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Pakistan has started the fencing Momand Agency on Saturday. routes along the Line last month deadly attacks in the country. The work along the Durand Line with Gen. Bajwa quoted in a report by which remained closed for nearly Pakistani officials claimed that the the country’s officials saying the VOA said the fencing work has a month. attacks were plotted and carried step has been taken to prevent the started in Momand Agency and The Pakistani Prime Minister out by the militants stationed in- movement of the militants to the Bajaur since the two areas are most- Nawaz Sharif last week ordered to side the Afghan soil. Meanwhile, tribal regions of the country, it has ly affected by the militant groups. immediate reopen the routes be- the Afghan officials have long op- been reported. The latest move by the Paki- tween the two countries. posed with any work along the The Pakistani Army Chief of Staff stani military comes as tensions Pakistan closed all travel Line as they insist that the two General Qamar Javid Bajwa re- remains high between Kabul and routes between the two countries countries have not reached to an portedly visited the working site Islamabad over the closure of the last month following a series of agreement in this regard. (KP)

CHINA : Meshrano Jirga chairman per house chairman said recent vis- gional countries are also suffering Fazl Hadi Muslimyar on Saturday its of government officials, negoti- from terrorism, drug trafficking and said terrorism would engulf other ations and signing of different other similar problems, so we to- countries if needed steps not tak- agreements between the two coun- gether should fight against these en against states supporting terror tries further cemented friendship problems and resolve them our- groups. Muslimyar said this while between China and Afghanistan. He selves,” he said. Muslimyar said addressing the Boao Forum for an- added a free trade zone (FTZ) sug- 20 terrorist groups including nual Asia economic conference in gested by China’s President Xi Jin- Daesh or so called Islamic State Hainan. The conference was at- ping in 2013 would connect large (IS) were fighting in Afghanistan tended by Chinese deputy prime number of countries through land and killing innocent people. How- need China’s support in education, minister, Nepal prime minister, the and sea if implemented. “The sec- ever, he said all terrorist groups fortunately many Afghan youth president of Madagascar, the pres- ond plan is the route that would were trained, equipped and resid- are busy in higher education in The call for more troops has come ident of Micronesia, vice-president pass from China in the Central ed outside Afghanistan. “It is not major Chinese universities,” he when recently US has decided to of Myanmar and leaders from some Asian countries, we believe imple- far when other regional countries said, adding many culturists, aca- deploy about 300 US marines to other countries. Muslimyar said mentation of the two plans would would also burn in the fire that is demics, journalists, archeologists Afghanistan’s embattled southern Afghanistan had still the prestige revive the historic role of Silk currently burning Afghanistan if and civil society activists from Helmand province as part of a of connecting Central Asia, Mid- Road,” he said. “We need a perma- the states supporting terrorism are China had visited Afghanistan in NATO mission to train and advise dle East and South Asia. The up- nent peace in the region, our re- not controlled,” he said. “We also the recent years. (Pajhwok) local forces. The soldiers will train and advise Afghan security forces pushing back against Taliban fight- ers who have taken most of Hel- mand after the end of NATO’s combat mission and withdrawal of most US forces from the province in 2014. Almost all of the Hel- mand’s districts, expect for the provincial capital, Lashkargah, are either heavily embattled or fully controlled by the Taliban insur- gents. Recently local officials said that the Taliban has captured San- AT Monitoring Desk The Sunday Times of London. gin, a strategic district of Helmand “This is where the war against ter- province on Thursday. According KABUL: General John Nicholson, rorism started on 9/11. Failure here to them, the Afghan security forc- US top commander in Afghanistan would embolden terrorist global- es have retreated from district to has requested for more troops to ly.” Nicholson will ask for addi- avoid civilian casualties. Provin- prevent the country from becom- tional troops at NATO Summit in cial council member, Bashir Ahmad ing a safe hideout for the Islamic May with the backing of US De- Shaker said, “Afghan security forc- State (IS), which is also known as fense Secretary, James Mattis and es retracted from Sangin and it took Daesh terrorist group. He said that National Security Adviser H.R. them three days to move to Shak- the US and Europe need to send McMaster, the report said. Cur- er Shila area, they left behind mil- 5,000 more forces to Afghanistan. rently, 8,400 US troops and 5,000 itary equipment which were not “We cannot afford to walk away troops from other NATO coun- usable and were destroyed by the from Afghanistan,” Nicholson told tries are stationed in Afghanistan. airstrikes after they left the area.”

KABUL : The European Union (EU) anti corruption campaign put the judiciary on agenda for its an- nual anti corruption drive from today (Sunday) till April 2 focus- ing on judicial corruption in the country, said a statement from the EU mission on Sunday. Afghan's saw the judiciary as the most cor- rupt part of public administration in Afghanistan. Therefore the EU in Afghanistan again put corrup- tion in the judiciary on the agenda of its annual anti-corruption cam- paign. "The Afghan people cry for justice and rule of law. The need AT Monitoring Desk Moreover, the protesters for reform is long overdue. Al- KABUL: A large number of Af- passed a resolution and submitted though we have seen some im- ghan nationals based in Europe, a copy of the resolution to the provements in the justice sector – staged a peaceful demonstration in European parliament. in the Attorney General's Office front of European Parliament The resolution claimed that with the Anti-Corruption Justice building in Brussels against the vi- Pakistan had provided safe sanc- Centre -it is very clear that reforms olation of Afghanistan’s sovereign- tuaries to terrorist outfits and con- are too slow,” read the statement. ty by shelling of Pakistan’s rock- tinuously supporting various ter- It added ending impunity was the ets into the eastern Nangarhar and rorist groups as its strategic assets. way to end corruption. However, provinces. “Pakistan has turned to be a the justice system itself was cor- Shan Pacha Shinwari, leading cancer and if not restricted the en- rupt. The judicial system must the protest, told Pajhwok Afghan tire world would suffer,” the reso- clean up its own ranks and bring in News that the Afghans based in lution said. The resolution de- new staff in through merit based different European countries and manded the European Union and recruitment. “Today the judiciary people from Pakhtunkhwa took its parliament to declare Pakistan is too often a tool for the powerful part in the protest. a terrorist state and impose eco- and rich and it is not serving ordi- He said the protest was aimed nomic, political and military sanc- nary Afghan citizens who suffer at condemning Pakistan’s rocket tion. They also emphasized to from injustice fed by corruption," shelling into Afghanistan territo- stop Pakistan from violating Af- says EU Special Representative in ry, claiming that the neighboring ghanistan territorial integrity in line Afghanistan, Ambassador Franz- country had been supporting ter- with the bilateral security agree- Michael Mellbin. (Pajhwok) rorism against Afghanistan. ment with the United States. MONDAY . MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES NATO troops race winter to give Afghan forces a morale boost

The target is behind a slope, the advance is unprotected: crawl, fire! Italian instructors in western Af- ghanistan have been using the rela- tively quiet winter to bolster Af- ghan troops against the Taliban. The war-torn country's security forces are being killed in horrific numbers as they grapple with a militant resurgence, raising ques- tions about how much more they can endure. But under the banner of NATO's Resolute Support mis- sion, Italian forces at Camp Arena in Herat province are racing the coming spring to give their Afghan counterparts a fighting chance. The Taliban are the main enemy in Her- at, which borders southern Hel- mand, apex of Afghanistan's opi- um production and most of which is controlled by insurgents. The strategic district of Sangin fell on March 23, another setback under- scoring the militants' growing strength. Criminal gangs master- minding trafficking and smuggling operations to neighbouring Iran are equally feared. Confidence, says Camp Arena base commander Gen- challenge both the Taliban and eral Claudio Minghetti, is key. elected government of Afghanistan "The main message to the soldiers in other regions. So the drug trade is that they are in much better con- in Nangarhar, which is vulnerable dition and better equipped than the to terrorist capture, should be a enemy, which is of paramount im- priority for eradication. This will portance for their morale." Accord- deny its use for financing to both ing to US watchdog SIGAR, casu- the Taliban and Islamic State. Ac- alties among Afghan security forc- cording to the U.N., the province es soared by 35 percent in 2016, had 14,344 hectares of poppy with 6,800 soldiers and police fields in 2016, an increase of 43% killed. Italian instructors in west- from the 10,016 hectares in 2015. ern Afghanistan have been using There is evidence of continued the relatively quiet winter to train poppy production in 2017, includ- loca... Italian instructors in west- ing two heroin factories shut down Samira Kitman, 32, hopes to continue working ern Afghanistan have been using this month. There is some uncer- as an artist in Lancaster. Photograph: the relatively quiet winter to train local troops in how to battle the tainty as to the quantity of reve- Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Taliban Even the winter, when nue that the Taliban and Islamic there is usually a lull in fighting, State obtain from opium in Nan- brought only a measured respite: garhar. Field research and aerial according to the latest UN report imagery analysis from the Euro- released in early March, the num- pean Union funded Afghanistan Afghan artist ber of clashes increased by a record Research and Evaluation Unit 30 percent in January 2017 com- (AREU) in the 2015 to 2016 grow- pared to 2016. One challenge is the ing season shows that in areas of shortcomings of the military com- Nangarhar held by Islamic State, wins asylum mand. The 207th Brigade sta- the terrorist organization does not tioned in Herat was without a depend on opium for funding, and commander for almost two is eradicating poppy in the prov- months, until General Ziarat Abed This month, the Islamic State of um production in Afghanistan is on impoverished opium farmers. ince. Islamic State also closed a claim following arrived in January after training in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed timely, and important for two rea- Those who are hurt by opium major drug bazaar in the province. Rome and Paris. General Abed "is an attack on a military hospital in sons: opium does harm to opiate growers, such as Afghan and global More data is needed on these is- on the ground with his men every Kabul, killing more than 40 civil- abusers worldwide, and as an illic- victims of terrorism, crime, corrup- sues, and that data should be made day, it's new," confirms Colonel ians and defenseless patients. The it economy, it incentivizes corrup- tion, and drugs, are not as well or- public. The public has a right and Guardian report Tomaso Capasso, watching the attack came two days after the tion and criminality, and is being ganized as opium growers. They a need to know what the Taliban training from the sidelines on Camp Afghan military announced that its used to fund terrorism. In econom- are a diffuse interest group, com- and Islamic State are doing in Af- Arena's firing range. "This new month-long “Shaheen 25” opera- ic terminology, the opium crop in pared to opium growers, who are a ghanistan, and how best to stop An artist and entrepreneur once Prince Charles and displayed in generation is not like the previous tions had killed 250 Islamic State Afghanistan has major internation- concentrated interest group able to them. NATO should conduct and voted Afghan business woman of London’s V&A museum and the generation, who spent their time militants in the terrorist organiza- al negative externalities, and these influence local and national politi- release more aerial imagery data for the year has been granted asylum Smithsonian in Washington. in the office," he adds, watching tion’s Afghan stronghold of Nan- externalities can only be fully con- cians in Afghanistan. Policies that analysis by nonprofit groups like by the Home Office after being Her lawyer Patrick Howe the men crawl in line. "They know garhar Province. Two weeks ago, trolled through better law enforce- help decrease the drug supply, and AREU. This especially applies in featured in the Guardian last week. from Howe and Co Solicitors, told how to shoot but not fight togeth- an Islamic State improvised explo- ment. The farmers and landless la- decrease funds to terrorists, need Nangarhar, which could be an out- Samira Kitman, 32, who lives the Guardian on the weekend what er. We have to create a team spirit, sive device (IED) injured three U.S. borers in Afghanistan who grow to be implemented despite the Af- let for Islamic State fighters that in Lancaster in the north-west of the Home Office had said: “They we have a month to do it." - Bombs soldiers in Jalalabad, the capital or work on opium crops are some ghan opium cartel’s resistance. De- flee Mosul and Raqqa in the Mid- England, had originally been re- advised that after reviewing their are 'easy' - Moral support and mil- city of Nangarhar. Last week, the of the world’s poorest people. mand should be decreased through dle East as those cities are retaken fused asylum but was due to ap- decision they hadn’t realised the itary counselling are what the Ital- U.S. military in Afghanistan vowed Their illicit form of livelihood is better treatment policies for drug by Iraqi, Turkish, or Kurdish sol- peal on Monday. Late last week extent of Samira’s profile in Af- ians offered in Farah, one of the to defeat Islamic State in area by accepted out of desperation, and users that reduce users’ harm in diers. Non-profit analysis groups Home Office officials changed their ghanistan and internationally and four western provinces assigned to the end of 2017. Military strikes so we should be understanding and exchange for giving them treatment, like AREU are doing much-needed mind, saying they hadn’t realised that due to her profile she would them under Resolute Support, and raids against Islamic State and empathetic towards their plight. while targeting dealers with tradi- longitudinal, imagery, GPS, and the extent of Kitman’s profile in be at risk.” when its harassed governor called the Taliban are needed, but when Better opportunities should be af- tional law enforcement techniques. fieldwork analysis of agricultural Afghanistan and internationally. Kitman is overjoyed at the re- for help in tackling the insurgency. militants are captured or killed, forded to opium growers to draw This will decrease demand for opi- and human societies in opium They left Afghanistan a fami- sult, and is now looking forward He wanted NATO to conduct a these terrorist groups can quickly them away from their economic um in Afghanistan, which will fa- growing areas of Afghanistan. But ly of nine. They arrived in the UK to working and living an indepen- few strikes to drive the insurgents hire more from their compatriots dependence on opium. But the laws cilitate conversion of agricultural they need more regular funding, a family of two dent life in Lancaster, where she away, the colonel who led the op- across the border in Pakistan. To of economics will always draw land to legitimate crops. The alter- and in greater quantity. They are To kick off a new series on hopes to continue her art. Jenny eration told AFP. "It's easy, but it end the cycle of Islamic State, Tal- some growers back when prices of native to a tough and holistic strat- currently seeking funds, for exam- people seeking new lives in Eu- Natusch, an artist who has become keeps them in a state of depen- iban, and other terrorist violence opium rise. Therefore disincen- egy against both supply and de- ple, to do aerial surveillance of ag- rope, we meet a nine-year-old boy a close friend of Kitman, told the dency," the colonel, who asked not in Afghanistan requires constric- tives like poppy eradication are mand will allow narco-terrorism in ricultural regions in Nangarhar who fled the Taliban with his par- Guardian: “Thank you a million to be named, said. Instead, the gov- tion of terrorist financing, includ- necessary. In Afghanistan, drug Afghanistan, including of the Tali- Province, which will prove the ex- ents and six siblings. Just he and trillion billion on behalf of Samira ernor got an Italian deployment of ing through both demand and sup- supply should be decreased ban and Islamic State variety, to tent of poppy eradication by Is- his father made it to an uncertain – we’re pretty sure it’s your arti- 120 men whose goal was to boost ply interventions against drug rev- through accelerated opium poppy continue to make gains at the ex- lamic State in the 2016 to 2017 future in Derby cle that has potentially saved her spirits within a week. "In Farah, enues that in part finance eradication, like aerial herbicide pense of the elected government, growing season. This is critical She had travelled widely be- life!” Howe said: “It is great news we found demoralised troops, very terrorism.Afghanistan produces dusting and confiscation of land and worldwide communities beset analytical work that will help tar- fore fleeing Afghanistan following for Samira and she can finally start young soldiers, ill-trained, ready 70-80% of the world’s opium, and used for poppy production.The by an epidemic of heroin get a potential funding source of a kidnap attempt and threats she rebuilding her life. to surrender," the Italian colonel in 2015, over 127,000 people policy response to narco-terrorism abuse.Nangarhar is the province in the Islamic State in Afghanistan, if believed came from the Taliban, Unfortunately this is a prime said, pointing to the "lack of lead- worldwide died of opium-related in Afghanistan has been muted by which Islamic State is strongest. it exists. Such analysis should be visiting the US for a meeting with example of the terrors people face ership even at the lower levels" of deaths. Afghan opium production the risk aversion of politicians, The Taliban, a more successful ter- supported, and quickly. Compared then secretary of state John Ker- all around the world and that there the Afghan army. Resolute Sup- surged 43% in Afghanistan in 2016, corruption of officials, the niceties rorist group in Afghanistan, is also to the cost of military operations ry, and being featured in We Are are people who are in serious need port spokesman General Charles in part due to a new genetically of academics, and the timidity of active in Nangarhar. If Islamic State in Afghanistan, the funding re- Afghan Women, a book by the of protection and have to go to great Cleveland confirms that a broad modified poppy seed introduced development experts who shy can increase its footprint in Nan- quired for this analysis is minis- former first lady Laura Bush. Her lengths to receive it.” movement is under way at all lev- from China in 2015. Targeting opi- away from imposing disincentives garhar it may eventually be able to cule. (FORBES) calligraphy had been praised by (THEGUARDIAN) els that will continue throughout 2017 to "replace the leaders, those who are corrupt and those who didn't properly deliver what was expected last year. "It's going to 3 closed Kapisa take some time, institutional Current academic curriculum changes can't happen overnight," he said. For General Minghetti, the lightning Farah operation exempli- girls schools fies Resolute Support's mandate unresponsive, says Ghani of training, advising and assisting Afghan forces. "Just the fact that MAZAR-I-SHARIF : President one is present at their side enabled reopened Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said the the Afghans to regain control. With current education curriculum was a few tips, they were able to show not responsive to students’ needs their abilities," he said. - Ominous and teachers were also under pres- spring - NATO withdrew its com- sure. Ghani, who arrived to a warm bat forces at the end of 2014, and welcome in the capital of northern under Resolute Support there are Balkh province, inaugurated the 11,000 troops -- including 8,400 new academic year in Mazar-i- Americans -- still in the country. Sharif. Camp Arena hosts 900 Italian of- Balkh Governor Atta Moham- ficers and soldiers, including a de- mad Noor, who also attended the tachment of the prestigious Ber- ceremony, provided information saglieri, the elite regiment whose about security situation, healthcare helmets are adorned with moiré services, education development feathers, a 200-year-old tradition and infrastructure activities in the meant to provide shade. A UN re- province to the president. port released in March shows the He said the number of hospi- number of clashes between Afghan tals and healthcare centers had in- troops and the Taliban increased MAHMOOD RAQI : Three intermediate level schools. creased from 11 to 136 in Balkh by a record 30 percent in January closed girls’ schools in the Alasae Malik Jan, the resident of the and a result the mother-child mor- 2017 compared to 2016 US Gen- district of central Kapisa province locality, said the schools reopened tality rates had reduced. eral John Nicholson, head of Res- has been reopened, officials said without proper infrastructure. He Noor said 19 new healthcare olute Support, warned last month on Sunday. Ghulam Nqshband, the claimed the residents of locality centers were built in last solar year that he would need "a few thou- town’s administrative chief, told built some part of the schools on in the province. About education sand" more troops to finally de- Pajhwok Afghan News the school their own expenses last year. development, he said 680 schools not find better place than Mazar- said. He said Afghanistan would would be also created to monitor feat the Taliban and the increasing remained shut due to the Taliban Jan urged government con- and madrasas where 620,000 stu- i-Sharif, home to Mawlana Balkhi, be connected with China and Iran and evaluate education activities threat posed by Islamic State. For threats in the past. struct school buildings in addition dents studied were operational in Ali Murtaza, Rabia Balkhi, Ulema through Kunduz, Balkh and Herat across the country. After his Captain "Luca", who could not As a result of the local elders to improve security situations in Balkh. and Mujahideenm to ring the railways. The resident said the cur- speech, the president accompanied give his real name as he is part of efforts the schools had been re- the area. Fifty percent of students in school bell. “You practically saw rent education curriculum was un- by Atta Mohammad Noor, Ulema the Italian special forces, the NDS opened in the new academic year, Provincial Education Director, Balkh were girls and 55 percent of Afghanistan is non-detachable responsive to students and teach- and Hajj and Islamic affairs offi- (Afghanistan's intelligence agency, he added. Mohammad Naseem safi, con- around 13,600 teachers were wom- from Central Asia, if the enemies ers were under high pressure. cials inaugurated a reconstructed the National Directorate of Secu- The district chief lamented no firmed the reopening of the schools en in Balkh, the governor said. of Afghanistan try to block roads Ghani said 6.9 million school mosque Rawza Jami Mosque in rity) and police must be trained high school for girls were available by the indefatigable efforts of lo- Ghani thanked Noor for devel- on us, they should know we have books would be distributed in the Mazar-i-Sharif city. together. (DIGITALJOURNAL) in the district there were only three cal elders. (Pajhwok) opments in Balkh and said he did access to many other routes,” he next two weeks. A commission (Pajhwok) MONDAY . MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

EMERGENCY Prioritising CALLS the future of Police 100 - 119 Afghanistan Hospitals Children who have to flee their families are asked to present suffi- FMIC Hospital homes also lose their schools and cient documentation. Valid birth Behind Kabul Medical classmates. “We must prioritize certificates and previous school University: giving these children an education,” records are often required to be el- argues NRC’s Head of Programme igible for enrolment. In general, civil 0202500200-+93793275595 in Afghanistan, Will Carter. documentation (e.g. identity pa- “We have a proverb that says pers) is difficult to obtain for dis- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital that one girl is able to educate ten placed people, who often have generations. It’s very important, been forced to leave their homes in Pule Bagh-e- Umomi educated women make the differ- a hurry, without being able to bring 070263672 ence,” says Mohama Qayoum, an their documents and other belong- Afghan teacher. ings. More about documentation Still, of the more than three issues in Afghanistan here. Khairkhana Hospital million Afghan children out of A third obstacle is poverty. school, three quarters are girls. Parents strive to give their children 0799-321007 Children are dropping out, not only the best life possible, but for many 2401352 due to traditions and conflicts, but families who have fled their homes, also due to lack of funding and feeding themselves is hard enough, classrooms. leaving them unable to pay for Indira Gandhi Children 8th grade student Samia in school related costs such as prop- Jalalabad is one of the girls who er clothing and other items. Hospital, Wazir Akbar risked falling behind due to lack of More than education Khan, Kabul 2301372 proper facilities. Her family were “Education enables children to living as Afghan refugees in Paki- differentiate right from wrong. It stan, but suddenly felt forced to lights up their minds, and also, fi- Ibn-e- Seena return to Afghanistan last year. nally, they can contribute to the She enrolled in a local school, development of the country,” says Pul-e-Artan, Kabul but previously her schedule was Masood Ahmad, Education Man- 2100359 unpredictable. Studying in old ager. Education is more than learn- tents that were not water-resistant ing how to write and read. In emer- caused them to cancel classes for gencies, education also provides Wazir Akbar Khan days. Now Samia and her class- life-saving and life sustaining phys- Hospital “Afghanistan remains one of the 8,000 civilians in the first nine baby, a child or mother because of growth and development in early mates have received much needed ical, psychosocial and cognitive most dangerous and most violent, months of 2016. A half million limited access to health care. life. Children who suffer from equipment, allowing them to con- protection for displaced children. 2301741, 2301743 crisis ridden countries in the people lost their homes by No- UNICEF reports that thousands stunting are more likely to contract tinue their education at a proper It mitigates the impact of forced world,” where one third of the vember. Jens Laerke is with the UN of Afghan women die every year disease, less likely to access basic rate. “Now I can study and get an displacement by offering a sense population needs help, according Office for the Coordination of because of problems linked with health care and do not perform well education, I will be someone. And of normalcy, stability and struc- Ali Abad to the United Nations. Humanitarian Affairs. pregnancy. It says those deaths can in school." Boulierac says that the in the future, I want to serve my ture for children faced with a lot of Shahrara, Kabul A recent report by the UN "We expect very high levels of be prevented. In 2015, it says more education system in Afghanistan country and support my family,” uncertainty. Office for the Coordination of conflict-induced displacement and than one in every 18 Afghan chil- has been destroyed by more than she says. Three main obstacles “Education must be acknowl- 2100439 Humanitarian Affairs found that already this year, over 38,000 peo- dren died before their first birth- thirty years of conflict. He says Research conducted by UN edged as a humanitarian priority 9.3 million people in Afghanistan ple have been newly displaced.” day. UNICEF spokesman, Chris- three and a half million children do agencies and NGOs like Save the in crises. When children drop out are in need of aid due to armed con- More than half of those dis- tophe Boulierac, says their poor not go to school. An estimated 75 Children and NRC indicate that of school, the community does not Malalai Maternity flict. The population of Afghani- placed were children. The United diet is a silent emergency. He says percent of them are girls. I’m Dor- there are three main reasons why only risk losing generations of in- Hospital stan is more than 32 million. Nations International Children’s more than 41 percent of Afghan othy Gundy. Lisa Schlein report- displaced children are not able to valuable competence, they also In 2016, every province in Emergency Fund, or UNICEF children under age five are stunt- ed on this story for attend school: lack of capacity to lose a protective environment for 2201377/ 2301743 Afghanistan was affected by a nat- says children and mothers are at ed. It is one of the highest rates in VOANews.com. Dorothy Gundy take on additional students, lack their children, and risk losing a fu- ural disaster or armed conflict. great risk. The organization calls the world. "Stunting, as you know, adapted this story for Learning of required documentation and the ture,” says Carter. Banks More than half were affected by Afghanistan one of the most dan- is a sign of chronic undernutrition English. Hai Do was the editor. families’ lack of ability to cover “An environment with safe both. The fighting killed more than gerous places in the world to be a during the most critical periods of (LEARNINGENGLISH) school-related costs. You can read learning spaces can prevent boys our position paper here. from being recruited into armed Da Afghanistan Bank Providing their students with groups and girls from being forced 2100302, 2100303 sufficient classrooms is a common into child marriages, and gives an struggle for many schools in Af- opportunity for life-saving infor- Bakhtar Bank ghanistan. Schools are already over- mation to be provided”, he ex- crowded, unable to take in addi- plains. 0776777000 tional students who were forcibly More than 300,000 children displaced. This results in far from and youths were displaced by con- Azizi Bank ideal alternative solutions. flict inside Afghanistan in 2016. 0799 700900 “Our biggest problem is the Thanks to Sweden, Norway and building. We do not have any the EU, the Norwegian Refugee Pashtany Bank space. We use old tents, but some Council was able to assist 80,000 2102908, 2103868 students need to sit outside. And displaced children in Afghanistan the tents are not even water-resis- with education last year. Still, more tant; when it rains we have to can- support is needed to get displaced Air Services cel classes,” explains Azubillah, children back to school—it will principle at the Farmada school. offer them and their families a bet- Safi Airways KABUL : About 120,000 people For people displaced by con- ter future, and may just save their visited the “1396 spring exhibition” flict, lack of proper papers is an- lives. You can read more about our 020 22 22 222 in Kabul, generating above five other major challenge. To be able education work in Afghanistan million afghanis income for farm- to enrol their children in school, here. (RELIEFWEB) Ariana ers. A statement from the Minis- try of Agriculture Irrigation and 020-2100270 Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday said that the ‘18th agricultural ex- hibition, was organized in connec- Ghazni security Kam Air tion with Nawroz festival. 0799974422 The statement said the event organized in Badam Bagh in Kabul forces celebrate Hotels ended with satisfactory outcome. In the exhibition, a total of 280 Safi Landmark stalls showcased women’s handi- nawroz five days later crafts, different types of improved 020-2203131 quality seeds (vegetables, beans A number of Kabul residents on and fruits), dairy products, agri- SERENA Sunday said they are concerned cultural products, packed standard about price hike in local markets, products, dried fruits, agriculture 0799654000 adding that government has failed machines and greenhouse prod- 3,792,721 afghanis in income from were signed between businessmen, to take action in this respect. ucts. The show was held from the sale of agricultural products, entrepreneurs, investors and farm- They said the Torkham and Wednesday to Friday in Badam domestic products and handicrafts ers at the show, the statement said. New Rumi Restaurant Spin Boldak crossings have been Bagh in Kabul. According to of domestic producers, farmers and A total of 1,187,500 afghanis was 0776351347 opened five days ago but the pric- MAIL, a total of 117,341 people herdsmen. Meanwhile, 89 con- collected as rent from stalls at the es have not decreased so far. visited the exhibition, generating tracts worth 162,457,150 afghanis exhibition. (Pajhwok) “There are many problems in Internet Services the local markets. Prices are in- UA Telecom creasing rapidly but fall slowly and 0796701701 / 0796702702 even in some cases the prices re- Open trial of MUDH officials kick main the same for a long time,” Masjidi a Kabul resident said. Exchange Rate “Government must prevent off on charges of embezzlement hoarding, monopoly and those Purchase: who are selling with high prices The open trial of three former em- volving millions of dollars in sev- The top officials were intro- because people are poor and can- ployees of the Ministry of Urban eral urban development and hous- duced to the Attorney General’s not afford their needs if the situa- One US$ = Development and Housing ing projects. Office of Afghanistan after they 66.75Afs tion prevailed,” said Hidaytullah (MUDH) officially kicked in Kab- The other officials included were suspended by President another resident. ul. Ahmadshah Hemat, Urban Devel- Ghani. According to reports, the One Pound Sterling= Meanwhile, Afghanistan The three employees are be- opment Director, Gul Rahim Ziar- six officials also had luxury hous- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- 80.87Afs ing tried on charges of embezzle- mal, Plan and Policy Director, and es and expensive apartments in One Euro = tries (ACCI) said trucks have not ment of at least one billion Afgha- Mohammad Aminullah Amin, Di- their custody besides having role Ghazni police chief Aminullah we would not let the enemy con- arrived from Pakistan. nis and misuse of authority while rector of Property and Accommo- in major embezzlement of funds. Amarkhail said on Saturday that duct any inhuman activity in the 70.05Afs “We hope that the prices de- working in the ministry. dation. (KP) security forces in the province had province,” Amarkhail added. crease after the trucks arrive from only just been able to celebrate Meanwhile soldiers warned 1000 Pak Rs = The officials facing trial in- 611Afs Pakistan,” the ACCI spokesman clude Mohammad Aminullah Qani, Nawrooz, five days after new year, they would eliminate insurgents in Siyam Pisarlay said. Head of Apartments Cohesion, as they had worked the entire time the province. Sale: However, the Ministry of Ahmad Nawaz Bakhtyar, Direc- to safeguard residents. “In any situation and until our Commerce and Industries (MoCI) “We stopped the enemy from last drop of blood is shed- we will One US$ = tor of Housing Enterprise, and 68.30 Afs has said that commodities prices Syed Aman Sadat, Manager Fi- planting 40 mines in Ghazni city defend our country; and the ene- have decreased in the local mar- nance Apartments Cohesion. and also our security forces de- my does not have the morale to One Pound Sterling= kets. “The prices of goods that The three former officials fused 12 mines,” Amarkhail said. fight against security forces,” one 81.67Afs were increased now have decreased were among six senior MUDH of- Amarkhail said security forc- soldier said. and we are supervising the mar- es made a huge effort to not let Residents thanked the securi- One Euro= ficials suspended by President 72.50 Afs ket,” Musafer Qoqandi, spokes- Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on cor- insurgents dampen Nawroz cele- ty forces for providing security man for the ministry of commerce ruption charges earlier in 2015, in- brations. and gave them flowers wish them 1000 Pak Rs= 631 and industries said. (Tolo News) “We promised our people that a happy New Year. (Tolo News) MONDAY . MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES India becomes 3rd largest aviation market in domestic traffic

At least six people, including two police officials, were killed and scores wounded in two bomb blasts in Bangladesh Saturday near a militant hideout that was raided by commandos, police said. The explosions in the north- eastern district of Sylhet came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpoint near the country’s main airport in India has become the third largest tic and international) along with the an attack claimed by Islamic State. aviation market in terms of domes- UK, has also inched closer to be- “At least six people including two tic passenger traffic, beating Japan, coming the third largest one by police official were killed in two an industry report has said. March next year. explosions, one near the hideout India's domestic air passenger “India will become the third and another in front of the build- traffic stood at 100 million in 2016 largest market 2-3 years ahead of ing,” said Sylhet police spokesman and was behind only the US (719 what was projected. This is be- Zedan Al Musa. million) and China (436 million), cause the growth has been much More than 40 people were Sydney-based aviation think-tank higher,” Kapil Kaul, head of CAPA wounded, several critically, he add- Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation India, said. Japan, which flew 141 ed. About a dozen army and po- (CAPA) said in its latest report. million passengers in 2016, was lice personnel were among the in- India acquired the third spot ahead of India whose total air pas- jured. globally by unseating Japan, which senger traffic was 131 million in IS claims responsibility flew 97 million domestic passen- the previous year, as per CAPA. Islamic State claimed respon- gers in 2016, CAPA said. Domes- United States with 815 million sibility “for a bombing on Bang- tic air traffic has shown a consis- passengers in 2016 enjoyed the top ladeshi forces in Sylhet,” the SITE tent growth of 20 -25 per cent position, followed by China with monitoring service said, citing the throughout 2015 and 2016, peak- 490 million, according to the re- militant group’s news agency ing in January this year at 25.13 port. Amaq. Army commandos had per cent. “While we will reach the third stormed the hideout, belonged to a However, the domestic travel spot for both domestic and inter- domestic Islamist group that has demand rose 16 per cent in Febru- national air travel ahead of the pro- pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. On Saturday, commandos res- security bases this month. tal, Dhaka, in a week. Islamic State million people. ary this year, ending the long streak jected period, we will remain at that cued all 78 people trapped inside Three recent suicide blasts and al-Qaida have made compet- The government has consis- of over 20 per cent. According to position for a very long time be- The group was blamed for a cafe attack last July in which 22 the five-story building for more A forensic report confirmed ing claims over killings of foreign- tently ruled out the presence of CAPA, India which enjoyed the cause it will not be easy to sur- than a day in an operation that was that Friday’s attack was a suicide ers, liberals and members of reli- such groups, blaming domestic fourth position in terms of overall pass China and the US,” Kaul said. people were killed, most of them foreigners. still underway. The raid came af- blast that was the third incident gious minorities in Bangladesh, a militants instead. air passenger traffic (both domes- (Thestatesman) ter a string of suicide attacks on involving explosives in the capi- mostly Muslim country of 160 (VOANEWS) Muslim cleric arrested in UP for raping, blackmailing woman

Cargills Ceylon PLC, which has dustry made by the private sector over the last two years initiated a in the recent past. Rs. 3.3 billion rupee intensive The "Kotmale" brand is a lead- dairy expansion project will host ing abrand in the dairy sector stand- President Maithripala Sirisena on ing for highest quality products at Apr. 3 to ceremonially launch the a reasonable price, according to the Kotmale Dairy Plant at Gaspe, parent Company. Banduragoda in the Western Prov- According to Cargills, the fa- ince, a statement said. cility is connected to over 15,000 The new facility will be the dairy farmers spread across Sri largest multi-product dairy pro- Lanka generating sustainable live- cessing plant in the country, Cargill lihoods while conserving valuable A Muslim cleric in the Muzaffar- to resume their physical relation- said. foreign exchange through the utili- nagar district of Uttar Pradesh has ship. When she snubbed him, he Cargills said that its expansion zation of 100% local fresh milk for been arrested on charges of raping reportedly threatened to send the in dairy has resulted in the devel- all production. and blackmailing a woman. The video to her husband. She refused opment of a full range of dairy Cargills has recently placed its cleric has been booked under sev- to relent, and Alam followed products and the new facility is dairy related activities under the eral sections of the law, bringing through with his threat, sending the the largest single investment in the banner of Cargills Quality Dairies back recent memories of a madra- video to her husband, according to development of the local dairy in- (Pvt) Ltd. sa teacher in Kerala being arrested the police. After getting the video, on charges of sexual exploitation the woman and her husband ap- of his students. The accused, iden- proached the police and lodged a tified as Hafiz Aslam, has been ar- complaint against the cleric, who rested from the Chawla village and was later picked up by the cops. Bangladesh commandos rescue 78 is currently in police remand. His The police have also registered a MQM-Pakistan arrest came following a complaint case against Alam, booking him for from the victim and her husband. rape and blackmail. civilians in major anti-militant drive Alam was reportedly in a phys- Last year, a Class 10 student condemns Altaf ical relationship with this woman had been raped in the Gurugram a few years ago. He had managed district of Uttar Pradesh, and the to make a video of they getting in- miscreants had made a video of timate in 2013, circle officer Arun their act and then tried to black- Hussain’s ‘appeal’ Kumar Singh has been quoted as mail her over it. The ordeal was saying by news agencies. made all the more worse because However, when the woman she was raped over the course of got married to another man, Alam two days while being held captive to Modi continued to put pressure on her in a room. The Muttahida Qaumi Move- MQM-P's response also clar- (Ibtimes) ment-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sat- ified that no person had the right urday responded to a video state- to claim to represent millions of ment issued by Altaf Hussain in mohajirs and then seek help from which Hussain sought the Indian an Indian prime minister. Tarai-Madhesh prime minister's 'help', saying MQM Pakistan also stated those who love Pakistan had no that the whole fiasco was concoct- right to ask Narendra Modi for ed as a conspiracy to cast doubt assistance. over mohajirs' love and dedication Loktantrik Party According to a statement is- to Pakistan. sued by MQM-P, "it is a well- The party also asserted that it known fact that Narendra Modi is not only condemns anti-Pakistan begins nationwide not only known as the 'butcher of statements, but will also strive to Gujrat', but is also notorious for make such conspiracies unsuccess- his anti-Muslim policies which are ful. open for all to see". (DAWN) protest

Bangladesh commandos stormed a how many extremists were in the port city of Chittagong, killing four hideout of suspected extremists in building, but police said there were members of the homegrown ex- the country’s northeast, rescuing at least two including a woman. tremist group Jamayetul Muja- at least 78 civilians, in a major anti- “Acting on a tip police raided hideen Bangladesh (JMB) includ- militant drive. the building at 2am Friday and cor- ing one woman. The commandos backed by doned off the whole area after sus- A forensic doctor confirmed armoured personnel carriers pected militants detonated small that Friday’s attack was a suicide launched the operation after a more bombs,” Sylhet police spokesman blast with the bomber apparently than 30-hour standoff with the Zedan Al Musa said. Police used detonating a bomb tied to his body. extremists who holed up in a five- loudspeakers to ask the extremists The attack was the third since storey building in the city Sylhet. to surrender, but they refused to last Friday, when a suicide bomb- “All 78 people from 28 civil- give up, Musa said. er blew himself up at a camp for ian families who were trapped in The raid came after a series of the country’s elite security force the building for more than a day suicide attacks on security camps near the airport. have been rescued by the army’s by extremists this month includ- IS has also claimed responsi- para commando battalion,” armed ing one at a police checkpoint near bility for a wave of killings since forces spokesman Colonel Rash- the country’s main international 2015 including for a major attack idul Hasan said. airport on Friday night. on a Dhaka cafe last year in which “The operation began at 7am Two of the attacks including 22 people, including 18 foreign and is still going on,” he said, add- Friday’s blast in which the suicide hostages, were killed. Leaders of Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party has started its preparations ing the commandos “exchanged attacker was killed were claimed The Bangladeshi government for conducting a nationwide protest against local body elections in Ne- fire” with the suspected militants by the Islamic State group. denies IS has any presence in the pal, scheduled to be held in May by entering several youth into their who were confined in a ground- country, arguing instead that a new party. The leaders are protesting as the Nepal gove ment is conducting floor apartment of the building. This month a police elite unit faction of JMB was behind that elections without fulfilling the demands of Madhesi people. The spokesman could not say also stormed a building outside the and other attacks. — AFP MONDAY . MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Mexico: 16 inmates at large after tunnel prison break

Forty-two policemen have been decapitated after being ambushed by a militia group in Congo, offi- cials report. The officers were attacked in Central Kasai province, which has seen a spike in deadly violence in Sixteen of 29 inmates are still recent months. Kasai Assembly on the run after they made an President Francois Kalamba said audacious escape by tunneling on Saturday that members of the underneath a Mexican prison Kamwina Nsapu militia staged wall, authorities said. Friday's attack between the cities The inmates escaped of Tshikapa and Kananga. Thursday from a prison in Kalamba says the militia mem- Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas bers freed six policemen because state secretariat of security said they spoke the local Tshiluba lan- Saturday Following the escape, guage. The Kamwina Nsapu mili- security officials destroyed un- tia has been fighting Congolese Iran said Sunday it has imposed meanwhile said Iran would consid- authorized shelters constructed forces since August, when securi- sanctions on 15 American compa- er a bill branding the U.S. military by inmates on prison grounds ty forces killed their leader. nies over their alleged support for and the CIA as terrorist groups if and searched cells. The violence has left 400 peo- Israel, terrorism and repression in the U.S. Congress passes a bill In reaction to those efforts, ple dead. The UN and rights the region. A Foreign Ministry designating Iran’s Revolutionary a riot broke out in the prison groups have warned Congo's mili- statement carried by the state-run Guard a terrorist organization. Friday night. Three inmates tary against excessive use of force. IRNA news agency said the com- Such moves could heighten ten- were stabbed to death and one Kasai Governor Alexis Nkande panies are barred from any agree- sions in Iraq and Syria, where Ira- was injured, officials said. Myopompa said investigations are ments with Iranian firms and that nian-backed forces and a U.S.-led The inmates set debris on under way into the decapitations. former and current directors will coalition are battling the Islamic fire during the riot, but the (AP) not be eligible for visas. State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). flames were put out within an The move is seen as a re- Allaeddin Boroujerdi, the head hour. sponse to U.S. sanctions placed of parliament’s national security (CNN) Donald Trump's presidency could be finished on dozens of Iranian entities in and foreign policy committee, was February following an Iranian mis- quoted by state TV as saying the sile test. Iran’s sanctions are un- move to further sanction the Rev- Woman admits by Russia investigations: Former NSA analyst likely to have much impact as none olutionary Guard goes against the of the targeted U.S. companies are 2015 nuclear deal Iran reached with sexually assaulting Donald Trump could be forced to by inclination, doubles down, tri- known to do business in Iran. the United States and other world leave office over the investigations ples down, quintuples down at The companies include Bent powers. Tehran and Washington another woman into his administration’s links with every opportunity.” Mr Trump’s Tal, United Technologies Products. have had no diplomatic relations on plane Russia, a former national National former election campaign manag- ITT Corporation, Raytheon, Re/ since 1979, when militant students Security Agency (NSA) analyst er, Paul Manafort, who was ac- Max Real Estate, Magnum Re- stormed the U.S. Embassy and has warned. cused of once working to further search Inc., Oshkosh Corporation, took 52 Americans hostages for 444 John Schindler, a security ex- the interests of Russian President Kahr Arms and Elbit Systems. days. pert and former counterintelligence Vladimir Putin, is now a leading A senior Iranian lawmaker (CBSNEWS) officer, said that if the US Presi- focus of the investigation by Amer- dent was to face an indictment over ican intelligence. allegations his campaign team col- Mr Manafort volunteered to luded with Russia to disrupt the testify as part of the investigation presidential election, it could put and he is expected to be inter- Three in hospital after an end to his presidency. Speak- viewed by the House Intelligence ing to CBC radio, Mr Schindler Committee, the panel’s chairman said: “If, not just people around has said. car crashes into people A woman has pleaded guilty to him, but the president himself is For Mr Schindler, the fact Mr sexually assaulting another pas- facing possible indictment down from this story,” he said. also been suggestions the investi- Manafort is willing to testify senger on a plane after drinking the road, that could be a game It comes after FBI director gation could lead nowhere. Carl shows he knows he is facing some outside London pub heavily. changer. He could be removed from James Comey's confirmed the Bu- Bernstein, one of the journalists very serious federal charges and An assault charge was filed office for that, whether he wants reau was looking into both Rus- who broke the Watergate scandal, “wants to clear the air”. against Heidi McKinney of Or- to be or not." sia’s alleged interference with the claimed the US President was in- He said: “It tells me that egon after another woman Mr Schindler said that with the 2016 election and also possible volved in a “cover up” to hide con- Trump's whole defence is one claimed she had been groped FBI investigation, actions by Con- links between Moscow and mem- nections between members of his member of his inner circle away during a flight from Las Vegas to gress and a possible independent bers of Mr Trump’s campaign campaign team and Russia. from turning state's evidence and Portland. Ms McKinney was inquiry, Mr Trump and his team’s team. Other congressional commit- Responding to these concerns, spilling some beans and it starts to arrested on 8 May last year af- alleged ties to Russia would "inev- tees also are investigating a possi- Mr Schindler said it was “possi- be all over. We're not there yet. But ter the Alaska Airlines flight land- itably" be made public. “The ad- ble Russian connection mostly ble” the investigation could come I think that day's coming." ed at Portland International Air- ministration isn’t getting away behind closed doors. But there have to a dead end and added: “Trump, (Independent) port. The victim told officials that she had been touched inap- propriately and without consent by another female passenger. “Miss McKinney did so Israeli bill redefining with the intent to humiliate and harass the victim,” Assistant US Attorney Ravi Sinha said at US maritime border with District Court in Portland. Three people are in hospital and Pictures show paramedics “[She] both made contact four teenagers are in custody after treating people at the scene. Po- with victim’s body, including her Lebanon labelled a a car crashed into pedestrians out- lice said the injuries of the trio in inner thigh, and made a series of side a busy north London pub. The hospital were not life-threatening. profane and lewd statements to ‘declaration of war’ Peugeot Partner collided with at Detectives said the incident was the victim.” A federal grand jury least two men and a woman out- not being treated as a terror attack. originally charged the defendant Speaker of Lebanon’s parliament denounces pro- side the Old Queen’s Head on Es- Witnesses described how the with abusive sexual contact. She posed Knesset bill that would give Israel control over sex Road in Islington shortly be- car drove at 50mph around a bend pleaded guilty to assault with the disputed waters thought to be rich in oil and gas fore 10.55pm on Saturday. Police and struck people queueing for the intent to commit a felony. said people inside the car fled the pub. However, a Met police (Independent) Lebanese politicians have re- on a definite border. scene. spokesman could not say whether acted with anger over a pro- The renewed dispute, how- Four teenagers, aged between the injured victims were on the posed Israeli parliament bill ever, has caused outrage on 17 and 19, were later arrested on pavement at the time. Anyone PM Saad Ed- which would redraw the current both sides. Israeli media ac- suspicion of offences including with information can contact Is- highly sensitive maritime bor- cused Lebanon of disrupting grievous bodily harm (GBH) with lington police on 101 or call dine el-Othmani der with Lebanon. Israel is seek- the status quo by putting out intent and possession of blades and Crimestoppers anonymously on ing to annex a zone of 860 tenders for the seabed explora- pointed articles. A knife was found 0800 555 111. forms six-party square kilometres (330 square tion work earlier this year. How in the car and a second blade found (Theguardian) government miles) of disputed waters be- should Lebanon handle its wa- on the ground nearby. tween the two neighbours ter shortage? which is believed to be rich in In turn, the Speaker of the Morocco's new Prime Minister natural gas reserves, Israeli Lebanese parliament Nabih Saad Eddine el-Othmani has suc- newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth Berri said on Thursday that the Opposition leader ceeded in building a governing reported on Monday. Israeli bill claiming the 860 coalition, ending a five-month political deadlock after only The move comes after Leb- square kilometre zone was a Alexei Navalny eight days in office. anon’s government - formed at “new attack on Lebanon’s sov- El-Othmani, 61, of the Is- the end of 2016 after two years ereignty.” “The recent decision lamist Party for Justice and De- of political deadlock - recently taken by Israel on the territori- velopment, or PJD, announced advertised commercial tenders al waters is equal to a declara- detained amid in a press conference in Rabat for oil and gas exploration in tion of war on Lebanon,” he told on Saturday that an "agreement the same stretch of the Medi- Lebanese media. has been reached" with six po- terranean. This week Israel “We have outlined and in- protests across Russia litical parties to form a coalition asked the UN to ensure that formed the United Nations with government. Lebanon respects internation- our borders according to the in- "We will proceed step by al law with regards to the mari- ternational treaties and there- step," Othmani told AP news time bloc. It is not clear when fore we have sovereign right to agency after the announcement. the bill will be presented to the benefit from our wealth, Leba- "Now that we have defined Knesset. nese Minister of Energy and the members of the government The maritime border has Water Cesar Abou Khalil said coalition, three steps remain: been a hot button topic for de- earlier this week. defining the flowchart and struc- cades, as the two countries are “We will not back down ture of government, then the technically still in a state of war. from this right no matter what ministerial portfolios, and then UN and US brokered talks over the threats are.“ the ministerial departments that the years have failed to settle (Independent) each party in the coalition will Hundreds of thousands of Yeme- os in Sana'a (2 yr war anvrsy) #Ye- Alexei Navalny, the Russian op- yachts and vineyards. The alleged manage." nis took to the streets of the coun- men flags everywhere is sight for position leader and anti-corruption luxuries include a house for raising The coalition includes pro- try's capital Sanaa on Sunday to sore eyes. campaigner, has been detained in ducks, so many placards in Sun- market, conservative and social- protest against the Saudi-led coa- The Saudi-led coalition's war Moscow as unsanctioned protests day’s protests showed mocking ist parties. The Islamist PJD lition's ongoing military interven- against Houthi rebels in Yemen has against the government were held images of yellow duck toys. In won parliamentary elections in tion. cost more than 10,000 lives since across the country. Navalny and Vladivostok, police forcefully de- October but did not win enough his Anti-Corruption Foundation tained some demonstrators near the The mass demonstration March 2015 and brought the coun- had called for the protests, which city’s railway terminal, in one case seats to govern alone. Under marks the second anniversary of try to the brink of famine. Morocco's election law no par- attracted crowds of hundreds or falling down a small grassy slope the start of the Saudi coalition's According to the UN, the thousands in most sizeable Rus- as they wrestled with a detainee. ty can win an outright majority campaign, which began in March fighting has displaced more than in parliament, making coalition sian cities, from the far east port News reports and social media re- 2015. three million people, and more than of Vladivostok to the European ported demonstrations in large cit- governments a necessity. Riyadh intervened in support two thirds of Yemen's population Abdelilah Benkirane - Oth- heartland. The protests appeared ies throughout the country includ- of the government of President of around 18.8 million people need to be one of the largest coordinat- ing Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Kras- mani's predecessor - failed to Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who aid. build a coalition and alienated ed outpourings of dissatisfaction noyarsk. At least 25 people were had been ousted from Yemen's Some 7.3 million people are in Russia since the massive 2011- reported arrested in Vladivostok potential partners. The pro- capital by Houthi rebels. estimated to be close to starvation 12 demonstrations that followed a and 12 in Khabarovsk. Some dem- tracted crisis was hurting the The military campaign, which and 462,000 children suffer from fraud-tainted parliamentary elec- onstrators showed up with their economy and Morocco's image, has included numerous airstrikes, serious malnutrition. Without $2.1 tion. The protests on Sunday fo- faces painted green, a reference to and the king fired Benkirane this has drawn widespread criticism, as billion in international aid, the UN cused on reports by Navalny’s a recent attack on Navalny when month in an unusual interven- well as accusations of war crimes. warns that Yemen will suffer a fam- group claiming that the prime min- an assailant threw a green antisep- tion. Noticeable absence of Houthi ine in 2017. ister, Dmitry Medvedev, had tic liquid on to his face. (Aljazeera) slogans in today's anti-Saudi dem- amassed a collection of mansions, (Theguardian) MONDAY. MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion 16-Year-Old’s death after Coerced AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Faizy Meth Ingestion underscores Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] violence of immigration system By Natascha Uhlmann lated incident: Terror of this sort is dered upon their return to their tion raid sites found that income enacted on immigrant communities home countries, some within days drops an average of 70 percent fol- Email: [email protected] In November of 2013, US Border as a matter of routine. ICE has a of their return. Moreover, we must lowing the arrest of an undocument- patrol agents pulled aside 16-year- long and sordid history of abusing recognize that the bloodshed these ed parent. www.afghanistantimes.af old Cruz Marcelino Velázquez Ace- migrants in detention. Under ICE's migrants are fleeing can largely be Migrants in detention suffer vedo for questioning around a sus- jurisdiction, migrants face sexual traced back to US policies over the greatly as well -- even those who Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi pected illicit substance in his pos- assault, torture and even death. ICE past few decades. US intervention are not subject to the kinds of ex- session. He didn’t survive the ex- is also aggressive in its cruelty to- has created a migrant crisis span- treme abuse that killed Acevedo. Advisory editorial board change. While in federal custody, ward those making the journey ning generations. We funded and They routinely experience depres- Acevedo stated that the substance across the border, often disrupting trained paramilitary death squads sion, feelings of helplessness and Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, in question was apple juice. The humanitarian aid efforts to distrib- that unleashed terror upon civilians suicidal thoughts. Those in deten- agents, unconvinced, coerced the ute water and condemning migrants in El Salvador and Honduras. We tion are given little to no informa- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir teen into drinking the liquid. Ace- to their deaths in the unforgiving overthrew democratically elected tion about their status. As Clara vedo succumbed to violent convul- terrain. However, within the system, governments in Guatemala and Chile Long, researcher at Human Rights sions and died two hours later. A test there is little impetus to halt these and imposed regimes more friendly Watch notes: “They have no idea Graphic-Designers: kit, readily available on the pre- abuses: Of 142 complaints against to US business interests. We sent when they will be released, and they Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada mises, would have confirmed the ICE compiled by the ACLU, only gang members back to the very pow- are terrified to be deported back to contents as liquid meth within three one resulted in disciplinary action - er vacuums we created: They now places where they could be killed, Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: minutes. Following a settlement - a one-day suspension. Immigra- operate with impunity, and mem- raped or otherwise harmed.” It is reached this week by his family, tion enforcement officials pay lit- bership has grown tenfold. And we crucial to bear in mind that -- even Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Acevedo has been portrayed in the tle regard to extenuating circum- still have the gall to turn away those when we are considering individual media as a "foreign drug dealer." We stances: Migrants are often quite lit- who flee our bloodshed. Then there cases of extreme violence -- the vi- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan know little about his motivations: erally deported to their deaths. is the quiet, everyday violence of olence of immigration enforce- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 It is well documented that cartels Guidelines around asylum claims are deportation. Families across the US ment, detention and deportation employ intimidation tactics to rope highly restrictive, and barely a third are torn apart, and children of de- cannot be pinned down to individu- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press in unwilling smugglers, and it is pos- of the claims are approved. Cases portees bear lasting scars. Deporta- al agents. Structural violence does sible that Acevedo, who had no pri- not benefitting from international tion is a traumatic experience for not require individual racists in or- or record, was coerced in this way. recognition -- the Central Ameri- all involved, and children of depor- der to reproduce racial inequality. However, what led him to have meth can gang crisis is a particularly vio- tees suffer high rates of anxiety and Cruz Marcelino Velázquez Ace- in his possession is ultimately im- lent example -- are not taken seri- PTSD. Families report fear of ven- vedo suffered needlessly at the hands The constitution says material. ICE's haste to portray Ace- ously. Demonstrating that one is in turing outside their homes follow- of cruel and wrathful immigration vedo as a "dangerous" drug traffick- danger is not enough: Immigration ing a raid, leading to even deeper agents. But kinder enforcers won’t er skirts the issue of ICE's own cul- courts have more often than not social isolation. They also face high help when racism is fundamentally Article 111: pability: Neither of the officers was refused to recognize forced gang re- rates of economic and housing in- embedded into these institutions. US disciplined, and both remain on the cruitment as grounds for asylum. stability, as family income plunges immigration policy is a matter of Article One Hundred Eleven: The Loya Jirga shall convene in the following situa- force today. These practices prove deadly. after a parent’s deportation: An life and death. tions: 1. To decide on issues related to independence, national sovereignty, territorial Acevedo's death is not an iso- Countless migrants have been mur- Urban Institute study of immigra- (Aljazeera) integrity as well as supreme national interests; 2. Amend provisions of this Constitution; 3. Impeach the President in accordance with the provisions of Article Sixty Nine of the Constitution.

tion of the pro-democracy camp, By Yuen Chan Executive: They must love the coun- members of the Election Commit- and the gratitude of mainstream try and love Hong Kong, be capable tee will be voting for him, even Hongkongers who see him as a ves- On Friday evening, thousands of of governing, be trusted by the cen- though the third candidate, retired sel for their own hopes of a respite people crowded into an open area tral government and be supported judge Woo Kwok-hing is standing from polarised politics, mutual dis- along Hong Kong's famous harbour by Hong Kong people. Lam's track on a more politically progressive trust and the stagnant governance front - they applauded, shouted slo- record as current Chief Executive platform. But reaching something of the past five years. One of the gans and waved their smartphones Leung Chun-ying's would-be enforc- like a consensus on the issue hasn't most popular of Tsang's many slick- in the air, creating a sea of lights er means Beijing can give her a pass been easy. By winning 326 seats, ly produced promotional videos fea- against the night sky. "John Tsang! on the first three, but she clearly the pro-democracy forces to a cer- tures a heartfelt appeal from Tsang's Get elected!" they cried in support lacks broad public support. Tsang has tain extent, became victims of their former political secretary Julian Law of the city's former finance chief strong public support, but pro- own success. They don't have Wing-chung, a former news editor and one of three candidates running Beijing figures have briefed that he enough votes to elect their own can- at the respected Ming Pao newspa- in the March 26 Chief Executive is not entirely trusted by Beijing. A didate but they have enough to cre- per who is credited as the brains be- election. commentary by a senior Hong Kong ate a sense of expectation among hind Tsang's slick PR operation. In fghanistan is the polio endemic country along with Pakistan in the Judging from the crowd's enthu- member of China's top advisory their supporters that they can make it, Law thanks Tsang for being an region. Though significant progress had been made to control the siasm, you would be forgiven for body said Tsang's failure to sign a an impact. Even qualified support open boss, willing to listen to dis- thinking that this was a real elec- petition opposing the Occupy Cen- for Tsang within the camp has cre- senting opinions and also for "giv- transmission, but this year two polio cases have been registered. tion and the people in the crowd tral movement and his willingness ated sharp divisions. Some see it as ing us an opportunity to dream". had votes. The truth is, only 1,194 to work with the democratic oppo- a betrayal of democratic ideals. Tsang The dream, he says, is that whatev- Polio positive recorded in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The primary people from certain sectors of soci- sition made him an unsuitable can- is considered too business-friendly; er the outcome of Sunday's election, challenge remains the inability to maintain high oral polio vaccine coverage ety and skewed towards pro-Beijing didate. he has said he supports the enact- any political leader from now on forces, form the Election Commit- But it is precisely the same ment of a controversial national will have to make a concerted ef- in southern provinces, where insecurity impedes safe access to children for tee that will decide who wins. To get things that make him popular with security law (after wide consultations fort to win Hong Kong citizens' sup- the vaccination. Now the two children who have been found polio positive on to the ballot, each candidate had the public. Despite being an estab- and with human rights safeguards); port and approval. Hongkongers to get 150 nominations from this lishment figure, Tsang is seen as and he has said that the political have long struggled to achieve their would go through their toughest time and waiting for their paralyzing. No select group. more willing to speak up for Hong reform process must take account dream of representative govern- A top-notch PR campaign Kong and less likely to blindly fol- of Beijing's "831 framework" which ment, and the outcome of the March medicine across the globe would help them now. Two drops of polio vac- Since entering the race, Tsang low China's orders. His earlier pub- imposes a system to screen candi- 26 election will not resolve the ter- cine is very much important for children under five. If they gone without has consistently led in opinion lic support for the Hong Kong foot- dates to make sure they are accept- ritory's lack of democracy. Whoev- polls. He is mobbed by selfie-seek- ball teamin its World Cup qualifiers able to Beijing when "one person, er wins, it will be up to Hongkongers vaccine, none can stop them from crippling, a disease hurts them till die. ing supporters wherever he goes and against China also won him plau- one vote" is eventually introduced to continue making their voices There is an urgent emphasis on improving immunization system starting his savvy social media posts and live dits. Hongkongers have long strug- for election of the Chief Executive. heard, to keep making their prefer- broadcasts garner thousands of likes. gled to achieve their dream of rep- Some pro-democrats have already ences known, whether it's for their from insecure districts. Polio vaccine would put a halt to the long-term But he is not the favourite to win resentative government, and the said that they would rather cast blank leaders, legislators or the policies on March 26. Instead it is his old outcome of the March 26 election votes or vote for Woo than vote that affect their daily life. Even poliovirus risks and potentially accelerating wild poliovirus eradication. On colleague and the former number two will not resolve the territory's lack against their conscience. Some don't without full democracy, they can Sunday Afghanistan has kicked off three days polio campaign to cover all in the government, Carrie Lam who of democracy. Tsang is an unlikely want to tie their political fortunes make full use of the limited repre- is seen as the likely victor. Lam has political star. With a mop of grey to a candidate who supports the na- sentation they have, the relative children nationwide, and also children who were missed during last polio run a gaffe-strewn campaign - in- hair and the moustache that earned tional security law and Beijing's press freedom that still exists and cluding an admission that she didn't him the nickname Mr Pringles (af- framework for screening candidates. the independent courts to defend campaign. Despite covering children, the polio ammonization campaign is know where to buy toilet paper- that ter the logo for the potato chips), Whatever the result, Tsang and his what they have, and work towards the only way to stop the sped of wild polioviruses and also to reduce the risk has tarnished her previous reputa- his laid-back air and his somewhat team have succeeded on at least one gaining more. But in order to do so, tion as a capable administrator. De- halting speech, he is no smooth talk- count: They have turned a rigged they will have to be able to see of its outbreak. On January, the Ministry of Public Health produced hope spite this, Lam has been presented er. Yet in the space of two months, race between two career bureaucrats through the spin and not blindly fall among Afghan masses that the country is closer than ever to being certified as Beijing's anointed one. Chinese he has become a phenomenon. into a subject of impassioned debate for sophisticated PR stunts. They officials allegedly summoned pro- Part of this is down to a top- in the community and galvanised will also have to weigh up the rela- as polio-free country. Afghanistan, being a war-hit country has been suffer- establishment Election Committee notch PR campaign that has man- people who don't even have a vote. tive merits of standing their ground members across the border to near- aged to connect with what many One of the common refrains Tsang in the push for full democracy in ing badly since longtime from polio epidemic which can cause life-long by Shenzhen to give them the mes- ordinary Hongkongers are thinking gets from members of the public on the face of an intransigent Beijing, paralysis. But since 2001, there was a tremendous progress in its elimina- sage that Lam is the only candidate and feeling after five years of Le- his walkabouts is "You've won, against a more pragmatic approach with Beijing's backing. Some mem- ung Chun-ying's highly divisive and you've already won." What exactly that seeks gradual progress within tion, in which today we have only two polio positive. For instance, few cases bers say they've received phone calls combative rule. They see Lam as has he won? Well, popular opinion existing limitations. At their recent of polio were reported in 2016, and that was in only four districts out of from Beijing's representatives in bringing more of the same and see certainly. His poll advantage against 30th anniversary concert, Hong Hong Kong reaffirming that mes- Tsang as the only person who can Lam widened as the campaign pro- Kong pop duo Tat Ming Pair per- 399, which revealed a great achievement in fight against this crippling threat. sage. China has said that there are stop her election. The last point is gressed. He has also secured the qual- formed a number involving dancers four criteria for who can be Chief why most of the pro-democracy ified support of a significant sec- wearing masks bearing the likeness- In 2015, 20 polio cases reported, in 2016 declined to 13, while in this year es of Tsang, Lam and Woo. so far two cases registered. It shows that we are in right truck. To bring to zero-level, the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday kicked off National Immunization Days to eradicate polio from the country. The three day cam- paign would cover more than 8.8 million under five, and over 7.9 million under six months to five years ages will be given vitamin A tablets. However, the related officials have to stay alert as polio can be transferred and make Ext r emist s sure that those Afghans returning home from Pakistan have to be vaccinated at moment of entering. After Nigeria, Pakistan is also struggling with polio, and it’s worth mentioning that polio cases are higher in Pakistan comparing to Afghanistan. Moreover, the presence of insurgents has also caused huge obstacles against polio drive. Last year there was a report that a number of local and foreign militants in north-eastern Badakhshan province had ham- pered polio process in Raghestan district. Creating obstacles ahead of staff- ers who their mission is to safe live from crippling is against humanity. Afghan Ulama sees no problem with it, rather the expressed their support for the polio eradication. It is not the duty of the government to eradicate polio, but it’s everyone’s responsibility to cooperate in eradicating of this devastating disease and paying attention to the improvement of our chil- dren’s health, as they are the future maker of this nation. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. 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Consequently, 35 million Accessible resettlement programmes for refugees in Africa It does not irritate or provoke me Iraqis suffered from poverty, des- can curb irregular immigration to the West and save lives. that the leaders of powerful Islam- titution, ignorance, backwardness ist parties, blocs and groups in the and the lack of public services in By Nassim Majidi Iraqi authority have finally aban- addition to fueling destructive sec- Nassim Majidi is the founder and co-director at doned their traditional (Islamic) tarian and nationalist tendencies. discourse, which they exaggerated Samuel Hall and an affiliate researcher at Sciences Po's Reform CERI. its sanctity, and started shouting I do not think that raising the our sinful civic discourse. It does banner of civil reform by the influ- By Jessica- not irritate or provoke me either ential parties, blocs and Islamic that a number of these powerful groups will benefit them in the Hagen-Zanker Islamist parties, blocs and groups parliamentary and local elections may run for Electoral Commission, Jessica Hagen-Zanker is Migration Research Fel- that will take place one year from low at the Overseas Development Institute. which is responsible for register- now, especially if they are not ac- ing parties and political associa- companied by the launching of tions under the law of parties is- civic and national reform projects By the time Dawit arrived in Ethi- rights. She has applied for reset- sued last year, to enlist them with and programs and a change in lead- opia aged 29, he had been twice tlement but without fully under- new names under a civil status and ership who are responsible for fail- arrested and imprisoned by the standing the procedure. While reforms. ures, mistakes and errors. For a few Eritrean government. We met waiting without a timeframe, the In general, these recent devel- number of people who have expe- Dawit in a refugee camp called Adi young mother is left with more opments are implicit or shy ac- rienced firsthand the Islamic forc- Harush in Northern Ethiopia, questions than answers. Every knowledgment from these parties, es in Iraq and abroad, the mere where he had settled nine months day she wonders why she has not blocs and groups and their leaders implementation of civil and reform earlier, hoping to build his future been called for an interview. that they have failed to run the projects and programs or a change in the host country. Despite being Scarce opportunities country for the past 14 years in leadership will not be enough. a qualified health professional, his Despite the hopes of many like grammes serve a vital protection function by offering safe passage. Beyond resettlement, humanitarian visas, based on the Islamic theses and People are accustomed to hearing hopes were quickly dashed by the Negesti, resettlement rates for Eri- study scholarships and special categories for women and children should be expanded. Third, information slogans only to deceive the Iraqis one thing and seeing something else limited employment options in treans are extremely slim, with about resettlement should be made clearer and more accessible. In our research, we found that people are often for the sake of power, public and on the ground. Since the start of Ethiopia. He could not find a way some data suggesting that only one uncertain about how resettlement works, particularly in relation to timeframes and the rates of acceptance. A private funds. These develop- the protest movements more than of supporting himself, let alone his in 100 gets accepted. A mere 1 per- more transparent process, and clear information about procedures and applications would allow asylum ments are not provocative, because a year and a half by millions of ageing parents back in Eritrea. Ethi- cent of refugees in Ethiopia - the seekers to make informed decisions, based on realities. they are nothing but tricks. The people, the ruling political class, opia is a leading country of asy- largest refugee hosting nation in This, in turn, would minimise the mental stress that many like Dawit experience when their lives are rational people will come to real- through its government and its lum in the region. Dawit is one of Africa - were resettled last year. suspended "in limbo", and they lose the most formative years of their lives, during which they should be ize that these blocs and groups are parliament, has made several re- more than 700,000 refugees in the When all options, including returns building their futures. not concerned with civilization and formist packages full of promises country. Western governments are and local integration become in- (Aljazeera) reform and will not establish a civ- and pledges. Nothing has come of eager to keep them there and are tractable, resettlement becomes a il state, just as they were only in- value, and some "reformist" mea- increasingly using aid to prevent de-facto option for unaccompanied terested in Islam for their own per- sures have been reversed. or reduce irregular onward migra- minors, youth, single men and sonal agenda and benefits. The There is a great deal of mis- tion. women, families and the elderly. masses and groups and their lead- trust in this political class, and the These days, Dawit dreams of The United States - which reset- ers are the perpetrators of failure, gap between people and this class going to Europe where he has Eri- tles 97 percent of Eritreans accord- mistakes and major sins, which lead will not simply be filled by intro- trean friends. He has heard that ing to recent estimates, resettled to the downfall of one-third of the ducing a new "movement", embod- they are allowed to work and only 1,783 individuals in 2015. country for more than two years ied in changing the names and ad- study. Having applied for reset- With President Donald Trump's in the hands of ISIS with all the dresses from "Islamic" to civil and tlement, he feels disillusioned. Oth- January 27 travel ban, refugees human suffering that accompanied reform. This article was originally ers who applied later than him have were temporarily barred from en- millions of people and the destruc- published in Al Mada. (Alarbya) been accepted, but his turn has not tering US soil. Despite Eritreans tion of dozens of cities and towns, BY ADAM MINTER most powerful, has historically newspapers reported how he was yet come. Resettlement pro- not being included in the ban, refu- been a rare luxury, especially in a able to obtain a colleague’s bank- grammes, which relocate refugees gee resettlement interviews have China’s government has never country where households were ing information, real-estate trans- from temporary camps to West- been put on hold in the region, in- typically crowded, multi-genera- action history, hotel reservations, ern host countries, have a number cluding those for refugees of all shown much concern for the pri- Why nationalists need vacy of citizens. If you have some- tional and located in tightly knit border entry-exit records and travel of objectives. On the one hand, nationalities in Ethiopia in antici- rural communities. Compared to information for roughly $100. they protect vulnerable refugees, pation of further policy changes. thing to hide, the thinking goes, we probably need to know it. In one the snooping most people accept- When he tried to report the third- like-minded foreigners on the other, they can be seen as a By offering the possibility of ed at home, the government’s pok- party service he’d hired to pro- measure to prevent irregular mi- a different future, the hopes of re- form or another, surveillance and monitoring have evolved into a ing around in one’s business prob- vide the data, multiple law enforce- BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY “Big and thick as it is, that will take gration. Given that it is not possi- settlement compels people to stay ably didn’t feel like such an ex- ment agencies brushed him off. them some time.” ble to apply for asylum before put for long periods of time. Based well-honed form of social control. And as a result, neither companies treme violation. China can no longer afford that There’s something disturbing about In turn, other European nation- entering a country, resettlement is on our interviews with single moth- Companies have taken advan- kind of complacency. If Chinese recent stories about the ideological alist politicians owe certain ideolog- one of the few legal channels avail- ers it may also lead women to com- nor consumers have traditionally kinship between Steve Bannon, U.S. ical debts to U.S. conservative writ- had very high expectations for in- tage of this lackadaisical attitude. consumers lose faith in local inter- able to Eritreans to get to Western promise their wellbeing, for the The service agreement for Alibaba net companies, the government’s President Donald Trump’s chief ers. Geert Wilders, whose nativist countries. As a virtually cost-free sake of their children's futures. We dividual privacy. strategist, and Marine Le Pen, the party came in second in this month’s That might’ve been fine before Group Holding Ltd.’s “Alipay” efforts to promote technology and option, it has become the ultimate found that many mothers made the mobile payments system grants innovation are certain to struggle. nationalist candidate running for Dutch election, has taken inspira- lottery for many. Yet those who choice of resettlement so that their more than 700 million Chinese French president. Isn’t nationalism tion from the American right. One went online, and before the gov- Alipay carte blanche, in perpetu- And whatever their previous atti- apply end up paying a heavy price children would not have to grow ity, to disclose user information to tudes toward online privacy have supposed to travel badly across bor- of the first things Wilders did when in other ways. up in a refugee camp, without ernment began counting on sectors ders? Isn’t international solidarity trying to set up his Freedom Party such as e-commerce to ease the third-party vendors; this can in- been, Chinese are growing more de- The dream of resettlement - rights to employment and further clude behavioral profiles based on manding as mobile commerce has the exclusive province of leftists was to take a trip to the U.S. to known as buufis in the Somali lan- education in Ethiopia. Women ref- economy’s dependency on invest- crying “Workers of the world, meet some of the people whose ment and exports. If China’s big- transaction and location history. become tightly integrated into mid- guage - is a common state of mind ugees are also aware that migrating Users have almost no recourse if dle-class lives. Chinese social me- unite!”? And aren’t anti-elite nation- ideas he could borrow. The ideolog- for many refugees in Dadaab camp to Europe through irregular means gest online players want to chart a alist populists fighting a rootless, ical cross-pollination may not be bigger role for themselves at home they feel that the data has been dia exploded with outrage last sum- in Kenya. A psychological condi- often involves extortion and phys- misused. And Alipay is hardly mer when an 18-year-old high globalist elite that has grown fat on surprising at first sight — after all, tion created by a longing or desire ical and sexual abuse along the way, and abroad, they’re going to need the borderless movement of capi- most of us don’t really care what to start taking privacy much more alone. Tencent Holdings Ltd., Chi- school graduate suffered a fatal tal? country an idea comes from. Yet for resettlement that becomes a including detention and torture in na’s biggest videogame company heart attack after losing her per- constant preoccupation, it creates transit countries such as Libya. On seriously. The problem came into Finding the French roots of both people such as Bannon, Le Pen and sharp focus this month, with new and owner of its most popular so- sonal information and being de- Bannon’s and Le Pen’s ideology is a Wilders send a narrowly targeted, a toxic combination of hope and the other hand, if they remain in cial media program, ranks well be- frauded of her tuition. Newspapers disillusionment among Somali ref- Ethiopia, their children will not be data showing that Chinese police matter of connecting the dots. Ban- blood and soil message to voters. had arrested 4,261 suspects in low international peers like Alpha- were soon flooded with accounts non has reportedly expressed admi- They promise to put their country ugees in Kenya. The state of lim- able to attend school. Left with lit- bet Inc. (formerly known as Goo- of similar scams. bo has been known to cause ad- tle choice, they pin their hopes on 1,886 cases related to the theft of ration for the ideas of Charles Mau- first and everyone else second. Glo- personal information last year. gle), Facebook Inc., and Twitter The good news is that a con- rras, an ideologist of the Nazi-col- balism and internationalism are dirty verse psychological effects when being resettled in a safe, third coun- Inc. in its efforts to protect user sensus is growing in China that the resettlement hopes are not realised. try. That’s a steep increase from prior laborating Vichy regime in France words to them. Unlike socialists, years. Between 2010 and 2014, data. According to a 2015 survey problem must be addressed. Any who pitted the “legal state” — em- who easily set up international The same can be said of Eritrean Desperate choices by a Chinese internet security or- solution will have to start with the bodied by governments and laws — groups, the nationalists are “some- refugees living in Ethiopia, who While aspirations of resettle- there were roughly 260 prosecu- tions under China’s law prohibit- ganization, 44 percent of Chinese government writing national stan- against a “real state” defined by the where people” tied to a specific dream of leaving through resettle- ment can initially prevent irregu- websites had security vulnerabili- dards on protecting online data. people. place. They don’t work well togeth- ment. While sacrificing other op- lar migration, the effect dissipates ing the sale of personal informa- tion. Last year’s suspects includ- ties that led to data leakages. It can’t end there, though. Ear- Marion Marechal Le Pen, niece er. In the European Parliament, the tions, such as moving freely and over time. Our research found that Cyber-thieves have little to lier this month, during China’s of Marine and one of the leading nationalist parties are divided be- potentially working in urban ar- as refugees fail to migrate through ed nearly 400 “industry insiders” in banking, e-commerce, telecom- fear from the law. Earlier this National People’s Congress, Ten- figures in the National Front party, tween two factions: Europe of Free- eas, refugees get stranded indefi- formal channels, the idea of irregu- month, Chinese police arrested a cent CEO Pony Ma called for stan- also admired this notion in a speech dom and Direct Democracy (which nitely in camps, waiting for the lar transit becomes more tolerable, munications and delivery servic- to French Action — a nationalist includes Britain’s U.K. Indepen- es. One estimate placed losses re- ring of 96 suspects involved in pil- dards to be combined with a na- outcome of their resettlement ap- and often the only available means. fering personal data; one was an tional system for reporting data group of which Maurras was once a dence Party) and Europe of Nations plications. Resettlement shapes While fully realising the risks of lated to these reported crimes at member. Bannon has also cited a and Freedom (this includes Wilders’ $13.2 billion. Almost certainly, the engineer at JD.com Inc., one of breaches, allowing companies like the way people think about their crossing the Sahara and Mediter- China’s biggest internet retailers, his to close leaks as soon as possi- French novel, “Camp of the Saints” Freedom Party and Le Pen’s Na- futures, but it also shapes their as- ranean, one interviewee, Yacob, scale of the problem is much big- by Jean Raspail, of which Marine tional Front). The German Alter- ger. Several factors have made Chi- who had a record of doing the ble. Such a system might help de- pirations. For instance, Negesti, reflected on the options available same thing at other internet firms. ter data thieves. More important- Le Pen is also a longtime fan. The native for Germany party (AfD) who is 34, arrived with her chil- to him: "I would have preferred nese vulnerable to identity theft. 1973 novel, which is often described couldn’t pick one of these and sent One is cultural. Broadly speaking, Many third-party brokers ply ly, it would be a reminder to Chi- dren in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the legal way, but it is becoming their trade in the open. In one re- na’s online masses that they, too, as racist, describes “third world” im- its members to both. The parties 2013. Her husband had left before difficult. Resettlement is scarce," Chinese society favors collective migrants taking over Europe after don’t attend any regular gatherings rights over individual ones. Priva- cent, high-profile example, a jour- have a role to play in protecting them, but she has not been able to he explained. Although he plans to nalist with one of China’s leading their privacy. (Japantimes) Western politicians prove too weak together — this year’s meeting of find him. Now on her own, she is persist with the legal routes for the cy, except for the wealthiest and to stop them. Wilders, Le Pen and the AfD’s worried about her children's edu- time being, he admitted consider- “The rats won’t give up that Frauke Petry in Koblenz, Germany, cation and struggles to earn enough ing irregular alternatives. Limited cheese called ‘The West’ until was a rare event that may not be to feed them and meet their basic or lack of access to legal migration they’ve devoured it to the very last repeated. crumb,” goes a line in the novel. (WP) needs in the expensive Ethiopian options can push refugees in Ethi- capital, where refugees have few opia into taking irregular options. A more dangerous globalism Our respondents confirmed that people are increasingly opting for By: JEREMY ADELMAN ry, integration was a hybrid of in- tonic settlers. The brutality of bi- clandestine routes to Europe, as ternationalism and imperialism. lateralism prompted US President they realise they have no viable “America first,” thumps Donald Free trade became gospel, mass Franklin Delano Roosevelt and future in Ethiopia. Trump. “Britain first,” say the migration was welcomed, and British Prime Minister Winston LETTER TO THE EDITOR People told us that they con- advocates of Brexit. “France first,” countries embraced new global Churchill to draft the Atlantic crows Marine Le Pen and her Na- norms, like the First Geneva Con- Charter in 1941. A blueprint for a sider the resettlement process un- vention, concluded in 1864 to cov- post-war order, it declared that fair, with specific nationalities and tional Front. “Russia first,” pro- claims Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. er the treatment of the sick and freedom was the cornerstone of demographics receiving preferen- wounded on the battlefield. Glo- peace and that bilateralism had to tial treatment. During our inter- With so much emphasis on national sovereignty nowadays, globaliza- balizers could also be bullies: the be curbed. No more grabbing. No Substandard healthcare centers views, many complained about al- 1842 Treaty of Nanking between more tariff bullying. Freedom of leged corruption in the resettle- tion appears doomed. It’s not. The struggle playing out today is not Britain and China subordinated the the seas. What came of the Allies’ There is no state-of-the-art healthcare centers in Afghanistan, as patients are going abroad to ment allocation process, with some Middle Kingdom to the West. And victory in World War II and the cases being expedited. "They are one of globalism versus anti-glo- receive medical treatments. Afghan masses are suffering from one of the worst healthcare system balism. Rather, the world is poised bilateral imperialism’s ugliest face Atlantic Charter was a Global as they don’t have access to the basic medical care. On daily basis more than hundreds of people not fairly distributing the resettle- between two models of integration: was reflected in Europeans’ carve- New Deal: by agreeing to play by are traveling abroad for treatment due to lack of standardized facilities at home. ment opportunities so some refu- one is multilateral and internation- up of Africa into exclusive pos- international rules and institutions, gees risk their lives by leaving the alist; the other is bilateral and im- sessions. In the most horrific peri- countries could participate in the The relevant Afghan official should take necessary measures to provide standards medical camp and going on secondary od in human history, bilateralism post-war bonanza. European in- care for the Afghan masses here at home and free the Afghans from going abroad for treatment. perialist. Throughout the modern movement," one of the respondents age, the world has seesawed be- had the upper hand. Between 1914 tegration was at the core of this Parwiz Ahmad, Kabul, Afghanistan who wanted to remain unnamed, tween them. and 1945, the pursuit of national experiment in multilateral global- told us. There are a number of mea- Since 1945, internationalists grandeur led to ruinous economic ism; with Franco-German recon- sures that can pave the way for have had the upper hand. They rivalry and mass violence. The Wall ciliation, Europe, a chronic conflict safe and official means of migra- advocate cooperation and multilat- Street crash of 1929 kicked the legs zone, became a region of exempla- tion for Eritreans, who will proba- eral institutions to promote global out from under a struggling inter- ry cooperators. Restraining nation- bly continue to leave in significant public goods like peace, security, national order. Country after coun- al sovereignty allowed global trade, numbers regardless of their status- financial stability, and environmen- try turned inward; by 1933, world investment, and migration to buoy es and classifications under inter- tal sustainability. Theirs is a mod- trade collapsed to one-third its post-war prosperity. Billions es- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must national asylum laws. First, poli- el that constrains national sover- 1929 level. caped poverty. Relative peace was have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: eignty by binding states to shared Fueled by racism and fears of maintained. But the Global New cy measures should recognise the overcrowding, globalism turned Deal seems to have run its course. [email protected] diversity of Eritreans living in Ethi- norms, conventions, and treaties. The year 2016 tipped the scales predatory: powerful countries im- For too many people, the world opia, who are in need of durable posed uneven trade pacts on neigh- became messy, risky, stultifying, solutions. When all options, in- toward bilateralists, who regard national sovereignty as an end in bors and partners, or simply over- and threatening – the opposite of cluding returns and local integra- ran them. Japan set its sights on what the Atlantic Charter envi- tion become intractable, resettle- itself. The fewer external con- Disclaimer: straints, the better: peace and se- Manchuria in 1931 to create a pup- sioned. After 1980, global integra- ment becomes a de-facto option pet state, and invaded China in tion was accompanied by rising for unaccompanied minors, youth, curity result from a balance of great The views and opinions expressed in the articles are powers. Theirs is a model that fa- 1937. The Soviets dealt with Rus- domestic inequality. While the ho- single men and women, families and vors the strong and punishes the sian borderlands in the same spir- rizon of opportunities widened for those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or the elderly. weak, and that rewards competi- it. The Nazis forced treaties on educated cosmopolitans in big cit- opinions of the Afghanistan Times. Second, legal pathways, like tors at the expense of cooperators. weaker neighbors and seized oth- ies, the bonds between citizens resettlement, should be developed, For most of the nineteenth centu- ers, then sought to depopulate weakened as national social con- not restricted. Resettlement pro- Slavic lands to make way for Teu- tracts were dismantled. MONDAY. MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Inter- national Affairs claims that the in- troduction of new US sanctions against Russian companies means that the anti-Russian course of Washington still continues under Donald Trump's presidency, APA reports quoting Sputnik. The introduction of new US sanctions against Russian compa- nies means that the anti-Russian course of Washington still contin- ues under Donald Trump's presi- dency, Dmitry Novikov, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Internation- al Affairs, told Sputnik on Satur- day. Earlier in the day, US State Hundreds of Syrian asylum seek- garia. Sayid, 25, arrived two years Department representative told ers are struggling to survive in the ago. After being held in a detention Sputnik that the United States had UK, with some facing destitution centre twice, he found a job in a imposed sanctions against eight and others forced into exploitative warehouse on the outskirts of Russian companies in connection work because they are afraid of London. “I was moving food with the Iran, North Korea, and being detained and deported. crates, carrying boxes from a lorry Syria Nonproliferation Act (INK- The Observer has found Syri- to a van. I’d work for 10 hours,” SNA). an asylum seekers working in ware- he said. At first he was paid £3.50 "The West acts within the houses, construction sites and ga- an hour, then that rose to £50 a framework of the anti-Russian rages for as little as £10 a day. day. “I only got enough money to course, which it [West] has Many had stopped signing in with survive. I’m so up and down in formed, and these actions mean that the Home Office after being held my mind and my body, I’m not so far the course of [US President in detention centres for months. happy. In this job there are no hu- Donald] Trump regarding the [in- Hundreds more are living in desti- man rights, but what can I do? I tended] improvement of relations tution, reliant on charities for food can’t do anything.” The investiga- with Russia, which was indicated parcels and clothes. Mike Adam- tion also found Syrians working in the pre-election period, is not son, chief executive of the British as gardeners, tiling bathrooms and yet being implemented," Novikov Red Cross, said: “A two-tier sys- in restaurants. Those not working said. (APA) tem, where Syrian nationals who and still reporting to immigration arrive in the UK as asylum seek- said they could not survive on the ers are left vulnerable to exploita- £36 a week they receive in bene- tion, seems completely at odds fits. Osama, 18, arrived last Octo- with the spirit behind the govern- ber. He was severely wounded by ment’s commitment to offer a safe shrapnel when his house was de- home to 20,000 Syrian refugees stroyed in 2015. He has been wait- under its resettlement programme. ing for four months without pa- “No one should arrive in the pers, meaning he is reliant on gov- UK having fled conflict or perse- ernment handouts. “It is so bad cution only to be left destitute and waiting,” he said, “I just wake up, reliant on charity to survive.” The eat, maybe see friends, then I do Italy remains leader amongAzerbaijan’s foreign trade partners Italy ranked first in the list of Az- 2017. Trade turnover between erbaijan’s foreign trading partners Azerbaijan and Turkey amounted in Jan.-Feb. 2017 with a trade turn- to $239.02 million in Jan.-Feb. over of $461.5 million, said a re- 2017, which is an increase of al- port of Azerbaijan’s State Customs most 70 percent compared to the Committee. Italy’s share among same period of 2016. Turkey’s Azerbaijan’s trade partners is share among Azerbaijan’s trade 17.57 percent. Trade turnover be- partners is 9.1 percent. Russia with tween Azerbaijan and Italy in- a share of 8.96 percent ($235.4 creased by 41.4 percent in Jan.- million) ranked third among trade Observer interviewed 10 Syrians, nothing. I would work if I was al- Feb. 2017, as compared to the same partners of Azerbaijan in Jan.-Feb. all living in limbo because of the lowed.” period of 2016, according to the 2017. Russia is followed by China Dublin regulation, which means The Red Cross said it had seen report. Turkey ranked second with 8.72 percent ($228.95 mil- South Korea has decided to deploy Korea’s largest trading partner, ac- es of the two countries’ bilateral asylum seekers can be sent back 1,341 destitute Syrian asylum among Azerbaijan's trading part- lion) and Germany with 4.82 per- to the first EU country they reach. seekers in Britain last year, up ners in the first two months of cent ($126.57 million). (Trend) a U.S. missile-defense system, and counting for nearly one-quarter of free-trade agreement. China is furious. Chinese leaders its external trade, and main source China and South Korea should The men were fighting removal to from 1,159 the year before. In worry that the Terminal High Al- of foreign tourism. (Chinese tour- protect the diplomatic relationship countries including Bulgaria, South Yorkshire, a quarter of all titude Area Defense (THAAD) ists accounted for half the total that they have maintained since where Human Rights Watch found destitute asylum seekers seen, of system will undermine its securi- number of foreign visitors to South 1992. But that requires China to asylum seekers being shot at, beat- all nationalities, said they experi- Karabakh army: ty and disrupt the regional strate- Korea last year — more than eight recognize that South Korea’s next en with weapons by uniformed enced hunger every day. In nearly gic balance, by monitoring flights million people.) president is unlikely to cancel the officials and sent back to Turkey. half of all the cases seen by the Azerbaijan violated and missile launches in Chinese But it is hardly a one-sided THAAD deployment, given the Several of the men we spoke to Red Cross, asylum seekers were territory. But, as long as North relationship. South Korea is Chi- threat North Korea poses. If Chi- were being threatened with removal facing destitution, despite receiv- ceasefire 20 times at night Korea poses such an acute threat na’s fourth-largest trading partner, na continues to apply pressure for to Hungary, despite the fact that ing the full £36 a week afforded to on the Korean Peninsula, China’s providing key intermediate inputs a concession on THAAD, the only the Home Office told the Observ- them under government rules. The The adversary breached the truce public/NKR) Defense Army, and opposition to it is pointless — and on which many Chinese firms rely. result will be an increase in anti- er that it is not currently returning Syrians the Observer interviewed along the line of contact between with different-caliber shooting highly destructive. Indeed, intermediate and capital Chinese sentiment in South Ko- asylum seekers there. said they were often too scared to the Karabakh and Azerbaijani op- weapons, the defense army in- As the United States and South goods comprised more than 70 rea. The good news is that the Chi- At least 50 Syrians have been pick up their allowance for fear of posing forces around 20 times, formed Armenian News- Korea rush to deploy THAAD percent of South Korea’s exports nese authorities seem to recognize removed under the regulation since being detained. Migrant Voice, an from late Saturday night to early NEWS.am. But the Artsakh de- before the South’s snap presiden- to China last year, including key these risks, the clearest sign being the start of 2015, prompting some NGO, has produced a study based Sunday morning. fense army vanguard units contin- tial election on May 9, China is inputs such as semiconductors (20 their apparent containment of anti- to drop off the radar. Eight of the on the testimony of 11 people in During this time the Azer- ue confidently carried out the mil- ramping up economic sanctions, in percent) and display panels (11 South Korea protests. China’s men interviewed said that they had limbo because of the Dublin regu- baijani armed forces fired more itary task set before them, and they the hope of compelling the next percent). South Korea is also the leaders know that realizing their stopped signing in with immigra- lation. Nazek Ramadan, Migrant than 250 shots toward the posi- take actions in response when nec- president to reconsider. Already, number one source of foreign tour- global leadership ambitions re- tion authorities because they were Voice’s director, said: “The Dub- tion-holders of the Republic of essary. South Korea’s tourism, consumer ists to China. Given these dynam- quires them to adhere to global afraid of detention and removal. lin regulation gambles with the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Re- (NEWS) goods, and entertainment industries ics, if the dispute over the THAAD norms and accept greater respon- Most had family in the UK and lives of vulnerable people fleeing have been hit hard. Chinese travel system escalates into a full-fledged sibility. In this context, South Ko- were supporting themselves by the world’s most desperate cir- agencies have suspended the sale trade war, both China and South rea’s move to involve the WTO — working illegally. Tarek, 31, has cumstances, treating refugees like of group tours to South Korea. And Korea will suffer. As we have seen and the risk to China’s internation- been living in the UK without doc- balls to be bounced from country Korea's deputy prime China has temporarily closed the in the recent past, protracted ten- al reputation that a formal dispute uments for nearly four years. He to country with no chance of build- 55 discount stores owned by the sions — for example, the territori- would imply — may have focused stopped signing in with the Home ing a real future.” minister to visit Kazakhstan, Lotte Group — South Korea’s al disputes between China and Ja- Chinese leaders’ minds concerning Office after he was held in a deten- A Home Office spokesman fifth-largest conglomerate and the pan over the Senkaku Islands in the risks of escalation. This is not tion centre for three months. “Af- said: “The UK has a proud histo- supplier of the land for the 2012 — can severely damage eco- to say that the THAAD system’s ter that, I was too scared to go and ry of providing protection to those Uzbekistan this week THAAD system — for supposed nomic and diplomatic relations. deployment is inevitable. If China sign in,” he said. who need it. But it is also right A South Korean deputy prime Lee Joon-sik, who also serves as safety violations. Chinese media Already, South Korea is consider- devoted its energy to reining in its Desperate for work, he found that we uphold the principle that minister will leave for Kazakhstan South Korea's education minister, have issued threats that sanctions ing bringing the Chinese sanctions North Korean client, the threat a job working with a mechanic at a those seeking asylum should ask this week as part of his two-na- to Uzbekistan. During the trip, Lee could be extended to other South to the World Trade Organization confronting South Korea — and garage. “Every day I’d get £10 and for protection in the first safe coun- tion trip to Central Asia to cele- will hold talks with senior officials Korean companies, like Samsung (WTO) for adjudication, and the thus the South’s need for an ad- food and you could sleep in the try they reach. Where there is ev- brate the 25th anniversary of dip- in the two countries to discuss and Hyundai. China is eager to take authorities are reviewing whether vanced missile shield — might be garage. I worked there for three idence someone has claimed asy- lomatic ties between South Korea ways to enhance strategic partner- advantage of its position as South China has violated relevant claus- mitigated. (Japantimes) months,” he said. He is being lum in another European country, and the region, and the 80th anni- ships with them. He will also hold threatened with removal to Bul- we will seek to return them there.” versary of ethnic Koreans' settle- meetings with groups of ethnic (Theguardian) ment there, the Education Minis- Koreans residing in Kazakhstan try said Sunday. The four-day trip and Uzbekistan to give them pep that begins Monday will also take talks. (Koreaherald) Israel may agree to settlement limits in exchange for new Amona: Report will continue to engage in dialogue PMO denies Channel 2 report that comes after four days over Israel’s continued building in of marathon talks between Jerusalem and Washington disputed areas of East Jerusalem Turkmenistan, OSCE Israel and the US are close to reach- said that Israel is expected to make and the West Bank. They de- ing an understanding on settlement a general commitment to the scribed the discussions as “seri- mull joint projects construction that would see Jerus- Trump administration to slow set- ous and constructive, and they are alem commit to construction lim- tlement construction, but will like- ongoing.” Also Friday UN envoy Ashgabat hosted discussions on head of the Danish delegation to its in return for being allowed the ly not commit to numbers or spe- to the region Nickolay Mladenov projects to be implemented joint- the OSCE Parliamentary Assem- build the first new settlement in cific areas. After the Washington told the Security Council that Is- ly by the Turkmen government and bly, who arrived in Ashgabat on a 25 years, Channel 2 reported Sat- talks, the White House believes it rael has taken no steps to comply the local OSCE Center, the Turk- working visit. The current state urday. Prime Minister Benjamin is currently unrealistic to expect with a Security Council call to stop men Foreign Ministry said in a and the present prospects of co- Netanyahu has promised to build Jerusalem to provide a more sub- settlement activity and instead au- message. The meeting was attend- operation between Turkmenistan a new settlement for the residents stantial pledge, officials told the thorized “a high rate” of settlement ed by representatives of the OSCE and the OSCE, as well as the OSCE of the illegal West Bank outpost Times. expansions in violation of interna- Parliamentary Assembly, including Parliamentary Assembly, were of Amona, which was evacuated The administration indicated tional law. The large number of set- Peter Juel Jensen, Danish MP, mulled at the meeting. in January, but has encountered re- Thursday that the talks had not tlement announcements and legis- sistance from the administration of led to any concrete agreement on lation action by Israel indicate “a US President Donald Trump. Net- Israel’s ongoing settlement con- clear intent to continue expanding Kyrgyz police detain 68 at protest anyahu’s office denied the report struction. “The United States del- the settlement enterprise in the In those talks in Jerusalem, Greenblatt reportedly demanded that as “not true.” egation reiterated President occupied Palestinian territory,” he Israel halt all construction in isolated West Bank settlements and put over jailing of ex-Lawmaker The report comes amid Trump’s concerns regarding settle- said. curbs on new building inside the major settlement blocs, but Netanyahu mounting speculation on the out- ment activity in the context of The series of meetings in Wash- was said to have rejected the idea. An official in the Prime Minister’s Police in Kyrgyzstan have used stun November presidential election in come after four days of high-level moving towards a peace agree- ington this past week followed Office on Thursday denied that any such terms had been advanced by grenades to disperse hundreds of the Central Asian country. About discussions between the adminis- ment,” according to a joint readout Trump’s special envoy for inter- Greenblatt. Greenblatt led the US delegation to this week’s follow-up protesters at a rally against the de- 500 demonstrators started gather tration and an Israeli delegation, of the talks. “The Israeli delega- national negotiations Jason Green- talks along with other representatives of the National Security Council tention of a former parliamentary outside the security service head- blatt’s trip to the region last week, staff and State Department, including Michael Ratney. The Israeli dele- deputy who plans to run for the pres- quarters in Bishkek after authori- which concluded Thursday. The tion made clear that Israel’s intent Channel 2 report, which called the going forward is to adopt a policy in which he met with both Netan- gation was led by Yoav Horowitz, Netanyahu’s chief of staff, and Isra- idency. Dozens of demonstrators ties detained Sadyr Japarov on March el’s ambassador to the US Ron Dermer. Other topics of discussion were detained in the March 25 con- 25 upon his return to Kyrgyzstan purported understandings “the regarding settlement activity that yahu and Palestinian Authority Trump formula,” followed a report takes those concerns into consid- President Mahmoud Abbas to try included boosting the Palestinian economy in the West Bank and recon- frontation, which underscored grow- from three years of self-imposed struction of vital infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. (Timesofisrael) ing political tensions ahead of a exile. (RFERL) in The New York Times, which eration.” The two sides said they and jumpstart peace talks. MONDAY. MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Suicides cost Japan’s economy

South Korea has complained to the to stop selling South $4b annually World Trade Organization about Korea-related tour pro- China’s moves against the coun- grams, including visa try’s companies, which are appar- services, from March ently in retaliation against Seoul’s 15. decision to deploy a US anti-mis- Following Chinese sile system on the Korean Penin- authorities’ suspension sula, trade ministry said Monday. orders and boycotts by “We raised the issue to the consumers, some 90 WTO Council for Trade in Servic- percent of retail stores es on March 17 on whether or not of Lotte Group in Chi- China’s measures against South na have been unable to Korea’s tourism and retail compa- operate. Lotte had been nies are in violation of trade agree- hit the most overtly by ments,” Joo Hyung-hwan, minis- China’s apparent ter of the Ministry of Trade, In- THAAD retaliation af- dustry and Energy, told the parlia- ter it approved a land- ment Monday. An official from swap deal with the mil- the Trade Ministry said that Seoul itary for stationing the made an appeal to the WTO con- THAAD system earli- cerning two main non-discrimina- er this year. Japanese national broadcaster include adverse economic condi- tion clauses – most favored nation While political ana- NHK has calculated the potential tions, unemployment, changing and national treatment. lysts see that China is economic loss to the country from family structures, depression, in- An official lawsuit has not taking incremental mea- suicides at more than $4 billion a adequate access and resistance to been filed with the WTO due to sures against Seoul’s year. mental health care, and substance lack of clear evidence, another of- decision to allow the US The calculation is based on abuse. Suicide rates rise rapidly be- ficial said. "This appeal means that missile defense system 23,000 suicide victims in 2015, tween ages 15 to 20 and stay we are willing to expand our re- aimed at countering aged from 15 to 69 years, and had roughly constant after that, it said. sponses (to China’s retaliatory North Korea’s threats, they lived and worked until their “Suicides at a young age have a actions) one step further to a mul- China officially denies 70s. Figures from the Japanese major impact on the economy. tilateral level," the official, who such allegations. Ministry of Health, Labor, and Families and governments spend asked to remain anonymous, told “China would not Welfare show there have been more vast amounts on the education of The Korea Herald. admit that the measures than 30,000 suicides annually since children and young adults but do Since South Korea decided to are a retaliation over the 1998. Statistics showed the ma- not reap the rewards of that in- allow the US to deploy the Termi- THAAD deployment, jority are men who suffer from vestment since the young adults nal High Altitude Area Defense but the (South Korean) health, financial, or family issues. who commit suicide [do not have system in South Korea, China has government has to point Last year, the number dropped many] productive years,” said the been taking various unofficial re- out any possibility,” below 22,000 for the first time in paper. taliatory measures. Joo said. 22 years. More than 15,000 men Japan is also recognized as one China apparently made a ver- (Koreaherald) and nearly 6,800 women killed of the world’s most overworked bal order to local travel companies themselves, the ministry report- nations. Work stress is cited as one ed. The decline in the suicide rate of the leading causes of suicide. is attributed to a revised law on There’s even a Japanese word suicide countermeasures coming ‘karoshi’ which means death by into effect last April. In 2005, Ja- overwork. The term was coined in pan established a headquarters for the 1970s and is still dominating suicide prevention. The country the national headlines. In October, has one of the highest life expect- Tokyo released its first study on ancies in the world, at 83.3 years, karoshi, which showed workers at as well as the highest suicide rates. 12 percent of companies work A research paper from Whar- more than 100 hours of overtime ton University found the main rea- monthly. sons for these high suicide rates (RT)

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emir- Duty Free, Dubai Airports CEO ates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets Paul Griffiths told local radio ear- Chinese-built industrial on direct flights to the US Saturday, on one of the lier this week. Government-owned busiest travel weekends of the year. Around 1.1 million Emirates operates 18 flights daily people are expected to pass through the world’s busi- to the United States out of Dubai. park to boost Ethiopian est international airport as the city marks UAE spring Adding to the complication on break, Dubai Airports said. Saturday, a number of flights out economy, employment An estimated 260,000 travelers were expected to of Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports pass through each day from Friday through Monday. were delayed due to thunder- Dubai International Airport expects 89 million passen- storms, including an Emirates flight gers this year. The United States announced a ban on all to Houston. electronics larger than a standard smartphone on board Travelers using 10 airports direct flights out of eight countries across the Middle across the Middle East and North East. Africa are subject to the ban, in- US officials would not specify how long the ban cluding Istanbul’s Ataturk Interna- will last, but Emirates told AFP that it had been in- tional Airport and Qatar’s Hamad structed to enforce it until at least October 14. International Airport. The ban also covers all electronics sold at Dubai And while the ban has sparked anger across the region for again targeting majority-Muslim coun- tries, some increasingly wary trav- Robots seen taking 30pc of UK jobs elers shrugged off the latest restric- tion. “It’s a rule. I follow the rules,” said Rakan Mohammed, a Qatari national who with women at lower risk: Study flies from Doha to the US two to three times a year. Up to one-third of British jobs men’s jobs were at risk compared “The bigger problem for my Aboret Alemu is toiling in the Ar- ing another industrial park in could be taken over by robots by to 26 percent of women’s because family is the no smoking. On a long erti Industrial Park, currently un- Mekelle city, capital of Tigray re- the early 2030s, impacting 10 mil- of the high number of women in flight, they become restless after der construction and part of Ethi- gional state, 783 kms north of Ad- lion Britons but with women less sectors requiring social skills like three hours.” opian government's drive to build dis Ababa, as well as the 220 kms likely to face redundancy, a UK education and health. Britain has also announced a special economic zones where do- Mekelle-Woldiya electrified rail study showed on Friday. Male workers are also more parallel ban, effective Saturday, mestic and foreign companies can line," he says, emphasizing the The research, by accountancy concentrated in jobs requiring lower targeting all flights out of Egypt, use local labor to manufacture and multi-sectoral nature of CCCC's firm PricewaterhouseCoopers education levels, like transporta- Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tu- export goods. The Industrial Park, projects in Ethiopia. CCCC is not LLP, found 30 percent of UK jobs tion and manufacturing. PwC Chief nisia and Lebanon. located 140 kms east of the capital new to building projects that have could face automation compared Economist John Hawksworth said Abu Dhabi, home to UAE na- city Addis Ababa, is designed and had strategic changes to Ethiopia, to 38 percent in the United States, in the future employees of both tional carrier Etihad Airways, is one being built by China Communica- with its trademark finished project 35 percent in Germany, and 21 genders will “have to be more of the few international airports tions Construction Company being Ethiopia's first toll road the percent in Japan. Researchers, adaptable, not stuck in the stereo- with a US Customs and Border (CCCC), one of several industrial Addis-Ababa Adama expressway however, said this wouldn’t nec- types”. Protection Facility, which process- parks the government is building inaugurated in April 2014. essarily lead to less employment He said this could present an es immigration and customs in- across the country with a view to Chinese companies including as jobs may change rather than dis- opportunity for men and women spections before departure. making the horn of Africa nation a CCCC are engaged in activities appear. to break down traditional gender id,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. However, it was uncer- manufacturing hub. ranging from building industrial Distinction gaps and progress in careers, pro- “When guests land in the US, tain whether these changes would have any impact on the gender pay they arrive as domestic passengers Alemu, an assistant to a site parks, setting up leather factories, But the distinction between vided they can upskill or access gap. Figures from the UK’s Office of National Statistics show on aver- manager at the industrial park, says constructing rail lines and roads. men and women was clear, with training opportunities. “The with no requirement to queue for age women earned about 18 percent less than men in Britain in 2016. immigration checks again,” read a the experience gained from a Chi- The Ethiopian government is re- PwC estimating 35 percent of whole thing has become more flu- (BBC) nese mentor is the reason he is brav- lying on help from Chinese firms statement emailed to AFP. The ing the heat and working at the site. to give employment opportunities bans have come under criticism for "Our skin colors may differ, to its predominantly young pop- targeting majority-Muslim coun- but we feel like we're one people. ulation, boost knowledge transfer UAE Consul-General, Florida Governor discuss economic relations tries. My mentor, a hardworking and and earn much needed hard cur- The US ban in particular has efficient carpenter who has re- rency for its fast developing econ- Majid Al Suwaidi, the UAE Con- the UAE and Florida." He noted the significant impact that UAE airlines have had on Flor- raised eyebrows for covering air- turned to China, is the one that's omy. sul-General in New York, and Flor- "The UAE is a significant eco- ida’s tourism-driven economy. In the past two years, Emirates Airline ports from which US airlines do motivated me to work here," he With a mostly young popula- ida Governor, Rick Scott, have dis- nomic partner to the state. In 2016, launched daily flights from Dubai to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, bring- not operate direct flights. says. tion of about 100 million the sec- cussed economic relations between Florida exported over US$1.5 bil- ing thousands of visitors to Central and South Florida. The United States and Britain Woody Lau, Business Manag- ond largest in Africa after Nigeria, the UAE and the State of Florida lion in goods to the UAE, making These flights, he said, provide hundreds of millions of dollars of have cited intelligence indicating er at CCCC says Arerti Industrial Ethiopia is betting on investments and means of boosting them in var- Florida a top five US exporter to economic impact and thousands of jobs to Florida. They also provide passenger jets could be targeted Park, is expected to employ about in industrial parks including from ious fields. the UAE," he added. access to new markets in the Middle East and Asia for Florida business- with explosives planted in such 400 persons when the first phase Chinese firms to help meet the Al Suwaidi’s meeting with Florida During the meeting, Al Suwaidi es. devices. incorporating a ceramic plant is demands of job market and keep Governor is part of an ongoing ef- highlighted the UAE’s recent ven- (WAM) (Alarabya) finished at a cost of tens of mil- the nation stable and prosperous. fort to strengthen bilateral ties and tures in the state, including lions of U.S. dollars. "We're build- (Xinhue) promote shared interests. Gulftainer’s $100 million invest- He was accompanied by Danny ment in its first US terminal at Port Sebright, President of the US-UAE Canaveral. Business Council and officials The new terminal is projected Pakistan is on path of economic transformation:Aizaz from the UAE Embassy in Wash- to contribute more than $630 mil- ington, DC. The discussion fol- lion to Florida’s local economy and lowed meetings in Orlando with create thousands of jobs. "Emirati Pakistan's Ambassador to the the historical ties. local businesses, government offi- companies have found Florida to United States Aizaz Ahmed Speaking on the occasion, cials, and representatives from the be an attractive market to invest Chaudhry says Pakistan is on US Under Secretary of State for travel and tourism industries. The in," Al Suwaidi said. the path of economic transfor- Political Affairs Thomas Shan- Consul-General also met with rep- "From Orlando to Tampa and mation. non appreciated the resilience resentatives Enterprise Florida, Miami, UAE-based companies are After overcoming its multiple the state’s principal economic de- investing millions of dollars, en- of Pakistani people who have velopment organisation. suring that the economic relation- challenges, including terrorism. surpassed all obstacles to Commenting on his meeting ship between the UAE and Flori- He was speaking at a recep- progress and prosperity. with Florida Governor, Mr. Al da continues to strengthen." tion held at Embassy of Paki- The event was attended by Suwaidi said, "It was a pleasure He also discussed the UAE stan in Washington in connec- over five hundred people from meeting with Governor Scott and Space Agency’s partnership with tion with Pakistan Day. the cross-section of American discussing areas of future collabo- NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre to The Ambassador ex- society, including Pakistani- ration. The UAE’s longstanding collaborate in aeronautics research pressed his commitment to Americans. partnership with the state has and the exploration and use of air- maintain close cooperation. (Brecorder) flourished in recent years and has space and outer space, reinforcing With the host government helped to pave the way for new the UAE’s robust and dynamic investment opportunities for both relationship with the state. to further deepen and broaden MONDAY. MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

After Life, Jake Trend alert: Gyllenhaal is ready How celebs are to fight ISIS in The speaking their Anarchist vs ISIS mind with these Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming with Life director Daniel Espinosa for this project, which is an adaptation of the quirky t-shirts Rolling Stone article, The Anarchist vs ISIS. From design house Dior to our favourite celebrities, everyone has been seen sporting quirky tees with some cheeky text on it. Whether it’s the ‘We all should be feminists’ or ‘The future is female’ t-shirt, these trending tees seem to be all the rage as of late. Bollywood celebs too can’t get enough of the fun t-shirts which seem to be becoming a permanent fixture in certain wardrobes. Here we look at how some of our favourite celebrities flaunted the latest trend.

Jake Gyllenhaal is all set to star in thing that’s familiar as a means to a drama about an American who connect in the most brutal of cir- joins the fight against Islamic state cumstances,” said Marker in a in Syria, reports The Hollywood statement. Reporter. Written by Seth Harp, the Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming Rolling Stone article tells the true with Life director Daniel Espinosa story of a ragtag team of American 1. Anushka Sharma for this project, which is an adap- volunteers, socialists and outcasts This was Anushka’s message to the world on Women’s Day. Never tation of the Rolling Stone article, who are fighting alongside the Kur- being the one to shy away from speaking her mind, she made herself The Anarchist vs ISIS. Espinosa dish militia known as the YPG to pretty clear when sporting this tee at the airport. is set to direct the film adaptation beat ISIS in Syria and establish an and will produce under his newly anarchist collective amid the rub- formed production banner BOZI ble of war. alongside Ninestories’ producers Will Naam Shabana change the Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker. “The- way Bollywood looks at spin- matically, we’re often attracted to offs? material about the search for iden- On a related note, Jake Gyl- tity, especially in a world where lenhaal can be currently seen in it’s become easier to feel less and ‘Life,’ alongside Ryan Reynolds less connected. Seth’s story is and Rebeacca Fergusson. about people who abandon every- (Hindustan Times) Bollywood actor Deepika Asked about it, Deepika told work relentlessly behind the Padukone says she won’t be seen the media here: “No. Right now all scenes, as well as the filmmakers walking the red carpet of the pres- my energies are focused on Pad- who envision the actors to look a Check out the first pic tigious Cannes Film Festival in mavati.” The actor, who featured certain way. At the HT Style May as she is focused on her film in Hollywood film xXx: Return of Awards, Deepika seemed to gel of Salman-Katrina project Padmavati. There was Xander Cage, looked very stylish very well with her former beau buzz that Deepika, who has re- as she stepped out for the HT Ranbir Kapoor’s mother Neetu. portedly bagged an international Style Awards here on Friday night. She also congratulated Neetu and from ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’! endorsement deal with cosmetic She also spoke about how an her husband Rishi Kapoor for win- giant L’Oreal, will represent the actor’s style has got a lot to do ning the ‘Most Stylish Timeless brand at the film jamboree. with the team and stylists that Couple’ title. (Tribune) Amanda Seyfried welcomes first child with husband Thomas Sadoski Hollywood actor Amanda Sey- fried has welcomed her first child, a baby girl, with her husband and actor Thomas Sadoski. However, the name of their child and other details are yet to be announced. James previously talked about Amanda in a talk show, in which he revealed that the couple got married in secret. The actor held up his hand and pointed 2. Aamir Khan at the wedding ring, saying they Aamir Khan sported the brightly hued t-shirt while petition- married on March 12. “We eloped,” ing for the release of Gogo from his cult film Andaz Apna Apna. he said. “We just took off into the country with an officiant and just the two of us, and we did our thing. We had a great day. It was perfect. “Listen, she’s the person I After five years, Salman Khan While Salman is seen sport- love, admire, respect most in the and Katrina Kaif are back to- ing a printed black tuxedo with world. I know that you guys are gether, shooting for their up- white shirt and bow tie, Katri- close friends, and I know that she coming film 'Tiger Zinda Hai' in na looks gorgeous in an off- would want you to know, so keep Austria. shoulder pink dress. it quiet and don’t tell anybody!” The 'Sultan' of Bollywood, Directed by Ali Abbas Za- The couple began dating each oth- today, shared an adorable pic- far, ' Tiger Zinda Hai' is a se- er after filming The Last World in ture on his Twitter handle where quel to the 2012 spy thriller 'Ek early 2016. That year in Septem- ber, the two announced their en- both the stars are seen roman- Tha Tiger'. gagement. Two months later, Sey- tically staring at each other. (Hindustan Times) fried revealed that she is pregnant. (Dailymail) Jacqueline Begum takes up Jaan:Asha the cause Bhosle re- turns with of Marine soulful track Conserva- 3. Kangana Ranaut in Vidya Kangana, the queen of Bollywood, more so in recent times, is the epitome of cool. Her effortless style speaks volumes of her carefree tion Balan’s film attitude and she really is too cool for everything. 4. Jacqueline Fernandez One of the legendary voices of the You’d think Jacqueline’s bold lip would be the one making a state- Indian music, Asha Bhosle is again ment but in this uber cool attire, her tee does all the talking. ready to enthrall her fans with a soulful track in Vidya Balan’s up- coming film Begum Jaan. Composed by Anu Malik, the song acqueline Fernandez is sure having a good year, with much talked about projects in her kitty, Tarun is titled Prem Me Tohre and has a Mansukhan's next Drive, opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, Reload opposite Siddharth Malhotra and minimalist approach. JJudwaa 2 opposite Varun Dhawan. However it isn't just work for Ms. Fernandez, she has social issues While mostly heavy strings are up her mind as well. Jacqueline will now be associating herself with the cause of marine conservation. She used in the background, Asha’s plans to lend support to the environmental cause in order to save marine life. voice has been given enough prom- Jacqueline is someone who loves the sea and visiting beaches. She will now be spreading awareness on inence. Marine Conservation. The thought of marine conservation has been always up her mind and the actress is It’s not exactly a ‘ghazal’, but has looking forward to creating aware on the cause. elements of it. Jacqueline shares, "Around the world, marine ecosystems are being threatened, degraded, damaged or Malik has intelligently used destroyed by human activities, one of which is pollution. Taking a stroll along any beach or a ride on a ferry, his sources to give the song a mod- one will get an idea of just how much litter is floating around in the form of the sand strewn with plastic ern outlook despite keeping the bottles, fish boxes, light bulbs, flip-flops, scraps of fishing net or timber. The scene is the same the world over, old-world charm. for the seas are full of garbage. I've witnessed this many times on the ferry to Alibaug or to Madh Island and Kausar Munir has penned the it's an extremely disheartening sight. I really feel we need to educate people and spread awareness on Marine song for the film, which is directed 5. Ayushmann Khurrana conservation." by Srijit Mukherji, and is a remake Ayushmann is clearly obsessed with himself and isn’t afraid to She further adds, "We can start with the smallest of steps to contribute towards Marine Conservation, like of Bengali film Rajkahini. show it. But we forgive him because who doesn’t like to Google them- restricting or reducing our use of plastic products as plastic end up as ocean debris contributing to habitat Begum Jaan is scheduled to hit selves once in a while? destruction and entangling and killing tens of thousands of marine animals each year. We can also help by not the screens on April 14, 2017. 6. Alia Bhatt littering beaches and waterways, disposing off waste in an environmentally safe way and reusing and recycling (Santa Banta) Alia’s a feminist and she’s proud to show it. Her F for Feminist t- whenever possible." (Santa Banta) shirt oozes cool in every way. MONDAY. MARCH 27, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Bulgaria 2-0 Netherlands: Spas Delev’s double earns Ivaylo Petev’s side shock

inov, who turned provider. Dutch win over Dutch striker Bas Dost almost reduced Bulgaria stayed on course to reach fending by 17-year-old Matthijs the deficit two minutes before the the World Cup finals for the first de Ligt, who became the youngest break but fired his close-range ef- time since 1998 after Spas Delev Netherlands player since 1931. fort wide. gave them a 2-0 win over tooth- De Ligt, who has started in just The visitors enjoyed the lion's less Netherlands in a Group A two league games for his club Ajax share of possession in the second Qualifier on Saturday with his first Amsterdam, could not have made half as Wesley Sneijder and Wes- international goals. After the win a worse international debut as he ley Hoedt - another debutant - at the Vasil Levski stadium, Petar misjudged Simeon Slavchev's long came on as substitutes but they Hubchevs men climbed to third in pass, allowing Delev to poke the failed to convert it into goals, the group standings with nine ball beyond keeper Jeroen Zoet though Davy Claasen came close points from five matches, one after five minutes. to scoring. point behind Sweden and four be- Delev then punished yet more Bulgaria, missing injured keep- hind leaders France. Netherlands hesitant defending by De Ligt with er Vladislav Stoyanov and mid- are fourth on seven. a thunderous shot midway through fielders Svetoslv Dyakov and Geor- The lively Delev struck twice the first half. He gave Zoet no gi Milanov, produced another dis- in quick succession in the first 20 chance after De Ligts clearance ciplined performance under Hub- minutes, pouncing on sloppy de- found the head of Georgi Kostad- chev, leaving the Dutch to contin- ue their search for a first win on Bulgarian soil. Bulgaria visit Belarus on June 9 in their next game in the group Linares vs Crolla: Jack Arnfield Sri Lanka v Bangladesh: while Netherlands host bottom team Luxembourg. claims points win over Brian Rose Visitors romp to 90-run (Sky Sport) Jack Arnfield settled his local ri- win in first ODI Roger Federer valry with Brian Rose after com- pleting a points victory over the through to fellow Blackpool man at Manchester Arena. The 27-year- Miami Open old middleweight claimed the brag- ging rights after grinding out a unan- imous decision win with scores of third round 115-113 115-113 and 116-112, leaving Rose to consider his future after win over in the sport. Tempers had flared at the pre-fight weigh-in, with the Frances Tiafoe former gym-mates clashing heads, but a slow-burning start to the fight Roger Federer remained on course saw Rose land a few right hands in for back-to-back Masters titles the opener. with a 7-6 6-3 victory over Amer- Rose tried to dictate an edgy, ican teenager Frances Tiafoe at the tentative encounter with stiff jabs Miami Open. and straight right hands in the sec- Federer was given a thorough ex- ond round, while Arnfield contin- amination in his first meeting with ued to patiently stalk his old spar- Tamim Iqbal's century helped ib stayed at the crease for the next the 19-year-old but despite Tia- ring partner in the third. There was foe's admirable effort, the Swiss more ambition from Arnfield in the Bangladesh to a comprehensive 90- 23 overs, in which time they add- fourth as he unloaded a clubbing run win over Sri Lanka in the first ed 144 and Tamim went to his great proved too strong to book right hand and would then switch ODI, in Dambulla. The left-hand- eighth ODI hundred. his third-round spot and a possi- his steady assault to Rose's ribs in ed opener hit 15 fours and a six in A late cameo from Mosaddek ble meeting with Juan Martin del the sixth. Rose continued to box a knock of 127 and was ably as- Hossain (24 from 9 balls) bolstered Potro if the Argentine can see off neatly off the back foot, but his sisted by Sabbir Rahman (54) and an already strong total and left Sri Robin Haase Ellie Downie wins first British swollen nose was evidence of Arn- Shakib Al Hasan (71) as the tour- Lanka needing 325 to win. No team Despite the gulf in experience field's superior power. As they ists made 324-5 from their 50 has ever successfully chased over between the players, Tiafoe un- headed into the closing rounds, overs. 300 in an ODI in Sri Lanka and the derlined his status as one of the Championship title at Liverpool both fighters tried to catch the eyes Early wickets all but ended Sri home side never threatened to be- brightest talents in the game with of the judges, and Arnfield pumped Lanka's hopes of a successful come the first as they lost Danush- a spirited display full of huge po- Ellie Downie claimed the women's out punches until the final bell to chase and despite half-centuries ka Gunathilaka (0) in the first over tential and winners off both wings. all-around title at the British Gym- earn a narrow victory on two of from Dinesh Chandimal and This- and found themselves 31-3 after But when he needed to, Fed- nastics Championships at a sold- the scorecards. On a busy bill, ara Perera, they still found them- 11. Chandimal then shared part- erer found the extra gear that has out Echo Arena in Liverpool on light-heavyweight Hosea Burton selves well short of their target; all nerships of 56 and 34 with brought him back to the very top Saturday night. The 17-year-old healed a few mental scars from his out for 234. After Soumyar Sarkar Gunaratne (24) and Milinda Siri- of the game this year after his inju- eclipsed team-mates Claudia first professional defeat after a (10) fell early, Tamim and Sabbir wardana (22), respectively, but ry problems of 2016 and, after Fragapane and Amy Tinkler to take comfortable points win over put on 90 for the second wicket to after his dismissal wickets fell at claiming the first set tie-break, the crown for the first time with a Tamas Kozma. The 28-year-old take the tourists past 100, having regular intervals; off-spinner Me- eventually eased through the sec- string of confident performances. suffered a stunning final round been put in to bat. hedi Hasan picking up 2-43 on his ond set having got the measure of Downie, who was part of the knockout defeat to Frank Buglioni Two quick wickets threatened ODI debut. Tiafoe's serve. New NOW TV hugely successful Great Britain last December in the same venue to derail the innings, Asela Perera (55) offered some late Gunaratne removing Sabbir before resistance with a 28-ball fifty but customers: Grab a Sky Sports team at last year's Rio Olympics, and stayed on course for a rematch Month Pass for half price. scored 55.350 ahead of Alice Kin- after flooring Kozma with a body Mushfiqur Rahim (1) was caught he was the last man out, caught at and bowled by Lakshan Sandakan long off to give Mushfizur Rah- The 35-year-old followed up sella and Maisie Methuen. The re- shot on the way to a wide 80-71 a magnificent triumph at the Aus- sult added to Downie's growing victory. (Sky Sport) (1-43). However, Tamim and Shak- man (3-56) his third wicket. medal collection after she had tak- (Cricket News) tralian Open for Grand Slam num- en all-around bronze at the Euro- ber 18 with victory over Stan pean Championships two years Wawrinka at Indian Wells last week ago. and he remains on course for a first Returning from a period away Miami title in more than 10 years. from the sport, Fragapane quali- Alejandro Valverde leads Tour of Catalonia with After been given a first-round fied first for Sunday's individual bye, Federer took to the Stadium apparatus final with a crowd- Court at Crandon Park for the first pleasing performance on the floor. Chris Froome dropping out of contention time since losing to Kei Nishikori Tinkler, in her first competitive cluding Valverde and Alberto Contador formed on in the quarter-final in 2014 having performance since her shock Rio Chris Froome dropped out of the the first descent on an undulating stage after just 25 missed the last two years in Flor- bronze medal, finished eighth on top 20 as Alejandro Valverde ex- kilometres. Froome, accompanied by his entire team, ida. the parallel bars, which was also tended his overall lead after stage was unable to bridge a gap which grew throughout Serving first, Tiafoe delighted just enough to earn a place in Sun- six of the Tour of Catalonia - won the stage leaving him out of contention. "We man- the home crowd by more than hold- day's individual final. The 17- by Daryl Impey. Valverde had led aged to catch out the Sky riders at the back," Valver- ing his own with a string of im- year-old, who is shrugging off the from Froome after the first five de told Spanish TV station Teledeporte. "There was pressive holds and big forehand after-effects of a minor calf injury, stages but Team Sky's three-time a lot of collaboration between the teams." In the lead winners. is targeting next month's World Tour de France champion plunged group, Valverde was well protected by his Movistar Tiafoe, who lives in Florida but Cup and European Champion- from second place to well outside teammates from any attacks by Contador as he edged was born in Maryland after his ships in London and Romania re- the top 10 after losing over 20 min- towards a second overall win in Catalonia. He gained parents moved to the United spectively. Joe Fraser was a sur- utes on the 189.7km stage from an extra six seconds on Contador thanks to the bo- States from Sierra Leone, kept his prise winner of the men's all- Tortosa to Reus. Impey edged out nus time on offer from finishing second in the stage. nose in front throughout the set around competition in his first year Valverde in a sprint finish to the All Movistar riders were handed a minute's penalty but offered little threat on the Fe- in the senior competition. line in 4hrs 34mins 14 secs with for infringements by Jose Joaquín Rojas in Tues- derer serve and the inevitable re- Fraser, who won the junior Frenchman Arthur Vichot in third day's team time trial. However, despite that setback sult was a tie-break. British title last year, totalled - the Spaniard doing enough to ex- Valverde's victories on stage three and five mean he tend his overall lead to 53 seconds. Federer forced the mini-break 82.100 ahead of Dominick Cun- just has to negotiate the 138.7km stage around Bar- immediately, and despite an admi- ningham and James Hall, who The damage for Froome in the gen- celona on Sunday to add to his 2009 win in Catalo- eral classification was done early nia. "In theory there shouldn't be any problems, but rable effort from Tiafoe at 3-2 to shared the silver medal on 80.800. break back, he unveiled his full ar- (BBC Sport) in the day as he missed out as a there will be attacks for sure," added Valverde. lead group of around 50 riders in- (Fox Sport) ray of shots to close out the break- er and seal the set. 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AT News Report ident of the area, said the clash KABUL: Two policemen and two happened suddenly late on Satur- civilians have been killed in a clash day night and was continued for a with insurgents in Behsud district while. However, he did not have of eastern Nangarhar province, an information about casualties. official said on Sunday. However, no militant group has so The clash was erupted when far claimed responsibility of the militants attacked a police check- attack. It is worth mentioning that post in Hadda area of Najmuddin Nangarhar is among the relatively square on Saturday evening at calm provinces in eastern Afghan- around 7:00PM, Attaullah Khogy- istan, but the anti-government ani, the governor’s spokesperson armed militant groups have recent- told Pajhwok Afghan News. “Two ly increased their insurgency ac- policemen and two civilians were tivities in some parts of the prov- killed and one policeman wound- ince during the recent years. Both, TALOQAN : A religious scholar the Taliban. sMukhles Taluqani, ed in the clash with assailants”, he Afghan and US force regularly car- along with his students from north- Hajj and Religious Affairs direc- said. ry out strikes against Daesh mili- ern Takhar province has joined the tor, said Maulvi Kabir was teach- Insurgents also suffered casu- tants in the province. At least 22 Taliban, a reliable security source er at a Madrassa on sixth road in alties in retaliatory firing by secu- militants loyal to the Daesh ter- said on Sunday. Maulvi Kabir and Taloqan, the provincial capital. rity forces, the spokesman said, rorist group were killed on Satur- his seven students aligned with the He said Kabir was held three but he was unaware about the ca- day in an airstrike targeted their Taliban in the Dasht-i-Archi dis- times by security forces due to his sualties. hideouts in Milo area of Nazian trict of northern Kunduz province, alleged links with the Taliban but Moreover, Noorullah, the res- district. a security official told Pajhwok Af- some government officials and in- ghan News Kabir had links with fluential individuals secured his the Taliban in the past. He was release. He said Kabir before join- arrested by security officials for ing the Taliban issued verdict dur- Delegation to resolve his alleged links with the Taliban ing Friday prayer sermon in the and front line health workers to but was released as massive rallies favour of pro-government religious perform successfully their noble were held against his detentions leaders killing. Taliban have not Jumbish, Jamiat duties in delivering health services and religious scholars provided commented about the develop- to every Afghan household to pro- guarantees that he had no links with ment. (Pajhwok) tect all children from this paralyz- conflict attacked ing disease. He termed insecurity as a challenge ahead of vaccinators, MAIMANA : A delegation tasked tween the two sides was ongoing adding that “number of our vacci- Flood sweeps away to resolve the dispute between from the past two days that left nator killed in Helmand, Uruzgan, Jamiat and Junbish parties came nine people injured including two Kandahar and some other prov- under armed attack in Pashton Kot women and a policeman and one inces.” He said that also six vacci- homes, crops in Nimroz district of northwestern Faryab person dead. He said a residential nators killed in a suicide attack in province but no casualties report- building was also torched and 15 6th PD in Kabul last month. Min- ed, officials said Sunday. Pashton member of Jamiat party surren- ister insisted that support of me- Kot district chief said a delegation dered to Junbish side. Jamiat par- dia channels, influential figures, re- comprised of representatives from ty commander, Hayatullah said ligious scholars, health workers, the governor’s house, police, in- several commanders of the Junbish teachers, students and communi- telligence forces and military at- party supported by Afghans forc- ty will enable the ministry to erad- torney was dispatched to Dahan- es and equipped with military icate polio from the country. dara area of the district to resolve tanks attacked Dahandara village. Meanwhile, the WHO and the dispute between two com- One person was killed and four By Farhad Naibkhel home,” said Minister of Public UNICEF representatives commit- manders of Jamiat and Junbish houses torched by the Junbish Health, Ferozuddin Feroz. He said ted to support the NIDs campaign groups. “Unidentified gunmen at- commanders in the incident, he said. KABUL: Ministry of Public that Afghanistan is closer than ever to lead Afghanistan toward free tacked the delegation convoy upon “I took stronghold on the top of Health on Sunday started the to being certified as polio-free polio in near future. Afghanistan their arrival in the area on Sunday the mountain to resist against the spring round of National Immuni- country. He said that only two war weary country since long time afternoon,” Abdul Qadir Qaaderi assailants and prevent civilian ca- zation Days (NIDs) to eradicate polio cases have been reported in suffered from polio epidemic told Pajhwok Afghan News. How- sualties,” he added. However, polio in the country. This cam- 2017, one from Helmand and an- which can cause life-long paraly- ever, he said that only windshield Firoz, a commander of Junbish paign will be continued in cooper- other from Kandahar. Recently one sis, but it can be prevented with a simple vaccination, so today the of the vehicles the delegation mem- party, said the attack was first con- ation with World Health Organi- cases is reported from Kunduz, but AT Monitoring Desk with provincial capital had been bers were traveling in broken and ducted by commander Hayat who zation (WHO) and UNICEF from till date not confirmed. He insist- MoPH announced that this coun- try is closer than ever to being cer- cut off and residents had left their the officials onboard were escaped he said fired four rockets on his 27-31 March, which through more ed that ending transmission of po- KABUL: Flash floods destroyed homes, seeking shelter in safe plac- unhurt in the incident. The clashes house. “I was obliged to defend than 8.8 million children under the lio is possible, if all children to be tified as polio-free country. In several villages and swept away 2015 polio cases reached to 20, in es,” he added. between supporters of Naim Char- my village and stand against age of five will be vaccinated vaccinated in each round across the standing crops in the Chakhansur Mohammad Jumma, a resident iak and Firoz, commanders of Jun- Hayat,” he said. Clashes between against polio and over 7.9 million country. “Poliodisease has been 2016 declined to 13 cases (Seven district of southwestern Nimroz cases of polio in Barmal of Paktia, of Afghanha village, said, “I was bish, and Hayatullah, a command- the two sides began after a son of a aged 6 months to 5 years will be eradicated in 99 percent of the province, an official said on Satur- only able to rescue my children and er of Jamiat party in the area were Junbish commander, Nizamuddin given vitamin A tablets. The cam- country, only remained in one per- four cases in Shigal of Kunar and day. one case reported in Nawzad of left behind all households which ongoing from the past few days, was killed by supporters of a Jami- paign will cover all provinces ex- cent,” he asserted. Polio case trans- Mohammad Fazli, the town’s were destroyed by the flood.” Qaaderi said, adding both sides and at commander in a dispute. Niza- cept Bamyan, Daikoni and Ghor mitting from Pakistan via Afghan Helmand provinces.) since the be- administrative chief, told Pajhwok ginning of this year only two cas- Local official said a delegation civilians suffered casualties and fi- muddin’s son was Gen. Abdur provinces due to cold weather. refugees, Afghanistan in close co- Afghan News that Afghanha vil- on headed by deputy governor nancial losses in the battle. Faryab Rashid Dostum’s special represen- “Polio campaign is a national drive operation working with Pakistan es haven reported one in Helmand lage was completely destroyed another in Kandahar. Also a case Mohammad Qasim Khedri had police spokesman, Abdul Karim tative for upraising groups in Fary- for every child, so I call over all to eradicate polio, he added. He while another 50 villages were bad- reached the district to assess the Yurish, confirmed the attack on the ab. After the loss of the command- conflict parties to pave the ground reiterated the need to ensure the reported in Kunduz, but not con- ly affected by the overnight flood- firmed. damage and consider ways how to delegation and said the fight be- er’s son, fight between the two for vaccinators to reach every safety of the committed volunteers ing. “Roads connecting the district assist the affected people.

WASHINGTON : The US has con- not escape justice," the US Defense ted multiple al Qaida terror attacks, attack on a bus carrying the Sri firmed the killing of Qari Yasin, a Secretary Jim Mattis said in a state- including the Sept. 20, 2008, bomb- Lankan cricket team in Lahore. Six top Al Qaeda leader responsible for ment. The airstrike was conducted ing on the Marriott Hotel in Islama- Pakistani policemen and two ci- Wolesi Jirga and that all the three several high profile terrorist attacks in the Paktika province on March bad that killed dozens of innocent vilians were killed and six mem- pillars --- executive, legislative and in Pakistan, in a drone strike in Af- 19. He was responsible for deaths people, among them U.S. Air Force bers of the team injured,” the Pen- judiciary --- were correlative and ghanistan, the Pentagon said in a of dozens of innocent victims, in- Maj. Rodolfo I. Rodriguez and Navy tagon said. According to Lon their close cooperation and coor- statement on Sunday. "The death cluding two American service mem- Cryptologic Technician Third Class War Journal, Yasin was listed by dination was vital for stability and of Qari Yasin is evidence that ter- bers. “Yasin, a senior terrorist fig- Petty Officer Matthew J. the Pakistani government as the future of Afghanistan. rorists who defame Islam and delib- ure from Balochistan, Pakistan, had O’Bryant,” the Pentagon said. “Ya- 10th Most Wanted terrorist in the Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul erately target innocent people will ties to Tehrik-e Taliban and had plot- sin was also responsible for the 2009 country in 2013. (Pajhwok) Rauf Ibrahimi thanked the presi- dent over consulting people’s rep- resentatives on important issues and said they would fully support World bank assists $ 200m for sustainable the government’s reform and de- velopment programs. A day earli- er, a number of lawmakers said the urban development in Afghanistan president had warned of dissolv- KABUL : President Ashraf Ghani meeting exchanged views about se- ing the lower house if lawmakers Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation “In this program, we will de- plan and none-standard high rise on Sunday said all the three pillars curity and economic situation of summoned senior security officials. and Urban Development (MR- velop strategic plans for cities and buildings. of the state were correlative and the country. However, Shah Hussain Murtaza- RUD) said the World Bank will to know about economic fields in Housing has always been one their close coordination and coop- Calling lawmakers’ views as vi, deputy spokesman to the pres- assist two hundred million dollars each city and how to provide eco- of the basic needs of the Afghan eration was vital for a stable Af- important about national issues, ident, said Ghani did not talk about for sustainable urban development nomic field for the cities,” said people and currently, accessing to ghanistan in future. Ghani said: “We would always the issue to anyone. He said the in Afghanistan. Nilofar Langar, spokesman of housing is said to be one of the In a series of his consultative take your views and suggestions president had held more than 30 Officials in MRRD say the aid MRRD. basic and important challenges in meetings with parliament mem- about important subjects.” The meetings with parliament members is scheduled to be allocated for Meanwhile, a number of engi- the country. bers, the president on Saturday president also said the fight against in the past two years. Coopera- preparation of strategic plans for neers say considering the sustain- Officials in the Ministry of met members of the lower house corruption would be extended to tion of the three pillars within the urban development and at the first able urban development in the Urban Development emphasize on administrative board and commis- the whole of the country and peo- framework of the constitution step; 20 million of the aid will be country, the implementation of the trying to launch extensive pro- sions’ heads at the Presidential ple’s support was vital in this re- could steer Afghanistan out of cur- presented to government for the program would be difficult with grams to meet the housing needs Palace, a statement from the pal- gard. Ghani insisted he had huge rent problems and challenges, he initial needs for studies. none-implementation of master- of people. (ATN) ace said. The participants of the respect for legitimate rights of the said. (Pajhwok)