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Pakistan most dangerous Page 4 country for the world: ex-CIA official

Islamic State advances Rabbani calls Page 5 on Aleppo in on Afghans to Syria fighting unite against militants Islamic AT News Report halal KABUL: The Minister of Foreign economy Affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani, said Page 9 that Afghans have been mobilized set to AT News Report he said. While the Afghan army against terrorists. grow, say and police have engaged in tough He added that Afghans would KABUL: The commander of fighting with the enemy and have not allow any country to inter- experts NATO s Resolute Support mis- proven themselves resilient, they fere in Afghanistan s affairs and sion and U.S. forces in Afghani- cannot handle the fight alone at rule their country. stan said that Afghan security forc- this point, Campbell said, adding, The minister has recently es have exhibited good perfor- Ultimately, I m convinced that AT Monitoring Desk NUG is completely another case. paid a visit to Badakhshan, Ta- The Iranian mance against insurgents but still improved leadership and account- During Hamid Karzai s tenure, khar, Kunduz and Baghlan prov- need support. Army Gen. John F. ability will address most of their KABUL: Former National Secu- at least we had a government based inces, to meet with Jihadi leaders general Campbell on Thursday told the deficiencies. But it will take time rity Advisor (NSA), Rangeen on law and elections, Spanta said, and security forces. During his who plotted House Armed Services Commit- for them to build their human cap- Dadfar Spanta, said that the Na- adding that there were constant visit to Baghlan province, he Page 8 tee that the war-hit country was ital. tional Unity Government (NUG) contact and talks between people called on people to unite against out Syrian passing through a critical juncture According to the US De- has wasted one year of its term of Afghanistan and the former terrorists. Rabbani said that peo- assault in and needed assistance of the al- partment of Defense, about the and failed to bring prosperity and President Hamid Karzai. Hinting ple s presence in the frontline of lies. The Afghans welcome the plan, Campbell said, is to contin- give hope to Afghans. It has been at the achievements of the previ- war against militants is commend- Moscow opportunity to share their desti- ue to build the Afghan security one year since formation of the ous government, Spanta said that able. ny, but they still desire, need and forces so they can protect their National Unity Government the constitution has been drafted, He came hard on the elders and deserve our assistance. Working people, and have a stable govern- (NUG). One year is not a long, education sector has improved, lawmakers, who are fanning dif- together, we can be successful, ment that can provide for its peo- but for a country that should healthcare service has expanded ference among various ethnic The key to he said. The general told that Af- ple. The Afghans welcome the come out of security, social and like never before, security forces groups. ghan forces need assistance to be opportunity to share their desti- economic crisis, one year is a long have been established, young peo- In the meantime, residents of solving the strengthened in order to deal with ny, but they still desire, need and period of time, he added. Span- ple had been sent to foreign coun- Baghlan province urged the gov- puzzle of the existing and emerging challeng- deserve our assistance, the gen- ta in an article published in a local tries to pursue higher education, ernment to take all necessary mea- Page 7 es, including the rise of Islamic eral said, adding, Working togeth- newspaper, said: In third world free media has been developed, uni- sures against the militants who are Afghanistan State, also known as Daesh. If er, we can be successful. He not- countries, particularly in Afghan- versities have once again become intended to destroy Afghanistan s we think that this is going to be ed it was envisioned in 2014 the istan it is trend that governments places to get education, people north. is Pakistan cleared up in a couple of years, U.S. would transition to a normal- blame their successors and for- from all walks of life were present The Taliban militants have re- we re fooling ourselves. We have ized embassy presence by Janu- eigners for their incompetence and in the government and so on. He cently mounted their terrorist ac- to position ourselves to ensure ary 2016. But much has changed wrongdoings to free themselves said that during Karzai s adminis- tivities in the northern parts of that we can do everything we can in Afghanistan since that time, from the responsibility of finding tration the government had a for- the country. The insurgent group Dele Alli to mitigate this impact. The way Campbell said. The general, echo- the root causes of their failures. eign policy. Leaders of other coun- recently took control of Kunduz to mitigate the threat is to apply ing what he told a Senate panel He added that to say that the in- tries were considering leaders of city. However, security forces re- deserves pressure with the great men and earlier this week, said he offered cumbent government has inherit- the then government, as represen- captured the city from the mili- women that we have in all of our President Barack Obama several ed some of the outstanding prob- tatives of an equal government. tants after several days of fight- Page 11 his shot with services, and build the countert- options for the U.S. presence in lems from its successor is true, When an issue was against Afghan- ing. Kunduz was the first major errorism capability of Afghanistan Afghanistan in 2016 and beyond. but rapidly deterioration of the istan s interest, Afghan leaders and city to fall to the Taliban in the England, says Afghanistan has extremely...P2 Jamie Redknapp and other countries in the region, situation since formation of the diplomats could even say no ..P2 past 14 years. Afghanistan Motives behind seeks full membership Page 6 insurgency in war stricken Afghanistan of SCO programs, he pointed out that, KABUL: Afghanistan is seeking to ITEC is the flagship program of become a full member of the Shang- the Indian government s capacity hai Cooperation Organisation building efforts not only because (SCO), the organisation s Secretary of its magnitude and wide geo- General has said. According to graphical coverage but also for in- Dmitry Mezentsev, Afghan offi- novative forms of technical co- cials have tabled the request re- operation. These programs have cently. The Afghan authorities generated immense goodwill and The root have recently applied to the presi- substantive cooperation among Editorial P6 dent of the country chairing the the developing countries, he said. SCO requesting for its full mem- By Akhtar M. Nikzad The deputy chief of mission organizes specialized training pro- General Director of Independent cause bership in the Organization. He Embassy of India, Viraj Singh, said grams for Afghan government of- Administration Reform and Civil has said current situation in Af- KABUL: Embassy of India in in the ceremony that India is one ficials on specific request by Af- Services Commission, Farhad ghanistan has a special place on Kabul celebrated the Indian Tech- of the counterpart countries that ghan government. Singh said the Usmani, told Afghanistan Times the SCO s agenda of the day and nical and Economic Cooperation every year offers around 500 slots Indian government conducted that each year India provides Happy issues relating to providing regional (ITCE) Day and offered informa- under the civil ITEC program and short and long term training pro- short term capacity building stability have assumed more sig- tion about India s competence in cover 200 slots under ITEC de- grams for Afghan employees had courses for 500-700 civil employ- with what nificance. Cooperation with Af- field of technical innovation and fense program to Afghanistan. He significant impacts over profes- ees through the ITEC programs. ghanistan must be built not only economical cooperation for re- said that apart from these annual sional knowledge of the partici- He said the capacity building pro- Page 10 I am paid: on combating terrorism or drug traf- gional and inter-regional countries. slots, the government of India also pants. Speaking about the ITEC grams include: accounting, ..P2 ficking but also in the economic, Kareena cultural and humanitarian Kapoor spheres, the SCO official said, Situation in Afghanistan noting that the SCO keeps and develops new system of priorities remains challenging: NATO chief From expansion of cooperation in eco- KABUL: As the United States tary General Jens Stoltenberg said nomic, cultural and humanitarian asked NATO allies on Thursday the defence ministers discussed Nimroz, a spheres. The Shanghai Coopera- for flexibility in its exit plans from the latest developments in Af- Page 2 risky route tion Organization currently has six Afghanistan, the alliance acknowl- ghanistan, including the situation In a separate incident two militants opened fire on a restau- full members -- China, Kazakhstan, edged the situation in the war-torn in northern Kunduz province. rant in the 3rd police district of Kabul city on Thursday evening. to riches in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and country remained challenging. US They also discussed the tragic loss Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, Belarus, AT Monitoring Desk ternoon. No group has claimed Europe India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan Defense Secretary Ash Carter said of lives in the Doctors Without responsibility of the blasts so far. are six observer states, and SCO s after talks in Brussels he had asked Borders hospital. We underlined KABUL: At least one person has In a separate incident two mili- dialogue partners include Sri Lanka all of the NATO partners to re- the importance of a full and thor- been killed and three others injured tants opened fire on a restaurant and Turkey. The Organization s main flexible and to consider the ough and transparent investiga- in a series of explosions in Kabul in the 3rd police district of Kabul Displaced six full members account for 60% possibility of making adjustments tion. We need to have all the facts city on Friday, security officials city on Thursday evening. At least of the land mass of Eurasia and its to a plan that was now two-and- on the table, he said. The NATO said. The deputy police chief of two people have been killed and Kunduz families population is a quarter of the a-half years old for the presence chief said the security situation in Kabul, Sayed Gul Aqa Rohani, three others wounded in the inci- Page 12 to be assisted: world's population. With observer in Afghanistan. A number of Afghanistan remained challenging said that three magnetic bombs dent. The incidents came at a time states included, its affiliates ac- countries today indicated a will- and Afghan security forces were went off near a Shiite Muslim s that recently Kabul garrison said Barmak count for about half of the world's ingness to change their plans and leading security efforts across the congregation hall in Cinema Pamir that they have beefed up security population. (Pajhwok) posture, he said. NATO Secre- country. (Pajhwok) area of Kabul city on Friday af- measures in Kabul city.

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ZARANJ (Pajhwok): I wanted the road to take a car. We repeated belonging to Maidan Wardak prov- 15 families, including 300-400 to make it to Europe but faced this fatiguing exercise at each se- ince, is also waiting for a human youths, are deported daily from many problems on the way and curity post. If anybody is left be- smuggler in Nimroz province to Iran to the province. Exact figures couldn t reach my dreamland. Even hind, no one would care for them take him abroad. Only three for the people leaving the country if I am killed, I won t give up my as human smugglers argue any wait months back, he was deported by daily are hard to ascertain because mission. Shamsuddin, hailing could lead to arrests. While walk- Iranian police. There is wide- many of them opt for illegal immi- from western Farah province, told ing, I saw the bodies of people who spread poverty, hunger and unem- gration, says Refugee and Repa- Pajhwok Afghan News he was had died of hunger, thirst or lack ployment in in my benighted home- triation Affairs Director Moham- waiting for a smuggler to take him of physical ability to walk the dis- land. If the government provides mad Akbar Chakhansori. Another across the Nimroz border to Iran tance. He has had to contend with job opportunities for youth, no- official of the department, who on his uncertain trip to Europe. similar challenges and brave a body would vote with their feet, wished anonymity, discloses near- Nimroz province, bordering Iran, whole host of hardships, but still he notes. Germany and some oth- ly 2,000 individuals leave the coun- witnesses thousands of youth prefers taking the dicey route to er European countries recently al- try through that province. They streaming daily into the neighbor- Europe to living a life of jobless- lowed entry to migrants from Syr- are first taken to Pakistan, then ing country, from where some of ness and insecurity in Afghanistan. ia, Iraq and Afghanistan. But sev- Iran and Turkey, but the govern- the fortunate ones go to Turkey After his arrival in Iran, Shamsud- eral migrants including Afghans ment has no viable plan to prevent before undertaking an agonising din was taken to a town near the died on the way to Europe when the exodus.More often than not, voyage to Europe. Human smug- Turkey border, where he was de- their ship sunk. Illegal migrants in they are robbed by muggers and glers acknowledge around 3,000 tained along with his countrymen Europe claim traffickers charge smugglers in addition to being in- Afghans, including women and by police. Subsequently, they were $1,200 for taking a person from sulted, shot and beaten up by Ira- children, embark on the perilous deported to Afghanistan. There Nimroz to Turkey. The total trav- nian and Turkish border security expedition on a daily basis from is no job here and I don t feel se- el expenses come to $60,000 per guards. However, recent research Nimroz province. Shamsuddin re- cure. Even if I don t succeed for head. The cost has come down by by White Movement Organisation calls four months back he had gone 10 times, I will still have a shot at 50 per cent as too much people reveals nearly 78,000 people have through the same route to Iran, fac- making it to Europe, remarks the travel illegally. We actively par- left for Europe and Turkey to seek ing immense challenges. From young man, palpably tired of the ticipated in the election in the hope asylum there, compared with Nimroz, he travelled to Mushkin privations haunting him here. of seeing peace and reconstruction 53,000 in 2014. Statistics from the locality of Pakistan. From there, Mohammad Hashim, a Nimroz in our country, but no one has paid Union of Afghanistan Youths show he trekked for a week to arrive in border police official, says six Af- attention to people s security and nearly 120,000 youths are suffer- Iran. Harassed by human traffick- ghan youth -- dreaming to make it employment. In order to eke out a ing from joblessness and some of ers and policemen, he admits: We big in foreign climes -- were recent- living for our families, we have to them are trying to travel to neigh- weren t safe in Iran either. We ly killed in a traffic accident in Iran. leave the country, remarks a resi- bouring countries in quest of work. 60,000 get the opportunity to nearly 16 million Afghans who are hand, the minister of works and so- would have to walk for seven to Their bodies were shifted to Nim- dent of Herat, Ghulam Hussain. A World Bank report says 180,000 work. The rest have to struggle eligible for work, but only 3 mil- cial affairs, martyrs and disabled puts eight hours to get past a security roz; two of them were from north- The Nimroz Refugee and Repatri- youths are added to the Afghan with unemployment. The Nation- lion have jobs. The remaining 13 the number of unemployed Afghans post. Then we would get back to ern Takhar province. Ismatullah, ation Affairs Department confirms population annually but only al Workers Association estimates million are jobless. On the other at nearly 4 million. (Pajhwok) NUG wasted one year of its . . . Activists criticize NUG s perfo rm an ce ..P1 to superpowers [the West], the scandal is in the National Se- agreement in the face of outside Spanta recalled. Speaking about curity Council s office. The list aggressions. He added that the deal A number of civil society activists they had lost faith in the National that it was a failed administration. pledges," said a civil society activ- the constitution and election law, was also shared with media the suggests Washington to take ac- and students on Thursday said Unity Government (NUG) and The students and activists had ist. The protestors also wrote some Spanta said that the NUG doesn t government should not deceive tion against foreign aggression gathered in Kabul city to mark the promises of the NUG leaders' elec- have a legal base and is formed people, he added. Spanta said against Afghanistan. It has been one year anniversary of the NUG. toral campaigns on ice cubes and based on a political deal. Recall- that focusing on those who have one year since signing of the deal, However, instead of celebrating, left them to melt in the sun. They ing his conversation with the then already paid their loans, but are but bases of militants are still in they held a mock "memorial" for did this to show that promises President Hamid Karzai during being focused on for attractive- Pakistan, from where the militants government. made were mere-lip service. the electoral crisis in 2014, Span- ness of their surnames, cannot be organize their attacks on people Some protestors wore Presi- "We have lost hope with the ta said: In a meeting where the called fight against corruption. of Afghanistan. After revelation of dent Ashraf Ghani and CEO Ab- NUG and today we held a memo- former Vice-President Yunus Qa- Spanta said that foreign and secu- the death of Mullah Omar, the dullah Abdullah masks and played rial ceremony for this failed admin- nuni, former Second Vice-Presi- rity policies of the NUG towards supreme leader of the Taliban, the out a performance of the two lead- istration," said a university stu- dent Karim Khalili and former Pakistan are influenced by three militant groups publicly organized ers heading up their 2014 presi- dent and activist. president s Chief of Staff Abdul factors: 1) being optimistic to- gatherings in one of the metropol- dential election campaign with "The leaders [Abdullah and Karim Khurram were also wards the Taliban, 2) being grate- itan cities of Pakistan to announce their respective slogans being Ghani] vowed to uproot poverty present, I told ex-President Ha- ful to Pakistan, 3) the US and Brit- their war against Afghanistan. ISI s Change and Continuation and Re- and improve the country's youth. mid Karzai that the election and ain s influence over Afghan for- Mullahs along with officers of the forms and Unity. One activist in None of this happened and instead the outcomes that are being spo- eign policy. The former NSA went spy agency took part in the ses- the performance, pretending to be the situation has worsened," said ken of are in sharp contrast with on to say that after formation of sions As the Vice President, US Secretary of State John Kerry, a civil society activist. Protestors the constitution and election law. the NUG, the foreign policy s ter- Abdul Rashid Dostum said Paki- cut a cake into two parts all the meanwhile said that unemploy- I told him that constitution has minology has been changed in Af- stani officers are leading the Tali- while pretending to divide the ment has increased dramatically been violated in some cases over ghanistan. For the first time the ban s war against the Afghan gov- power. "They made lots of prom- and that the public's financial well- the past 13 years, but this time it Afghan government used the word ernment, he added. Spanta said ises during their election campaigns being has worsened. They also said will be severely violated I told of fight against proxy war , he that the government should im- but now after one year they have that insecurity has escalated in the him that from legal point of view added. He said that term proxy plement the deal signed between not fulfilled those promises and past year. (TOLONews) the most responsible and best war put the responsibility of war both leaders of the National Uni- step would be declaring elections on Afghanistan and India. He said ty Government (NUG). He add- extra-constitutional. The two that war in Afghanistan was not a ed that delay in implementation vice-presidents agreed . Hamid proxy war. When the Pakistani of the agreement have sparked Say no to plastic bags cam paign launched Karzai said that these are conspir- Taliban crossed the Durand Line concerns among public about fu- acies hatched by the United States to Kunar province, the US troops ture of the government. He said A number of activists on Thursday and Britain to blame us for failure had more than 67 outposts and that one of the main reasons of launched an anti-plastic bag cam- of elections and dragging Afghan- military bases in the province and youths mass exodus to the Euro- paign and distributed cotton bags to istan into a civil war. He added we had no control over our land pean Union (EU) is lack of trust bakeries in Kabul city. The activists that let the foreigners sort out the and air. Even if an Indian mosqui- over future of the NUG. He said chanting slogans of "thanks, we mess that they have created. to went to the province, the US that the NUG squandered one don't want plastic" took their cam- Karzai told that he doesn t want troops would have known about year of its life, because it could paign to the streets of Kabul. They to remain in office even for a sin- it, he argued. Regarding the in- not bring security and prosperity said their campaign is aimed at pre- gle day after completing his legal formation sharing deal signed be- to people of Afghanistan, but cre- venting diseases which are trans- term. Spanta said that delay in tween Pakistan s ISI and Nation- ated more problems. In the past ferred via such bags and to control formation of the Cabinet and ap- al Directorate of Security (NDS), only villages were under security pollution in the city. Organizers of pointment of provincial gover- Spanta said that people s reaction threat, but during this government the campaign suggest people use nors weakened the government. against the deal compelled the districts collapse to the Taliban. cotton and paper bags instead of The government should listen to NUG leaders to deny signing of The terrorists have expanded their plastic ones. Zahra Yagana, head of people and pay attention to their the pact. We shall be proud of operations from south to north of Rangin Kaman (Rainbow) Network demands, he added. Spanta said our people who didn t let Paki- the country, fall of Kunduz city, said: "We were thinking about such that the NUG is both deaf and stan hit the last nail on the coffin even if it was for few days, would a campaign for several months but dumb . He said that in terms of of an independent Afghanistan and have horrific results, and thou- after assessing the situation we fight against corruption the NUG make our country its fifth prov- sands of youths are leaving for found that plastic bags are used boast of resolving Kabul Bank ince , said Spanta. While talking foreign countries, he said. We widely in Afghanistan therefore it scandal. The reality is that ex- about singing of the Bilateral Se- shall ask that whether existence should be stopped to prevent pol- use at least 400 bags every day or newspapers for carrying bread es. Kabul residents also praised the cept for baseless propaganda, the curity Agreement (BSA) with of Afghanistan is important for us lution and other problems which it but after this we will use cotton and other purposes but plastic initiative by the activists, saying that government has done nothing re- Washington, Spanta said that he or the rule of the NUG? Spanta creates." Meanwhile bakery work- and paper bags as they are better bags are not good as they can lead this trend should be extended all over markable in this regard, said the is not against signing of the agree- asked. Spanta said that the coun- ers praised the initiative and called for our health," said a baker in to cancer among people." He called the city. Analysts say that plastic ex-NSA. The former advisor said ment; however, the NUG should try should be brought out of these on the public to stop using the bags. Kabul. Another baker said: "It is on Kabul residents to use cotton bags and dishes can transfer at least that the list of those involved in ask the US to act according to the challenges through legal ways. "We will not use plastic bags. We better to use paper and cotton bags bags and make them in their hous- 118 diseases. (TOLONews) Afghans need US assistance: Cam pbell India s Embassy in Kabul celebrates ITECDay ...P1 limited close air support ca- including 9,800 U.S. service mem- throughout Central and South Asia Support for Afghanistan can- pability, Campbell said, and is up bers who are serving in the NATO- and potentially target our home- not be indefinite or uncondition- ..P1 audit, banking, IT, telecom- ation program was instituted by and governmental against an enemy who is taking ad- led Resolute Support mission to land, the general said. al, he said. munication, management and En- decision of Indian Cabinet on Sep- organizations.During the Indian vantage of gaps in security and the train, advise and assist Afghan forc- Afghanistan would once again, The Afghans must continue glish language courses. He termed tember 15, 1964 as a bilateral pro- prime minister s visit to Afghani- reduced international military pres- es. If we withdraw from Afghan- Campbell said, become a sanctu- to do their part, and if they do, the ITEC capacity building pro- gram of assistance of the govern- stan in August 2005, the number ence. The coalition numbered more istan, the security vacuum will ary for al-Qaida and other ter- we should continue to exercise grams vital for boosting profes- ment of India.The object of this of slots for Afghanistan was in- than 140,000 military personnel a arise and other extremist networks rorists bent on attacking our in- strategic patience and sustain our sional knowledge of Afghan gov- scheme is to train middle-level creased from 200 to 500. Around few years ago, he said. Now, there such as [Islamic State] could rap- terests and citizens abroad and at commitment to them, Campbell ernment employees. The Indian public officials of the Afghan gov- 215 training courses are offered in are about 14,000 coalition troops, idly expand and sow unrest home. said. 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Afghanistan and Russia will a sign rating security situation across the an agreement for the delivery of country with the rampant insur- Mi-35 gunship helicopters, it has gency activities by the Taliban been reported. Zamir Kabulov, militants. The Afghan Air Force re- President Putin s special represen- ceived the first six Armed MD- tative for Afghanistan, has said the 530s earlier this year with the agreement is expected to be signed NATO Train, Assist, Advise Com- by the two countries during the mand-Air and 438th Air Expedi- ongoing month. tionary Wing, saying that the Without disclosing the exact armed MD-530s will increase the EMERGENCY the agreement would be signed, Afghan Air Force aerial fires capa- Kabulov, said the Russian Presi- bility. However, the Afghan Air CALLS dent Vladimir Putin has instructed Force officials are saying that the Moscow to deliver the gunships helicopters have proved to be in- to Afghanistan in a bid to boost sufficient to meet their demands Police the capabilities of the Afghan considering the mountainous ter- army. Russia is already provid- rain of Afghanistan and the effec- 100 - 119 ing certain assistance in strength- tive range of the helicopters. ening the capabilities of the Afghan Col. Qalandar Shah Qalandari government forces, Kabulov quot- of the Afghan Air Force said the Hospitals ed by local media said. Kabul fur- helicopters cannot even reach ar- ther added that Russia delivers eas where the Taliban normally op- FMIC Hospital weaponry to Afghanistan and pro- erate and in summertime, the max- vides military training for Afghan imum altitude of the helicopters Behind Kabul Medical officers. This comes as Shakir Kar- with a full load of fuel and ammu- University: gar, special envoy to President nition is only 7,000 to 8,000 feet Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on the meaning it cannot cross most 0202500200-+93793275595 Commonwealth of Independent of the mountain ranges that encir- States (CIS) countries, said earlier cle Kabul, which is itself at an ele- in April this year that negotiations vation of about 6,000 feet. It s Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital regarding the purchase of Mi-35 unsafe to fly, the engine is too Pule Bagh-e- Umomi helicopters will begin in the near weak, the tail rotor is defective and future. In the meantime, the First it s not armored. If we go down 070263672 Vice President, Gen. Abdul Rash- after the enemy we re going to have id Dostum has requested Moscow enemy return fire, which we can t to provide military assistance to survive. If we go up higher, we Khairkhana Hospital the Afghan security forces during can t visually target the enemy, 0799-321007 his visit to Russia. The Afghan na- Colonel Qalandari quoted by New tional security forces are in critical York Times said. Even the guns 2401352 need of air support amid deterio- are no good. (KP) Indira Gandhi Children Sept security Hospital, Wazir Akbar report sees Khan, Kabul 2301372 sharp increase in KABUL: The Ministry of Hajj engineer. Likewise the leader of prayer leaders were promoted and others died in the crane crash inci- Kabul, he said. Out of 35,000 Ibn-e- Seena civilian casualties and Religious Affairs on Thurs- Daesh is not a scholar. Terrorism salaries of others increased from dent that left another 37 Afghans acres of land of the ministry day strongly rejected rumors that has been imposed on us from out- 3000 afghanis to 12,000 afs, he injured, the deputy minister said. seized by powerful men, 22,000 Pul-e-Artan, Kabul TOLOnews security report for mosques were being used to bread side of the country, he said. said, adding 20,000 scholars had He said another three Afghans acres have been recovered over the September shows a sharp increase extremism and terrorism in the Over the past one year, 50,000 been trained and 24,000 pilgrims died in Mina and five others were past two years, he said. 2100359 in civilian casualties in Afghanistan county. Presenting the ministry s masajid have been registered with to Makkah facilitated over the missing. They have reduced hajj According to Abid, the reve- against last month amid a slight 9-month report at a press confer- the ministry and they have been past nine months. About the hajj expenses by $10 million lowering nue of the ministry was 30 mil- Wazir Akbar Khan decrease in the number of incidents. ence here, Deputy Hajj and Reli- working to register all the 160,000 operation, he said, 8000 pilgrims the hajj fees from $2700 to $2400 lion this year showing a 3.5 mil- The reports states 1,061 insecuri- gious Affairs Minister Dai-ul-Haq masajid across the coutry, he said. had returned home from Saudi for each pilgrim, he said. A total lion increase over last year s, he Hospital ty and insurgent events occurred Abid said all mosques were under He added the construction of 69 Arabia and the rest would be home of 33,000 Afghans went to Mak- said, adding the ministry has so throughout the country last month the control of his ministry and not mosques and distribution of in two weeks, claiming to have kah for umrah, 8000 to Karbala far spent 76 percent of its devel- 2301741, 2301743 against August s figure of 1,089. used for extremism. I have to 125,000 metres carpets for served the pilgrims properly. This and 4000 Hindus to Ganges in opment budget and 80 percent of The study found that more say that there is no religious schol- prayers were some of his minis- year, 34 Afghans died during the India this year, he said. During the general budget during the past nine Ali Abad than 4,300 people in total were ar being extremist. The leader of try s achievements. In compliance performance of hajj. Of them, 21 period, they distributed electric months of this fiscal year. killed in September. This includes Al Qaeda was not a scholar but an with a presidential decree, some died of natural causes and the 10 power to six Hindus temples in (Pajhwok) Shahrara, Kabul 246 civilians, including women and children this against August s toll 2100439 of 196 civilians. In addition, 478 civilians were injured. Taliban were under Of the 4,300 people killed, 349 Malalai Maternity were security force members 137 were police officers and 210 were Hospital soldiers. In August the security treatment when MSF 2201377/ 2301743 force death toll was 396. A further 159 security force members were injured. Insurgents however made hospital bombed Banks up the bulk of the casualty toll, with 3,760 being killed 2,050 There were both injured Taliban and Afghan Da Afghanistan Bank were injured and 168 were de- security personnel under treatment at the hospital, tained. According to the report, 2100302, 2100303 security forces launched 672 op- KABUL: Medical charity Mé- vated once working condition for erations countrywide, while insur- decins Sans Frontières (MSF) or their staff was ensured. Christo- Bakhtar Bank gents launched 118 attacks. Uruz- Doctors without Borders on pher Stokes, the general director gan province topped the list with Thursday confirmed some Taliban of the aid group, during a visit to 0776777000 the highest number of incidents but militants wounded in clashes were Afghanistan, said the US airstrikes Kunduz experienced the deadliest under treatment at its hospital in that destroyed their hospital was Azizi Bank attack in the last week of the Kunduz City when the US air- a deliberate attack. The trau- 0799 700900 month. After Uruzgan, Kandahar, strike hit it. MSF Afghanistan ma hospital ... came under multi- Nangarhar, Ghazni and Helmand chief Guilhem Molinie told a press ple, precise and sustained air raids Pashtany Bank are the five most insecure prov- conference here that the fate of its for more than an hour after we inces respectively. However, 24 missing staff remained un- informed military officials in both 2102908, 2103868 Faryab, which was the most inse- known. He said the airstrike killed Washington and Kabul, he said, cure province in August is now 12 MSF staff and another 24 staff arguing that the attack did not Air Services ranked number 10 in terms of KABUL: The United Nations Sharif. WFP has provided emer- soon as the security situation al- members were missing. Ten pa- consist only of collateral dam- insecurity. But Kunduz saw the World Food Programme (WFP) on gency supplies of wheat flour forti- lows us access, said Angelline tients were also killed and 37 oth- age. This does not match at all deadliest and most unexpected at- Thursday started distributing fied with vitamins and minerals to Rudakubana, Deputy Country Di- ers injured in the US airstrike on what our team told us, he said. Safi Airways tack that was launched by the Tal- food assistance to people dis- ANDMA which contracted baker- rector and Officer-in-Charge for their hospital in Kunduz City, the They said very precise strikes 020 22 22 222 iban on September 28 an attack placed by the upsurge in fighting ies to make bread for displaced peo- WFP in Afghanistan. Right now, capital of northern Kunduz prov- on the main building of the hospi- that is still continuing. Kunduz in northern Kunduz province. ple. So far 1,800 people in a camp we have the capacity to provide ince, he added. tal. ... It was a deliberate hit. He was captured by the terrorists and More than 150 families, who fled in Mazar-i-Sharif have received one-month of rations to approxi- There were both injured called for an independent inquiry Ariana the people of Kunduz were ex- to Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of bread. Additional wheat is being mately 12,000 families in the re- Taliban and Afghan security per- into Saturday s airstrikes. tremely worried and they faced northern Balkh province, from milled in anticipation of increased gion. This will, however, require a sonnel under treatment at the hos- Three investigations are now 020-2100270 extensive damages, Deputy Army Kunduz, were distributed food to needs in the coming days. The agen- diversion of resources from our ex- pital, Molinie said, adding that under way into the bombing by Chief Gen Murad Ali Murad be enough for a month, the agen- cy said it was assessing humanitar- isting programmes, and we are ur- the organization did not differen- US, NATO and Afghan forces. Kam Air said.This has so far caused an un- cy said in a statement. It said food ian needs among the displaced fam- gently looking to donors to fill the tiate in warring parties in provid- US President Barack Obama known number of casualties, thou- was being dispatched for nearly ilies in northern cities including gap, she added. In 2015, WFP ing health services and they treat- on Wednesday called the presi- 0799974422 sands to flee their home and huge 950 families displaced to Taloqan Mazar-i-Sahrif, Pul-i-Khumri, Talo- Afghanistan plans to assist 3.9 mil- ed patients from both Taliban and dent of Doctors Without Borders losses to residents. Furthermore, city, the capital of northern Ta- qan and Faizabad and the WFP had lion vulnerable Afghans in all 34 government. We work in any to apologize for the attack. Hotels September saw 10 drone attacks khar province. Earlier this week, pre-positioned enough food stocks provinces of the country with food condition until we are assured no Stokes, however, charged that and five airstrikes being launched more than 3 metric tons of food for up to 12,000 affected families. assistance through various projects, side would hurt us. We were not the airstrikes amounted to viola- Safi Landmark against insurgents. This study was distributed via the Afghani- WFP is assessing the situation in including assets creation, school informed to leave the hospital be- tions of international humanitari- found that 175 people were also stan National Disaster Manage- coordination with other humanitar- meals, vocational skills training and fore the airstrike, Molinie said. an law and an attack on the Gene- 020-2203131 abducted by insurgents and un- ment Authority (ANDMA) to ian partners, and we are ready to nutrition support, added the state- He said the hospital was current- va Conventions itself. known gunmen during September. displaced families in Mazar-i- extend our assistance to Kunduz as ment. (Pajhwok) ly inactive, but would be reacti- (Pajhwok) September Security Report Sees SERENA Sharp Increase in Civilian Casu- altiesTOLOnews security report 0799654000 for September shows a sharp in- Architect s life s work culminates in Afghanistan school for girls crease in civilian casualties in Af- New Rumi Restaurant ghanistan against last month amid They say never to go into busi- on education access in Afghani- a slight decrease in the number of ness with your best friend, laughs stan and coordinated the project 0776351347 incidents.The reports states 1,061 architect David Miller. (disclosure: I donated to Sahar a insecurity and insurgent events oc- But despite this advice, Mill- few years ago when it was named Internet Services curred throughout the country last er says the almost 40 years he Ayni). The architecture, the month against August s figure of spent working with Robert Hull space, the design, it really does UA Telecom was the creative partnership of a matter. Hull wouldn t live to see 1,089.The study found that more 0796701701 / 0796702702 than 4,300 people in total were lifetime. The two met at Wash- the final results. When he died in killed in September. This includes ington State University as archi- April 2014, ground had only just 246 civilians, including women and tecture students. Their shared been broken. Miller was asked to Exchange Rate children this against August s toll spirit of exploration led them to step in to help continue to work of 196 civilians.In addition, 478 join the Peace Corps, Miller in and finalize the design, alongside Purchase: civilians were injured.Of the 4,300 Brazil and Hull in Afghanistan. Golden and a graduate student people killed, 349 were security They reconnected here in Seattle from the UW. It was a request he force members 137 were police and formed an architecture firm, says was challenging because there One US$ = The Miller Hull Partnership, was much to catch up on, but also officers and 210 were soldiers. In 64.25Afs August the security force death toll which has created buildings in- easy because he d learned about was 396. cluding Seattle Center Fisher Pa- the culture and building systems One Pound Sterling= vilion and Capitol Hill s Bullitt helped build Gohar Khatoon goes design the project. The results in- ements for heating, cooling and of Afghanistan from Hull over the A further 159 security force beyond the two men. That com- spired Hull, who went on to be- ventilation. I think what both 97.96Afs members were injured.Insurgents Center. We had that kind of bond years. Everyone on the project and working relationship that munity formed more than three come the pro bono architect on Bob and I learned from being in agrees Hull s spirit is infused into One Euro = however made up the bulk of the the project, traveling back to Af- casualty toll, with 3,760 being made each of us better, Miller years ago when philanthropist the Peace Corps and working in the school, from the off-kilter 71.96Afs says, as he recalls his friend and Janet Ketcham reached out to the ghanistan for the first time since developing countries is to prob- alignment of the main buildings killed 2,050 were injured and 168 Department of Architecture at the his Peace Corps days to survey lem-solve and figure out what you 1000 Pak Rs = were detained.According to the collaborator, who died 1½ years (Hull insisted it would keep the ago of complications from a University of Washington, where the site and meet with engineers can do with existing resources that views open), to the courtyard 612Afs report, security forces launched stroke. But the two men s part- Miller is a professor and depart- and contractors hired to do the are available nearby, says Miller. benches (as a place for gathering) 672 operations countrywide, building. I met with Hull after his while insurgents launched 118 at- nership lives on in one last collab- ment chair. Ketcham planned to That sensibility can be seen and even the bricks (he wanted Sale: oration, the Gohar Khatoon Girls fund a school in Afghanistan and Afghanistan trip in 2012 to write in the now completed Gohar them sourced locally). We had a One US$ = tacks. wanted students to help design it. about the project. His excitement Khatoon School, which features Uruzgan province topped the School, which opened in Mazar- couple of moments of remember- 64.45 Afs i-Sharif, Afghanistan, this sum- Miller immediately thought of was palpable as he talked about handmade windows, breezeways ing him through the architecture, list with the highest number of in- Hull, who had spent time work- that encourage natural ventilation One Pound Sterling= cidents but Kunduz experienced mer. The school, which now plans to create something that says Golden. In the end, we still serves 3,000 girls, reflects Miller ing as an architect while in the blended his knowledge of Afghan and a private courtyard for girls heard his voice every now and 98.76Afs the deadliest attack in the last week Peace Corps in Afghanistan in the architecture (he designed a build- The building it- of the month. After Uruzgan, Kan- and Hull s shared beginnings as to play sports. then. It s a fitting memorial to a One Euro= young architects and their vision late 60s. Hull was brought in to ing for the then-burgeoning tour- self is just absolutely extraordi- man whose legacy will live on dahar, Nangarhar, Ghazni and Hel- teach a class, along with Assistant ism industry in Afghanistan while nary, says Ginna Brelsford, ex- 72.56 Afs mand are the five most insecure for beautiful and sustainable de- through his buildings both in sign, both at home and abroad. But Professor Elizabeth Golden, for in the Peace Corps) and employed ecutive director of Sahar, a Seat- Seattle and Afghanistan. (Seat- 1000 Pak Rs= 620Afs provinces respectively. the Seattle-based community that students interested in helping to low-tech design to channel the el- tle-based organization that works tle Globalist) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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similar to a bank or company con- Muslim is sidered too big to let fail because of the ripple effect it might cause across the entire economy.” Claiming that the spectre of the beaten to death sixth largest country in the world being a failed state is a hypotheti- cal catastrophe that would unleash a world of unintended consequenc- for eating beef es, the ex-CIA official said, “Rath- er than risk it, and as much as we might like to move on, we really should increase the level of engage- ment with Pakistan, not decrease it.” Hulbert said many of the trend lines in Pakistan now seem to be “moving in the wrong direction.” “For years, Pakistan felt justified in its use of t militias to attack In- dia in a war of attrition,” he con- tinued. However, Hulbert said, “The good news on Pakistan is that al Qaeda’s core in Pakistan’s trou- bled Federally Administered Trib- al Areas (Fata) is largely destroyed. The US government has decimat- ed al Qaeda and its extremist allies in the Fata, and it is telling that none of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s named successors are located in Pakistan. It is also telling that in order to stay alive, Zawahiri has isolated himself to the point of being irrelevant. He cannot com- municate with his followers, he provides no command and control, and it takes him weeks, sometimes months, to respond in any mean- ingful way to current events.” To- day, Pakistan finds itself in a very complicated security situation where there is little differentiation among radical groups, he noted. “Terrorist groups, such as NOIDA; More than a week after a Modi, in a fiery speech in the Lashkar-e-Taiba, are suddenly al- mob beat a Muslim man to death eastern state of Bihar, appealed to A former CIA official has said Pa- ous country in the world, it is prob- in June 2014 , wrote in an op-ed in US policymakers than any other lied with al-Qaeda, while Lashkar- in India following rumors that he his countrymen to ignore such kistan is probably the most dan- ably the most dangerous country The Cipher Brief. “As a country country,” Hulbert said. Hulbert e-Jhangvi, the Pakistan Taliban, the had eaten beef, India’s Prime Min- commentary. gerous country for the world as it for the world, and as such, a seri- ripe with the triple threat of ter- previously served multiple over- Afghan Taliban, and other assort- ister Narendra Modi addressed the “I want to tell you not to pay is ripe with threats of terrorism, a ous case for close and continued rorism, a failing economy, and the seas tours as CIA chief of station ed miscreants and non-state actors controversy in a speech Thursday, attention to such statements. We failing economy and the fastest US engagement with Pakistan can fastest growing nuclear arsenal, and deputy chief of station. are intent on bringing down the calling on his country to shun the should all get together and march growing nuclear arsenal. “While be made,” Kevin Hulbert, a former Pakistan has the potential to cre- The CIA official went on to elected government of Pakistan,” politics of polarization. together; only then we can be what Pakistan is not the most danger- top intelligence officer who retired ate more nightmare scenarios for say, “Like it or not, Pakistan is he added. Modi, 65, spoke days after the the world expects of us,” the prime deadly beating of Mohammed minister said. Akhlaq roiled the nation and led to The mob beating was sparked days of incendiary statements by by rumors that a cow carcass had politicians on both sides of the is- been found in a village called Bisa- ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister sue, protests on college campuses ra, about an hour from the capital for Religious Affairs and Interfaith and scathing editorials in the coun- of New Delhi. Akhlaq, his wife and Harmony Sardar Mohammad try’s leading newspapers. son were attacked at home the Yousaf said on Thursday that the Cows are considered sacred to evening of Sept. 28. Both men number of Pakistani pilgrims killed devotees of India’s majority reli- were dragged into the street and in the Mina stampede had reached gion, Hinduism, and their slaugh- beaten with bricks, authorities said. 89. He said 43 people were still ter and in some cases consump- Akhlaq, 50, later died from his in- missing. tion is banned in many states. juries. The beating death sparked Addressing a news conference Akhlaq’s son Sartaj, a 27-year- a social media backlash, with com- here after his return from Saudi old corporal in the Indian Air Force, menters posting pictures of reci- Arabia, the minister said that of spoke from a hospital in the capi- pes made with beef as gestures of the 89 Pakistanis 48 had been iden- tal suburbs where he was visiting support. A professor in Kerala is tified by Saudi authorities and 41 his brother, Danish, 22, who was being investigated after she wrote by their relatives. Sardar Yousaf critically injured in the mob attack. a Facebook post sympathetic to a was accompanied by Minister of “I am going through the big- pro-beef student protest. Mean- State for Religious Affairs Pir gest crisis of my life. I am sort of while, Sartaj Mohammed, who Aminul Hasnat, Secretary Sohail numb to everything else,” the was at his brother’s bedside after Amir and MNA Dr Tariq Fazl young officer said. “My only pri- he was moved out of the intensive Chaudhry. ority is my brother and his recov- care unit, said his brother is eating Sardar Yousaf said that care- ery. I do not want to get entangled and can recognize him and their lessness by pilgrims had contrib- in any politics.” The beef contro- uncle. . “Time is a healer. We will uted to delay in the identification versy reached a fever pitch Thurs- recover and stand on our feet of bodies. “Pilgrims are given rib- day after a politician in the state again,” Sartaj Mohammed said. bons and lockets for their identifi- assembly of Jammu and Kashmir These days, he looks to his late cation in case of emergencies, but was beaten by members of Modi’s father for inspiration, he said. majority of them do not wear Bharatiya Janata Party, allegedly “My father was the ideal man them.” He said officials had no idea because he held a beef party on for me. I looked up to him all about the whereabouts of missing the lawn of a politician’s hostel in through my life,” he said. “He knew pilgrims. Five injured Pakistanis Srinagar. A state lawmaker said that when to be strict, when to be soft. were still in hospitals in Makkah whoever “disrespects the mother But most of all, he knew how to and Jeddah and 42 had been dis- missing people had possibly moved to their relatives living in Saudi Arabia without informing the Haj mission. One of the important issues that cow” would have to face such treat- remain calm in difficult situations. charged after treatment, he added. arose after the Mina tragedy was the lack of connectivity, he said, adding that most of the pilgrims had lost their mobile phone in the stampede and ment, according to local news re- I used to marvel at that quality. I The minister said some of the they did not know where to go. ports. hope I can be that calm, too.” India woman’s arm ‘cut off by No one can destabilise Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina employer’ in Claiming that a vested quarter is behind the recent killing of two Saudi Arabia foreign nationals, Prime Minister India's foreign ministry has com- Sheikh Hasina affirmed that no one plained to the Saudi Arabian au- would be able to destabilise the thorities following an alleged "bru- country by carrying out such acts. tal" attack on a 58-year-old Indian “Bangladesh has consolidated woman in Riyadh. Indian Foreign its position on the international Minister Sushma Swaraj wrote on stage in such a way that no one Twitter: "This is unacceptable. We will be able to destabilise the coun- have taken this up with Saudi au- try with such incidents,” she said thorities. Our embassy is in touch while addressing the inaugural func- with the victim." "Chopping of tion of the newly-built academic [arm] of Indian lady - We are very building (Sheikh Hasina Complex) much disturbed over the brutal of Defence Services Command and manner in which Indian lady has been treated in Saudi Arabia," Ms Staff College at its auditorium in Swaraj added. The family of Ms Mirpur Cantonment. Munirathinam in the southern In- The prime minister also urged dian city of Chennai said that her all, including the members of the employers had been "angered" af- Armed Forces, to remain alert so ter she complained about the "ha- that no one would be able to deter rassment" she was facing at her the country’s pace of develop- employer's home, where she had ment. begun working three months ago. Referring to the recent killings They are asking the government of two foreign nationals, Hasina to secure them compensation from said: “We have already condemned the family, and also help pay Ms the killing and taken steps to hunt Munirathinam's medical expenses. down those involved in the inci- "Ever since she went to work with dents and ensure their punish- this family in July, things were not At the function, keys to some 74 flats at Mirpur DOHS were handed over to the families of 68 martyred members of armed forces at 2009 Peelkhana Carnage, martyred members ment.” The prime minister said of UN peace keeping missions and that of those killed in other accidents. alright. My mother was not even whenever Bangladesh achieves allowed to speak to us over the something and is internationally phone, she was not given proper food and was forced to work long acclaimed, such incident is un- hours," her son S Kumar told BBC leashed to tarnish the country’s Hindi. "When she tried to escape image. Mentioning that the coun- The Chinese special envoy to Sri ventures put on hold since China- sociates with Rajapaksa’s graft- said. Asked if China was consider- 106 seats in the 225-member leg- the harassment and torture, her try has to tackle terrorism, mili- Lanka on Friday said the new lead- friendly Mahinda Rajapaksa lost tainted rule. But it also realises the ing fresh investments in the stra- islature, Wickremesinghe’s United right arm was chopped off by the tancy and conspiracy every now ership in Colombo has promised the presidential election in Janu- importance of Chinese investments tegically important Indian Ocean National Party (UNP) is the dom- woman employer. Now my sister and then, Hasina said: “We have to end the stalemate over the stalled ary. Inaugurated by President Xi and is trying to reconcile poll-time country, he said the two sides were inant partner in a coalition with can't even sit and do simple things to spend energy and working hours Colombo Port City project that has Jinping in September and financed rhetoric with economic realities. In in talks about “increasing devel- small parties and a section of the on her own, as her spinal cord has on tackling conspiracies… if we become a bone of contention be- by state-controlled and Hong more signs that efforts are on to opment cooperation”, but point- Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), also been injured," her sister S Vi- did not have to do that, it would tween the two countries. “Sri Lan- Kong-listed China Communica- put Colombo Port City back on edly emphasised that “old projects which is split between the Raja- jayakumari added. Ms Vijayaku- be possible to achieve more devel- kan leaders have expressed com- tions Construction Co (CCCC), track, cabinet spokesman Rajitha have to be completed first before paksa and the Sirisena camps. Liu mari said her sister had been hos- opment and prosperity.” Due to mitment to moving forward the the Chinese see the project as an Senaratne on Thursday said the turning to new ones”. announced that Wickremesinghe pitalised in Riyadh and was "in a the addition of new dimension to project. I am confident Colombo indicator of the new Maithripala cabinet had agreed to appoint a Liu is the first Chinese special had accepted the invitation to vis- serious condition", adding that al- the present global security situa- though they were relieved she was Port City will be completed in three Sirisena government’s commitment fresh committee to address the is- envoy for Sri Lanka since the par- it China and the two sides had tion, the prime minister said the to five years,” said Vice-Minister to continue strong bilateral ties. sues surrounding the project so liamentary elections in August re- agreed to increase high-level con- getting proper medical attention, role and scope of duty of the they were unable to afford the ex- of Foreign Affairs Liu Zhenmin at China sends special envoy to Sri that it can continue. “Chinese com- instated a national unity govern- tacts. Armed Forces has increased a lot. the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka to mend ties The Sirisena panies have been losing heavily ment headed by Prime Minister The US sent two assistant sec- penses. They have asked the Tamil “So, in the changing context, nec- Nadu state government to help Lanka to meet its top leaders. Co- administration has made it clear because of the delay,” said Liu. As Ranil Wickremesinghe. His trip, retaries of state just days after the them financially and have also essary revision and addition of lombo Port City, a reclamation real that it will not follow the last gov- the single-biggest foreign direct in- coinciding with Wickremesinghe’s August elections. Wickremesing- sought the Indian government's newer subjects to the academic and estate project the size of Monaco, ernment’s China-centric policies vestment into Sri Lanka ever, the return from a visit to Japan, is also he’s just-concluded Japan trip also help in securing Ms Munirathi- training programmes of the Armed is among the several big-ticket and avoid the over-dependence on project is important to maintain a bid by China to familiarise itself follows a visit to India, his first nam's return to India. Forces are needed.” Chinese-backed infrastructure Chinese investments, which it as- foreign investors’ confidence, he with the new prime minister. With foreign trip on taking the post. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . OCTOBER 10, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief ISIL kills top Iranian Nobel Peace Prize commander in Syria for Tunisian democracy group

The Tunisian National Dia- logue Quartet - a democracy Russian air strikes in the west on group - has been awarded the Friday morning on Hama and Idlib, 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for "its apparently in support of the ma- decisive contribution to the jor ground offensive against anti- building of a pluralistic democ- Assad rebels. The offensive has racy," the Norwegian Nobel focused around the Ghab Plain, Committee has announced. next to Syria's western mountain The group of four organisa- range which forms the Alawite tions established "an alterna- heartland and the important stra- tive, peaceful political process tegic main north-south highway at a time when the country was running north from Hama toward on the brink of civil war," the the cities of Idlib and Aleppo. Se- Committee said on Friday, re- curing those areas would help con- ferring to the period following solidate Assad's control over Syr- Tunisia's 2011 revolution. The ia's main population centers in the National Dialogue Quartet is west of the country, far from the made up of four key organisa- Islamic State strongholds in the tions in Tunisian civil society: east. Alongside the Russian air- the Tunisian General Labour and-sea campaign, regional officials Union; the Tunisian Confed- have told Reuters that hundreds eration of Industry, Trade and of Iranian troops have arrived in Handicrafts; the Tunisian Hu- Syria since late September to sup- man Rights League; and the port the Syrian army and Leba- Tunisian Order of Lawyers. nese Hezbollah fighters. Senior Ira- The jury cited the group for BEIRUT/ANKARA : Islamic vance by Islamic State since it ident Barack Obama is set to over- nian officials have been in Syria "its decisive contribution to State fighters have seized villages launched an offensive against rival haul Washington's approach to sup- for several years as military advis- the building of a pluralistic close to the northern Syrian city rebels in the northern Aleppo coun- porting Syrian rebels after this ers, while Moscow has maintained democracy in Tunisia in the of Aleppo from rival insurgents, a tryside near the Turkish border in year's troubled launch of a military a naval facility in the Syrian Med- wake of the Jasmine Revolu- monitoring group said on Friday, late August. "Daesh has exploited training program and is expected to iterranean port of Tartous tion of 2011". "The Nobel despite a Russian air-and-sea cam- the Russian air strikes and the pre- speak on the matter within hours. which it is using to supply its forc- An Iranian Revolutionary Guards sari said Hamadani helped coor- Peace Prize for 2015 is award- paign that Moscow says has tar- occupation of the (rebel) Free Syr- Seeking to underline the dangers of es along with a base at Latakia. The general has been killed near Alep- dination between Syrian armed ed to this Quartet, not to the geted the militant group. Iran's elite ian Army in its battles in Hama, the Russian operation, U.S. officials IRGC said one of its most senior po, where he was advising the Syr- forces and the voluntary forces four individual organisations as Revolutionary Guard Corps said and advanced in Aleppo," said one said four Russian cruise missiles generals, Hossein Hamedani, was ian army on their battle against Is- in their fight against ISIL. "For such," the committee said. The separately one of its generals had rebel commander with fighters in fired from a warship in the Caspian killed near Aleppo late on Thurs- lamic State of Iraq and the Levant years, Hamadani played a very laureates will receive their been killed late on Thursday near the region, using an Arabic name Sea had crashed in Iran which drew day. Hamedani was a veteran of (ISIL) fighters, the guards said in a important role in Syria as an ad- prizes at a ceremony in Oslo Aleppo, once Syria's most popu- for IS. Russian warplanes and war- a swift denial from Russia that the the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and was statement. The Guards on Friday viser ... he played an important on December 10, the anniver- lous city. Iran, like Russia an ally ships have been bombarding targets rockets hit their targets. U.S. De- made deputy chief commander in said General Hossein Hamadani role in preventing the fall of Dam- sary of the 1896 death of prize of President Bashar al-Assad, says across Syria for 10 days in a cam- fense Secretary Ash Carter said, 2005. Several senior Guard com- was killed on Thursday night and ascus. Then he returned home at creator Alfred Nobel, a Swed- it has advisers in the country. Is- paign which Moscow says is tar- however, on Friday in London that manders have been killed in Syria. that he had "played an important the end of his assignment," Ko- ish philanthropist and scien- lamic State is now within 2 km (1 geting Islamic State fighters who the United States had indications Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari role ... reinforcing the front of Is- sari told the semi-official Tasnim tist. mile) of government-held territo- control large parts of eastern Syria, that Russian cruise missiles did said Hamedani had played an im- lamic resistance against the terror- news agency. "He returned to ry on the northern edge of Aleppo as well as swathes of neighboring malfunction. French Rafaele war- portant role preventing rebel fight- ists". Iran is the main regional ally Syria for a few days because of We did not which has suffered widespread Iraq. But the campaign appears to planes attacked an IS training camp ers seizing the capital Damascus of Syrian President Bashar al-As- his deep knowledge about the area receive ?Houthis damage and disease during the four- have mainly struck other rebel in their stronghold of Raqqa over- earlier in Syria's conflict, and had sad, and has provided military and ... and he was martyred in Syria." year civil war that erupted in the groups, some of which had been night. "We struck because we know returned for a few days because of economic support during Syria's Assad's longtime ally, Russia pledges: Asiri wake of protests against Assad. battling to stop the Islamic State that in Syria, particularly around his deep knowledge of the coun- four-year-old civil war. Iran denies launched its air campaign in Sep- Syria's military, backed by Rus- advance across Aleppo province. Raqqa, there are training camps for try. The Observatory, which mon- having any military forces in Syr- tember, saying it would also tar- itors Syria's conflict through a net- Spokesman for the Arab coali- sia, Iran and militias, has launched The Russian defense ministry said foreign fighters whose mission is not ia, but says it has offered "military get ISIL. But its planes have also a major attack in Syria's west to it flew 67 sorties in the last 24 hours. to fight Daesh on the Levant but to work of sources in the country, said advice" to Assad's forces in their hit other rebel groups opposed tion forces Brig. Gen. Ahmed Hamedani was killed near Kweir- Asiri has said that operations recapture land lost to non-IS rebels One of those groups, Liwa Suqour come to France, in Europe to carry fight against "terrorist groups". to Assad, including groups backed close to the heartland of Assad's al-Jabal, said Russian strikes de- out attacks," said French Defense es air base, about 20 miles (35 km) Hamadani was a veteran of the by Washington. The United in Yemen will continue for the east of Aleppo. The precise cause time being given that they have minority Alawite sect, an area vi- stroyed their main weapons depot Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and was States and its allies have been tal to Assad's survival. As the op- this week. Liwa Suqour al-Jabal is France launched its first air strike of his death was not given. Kweir- made deputy chief commander of waging a year-long air campaign not received any formal es has been besieged by Islamic Houthi promises on a cease- eration in the west pushed ahead, one of a number of rebel groups in Syria on September 27, destroy- the elite forces in 2005. 'Iranian against ISIL in Syria, while push- Islamic State said its fighters had that has received military support ing an Islamic State training camp State fighters. The Syrian war has troops in Syria' In the biggest de- ing to diplomatically edge Assad fire agreement, Asiri told Al drawn in armed forces from world Arabiya News Channel’s Ara- captured five villages in its north- from the United States and Assad's near Deir al-Zor in the east of the ployment of Iranian forces yet, from power. Washington has ruled ern offensive and killed "more than Gulf Arab enemies. Russian and country. Le Drian said that Islamic and regional powers. The United Reuters news agency reported last out military cooperation with bic language website. Asiri also States and its allies have been wag- said coalition forces will con- 10 apostates", a term it uses to U.S. warplanes are now flying mis- State was France's "main enemy" week that hundreds of troops had Russia in Syria, accusing Mos- describe Syrian soldiers and their sions over the same country for the and that Russian strikes were most- ing a year-long air campaign against arrived since late September to take cow of pursuing a "tragically tinue to implement military Islamic State in Syria, while push- operations against the Houthi militia allies. The British-based first time since World War Two risk- ly hitting Assad's opponents in part in a major ground offensive flawed" strategy that would force Syrian Observatory for Human ing incidents between the two air Syria and not IS targets. The Ob- ing to diplomatically edge Assad planned in west and northwest it to limit military talks to basic militias and forces loyal to from power. ousted former president Ali Rights said it was the biggest ad- forces and their fast jets. U.S. Pres- servatory reported a new wave of Syria. Iranian politician Esmail Ko- pilot safety. Abdullah Saleh in order to achieve the objectives of re- storing legitimacy and stabili- China will ty in Yemen through U.N. Res- olution 2216. The resolution not allow was passed in April under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter violations of and imposes sanctions against of shipping said Friday. It said the leader of the Houthi move- the child was on board a dinghy its territorial ment along with Yemen’s with 55 others, who said they former leader Ali Abdullah were Syrians, when the vessel began to take on water as it ap- waters Saleh. It also calls for Houthi BEIJING : China said on Friday it militias to “immediately and proached the shore of Lesbos. He was found unconscious would not stand for violations of unconditionally end violence its territorial waters in the name of and refrain from further uni- by a coast guard patrol boat, and medics were unable to revive freedom of navigation, as the Unit- lateral actions.” As of Friday, ed States considers sailing war- Asiri said that coalition forces him. The others on board were rescued unharmed. The ministry ships close to China's artificial is- and the internationally recog- lands in the South China Sea. A nized government of Yemeni had no information on the boy's parents. The coast guard also in- U.S. defense official told Reuters President Abdrabbu Mansour the United States was mulling send- Hadi have not been offered any tervened twice during the night in the same region to rescue ing ships within the next two formal pledges for a ceasefire weeks to waters inside the 12-nau- from Houthi militias. “If that groups of 48 and 70 migrants on board boats that were taking on tical-mile zones that China claims were to happen, it will be for- as territory around islands it has mally announced by the Ye- water, the ministry said. Be- tween Thursday and Friday built in the Spratly chain. China meni government and the Unit- claims most of the South China Sea, ed Nations,” Asiri told Al Ara- morning, some 2,000 migrants reached the shores of Lesbos, though Washington has signaled it biya. Mainstream media in re- does not recognize Beijing's terri- cent days have been reporting which due to its location not far from the Turkish coast has be- torial claims and that the U.S. navy on supposedly pledges by will continue to operate wherever Houthi and Saleh militias to come the chief arrival point for the migrants in Greece. international law allows. "We will U.N. Secretary-General Ban never allow any country to violate Ki-moon of their readiness to Some 800 of them crossed during the night, the most dan- China's territorial waters and air- join talks to end more than six space in the Spratly Islands, in the months of fighting. gerous time of day. More than 550,000 migrants and refugees name of protecting freedom of nav- have crossed into Europe by sea igation and overflight," Foreign Ukraine leader so far this year, most fleeing the Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chu- says he hopes civil war in Syria and the vast nying told a regular news briefing. majority arriving in Greece, ac- "We urge the related parties not to 'fragile truce' cording to the UN refugee agen- take any provocative actions, and cy. genuinely take a responsible will hold Some 3,000 people of them stance on regional peace and sta- are dead or missing. Most of the bility," Hua said in response to a ASTANA : Ukrainian Presi- victims in recent weeks have been question about possible U.S. pa- dent Petro Poroshenko struck children. The latest death comes trols. The United States and its al- a conciliatory tone on Friday weeks after harrowing pictures lies in Asia, including Japan, have in his comments on Russia and of three-year-old Syrian refugee called on Beijing to halt construc- Moscow-backed rebels during Aylan Kurdi, whose body was tion on its man-made islands and his visit to Kazakhstan, the found washed up on a Turkish the issue is central to increasingly Kremlin's ally in Central Asia. beach after the boat carrying his tense U.S.-China relations. Chi- "Few had believed this (but) family to the Greek island of nese President Xi Jinping has said we did our best and, as a result Kos sank, causing an outpour- China has no intention of milita- of our efforts, guns have been ing of emotion around the world rizing the islands, but Washington silent for more than two weeks and pressuring European leaders analysts and U.S. officials say and this gives grounds for cau- to step up their response to the Beijing has already begun creating tious optimism with regard to A one-year-old boy has died after a boat carrying migrants to the Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey began sinking during the night, the ministry military facilities there. the implementation of other refugee crisis. parts of the Minsk agree- ments," Poroshenko said at a meeting with Kazakh Presi- UN proposes unity government to end Libya conflict dent Nursultan Nazarbayev, referring to a ceasefire in Ukraine's east. Russia has The UN envoy for Libya has an- peace talks representing the rival the parties to accept and sign the mar Gaddafi was toppled and adopted a more constructive nounced a national unity govern- governments approved the names agreement. The statement said Ban killed in 2011. "The two main fac- tone in talks over Ukraine, ac- ment for Libya after months of of candidates, but the parliaments "urges Libyan leaders not to squan- tions only reluctantly agreed to the cording to diplomats involved talks between the North African for both sides must approve them, der this opportunity to put the deal, and there has been so much in the discussion who say Rus- country's two rival governments. too. Mohamed Eljarh, an analyst country back on the path to build- bloodshed and political bad blood sia has influence over separat- Bernardino Leon told reporters late at the Atlantic Council's Hariri ing a state that reflects the spirit that there are many across the po- ist rebels. "The pull-back of on Thursday that the names of Centre for the Middle East, said and ambitions of the 2011 revolu- litical spectrum who oppose it," light equipment, tanks and candidates for the national unity this seemed "very unlikely" as there tion". The foreign policy chief of he said. mortars has begun," he said, government have been decided. had been a lot of negative reaction the European Union, Federica "There are fighters and mili- "which, I think, will help Leon said the prime minister for on both sides. Rival administra- Mogherini, also welcomed the an- tias who are unlikely to obey the strengthen the fragile truce that the new government is Fayez Sar- tions Libya has had rival adminis- nouncement. Stumbling blocks in new government." has been achieved." Poroshen- raj, a member of the Tripoli-based trations since August last year, the process have been the disband- The government will also have ko said he also hoped to avert administration. "We believe this when an alliance of militias from ing of militias as well as the re- to deal with the threat of the Is- a trade embargo by Russia list can work," Leon said of the the city of Misrata known as Lib- moval of former general Khalifa lamic State of Iraq and the Levant when Kiev's free-trade agree- names, which include three depu- ya Dawn took over the capital, Haftar - the military commander (ISIL) group, which has gained a ment with the European Union ties for the prime minister - repre- Tripoli. The group drove out the for the Tobruk parliament, which foothold in Gaddafi's former home- takes effect in January. Mos- senting the country's east, west internationally-recognised govern- is recognised by the UN and the town, Sirte. The country has po- cow has banned the import of and south - and two ministers to ment, which now operates in the Arab League. Al Jazeera's Diplo- rous borders and is awash with food from the EU in retalia- complete a presidential council. eastern city of Tobruk. UN Secre- matic Editor James Bays said the arms. It has also become a hub for tion for EU sanctions imposed "All of them will work as a team," tary-General Ban Ki-moon wel- new government, if approved, smugglers who prey and refugees over Russia's annexation of Leon said. He added, "This was comed the proposal of a unity would face "immense challenges" trying to make the dangerous jour- Crimea from Ukraine. not an easy task." government in a statement issued in governing the country, which ney across the Mediterranean to Negotiators who attended the by his media office, while urging has been in turmoil since Muam- Europe. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY .OCTOBER 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 Ali Jan Khan the first round of intra-Afghan di- Line as a permanent border be- politics of Middle East. And the E-mail: [email protected] alogue for peace and reconciliation tween the two countries. US was dually supported by al- At last, Pakistan has exposed its (in early July) and if both sides No doubt that certain politi- most of its allies, particularly Pa- real intensions behind ongoing in- agree to it, we are ready to offer cians and political forces realize kistan, Saudi Arab and Iran. Each Email: [email protected] surgency in certain parts of Af- our cooperation to them for future importance of peace and cordial every of these three having own ghanistan, erupted soon after ter- talks.” This latest statement on the relations with Afghanistan. But interests and purposes of US. www.afghanistantimes.af mination of Islamabad brokered part of Pakistan confirms a huge unfortunately, people from partic- Amidst fuelling crises in Af- dialogue between Dr. Ashraf Ghani Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi shift in its policies towards Af- ular mindset whether they belong ghanistan, though the US military government and Taliban loyal to ghanistan. In past, particularly af- to civil and military bureaucracy, general’s statement of terming sat- their late Chief Mullah Muham- ter empowering of Dr. Ashraf politics, religious thoughts and isfactory military actions in tribal Advisory editorial board mad Umar Akhund. On the name Ghani one year, Pakistan had made beliefs or media, thinking differ- areas, gave a boost to Pakistan of of border “security management,” frequent promises of helping the ently. This class is reluctant to rec- going ahead with its intensions in Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Pakistan now going ahead with its Afghan government in dialogues ognize Afghanistan as an indepen- Afghanistan. In fact, certain circles Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal designs of making the controver- with Taliban. Whereas Dr. Ghani dent and sovereign country but within Pakistanis are terming “dis- sial Durand Line as a permanent was sure that Pakistan will con- considering it a “dependency,” on appointing” military action Zarb- border between the two countries vince Taliban for dialogues and Is- the grounds of its geographical i-Azab on the grounds that almost Graphic-Designers: whereas on the pretext of “help- lamabad did so by arranging first compulsions. This thought is not leading wanted militant command- Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari ing in return of peace and stabili- ever direct talks between govern- new but it is lingering on since par- ers are at large. But Americans sat- ty” forcing Kabul to bow before ment and Taliban in previous July. tition of sub-continent in 1947 isfaction is surprising. Instead of Marketing & Advertising: its terms and conditions regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan have last. playing a role in foiling of insur- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 relations with India. conflicting ideas regarding the Du- Objectives of Afghan war gency in Kundoz, Nangarhar and Pakistan’s civil and military rand Line. Certain circles in Paki- against former Soviet Union is no several other parts and parcels of Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan rulers have jubilated the recent stan believe that it is a permanent more secret but one was expecting Afghanistan, the US like past is statements on the part of US mil- border between the two countries. too much from US regarding re- once again playing a Hippocratic Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 itary commander in Afghanistan Whereas Afghanistan believe that turn of peace and stability in war role, thus fuelling unrest amongst Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press who termed satisfactory military it lead to division of Pakhtoons by ruined Afghanistan. Unfortunate- people from war ruined Afghani- actions in its controlled tribal ar- the previous British colonial rul- ly, the US had utterly failed in ad- stan. Universal fact is that con- eas. On an end of Corps Command- ers for meetings its nefarious de- dressing such expectations of quering of Afghanistan is easy but ers Conference in Rawalpindi, the signs, therefore, it should be revis- peace loving from all over the maintaining it is hard. One can eas- The constitution says Inter Services Public Relations ited. Pakistan made an attempt of world. The US very well succeed- ily get benefits of Afghanistan’s (ISPR) states, “external security getting benefits of Dr. Ashraf ed in exploiting sentiments of weaknesses and instability at this situation was discussed with par- Ghani’s sincerity and has regular- peace loving Afghans in particular crucial stage but forcing its already ticular emphasis on the situation ized passages and travelling and rest of the world in general on beleaguered and divided so-called Article 56: in Afghanistan and border manage- through two important entry the name of “war on terror.” With National Unity government but by Observance of the provisions of the constitution, obedience of laws and ment issues on Pak Afghan bor- points of Torkham and Chaman on utilizing soil of Afghanistan and doing so, one could easily paving respect of public order and security shall be the duty of all citizens of der.” the pretext of border security man- other Asian countries, the US has the ways for unification of war’s On the same day Pakistan’s agement in last one year. Now Pa- not only got opportunity of es- scattered Afghans, who have foiled Afghanistan. Ignorance of the laws shall not be considered an excuse. Foreign Office spokesperson said, kistan is bent upon its demands tablishing its bases in South Asia scores of global plots designed for “Pakistan supported and hosted from Kabul to declare the Durand but had also influenced the petro- their disintegration in near past. How Obama lost Afghanistan By Vijeta Uniyal forces. Afghanistan’s Interior Min- In an apparent attempt to per- cleansing of Hindus that began 70 The U.S. President who gave up istry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, suade Pakistan to stop support- years ago with the creation of Is- Syria and Yemen without a fight is confirmed that the city of Kunduz ing Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, lamic Republic of Pakistan, and now leading a half-hearted coun- had fallen into “the hands of the President Obama offered to continues to this day. Not only teroffensive in Afghanistan. The enemies.” strong-arm India into making con- were millions of Hindus forced out Taliban seems to have correctly Despite heavy U.S. airstrikes, cessions on Kashmir. According to of Pakistan when the two coun- assessed the lack of resolve of the the Taliban are evidently well dug Pakistan’s former Ambassador to tries were created in 1947, but near- The commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and US current U.S. leadership, and has in, indicating that the terror militia the U.S., Husain Haqqani, Presi- ly all the remaining Hindus in Pa- forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell, acknowledges the evidently decided to retake all of intends to hold onto its recent ter- dent Obama secretly wrote to Pa- kistan and Bangladesh (formerly Afghanistan. ritorial gains and has no intention kistani President Asif Ali Zardari East Pakistan) were expelled or unfortunate reality that the war-hit country is passing through criti- In his first presidential cam- of retreating. Clearly, this Taliban in 2009, sympathizing with Paki- murdered during the following de- cal juncture but remained hush on the root cause. He stresses on paign of 2008, then-Senator is not the hit-and-run group of stan’s stand on Kashmir and ap- cades. The ethnic cleansing culmi- Obama called U.S. engagement in yesteryear. It seems to be a rein- parently offering to tell India that nated in the Bangladesh Genocide presence of the US forces beyond 2016 to help the Afghan govern- Iraq the “bad war,” and instead vigorated Islamist force, bent on “the old ways of doing business of 1971, perpetrated by Pakistan ment. His colleague, Defense Secretary Ash Carter is of the same wanted his country to focus on conquest, and ready to challenge are no longer acceptable.” Army. It killed some three million Afghanistan — his “good war.” the U.S. and coalition forces. According to the Haqqani’s ethnic Hindus and Bangladeshis, view. He has convinced the NATO member states to show flexibil- But after U.S. troops with- Although the Afghan Army, account, made public in 2013, Pa- and forced more than 10 million ity on presence of troops. The efforts of NATO, aimed at support- drew from Iraq in 2011, large parts directed by President Ashraf kistan, the recipient of billions of refugees to flee into India. By con- of Iraq fell under the control of the Ghani’s government in Kabul, has dollars of U.S. financial aid annu- trast, the Muslim population in ing Kabul, are indeed worth commending. However, there shall be Islamic State (ISIS), while the re- failed to mount a counteroffensive ally, rejected President Obama’s India has grown from 35 million in emphasis on result-oriented solution. Extending the stay is not du- maining part came under the influ- against advancing Taliban forces, offer. Instead, Pakistan continued the early 1950s to about 180 mil- ence of Iran. the blame for the wider military to train, arm and shelter interna- lion in 2015, making India home to rable solution. To put an end to the prevailing insurgency and re- So how is President Obama’s and geopolitical disaster probably tional terrorists — including Osa- the world’s second-largest Mus- verse the Taliban’s ability to strike, the US and its partners should “good war” in Afghanistan going? deserves to go to Obama. ma bin Laden. Many of these ter- lim population, second only to On September 29, 2015, Tali- President Obama never fails to rorists directly planned and car- Indonesia. address the root cause. ban fighters overran Kunduz, a remind the world that he com- ried out operations that killed near- The Taliban’s offensive in Af- As a first step, the US should acknowledge its mistakes and provincial capital. The takeover mands “the strongest military that ly 2,000 U.S. service personnel and ghanistan is the direct result of the created the biggest victory for the the world has ever known,” and wounding 20,000 more. Obama Administration’s consis- overhaul its security policies regarding Afghanistan. The first mis- Taliban since 2001, when an Amer- indeed the strength of U.S. mili- President Obama thereby tent policy of alienating friends and take was that Afghan security forces were not trained and equipped ican-led coalition drove the Tali- tary and the courage of its brave alienated India while getting noth- emboldening enemies. Be it Israel, on modern lines but vis-à-vis Taliban. Taliban insurgents are con- ban regime out of power, in the men and women are beyond ques- ing in return from Pakistan. Iran, Egypt or Afghanistan, Presi- aftermath of the September 11 at- tion. But the Commander-in-Chief India would not have need dent Obama has evidently preferred ventional fighters but those who support and train them know well tacks in New York. has failed to show the fortitude much convincing to back the U.S. dealing with Islamist and jihadist about modern military strategies and guerrilla warfare. It will not be Since its ouster, the Taliban required from the leader of the free strategy in Afghanistan. New Del- actors, rather than with liberal, sec- have been lurking in tribal regions, world. hi shared Kabul’s concerns over ular democratic forces. exaggeration to say that they are quite good at this because the and launching sporadic terrorist Additionally, Obama seems to rising Islamic militancy in the re- The results of a Taliban recon- international community allowed them to do so while turning a blind attacks in the cities. But the Tali- have established a pattern of un- gion. India also faces an existential quest of Afghanistan would be ban had never succeeding in retak- derestimating America’s adversar- threat from Islamic militancy in the even more disastrous than its pre- eye to the ongoing chaos in the region. ing a population center. With the ies. He famously called ISIS a “jay- Muslim-majority Kashmir prov- vious reign of terror. The Taliban Fall of Kunduz to the Taliban highlights this mistake. If Afghan- fall of Kunduz, the Taliban now vee team,” and recently stated that ince and beyond. Since mid-1990s, would not only resume sending controls the fifth-largest city in Russian President Vladimir Putin more than 30,000 Indian civilians trained jihadists across Pakistan’s istan had credible air power, the insurgents would not have been Afghanistan. went into Syria “out of weakness.” and security personnel have been border to wage war on “infidels” able to take the city. Afghan security forces still depend on coali- On September 29, Taliban forc- But what is visible to everyone killed in terrorist attacks. in India; it would also carry out its es launched a coordinated attack except Obama is that this “weak” President Obama, while visit- declared objective of global jihad tion forces for air support. If the NATO member countries have on Kunduz from three directions. Putin has been outflanking the ing India, apparently preferred to against the West. With Europe’s addressed this gray area, the situation has been different now on The Afghan Army failed to offer United States in Ukraine, Crimea play the “travelling salesman” for borders now wide open, the West any significant resistance, and and now Syria. It is Obama who the religion of Islam, repeatedly is more vulnerable than ever.— the ground. The Taliban will have been on reverse instead of gain- rushed for cover at the city’s air- seems weak. smacking Hindus for being intol- (Gatestone Institute) ing new areas or launching large-scale attacks. The US and its NATO port. Apparently, the Afghan sol- As with his approach else- erant to India’s Muslim minority, Vijeta Uniyal is an Indian cur- diers were hoping for aerial rein- where, Obama has been alienating negating what has appeared the rent affairs analyst based in Eu- allies should consider needs of Afghanistan. Kabul has repeatedly forcements from US-led coalition allies and strengthening foes. attempted genocide and ethnic rope. urged Washington to provide modern gunships. Well-equipped Af- ghan military is a key to success in the ongoing war on terror. Moreover, the NATO members are rushing to those who are supporting terrorism in the region. The war will drag on for several Peace talks more decades to come until they distinguished between friends and foes. Biggest failure of the NATO is that it is not addressing the root cause—finding and destroying shelters of insurgents and break- ing the link between these organizations and their supporters. The international community knows where the Taliban are hiding and where suicide bombers are trained. Chain of the Taliban’s com- mand is still intact. Therefore, despite over a decade the super- power and its friends failed to wrap the war up. Without breaking that chain, there will neither be successful peace talks and nor de- crease in insurgency. Al-Qaeda vanished after death of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Other terror organizations will have the same fate if the US responded the same way—hunt for leadership of terrorist networks no matter where they are. Guerrilla wars end with death of the movements’ leadership.

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SATURDAY .OCTOBER 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES The key to solving the puzzle of Afghanistan is Pakistan

By Salman Rafi events, if anything, have neu- While it is evident that they stan, the question of placement tralized such expected fallout could not have kept the city of the number of US troops in While many hoped to see the for the Taliban. under their control for long, the Afghanistan has become even Taliban stumbling after Mullah The biggest mitigating fac- fact that they easily pushed more significant. Apart from the Omar’s death and a descent tor is that internal opposition Afghan forces out of Kunduz proposal to keep 5000 to 7000 into disunity, the movement is to Mullah Mansoor’s appoint- in the first place must be taken soldiers in Afghanistan, Demp- showing renewed vigor and is ment as Omar’s successor and seriously in assessing the Af- sey’s plan also includes main- restoring through a new wave the Taliban’s new leader is fad- ghan security forces’ ability to taining a few bases that could of attacks on Afghan cities. ing. This makes Mansoor’s contain the Taliban outside ur- be used as “lily pads” to launch The potent attacks on Af- position stronger. Mullah ban areas. strikes against groups that ghanistan’s urban hubs have Omar’s only surviving brother, Until recently, the Taliban threaten the US’ vital interests coincided with an Eid message Mullah Abdul Mannan and have been focusing more on in the region. from new supreme leader Mul- Omar’s eldest son Mulla Mo- rural areas. However, since The lily-pad bases would lah Akhtar Mohammad Man- hammad Yaqoob, pledged alle- Akhtar’s ascendance to a po- potentially house American soor demonstrating that the giance to Mansoor on Sept. 15. sition of power, the number of drones and fighter jets as well Taliban Movement of Afghan- This ended a rift that emerged big and fully organized attacks as elite counter-terrorism istan has lost little ground in after the latter made a hurried on cities has dramatically in- troops, and could be at Bagram its ongoing war with the US and decision to get himself chosen creased. air base north of Kabul and one the Afghan government. by the Taliban’s Rahbari Shura This renewed wave of at- or two other airfields, said se- Mullah Mansoor’s latest (leadership council) as the tacks will have serious reper- nior administration officials Eid message not only called for movement’s new leader over cussions for the entire region, who spoke to The Washington unity among the Taliban rank Mansoor. This is a major victo- not merely for Afghanistan. As Post on the condition of ano- and files, but also repeated their ry for Mansoor as Mannan and far as Pakistan is concerned, nymity to discuss internal plan- unchanged terms for a so- Yaqoob presented the real chal- these attacks have caused a ning. called “resolution” of the Af- lenge to his leadership. serious dilemma for it. On the President Obama’s “we still ghan conflict. These conditions While some Taliban sourc- one hand, it is engaged in a war have business in Afghanistan” include not only complete with- es still consider Mansoor’s se- against the home-grown ‘Tali- rhetoric stands to signify the drawal of all occupying forces lection as leader to be invalid, ban movement of Pakistan.’ On US’ plan to prolong its stay in from the country but also re- his opponents has been prac- the other hand, it is making Afghanistan to contain the Tal- peal of the Bilateral Security tically rendered leaderless now desperate efforts to broker iban and to counter-balance Agreement (BSA), signed with that Yaqoob and Mannan are “peace” on all fronts, FATA, Russian tactical maneuvering the US in 2014 by Afghan Pres- backing him. In addition, the Baluchistan and Afghanistan, in the Middle East. By Fareed Zakaria ident Ashraf Ghani. opposition camp has suffered to smoothly go through the Hypothetically speaking, clear-armed sponsor. worried that the natural order It is not hard to see that some serious setbacks over the China-Pakistan Economic Cor- were the US to leave Afghani- Recent setbacks in Afghani- Pakistan has mastered the of things would be for Afghan- Mullah Mansoor’s message last few weeks. In fact, some of ridor. stan and were Afghanistan to stan — from the fall of Kunduz art of pretending to help the istan to come under the sway and his latest demands have the clerics who joined the anti- Pakistan does understand “fall” to IS in any possible way, to the errant U.S. bombing of a United States while actually of India, the giant of the sub- undercut efforts to restore Mansoor camp were won over. that as long as war keeps on Iran and Russia might feel it hospital in that city — again supporting its most deadly continent. The Pakistani army peace to the country. The mes- Others gradually became neu- going in Afghanistan, Pakistani necessary to strike IS inside raise a question. Why, after 14 foes. Take the many efforts that came to believe that it could sage makes clear that the Tali- tral in the succession dispute. Taliban, too, will keep fighting. Afghanistan too. Given the fact years of American military ef- U.S. officials have recently only gain leverage in Afghani- ban would not engage in talks Mullah Dastagir and Mullah In fact, the very reason for the that Afghan officials have al- forts, is Afghanistan still so made to start talks with the Tal- stan through religious zealots. unless all their preconditions Nazar Muhammad, two vocal Pakistani Taliban to have ready been speaking of a co- fragile? The country has a dem- iban. It turns out that we were Afghanistan’s secular groups have been met. It explicitly stat- clerics who previously ques- launched their movement is vert alliance between Iran and ocratically elected government talking to ghosts. Omar has and ethnic nationalists are all ed: tioned Mansoor’s succession Pakistan’s so-called “alliance” the Taliban, this postulation widely viewed as legitimate. been dead for two years, while suspicious of Pakistan, so the “If the Kabul administra- to Omar, have now accepted his with the US in the latter’s “war seems to be somewhat possi- Poll after poll suggests that the Pakistani officials have been fa- only path in is through those tion wants to end the war and leadership and pledged alle- on terror.” ble. Were this to occur, Russia Taliban are unpopular. The Af- cilitating “contacts” and who see a common, religious establish peace in the country, giance to him. However, given the increas- might be able to significantly ghan army fights fiercely and “talks” with him. This is part of ideology.” This strategy is not it is possible through ending It is important to keep in ing intensification of the con- neutralize the US’ presence in loyally. And yet, the Taliban a pattern. Pakistani officials, new, Haqqani points out, not- the occupation and revoking all mind that these developments flict in Afghanistan, the US’ what is known as Russia’s “un- always come back. from former president Pervez ing that funding for such military and security treaties occurred in the month of Sep- complete withdrawal seems to der-belly.” The answer to this puzzle Musharraf down, categorical- groups began in the mid-1970s, with the invaders.” He went on tember. What these develop- be a remote possibility. Follow- Although an alliance be- can be found in a profile of the ly denied that bin Laden or before the Soviets invaded Af- to say that “The Islamic Emir- ments mean for the over-all Tal- ing the Taliban’s attack on the tween Russia and the Taliban Taliban’s new leader, Akhtar Omar was living in Pakistan — ghanistan in 1979. ate (Taliban) believes if the iban movement should also be city of Kunduz, the President seems improbable, it does seem Mohammad Mansour. It turns despite the fact that former Af- What should the United country is not under occupa- assessed in the context of the Obama said the US will “try” to possible if constructed out that Mansour lives part ghan president Hamid Karzai States do? First, says Haqqani, tion, the problem of the Af- Taliban’s attacks on the city of broker a political settlement through careful mediation by time in Quetta, the New York repeatedly pointed this out it needs to see reality for what ghans can be resolved through Kunduz and its surrounding before making any new “mili- Iran and Pakistan, especially Times reports, “in an enclave publicly. “I do not believe Omar it is: “When you are lied to and intra-Afghan understanding.” areas. The mitigation of Taliban tary commitments.” the latter who seems to have where he and some other Tali- has ever been to Pakistan,” you don’t respond, you are The timing of the new lead- internal division is making them According to some reports re-established its military rela- ban leaders. . . Musharraf said in 2007. encouraging more lies.” He ar- er’s address was not random: stronger and allowing them to appearing the Western media, tions with Moscow in the last have built homes.” His prede- The Pakistani army has gues that Washington has to It was delivered on the eve of mount operations such as the President Obama is seriously year or so and who already have cessor, Mohammad Omar, we been described as the “godfa- get much tougher with the Pa- the first anniversary of Presi- one that briefly captured the considering a proposal to keep historically “friendly” relations now know, died a while ago in ther” of the Taliban. That might kistani military and make clear dent Ghani’s ascension to pow- city of Kunduz. as many as 5,000 to 7,000 US with the Afghan Taliban. Karachi. And of course, we re- understate its influence. Paki- that its double-dealing must er on Sept. 28, 2014. The inter- Battles have raged around troops in Afghanistan beyond The US officials cannot be member that Osama bin Laden stan was the base for the U.S.- stop. To do this would be good national community regards it Kunduz for the last eleven days 2016, a move that would end unmindful of such a scenario lived for many years in a com- supported mujahideen as they for Afghanistan and stability in as the Taliban’s response to as government forces, backed his plans to bring US troops eventually taking place. Hence, pound in Abbottabad. All three battled the Soviet Union in the that part of the world, but it Kabul’s efforts and mediation by US air strikes, have tried to home before he leaves office. a renewed emphasis on retain- of these cities are in Pakistan. 1980s. After the Soviets retreat- would also be good for Paki- by Pakistan, China, and the US drive out the Taliban fighters. The proposal, which was ing a large enough force in Af- We cannot solve the prob- ed from Afghanistan in 1989, stan. Pakistan is a time bomb. to bring the warring sides in the The city’s brief capture was one originally placed in August by ghanistan. lem of Afghanistan without the United States withdrew al- It ranks 43rd in the world in Afghan conflict to the negoti- of the biggest victories of the Army Gen Martin E. Dempsey, On other hand, if the US recognizing that the insurgen- most as quickly, and Pakistan terms of its economy, accord- ating table. All such efforts “Islamic Emirates” in the 14- then-chairman of the Joint does decide to keep additional cy against that government is entered that strategic void. It ing to the World Bank, but has must be deemed a failure be- year insurgency. Chiefs of Staff, has acquired troops in Afghanistan, it will shaped, aided and armed from pushed forward the Taliban, a the sixth-largest armed forces. cause of the Taliban’s latest According to some sourc- even more significance in the certainly not help them reach a across the border by one of the group of young jihadis It has the fastest-growing nu- military effort to regain control es, the Taliban’s Kunduz-attack context of Russian military en- political settlement with the world’s most powerful armies. schooled in radical Islam at Pa- clear arsenal, and the most of the country, or at least a por- was an effort on the part of gagement in Syria against IS. Taliban. Such is the dilemma of Periodically, someone inside or kistani madrasas. (“Talib” opaque. It maintains close ties tion of it. Mullah Mansoor to shrug off Considering the United the current phase of the war in outside the U.S. government means student.) Now history is with some of the world’s most General expectation with the impressions of “internal States’ own plans regarding Afghanistan! Instead of com- points this out. Yet no one repeating itself. As the United brutal terrorists. By some esti- Omar’s death and rival Islamic disunity” in Afghanistan. counter-terrorism, it seems that ing to an end after almost 14 knows quite what to do, so it is States draws down its forces, mates, its military consumes 26 State’s (IS’s) emergence in Af- That’s why instead of keeping the US would find itself in a years, it seems to be expand- swept under the carpet and Pakistan again seeks to expand percent of all tax receipts, while ghanistan was that the Taliban the city under their control, very difficult situation if it were ing as new actors prepare to policy stays the same. But this its influence through its long- the country has 5.5 would suffer setbacks. This has they quickly resorted to guer- to leave Afghanistan. Since the take a plunge into it.—(Asia is not an incidental fact. It is standing proxy. million children who don’t at- not happened. Subsequent rilla tactics rather than hold it. emergence of IS in Afghani- Times) fundamental, and unless it is Why does Pakistan sup- tend school. As long as this confronted, the Taliban will port the Taliban? Pakistan’s military and its mind-set are never be defeated. It is an old former ambassador to the Unit- unchecked and unreformed, adage that no counterinsurgen- ed States, Husain Haqqani, the United States will face a cy has ever succeeded when whose book “Magnificent De- strategic collapse as it with- the rebels have had a haven. In lusions” is an essential guide, draws its forces from the re- By Marwan Bishara this case, the rebels have a nu- says that “Pakistan has always gion. (The Washington Post) Travelling with Syrian friends now- adays can be truly unpleasant. Even in the Arab world. Or should LETTER TO THE EDITOR I say: especially in the Arab world. At times, it's plain drama, other times it's utter comedy; depend- ing on the immigration officer and the backroom intelligence agent. Despite the solidarity with Extraction of mines is key to development their cause in the West and East alike, officially, they are mostly Afghanistan owns huge amount of untapped mineral deposits. According to a survey unwelcomed, even rejected. Syri- by an American organization, Afghanistan set on untapped mineral resources, worth an refugees continue flowing into of around three trillion dollars. The natural resources, if extracted, can lead the coun- Europe I tell them half- jokingly that they've been "Palestinised". try towards development and prosperity. They take it in part as a compli- It is the time that the related organs including the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum ment; part as a curse. Palestinisa- and the Ministry of Commerce and Industries leave no stone unturned to convince tion Sadly, it's the curse that's the truth, considering what they face both domestic and foreign investors to invest in mining sector of Afghanistan. Extrac- because of violence and displace- tion of mines will also create thousands of jobs for Afghans. Security organizations ment and that the worst will likely should also ensure foreign investors that they are capable of taking foolproof security continue. Alas, none of this is Syr- ia-specific. Indeed, much of the of mines. Arab world is facing a similar pro- Ehsanullah, Khairkhana, Kabul cess of Palestinisation due to war and repression and certainly, in Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must part, thanks to their very own mil- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: itary dictatorships. Many won- [email protected] der, how is it that their own lead- ers can be as bloody and indiffer-

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some suggest the committee should Jonathan Hutson, a human ists who struggle to get their voic- prize - 205 people and 68 organi- wait for the dust to settle before rights advocate who worked on the es heard from the margins to the sations. giving out gongs. "The aftermath campaign against landmines that centre of the stage." Chairwoman Kaci Kullmann of the deal is still in the making" won a peace prize in 1997, said Hutson favours the Russian Five will announce the winner in and has stoked tensions between giving prestigious awards to estab- journalists, Chinese lawyers, and Oslo on Friday. The lead-up to the Iran and Saudi Arabia, said Harp- lished statesmen is a wasted op- Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist announcement is rife with specu- viken. According to Ask, the 2009 portunity. from the Democratic Republic of lation, but predictions are mostly peace prize for US President Millions of the world's poor- Congo, who has been nominated, wrong, said Harpviken. Barack Obama was enough. "Can est saved by Nobel winners alongside others, for helping rape "Getting it right is not easy," he we give another one to his admin- "Merkel is a deserving nomi- victims and tackling widespread said. istration?" he said. nee, but she already has a spot- sex crimes. Follow James Reinl on Twitter: RELATED: Nobel Prize in light," Hutson told Al Jazeera. "It's The committee received 273 @jamesreinl physics for neutrino insights more useful to bring rights activ- nominations for this year's peace Source: Al Jazeera Gro w in g up Guan tan am o

Follow the incredible journey of Asadullah Rahman, the youngest inmate to be held at Guantanamo Bay.

Filmmakers: Faris Kermani and Sonia Verma Asadullah was only 10-years-old when he was arrested New York, United States - From and imprisoned at Guantanamo German Chancellor Angela Mer- Bay. While working as a tea-boy kel to Pope Francis and a lesser- for an Afghan commander, he, known Congolese gynaecologist, along with 30 other Afghans were the names being tipped to win the rounded up by US soldiers and 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday sent to the notorious military site are as diverse as ever. in Cuba. Branded a 'terrorist' he Ladbrokes, a bookmaker, lists was held for 17 months before fi- Merkel as its frontrunner for what nally being released. Al Jazeera's many describe as her courageous Sonia Verma was the first journal- leadership in an open-door policy ist to find Asadullah after he was for refugees from Syria and be- freed, travelling to his remote moun- yond, and in her stewardship of tain village to interview him. the war in Ukraine. "The refugee What she discovered was a crisis is the big issue, and she turned young boy who had been the debate in Europe around," said victimised by the US, abandoned Kristian Berg Harpviken, direc- by his country, yet nostalgic for tor of the Peace Research Institute his brief and unusual taste of the Oslo and a peace prize pundit West. Ten years later, Sonia re- these past seven years. turns to Afghanistan to find the But she is also "controversial", 22-year-old. This is no simple task. he told Al Jazeera. Greeks criticise As her friend Graeme Smith put her inflexible posture during the it, "You only had a name. A first Eurozone crisis, and many Ger- As a d ulla h w a s m is s in g fo r s o m e s ev en m o n t hs b efo r e his fa m ily mans fear she has opened the door name, which is like looking for a to an overwhelming influx of some guy called John in New York City." d is co v er ed his w her ea b o ut s . [Fa r is K er m a n i/ Al Ja z eer a ] 1.5 million asylum-seekers this But when Sonia finally does year. Looking further afield find Asadullah, she discovers a and write about his ordeal. He was crime. Even after he told me his ing Up Guantanamo, traces The five-member selection young man trying to rebuild his enslaved to a local warlord when story, I was left with so many ques- Asadullah's journey from his ar- committee for the prize is "wary life after a lost childhood. American special forces raided the tions. How did such a young boy rest and imprisonment to his sub- of appearing interested in only Asadullah was missing for compound where he was being held end up in Guantanamo Bay? What sequent return to Afghanistan and European candidates" and will look some seven months before his fam- and arrested him. He spent a good did the Americans want from him present day struggles. It also fea- further afield, added Alf Ole Ask, ily discovered his whereabouts. chunk of his childhood in America's and why did they keep him there tures rare interviews with Ameri- a journalist at Norway's Aftenpos- [Faris Kermani/Al Jazeera] most notorious prison camp. As a for so long? Over the years, I’d can military veterans who served ten newspaper. CORRESPONDENT'S VIEW person, Asadullah was also remark- always wondered what happened at Guantanamo Bay - some of Colombian President Juan By Sonia Verma able. When I met him, he was the to Asadullah. I wanted to know whom are speaking for the very Manuel Santos and Timoleon I first met America's youngest only person in his village to speak what happened to that precocious first time about how they felt "Timochenko" Jimenez, leader of prisoner in its "war on terror" more English, understand that the world young boy I met in the Afghan vil- about having child prisoners in the country's FARC guerrilla than ten years ago. Asadullah was round or know that dinosaurs lage so long ago. What was it like their custody. group, would be a better choice, Rahman had just returned to the had once roamed the planet. He'd for someone to grow up in We discovered Asadullah's Ask told Al Jazeera, because Latin remote village in Eastern Afghani- learned all of those things in Guantanamo Bay? ordeal didn’t end with his release Americans are often overlooked. stan where his family lived, a scat- Guantanamo Bay. On some level, This is a story I've wanted to from Guantanamo Bay. In many Within six months, the two tering of mud huts about a three he was grateful for his experience tackle for ten years, but it was al- ways, his return to Afghanistan men are expected to ink a deal to hour drive from Kabul. He was in prison. He'd received an educa- ways going to be a gamble. I wasn’t marked just the beginning of his end a half-century war that has bright, easy-going and ambitious. tion, learned how to play chess and even certain I'd be able to find struggles. We also discovered claimed more than 220,000 lives He'd also just served seventeen enjoyed picnics on the beach. He Asadullah again, or whether he'd how conflicted some of the and uprooted six million people. months at Guantanamo Bay as a told me the doctors and guards who be willing to talk to me, much less American soldiers felt who were "It's an extremely promising "juvenile enemy combatant." were in charge of him were kind. agree to go on camera for a film. responsible for Asadullah at peace process, but some tricky is- Asadullah was about ten years old None of that squared with any- Farid Barsoum, the Executive Pro- Guantanamo Bay, and how, in sues remain," Harpviken said. when he was arrested, twelve years thing else I knew about ducer of Al Jazeera English's 'Cor- their own way, they tried to help Honouring the Colombians old when he was released. Guantanamo Bay, a place where respondent' series was willing to him. Today, Asadullah is a young would echo past winners who took Asadullah says he was beaten prisoner abuse was rife and had take the risk and for that I'm eter- man struggling to survive in Af- political risks in pursuit of peace, while in US custody [Al Jazeera] driven many detainees to commit nally grateful. ghanistan, a country that remains such as Yasser Arafat, Shimon I've spent more than a decade suicide. I was also, of course, We not only managed to find at war with itself. It is a country Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, the 1994 covering the conflict in Afghani- shocked that such a young child Asadullah, but also some of the full of stories of endless injus- laureates who led Palestinians and stan, But over the years, I've never had been in American military cus- commanders, guards and medics tice. Asadullah’s story is never- Israelis towards the Oslo Accords. forgotten Asadullah. I was the first tody for so long. By all accounts, who were responsible for him in theless unique and one that de- With high opinion poll ratings, journalist to find, interview him Asadullah was innocent of any Guantanamo Bay. Our film, Grow- serves to be told. Al Jazeera Pope Francis is a much-touted nominee. His work on the US-Cuba rapprochement and advocacy on climate change burnish his creden- H o w Iran ian gen eral plo tted tials, but the committee may be loath to elevate one religious lead- er over others. RELATED: Who deserves the o ut Syrian assault in Mo sco w Nobel Peace Prize? Another favourite is Dmitry At a meeting in Moscow in July, a week. Moscow says it is target- Muratov, editor-in-chief of top Iranian general unfurled a map ing Islamic State, but many of Novaya Gazeta, and other Russian of Syria to explain to his Russian Russia’s air strikes have hit other journalists who dare speak out hosts how a series of defeats for insurgents, including groups against the Kremlin, which is President Bashar al-Assad could backed by Assad’s foreign en- clamping down on media outlets be turned into victory - with emies, notably in the northwest and dissident views, according to Russia’s help. Major General where rebels seized strategically the US pressure group Freedom Qassem Soleimani’s visit to Mos- important towns including Jisr House. cow was the first step in planning al-Shughour earlier this year. In Others point to the Chinese for a Russian military intervention the biggest deployment of Ira- human rights lawyer Li Heping, that has reshaped the Syrian war nian forces yet, sources told who has been missing since a gov- and forged a new Iranian-Russian Reuters last week that hundreds ernment crackdown on activists in alliance in support of Assad. As of troops have arrived since late July, and colleagues Cai Ying and Russian warplanes bomb rebels September to take part in a ma- Ma Lianshun who are searching for from above, the arrival of Iranian jor ground offensive planned in him. special forces for ground opera- the west and northwest. Around Harpviken said it is high time tions underscores several months 3,000 fighters from the Iranian- to "mark the need for peaceful pro- of planning between Assad’s two gional official said. “At that time, Assad’s control of Syria to around backed Lebanese group test against [Russian President most important allies, driven by Soleimani played a role in assuring one fifth of its territory in a four- Hezbollah have also mobilised Vladimir] Putin's regime". Others panic at rapid insurgent gains. them that we haven’t lost all the year-long war estimated to have for the battle, along with Syrian warn against insulting authoritari- Soleimani is the commander of the cards.” “Send Soleimani” Three se- killed 250,000 people. The deci- army troops, said one of the se- an leaders and refer back to the Quds Force, the elite extra-territo- nior officials in the region say sion for a joint Iranian-Russian nior regional sources. The mili- imprisoned 2010 peace prize lau- rial special forces arm of Iran’s Soleimani’s July trip was preceded military effort in Syria was taken tary intervention in Syria is set reate Liu Xiaobo. Revolutionary Guards, and reports by high-level Russian-Iranian con- at a meeting between Russia’s for- out in an agreement between The Chinese dissenter is still directly to Iran’s Supreme Leader, tacts that produced political agree- eign minister and Khamenei a few Moscow and Tehran that says serving an 11-year jail term for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Senior re- ment on the need to pump in new months ago, said a senior official Russian air strikes will support subversion. gional sources say he has already support for Assad as his losses of a country in the region, involved ground operations by Iranian, "The relationship between been overseeing ground operations accelerated. Their accounts suggest in security matters. “Soleimani, Syrian and Lebanese Hezbollah Norway and China has been fro- against insurgents in Syria and is planning for the intervention be- assigned by Khamenei to run the forces, said one of the senior re- zen since then," said Ask. "The now at the heart of planning for gan to germinate several months Iranian side of the operation, trav- gional sources. The agreement award was the right thing to do, the new Russian- and Iranian- earlier. It means Tehran and Mos- elled to Moscow to discuss details. also included the provision of but it cost Norway a lot of mon- backed offensive. That expands his cow had been discussing ways to And he also travelled to Syria sev- more sophisticated Russian ey." regional role as the battlefield com- prop up Assad by force even as eral times since then,” the official weapons to the Syrian army, and Nuclear statesmen mander who has also steered the Western officials were describing said. the establishment of joint opera- Other nominees include US fight in neighbouring Iraq by Ira- what they believed was new flex- The Russian government says tions rooms that would bring Secretary of State John Kerry and nian-backed Shiite militia against ibility in Moscow’s stance on his its Syria deployment came as the those allies together, along with his Iranian counterpart, Moham- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria future. Before the latest moves, Iran result of a formal request from the government of Iraq, which is mad Javad Zarif, who helped ne- (ISIS). His Moscow meeting out- had aided Assad militarily by Assad, who himself laid out the allied both to Iran and the United gotiate limits on Iran's nuclear pro- lined the deteriorating situation in mobilising Shi’ite militias to fight problems facing the Syrian mili- States. One of the operations gramme in exchange for sanctions Syria, where rebel advances to- alongside the Syrian army, and dis- tary in stark terms in July, saying rooms is in Damascus and an- relief. wards the coast were posing a dan- patching Iranian Revolutionary it faced a manpower problem. other is in Baghdad. The deal, agreed in July, was a ger to the heartland of Assad’s Guards Corps officers as advisors. Khamenei also sent a senior en- “Soleimani is almost resident "product of dogged diplomacy in Alawite sect, where Russia main- A number of them have been killed. voy to Moscow to meet President in Damascus, or let’s say he goes the face of domestic hard-liners in tains its only Mediterranean naval Russia, an ally of Damascus Vladimir Putin, another senior re- there a lot and you can find him both countries", Stewart Patrick, base in Tartous. “Soleimani put the since the Cold War, had supplied gional official said. “Putin told him between meetings with Presi- a former research fellow at the map of Syria on the table. The Rus- weapons to the Syrian army and ‘Okay we will intervene. Send dent Assad and visits to the the- Norwegian Nobel Institute, told Al sians were very alarmed, and felt shielded Damascus diplomatically Qassem Soleimani’. He went to atre of operations like any other Jazeera. matters were in steep decline and from Western attempts to sanction explain the map of the theatre.” soldier,” said one of the senior Their fellow negotiator, Euro- that there were real dangers to the Assad at the United Nations. Their Resident in Damascus Russian regional officials. Syria’s foreign pean Union Foreign Policy Chief regime. The Iranians assured them support did not prevent rebels - warplanes, deployed at an airfield minister said on Monday that Federica Mogherini, could also be there is still the possibility to re- some of them backed by Assad’s in Latakia, began mounting air the Russian air strikes had been included. While the deal could bring claim the initiative,” a senior re- regional foes - from reducing strikes against rebels in Syria last planned for months. some calm to the Middle East, This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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The halal economy is set to grow Islamic economy forum in Dubai. as the world’s Muslim population Rising demand expands and more products are The rising demand for halal certified to comply with Islamic products has seen businesses, res- Ban k o f Japan sharia law, experts said on Tues- taurants and hotels across the day. The range of halal products, world cater for the needs of Mus- from goods not containing pork or lim clients, Chaudry said. cuts pro ductio n alcohol to financial and tourism ser- “Halal is a lifestyle. Countries vices, is rising as the global Mus- like Japan and Korea are taking the lim population grows. “They are lead to convert their restaurants and fo recast as slack growing because we are increasing hotels into halal-friendly so they by 2.5 to 3 percent every year. Is- can attract more tourists from lam is the fastest growing religion,” Muslim countries,” he said. gro w s in eco n o m y said Muhammad Chaudry, presi- “Halal is a global entity. We dent of the Islamic Food and Nu- are looking at 1.8 billion consum- Exce s s ca p a cit y in cr e a s e d trition Council of America. He said ers,” he said, referring to an esti- in t he s eco n d q u a r t er a n d in d us t r ia l o u t p u t many products that were sharia- mate of the world’s Muslim popu- compliant by nature are now be- lation. The head of the Emirates m a y h a v e fa llen o v er t h e s u m m er ing certified as halal, contributing Authority for Standardisation and to the increase in the size of the Metrology, Abdulla al-Muaini, halal economy. said the Muslim population, ex- “When we talk about the halal pected to reach 2.2 billion in 2030, economy growing by 20 percent, is a “core market” for halal prod- it is the conversion from indiscrimi- ucts. nate we-don’t-know-what’s-in-it He said the Organisation of Is- economy to a definitely halal-cer- lamic Cooperation values the glo- tified economy,” he told AFP at an bal halal sector at $2.3 trillion. “Halal industry is expected to be one of the steady growing sectors across the global economy,” he said. Dubai apartm en t prices do w n Pak rice industry, growers 11pc, set to fall further, says JLL need rollover of loans ISLAMABAD: With the com- tatives of all banks. The banks modity crisis deepening, officials agreed to facilitate borrowers by have warned of a looming rice in- allowing them roll-over facility and dustry crisis owing to shortage of the release of their pledged/hy- funds. Analysts say that govern- pothecated stock within the exist- ment’s failure to rollover loans of ing regulations as its quality dete- TOKYO: The Bank of Japan said economists said. growers, millers and exporters riorates rapidly. Millers informed Thursday that excess capacity in- “It will become clearer that could magnify the problem of dis- this scribe that despite commit- creased in the second quarter and what the BOJ has emphasized posal of paddy crop. The new pad- ments banks did not notify branch- industrial output may have fallen as a ‘virtuous cycle originating dy crop is due in early November es as per policy decision and they over the summer, in yet another in price increases’ isn’t happen- next, but the industry is facing an continue to pressure rice millers sign that the economy is veering ing” by the end of the year, said acute shortage of funds. Also read: to repay loans. Replying to away from the central bank’s pro- Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Depressed price of new rice crop Dawn’s query, SBP’s Chief jections. chief economist Yuichi Kodama. An official document available with Spokesperson Abid Qamar said The bank’s own measure of the Sentiment among Japanese Dawn shows that the country’s that banks restructure/reschedule gap between available resources in workers also fell for the second stock of rice piled up to more than outstanding loans of their borrow- the economy and their degree of month in a row in September, 500,000 metric tonnes due to sub- ers as per internal policies ap- utilization worsened to minus according to the government’s stantial decline in prices of rice. proved by their board of directors, 0.73% in the April-June period Economy Watchers survey re- The report says funds dried up in within the regulations of State from plus 0.19% in the previous leased Thursday. The index the rice industry owing to highest- Bank of Pakistan. He said some quarter. It was the worst showing measures the views on current ever unsold stock. cases might have merit issues and since the third quarter of 2013, economic conditions of people To pacify concerns of the rice banks might be reluctant to roll- according to the bank’s monthly working in sectors closely linked industry, Prime Minister Nawaz over. “This was also emphasised economic report. to the economic cycle. The head- Sharif announced that loans of rice by bankers during the above meet- Slack in the economy could line figure fell to 47.5 from Au- industry will be rolled-over until ing that only borrowers having stay for a while, as Japan’s econo- gust’s 49.3. June 2016 to avoid default on genuine difficulties may be accom- my may have fallen into recession That “indicates a perception in the third quarter after shrinking that economic conditions are Apartment prices in Dubai have sis, JLL wrote in a report. Authori- exhibition, it predicted. House loans. But the decision has not yet modated,” he added. As a result of been implemented. A rice miller this crisis and multiple other rea- 1.2% in April-June. The slower worsening on balance,” said fallen 11 percent in the past 12 ties have set mortgage ceilings and prices also fell in the third quarter, exports and lackluster consump- Kyohei Morita, chief Japan months and will decline further raised transaction taxes to reduce with sales down 3 percent on the from Shaikhupura told Dawn that sons, Pakistan’s export of $2 bil- in some areas paddy has already lion worth of rice is also at stake. tion blamed for the contraction economist at Barclays. because of tighter regulations, ris- speculation in the property mar- second quarter and 7 percent year- continue to weigh on the econo- In its monthly report, the ing inflation and a strong United ket, while the UAE dirham is on-year, while rents were down 2 arrived in the market at lowest ever India has already captured Paki- price. Rice millers are the main stan’s export market through my, prompting manufacturers to central bank clearly acknowl- Arab Emirates currency, industry pegged to the U.S. dollar, which percent over both time frames. idle some of their production ca- edged for the first time that in- consultants JLL said on Tuesday. has gained 13 percent against the Rents have proved more resilient buyers of paddy. cheaper prices. To boost exports, “If millers are deprived of cap- businessmen have suggested to the pacity. dustrial output may have fallen Inflows of cash from troubled ar- euro in the past year. These fac- because higher sales transaction Excess capacity generally in- for a second straight quarter in eas of the Middle East helped tors have combined to make buy- fees and tougher mortgage require- ital by the banks, price of the pad- government to export the stock of dy will further depress to the det- 500,000 metric tonnes of super dicates weaker inflationary pres- the three months ending in Sep- Dubai’s property sector recover ing property more expensive for ments have made it more difficult sure as well, suggesting another tember. from a crash in the previous de- foreign residents and foreign-based for residents to make outright pur- riment of farmers,” he said. basmati rice through Passco or pri- Rice Millers association has vate sector. It was also suggested setback for BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Production in that quarter cade, but that momentum has investors, while a shortage of chases. Dubai now has 452,000 Kuroda’s campaign to generate 2% was likely “more or less flat, sagged since the end of 2013 and middle-income housing in Dubai is homes, up by 1,700 in the third identified bank loans worth of that the government should offer Rs100 billion, payment of which 20 per cent rebate on the invoice inflation. including the possibility of a prices are again in retreat, JLL and a growing problem. This has led to quarter, JLL estimates. Some Mr. Kuroda has brushed aside small decrease,” the central bank other real estate analysts say. a slump in the number of sales and projects scheduled for handover to expired on June 30. As many as value of piled up rice stock in the 3,000 rice millers, and thousands country. Pakistan’s rice exports the recent economic slump as a said. Slack may have remained Apartment sales prices in the third a drop in prices “to more sustain- buyers in the second half of 2015 fleeting phenomenon, but a spate in the economy during that quar- quarter of this year fell 3 percent able levels”, JLL wrote. “Prices are have been held back until 2016- of growers and exporters are shar- witnessed around 8pc decline dur- ing the outstanding bank loans. ing the first two months of this of largely disappointing data has ter, as exports were also weak, a versus the preceding three months expected to continue softening over 17, it noted, attributing the delays kept investors speculating wheth- BOJ official said. and 11 percent year-on-year, while the remainder of the year and into to the softening market and a de- On the loan issue, a meeting fiscal year from a year ago. The was also convened by State Bank decline is in terms of both value er the central bank will add to its With clouds gathering over rents dropped 1 percent on both a 2016,” before they again rise ahead sire among developers to “phase stimulus measures this month. their profit outlook, companies quarter-on-quarter and annual ba- of Dubai hosting the Expo 2020 projects in line with demand”. of Pakistan on Sept 4 in Lahore, and quality of basmati and non- which was attended by represen- basmati rice. People close to the BOJ said may take a dim view of Mr. the bank is likely to cut its growth Kuroda’s calls for sharper wage and price projections at a planned increases, said Goshi Kataoka, Oct. 30 review—an event some senior economist at Mitsubishi economists say could come with UFJ Research and Consulting. additional action. In a speech in Osaka late last Government data released ear- month, Mr. Kuroda pleaded for lier in the day showed that ma- help from business executives, chinery orders fell 5.7% in August, saying he couldn’t achieve 2% in a surprising development for inflation unless they gave both economists and officials who households greater purchasing expected an increase. It was the power. But under the current Iran will introduce more than 50 structuring Committee, told the Oil tional sanctions imposed over its within some months we can add at pre-sanction capacity of around 4 third straight monthly decline, circumstances, “you shouldn’t exploration and production & Money conference in London the nuclear program. These are due to be least 500,000 barrels per day (bpd). million bpd.” Other estimates of the making for the longest sequence of expect too much,” Mr. Kataoka projects to investors in the near contracts would be introduced in lifted following a deal in July with It does not take that long,” Hosseini pace at which Iranian output will rise falls in about six years. Compa- said. future, the country’s chief nego- Iran this year and at a conference in world powers to curb the nuclear told reporters on the sidelines of the are more modest, but extra supply nies may have begun to delay their —Kosaku Narioka contrib- tiator for new oil contracts said on the British capital in February 2016. program and Iran says it could boost conference. “After that we are tar- from Iran could add to rivalries within planned investment in the face of uted to this article. Tuesday. Seyed Mehdi Hosseini, Iran is keen to recover the oil market supplies quickly. “Immediately af- geting another 1 million. Maybe in the Organization of the Petroleum slowing Chinese growth and most- Write to Takashi Nakamichi head of Iran’s Oil Contracts Re- share it lost as a result of interna- ter sanctions are lifted, maybe we less than a year we can come to our Exporting Countries next year. ly sluggish domestic consumption, at [email protected] Egypt’s stalled $ 35b ho usin g Saudi’s em bo lden ed lo w -co st schem e: Big dream s to harsh reality carrier Flyn as return s to gro w th tails for a good return on invest- ment, Western diplomats say. Si- si’s success in cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood - seen by Gulf allies as an existential threat - may mean the UAE has less rea- son to engage in ventures to back him. UAE finances have also been hurt by a fall in oil prices. When, as army chief, Sisi toppled Mursi, he promised what he called a po- litical roadmap to democracy. Par- liamentary elections on October 18-19 mark the last step in that process. His performance on the economy will come under greater Saudi Arabia’s Flynas is drafting a carrier, Flynas is widely consid- and Kuala Lumpur. Rather than scrutiny as political turmoil eases. five-year expansion plan as the air- ered a hybrid operator outside of launching widebody flights with “At the moment, many ordinary line nears its first ever annual profit, Saudi Arabia. Another start-up air- its own metal, Flynas is instead Egyptians, due to the fear of po- gaining momentum from a strong line, premium-focused Sama, was developing long-haul connectivity litical violence in the country, will Hajj season and the simplification established around the same time through codeshare agreements with be giving Sisi a lot of leeway - but of its business model. Chief exec- but ceased operations in 2010, foreign airlines. Byrne is particu- eventually, the public will want to utive Paul Byrne – who was ap- blaming the kingdom’s high fuel larly keen to expand the partner- see results in economic terms,” pointed last year after the failure prices and burdensome regulations. ship already in place with Etihad said H.A. Hellyer, nonresident fel- of an ambitious long-haul expan- Two more airlines – SaudiGulf and Airways, thereby facilitating con- low at the Brookings Centre for sion program – says he expects Al Maha Airways – are planning nections through Abu Dhabi. Ef- When Abu Dhabi-run contractor throw of President Mohamed United Arab Emirates and home Middle East Policy. “If the results September to be the ninth consec- to join the local market in a second forts to regularise the “shuttle ser- Arabtec signed a deal with the Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood to the country’s federal govern- are not sufficiently big or don’t utive month of profitability. That wave of liberalisation, though suc- vice” between Jeddah and Riyadh Egyptian government for a high- in 2013. Some of which this mon- ment institutions, is the compa- come quickly enough, be it on the marks a dramatic turnaround for a cessive launch dates have been are also continuing apace, despite profile housing project it was seen ey has failed to materialise, and ny’s largest shareholder in Arabtec Arabtec deal, the new administra- company that has been consistent- shelved. Confirming that Flynas ground-handling difficulties at Riy- as a sign of the Gulf Arab state’s local banks are unable to finance through state fund Aabar, which tive capital, or the Suez Canal ex- ly loss-making since launching near- has begun working on a five-year adh’s King Khalid International support for President Abdel Fat- the Arabtec project. “Egyptians holds a 36.1 percent stake. pansion, Sisi’s popularity could ly a decade ago. “We took care of growth plan, Byrne says he ex- Airport. Flynas had wanted to of- tah al-Sisi. But the project an- want these projects now but in fact Abu Dhabi officials have been suffer quite substantially as a re- what was losing money, and we pects to launch new domestic and fer departure times from both hubs nounced in March 2014 and a pil- they will take years to finish,” said Arabtec’s chairmen since mid- sult.” At an investment conference just kept doing what was making regional routes shortly. “There’s a at half-past every hour – comple- lar of Sisi’s election campaign, has a Western diplomat in Cairo. 2012, with the current board all in March, Sisi said UAE business- money,” Byrne tells Al Arabiya. lot of cities in the region that we’re menting Saudia’s shuttle service at stalled, possibly risking his repu- Egypt signed a memorandum of part of the emirate’s government men Mohamed Alabbar, through “The difficulty in our business is not flying to at the moment [but] the top of the hour – but turn- tation and highlighting Egypt’s understanding for the project with and business elite. In the original Abu Dhabi investment firm Capi- not being tempted to do something that we should be, especially in around delays in Riyadh have habit of promising grandiose ven- Dubai-based Arabtec, which built announcement, Arabtec’s then tal City Partners, would lead the strange and wonderful. It does take the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Coun- pushed some flights back by about tures and then struggling to deliv- the world’s tallest building, the chief executive Hasan Ismaik said construction of a new administra- a lot of discipline internally – to cil],” he notes. “Bahrain is one we 20 minutes. “I’m confident the er. Egyptians were promised one Burj Khalifa for Emaar Properties, the project owed much to Abu tive capital. This would include an keep people focused on saving have on our list. It’s going to be team will get us back on the half- million homes by 2020 at a cost of but now it has ground to a halt. A Dhabi’s crown prince “who has airport larger than London’s costs, getting the flight out on- one of our first to start.” Flynas past out of Riyadh,” Byrne says. about 280 billion Egyptian pounds source familiar with the matter been very keen to mobilise all ef- Heathrow and a building taller than time, getting the pricing right.” Fly- presently serves 13 international “It’s just [a matter of] better sched- ($35.76 billion) and a raft of other pointed to disagreements over the forts to boost support to our Paris’s Eiffel Tower. Nearly four nas was established as Nas Air in destinations in Egypt, Turkey, the uling.” He adds that demand on the projects to help the economy get contract and funding difficulties. brothers in Egypt through a multi- months after the initial memoran- 2007 following the liberalisation of UAE, Kuwait, Jordan and Sudan. trunk route – by far the kingdom’s back on its feet after the political Work has not started and Ar- tude of humanitarian, economic and dum of understanding was signed the kingdom’s aviation sector – It also flies to 11 points within the busiest, accounting for nearly half upheaval that followed the 2011 abtec has yet to submit a building social initiatives”. with Alabbar, Egypt’s investment until then monopolised by flag- kingdom. The airline will not be of all domestic seats – remains ex- uprising. Sisi was counting on bil- plan. Arabtec declined to comment, The UAE is still deeply com- minister said that his company carrier Saudia. It is 63% owned by revisiting the long-haul expansion ceptionally strong: “Typically lions of dollars in pledges of help while Abu Dhabi officials could mitted to Sisi but when it comes would only take “part of the National Air Services and 37% by strategy led by predecessor Raja whatever capacity gets put on gets from Gulf Arab oil-producing al- not be reached for comment. Abu to commercial ventures it is pay- project” along with other investors, Kingdom Holding Company. De- Azmi, which involved serving des- taken. We had one [Airbus] A320 lies, backers of the army’s over- Dhabi, the dominant member of the ing closer attention to contract de- including China spite branding itself as a low-cost tinations as far afield as London that sold out in three minutes.” This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . 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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has redefined the role of an actor with her upcoming film Jazbaa. Not only has she managed to stun everyone with her multipotentiality but she proves time and again that has a lot more to offer! The Bollywood beauty graced the cover of Condé Nast Traveller India magazine’s fifth anniversary special edition for October. Draped in a floral Sabyasachi saree, Ash redefined elegance and grace. The string of pearls, faux bob and bold maroon lips exuded iconoclastic royalty. The frame is a class apart with a black cat and classic Louis Vuitton luggage stacked besides the former Miss World. The actress can be seen channeling old-school glamour alongside model Rouhallah Quazim; Ash embodying regality and poise while striking a pose. Katie Price compares love life with Pitt, Jolie

inger Katie Price is current 37-year-old former model shared that that she won't be watching it. "I'm ly married to stripper Ki people are still "obsessed" with them, not going to be sitting next to Kie- eran Hayler, but she feels reports mirror.co.uk. "We've both ran on the sofa watching Pete. So people's level of interest moved on, but we're like Brad Pitt and no, I'm not going to be watching about her former relationship is Angelina Jolie - everyone is obsessed it,` Price said. Price has five chil- comparable to the interest in ex- with our exes, that is in the past for dren, Harvey, 13, with Dwight lovers of Brad Pitt and Angelina both of us now,` Fabulous magazine Yorke; Junior, 9, and Princess, 7, Jolie. Price was married to singer quoted Price as saying. When asked if with Andre; and 18-month-old Jett Peter Andre in 2005, and they she would be watching Andre on and seven-month-old Bunny with called it quits four years later. The `Strictly Come Dancing`, Price shared current spouse Hayler. Happy with what I am paid: Kareena Kapoor From Hollywood stars to Bolly- taining scripts in time to come,” When asked how the director wood celebs, everybody has been she added. managed to convince Shahid and actively voicing their opinion on Bebo is perfectly balancing her Saif to star together, he revealed, the gender wage gap these days. career and marital life, but it seems “Mera bas chalta toh main Karee- Kareena Kapoor too has opened the ghosts of her past will keep on na ko bhi cast karta (If things were up about the disparity in remu- haunting her. Everyone was sur- in my hands, I would have cast neration. prised when Vishal Bhardwaj an- Kareena, too). But no, this is not In a recent interview with Hin- nounced the cast of his next film the thing. The role was only writ- dustan Times, the Bollywood diva Rangoon which will feature Bebo’s ten for Kangana Ranaut. Saif and expressed her lack of concern husband Saif Ali Khan and her ex- Shahid are amazing actors,” reports about the ongoing debate. “Every- beau Shahid Kapoor in lead roles. Pinkvilla. one has raised a hue and cry [about the issue], and so many figures are being tossed around, but I’ve nev- er had an issue,” said the actress. “I’m not complaining about the fact that I’m not paid well. I don’t know what others get but I know what I get paid. And the fact is, I’m very happy with that,” she added. She also revealed that the audience just cares about “good scripts” nowadays, it doesn’t mat- ter if the lead role is played by a male or a female actor. “It’s good to say that heroine-oriented films are working now, but I think it’s just the good scripts. And hope- fully, we will get a lot more enter- Jacqueline on a special mission

Still in awe of SRK and Kajol’s monochrome still from Dilwale? King Khan promises that his Jacqueline Fernandez is known for jori with Mahira Khan in her love for animals. The actress is Raees will “look good” disturbed by the way people treat too! It’s no secret that animals in India and is definitely Mahira is a huge fan of not one to keep quiet about it! She King Khan. She was one plans to spread awareness regard- among many who gushed ing the issue by targeting colleges over the SRK-Kajol still across the country first. A source from the sets of their close to the actor says, "Jacque- upcoming film. In fact, line is an animal lover, and is very the Humsafar actress fond of pets. At her parents' home loved it so much, she in Bahrain, she had five dogs. In decided to tweet about Mumbai, she has a Persian cat. She it: The Bollywood me- was gifted the cat by a friend. She gastar, who recently is keen to set up an organization, wrapped up a schedule where animals can be taken care for Raees alongside the of, and which can also be used to Pakistani actress, replied create awareness about their to her assuring that the abuse." When contacted to con- duo will also “look firm the news, Jacqueline's spokes- good” in their upcoming person confirmed the news say- film: ing, "Though she would love to We can’t wait to see have her own organization that the couple working their would work towards animal pro- magic on-screen. Sorry tection someday, at the moment, Fawad, looks like Ma- she is connecting with colleges to hira’s Bollywood co-star has overshadowed you. Here’s the teaser of raise awareness about the issue." the film: Raees is set to release next year on Eid and will clash with We hope the gorgeous lady is suc- Salman’s Sultan. Interestingly, today Salman tweeted his look from the cessful in making the change she film: wishes to see This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . OCTOBER 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Dele Alli deserves his shot with England, says Rafael Nadal is through to the semi-finals of the China Open af- ter coming from a set down to beat Jamie Redknapp Jack Sock. Nadal will play Fabio Fognini in the final four after the Italian ousted Pablo Cuevas in their quarter-final tie. The 14-time Grand Slam cham- pion moved a step closer to end- ing his 21-month hard-court title drought with 3-6 6-4 6-3 victory over the big-serving American. Nadal, who won his only pre- vious meeting against Sock in four sets at this year's French Open, struggled to combat the American's forehand in opening set despite earning four break points. The Spaniard's woes were then made worse when he double-fault- ed on set point. There was a clear reaction from Nadal in the second as the clay court specialist started to find more freedom in his game. After saving a break point while serving for the set, Nadal went on to level the match after Sock hit a backhand return into the net. Nadal got a break at 3-3 in the decider after Sock shanked a fore- hand into the crowd. Nadal, who hit 10 fewer winners than Sock's 29, avoided having to serve out the game after breaking his 30th-ranked opponent on his first match point to win in just over two hours. Watch all the action from the Chi- na Open all this week on Sky Sports 3. It's time for England to experiment tions. On top of all that, he's got a - and Dele Alli deserves his chance nice touch and he's a good passer, against Estonia, says Jamie Red- as well. Playing each week in that knapp... England's Euro 2016 qual- Tottenham team under Mauricio ifier with Estonia on Friday night Pochettino, he'll get better and bet- at Wembley is a great chance for ter. England goalkeeper Joe Hart Roy Hodgson to try out a few new has praised youngster Alli for the ideas. With England already as- way he's handled his call-up to the Conor McGregor has insisted he sured of a place at the tournament senior squad. Who knows, he could will pen the first nine-figure UFC next summer, I'd like to see him even force himself into contention contract. The Irishman is just six set the team up to have a go, show for a place on the plane to France fights into his career with the some flair - and give some players if he keeps up his form for Totten- world's biggest MMA organisation an opportunity to impress. ham. With Jack Wilshere's injury but has already won the interim Perhaps he could go with Har- problems and Fabian Delph's lim- featherweight championship and ry Kane and Theo Walcott up front ited playing time at Manchester become one of the sport's most together? Or give Ross Barkley a City, there are potential openings. compelling characters. chance in midfield. Roberto Mar- He'll certainly offer competi- He has now revealed that his tinez has made him feel a key part tion to players who may have pre- swift rise up the ranks will be re- of his plans at Everton and he's viously felt comfortable in the flected in a record-breaking new thriving in that environment. Roy England set-up. And that can only contract. "I'm waiting on my next should aim to boost his confidence be a good thing for Hodgson and multi, nine-figure contract, which in a similar way with England. It England. A lot has been said in the is en route," McGregor told The would also be a great opportunity build-up to these fixtures about En- MMA Hour. "Nobody in the game to hand 19-year-old Dele Alli his gland's 100 per cent record but, like has talked nine figures. That's $100 first England cap. England caps are Joe Hart, I'm of the opinion that million plus. That's my contract, special and you don't want to see it's about what England do in tour- so, that's where I'm at and I've done them thrown around to anyone naments that really counts. Let's it the way I've done it. Either learn who has a couple of good games. face it, England have been drawn from it or don't." Nobody in the But Alli is different. He wouldn't in a shocking group. After the game has talked nine figures. That's look out of place in an England kit. World Cup we haven't really learnt $100 million plus. That's my con- Some players don't have that en- a lot about the team because they're tract, so, that's where I'm at. At ergy or ability but Dele Alli is a up against such bad teams. UFC 189 this summer, McGre- one, we are estimating $10 million them dead in the eye with straight genuine box to box player. Jamie We'll probably learn more in gor's planned fight with world for the gate alone. This is going to facts. When someone comes at you Redknapp Alli has shown with the upcoming friendlies against champion Jose Aldo was post- bring in $90-100m this card here." with clear facts, there's only one MK Dons and this season with Spain, France and Germany, where poned when the title-holder with- McGregor has revealed that he thing you can do and that's respect Tottenham that he is a very, very the level is a lot better. drew injured. He instead defeated paid a visit to the UFC hierarchy it. "Even fights that have linked to good player. He's got all the abili- Saying that, you can only beat Chad Mendes to take the interim in order to thrash out a deal that my name are main event status. ty, he's pacey and he's a great ad- what's in front of you and, after Promoter Eddie Hearn believes ris- are talking about. Eubank Jr can gold. The popularity of that event, reflected his popularity. He cites There is no other fighter in the game dition to the squad. He's got great the World Cup, Hodgson will have ing middleweight star Chris Eu- really fight. You're talking about a McGregor predicts, will be over- the example of the upcoming Dub- that has that. "When fighters lose pace, he gets around the pitch and been pleased to see his team go bank Jr and his legendary father guy who's No 1 in the world and shadowed by UFC 194 in Decem- lin main event where Dustin Poir- to a fighter, they are not a draw. it's effortless for him. Some play- out and get the results they have. form a 'unique package.' we haven't even scratched the sur- ber when he finally locks horns ier will fight Joe Duffy - two of But, when they lose to me they ers don't have that energy or abili- But it's important for him to The 26-year-old Eubank Jr face yet. with long-time champion Aldo. He his former opponents who McGre- are draws. They can go to differ- ty but he's a genuine box-to-box also notice that there's a talented (19-1-KO14) recently signed with "From a personality point of said: "When you're bringing in $60 gor claims have enjoyed an increase ent regions and headline and make player. He knew where the goal nucleus of young players emerg- Hearn's Matchroom Promotions view, as a package and him as a million revenue on a fight where in value purely through sharing the seven-figure revenues on the gate. was at MK Dons, too, and he's ing now. And it would be great to and is preparing to make his Sky fighter, I'm very excited about Eu- the main event guy has pulled out spotlight with him. "I came at them "I am very confident we will come already shown that at Tottenham. see the likes of Alli and Barkley Sports debut against Tony Jeter bank Jr and you're going to see him two weeks before, you think any- with fact, numbers and I didn't go to a deal and it will be in the nine- He will get goals because he gets given their chance to shine at Wem- on October 24. in some huge fights on Sky one else can do that? "This next round about," he said. "I looked figure mark, and rightfully so." into the box and dangerous posi- bley on Friday night. Accompanied by his former Sports." world champion father, now Beyond the Jeter bout, Eubank known simply as 'English', the Jr is expected to face Gary 'Spike' Brighton fighter is hoping to O'Sullivan (21-1-KO14) on De- I'll only be a legend if I win in Rio: Usain Bolt progress from WBA interim world cember 12 but has hinted at the champion status and Hearn has possibility of stepping up a divi- Usain Bolt says he will only con- highlighted the commercial appeal sion to challenge James DeGale for sider himself a "legend" of sport if surrounding the signing. his IBF world super-middleweight he wins a third consecutive Olym- He told Sky Sports: "I've spent title next year. James Degale may pic 100m title. Bolt won the 100m today following the Eubanks be a target for Eubank Jr if he steps gold medal at Bejing in 2008 and around Sky Sports being inter- up a division again in London in 2012. But he viewed and they have a unique James Degale may be a target insists that he will only join the package. When I've seen Eubank for Eubank Jr if he steps up a divi- greats of sport by claiming his hat- Jr fight in the past and then I've sion Hearn added: "Eubank Jr trick in Rio next year. seen 'English' get in the ring, the against DeGale is a massive fight. "If I go to the Olympics and whole audience and the whole of There's also George Groves and win, I will feel comfortable to say social media are talking about it. Martin Murray there. There are to anybody that I'm a legend. I Eddie Hearn "Boxing is about per- so many huge fights out there for want to be amongst the greats," he sonalities and when I've seen Eu- Eubank Jr. said. "I have two more goals to ac- bank Jr fight in the past and then "The focus for Eubank Jr right complish before I retire. To win I've seen 'English' get in the ring, now is the middleweight division. the Olympic title three times, that's the whole audience and the whole He's virtually in the mandatory one. And I would love to run sub of social media are talking about it. position for Daniel Jacobs, and 19 [seconds for the 200m] also. It doesn't mean it's right or wrong that's definitely a fight he'd like. Those are the two big goals which - you can have your own opinion "The Spike O'Sullivan fight is an- keep driving me on, that I really about it. You're still talking about other interesting fight. I think it's want to do next season." Bolt in- after next year's Olympics. "I'm just leading up to the Olympics right now - that's my focus. I start training next week - it's Olympic year," he said. it. "For a promoter there's nothing got some nice spice to it. But Eu- sists that he will only decide when "I've been discussing with my coach when I should retire. He said that after the Olympics I shouldn't say no, or yes. "After the Olympics we will better than having a fighter people bank Jr against DeGale is huge." he is going to hang up his spikes decide if I should retire or go on one more year." Elise Christie on mental powers for Sky Academy Confidence Month Believe it or not, many sport stars fications, injuries and a hatful of up winning! Then there was the ter training, but I just wasn't buy- programme was. My anxiety was of my life. You just have to trust need to make decisions yourself are not confident human beings. medals already in her short career, Winter Olympics in Sochi last ing into it. My confidence was disappearing and then I got my an- your instincts. Confidence is a without being too protective and On the day she helped to launch the 25-year-old had plenty to year. I was on the start line for the gone. I only won a single World kle injury in training a few weeks very internal thing that you have take some risks. People use past Sky Academy Confidence Month say... Elise Christie: It was the 1000m and I was thinking the Cup medal for the 2014 half of the ago. Confidence has been hard be- in full control. You cannot ever say successes and feelings to improve last week, even World and Olym- 2013 World Cup in Germany. I was whole world believed I could do season. In one 1000m race I got cause I haven't been skating. I've still someone took your confidence their confidence. I sometimes use pic champion and Sky Academy sitting down before my 1500m race this. I believed it. I was thinking through to the final. There were got some confidence though and I away. My own confidence has that. Often I'm very realistic and Ambassador Jessica Ennis-Hill re- and I was the most nervous I had 'I've got this'. I was shaking with four of us and I was in tears be- know by March for the Worlds I will been up and down but most ath- 'fact based'. I'm a little contradic- vealed she suffers from nerves and ever been. When you're confident, confidence but I was so nervous. I cause I didn't think I was good be ready. I want to rush back into letes go through it. It's been very tory because when I skate I'm very doubts. So what's it like to feel con- you're the most nervous because raced really well but things just enough to be there. My coach told competition, although I know that's dependent on circumstances and 'feeling based'. To keep my logic in fident when you're a top you believe you can do it. When didn't work out. You definitely me to race at the back and not to not the right thing to do. Growing the way I'm feeling. It's all down check I turn to fact. I was at a train- sportsperson? How does it feel you're less confident, it's like you perform better when you've got try to win a medal. He said follow up, I wasn't that confident. My to what I believe in myself. Cir- ing camp recently and skated 3 or when your confidence is rock bot- don't want to do it because you more confidence. Having said that, them and see how easy it is to keep school report always said I was well cumstances have affected that and 4 seconds faster than I had ever tom? How do you get your confi- don't believe you're good enough. you can have all the fitness and up. Nine laps later I was still skat- behaved, quiet and not chatty. After how I can be myself. Confidence done. But I felt it was rubbish! I dence back? Do you need confi- It was the first year I started you can do all the training, but then ing with my hands behind my back. taking up skating as a kid, I turned is based around that voice in your looked at the facts and thought it dence to be a champion? Confi- doing well and winning medals and it's just down to how the race pans That taught me a valuable lesson around one day, thought about my head and you need to overcome through. I'm one of those people dence is one of the skills which a week after I won 1000m short- out on the day. Those two mo- not to think I wasn't good enough. opponents, and said 'they will have that part of your brain. Your chimp who always think I could have Sky Academy works alongside track gold to become the first Brit- ments are the most confident I've At the moment I'm struggling - not to beat me'. That changed me as a is looking out for you. With less done better. But if I'm doubting schools and role models to help on to win an overall World Cup been with different outcomes. In necessarily with confidence person. I'm not the most confident confident people their chimp is myself then reality will shake me build to unlock potential in young title. But for this race I was very the first few competitions after the though. This season had been go- out of sport. I'm in my little bubble, more active. You shouldn't ignore up! Sometimes my feelings can people. We spoke to Sky Acade- stressed. I still believed I could win Olympic season during 2014/15, I ing well and the build-up was but I know how to be confident. It's it, you should try to accept it and mess with that. At the camp all of my Sports Scholar and GB's top though. I was so nervous and my had no self belief. My coach was good. I produced PBs which I harder because I set goals with ev- don't let the chimp control what my team were reassuring me and speed skater Elise Christie for her confidence was very high. I felt if I telling me I was better than last didn't think possible. I believed in erything I'm doing. I've been able to you do. You tell it you're doing told me I was one of the best in the thoughts. With crashes, disquali- got it right I could win it... I ended year based on my outcomes, bet- what I was doing and where the apply that from sport to other parts what you want to do anyway. You world. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Taliban rapes girls at hostel after Kunduz attack eas. Up to 80 percent of areas in these cities were unplanned due to Military officials in northern Kun- a lack of proper services by the duz province have claimed that government, control and working Taliban militants raped girls at a ability, he said, adding now there hostel after attacking the Kunduz of agriculture sector in the prov- would be proper coordination be- city facility. The officials also KANDAHAR CITY: Agriculture, ference here that they visited Kan- ince until 2016 with financial sup- tween his ministry and municipal- claim that the insurgents, after Irrigation and Livestock Minister dahar to evaluate and coordinate port from the World Bank and ities to deliver good services to entering other areas of the city, Asadullah Zameer on Friday said different programmes. Municipal- some other donor agencies. He said people. carried out the same atrocity agricultural projects worth $10 ity department head at Indepen- orchards of grapes, pomegranates, The master plan of Kandahar was against female residents and killed million would be launched in dent Directorate of Local Gover- fig and other fruits would be de- not suitable in the current situa- some of their victims. TOLOne- southern Kandahar province. nance (IDLG) Abdul Baqi Popal, signed on modern patterns and tion of the province so they would ws reporter, Wali Arian who has While Urban Development Min- director general of irrigation Salehi factories for processing and pack- try to bring changes to the plan in visited the hostel, says insurgents ister Syed Mansoor Nadari said to and Kandahar Governor Dr. Hum- ing agricultural and dairy products accordance with the current situa- also destroyed the hostel build- people would be issued property ayun Azizi also attended in the would be established. He said so- diseases would be established as unplanned areas of Kandahar, tion to facilitate people, he said, ing. He says that after entering the documents in unplanned areas of press conference at the press club lar-powered irrigation system, well in the impoverished province. Kabul, Nangarhar, Herat and Maz- stressing the on need for a ring road hostel, the Taliban reportedly Kandahar City, a move that would in Kandahar City. Zameer said the water reservoirs, vaccination cen- Nadari said the Urban Develop- ar-i-Sharif in order to increase in- in Kandahar to connect remote ar- raped a number of girls who were increase government s revenue. $10 million worth projects would tres for animals and a equipped ment Ministry planned to distrib- come of municipalities and provide eas with Kandahar City. there at the time. Sayed Iqbal Sa- The two ministers told a press con- be executed for the development laboratory for diagnosing animal ute documents to people living in services for residents of these ar- (Pajhwok) dat, an army officer, said: Some girls were remaining here and the residents confirmed that such a Displaced Kunduz families to be assisted: Barmak thing had happened. Wali Arian meanwhile says that nothing at the tion Minister Wais Ahmad Bar- hostel has been left untouched by mak, also the ERC chief, told re- the Taliban not even the girls porters in Kabul that relief sup- religious books. Some officials say plies so far provided by local and that a number of girls were also foreign agencies had not reached killed by insurgents at the hostel. the displaced families in an organ- We received information from The special measures were put in place after hundreds of dangerous inmates were freed from ised way and still many families our intelligence sources that girls Kunduz and Kandahar prisons in brazen attacks on the jails by Taliban insurgents. needed assistance. The Taliban were killed but we have not seen captured Kunduz City about two anybody to confirm it, another KHOST CITY: Officials on of the prison and security forces head of the prison, said they had weeks ago and ruled it for three army officer Mohammad Safdar Thursday said they had taken were ready for a strong response started some educational and vo- days before they were driven from Andarabi said. Army officials be- special security measures around in case the jail was attacked. While cational training programmes for the strategic city in a counter-of- lieve that a modus operandi of the the central prison in southeastern visiting the prison, Habibi told inmates. fensive by Afghan security forc- Taliban is to destroy everything Khost province, vowing to defend Pajhwok Afghan New, We have Our industrial section is es. However, the rebels remain in in their wake. Army commander, the facility at any costs. The spe- regular meetings with security of- functioning. The inmates are busy control of some parts of the city Ahmad Habibi, said: Unfortu- cial measures were put in place ficials and special measures are in with their work. From first until despite 12 days of fierce fighting. nately, what the Taliban are doing after hundreds of dangerous in- place for security of the prison. 12th class regular classes are on- Barmak said about 12,000 now are all against the Islamic mates were freed from Kunduz New check posts have been es- going and we also have memori- KABUL: The government chief in northern Kunduz province and families had fled Kunduz to other teachings. Kunduz city was cap- and Kandahar prisons in brazen tablished near the prison. We zation of Holy Quran section. executive branch-led Emergency collect the remains of those killed provinces including Takhar, tured by the Taliban 10 days ago attacks on the jails by Taliban in- assure everybody that we have According to officials currently Response Committee (ERC) on in Kunduz City after reaching an Baghlan, Samangan, Balkh, Bada- but was later retaken by Afghan surgents. Khost governor Hakam our attention increased on the pris- 482 inmates, including three khshan, Parwan, Kapisa and Kab- Friday said it had decided to dis- understanding with the Interna- ul due to security threats. He said security forces after they started Khan Habibi said enough atten- on and have no problem in this women, are being held at the pro- patch essential relief supplies for tional Committee of the Red a large scale clearance operation. Chief Executive Officer Abdullah tion had been paid to the security regard. Col. Abdul Rahman Safi, vincial central jail. (Pajhwok) families displaced by the conflict Cross (ICRC). Rural Rehabilita- Abdullah chaired an extra-ordi- nary meeting of ERC officials and it was decided that the assistance should reach the displaced fami- lies in a judicious way. The ex- tra-ordinary meeting decided that the displaced families should be The Russian intelligence estimates camps operated by [Islamic State, stan for real just a year ago, and with some 40,000 fighters in their worsening of the situation in Af- the terror group is making inroads assisted in a careful manner and some 3,500 militants loyal to the previously ISIS/ISIL, in Afghani- now it has 3,500 fighters plus sup- ranks. However, Colonel General ghanistan to strengthen its posi- in Afghanistan with the number of the remains of those killed in Kun- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria stan] that train people from Cen- porters who may be recruited into Igor Sergun, the head of the Main tion, he said, adding that such sympathizers and followers grow- duz city should be collected after (ISIS) terrorist group are operat- tral Asia and some regions of Rus- the ranks of the militants, Kabu- Intelligence Directorate, Russia s development poses a real threat ing across the country. According an understanding with ICRC, the minister said. He said dead bodies ing in Afghanistan. Speaking to a sia. They speak Russian there. lov added. A Russian General military intelligence agency, said to Russia s security. We estimate to the report around 70 militants could be seen lying on the ground security conference in Moscow, a He said instructors including Valery Gerasimov, who heads the Taliban s dominant position is that ISIL gets new troops by brib- of the terror group are busy in in Kunduz City following 12 days senior Russian diplomat, has said Arabs, Pakistanis and even peo- Russian General Staff, said over- being challenged by Islamic State, ing field commanders of Taliban, forming the core of the group s of clashes. Barmak said the meet- militants from Russia are also ple with US and British citizen- all there are some 50,000 fighters which sees Afghanistan as a re- the Islamic movement of Uzbeki- branch in Afghanistan. The report ing chaired by Abdullah had also trained by ISIS instructors in Af- ship are busy training militants in belonging to more than 4,000 mil- cruiting ground, a source of in- stan and other radical religious further added that the group is re- decided to investigate losses ghanistan. Zamir Kabulov, Presi- those camps. The rise of [Islam- itant groups in Afghanistan. Ac- come and a foothold for further organizations operating on Afghan cruiting followers in at least 25 caused by the conflict in Kunduz dent Putin s special representative ic State] in Afghanistan is a high- cording to gerasimov, Afghan Tal- expansion over Central Asia. territory, Sergun said. This comes provinces of Afghanistan with 10 City and assist those affected af- for Afghanistan, quoted by Rus- priority threat. Just think about iban is by far the strongest mili- ISIL [a former name for Islamic as the United Nations released a percent of the sympathizers be- ter a relative calm returns to the sia Today, said There are several it: [ISIS] showed up in Afghani- tant movement in the country, State, along with ISIS] uses the report late last month warning that longing to the Taliban group. (KP) city. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.