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Taliban delegation visits China AT Monitoring Desk China has been a member of the quadrilateral group for controver- on Friday night. According to the government control or influence as KABUL: A senior member of Tal- sial peace talk’s process of Afghan- statement the security forces re- of May 28, 2016, a decrease from iban group has told Reuters that a istan which had contribution in pelled the attack. Reinforcement the 70.5% reported as of January delegation from the group visited several meeting in Kabul and Is- was immediately rushed to retake 29, 2016. Of the 407 districts with- China last week earlier this month lamabad but never resulted to di- the district from the Taliban. in the 34 provinces, 268 districts to discuss the situation in Afghan- rect talks with leader of Taliban. Khaama Press reported that were under government control or istan. The efforts appeared to break the Special Operations Forces influence, 36 districts (8.8%) with- The source said on condition down definitively when former (commandos), of the Afghan Na- in 15 provinces were under insur- of anonymity that the delegation Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad was led by Sher Mohammad Ab- Akhtar Mansour was killed in a AT News Report district. “Several government ferent parts of the strategically tional Army have been deployed gent control or influence, and 104 to Khanshin to push the Taliban districts (25.6 %) were “at risk.” bas Stanakzai, head of Taliban’s US drone strike in Pakistan. buildings including office of the important district. political office in Qatar. China has long been concerned KABUL: After hours of clashes district chief have fallen to the mil- “Afghan security forces are out of the district. Of the 36 districts under insurgent Provincial officials had earlier control or influence, nine districts “We have good relations with that instability in Afghanistan will with the security forces which itants after hours of fierce clash fighting the Taliban in several parts different countries of the world and spill over into the violence-prone started on Friday night, the Tali- which started last night [Friday],” of Khanshin to clear the district warned the central government that with a population of 524,072 are the district would fall to the Tali- under insurgent control and 27 dis- China is one of them,” the official far western Chinese region of Xin- ban insurgents seized control of said the provincial council mem- from insurgents. Clashes between said. jiang, where hundreds have died in strategically important Khanshin ber.Attaullah Afghan, another Pro- the security forces and the insur- ban if additional troops were not tricts with a population of 1.98 dispatched. million are under insurgent influ- Chinese officials did not im- recent years in unrest blamed by district in the southern province vincial Council member, told me- gents are underway,” he said. The mediately comment on the issue. Beijing on Islamist extremists. of Helmand. Provincial Council dia that a soldier was killed and spokesman also assured of com- It is worth to mention that on ence,” the report said. Member Bashir Ahmad Shaker five others were injured in the clash prehensive operation to defeat the Friday the US Special Inspector Based on the local media re- said that heavy clashes were still for control over the district. How- militants in the district. General for Afghanistan Recon- ports, over 50 (12.3%) of the coun- underway between security forc- ever, he did not provide further Other officials in the district, struction (SIGAR), in its quarter- try’s districts are facing serious es and Taliban militants in the dis- information. Spokesman to the however, refused the reports of the ly report to the Congress, said that threats from militants, with nine trict. He said the district chief’s provincial governor, Omar Zwak, district fall to Taliban. the Taliban has gained five percent out of the government’s control as office had fallen to insurgents. He told Afghanistan Times that fight- The provincial government in more territory this year. of June 28, 2016. Those districts told Afghanistan Times that the ing between the security forces and a statement said that 20 Taliban “USFOR-A reports that ap- include four in Helmand, two in militant group has seized control insurgents started on Friday when insurgents were killed and 15 oth- proximately 65.6% of the coun- Badakhshan, and one each in Ghaz- of government buildings in the the Taliban launched attacks in dif- ers were wounded in an airstrike try’s districts are under Afghan ni, Sar-e Pul, and Zabul provinces. AT Monitoring Desk Up to 50pc reduction in trade KABUL: The National Security 11 die as bus Poyan shraes refugees' Forces on Saturday started a mas- deals between Afghanistan sive military operation in Raghistan plunges into problems with Jhagra district of Badakhshan province in and Pakistan: ACCI order to eliminate insurgents in the Kukcha River area, provincial officials said. AT News Report Taliban insurgents are making all out efforts to turn the district as KABUL: At least 11 passengers their strategic stronghold, local of- died Saturday as a bus plunged into ficial said. the Kukcha River in the north-east- “We launched a large-scale mil- ern province of Badakhshan, pro- itary operation in Raghistan today vincial officials said. “The incident (Saturday), and we have succeed- took place in the area of Khwajah ed to take control of several areas. ferent terrorist and subversive ac- Abdal of Baharak district at 7:00 KABUL : The Afghan consul-gen- steps being taken to ensure the The enemy is fleeing,” provincial tivities in the district. pm Friday night,” said district gov- eral has shared problems of refu- provision of facilities to legal Af- governor Faisal Begzad was quot- Badakhshan is one of the north- ernor Abdul Sami Atiq. He said gees in Pakistan with the Khyber ghan refugees. ed by TOLONews, as saying. ern insecure provinces, where be- that the bus was heading from Ba- Pakhtunkhwa governor. Visas issued by the Afghan However, several provincial side Afghan Taliban, stranger fight- harak to Faizabad city, the pro- A statement from the Afghan consulate and prevention of po- officials, including civil activities ers including Tajik and Chechens vincial capital that suddenly it de- consulate said Dr. Abdullah Wahid lice harassment of refugees also fig- called on the government to main- carry out terrorist activities there. viated and sank in the Kukcha Riv- Poyan met Iqbal Zafar Jhagra at ured at the meeting in Peshawar. tain peace and stability in the areas Dr. Noor Mohammad Kha- There has been an unprecedented hospital in Peshawar said. “This er with all its passengers. “Eleven the governor’s house on Friday. According to another report, once cleared of insurgents. wari, a provincial public health di- reduction in trade deals between is a lot less even for the month of passengers were killed and one oth- Matters of mutual interest, with Afghan school principals in Khy- “Taliban is focusing on rector, said that the presence of Afghanistan and Pakistan since Ramzan when there is a general er injured and their bodies are not particular reference to Afghan ref- ber Pakhtunkhwa complained of Raghistan because it has gold foreign insurgents deprived at least relations between the two coun- drop in the number of patients by yet available,” Atiq added. It is ugees in the northwestern prov- police harassment during a sepa- mines. They extract the mineral to 2,000 children from polio vaccina- tries hit a new low in mid-April about 50 per cent.” said the bus passengers were go- ince and situation in the region, rate meeting with Poyan. He prom- finance their war. They [Taliban] tion in the Raghistan district. this year. Officials in Afghanistan Another doctor in Rahman ing for sightseeing but their fate were discussed. The governor ap- ised taking up the issue with Paki- will vanish and be eliminated if gov- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- Medical Institute (RMI) said the touch with river. prised the consul-general about the stani officials. (Pajhwok) ernment takes control of the mine tries (ACCI) have said the trade number of patients had gone down and the district,” TOLONews 56 insurgents deals have been affected by up to drastically during the last couple quoted Zia-ul-Haq Wasiq, deputy 50% in recent months. of months, especially since the vi- head of Badakhshan provincial killed in A spokesman for ACCI Seya- olent clashes at Torkham. council, as saying. muddin Pasarle has said the main The reduced number of Afghan Tribal elders struggle for A provincial civil society ac- military reason behind an unprecedented patients visiting the city for treat- tivist, Mamoruddin Kofi termed reduction in trade deals and invest- ment has also affected other trades, public uprising as the only solu- operations ments has been the recent political including the sale of medicines reopening schools in Paktika tion to eliminate the Taliban insur- upheavals. while occupancy at guesthouses AT News Report AT News Report gents. He called on government to The remark by the ACCI offi- and the revenues of transport ser- lution. Loya Katawaz tribal elder children go to school. “It is dis- put weight behind local militiaman. KABUL: At least 56 Taliban cial comes as reports emerged ear- vices have also declined. KABUL: Tribal elders have prom- Hajji Dogar said that: “We are graceful if schools remain closed Raghistan is located in west of militants were killed and 35oth- lier this month suggesting that the Tensions between Kabul and ised to fight for the reopening ready to reopen the school for our in historical area of Katawaz and the province and its strategic loca- ers wounded in different crack- medical business in Khyber Pakh- Islamabad increased following a schools in the southeastern prov- children at any cost in the prov- children grow up illiterate,” he tion and mineral wealth has lured downs across the country con- tunkhwa province of Pakistan suf- series of deadly attacks in Afghan- ince of Paktika. “This is a great ince.” Paktika governor voiced added. He urged people to stand insurgents. ducted by Afghan security forc- fered heavily following the recent istan and recent clash between Af- step to make possible to portray a pleasure over people decision for and reopen school ahead of chil- This large scale operation is es within past 24 hours, securi- upheavals in political relations be- ghan and Pakistani forces in spontaneous struggle of local vil- reopening closed schools, saying dren in the province He also asked coming as earlier, Afghan airstrike ty official said on Saturday. tween Kabul and Islamabad. Torkham. Clashes between the Af- lagers for the right of education for that security and coordination be- Taliban to join peace process and targeted terrorist hideout in the In a press release issued here, “Since the Torkham incident, ghan border guards and Pakistani their children in the province,” pro- tween government and local peo- not close and torch schools in the same district of the province, which the Ministry of Defense said we were getting less than 10 per forces erupted after the Pakistani vincial office said in a statement. ple will provide the opportunity province. According to report tens resulted at killing of 50 insurgents that National Army with the co- cent of the usual number of Af- side started work on the construc- Paktika people also promised to to run different projects in the of school remained close due to in- and wounding of 12 others. operation of the National Police ghan patients especially during tion of a gate along the Durand Line. discuss the reasons behind closing province. He asked the tribal el- security in different district of Pa- Ministry of defense said that as well as the National Director- Ramzan,” a doctor at a private (PAKISTANTODAY) schools and take steps for the so- ders to convince the Taliban to let ktika province. the insurgents were involved in dif- ate of Security operatives con- ducted operations against insur- gents in different areas of Nan- garhar, Laghman, Paktia, Pakti- ka, Ghazni, Kandahar, Farah, Jawzjan, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul, Badakhshan and Helmand prov- inces. “In these operations, 56 AT News Report rebels including 15 Islamic State villages of the country in October It has been one of the largest No details shared with Nation on attack fighters were killed and 35 oth- KABUL: The National Solidari- of the current year,” Akbar Rosta- reconstruction programs of the ers including 17 Daesh insur- ty Program is due to conclude ac- Judicial departments. Two suicide mi, the ministry’s spokesman said. state and international bombers had targeted the newly gents received injuries,” the state- tivities and will be replaced with “This will be the first inter- community and implemented killed 30 cadets in Arghandi another rural reconstruction pro- Afghan graduated cadets buses on ment said. Furthermore, the na- ministerial program which gives in the districts and villages surfac- One month ago President Moham- Head of the Defense committee in the way to Kabul in Arghandi area tional army detained three insur- gram with the name of ‘citizen- the communities major role to es with the enormous foundation. mad Ashraf Ghani has ordered an the upper house of the parliament ship covenant’, officials in the one month ago where 30 of the gents and handed them over to work together in implementation According to offered informa- investigation over the attack took have demanded the following case cadets were killed and 50 others judicial organs for further inqui- ministry of rural rehabilitation and of development projects in their tion by the ministry, place in Arghandi area of Kabul where to be shared with the Nation and development announced Satur- including the civilians were in- ry. The statement furthered that rural areas.” the main purpose of the citi- suicide bombers had targeted the slide side of the cases needs to be jured, after the attack President soldiers discovered and confis- day. The National Solidarity Pro- zenship covenant program is to newly graduated Afghan cadets lightened. Meanwhile officials in “The first citizenship cove- Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has or- cated weapons and ammunition gram began in 2003 in the frame- improve whom were on the way to Kabul on Ministry of Interior Affairs have dered a clear investigation over the in the operations. “Unfortunate- nant program is going to be im- work of ministry of rural rehabili- community economy and to Thursday as the result 30 Afghan claimed that the following case has incident, now one month past and ly, seven army soldiers were plemented in more than tation and development aiming to support the village development cadets were killed and 50 others in- been finalized and was delivered third-quarter of districts and no results has been shared with the killed in the operations.” develop rural activities. councils for good governance. cluding the civilians were injured. with the Afghanistan Justice and Nation. (ARIANANEWS)

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The participation of women in agriculture but those who struggle farming has recently increased in financially, they try to give wom- Bamiyan due to poverty and eco- en a bigger role in agricultural ac- nomic problems among families in tivities," said Mohammad Mobin, the province, said Bamiyan resi- a farmer in Bamiyan. dents. However, women farmers said According to the residents, they are not really supported by more than 45 percent of women in the local men. Bamiyan are involved in farming – They said they do manual la- in addition to working in the home. bor and help the men but their male They said at least 30 percent counterparts do not pay attention of these women farm singlehand- to them and they do not share the edly – without the help of any men. income with the women. One of these women farmers "Despite this we do most of is Roya, who lives in Dara-e-Fola- the farming, the income goes into di area in Bamiyan. the men's pockets and we get noth- Roya said she cultivates and ing from selling the products," said farms land on her own and that Najiba, a woman farmer in Bamiy- she also collects firewood for her an. Meanwhile, the Agriculture family. "I shoulder all the respon- Minister, Asadullah Zamir, who sibilities – from farming to cook- visited Bamiyan recently said his ing and I even collect firewood. I ministry will build greenhouses don't have another option," she and cold storage facilities in order said. Another female farmer in to encourage the women farmers Bamiyan, Farzana, said: "When in the province. men prepare the land for cultiva- "This year we provided wom- tion, we spray seed on the land en farmers with cold storage units and when they are tired we must for potatoes and we built green- serve them tea." Meanwhile, a houses for them in order to encour- number of male farmers in Bamiy- age them to improve their pro- an praised the participation of duce," Zamir said. women in farming and said that it According to reports, 85 per- helps the business a lot. cent of Bamiyan residents in total "Women in families with a bet- are farmers – with 45 percent be- ter economy play a lesser role in ing women. (ToloNews)

Residents in Kot district of Nan- over the existence of corruption in why your fathers and husbands gade two of 201 selab army corps shows how to safeguard the re- garhar province have told TOLO- government and said that some res- took arms against us," a village el- Those who have returned to Kot gion," said Nangarhar governor news reporter Karim Amini that idents in the area are sympathetic der in Kot Hajji Mohammad Wali after Daesh's defeat in the area say Salim Khan Kundizi. Daesh militants imposed harsh towards Daesh. said. Backed by foreign forces, the that the militant group has left Residents have asked govern- rules on them during the month "The Holy Quran has forbid- Afghan security forces this week nothing behind for them to live on. ment to take steps and make sure they controlled the area. den bribes, but now even a teacher managed to retake Kot from Daesh. "We have outlined a compre- that Daesh infiltration is foiled in These residents have said they is not selected without paying Clip qand agha, commondar of bri- hensive plan of action which the future. (ToloNews) are truly afraid the militant group bribes," said another resident in will return. Kot Gul Hussain. According to them, Daesh "They (Daesh) told us that we fighters beheaded at least 35 resi- are free, but don't go to school, we dents in the area including children. don't accept Daesh, we don't en- They also reportedly took at least dorse the government, and you 10 women hostage and seized (people) shouldn't work with the homes and personal property in government, because they (govt) Kot district during this time. are infidels," said Maulavi Subhan, A Kot teenager told TOLOne- a teacher in Kot. ws that Daesh had recruited him Hajji Mohammad Wali is an and trained him in violence and ter- elder of Kot who was detained by The Afghan security forces foiled dren have regularly been recruited rorism. Daesh for 35 days. Daesh accused a suicide attack plot by the anti- by the militant groups, the Tali- In the initial days after cap- him of encouraging residents to government armed militant groups ban and the Haqqani network for turing Kot, Daesh closed down cooperate with government. He on a stadium in Badghis province. the terrorist related activities, in- schools and imposed a 10,000 Pa- said Daesh transferred him to The Afghan Intelligence, Na- cluding suicide attacks. kistani rupee fine on those sus- Achin where he saw Hafiz Saeed, tional Directorate of Security Madrasas are described as the pected of working with govern- the commander of Daesh's (NDS), said the terrorist groups main recruitment source for the ment institutions. Khurasan region. had appointed a 12-year-old boy militant groups as poor families in "Daesh was teaching us about According to Wali, he paid two for the attack on the stadium in Pakistan and Afghanistan send Jihad," said resident of Kot, Habib. million Afs ransom to Daesh to Qala-e-Naw city. their sons to such madrassas for After entering Kot, Daesh fighters save his life and secure his release. NDS in a statement said the free education and lodging. turned all government compounds "Even the Russians did not do terro group of Abdul Aziz was Earlier, a 17-year-old child as- and public institutions into opera- such things, they were searching looking to detonate an Improvised signed for a suicide mission was tion centers - including the mosques the women separately, but they Explosive Device in the stadium arrested by the security forces in and hospitals. Residents have (Daesh) beheaded and kidnapped which was planted in the body of Kabul city before he manage to meanwhile expressed concerns children and their mothers that's the young boy. The statement fur- carry out an attack. ther added that a wrestling match A 12-year-old child assigned was organized the terror group was for a suicide mission surrendered looking to attack the gathering of himself to the security forces in Afghanistan-based militants slaughter the people by detonating the body- the eastern Nangarhar province of borne Improvised Explosive De- Afghanistan earlier this year. vice using a remote control. According to the local securi- Local sources said the mili- The anti-government armed ty officials, the child was taken to tants had been spotted in the bor- militant groups have not comment- Jalalabad city from the neighbor- two Kalash shepherds in Chitral der areas two days back and vil- ed regarding the report so far. ing Pakistan for the suicide mis- CHITRAL: Afghanistan-based were heavily armed. The police and Krisha Moch, and Khushuli, son raged Kalash people were making lagers had talked about their pres- This comes as the Afghan chil- sion. (KP) militants slaughtered two shep- personnel of the Chitral Levies and of Khushukhat. Their bodies were preparation for final rituals of the ence in the area.The incident herds in Bamburet valley and herd- other law-enforcement agencies shifted to their native villages slain shepherds.Local people said spread fear among the Kalash peo- ed their 300 sheep to the neigh- rushed to the area after the inci- Kalash and Karakal, Bamburet, the incident happened some two ple who believed that they were bouring country, official and local dent. The slain shepherds were respectively. kilometres away from the securi- being specifically targetted by the sources said on Friday. identified as Noor Ahmed, son of Hundreds of shocked and en- ty forces checkpost. militants. The Kalash people said Though the identity of the the militants wanted to eliminate militants wasn’t known, normally them and claimed this task couldn’t Pakistani Taliban who fled to Af- be done without the help of local ghanistan after the military opera- people.Talking to The News, an tion in Swat and rest of Malakand elder of the Kalash people, Saiful- lah, lamented that the attack took division carry out such cross-bor- MAZAR-I-SHARIF : The city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of north- der attacks. The sources said that place despite the presence of a large number of law-enforcement per- ern Balkh province, has 80 percent changed from development perspec- two Kalash shepherds were graz- tive over the past few years, the acting mayor said on Saturday. Jan ing sheep in Ghari, the summer sonnel in the area. He said the se- curity forces didn’t allow the Mohammad told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive interview pasture in Bamburet when they Mazar-i-Sharif progressed each year and had 80 percent changed from were attacked by a group of 30 Kalash people who wanted to rush to the area to help the shepherds development angle. He said blacktopping of roads in the city had reached militants who crossed over to Pa- the third ring road and another 10 roads in the city would be black- kistan from Nuristan province of and as a result the two shepherds were killed and cattle were lost.A topped during the ongoing year’s first six months. The process of black- Afghanistan. The shepherds re- topping roads leftover from the previous year was ongoing this year, portedly opened fire on the mili- district council member Imran Ka- bir Kalash told The News that the the mayor said, adding 49 kilometres of streets were constructed in the tants and the exchange of firing city’s fourth and seventh districts during the past six months. About took place for a long time. How- security forces should provide pro- tection to the people. The Kalash cleanliness, the mayor said daily 400 square feet garbage was removed ever, the shepherds ran out of am- and dumped outside the city. He stressed on people’s cooperation with munition and were overpowered elders said that they would decide their future line of action after the the municipality in keeping the city clean. Jam Mohammad said tree by the militants. The militants ab- plantation drive was carried out each year with the help of local resi- ducted the shepherds and herded final rituals of the two shepherds.Three years ago, the dents, civil society activists and non-governmental organizations. He their sheep to Afghanistan. Villag- said 16000 seedlings were planted this solar year in various parts of the ers found the throat-cut bodies of militants had killed a shepherd in the same area and taken away 200 city to enhance greenery and the young trees were looked after with the shepherds near the border people’s cooperation. He said the private sector had been handed over area.The sources said the militants sheep to Afghanistan. (THENEWS) preservation of the city’s greenery. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

US Air Force reports sharp climb in air strikes against militants in side and outside Afghanistan. Afghanistan They said the aim was to bring the issue to the attention of people The number of U.S. air strikes around the world. over Afghanistan increased dra- "Through this spontaneous matically in July, following the movement among the youth you Obama administration's decision can follow the hashtag of Rosh- the month before to widen the nayee (light) to reflect the pain and air war in support of Afghan sorrow of those who over the past EMERGENCY troops on the ground. few days have not been able to Strikes against Afghan targets speak and share their voices to all," CALLS hit a 2016 high this month, spe- said Freshta Abbassi, a social me- cifically between July 19 and 25, dia activist. Police when more than 70 munitions "By using the hashtag Rosh- were employed, Lt. Col. Chris nayee (light) we tried to share all Karns, spokesman for U.S. Air the stories, pictures, analysis, 100 - 119 Forces Central, told Air Force views and media reports about the Times on Friday. F-16s, MQ-9s incident last Saturday so that peo- and B-52s conducted most of the ple are able to see these topics," Hospitals operations, Karns said. said Hakim Ahmadi, another ac- “This was the first time the tivist. FMIC Hospital B-52 conducted missions in Af- "The move has gotten a good ghanistan since arriving in theater Behind Kabul Medical response on Twitter, every minute University: in April. It proved its flexibility there are tweets which are retweet- and precision during close-air ed many times," Fatima, an activ- 0202500200-+93793275595 support missions,” Karns said in ist said. an email. Prior to that, the Strato- Who is the 'Enlightening Move- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital fortresses had been carrying out ment'? airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against The Enlightening Movement Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Islamic State militants. was initially created over a gov- 070263672 American troops wounded ernment decision of rerouting a fighting ISIS in Afghanistan as 500 kilovolt electricity project orig- operations there grow inally supposed to be transferred Khairkhana Hospital The U.S. conducts two mis- through the central Bamiyan prov- sions in Afghanistan: a non-com- ince. But the decision drew strong 0799-321007 bat mission of training, advising reaction from the movement and 2401352 and assisting the Afghan Nation- protestors and two mass rallies al Defense and Security Forces, were held in protest against gov- and a counterterrorism mission ernment's decision. Indira Gandhi Children to target the Taliban, the rem- The latest rally was held in nants of al-Qaida, the Islamic Kabul last Saturday, but a suicide Hospital, Wazir Akbar State group, and other terrorist bombing was carried out, by groups in the region. Almost a week after a suicide at- Kabul, members of the movement It is believed that up to The activists behind the move Khan, Kabul 2301372 tack forged carnage among demon- have taken to social media to con- 300,000 messages to date have have said that it was a spontane- Daesh, killing over 80 people and Last week, Air Force fight- wounding about 300. ers, bombers and remotely pilot- strators at a mass rally organized tinue their struggle – but this time been posted to social media plat- ous initiative and that several so- ed aircraft zeroed-in on ISIS tar- by the Enlightening Movement in for justice for the victims. forms by movement activists. cial media groups were created in- (ToloNews) Ibn-e- Seena gets and infrastructure, Karns Pul-e-Artan, Kabul said. In January, President Obama AFGHANISTAN 2100359 gave American personnel in Af- Family of 8 from Afghanistan left ghanistan legal authority to strike LOOKS FOR the fledgling ISIS faction there Wazir Akbar Khan under any circumstance. Then in WITH RUSSIA Hospital June, Obama approved U.S. air homeless by large fire in Monterey Park 2301741, 2301743 strikes and combat support for ENHANCED the Afghan army’s offensive op- Members of a family of eight from erations against the Taliban. Afghanistan are left with little SECURITY Ali Abad Before that U.S. and NATO more than the clothes on their airpower in Afghanistan had only backs following a large house fire TIES Shahrara, Kabul been used to attack validated al- in Monterey Park on Thursday. 2100439 Qaida targets, to counter specif- "It was a beautiful house," KABUL : The Afghan NSA Mo- ic Taliban individuals or groups said an emotional Amail Yar while hammad Hanif Atmar left Moscow that had previously attacked co- surveying the damage to his fami- at the head of a senior Afghan del- Malalai Maternity alition forces or to directly re- ly's home on Costa Mesa Close egation on the official invitation of spond to such attacks. N.E. "It's my first house, we love Russian federation NSA Nakoli Hospital AIR FORCE TIMES our house." Crews battle 2-alarm Petroshov. 2201377/ 2301743 Air Force F-16s, MQ-1 Monterey Park house fire During this visit, beside Rus- Predators likely to step up air- Firefighters were called to the sian Federation NSA N. Petroshov, strikes in Afghanistan home about 3 p.m. Thursday while Mr. Atmar had bilateral meetings Banks Just one month into 2016, the Yar's wife and six children were at with RF foreign, defense and inte- U.S. had released almost 130 the store. A neighbour saw smoke rior ministers. The goal behind this Da Afghanistan Bank weapons in Afghanistan, the pouring from the windows and a visit was RF assistance for equip- 2100302, 2100303 most since 2013, according to second alarm was called in. Inves- ping of ANDSF especially Afghan U.S. Air Forces Central Com- tigators are searching for what Air Forces. They also discussed mand statistics. Overall, Air caused the fire. further expansion of bilateral se- Bakhtar Bank Force data shows 545 weapons Yar said he has "only my curity, political relations. Both 0776777000 released from January to June, phone and my clothes, that's it." sides discussed supply and pro- compared to 298 weapons em- His wife also lost medication curement of Mi17 and Mi35 to Azizi Bank ployed for the same period in and his children their laptops and AAF, paving the way of repairing 0799 700900 2015. phones. The family came to Cal- possibilities of air forces equip- But in the recent, four-day gary in 2008 from Winnipeg, hav- ment inside Afghanistan as well as Pashtany Bank period of continuous strikes, the ing lived in Montreal for a short supply of ammunitions to ANSF number of bombs dropped rose time before that. available weaponries. The Afghan 2102908, 2103868 sharply. “The number of weap- "I like Alberta better," said Yar. government believes that suppress- ons expended was more than They first found accommodation ing of common terror threats and Air Services double the previous week's to- with Calgary Housing before be- war on poppy cultivation and drug tal,” Karns said. “There is a com- ing able to buy their own home. trafficking require joint Afghan- Safi Airways mitment to ensuring continued Losing the home was a huge blow. Russia efforts. In the opinion of progress in Afghanistan and to "We really miss our neighbour- they have lots of friends here, we me and my wife, chatting and talk- N.E. (Justin Pennell/CBC) Afghan authorities, assistance of 020 22 22 222 make sure it does not become a hood," said Yar. "This was my have family friends." ing," he said. Yar met with insurance adjus- RF and other regional, international safe haven for terrorists. Airpow- first house, we love the house, we He will especially miss spend- "We had a good time." tors Friday and were being put up allies for quipping and capacity Ariana er is available and doing its part love the neighbourhood, we love ing evenings on the patio with his Northeast Calgary fire in a hotel until Sunday. building of ANSF would produce to ensure this does not occur.” our neighbours. My children have family. Fire crews get ready to fight After that, he's not sure. A kit- for equipping and capacity build- 020-2100270 (AIRFORCETIMES) grown up almost four years here, "Summer nights we just come, the house fire on Costa Mesa Cl. ten remains missing. (CBC) ing of ANSF would produce posi- tive results in war on terror. In the last one year, different senior Af- Kam Air ghan authorities including NSA, 0799974422 acting minister of defense, politi- Pregnant woman in Afghanistan loses child and is cal deputy foreign minister and etc… have respectively visited Hotels Moscow to attract Moscow co- Safi Landmark genitally mutilated by husband in horrific attack operation in war on terror and equipping of ANSF as well as ex- pansion of strategic cooperation. 020-2203131 A 21-year-old woman was geni- Fortunately the Afghan officials SERENA tally mutilated by her husband in managed to convince Moscow and a barbaric attack that nearly left Russian authorities to continue and her dead and caused her to lose increase their cooperation in the 0799654000 her unborn child. mentioned fields. The security co- The woman, who was six operation’ agreement between New Rumi Restaurant months pregnant, is in hospital Kabul-Moscow that was recently 0776351347 after the violent incident, which signed by both countries mil- took place in the Takhar province itary authorities emphasizes on in north Afghanistan. agreement of bilateral security co- Internet Services Her husband hit her with a operation. This agreement is a gen- large wooden stick, shaved parts UA Telecom eral context for distinguishing of 0796701701 / 0796702702 of her head and used scissors to strategic plans. We hope this agree- cut her hair, the victim told the ment would pave the way of sub- BBC. Man who allegedly spat at sequent extensive cooperation. Due Exchange Rate Muslim woman, called her a ter- to threats of terrorism and drugs rorist and attempted to drive her to both sides national security, this Purchase: off the road will not be charged cooperation are substantial needs. with hate crime Kabul suicide Analysts believe that Afghanistan bombing: Taliban attack kills elev- must have strategic relations with One US$ = en in Afghan capital during morn- the world superpowers to contin- 68.64Afs ing rush hour She said she did not ue good governance and get rid of One Pound Sterling= know the reason for the attack, in current situations. Afghanistan is which her husband’s mother and an independent country and can 87.70Afs sister helped him to tie her up with set up relations with every coun- One Euro = rope and beat her. try. Based on its policy, Afghani- 75.27Afs Her family members con- stan can define quality of its for- firmed the nature of her injuries eign relations with other countries 1000 Pak Rs = to the broadcaster and said her in the direction of its national in- 637Afs husband had cut part of her geni- terests, doesn’t matter if this coun- tals. tries be US or Moscow or others. Sale: The victim’s husband “tor- Security in Afghanistan is very One US$ = tured her first and then called us important to Moscow. Because 68.84 Afs to tell us: ‘I have killed your the central Asian countries that daughter, come and take her’,” Foreign Office report into human cluding 241 murders. Afghanistan husband was on the run, and told now be in Kabul, a police spokes- One Pound Sterling= rights and democracy in the coun- passed a law to eliminate violence Tolo News the police were search- person said. In March 2015, thou- have common borders with Rus- 90.50Afs said the victim’s mother, report- sia and Afghanistan are vulnerable ed Tolo News. try. The report said 5,132 cases of against women in 2009, but its ing for three people in connection sands of Afghan people marched One Euro= violence had been reported to the implementation has been poor, to the attack, including the hus- in protest of a brutal mob killing and increase of insecurity in north- Documented cases of violence ern Afghanistan would jeopardize 75.87 Afs against women in Afghanistan are Afghan Independent Human according to Human Rights Watch. band. of a woman named Farkhunda. Rights Commission last year, in- Local police in Takhar said her Two of the suspects could (INDEPENDENT) Russia’s stability and interests. 1000 Pak Rs= 645 increasing, according to a 2015 UK (BNA) SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Pak-Turk schools may not shut down after all KARACHI/ SUKKUR/ HYDER- to shut down the schools, the ABAD/ ISLAMABAD: Ambigu- teachers will take the streets to ity surrounds the future of Pak- protest. Turk schools in the country. In the Hopes are high wake of the foiled military coup in At the Pak-Turk school in Turkey, the country’s ambassador Jamshoro district, staff has not yet to Pakistan has urged for the shut- received word of an overhaul. For decades, a kind of cold war jor powers and deepen its engage- down of all Pak-Turk schools and Most parents are also confident enveloped South Asia mainly be- ment with neighbours. After the colleges which belong to the alleged that schools will remain open. “We cause India and Pakistan didn’t get entente with America, India must US-based ‘mastermind of the have been hearing this [demand] along and the talk of war never re- have the self-assurance to shed its coup’, Fethullah Gulen. With the since years. This time I didn’t pay ally subsided. Then in 2015-16 other ‘hesitations of history’, es- future of 10,000 students enrolled much attention,” says Anil Kumar something different happened. pecially towards China and Paki- in the 28 schools and colleges Bhatia, a parent whose children Two economic corridors suddenly stan.” Everybody knows in Paki- spread across the country hanging study at the school. sprang into existence, and if they stan, but will not say so, that in the balance, the government has Inaugurated in 2012, the Jam- are meant for trade then this cold Nawaz Sharif too thinks in the to make a tough decision and so shoro campus, with an enrollment war must come to an end. But fun- same way as Modi. Sharif can’t far they are employing diplomacy of over 400 students, is located on nily, that’s not what most people seem to convince a revisionist Pa- to steer a safe, prosperous course the premises of Liaquat Universi- in the subcontinent feel or want. kistan that the time for a paradigm forward. ty of Medical and Health Scienc- Pakistan’s “strategic thinking” shift is at hand. And the actual Diplomatic solution: Pak-Turk es. In their Facebook message to is that the Chabahar route being game-changers are already in place schools may not be shut down af- parents and students on July 26, funded by India is part of a nut- in the shape of two trade routes. ter all they stated, “We are committed to cracker move against it; many In- He got Modi to come to a private Information Minister Pervaiz our noble task and will continue to dians think the China-Pakistan ceremony at his house in Lahore, Rashid has already said they will impart quality education … In fu- Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a emblematically in the company of listen to the Turkish government ture also.” Chinese move to encircle India, the his Indian businessman friend, Sa- and their concerns and no sudden Sohail Chana, who is a subject port of Gwadar being another pearl jjan Jindal. In her recent book, This move will be made. While word teacher at the school said in the Chinese string of pearls pol- Unquiet Land: Stories from India’s has been received from Islamabad Balochistan and Khyber-Pakh- icy that aims to “choke” India with Fault Lines, Barkha Dutt reveals that there have been talks of a com- tunkhwa governments have clari- a “necklace” of bases. the whole Sharif-Modi “conspira- plete staff overhaul along with a fied they will be not be cancelling For the first time, Pakistan is cy” to normalise relations through new management setup to keep licenses of the Pak-Turk schools isolated because of the internal dis- trade. the schools running, the ones in in the provinces. “This embold- order that threatens the world. The 2014 “Kathmandu meet- Sindh are already witnessing staff ens our belief that nothing is going Under Narendra Modi, India has ing” hosted by Jindal raised hack- switches. Start at the top to happen and that Sindh govern- reached out successfully to states les; and such hackles usually im- Since the Turkish government ment will do the same,” she said. west of Pakistan that everyone ply accusations of treason. But if is certain the schools are being run An officer in the school’s ad- thought backed Pakistan. In Paki- Henry Kissinger could travel se- by supporters of Gulen, all staff ministration hinged his hope on the stan, critics have opened up for cretly to Beijing in 1971 to effect a members are being viewed with country’s elite class. “More than the first time and are questioning global paradigm shift there should thoughts about India’s foreign pol- tique of Pakistan’s foreign policy based in Alma Ata. He was disap- suspicion. At one of the three 10,000 students are enrolled in our the policies that have caused this be moral forgiveness for what the icy, especially towards its neigh- by a bureaucrat from the country. pointed to learn that India could schools in Karachi, Gulistan-e-Jau- schools across the country. Given feeling of isolation. Muffled advice two leaders did. Jindal, whom bours, China and Pakistan; but he “Its ambition to become a hub of not be included at that time…” har campus, Zafer Elen has re- the fee structure, a majority of the from China has no effect on poli- Dutt counts among “Indian steel- is brave when he includes China, economic activity would be diffi- Former Pakistan Foreign Min- placed Yasin Ulucinar as principal students are children of the elite. cymakers who continue to chal- makers who would ferry iron ore knowing that India is revisionist cult to realise without the opening ister Hina Rabbani Khar recently of the school. We hope they will defend the lenge trade as a strategic nutcrack- from Afghanistan by road across about its northern neighbour. of transit routes to India. When stated: “Pakistan cannot conquer Seated in the principal’s office school system because the quality er. Pakistan from where it would be There is another “thinking” per- Pakistan initiated the idea of acti- Kashmir through war and the is- the two Turkish nationals ex- of education their children receive But Carnegie India’s C Raja shipped to ports in western and son across the border: Pakistan’s vating the KKH for commerce with sue can only be handled in an envi- changed worried looks while sort- is connected with it,” he shared. Mohan thinks differently. In his southern India”, will be remem- ex-foreign secretary Riaz Muham- Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in ronment of mutual trust…” South ing through some paperwork. “In Other concerns recent column in this paper he bered as “the hand of god” if Indo- mad Khan, a maverick like Raja early 1993, the two countries were Asia is going to face problems it order to help our brother country At the Pak-Turk school in wrote: “The Modi government Pak relations normalise as a result Mohan. His book, Afghanistan and enthusiastic. The Kazakh minis- can only handle cooperatively. in education, 20 years back this Khairpur district, staff is less will- now has expansive diplomatic le- of his efforts. Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism and ter for transportation convened a There is no other course open to project was started,” said Elen, not ing to share their concerns. The verage and political agency to Raja Mohan is not the only Resistance to Modernity (2011), meeting and invited both the Paki- India and Pakistan except that of particularly pleased with his new school’s principal sat behind broaden relations with all the ma- person who has unorthodox remains the most significant cri- stani and Indian ambassadors reconciliation. post due to the uncertainty sur- closed doors conducting interviews rounding the future of Pak-Turk all morning. According to a parent, schools. “We don’t have any hid- Mohammad Afzal, who took his At least 31 killed in den agenda, and whatever hap- children out of school due to the pened in Turkey is also not our heavy fees, when the building of India's northeast, fault,” he added. Colonel Shah Hostel was handed Bangladesh by The Pak-Turk network has over to the administration of Pak- also officially denied being linked Turk schools in 2002 by then Dis- heavy rains to any political or religious move- trict Nazim Nafisa Shah, the aim ment on their website, and Elen was to provide poor children with Bangladesh, long accustomed to believes there is a zero per cent quality education. Initially, the being neglected by the world, is chance of the schools being shut admission fee was Rs3,000 and suddenly under a harsh interna- down in Pakistan. “We believe in monthly tuition fee was Rs400, tional spotlight. The reason for this our Pakistani brothers. They but, over time, the admission fee is the recent terrorist assault on an know what we are doing here,” he was increased to Rs50,000 and ISLAMABAD: The Election though many legal experts dispute statements every lawmaker sub- Muhammad Safdar. A separate upscale bakery in one of the most said confidently and added that monthly tuition fee ranged be- Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has the choice of forum by these par- mits to ECP. ECP unlikely to de- case against Prime Minister’s son fashionable neighbourhoods of the their school is monitored by the tween Rs4,000 and Rs10,000. clubbed all petitions seeking the ties. They claim ECP is not the cide PM disqualification pleas in law is already being heard by country’s capital. ministry of education and intelli- Another parent, Nadeem Mu- disqualification of Prime Minister proper forum in such cases. Apart from Prime Minister ECP. Before these petitions were On the evening of July 1, the gence agencies three times a year. ghal, whose two children are study- Nawaz Sharif and lawmakers from The petitioners have based Nawaz, the petitioners have ques- moved by political parties, Saf- Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Pakistan, Turkey likely to re- ing in the school, was reluctant to his family, and fixed them for pre- their petitions on the Panama tioned the eligibility of Punjab dar’s opponent from Manshera diplomatic zone was besieged by vive 2003 road deal On a question comment on the fees. He said, I liminary hearing on August 3. Leaks revelations. They contend Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and had submitted a petition stating half a dozen militants who, after a of schools being funded by the don’t remember. A solution on the the country’s top electoral that the prime minister and his his son Hamza Shahbaz, Finance that he had not mentioned assets short speech on the perilous state Gulen, Elen responded Gulen is an cards An official in the Capital Ad- body on Friday sent notices to family had assets abroad but they Minister Ishaq Dar and the pre- of his wife Maryum which have of Islam, separated the non-Mus- ‘imam’ (preacher) and he teaches ministration and Development petitioners to argue the maintain- never disclosed them in the annual mier’s son-in-law Captain (Retd) been disclosed in Panama Leaks. lim diners and butchered them. The good things. He said Gulen’s teach- Division which oversees private ability of the petitions filed by dif- world may not have noticed this ings focus on three things: Educa- schools in Islamabad stated, they ferent opposition parties, includ- atrocity had it not been for two tion, poverty and unity. Mean- had been told to submit details ing the Pakistan Peoples Party and facts. First, most those murdered while, Ulucinar said that they have about each school, the staff and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Tahirul were not Bangladeshi: among the no connection with the Gulen, but related information. “Informally, Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehreek victims were Italians and Japanese, they do support his ideologies. we have also been told to discuss and Sheikh Rashid’s Awami Mus- an Indian and an American. Sec- Furthermore, Elen clarified the the issue internally and submit a lim League also submitted peti- ond, the killers transmitted live schools are fully funded by stu- way out including an overhaul of tions separately. images of the massacre. Using the dent fees. While Elen is confident the whole setup in the current sce- PTI joins PPP in seeking restaurant’s Wi-Fi network, they the schools will remain operation- nario,” the official said. He was PM’s disqualification through ECP published the images on social al, parents are less convinced. Ac- reluctant to share more informa- The petitions had been left media accounts affiliated with ISIL. cording to the school’s administra- tion and added, “Let the details pending without any action as Scarcely had Dhaka come to tor Asma Khalid, she has been at- surface, then we will be in posi- they were filed after June 12, when grips with the horror than a suc- tending calls non-stop assuring tion to comment.” Shutting down the four provincial ECP members cession of experts, ensconced in parents that the school will reopen schools: enmity towards education retired. The commission became western think tanks and respond- as per schedule on August 15. If The Turkish embassy in Pakistan functional again this week after the ing to the demands of instant pun- the government thinks they can was similarly cautious in its reply. government appointed new ECP ditry, began advancing the hyster- shut down schools, it is just not “The ambassador has already stat- members. ical claim that Bangladesh – home possible, she said. “Students have ed during his presser last week that Decision on maintainability to 160 million people – was the paid fees and no one can return Turkey has asked all friendly coun- will set the tone for opposition newest staging ground for ISIL that much amount,” she explained. tries to take necessary measures parties which have high hopes warriors. The school’s commerce teach- against the Fethullah Gulen Ter- from the newly constituted com- Some argued that the secular er Muhammad Kamran has said rorist Organisation in their territo- mission. These parties term it a government of prime minister that in case the government “dares” ry,” read an email response. ‘test case’ for the new commission, Sheikh Hasina, in denial about the depth of radicalisation in her coun- try, wasn’t doing enough to crack down on militancy. Others declared that the militancy had, in fact, been caused by excessive repression by the Hasina government. The one point of consensus seemed to be the one least sup- ported by evidence: that Bang- ladesh was slipping into the grip of ISIL. This contention seems even less persuasive a month later than it did on the night of the at- tack. NEW DELHI: Union defence min- there is an area around 150-200 He also said that no signal from of air sorties have been undertake and 23 different items were noticed. Of the 23 inputs, there were 17 visual Bangladeshi authorities, aided ister Manohar Parrikar on Friday nautical miles where there is no the emergency beacon locator has sightings and six transmissions. Indian survey ships are searching the seabed, and submarine Sindhudhwaj, in their investigations by Indian told parliament that India has radar coverage either from Chen- been tracked, but added that that which had finally located the crashed Dornier, is carrying out an underwater search. "Round the clock air counterterrorism operatives, have sought help from US to check if nai or Port Blair." it was "difficult that it will be ac- surveillance is being maintained. There are 10 Navy ships in the area. The depth of water is 3,300 to 4,000 not found any operational nexus their satellites captured any sig- He also said that the aircraft tually activated" if the aircraft dives meters. Special vessels have also been summoned," he said. The minister added that he was personally between ISIL and local militants. nals from the missing AN-32 air- had undergone its first overhaul, inside water. monitoring the whole operation, and he was getting updates every few hours. The young men who stormed the craft, while noting there was very and had already flown for 179 "In the earlier Coast Guard restaurant, far from being driven little possibility that sabotage hours after that. The pilot had case (Dornier crash) also, it had to terror by the exhortations of played any role. flown for over 500 hours on the not activated," he said. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, appear Giving clarifications on the route. The defence minister also said partly to have been self-radica- missing aircraft in the Rajya Sab- "So it is not that something there was very little chance of a lised. ISIL was, at best, the syndi- ha, the minister said he was "dis- new was happened," he said. sabotage. cate to which they turned to dis- turbed" at the aircraft's sudden dis- "Only thing which was record- "I can't speculate... we are tribute the evidence of their "mar- appearance, and even experts are ed was because of a cumulonim- searching for it but I can say only tyrdom" – and which gladly sub- "puzzled". bus cloud which normally no avia- this much, though we are checking sumed their savagery under its ban- "I am also disturbed at such a tor will like to enter into because it all angles, the possibility of a sab- ner. To buy into ISIL’s boasts of sudden disappearance. I spoke is a very charged and heavy cloud... otage is comparatively very less. its global reach is to become com- with many air chiefs, other senior they (pilots) said we are deviating "They have standard operat- plicit in its own propaganda – air force personnel, they also are to right," Mr Parrikar said, adding ing procedure, all passengers were while absolving the native purvey- puzzled by the sudden disappear- that this happened 7-8 minutes from defence forces." ors of extremist ideologies of their ance," he said. before the plane went off radar. About search operations, he responsibility for the turmoil in Assuring the house that the "At the time of coming down said US has been contacted for any Bangladesh. Some of the most re- aircraft had "adequate lifetime", it actually tilted to the left and de- information from their satellites. vered members of the Bangladeshi Mr Parrikar also said that maxi- scended very fast from 23,000 feet "We did not get even a single opposition collaborated with Pa- mum efforts are being made to re- in few seconds. Then it disap- signal. We are now contacting US, kistan’s military dictatorship as it duce accidents and also that any peared from the radar. if their satellites have picked sig- went about suppressing the Bang- aircraft not fit for flying was not "Two things happened, it was nals," he said, but added that a sat- ladeshi freedom movement in 1971. flown. at the age of radar signal where you ellite may not have picked signals Thirteen battalions of mostly Ben- He said that this aircraft "was don't get very active radar signal, because of thick cloud cover, and gali Islamists assisted the Pakistan almost at the end of the range of you just keep track of it. There is it also depends on whether a satel- army in carrying out some of the passive radar. In effect in another no SOS, no transmission at any lite was crossing the area at the worst crimes ever committed 10 minute it would have crossed frequency, it just disappeared... time. against a predominantly Muslim the limit of the passive radar and That is the worrying part," he said. He added that so far, 505 hours population. SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief CIA not optimistic about future for unified Syria

Central Intelligence Agency Di- rector John Brennan said on Fri- day he was not optimistic about The Saudi-led coalition support- condition in the country, the latest the future of Syria. ing legitimacy in Yemen has denied of which was the air drop of more “I don’t know whether or allegations by international human than 40 tons of medical supplies not Syria can be put back to- rights and aid groups that it was to the city of Taiz and then trans- gether again,” Brennan told the blocking access to the war-ravaged porting them to hospitals by mak- annual Aspen Security Forum. country, the Saudi Press Agency ing use of all available means, in- His comments were a rare pub- reported. cluding animals.” lic acknowledgement by a top In a statement issued on Fri- The statement added that the US official that Syria may not day, the coalition voiced deep re- coalition forces, in cooperation survive a five-year civil war in gret over media reports quoting with the Djibouti-based UN Veri- its current state. NGOs such as Doctors Without fication and Inspection Mecha- A maternity hospital sup- Borders and Amnesty Internation- nism for Yemen (UNVIM), exert- ported by Save the Children was al, saying such reports only con- ed every effort to facilitate trans- bombed Friday in an air raid in tribute to weakening the coalition’s portation of humanitarian aid as Idlib province of northwest Syr- “positive role” in the delivery of well as commercial goods and pe- ia, causing casualties and heavy humanitarian aid and facilitating troleum products to all sections of damage, the Britain-based char- the distribution of relief supplies, the Yemeni people without dis- ity said. including petroleum products, crimination. A total of 4,079 per- “Save the Children sup- among Yemenis. mits have been issued to all entry ported maternity hospital in The statement said the coali- points in this regard. Idlib bombed, casualties report- tion has not imposed any block- The coalition forces have is- ed - numbers unconfirmed,” it ade on any Yemeni territory or has sued permits to all ships engaged tweeted. not started an economic boycott in relief and humanitarian missions The Syrian Observatory for of any kind. “What it does is per- without any delay or inspections Human Rights also said that the forming duties with regard to im- at the Yemeni ports. hospital in the rebel-held town plementing the United Nations res- Regarding commercial ships, of Kafar Takharim was heavily olutions aimed at preventing smug- UNVIM, in cooperation with the damaged and left barely opera- gling of arms and ammunition,” the coalition forces and the legitimate The coalition emphasized that ery and manipulate all ports en- trade materials to finance their The coalition called on inter- tional. statement said, pointing out that government, issues permits at all the humanitarian disaster in Yemen try, notably the Hodeidah port, coup as well as for personal gains national bodies operating in Yemen The monitoring group did the coalition had given priority to Yemeni ports without discrimina- is not because of any blockade on which has become a haven for of its leaders. They used it for to shoulder their responsibilities not specify if the raid was car- health situation in Yemen while tion. The number of permits is- the shipment of food, petroleum smugglers. political bargaining by imposing a toward meeting urgent humanitar- ried out by Syrian regime air- starting the Restoration of Hope sued so far reached 1,462 and these products or commercial goods, but “The militias try to create a siege and pursuing a policy of sys- ian needs of the Yemeni people, in craft or warplanes of its Rus- campaign in Yemen. “It spared no include Hodeidah port controlled is primarily because of rebel forc- black market in Hodeidah port for tematic starvation in provinces and addition to taking necessary mea- sian allies. efforts to improve the overall health by the militias. es who occupy the state machin- petroleum products and relief and cities like Taiz,” the statement said. sures to ensure that the aid reach- es all areas of Yemen in a fair and equal proportion. UN Syria envoy It also issued an urgent call to lift the blockade on areas besieged tells Russia: by the forces loyal to the coup lead- Leave Aleppo ers and called upon all organiza- tions to verify the facts on the corridors ‘to us’ ground before making statements to the media. The UN special envoy for Syr- ia on Friday urged Russia to leave the creation of any human- itarian corridors around the em- Muslim battled northern Syrian city of Aleppo to the United Nations slams and its partners. “That’s our job,” said Staffan de Mistura as he ex- extremists at plained his “suggestion” to Moscow at a press conference Turkish President Recep Tayyip people, its future -- while being so vious toll. Turkish authorities multi-faith in Geneva, a day after Russia Erdogan on Friday told the Euro- worried about the fate of the put- blame the coup on US-based said its forces and those of the pean Union and United States to schists - cannot be our friends.” preacher Fethullah Gulen and are prayers Syrian government would open “mind your own business” after Erdogan vowed to take all now seeking to eradicate his influ- humanitarian corridors outside the West expressed alarm over the steps “within the limits of the law” ence from all aspects of Turkish Muslims and Christians joined in Aleppo and offer a way-out for growing crackdown against sus- as Turkey seeks legal retribution life, especially the military. Friday prayer at the mosque in the fighters wanting to surrender. pected accomplices in the failed for the perpetrators of the coup. Speaking at the same event to Normandy town where an elderly Earlier on Friday, Syrian coup. The president also announced remember the “martyrs” of July priest was slain this week, with activists said a US-led coalition “Some people give us advice. that as a gesture of goodwill after 15, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim one imam chastising the extrem- targeting a village in northern They say they are worried. Mind the coup he was dropping hun- said Turkey has succeeded in erad- ists as non-Muslims who are “not Syria held by the ISIS group had your own business. Look at your dreds of lawsuits against individu- icating all elements linked to Gulen part of civilization” or “humani- killed 28 civilians the previous own deeds,” Erdogan said at the als accused of insulting him. from the military after sacking near- ty.” night, including seven children. presidential palace, complaining no “I am going to withdraw all the ly half of its generals following the Muslims came from other In Geneva, de Mistura ex- senior Western official had visited cases regarding the disrespectful failed coup. “We have cleaned out parts of France to be present for pressed support “in principle” Turkey in the wake of the coup. insults made against me,” said Er- from the military the FETO ele- for humanitarian corridors “un- the service shared with Christians. “Not a single person has come dogan. ments who disguised themselves The killing Tuesday of the 85- der the right circumstances.” He US Republican presidential nomi- Trump was a punching bag at to give condolences either from the The authorities had said earli- as soldiers,” said Yildirim. Turkey said he is awaiting clarification year-old Rev. Jacques Hamel as he nee Donald Trump said he was the Democratic convention in Phil- European Union... or from the er this year that over 2,000 people accuses Gulen of running the celebrated morning Mass sent from Russian authorities about taking the gloves off in his battle adelphia, which wrapped up West,” said Erdogan. “And then were being prosecuted on charges Fethullah Terror Organisation that plan, noting the urgent sit- shockwaves around France, and against Democrat Hillary Clinton Thursday night, as speaker after they say that ‘Erdogan has got so of insulting the president. (FETO), charges he denies. “We deeply touched many among the uation in the northern city, in the race for the White House speaker - including some Republi- angry’,” he fumed. He said 237 people - not in- are going to make our armed forces wracked by devastating violence nation’s 5 million Muslims. ISIS after taking a scorching from speak- cans - said he lacked the tempera- “Those countries or leaders cluding the coup plotters them- stronger and we are going to work claimed responsibility for the at- in recent months. ers at the Democratic National ment to be president. who are not worried about Tur- selves - had been killed in the coup towards making this country more The envoy also warned that tack, as well as the attack in Nice, Convention. Clinton herself said in her ac- key’s democracy, the lives of our attempt, a rise of one from the pre- secure.” where 84 people were killed by a “the clock is ticking for the Alep- Trump wrapped up a five- ceptance speech that the election po population.” day, seven-state campaign swing represented a “moment of reckon- man who plowed his truck down a “How do you expect peo- in Colorado on Friday, where for a ing” for the country. seaside promenade on Bastille ple to walk through a corridor - fifth straight day his supporters In Colorado Springs, Trump Day. The head of the main Mus- thousands of them - while there chanted “lock her up” whenever got sidetracked by a couple of dis- lim umbrella group, Anouar is shelling, bombing, fighting?” he brought up Clinton’s name. putes from last year as he tried to Kbibech, who attended Friday’s de Mistura said. Trump supporters say Clin- rebut a Clinton campaign ad. gathering, reiterated a call for Mus- He added that no one should ton deserves to be prosecuted for That ad uses video clip from lims to visit churches on Sunday be forced to leave Aleppo, but her handling of US foreign policy Trump’s attack on Fox News an- to show solidarity with Christians “indeed, some civilians may as President Barack Obama’s first- chor Megyn Kelly in protest of as they pray. But one imam made want to avail themselves of the term secretary of state and for her her questioning of him at a debate a rare direct strike at the killers who possibility afforded by the cor- use of a private email server while of Republican presidential con- claimed to act in the name of Al- ridor and by the Russian initia- in that office. tenders last August when he said lah. tive. When they do, it is crucial All week Trump has sought afterward that blood was “coming “You have the wrong civiliza- that they be given the option of to tamp down the chants by out of her eyes, coming out of her tion because you are not a part of leaving to areas of their own stressing that his main goal is to wherever.” civilization. You have the wrong choice.” simply beat Clinton in the Nov. 8 “I was talking about her nose,” humanity because you are not a De Mistura also praised a presidential election. Trump said in Colorado Springs. part of humanity,” said Abdelatif statement from the internation- But as the crowd chanted the “I wanted to get back on the issue Hmitou. “You have the wrong idea al Red Cross about the Russian slogan in Colorado Springs, Trump of taxes” at the debate. about us (Muslims) and we won’t proposal, which said any such finally relented. Trump also brought up the forgive you for this.” corridors should have the “con- “I’m starting to agree with case of disabled New York Times “How,” he asked, addressing sent of all parties on all sides.” you, frankly,” he said. “No more reporter Serge Kovaleski, whom the extremists, “may the idea reach ICRC regional director for the Mr. Nice Guy.” Trump seemed to mock publicly your mind that we might loathe Mideast, Robert Mardini, said In Denver later, he changed his in video used by the Clinton ad. those who helped us ... to pray to Friday he had no indication all tune when he heard the chant. Trump said he was depicting Allah in this town? How could sides were on board with the “I’ll tell you what I’d rather the reporter groveling to him. you think that, mister killer? Mis- plan. do, honestly, is just beat her on “I didn’t know he was dis- ter criminal?” Nov. 8 at the polls. She would be a abled. I didn’t know it at all. I had He was referring to the help ‘Zika is now here’: disaster,” he said. no idea,” he said. by the St. Therese church adjacent to the mosque that sold the plot to Mosquitoes now the Muslims for a symbolic sum so they could build a house of spreading virus in US worship. The St. Etienne church where the attack occurred has been Mosquitoes have apparently sealed shut. begun spreading the Zika virus Police arrested two men suspected The two 19-year-old attack- on the US mainland for the first of planning an attack in Belgium af- ers were killed by police as they time, health officials said Friday, ter house searches on Friday left St. Etienne church, where they a long-feared turn in the epidem- evening, federal prosecutors said on had held two nuns and an elderly ic that is sweeping Latin Amer- Saturday. The two, named as 33- couple hostage as they slit the ica and the Caribbean. year-old Nourredine H. and his priest’s throat. A third nun escaped Four recently infected peo- brother Hamza H., will appear be- and gave the alert. ple in the Miami area - one fore a judge on Saturday to deter- Three people were being held woman and three men - are be- mine whether they should be held in Friday for questioning in the at- lieved to have contracted the custody beyond an initial 24 hours. tack, including a Syrian refugee, a virus locally through mosquito “Based on provisional results from judicial official said on Friday. bites, Gov. Rick Scott said. No the investigation, it appears that The Syrian was detained on mosquitoes in Florida have ac- there were plans to carry out an at- Thursday in the Allier region of tually been found to be carrying tack somewhere in Belgium,” the central France because a photo- Zika, despite the testing of federal prosecution office said in a copy of his passport was found at 19,000 by the state lab. But oth- statement. For the time being there the home of one of the attackers, er methods of Zika transmission, was no connection with the attacks Adel Kermiche, according to the such as travel to a stricken coun- at Brussels airport and the metro on official, who was not authorized try or sex with an infected per- March 22, in which 32 people were to speak publicly about the inves- son, have been ruled out. “Zika killed, the prosecution office said. is now here,” said Dr. Thomas tigation. Muslim worshippers Police carried out seven house search- hold a minute of silence in front of Frieden, director of the US Cen- es in the region of Mons and a fur- ters for Disease Control and the memorial at the Saint Etienne ther house search in Liege. No weap- church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rou- Prevention. Still, US health of- ons or explosives were found. Brus- ficials said they do not expect vray, Normandy (Photo: AP) sels, home to European Union insti- Also being held was a cousin widespread outbreaks in this tutions and the headquarters of country like those seen in Bra- of Kermiche’s accomplice, Abdel- NATO, and Belgium in general are Malik Nabil Petitjean, on suspi- zil, in part because of better san- on a security alert level of three out itation, better mosquito control cion he was aware of the attack of a maximum of four, a “serious” plan based on information culled and wider use of window status with a “possible and proba- screens and air conditioners. from social networks, the judicial ble” threat. official said. SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] By Dr. Zia Nezam Terrorists are mainly com- cusing with a clear priority on stability with Islamist extrem- www.afghanistantimes.af ing from the Haqqani network, fighting Taliban and Haqqani ists. Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Global terrorism has opened an insurgent group based in insurgents who are the main Counter-insurgency opera- subsidiaries in five continents. Pakistan. Inspired by Al-Qae- causes of insecurity in Afghan- tions across Afghanistan have Advisory editorial board Attacks are now becoming a da, this group plans to reverse istan. In addition, President been undertaken under Afghan tragic routine in the heart of the transformation of Afghani- Obama has revised military command since 2014. The Af- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Europe. In this new chaotic stan and to establish a funda- plans and announced that 8,400 ghan forces have achieved im- environment, Afghanistan has mental Islamist regime. The U.S. troops would remain at the pressive progresses in spite of Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal fallen off the radar of media at- Haqqani Network doesn’t end of this year. This is a sub- operational limits. Still, the les- tention. Security today in Af- claim a global Jihad agenda and stantial effort considering that sons learnt from the last two Graphic-Designer: ghanistan reflects security to- this is a critical point. Widely the lower numbers of 5,500 years highlight that further Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi morrow in other countries. The considered as a home-grown troops were planed previous- support is required at combat global community has work organization without global ly. unit level. Allied military and Marketing & Advertising: very hard in the past 15th years ambition, the Haqqani network In addition, our allies experts are present for routine Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 in the reconstruction of Af- has benefited from a lower at- should also address the pas- training, advising and logistics ghanistan, and it would be a tention from our Western allies sive support of Pakistan to Is- assistance. We can only invite Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan shame to walk away with a job until recently. This was a major lamist insurgents operating in them to increase their assis- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 half-finished, especially when mistake. When it comes to ter- Afghanistan. As long as terror- tance and increase the target- we are close to success. The rorism, there is no minor capac- ists will enjoy sanctuaries on ed air strikes in Pakistan against Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press last thing we want is for Af- ity, no benign influence and no the other side of the border, our the Haqqani network and Tali- ghanistan to follow the foot- limited perimeter. Therefore, the joint military effort will be vain. ban leadership. The job in Af- steps of Iraq. war on terrorism cannot be Most security experts are voic- ghanistan is not finished but The constitution says Next October will mark the won without also dismantling ing concerns on a situation that peace is never a lost cause 15th year of allied military en- the Haqqani network. has the potential to destabilize when a strong determination gagement in Afghanistan. From In a step in the right direc- the wider region. The interna- brings allies together against a Article 90: 2001 to 2014, Operation Endur- tion, our American ally has re- tional community should ac- common enemy. Article Ninety: The National Assembly shall have the following duties: 1. Ratification, ing Freedom has mobilized cently changed perspectives knowledge the sad paradox that The writer is Former Am- modification or abrogation of laws or legislative decrees; 2. Approval of social, cultural, NATO Nations and 43 coun- and this is a very positive evo- Pakistan, a country exposed to bassador of Afghanistan to Vi- economic as well as technological development programs; 3. Approval of the state budget tries in the ISAF forces. The lution. U.S. forces are now fo- domestic terrorism, has traded enna, Brussels and Rome. as well as permission to obtain or grant loans; 4. Creation, modification and or abrogation coalition has suffered a severe of administrative units; 5. Ratification of international treaties and agreements, or human toll with 3,518 soldiers abrogation of membership of Afghanistan in them; 6. Other authorities enshrined in this and contractors killed, includ- Constitution. ing 2,282 Americans. After the withdrawal of our allies, a re- sidual military presence has been sustained. According to the official statistics of the co- alition, NATO operation Reso- lute Support is currently de- ploying about 12,800 troops in By Abdulrahman al-Rashed tired of justifications from perpe- uct of the same extremist thought, Afghanistan, including some trators and those covering up for which qualifies them to work for 6,900 Americans. In addition, Since last November we have wit- Al-Qaeda in Yemen, ISIS in Iraq or nessed a series of crimes in Eu- them. 2,900 U.S. troops are mobilized Electronic recruiters will con- Al-Nusrah Front in Syria at a later in the mission Freedom’s Sen- rope, with one perpetrator. That stage, or to become an intelligence month, terrorists killed 130 peo- tinue to find people ready to wear tinel for counterterrorism oper- explosive belts as long as inciters officer for Iran. Those brainwash- ple in the bloodiest attack in Par- ing children and youths should be ations. is since World War II. The city and preachers of extremism and ji- Without any doubt, the ini- had are not stopped held responsible first and fore- looked like a battlefield. Terror- most. tial purposes of the coalition ists then attacked Brussels, kill- In the beginning they justified terrorism with poverty, only to be Some preachers of extremism were successfully achieved: al- ing more than 30 people and in- probably do not understand what juring 300. told that their late leader Osama Qaeda is not the main enemy bin Laden was a millionaire. They they have done to their countries, anymore: its leadership was The most heinous attack, people or the world. They are This summer was recorded as hottest in Kabul City. The capital city which spread terror among mil- then claimed ignorance and lack of eliminated, its capacity was education, until they were told that planting exaggeration and extrem- destroyed and its bases of op- lions of people, was carried out ism into young people’s minds. has been famous for heavy snowfall in winter and pleasant weather by an armed man who killed 84 there are teachers and engineers in erations were dismantled. The the ranks of extremists, and that Typically, people who carry out with cold breeze in summer. The month of July was known for heavy people and injured hundreds with operations join terrorist organiza- security situation of Afghani- a truck in Nice. This month saw their leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is stan has improved from mas- a doctor. They blamed political tions only after becoming groomed and light downpour to purify the air and break the heat. However, in attacks in Germany - including the intellectually. ISIS takes in individ- sive violence to sporadic at- stabbing of a pregnant woman, persecution, yet in their ranks there are leaders from the free uals who have already been incit- last December and this January the snow has barely covered the moun- tacks. The transformational and the killing of rail passengers - ed. Its leadership in Al-Raqqah is agenda for democracy and re- then the killing of a priest in a world, such as the late Anwar al- tain peaks, let alone meadows. The result was hottest summer this Awlaki, who was American. the last stop. construction is still a work in church in Normandy, France. No one really knows who is The countries attacked are our They tried to link terrorism to year in the city’s history. Not only Kabul City’s weather has become progress but most Afghan peo- Israel’s occupation of Palestine, sending electronic messages, ple agree on this positive ef- friends. France has politically whether from Al-Raqqah, Tehran supported the Syrian people but no one believed them because unpredictable but of other cities as well. On Wednesday, temperature fort. Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq or elsewhere. However, this does ™ against the regime of President in Jalalabad and Peshawar was 25 while in Kabul it was 32. Meteo- However, Afghanistan still Bashar al-Assad more than any and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Nusrah not matter. Electronic recruiters needs the global support be- other country, and has supported Front have not carried out a single will continue to find people ready rologists in the country failed to brief the government and public over fore become self-dependent. Arab countries against Iran. Ger- attack in Israel. They linked ter- to wear explosive belts as long as Currently, no province can many has warmly welcomed a rorism to the U.S.-led invasion of inciters and preachers of extrem- the sudden change in the climate. million refugees, mostly Muslims. Iraq, but were told that Al-Qaeda ism and jihad are not stopped. claim full security and at least started its actions seven years pri- Perhaps, they are sitting in poorly equipped weather monitoring 29 of 34 of them are still ex- Excuses This article was first published Anger will not fade after the or, and continued them after the in Asharq al-Awsat on July 29, posed to terrorism. Terrorists American departure. stations. Or maybe, they take the environmental change as a myth. have changed names, leader- news bulletins. There will be fur- 2016. ther political crises, internally and They are now justifying ter- Abdulrahman al-Rashed is the They have done no or little research in this regard because their re- ship and affiliation. Now relo- externally. No one will give im- rorism in Europe with racism and former General Manager of Al Ar- cated on the other side of the portance to weak justifications mistreatment, but millions of Mus- abiya News Channel. A veteran and lims want to come to the conti- search papers have not surfaced in media since fall of the Taliban border with Pakistan, they are and excuses. Why should the internationally acclaimed journal- waging asymmetric warfare. West ignore the identity or reli- nent to escape harsh conditions in regime. If they failed to do research and update the government on their countries, since Muslim ist, he is a former editor-in-chief Just last Saturday, more than gion of a perpetrator? We are fac- of the London-based leading Arab ing a widespread terrorist war car- countries suffer the most from ter- the rapidly changing climate, the country will suffer a lot. Research 80 people were killed when sui- rorism. Denial is no longer convinc- daily Asharq al-Awsat, where he cide bombers attacked a large ried out by one group that claims still regularly writes a political col- to hold the banner of Islam. In- ing, and cause and effect must be work is of utmost importance to device policies. It helps the relevant demonstration in Kabul. confronted. umn. He has also served as the Moreover, the UN has re- stead of explaining an individual editor of Asharq al-Awsat’s sister authorities to control the damages and prepare mentally. Every year crime here and there, we must Brainwashing cently reported that more than The killer of the priest in Nor- publication, al-Majalla. Through- stand by these injured societies. out his career, Rashed has inter- natural disasters kill and injure scores of people and destroy proper- 150,000 Afghans have left their We face the same tragedy and mandy is 19 years old. Most of homes in the first six months of the terrorists are young, and were viewed several world leaders, with suffering, from the same group, his articles garnering worldwide ties and crops worth millions of Afghanis. 2016 as a result of a surge in as France, Germany and Belgium. kids at the time of the Sept. 11 Environmental change is real. We shall acknowledge it as a nation violence. The total number of Together we must track down the attacks. They are not the genera- recognition, and he has successful- the internally displaced per- main perpetrators, who are the tion of Bin Laden’s videos, but of ly led Al Arabiya to the highly re- to take measures so our coming generations would have to deal with preachers and defenders of ex- Twitter and Facebook. The means garded, thriving and influential sons (IDPs) in Afghanistan will differ but the cause is the same. position it is in today. He tweets exceed a million this year. tremism. We should get past de- lesser challenges. We should be considered about the future genera- nials and excuses. The world is Both generations are the prod- @aalrashed. tions. Looking at other countries in this region will do no good. They are responsible for dealing with their problems. Neither we shall copy them nor depend on them. The nature of their problems varies from Based on f ree compet it ion that of ours. Only learning from their failures and success can help us. Let the regional countries stew in their own juice because carbon emission is higher there. The long and short of this new phenomena which people should understand is that if they do not take the issue seriously, they would face numerous challenges. Every individual should take steps to re- duce the harms and effects of environmental change such as droughts and floods. We shall grow more trees because timber mafia is cutting the forests. Every individual should plant at least five saplings. Local communities shall not allow timber mafia to cut forests. They should think of themselves as guardians of the forests which is not only maintaining the eco-system but the climate as well. Lack of work capacit y Subscription Rates Supper-scale salary Categories Fee Nepotism Afghanistan Times ism rit Annual Afg: 3600 vo at your door step Fa For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By Andrew Mitrovica xenophobia. conspire, cynically, to enact In this context, it's not sur- laws designed to suppress vot- The world was watching and, prising that speaker after er turnout. no doubt, cringing. speaker - including Trump's In any event, Trump's insu- It would be easy to mock children - took turns channel- lar "America First" message the four-day-long cavalcade of ling his noxious rhetoric and, continues to resonate with and, near lunacy that was the recent- in so doing, demonstrated that alternatively, repulse Ameri- ly concluded Republican Na- many Republicans continue to cans who view the shockingly tional Convention since, on prefer fear over understanding, ill-informed neophyte as either parade, was a disparate crew of hyperbole over fact, cartoon- the country's messianic salva- D-list celebrities, political also- ish displays of patriotism over tion or its impending damna- rans, and at least one con- authenticity, apologists over tion. firmed plagiarist. thinkers. But whatever side of the po- But the stakes for the fu- Of course, the denouement litical ledger they're on, Ameri- ture of the United States and, of this marathon of acrimony cans can exercise their fran- indeed, the world, are much too was the coronation of a dema- chise - whether they choose to high to take the low road in at- gogue who, arguably, doesn't or not. tempting to decipher the geo- simply flirt with fascism but Powerless to influence political implications of the embraces it, and, presumably, We outsiders, on the other deeply unsettling metamorpho- considers it a tactical advan- hand, can only watch from a sis of the Republican party from tage to winning the White distance, powerless to influ- the supposed "Grand Old Par- House come November. ence the US' increasingly toxic ty" to the party of Donald Incredibly, if recent opinion political landscape beyond ex- Trump. polls are a reliable gauge, pressing - publicly or privately Political conventions - par- Trump may well prevail - a pre- - dismay at the prospect that a ticularly on the eve of a presi- diction that would have been churlish, impulsive egoist may dential election - are choreo- considered inconceivable not be poised to become president. graphed pantomimes designed too long ago. Trump speaks on the last to elevate and promote the par- Trump understands and sa- day of the Republican Nation- ty's standard bearer as a reflec- tiates the need of corporate al Convention on July 21 [AFP] tion of its defining beliefs and media for conflict and drama Trump's popularity is no principles. and he delivers it in unrelent- fluke. His ascendancy is the in- UpFront - What does the ing doses in person and via evitable, even natural conse- world really think about a Pres- social media. quence, in part, of the corpo- ident Donald Trump? That, historically, a bare rate media's all-consuming fas- The coronation of a dema- plurality of Americans - many cination with celebrity at the gogue of whom know or care little expense of meaningful dis- By that staid measure, the about the world beyond their course about matters that mat- Republican party has unques- parochial borders - will likely ter such as the fact that 47 mil- tionably become - with only determine that outcome is also lion Americans, including mil- pockets of resistance - the in- troubling. lions of children, continue to stitutional embodiment of a re- Still, rather than encourag- live in grinding, soul-sapping ality TV star who takes pride in ing more Americans to vote, poverty. his boundless narcissism and equally parochial politicians And, despite the mytholo- gy commonly associated with the "American dream", they are likely to endure debilitating By Mehari Taddele Maru lapse of the peace and transitional quickly rejected the deployment side or the other owing to that par- process, but more crucially they of such a protection force, and hur- tisan political environment. poverty for generations to Since August 2015, the gravest need to be prepared for a total state riedly appointed General Deng. Hence, the need for deploy- come. challenge to the South Sudan tran- failure in the already troubled Horn Al Jazeera’s exclusive inter- ment of a protection force or Having fully abdicated its sitional process and to the viabili- of Africa. view with Riek Machar in South boosting the mandate and force lev- role as a counterweight on ty of the Transitional Government Triggered by a confrontation Sudan el of the UN Mission in the Re- By Hisham Melhem and Democrats responding in their power and the powerful, much of National Unity (TGoNU) is in Juba between disgruntled army These two decisions by Pres- public of South Sudan becomes a convention that Black Lives Mat- It was the best of times, it was the of the US' consumer press en- posed by President Salva Kiir's officers loyal to Kiir and those to ident Kiir may kill both the Tran- vital condition for stability in the ter and at a time when the world is thusiastically plays courier to recent appointment of General bodyguards of Machar - including sitional Government and the peace capital as well as the functioning worst of times, it was the age of yearning for strong American lead- wisdom, it was the age of foolish- personalities-turned-politi- Taban Deng Gai as first vice pres- around the presidential palace - agreement. Machar's group could of the Transitional Government ership, our two parties are engaged cians such as Trump, trumpet- ident, replacing Riek Machar. fighting led to the deaths of more boycott the entire peace process, and JMEC. ness, it was the epoch of belief, it in sloganeering. The possibility of the transi- than 300 armed personnel and ci- undermining the effectiveness of Now, the question remains: Is was the epoch of incredulity, it Failure of leadership ing meaningless "exclusives" tional process' collapse comes as vilians in the first week of July. the peace agreement and taking the it possible to deploy protection was the season of Light, it was The two conventions were with the human "brand" inside no surprise to close observers of In what have looked like like country back to where it was in forces when the government and the season of Darkness, it was the mostly oblivious to the rest of the his opulent Manhattan home, the region. revenge attacks, the Sudan Peo- 2013 when the initial conflict the key party to the agreement are spring of hope, it was the winter world, with only few fleeting pro- private jet or, ubiquitously, by Rather, there has been a clear ples' Liberation Army (SPLA) has erupted. opposed? of despair… Charles Dickens forma references to the indispens- phone. understanding that the peace pro- been fully involved in the killings. Deployment of protection Given the ethnic nature of the After a bruising, long, tedious ability of the United States. The and toxic primary campaign, the Rather than challenge cess was brittle. The agreement This indicates that the leadership forces without the agreement of the clash and the fact that the armed Europeans, who are almost help- Trump's lies and overt racism, was, at the same time, the least of President Kiir is either under government is probably not a wise wing of the opposition still remains Republican and Democratic par- less watching Russia’s Putin chip- ties, held their modern equivalents they gently chide his "eccen- bad among other bad options that the direct influence of the SPLA, idea, and thus requires the interna- under Machar's leadership, with- ping away at Eastern Ukraine, tricities" or coddle him and his South Sudanese people have to or unable to exercise effective ci- tional community to wait and see out the full participation of of Bread and Circuses spectacles while intimidating the Baltic endure. vilian control over the country's if the transitional process could be SPLM-IO, the current crisis to the of antiquity, also known as the States, and using the refugee crisis calls to build a wall, deport Inside Story - What's hamper- armed forces. saved without additional troop transitional process could rapidly national conventions, with their to extract concessions regarding the Mexican-Americans en masse ing peace in South Sudan? This has also put Machar and deployment. morph into another civil war with uniquely American rituals of col- Syrian crisis, are still looking for and bar and register Muslims, The situation on the ground his supporters in a disadvantaged Dangers ahead mobilisation of opposing forces, or, sound and fury and selected American leadership. The “Islam- lest they fall out of favour with Lack of progress in implemen- position because the SPLA has If the current crisis remains and lead to a cycle of revenge by Donald J. Trump the thuggish ic State” will likely be dealt a seri- the ratings bonanza and risk tation of the peace agreement that sided with the president and killed unabated, the SPLA's shadow over different communities. scoundrel native of New York, ous blow in 2017, but it will give and Hillary R. Clinton, the most excommunication. was signed a year ago - particular- many of Machar's closest body- politics could be expected to in- Now, the international commu- birth to more deformed children, Trump understands and sa- ly the delay in the demilitarisation guards. crease. nity, and particularly the IGAD untrustworthy and calculating in a region that was partially bro- candidate in recent years, a New tiates the need of corporate of Juba - has been the cause of Political and armed deadlock Rendering the Transitional and the AU, need to fight against ken when Obama inherited it from media for conflict and drama pervasive suspicion, volatility, and In effect, in Juba, recent clash- Government abortive, recent de- the collapse of the peace and tran- Yorker by choice. Watching and George W. Bush in 2009, but that instability on the ground. es leave Machar with only some velopments indicate that the gov- sitional process, but more crucial- listening to scores of speakers – Obama, because of his failed lead- and he delivers it in unrelent- The parties were not genuine- bodyguards and Kiir with the en- ernment will increasingly fall un- ly they need to be prepared for a and yes cheap political perform- ership there, will bequeath a disin- ing doses in person and via ly committed to the ceasefire, as tire national army. der the direct influence of the total state failure in the already ers, particularly among the Repub- tegrating Middle East to his hap- social media. The result: The shown by the deliberate introduc- Concerned about his personal SPLA. troubled Horn of Africa. licans- engaging in boundless self- less successor, particularly if that caravan of mendacity gathers tion of various kinds of obstacles security and that of the entire As a result, the country faces As the saying goes, one can righteousness and moral and po- successor is the ignoramus and momentum and converts along to undermine the transitional pro- SPLM-In Opposition (SPLM- further fragmentation within the lead a horse to water but cannot litical excesses, summoning up fear obtuse Trump. In the face of as- and trepidation as their primary the way. cess and the barring of the Joint IO), which backs him, Machar has military and the elite along ethnic make it drink. Therefore, South sertive and belligerent states, A result to affect all Monitoring and Evaluation Com- demanded the deployment of a re- and geographical lines. Sudanese political and economic tools of recruitment, I was remind- which are willing to use force and ed of that old Arab proverb de- Meanwhile, we outsiders mission (JMEC) from playing its gional intervention protection force For this very reason, one im- elites, and the population at large, coercion directly or by proxy as observe with deepening anxi- steering role in the transitional pro- as a precondition for his return to mediate action that needs to be tak- need to keep the transitional pro- scribing the dilemma of choosing, foreign policy tools, such as Iran, cess. the Juba. en is the demilitarisation of Juba. cess alive by putting pressure on when all your options are noxious, Russia and China in their respec- ety how a globe, already With the unending mutually As the guarantors of the peace That would provide a fair and free the warring parties to work close- and then you realize that your tive regions, the U.S. is still the scarred by perpetual war, ram- assured distrust between the two agreement met, including the In- platform and establish security for ly with the international commu- sweetest option is very bitter. only outside power capable of pant inequality, and environ- blocs, led on one side by President ter-Government Authority on De- all the institutions in the transi- nity and Pan-African institutions. Morning in America, or dark- applying effective deterrence. mental suicide, could possibly Kiir and on the other by First Vice velopment (IGAD), the African tional process, and protection for Mehari Taddele Maru is ad- ness at noon? Hillary Clinton’s vision of become the playground of a President Riek Machar, the pres- Union and the United Nations Se- civilians against potential clashes. junct assistant professor at Addis What we saw and heard in America’s immediate future is es- Cleveland and Philadelphia was petulant, Twitter-happy man- ence of two parallel armies in Juba curity Council, they condemned However, could Juba be se- Ababa University and a member sentially a third Obama term with- child. It is a harrowing prescrip- outside the designated canton- the clashes and the attacks on ci- cured and free for all under the of the African Union High Level beyond a tale of two cities, or two out even the minimum excitement contrarian narratives; it was a tale tion for disaster. ments signalled a high possibility vilians and the UN personnel and SPLA? In a situation where indi- Advisory Group. Hisham Melhem In contrast, Democrats - de- of further clashes. property (PDF). vidual interests clash and bureau- The views expressed in this of two universes about to collide. It should be stated here, that The international community, But more crucially, the guar- cratic institutions are subject to article are the author's own and do Is America a shining city on a hill President Obama’s failure to deter spite their many grievous faults and particularly the IGAD and the antors decided to deploy a protec- nepotism, it is highly likely that not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's as President Obama and candidate and check the predatory behavior - displayed a degree of maturi- AU, need to fight against the col- tion force in Juba. President Kiir the military would align with one editorial policy. Clinton assured us, or merely a of Russian President Vladimir Pu- ty, diversity and even civility dark and foreboding crime scene tin in Europe, and Putin’s complic- during their convention to as candidate Trump warned us? ity and direct contribution to the nominate the first female can- Is it “morning in America” or campaign of terror and mass mur- didate for president. “darkness at noon”? Are we glid- der that the Assad regime, with ing through the best of times, or Setting aside this laudable assistance and direct participation history-making and the cus- LETTER TO THE EDITOR slouching through the worst of of Iran and its proxies have been times? In Cleveland, Clinton was waging against the Syrian people, tomary effusive testimonials, accused of cavorting with Lucifer, and Obama’s tolerant view of it's folly to believe that, given and like the spectators in ancient Iran’s destructive rampages in Iraq, her lengthy and instructive his- Rome’s spectacles, the ravenous Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, have tory of championing war over delegates/spectators wanted raw provided Trump with ample am- peace and defending the inter- meat, hence the chant “luck her munition to use against him and ests of the few at the top over up”. Those angry Republicans against candidate Clinton. Obama’s the many at the bottom, a Hill- have no sympathy for the Devil. failed leadership in Europe, par- But in Philadelphia, the City of ary Clinton presidency would I would like to extend my and Baloch nation’s best wishes to Afghan nation on 10th anniversary of Afghanistan ticularly extracting a heavy price offer little more than the de- Times. Afghanistan is at war with forces of darkness where upholding fair journalism is a daunting task itself. The Brotherly Love, naturally the from Moscow after its occupation Democrats took the virtual moral of Crimea and its irredentist bel- pressing status quo at home team of Afghanistan Times deserves the admiration for maintaining objective journalism amid great difficulties. high ground and shouted “love ligerent moves in Eastern Ukraine, and abroad. We Baloch are especially thankful to Afghanistan Times for giving fair coverage to Balochistan’s volatile situa- trumps hate”. his initial lax and shocking view of Whichever way the politi- tion, particularly the carnage that Pakistan has been committing over the last 15 years with blanket impunity. We It was a novel idea to invoke ISIS’ threat to the Middle East re- cal pendulum swings in the US love in a political convention, ex- gion and the world, and his abom- on November 8, the rest of the wish you continued success for many years to come. cept that this expression of strange inable response to Syria’s tragedy, world will be reduced to absorb- Hyrbyair Marri love came in the context of scaring are among the many reasons that ing the prelude and, ultimately, the country from the horrors of a explain the rise of Trump the home Baloch Leader Trump presidency, an outcome we the result, as attentive, if not made demagogue. Thus, candidate alarmed, bystanders. have to admit is truly horrifying. Clinton is partially responsible for Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must The Republicans told us that her current tormentor. The real, lasting, and po- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: the country can become great again Bitter options Hillary Clin- tentially catastrophic impact of [email protected] if we elect Trump since he is the ton’s convention speech was con- that much anticipated election self-ordained sole and true savior ventional. Her vision of America’s will, however, in due time, be of the realm. immediate future, to the extent that keenly felt - to one degree or The Democrats would have she has such a vision, is essential- another - by us all. none of this since the country in ly a third Obama term without Andrew Mitrovica is an their tattered book is already great. even the minimum excitement. Disclaimer: At a time of social and economic award-winning investigative Maintaining the status quo in un- reporter and journalism instruc- uncertainty at home, with disturb- certain and fearful times is hardly The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) ing and rising racial overtones mar- innovative, reassuring or promis- tor. The views expressed in this ring the political discourse, with ing. Her speech seemed as if it was article are the author's own and and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. Republicans saying in their con- written by a village and not by a do not necessarily reflect Al vention that Blue Lives Matter, leader or a visionary. Jazeera's editorial policy. SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Dhiban, Jordan - In the Jordanian town of Dhiban, tension boils be- neath the temporarily calm sur- face. Over the past couple of months, clashes have erupted be- tween police and protesters, with military tanks rolling along the town's winding roads. Young men set up a tent where they demon- Mithila, Nepal - Like many wom- worked in official positions or in strated for weeks while negotiat- en in the Maithil community in the formal economy. Coralynn ing with officials and tribal leaders Nepal, Manjula Thakur found her Davis, an associate professor of in the hope of securing jobs. The life severely restricted and con- women's and gender studies at protest camp was stormed last trolled by the male members of her Bucknell University, who has been month, with Jordanian forces fir- family. The community follows researching women's rights in the ing tear gas to disperse demonstra- dan's interior and labour ministries of Statistics, 87 percent of the jobs deeply entrenched patriarchal tra- Maithil community for decades, tors; 28 men were reportedly ar- did not respond to Al Jazeera's re- created in Jordan last year - both ditions. says that although many of the is- rested. quests for comment, but in official private and public-sector - were "I used to stay at home all the sues faced by Maithil women are While the tent is now gone, statements the Jordanian govern- based in three major governorates: time, with my head covered, doing similar to those faced by other frustration is still boiling among the ment has referred to the Dhiban Amman, Zarqa and Irbid. the cooking and other household communities in Nepal, she has young men of Dhiban. protesters as "outlaws" and said COUNTING THE COST: chores," says the 56-year-old. found through her research that "We are tired of living like the that they had been "directed to get The state of Jordan's economy Once known as the kingdom "Maithil women are generally eco- dead after working so hard to study jobs in the private sector". Meanwhile, desperation of Videha, with its capital in Jan- nomic dependants in their families find independence and a voice of a toilet and even support my hus- and learn," protest spokesman Sa- However, protesters say the among unemployed young people akpur in Nepal, the historical re- - first as daughters, then as wives their own. One of these is the Jan- band to buy a small plot of land," bri Mashaaleh told Al Jazeera. The main private-sector jobs available has reached critical levels, with gion of Maithila encompasses and mothers, and often as wid- akpur Women's Development she adds with pride. Beyond the 29-year-old holds a bachelor's de- include work in two factories in several high-profile suicide at- some 13 districts in southeastern ows". "[T]raditionally and for the Centre (JWDC), which pioneered Janakpur Women's Development gree in counselling from the Uni- the cities of Madaba and Sahab, tempts by young Jordanians over Nepal, as well as most of North most part still today, Maithil wom- the commercialisation of Maithil Centre, Maithil women are increas- versity of Jordan, but five years which pay an average monthly sal- the past four months. In May, a Bihar province in India. en do not hold [nor can they pass art. Founded by Claire Burkert in ingly finding employment outside after graduating, he has still not ary of 190 Jordanian dinars ($270) group of unemployed men from Maithila is home to approxi- down] significant property, nor 1989, the centre today employs of the home. secured a full-time job. - barely enough to pay for trans- Ajloun governorate planned to mately three million people in retain control over their own in- dozens of Maithil women in a va- The International Labour Or- Arab Spring protests erupted portation to and from the work- jump off a building near the interi- Nepal alone, making Maithili the comes if they have incomes. Their riety of crafts, the produce of ganisation (ILO), for instance, in Dhiban back in 2011, and to this place. or ministry in Amman, but they second most widely spoken lan- labour is in service to their hus- which are then sold in shops in employs Maithil women in its road day the town remains a barometer They worked on silencing us were talked down by police. guage in the country. The Maithil bands' families," Davis says. Davis Nepal's tourism hotspots of Kath- reconstruction projects in the re- of Jordanians' frustrations over the and demolishing the [protest] tent Jordan's newly appointed cab- community is divided into castes, further notes that "women's sexu- mandu, Chitwan and Phokara, and gion - jobs that not only provide worsening economic climate in the more than working to find a solu- inet has announced a series of mea- as are other communities in Nepal ality is closely controlled, first as abroad, including in the United economic independence for the country and rising youth unem- tion for our situation. We will keep sures to alleviate unemployment, - and the successes and challenges unmarried virgins and then [upon States, the Netherlands, India, women they employ but that also ployment. According to a 2014 building our tent, regardless of how starting with replacing foreign mi- of overcoming this system have marriage arranged by senior kin] France, the UK and Japan, among contribute to breaking gender ste- study by the International Labour many times they demolish it. grant workers - who are estimated largely stayed under the radar. as wives who must reproduce for other places. Burkert explains that reotypes in Nepalese society. Organization, the unemployment Sabri Mashaaleh, protester to number up to one million - with "What I have seen in my fam- their husband's lineage. In order to starting up the centre was difficult A group of Maithil women rate in Jordan had surpassed 30 Mashaaleh said he quit his job Jordanians. But some analysts ily, and in all other families [in the ensure such control, women's at first. "Some of the women ... clear grass from the sides of a rural percent. as a receptionist at a medical cen- question whether Jordanians Maithil community], how you movements, communications, and wouldn't speak. They always had road where they work as road main- "Dhiban is only the beginning. tre in Amman after just two years, would want such jobs, most of raise your son is different to how bodily exposure are tightly regu- to have a male chaperone with tenance staff [Omar Havana/Al We will see more tension as unem- because the salary was hardly which are in the construction and you raise your daughter," says lated". It is this control of wom- them; now they just hop on the Jazeera] ployment and poverty remain un- enough to cover his rent and living food-service sectors. Dollie Sah, a Maithil woman and en's lives that has resulted in a cul- bus and have learned to read a lit- A brighter future? solved problems," Jordanian expenses in Amman, which is about "Shame is not an issue, but the one of the founders of Nepal Lend- ture where women have largely tle bit, and I think those changes Although JWDC and other freelance blogger and commenta- 70km from Dhiban. issue is that this sector is not orga- ing Hands, a non-governmental stayed in the home. Maithil wom- were in large part due to the cen- similar initiatives have undoubted- tor Mohammad Munir told Al Another protester with a bach- nised and does not provide stabil- organisation that helps women in en paint traditional art on to can- tre," Burkert says. "These women ly improved the lives of many Jazeera. elor's degree in business adminis- ity, insurance or social security to the community. "It does not mat- vasses in a workshop inside the broke the ground; now there's been women and helped create change Unemployment is even higher tration said he had a similar expe- Jordanians," Rantawi said. ter if your father is a doctor or an Janakpur Women's Development some societal changes and more within the community, most agree among Jordanians with university rience while working a service job The Jordanian government has engineer: it's just different." Centre, where up to 40 Maithil women are gaining independence, that there has yet to be a radical degrees. According to Jordan's at a hotel in Amman. also allocated 25 million Jordanian The NGO was launched just a women work [Omar Havana/Al but these women really had to change in the community. Department of Statistics, 21 per- "We would work for the sake dinars ($35m) for unemployed few months ago, out of frustration, Jazeera] Art and opportunity This fight at the beginning; it wasn't an Davis says that change has cent of Jordanian men with a bach- of serving the employers, but could Jordanians to use as loans to start she says, at seeing this cycle re- home-centric culture has also re- easy thing," she adds. Today, the been a mixed bag, with improve- elor's degree or higher are unem- not move one step towards build- their own projects, particularly in peat itself year after year in her sulted in the development of a rich mood at the centre is bright, and ments in some areas but only for ployed - a number that jumps to ing our future," said the 28-year- rural areas where jobs are limited. community. artistic culture, passed down from the women currently working some people. 71 percent for women. old protester, who spoke to Al While residents welcomed the idea Yet over the past several de- generation to generation, from there - although there are far fewer "Access to education and em- Oraib Rantawi, director of the Jazeera on condition of anonymi- in theory, some questioned its prac- cades, Maithil women, such as mother to daughter. Maithil homes of them now than in the beginning ployment is greatest for those from Amman-based Al-Quds Center for ty. ticality. Shah and Thakur, have been mak- are often decorated with extensive - agree with the founder's analysis better off families. Things have Political Studies, warned of the Many residents of Dhiban, "In a place like Dhiban where ing strides to gain independence, wall paintings, which depict reli- of the changes that have been cre- changed least for the lowest castes. dangers facing what he called the with no direct public transporta- people could only buy their bread, helped by projects aimed at pro- gious scenes and motifs, especial- ated. Maithil women sew tradition- Still very few Maithil families ed- "waiting generation". tion options to Amman, work in what income-generating project viding them with income-earning ly in the lead-up to religious festi- al motifs on to cloth in the JWDC ucate their girls beyond secondary "We have a generation of young the army or in public-sector jobs, could you set up here?" opportunities outside the home. vals and other important occasions, worskhop [Omar Havana/Al school," she says. people who graduate from univer- such as government hospitals or Mashaaleh asked. Maithil women take a break such as weddings. Despite its ori- Jazeera] "Since I've started to earn Dollie Sah agrees. sity and spend eight to 10 years operational offices. And like most "We are not giving up," he add- for lunch on the grounds of the gins, it is this culture that is en- money, the opinion of my family "Since 2006 [the end of Ne- waiting to get a job and start a fam- rural towns in Jordan, Dhiban has ed. "They worked on silencing us Janakpur Women's Development abling the empowerment of Maithil and my community has started to pal's civil war], a lot of things have ily," Rantawi told Al Jazeera. "This not benefited from the country's and demolishing the [protest] tent Centre where they work near Jan- women today. Maithil women are change," says Manjula Thakur, changed; people have been more group is a very good target for ex- various development projects, more than working to find a solu- akpur, Nepal [Omar Havana/Al increasingly finding opportunities who has been working at JWDC and more aware [of these issues], tremist groups, or may be driven with its poor infrastructure repel- tion for our situation. We will keep Jazeera]Traditional roles Tradi- to capitalise on this art outside since the centre opened. "With the but what has been holding progress to any kind of violence due to their ling private-sector investment. building our tent, regardless of how tionally, women from the Maithil their traditional community, op- money I've earned, I've been able back is the caste system and pov- frustration." Officials with Jor- According to the Department many times they demolish it." community have almost never portunities which are helping them to send my children to school, build erty: people not having a choice."

Massachusetts, United States - It lessness leaves many feeling un- ter. The bee holds her daughter's tration. "This is all I can afford. our apartment. We lost Mya," Tif- is the fourth time that Tiffany comfortable asking for help and ashes, while the other charm has Unless you want to find a place fany says. "What else could go Drew has lived in the Starlight means their homelessness is often small designs of her daughter's and pay my rent for me - that's wrong? Motel, and the third time she has hidden from the official statistics. footprints [Carolyn Bick/Al what I pretty much told them, "I've always asked that, every been pregnant here.? Although cramped, the motel Jazeera] too."? time bad things have happened. I'm Today, like every time she is is home to Tiffany and her family. Mark's parents are also living Although Tiffany and a few like, 'Isn't it supposed to be threes? pregnant, she has a migraine.? And while she'd rather be living in at the Starlight. other motel residents are under the Why am I getting, like, four, five "I'm hoping if I take some Ty- a real apartment, she says she Before their most recent stay impression that the Board will pay things, before I get something lenol it will feel better," she says. knows that isn't an option consid- at the motel started, Tiffany, Sofiya their first month's rent, last month's good?'" She is almost translucently ering their "horrible credit". and Mark used to share a small rent and security deposit else- Mark has now found some pale. The motel room five-year- Tiffany picks Sofiya up from apartment with Mark's parents. where, Tropeano said that from work with a local company whose old Sofiya shares with her mother the side of the busy highway that Tiffany says she couldn't stand it. what he understands, the Board of owner was desperate for help. and father is cramped and strewn runs alongside the motel. She takes "Mark's dad doesn't know how Health "has no money to give any- He works "whenever they with toys, but it is home and Sofiya the bus to and from school [Caro- to mind his own business," she one". need him", Tiffany says, which and her half brother Colby do not lyn Bick/Al Jazeera] says. "They have a frickin' police The chair of the Board of means she sometimes doesn't see seem to see their lives as any dif- The school bus drops Sofiya scanner to frickin' listen to peo- Health, Amy Weigandt, did not him until late at night. "It gets a ferent from those of their peers at at the side of the busy highway ple." respond to multiple requests for little lonely," she admits. school [Carolyn Bick/Al Jazeera] that runs past the Starlight. Tiffa- The scanner, a radio set that comment, but Robert Ethier, a Sofiya and Colby play in the [Carolyn Bick/Al Jazeera] a shellfisherman, but it can be an Tiffany and her fiancee Mark ny meets her there and leads her picks up emergency broadcasts, health agent at the Board of Health, motel parking lot [Carolyn Bick/ The state of the room is a expensive business to be involved Maraccini have been living in the back to the relative safety of the would go off "all the time", she confirmed that the Board does not Al Jazeera] strange contrast to Scott himself. in [Carolyn Bick/Al Jazeera] Starlight Motel in Wareham, Mas- motel as cars rush by. says. have the funding to help the resi- Scott Richert has been living An old, paint-covered T-shirt that But Scott doesn't have a bank sachusetts, on and off since 2009. Then she watches as five-year- Even in the motel, she says dents. They are working with a at the Starlight Motel for two years might once have been a dark blue account. He gets paid for his work Their current stint started in the old Sofiya rides the scooter she they are "nosy". local pastor, David Shaw, and the but insists it's just temporary, hangs on his burly 6ft 3in frame. in cash. summer of 2015. Their daughter, shares with her half brother Col- "Any time they hear a knock Wareham Housing Authority to while he saves enough for a place He wears sweatpants of the same Scott contends that between Sofiya, who was born in 2011, by, Mark's son from another rela- out here, or a car, or anything like place them elsewhere, he said. of his own [Carolyn Bick/Al colour, and no shoes, as he lowers the cost of renewing his shellfish- lives with them. tionship who stays with them at that, they go sticking their head Tiffany checks Colby's home- Jazeera] his bulk onto the bed, and begins ing licence, and the excise taxes he Like many considered home- the weekends, around the small out the window." work, telling him to "write it so I Scott Richert: 'There aren't the to explain how he was forced to has to pay for his boat and car, he less by the government, the fami- motel parking lot. But they may soon have to can read it, because if I can't read best class of people in this place.' move into the motel in 2014. hasn't been able to save any mon- ly lives in a motel because - at $200 She looks down at her stom- move in with them again. it, she [the teacher] can't either" When we first meet, 52-year- As a shellfisherman, Scott ey, until recently. a week - it is cheaper than a nor- ach. She is 13 weeks pregnant and Sofiya plays in the parking lot [Carolyn Bick/Al Jazeera] old Scott Richert assures me he is must live in the town in which he He says he can't move towns, mal apartment, and they have bad anxious about bringing the child to of the motel as her mother, Tiffa- At the moment, Tiffany and only a temporary resident at the works. But ever-increasing rents either, because, under the laws of credit. term. ny, keeps watch. She wants to Mark barely manage to scrape to- Starlight Motel. mean he can't afford a place of his the various towns in which he has The rooms are an average of Tiffany lost her unborn baby, play with her eight-year-old half gether their motel rent each week. He's been telling himself that own. thought about living, he has to have about 13sq ft by 13sq ft, with one Mya, in July 2015 at 38 weeks, brother Colby, but he has home- It isn't easy as, until a couple of for the past two years - but he still He believes some residents, a year's residency before he may bathroom and no kitchen. Some due to a detached placenta. ?"She work to do [Carolyn B/Al Jazeera] weeks ago, Tiffany was the fami- keeps the walls of his room com- and some motel owners, will find begin shellfishing. Wareham is the residents, such as Tiffany, make basically suffocated," she says. In November 2015, the town's ly's sole breadwinner. Since they pletely bare, because he plans to a way around the new law banning only town he has found that do with microwaves. "When the placenta came out, half Board of Health announced that it have been together, Mark has lost leave "soon". people from staying in motels for doesn't require that. "That's why I Like most motels, the Starlight of it was black and shrivelled. would start imposing a three-week his job more than once. "I lived here years and years more than three weeks. am still here," he says. wasn't built for long--term stays.? "I was all prepared for Mya. I limit on stays in hotels and motels The first time, he was fired and years ago, for a couple "From what I understand, the "Like I said, I don't have But all the rooms at the Starlight, had everything I needed, and things in the area. The Board hopes this from the KFC where Tiffany months, and it was enough for me motel managers are gonna just start $3,000 for first, last and security and the other motels in Wareham, went bad at the last second, and will force hotel and motel owners works for taking small amounts of then," Scott says of his compara- swapping names around, see if [rent payments]. But I am work- are filled by homeless occupants. now ... could be anything," Tiffa- to upgrade their rooms so that they money, she says, so that he could tively brief stay at the motel in the they can get away with it," he says, ing on it," he says. Most consider this preferable to ny says.? can once again host long-term res- save the money he made for his 1990s. shrugging his shoulders. Scott suffered a heart attack the other options available to them: She couldn't bring herself to idents. family instead of spending it. But Although the bathroom is He says they might also ask almost two years ago, when he was "tent cities" in the woods or home- get rid of everything she'd bought While the Board has not said the sums were noticeable, she messy, the bedroom area is immac- people to move out for three days, helping the daughter of the Star- less shelters. for Mya. Now, she is glad she that it will actively kick out hotel says, and the manager caught him ulate. The floor is spotless. There and then move back in. light Motel manager, Sam Smith, No one knows exactly how didn't sell the crib. "If I had done and motel residents, the chairman doing it on camera. are no clothes anywhere. The bed It's not that Scott doesn't make move. many homeless people there are that, now where would I be?" she of the town's Board of Selectmen, "I understand he was trying to is tidy. And, yet, Scott still apolo- enough money. He pulls out a As Scott remembers it, it was in Wareham because the state asks with a laugh. which is essentially the executive help and feed the family, because gises for the mess. crumpled receipt that shows earn- the middle of summer. He was help- doesn't have any accurate data for Sofiya, who is watching, branch of the town, Patrick Tro- we couldn't pay the bills. We The only signs of his person- ings of $137 for a few hours of ing her move from one third-floor the town. They rely on the infor- chimes in. "We had Mya, and now peano, said in an email that it may couldn't pay the electric or the gas. ality come from his collection of work, and says that this is small apartment to another third-floor mation homeless shelters and char- we have another baby," she says. impose daily fines on hotel and The gas got shut off, and the elec- videos and DVDs - movies such compared with the prime shellfish one in a different building - neither itable organisations are able to gath- "And where is Mya?" Tiffa- motel owners, "usually $100 per tric got shut off," Tiffany says.? as Braveheart, Goodfellas, and The season, which is coming up soon. had an elevator. Then suddenly, er. But Thomas Fitzpatrick of ny asks her.? day per offence". Then, he got a job at Walmart, Betsy (his favourite, he says). "Right now, I am making about "[I] felt like my fricking heart was Turning Point, a homeless out- "In Heaveeeen," she says, The Board has said it will help but he lost that too. Soon after, "Talk about actors and actress- $55 an hour. During the winter, I going to blow out of my chest," he reach organisation based in Ware- drawing out the word and rolling place residents elsewhere, but Tif- the couple lost Mya, and then es, huh?" Scott says of The Betsy, can average about $25-$30 an says. ham, says: "We always have the her eyes at her mother's question fany isn't convinced. moved back into the motel, where grinning. "It's got a whole slew of hour," he says. "So, I make about Not that he went to the doctor rule of thumb that if there are 25 before scooting across the parking "No one is getting placed ... they celebrated Sofiya's fifth birth- 'em." $500, $600 in a week in the win- immediately. people [we know about], there are lot to her grandparents' motel room. But people with bad credit, they day. Scott's collection of videos and ter, but about $1,200, $1,300 "Don't be ridiculous," Scott always 25 you don't know about." Tiffany shows the necklace can't even get a place." "He lost his job at KFC. He DVDs are the only way in which now." says, laughing and giving one of The stigma attached to home- that reminds her of her late daugh- She crinkles her brow in frus- lost his job at Walmart. We lost he has personalised his motel room Scott makes good money as his thighs a jovial slap. SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Big data integrator Talend pops 54pc in Nasdaq debut, raising $94.5M French-American big data startup Talend made its debut as a public But he confirmed an agree- company today with a pop. After ment had been signed between the pricing its shares at $18 last night council and Jathran. (above the expected range of $15- Jathran’s brigades led block- $17), the company began trading ades of the ports starting in 2013, on Nasdaq under the ticker TLND saying he was trying to prevent at $27.66, up 54 percent on its IPO corruption in oil sales, though oth- price, giving the company an im- ers disputed his motives. plied valuation of $537 million. He has also called for more However, in the immediate autonomy for his eastern region. hour after opening, the stock de- Opening Ras Lanuf and Es Sid- clined about 14 percentage points er would add a potential 600,000 and it closed at $25.50. barrels per day of capacity to Lib- The offering at $18/share the ya’s crude exports, though experts night before raised $94.5 million estimate damage from fighting and and was above the company’s ex- the long stoppage must be repaired pected range of $15-17 and raise before shipments are at full capac- of $86.3 million. ity again. Talend’s debut is encouraging The NOC has said damage news for those who have been from recent attacks by ISIS, which wondering about the health of the expanded in the country’s chaos, tech IPO market. There have been meant the ports would struggle to very few listings this year, and get beyond 100,000 bpd in the near while Twilio had a strong entry term. (and continues to pick up speed), Beyond technical problems, Talend — which provides a plat- NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla form for Hadoop or Spark integra- has also objected to any deal with tion and data management servic- Jathran, saying it was a mistake to es, disrupting more traditional and reward the brigade commander by costly data warehousing services paying to end his blockade of the — could be a sign of more positive oil ports. reception for IPOs to come, par- Sanalla said a deal including ticularly in the area of enterprise payments would encourage other services. Some of the hopefuls that groups to disrupt oil operations in we’ve heard might be eyeing up the hope of a similar payout. public listings soon include Drop- The NOC has also threatened box, Okta and Puppet Labs. to withdraw its recognition of the There seems to be an appetite Presidential Council. for more if the metrics are right. In Eurasia Group analyst Riccar- an interview after the stock opened do Fabiani said the agreement was for trading, CEO Mike Tuchen likely to stick, unlike previous at- said that part of the reason the tempts to reopen the ports, be- Libya’s UN-backed government put to less than a quarter of pre- on Thursday with Ibrahim al-Jath- in salaries to Jathran’s forces. plex network of armed groups who company priced above its estimat- cause both sides had an interest in has signed a deal with an armed 2011 levels of 1.6 million barrels ran, commander of the Petroleum He said they had not been paid once fought against Qaddafi and ed range was because after the road brigade controlling the major Ras per day. No specific date was set Facilities Guards, one of Libya’s wages for 26 months. Their role is have quasi-official status are vy- making it work. Facing resistance from hardlin- show, Talend’s bankers said they’d Lanuf and Es Sider oil ports to end for restarting exports, but swift re- many armed brigades that has con- protecting the oil ports, though ing for power and control of the seen much more interest than they a blockade and restart exports from sumption would be hampered by trolled the terminals. “I think the critics have said they used it to country’s oil wealth, closing down ers and protests over living condi- tions, the presidential council had expected. “The fact that we’re the terminals shut down since De- technical damage from militant at- resumption depends now on tech- extort money from Tripoli. pipelines and battling over export cash-flow positive, and our mar- cember 2014. tacks and by opposition from the nical part ... and I think also it will In a statement issued later on terminals. needs oil revenues to improve ser- Reopening the ports would be state-run National Oil Corpora- happen from within a week to two Friday, Alkouni said there was “ab- Ali Hassi, a spokesman for vices and economic stability as a ket differentiation,” were two rea- a huge step for the North African tion, which objected to paying cash weeks, but not more,” Alkouni told solutely no truth to rumors that Jathran’s PFG brigade, said no date way of bolstering its legitimacy. sons for the positive reception, he state, which since the 2011 fall of to reopen the ports. Libyan Pres- Reuters by telephone. the resumption of oil exports was had been decided for reopening the Jathran is also increasingly said. Muammar Qaddafi has slipped idential Council deputy Mousa He said the agreement includ- the result of extortion or deals”. ports because that would depend politically isolated and has decid- Talend’s listing is also positive into chaos that has cut its oil out- Alkouni signed the agreement late ed paying an unspecified amount Rival governments and a com- on the National Oil Corporation. ed to side with the council. news for those who wonder about how international startups might fare in U.S. markets at the moment. As a startup, Talend raised just over $100 million from the likes of Silver Lake but also a strong slate of French and European investors WASHINGTON : Fears about area of the economy that has held like Bpifrance, Balderton, Idinvest, China, shrunken oil prices and tur- back growth the past three quar- and Iris Capital Partners. It was bulent markets held the U.S. econ- ters. Business investment, which founded in France in 2005, and now omy to a sluggish pace at the start has also weakened because of cut- has two headquarters: in Suresnes of the year. But the gloom seems backs by energy companies, is in the outskirts of Paris and Red- to have lifted. thought to have increased slightly wood City, California. Economists think that the last quarter. But government And investors are willing to gross domestic product — the spending to expected to have been invest in tech companies that are broadest gauge of economic activ- a drag on growth. not immediately profitable. Talend ity — rebounded in the spring to The new GDP report may be competes against the likes of oth- more than twice the growth rate of used by both Democrats and Re- er public companies like Splunk the first three months of the year. publicans to try to score political and Hortonworks, but also pri- GDP grew at a scant 1.1 per- points. Republicans contend that vately held businesses like Apatar cent annual pace in the January- GDP over the past seven years has and Jitterbit. It posted a net loss March quarter but is thought to grown at the weakest pace of any of $22 million last year on reve- have accelerated to a 2.6 percent post-World War II recovery and nues of $76 million. Notably, that rate in the April-June quarter, ac- blame the Obama administration's loss was level with the year be- cording to economists surveyed by policies. Democrats point instead fore, while revenues were up from data firm FactSet. to structural changes in the U.S. $62.6 million, meaning the com- On Friday, the Commerce De- economy and to obstructionism by pany is growing and improving, partment will provide its first of Republican leaders in Congress slowly. three estimates of GDP growth for who have blocked spending initia- Late last night, Tuchen point- the April-June quarter. tives. ed out that the company was still The big driver for the rebound Analysts predict that the econ- in its “early days.” is believed to have been consumer omy will grow at an annual rate “Today is an important mile- spending. The pace of that spend- slightly above 2 percent in the sec- stone which became possible, in ing had slowed to its weakest pace ond half of the year — a modest part, because of our singular focus in two years during the January- pace in line with the pattern that's on enabling organizations of all March quarter. Analysts have fore- existed since the recovery began in types to become data driven – an cast that it accelerated sharply in June 2009. Still, even tepid growth increasingly necessary skill in a the spring, possibly to its fastest would be preferable to the possi- world where data has become a pace in a decade. Because consum- ble recession that some had feared that the already weak global econ- October. and support stronger consumer ished." Though the Fed kept in- strategic asset,” he said in a state- ers account for more than two- might be nearing after the econo- omy might slide further. "It is amazing how resilient the spending in the second half of the terest rates unchanged, economists ment. “As notable as today’s mile- thirds of economic activity, a re- my's woeful start to the year. On top of that, job growth in U.S. economy has been in the face year." said the central bank's brighter out- stone is though, we are still in the bound in their spending has an After stabilizing in February, the United States slowed sharply of all these uncertainties and The Federal Reserve took note look might clear the way for a rate early days of our journey. We’re outsize effect on GDP growth. markets went into a second nose- in April and May. But the job mar- shocks," said Mark Zandi, chief of the improving economy after it increase as soon as September. But looking forward to maximizing the The consumer gain will be off- dive in June after Britain voted to ket came roaring back with economist at Moody's Analytics. ended its latest policy meeting this most see only one modest Fed rate opportunity we have in front of set somewhat by a slowdown by leave the European Union, an un- 287,000 additional jobs in June, "The job market is just incredible, week, saying "near-term risks to hike this year, which would be us and building our business for stockpiling by businesses — an expected outcome that raised fears the biggest monthly gain since and those gains will boost incomes the economic outlook have dimin- unlikely to slow the economy. long-term success. Pakistan likely to turn down Japan’s offer to finance new Lakhra power plant

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may de- project and the Japan Internation- not come forward after the Priva- cline Japan’s offer to finance a new al Cooperation Agency (JICA) has tisation Commission sought ex- 650-megawatt supercritical coal- already completed a feasibility pressions of interest. fired power plant at Lakhra to re- study for installation of the plant. Govt to import gas exclusive- place an out-dated 150MW unit World moves away, Pakistan ly for power plants due to the preoccupation of Paki- goes towards coal This project had also remained stan Railways with the China-Pa- Sources said officials of the in the news for all the bad reasons kistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Pakistan Railways, EAD and Min- and the Supreme Court struck projects and higher power genera- istry of Water and Power did not down the plant’s lease deal, which tion cost. support the proposal to set up a the Pervez Musharraf-led govern- Japan is keen to provide a loan supercritical coal-fired power ment signed in 2006 for 20 years of $1.7 billion for construction of plant. The officials of the Minis- without open bidding. the new power plant at Lakhra. try of Railways did not give a firm The government’s reluctance The loan is linked with the pur- commitment to providing logisti- to accept Japan’s offer came amid chase of machinery and plant from cal support for transporting coal reports that the Ministry of Wa- Japanese vendors. to the site. ter and Power had decided to stop Japan expresses interest in The Pakistan Railways is al- issuing fresh Letters of Intent and Lakhra coal projects ready preoccupied with the CPEC Letters of Support for imported The government on Friday re- projects and sparing freight wag- fuel-based power plants to be set viewed Japan’s offer during a meet- ons for coal supply to yet another up by the private sector. ing chaired by Finance Minister power project is not immediately According to media reports, Ishaq Dar. Senior officials of the possible. the ministry informed the Private Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Another reason for opposing Power and Infrastructure Board Water and Power, Pakistan Rail- the project was the expected high that new 2,632MW hydroelectric ways and Economic Affairs Divi- cost of power generation when power plants, 3,960MW coal- sion (EAD) participated in the compared with the Asian Devel- based power plants (both local and meeting. opment Bank (ADB)-funded Jam- imported) and other renewable Dar did not take a final deci- shoro coal-fired power plant, said energy projects already under con- sion on whether to accept or reject the officials. struction will bring 13,207MW of the offer and another meeting The site of the project, which new generation capacity by the would be held early next week, was less than 40 kilometres from end of 2018. government officials said. Pakistan the Jamshoro power plant, was According to a statement is- would give a formal response after another reason for opposing the sued by the finance ministry after holding the next meeting, they said. new project. the meeting, Dar reviewed the fi- Dar convened the meeting of The existing Lakhra power nancial aspects of coal-based pow- stakeholders following Japanese plant has a generation capacity of er projects and expressed his sat- ambassador’s talk with him, who 150MW but the output is very isfaction over the progress. expressed the desire to fund the low due to the out-dated technol- We said every effort must be Lakhra power plant, according to ogy and high cost of generation. made to complete the projects officials of the Ministry of Water The project was also on the active within the approved timeframe as and Power. list of privatisation. well as within the approved bud- Tokyo is keen to invest in the Last year, financial advisers did gets. SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Munna Bhai Life lessons: slated for ‘I don’t take release in 2018: success to head confirms Sanjay Dutt and failure to heart’

Warner Bros just dropped the full cast list for Suicide Squad and it turns out, Batman won’t be the only hero to add a pinch of Justice Since Sajnay Dutt’s been out of League-ism to the movie. jail, the star has been working on Ezra Miller’s Flash will also multiple projects. On the occasion be making a surprise cameo! of his 57th birthday, Sanjay an- The news was revealed in nounced that Munnabhai will hit Suicide Squad press notes the theaters in 2018. Sanjay Dutt to return as from critics screenings that Khalnayak the studio has been holding, “My movie with (Vidhu) Deadline reported. Vinod Chopra sahab will start in While the notes don’t give November, it is called Marco. And any specifics about The after that, I am doing a film with Flash’s cameo, it is being Mahesh Manjrekar, it is a remake said that the 23-year-old of De Dhakka, and then there is a actor likely filmed the spot good line-up of movies,” Indian Ex- during Suicide Squad’s press quoted him as saying. The NEW DELHI: In her eight-year- Khalnayak star was asked about reshoots.Miller’s take on the long journey in the Indian film in- Munnabhai’s release to which he Flash debuted in two brief dustry, Anushka Sharma has tast- replied, “2018”. When asked about scenes in Batman v Super- ed success with commercial hits the delay, he said, “You should ask man: Dawn of Justice, which such as Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, PK Raju Hirani and Vinod sir. Even I bowed March 25 in North and the latest, Sultan. While she am waiting for Munnabhai.” Sanjay America. You can catch has also faced failure with Bom- Dutt breaks silence on tiff with Suicide Squad, which stars bay Velvet and Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Salman Khan Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Mandola, the actor-producer says Sanjay also disclosed his rou- Jai Courtney and many more, neither success nor failure affects tine post his jail term. “I have her dedication. started working out, I do martial in theatres on August 5, “Bombay Velvet was a big di- arts. I spend four hours in the gym 2016. saster I have faced. But the kind of in a day. I have quit drinking. You person I am, I don’t take success should not drink alcohol. There is to my head or failure to my heart. a very strict diet for me, grilled fish, Alicia Vikander is a once-in-a-generation star: Matt Dam on I feel that is important because I grilled chicken and you have to eat feel in an industry which is so fick- what you eat in the hospital.” le, you realise that soon,” Anush- Actor Matt Damon says his Jas- one in Hollywood is trying to get “I just think of these once-in-a- more like Liam Neeson few lines Matt Damon has in Jas- ka said in an interview. “I feel be- His biopic is also in the works on Bourne co-star Alicia Vikander Alicia in their movie right now,” generation actresses who kind of “There’s been six or seven (re- on Bourne with Ranbir Kapoor playing the cause of this reason, I have man- is the current favourite of Holly- Damon said. Read The Danish Girl explode onto the scene and what cent) performances and they’re all When asked if there is anything aged to stay above the surface. It lead. Sanjay is expected to make a wood and everyone wants her in review: Why did Eddie Redmayne strikes me about her is I can’t see really different and they’re all go- people should know about Vi- short appearance in the movie. is important to have that sense of their film. The 45-year-old actor get an Oscar nod? The Martian star where her limits are. Read:?What ing in different places and I don’t kander, 27, but are not aware of reality that you will have success- Have something to add to this praised the Oscar-winner saying feels the Swedish actress’ talent has brought Michael Fassbender and see the boundaries yet. I’m really yet, the actor said with a laugh, “If story? Share it in the comments. es and you will have failures and they are lucky to have her in the no boundaries and she is versatile Alicia Vikander together? excited to see what she does next,” I knew something that people you will have to lie somewhere in movie, reported People magazine. enough to surprise people with her Watch Jason Bourne trailer: he said. don’t know, then they shouldn’t between,” she added. “We were lucky to get her. Every- choice of roles in the future as well. Matt Damon’s reborn Bourne’s Read: You’ll never believe how hear it from me.” Anushka is currently riding Even Shah high on the success of Sultan, which saw her share screen space with Rukh looks superstar Salman Khan. While she Review: made her film debut with the Shah Believe it or not, Meryl Streep once Rukh Khan starrer Rab Ne Bana up to Hrithik 'Madaari' - Di Jodi and later worked with Aamir Khan in PK, Salman is the for some Powerful feared she wouldn’t get more work third big Khan of Bollywood that Anushka has worked with. Speak- fitness goals and thought Oscar-winning actor Meryl Streep ing about this achievement, she used to fear that every film would shared, “I have never really thought be her last. The 67-year-old’s big- about all these things happening provoking gest concern was that she wouldn’t to me. I never thought about I’ll be cast in any more movies. But get to work with all the three she says she is proud that she still Khans. It really wasn’t something boasts a successful career 27 years that ever occurred to me in my later, reports femalefirst.co.uk. mind. But I feel humbled and hap- Read: Watch Meryl Streep ape py… The contributions that I have Donald Trump: Let’s give her an had in these films are what make it Oscar for this too special for me.” Speaking to the Wall Street Jour- She also feels fortunate be- nal magazine about her fears for cause they are huge superstars of the future, Streep said: “And if the country and have phenomenal you’re lucky you can keep work- reach, which helps her work to get Not so long ago, Shah Rukh Khan ing. But everybody has troughs and through to other people. “Their took everyone’s breath away when 'Madaari' is the moving tale of a dismal times - every single per- reach is phenomenal and because snaps of his 8-pack abs for Hap- distraught common man, a single son.” “I remember as I was hover- of their reach and their fan follow- py New Year hit the Internet. It father Nirmal Kumar (Irrfan) who ing around 40, I thought each movie ing, my work gets through to so turns out, he owes it all to Hrithik has lost his son under tragic cir- would be my last, really. And all many other people.” Roshan. cumstances, owing to negligence the evidence of other 40-year-old Anushka has also worked While the Greek God, as he is and corruption in the system. women at that time - this is 27 with some formidable directors sometimes called, makes many How he resorts to a desperate years ago - would lead you to be- during her career. From being a part women go weak in the knees with measure to make his voice heard, lieve it was over.” of late legend Yash Chopra’s last his toned physique, his workout in a bid to seek justice, forms the Streep further shared that she film Jab Tak Hain Jaan to working routine has inspired many men crux of the film. Exposing the mal- would have been “unhappy” if her with Karan Johar in the forthcom- within Bollywood and outside to aise of deep-seated corruption, acting career had come to an end biography “On a certain level you you’re compelled in a certain Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel ing Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, she has hit the gym. government apathy and the pow- because of her age. Read:?Meryl don’t have any choice - you’re way,” she said. Streep recently Miranda in the upcoming Mary also worked under the direction of Read: What makes Shah Rukh er of social media in reaching out Streep talks about her affairs in her unhappy if you’re not doing it, so signed on to co-star opposite Poppins reboot. names such as Rajkumar Hirani, Khan a marketing genius When to people, the film is both, dis- Zoya Akhtar and Ali Abbas Zafar. King Khan recently went live on turbing and hard-hitting. It is a re- However, Anushka mentioned fame, he revealed interesting things ality check for the electorate and her journey has always been about about his fitness regimes, especial- sends out a strong message that her own choices, whether it means ly the one where he took a leaf out the "ideal voter" in India will per- Taiwanese actor dropped from Chinese producing a film at the age of 25 or of the 42-year-old actor’s book. haps no longer tolerate government it means not doing that many films Read: I am not good enough to indifference and demands account- er of Taiwan’s Sunflower Move- in a year. According to her, what- work internationally, says Shah ability. Unlike, other political sat- film on ‘independence issue’ ment -- which is against closer links ever she does, she follows her gut. Rukh Khan ires, "Madaari" takes the route of between mainland China and Tai- “Somewhere in my life, I have al- The 50-year-old Fan actor, a strong emotionally-packed nar- This may be hard to believe but is wan. He, however, said also in a ways been a bit of risk-taker in who was all praise for his Kabhi rative, well-told. And that, is what true. A renowned Taiwanese actor statement that he was “against op- that I have never listened to things Khushi Kabhie Gham co-star’s perhaps pierces your heart, mak- has been taken off the lead part in a pression and respects the views of people have told me or what other chiseled body, said, “I used to ing you connect immediately. You Chinese film reportedly because he other people, but is not a member female actors are doing. I have not work out seeing Hrithik Roshan’s empathise with the father, even spoke for the independence of his of any political party and is not a paid much attention to those picture in my gym. This was near- not having experienced his predic- country. What is even harder to di- supporter of Taiwan indepen- things,” she stated. “I feel some- ly twenty years ago. We had a pic- ament. Irrfan, as the anguished fa- gest is that the entire movie shoot dence”. Dai’s dismissal comes at a times when you follow your gut ture of Hrithik standing pulling over ther, is brilliant. His eyes, with was completed in June. The action time when there is a strong nation- and instinct and you don’t feel his suspenders, this was from their vacant expression, convey his indicates the kind of doggedness alist sentiment sweeping across afraid, I think God blesses you. It Dabboo Ratnani’s shoot. We used pain and frustration, with ease. As which China has towards the arts. China that has been provoked by a is said that luck follows those who to keep his picture.” Watch: Shah an actor, he is in absolute com- The Chinese film, No Other Love, United Nations ruling on South follow their instincts and I have Rukh Khan in Raees teaser mand, reliving the grief effortless- is a romantic comedy helmed by the China Sea in support of The Phil- just followed my instincts.” On the work front, Hrithik is ly. His pain is palpable. The last commercially sought-after Zhao Wei, ippines’ claim to the disputed re- Hailing from an army back- currently juggling between the pro- scene where he finally severs phys- and a statement from the producers gion. A number of Chinese celebri- ground, Anushka had absolutely no motions of Ashutosh Gowariker’s ical ties with his son's belongings, -- who fired the Taiwanese star, Leon ties have been sending messages Bollywood backing. However, she period drama Mohenjo Daro, is heart-wrenching. Vishal Bansal, Dai -- closed the issue by submit- claiming loyalty to Beijing. Recent- credits film-maker Aditya Chopra which will hit the theatres on Au- as the Home Minister's son, Ro- ting an apology that read: “Sorry for ly, Dai appeared in Taiwanese di- for making her one of the top fe- gust 12, and shooting of his up- han, is a treat to watch. A combi- hiring the wrong person... After and the entire crew dedicate them- over the country and national iden- rector Hou Hsiao-hsien’s martial arts male actors today. Being an out- coming film, Kaabil, while SRK is nation of spontaneity and re- multiple communications with Dai, selves wholeheartedly to China. tity is intolerable.” Read: Jude movie, The Assassin (which won sider turned out to be an advan- going to have as many as three re- straint, the child exudes a maturi- his stance was still unclear. There- We are all Chinese, and we firmly Law’s The Young Pope to pre- the Best Director Palm d’Or at tage for Anushka; because she feels leases in 2017 - Raees, Imtiaz Ali’s ty as an actor, far beyond his years. fore, the director and all investors support the one China policy. Our miere at Venice film fest Leon Dai Cannes in 2015) -- set in the final she did not join the industry with next film starring Aunshka Sharma Their bond which builds, gradual- unanimously agreed to remove Dai country’s interests are our top pri- with actor Michelle Yeoh in The years of the Tang Dynasty in 8th any pre-conceived notions about and Aanand L Rai’s next movie. ly, is heart-warming. from his leading role… The director orities… Any ambiguous stance Assassin. Dai has been a support- century China. the way things need to be done. Sangeeta wants to teach Noor a lesson Throwback:The struggles of Matt Damon Matt Damon’s career breakout Ishq Positive may have hit screens acceptable. Besides, Noor has giv- utors Association Chairperson her life has she compromised on came opposite Robin Williams in already, but the production is yet en me a fake cheque that obvious- Chaudhary Ejaz Kamran, director the quality of her work. “I warned 1997’s Good Will Hunting, but to escape the cloud of negativity ly bounced,” revealed Sangeeta. Joni Malik and screenwriter Per- Noor and Wali against what they years earlier Damon found himself that has surrounded it right from Flanked by Pakistan Film Distrib- vaiz Kalim, Sangeeta said never in were doing but of course, it fell on falling just short of working with day one. The film may have failed deaf ears.” According to Sangeeta, the late actor. to impress on the box office, its it is now high time that she is re- During a recent SiriusXM cast and crew members, both cur- munerated for her participation in Town Hall interview, Damon was rent and former, have been making Ishq Positive . “I completed most discussing what he learned early headlines for quite a while now. parts of the film and even record- in his career while fighting for roles The film’s former maker San- ed the songs but Noor is refusing that he ended up not getting. When geeta addressed a media conference to pay me,” she claimed. “I am asked if there was one that was at Lahore Press Club, firing a seriously ill and still committed to particularly heartbreaking to miss broadside at the film’s new direc- the film. In fact, I was the one who out on, he revealed, “Well, Dead tor Noor Bukhari. What started out introduced Noor to the film indus- Poets Society. Ben and I got called as a financial dispute has turned try in the first place! She should back on that.” into a rather ugly falling-out. “I remember that and respect her se- Not only did Damon and Af- worked on Ishq Positive for about niors,” added Sangeeta. Disheart- fleck fail to get their first big break worked at a movie theatre in Cam- And we’re like, ‘That could have 22 days and it was decided that ened by Noor’s alleged behaviour, with roles in the Academy Award- bridge, Massachusetts, and the one been us.’” Noor would pay me Rs500,000 in Sangeeta has naturally taken the nominated film — even though movie they played all summer was The Jason Bourne star feels exchange for my services. But I matter to heart. “I have spent al- they did go on to win their own Dead Poets Society,” laughed Da- like the unsuccessful experiences have received only Rs200,000,” most 45 years of my life working Best Original Screenplay Oscar mon. “And we had to sit there in helped shape both of their careers. said Sangeeta. “She would also dis- in the Pakistani film industry. I together for Good Will Hunting — our black pants, white shirt, ma- “There are the experiences that turb my work and ask me to change have introduced so many actors but the pain on missing out on it roon vest, black bow tie, sit there, they either crush you or they in- the script a lot. I left the film due and artists and I find it so insulting soon became much worse for the tearing tickets, serving popcorn, ure you to the realities of this busi- to the behaviour of Noor and Wali that some of them are working best friends and future collabora- and then watch people bawling ness, and for us it made us more Hamid Ali Khan, which was not against me,” she said. tors. “When it came out, Ben and I their eyes out as they came out. determined.” SUNDAY . JULY 31, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Germ an GP, Practice 3: Nico Ro sberg fastest again but gaps clo se

Nico Rosberg stayed ahead of 0.3-second Friday deficit to Ros- under investigation by stewards take third place, just 0.099s be- 'best of the rest' behind the top three Lewis Hamilton in final practice berg to just 0.057s heading into for an alleged unsafe release when hind Rosberg, with Kimi teams from McLaren, who were for the German GP, but Mercedes' qualifying, Mercedes' rivals wiped his car exited his garage into the Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel ninth with Fernando Alonso. But advantage over Red Bull and Fer- out most of their half-second def- path of Romain Grosjean's oncom- fourth and fifth for the Scuderia Jenson Button endured a torrid ses- rari shrunk to a tenth of a second. icit to the Silver Arrows. Mercedes ing Haas. Daniel Ricciardo moved respectively. Both Williams cars sion with balance and grip problems While Hamilton closed down his and Hamilton were also placed Red Bull back ahead of Ferrari to made the top 10 to take over as in his McLaren and wound up 19th. I’m taking Leo’s title: Fram pton Can arl Frampton has vowed to prove he is the best Murray featherweight in the world by beating Leo Santa Cruz and becoming WBA champion in New York on Satur- be day night. The Jackal (22-0-0-KO14) has stepped up from super-bantam- weight to meet undefeated Califor- w o rld nia-based Mexican Santa Cruz (32- 0-1-KO18) as he bids to become a two-weight world champion. Watch the weigh-in between No 1? Santa Cruz and Frampton Watch the weigh-in between Santa Cruz and Frampton But Frampton is not fazed by the prospect of meet- ing a fighter of Santa Cruz's calibre and promised his fans at Friday's weigh-in that he will return home helsea striker Diego Cos last few days, Diego had pain in to Belfast victorious.I wanted a ta is struggling with a his back. So he didn't train, and for guy like Santa Cruz because I want back injury and will not this reason he didn't play." to prove myself," Frampton said play against Real Madrid Michy Batshuayi is expected at the weigh-in, ahead of Saturday's on Saturday, head coach Antonio to feature in Diego Costa's place showdown at Brooklyn's Barclays Conte has confirmed. Michy Batshuayi is expected Center. "I know I can deal with The Spain international took to feature in Diego Costa's place these guys at featherweight - I can no part in the Blues' 1-0 win over Conte said he will start with beat any of them. When I hit them Liverpool in the International Asmir Begovic in goal but Thibaut hard on the chin, it could be game As Andy Murray sits out the start Champions Cup in Los Angeles on Courtois and Eden Hazard, who of the American hard-court season, over. we ask whether his target of be- Wednesday, with the new Premier recently returned to training after Frampton celebrates beating League season now just two weeks their post-Euro 2016 breaks, will coming the world No 1 is a realis- Scott Quigg in his last fight tic one. The Scot boosted his away. both begin the second half. Frampton celebrates beating Scott chances by racking up 2,000 rank- And Conte, speaking in a press And he expects some tiredness Quigg in his last fight "I'm looking ing points to Djokovic's meagre 90 conference ahead of their next in his players' legs, stating it is "not forward to the fight. We've got a at Wimbledon on the back of his friendly in Michigan, insisted he easy" to play just two days after game plan, we're not going to give best-ever showing on the Europe- will never pick a player who has their win over Liverpool. it away but we'll do whatever it an clay, but remains 4,845 behind not trained, no matter what their Highlights of Chelsea's 1-0 win takes to get the win." in the world rankings. That deficit status in the club. over Liverpool in the Internation- Frampton, who tipped the is set to increase after he decided "I have to see the players in al Champions Cup on Wednesday scales at 125.25lbs for the contest not to defend his Rogers Cup title, training. If I cannot see them in the Highlights of Chelsea's 1-0 win - 0.25lbs less than Santa Cruz - meaning he will slip further behind training session, I cannot put them over Liverpool in the Internation- says making the weight for this if the Serb prevails from a field also in a game," he said. al Champions Cup on Wednesday fight was no issue for him, insist- missing Roger Federer and Rafael International Champions Cup "The game against Liverpool ing he is in the best shape of his Nadal. Will Djokovic dominate in guide Who's playing when and was a physical game that both life. ment) "I grew out of super ban- footsteps of mentor Barry "This is another fight Carl has Toronto? Find Sky Bet's odds here. where and how to watch with Sky teams fought to win," he said. "We tamweight a year-and-a-half ago. I McGuigan if he is successful in his to be in the best shape that he can The alternative option of playing "I'm a natural featherweight," was making it because I was the WBA title quest but the Clones be in, use the right tactics that in the Olympics is a detrimental Sports "I want to see my players had only one training session to the Tiger's Bay fighter said. in training, doing the work. If some- prepare, but we have to work in champion but I was killing myself Cyclone says Frampton must treat Shane [McGuigan's son and one to his chances, given that there Frampton challenges WBA will be no rankings points avail- one is injured or there is some prob- pre-season. champion Santa Cruz on Saturday trying to make the weight. the Santa Cruz contest just like Frampton's trainer] and him have lems and I don't see the player, "I hope to use our minds to- "This is the easiest I have made any other bout. worked on very hard, and win. able at the showcase event this night (Ed Diller/DiBella Entertain- the weight in five or six years. This "People are talking about sen- "So forget about the sentimen- year. The ATP 'Singles Race' pro- then it's impossible for me to think morrow. When you are tired, it's ment) Frampton challenges WBA vides for more encouraging read- about putting him in the starting important to use the head, stay is the best I have ever felt and I am timentality and all that nonsense, tality, forget about it being the champion Santa Cruz on Saturday coming home with the title." but we just don't go for that," WBA title; it's just we have got to ing for Murray, with less than 800 eleven or on the bench. concentrated and play good foot- night (Ed Diller/DiBella Entertain- points between the two in 2016, "This is normal, for me. In the ball, despite being tired." Frampton will follow in the McGuigan said. go out there and perform and win." although that also means he has still got to improve on what many consider to be the best form of his career. Murray handled the pres- H erath five-w icket sure of being favourite at Wimble- Sisters set fo r Elliso n eyes a don following Novak Djokovic's early loss Murray handled the pres- haul seals Sri sure of being favourite at Wimble- bike show dow n don following Novak Djokovic's Galw ay treble early loss More specifically, he is The Garner gene is quite something Lucy in the race with me because going to have to improve on an un- Lan ka Aussie w in when it comes to a pair of wheels she always looks out for me. We favorable head-to-head record and going very fast. both have different goals and goals against the Serb, having lost 13 of The 21-year-old Lucy Garner, with in our teams. their last 15 meetings. The latter Sky Academy Sports Scholar and Lucy: We used to be a lot more sections of the campaign also take us back on to the world No 1's in her first season with Wiggle competitive until I moved away stronghold - the hard-courts - a High5, may not have made the Rio to Holland. Now we are really surface on which Djokovic's only Olympics but she is tipped for close and support each other. 'loss' of 2016 came due to an eye huge things in road racing. Grace: If it was a road race problem. Indeed, it is the surface Hot on her heels is Grace, two Lucy would probably win both. that Djokovic is rated the greatest years younger than her sister. She In a timed event it could be quite of all time on, according to ATP rides for Podium Ambition, who close. Lucy: I'd say the same as Performance Zone, winning 84 per also boast Paralympic legend Dame Grace. I have a bit more experi- cent of all matches - a greater ratio Sarah Storey, and will go up against ence in the peloton at the moment than Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors Lucy at this weekend's RideLon- but Grace is pretty quick in timed or Roger Federer. Murray, on the don Classique. So what do the Gar- events. Grace is another rising star other hand, suffered last-32 losses ner siblings make of each other as in cycling from the Garner family to Federico Delbonis and Grigor they prepare for battle? Grace: Grace is another rising star in Dimitrov in Indian Wells and Mi- Lucy is a selfless person so she cycling from the Garner family Brian Ellison believes Baraweez well already this week and deserve ami earlier this year, after yet an- will always commit 100 per cent Grace: Yes. However, I've not beat- will "take all the beating " as he to take their chance," said Ellison. other Australian Open final loss to her team-mates. Lucy: Grace is en Lucy yet so I'm not sure what bids for a third successive victory "With the ground drying up, that to DjokovicHis 2015 Rogers Cup very dedicated on and off the bike will happen when I do! in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF will probably suit Baraweez and also represents his only success "Ahonoora" Handicap at Galway Stipulate best. "On faster ground, on the surface in Masters or Grand and knows what she wants. Grace Lucy: Always. As an athlete Slam events in the last three years. and Lucy: They are both very you always have good and bad on Sunday. seven furlongs might just be sharp The six-year-old has for the enough for Top Notch Tonto. That's one title out of 27, if we proud of us. If we finished first or days. We both know that because include the indoor events in Paris last it doesn't matter to them. Our we are both sprinters. Sometimes past two seasons finished placed "Dream Walker ran well on Thurs- in the BMW Mile on the second day so he'd have his chance, as and London. Djokovic has won 18 grandparents both raced and my Grace will beat me and I will beat of them. It remains to be seen how dad liked riding his bike. We actu- her. Grace: We try not to talk about night of the Festival before turn- well, but Baraweez might be the the SW19 outcome will impact the ally both rode old fashioned bikes it all the time. But it is our life so ing out just five days later to win one." The Alistair Whillans-trained pair but ultimately the measure of like penny farthings and tandems we do talk about it a lot. Lucy: I this lucrative prize. Pintura is another dangerous chal- the Serb's shock exit is his supreme and then we thought we'd move don't really like to talk about cy- Ellison has again followed the lenger from Britain. The nine-year- consistency. In a year of great on to modern bikes! cling all the time so when I am, I same route, with Baraweez run- old won this race four years ago sporting upsets, Djokovic's third- Grace: We haven't really raced like to know what they have been ning with credit to finish fifth from and was runner-up in 2013 and 12 round loss to Sam Querrey was each other yet but I like to have up to. a wide draw earlier the week. months ago. Pintura's former train- right up there. Plenty have ques- PALLEKELE: Sri Lankan spinner Nevill frustrated Sri Lanka with a The Norton-based trainer er Kevin Ryan is represented by tioned the reasoning behind the Rangana Herath backed up centu- 178-ball partnership. could not be happier with how his Kelinni, with Pat Smullen a posi- Serb's shock loss, with suggestions rion Kusal Mendis' superlative ef- Herath bagged the last Austra- charge has recovered from those tive jockey booking. Canary Row of conspiracy theories even float- fort to stun top-ranked Australia lian wicket to fall by cleaning up exertions. He said: "When he won was fourth in last year's renewal ed, such was the scrambling for by 106 runs in the rain-affected O'Keefe, triggering wild celebra- the race last year he was lame from for Patrick Prendergast. The six- logic caused by his relentless suc- first Test in Pallekele on Saturday. tions in the Sri Lankan camp. the Tuesday until the Saturday and year-old returns to Ballybrit in cess during his 106-week strangle- he still came out and won. "This good form following a Limerick win hold on the No 1 ranking. Herath finished with impres- This was only Sri Lanka's sec- He will now be looking to sive match figures of 9-103 to help ond Test win against Australia in year he came out of the Tuesday and three consecutive placed ef- race absolutely bouncing, so I think forts so far this season. "He's back prove that his Wimbledon loss was the hosts bundle out Australia for 27 matches. the exception that proves the rule, 161 on the fifth and final day. It was batsman Mendis (176) he'll take all the beating." Baraweez on a rating he's fairly nailed at, with recent history suggesting fur- The visitors, who made 203 in who set up the unlikely win for spearheads a four-pronged Ellison which is why Killian Leonard is ther evidence will be forthcoming. their first innings, had been chas- Sri Lanka with his superb maiden assault on the seven-furlong con- riding him to take 7lb off his back," Djokovic has lost relatively ing a challenging 268. ton in his team's second innings test. Fast, secure racing tickets: Ex- said Prendergast. early in two other events this sea- Read: Test No. 1 slot beckons after the hosts overcame an 86-run clusive racing offers near you Top "But he was fourth in the race son, in the quarter-finals to Feli- Pakistan for first time since start deficit. Notch Tonto and Stipulate finished last year, he's been running con- ciano Lopez in Dubai and to Jiri of rankings Australian skipper Sri Lanka lead the three-match second and fourth in the BMW sistently well all season and I'm Vesely in Monte Carlo, only to Steven Smith provided some re- series 1-0 as the action shifts to Mile, while Dream Walker was sure he'll run a good race. respond by winning the following sistance with a gritty half-century Galle for the second Test begin- third in an extended one-mile hand- "Any drop of rain they get will titles, the Indian Wells and the before Steve O'Keefe and Peter ning August 4. icap on Thursday. "They've all run be a help to him." Madrid Masters. SUNDAY . JULY 31. 2016-Asad 10, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:08 Price: Afs.15

The Envoy: From Kabul to the Agha, an Afghan army spokesman. Provincial government spokes- man Attahullah Khogyani said 78 White House, My Journey houses empty, with posters plas- Daesh fighters had been killed in tered on the walls and black flags the operation and many bodies had left by departing Islamic State fight- been concealed inside houses to Through a Turbulent World ers. Backed by U.S. special forces hide the number of fatalities they I came back the next day to see troops and airstrikes that authori- had suffered. Khomeini in an adjacent villa. In ties say have killed hundreds of Five U.S. special forces troops, full clerical robes, Khomeini sat Islamic State fighters in recent fighting alongside Afghan special cross-legged on the floor, polite but weeks, the Afghan army has forces, were injured in the fight- unsmiling. Not knowing that I un- launched an offensive against the ing. derstood Persian, one of his aides movement, which is now believed Involving both regular army advised him, “Tell the American to be confined to three or four dis- and special forces, the operation professor that we want democra- tricts in eastern Afghanistan. in Nangarhar, dubbed "Wrath of cy and rights for women—this is Afghan commanders said they the Storm", coincided with last what Americans like to hear.” I faced little resistance as they week's suicide bombing in Kabul asked Khomeini about his politi- pushed into Kot after a heavy air that killed at least 80 people and cal vision for Iran and how he and artillery bombardment as wounded more than 230 more. planned to govern the county. fighters pulled out into nearby The operation, the Afghan ar- Khomeini maintained only fleet- mountain areas. my's first major strategic offensive ing eye contact, stocking his beard "We have already destroyed of the summer, was planned well on occasion. But he still managed their training camps in Kot district before the attack on a demonstra- to appear engaged and interested, JALALABAD: When Afghan close to the border with Pakistan, and the operations will expand to tion by mainly Shi'ite Hazara peo- perhaps even charismatic. The troops pushed into Kot, a district this week, they found many of the other districts too," said Shereen ple in Kabul. (Reuters) shah’s regime, he began, was ille- gitimate for it was not a govern- ment grounded in Islamic law. It 2 children, did not matter how prosperous the nation became. Due to his secular- One killed, six injured in Herat blast ism and domestic repression, the AT News Report said. am in the area of Imam Fakhr-e- policeman shah had lost touch with the peo- KABUL: At least one person was Provincial security officials Razi. The injured persons were ple. He referred to Plato’s Repub- killed and six others injured as the told media that the explosive de- shifted to the nearby hospitals and killed in lic as a model. In the Islamic Re- result of an explosion that shook vice was placed in a cart aiming at two persons’ state reported criti- public power would have to be the capital city of Herat province to target the police personal. cal. No militant group claimed Kandahar, excised by those who knew Islam- on Saturday, provincial officials The bomb blew up at 10:30 the responsibility. ic law—the clerics. Kunar I asked Khomeini how he recon- . ciled a clerical-led concept with the KANDAHAR CITY/ASADA- practical demands of governing. Commander among 3 rebels BAD : Two children were killed Clerics, Khomeini maintained, in an Improvised Explosive De- would provide the administrative vice (IEC) blast in eastern Kunar skills necessary to implement the province while a policeman lost fundamentalist program. At the killed by own bomb in Logar his life in a clash in southern Kan- end of our conversation, Khomeini adahar province, officials said on PUL-I-ALAM-MEHTARLAM : directed his aide to give me large Saturday. Kunar police chief, stack of books, papers, and tapes A blast killed a Taliban command- Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Syed- er along with his two accomplices of his lectures. Once I had studied khel, told Pajhwok Afghan News all of that, we could meet again. I in central Logar province while that the IED exploded in the Si- another rebel commander was ar- came away perturbed. kandar area of Sarkano district A colleague gave me the name of why as a technocrat and moder- I realized that Khomeini had a clear rested in eastern of Laghman prov- late on Friday. Two children were ince, sources said on Saturday. one of Khomeini’s aides, Ebrahim ate, he was working for a religious set of totalitarian ideas and an in- killed and three others including Yazdi. We didn’t have a street ad- figure. tricate plan to implement them. Salim Saleh, the Logar gover- a girl injured in the incident. The nor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok dress but it didn’t matter. As soon Yazdi assured me that Khomeini The reading material included vi- victims were aged between five as we stepped off the train in Neau- was only a symbolic figurehead. cious and sometimes bogus pro- Afghan New Awal Khan, a Tali- and 10 years, he said, adding the ban commander, and his men were phle-le-Chateau, all we had to do After the revolution Iran would paganda about the shah. One book, condition of the injured was sta- was follow a parade of Iranians undergo a period of normalization, as evidence that the shah was an planting landmines in Dwobandi ble. area of Khoshi district when one streaming in the same direction. and the clerics would return to their “agent of Zionism,” printed a pho- Separately, a policeman was One of them, assuming I was Ira- own domain. Yazdi showed me tograph of a cordial meeting with of the explosive devices went off, killed and six others were wound- killing the commander and two nian and a fellow Khomini enthu- into a waiting room decorated with “Shimon Peres,” the Israeli leader. ince, during an operation, the Na- (ANA) and police, the statement ed in a clash with insurgents in siast started chatting with me in lush Iranian carpets, portraits of Noting something odd about the others. Kandahar. The governor’s Separately, a group leader of tional Directorate of Security said said. Farsi. Once we arrived at a nonde- religious figures and on one wall, a photo, I looked more closely—it in a statement. It also said intelligence opera- spokesmansaid the clash took script little suburban house, I was European cuckoo clock seemingly wasn’t Shimon Peres of Israel at Rahmani faction of Taliban and six place when militants stormed others were arrested with ammu- The operation involved per- tives a person with 29 kilograms led directly to Yazdi. I introduced left behind by a previous occupant. all but, rather, President Perez of sonnel from the intelligence ser- of opium from a car in the prov- Afghan Local Police (ALP) posts. myself as a visiting academic and I was interviewed in what seemed Venezuela at an OPEC summit. nition in different areas of Mehtar- (Pajhwok) lam, the capital of Laghman prov- vice, Afghan National Army ince. (Pajhwok) we sat down to talk. I asked Yazdi to be an informal vetting process. TO BE CONTINUED