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KABUL: The German Ministry try’s nearly 500 million Euros as- for Economic Cooperation and sistance each year with Afghani- Development has announced 25 stan until 2020. Both sides agreed million Euros in aid for Afghani- that Germany would conduct a stan to help the impoverished conference in the next six weeks WASHINGTON: As recent at- country create jobs for its peo- about investment in Afghanistan tacks in Kabul and Khost bore the ple. The pledge was made by Ger- and finding proper market for Af- AT Monitoring Desk leaders in the residence of Mullah Taliban leaders usually delay Rahimi believes that death of the man Federal Ministry for Eco- ghan agricultural products, the Haqqani network’s signatures, a Abdullah Sarhadi in Quetta. How- peace talks, the HPC wants to Taliban leaders cannot bring peace. former top Pentagon official has nomic Cooperation and Develop- statement added. he High Peace Council ever, the Taliban’s spokesman avail the opportunity and ask the He said that the international com- ment Dr. Gerd Müller during a They also agreed on coopera- alleged the Taliban continued to (HPC) said that rifts among Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the Taliban to come to the negotia- munity should put pressure on receive financial and logistical sup- meeting with President Ashraf tion in capacity building of Af- T leadership of the Taliban reports. Maulavi Shahzada Sha- tion table,” Shahid said. In the Pakistan to bring the Taliban to Ghani in Berlin, a statement from ghanistan’s construction, energy port from Pakistan. militants have widened. The hid, spokesman for the HPC, told meantime, the second Deputy the negotiation table. “Death or “The attacks in Kabul and Ghani’s office in Kabul said. The and agriculture sectors and en- council urged the Taliban fighters Azadi Radio that differences Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, said injury of the Taliban leaders, even German minister said his country abling Afghans to go to gulf coun- Khost, to me, bore all the signa- to join the peace process. among the Taliban’s leadership are that in the face of the widening death of Mullah Omar, could not would assist the Afghanistan na- tries on legal ways as profession- tures of the Haqqani Network, a According to reports, the Tal- at the peak. “Thus, the Taliban rifts among the Taliban, the HPC bring peace to Afghanistan. Thus, tional fund with 25 million Euros al labourers. After the meeting, Taliban group resident in Pakistan iban’s supreme leader Mullah fighters should renounce violence should increase its contacts with I am not confident that Akhtar in order to provide jobs for the President Ashraf Ghani flew to and with long-standing ties to Pa- Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor re- and should join the peace pro- militants to call them to peace Mansoor’s death or injury will Afghans. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, kistan’s intelligence services,” cently succumbed to his injuries. cess,” he said. He added that the talks. “It is a golden chance for kick start peace talks. The inter- Müller reaffirmed his coun- the statement added. (Pajhwok) David S. Sedney, a former Depu- Office of the Vice President Ab- differences will kill all the Taliban the Afghan government to turn the national community should pres- ty Assistant Secretary of Defense dul Rashid Dostum said that militants, if they didn’t talked differences in the favor of Afghan- surize Pakistan to force Taliban for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Akhtar Mansoor was injured dur- peace with the Afghan govern- istan,” he added. However, a po- to talk peace with the Afghan gov- Central Asia from 2009-2013, told ing infighting among the Taliban ment. “Even though death of the litical analyst Sardar Muhammad ernment,” he added. lawmakers during a Congression- al hearing this week. in Dankokai village in Sayed He said the large amounts of Abad district at around weapons and explosives used by 10:00 am. He said the mortar the Taliban throughout Afghani- shell was fired during the stan showed they had financing AT News Report clash between the security and logistics infrastructure to said officials on Friday. Accord- shifted to the nearby hospital. forces and the Taliban militants. move the military equipment from KABUL: At least eight civilians ing to the provincial officials the Secretary of the provincial coun- The mortar hit the area near the their depots and supply chains in were killed and two others injured mortar hit the playground has left cil Sharifulla Hotak said that the mosque in the village, he added. Pakistan to wherever needed in in a mortar shell fired in Sayed eight civilians killed and wounded gunfight between security forces The Taliban militants have denied Afghanistan. ...P2 Abad district of Wardak province, two others. The dead bodies were and the Taliban militants erupted firing of the mortar shell.

AT Monitoring Desk from the truck,” he added. have some 300 troops to ensure He said that some elements in foolproof security of the national KABUL: Some elements in Iran Iran wanted to destroy the dam project. are in the quest to destroy Af- by these explosives. He didn’t mention Iran, but ghan-India Friendship Dam (Sal- However, the Ministry of In- said that militants on the behest ma Dam) in western Herat prov- terior (MoI) said that they strin- of the regional spy agencies are ince, said an official source. gent security measures had been involved in such subversive activ- Wali Muhammad Rashidi, the put in place for the dam. General ities in the country. commander of the dam’s security, Abdul Razaq Saighani, an official Some local officials in Herat told reporters that they have in the MoI, told Azadi Radio that said that Iran by creating insecu- seized 50 kilogram explosives in a the ministry would not allow any- rity want to hinder the project. AT News Report the joint raid. An official from Af- truck near the dam. “Uniforms of one to destroy the dam. The Council of Ministers “We will leave Afghanistan if the government failed to ghan National Army (ANA) said the Islamic Revolutionary Saighani said that they have (CoM) recently changed the name KABUL: As many as 40 security that the Special Forces have re- put an end to the foreign forces night raids,” warn locals. Guard Corps of Iran and several no concerns regarding security of of Salma Dam to Afghan-India personnel have been freed from leased at least 21 civilians, 17 na- walkie-talkies were also recovered the dam, because 300 troops they Friendship Dam. AT Monitoring Desk warned to stage protests, if the gov- the Taliban’s run prison during a tional policemen (ANP), 19 local ernment didn’t stop the foreign joint raid by Afghan and US Spe- policemen (ALP) and three de-min- KABUL: A number of parliamen- troops from conducting night raids. Three Pakistani cial Forces in southern Helmand ers. The ANA official who was not tarians expressed their deep con- Residents of Shahjoi district of province. The US forces head- identified by the Pajhwok Afghan cerns over resumption of the for- Zabul province said that they militants killed quarters in Afghanistan said in a News said that the captives spent eign troops’ night raids in a num- would leave Afghanistan, if the gov- press release that Afghan and US more than two years in the Tali- ber of provinces. They said the forces raided a Taliban-run prison ban-held prison. ernment didn’t put an end to for- in Kunar th night raids conducted by the for- eign forces night raids in the dis- in Nawzad district of Helmand The deputy spokesman of the 215 eign forces are violating the pacts trict. They said that foreign troops AT Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The Russian located in the Khost province of province. “The Afghan Special Maiwand Military Corps, Shakeel signed with the Afghan govern- Taliban fighter and former Rus- Afghanistan, near the border with Security Forces’ ground element Ahmad Tasal, said that Afghan are conducting the night raids from KABUL: At least three Pakistani ment. Sakhi Mushwani, a mem- old house of Mullah Omar, former sian army tank commander was Pakistan. He had planned the at- and the Special Mission Wing ANA forces besieged and raided the militants belonging to Tehreek-e- conducted a helicopter assault Taliban-run prison on Thursday ber of the Wolesi Jirga, and supreme leader of the Taliban. The Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been sentenced to life in prison on tack for months; received approv- Hashem Alokozai, a member of Shahjoi district chief, Malik Ali charges of shooting down Ameri- al from the Taliban and Haqqani mission in Nawzad district, Hel- night in Bar Nawzad area, releasing killed in a drone strike in eastern mand province. After securing the 60 people. He said that none of the the Meshrano Jirga, said that the Muhammad, and the deputy chief Kunar province, said officials on can helicopters and killing US and Network; recruited other fighters; night raids would result in bad con- of Zabul provincial council Omar Afghan soldiers. The sentence and acquired weapons for the at- prison, Afghan forces freed more freed hostages was security person- Friday. The Kunar police chief, than 40 prisoners comprised of sequences, both for the Afghan Khan Omari said that the raids were Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkhe- was announced to Irek Ilgiz Ha- tack, including IED’s, heavy ma- nel. A militant who was guarding government and the US authori- not coordinated with Afghan forc- li, told Pajhwok Afghan News midullin, 55 by US District Judge chine guns and a shoulder-fired Afghan Police, Afghan National the prison was also killed in the late ties in Afghanistan. They sought es. Residents of the district said that a US drone strike killed three Henry E Hudson of the Eastern rocket, with the intent of shooting Army and Afghan Border Police night operation. The Taliban mili- immediate end to the night raids. that foreign forces conducting night Pakistani militants in Nakora area District of Virginia on Thursday. down US helicopters responding members,” the statement said. tants had laid siege to the Majra According to Kabul News, a raids and house search in the dis- of Chapa Dara district of Kunar “Irek Hamidullin has been sen- to the attack. According to evidence According to the statement, the district headquarters for the past private television network, for- trict for the past three months. on Thursday night. He said there tenced to life in prison for his role presented at trial, on the night of freed hostages were handed over over 20 days but the Special Forc- eign troops are once again de- They said that foreign troops enter were no civilian casualties in the in orchestrating and conducting a November 28, 2009, Hamidullin to Ministry of Defense for medi- es also succeeded in breaking the ployed at military bases in Shora- their houses and they search wom- airstrike.Meanwhile, the police violent attack on Afghan and US and his fighters initiated their at- cal treatment. Afghan officials said siege, the spokesman said. The Tal- bak district of Helmand province. en and children while men in the detained a person who had alleg- forces in Afghanistan in 2009, and tack with an assault on Camp Ley- that at least 60 people, including iban militants have not commented Violating the security agreements district are spending all the night edly links with the Taliban mili- conspiring to kill members of the za. Soon after the attack began, two security officials were released in on the joint operation. signed with the Afghan govern- inside wells due to fear of the tants in Pashad area of Sarkani US military,” said Assistant At- US Army helicopters responded to ment, the foreign forces conduct- district. The detained person was troops. They said that they have also accused of attacking a securi- torney General John P Carlin. Camp Leyza, just as Hamidullin ed night raids from these bases in conveyed their concerns to the dis- ty checkpoint, Syedkheli added. Hamidullin was captured and de- anticipated from his months of eastern and southern provinces of trict chief and provincial governor, Kunar is among the volatile prov- tained by the US military in Af- planning and reconnaissance. Mil- Afghanistan. Mushwani and but they are yet to take any action. inces in eastern Afghanistan, ghanistan and brought to the Unit- itary witnesses testified at trial that Alokozai confirmed that NATO They warned to either join militants where the Taliban militants are ed States for trial. According to it was a common tactic for insur- has also deployed troops in east- or leave Afghanistan, if the govern- actively operating. court documents, on November gents at the time to attack an Af- ern Kunar province. In the mean- ment failed to stop the foreign The Taliban usually plant land- 28, 2009, Hamidullin led a group ghan position intending to draw in time, tribal elders form Shahr-e- troops from conducting night raids mines and attack the security forc- of fighters in an attack on a border and ambush their real target, the Safa district of Zabul province, in the district. es checkpoints. outpost known as Camp Leyza, responding US forces. (Pajhwok) Editorial…..P6 Haqqani weapons depot seized Taliban kidnapping people Work on Latalaband-Sarobi road launched from Kabul to fund attacks: NDS KABUL: Reconstruction work on Noori, a representative of the con- Of the 27-kilometre road, 11.5 in Logar, three suspects arrested the Lataband-Sarobi road was tractor, Ahmad Khalid Road Con- km would be reconstructed in the KABUL: The spy service on Friday said the Taliban launched on Thursday from Khak- struction Company, told Pajhwok first phase and the rest in the sec- The National Director- states that the cache was discovered during a raid were raising funds for their operations through ransom i-Jabar district of central Kabul Afghan News at the project launch ond place that would take 18 ate of Security (NDS) in Kharwar District. A Vehicle-borne Improvised money from abductions. province, a 964 million afghanis ceremony in Kabul. months, he said. (Pajhwok) – Afghanistan’s intelli- Explosive Device (VBIED), different types of The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a project to be completed in two gence agency has weapons, including Dushka (DSHK) heavy ma- statement said a Haqqani network commander, Qadar phases, an employee of the con- seized a weapons de- chinegun, Kalashnikov, artillery rounds, thou- alias Mubariz, had recently abducted a youth, Javed, tractor said. pot of Haqqani terror- sands of bullets, 15 kilograms of explosive mate- from Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia prov- The Lataband Pass is an an- ist network, responsi- rials, eight home-made bombs, military suits and ince. The insurgents took him to Zurmat district and cient strategic military position ble for Afghanistan’s two trucks were confiscated from the depot. the commander demanded $500,000 in ransom from that connects Kabul with the east- some deadly bombings The press release further states that three Javed’s family, the statement said. NDS personnel de- ern city of Jalalabad on the way to and attacks, in central suspects have been arrested in this connection. tained a member of the kidnap group, Samiullah, in Pakistan. The reconstruction Logar province. A NDS statements usually do not contain exact connection with the case, the statement said. would cost 946 million afghanis statement released by date of the achievements but they come after re- It concluded the Haqqani network commanders from the Public Works Ministry’s NDS on Thursday cent activities. were kidnapping people to fund their disruptive development budget, Naveed

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In her latest photo series, Ger- ed for issues of power – and then tention to many things. There are, man-Afghan photographer and dropped. I’m afraid that this is for example, completely different multimedia journalist Lela Ah- happening again with the with- cultural customs. When I arrive at madzai documents the life of four drawal of NATO. The baker can- a new place, I have to stop and Afghan women who are intent on not get away from Afghanistan, get permission. For me this is a leading self-determined lives, de- because she does not earn enough bit easier, because I, unlike many spite the social pressure to con- money to flee. The other three colleagues, do not need a transla- form. An interview by Felix Kol- protagonists would have the op- tor. Equally important is my be- termann portunity to leave the country haviour, how I’m dressed and how Pictures from Afghanistan in because they come from the up- I greet the elderly. Once access has the German media mainly show per class. Some of them have al- been granted, the work goes war and violence. What image do ready done that. But such women smoothly and I am allowed to you want to convey with your are a minority in society. come back, which facilitates more work? In addition to your own work, intensive work. Lela Ahmadzai: I’ve been the Willy-Brandt-Haus is also Does that mean that the chal- working as a photographer in Af- showing pictures of your col- lenge has more to do with culture ghanistan since 2003. I don’t like league Anja Niedringhaus , a Ger- rather than security? to portray bloody scenes or wom- man photographer who was killed Ahmadzai: The security ques- en wearing a burqa. Such cliched in Afghanistan in 2014. What does tion is of course always there. I images are frequently requested, her death mean to you? never talk about my travel plans but I avoid giving in to such ex- Ahmadzai: I’m very sorry before I fly to the region. I don’t pectations. Since I’ve experienced that another journalist has lost her post anything on Facebook, and I war myself, I know that bombs life in Afghanistan. It is especial- do not tweet. In short: absolutely and missiles aren’t exploding all ly painful that Anja Niedringhaus low profile. I spend a lot of time the time. Through my long-term was murdered in the very coun- in the region with friends and rel- documentation, I can show a dif- try that she was always so enthu- atives. That is a good protection ferent picture while telling stories siastic about. Above all, the measure as, after more than 30 about people’s lives. warmth of the Afghan people im- years of war, they have a good In your exhibition “Undaunt- pressed her. But unfortunately, grasp of the situation. Sometimes ed: Four Women in Kabul” you being a journalist is dangerous. they say, “Lela, today you should portray four women from differ- The policeman who shot her was not go anywhere.” Although usu- ent social classes, including a bak- sentenced to life in prison. At the ally I don’t know why. I simply er. Why is it important to you to opening of the exhibition, I asked accept their advice and trust them. give her a voice? Anja Niedringhaus’s mother why Intuition is an important factor for Ahmadzai: The working-class she was against the death penal- security in Afghanistan. You are photojournalism. Multimedia costs. At 2470media we also ac- multimedia presentations on the that’s a fast-paced world. With woman represents the majority. ty. She told me that one shouldn’t co-owner of 2470media, a produc- stories do not necessarily sell bet- cept commercial orders in order Internet. How much importance exhibitions it’s different – the The changes experienced by her repay something evil with evil. tion company for multimedia sto- ter. Beautiful stories with interac- to finance research that would not do you attach to an exhibition? viewers have made a conscious are minimal, meaning, for exam- You travel to Afghanistan sev- rytelling. Is multimedia storytell- tive elements such as those in “The bring in a lot of money. Working Ahmadzai: I love exhibitions be- effort to come see the exhibition ple, that her children can go to eral times a year. What do you ing the only way to survive in the New York Times” or “Guardian” in a team is very important. That’s cause the photographers play a and take time to look at the pic- school now, or that she may still have to keep in mind when it market? Ahmadzai: The market are ad-ons to attract readers. But the only way to implement large- more important role there. It may tures. That is great because in this work as a baker. Unfortunately, comes to your work? has become more difficult, unfor- they’re not selling well and edi- scale projects like this exhibition. be nice to discover my pictures way, my pictures are given more Afghan women tend to be exploit- Ahmadzai: I need to pay at- tunately. That concerns not only tors are not compensated for the Many of your pictures tend to be online or in a print magazine, but appreciation.—(Deutsche Welle) Can su r veillan ce Som e elem ents stoking ethnic tension: CEO aide KHOST CITY: An advisor to the projects. “Despite problems and Chief Executive Officer on Thurs- conspiracies the government is fac- day said some foreign and local ing, I announce with certainty that elements by stoking ethnic ten- God willing we will witness posi- dr on es p r even t t h e sions wanted to divide Afghani- tive changes soon.” Tribal elder stan into several parts. Syed Agha Abdul Qayum Khan, speaking on Sanchakari said this while address- behalf of Khost elders, said they ing a gathering of tribal elders, re- supported the unity government ligious scholars and civil society and denounced efforts by some cir- n ext Ku n d u z? activists in southeastern Khost cles to establish an interim regime. province. On behalf of the unity He urged peoples of other prov- government, Sanchakari warned inces to support their government elements trying to fuel ethnic ten- and stand against those trying to sion in Afghanistan that the gov- collapse the elected government. ernment through its security forc- “We have given votes to the cur- es and with the help of the mass- rent government and we will sup- es would prevent their activites port it forever. Some problems ex- and would vanquish them. “Af- ist within the government but those ghanistan is a country and has a trying to bring about an interim set nation. The enemy cannot divide up are self-centered.” Former jiha- the nation into parts. We will said all the countrymen were liv- election pledges due to some di commander Maulvi Mohammad strongly campaign.” Sanchakari ing together and in brotherhood problems. However, he said the Sardar Zadran asked the govern- did not name any of the elements, under the two words. The CEO government was trying to give ment to maintain balance in prov- but said Afghanistan’s enemies advisor called as legitimate peo- equal attention to all provinces inces with regard to development were known to all. About the ple’s complaints about the unity and deliver on pledges about re- activities in order to do away with words “Afghan” and “Islam,” he government’s failure to honour its construction and development ethnic prejudice. (Pajhwok) UNAMA office to resume operations in Kunduz soon KUNDUZ CITY: The United office would resume operations He said first of all they would the equipment stolen. Nations Assistance Mission in soon. He said the office had al- consider a safe place for their of- A civil society activist, Hafi- Afghanistan (UNAMA) would ready started airing its civil edu- fice before other sections of the zullah Rasuli, said most local and resume its operations soon in cation programmes over the past office could start operating in the foreign orgnaisaitons were await- northern Kudnuz province, an two weeks through radio stations province. ing the UN office to resume work. official said on Thursday. and TV channels, informing peo- He said the building of the Without UN activities, other UNAMA office head in Kun- ple about the office duties and ac- office was torched during the fall NGOs were unable to operate, he duz Shamsuddin Hamidi said their tivities. of Kunduz City to Taliban and all said. (Pajhwok) Govt servants launch cleanliness drive in Gardez By Patrick Tu cke r is a built-in Ku-band capability itself, Heithold said. Under an ini- to move information into and out tiative dubbed, Tactical Off-Board GARDEZ: Government servants A Ku-band antenna that had been of the airplane, primarily full- Sensing, the AC-130 might launch on Friday launched a cleanliness “scabbed” onto an AC-130U gun- motion video … The AC-130W? small foldable drones —Heithold campaign in this capital city of ship failed to transmit video on It’s built in. The AC-130J? It’s mentioned Raytheon’s Coyotes southeastern Paktia province. the morning of Oct. 3 during a built in. It’s going to be much more — to provide full motion video. They decided to launch simi- mission in Kunduz, Afghanistan, reliable than the case of our lega- “It comes out of that tube. It lar campaigns on bi-weekly basis contributing to a tragedy in which cy airplanes,” in Kunduz, he said. goes in a pre-planned orbit. I can in the city, the deputy governor, more than 30 people died, Air The technological problems stand off somewhere. It can tell Abdul Wali Sahi, told Pajhwok Force Special Operations Com- Campbell describes in his report me what’s there. It gives me a site Afghan News. mand Gen. Bradley Heithold said stand in stark contrast to the way picture before I ever get there. While urging local people to today. information and data processing Now I can strike from a distance,” participate in the cleanliness ef- Malfunctioning gear had al- are supposed to work on an AC- he said. fort, he said they would all of re- ready been fingered by Gen. John 130. Ideally, in a situation like the The Air Force has tested the sources in hand to keep the city Campbell, who issued a Nov. 25 one that played out on Kunduz, system and will soon try it out in clean. statement on the airstrike that its crew can see and transmit full- combat, said Heithold. The trage- A resident of Gardez, Rahman destroyed a Doctors Without motion video data from the plane’s dy in Kunduz created a special Gul, said they were ready to take Borders hospital. “During the battle management center comput- urgency for the new capability. part in the campaign, but said the flight, the electronic systems on- er, or BMC. When the BMC is “In a case like that, had you government should increase facil- board the aircraft malfunctioned, working properly, the Joint Op- had another set of eyeballs—it’s ities for local residents. Gardez preventing the operation of an erations Center, or JOC, is able to another sensor on the airplane. Mayor Syed Ahmad Safi said they essential command and control see what the gunship is targeting We’ve got two very-high-defini- would continue such campaigns capability and eliminating the abil- via the video-feed. Combat air tion sensors on the AC-130. Imag- in future. He said different projects ity of the aircraft to transmit vid- controllers or soldiers on the ine now if I can duplicate that by costing 90 million afghanis would eo, send/receive email, or send/re- ground can also see what’s hap- taking something off the airplane, be executed in Gardez next year. ceive electronic messages,” the pening via small, handheld tablet getting it down [closer to the tar- The mayor said they had also report reads, in part. “Confusion computer called a Remote Opera- get.] It’s quiet. It’s got a pretty launched construction work on was exacerbated by the lack of tions Video Enhanced Receiver or darn high-definition sensor … I some reads in the provincial cap- video and electronic communica- ROVER. get a heck of a lot more fidelity on ital. (Pajhwok) tions between the headquarters Some AC-130 also carry a tar- the target back to the airplane … and the aircraft, caused by the ear- geting laser, sometimes referred to giving the airplane visibility on the lier malfunction,” it continues. as a “Big Ass Green Laser” but target up close. More visibility Today, for the first time, Hei- Charging 10pc . . . which Heitghthold called simply and clarity I have on the target, ..P12 fiscal year draft budget thold went into more detail on the “green beam.” It allows ground the more effective I’m going to what exactly went wrong on the which was approved by lawmak- Taliban still supported in crew to co-oborate targeting deci- be,” he said. ers. AC-130. sions. The military is considering “Today, we pump full-motion Senate telecommunications “We mounted it on a gunship additional disciplinary action for commission head Eng. Javed Rauf video into the airplane and out of and from a couple miles away you the crew in the Kunduz case. told Pajhwok Afghan News dur- Pakistan: Ex-Pentagon official the airplane. So we have a Ku- could flash a green spot,” James Campbell’s report makes clear ing an exclusive interview that the band antenna on the airplane … “Hondo” Guerts, an Air Force that human error was a major con- tax had no legal status after the ..P1 In his testimony before the “As described to me by mul- ter refitting in Pakistan, holding the U-model. It’s sort of scabbed acquisition executive, said last tributing factor. Without naming rejection of the presidential decree House Foreign Affairs Commit- tiple sources, the Taliban for the senior level planning meetings on. In fact, we had some prob- year. “Then we told the Afghans, the crew, Heithold added a note and it should be stopped. tee’s Subcommittee on the Mid- first time in over a decade began there, and coming up with their lems with it recently on a mission if you’re shooting and you’re see- of agreement, saying that technol- He denied if the levy had been dle East and North Africa, Sed- using massed forces – beginning strategy and campaign plan for in Afghanistan where it didn’t ing a big green blinking light on ogy would never suffice in the included in the 2015 budget, say- ney said: “Beyond equipment with scores of fighters, then hun- 2016. work. I wish it had been work- you, that’s probably not good for place of good judgement or pa- ing a law should have been draft- from Pakistani sources, fighters dreds in some of their operations,” “When that new campaign ing,” Heithold said. “On our cur- you.” tient targeting. ed in line with the Article 42 of from Pakistan – in most cases eth- he noted. plan is announced, typically in the rent legacy airplanes, the solution The green beam “can point at “Sometimes it’s old-style Viet- the Constitution before charging nic Pashtuns educated in jihad in “The Taliban offensives in- spring, my fear is that rather than we used was rather scabbed on: the target and [allow operators to] nam,” he said. “Make contact with the tax. He said both charging the extremist mosques in areas of Pa- cluded use of Uzbek and other a status quo title and goal, like this take the overhead escape hatch out, say, ‘Yup, you’re looking at the the guy on the radio and talk on tax and issuing the presidential kistan bordering Afghanistan – foreign fighters as “shock troops,” year’s “Perseverance,” the Tali- put an antenna on, stick it back right thing,” said Heithold. But it the target. And we have to train decree in this regard were against were widely used in some of the the Taliban version of Special ban’s next offensive will reflect up there, move the beams around. only works when ground troops our crews that when technology the law. The Article 42 states “ev- Taliban offensives.” Forces, a technique they used in their success of the past year and We’ve had some issues, but we’re have “eyes on the target” — which fails us, we’re still able to prose- ery Afghan shall pay taxes and “While some of these fight- their offensives of the late 1990s, aim to take over parts of Afghan- working with our industry part- the Campbell report makes clear cute the mission by talking the duties to the state in accordance ers are from Afghan families that but had rarely employed in recent istan,” he said. ners to resolve that issue.” was not the case. And Heithold, a way we used to, ‘what are you with the provisions of the law. No fled Afghanistan in past decades, years. “That will be hard to do, as He added, “99.9 percent of lack of eyes is no longer an excep- looking at?’ Well, I’m looking at taxes or duties shall be levied with- they generally were born and These foreign forces were key the Afghan forces remain capable the time we’ve had success with tional situation. It’s becoming the this.’ So technology is going to out legal representation. It adds raised in Pakistan and often made to the October battle for the north- and motivated. I do not believe it. These things aren’t perfect; norm. help us in many, many ways but “tax rates and duties as well as their first trip to Afghanistan in ern city of Kunduz. The Taliban the Taliban will succeed in 2016. they’re machines.” “The fights that we’re in to- we also want our crews to know, the method of payment shall be order to fight or to carry out sui- also seemed better armed and bet- But, in the absence of needed en- Heithold said that dedicated day, the JTAC is frankly not on it won’t always work … That determined, with due respect to cide attacks,” he said. ter financed then in the past, ac- ablers and with US forces restrict- Ku-band data transfer is now stan- the objective. They’re in the rear stuff fails, you’ve got to be able social justice, by law. Sedney said beyond the in- cording to many of those I spoke ed from providing effective en- dard on later models of the AC- making the call based on what to go back to the dead reckoning. This provision shall also ap- creased breadth and intensity of with,” he said. abler assistance, the Taliban’s abil- 130, which should make data trans- we’re showing them,” he said. Same situation here. If it fails, ply to foreign individuals and or- the Taliban attacks, perhaps most Sydney said the Afghan forc- ity to, at a minimum, kill more fer much more reliable. “If you’re Drones To Fill in Intelligence you’re not going to have the level ganizations. Every kind of tax, worrying for the 2016 fighting es will be at this disadvantage fac- Afghan civilians and security forc- looking at an AC-130J, for in- Gaps of fidelity on the target, etc. as duty as well as paid incomes shall season “is an evolution in the tac- ing a well-armed, well-financed es will be greater next year than stance, you’ll see a bump in the Effort to extend the aircrew’s you had had it been working. It’s be deposited to a single state ac- tics, techniques and procedures Taliban that will, as it has for the this year,” Sydney said. (Pajh- area just above the co-pilot. That awareness go beyond the aircraft common sense.”—(Defense One) count. 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Foreign donors have threatened to has earmarked more than $110 these are going to waste,” it said ings failed to produce a change in lapse of the Kabul Bank, which ment’s working group on bribery stop funding Afghanistan’s anti- billion in aid into reconstruction in a recent survey that ranks the conduct. “They found that no one triggered a financial crisis in the and spent over four years at corruption watchdog after ques- efforts since ousting the Taliban defense sector as third most cor- was taking them seriously, so they country. He refused and the re- MEC. tions surfaced over its spending in 2001. Despite Afghanistan rupt among NATO and partner had to put it in writing,” he said. port was ultimately published. Mr. Kos said the govern- and the defection of several of the President Ashraf Ghani coming to countries. “There is a real and Mr. Behroz said an example MEC Chairman Shaukat Has- ment’s failure to implement re- body’s top graft busters, accord- power last year on a pledge to immediate danger that Afghani- of the ways the rules had been san denied any wrongdoing by forms and senior colleagues who ing to a letter and members of the clean up corruption, progress has stan will collapse further without flouted was an attempt by com- members, but said “further clari- were allegedly more interested in group. been halting. seriously addressing this prob- missioners in September to claim fication” about salaries would be pursuing their personal interests In the letter, reviewed by The The European Union is among lem.” money for days they didn’t work strictly observed and holidays than fighting corruption were the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Agen- the donors putting pressure on A spokesman for Mr. Ghani, and expensed business class tick- would be “more stringently” mon- main reasons he resigned. EMERGENCY cy for International Development Mr. Ghani’s government to hold Sayed Zafar Hashemi, cited ets for which they weren’t enti- itored. He also denied commission- “I was convinced that (Mr. and other aid donors accuse the accountable senior officials in- progress fighting corruption. Mr. tled. ers lacked the resolve to fight cor- Ghani) would invest a lot of ef- CALLS group of spending their money volved in wrongdoing. Ghani has created a procurement Mr. Behroz said he is resign- ruption but said it was sometimes fort into building a waterproof irresponsibly, flouting guidelines “Unless we start seeing Af- commission, personally oversee- ing from the MEC because com- necessary to moderate reports. anticorruption system in Afghan- for salary hikes and abusing trav- ghans being brought to justice for ing the approval of every contract missioners abused their powers. “MEC handles issues of grave istan. But we are even in a worse Police el policies. corrupt activities, we do not be- over $1 million. But the spokes- “There was no oversight over the concern to the state,” he said. “In position than before” Mr. Kos “We strongly feel that these lieve the government will send a man acknowledged it would take roles and activities of the commit- such cases, MEC tries to moder- said. “Basically everything is 100 - 119 issues can adversely affect the strong enough signal,” EU Ambas- time to root out practices that had tee,” he said. ate its narrative so as not to cause standing still.” credibility and effectiveness of sador Franz-Michael Mellbin existed for decades. Another current MEC offi- further harm to the concerned par- The president’s spokesman your institution,” according to the said. Officials of the foreign aid cial, who declined to be named, ty.” He said Mr. Behroz is resign- said others have been approached Hospitals Nov. 17 letter to Afghanistan’s Transparency International, agencies named in the letter, in- said he discovered a colleague had ing because of an internal dispute. about joining the corruption Independent Joint Anti-Corrup- the Berlin-based monitoring cluding USAID, declined to offer increased his salary this year with- In the wake of these troubles, other watchdog. tion Monitoring and Evaluation group, said Wednesday that cor- details about their allegations. out anyone noticing – from top officials have also departed “The President is considering, FMIC Hospital Committee, or MEC. ruption in the country’s defense MEC Executive Director Ahmad $10,000 to $10,670 a month. the MEC. and has already met, a number of Behind Kabul Medical The troubles at Afghanistan’s sector poses a grave threat to the Rashed Behroz, who will step The MEC official also said he The most high profile resig- individuals and anticorruption ac- University: corruption watchdog underline country’s weak armed forces. down at the end of the year, said was subject to political pressure, nation came fromDrago Kos, who tivists for becoming MEC national bigger challenges battling official “The Afghanistan Govern- donors were prompted to write including a vote against the release chairs the Organization for Eco- members,” he said.—(The Wall 0202500200-+93793275595 graft in a country where the U.S. ment has clearly made efforts, but the letter after a series of meet- of a report into the $1 billion col- nomic Cooperation and Develop- Street Journal) Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Shukria Barakzai named 070263672 trict, Kandahar. He is the among ‘100 Leading head of the financial com- Khairkhana Hospital mission. 11. Mullah Mo- Global Thinkers’ of 2015 hammadzai, lived in Kan- 0799-321007 Herat police have detained six peo- the plane landed illegally and had dahar but now lives in 2401352 ple that were on board a flight that not had landing clearance from air- Ishaqabad in Quetta. He is the head of intelligence landed in Herat without clearance port officials. He said President for the Taliban. 12. Mul- from airport officials. According to Ashraf Ghani is aware of the inci- lah Mohammad Naeem, Indira Gandhi Children the governor's spokesman a plane dent and was concerned about it. from Garmsir district in allegedly from Sharjah in the Per- Rahimi added that a number Helmand now lives in Hospital, Wazir Akbar sian Gulf landed last week at the of airport officials have been dis- An in-depth look into the Taliban Gard-e-Jangal in Pakistan. He is a Khan, Kabul 2301372 airport without official clearance. missed over the incident. "Herat post-Mullah Omar shows how member of the Taliban's military Six passengers, one Pakistani and provincial administration was not months after the announcement of commission. 13. Sardir Moham- five Afghans, allegedly offloaded aware of this issue at all, this issue the death of the group's leader, ten- mad Ibrahim, who is from Sarwand the plane. On board were 10 high- was discussed in Kabul. I was sion within the Taliban's hierarchy village, Sangin district in Helmand Ibn-e- Seena end vehicles and food. Officials made aware of it from Kabul and remains. In fact, since the July an- now apparently lives in Hazara Pul-e-Artan, Kabul said the plane departed after its the president is very angry about nouncement of his death two years Ganji in Quetta. cargo was offloaded. When ques- this. The president dismissed Her- earlier, the Taliban has split into He is the head of the military com- 2100359 tions were raised, police raided the at aviation officials," said Rahimi. two groups – one in support of mission. Speaking to TOLOnews, hotel in Herat city where the pas- It is not however yet clear Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Man- Jawid Kohistani, a military ana- sengers were staying. Good were what the purpose of the flight was sour, who was appointed as Mul- lysts said: "Mullar Mansour was Wazir Akbar Khan lah Omar's successor, and the sec- confiscated and the six passengers but officials have speculated that a smuggler in the past but today is Hospital were arrested. Provincial Police it could have been a private or char- ond group in support of Mullah dependent on Pakistan's intelli- Chief Gen. Abdul Majid Rozi said ter flight for wealthy hunters from Mohammad Rassoul Noorzai as gence service (ISI). Mullah Ras- 2301741, 2301743 leader. But the question is who are soul's group says they support that five Afghans and one Pakistani the United Arab Emirates - who these leaders and who supports citizen had been arrested at a hotel have in the past come to Afghani- Mullar Omar but are against Paki- them. In the first part of a five part stan's policy. Ali Abad in Herat city. "At the moment they stan to hunt rare birds. documentary, TOLOnews delves In fact they were formed inside Af- are in the custody of police and The vehicles and goods off- into the Taliban's current structures ghanistan and they believe Mullah Shahrara, Kabul their goods have been confiscated loaded from the plane have been and alliances. Firstly, there is Mul- Mansour murdered Mullar Omar." by security forces," said Rozi. confiscated by Herat police who lah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, "They also believe Mullah Man- 2100439 Afghan women rights activist iban leaders in Norway saying she Meanwhile provincial governor say the court will take a decision who was appointed by Pakistan's sour has ties with U.S, Britain and Shukria Barakzai has been emerged fearlessly revealed her identity. Mohammad Asif Rahimi, said that in this regard. Quetta Shura. His first deputy is other countries' intelligence agen- among global affairs magazine For- “This June, Barakzai flew to Oslo, Shikh Haibatullah Akhundzada and cies." Meanwhile, the breakaway Malalai Maternity eign Policy’s ‘100 Leading Global Norway, to participate in unprec- his second deputy is Sirajuddin Taliban group, which is opposed Thinkers’ for 2015. Barakzai, who edented talks between Taliban lead- Woman commits suicide, Haqqani. All three figures are in- to Mullah Mansour, appointed Hospital is referred as a parliamentarian by ers and an all-female group of Af- fluential among insurgents in the Mullah Mohammad Rassoul 2201377/ 2301743 eastern, southern and south-west- Noorzai as leader. He in turn ap- Foreign Policy but now appoint- ghan politicians and activists, spouse detained in Faryab ern parts of Afghanistan. Shikh ed as Afghan ambassador to Nor- about building peace between the pointed Mullah Baz Mohammad Haibatullah is also considered in- and Mullah Mansour Dadullah as Banks way, has been listed under the col- government and extremists. Some MAIMANA: A 20-year-old mar- fluential over Madrasas in his military deputies. Mullah umn of challengers on the maga- of the women didn’t want their ried woman on Thursday commit- Balochistan in Pakistan. Mullah Manan Neyazi was also appoint- zine’s website “For telling the Tal- identities revealed publicly for fear ted suicide due to what police said Mansour was born in 1968 in Te- Da Afghanistan Bank domestic violence in the capital ed as his third deputy over poli- iban what’s what.” “Campaigning of retribution—but not Barakzai, mor village of Maiwand district in tics and also as spokesman for their for women’s rights in Afghanistan who told the BBC that the women of northern Faryab province. The southern Kandahar province. 2100302, 2100303 woman, who got married two supreme council. Mullah Rassoul can be thankless and dangerous. pushed for safeguarding the dem- However, a number of people think hails from Loy Kariz village in Legislator Shukria Barazkai knows ocratic values achieved in the last years ago and left behind a six- that he is from northern Jawzjan month-old child, took her own life Spinboldak district in Kandahar Kabul Bank this all too well,” writes the For- decade,” writes the Foreign Poli- province while others believe he and is 40-years-old. He was gov- eign Policy on its website. “She cy. “Further details of the meeting in the morning, the provincial hails from Zurmat district of east- 222666, 070285285 crime branch police chief, Col. Hafizullah Fitrat blamed the inci- ernor of Nimroz during the Tali- survived a suicide bomb attack in remain confidential, but Barakzai Sarbiland, told Pajhwok Afghan ern Paktia province. He graduated ban's regime and worked closely November 2014, just the latest of has said that both sides agreed to dent on widespread illiteracy, ask- from Haqqania Madrasa and dur- with Mullah Omar for years. Mul- Azizi Bank News. He said police had taken ing the judicial organs to punish ing the Taliban's regime he was several attempts on her life, one of keep talking and that she will con- into custody the woman’s spouse the perpetrators. The incident lah Omar considered him trust- 0799 700900 which led to a miscarriage. Yet she tinue to insist that equal rights are appointed by Mullah Omar as the worthy. He now reportedly lives who was being investigated. Pro- came two days after a pregnant head of Kandahar airport. He then remains resolute.” Foreign Policy a nonnegotiable part of her coun- vincial Independent Human women committed suicide in the in Quetta. Mawlawi Baz Moham- Pashtany Bank cites Barakzai’s meeting with Tal- try’s future.” (KP) Rights Commission chief Syed took control of the air force in this mad is from Khak-e-Safid district province. (Pajhwok) province and once Taliban took in western Farah province but lives 2102908, 2103868 control of Kabul, he was appoint- in Gard-e-Jangalgah, in Quetta city. Children among 11 ed as minister of aviation and be- Mullah Mansour Dadullah is from came the commander of the air Dehrawood district of southern Air Services of a family injured in force. It is widely believed Mullah Uruzgan province and he was a Ghazni mortar fire Mansour lives in Ishaqabad in commander for his brother, Mul- Safi Airways Quetta, Pakistan and also in Ba- lah Dadullah who at the time of naras Road in Karachi. Meanwhile, GHAZNI CITY: Nearly a dozen his death in 2007 was senior mili- 020 22 22 222 his first deputy Shikh Haibatullah tary commander. After the death members of a family were injured is from Garmsir in southern Hel- of his brother, Mullah Mansoor Ariana Kabul News in a report said that the teachers termed the new law harmful for the when a stray mortar shell hit their mand but currently lives in Quetta Dadullah took on all his responsi- education system and said they would not accept the law. The lecturers also said that house in the Zankhan district of city. He was the administrative bilities. Mullah Abdul Manan 020-2100270 they would continue the boycott until their demands were met. southern Ghazni province, an of- assistant of Mullah Omar. Maw- Neyazi, who comes from Torghon- ficial said on Friday. The district lawi Sirajuddin Haqqani, Mullah di in western Herat, previously AT Monitoring Desk dismissed and retired “forceful- tor, teachers and students. They administrative head, Ahmad Zia Mansour's second deputy, is from worked as the spokesman for Tal- Kam Air ly”. said the decision is an injustice to Yaqubi, told Pajhwok Afghan Jaji Maidan in eastern Khost prov- iban. He was also shadow gover- KABUL: Hundreds of state- Kabul News in a report said the students. News the mortar had been fired ince but now lives in Miranshah in nor of Kabul province. He now 0799974422 owned universities lecturers boy- that the teachers termed the new The protesting lecturers said by Taliban militants from Syeda- Pakistan. In total there are 13 indi- lives in Ishaqabad of Pakistan. This cotted classrooms, winter semes- law harmful for the education sys- that the new law was supported bad district in neighbouring Maid- viduals within the Taliban leader- Taliban group has strong influence Hotels ter examinations and university tem and said they would not ac- by those who had fake degrees an Wardak province, hitting a ship that support Mullah Man- in Farah, Herat, Nimroz and Uruz- entrance test in protest at the re- cept the law. and wanted to accommodate them- home in Mast Qala area of sour. 1. Mullah Hayatullah who is gan provinces and high ranking Safi Landmark cent presidential decree. The lecturers also said that selves in the universities. Zankhan district. He said the in- known as Haji Lala is from members of Quetta Shura support The president had issued a they would continue the boycott Students asked the govern- jured family members included Arghandab district in Kandahar but them. In addition, seven others seven male children, one female now lives in Ishaqabad in Quetta. support them. 1. Shir Mohammad 020-2203131 decree about enforcing the pend- until their demands were met. ment to resolve the problem as it He heads up the unit that plans ing Higher Education Law, when Meanwhile, Ministry of High- would put their future at stake. child and three adults. “The area Mansour, from Zurmat district in is remote where security forces suicide attacks and blasts and over- Paktika. 2. Mullah Mohammad SERENA the lawmakers were gone on sum- er Education stopped paying sal- They also urged the teachers to sees shadow governors in Kanda- mer recess. The decree was wide- aries to the teachers delivering lec- end their boycott and take the had not fired any mortar,” the of- Hassan Rahmani, resident of Mey- ficial said. A resident of Mast Qala har. 2. Mawlawi Abdulhai Mut- anshin district of Kandahar but 0799654000 ly criticized by the lecturers. Ac- tures at the evening classes. winter examination. maen is from southern Uruzgan now believed to be living in Pash- cording to the new law, enforced Reacting to the decision, the The education and higher ed- area, Mohammad Halim, also con- province but lives in Pakistan. He firmed the incident and said the ton Abad in Quetta city. He is the through the decree, nearly 2,800 teachers said that the recent deci- ucation commission of the Wolesi is a member of the cultural com- head of the recruitment commis- New Rumi Restaurant senior and experienced teachers of sion would create more challeng- Jirga said that it would bring nec- victims belonged to the same fam- mission. 3. Mawlawi Kabir hails sion for the Quetta Shura. 3. Maw- the public universities would be es in front of the education sec- essary changes into the draft law. ily. (Pajhwok) from Paktia province but now re- lawi Habibullah, from Khak-e-Sa- 0776351347 portedly lives in Pakistan. He fid in Farah now lives in Gard-e- heads the Taliban's military com- Jangal in Pakistan. He is a member Internet Services mission in Peshawar. 4. Amir Khan of the Taliban's military commis- Mutaqi comes from Sherana in sion and head of Habibullah Ma- UA Telecom In joint cooperation with the Kab- day to clean the city. All residents Paktia but now reportedly lives in drasa in this area. 0796701701 / 0796702702 Banaras Road in Karachi, Pakistan. 4. Mullah Abbas, from Khas Urz- ul Municipality, volunteers loyal must take part in such campaigns He is the head of the Cultural Shu- to Hizb-e-Islami Arghandiwal fac- in order for us to have a clean gan district of Uruzgan lives in ra of Quetta. 5. Mullah Abdullah, Kharot Abad in Quetta city. He is Exchange Rate tion on Thursday launched a city,” an employee of Kabul mu- who is also known as Torak Agah, head of the Taliban's health com- cleanup campaign in the city, in nicipality Gul Mohammad said on is from Panjwai district in Kanda- mission. 5. Mawlawi Ahmad, orig- Purchase: an effort to promote awareness Thursday. Meanwhile, an organi- har but currently resides in Quet- inally lived in Kandahar but now of the dangers of pollution. zation known as Rangeen Kaman ta. He is a member of the Taliban's resides in Quetta. 6. Mawlawi Ja- Campaign organizers hope to also organized a photo exhibition internal and external relations com- lil, who is known as Haqqani, is One US$ = improve cooperation between the under the theme “Kabul from the mission. 6. Abdul Samad Sani, from Kandahar but lives in Islam- citizens and relevant government Bridge” in a bid to increase public from Band-e-Temor area in Mai- abad, capital of Pakistan. He is a 66.83Afs bodies involved in environmental awareness about a cleaner envi- wand district, Kandahar, lives in member of the intelligence com- One Pound Sterling= issues, they said. Backed up by ronment. Ishaqabad in Quetta. He is a mem- mission of the Quetta Shura. dozens of vehicles, volunteers The exhibition was held at the ber of the financial commission of 7. Mullah Abdul Razaq, from Zar 99.51Afs gathered early Thursday morning Allawuddin Bridge where scores the Quetta Shura. Qala village in Spinboldak district, One Euro = in Company Square where they of photographers displayed their 7. Amir Khan Haqqani used to live Kandahar, lives in Chaman area in 70.31Afs hoisted Hizb-e-Islami flags and work to protest environmental in Mezan district in Zabul but now Pakistan. chanted slogans in favor of a clean awareness. Volunteers put flow- resides in Banaras Road in Kara- He is a member of the Quetta Shu- 1000 Pak Rs = environment. Volunteers called on ers inside empty beverage cans chi. He is a member of the internal ra's recruitment commission. Po- 618Afs the citizens to help clean up the and placed them on the bridge to and external relations commission. litical analyst Nazar Mohammad city in a bid to stop the spread of draw attention to the exhibition. 8. Shikh Abdul Hakim, from Band- Mutmaen meanwhile said: "It was Sale: diseases. The cleanup campaign They also urged people to say e-Temor village in Maiwand dis- believed in the past that Mawlawi One US$ = however been up-in-arms recent- to a lapsed contract they had with trict, Kandahar, lives in Ishaqabad Yaqub, Mullah Abdul Qayum Za- was carried out between the Com- “No” to plastic bags and to stop in Quetta. 67.03 Afs pany Area of Kabul and the Kot- ly, saying that garbage has not a private company. Kabul is Af- using plastic goods. kir, Mullah Hassan Rahmani and He is the head of the Taliban's court others are aligned with Mullah One Pound Sterling= e-Sangee bridge – a distance of been removed from some areas in ghanistan’s largest and most pop- “If you see the environment commission. 9. Mawlawi Sani, is Rassoul, but now it is said that about 5kms. “We realized it is our the city for a few months. They ulated city, with an estimated pop- in Kabul city, it is covered with from Arghandab district, Kanda- they are not with him [Mullah 100.31Afs duty to do the job. But all citi- are concerned that this could start ulation of five million. But most dust and smoke and this threat- har, but now lives in Karachi in Rassoul]." One Euro= zens must take part in the cleanli- affecting people’s health. When feel it is the responsibility of the ens the population in our coun- Pakistan. He is the head of the Tal- In the next episode of this report ness of the city,” Abdul Hadi contacted, Kabul municipality municipality to keep the city try,” Chairman of Rangeen Kaman iban's internal and external rela- TOLOnews looks at the differenc- 70.91 Afs Arghandiwal , head of the faction officials said that garbage in some clean. “May God bless these vol- organization Ali Parsa told tions commission. 10. Haji Gul es among the Taliban leadership 1000 Pak Rs= 626Afs said. Members of the public have areas had not been removed due unteers who came to our help to- TOLOnews. Agha, hails from Spinboldak dis- that led to the split. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES The death toll from Chennai floods in India

India and Pakistan came close to a nears 270 as City possible nuclear exchange at the height of the 1999 Kargil war, a former Central Intelligence Agen- cy (CIA) analyst and Indian broad- remains at a standstill cast journalist Burkha Dutt claimed . The two South Asian rivals, ac- cording to two separate accounts, were ready to risk the use of nu- clear weapons. In his account former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst Bruce Riedel claimed in an interview with The Independent that the CIA had tipped off the intelligence to then president Bill Clinton. Going for the jugular: India will never forget Kargil war, says Musharraf Reidel made these claims in a written obituary for former US National Security Adviser Sandy Berger. Another account came from Barkha Dutt in her new book. This time the source was India’s ex- National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra who was cited as saying that Delhi was considering the use of a nuclear weapon during the eight-week-long conflict in Kargil. “The morning of the fourth (July 4, 1999), the CIA wrote in its top-secret daily brief that Pa- Pakistan not as unlikely as you think “Berger urged Clinton to hear out Sharif, but to be firm.” Clinton’s top kistan was preparing its nuclear security adviser went on to suggest that since Pakistan had started the crisis, it must end it and that only a weapons for deployment and pos- withdrawal could avert further escalation. On the other end, India’s former NSA Brajesh Mishra told Dutt that sible use. The intelligence was very then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had written a secret letter to Clinton warning him that India would Large numbers have been report- homes, the Los Angeles Times cit- dra Modi, who flew to Chennai to compelling. The mood in the Oval use any means available unless Pakistan was not convinced to withdraw. “Crossing the Line of Control was edly displaced ed a local journalist as saying. survey the devastation on Thurs- Office was grim,” Riedel wrote. not ruled out, nor was the use of nuclear weapons,” said Mishra, who had handed Vajpayee’s letter to a top Officially Doctored Image of “The rain has been abnormal. day, announced an aid package of Nuclear war between India and US official in Geneva, NDTV reported. Prime Minister Modi at Chennai People have not seen this rain in $150 million from the central gov- Floods Causes Scorn In India their lifetime,” Jomey Joseph, head ernment in addition to the $140 See How the Worst Rainfall in of the Chennai office of Catholic million that has already been set a Century Shut Down This Indian Relief Services, told TIME on Fri- aside for rescue and relief. India real trailblazer when it Airport Chennai continues to face day afternoon from Pondicherry Large swaths of the city — one its worst rains in over a century, about 100 miles south of the city. of India’s largest — have come to with the death toll from flooding Joseph and her organization, along a complete standstill, with nearly in the southern Indian city increas- with several others, have been pro- half the electrical supply being cut comes to financial inclusion: US ing even as Friday brought a sem- viding cooked food, dry rations off and telephone and transport WASHINGTON: Praising Indian have been opened under the Jan blance of respite. and protective materials such as services severely impacted. The government's efforts to bring peo- Dhan Yojana and roughly Rs A total of 269 people have died tarpaulins to people in the nearby international airport has also been ple under banking network and 26,000 crores have been deposit- since torrential rains first began districts of Cuddalore and Vil- closed until Sunday because the linking them with the electronic ed in these accounts. lashing the coastal city about a lapuram — where she estimates runway and tarmac were sub- payment system, a top Obama The programme has created a month ago, India’s Home Minis- about 20,000 people have lost their merged under 7 ft. of water, ac- Administration official has said platform for inculcating the habit ter Rajnath Singh was quoted as homes. cording to reports. India has been a "real trailblazer" of saving, providing formal credit saying by the Indian Express “We have not yet gone to Although the downpour when it comes to financial inclu- facilities, plugging leakages in pub- newspaper. Chennai because Chennai is com- ceased by Friday morning, Chen- sion. lic subsidies and welfare pro- Singh also added that close 60 pletely flooded and we have not nai is still reeling from having re- "India's government has been grammes. others have lost their lives in other been able to enter most of the ar- ceived more rain in a 24-hour peri- a real trailblazer when it comes to parts of the country’s south, in eas,” she said. “It’s been raining od than it normally does during the financial inclusion, and we're very what he called an “unprecedented very heavily so distribution [of entire month of December. proud to support their efforts, Prince Amyn Aga calamity.” relief materials] has also been a big “Shelter and livelihood is also which can be an example to the Khan new Around a million people have challenge.” going to be a big issue now,” Jo- world," said Nisha Desai Biswal, also been displaced from their Indian Prime Minister Naren- seph said. the Assistant Secretary of State for representative to South and Central Asia, during the Bangladesh launch of the US-India Partnership to advance financial inclusion. Prince Amyn Aga Khan is the Prime Minister Narendra new Non-Resident Personal Modi had identified building inclu- Representative to Bangladesh of sive economic infrastructure as one his elder brother Karim Aga of his top priorities during his vis- Khan. He presented his creden- it to the US in September last year. tials to Foreign Minister Abul And President Barack Obama had Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thurs- asked his officials to provide all day. The foreign ministry said necessary help in this regard. Ali welcomed him to Bangladesh New Delhi: India is considering told MPs. an influential network of organi- these areas urgently before all the was not behind the blockade on The American objective in this and felicitated him on his ap- sending an all-party delegation to Stating that Nepal itself had zations committed to upholding the roads to reach them get blocked.” supplies to Nepal. “Obstructions partnership is to support India's pointment. He conveyed his ap- Nepal to convey its goodwill to to take “credible” and “effective” right to food in the country, ex- Landlocked Nepal’s new con- are by the Nepalese population on financial inclusion efforts and pro- preciation to Aga Khan for the the Himalayan country even as it steps to resolve its political prob- pressed concern over what it called stitution seeks to create seven the Nepalese side, in which gov- vide an opportunity for all Indi- growing interest and involve- pushes for changes in the coun- lems, Swaraj said, “India’s only food insecurity in Nepal due to the states in a federal model in which ernment of India cannot interfere,” ans to participate in the digital ment of Aga Khan Institutions try’s controversial new constitu- interest is in a peaceful, united and blockades at the border. 60% of lawmakers will be elected she said adding that there had been economy. in sectors that are contributing tion, foreign minister Sushma stable Nepal... There has also been In a statement released on directly, while the rest will be elect- incidents of violence in areas of Ne- "In India and many parts of to institutional development of Swaraj said . the broadest goodwill for Nepal in Thursday, the network con- ed in proportion to the popula- pal bordering India, with Indian the world, cash is still king. And Bangladesh. The foreign minis- Swaraj’s comments came as India and full political consensus demned all the groups involved in tion of these seven states. freight operators voicing com- for the billions that remain un- ter said he looked forward to Indian Right to Food Campaign on our policy. In that tradition, I creating and perpetuating the The Tharus, Madhesis and plaints about difficulties in move- banked, that is a tremendous bar- strengthened relations, recalling urged her government to help end would urge the House to consider blockade and urged the Indian gov- Janjatis, who constitute 51% of the ment and security. India has facil- rier to achieving economic stabili- the signing of the Agreement of a land blockade of Nepal by sec- the merits of a visit to Nepal by an ernment to take “proactive mea- country’s 27 million population, itated supplies wherever possible, ty," Biswal said on Tuesday. Protocol between Bangladesh tions opposed to the constitution. all-party delegation.” sures to end the blockade and fear they will not be adequately Swaraj said adding several thou- "To help bring down that bar- and the Aga Khan Development In her opening statement to a India’s interest in the matter stand in solidarity with the peo- represented in the country’s par- sands of trucks have remained rier/the barriers to financial inclu- Network (AKDN) in Septem- calling attention motion in the up- stems from the fact that Nepal ple of Nepal at this time of crisis.” liament under the new constitution stranded on the Indian side of the sion in India, we've conducted orig- ber 2013. Prince Amyn Aga per house of Parliament, Swaraj shares a 1,751km open border with The group also wanted the In- and have been holding protests. border for weeks, waiting to cross inal research to help understand Khan expressed his “personal said that Kamal Thapa, Nepal’s five Indian states—Uttarakhand, dian government to address con- India blames the stoppage of over. “The primary crossing of how we can better incentivize mer- gratitude” to the government for deputy prime minister and foreign Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal cerns that India was backing the commercial vehicles carrying goods Raxaul-Birgunj, which accounts for chants and consumers to conduct the accommodation and support minister, who was in New Delhi and Sikkim—Swaraj said, adding: blockades. to Nepal on the protesters who two-thirds of our trade, remains their transactions digitally," she extended to the AKDN. He said this week on a private visit, had “India is directly affected by de- “As a good neighbour, the gov- have been squatting on the roads. closed from the Nepali side for said. the Network planned to “in- assured her that “progress” was velopments in the Terai,” or the ernment of India in such a situa- Nepal, on its part, blames In- more than two months,” she said. "And based on that research, crease its presence” in Bang- being made in the dialogue on the plains of Nepal. tion should dispel these allegations dia’s alleged tacit support for the India had also airlifted fuel and we're now starting to incubate and ladesh, having worked here for contentious sections of the con- An unfortunate example of this and must ensure that the common protesters for their prolonged agi- medicines to Nepal and was re- test new business models that will over five decades in a number of stitution with the protesting was that an Indian national was people of Nepal do not suffer due tation and has accused India of routing supply trucks through oth- expand and accelerate the use of sectors integral to Bangladesh’s groups. killed when Nepal tried to forc- the political tensions,” the Right imposing an economic and fuel er available crossing points, she digital payments," Biswal said, development such as early child- “This gives us hope that an ibly remove Nepalese protestors to Food Campaign said in a press blockade. The situation has result- said. “But there are also logistical adding that this partnership is an- hood development, pre-tertiary early resolution would be found squatting on the roads preventing statement. ed in tension between India and constraints and the best remedy other great proof-of-concept of education, and financial servic- for the political problems facing the movement of commercial ve- Noting that Nepal was recov- Nepal, reversing the warmth in re- remains a political solution lead- how the US and India, together, es. They also discussed poten- Nepal. We will continue to encour- hicles carrying goods and fuel from ering from a devastating earthquake lations seen after Prime Minister ing to the end of the agitation,” she are able to develop solutions lo- tial collaboration across wider age all sides to come to a solution India last month, she said. which struck the country in April, Narendra Modi took office on 26 added. cally that can be scaled globally. streams of education, health, sooner rather than later,” Swaraj, Swaraj’s statement came as the Right to Food Campaign said, May last year. In her statement to The Rajya Sabha is to discuss Said to be a game changer for culture, tourism, and hospitali- who met Thapa on Wednesday, India’s Right to Food Campaign, “Essentials need to be delivered to the Rajya Sabha, Swaraj said India India’s Nepal policy on Monday. India's financial inclusion efforts, ty sectors in Bangladesh. over 193 million bank accounts China, Bangladesh pledge deeper military cooperation Bangladesh’s Chief of Army Staff sends nearly as many delegations mar corridor – and as a port hub intended as a Chinese “pearl” in the Indian Ocean. In fact, Dhaka may have won tangible benefits from courting both China and India. In the past Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul to Bangladesh each year as India for the Maritime Silk Road. The two years, Bangladesh has seen long-standing maritime and land border issues with India resolved in Dhaka’s favor, perhaps because New Delhi is Huq was in Beijing on Thursday, does, Srikanth Kondapalli of Jawa- latter, in particular, has military eager to make sure its neighbor doesn’t tilt too far in China’s direction. where he met with Chinese De- harlal Nehru University told Reu- overtones, as observers have of- fense Minister Chang Wanquan ters earlier this year. Last year, ten worried that China’s invest- and Wang Jianping, deputy chief when a high-ranking Chinese mili- ments in maritime infrastructure of general staff of the People’s Lib- tary official visited Dhaka, the two are expected to bear fruit as mili- eration Army. Both sides praised sides signed agreements that would tary assets as well (the basis for the development of China-Bang- see China provide training for the famous “string of pearls” the- ladesh military relations since the Bangladeshi military personnel. ory). China played a large role in two countries established ties 40 During Belal’s visit to China, developing Bangladesh’s port at years ago, and pledged deeper co- Wang expressed his hope that “the Chittagong even before the “Belt operation in the future. two militaries can keep enhancing and Road” initiative came along — The two countries have built high-level exchange of visits, com- much to India’s dismay. up a solid military relationship, munication between military acad- Indeed, New Delhi has been thanks largely to the fact that Chi- emies and cooperation in technol- generally wary of Bangladesh’s na is Bangladesh’s largest supplier ogies and personnel training,” ac- close military relationship with of military equipment. Since 2010, cording to a paraphrasing by Chi- China, particularly the maritime Beijing has supplied Dhaka with na Military Online. Belal, mean- component. Of particular concern five maritime patrol vessels, two while, said that Bangladesh is in- is the plan for Bangladesh to buy corvettes, 44 tanks, and 16 fighter terested in increasing its coopera- two diesel-electric submarines jets, as well as surface-to-air and tion with China on personnel train- from China, which will necessitate anti-ship missiles, according to the ing and peacekeeping. Bangladesh the construction of a submarine Stockholm International Peace and China are two of the world’s base in Bangladesh, a base that Research Institute. That’s in addi- top contributors of troops to UN might play host to Chinese sub- tion to new Ming-class submarines peacekeeping missions; Bang- marines in the future (as Sri Lan- Bangladesh ordered from China in ladesh ranks second, with China ka’s Colombo port did last year). 2013, which are expected to enter in sixth. Bangladesh is aware of India’s the Bangladeshi fleet in 2016, ac- Meanwhile, Bangladesh is also worries and does not want to be cording to Prime Minister Sheikh an important part of the “Belt and caught in a tug-of-war between the Hasina. Road,” Beijing’s vision of an inter- two Asian giants. When Indian China and Bangladesh have connected trading web stretching Prime Minister Narendra Modi been moving to expand their co- from China all the way to western visited Bangladesh last year, the operation besides hardware ex- Europe. Bangladesh features in the two sides signed an agreement to changes. In particular, there’s a Belt and Road both as part of the let Indian cargo vessels use Chit- robust relationship for training and overland component – via the tagong port – a move read in India military exchanges. China’s PLA Bangladesh-China-India-Myan- as reassurance that the port is not This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Paris attack Burundi facing real suspect possibility of civil ‘recruited war: US envoy team’ in Burundi is on the brink of civil war and will need regional me- Hungary diation to establish a peace United States President Barack mon acronym for the militants. process between the govern- Obama said his decision to send The interview was taped on One of the suspected ringleaders ment and opposition to pre- more U.S. special forces to com- Wednesday. of last month’s Paris attacks, Salah vent further bloodshed, a US bat ISIS in Iraq is not an indication On Wednesday, U.S. Army Abdeslam, travelled to Hungary envoy said. Thomas Perriello, that the United States is headed Colonel Steve Warren said the new where he “recruited a team” from the US special envoy for Afri- for another invasion like the one in force would likely amount to 100, unregistered migrants passing ca's Great Lakes region, said 2003 that locked it in a long, vio- an increase over the 50 announced through, senior Hungarian govern- on Thursday that Burundi is lent conflict. previously. ment officials have said. "facing a real possibility of Obama has said his strategy The addition is the latest ef- “I can confirm that one of the civil war," though there is still to fight the militant group in Iraq fort to boost U.S. military pres- main organizers of the Paris terror "a window, no matter how and Syria does not include U.S. sure against Islamic State while also attacks was in Budapest,” Prime small, to get a peace process ground combat troops, but this exposing American forces to greater Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of going". "The most urgent thing week, the Pentagon announced it risk. staff Janos Lazar told a regular is a regionally mediated dia- would send a new force of special Iraq: Foreign ground troops news conference in Budapest. logue that will deal with the operations troops. ‘act of aggression’ Lazar did not name the man or crisis itself," he said. But re- “When I said no boots on the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al- say when he was in Hungary, nor gional efforts to cool Burun- ground, I think the American peo- Abadi also said on Thursday no whether those he picked up went di's crisis have stumbled, de- ple understood generally that foreign ground troops had been on to take part in the November spite calls by the African we’re not going to do an Iraq-style requested from any country and 13 atrocities in the French capital Union and East African states invasion of Iraq or Syria with bat- that their deployment would be claimed by the ISIS group. for dialogue. Perriello said the talions that are moving across the considered a “hostile act”. Speaking to AFP on condition international community has desert,” he said in an interview The statement on Abadi’s of- of anonymity, a government source kept a close watch on Burundi with CBS that aired on Thursday. ficial Facebook page came after later confirmed that the man was and the extension of sanctions “But what I’ve been very clear U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren in fact Abdeslam, a key suspect in and the preparation of a peace- about is that we are going to sys- said a new force of around 100 the Paris attacks who is currently keeping force are among the tematically squeeze and ultimate- special operations troops would on the run. options. Growing fears over ly destroy ISIL and that requires be deployed to assist in the mili- Lazar meanwhile said the sus- potential genocide in Burundi us having a military component to tary campaign against Islamic State pect had been in Keleti station in "We've learned way too pain- that,” Obama added, using a com- militants in Iraq. Budapest, “recruiting a team from fully from the past that you immigrants who had refused to reg- don't want to wait until after a ister with Hungarian authorities”, genocide has started to be do- referring to migrants. ing things to prevent it from He then “left the country to- happening," Perriello said. gether with them,” Lazar added. The peace process, led by Until mid-September, when Ugandan President Yoweri Hungary sealed its border with Museveni and backed by the mental Greens had signalled their intention to Serbia, thousands of migrants and United States and others, has vote against the military mission. A majority of refugees spent days or even weeks so far failed to bring the two Germans back the government's plans to sup- in makeshift camps at Keleti sta- sides to the negotiating table. port France and other allies to defeat ISIL,. tion on their way to northern Eu- "We certainly feel that Presi- rope after travelling up through the dent Museveni holds the ball Germany's parliament has ap- Balkans. on this right now, and there- proved Chancellor Angela Merkel's A French source familiar with fore some of the consequenc- plan to join the military mission in the investigation told AFP that a es if the talks don't get start- Syria aimed at defeating the Islam- car rented by Abdeslam is known ed," Perriello said. Critics have ic State of Iraq and the Levant to have been in Hungary on Sep- questioned the suitability of (ISIL). Germany will send six Tor- tember 17. Museveni, who is currently nado reconnaissance jets and a re- It was unclear however, running to extend his 30-year fueling aircraft to back up the in- whether Belgian-born Abdeslam - tenure as president for anoth- ternational anti-ISIL coalition, but who played a key role in the Paris er five years. Last month, the its military will not conduct air attacks in which 130 people were US imposed sanctions on four strikes. The Bundestag, the lower killed - was himself in the vehicle, current and former Burundi of- House of parliament, voted for the and if so, whether he was accom- ficials, citing reports of target- mandate by an overwhelming ma- panied, the source added. ed killings, arbitrary arrests, jority of 445 votes in favour and Abdeslam, 26, was also regis- and torture. 146 against. Seven lawmakers ab- tered as having been in Austria on stained. The Bundestag has to vote September 9 after being stopped I’m part of ISIS: on any extension to the mission. in a routine traffic check, Austrian Dutch arrest The $142m year-long mission also authorities said on November 17. involves deploying up to 1,200 He and two other men were Syrian teen military personnel, as well as a frig- stopped in a car with Belgian num- asylum seeker ate to support the French aircraft ber plates after travelling south carrier Charles de Gaulle, which from Germany, not west from Paris has dispatched to the region. Hungary. Dutch police have arrested a The international coalition has Abdeslam told police he was Syrian teen on suspicion of stepped up its campaign against “on holiday”. being member of a terror organ- the group in the wake of last Austrian authorities last isation while looking for asy- month's deadly terrorist attacks in month said that the two others lum in the Netherlands, public Paris. ISIL claimed responsibility “have so far not been named in prosecutors said on Thursday. for the massacre in which 130 peo- connection” with the Paris attacks. “An 18-year-old man was ple were killed. Merkel's conser- Abdeslam, whose brother arrested in The Hague on Mon- vative-led coalition, which includ- Brahim blew himself up in a bar day after telling fellow asylum ed the left-leaning Social Demo- the night of the attacks, was spir- seekers that he was a member crats, controls about 80 per cent ited away from Paris to Belgium of ISIS and al-Qaeda,” the pub- of the Bundestag vote. Both the after the November 13 massacre lic prosecutor’s office said in a opposition hard-left Die Linke as by two other men who were later statement. The Syrian teen ar- well as members of the environ- arrested and charged there. rived in the Netherlands in Oc- tober and was living on a boat housing asylum seekers in Zaandam, outside Amsterdam, the statement added. Russia ‘expands air base’ near Homs in Syria More than 100 Dutch citi- zens have left the country to Russian troops are expanding a Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is ac- gime warplanes were using it. join the Islamic State of Iraq military base in central Syria, add- tive. Russia has been conducting Abdurrahman said work has and Syria (ISIS) group, but ing fortifications and developing its airstrikes in Syria since Sept. 30, been underway in Shaayrat for Monday’s arrest will be one of runways in a sign they intend to using the Syrian government’s several weeks, with Russian the first cases of a refugee be- use it as their second air base in Basel al-Assad air base in the coast- troops working on building forti- ing a suspected militant. The the country, Syrian activists said al province of Latakia. Su-24 fications and working on the run- teen has appeared in court on Thursday. The work underway in bombers and helicopters take off ways. In addition, Russian troops terror charges and remains in the Shaayrat air base, about 40 ki- on daily basis from that base, have begun using the T4 military custody until his next hearing lometers (25 miles) southeast of known by its old name of Heme- air base, also in Homs province, in two weeks’ time, the state- the city of Homs, could also signal imeem, to bomb targets in areas in for Russian helicopters conduct- ment said. Last week, the Neth- Moscow’s intention to step up northern Syria. ing military operations around the erlands announced it would airstrikes in the country’s central A base in Homs province ISIS-held towns of Palmyra and double the number of beds and region where the Islamic State of would facilitate Russian airstrikes Qaraytan in the province. shelters for tens of thousands in central Syria. There was no immediate com- of asylum seekers. As Europe Bebars al-Talawi, a Homs- ment from Russian officials. grapples with its biggest flow based activist, and Rami Abdur- A U.S. military official who of migrants since World War II, rahman, director of the Britain- spoke on condition of anonymity the Dutch government said an based Syrian Observatory for Hu- said Wednesday that the U.S. has additional 42,500 spaces will man Rights, both reported on seen Russian military personnel at be created for new asylum-seek- Thursday major Russian activity Shaayrat, but not Russian aircraft. ers arriving in the country, of in Shaayrat. However, they said At a separate Pentagon brief- which 10,000 will only be avail- there was no signs yet of any ing Wednesday, Col. Steve Warren, able for three to six months. fixed-wing aircraft in the facility. a U.S. military spokesman in Bagh- Al-Talawi said there were re- dad, told reporters that the Rus- ports that Russian weapons, in- sians have expanded out from the California shoot- cluding artillery, have been brought main base in Latakia and now have ing suspect into the base in recent days. He “facilities in about four, maybe five said runways at the base were be- different spots in and around the ‘radicalized’ ing expanded, but so far only re- Latakia area.” Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two suspects in the mass shooting in a social services facility in Southern California that killed 14 on Wednesday, was apparently radicalized, though other factors may have No foreign ground troops had been ers of creating “a zone of chaos.” played a role in his motive, requested from any country, Iraqi Speaking in his live state-of-the- CNN reported, citing law en- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi nation address, Putin called for an forcement sources. said on Thursday, describing such end to what he called double stan- Police said twelve pipe deployment as an “act of aggres- dards that hampered uniting glo- bomb-type devices had been sion.” bal efforts in fighting terrorism. found at Farook's home. The statement on Abadi’s of- Without naming the United States, The San Bernardino po- ficial Facebook page came after he accused Washington and its al- lice chief Jarrod Burguan said U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren lies of turning Iraq, Syria and Lib- that Syed Rizwan Farook, 28 said a new force of around 100 ya into a “zone of chaos and anar- and his female partner Tash- special operations troops would chy threatening the entire world” feen Malik, 27, had “sprayed be deployed to assist in the mili- by supporting change of regimes the room with bullets,” and tary campaign against ISIS mili- in those countries. He added: “We did not know if any one indi- tants in Iraq. U.S. Secretary of must leave all arguments and dis- vidual had been targeted. State John Kerry said on Wednes- agreements behind and make one All four guns used the at- day that the Iraqi government was powerful fist, a single anti-terror tack had been legally pur- fully briefed on U.S. plans to de- front, which would work on the chased, police added. The two ploy American special forces to basis of international law under the had 1,600 rounds of ammuni- Iraq, a day after Abadi said that aegis of the United Nations.” tion in their possession. his country did not need foreign Meanwhile, Kerry warned on Citing other law enforce- ground troops. Kerry added that Thursday that ISIS would not be ment officials, CNN reported the Iraqi government was fully defeated by air strikes alone after that Farook had been in touch briefed on the U.S. plans to send British bombers made their first over the telephone and via so- an elite unit to help combat ISIS as strikes on the radical militants in cial media with more than one announced early this week. In a Syria, hitting oil fields that Prime international terrorism subject related story, Russian President Minister David Cameron says are who was being investigated by Vladimir Putin called Thursday for being used to fund attacks on the the FBI. “one powerful fist” to fight ter- West. Kerry said Syrian and Arab rorism and accused Western pow- ground forces must be found to This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES By Khyber Sarban ders. Despite claims to the Any interaction between the The changing regional contrary by the Pakistan Afghan and Pakistani lead- dynamics and the growing Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Afghanistan’s national secu- military, the Taliban repre- ers will hit a wall at Le Bour- threat of extremism to Cen- Phone No: +93-772364666 rity adviser Hanif Atmar and sentative in Murree was au- get as Mr Ghani has come tral Asia, Russia and China E-mail: [email protected] deputy foreign minister Hek- thorised neither by the Quet- to realise that even if Mr has increased the chances of mat Khalil Karzai, turning to ta Shura nor by Taliban’s Sharif reiterates the prom- regional cooperation over India to revive its 2012 re- Email: [email protected] political office in Qatar to ise that Pakistani soil will not combating terror and sus- quest for military aid, may hold talks with Kabul. be used as a sanctuary by tained durable economic de- have been prompted by the www.afghanistantimes.af Afraid of being caught in terrorists, Taliban sanctuar- velopment. But India’s worsening security this last a lie, Islamabad may have ies flourish without impedi- backing is integral towards Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi year. even sabotaged the process ment even as an embold- this effort. While Mr Ghani’s The bombshell by Mah- by announcing Mullah ened Islamic State of Iraq clear message to Pakistan Advisory editorial board moud Saikal, Afghanistan’s Omar’s death. Afghanistan and Syria steps up its pres- may have been “Take Tajiki- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, permanent representative to is unlikely to ask Pakistan to ence in eastern Afghanistan. stan, but give Afghanistan to the UN this Tuesday, when host another round of talks In the light of Pakistan’s India,” epitomising his long- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal he hit out at Pakistan for with Taliban, although Mr unchanged Afghan policy, term view of India-Afghan- using terrorists as “violent Graphic-Designers: Sharif sent representatives the best way forward for istan economic ties, there proxies”, and openly blamed from Khyber-Pakthunkhwa Afghanistan is to strength- can be no illusions over the Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari Islamabad’s “unnecessary to plead his case, and will en itself on all fronts, partic- significant security challeng- anxiety” over its ties with Marketing & Advertising: use the Paris climate sum- ularly militarily. Nato’s offer es that come with such an India for a sharp spike in ci- mit to reach out to Indian of continuing support post- arrangement. Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 vilian and military casualties Prime Minister Narendra 2015, the unannounced visit Indian investment and Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan that made 2015 the bloodi- Modi and Mr Ghani. Islam- of Gen. John Campbell, citizens in Afghanistan would est year since 2001, clearly Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 abad, under pressure from commander of US and Nato clearly face the heat from shows that there was more Washington, has invited In- forces in Afghanistan to In- Pakistan sponsored Haqqani Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press to this November visit than dia for the “Heart of Asia dia last month and Hanif network and Lashkar-e- a simple quest for better se- ministerial meeting on Af- Atmar and Khalil Karzai’s Tayyaba. But to retreat in curity. ghanistan” in Pakistan. But visit soon after, points to an the face of these security The constitution says The unspoken agenda is distrust over Pakistan’s mo- United States nod, to inten- threats is to hand a moral the revival of Afghanistan- tives were underscored by sifying Indo-Afghan cooper- victory to the terror outfits. India ties, after a relatively Islamabad’s doublespeak ation beyond military aid. Instead, India and Afghani- Article 81 bumpy year when Afghani- when it simultaneously Delhi’s support of the stan must boost security co- The National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, as the highest legislative stan under its new President warned that any revival of Afghan government, irre- operation and set up mech- organ, shall manifest the will of its people as well as represent the entire nation. Every Ashraf Ghani turned to- Indo-Afghan military coop- spective of the results of any anisms that safeguard Indi- member of the Assembly, when voting, shall judge according to the general interests as wards three countries with eration will have “perilous peace talks with Taliban or an investment. Equally, In- well as the supreme benefits of the people of Afghanistan. considerable clout over the consequences” for Afghan- how Pakistan-Afghanistan dia must commit to staying Taliban — Pakistan, Saudi istan. After one of the blood- affairs play out, must be un- the course, whatever the Arabia and China — in a bid iest years since the Taliban’s wavering. Afghanistan too provocation. to end Pakistan’s decades exit, and the shocking fall of must cash in on the fact that For Kabul, the military long “undeclared war” on Kunduz to Taliban hands it is strategically placed on hardware comes with a Afghanistan, and failed. In when residents faced un- the crossroads of Asia with price. A price that Delhi must fact, befriending Pakistan precedented brutality — al- links to Central Asia, West be willing to pay.—(Deccan set off a storm at home. beit briefly — there is now Asia and South Asia. De- Chronicle) Mr Ghani had hoped that consensus among Afghan spite its diverse and often The writer served as an roping in Pakistan Prime officials that Pakistan is un- warring ethnic groups, the adviser in Afghanistan’s In- Corruption becomes Minister Nawaz Sharif for a likely to stop its sponsorship Afghan nation has held to- dependent Directorate of joint effort to combat terror of the Taliban insurgency. gether. Local Governance would bring regional stabili- nightmare ty, economic prosperity and trade. The first fallout was The government had repeatedly outlined its efforts to fight corruption at the alienation of key region- the top and grassroots level. However, the output is still zero. Whether the al ally India, which until then authorities are reluctant to accelerate their efforts or they are engaged in had been steadfast in its sup- something else, but the graft culture is earning bad reputation for the coun- port of Afghanistan, boost- ing education, healthcare, By Abdulrahman al-Rashed debate Cameron’s statements came the regime which has become the try. Unfortunately, when the leaders are criticized for their failures, they energy, food and telecom- during a 10-hour debate in the Syrian people’s enemy, after it take it as personal attack. It is understood that without realizing our mis- munications. I recently read a statement by House of Commons regarding Syr- killed 300,000 people, displaced Saudi Arabian diplomat Prince ia, in which the PM attempted to 10 million others and destroyed takes we could not improve ourselves. Therefore, the culture of manipula- Former President Hamid Turki al-Faisal that carries several convince MPs to approve British most cities. Therefore, no matter tion and giving mere statements, to win donations, should be discouraged. Karzai and Prime Minister meanings. He said: “Europe com- airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. The what they do, terrorism will Manmohan Singh signed an plains of the big number of Syrian debate between the British politi- emerge again as long as the cause It will not benefit Kabul at all but would create more challenges for the “Agreement on Strategic refugees. The solution is simple. cians was a heated one as usual. is there. What Cameron is calling already troubled government. Partnership between Af- Take one Syrian refugee, that is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for is supporting Syrian national- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, attempted to thwart Cameron’s ist powers that are willing to fight Most certainly, another challenge is in the making because the donors ghanistan and India” in 2011 and you’d be done with the prob- proposal by granting the BBC an terrorists to defend their land, and have hinted to stop supporting the Afghanistan’s Independent Joint Anti- which with an eye on the lem of another 10 million Syrian interview that was broadcast the can establish a new governance Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) for spending post-2015 scenario when the refugees.” This is literally true, be- same day as the debate in the that represents all the Syrian peo- US and Nato forces were cause the struggle in Syria is be- House of Commons; however, he ple. It’s true that the situation in the donated amount irresponsibly. The Wall Street Journal reported that cause of Assad. It is also true in failed. Cameron defeated Assad’s Syria has become complicated; set to exit, was a bold and general terms, as there are direct logic, and MPs voted for military however, resolving it via the Rus- the USAID and other donors are concerned over the spending of the funds far-sighted move to strength- solutions, instead of the compli- intervention. His justifications for sian approach of fighting ISIS and by MEC. The donors are also concerned over performance of the Afghan en not just political, commer- cated ones that politicians have intervention and vision of a solu- letting the Assad regime rule fur- anticorruption committee. Very recently the EU Ambassador, Franz-Micha- cial, economic and cultural sought that are irrelevant to the tion are clear. Cameron sees that ther complicates it. This propos- cooperation but train and original problem. Cameron sees the problem in Syria is in both the al actually adds fuel to fire. We el Mellbin, expressed concerns over the rampant corruption in Afghani- that the problem in Syria is in both Syrian regime as well as terrorist think the Russians who adopt this equip Afghan security forc- the Syrian regime as well as ter- organizations. As long as fighting proposal, which is similar to stan. He suggested that the Afghan officials involved in corruption should es. rorist organizations. British Prime ISIS has become necessary for the Iran’s, will change their stance be brought to justice; otherwise the graft culture would continue to absorb Mr Ghani’s Pakistan’s Minister David Cameron’s state- security of Britain, Europe and the now that they deal with facts on the donations without leaving any trace. Transparency International also policy was a gross miscal- ment calling for supporting the world, the solution is in support- the ground. Cameron indirectly culation. Islamabad’s strate- fighters of the Free Syrian Army ing Syrian nationalists, like the spoke about this on Wednesday pointed to the corruption but in defense sector of the country. (FSA) and cooperating with them FSA, and this can be the basis of a when he said the Russians have At this point one thing is clear that corruption is not only a nightmare gic calculus vis-à-vis Af- falls within the context of a direct solution for the Syrian struggle. also begun to deal with the FSA ghanistan has not altered. solution. While arguing the case Cooperating with Assad will fail and to recognize its presence. for Afghans but for the international community as well. The more the Terror continued to be Pa- for military action against ISIS, he The solution which the Russians This article was first published in government wastes time, the more pressure will build up and the level of kistan’s weapon of choice said there are around “70,000 Syr- resorted to, and which some west- Asharq al-Awsat on Dec. 4, 2015. ian opposition fighters – princi- ern governments no longer mind, Abdulrahman al-Rashed is the assistance will drop further. Decrease in donations will land the govern- against the Afghan people. pally the Free Syrian Army – who is cooperating with the Assad re- former General Manager of Al Ar- ment into the troubled water, further deep. Kabul cannot bear the blow- The farcical Murree talks do not belong to extremist groups gime to fight ISIS. However, this abiya News Channel. A veteran reinforced Kabul’s misgiv- and with whom we can coordinate solution will fail as even if, in the and internationally acclaimed back of shrinking international support at this critical juncture, especially ings. It gave Mr Ghani no attacks on [ISIS].” He clarified that best case scenario, it resolves half journalist, he is a former editor- when the government has no alternative to meet the expenses and run the the majority of the FSA are sol- of the problem and eliminates ter- in-chief of the London-based lead- reason to believe Pakistan diers that defected from the Syri- rorist groups, it actually maintains ing Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, state machinery effectively. As Afghanistan is a consumer country and was sincere about ensuring an army and have nothing to do the origin of the problem and the where he still regularly writes a depends on donations, therefore, the government had to accelerate its fight peace on our shared bor- with extremist ideology. 10-hour major source of tension, namely political column. it is in today. against the corruption to prove that donations would not be wasted but utilized in better manner for development of the country and welfare of public. As a first step, the government should arrest the high-ranking officials involved in corruption. It will not only send a positive signal to the donors Af ghanist an’s st abilit y but will also discourage corruption at the grassroots level. The sense of fear will prevent the officials from corruption. It will restore trust of pub- lic and international community over the Afghan government. To do so, the government should introduce reforms in the judiciary system so those involved in corruption could not escape justice. Speedy trial is imperative to see the anti-corruption campaign successful. Land- grabbing and violation of merit policy in the recruitment process are also serious types of corruption. Therefore, the government should discour- age these types of corruption at the very power center. Ministers, advi- sors, governors and other officials who are violating the merit policy in recruitment process should be brought to the court of justice. Moreover, those who have grabbed state-owned and public lands should be given ex- emplary punishment to discourage the culture of corruption and restore the lost trust. 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SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By VIJAY PRASHAD On December 2, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defense By Jonathan Hafetz Anatoly Antonov made a It did not take long for the atroc- strong statement about ities in Paris to prompt exagger- Turkish complicity with ISIS. ated responses that elevate po- The charge sheet is long and litical grandstanding over sen- detailed. It mentions many sible responses to the terrorist aspects, but the most incen- threat. diary is the accusation about In the United States, the “ISIS oil.” known in Turkey, where was merely building up in- prize for overreaching so far ISIS controls Iraqi oil goes to the House of Represen- journalists have been brave- telligence on the tanker tatives, which voted to ratchet fields near Mosul. They have ly writing about the Turkish routes and it was now pre- up screening procedures for been making millions of dol- government’s role along the pared to hit the convoys. Iraqi and Syrian refugees. lars each day by selling oil porous Turkish-Syrian bor- That it came after the Rus- The "American Security from these fields. How does der. That is why the govern- sian bombings of the tank- against Foreign Enemies Act of ISIS get the oil from the ment of Erdoðan has so ers, she said, is mere coinci- 2015", which the House passed fields in Mosul to the mar- ruthlessly gone after the dence. on November 19, has no ratio- ket? media. The arrest Western bombing of Syr- nal basis given existing safe- What ISIS has done is to of Cumhuriyet editor Can ia is now going to intensify. guards, fans the flames of xe- use the old networks that nophobia, and undermines ef- Dündar and Ankara bureau The French have joined in forts to confront the dangers have smuggled oil from the chief Erdem Gül is only one with the Americans. The posed by the Islamic State of of xenophobia that reflexively Americans during World War ing those fleeing persecution. Kurdish Regional Govern- part of this crackdown. Dün- British will now begin its Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Pres- ment without any consider- tars innocent civilians from II, a stark reminder of how the That commitment is enshrined dar and Gül had the temeri- bombing raids, as the Ger- ident Barack Obama has threat- these countries as terrorists. toxic combination of fear and in long-standing international ation given to Baghdad’s ty to publish pictures that mans will support the ened to veto the legislation Perversely, these are the very prejudice can lead to gross agreements - the 1951 UN Ref- sovereignty over that oil. showed Turkish resupplying French. The history of aeri- should it pass the Senate. individuals suffering daily from abuses of individual rights. ugee Convention and 1967 UN This had been a point of con- of extremists in Syria. Er- al bombardment shows that UpFront - Reality Check: the violence inflicted by ISIL Closing the door on Syri- Protocol Relating to the Status tention for decades, since doðan went after the New guerrilla armies are not eas- The truth about Europe and the and others. ans fleeing violence and per- of Refugees - and in domestic the Kurdish region began to York Times’ Ceylan Yegin- ily defeated from the air. refugee crisis So far, more than two doz- secution is not just pointless, law. Measures such as the exercise autonomous control su when she reported on The US blasted the Vietnam- Refugees coming to the US en Republican governors have it also harms security. Exagger- House bill do more than under- of the north. Kurdish oil was now face a lengthy and detailed stated they do not want Syrian ated responses play into the mine those commitments and ISIS recruitment centers in ese forces from the sky and review process. They must first sold to smugglers who Turkey. There is zero toler- still lost the war. As the Brit- refugees coming to their re- hands of the extremist propa- the values they represent. They satisfy the United Nations High spective states and vowed to ganda utilised by ISIL and oth- show how the fear of terrorism would cart them in tankers ance for press freedom on ish found in World War II, Commissioner for registration across the border into Tur- block their entry. er terrorist groups. They taint - stoked by politicians - can these issues. If one names German bombing only and interview process, which Presidential politics have the US' reputation abroad and erode reason itself. The House key. In Turkey the trucks these names – Bilal Er- strengthened the will of the examines biometric data and proven a fertile ground for bias. strengthen terrorist recruiting bill - along with states' opposi- would run the length of the doðan, Berat Albayrak, Ah- British people to resist. They biographic information. Donald Trump has likened Syr- strategies. tion to resettlement - diverts at- country to the Mediterra- met Çalýk – there is danger have forgotten that lesson. Those who clear this initial ian refugees to a "Trojan France, which faces a great- tention from the real need: to nean port of Ceyhan. From of prosecution. Çalýk holds The Europeans want to hurdle must then undergo in- horse" and Jeb Bush has pro- er immediate threat from terror- develop policies that increase Ceyhan, which is a port run the keys to the kingdom at solve the refugee crisis. tensive review by the US De- posed that the US should im- ists from Syria crossing its bor- security in the short term and by the Turkish government, the Cehyan refinery – They believe that their partment of Homeland Securi- pose a religious litmus test on ders than the US, has declared contain or eliminate ISIL and the oil is purchased by trans- ty, which checks biometric in- refugees by concentrating on that it will continue to honour other threats in the long run. through which, it is alleged, bombing will advance their formation against multiple US porters whose ships go to ISIS oil travels. Will there be interests. It is likely to in- helping Christians fleeing Syr- its commitment to accept 30,000 Moreover, they perpetuate a government databases. Appli- ia (and not Muslims). refugees from Syria. The Obama reliance on tough-sounding Malta, where the oil is trans- an impartial investigation of crease the displacement in cants face additional layers of shipped to destinations such Chris Christie, New Jersey administration, which in Sep- but ultimately senseless mea- this? Unlikely. Too much is Syria. The Turkish govern- scrutiny by several other agen- governor and presidential can- tember announced that the US sures that undermine those as Ashdod (Israel). This has at stake. Erdoðan has said ment’s demand for a “buff- cies. The process takes on av- didate, has threatened to with- would take in 10,000 Syrian ref- very goals. Jonathan Hafetz is long been a bone of conten- that he would resign if any er zone” is of interest to the erage two years to complete. hold all financial support and ugees, appears determined to Associate Professor of Law at tion between the Iraqi gov- such link were proven. It is Europeans. They believe it According to an analysis services to refugees resettled stand by its commitment. Seton Hall University School of ernment, the Kurdish Re- likely no such link will be is for refugees. But it could by the Cato Institute, the risk in that state. Mounting resistance, howev- Law. The views expressed in gional Government and the demonstrated. just as well be to protect the of a suspected terrorist slipping The backlash against refu- er, has thrown fulfillment of this article are the author's own Turkish government. It was That the Russians have tankers from the Russian through this vetting process is gees evokes painful memories that pledge into doubt. The US and do not necessarily reflect documented by Tolga Tanýþ made these allegations will bombing raids. It is precise- virtually nil, making the threat of the internment of Japanese has long committed to assist- Al Jazeera's editorial policy. in his book Potus ve from Syrian refugees "hyper- only increase tensions be- ly what makes Corbyn’s de- bolically overexaggerated". Beyefendi (2015). Tanis tween Ankara and Moscow. mand so important – to hold It is far more likely that a accuses Berat Albayrak, Indeed, on December 3, a through investigation of the future terrorist would either be Putin v Erdogan: May son-in-law of Turkish presi- Russian President Vladimir ISIS oil pipeline. Such an in- born in the US or attempt to dent Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, Putin suggested that retalia- quiry must ask the following enter the country on a student of involvement in this illegal tion for the downed jet has questions: or tourist visa. scheme. ISIS has merely not yet come. The tempo of 1 Who is carting the oil The proposed legislation the best man win replaced the Kurdish Re- threats has risen. from Mosul to the Turkish would require the director of the FBI, the secretary of the By Lamis Andoni memory revived by his support- gional Government in the Stunningly Ceyhan Port border? Who owns those If you belong to the diversi- ers' camp and minimised by his new arrangement. Department of Homeland Secu- The showdown between Russia fied camp who still believe in a le- detractors. is a few hours drive from the trucks? rity, and the director of Nation- How does ISIS do it? Incirlik Air Base, from where 2 Who is carting the oil and Turkey has pitted Vladimir gitimate revolution in Syria, or Continued ties with Israel ISIS sells the oil to smug- al Intelligence to certify that Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan support one or more factions of But Turkey's continued ties the US jets have been hit- from the Turkish border to each applicant from Syria and as the main contenders for Arab the Syrian opposition, from the with Israel as well Russia's con- glers who cart it to Ceyhan. ting targets in Syria. It is lit- Ceylan? Who owns those Iraq does not pose a threat to and Muslim hearts and minds - secular to the Islamist, then Rus- solidation of relations with Isra- But now the story gets in- erally under the noses of the trucks? 3 How does ISIS oil the US. depending on which camp one sia's intervention is more about el, including the setting-up of a teresting. Who is involved US planes that the ISIS oil go through Ceylan, a port This certification process supports in the many conflicts asserting its power and interests bilateral coordination committee inside Turkey with the oil? has been transported. For the owned by the Turkish gov- adds unnecessary layers of re- affecting the Arab world. than about supporting the welfare to prevent clashes of the coun- view. It is intended not only to Each of the two leaders has of Syria. No illusions try's respective fighters over Syr- The Russians have accused fourteen months that the US ernment? 4 Who owns the been portrayed in social media, The voices of the many peo- ian skies, are again details that are the BMZ Group of being a has been hitting ISIS targets, ships that cart the ISIS oil bog down a process that is al- the press and in ordinary people's ple who have no illusions about either brushed aside or used as major agent for the transport it has avoided striking at the out of Turkey and to ports ready prolonged, but also to chat as either a hero or a villain. either Russia or Turkey are almost incriminating evidence by oppo- of the oil. It turns out that oil tankers. US officials say afield? deter officials from approving Putin is described as the saviour eclipsed by the frenzy of rhetoric nents. one of the owners of BMZ applicants from Syria and Iraq of secularism against the rising that tries to crown either Putin or Fear of either ISIL's expan- that they did not strike ISIS 5 What banks handle the by requiring that they person- threat of extremist self-styled "Is- Erdogan. sion or true anger at the Assad is Bilal Erdoðan, son of the oil tankers for fear of “col- transaction between the sale ally attest that those applicants lamists"; while Erdogan is paint- But this has been characteris- regime, or hopes for a strong Is- president. BMZ Group has lateral damage.” In fact, of ISIS oil and the foreign pose no threat. ed as the saviour of an Islamic tic of the debate over Syria from lamic world or for the re-emer- – according to when the US did hit the oil buyers? Should they also be Closing the door on Syri- world against all kinds of threats the beginning, and in a sense the gence of Russia as a superpower the Financial Times – pur- tankers last month, they did implicated in the smuggling ans fleeing violence and per- and infiltrations. "Arab Idol" contest is an exten- make all facts irrelevant in the Putin's supporters see him as sion of the discourse over Syria - current discussion, which is like chased two new tankers this so after warning the drivers of ISIS oil? An investigation secution is not just pointless a daring challenger of US hegemo- an almost fanatical discourse that one between angry football fans last month. Its volume of oil by leaflets. This was a very along these lines is overdue. [...] Exaggerated responses play ny over the region, thus reviving does not leave room for debate. arguing over whose team is bet- has increased. Is this ISIS noble gesture, but also out of It is not enough to accept or into the hands of the extremist hopes that a strong Russia can It is not a discourse that can ter. oil? What the Russians al- character. The US general- dismiss the Russian accusa- propaganda utilized by ISIL and break the post-Cold War unipo- easily be termed "political left" An underlying nostalgia for lege would need to be inves- ly does not warn its targets. tions. These should be used other terrorist groups. They lar world. He is seen not as the versus "political right". As the in- either the Ottoman Empire among tigated further. In the UK taint the US' reputation abroad heir of the Czars but of the former telligentsia from both political Islamists or the Soviet Union It only began to hit the oil as an opportunity to clarity and strengthen terrorist recruit- Soviet Union and its role as a spectrums especially sense, the among many leftists has also parliament, Labour Party tankers after Russian jets the actual pipelines for ISIS ing strategies. counter-balance to US-led West- emergence of a fearsome force ca- made the discussion murkier. We leader Jeremy Corbyn said, struck them. Did the US funding. Bombing the Omar The House measure is also ern influence and control. pable of seizing territories has have witnessed an attempt by the “We need to know which begin its strike on the tank- fields in Syria – as the UK Can Turkey and Russia re- loosely united pro-Western re- first camp to write a revisionist discriminatory. It applies exclu- solve their dispute? Strong Mus- gimes with leftist and liberal op- history of the Ottoman rule of banks and countries are in ers so as not to be shown up has done today – might not sively to refugees from Syria lim leader Erdogan supporters see position in the renewed "war on the Arab World, deleting episodes on ISIS oil smuggling.” This by the Russians? When I put be sufficient. It might dust and Iraq, creating new barriers him as a strong Muslim leader terror". of suffering and oppression, is the most important ques- this question to a US state over the evidence of much for those most in need of reset- who puts Arab leaders to shame In this diversified camp, the while the second camp appears tion. It is being ignored. department official, she de- greater complicity in ISIS oil. tlement. and does not bow to regional or majority, including officials in Jor- blind to the new reality of Rus- Much of this is well- It encourages a rising tide mighty powers, and for many he dan and Egypt, as well as leftist sia's foreign policy. murred. She said that the US (Counterpunch) is the only Sunni Muslim leader political parties, are cheering for When the Russian raids on who can put an end to the Iranian Putin - the man who might be able Syria began, words hailing the Shia influence. to put an end to ISIL as well as "Red Army" or "the storm of the In other words, the rift be- prevent the break-up of Syria. Sokhoys", complete with photos LETTER TO THE EDITOR tween Russia and Turkey, even But to many, it is Erdogan who filled social media posts, while though it is unlikely to lead to a has shown courage and bravery in words singing the praises of the military confrontation, plays into condemning atrocities committed "great Islamic leader" Erdogan the polarisation narrative in the by the Assad regime against the also circulated in cyberspace. Arab world. Syrian people. Moreover, not only Ladies seem to favour the "fit The sad reality is that Syria, has Turkey become home to Syri- and cool" Putin and share photos more than any other country in an refugees and a transit point to of him on social media, either Deporting Afghan asylum-seekers the region, has become the labo- Europe, its border towns have be- singing, dancing or exercising. ratory, the nesting ground and the come a centre for the opposition, Their admiration is not simply Germany has decided to deport most of Afghan asylum-seekers on the pretext that majority of them are not facing serious threats. Now the ultimate victim of the conflicts NGOs and exiled Syrian journal- for a "manly superstar" but root- million-dollar question is that how Germany would decide that who is facing threat and who is safe back in the war-hit country. The German that result from a vicious struggle ists. Cheerleaders for both men, ed in their fear of Islamists end- forces were stationed in Kunduz province to eliminate insurgents and make sure that the Taliban would not return. After the security transition over influence among Arab, region- assessing their respective perfor- ing their lifestyle. in December 2014, the level of German troops was reduced. In late-September this year the Taliban captured Kunduz city, through for a brief al and Western (including Russian) mances, appear to ignore several In contrast, photos of Er- period. Now Germany shall tell that had its forces achieved the objectives it outlined—defeating militants and improving security? I don’t think powers. important facts about the records dogan and his veiled wife are of- they succeeded because the Taliban are still there. If anything, the perceived of both leaders. Human rights vio- ten posted, reflecting religious In such a situation it would be injustice with Afghan asylum-seekers in Germany if their cases were taken lightly or rejected. It will Putin-versus-Erdogan competi- lations are rampant in both coun- commitment and the wish to deteriorate the security situation further in the country because the militant groups would have access to those who were on the hit-list but left tion is largely determined by the tries. Turkey's membership in make Turkey a more conserva- Afghanistan. Germany shall not let these people to die like sitting duck in the war-hit country. They should be accommodated division in positions over the Syr- NATO, and both countries' bur- tive Islamic society. for good. Those who left Afghanistan were compelled to risk their lives, because nothing is more precious than life and family. ian crisis: If you support the geoning trade and military relations This contest for an Arab Idol Ahmad Sultani Bashar al-Assad regime, you are with Israel are either omitted from is also marked by the absence of Herat City likely to support Russia, its mil- discussion or used selectively by competition among Arab leaders Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and itary intervention, and see the one side against the other. and the lack of a strong leader- address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] downing of the Russian plane as A site hit by what activists said ship that drives the majority to a Turkish attempt to foil Mos- were air strikes by forces loyal to find solace in the ability of Putin cow's endeavour to stop lifeline Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, or Erdogan to protect their supplies to the Islamic State of in Damascus [REUTERS] present as well as their dreams Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The video of Erdogan lashing for the future. If you support the Assad re- out at then Israeli President Shi- Lamis Andoni is an analyst Disclaimer: gime, you are likely to support mon Peres for trying to justify Is- and commentator on Middle Russia, its military intervention, raeli crimes against Palestinians and Eastern and Palestinian affairs. and see the downing of the Rus- storming out of the panel discus- The views expressed in this arti- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) sian plane as a Turkish attempt sion at the Davos World Econom- cle are the author's own and do and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. to foil Moscow's endeavour to ic Forum in 2009 did capture Arab not necessarily reflect Al stop lifeline supplies to ISIL. minds and hearts - making it a Jazeera's editorial policy. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Inside Greece's resurgent anarchist movement On a warm evening in August this abuse, are worth pursuing for their year, in the quiet residential neigh- own sake, but that’s a long-term bourhood of Kesariani, in the effort that’s unlikely to make much Greek capital, Athens, several hun- difference in the short term on the dred young people gathered in front conduct of security officials in the of a stage as a band fine-tuned their context of the current crisis.” instruments. At first glance, there The International Organization was little unusual about the scene, for Migration (IOM) recently said but this was not an ordinary con- more than 900,000 refugees and cert. migrants had reached Europe since Above the drinks stand, January, 870,000 of whom arrived where 20-somethings wearing by sea. More than 3,000 had black waited for their beers, the drowned or gone missing. flag of the anarchist movement In October alone, more than swung between two pine trees. 90 children died trying to reach Behind the stage, a banner urged Greece due to insecure boats. the audience, in bold letters, to take Basak Kale, an expert on im- up arms against the state. "When migration policies from the Mid- confronted by tyranny," it read, dle East Technical University "people choose between chains (METU) in Ankara, said the EU- and guns." The atmosphere hov- Turkey deal includes returning ered somewhere between festive those whose applications for asy- and threatening. "Don't take pho- lum in EU member states have tographs of anyone's faces," been rejected. warned one bystander. "They do “It also includes irregular mi- not like the press." "Our passion grants who don’t seek protection. for freedom is stronger than any This means refugees who are will- prison bars," chanted the crowd, ing to risk their lives to reach Eu- as the band screamed heavy metal rope will continue to do so,” Kale rage into the night air. This is the told Al Arabiya News. Root caus- message of a new generation of es She said the deal did not ad- Greek anarchists who, after years dress the root causes of why peo- of recession and austerity, have ple are fleeing their home countries. lost all faith in the government, and “If the root causes aren’t ad- even in the state itself. Anarchy is dressed properly, palliative ar- not new to Greece. Though opin- rangements can only provide short- ions differ on the details, anarchists sighted, temporary and responsive say the movement started in the solutions.” Kale said the deal is port city of Patras, and was mostly a burden-shifting rather brought across the Ionian sea by than burden-sharing approach, to dockhands from Italy some time ease public pressure on EU mem- in the mid-19th century. Since then A landmark deal struck on Sunday ed smugglers on the Aegean cost drowned or gone missing. to send those who don’t qualify proving the living conditions of ber states. Experts who call on EU it has ebbed and flowed over the between Turkey and the Europe- across the Greek island of Lesbos In October alone, more than for international protection back some 2.2 million refugees current- governments, especially Germany, years, taking credit for helping to an Union (EU) includes €3.2 bil- – the most popular entry point for 90 children died trying to reach to their home or transit countries ly living and benefiting from tem- to take in more refugees from Tur- topple Greece's military dictator- lion ($3.4 billion) for Ankara to refugees. Greece due to insecure boats. if Turkey has a readmission deal porary protection status in Tur- key say the country could turn into ship in the early 1970s and fight- stem the flow of Syrian refugees But Benjamin Ward, deputy Basak Kale, an expert on im- with them,” Kale said, adding that key, and to reinforce the country’s a dumping ground for failed asy- ing educational reform throughout to Europe, and the lifting of visa director of Human Rights Watch’s migration policies from the Mid- it only has 13 such agreements, borders, which have become the lum-seekers and irregular migrants. the 1990s. But since the beginning requirements for Turkish citizens Europe and Central Asia division, dle East Technical University eight of which are being applied, main transit route for the refugees “The agreement allows Turkey of the country's economic crisis in in the Schengen zone by Oct. 2016 is skeptical that the deal will solve (METU) in Ankara, said the EU- but none of them smoothly. Inad- to Europe. to send those who don’t qualify 2008, the movement has been re- if EU requirements are met. Europe’s refugee crisis. High price Turkey deal includes returning equate aid Some €2 billion of the Less than 24 hours after the for international protection back surgent as disaffected young A landmark deal struck on Sun- “Even if it does reduce flows those whose applications for asy- financial aid will be allocated to the summit in Brussels ended, Turk- to their home or transit countries Greeks look for alternatives to a day between Turkey and the Eu- to Europe, that will come at a high lum in EU member states have protection of about 2.2 million ref- ish coast guards arrested around if Turkey has a readmission deal political and economic system ropean Union (EU) includes €3.2 price for refugees and asylum-seek- been rejected. ugees, while the remaining €1 bil- 1,300 refugees and three suspect- with them,” Kale said, adding that many see as discredited. billion ($3.4 billion) for Ankara to ers,” Ward told Al Arabiya News. “It also includes irregular mi- lion is for infrastructure support. ed smugglers on the Aegean cost it only has 13 such agreements, On one Wednesday earlier in stem the flow of Syrian refugees “They may face abuse as a re- grants who don’t seek protection. “This means there’s less than across the Greek island of Lesbos eight of which are being applied, the year, I watched as masked an- to Europe, and the lifting of visa sult of Turkey’s efforts to prevent This means refugees who are will- €900 available for Turkey to pro- – the most popular entry point for but none of them smoothly. Inad- archists in hoodies and black T- requirements for Turkish citizens them leaving, and will be forced to ing to risk their lives to reach Eu- vide services for a single refugee. refugees. But Benjamin Ward, dep- equate aid Some €2 billion of the shirts hurled bottles and petrol in the Schengen zone by Oct. 2016 rely on unscrupulous smugglers if rope will continue to do so,” Kale This doesn’t include future return- uty director of Human Rights financial aid will be allocated to the bombs at riot police in front of the if EU requirements are met. they want to reach Europe.” told Al Arabiya News. Root caus- ee immigrants,” Kale said. Watch’s Europe and Central Asia protection of about 2.2 million ref- parliament building. Such exchang- Our ultimate target is to stop Turkey “may also further re- es She said the deal did not ad- “So it will be very difficult for division, is skeptical that the deal ugees, while the remaining €1 bil- es have become routine. These are, human smugglers, avoid all types strict access to its territory for dress the root causes of why peo- any country to handle such a de- will solve Europe’s refugee crisis. lion is for infrastructure support. perhaps, the images that most of criminal activities against refu- Syrians and others seeking protec- ple are fleeing their home countries. mand while providing services to High price “Even if it does reduce “This means there’s less than €900 commonly come to mind when gees, and regularize this flow as tion.” he added. “If the root causes aren’t ad- irregular migrants with dignity and flows to Europe, that will come at available for Turkey to provide people think of anarchists. But much as possible,” said Turkish “Training for police and other dressed properly, palliative ar- high-level human rights protec- a high price for refugees and asy- services for a single refugee. after decades of being seen largely Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. security forces, as well as greater rangements can only provide short- tion.” Only 250,000 Syrian refu- lum-seekers,” Ward told Al Ara- This doesn’t include future re- as a protest movement of ideo- The EU aid is aimed at improv- accountability in cases of alleged sighted, temporary and responsive gees in Turkey live in camps that biya News. turnee immigrants,” Kale said. “So logues and dreamers, Greece's an- ing the living conditions of some abuse, are worth pursuing for their solutions.” the EU funding is expected to sup- “They may face abuse as a re- it will be very difficult for any archists are having a makeover. As 2.2 million refugees currently liv- own sake, but that’s a long-term Kale said the deal is mostly a port. Others are dispersed in cit- sult of Turkey’s efforts to prevent country to handle such a demand frustration with conventional pol- ing and benefiting from temporary effort that’s unlikely to make much burden-shifting rather than burden- ies, living mostly in very poor con- them leaving, and will be forced to while providing services to irregu- itics deepens, the movement is at- protection status in Turkey, and difference in the short term on the sharing approach, to ease public ditions with limited access to rely on unscrupulous smugglers if lar migrants with dignity and high- tempting to rebrand itself as a re- to reinforce the country’s borders, conduct of security officials in the pressure on EU member states. health, education and job oppor- they want to reach Europe.” Tur- level human rights protection.” alistic alternative for disillusioned which have become the main tran- context of the current crisis.” Experts who call on EU gov- tunities. “Our ultimate target is to key “may also further restrict ac- Only 250,000 Syrian refugees in young Greeks by showing that it sit route for the refugees to Eu- The International Organization ernments, especially Germany, to stop human smugglers, avoid all cess to its territory for Syrians and Turkey live in camps that the EU offers more than violence and rope. for Migration (IOM) recently said take in more refugees from Tur- types of criminal activities against others seeking protection.” he add- funding is expected to support. vague ideas of freedom. The con- Less than 24 hours after the more than 900,000 refugees and key say the country could turn into refugees, and regularize this flow ed. Others are dispersed in cities, liv- cert in Kesariani was a part of this summit in Brussels ended, Turk- migrants had reached Europe since a dumping ground for failed asy- as much as possible,” said Turk- “Training for police and other ing mostly in very poor conditions initiative. Young anarchists hurl ish coast guards arrested around January, 870,000 of whom arrived lum-seekers and irregular migrants. ish Prime Minister Ahmet Davu- security forces, as well as greater with limited access to health, edu- bottles and petrol bombs at the 1,300 refugees and three suspect- by sea. More than 3,000 had “The agreement allows Turkey toglu. The EU aid is aimed at im- accountability in cases of alleged cation and job opportunities. police in central Athens [Tommy Trenchard/Al Jazeera] While the band played, makeshift stalls sell- ing drinks and grilled pork skew- Why are Lebanon's Palestinians leaving for Europe? ers were raking in a healthy profit. The event was raising money for, Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, Leb- Belgium, Sweden or Norway. to Greece. Others are trying to boat across the rough seas to to the Palestinian cause if we are round of fighting in the camp in a among other things, the construc- anon - The once-bustling main In recent years, Lebanon has emigrate through legal channels. "I Greece. "Between all of them, the struggling to survive and feed our long time. tion of a free anarchist-run health street of Lebanon's most over- witnessed a slow deterioration of applied to go to Germany because trip cost around $25,000," he said. children every day? The clashes were between Fa- centre, one of a growing number of populated Palestinian refugee public services amid an ongoing I know life is better there, but I got "They sold their valuables, bor- These Palestinian factions here tah members and the Muslim social projects being instigated by camp is noticeably empty. political crisis. Its government is rejected," said 24-year-old Abdal- rowed from relatives - whatever who keep preaching about the right Youth group, a collective of ex- anarchist and 'autonomist' groups Storefronts, where dozens of deadlocked, leaving the country lah Khaled, a Lebanese citizen from was necessary to get the money of return - their children are now tremist factions with links to the across Athens. "For the social rev- chain-smoking young men perched without a president for more than Beirut's southern suburbs. together. I'm going to do it. I don't in Europe, but they want us to stay Islamic State of Iraq and the Le- olution to happen, you need a big on plastic chairs used to hold court, a year-and-a-half. "They're only taking in Syri- care about the rough seas; I would for that right? Let them practice vant (ISIL) and Jabhat al-Nusra. part of society that agrees with you are now shuttered as talk of emi- Meanwhile, Lebanon's infra- ans. I already have relatives over rather die trying to get there than what they preach!" The security "Daesh [ISIL] is here and it is and sees you providing solutions," grating dominates the narrow al- structure is under pressure from there, so they would've helped me die here. What am I staying here situation in Ain el-Hilweh has been growing," said Ali. "They have said one anarchist on condition of leyways snaking through the the presence of 1.5 million Syrian get on my feet. I would've learned for? There's no hope. If I go to a tipping point for those undecid- money, and they can convince the anonymity. "In the past we offered camp. refugees and around 500,000 Pal- the language and started working. Europe, I can eventually get the ed about whether to emigrate. In boys, who have nothing to do, to only our ideology. That didn't "Everyone is leaving; the estinian refugees, in a country Of course it's better than staying passport and that way I can go to August, deadly clashes in the camp join them. They're getting guys change things for people in every- streets are empty," Hussam, who home to just four million Lebanese here." Aware that European coun- Palestine." Visibly frustrated, Hus- killed five people and wounded who are my age. It's not about re- day life. But now we're changing did not provide a last name, told citizens. tries are more likely to accept Syr- sam asked: "What use are we here around 30 others - the fiercest ligion; it's about money." that." Magazine: Greece through Al Jazeera. An estimated 25 percent of ian refugees, some Lebanese are the eyes of the homeless He is a 36-year-old Palestin- Lebanon's population lives on just now obtaining forged Syrian pass- At the heart of the movement ian refugee who lives in the Ain el- $4 a day, according to the United ports before embarking on their is a bar in the artsy left-wing neigh- Hilweh refugee camp - a 1,500- Nations, and 25 percent are unem- trip. According to several sources, bourhood of Exarchia. Formerly a square-metre piece of land home ployed according to figures given the cost of a forged document can cinema, K-Vox has been occupied to more than 100,000 predomi- by the labour minister. range between $300 and $1,000, since 2012 by anarchists, who have nantly Palestinian refugees. The "The access to job opportuni- depending on whether the buyer been running it as a bar to raise camp is one of 12 Palestinian refu- ties in the country, for Lebanese wants an ID card, a travel docu- money for various causes. Inside, gee camps in Lebanon. and non-Lebanese, is really not ment or a passport. posters of blazing police cars and Sitting in front of his bakery good because of the Syrian crisis," For some Palestinian refugees, masked fighters toting assault ri- overlooking the pot-holed street, explained Fawzi Zioud, head of the who have been residing as second- fles cover the walls. A black and he shrugged his shoulders. "If you International Organization for class citizens in Lebanon for more white print above the bar depicts asked me six months ago if I would Migration's mission in Lebanon." than 60 years, the situation has a 1975 riot in Milan; another ever leave, I would've said no. Now, And on top of that, the Lebanese become unbearable. Many are now shows an injured policeman being I'm looking for a way out, and I'm diaspora abroad is huge, so they packing up, willing to let go of their dragged away by colleagues at a not alone. All you smell here is can easily absorb their relatives and dream to return to their homeland riot in Hamburg. In one corner, in death and despair." friends to work there." in exchange for a better life in Eu- front of a mural depicting anar- More than 845,000 people While there are no official fig- rope. chists in a standoff, stands a rack have arrived in Europe by sea this ures on the number of Lebanese "We are hearing many stories of black motorcycle helmets; extra year, according to the Internation- and Palestinians leaving for Eu- of people selling off their business- protection for when rioting breaks al Organization for Migration. As rope, several sources on the ground es and their assets, which suggests out in the area. The clientele is wild- the influx continues, much of the have said that thousands are emi- a more permanent decision to ly varied, from dreadlocked Rast- focus has been on Syrian refugees grating, both legally and illegally. leave," said Zizette Darkazally, afarians and bespectacled left-wing fleeing their country's civil war. According to one humanitari- public information officer for the students to angry teens in black We are hearing many stories an official, approximately 83,000 United Nations Relief and Works hoodies and the occasional visit- of people selling off their business- people, mostly Syrians, have left Agency (UNRWA) in Lebanon. ing anarchist from overseas. "In es and their assets, which suggests from Lebanon this year. The sourc- "This phenomena is taking Spain, we have nothing like this," a more permanent decision to es could not speak to Al Jazeera place between both Palestinians said Xavier, a young Spanish an- leave. on the record because they did not and Palestinian-Syrians who have archist who dropped in for a beer Zizette Darkazally, public in- have official data. been here for 60 years and more." one afternoon. "They just talk, formation officer, UNRWA Al Jazeera World - Born in '48 In Ain el-Hilweh, many resi- they don't do anything. Here they But many Lebanese and Pal- In late October, a boat carry- dents have had enough. According know how to fight." Since open- estinians living in Lebanon have ing Lebanese and Palestinians tried to party activists and community ing three years ago, K-Vox staff also decided to head for Europe, to cross the sea illegally from the leaders in the camp, at least 4,000 say the project has raised more citing what they describe as dire southern town of Sarafand. people have left in recent months. than $400,000. Much of the mon- living conditions. A report published by local Most are Palestinian refugees, as ey goes to legal costs for jailed an- Some take a boat from Leba- Lebanese daily, Al Akhbar, focused opposed to Syrian or Syrian-Pal- archists, but a significant portion non's northern city of Tripoli to on Lebanese and Palestinians estinian refugees. goes into social projects such as Turkey, and from there cross by stranded and seeking asylum in Twenty-year-old Marwan Ali, language classes for refugees, food land or sea into Europe. Cyprus. who dropped out of high school handouts and even medical care. Others fly from Beirut to Tur- Then there was the tragic sto- and now works on and off as a car A traditional Greek band plays key, and still others travel through ry of the Safwan family, whose 12 mechanic, plans to emigrate once during a fundraising event in K- Syria and then cross into Turkey members left their home in Ouzai, he can scrape enough money to- Vox bar [Tommy Trenchard/Al by land. The final destination var- one of Lebanon's poorest slums, gether. Twelve of his friends ar- Jazeera Ambassador V When I ar- ies: Many have ended up in Ger- only to have eight of them perish rived in Germany a few days ago, rived in the bar to research this sto- many, but others travel to Russia, after their boat capsized on its way after flying to Turkey and taking a ry I was put in touch with. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Saudi king approves launching of HR develop- ment program on the TPP. Pharmaceutical firms Saudi Arabia's King Salman has are unhappy with monopoly pe- approved the launching of the King riods for some drugs, carmaker Salman Program for Human Re- Ford (F.N) laments a lack of sanc- sources Development, the Saudi tions for currency manipulation Press Agency reported on Wednes- and financial services firms are day. unhappy that they are excluded The program aims at boosting from a ban on countries forcing the productivity of government firms to store data locally. employees, in addition to improv- Republican lawmaker Dave ing the workplace environment, Reichert said an exemption allow- according to Khaled Al-Araj, min- ing TPP members to shield anti- ister of civil service. smoking measures from lawsuits Al-Araj said the program will by foreign investors would lose also frame policies and well-de- around 15 Republican votes, and fined procedures to execute the trade advocates would have to woo human resources concept and get new supporters. ready the second generation of "Your input, your visitations leaders. “The first phase of the with a variety of members of Con- program, which is for a period of gress on both sides of the aisle will one year, is being implemented ef- be absolutely critical," he said. fective from Oct. 14, 2015 (Mu- Still, executives at the meet- harram 1, 1437. This phase is re- ing, including UPS (UPS.N) CEO stricted to the ministries of jus- David Abney, backed the deal and tice, social affairs, agriculture, export council chair Ursula Burns, transport, communications and the CEO of Xerox Corp (XRX.N), information technology, foreign said the business community was affairs, and culture and informa- generally supportive. tion,” he said. "I think that you will find that Al-Araj said the Ministry of members with more representation Civil Service is at the helm of im- in the service economy, high-tech plementing the first phase of the innovation economy, services and program in coordination with the WASHINGTON : U.S. officials nership trade pact, a key plank of planned an all-out push next year battle," U.S. Trade Representative won backing from some industry goods as well do support it," she concerned ministries. “The minis- and lawmakers urged business U.S. President Barack Obama's for the TPP, mirroring a campaign Michael Froman told a meeting of groups and companies including told reporters later. try will work out executive proce- leaders on Thursday to get behind outreach to Asia, in October, but for key trade legislation this year. the President's Export Council, Metlife (MET.N) and Cargill "Every agreement will have dures to achieve the goals of the a Pacific trade pact as they vowed it has so far won a mixed reception That took six weeks to clear Con- adding that lawmakers needed to [CARG.UL], major business challenges and places that not ev- program vis-à-vis the respective an all-out effort next year to get in Congress. gress and passed the House of see the concrete benefits for work- groups, including the U.S. Cham- eryone agrees. But I think broadly ministries,” he said. the deal through the U.S. Con- Senior White House officials Representatives on a 218-208 ers and firms at home. "We look ber of Commerce and the National the TPP has the full weight of a According to the program, the gress. Negotiators from 12 coun- told a gathering of top CEOs who vote. "Trade votes are always forward to working with you in Association of Manufacturers, broad set of the business commu- Ministry of Civil Service will con- tries sealed the Trans-Pacific Part- advise Obama on trade that they hard, this is going to be a tough that regard." Although the deal has have yet to declare a final verdict nities behind it." clude a memorandum of under- standing with the concerned min- istries with regard to the criteria and mechanism for executing the Ahead of jobs report, Yellen says 100,000 would cover new entrants program. WASHINGTON : Federal Re- supports the Fed's outlook. cycle of policy tightening that may need for faster increases that could moves by other major central dollar beyond its already high lev- A director general for human serve Chair Janet Yellen, speaking Job creation has been averag- see rates remain below normal for be more disruptive to the econo- banks to continue easing financial el. Yellen said she thought markets resources and specialist shall be the day before a key employment ing around 200,000 a month this years to come. Yellen noted that my than the gradual rate path pol- conditions. Such a divergence have largely priced in the separa- appointed at each one of these report, said on Thursday the U.S. year, a figure Yellen said was "quite one reason not to delay a rate hike icymakers prefer. The Fed's job is could pose a drag on U.S. growth tion between financial conditions ministries, and this will be on the economy needs to add fewer than a bit" above the number needed to too much longer is to avoid the already challenging, given the by pressing up the value of the among the world's large economies. basis of an agreement between the 100,000 jobs a month to cover new continue absorbing slack in the la- Ministry of Civil Service and the entrants to the workforce, setting bor market. concerned ministry. an implicit floor for the jobs growth Though unemployment at 5 The HR director at each min- policymakers want to see. percent is at or near the level many istry shall be directly associated "To simply provide jobs for policymakers consider to be full with the minister. those who are newly entering the employment, Yellen said that high The proposed mechanism to labor force probably requires un- levels of discouraged workers, implement the program shall not der 100,000 jobs per month," with part-time employment and other harm the interest’s officials in the anything above that helping "ab- job market measures show there is concerned ministries. sorb" those who are unemployed, still room for progress. Al-Araj said the King also ap- discouraged or had dropped out of Yellen in her testimony was proved setting up of a committee the labor market, Yellen, who was generally upbeat, spelling out how under the Ministry of Civil Ser- speaking before Congress' Joint the economy has largely met the vice and the other ministries will Economic Committee, said in a criteria the Fed has set for its first have representatives in the com- question and answer session. rate hike. Unemployment is low, mittee as members. The November jobs report is growth continues at a modest pace, The committee is entrusted scheduled for release at 0830 EST and Yellen said she is confident with the responsibility of identi- (1330 GMT) Friday, providing a inflation will return to the Fed's fying the difficulties faced by each last key bit of economic data for target over time. ministry in implementing the first the Fed before a policy meeting on Though weak global growth phase of the program and come out Dec 15-16 that may see the first remains a drag, she said the United with solutions to address them. U.S. interest rate increase in a de- States is far more dependent on On completion of the period cade. domestic consumption and invest- of the first phase, the Ministry of Yellen, in a question on a sep- ment which, at least so far, is strong Civil Service shall prepare reports arate issue, said the United States enough to produce growth that is containing the outcome of the im- may be "close to the point at slightly above trend. plementation of the program by which we should be raising" a "On balance that’s led and I each ministry, and present them benchmark interest rate that has think it will continue to lead to to the Council of Economic and been held near zero since the onset growth that is somewhat above Development Affairs within a pe- of the financial crisis seven years trend and on a continuing path of riod not exceeding one month after ago. Though the pivotal policy labor market improvement," Yellen the expiry of the first phase, the meeting is less than two weeks said. The Fed's first rate hike, ex- minister added. This article was away, she said that will still hinge pected to be 25 basis points, will first published in the Saudi Gazette on whether incoming information start what is expected to be a slow on Dec. 3, 2015. Turkey may cut Russian LPG imports by 25pc in 2016 due to spat

Turkey is preparing to cut imports key shot down a Russian military they are already preparing for this,” well.” of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) jet on Nov. 24, saying it had vio- one trader who works in the LPG Disclosure that such prepara- from Russia by a quarter next year, lated its airspace. Russia refutes market told Reuters. tions are underway follows news two sources told Reuters, saying that, saying the plane was in Syr- “It may be more expensive, but that Russia may adopt further the shift was prompted by a chill ian air space. the process of how to ensure fu- punitive measures on Ankara, in- in ties between Ankara and Mos- “Turkish firms are not simply ture deliveries from elsewhere is cluding freezing work on the Turk- cow after the downing of a Rus- worried about a reduction in LPG being worked out. We are not just ish Stream gas pipeline project, sian jet. Russia imposed sanctions deliveries from Russia because of talking about deliveries from Alge- two sources at Russian gas giant on some Turkish goods after Tur- the current (political) situation ria, but from the United States as Gazprom told Reuters.

Oil prices bounced back in Asia 12 members appear to be divided, day output. Thursday but trading was cautious with Saudi Arabia and its Gulf part- “Without the Gulf group, there on signs the OPEC cartel is divid- ners at odds with others pushing can be no effective OPEC agree- ed ahead of a Friday meeting on for a cut in output in a bid to perk ment,” IHS Energy said in a report whether to maintain or slash its up prices. Bloomberg News said ahead of Friday’s meeting. high output levels. A Saudi oil Venezuela and Ecuador - which OPEC has been pumping source said on Thursday that me- have been badly hit by the plunge above its collective target of 30 dia reports of a Saudi OPEC out- in prices - would seek production million barrels per day as its influ- put cut proposal were “baseless.” cuts during the meeting. ential members led by Saudi Ara- “It is baseless,” the source, who IHS Energy said Saudi, Ku- bia try to maintain their share of a asked not to be named, said with- wait, Qatar and the United Arab highly competitive market. out elaborating. Focus is now on Emirates will have great influence Prices have plunged by more the Organization of the Petroleum on the tone of the meeting as they than half from peaks of above Exporting Countries meeting in account for more than half of $100 a barrel in mid-2014 largely Vienna Friday. Analysts say the OPEC’s 31.5 million barrels per because of the oversupply. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES When clothes revealed the reality of Bollywooders Worn to stand out or express their mood, B-Town celebrities are wearing statement T-shirts in style Ever tried making a state- ment without uttering a single word? Statement T-shirts seem to be the new weapon of choice for celebrities these days. If you have something to say, why not say it in style? Cheeky and in- your-face, this effortless and chic meets casual trend is hot on the fashion radar and being welcomed by actors. Also, it should be noted that not every T-shirt that is worn is a poignant mes- sage for the public. Some are witty puns, some sarcastic mes- sages and some are poking fun at oneself. We hunted down some such T-shirts spotted on celebs which spoke volumes of their state of mind.

Kareena Kapoor's shirt reads 'I used to be a hippie.' Missing the vigour and free spiritedness of a different time, maybe? Not much to fault here; she looks good.

Kriti's surreal experience at Maratha Mandir One film old Kriti Sanon still can't believe that she is acting with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in 'Dil- wale'. The 'Heropanti' actress re- Ayushmann calls going to watch 'Dilwale Dul- haniya Le Jayenge' in Maratha Khurrana's shirt says Mandir. So it was a surreal experi- 'I can't stop Googling ence to return to the theatre for myself.' Well that's the film's event with SRK and Ka- okay, we all have at jol recently. Now that the promo- some point. He pairs it tions have started, the youngster well with black ani- is sharing the stage with the stars, mated shoes, a cap so she has to keep pinching her- and a pair of sun- self to assure that it's for real. glasses. Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor to come together after 12 years?

t’s been 12 years since Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan romanced tinsel town diva Kareena Kapoor on the big screen and rumour has it that the once- hit duo will reunite for director Sanjay Gupta’s next, reported IIndia Today. Sussanne Khan denies wedding rumours, criticises Indian press The once-upon-a-time popular on-screen pair teamed up for Yaadein (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) and Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon (2003), but since then the duo never worked together. Rumour mill said the two fell in love Singer Rita Ora celebrated her 25th birthday with a stripper. on the sets of Subhash Ghai’s Yaadein but since Hrithik was already married, the two decided to part ways "The X Factor" judge enjoyed a sexy dance in the studios. She amicably. However, if things go well, the two will yet again unite for a film. According to Mumbai Mirror, couldn't keep her hands off the surprise guest, who also Kareena and Hrithik will reunite for Rakesh Roshan’s next home production. The film is a love/revenge drama and is set to be helmed by Sanjay Gupta. A source close to the actor was quoted by Mumbai Mirror saying, brought her a cake, reports dailystar.co.uk. Fellow judges “Yes, the makers have approached Kareena and she liked the script. It is a daringly different and challenging Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw looked on, role. She’s good friends with Hrithik and keen to pair up with him but has yet to sign on the dotted line. The while Ora wrestled with the guest. The stripper, Ash Edelman, script of the film is said to be locked only a week ago and reports suggest that it will go on floors in February wore a bowtie and a pair of trousers to flaunt his six pack. 2016.” After hearing the story, Rakesh and Hrithik immediately decided to come on board. Ora turned 25 on November 26. We don't argue with Jacqueline Fernandez' T-shirt which says 'I look even better in a towel.' The black stilletos and red lips are a nice touch to an otherwise simple look. Daisy Shah wants Why Kylie We're totally digging Esha Gupta's cheeky T-shirt and to explore the overall look seems Jenner likes pretty flawless as well. She Delhi’s food joints paired a sassy 'let me ask my mom first' top with It comes as a Caitlyn checked pants and black surprise when boots. We like. someone from Mumbai tells you over Bruce that though he/she Close to six months after Bruce Jenner an- has been to Delhi, nounced her transition to Caitlyn Jenner, he/she hasn't her daughter Kylie admits her relationship with the former Olympic athlete is closer explored Delhi at all. than ever before. "I like her better than Bruce. Actress Daisy Shah We talk about make-up and clothes. We bond is one of those a lot more, but not only that. I feel like there's exceptions. not a huge secret in the family. I feel like She says, "I have there was always this big secret," Kylie come to Delhi after shared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", four years, and even reports eonline.com. The "Keeping Up when I was here With the Kardashians" star revealed that she before that, I was knew about Caitlyn's feminine inclinations since long. "And I've honestly known about hardly able to see it for a really long time and we actually the city. I've mostly caught him then dressing up as a girl. When stayed in hotels and my sister and I were like 6 and 7 maybe. So have faint memo- we've known for a while that there was some- ries of visiting a thing, but it was never talked about," she market which added. She also revealed that now they "hang looked like a out a lot more" as there are no secrets. "Hon- fashion street. I estly, like I'd be with my girlfriends some- Gauging from Karan have heard so much times and he would come in and be like what Johar's look, he doesn't about Delhi and I are you guys talking about and kind of joke seem very keen on living around and I knew there was something, but want to explore the now I feel like we hang out a lot more... upto what his shirt food joints, especial- There's no secrets," Kylie explained. Kylie declares which is, ' ly Paranthe Waali then said that Caitlyn is "living her authen- I feel love.' Gali." tic true self." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES IPTL 2015: UAE Royals and Singapore Slammers record wins in Japan Japan Warriors lost on home turf to the UAE Royals on the second day of the International Premier Tennis League. The Royals ran out 30-15 winners, winning all five match-ups against their Japanese counterparts in Kobe. The War- riors have now lost both of their opening ties after falling to the In- dian Aces on Wednesday. They got off to a shocking start on Thurs- day when Maria Sharapova and Leander Paes lost 6-0 to the Roy- als' Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mlandenovic. The Warriors' Sharapova then lost a singles match 6-4 to Ana Ivanovic. Bet now£10 completely free Goran Ivanisevic and Tomas Berdych both recorded singles wins as the Royals completed a clean sweep against the Japan- based side. Meanwhile, the Singapore Slammers defeated the Philippine Mavericks 26-24 on Thursday. Nick Kyrgios sealed the points in the fifth tie with a 6-4 win against Milos Raonic. Tottenham head coach Mauricio contender, he takes that as praise Pochettino admits he could do with "We have offensive players buying another striker in the Janu- who can play like Harry. There is ary transfer window to take some Sonny or Chadli or Clinton - they of the pressure off Harry Kane. can play like a striker," he said. Spurs - fifth in the Premier "But maybe it's true. I recogn- League table, four points behind ise they are not specifically strik- leaders Manchester City - failed ers so maybe we will work to try to land a centre forward in the sum- to find such a player we can add in mer, despite making a series of bids the next transfer window or in the for West Brom's Saido Berahino, summer to try to help the team. leaving England international Kane "We are trying to follow play- to shoulder the burden almost sin- ers now, but it is very difficult. gle-handedly. What is most important is that we Kane has played in all of Tot- do not rock the balance of the team. tenham's 20 fixtures this season It is important we find someone and started every game but two, who is very specific. coming off the bench in Europa "For me, always you want to League matches against Qarabag find a striker that scores a lot of and Anderlecht. goals and who has good physical After a slow start, Kane has condition, good characteristics, can now scored 10 goals this season press, work hard and is a nice guy including nine in his last seven ap- too." Spurs tried and failed to bring pearances but Spurs' options are West Brom striker Saido Berahino in short supply if the 22-year-old to White Hart Lane over the sum- was to suffer an injury. mer Pochettino has previously in- Berahino was Tottenham's sisted that Heung-min Son, Clin- number one target at the end of the ton N'Jie, Nacer Chadli and Erik summer but they failed to agree a Lamela could play up front, de- fee with West Brom, who repeat- spite the quartet being more com- edly made public their frustration fortable operating as attacking mid- regarding Spurs' bids. fielders. Pochettino may get to see Be- Kane has continued to impress rahino up close on Saturday, when Ronnie O'Sullivan has confirmed pion, and said he was relaxed at no amounts of time out of snooker in despite his heavy workload but his side face West Brom at The he will return to competitive longer having the pressure of be- recent years, but said last month Pochettino has now conceded he Hawthorns, but the Argentine snooker in the Masters at Alexan- ing the sport's "top man." in a blog for Eurosport that he had may look to add to his attacking played down suggestions the for- dra Palace next month. But he revealed his return on not yet retired. options in January. ward may raise his game against The former world No 1 has not Twitter in a post that read: "Look- "I'm trying different things at Mauricio Pochettino says his the team that tried to sign him. played a World Snooker event ing forward to playing the Mas- the moment," the five-time world focus is purely on winning Tot- "You never know because it is since last April, when he was ters." O'Sullivan has won the champion said. "I don't want the tenham's next game but admits if impossible to be in that player's knocked out of the World Cham- sport's most famous non-ranking pressure of being the top man in people believe they are a top-four mind," Pochettino added. pionship at the Crucible by even- event on five occasions, most fa- snooker any more. I feel that contender, he takes that as praise "West Brom have a lot of good tual champion Stuart Bingham. mously as a 19-year-old in 1995, should be left to the new genera- Mauricio Pochettino says his players. You can't be more wor- He recently bypassed the UK and most recently in 2014 when tion of players. I do want a place focus is purely on winning Tot- ried about some players because Championship in York, where he he beat Mark Selby 10-4 in the within the sport, and I'm trying to tenham's next game but admits if of rumours or what happened in would have been defending cham- final. He has spent increasing fathom what that place is." people believe they are a top-four the summer." Peter Fury angered by IBF threat to

Chris Froome has released physi- by Esquire magazine on Thursday strip Tyson Fury over mandatory ological data he hopes "stand the evening. A separate scientific pa- test of time" having been accused per is also to be published. Trainer Peter Fury says the IBF's pion only on Saturday. With all of not riding clean at the Tour de Froome's VO2 max - the max- threat to strip new world champi- this carry on, they're giving us no France. imum volume of oxygen that an on Tyson Fury is 'a disgrace' and time. They should be happy he The 30-year-old was subject athlete can use, measured in millil- says his nephew will put the belt holds the belt and is fighting again to innuendo and scrutiny during itres per kilogramme of body in the bin if the governing body in the biggest fight out there. The the summer, doused with urine weight per minute (ml/kg/min) - carries it out. winner would then take the IBF and called a doper while on his way was recorded as 84.6. At his Tour- Fury (25-0-KO18) won the mandatory. to claiming a second yellow jer- winning weight it would correlate WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight "I can assure you it hasn't come sey. to 88.2. straps by upsetting Wladimir Kl- to light as far as we're concerned Scientists are reporting the The general population has a itschko on points in Dusseldorf on until after the fight. If the Klitsch- two-time Tour de France winner's VO2 max of 35 to 40, with highly Saturday but when news broke that ko camp knew it, they should have performance in laboratory tests trained individuals in the 50s and Klitschko would exercise his con- divulged that information but I was at the upper limits for hu- 60s. tractual right to a rematch, the IBF don't know if they did. We didn't mans, but Froome is happy to at A few athletes have been mea- made clear the title would be va- know anything about it and we least try to answer his critics, giv- sured in the 90s, including three- cated if Fury fails to face their don't want to give up the belts. en cycling's past. time Tour winner Greg LeMond. mandatory challenger Vyacheslav How can we face Klitschko and The Team Sky rider told Es- Phillip Bell, a senior sports Glazkov first. Glazkov at the same time? It's ri- quire: "Questions do need to be scientist at GSK, said Froome's With their fighter having been diculous. asked. As long as the questions are values were "close to what we be- in possession of his titles less than "It damages boxing as a whole. fair, I'm happy to answer them. lieve are the upper limits for VO2 a week, Team Fury has reacted We've said what should happen "What gets my back up is when peak in humans." angrily to the situation. and we're happy to defend it and those questions turn into straight- Froome's peak power and sus- If they want to take the belt take the mandatory but don't hold forward accusations. I know what tained power, which he should be from us in such pathetic and dis- us to ransom. There's no way we I've done to get here. I'm the only able to manage for a period of 20 gusting circumstances, that will can take the fight before Klitschko one who can really say 100 per to 40 minutes, were also measured, result in a public and embarrassing - he's first in line. We're happy to cent that I'm clean. at 525 watts and 419 watts, re- display for the IBF. That's for sure. show the IBF the contract and if "I haven't broken the rules. I spectively. When asked if the IBF's decision they can see a way out of it then haven't cheated. I haven't taken The figure corresponds to 5.98 could result in their belt being cer- we'll face Glazkov first. But we any secret substance that isn't watts-per-kilogram. At his Tour emonially binned, Peter Fury told know there isn't. ry fighters but we don't want to be stripped of a belt when it's not correct. I've not had a chance to speak to known of yet. weight of 67kg, it would be 6.25w/ Sky Sports: "Yes, absolutely. "Let Tyson get through Kl- Tyson yet but I'm sure when I do, he'll hit the roof." "I know my results will stand kg, the Esquire article suggests. "If they want to take the belt itschko and then we'll face Glazk- Early reports suggest Ukraine's Glazkov (21-0-1) would fight either American Charles Martin or Erkan the test of time, that 10, 15 years Froome also passed on his from us in such pathetic and dis- ov. We want to face the mandato- Teper of Germany for the title if it becomes vacant. down the line people won't say, performance data from testing in gusting circumstances, that will 'Ah, so that was his secret.' There the early days of his career, in Lau- result in a public and embarrassing isn't a secret." sanne, Switzerland on July 25, display for the IBF. That's for sure. Esquire has published three 2007. Froome weighed 75.6kg - Tyson Fury will lose his IBF UFC star Conor McGregor described sets of data online with the first 8kg more than his current race world title if he has a rematch with set from 2007, the second from this weight - but had a peak power of Wladimir Klitschko. year's Tour and the third from 540 and sustained power of 420. "It's shocking news. I don't by the people who know him best August's independent tests. His peak power was 15 watts think the IBF know what's hap- The climate of suspicion is a higher than in August 2015 and pening. When we did the Klitsch- Sky Sports have delved beyond Dustin Poirier was seen as the defeat Dave Hill lost to McGregor it's an act anymore. But when I result of cycling's dark history, a sustained power one watt higher. ko deal, they wanted a rematch the gorilla tattoos and catchphras- opponent who could stop McGre- three years ago on the regional cir- started fighting him I realised that spectre of doping including the His VO2 max was 80.2. clause, which is common practice es to ask whether Conor McGre- gor's hype. He lasted less than two cuit. He remembers a cocky Irish he believes everything he says - fraud of Lance Armstrong, who Cycling has a history of blood when you're dealing in major world gor can really back it up. minutes. Poirier said: "Conor is kid with remarkable self-assurance. that's the way he is." The coach won seven Tour titles from 1999 doping and uses the biological pass- title fights. He's exercising that The Irishman fights Jose Aldo definitely the real deal. I've had 22 Hill said: "I thought it was all an I knew Conor would be a great to 2005 aided by the use of per- port to track for anomalies which clause so there's nothing we can in a featherweight championship fights and I've never been put out act, all for show. He was kicking fighter but I didn’t know he formance-enhancing drugs. could indicate use of performance- do to satisfy the IBF. Tyson has unification collision at UFC 194 like that. I was very emotional, just off at the weigh-ins. But when he would become so popular. He Froome's Team Sky squad re- enhancing drugs or methods. to fight Klitschko. on December 12 - the culmination because of everything that had gone got in my face, because of his in- was always a charismatic guy but leased performance data during the Froome also published his "If Klitschko had retired, we of years of bold proclamations. on between me and Conor. The tensity, I thought 'he really believes I couldn’t have predicted how big Tour, relating to the commanding blood readings, relating to his La could have slipped straight in and Is it all an act? We spoke to build-up to the fight between us in himself'. That flustered me. "He's he would get. He never has mo- win on stage 10 to La Pierre Saint Pierre Saint Martin win and the dealt with the mandatory but it people who know McGregor best. made me fight emotionally, rather overwhelming in a fight because ments where that gets on top of Martin, in a bid to quell suspicion, day of the independent physiolog- says in the contract we can't have Diego Fabbrini to score first and than relaxed, which is how I like to he's always in your face, he's so him. Pressure is for tyres. but his critics would not be con- ical testing. On each occasion his a voluntary so we're in between a Middlesbrough to win 2-066/1 fight. "He hit me with a good shot confident. He was talking to me McGregor, Aisling Daly, Paddy vinced. haemoglobin was 15.3 grams per rock and a hard place. What can Dave Nugent to Score and Mid- and I went down. I'd love to do it during the fight, saying I look soft, Holohan & Cathal Pendred are The Kenya-born Briton agreed litre. we do about this? dlesbrough to Win in 90 Mins9/2 again. I wouldn't get hit with that and it made my mind go elsewhere. SBG gym products Aisling Daly, to undergo independent testing, Sir Bradley Wiggins, who won Fury paid tribute to former McGregor beat Dustin Poirier in shot again, and I wouldn't let my- I was thinking 'should I say some- a UFC women's straw-weight which took place at GlaxoSmith- the 2012 Tour before Froome tri- champion Wladimir Klitschko Las Vegas last September self get so emotional." thing?' He has a presence that contender, has risen through the Kline's human performance labo- umphed a year later, is among "I think it's totally unfair and McGregor beat Dustin Poirier 'McGregor knocked me out!' Dus- doesn't give you a rest and puts ranks alongside McGregor at ratory in London in August, the those to question if the testing unprofessional from the IBF, be- in Las Vegas last September tin Poirier's full thoughts after KO you on the back-foot. "I don't think Dublin's SBG gym. results of which were published would change perceptions. cause Tyson was crowned cham- This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . DECEMBER 05 . 2015-Qaus 14, 1394 H.S Vol:X Issue No:127 Price: Afs.15

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in Berlin, a statement from the dishonour.” “Last year, we strug- Regarding trans-Afghanistan think about leaving the country,” has said Pakistan has been in a Presidential Palace said. “Over the gled to prevent a situation in which projects linking central and south he said. state of an “undeclared war” with past 14 years and even over the Taliban and their backers wanted Asia, President Ghani said the Afghanistan could not prevent Afghanistan over the past 40 past 40 years, Pakistan has been to create political geography in projects had reached the phase of illegal migration of its people be- years, the Presidential Palace said involved in an undeclared war Afghanistan and force us into ac- implementation. cause there were many criminal on Friday. President Ghani made with Afghanistan,” Ghani was cept peace with dishonor. We did “Many Afghans want to re- groups including terrorists, drug the comments on Thursday after- quoted as saying in the statement. not let the enemy reach the goal,” main in their country and the Af- and human traffickers outside of noon during a peach to a gathering The president said the Afghans he said. “We sacrificed a lot for ghan government in cooperation the country and they were in- at the Korber Foundation. High needed peace to get a sigh of relief that, but we are proud of the sac- with its international allies is try- volved in the business of human ranking German officials and par- from the decades-long conflict, but rifices our security personnel gave ing to provide then jobs in order trafficking, Ghani said in the state- liamentarians attended the event they would not accept peace “with for the country,” he said. to encourage the people not to ment. (Pajhwok)

India’s delay in taking a clear posi- ghanistan and the Prime Minister quick coronation of Mullah Akhtar tion on the negotiation between the of Pakistan on the dialogue with Mansour and the hurried attempt Taliban and the Pakistan govern- the Taliban. He clarified that the to start talks with Taliban even be- ment might end up justifying Pa- Pakistan media and the Ministry fore the issue of Taliban’s leader- kistan’s current strategy for the of Foreign Affairs reacted without ship is resolved” Mr Sinha told The Taliban, The Hindu was told by perusing the entire text of what he Hindu from Kabul. He pointed out Amar Sinha, Ambassador of India had stated. “Meeting of Heads of that Pakistan is trying to convince to Kabul. Mr Sinha said that the Governments in Paris is a positive Afghanistan to come along to a bad recent attack on Taliban leader thing. I stated that the statement deal with Taliban. Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Quet- of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz He warned that under the present ta had shown that rivalry is intense Sharif in Paris is positive and we arrangement with the Taliban, even inside Taliban and India should in- will see reduction in violence if we the Haqqani Network will be par- ing with the Haqqani network as tervene as Pakistan seems to be stay on a track built by consulta- ty to the package being discussed the legitimate Taliban leadership. negotiating with only one faction tion,” he said. He said that Afghan- between the Taliban and Pakistan. Mr. Sinha said that Afghans KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga’s of Taliban apart from giving lead- istan’s cooperation with Pakistan “How will the Haqqani network perceive India as a shining part of commission on telecommunica- ership space to the Haqqani net- under the present set of circum- play a key role in future without South Asia and they expect India tions says charging the 10 percent work, which is on the verge of get- stances will mean Afghanistan al- being stricken off the terror list of to speak forcefully on issues of tax on mobile phone users by the ting international recognition as the lowing Pakistan to determine the various countries?” asked Mr. Sin- regional interest. He said that the government is illegal and amounts de facto Taliban, due to Pakistan’s Taliban leadership which should ha. Heart of Asia conference of De- to disrespecting the law. Based on Syed Gul, a resident of Waza Khwa district, told Pajhwok initiative. Mr. Sinha spoke to The not happen as the Afghanistan's The consequence of Pakistan’s cember 7 provides a new oppor- a presidential decree, also en- Afghan News thousands of children were deprived of polio Hindu after the Afghan media peace will have to be determined peace negotiation with the Taliban, tunity to bring peace to Afghani- dorsed by the Cabinet when the vaccination due recent violence in the district. splashed his opinion questioning by the Afghans themselves. “Indi- he said, will be that the interna- stan and should be given a chance parliament was on the summer the reported agreement, reached in an media should question the cha- tional community will be present- as it promises an “Afghan-led recess, the government imposed a SHARANA: Thousands of chil- lah, told Pajhwok Afghan News: Paris between the President of Af- rade of Mullah Omar’s death, the ed with a “fait accompli” of deal- peace process”. 10 percent tax on mobile phone dren could not be administered “The year is about to end, but so users. But when the lower house polio drops due to insecurity in far no vaccination drive has been returned from the break, the law- southeastern Paktika province, res- carried out in the refugee camp.” Body of woman makers rejected the levy on Octo- idents said on Friday. He urged the authorities concerned ber 14, with the financial and bud- Syed Gul, a resident of Waza to give polio drops to their chil- killed in Iran getary commission calling the ac- Khwa district, told Pajhwok Af- dren. tion against Article 79 of the Con- ghan News thousands of children But Public Health Depart- KABUL: Except some roads, no Parwan could not be reactivated brought to Heart stitution. Article 79 says: “Dur- other infrastructure development due to a lack of electricity. He said were deprived of polio vaccination ment official Dr. Azeem told Pa- HERAT CITY: The body of a ing parliament recess, the govern- due recent violence in the district. jhwok Afghan News vaccination projects were carried out over the the turbine at the dam in the Jab- woman, who was allegedly shot ment shall, in case of an immedi- He said the roads connecting teams had been sent to all districts past 14 years in central Parwan lus Siraj district had been re- dead by Iranian border guards, has ate need, issue legislative decrees Waza Khwa, Terwa and Wor Mami of the province. “I will investi- province, the governor said on paired, but it could not be made been brought to western Herat except in matters related to bud- districts with the provincial capi- gate why the teams did not travel Friday. Mohammad Asim Asim functional, leaving the textile fac- province, relatives said on Thurs- get and financial affairs. Legisla- tal, Sharana, had been closed as a to Waza Khwa and Barmal dis- told Pajhwok Afghan News no tory in the district paralyzed. The day. Bashir Ahmad, one of the slain tive decrees, after endorsement by result of insecurity, thus prevent- tricts,” the official said. measures had been taken for the governor said most residents of woman’s relatives, told Pajhwok the president, shall acquire the ing polio vaccination teams from Meanwhile, deputy public maintenance of roads, the provi- Parwan depended on vegetable Afghan News the 22-year-old parliament approval.” The article visiting the districts. health director Dr. Ibrahim told sion of electricity, the construc- and fruit production but there was crossed the border into Iran along adds the legislative decrees shall He said landmines had been Pajhwok Afghan News they had tion of social and welfare centres no factory to process and pack with three children, husband and a be presented to parliament with- planted on the roads to districts not received any information and other projects in the province. the harvests or cold storages. Only people’s economic situation, Asim brother three days ago for going to in 30 days of convening of its first and the government should clear about children missed out in re- Some of the constructed roads had two cold storages have been con- said. Europe. But Iranian border guards session. If rejected by the parlia- the roads from the explosives. cent vaccination campaigns, but damaged and roads to some dis- structed in the province, but they He was concerned about the shot her near the border with Tur- ment, they become void. But the Similarly, refugee families from said the matter would be investi- presence of illegal armed groups key. Her body would be shifted to tricts were yet to be paved since are inactive due to a lack of pow- Kabul, he said. Brother of the dead Ministry of Finance said the 10 Pakistan’s Waziristan tribal region gated. 2001, he added. The governor said er, he said. in the province, saying many such woman, Alif, said all his families percent tax was still regal despite in Barmal district of Paktika said Public health officials say no necessary work with regard to They have prepared plans for groups had been disarmed and a were seeking asylum in foreign coun- the rejection of the presidential their children had not been admin- positive case surfaced in Paktika power supply had not been car- some infrastructure projects drive to disarm individuals was ties due to several problems they decree because the tax had been istered polio drops so far. during this solar year that ends ried out and the cement factory in which would gradually improve ongoing. (Pajhwok) faced in the country. (Pajhwok) included in the new...... P2 One of the refugees, Sifatul- on March 21. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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