Reg: No 352 Volume No. 3823 Tuesday March 06, 2018 Hoot 15, 1396 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs

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Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent.

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KABUL - A breakthrough in talks between Jamiat-e-Islami party of Afghanistan and the Presidential Palace (ARG) is close, said Afzal Hadid, a close aide to the ousted governor Atta Mohammad Noor of northern Balkh province on Monday. “Following negotiations between Atta Mo-hammad Noor and representatives of the Presidential Palace (ARG) the two sides have inched very close to a final settlement,” Hadid said. Some media outlets have reported that Noor has agreed to step down and that a new governor will be appointed in consultation with Noor. However, there has been no confirmation regarding these reports. But sources told TOLOnews, on condition of anonymity, that the two sides are likely to resume their negotiations in Kabul within a few days. According to Hadid, the ARG delegation, which comprised of the

KABUL - Afghan Army forces conducted several airstrikes in the past 24 hours and at least 42 insur-gents including Daesh militants were killed. At least 42 Daesh militants and Taliban insurgents were killed in the past 24 hours during Afghan air raids in different parts of the country, the Ministry of Defense said. According to the ministry seven Taliban members ...(More on P4)...(5)

KABUL - Traders said about 70 percent of their fresh fruits will soon start rotting as Pakistan has still closed cross-border trade. A number of traders of fresh fruits on Sunday said the National Unity Govern-ment (NUG) has been unable to resolve problems around the export of Afghanistan’s fresh fruits to Pakistan. The traders said around 70 percent of their fresh fruits, es-pecially apples, that have been kept in cold rooms will soon spoil. They said although Pakistan produce is coming into Af-ghanistan without any prob-lems, their produce is not get-ting across the border. “Our traders bought apples at high prices and now they are selling it at a big loss,” said SayedIshaq, a trader. “Goods come from Pakistan, but we do not export to Paki-stan. We want this problem to be resolved,” Ahmad Shah Jan, another trader said. “There are lots of apples with the farmers, because they all cannot be sold here,” said Ab-dulalh, another trader. Officials from the commerce and industries ministry mean-while said they have discussed the issue with Pakistani offi-cials and they have committed themselves to addressing the problem. “The quarantine certificates are not applied only on Afghan goods, ...(More on P4)...(6)

head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) MasoomStanekzai and Abdul Salam Rahimi, the head of office of the president, held talks on behalf of the government with Noor this past weekend. However, no ...(More on P4)...(8)

Sources have said on condition of anonymity that talks between ARG and Jamiat could resume within a few days.

42 Daesh and Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghan

Airstrikes

Traders Say NUG Not Helping With Export Problem to Pakistan

Human Trafficking Law Requires More Attention: Afghan Think Tank

Noor Aide Says Breakthrough ‘Imminent’ In ImpasseHelmand Farmers Cultivating Poppies Year Round

KABUL - A recent study conducted by the Afghanistan Re-search and Evaluation Unit (AREU) recommends that the traf-ficking law of 2017 should be reviewed to identify and remove all contradictory statements or redundancies with the penal code.“Once they are aligned, it would allow for clearer and bet-ter implementation of policies to curbing human trafficking, smuggling of migrants and abduction cases,” the AREU study recommends.The mapping study of the Institutional Mechanism to Track Trafficking in Persons in Afghanistan took place in the west-ern Afghan province of Herat, the eastern province of Nan-garhar and Kabul during 2015 and 2016 and was conducted by AREU and funded by the Security Governance Group (SGG). The AREU team has released a policy note funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), AREU’s core funding partner that provides updates and developments to the original report.“The recommendations made by the AREU study deserve

LASHKARGAH - Helmand farmers said in the last two years they have been provided with poppy seeds that grow all year round. Farmers in southern Helmand province said Sunday that they were given modified poppy seeds two years ago which now enables them to cultivate the plants year round.According to the farmers, in the past they were only able to cultivate poppies for six months a year whereas now they are able to cultivate the plant the whole year – through all four seasons. “After harvesting the plants from the farm, we prepare the land and plant new seeds. ...(More on P4)...(7)

serious attention. The government of Afghanistan and its national and international counterparts involved in counter trafficking in persons efforts have an obligation to implement them to the best of their abilities to overcome this nefarious problem that has affected thousands of families in the coun-try,” said Dr. Orzala Nemat, AREU Director.Nemat said that despite the fact that significant progress has been made in the past several ...(More on P4)...(2)

KABUL - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will open the high-level international conference on Afghani-stan “Peace Process, Cooperation in the Sphere of Security and Regional In-teraction” in Tashkent on March 26—27, 2018, Uzbek media reported citing the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.According to the information, among the guests invited to the conference are

the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres and the UN Special Envoy to Af-ghanistan Tadamiti Yamamoto, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, as well as the for-eign ministers of China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ger-many, Italy, France, Turkey, India, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia and the ...(More on P4)...(1)

KABUL - Wazir Akbar Khan residents face mounting challenges following implementation of heavy security measures in the area.Families living in Wazir Akbar Khan, in the dip-lomatic zone in Kabul, have spoken out about the difficulties they face living in the heavily fortified but extremely vulnerable part of the city.Wazir Akbar Khan, or WAK as its known to many, houses many embassies, businesses and residential homes, but is constantly under insur-gent threat. It has ...(More on P4)...(3)

WAK Residents Bear the Brunt of Tightened Security

Uzbek, Afghan Presidents to Open Tashkent International Conference on Afghanistan

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will open the high-level international conference on Afghanistan “Peace Process, Cooperation in the Sphere of Security and Regional Interaction” in Tashkent on March 26—27, 2018, Uzbek media reported citing the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

KABUL - MoD spokesman said a commission has been established to execute the president’s orders to establish the new force. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry on Monday said that an order by President Ashraf Ghani on the formation of a territorial army has been issued based on which over 36,000 recruits will be hired in three phases.In response to the move, military experts ex-pressed concerns around the recruitment and management of such a force. Presently over 190,000 soldiers serve in the struc-tures of the embattled Afghan National Army (ANA) which is tackling insurgents on multiple fronts across the country. “An order by the president has been issued and is being executed. ...(More on P4)...(4)

Govt Working to form Territorial Army