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Russia questions reports of unidentified helicopters sighted in Afghanistan Russia Foreign Ministry has asked Afghan, U.S. and NATO officials to provide a “rational explanation” about reports of unidentified helicopters providing support to KABULi: The new High Peace ISIS-K militants in Afghanistan. “We urged restraint, warned of characterize today’s political Councilinfo-icon (HPC) chief, “We’ve taken note of new the negative consequences for environmentinfo-icon,” he said. Karim Khalili, on Friday asked the reports about unmarked everyone of loss of control, and “The existence of opposition Talibaninfo-icon to play a positive helicopters ferrying the fighters of requested them to give time to is natural in any political scene, role in ending the decades-long ISIS Afghan branch, as well as allow their grievances to be but the amount of mistrust is conflict in Afghanistaninfo-icon. weapons and munitions for them, addressed without violence,” he growing and there is an increasing Khalili, who recently took over as in eastern Afghanistan,” Russia said. resort to uncompromising slogans the HPC chief, told a gathering in Foreign Ministry spokesperson Coupled with intensive efforts and statements which can fuel Kabul that the Taliban were Maria Zakharova told reporters by government and members of the further violent protest. mistaken they could reach power during a press briefing on diplomatic community, he said, the He said fforts at inclusiveness through force. The former second Wednesday. Zakharova also immediate risk of escalation was and building consensus for vice president said it was a positive pointed to the brief capture of Tora defused. political stability were critical and development that the Taliban not Bora, a strategic cave in Pachiragam “I remain concerned, however, the Afghan vision for peace was only denied their involvement in district of Nangarhar, by IS fighters that without changes in governance premised on the fact that a stable recent terrorist attacks in Kabul but on June 14 which was recaptured practices we are likely to face Afghanistan would lead to a stable also condemned them. Khalili said by Afghan security forces during a future crises that might be more and more prosperous region the recent Kabul attacks showed a clearing operation. Zakharova stated,” Silence in this difficult to contain.” “Achieving this vision will require lot of work was required to achieve “Some reports say that shortly case is becoming increasingly Yamamoto said that there have the strong determination of all peace and asked the government before this, unmarked helicopters conspicuous.” been indications since last summer states concerned, particularly of the to intensify the peace process and delivered over 50 armed extremists She further asked Western that Afghanistan’s broad political region and the neighbourhood,” he encourage voices raised for peace. to reinforce the fighters who were media to ask these questions from consensus was fraying. said. He said however that the The HPC chief said politicians, preparing an offensive on Tora the Pentagon, the White House A growing number of political recent series of security incidents parties and influential figures Bora, as well as a container full of and the U.S. State Department. factions, some who were formerly has demonstrated the urgent need through their cooperation should weapons and munitions,” she Immediately there was no part of the National Unity for reforms in the security sector. steer the country out of the current added. IS militants also known as reaction from U.S. officials Government as well as a younger He said Afghanistan was facing bad situation because they had the Daesh is widely active in some regarding the statements made by generation of political forces, have numerous internal challenges in ability to do so. He also said parts of Nangarhar province and Moscow while Afghan ministry of KABUL: Secretary-General’s time when the Islamic State begun to criticise and demand addition to fighting an insurgency protests should be carried out there were reports of the group defense have rejected the report. Special Representative for (Daesh) was attempting to reforms from government, he said. that appears to be gaining ground. according to the Constitution and activities in some other provinces Afghan and U.S. forces have Afghanistaninfo-icon Tadamichi provoke sectarian strife in the “The government, on the other “These include deep rooted they should not be aimed at ousting of the country as well. conducted many counter terrorism Yamamoto has said recent ‘security country through attacks against hand, claims that opposition political tension, the difficulty of the government. “Is there any “It is symptomatic that operations against the IS fighters and political crisis’ in Afghanistan Shia Muslims. groups block important reforms integrating socially and alternative if the current system is neither the Afghan authorities nor in Nangarhar province during the was sparked by a terrorist “During the anti-government and stoke tension by calling for the economically the thousands of collapsed.” He said the enemy the U.S. and NATO military last two years. bombing in Kabul’s centre on 31 demonstrations on June 2, we at government to be replaced.” Afghan refugees who return each wanted to divide the Afghans on contingent officials in Afghanistan Reports of unidentified May. Briefing the United Nations UNAMA conducted extensive “Each side accuses the other day, an economy that is only very ethnic lines. He said the Afghans have offered a rational explanation helicopters landing in Taliban Security Council (UNCS) on outreach to leaders on all sides, should not return to the past and for the increased number of flights controlled areas in Sar-e-Pul and of acting against the national slowly recovering after the instead should learn from the past Wednesday, he said the increasing particularly leaders of political interest. It appears to me international drawdown in 2014, made by unidentified helicopters Ghazni districts of Afghanistan political fault-lines on ethnic basis movements which were because the current situation have also been published during the undeniable that these perceptions and pervasive corruption.” requited harmony and unity. providing support to ISIS fighters were particularly worrying at a considering joining the protests.” have contributed to tensions that (Pajhwok) in many Afghan provinces, last couple of months. (ATN) Police had ‘Impartial body be appointed no arms to probe Kabul incidents’ KABUL : Civil societyinfo-icon bombings ripped through the activists, expressing concern over funeral for a lawmaker’s son who while increasing insecurity in the country, was killed during the protest, killing on Friday asked the government seven people and injuring several clearing to appoint a commission for others. Then a large number of investigation into recent terrorist people erected protest tents in the attacks in Kabul. main square of Kabul to demand protest About three weeks ago on May resignation of top government 31, a massive truck bomb attack officials over their failure to killed and wounded hundreds of protect citizens. Some of the tents camps:MoI people in Kabul, sparking an angry were removed following talks and protest a day later. the last one had to be removed by KABUL: Police had no weapons Three back to back suicide force. (Pajhwok) while removing protest tents in the capital Kabul, where at least one protestor killed, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Thursday. A number of people erected Hekmatyar urges Ghani several protest tents in the capital following a deadly attack on May 31 and the killing of a number of to do more for peace protestors in clashes with police KABUL: Hezb-i-Islamiinfo-icon brought to an end if foreign on June 2. Afghanistaninfo-icon leader interference in the country’s affairs Eight of the tents were Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Friday was stopped. “Those who think removed by protestors themselves asked President Ashraf Ghani to the war can be brought to an end a few days ago. One camp in the take more effective steps for peace without a judicious and realities- upscale neighbourhood of Sherpur and choose the path of an intra- based agreement, they are was forcibly cleared by police on Afghan dialogue to end the conflict. mistaken.” Hekmatyar urged Wednesday night. In his message in connection President Ghani to take more The demonstrators claimed with religious festival Eidul Fitr, effective steps towards peace and two of their members were killed which marks the end of the fasting choose the path of an intra-Afghan and four others wounded in month of Ramadaninfo-icon, dialogue for ending the war. He said Afghan forces; firing on Hekmatyar urged political leaders the president should assure the Wednesday night. to agree on a new effective strategy opponents that their all logical However, MoI spokesman for ending the war. demands would be accepted. He Najib Dansih told reporters one He said the idea of reaching said agreeing to peace did not mean protestor was killed 500 meters power with money and weapons a defeat or surrender for any party from the tent while police present from outside should be shunned. to the conflict but it would be a in the area did not carry weapons. Not a single drop of blood should wise and historic step to rescue He said police carried sticks be shed in future power transfer, the nation and the country from and shields while removing the he urged. decades of misfortunes. He said protest tents. A joint delegation of Hekmatyar said they should both the government and the MoI, NDSinfo-icon and the ask all foreign forces to let the opposition should not let the war attorney general office has been Afghans resolve their issues to be prolonged because its victims tasked with investigating the themselves. He believed the were only the Afghans. killing. (Pajhwok) conflict in Afghanistan could be (Pajhwok)

Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) a milestone as the country grapples congratulate Afghanistan and has been confirmed as Full with extensive security problems Ireland on their Full Membership Members of the International in the face of a Taliban insurgency. status which is the result of their Cricket Council (ICC) after a “Wowww, what good news, Tnx dedication to unanimous vote at the ICC Full ACB and specially Atif Mashal improving performance both off Council meeting held at the Oval and Shafiq Stanikzai for the nice and on the field resulting in the today, the ICC confirmed. efforts...very proud,” an Afghan significant development and Alongside Afghanistan, Cricket Fahim said on his Facebook Page. growth of cricket in their respective Ireland was also confirmed as a “Congratulations to both cricket countries. new ICC Full Member. boards especially to Afghanistan Both have clearly demonstrated The announcement is a Cricket Board,” said another they meet the new criteria and as breakthrough in the history of resident Farhad Ahmad. such have made the progression to Afghanistan cricket. Afghans ICC Chief Executive David Full Membership.” across the nation hailed the move Richardson said: “I’d like to (ToloNews) SATURDAY . JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

In recent years, Afghan military and police trainees have turned on their Western trainers generally. Afghanistan Nation’s passion for cricket has seen Police forces clash with them surge from when Sharjah was their protesters during a demonstration in Kabul earlier this month. home ground to now earning Test status Hundreds of demonstrators demanded better security in the Dubai: Nearly a decade ago,I was who played the game. In fact, Afghan capital in the wake of a reporting at a match between many of the senior players in the powerful truck bomb attack that Afghanistan and the UAE at the team got their first taste of cricket killed scores of people. (Massoud Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The while living as refugees in Pakistan. Hossaini/Associated Press) Afghanistan team was here to play Incidentally, some of the Yet three more U.S. soldiers against the UAE since they did not players do not even know their date fell victim to such an attack on June have a home ground to invite teams of birth since they were born while 12. The men of the 101st Airborne to play in their country. Abdul living as refugees. were killed in Nangarhar province Rehman Bukhatir, who brought Despite cricket becoming by an Afghan National Army international cricket to the UAE, popular, Afghanistan could never soldier who was immediately killed had come for the match, and he host international matches in their by return fire. asked the Afghanistan team to country due to security threats. A week later, seven more consider Sharjah Cricket Stadium Yet people loved the game and Americans were shot by an Afghan as their home ground.?“Bearing in watched their naturally-talented soldier inside the Mazar-e-Sharif mind the difficulties they have in players play the sport. It was base. All seven survived. Afghanistan, the cricketers deserve through such hardship that the An Ottawa cop remembers to have a place somewhere where Afghanistan cricket team went Canada has been involved in they can come and feel that they about playing the game to training Afghan police before. are at home. Here they have huge ultimately reach the biggest stage Ottawa police Sgt. Colin local support and they can make in world cricket. Stokes, who trained Afghan police full use of all facilities in the Sharjah The Afghanistan Cricket in Kandahar from 2009 to 2010, stadium, including the gymnasium Federation was formed in 1995. operated mostly out of Camp and nets,” remarked Bukhatir, to They became an International Nathan Smith. the joy of the Afghanistan players. Cricket Council Affiliate member He says his experience was Kabir Khan, the then coach of in 2001, and were elevated as mostly positive, but remembers the Afghanistan team, said: “We Associate member in 2013, and the precautions he and his fellow are thankful to Bukhatir for this have now become a full member As the security situation in taken the form of so-called "green- is an illiterate villager with no real today edits the Long War Journal, police officers took, particularly gesture. This is a huge step on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Today Afghanistan continues to slip, on-blue" shootings, in which birth certificate and often, no published by the Washington when their students were armed at because nobody has offered us they also have a home ground in NATO has asked Canada to help foreign instructors are deliberately family name (many Afghans use think-tank the Foundation for the the firing range. anything like this. Our players will Greater Noida, New Delhi, in with its Resolute Support mission killed by their own students. only a first name). Defence of Democracies. Afghanistan police trainees fully utilise the facilities and our India, with the Board of Control by sending trainers to help build Opinion: Canada should join its The Afghan military is now In that incident, about 10 Ottawa police Sgt. Colin cricket board and players are very for Cricket in India’s support. an Afghan military and police force closest allies and return to using biometric scans, with attackers were recently able to kill Stokes oversees an Afghan police thankful to him.” Despite a lack of experience capable of defending the country. Afghanistan In August 2012, an equipment and supervision about 140 mostly unarmed trainee during weapons training in None fathomed then that and exposure, Afghanistan For the past three years, Afghan police commander called provided by ISAF, on all new recruits. Kandahar. Stokes was posted with Bukhatir was opening the doors challenged the best teams with their Canadian soldiers have been Asadullah sat down to a pre-dawn recruits. Recruits must also "It tells you just how the the Canadian Armed Forces as a for a nation that would rise quickly aggressive style of cricket. Their training and mentoring Kurdish meal with three U.S. marines in provide references from two Taliban strategy of conducting trainer in 2009 and 2010. (Colin to become a Test playing nation. national team was formed only in Peshmerga fighters in Iraq with Helmand province. The marines trusted elders from their home insider attacks has second and third Stokes ) It has been a fairy tale journey for 2001, but through sheer hard work great success and only one fatality: were there to train Afghan national district. Western trainers also order effects that people often "When we were on the range Afghanistan to attain Test status. they played in Twenty20 World Sgt. Andrew Doiron was killed in police. Asadullah invited them, he instituted a system of "guardian don't consider," said Roggio. with them, we always ensured Their journey reflects the Cups in 2010, 2012, 2014 and a "friendly fire" incident that all told them, to discuss security angels," where a coalition soldier "They just aren't being trusted right there were other police officers, passion of a cricket-loving nation 2016. Today they have players sides agree was a tragic but honest arrangements. Partway through is assigned to stand guard over now and trust is the first thing you basically, very hands on and close and determination among their like Rashid Khan, who is one of mistake. The Canadians have the meal, Asadullah produced a Afghan recruits at all times. need when you're partnering with to all the Afghan soldiers and players. Watching the passion of the finest leg spinners in the world. developed a relationship of mutual pistol and shot the three marines Afghanistan foreign forces. constables that were on the line," this cricketing nation, the UAE’s Their players are even in demand trust and even affection with their dead. He then fled the base in the Afghan police demonstrate "You have cases where Afghan he says. telecommunications company for Twenty20 leagues with Khan Kurdish hosts, according to dark. "He is with us now," Taliban their skills during a graduation soldiers have gone through the Stokes said his Afghan trainees etisalat stepped forward as their and Mohammad Nabi being picked Canadian military commanders. spokesperson Qari Yusuk Ahmadi ceremony at a police training vetting process, they didn't have were mostly keen to learn, but says main sponsors and also backed for the Indian Premier League. So the Afghan training and later confirmed to Agence France- centre in the Adraskan district of any problems and then after a it's impossible to prevent all green- their Inter-Provincial Cup and T20 Speaking to Gulf News soon mentoring mission NATO is now Presse by phone. Herat province, Afghanistan, in couple years in service, or a couple on-blue killings when dealing with tournaments, which was named after Afghanistan earned Test asking Canada to take on, might Insider attacks March, 2011. (Reza of months or weeks, they've been armed recruits. ‘Etisalat Sixes T20 tournament’. status, team coach Lalchand also seem to be a relatively safe Sixty foreign advisers were Shirmohammadi/Associated Press) pressured or talked to by the "Mistakes are made, things Cricket was played in Rajput, who has shaped them into assignment. But bitter experience killed by Afghan soldiers and Not getting safer Taliban and recruited to conduct slip through the cracks. Everybody Afghanistan from 1839 when the a formidable side, said: “It is a great has taught NATO that the Afghan police that same year, according On military bases where attacks," he said. tries to do the best we can to vet British troops played the game in movement for Afghanistan cricket frontline runs through every army to figures compiled by the Afghan soldiers and police mix Roggio says the personnel, but it's a war zone and Kabul. But it was only from 1900 and the sports-loving people of base, police detachment and International Security Assistance with foreign forces, the Afghans countermeasures taken by NATO you can't be too surprised when that the local people started to take Afghanistan. Now the players can training classroom. Western Force. The attacks prompted new are required to be unarmed inside forces are not the main reason for people get killed." a liking for this sport. It was be called ‘Test players’, which is soldiers have died not only on the measures by ISAF to protect the gates, or have the firing pins the reduction in insider attacks. He says he'd be willing to Afghanistan refugees, who fled the the real test of a player.” battlefield, but on the parade trainers from their trainees. The removed from their rifles. "The primary reason for the return under certain circumstances. wars in Afghanistan to Pakistan, (GULFNEWS) ground, the firing range and even changes included strengthened It was partly because of that reduction over the last several "If Canada does go back, if I sitting down to dinner with their identity vetting for Afghan rule that a recent Taliban attack on years is there's been less coalition was to go back, I'd want to mentor Afghan counterparts. "Insider security forces members. an Afghan army base in Mazar-e- forces partnered" with Afghan Afghans that have the capacity to attacks" have been a constant of That's no simple matter in a Sharif was so deadly, says Bill forces, he says, and fewer absorb the type of police training the Afghan war, and many have country where the typical recruit Roggio, a former U.S. soldier who Westerners in Afghanistan that we have to give." (CBC) KABUL MUNI CI PALI TY TO REMOVE T-WALLS FROM Last month, a US government education during the many years to study abroad, choose not to of young people who finish the future of opportunity and promise agency issued an assessment of the my country was embroiled in war, return to their homes to work for a programs stay committed to for each and every child. United States’ efforts to help starting with the Soviet Union’s better future for our country. working to improve education for Claiming that education is the THE CI TY Afghanistan recover from the 1978 invasion. Yet if we fail to Through Teach For Afghanistan, disadvantaged children in some answer might sound like a cliché, devastation of 16 years of war. Its make radical progress in our we provide a supportive pathway way, even if they initially planned but it doesn’t make it any less true. findings were grim. Six out of every education system, the Afghan for young graduates to do so, on following a completely different If our future is to improve, today’s 10 dollars since 2002 had been people’s ability to shape a more while also helping to bring career path. I’m hopeful that, over children must learn to read. They spent on Afghan defense forces, sophisticated economy, and a motivated new teachers into our time, our program can help must learn to write. They must yet problems were rampant. country in which war and terrorism overcrowded classrooms. produce and inspire a new learn to question dominant ways Widespread illiteracy was found are not tolerated, looks bleak. In 44 similar programs around generation of collective leadership of thinking. They must learn that to be a “corrosive” challenge, Make no mistake–it is the world, which include not just not just in communities in no child is inherently worth more undercutting progress not only in ultimately up to Afghans, not the those well-known in the US, but Nangarhar, but all across than another. If we can start down establishing security but also in US, and not the international in countries from India to Malaysia Afghanistan–leadership that is that journey today, we can all have carrying out civilian projects. The community. While foreign aid to Peru to Bulgaria, roughly 70% singularly committed to creating a hope for tomorrow. (QZ) quality of leadership was also dollars can provide meaningful identified as a major stumbling support, local communities will block. “If leadership [in the defense ultimately have to produce and force] is poor,” the author of the support the leaders of tomorrow report said, “the people below who will help counter the twisted don’t care, and they wonder why appeals of terrorist recruiters, fight Notification of the intention they have to die.” to find ways for communities to At the root of the problem is prosper, and bring forth a future the state of education. More than in which Afghanistan offers more to contract award six out of every ten people cannot of its people the promise of a better The Kabul Municipality added. “In the first step, the T- read or write. Nearly four million life for their children. announced on Thursday that it walls will be removed from around children aren’t in school, and more As Malala Yousufzai said, “I will start removing T-walls from the houses of cabinet members and than three quarters of all children don’t want to kill terrorists. I want The Ministry of energy and water of Afghanistan (MEW)is the city with the help of Kabul government institutions,” Habibzai drop out of school by the ninth to educate the children of supposed to award the contract,Rehabilitation of Deh Daraz Police Headquarters, Kabul said at a press conference on grade. Overall, opportunity is terrorists.” That is the true way to Garrison and the Attorney Thursday. extremely limited, making hope for eradicate extremism in my country. and Panj Meara Canal Irrigation Scheme in Obeh District of General’s Office. “We are also planning to close the future impossible for many It is also why I launched Teach The acting Kabul mayor down some sites, for instance, families to conjure. Not only does For Afghanistan, a program that is Herat provinceunder the contract No, NPA/MEW/96/W-1678/ Abdullah Habibzai said the Wazir Akbar Khan road which is this lead to the significant obstacles part of the Teach For All network NCB MEW/PCU/IRDP/H518/HRT/NCBwith (Bright Pearl campaign would start from the part of this campaign. During the to progress that the US and adapts the approach of Teach Hamid Karzai International campaign, we will remove all assessment points to, it is a For America, here in Nangarhar Construction Company JV Afghan Broadway Construction),12, Airport’s road on Friday. barriers, but the roads will remain situation that gives extremism and Province along the Pakistani Some key roads in the city, open mainly for the people, terrorism–and the warped meaning border, where 80 graduates from University Road Near Silo, KBL, Afghanistan, license ID, D- including Wazir Akbar Khan Road cyclists and public and sense of purpose it can Afghan universities are teaching 04-460license ID, D-34060in the amount of 82,437,255. Afs in downtown Kabul, will be closed transportation,” he added. provide–an evergreen appeal. 23,000 girls and boys in 21 schools to traffic and only certain vehicles At the same event, the Kabul Millions of Afghans, including with the support of USAID and (Eighty Two million Fourhundred thirtySeven thousand and will be allowed to pass through the police and garrison officials vowed children, are clear-eyed to the fact The Asia Foundation. Afghanistan road, Habibzai said. to cooperate with the campaign. that their future is simply without has the one of the youngest Two Hundred Fifty FiveAfghanisonly ).Bidders who appeal He said that Bremer walls will “We are ready to implement hope. The state of education in populations in the world and I reconsideration or have any objection, they can submit their be removed from 173 sites and government’s order and to address Afghanistan today actually believe that it could be our greatest roads across the city. the demands of the Kabul represents progress compared to asset. But too many who make it application within oneweek totheMinistry of Energy and Water Initially the campaign will residents,” acting Kabul police ten years ago, since there was through our higher education cover areas in Kabul’s PD1, PD2, chief Haq Nawaz Haqyar said. virtually no ability to improve system, or have the opportunity from the date of announcement. PD3 and the airport road, he (ToloNews) SATURDAY . JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday opened the maiden session of a debate titled “Citizen and Arg (Presidential Palace)” aimed at ensuring good governance and citizenship. MERGENCY The Citizen and Arg debate E attended by university professors, CALLS university students, Kabul residents and a number of government officials was held for Police the first time at the Presidential Palace. Addressing the audience, 100 - 119 the presidents said unity could not be established until there was a common thinking. “Open debates Hospitals develop good thoughts and good citizenship and governance,” he FMIC Hospital added. Behind Kabul Medical The president said people have to support inclusion of University: qualified and professional Arg debate was called an effective Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, said the 0202500200-+93793275595 individuals in the government for process for fundamental changes debate would turn the government a better performance. “If people in governance and determination of from a traditional style of power follow pragmatism, they would citizens’ status and a responsible to a citizen-oriented and Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital find strongmen in the government,” government. A senior advisor to the accountable institute. Pule Bagh-e- Umomi president in the United Nations, (Pajhwok) the president said. The Citizen and 070263672 Bodyguard Khairkhana Hospital President names 0799-321007 The first women settled on this who began it, and when. provide financial support for kills Taliban 2401352 stony slope outside Kabul in the - 'Safe and cheap' - women, so it is hard for women to 1990s hoping to escape the stigma "They encouraged the others lose this support," says women's those like them are forced to (widows) to join them," says ministry spokeswoman Kobra Roshan as higher shadow Indira Gandhi Children endure. Today it is known as Anissa. "The main idea was to get Rezai. Afghanistan's 'hill of widows', a cheap and safe place ... a A policy providing aid for poor district chief Hospital, Wazir Akbar home to a cluster of women who permanent address." women was approved in 2008 but education minister Khan, Kabul 2301372 have eked out independence in a Anissa recalls policemen never ratified, she adds. A few non- in Jawzjan society that shuns and condemns coming to tear down the houses governmental programs help the KABUL : President Ashraf Ghani them as immoral. The rocky the women had painstakingly built widows find a little autonomy. has nominated Abdul Latif Roshan Ibn-e- Seena summit 15 kilometres south-east together in Zanabad. The only way In front of the former royal as his minister of higher Pul-e-Artan, Kabul of the capital has gradually been to put them off was with bribes. palace in Kabul, the United educationinfo-icon (MoHE), the SHIBERGHAN : A Talibaninfo- swallowed by the city, becoming a "They destroyed our house Nations Development Program Presidential Palace said on icon-designated district chief for 2100359 distant Kabul suburb. But for its like eight or nine times," says (UNDP) created a small gardening Thursday. Darzab district was gunned down residents, it remains "Zanabad", Anissa, who is now herself a police cooperative where some 100 along with five of his friends by In statement from the palace, Wazir Akbar Khan the city of women. officer. "The only option at the end particularly poor women learned Ghani said he was glad to nominate his own bodyguard in northern The matriarch of Zanabad, was to give them little money." to work the land. Eighty percent Roshan for the ministerial slot in Jawzjan province on Thursday, an Hospital Bibi ul-Zuqia, known as It is estimated there are as of them are widows. official said. line with his constitutional 2301741, 2301743 "Bibikoh", died in 2016. Her eldest many as 2.5 million widows in Their destinies have been discretion. “Under Article 6 of Jawzjan deputy police chief daughter, 38-year-old Anissa Afghanistan today. Often invariably cruel: Marghooba Jafary, A f g h a n i s t a n i n f o - i c o n ’ s Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi told Azimi, has a husband -- but in a uneducated and cloistered at home, a widow at 35 with four children, constitution, I have approved the Pajhwok Afghan News that Qari Ali Abad rare step for married women in the women have few options if had to marry her 13-year-old nomination of Abdul Latif Roshan Aman aka Shamsullah was a conservative Afghanistan, has their husbands die. daughter to a forty-year-old man as new minister,” the president notorious Taliban commander and Shahrara, Kabul taken up the matriarchal torch. At best, they receive $150 a as she was unable to feed her. He shadow district chief for Darzab. said. 2100439 Their house is one of the first year from the government if their has since abandoned his teen bride. The parliamentary affairs Roshan, a resident of Kabul, “Qari Aman was killed by his when you arrive in Zanabad by a husband was killed in fighting. As Marghooba tells her story minister will introduce the obtained a PhD from an America bodyguard in Qazal Qushlaq broken track, at the bottom of a They survive by doing household to AFP, she bursts into tears. The village today morning, five of his nominee for a trust vote to Wolesi university. He is currently the Malalai Maternity passage barred with a tarp to chores, a little sewing, or by other women sitting around her -- Jirgainfo-icon under Article 91, chancellor head of the Bakhtar friends were also killed in the protect privacy. sending their children to beg in the many depressed and unused to according to the statement. University. (Pajhwok) incident,” he said. He said it was Hospital "My mother arrived here 15 bazaar. - Misery and solidarity - having someone listen to their woes unclear why the bodyguard killed years ago" with her five children, "In Afghanistan, men usually -- join in. (DAILYMAIL) Aman. 2201377/ 2301743 Anissa says, sitting on carpets and A resident of the area, Abdul assaulted by a swarm of children. Jalil, said Aman was killed days Banks Bibikoh lost a first husband, A good year for Farah’s after a Daesh militant belonging to killed by a rocket, before being Commander Qari Hekmat joined Da Afghanistan Bank remarried to a brother-in-law, who watermelon farmers him. then died from an illness. “The Daesh fighter who joined 2100302, 2100303 She was scratching a living fficials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Aman was a relative of the Taliban doing laundry for others, but found (MAIL) on Wednesday said farmers have reported a five percent commander. Aman later appointed Bakhtar Bank Kabul rents too expensive. Oincrease in watermelon harvests, which will generate an estimated him as his bodyguard, but he killed In Zanabad, Anissa says, land four billion AFs in revenue for the province. the commander while heading to 0776777000 was cheap. The first widows had The ministry said it is estimated that this year the watermelon Tapa-i-Bala area to meet his Azizi Bank already begun to lay down their crops in Farah will total 578,000 tons which shows an increase of five colleagues,” he said. belongings and their grief in the percent compared to last year. He said one of Qari Aman’s 0799 700900 largely deserted suburb to form a The ministry said that due to favorable climate conditions and high injured body shared the story of tightly-knit community -- though yielding farms in Farah it is estimated that crops will average 34 tons per the incident with other Taliban Pashtany Bank no one any longer knows exactly hectare. (ToloNews) fighters. 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1000.00 PKR 635.00AFN SATURDAY . JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES P r esiden tia l E lection 2 0 17: O pposition ch ose M eir a K u m a r to divide D a lits, says Yogi Aditya n ath

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday that the Opposition par- ties fielded Meira Kumar as their ISLAMABAD: Following the ap- presidential candidate to divide pearance of Prime Minister Nawaz Dalits to "save their skin". Only Sharif, his two sons and Punjab after Prime Minister Narendra Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Modi and BJP president Amit Shah former interior minister Senator picked Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit, Rehman Malik will be appearing as the NDA's presidential candi- before the joint investigation team date, the Congress decided to field (JIT) probing the Sharif family's Kumar, Adityanath told reporters assets today (Friday). after Kovind filed his nomination Malik will record his statement papers. regarding the ruling family’s global File image of Yogi Adityanath. money trail before the JIT. PTIFile image of Yogi Adityanath. According to sources, Malik PTI is likely to tell about the Sharif’s JIT. Malik had claimed earlier in a bers of the Sharif family, including "Intentions of the Opposition family involvement in the Hu- press conference that he will Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his are not honest towards Dalits, oth- daibiya Paper Mills case before record his statement with full free- brother Punjab Chief Minister erwise they would had fielded JIT. Earlier, he was asked to ap- dom before the JIT. Moreover, the Shehbaz Sharif and his sons; Has- Kumar last time," Adityanath said. pear before the team on June 17 JIT has also summoned Nawaz san and Hussain. The Opposition parties have field- but he requested to reschedule the Sharif’s son-in-law, Captain (retd) The JIT will submit its com- ed her only to divide Dalits in the date as he was not in the country. Muhammad Safdar, on June 24, plete investigation report to the country, he added. Echoing the Malik will be appearing today according to sources. Supreme Court's special imple- Uttar Pradesh chief minister's at 2:30pm at the Federal Judicial In its probe, the JIT has re- mentation bench on July 10. views, senior BJP leader Sushil Academy, at the 45th meeting of corded statements of several mem- (Tribune) Kumar Modi said that Opposition parties have made Kumar a "scape- goat" by naming her as the Oppo- sition's presidential candidate. "They thought about Dalits for the top post only after the BJP announced Kovindji as presiden- tial candidate. And why didn't ter Raghubar Das expressed confi- powering the lower sections of Kovind, Union minister Uma Bhar- Congress nominate her last time dence that Kovind would be vic- society. Kovind hails from hum- ti said Kovind was a successful when it was in a position to get torious. Haryana chief minister ble background and is a committed member of Parliament and a com- her elected to the highest office," Manohar Lal Khattar described the person for social cause and his mitted worker towards social caus- Modi said. Praising the choice of BJP's choice for the top constitu- personality suits the stature, Khat- es. the NDA, Jharkhand chief minis- tional post as a step towards em- tar added. Speaking highly about (Hindustan Times)

Punjab assembly speaker showshis Opposition ruthless Nine Bangladeshi women and chil- mganj, Chuadanga, Satkhira, side:Dal dren returned home after languish- Khagrachhari and Chittagong dis- wants to divide ing in an Indian jail there for nearly tricts. four years. Omar Sharif, officer-in-charge Khalsa Indian immigration police of Benapole check-post immigra- handed them over to Bangladesh tion police, said all the nine had Dalits by authorities through Benapole gone to India illegally in search of CHANDIGARH: Taking a dig at Congress government in Punjab for check-post yesterday. job four years back. the happenings in Punjab assem- The returnees are Zohura Kha- Later, they were arrested from bly, Dal Khalsa said that two 'blun- tun, Rina Bibi, Jannatul Ferdous, Mumbai and Alipur and sent to fielding Meira Rozina Khatun, Sagarika, Salma jail. The decision to return them ders' have been committed in the on-going session under chief min- Khatun, Josna Begum, Rabiul and was taken following an interven- ister Captain Amarinder Singh. The Shamim. tion of the home ministries of the Kumar: Yogi first blunder is paying tribute to All of them hailed from differ- two countries. 'butcher of Punjab' former Punjab ent parts of Jessore, Narail, Suna- (AP) DGP K P S Gill and second, dish- onouring the religious symbol of Adityanath Sikhs and disrespecting the digni- ty of womenfolk. Party president Harpal Singh Strong Sri Lankan Bangladesh will prosper only if the father of the nation, at his old Cheema said that Congress had voters return the Awami League to house in Dhanmondi road No. 32. reverted to its original character- power for another five years, She was accompanied by nly after the NDA mocking, insulting and challenging sales wins Gestetner Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has Awami League advisory council picked Ram Nath the Sikhs in particular and people said. The ruling party president members Amir Hossain Amu and of Punjab in general. made the remark urging support Tofail Ahmed, presidium members Kovind, a Dalit, as its presidential candidate did the Taking a jibe at Vidhan Sabha best performance in for the 2019 national election at a Matia Chowdhury, Sahara Kha- speaker, Dal Khalsa spokesperson ceremony for the party's 68th tun, Mosharraf Hossain and Gen- Congress decide to field Meira Kanwar Pal Singh said that Rana founding anniversary on Friday. eral Secretary Obaidul Quader. Kumar, said Yogi Adityanath Kanwar Pal Singh paid 'ultimate “People shouldn't forget that National flags and party flags were tribute' to KPS Gill in Congress- RICOH Asia Pacific the Awami League brought all the hoisted at the Bangabandhu Bha- style by maltreating AAP MLAs, achievements the country boasts ban in Dhanmondi road No. 32, at New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief UP chief minister’s views, senior tossing turbans of Sikh MLAs and of today. Bangladesh and Awami Bangabandhu Avenue and at party minister Yogi Adityanath said on BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi disrespecting women MLAs in the League complement each other.” offices across the city. Hasina urged Friday that opposition parties said that opposition parties have assembly. “To keep the pace of progress leaders and activists of the ruling fielded Meira Kumar as their pres- made Kumar a “scapegoat” by Dal Khalsa leaders said, "What steady, please let Awami League party to follow the ideology of idential candidate to divide Dalits naming her as the opposition’s KPS Gill did with Sikhs at interro- serve you again,” Hasina said. Bangabandhu and not bother only and to “save their skin”. Only af- presidential candidate. “They gation centres, Rana KP Singh did Awami League, one of Bangladesh's about personal gains. She also ter Prime Minister Narendra Modi thought about Dalits for the top the same at Vidhan Sabha. Rana oldest political parties, returned to slammed people who criticised and BJP president Amit Shah post only after the BJP announced KP, KPS Gill and ruthlessness are power for a second consecutive Bangbandhu. picked Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit, Kovindji as presidential candidate. synonymous words", term following the 2014 election. “They said Bangabandhu was as the NDA’s presidential candi- And why didn’t Congress nomi- "The power-drunk Congress It kept celebrations simple this a revolutionary, a leader but not a date, did the Congress decide to nate her last time when it was in a was insulting sentiments of peo- year for Jumu'atul-Widaa, last Fri- good ruler. These critics themselves field Kumar, Adityanath said after position to get her elected to the ple and suppressing the voice of day of Ramadan, and Lailatul opposed Bangladesh’s indepen- Kovind filed his nomination pa- highest office,” Modi said. Prais- their representatives in assembly. Qadr, the highly revered 27th day dence,” said Hasina, daughter of pers. “Intentions of the opposi- ing the choice of the NDA, Jhark- The video clips showing women of Ramadan. Hasina unveiled the Sheikh Mujib. tion are not honest towards Dal- hand chief minister Raghubar Das MLAs being dragged and their foundation stone for the party's “There are many who follow its, otherwise they would had field- expressed confidence that Kovind screaming in pain leaves no one in new office building at Dhaka’s Ban- an anti-liberation sentiment. These ed Kumar last time,” Adityanath would be victorious. Haryana doubt that Congress with all its gabandhu Avenue. She paid floral people will always conspire said. The opposition parties have Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khat- tentacles is back this time with tributes before a mural of Banga- against good.” fielded her only to divide Dalits in tar described the BJP’s choice for more vengeance to haunt the peo- Building on its winning legacy, a prestigious distributor awards bandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, (BDNEWS24) the country, he added. Echoing the the top constitutional post. ple of Punjab," they said. Gestetner of Ceylon PLC once night that took place in Danang, (BBC) again won resounding recognition Vietnam. Commenting on the sig- for its tremendous sales perfor- nificance of this year’s award, Per- mance over the past year, rising era said: “It has been yet another above its peers in the Asia Pacific remarkable year for Gestetner dur- Seizin g ‘The Belt a n d R o a d ’ region to win the RICOH Asia ing which we have been able to Pacific Award for Outstanding achieve some of our best sales per- Achievement in Units & Sales formances to date. The Sri Lankan Revenue FY 2016 in multi-func- market too continues to show great Op p o r t un it y : Cha llen g es fo r Nep a l tional products (MFP). Notably, potential however it is important Gestetner of Ceylon is currently to keep in mind that our strong the only distributor to have won results were based on the collec- Nepal signed China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) before the BRI It has two main components - ment worth US$4 trillion. a global reserve currency. Fourth, this award, adding to its impres- tive efforts of all our departments Summit. During the BRI summit held in Beijing, the Nepalese Minister the Silk Road Economic Belt con- There are several factors mo- through the BRI, China wants to sive two time win over the last three - from Sales and Marketing to HR, for Physical Infrastructure and Transport proposed to the Chinese Trans- necting China with Europe through tivating the BRI. First, China wants secure energy supply through new years, when Gestetner was award- Admin, Finance, MIS, P2P, Tech- port Minister to link Nepal’s border with road and railways connectiv- Central Asia by land, and the Mar- to reduce the transportation costs pipelines in Central Asia, Russia, ed for achieving the highest units nical, Consumables and Tender - ity. In this context, what are the opportunities and challenges for Nepal itime Silk Road Initiative connect- of goods around the world. and Southeast Asia’s deepwater and highest value performances in working towards a single goal, from China’s BRI? ing China to Southeast Asia, South Second, it has huge surplus of ports. Fifth, the development in the region. This year’s award was therefore in a very real sense, our China's Motivations for Implementing the BRI Asia and Africa via a web of roads, construction materials, and hence, infrastructure in countries along the presented by RICOH Managing entire team is a part of this award. The BRI is China’s most ambitious foreign policy and economic high-speed rail, power lines, ports, is looking for opportunities over- BRI routes may increase growth Director, Kazuhisa (Kaz) Goto to Similarly, our valued customers initiative and President Xi Jinping's dream project. pipelines, optic fiber lines and oth- seas. Third, the infrastructure fo- in their economies which will con- Gestetner of Ceylon PLC Manag- have played an equally important Ever since he announced the BRI towards the end of 2013, over 66 er infrastructure. Roughly, it com- cus helps China in its quest for tribute to a growing demand for ing Director, Chandima Perera in role and we look forward to build- the presence of RICOH General ing on these vital partnerships countries in Asia, Africa, West Asia and Europe have become the part of prises 70 per cent of the world’s greater international stature for the China’s goods and services. Manager, Business Operation Di- moving forward. the initiative. population and Chinese invest- renminbi, to achieve the status of (IPCS) vision, Tomo (Tomokazu) Ota at (SriAP) SATURDAY . JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Morocco slammed after police assault activists

Human Rights Watch and Am- nesty International have criti- cised the Moroccan police’s handling of the arrest of a popu- lar protest leader who was “se- verely” beaten and verbally abused. Nasser Zefzafi, leader of the Popular Movement BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Ara- eration Council, a regional group (PM), which has been behind the bia and several other Arab coun- that also includes Bahrain, Ku- large demonstrations that have tries that recently cut off diplo- wait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the taken place daily since last matic ties with Qatar issued a United Arab Emirates. It maintains month, was detained in a village harsh list of demands on Friday, ties with a range of Islamist groups 50 kilometres from the city of insisting that the wealthy but tiny throughout the region, relation- Al-Hoceima along with two ac- Persian Gulf nation shut down the ships that other countries have tivists. According to Zefzafi’s news network Al Jazeera, aban- found useful when negotiating lawyer, police officers broke don ties with Islamist organiza- hostage releases but that have down the door of his house in tions and provide detailed infor- complained about it when those the early hours of the morning. mation about its funding for po- groups challenged their rule. Qa- The police broke furniture and litical dissidents. tar has also opened its doors to windows, and assaulted the three The demands, which were members of the Muslim Brother- men even though they offered presented to Qatar through medi- hood, which is banned in Egypt no resistance the rights groups’ ators from Kuwait, also called on and other countries; Hamas, the statement said. “He said he had the country to downgrade its ties Palestinian militant group; and the a 1.5 centimetre cut on his scalp, with Iran — a difficult task given Afghan Taliban. another one below his left eye, that the countries share a large gas It has also financed Al Jazeera, and bruises on his back.” field that provides much of Qa- one of the Arab world’s most Police also insulted the men, tar’s wealth. The demands signaled watched satellite news channels, forced them to shout “Long live an escalation in the deepest polit- which is often critical of Qatar’s the king!” and referred to them ical crisis among Arab Gulf coun- rivals. These stances have often rgentinian football star as “separatists”. The activists tries in years, after Bahrain, Egypt, rankled neighbors like Saudi Ara- Lionel Messi agrees to were then transported to the Saudi Arabia and the United Arab bia and the United Arab Emirates, northern city of Al-Hoceima be- Emirates cut economic, diplomatic who see political Islam as a threat pay €252,000 ($281,000) fore they were flown, hooded and travel ties with Qatar this to their monarchies. Qatar’s sup- fine instead of serving 21- and handcuffed, to Casablanca. month, accusing it of supporting port for the Arab Spring upris- month prison sentence “There, the police took Zefzafi terrorism. Qatari officials did not ings and the Muslim Brotherhood for medical care, including stitch- immediately respond to the de- have also angered countries includ- es to his scalp, and gave him mands on Friday, but they have ing Egypt. More broadly, the list clean clothes to replace his denied supporting extremists and exacerbating the rift. As the crisis has dragged on, of demands called for Qatar to con- blood-stained ones,” the state- said they would not negotiate After the four nations an- American diplomats have com- form politically and economical- Football superstar Lionel Messi million) worth of taxes between ment added. while under a blockade, nor sub- nounced that they were cutting ties plained privately that Bahrain, ly with the other nations of the and his father have agreed to pay 2007 and 2009. (Mirror) mit to demands that undermine with their neighbor this month, Mr. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Unit- Gulf Cooperation Council, which fines instead of serving jail time In the Spanish justice system, the country’s sovereignty. All of Trump tweeted his support and ed Arab Emirates were taking too is often divided by disagreements. for tax fraud, Spanish media re- it is common for judges to suspend the nations involved are allies of even claimed responsibility for the long to present their demands, and If Qatar were to comply, it ported on Friday. prison terms for first-time offend- Turkey will stop the United States and most — in- move. But that did not stop his Secretary of State Rex W. Tiller- would be audited once a month According to Spanish news ers who are sentenced to less than cluding Qatar — host large Amer- administration from signing a pre- son said that they must be “rea- for the first year, the four coun- agency EFE, a public prosecutor two years. ican military bases. But analysts viously approved deal for Qatar sonable and actionable.” tries said, and less frequently af- in Barcelona ruled Messi will pay In 2013, when a formal inves- teaching evolution have accused the Trump adminis- to buy $12 billion worth of Amer- Qatar has historically played ter that. €252,000 euros ($281,000) instead tigation began, Messi and his fa- tration of sending mixed signals, ican F-15 fighter jets. a maverick role in the Gulf Coop- (WP) of serving a 21-month sentence. ther made a voluntary €5 million in schools, His father, Jorge Messi, will ($5.6 million) payment to the pay €180,000 ($201,000) instead Spanish tax authorities as a “cor- education of a 15-month term. rective” measure. Last year, a Barcelona-based Messi is the world’s fourth- ministry says court had found the Argentinian highest paid athlete, and in 2015 London Grenfell striker and his father guilty of us- earned $73.8 million between con- urkish schoolchildren will no ing tax havens to hide the star's tracts and endorsements, accord- longer be taught about evolu- earnings and defraud the Spanish ing to Forbes. tion, a government official has Tower fire: Police government of €4.1 million ($4.5 (AFP) said, in another sign of the con- servative direction the country is heading in under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Al- say manslaughter paslan Durmus, the head of cur- Nigeria deploys riculum for the ministry of edu- cation, said that Charles Dar- win’s theory of evolution was charges possible “controversial” and would be North Korea troops amid removed from school pro- grammes by 2019. “We have ex- cluded controversial subjects for students at an age unable yet calls US ethnic violence to understand the issues’ scien- tific background,” Mr Durmus said. “As the students at ninth grade are not endowed with an- student’s death in Taraba tecedents to discuss the ‘Origin of Life and Evolution’ section in biology classes, this section will be delayed until undergrad- a ‘mystery,’ uate study.” Turkey's President ocal media have said nearly Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre 100 people have been killed left, his wife Emine Erdogan, in the latest wave of ethnic center, his son Bilal Erdogan, casts itself as clashes right, and other family members arrive for a ceremony at a school in Istanbul Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre ‘biggest victim’ LONDON -- London's Metropol- those tiles and the insulation un- left, his wife Emine Erdogan, itan Police said Friday that man- derneath them were installed. The center, his son Bilal Erdogan, slaughter charges were possible in cladding failed investigators' tests BEIJING — North Korea said enemy state, we provided him with right, and other family mem- last week's devastating apartment for combustibility. British author- Friday that the death of American medical treatments and care with bers. tower fire, and investigators are ities are now aware of at least 11 tourist Otto Warmbier was a mys- all sincerity on humanitarian basis (BBC) focusing on an appliance as the other buildings that have combus- tery, denying that he was tortured until his return to the U.S., con- cause. At least 79 people were tible cladding that will now need and casting itself as the “biggest sidering that his health got worse,” killed when flames quickly en- to be removed. Known in the victim” of the affair. In its first pub- the spokesman said. North Korea gulfed the 24-story building. Ma- trade as aluminium composite ma- lic reaction to Warmbier’s death, a said Warmbier slipped into a coma Daesh terials on the exterior may have terial -- or ACM -- the cladding Foreign Ministry spokesman also after contracting botulism and tak- helped spread the flames. British encases a polyethylene core that tried to shift blame onto the ad- ing a sleeping pill. But officials at bombers kill authorities are racing to examine is flammable. Fire tests have ministration of President Barack the University of Cincinnati Med- other buildings across the country. shown extreme heat can melt the Obama, blaming it for refusing to ical Center, where Warmbier was Investigators are continuing cladding, allowing fire to ignite the have a dialogue with Pyongyang treated after his return, said they 9 in Iraq’s and claiming it had never officially had found no trace of the disease. their work inside the building, and polyethylene core underneath, and The Nigerian government on calling for more security. Local police say the fire was not deliber- spreading flames quickly. The ma- asked for Warmbier’s release. “The Instead, they said it appeared he Anbar: fact that Warmbier died suddenly had suffered severe neurological Thursday deployed troops to the media have said nearly 100 people ately set, but key questions remain terial is banned in the U.S., and in in less than a week after his return damage, possibly as a result of car- northeastern state of Taraba where have been killed in the latest wave Army source about whether enough was done some parts of Europe on any build- to the U.S. in his normal state of diopulmonary arrest. Pyongyang’s clashes between local farmers and of violence in Taraba. There is no to prevent it. The fire that en- ing higher than 40 feet, as firefight- health indicators is a mystery to statement Friday appeared to herdsmen have resulted in multi- official confirmation for the death gulfed the Grenfell Tower started ers can't reach those extremities by At least nine people, includ- us as well,” the spokesman was support that possibility, saying ple deaths and displacements. toll. Nevertheless, the president in a refrigerator in one of the apart- ladder. But the U.K. hasn't fol- quoted as saying by the official that North Korean doctors had "Acting President Yemi Osin- condemned the violence and direct- ing one soldier, were killed on ments, according to police, reports lowed suit. When she returned to Friday in a suicide bombing Korean Central News Agency. “To “brought him back alive” after his bajo condoles with the victims of ed that relief materials be sent to CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti. Grenfell Tower, residents booed make it clear, we are the biggest “heart had nearly stopped.” The the recent violent attacks in a num- all the affected villages, according in Iraq’s western Anbar prov- "I can confirm that the num- Prime Minister Theresa May over ince, according to a local mil- victim of this incident.” The 22- North Korean statement said the ber of communities in Taraba State, to the statement. "The Acting Pres- bers that we have of presumed the government's handling of the year-old American university stu- country was a victim of a “smear where deaths have been reported," ident summoned and held an emer- itary source. dead, confirmed dead, or missing disaster, which many experts say “Four Daesh suicide dent was arrested while visiting campaign” by the United States as presidential spokesman Laolu gency meeting with top security still remains at 79, with 9 people was avoidable. She's called for a North Korea as a tourist, accused a part of a “frantic effort” to im- Akande said in a statement. officials of the Federal Govern- bombers managed to infiltrate being formally identified as dead," full review, which could take of stealing a propaganda poster and pose “heinous sanctions,” the NK into the Al-Shohadaa area of "Acting President Osinbajo has ment and Governor Darius Dick- Detective Superintendent Fiona weeks. New York-based compa- sentenced to 15 years in prison News website reported. “Why the therefore ordered the deployment son Ishaku," the statement added. the Al-Baghdadi district,” McCormack said on Friday. The ny Arconic, whose product was with hard labor. He was returned U.S. government which claims to Army Colonel Walid al-Delei- to the United States last week with care about the welfare of its citi- of an extra military battalion, po- Taraba, like other agrarian search for bodies could take until used as one of the components in lice reinforcements and also a de- Middle Beltan states, has been a mi told Anadolu Agency. the end of the year, and investiga- the cladding system, has said it will brain damage and died Monday. zens had not even once made an “Security forces sur- North Korea said the sentence was official request for the release of ployment of the Nigeria Security hotbed of ethnic clashes often be- tors fear they may never find ev- fully support the investigation. and Civil Defense Corps to the tween farmers and herdsmen. Ex- rounded three of the bomb- eryone who died in the blaze. In its brochure, they say the appropriate and called speculation Warmbier on humanitarian basis ers who were holed up in a that he died as a result of beating during the Obama administration?” areas affected," the statement add- perts say the crises are a fallout of They are closely examining the type of cladding in question should ed. This came hours after Fulani the climate change, struggle over building before killing them,” buildings siding -- or cladding, as never be used on buildings more or torture “groundless.” “Although the statement said. “The answer he said. we had no reason at all to show should be given by the U.S. itself.” communities wrote to the presi- scarce resources and grazing rights. it's known in the U.K. -- and how than 32 feet high. dent alleging genocidal killings and (CNN) “The fourth bomber, how- (WP) mercy to such a criminal of the (WP) ever, managed to detonate his suicide vest near a group of soldiers and civilians,” al- Deleimi added. According to the army of- ficer, at least nine people -- in- cluding one soldier -- were killed by the blast, while about The United Nations Human Rights Ra'ad al-Hussein, who is to name ation" of the government and on a dozen more were injured. Council opened an investigation on the fact-finding experts, had called the experts having unfettered ac- Located just west of the Friday into killings and other atroc- repeatedly for the inquiry into cess to all sites, files, people and provincial capital Ramadi, ities in the Kasai region of the events in Kasai, an opposition places. "The team will conduct in- Anbar’s Al-Baghdadi district Democratic Republic of Congo. stronghold. "We fully support the vestigations in a fully independent -- which continues to see spo- The 47-member Geneva forum establishment of an international manner, in accordance with inter- radic attacks by the embattled adopted by consensus a resolution investigation by the Human Rights national standards, as mandated by Daesh terrorist group -- is cur- brought by African countries that Council as a step forward in iden- the Council," he declared. Zeid told rently under the control of Ira- also called on the government of tifying the perpetrators of gross the Council on Tuesday that a mi- qi security forces and local President Joseph Kabila to coop- violations and bringing them to jus- litia linked to government has com- tribal volunteers. erate with the team of internation- tice," Zeid said in a statement. His mitted a string of ethnically-moti- (CNN) al experts. U.N. rights chief Zeid office counted on the "full cooper- vated attacks. (Reuters) SATURDAY . JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Thanks to its official state ideology 'Juche' North Korea is in rude health. Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi By Sven Jurschewsky of authority to the country's constituent counties and cities In 1994, just five years after the during the famine and in the course Advisory editorial board fall of the Berlin Wall, the United of its reforms, remains centrally Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, States and the Democratic People's planned. Regarding its belief Republic of Korea (DPRK) signed system, the usual answer is that, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir the Agreed Framework, which was ideologically, North Korea aiming to suspend the latter's subscribes to Marxist Dialectical- Graphic-Designers: nuclear programme, Materialism. Although the agreement Nevertheless, can we be sure Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada eventually failed, US policy that this is correct? What evidence became predicated on the belief that is there to sustain this contention? Marketing & Advertising: the Democratic People's Republic, For example, my first conversation Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 like the communist states of with one of China's leading North Eastern and Central Europe just Korea scholars elicited the curious Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan before 1989, is "hollowed-out" and observation that they "don't on the verge of collapse. However, understand the DPRK very well Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 North Korea has manifestly not any more," because "[North Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press collapsed. Koreans] broke their links with A "hollowed-out" state is no Marxism long ago". longer capable of sustaining itself. At the moment, one of the In common-sense terms, a most popular discussion topics "hollowed-out" state cannot or regarding North Korea is its nuclear The constitution says does not provide its citizens with ambitions. Everyone is focused on basic necessities. Alternatively, for the capacity of the country's Article 154: a state to be considered "hollow", nuclear project. But, actually, the belief system on which it has questions about the size of North Article One Hundred Fifty-Four: The wealth of the President, Vice- based itself on has to be Korea's prospective nuclear Presidents, Ministers, members of the Supreme Court as well as the meaningfully called into question. stockpile and means of delivery Of course, even a state that exhibits should be only secondary to the Attorney General, shall be registered, reviewed and published prior to these characteristics can still question of the country's continue to be effectively intentions and North Korea's and after their term of office by an organ established by law. operational, as long as it has intentions, nuclear and otherwise, functional instruments of can only be derived, with some repression. degree of assurance, by an The state organs of control examination of its "Juche". continue to function with robust The Juche, which is usually health in North Korea, but that is translated as "self-reliance", is the not the reason for the state's official state ideology of North persistence. Surviving astonishing Korea. The Juche is regularly difficulties dismissed as a simple exhortation Back in 1994, it was not to self-sufficiency, but in fact, it is irrational to believe that North so much more than that. Korea and, when I met with their Far from being hollowed out, Korea was on the verge of Observations on trips around leaders in Pyongyang, one North Korea is ideologically united collapse. North Korea was in the the country, conversations with remarked whether I had noticed the and more radically committed to grips of a famine that eventually North Koreans of widely differing strong affiliation between the Juche than ever before. North claimed the lives of more than five social, political and economic status Chondoism and the Juche. Korea is, in fact, in rude health. I ncreasing violence percent of its population. The and discussions with scholars and The cultural acquis of Korea's The state ideology is sustained and floods that had ushered in the functionaries of what was then unfortunate history is also reinforced by the country's famine had also destroyed much called the Juche Studies Institute subsumed into the Juche. The isolation and the continued The people of Afghanistan have recently experienced an increasing of the country's production helped me produce the following frequent invasions during the effective operation of its mass infrastructure. Yet at no insights. Joseon Dynasty, the economic and media and state institutions. The surge of attacks by the insurgent groups. subsequent point were there Members of the Korean cultural aggression of the Japanese economy is growing and sufficient Explosions, suicide attacks, attacks on security forces and reliable reports of protests or riots People's Armed Forces react after during Korea's colonial period and surplus is being generated to against the government. The doing a test-fire of new cruise the extraordinary brutalities of the support an expensive programme killing civilians have been almost happening every day in different stoicism and stalwartness of the rocket [Reuters] Korean War laid the basis for of developing a nuclear arsenal and North Korean people in the face Conceptualisation of the Juche xenophobia, a strong tendency to the means of its delivery. areas of Afghanistan that was expected to be at least calm during of astonishing difficulties The Juche was conceptualised autarky, ultra-nationalism and REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: throughout this period deserve by Kim Il-sung when he was in militarism that define North Trump's North Korea dilemma - the holy month of Ramadan like other countries, the month, in explanation. exile in the USSR during the Korea's sociopolitical reality in the are sanctions the way to go? which Muslims feel themselves closer to the almighty God by When I first went to North Japanese colonial period. At the Juche. North Korea is increasingly Korea in 1999 to try to arrange for time, it was a nationalist variant of North Korean leader Kim unlikely to collapse. It is taking fast, praying more than the other times and try to stay away Canada's recognition, I was hoping Marxism-Leninism, along the lines Jong-un poses with participants increasingly capable of defending to gain a better understanding of of Albania's Hoxhaisim or during the 8th Congress of the itself and, given its abiding fear of from the bad things from which, they are prohibited. One of these the country. I had one particular Romania's Ceausescuism, and had Korean Children's Union [Reuters] US aggression, it is unlikely to cede question on my mind: how had a strong Stalinist component with Preserving the Juche its missiles or warheads as bad things is harming or annoying people by your hands and tongue. North Korea survived a crisis that its emphasis on the cult of In North Korea, which is bargaining chips. But those individuals, groups and their masters who claim to be involved a famine that had killed a personality. essentially isolated from the rest North Korea constitutes a million people and destroyed its But in the 1960s, Kim Jong-il, of the world, the coordinated threat. At the very least, its missiles Muslims, do not observe and respect this holy month of production infrastructure, as well with some help from his operation of all means of mass and nuclear weapons fuel as a military confrontation with the philosophy professor, Hwang communication ensures the proliferation in the region. The worshipping. They continue killing poor civilians in their work world's leading power and the Jang-op, reshaped the Juche into perpetuation of the Juche and, with range of rational policy options has death of a revered leader, who had something entirely different. The that, support for the government. narrowed to negotiations. But places, houses, on their ways to work, in the shopping centers presided over the country since its recast version of the Juche rests Indeed, isolation is the requirement what is going to be negotiated and and any other crowded areas, where civilians gather to gain their inception? I cannot think of on three pillars. for the ideological control of the how will these negotiations come another state that had survived Confucianism: for its emphasis population. The way the about? The risks of confrontation livelihoods through legal Islamic way. such challenges. So how can we on hierarchy and family. There are education system functions in and misjudgements by all parties understand North Korea and the from 50 to 54 levels in North North Korea also ensures the to this longest running crisis The question is that how will they stand in front of the God’s reasons behind its persistence? Korean society. One's place is inculcation of the Juche's precepts increase day by day. justice on the doomsday? What will they response when they are North Korea is increasingly determined by heredity, but talent in the population. Juche Studies is Sven Jurschewsky is a retired unlikely to collapse. It is can still provide for a rise in status. a major curriculum item in the Canadian Foreign Service officer asked that “why did you kill this innocent civilian without any increasingly capable of defending Christianity: for its tradition school system. The children of who has specialised in political- itself and, given its abiding fear of of submission, divine intervention, senior military officers are removed military affairs, international charges and without any reasons, just by the order of their masters. US aggression, it is unlikely to cede and the Marian devotion that must from their families and educated in security and intelligence, and st its missiles or warheads as have been useful in the institutions such as the nuclear arms control. He was head On May 31 , 150 people were killed and more than 500 injured bargaining chips. rehabilitation of Kim Jong-il's Mangyondae Revolutionary of political section at the Canadian in the truck bomb in Kabul city. The attacks went on in different Understanding North Korea mother, Kim Jong-suk as a School between the ages of two - Embassy in Beijing during which A state can be analysed along revolutionary mother to the North seven. The children of senior he was responsible for the areas including the one against the Al-Zahra mosque in which at three dimensions: governance, Korean state. Chondoism: for its Workers Party of Korea officials establishment of Canada’s economy and belief system. nationalism, shamanism and roots are similarly schooled in special diplomatic relations with the least four Shiite Muslims were killed while worshipping and North Korea is politically in Korean traditions. Chondoism Party creches. It is this generation DPRK. organised on standard Leninist is a syncretic religion based on of Juche-imbued soldiers and party The views expressed in this eight more were wounded. Democratic-Centralist principles. Ural-Altaic shamanism. There are, officials that has come to power article are the author's own and do The attack on the people next to a private bank where they When it comes to its economy, it is claimed, some four million since Kim Jong-un succeeded his not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's North Korea, despite some leakage adherents of Chondoism in North father. editorial policy. 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Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. SATURDAY . JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES The world has abandoned South Sudanese refugees UNRWA camps are not parties to the 1951 Convention, but Despite receiving only limited funds from international they still can be affected by this text. Without the UNRWA, organisations, Uganda has given a warm welcome to refugees. Palestinian refugees will fall under the UNHCR mandate which bases its work on the 1951 Convention. This means Israel wants to dismantle the UNRWA because the agency that Arab countries hosting Palestinian refugees will find keeps Palestinian's right to return to their homeland alive. themselves under pressure to either integrate Palestinian refugees or agree to their resettlement in a third country. And Palestinian refugees who could not be integrated or resettled will find themselves facing a legal limbo. Waiting for a just and fair solution If the UNRWA merges with the UNHCR, Palestinian refugees and their descendants will either be integrated or resettled and as a result will no longer be recognised as refugees and lose all hope for repatriation. This is what Netanyahu wants - ending the Palestinian refugee problem by dissolving their refugee status and alongside their right to return to their homeland. The UNRWA receives its mandate from the UN General Assembly and the assembly members have long been By Hanin Abou Salem Palestinian refugee men to away by dispersing [Palestinian transmit their refugee status refugees] around the globe." supporting of the agency. But By Khairunissa Dhala international obligations for spoke to more than 80 South from one generation to another. UNHCR does not insist on UNRWA's current mandate ends on June 30, 2017, and responsibility-sharing among Sudanese refugees in On June 11, 2017, the Israeli This transmission of refugee repatriation At just 37 years of age, Joyce states. The international settlements across four Prime Minister Benjamin status keeps the right of return Unlike the UNRWA, the UN Netanyahu will try his best to Netanyahu called for the influence the next UN General has seen it all. She's stared into community must step up and districts of northern Uganda, for Palestinian refugees alive - High Commissioner for the abyss of human cruelty and dismantling of the UN agency it ensures that their hopes for Refugees (UNHCR) has a Assembly vote on the future show its support to Uganda as part of a recent report, all of that aids millions of Palestinian returning to their ancestral specific mandate to aid of the agency. lived to tell the story. In and the refugees it has given a whom gave harrowing refugees, accusing it of stoking homeland do not perish with refugees by eliminating their The UNRWA should September 2016, soldiers warm welcome. Their lives accounts of the human rights anti-Israeli sentiments and the death of the original 1948 refugee status through the continue to exist until a just and stormed her home in Kajo Keji, depend on it. abuses they had fled from, perpetuating the Palestinian refugees. medium of local integration in fair solution for the Palestinian South Sudan, which she shared With more than 900,000 including killings, rape and refugee problem. Netanyahu, Israel has accused the the host country, resettlement refugee problem materialises. with her husband and their South Sudanese refugees torture. Some of them, like after a meeting with the US UNRWA of "perpetuating the in a third country or repatriation When members of the UN children. They tied her already on its territory, and with Joyce, saw their loved ones ambassador to the UN, Nikki Palestinian refugee problem" when possible. Netanyahu General Assembly are voting husband's arms behind his thousands more arriving each being killed. Haley, in Jerusalem, said, "It is by allowing Palestinian wants 1948 Palestine refugees on UNRWA's mandate, we back and stabbed him multiple hope that they will remember day, Uganda is facing one of But instead of full support time the UNRWA be dismantled refugees to transmit their to fall under the scope of the times until he lay dead. the world's biggest refugee to live in dignity in Uganda, and merged with the United refugee status to future UNHCR because it does not the words of the UN Security Nations High Commissioner for Council Mediator, Folke A single mother with nine crises. they have been left struggling generations. This accusation insist on repatriation. children to feed, Joyce decided Refugees". The United Nations aims to shift our attention away The UNRWA should Bernadotte, who in 1948 noted Known and praised for its to cope. Even the most Relief and Works Agency for from the fact that Israel is solely continue to exist until a just and that "No settlement can be just to run away - to escape the progressive refugee policy, vulnerable, such as trauma Palestine Refugees in the Near responsible for perpetuating fair solution for the Palestinian and complete … if these violence in her native land. So Uganda has kept its doors open victims with urgent mental East (UNRWA) was the Palestinian refugee refugee problem materialises. innocent victims of the conflict she joined the hundreds of to refugees against financial health needs, have been established by the UN General problem by denying the If the UNRWA is were denied the right to return thousands of South Sudanese odds, but it is buckling under neglected. Assembly in 1949 after refugees the right to return to dismantled and merged with the to their homes." people fleeing southwards to the pressure and needs global Over 64 percent of the hundreds of thousands of their homes. UNHCR, Palestinian refugees Bernadotte was Uganda. support. refugees from South Sudan in Palestinians fled or were If Israel had accepted the scattered all over the Middle assassinated by a Zionist But although the trek to Under this policy, refugees Uganda are children under the expelled from their homes in the right of return that was East will effectively lose all group in 1948 for defending the Uganda by foot has reduced are given pieces of land to live age of 18. Many are at risk and war that followed Israel's accorded to Palestinian hope of returning to their right of return for Palestinian refugees. The innocent victims her risk of being shot dead or on and farm, and have equal in need of urgent support. creation. refugees in UN General homeland. Since the possibility raped by soldiers or rebels, her access to basic services as Yet appeals by the Since its establishment, the Assembly Resolution 194 of of repatriation is effectively he died defending continue to UNRWA has provided suffer a grave injustice by not life is still a painful daily citizens, including healthcare Ugandan government, the 1948, the Palestinian refugee being blocked by Israel, the struggle. She still lacks basic education, healthcare, and problem would not exist today UNHCR will either integrate being able to return to their and education. They also have United Nations and aid social services to those meeting and their descendants, who them in host countries or homes. In the middle of this supplies, including food, water the right to work and own agencies have fallen on deaf its definition of "Palestine have inherited their parents' resettle them in a third country. injustice, the UNRWA is the or shelter. businesses. ears. But it is not too late. refugees". refugee status, would instead Furthermore, if the UNRWA only UN agency that can And she's not alone, The authorities aim for Donor countries, including The organisation defines a have inherited the citizenship is dismantled, Palestinian continue to protect and serve thousands upon thousands of refugees to be self-sufficient the United States, the European Palestine refugee as someone accorded to their parents in refugees registered with the Palestinian refugees without South Sudanese refugees in within five years - and to no Union and its member states, whose place of residence was historic Palestine. agency will no longer be stripping them of their right of Uganda - nearly two-thirds of longer have to rely on aid Australia, Canada, China and Palestine between June 1946 As a consequence of excluded from the scope of the return. Therefore, saving the them children - are living in agencies. Japan, have an opportunity to and May 1948 and who lost Israel's unwillingness to allow 1951 Convention Relating to the UNRWA means saving despicable conditions due to a Palestinian refugees. And yet the international change this tomorrow at the his/her home and means of Palestinian refugees to return Status of Refugees and shameful failure by the community has still failed to Uganda Solidarity Summit on livelihood as a result of the 1948 to their homes, the UN General Stateless Persons, which calls Hanin Abou Salem is a Arab-Israeli conflict. UNRWA political analyst and researcher. international community to provide Uganda and its Refugees in Kampala. The Assembly had to repeatedly upon contracting states to fund refugee efforts in Uganda, also provides basic services to extend UNRWA's mandate facilitate the assimilation and She holds an MA (Hons) in refugees with adequate international community must Palestinians who became because its mandate can only naturalisation of refugees. International Relations, a BA a country that has continued support. By May 2017, the step up and show its support displaced as a result of the 1967 end when a just and lasting This exclusion clause was (Hons) in Social Sciences and to welcome refugees, despite its South Sudan Refugee to Uganda and the refugees it Arab-Israeli Conflict. solution is found for the added to the convention by a second BA (Hons) in limited resources. Response Plan for Uganda was has given a warm welcome. Today, the UNRWA aids Palestinian refugee problem. Arab states who wanted to International Relations. She is The world's wealthiest only 15 percent funded. In 2016, Their lives depend on it. more than five million While the UNRWA does not make sure that the principle of currently completing a PhD in countries are not doing enough it was funded up to 51.4 Khairunissa Dhala is a registered Palestinian refugees prescribe a particular solution naturalisation within the 1951 International Law focusing on to support these refugees. percent. researcher on refugee and in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the to the problem of Palestinian Convention did not affect the the right of return for UN funding appeals for Not only does this lack of migrant rights at Amnesty occupied West Bank, East refugees, UNRWA's right of return for Palestinian Palestinian refugees under refugees remain grossly funding risk the sustainability International. Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. spokesman Chris Gunness, in refugees. But if the UNRWA is International Law. underfunded, leaving millions The views expressed in this of Uganda's progressive The views expressed in this Returning to the homeland 2011, implied that he was dismantled, Palestinian of refugees in destitute refugee policy, it also has a article are the author's own and Netanyahu wants to against resettlement when he refugees will automatically lose article are the author's own and dismantle the UNRWA do not necessarily reflect Al conditions, and dismally few direct and devastating impact do not necessarily reflect Al wrote in an op-ed that the their exclusive status. resettlement places are being because the agency allows problem cannot "be made to go Arab countries hosting Jazeera's editorial policy. on refugees' lives. Jazeera's editorial policy. (Al Jazeera) offered, contrary to Amnesty International (Al Jazeera) LETTER TO THE EDITOR On ISIL, Arab TV and post-ideological politics

By Jamil Khader decontextualises ISIL and offers no Black Crows renounces terrorism larger context of the moral and substantive treatment of its rise. and repackages Islamic teachings discursive ambiguity of the series, Saudi-owned TV channel MBC But the main problem with in the language of tolerance, love, however, these techniques can finally caved in to the barrage of Black Crows goes beyond its and peace. But the muddy matters even more and Religious scholars’ scathing criticism of its Ramadan superficiality. The series has fallen counterterrorism aesthetics of the undermine the demonisation of series, Black Crows, pulling it off victim to the US-led post- series is undercut by its inability ISIL as an evil terrorist air after only 20 episodes. ideological approach Arab to distance itself from the language organisation. For example, the MBC has marketed the Black countries are adopting in fighting of ISIL's political theology. handsome emir of the ISIL cell in role in society Crows series as the stories of terrorism and therefore toes the ISIL leaders and militants' Raqqa is presented as both a women who join the Islamic State line of Western counterterrorism basic theological beliefs about the sociopathic monster and a of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ideas. main tenets of Islam are not really compassionate, charismatic, Afghan society is an Islamic society. Ulema or religious scholars are among important known as ISIS) group for different It is important here to note challenged throughout the series. romantic man, who is a victim of individuals of this society. They can have good impact on people. reasons. These women (a former that MBC TV Director Ali Jaber Even characters who become family psychodrama. In one scene, Afghan people expect much from religious scholars and want them to show their Egyptian belly dancer in search for participated in a meeting of the disillusioned with ISIL are not the emir is seen cuddling with his her son, a Syrian refugee, an anti-ISIL coalition in Washington heard condemning its ideology and lover Malika, who offers to help opposing stance against any unfair act in the country, particularly terrorist attacks which undercover journalist who happens are carried out by anti-government elements including the Taliban insurgents. TheUlema in March, where Secretary of State instead remain silent. him in his rule over the cell. The to be Christian, a fugitive Saudi Rex Tillerson and the Iraqi Prime In an interview with NPR, Ali emir answers in the negative, Council is responsible to raise its criticism against deadly attacks of militants.Suicide woman convict who bludgeoned Minister Haidar al-Abadi were also Jaber hints at the difficulty of saying that "if you wish to help attack is inhuman and nefarious act and is against teachings of Islam. her husband to death for cheating in attendance. Jaber was scheduled representation of ISIL in the series: me, let me feel that I'm a human The Ulema Council should launch different awareness campaigns and gatherings in on her, and two Gulf women who to speak about "how to achieve "We are fighting against a very being," adding, "Outside this room, a bid to deliver the message of Islam to insurgents and tell them to stop training militancy. are looking for marriage) soon victory" in the electronic fight formidable enemy because it is I'm not a human being; I am a realise the depth of the trap which against ISIL and its electronic jihad. using the words of God". He also monster, I do horrible things, Ramin Khan,Kabul, Afghanistan they have fallen into and become The series often reframes adds that "ISIS did not come out horrible". The moral complexity disillusioned with ISIL after savage terrorist practices within a from emptiness," adding, "It came and humanity of the evil terrorist witnessing the horrors, savagery paradigm of moral relativism and out from some of the wrong is reduced to a caricature for the Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must and inhumanity of its rule. shows the terrorist ISIL fighter in religious teachings that have been pleasure of international liberal have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: Critics have pointed out that his humanity and suffering. going on in our societies for a very audiences, for whom the series [email protected] the series trivialises the rise of the The series reflects the impasse long time." The most the series provided English subtitles. ISIL and the scope of its regional and contradictions of post- could do was try to renounce Ignoring Palestine The impasse of and global power. It is focusing ideological politics. Everyone is terrorism and preach that ISIL does post-ideological politics is also instead on the sensational aspects allegedly united in the fight against not represent the true Islamic faith. seen in the series' attempt to of the private sphere, including this terrorist pandemic, regardless But even the condemnation of condemn ISIL's position on Disclaimer: sexual jihad (jihad al-nikah), of religious creed, political extremism in the series does not Palestine. In one of their personal intrigues and the power persuasion, or ideological rest on solid ground. The series communiques, ISIL states that The views and opinions expressed in the articles are struggle between various ISIL conviction. But ideology and often reframes savage terrorist jihad in Palestine, is just one those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or members in its de facto capital city politics happened to be at the very practices within a paradigm of dimension of world jihad, rejecting Raqqa in Syria, where the events heart of the problem. moral relativism and shows the the idea that it should "take opinions of the Afghanistan Times. of the series unfold. As such, critics Moral relativism terrorist ISIL fighter in his precedence over jihad elsewhere". contend that the series Thematically, as expected, humanity and suffering. In the (Al Jazeera) SATURDAY. JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Germany's BSI says companyexecutives being targeted bycyber attacks Germany's federal cyber-security BSI President Arne Schoenbo- agency, BSI, said on Friday the hm said the BSI generally could private email inboxes of German detect such phishing attempts, but executives and government em- private email inboxes were beyond ployees were being targeted by its remit, which made them an at- professional cyber attacks. Select- tractive target. ed executives are being sent decep- "The attack infrastructure used tively real-looking "spear-phish- is similar to that used in the at- ing" emails. They claim to have tacks on and resulting leaks from noticed irregularities in the use of the Democrats in the U.S. and the inbox or offer new security against the French En Marche Britain and US 'already functions, the BSI said in a state- movement," the BSI said. ment. Germany is heading for elec- U.S. intelligence agencies have tions in September, and security concluded Russia orchestrated a have Plans A, B and C experts have warned that officials wide-ranging influence operation might face cyber attacks like those that included email hacking and that occurred before elections in online propaganda, in an effort to for taking out the entire France and the United States over discredit presidential candidate the past year. The attacks identi- Hillary Clinton and help Donald fied by BSI ask users to click on a Trump win the White House in link and put their passwords into November. The German govern- North Korean the website that then opens. If ment has warned political parties they do, the attackers can get ac- to step up their defences against cess to their personal inbox. hacking after emails from the cam- leadership' Yahoo and Gmail accounts paign of Emmanuel Macron were were targeted in the attacks. The leaked just before he was elected BSI said it had prevented an at- president of France. tack on the government networks. (AP) lite special forces would most likely parachute in and eliminate Kim Jong-Un and his regime as they did with Osama Bin Laden, believes former Navy SEAL Intense fighting Brandon Webb Britain and the US already have with severe brain damage and died EU citizens 'Plans A, B and C' for how they just days later. in Mosul as Iraqi would take out the entire North His family claim he suffered Korean leadership, the Mirror can "torturous mistreatment" while respond to reveal. locked up and President Trump Elite forces are already being branded North Korea a "brutal re- Theresa forces close in on trained for a scenario in which they gime". Mr Webb, who is now re- are ordered to eliminate Kim Jong- tired and runs a media company Un and his military advisers, for veterans, said the US would May’s offer to former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb most likely model an assassination Islamic State said. mission on the killing of Osama The 43-year-old spent 13 Bin Laden. let them stay years in the US Armed Forces and In 2011, a team of around 20 later took charge of the SEAL's US Navy SEALs flew into Paki- Sniper School which trained Chris stan and took out the terror leader in UK: Do we Kyle whose exploits the film Amer- as he was holed up in a compound. ican Sniper were based on. An image of then-President Obama IlhamAliyev: Int’l community "I think it would be very easy and Secretary of State Hillary Clin- have to? for the UK or the US to, if they ton watching Operation Neptune recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh wanted, swiftly take out the en- Spear unfold from the White House tire North Korean leadership," said became one of the most iconic of as an integral part of Mr Webb. all time. Barack Obama and mem- "Very quickly, with a special bers of the national security team Azerbaijan operations unit. watch the raid which killed Osama "The intelligence capability and Bin laden (Photo: Getty Images) Azerbaijan’s stance on the settle- historical land. Our people have the special ops capability we have "There are probably already ment of the Armenia-Azerbaijan lived in these lands for centuries, today is incredible. "Most people Plans A, B, C in place," said Mr Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is and all the toponyms and all his- Prime Minister Theresa May has have no idea really how effective Webb. "For when the situation dic- clear, President Ilham Aliyev said torical monuments reflect the his- announced that EU citizens cur- the US and the UK are at conduct- tates, that’s part of what military on Friday. Azerbaijan has repeat- tory of Azerbaijan,” he said. Pres- rently in the UK will be granted ing these missions." The 105-sto- and special ops community do. edly stated that the Nagorno-Kara- ident Aliyev pointed out that the residency after Brexit as if that’s rey Ryugyong Hotel, the highest "They constantly rehearse scenar- bakh conflict should be resolved international community recog- something any of them would ever building under construction in ios, to deal with modern day within its territorial integrity on nized Nagorno-Karabakh as an in- actively choose to do. She made North Korea threats. "It would come complete- the basis of the norms and princi- tegral part of Azerbaijan. He re- the offer to various European lead- The rhetoric between the Unit- ly with the element of surprise, ples of international law, and there minded that all leading internation- ers who were faintly baffled that Dramatic footage has emerged of where leader Abu Bakr al Baghda- ed States and North Korea has like how they orchestrated the is no other way, said President al organizations have adopted nu- they had to listen to this mad old Iraqi forces battling with Islamic di declared a "caliphate" in 2014. been heating up for months - es- OBL raid. "They flew into Paki- Aliyev addressing the opening cer- merous decisions and resolutions woman when they could be hav- State fighters in the Old City of The jihadists detonated explo- pecially since the election of stan, completely undetected, and emony of a plant for the produc- that demand an immediate and un- ing their photos taken with Em- Mosul. Officers are seen moving sives inside the structures and de- Donald Trump. Kim Jong-Un has really didn’t ask permission until tion of components for 40x46 mm conditional withdrawal of Arme- manuel Macron. “Do we have to?” under heavy gunfire in the video stroyed its iconic leaning minaret, defied international sanctions and after the fact. "I think it would be MSGL 40-type grenade launchers nian troops from the occupied asked Polish IT worker Simon as jihadists defend their remaining with many Iraqis expressing shock continued to develop a nuclear pro- conducted in similar fashion. "For in country’s Shirvan city, APA re- Azerbaijani territories. Williamsz. “I mean, don’t get me stronghold. Loud bursts of gunfire and anger. Some analysts believe gramme - regularly testing ballistic the US it would be Delta Force - ported. “Nagorno-Karabakh is our (AP) wrong, Great Britain is a lovely echoed through the Old City's the mosque's destruction could missiles by sending them into the they would be the operational ele- country with many, many amus- maze of alleyways and narrow speed up operations to drive IS sea. Last month, North Korea ac- ment. "TF-160 helicopters doing ing panel shows, but the people streets, with US-backed Iraqi forc- out of Mosul, while Mr al Abadi cused the US and South Korea of a high altitude, high opening para- have voted to leave EU and break es using hand grenades as they said the group's actions amounted plotting to kill Kim Jong Un with chute op from 20,000-plus feet, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, their economy. “It is like the old slowly advanced. Iraqi forces have to an "official acknowledgement of a biochemical substance and de- from across the border of South Polish proverb of the happy dog been using guns and hand grenades defeat". The iconic al Nuri mosque manded several "terror suspects" Korea. "And then fly that under under right conditions, open to that is very happy and then one as they try to drive out IS lies in ruins after being blown up be handed over to face punishment. canopy, undetected because radar day decides to saw off his legs for The battle for the Old City is by desperate jihadists And tensions increased again can’t pick up the canopy. "There’s deployment to Syria no good reason.” Romanian fruit becoming the deadliest in the eight- Safaa al Asam, a security ex- this week when a 22-year-old stu- all sorts of scenarios." For all the picker Symon Vlliams agreed.. month offensive to capture Mo- pert based in Baghdad, told the dent who had been arrested and inflammatory words, experts re- Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have stan was doing just that. The re- “No. No. There is fruit in oth- sul, Islamic State's de facto capital Reuters news agency: "(Islamic jailed in North Korea for stealing a main divided on just how danger- denied that they are in talks to sponse from Bishkek was less cat- er country. I will travel to country in Iraq. It is estimated more than State) had said they would fight propaganda poster died upon his ous the threat is posed by Kim send troops as part of a peacekeep- egorical. "This issue has been raised that doesn’t always vote very, very 100,000 civilians - half of them until their last breath defending the return to the US . Jong-Un and his regime. stupid person to be their leader and children - remain trapped in old, mosque. "The fact is that they are Otto Warmbier was returned (MIRROR) ing mission, contradicting state- only on the level of the Permanent have good life where people don’t ments from a day earlier by Rus- Council of the Collective Security fragile houses in the city, with lit- no longer capable of standing in vote for mad things.” Once again, tle access to food, water and med- the face of Iraqi government forc- sian and Turkish officials. But an- Treaty Organization and we have it seems that the Prime Minister other Russian official confirmed not received any further propos- has misjudged the mood of human icine. As fighting intensified, Iraqi es." A spokesman for the US-led that the talks were going on, and als," said Temir Dzhumakadyrov, beings, and the EU is being urged Prime Minister Haider al Abadi coalition assisting in the Iraqi ef- there seemed to be enough wiggle the secretary of Kyrgyzstan's se- to prepare itself for another mi- expressed confidence that the "lib- fort to defeat IS has said there are eration" of the city of Mosul from two square kilometres left in west Russia fires cruise room in Astana and Bishkek to curity council. The CSTO is a gration crisis as millions of Euro- suggest that such a deployment is Russia-led security bloc that in- peans flee this basket-case of a IS will be announced within days. Mosul before the entire city is lib- not out of the question. "Kazakh- cludes Kazakhstan and Kyr- country to somewhere sensible. On Thursday, IS fighters blew erated. stan is not negotiating with any- gyzstan as well as Armenia, Be- (AFP) up the historic al Nuri mosque, (BBC) one about sending its service per- larus, and Tajikistan. "Information missiles at Daesh sonnel to Syria," Kazakhstan's for- about the possible deployment of eign minister Kairat Abdrakh- our soldiers to Syria are not en- manov told media in Astana on tirely correct. The issue is only a US urges China to pressure in Syria, doesn’t June 23, the day after a senior peacekeeping contingent." Russian official said that Kazakh- (Trend) North Korea to rein in Nazarbayev proposed to inform US create electronic database of weapons progams famous Kazakh people President of Kazakhstan Nursul- mous Kazakh people," said N. tan Nazarbayev proposed to cre- Nazarbayev at the plenary session ate an electronic database of fa- of the V world forum of Kazakh mous Kazakh people. "The his- people. In his words, "it will open torical motherland must know its the way for Kazakh people who talented congeners who, despite live outside their historical moth- the fact that spent their life out- erland". "Revival of public con- side Kazakhstan, made Kazakh science is revival of all the Kaza- people known with their skills and khs. Unity is unity of all the Ka- art. I order the Government to cre- zakh people. It is the main issue. ate an electronic database of fa- (Kazaq)

Russian vessels deployed to the an aerial bombardment campaign Russia, Kyrgyzstan agree Mediterranean have fired cruise against terrorist positions in Syria missiles at Daesh targets inside on a request by Damascus. Russia to boost bilateral ties US Secretary of State Rex Tiller- fense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed message he reiterated before sup- Syria, the Russian Defense Min- has been conducting cruise missile son has urged China to help pres- at the same press conference to porters in Iowa. "I do like Presi- istry says. The missiles were fired strikes and aerial attacks against Russian President Vladimir Putin bayev's visit to Moscow will help from two Russian warships and a terrorist positions in Syria on a and his visiting Kyrgyz counter- promote Russian-Kyrgyz cooper- sure North Korea to rein in its "continue to take necessary mea- dent Xi," he told the crowd weapons programs. "[China has a] sures to defend ourselves and our Wednesday evening. "I wish we submarine at targets inside the request from the Syrian govern- part Almazbek Atambayev agreed ation in various areas. "In the past western Syrian province of Hama ment. Russia ‘nearly 100 percent to develop bilateral relations, the 25 years, relations between our diplomatic responsibility to exert allies" against North Korea, which would have a little more help with much greater economic and diplo- is working to develop a nuclear- respect to North Korea, from Chi- on Friday, it said. “As a result of certain Baghdadi has been killed’ Kremlin said Tuesday. "We coor- countries developed in all areas the surprise mass missile strike, Meanwhile on Friday, Viktor dinated new large-scale tasks on based on mutual respect and con- matic pressure on the regime if they tipped missile capable of hitting na. That doesn't seem to be work- want to prevent further escalation the US. ing." Trump did not elaborate on command points were destroyed Ozerov, the head of the defense developing bilateral relations, sideration for each other’s inter- and also large stores of weapons committee in the upper house of which are reflected in the just- ests and have reached the level of in the region," he said in Washing- The meeting of top US and what might happen next if China ton. Tillerson said North Korea Chinese diplomats and defense fails to rein in its ally. and ammunition of the IS (Daesh) the Russian parliament, said Rus- signed Declaration on Strengthen- strategic partnership," Putin said. terrorists in the area of Aqirbat in sia was almost 100 percent sure ing the Alliance and Strategic Part- He added that Moscow continues was the "top security threat" to chiefs came just a day after US Complicated position the US. Tillerson made the com- President Donald Trump said Chi- Trump's approach to North the Hama Province,” the ministry that the leader of Daesh, Ibrahim nership between the Russian Fed- to help the economy of the central said. It added that Russian planes al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Bagh- eration and the Kyrgyz Republic," Asian republic, adding: "Russia ments at a press conference after na's efforts to use its leverage with Korea was further complicated by high-level talks with Chinese offi- Pyongyang had failed. On Tues- the death of American university then carried out aerial strikes that dadi, had been killed in an airstrike Putin told a news conference, ac- annually provides $30 million to “destroyed the remainder of the carried out by the Russian Air cording to a Kremlin statement. support the state budget of Kyr- cials at the State Department. Read day, Trump posted a tweet sug- student Otto Warmbier earlier this more: Trump 'furious' over Seoul's gesting Chinese President Xi Jin- week, after he was recently re- IS fighters and their facilities.” Force in Syria last month. Putin said the declaration and oth- gyzstan." Russia has also been conducting (PressTV) er documents signed during Atam- (AP) North Korea 'appeasement' De- ping's efforts were ineffective, a leased in a comatose state 17. SATURDAY. JUNE 24, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Turkey attracted $765 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in April 2017, the Economy Minis- try said on June 22. According to a statement is- sued by the ministry, Turkey re- Te le co m ceived $3.6 billion net of FDI be- tween January and April this year, indicating an increase of 2 percent compared to the same period in 2016. Egypt to In the first quarter of 2017, over 1,750 new companies funded by international capital were es- tablished in Turkey, while more secure than 60 domestic firms received capital from foreign participants from the wholesale, retail trade, property renting, and construction sectors. As of April, of nearly $ 720 m lo an 55,000 companies that benefit from foreign funds or participation, 40 percent are linked to the EU member countries. Financial inter- to develo p mediaries have received the most foreign direct investment with $1 billion, followed by the communi- ty, social and personal service sec- services tor -- $540 million. The manufac- turing industry received more than $480 million in FDI between Jan- Egypt’s state-owned landline mo- and El Beheiry said it would be uary and April. nopoly Telecom Egypt will secure paid back over eight years. (AP) a loan of up to $720.22 million (13 Telecom Egypt was the first billion Egyptian pounds) to im- company to buy a 4G licence from prove infrastructure and mobile the government in August last year internet services, Chief Executive for 7.08 billion Egyptian pounds, Ahmed El Beheiry told Reuters on and expects to begin offering mo- Thursday. The board approved bile services in September. Black Sea regio n the loan conditions on Wednesday, (BBC) ban k gives first Up to 500 000 new work places to be ruble lo an in Russia created after tran sfer into "green" economy ank operating under Black Sea Economic Cooperation extends first in Kazakhstan ruble-denominated $17M loan to Russian bank

A regional bank under the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) is providing a loan in ru- bles to a local Russian bank as its first local currency loan in the Transfer into the "green" econo- "Legislative provision of innova- country, the bank announced on my guarantees creation of about tions' economy". Thursday. The 1 billion-Russian The United Arab Emirates energy OPEC and non-members led 500 000 new work places, said He added renewable energy ruble (about $17 million) loan will minister said on Saturday he saw by Russia decided on May 25 to Maulen Ashimbayev, Majilis dep- sources provide only 1% of elec- be used by Center-Invest Bank no need for an extraordinary meet- extend cuts in oil output by nine uty. tric power in Kazakhstan. (CIB), a leading local private bank ing of the Organization of the Pe- months to March 2018 as they "According to the calculation "However, in fact 11-12% of based in southern Russia, to sup- troleum Exporting Countries ahead battle a global glut of crude. of Kazakhstani experts, transfor- electric power are produced port the development and expan- of regular talks in November. Mazrouei also said he expect- mation within the frameworks of through hydro-power. However, sion of small- and medium-sized OPEC holds its next regular ed demand for oil to pick up in the green economy will increase the the equipment needs update," he enterprises (SMEs), according to meeting in Vienna on Nov. 30. third quarter of the year. GDP of Kazakhstan by 3% and added. He said "green" scenario of the loaning institution, the Black “No one is talking about ex- “The third quarter is coming create more than 500 000 new development will increase the Sea Trade and Development Bank and help increase funding for local countries with its over 3.45 billion traordinary. and the holidays are coming and work places until 2050. Thus, we world GDP by 16% until 2050, (BSTDB). businesses in the local currency," euros (some $3.85 billion) in au- We are at the beginning of the demand will pick up. This is typ- believe that development of renew- revenues per capita will increase “The BSTDB is actively de- Delikanli added. The statement thorized capital. The bank oper- agreement, I think we need to give ical - at the end of the second quar- able energy sources is an impor- by 14%. Energy demand will go veloping much-needed local cur- noted that CIB is ranked among ates under the BSEC, which was it a little bit of time,” Suhail bin ter every year, you have a slow- tant factor of our economy mod- down by 40%, water demand- by rency financing in member coun- top 15 Russian banks on SME founded in 1992 as a multilateral Mohammed al-Mazrouei told re- down.” ernization," he said at the interna- 22%. tries, including Russia. We are hap- lending focusing on the agriculture, political and economic initiative porters in Dubai. (Alarabiya) tional parliamentary conference (Kazaq) py to provide our first facility in manufacturing, and transportation aimed at peace, stability and pros- rubles to the long-term partner sectors via its over 130 branches. perity in the region. Last month, CIB," Ihsan Ugur Delikanli, the The BSTDB, headquartered in member countries met in Istanbul, Black Sea bank’s president, said Greece, provides a wide range of Turkey for its 25th anniversary in a statement. financial services to enhance eco- summit and inaugurated the orga- "This new facility will miti- nomic development and regional nization's new permanent interna- gate foreign exchange risks for CIB, cooperation among its member tional secretariat office. (CNN) US economy could lose momentum with another rate hike

There is downside risks to anoth- Daybreak Europe’s Markus Karls- cuss Brexit in their first summit er US rate hike this year says Fraser son that another rate hike could since talks began. Lundie Co-Head of Credit at Her- bolster the risk for growth slow- This is a Bloomberg podcast. Indian government, in a sudden Despite getting a negative re- mes Investment Management, ing in the US. Lundie also weighed To download, watch or listen to change of stance, has asked Apple sponse, Apple, in May, gave nod pointing to the effect recent Fed in on European bonds and Greek this report now, click on the to re-submit their proposed invest- to its official OEM (Original hikes have had on inflation. He told debt as EU leaders prepared to dis- thumbnail/player on the sidebar. ment details, to avail tax benefits Equipment Manufacturer) Wist- for making devices in the country. ron Corporation to assemble iP- Apple, earlier in the year, had hone SE at its plant in Peenya, the discussions with several ministries western industrial hub of Benga- and sectaries, in both central and luru. state (Karnataka) government, to Probably encouraged by Ap- Singapore industrial seek tax sops, including custom ple's initiative, government minis- duty exemption on procurement tries including revenue, electron- of components for assembling and ics and information technology, production data rose by 5pc repair units, capital equipment for and industry have asked the Cu- a period of 15 years, alter FDI (For- pertino-based company to send a eign Direct Investment) norms that detailed proposal including invest- Singapore Industrial production for the month of require 30 percent domestic sourc- ment and also job creation figures, May grew for the 10th consecutive month from a ing, to set up single-branded Ap- PTI reported. year earlier, aided by strong electronics output. ple retail stores and permission to If Apple does get the tax sops sell refurbished iPhones in India. from the government, it will be able Singapore Industrial produc- from the month before. While But, Indian government was to pass on the benefits to the con- tion for the month of May grew the biomedical manufacturing, not so keen on the proposal, as sumers by cutting the prices of the for the 10th consecutive month transport engineering and gen- the government felt allowing such devices. from a year earlier, aided by eral manufacturing clusters special arrangements for Apple The company need not have strong electronics output. contracted to 9.0%, 12.8% and would be unfair to mobile-makers to pay any customs duty (around The chemicals and preci- 22.2%, respectively. On MoM in India, who assemble devices 12.5 percent on MRP) on locally sion engineering clusters reg- basis and seasonally adjusted under Make-in-India initiative's manufactured devices and there will istered output growth of 19.1% basis, industrial production fell Modified Special Incentive Pack- be at least around Rs.10,000 to Rs. and 5.3%, respectively. The by more-than-expected 3.5% in age Scheme (MSIPS) and the Elec- 12,000 reduction in the price. electronics segment output May. tronics Development Fund (EDF), Meaning, all Apple products' price grew 35.1% on YoY basis in The median forecast was which offers property tax holiday will be in parity with US , China May, although a dip from the for a contraction of 0.7%. for a limited number of years and a and other developed markets. revised 48.2% annual growth (AP) few other benefits. (IBTIMES) SATURDAY. JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Aneri Vajani finds support in Beyhadh co-actor on’t miss Varun Dhawan, Taapsee Pannu and Jacqueline Fernandez in this Jennifer new song, titled Tan Tana Tan, from director David Dhawan’s Judwaa 2. The film is a sequel to Salman Khan’s 1997 hit Judwaa. Winget

ctor Jennifer Winget says it’s better to unfollow an actor, who you Leaked online: don’t approve off, rather than trolling her on social media. Shah Rukh Khan’s

Actor Aneri Vajani was recently bothered by such things. “We’re trolled for a bikini picture she post- shooting as usual, but at different cameo video from ed on Instagram for International locations, so I haven’t met with Yoga Day. The actor was body her yet. But from what I know of shamed for being skinny and for Aneri, I can say for sure that she being dressed inappropriately. hasn’t let this affect her or her Salman Khan’s Following this, her Beyhadh work, the slightest bit. Neither the co-actor Jennifer Winget came post nor the comments will make, out in support of Aneri. Winget break or change her as a person. says that calling someone skinny She is the energy on set and she’s Tubelight out is as bad as calling someone fat and not one to let anybody else’s opin- should not be done. “Telling some- ions determine her self worth,” one they’re skinny is the same as says Jennifer. telling someone they’re fat – nei- After the incident, Aneri post- ther are nice things to say. And ed an apt reply for everyone who when you have nothing nice to say, trolled her. Check it out: Bollywood actors Varun Dhawan, has now emerged which shows the gym buddies. Sources close to the it’s best not to say anything at all. Many television actors such Taapsee Pannu and Jacqueline actors rehearsing for Tan Tana stars told Hindustan Times that By shaming each other, we’re re- as Sonarika Bhadoria, have been Fernandez are currently shooting Tan:?It has the three actors groov- they spend time working out to- ally shaming ourselves. We work trolled in the past for posting biki- for their upcoming film, Judwaa 2. ing to the song, with choreogra- gether and sharing fitness tips and hard in our jobs, just as anyone in ni pictures and Jennifer says she The movie is a sequel to Salman pher Ganesh Acharya calling the regimes with each other. Taapsee, any other profession, and at the can’t understand why this hap- Khan’s 1997 hit Judwaa that also shots. The sequel to 1997 Judwaa who also plays squash, even took end of the day, the last thing we pens. “The bikini has been around starred Karisma Kapoor and Ram- 2 will feature Varun Dhawan play- Varun to court and played with want is to bother about what peo- for eons, and I can’t believe we bha. A still from Salman Khan-Ka- ing the dual characters of Raja and him. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala ple think about us. If you don’t haven’t grown up and moved on risma’s Tan Tana Tan. Prem along side Jacqueline and and directed by David Dhawan, approve, just unfollow us. That’s from it. But then again, when was HT?had earlier reported that Taapsee. Judwaa 2 is presented by Fox Star easy!” Jennifer says. it ever about the bikini, it was al- Tan Tana Tan and Oonchi Hai Meanwhile, Varun shared a Studios and Nadiadwala Grandson Although she has not met An- ways about the actress wearing it! Building from the Salman film will picture of Taapsee and him in the Entertainment. eri after the incident, Jennifer says “ says Jennifer. be used in the new movie. A video gym proving that the two are new (Hindustan Times) that she is not someone who gets (Hindustan Tims) Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s special kept a secret, it was speculated that appearance in Salman Khan’s film he is playing a magician in the film, Tubelight has been in the news who Salman’s character Laxman since fans are eager to catch the meets, at a critical point in the sto- two on silver screen together after ry. a long time. The two acted in the SRK’s look, as expected, is Na r g is Fa k hr i: I classic film Karan Arjun (1995) and quite that of an Indian magician were last seen together in one frame with kohled eyes and an embroi- in the song Deewangi Deewangi in dered colourful waistcoat. In a re- the 2007 film Om Shanti Om. cent interview to an entertainment d o n ’t r ea ct t o o n lin e Considering the not-so-pleas- portal, filmmaker Kabir Khan said ant relationship between the two, that when he suggested Salman when they finally appeared togeth- that SRK is best suited for the er on reality TV show Bigg Boss cameo, Salman agreed and phoned — where Salman was the host and SRK, who eventually agreed in just t r o lls, b eca use t hey SRK came to promote his film two minutes, to come on board for Dilwale (2015). the film. But the excitement to see the SRK’s appearance was touted two together on the big screen is by trade experts as a boost to the d o n ’t p a y m y b ills so much that a video of SRK play- film’s collections. As the film is ing a magician in Salman’s forth- scheduled to release tomorrow, coming film Tubelight has been June 23, what remains to be seen ctor Nargis Fakhri says that trolls trying to body- leaked online, and of course are is how the makers do the damage going viral. Here’s a look: control now. shame Bollywood celebrities are wasting their time, Though Shah Rukh’s role was (Santa Banta) because the celebrities are paid big bucks for their looks and clothes, and they don’t care about what trolls say. Saba Qamar's Nargis Fakhri is perhaps one of because I don’t need to pay for Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Bollywood’s best foreign imports, PR (public relations)! I’m always Fatima Sana Shaikh being body- if not for her films then definitely in the news without doing any- shamed for their choice of clothes, Bollywood actor for her wit. Be it her link-up ru- thing,” she laughs. As talks veer to Nargis says “it’s more of bully- 'Hindi Medium' mours with actor Uday Chopra or frequent trolling that Bollywood ing” that happens all over the getting trolled by body-shamers, celebrities go through online, Nar- world. “Celebs don’t care, because Ronit Roy to lock the American model-turned-actor gis has her priorities sorted. “I they are getting paid big bucks for all set to release has always maintained a rather fun- don’t react to them because those their looks and for what they wear. ny approach to how she deals with who troll are not paying my bills, So people [who are] trolling are horns with NTR it all. “I’m just funny all the time. so they don’t have any significance wasting their time, while we laugh in parts of South Ask the people who work with in my life. I give love back to my at them all the way to the bank,” me. We are always laughing,” says fans. They are the ones that mean quips Nargis. The actor, who has the 37-year-old. There’s an under- something to me and have a space worked in films such as Rockstar in Jai Lava Kusa current of sarcasm in Nargis’ so- in my life. I appreciate their sup- (2011), Main Tera Hero (2014) and America,Africa cial media posts as well, which port and positivity towards me,” Azhar (2016), recently made her hardly go unnoticed, and are often says the actor, who is glad to have singing debut with singer-compos- fodder for gossip. But that doesn’t become “somewhat immune” to er Parichay and Canadian musician annoy the actor whatsoever. mean remarks. Commenting on re- Kardinal Offishall. “There’s nothing to feel about it cent instances of actors Priyanka (Tribune) The age gap between Salman Khan and his heroines over the years in one graph

After a roaring success in India and quisition), said in a statement. Pakistan, Saba Qamar and Irrfan Chopra added, “While Hindi Me- Khan-starrer Hindi Medium is all dium has made inroads in many set to release in parts of Asian traditional markets, we are keen to Best known for his work in films films such as The Lord of the Rings markets, rest of Europe, parts of take it to non-traditional overseas such as as Udaan and Ugly, Bolly- trilogy and Shutter Island. The South-America and some parts of markets too. Despite all the clut- wood star Ronit Roy has landed a look of the antagonist’s role has Africa. Hindi Medium, which also ter of films that surrounded Hindi pivotal role in NTR’s Jai Lava already gone viral. NTR will wear marks the Bollywood debut of Medium in the overseas market, it Kusa. Apparently, he has been prosthetic make up for this char- Saba and Tanu Weds Manu fame becomes even more imperative that signed to play the antagonist and acter and he will speak with a stut- actor Deepak Dobriyal, has col- a great movie like this isn’t lost.” he has already started shooting. ter. It’s going to be a very interest- On Friday, the Indian public will throbs. They were 23 and 20 at al) Sneha Ullal of Lucky: No Time lected over INR1.02 billion world- Atif Aslam croons for Saba The film marks his Telugu debut ing character with a menacing side see Salman Khan perform his com- the time of the movie’s release. For Love (2005) was only 17 when wide, including international mar- Qamar’s Bollywood debut and we and he is said to be thrilled to for- and audiences are in for a surprise. monest role.?In Tubelight, for the Salman’s career progressed to the the film was released. She is the kets like Britain, the US, Canada, love it! Released in India on May ay into another industry. The team NTR is super excited about the role 96th time, Bollywood’s Bhaijaan point of superstardom, which he youngest heroine Salman Khan has Australia and New Zealand. 19, the story of Hindi Medium re- is currently shooting an action se- as it’s something he hasn’t at- will be in love with a younger wom- reached sometime in the beginning ever worked with. Then there was I was never desperate to work volves around a couple who want quence with Ronit in a stone quar- tempted before. He has always an. Salman was just 23 in 1988 of the 2000s. With each hit, the Katrina, Sonam, and Ayesha Takia, in Bollywood: Saba Qamar to give their daughter the best edu- ry in Hyderabad. In the film, being said that he likes to be challenged when his first Bollywood film, age gap between Salman and his heroines in their 20s while bhai was It is now to set foot into un- cation possible, so that she is readi- directed by Bobby, NTR plays by his characters and this is exact- Biwi Ho To Aisi, came out in the- heroines increased. Other than approaching 50. Something re- conventional markets on foreign ly accepted by the elite in society. triple role and will be seen romanc- ly the kind of role that gives him a atres. He played Vicky Bhandari, Srivedi, Salman’s co-star in Chan- markable happened with his last shores. “Hindi Medium is a very After Mahira Khan’s Bollywood ing Nivetha Thomas and Raashi high. His other two roles in the a spoilt brat who finds a friend in dra Mukhi (1993) and Chaand Kaa release, Sultan (2016), in which relevant story for the audience in venture, Raees, Saba’s Hindi Me- Khanna. For one of his roles, NTR film are heavily guarded and it’s Renu Arya. They were almost the Tukdaa (1994) and two years his Anushka Sharma played his love the overseas market. The subject dium will be the second movie by will be seen wearing prosthetic and not quite sure what can be expect- same age. His second film, Maine elder, every single one of the hero- interest. At the time of its premier, hits the right chord without being a Pakistani actress to have entered his look is being handled by Hol- ed from the film. The film is being Pyar Kiya, debuted the following ines Salman was paired with was Anushka was 28 while Salman was too preachy,” Vibha Chopra, Head the 100 crore club. All we can say lywood make-up artist Vance directed by Bobby and produced year. It made Salman Khan and younger than him. 50. This is the biggest gap between at Zee Studios International (Film is… way to go! Hartwell, popular for his work in by NTR’s brother Kalyanram. Bhagyashree the nation’s heart- (Illustration: Piyush Aggarw- Salman Khan. (Hindustan Times) Marketing, Distribution and Ac- (Tribune) SATURDAY. JUNE 24, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Johanna Konta loses to Coco Vandeweghe at the Aegon Jimmy Butler Classic in traded from Birmingham Chicago Bulls Mo Salah insists he is comfortable had a great season last year. playing anywhere across Liver- "I have improved 100 percent. pool's attacking line after joining Everything (has improved). in a £34.3m deal from Roma. Even my personality was dif- to Minnesota The Egypt international is ferent. I was a kid (at Chelsea). I predominantly a right winger but was 20 or 21. Now I'm four years was also used as a number 10 in older and everything is different. I Serie A last term. Salah returns to have lots of experience in three Timberwolves the Premier League after an ill-fat- clubs." ed stint at Chelsea in 2014-15, in Salah, who scored 19 goals in The Minnesota Timberwolves eighth seed in the Eastern Confer- which he made just six league starts 39 appearances for Roma last sea- swung a deal with the Chicago ence. Thibodeau coached Butler before going out on loan to Fioren- son, insists he watched Liverpool Bulls for Jimmy Butler on Thurs- from 2011 to 2015. He joined the tina. But he insists he is an im- regularly last season and believes day, reuniting the former first- Timberwolves last season with the proved, more experienced player, the ingredients are there to push round NBA draft pick with his titles of coach and head of basket- versatile enough to play off the for trophies next term. former coach Tom Thibodeau. ball operations. Britain's Johanna Konta fell to a left-wing as well. He said: "Liverpool haven't NBA commissioner Adam Silver By obtaining Butler, the Tim- heavy 6-1 6-3 defeat against Coco "Last season with Roma we won the Premier League for a long confirmed the trade during the berwolves are taking on the final Vandeweghe in the second round played five at the back and two time. We have a great team and very 2017 entry draft later in the three seasons of the $95 million of the Aegon Classic in Birming- strikers; I was a second striker, like good players. I was watching the evening. Butler was dealt for Zach deal he signed after the 2014-15 ham. The big-hitting American was a number 10," he told LFCTV. games last year and everyone was LaVine, Kris Dunn and the rights season. too strong for world No 7 Konta, "I have played on the right. giving 100 percent to win some- to Finland's Lauri Markkanen. LaVine is coming off a torn who will now turn her attentions Sometimes I go on the left. I can thing. Also going to Minnesota are the ACL. Before getting hurt, LaVine to the Aegon International in East- play anywhere up front. "Everyone can see the coach rights to Justin Patton, who was shot 46 percent and averaged a ca- bourne next week ahead of Wim- "(Liverpool's front players) gives everything. I hope to see that, picked at No. 16 by the Bulls. reer-high 18.9 points per game. bledon played so well last season. Mane together, we can give everything In 2011, Butler was the 30th Markkanen averaged 15.6 Konta simply had no response played a fantastic season, (Phil- to win something for the club, for overall pick by the Bulls. He aver- points and 7.2 rebounds in his only to Vandeweghe's power in the ippe) Coutinho, (Roberto) Firmi- the supporters and for us." aged a career-high 23.9 points last season of US college basketball at opening set, with the world No 30 no, (Adam) Lallana - all of them (Sky Sport) season as the Bulls were 41-41 and Arizona. racing through it in 24 minutes af- qualified for the playoffs as the (BBC Sport) ter dropping just one game. The Brit was much improved in the second set following a mid- match pep talk with coach Wim Yorkshire sign Fissette, but she was broken in the Henrik Stenson to seventh game by Vandeweghe, who took the advantage at the second time of asking. Vandeweghe broke batsman Shaun compete in Hero Konta once more to win the match, and she now faces Spaniard Gar- bine Muguruza for a place in the Challenge at semis. Marsh for T20 World number five Elina Svi- tolina suffered defeat at the hands of Camila Giorgi, with the Italian summer Blast Scottish Open qualifier triumphing 6-4 4-6 6-2. After the match, Svitolina - who was the highest-ranked play- er in the tournament - conceded she may have to miss Wimbledon after sustaining a foot injury on Promoter Eddie the grass court. Earlier in the day, Muguruza enjoyed a straightfor- ward 6-1 6-4 victory over Ameri- Hearn fears that can Alison Riske, while sixth seed Kristina Mladenovic beat Shuai Zhang 6-4 7-6 (7-3). Meanwhile, Deontay Wilder Victoria Azarenka's return to com- petitive was halted by Ana Kon- juh, who beat the former world No 1 6-1 6-3 at the Mallorca Open. will reject offer of Azarenka was playing in her first tournament since June 2016, having given birth to son Leo in Dillian Whyte fight Shaun Marsh will join Yorkshire over the years to the group and December. for this summer's NatWest T20 have a really successful campaign. (Sky Sport) Deontay Wilder could make the hope we can all be sensible and Blast. Marsh replaces original sign- "I think we've got a really experi- next defence of his WBC title in give the fans what they want - real ing Travis Head who was recently enced team with a lot of talented September or October, but pro- heavyweight match-ups. called up to the Australia 'A' squad players. Hopefully we can get Chris Froome moter Eddie Hearn fears he will Eddie Hearn for their tour of South Africa in some momentum going early and reject the offer of a Dillian Whyte "What I'm seeing from these July and August. The 33-year-old put some good performances on says Richie Porte fight. The unbeaten American camps is a reluctance to face Dil- Marsh has represented Australia the board. "Having never played heavyweight is yet to announce his lian. They know he is a handful in all three forms of international at Headingley, I'm really excited by his biggest Tour next opponent and Hearn has tried and it's more than likely you are cricket and averages 39.59 in do- the prospect of that too." Marsh Henrik Stenson has signed up to at Close House and then finishing to set up a world title defence going to have a roll around at the mestic Twenty20s. will follow in a long line of Austra- compete in the second edition of at the DP World Tour Champion- de France rival against Whyte, who is due to make press conference as well. Marsh, who is an experienced lians to play for Yorkshire in re- the Hero Challenge ahead of the ship at Jumeirah Golf Estates. his US debut this summer. But "Let's hope we can all be sen- T20 campaigner in Australia's Big cent years, including Peter Hand- Aberdeen Asset Management Scot- European Tour chief executive Wilder seems to have rejected the sible and give the fans what they Bash and Indian Premier League, scomb who will also be available tish Open next month. The Open Keith Pelley said: "The inaugural on course that deal in an expletive-laden rant on want - real heavyweight match- will arrive in the UK this Sunday this summer. Yorkshire's director champion will be among eight Eu- Hero Challenge proved hugely social media. "I've made several of- ups." Promoter Lou DiBella, who and will be ready to play York- of cricket Martyn Moxon added: ropean Tour stars for the innova- popular with players and specta- doesn't suit fers to Al Haymon's team and we works closely with Wilder, point- shire's first North Group match "It was obviously a bit of a blow tive one-hole knockout contest at tors last year, and we are delight- are awaiting a final answer, but I ed out that the 'Bronze Bomber' against Notts Outlaws on July 7. to see Travis pull out, but to se- Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, with ed, with the support of Hero Mo- think Deontay made things clear still has to fulfil a mandatory title He said: "I'm looking forward cure the services of Shaun is a mas- Alexander Levy defending the ti- toCorp, to expand the concept to on his Instagram," Hearn told Sky defence against Bermane Stiverne. to meeting up with the boys and sive coup for us. tle he claimed in the inaugural stag- three tournaments this year, start- Sports. "It's a great offer and a great "His immediate priority is to get getting started. I've only heard "To get someone of his cali- ing of the event at the British Mas- ing at the Aberdeen Asset Man- career move - a chance to earn plen- the biggest fight he can get, but the positive things about the club from bre, with his ability in both for- ters last year. Stenson and Levy agement Scottish Open. ty of money but also be involved Bermane Stiverne fight is a reality previous overseas players and mats of the game - in T20 and po- will be joined by six other profes- "We have embraced shorter in a real fight and IF he is good we have to deal with," DiBella told can't wait to be involved. tentially red-ball cricket as well - sionals as television host Vernon formats like the Hero Challenge enough to win then it sets up a Sky Sports. "He is still technical- "I've played in a lot of T20 and at such short notice is fantas- Kay presents the action on Tues- and the recent GolfSixes tourna- massive fight between Anthony ly the WBC mandatory and we are competitions now and hopefully I tic news." day, July 11, and fans can secure ment to appeal to new audiences Joshua and Deontay Wilder. Let's the WBC champion." can bring most of what I've learned (BBC Sport) free entry to the Hero Challenge and this one-hole straight knock- by booking at www.lostintv.com/ out contest provides fast-paced hero.htm entertainment, whilst showcasing Before the professionals bid to the considerable skill of our play- Chris Froome feels this year's Tour Michael Bell reports Big Orange in claim the Hero Challenge title, ce- ers." de France course doesn't suit him lebrities including former Scotland The Aberdeen Asset Manage- because of a lack of mountain top rugby player and Strictly Come ment Scottish Open will be the finishes and fewer time trial kilo- Dancing star Thom Evans and fourth event in the European metres. Froome will lead Team top form after Gold Cup heroics Westlife alum Brian McFadden Tour's new Rolex Series, a premi- Sky's bid for a fifth Tour success will entertain the crowd with their um category of tournaments on the and wouldn't be surprised if a own knock-out contest. They will Race to Dubai with minimum prize former team-mate and lieutenant - Big Orange is "bright as a button" two and a half miles. "When the be joined by a host of additional funds of $7million. Richie Porte - turns out to be his after his Gold Cup heroics at Roy- commentator said they'd just past stars, who will be announced in As well as a world-class field main rival. Porte has been in fine al Ascot on Thursday. Michael halfway after a mile and a quarter the coming weeks. competing inside the ropes at form this year, winning the Tour Bell's popular stayer made most you think, 'Oh my god', but James The action at Dundonald will Dundonald Links, the Hero Chal- Down Under and Tour of Ro- of the running under James Doyle Doyle gave him a wonderful ride. be take place over a specially con- lenge is part of a variety of enter- mandie, while Froome goes into the and held off last year's winner Or- "He got the fractions absolute- structed par three hole on the 18th tainment options for spectators to three-week race looking for his first der Of St George in a thrilling fin- ly spot-on." Bell believes there and will be broadcast live on Sky enjoy outside the ropes, including win of any kind in 2017. Froome ish. A hoarse-sounding Bell said: could still be more to come from Sports from 7.30 to 8.30pm, as a free American Golf show, a host told Sky Sports News HQ: "I don't "We're all back at home, with no Big Orange, who will now attempt well as across the European Tour's of family entertainment and a wide think this year's course necessari- runners today at Ascot. to win the Goodwood Cup for a global broadcast platform and on selection of food from local sup- ly suits me as well as previous "He got back last night, he's third consecutive year. The New- www.europeantour.com pliers. Tour de France courses have. bright as a button. His legs are ice market handler said: "We wanted The exciting night golf event Fans can buy tickets to see "I say that because of the lack cold and he looks very pleased with to run him in the Gold Cup last made its debut at The Grove last some of the world's best golfers of mountain top finishes and also himself. "They didn't get back un- year but the ground was on the October, when Frenchman Levy competing on the Ayrshire coast - the lack of time-trial kilometres. til 9pm last night so it is a very slow side. "Hopefully this time upstaged the likes of Luke Donald, including official Aberdeen Asset Having said that, it means that it's long day and an arduous race, but next year he'll be back at Royal Shane Lowry and Andrew "Beef" Management Scottish Open hos- going to be a lot closer race and a he's got a very good constitution Ascot defending his crown. Johnston as he triumphed in the pitality packages - at lot more exciting for the fans. "Ev- and the initial signs are he's as "He's probably peaking. This sudden-death shoot-out hole un- www.aamscottishopen.com/tick- ery Tour is a different race. I can't bright as a button. "Training race- maybe is his peak, but I'm hoping der floodlights and in front of 3,000 ets just rely on what I did the year horses is a roller-coaster of emo- he won't go downhill - he'll only fans. Following that successful All men's Scottish Open tick- before. I have to always try to look tions, the highs are huge and yes- be seven next year. "He's won the opening event, the Hero Challenge ets guarantee free entry to the Ab- to improve, try and look at up- terday was a massive high. "It's last two (Goodwood Cups) so he'll is returning with three editions in erdeen Asset Management Ladies ping my game. "I'm going to have the feature race of Royal Ascot. now go there and try to chalk up 2017, firstly at the Aberdeen As- Scottish Open just two weeks lat- to make sure I'm absolutely at my It's a massively historic race with the hat-trick." When asked about set Management Scottish Open, er, on 27-30 July, at the same ven- best and to take advantage of any loads of tradition attached to it. It the chances of Big Orange running before returning to the British ue. situations out on the road." takes a mighty horse to win over in the Melbourne Cup. (AP) Masters supported by Sky Sports (Sky Sport) (Sky Sport) SATURDAY . JUNE 24. 2017-Saratan 03, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 320 Price: Afs.20