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Mansour’s Death Would be a
Serious Blow to Taliban: CEO
KABUL - Afghan CEO Abdullah
Abdullah said early Sunday that
if Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s death
is confirmed major changes within
the ranks of the Taliban can be expected.
Addressing a press conference,
Abdullah said if Mansour is dead
a number of Taliban leaders could
join the peace process.
He said that it was possible that
Mansour was killed in a targeted
drone attack on Saturday in Pakistan.
He went on to say that government
will announce Mansour’s death
once they have had confirmation in
this regard.
Police Facing
Multiple Challenges
in Helmand: Official
LASHKARGAH - A top police
commander in the south on Sunday said unprofessional individuals in police ranks and a shortage of heavy weapons posed
grave challenges to dealing with
the resurgent Taliban in southern
Helmand province.
Commander of the 505th Police
Zone Maj. Gen. Asmatullah Dawlatzai was addressing a gathering
here, in which Interior Minister
Taj Mohammad Jahid was also
present.
Dawlatzai asked the minister to
resolve these problems and said
security situation in Helmand
needed more ...(More on P4)...(14)
Meanwhile the president’s office confirmed early Sunday
that a drone strike had been carried out. According to Dawa
Khan Menapal, the president’s deputy spokesman, they are
still waiting for confirmation of
Mansour’s death.
In a statement issued by the president’s office, he said that Mansour
had continuously rejected peace
and continued to bring carnage
and terror to the people of Afghanistan.
Abdullah meanwhile said Mansour had been a major obstacle in
the way of the Afghan peace process and that his death would be a
big blow to the insurgent group.
The Pentagon issued a statement
overnight Sunday confirming a U.S
drone strike on Saturday against
Mansour’s vehicle near Ahmad
Wal town, in Pakistan’s Balu-
Personal Interests Surround
Electoral Reform: TEFA
KABUL - The Transparent
Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) on Sunday said personal interests
of politicians had besieged
the electoral reform process, accusing the government, particularly the parliament, of delaying tactics
in this regard.
A statement from the TEFA
to Pajhwok Afghan News
said more than 20 months
had passed since efforts to
bring about electoral reform were launched, but
the efforts were yet to yield
any tangible results.
“People’s eroding trust in elections and increasing political wrangling has negatively
impacted the implementation
of electoral reform,” the statement said.
“Parliament members have
failed to properly evaluate the performance of the
government, they have also
failed in their pledges with
people. ...(More on P4)...(15)
chistan province – which is along
the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
The Pentagon press secretary Peter
Cook, said Mansour had posed a
danger to U.S. and Afghan forces
and to local civilians, and had disrupted U.S.-backed ¬efforts to broker a political solution to Afghanistan’s long conflict.
“Mansour has been an obstacle to
peace and reconciliation between
the government of Afghanistan and
the Taliban, prohibiting Taliban
leaders from participating in peace
talks with the Afghan government,” Cook said.
If confirmed, Mansour’s death
would ...(More on P4)...(12)
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23 Prisoners Freed
from Taliban Jail
LASHKARGAH - Twenty-three civilians and
military officials were freed from a Taliban
prison during an overnight raid in the Marjah
district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.
The governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told
Pajhwok Afghan News security forces captured a Taliban prison in Karo square area,
arresting its three guards, who were currently
being investigated. ...(More on P4)...(13)
Mullah Mansour ‘Was
Irreconcilable’: MoD
US Drone Strike
Kills 13 Taliban
in Kunduz
KUNDUZ CITY - At least 13 Taliban have been killed in the US
drone strike in northern Kunduz
province, an official said on Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Sher Aziz Kamawal,
spokesman for the 808th Zpin
Ghar Zone in the northeast, told
Pajhwok Afghan News the drone
missile struck a vehicle in the
Asqalan locality of Kunduz City,
the provincial capital.
He said two notorious commanders were among the dead militants
who were traveling to Imam Sahib
District from Kunduz City.
Earlier, at least 20 insurgents
were killed in a US drone strike in
Dasht-i-Archi district. (Pajhwok)
KABUL - A Ministry of Defence spokesman
on Sunday said Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar
Mansour ‘was irreconcilable’ and did not
want to join the peace process.
The Afghan intelligence agency on Sunday
confirmed Mansour had been killed in a US
drone strike in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
Ministry of Defence spokesman Maj. Gen.
Dawlat Waziri told a press conference in
Kabul that Mansour was irreconcilable and
didn’t want to join the peace process with
Afghanistan. The Taliban have not yet commented on ...(More on P4)...(16)