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Militants Planning Intense Fighting in North: Khalid

KABUL - In case of a halt to finan-cial support from the global frater-nity, the Afghan government woll not survive, a US federal watchdog has warned.The Afghan military could pose a serious threat to the country’s security if inter-national aid ended abruptly as a result of a peace deal be-tween, it said.John Sopko, head of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SI-GAR), said: “There are over 300,000 Afghans currently serving in the security forces.”Presenting his report in Wash-ington on Thursday, Sopko said: “Without financial support, the government of Afghanistan can-not survive. “Should peace come, if that peace is to be sustainable, it will come at an additional price that only external donors can afford.

Afghan Govt Won’t Survive if Aid Halted: SIGAR

KABUL - Acting Defence Min-ister Assadullah Khalid and other senior officials have ar-rived in northern Balkh prov-ince to discuss security situ-ation with local leadership in the north.He is accompanied by National Directorate of Security (NDS) head Masoom Stanikzai, Dep-uty Minister Khosal Sadat and Resolute Support Operations Chief of Staff, the Ministry of Defence said.“The enemies are preparing to wage intense fight in upcoming months. We must not ignore readiness too,” the minister told the security and civilian leadership in the north.The new year might be dif-ficult in terms of security, he said, stressing the officials must think ahead of the fight-ers. “We must not let them take territories, but also raid their hideouts and retake their ter-ritories.”Balkh added: “We share your concerns in regards to improv-ing security in the north. The 217th Corps will be inaugu-rated in weeks to deal with the enemies on the battlefield.”Gen. Ahmadzai, 209h Corps commander in Balkh, said: “The Taliban will not win over us. We have all assets to coun-ter their threats and conduct offensive operations against them.” (Pajhwok)

That is why we have issued today’s report to encourage policymakers to vigorously think about the day after.” To end 17-year conflict, the Trump administration has been try-ing to broker a peace deal between the Taliban and the government of President Ashraf Ghani. “If their (security personnel) pay-checks ...(More on P4)...(9)

HEART CITY - At least four people have been killed as floods hit different parts of western Herat province, lo-cal officials say.The overnight rain-induced flooding caused financial losses in different areas, in-cluding Guzfa, Injil, Zinda-jan, Ghoriyan and Karkh districts.The provincial capital was also affected, the governor’s spokesman, Jilani Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News. Police and army teams were sent to the affected areas.

KABUL - US Special Repre-sentative for Afghanistan Rec-onciliation Zalmay Khalilzad who is on a multi-nation trip as part of his efforts for fa-cilitating the peace process in Afghanistan on Thursday met with NATO Secretary Gen-eral and discussed the Afghan peace. NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said in a tweet that Khalilzad met NATO chief as part of regular consultations on Afghan peace. She said that Khalilzad “briefed NATO Allies and Resolute Support partners on the ongoing efforts for peace in Afghanistan.According to the US Depart-ment of State, in this trip, Khalilzad will visit Afghani-stan, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Pakistan, Uzbeki-stan, Jordan and Qatar from March 25 to April 10.

DUSHANBE - Within the frame-work of implementation of a protocol for expansion of cross-border cooperation for disaster preparedness and response to emergency situations between Tajikistan and Afghanistan signed in February 2018, the first training for Tajik and Af-ghan female rescuers has begun in Dushanbe, according to the Committee on Emergency Situa-tions and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan.A week-long training is being held at the Republican Training Center of the Emergencies Com-mittee, and its participants are learning methods of carrying out search-and-rescue operations with use of special rescue and

First Training for Tajik and Afghan Female Rescuers Starts in Dushanbe

At Least 4 Dead, Houses Damaged as Flood Hit Herat Khalilzad Briefs NATO Allies on Afghan Peace

Marooned families on the outskirts of Herat City were rescued by the teams, which are still providing relief to victims. Besides killing four individ-uals, Farhad said, the floods also damaged hundreds of civilian homes, thousands of acres of farm lands, or-chards and canals.Meanwhile, officials warned of more flooding in Herat over the next week. Resi-dents were urged to avoid travelling to areas faced the flood threats. (Pajhwok)

His trip is part of the overall effort to facilitate a peace process that brings all Afghan parties together in inclu-sive intra-Afghan negotiations.In Kabul, Khalilzad will consult with the Afghan government and other Afghans about the status of US talks with the Taliban, encourage efforts to form an inclusive negotiating team,

Pompeo says the efforts are aimed at bringing all parties together to reduce violence in Afghanistan.

Khalilzad’s trip is part of the overall effort for facilitating intra-Afghan negotiations, US Department of State says.

US Trying to Convince all Parties in Afghan

Peace: Pompeo

and discuss next steps in intra-Af-ghan discussions and negotiations, the US Department of State said in a statement this week. This comes as Khalilzad agreed in draft on foreign forces withdrawal and counterterrorism assurances af-ter 16-day talks in Qatar which ended on March 14. (Tolo news)

PUBLIC NOTICEHABIB BANK AFGHANISTAN has commenced an orderly and organized winding down of its operations.This is to notify all clients that Habib Bank Afghanistan shall not be able to accept any inward remittances via its Afghanistan Clearance Settlement System (“ACSS”) from 30 April 2019 onwards.All clients are requested to please contact / visit the Habib Bank Afghanistan Branch in Kabul in order to make alternate arrangements with regards to inward remittances.We would like to assure our valued depositors that Habib Bank Afghanistan remains committed to discharg-ing all its obligations and liabilities as per the requirements of Da Afghanistan Bank.

KABUL - Testifying before House of Representatives Foreign Af-fairs Committee, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the issue of troop reduction is Af-ghanistan is depended to the out-come of peace talks between the United States and the Taliban.He said Washington is trying to convince all parties involved in the conflict in Afghanistan to come together and see if there is an agreement to overcome vio-

lence in the country.“We are trying to convince all the parties, the government of na-tional unity including President Ghani, other Afghan actors and the Taliban to come together to see if we can find a way to reduce the violence. When we do that, we will be able to reduce not only the American forces there, but importantly the NATO forces that are located inside and working together alongside us inside of

Afghanistan,” said Pompeo. “Our negotiations are with eve-ry element inside Afghanistan aimed to getting there to be Af-ghan-led conversation, that is the mission ambassador Khalilzad is engaged in,” said Pompeo.Sources from the Presidential Palace said that President Ashraf Ghani in a meeting with a Qa-tari delegation proposed a delay in the second round of talks be-tween ...(More on P4)...(8)

personal protective equipment, Umeda Yusufi, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Committee, told Asia-Plus in an interview.Organized under support of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

(AKAH) in Tajikistan, the train-ing is being conducted by profes-sional instructors from the United Kingdom, Yusufi added.The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), ...(More on P4)...(7)