President Ghani commended

KABUL - A primary court in Ka-bul on Sunday sentenced Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, the former head of the Independent Election Com-

US-Taliban Talks to Resume Today after a Day Break

Ghani Accepts Imran Khan’s Invitation to Visit Pakistan

Kabul Court Hands Jail Term to Ex-Election Commission Chief

KABUL - The King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRe-lief) has started distributing relief goods worth 80 million afghanis to 20000 de-serving Afghan families for the holy month of Ramadan.The aid distribution was launched in Kabul on Sunday on the eve of the holy month by Refugee and Repatriation Minister Syed Alami Balkhi, Saudi Ara-bia ambassador to Afghanistan l Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Khalidi and other Afghan officials. ...(More on P4)...(6)

to reach an agreement on a timeline for withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghani-stan and the war on terror-ism. He said an agreement on the withdrawal of foreign forces was essential before

discussing other issues.Earlier, Khalilzad had also said they were inching closer to an agreement on the two topics, but added nothing would be agreed until all topics were agreed upon.Peace talks between U.S. ne-gotiators and Taliban repre-sentatives in Doha, Qatar, have been interrupted to mark the beginning of Rama-dan.Shaheen told a foreign news agency late Sunday that talks hit an impasse over when foreign forces would depart Afghanistan.Washington is demanding that militants establish secu-rity guarantees, a cease-fire, and make other commit-ments ...(More on P4)...(9)

Imran Khan’s commitment to peace in Afghanistan and said they welcomed the newly in-vented spirit of regional eco-nomic integration.Ghani, who accepted Khan’s invitation to visit Pakistan, said a date should be fixed for his visit through diplomatic channels of the two countries.In Islamabad, the Pakistani Foreign Office in a statement said Prime Minister Imran Khan and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday agreed to capitalise on the true ...(More on P4)...(7)

mission (IEC), former governor of Herat and an incumbent member of Afghanistan’s Meshrano Jirga, the Upper House of Parliament, to one

vice president Sarwar Danesh on Sunday formally introduced the country’s first Child Protection Law which has been ratified by

President Ashraf Ghani and is published in the official gazette.

Afghanistan Officially Launches Child Protection Law

KABUL - The law on child rights is officially launched at a time when 3.7 million Afghan chil-dren are out of school and more than 1000 children were killed in attacks during the past six months.The law, which has 16 chap-ters and 107 articles, shall be approved from the Parliament within 30 days of its signing by the president.The rights of children to citizen-ship, identity, registration and

birth, the right to be breastfed, prohibited from being misused, abused, the right to freedom, the right to access to services, and the right to education are parts of the law.Meanwhile, the law says a preg-nant woman cannot opt for abortion without any legitimate and health reason. The law also prohibits Bacha Bazi, the illegal practice of misuse of boys under the age of 18 and also prohibited recruitment of children as sol-

diers.Speaking on the occasion, Sar-war Danish said children’s con-dition has been “shocking” over the past two years and 44 percent of children were deprived of ed-ucation.He said one child died in every one hour in 2017 and that 2018 was the deadliest year for Af-ghan children.He called the launch of the law as a historic moment and asked ...(More on P4)...(5)

year and one month jail term and AFs1 million fine.The case prosecutor Payenda Adil said Nuristani had received AFs1 million through bullying from the former chairman of Milli Bus Enterprise while he was serving as the governor of western Herat province. He said the allegations against Nuristani have been proved following in-vestigations.He said the money was not transferred to the national treas-ury.“Yusuf Nuristani demanded the amount from the chairman of

the Milli Bus Enterprise by mis-using his authority and by mis-using the office of the governor and then he claimed to have had distributed the amount based on a list which is not credible to us,” said Payenda.Nuristani was not present at the hearing, but his defense attorney rejected the verdict.“My client was interrogated for 45 minutes even without a de-fense attorney. Secondly, my cli-ent is now at his 71 years of age,” said Mohammad Khalid Karimi, Nuristani’s defense attorney. ...(More on P4)...(10)

KABUL - Reports indicate that an attack by the Taliban in Farah province has left more than a doz-en Army soldiers dead but local of-ficials have not commented on the report so far.Abdul Samad Salehi, member of Farah Provincial Council, said the fighting occurred in Gulistan dis-trict in the Farah province in which 20 Army soldiers were killed. Meanwhile, Farah police spokes-man Mohibullah Mohib said that at least 50 drugs processing cent-ers belonged to the Taliban were destroyed in airstrikes in Bakwa district in the province....(More on P4)...(8)

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