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AT Monitoring Desk ABUL: Washington has called Kon Kabul and Islamabad to work together and put their utmost efforts in a bid to overcome chal- lenges posed by the Taliban, the AT News Report White House said a day after when four militants stormed Bacha Khan KABUL: The Taliban group in a ernment representatives would This is worth mentioning that connection with Wednesday’s sui- University in Charsadda district of statement on Friday said that they take part in the Pugwash gather- Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and cide attack on a media outlet staff Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, leaving 21 would send representatives to at- ing. In the May of last year, some the US representatives gathered on in Kabul, the National Directorate dead, mostly students, and left tend Pugwash Conference sched- member of High Peace Council Monday in Kabul for the second of Security (NDS) said Friday. scores other wounded. uled to be held on Saturday (to- (HPC) had attended the Pugwash round of quadrilateral meeting A suicide bomber blew him- On the same day, the Taliban day) in Doha to show their stands organized conference in Doha, where they talked on method how self up next to a mini bus carrying targeted a minibus of a private TV on different issues including secu- Qatar, where they held meetings to draw a roadmap for resumption the staff of the private Tolo TV channel in Kabul. rity situation in Afghanistan. with the Taliban representatives. of peace talks between Afghan broadcaster Wednesday afternoon “The conclusion that we’ve Paugwash is a Nobel peace However, they went in a per- government and the Taliban. AT News Report in Kabul city. drawn here is…that the Taliban poses a security threat to both prize-winning science group, fo- sonal capacity and didn’t repre- The first round of talks were KABUL: The intelligence opera- tives have detained eight people in The attack left seven people cusing to resolve conflicts, and the sent the Afghan government. held in Islamabad while Kabul host- including three female personnel of countries, and that the nations of conference is aimed at finding a Afghan political analyst, Wa- ed the second round, and the third the TV killed and more than 20 Afghanistan and Pakistan are go- solution to the conflict in Afghan- heed Muzhda, who was also a meeting is expecting to be held injured. ing to be able to more effectively istan. member of the Taliban from 1996- again in Islamabad on February 6. “A group of eight terrorists confront that threat if they’re able The group once again invited 2001, said that the conference The first round of face-to-face were arrested in a special opera- the Taliban to take part in a new would not discuss the peace pro- talks between Afghan government tion launched by the NDS in conference aimed at finding a solu- cess rather it would throw light on and the Taliban was stalled soon Bagrami district of Kabul prov- tion to the conflict in Afghanistan. the current circumstances in Af- after the death report of Mullah ince,” it said in a statement. Previously the group also invited ghanistan. Omar was revealed. The statement said that the the Taliban representatives to its arrested people had link with the research conference in Qatar. Haqqani network (a Taliban affili- Taliban spokesman, Zabihul- 1 killed, 12 injured in Helmand blast ated group best known as the mil- lah Mujahid, in a media statement itary wing of the group), claiming LASHKARGAH: A doctor was killed and a dozen other people were that the network had hands in the said that his group “Taliban” has wounded as a result of an explosion in the southern province of Hel- accepted this invitation, referring attack. mand, officials said on Friday. The explosion took place in the counter- Earlier, Taliban had taken re- to the Paugwash organized confer- narcotics department at around 4:30pm when an investigation team was ence, adding that Taliban seek to sponsibility for the attack. inspecting drugs inside a store in the department, the provincial police This was the first time that to more effectively cooperate,” take healthy advantage of such chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Rahman Sarjang told Pajhwok Afghan News. An opportunities. media-related people were target- White House Press Secretary Josh inspector doctor was killed and four others wounded in the detonation, ed, though several journalist were Earnest told newsmen the other Statement furthered that this he said. However, a doctor in the Lashkargah Emergency Hospital said conference is purely for research killed in different incidents in the day. on condition of anonymity that a dozen of people have been brought to past. He assured of his country’s purposes with academic debates the hospital. No one has so far asserted responsibility for the blast. held on finding solutions to prob- support for the peace and recon- lems. ciliation drive between Afghan No officials from Afghan gov- government and the Taliban. “US ernment will attend the conference, has long been supportive of the a source in Ministry of Foreign peace process,” he added. Affairs, who wished anonymity, He said that US is looking to told Afghanistan times. “We are facilitate better cooperation be- currently working on peace pro- tween the two South Asian neigh- cess through the quadrilateral meet- bors, refereeing to relations be- ing. Therefore, we are cannot at- tween Afghanistan and Pakistan. tend the Pugwash conference in Hinting to his country’s sup- The Afghan government has reject- the Afghan government under- Doha,” the source said. port, he said that US Vice Presi- ed that the Afghan soil was used stands there is no good or bad ter- Deputy Spokesman of Chief dent Joe Biden held a trilateral by the terrorists to launch attack rorists since the terrorists are only Executive Office, Javid Faisal, told meeting with Afghan President on Bacha Khan University in Char- pursuing to spread terror, insist- the Associated Press that no gov- Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime sadda area of Pakistan. ing on a joint and bold efforts to Minister Nawaz Sharif in Davos The Office of the President in combat the menace of the terror in in order to discuss the recent peace 16 militants a statement said the Islamic Re- the region. efforts. public of Afghanistan has never At least 21 people were killed During the meeting, Biden re- killed, 14 supported a terrorist group and and around 50 others were wound- iterated support not only in rec- has never provided sanctuaries for ed after a group of insurgents onciliation process, but also to the terror groups. launched coordinated attack on support Afghanistan and Pakistan wounded in The statement further added Bacha Khan University on for improving their bilateral ties. “The recent remarks by Head of Wednesday. “Any sort of decisions about Afghan the Inter Services Public Relations, The Pakistani military claimed how the continuation of those Gen. Asim Bajwa, suggesting that that the attack was coordinated by talks and any sort of agreement armed forces the group of terrorists launch at- the terrorist groups using the Af- that could be produced by those tack on Bacha Khan University in ghan soil. talks about whether or not that’s operations Charsadda area of Khyber Pakh- Omar Mansoor, identifying in the interest of those countries tunkhwa, are baseless.” himself from the Geedar group of to pursue— those are decisions Strongly condemning the at- t least 16 anti-government Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), that will be made by the leaders in tack on Bacha Khan University, claimed responsibility for attack. those two countries, as it should Aarmed militants were killed the Office of the President said and 14 others were wounded in However, Mohammad be,” he said. fight against terrorism is only pos- Khurasani, the central spokesper- Representatives of Afghani- counter-terrorism operations con- sible through joint and sincere co- ducted by the Afghan armed forc- son for the TTP distanced his stan, Pakistan, the Unite States and operation. group from the attack. China in the second round of quad- es in the past 24 hours. The statement also added that The Ministry of Defense rilateral meeting held in Kabul had (MoD) said at least four command- lend support for the Afghan- ers of the militants were also among owned and Afghan-led peace talks. those killed and four others were OFFICIALS On Wednesday, heavily-armed arrested. DONATE BLOOD Taliban militants stormed the A statement by MoD said the OIC silence on challenges Bacha Khan University, at least 21 operations were conducted in Ku- FOR SUICIDE people were killed and more than nar, Logar, Uruzgan, Kunduz, and 50 others received injures in the Zabul provinces. ATTACK VICTIMS attack. The attack took place at a facing Muslims regrettable: Iran time when the university students The Afghan armed forces also confiscated various types of weap- KABUL: Nearly 100 government and teachers were busy in prepa- ons during the operations, MoD A senior Iranian official has criti- inent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr The senior Iranian diplomat teract [with other countries]. Some officials including Ministry of ration to commemorate the death said, adding that scores of Impro- cized the Organization of Islamic in Riyadh on January 2. further said the Islamic Republic’s countries are apparently not inter- Public Health workers on Thurs- anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaf- vised Explosive Device (IED) were Cooperation (OIC) for remaining Some people mounted the policy is based on strengthening ested in reducing tension in the re- day donated blood to the victims far Khan, also known as Bacha also discovered and defused. silent on the main issues facing the walls of the consulate in Mashhad unity and solidarity among Mus- gion and have chosen the path of of Wednesday’s suicide attack in Khan, after whom the varsity is According to MoD, at least Muslim world. while incendiary devices were lim countries and easing tensions confrontation,” Araqchi added. Kabul. named. Security analysts believe three members of the Afghan Na- “It is regrettable that this or- hurled at the embassy in Tehran. in the region. Sheikh Nimr’s execution was Six people were killed and 25 that it was attack on the belief of tional Army (ANA) forces were ganization [OIC] is silent about the Iranian officials strongly de- “Unfortunately, no appropri- widely censured by Muslims and others wounded when a suicide nonviolence as the militants had also martyred during the opera- major challenges of the Muslim nounced the raids and arrested over ate response has been given to the human rights activists around the attacker struck a minibus carrying deliberately targeted it to give the tions. The anti-government armed world, particularly [the issue of] 150 people over the incidents. Islamic Republic of Iran’s readi- globe as well as different govern- employees of TOLO news chan- message of violence. militant groups have not comment- Palestine, but hastily reacts to the The Iranian diplomat said the ness to hold negotiations and in- ments. Presstv nel on Wednesday evening at ed regarding the reports so far. attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy OIC is yet to respond to challeng- 5:30pm in the Allauddin intersec- Taliban key The Afghan security forces in Tehran,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign es facing the Muslim world such tion in Kabul. have increased counter-terrorism Minister for Legal and Internation- as the Palestinians’ call for an in- After donating blood for the commander operations amid deteriorating se- al Affairs Abbas Araqchi said in an quiry into Israelis’ storming of the injured at Istiqlal hospital, deputy curity situation across the coun- address to an emergency meeting al-Aqsa Mosque. public health minister Dr. Ahmad killed in Faryab Jawad Osmani said many officials try with the rampant Taliban-led of the OIC in Jeddah on Thurs- “The organization [OIC] is si- MAIMANA: A key commander insurgency. day. lent about major issues and chal- of the ministry had come to the of Taliban, Mullah Ezatullah, was The Taliban group has in- He added that Iran has con- lenges of the Muslim world … hospital to donate blood. killed during a clash with police in creased insurgency activities in demned the attacks on Saudi mis- such as fighting terrorism, extrem- Civil society activist Dr. Din the Daulatabad district of north- various provinces of the country sions in Iran and launched a thor- ism and sectarianism. This is while Mohammad Shakib said the Pub- ern Farayb province, officials said including capital Kabul despite ef- ough investigation into the inci- all are well aware of reasons be- lic Health Ministry officials reject- on Friday. Ezatullah was shot dead forts have been put in place to end dents to identify and punish the hind these issues and the role of ed violence and shared their grief in a clash between the rebels and the ongoing violence through rec- perpetrators. certain countries in creating them,” with the victims by donating blood police on Thursday evening when onciliation process. Saudi Arabia severed diplo- he pointed out. for the wounded people. when Taliban attacked a police The Taliban group targeted a matic relations with Iran on Janu- In a statement on Thursday, “Enemies of the country can- patrol in Khairabad area of the dis- vehicle of the media workers in ary 3 following demonstrations the OIC backed Saudi Arabia in its not derail democracy and justice trict, the police spokesman, Syed Kabul city in the latest wave of held in front of the Saudi embassy weeks-long diplomatic spat with by planting fear in the hearts of Massoud Yaqubi told Pajhwok their insurgency activities in the in Tehran and its consulate in the Iran, accusing Tehran of support- people through terrorist attacks. Afghan News. While confirming northeastern city of Mashhad by ing terrorism and interfering in oth- We will continue our struggle the death, the district police chief, capital on Wednesday, leaving at Col. Naimatullah Tofan said that least seven people dead and over angry protesters censuring the Al er countries' affairs. Tehran has against terrorism,” he said. Saud family for the killing of prom- repeatedly denied such allegations. the corpse of Mullah Ezatullah was 20 others wounded. (Pajhwok) handed over to his family. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghan women demand role in peace process

Is it true that rare Italian goats were airlifted to Afghanistan? Did Defense Department employ- the Department of Defense is the Clearly uncomfortable and stuck GAR to do a full financial audit of salary to convert a car to run on ees go to carpet tradeshows in natural home” for economic devel- with a limited script, he reiterated all the task force activities since compressed gas. Europe? How about on jewelry- opment efforts. several times that he hadn’t been the Pentagon could provide so few McKeon did not defend the gas related trips to India? Lawmakers agreed. Sen. Tim in charge of the task force, since he details. station as a concept, but rather the These might seem like unusu- Kaine, D-Va., the ranking minori- only took over the job in 2014. The senators were also con- reported cost. al questions for the Pentagon, but ty member on the subcommittee, Ayotte, who chairs the sub- cerned with how the Pentagon Last year, SIGAR said it cost lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday said it was a job better suited for committee, asked if there were stonewalled SIGAR’s inquiries on $43 million, including $30 million were trying to figure out how, ex- the U.S. Agency for International metrics to judge the projects. the task force. on overhead. This week the Pen- actly, a task force spent about $638 Development. “I haven’t seen metrics,” SIGAR and the Pentagon had tagon disputed that number, say- million on economic development McKeon said his office was McKeon said. been in a public tiff over access to ing the real cost was under $10 in Afghanistan. struggling to come up with answers Then Ayotte asked why the records and the Pentagon’s insis- million. The question comes down And more importantly, as Sen. about the task force’s activities, task force eschewed living on a tence that documents be reviewed to overhead cost, which the Pen- Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., put it: because it shut down in March and military base and opted instead for in a special “reading room.” De- tagon has been unable to accurate- “Was it worth it?” most of its employees left the private villas and security that cost spite claiming the reading room ly calculate because of poor re- The readiness subcommittee Defense Department — an argu- $150 million — a decision that ate was required to safeguard informa- cordkeeping, Sopko said. He de- of the Senate Armed Services Com- ment the lawmakers found unper- up nearly 24 percent of all the tion in general, the Pentagon only fended SIGAR, saying it reported mittee didn’t get many answers. suasive. money spent? restricted task force documents in the best number it had at the time, “That’s the big question, and McKeon was unable to answer “We’re still digging” for an an- that way. which came from the Pentagon it- it’s the right one,” was all Brian even the most basic questions swer on that, McKeon said, but But ahead of the hearing, the self and hadn’t been disputed by McKeon, principal deputy under- about how all the money was he added that he thought those ar- Pentagon reversed course and hand- the Defense Department until the secretary of defense for policy, spent. rangements were necessary to ed over a 100-gigabyte hard drive day before the hearing. could offer. The Pentagon, for the most show businesses that they could last week that it said contained all It was unclear by the end of During two hours of question- part, had records for how money operate safely in Afghanistan. the task force information SIGAR the hearing how much the gas sta- ing, he provided few specifics, al- was spent by industry sector, but So, Ayotte asked, did any con- had requested. tion actually cost or whether any- lowing, “It’s a little early to say” not necessarily for how support tracts result “because we spent However, Sopko said “the data one would be able to make that whether the now-defunct Task costs broke down for all the indi- $150 million on villas?” provided is substantially inade- determination. Force for Business and Stability vidual projects, he said. (Although, “I wouldn’t make that claim,” quate” and forensic accountants are McCaskill had little patience Operations had been successful. those goats? The task force spent McKeon said. examining it to see if anything was for the cost debate. The task force — a “very un- $6 million bringing in nine blond Later in the hearing, Sen. Claire manipulated. McKeon said he was “I don’t care if it was $2.9 usual animal” McKeon called it — ones from Italy and building a farm McCaskill, D-Mo., said the entire committed to providing SIGAR million or $200 million,” she said. KABUL: As efforts gather pace that the pay-offs of peace will be was led by civilian business ex- in an attempt to launch a thriving concept behind the villas defied with all they needed. The project was “dumb on its to renew peace talks with the Tal- delivered more rapidly to commu- perts and aimed to develop the cashmere industry, according to common sense. The need to spend Much of the hearing was spent face.” She said she wanted to know iban, Afghan women still haunted nities,” the report said. Afghan economy by jumpstarting SIGAR. This project hasn’t been millions on security just to keep bickering about the actual cost of who had “made the brilliant deci- by the insurgents' brutal rule say Ghani's deputy spokesman, the private sector. evaluated yet for effectiveness.) employees safe couldn’t possibly the compressed natural gas station, sion that this was a good idea to they are being left out of the pro- Zafar Hashemi, said the govern- The committee called the hear- Questioning at the hearing entice businesses to set up shop. which has few customers and is put a natural gas station in Afghan- cess, and fear that an accommoda- ment “will continue to consult with ing after the Special Inspector didn’t get any easier from there, “Do you see the fallacy of the barely being used. Part of the prob- istan,” so she could “find out what tion with the militants could lead women, just like we engage with General for Afghanistan Recon- and, McKeon had, at times, an al- logic there?” she asked. lem: The average Afghan would the person was on that day.”— to the loss of hard-won rights. representatives of all walks of life, struction, or SIGAR, published Ending a 15-year war that has as we move forward to end the several damning reports about claimed tens of thousands of lives conflict". wasteful spending by the task is seen by many as a more urgent “The president has been ex- force. It operated mostly outside priority than preserving and ex- plicit in his intention to preserve the traditional bounds of govern- panding women's rights in a deep- the rights and achievements of Af- ment bureaucracy — and, SIGAR ly conservative country. ghan women; that is the guiding said, without much oversight. But rights advocates point to principle for Afghan officials who John Sopko, the inspector gen- data showing that peace efforts are are engaged in the peace process,” eral, testified that, so far, his agen- far more likely to succeed when Hashemi said. cy has found that the Pentagon’s women are involved. Women have That hasn't been enough to re- task force had a “scattershot ap- been absent from more than 20 assure Mahbouba Seraj. The direc- proach to economic development” rounds of informal Afghan peace tor of the Organisation of Research and there was no “credible evi- talks spanning more than a decade, for Peace and Solidarity, which dence showing” that its efforts according to the New York-based advocates for peace and rights, worked. Human Rights Watch. fears Ghani will keep women out The task force was initially Women took part in two meet- of the process until the very end, launched in Iraq before moving to ings with Taliban representatives after all the big questions have al- Afghanistan in 2010. But even in last year in Oslo and Doha, but ready been decided. Iraq, it was beset with problems, those were not sanctioned by Kab- “We have to walk this line Sopko told the subcommittee. ul. very carefully because it is not the These issues were detailed in at There were no women in at- time for us to lose even the small- least three official reports. The tendance at two rounds of talks est, smallest amount of what we Pentagon and task force members held earlier this month by repre- have achieved in all these years,” should have learned from their ex- sentatives of Afghanistan, Paki- said Seraj. perience in Iraq, he said, but they stan, the United States and China, She was one of three women repeated the same mistakes. which are aimed at reviving nego- among 11 civil society representa- His conclusions echo a year- tiations with the Taliban that broke tives who attended a parallel meet- long ProPublica investigation into down last summer after a single ing to the four-nation talks in Is- Afghanistan reconstruction that meeting when Kabul announced lamabad on January 11. found a widespread failure to ap- the death of the Taliban's longtime The stakes for Afghan women ply lessons from Iraq was in part leader. could not be higher. Many vividly to blame for upwards of $17 bil- The exclusion of women can remember life under the Taliban, lion in waste. be partly attributed to their limit- who ruled Afghanistan according McKeon put up little defense ed representation in Afghanistan, to a strict interpretation of Islamic of the task force beyond disputing where men hold virtually all top law from 1996 until they were SIGAR’s estimated $43 million positions in government and the overthrown by the US-led inva- cost of a controversial natural gas security forces. sion after the Sept 11, 2001 at- station and claims that his office But rights advocates also say tacks. had been uncooperative. President Ashraf Ghani, a West- Under the Taliban, women He said he was “skeptical that most painful lack of information. The subcommittee asked SI- have to spend more than a year’s (ProPublica) ern-educated technocrat who has were banned from studying and vowed to protect women's consti- working outside the home, and tutional rights, has backtracked on were forced to wear burqas that promises to bring them into the restrict sight and movement. process. The Taliban have more recent- IS radio beams propaganda, threats across rural Afghanistan “The government has shown ly hinted at greater openness to KABUL: The Afghan reporters ing other media outlets to prevent that The Associated Press not among young men in impoverished National Directorate of Security, multiple times that it doesn't real- girls' education and women work- recognised the voice threatening them from competing with its chill- name the IS broadcaster for their rural areas, where after nearly 15 the Afghan intelligence agency, did ly take women's interests serious- ing outside the home. But in areas them with death on the militant ing broadcasts. Militants bombed own safety. years of war many have soured on not respond to requests for com- ly enough,” said Human Rights under their control women have Islamic State group’s local radio a building housing two radio sta- The IS radio can be heard both the US-backed government ment. Watch researcher Ahmad Shuja. been forced indoors, girls' schools station. It was a former colleague, tions in the provincial capital, Jala- across Nangarhar on an FM fre- and the Taliban. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, He said Afghanistan is obliged have been shuttered and shelters who knows their names and where labad, in October, and attacked the quency for 90 minutes a day in In those areas — which make the spokesman for the Nangarhar to comply with UN Security for victims of domestic violence they work. local offices of the independent both the Pashto and Dari languag- up most of Afghanistan — inter- police chief, said Voice of the Ca- Council Resolution 1325, passed have been destroyed. The threats were made during Pajhwok news agency and Voice es. Programmes include news, in- net access is spotty at best, and liphate broadcasts had been banned in 2000, which calls for women's A woman's right to education, a discussion programme on Voice of America in July. terviews, vitriol against the Afghan computers and smartphones are a and were rarely picked up, espe- participation in peace negotia- work, the vote and protection of the Caliphate, an elusive radio The menacing broadcast in government and the Taliban, re- luxury. Just 10 per cent of Afghan- cially in Jalalabad. tions. from violence inside and outside station operated by one of the ex- mid-December, in which a former cruitment propaganda, and devo- istan’s 30 million people have ac- But residents tell a different A UN study of that resolution the home has been enshrined in the tremist group’s newest affiliates. local radio broadcaster called on tional music in multiple languages. cess to the internet. story. Jalalabad shopkeeper Jan- published last year found that in- Afghan constitution. The so-called Khorasan province reporters to either join the IS or The message is clear: the Af- But nearly everyone has a ra- nat Khan said the IS radio is pop- cluding women in peace negotia- Challenges remain when it has battled Afghan forces and the risk being hunted down and killed, ghan government is a doomed dio. ular chiefly due to its novelty. tions makes it more likely that the comes to access to health care and Taliban alike, carving out an en- could be heard across Jalalabad. “puppet regime” of the Americans. A 2014 study by Altai Con- “Most people are listening to process will succeed. fair treatment by law enforcement clave in Nangarhar, a rugged east- “It is a great concern for us The Taliban are a spent force hi- sulting found that 175 radio and them because they want to know It said negotiations that includ- and the judiciary, but the progress ern province bordering Pakistan. because he knows all the journal- jacked by Pakistan. The caliphate 75 television stations had been set about Daesh and its strategy,” he ed women were 20 per cent more has been undeniable. As women It has adopted the media strat- ists who are working locally,” said is coming. up since the 2001 US-led invasion said, referring to the extremist likely to result in a deal that lasted have gained new rights they've also egy of its mother organisation in Shir Sha Hamdard, chairman of the “Soon our black flag will be that toppled the Taliban — which group by its Arabic acronym. “The at least two years, and that the grown more determined to keep Syria and Iraq, including the pro- Journalists’ Union of Eastern Af- flying over the [presidential] pal- had one radio network and banned preachers are strong, their message longer the peace lasted, the greater them. duction of grisly, professionally ghanistan. ace in Kabul,” an announcer television. Wind-up radios that is clear — they talk against the the likelihood that it would con- “Afghan women do not want made videos showing battles and “He also knows that as jour- crowed in a recent broadcast. operate without electricity or even Taliban and against [President tinue to endure. a peace that again restricts wom- the killing of captives. But in im- nalists we do not take sides and The IS affiliate “is against ev- batteries have been widely distrib- Ashraf] Ghani’s government.” It found that women broaden en's access to school or work out- poverished Afghanistan, where that our only weapon is the pen. erything — free media, civil soci- uted since then. Although the IS and Taliban the debate, speed up the process side the home,” said Suhaila Sahar, few have access to the internet, We’ve tried to talk to representa- ety, education, all of which they The IS militants are believed both want to impose a harsh ver- and increase the involvement of director of the General Association radio could prove more effective tives of the IS to make sure they say are secular, un-Islamic”, said to use mobile broadcasting units sion of Islamic rule, they are bit- different sectors of society. of Public Servants, a national net- at recruiting fighters and silencing know this but we haven’t been Haroon Nasir, a civil society ac- and cross back and forth along the terly divided over leadership and “We know that when women work of vocational training centers critics. successful,” he said. He and other tivist in Nangarhar. He said the porous border with Pakistan, mak- strategy, with the Taliban narrow- are placed at the centre of securi- for women. The group is actively target- Jalalabad-based reporters asked message most likely resonates ing them difficult to track. The ly focused on Afghanistan and the ty, justice, economic recovery and “Women are half the popula- IS bent on establishing a world- good governance, they will be more tion of the country and must not wide caliphate. The US State De- direct recipients of a range of peace be ignored. This lack of a role in partment recently added the IS dividends including job creation the peace talks is extremely frus- Afghan affiliate to its list of for- and public services. This means trating for me,” she said. eign terrorist organisations. It said the group emerged in January 2015 and is mainly made up of disen- chanted former Taliban fighters. Over the last six months the group has taken over four Nangar- har districts, where it has imposed the same violent interpretation of Islamic law championed by the IS group in Syria and Iraq, including the public execution of alleged in- formers and other enemies. In Au- gust, students at Nangarhar Uni- versity staged a pro-IS demonstra- tion. Security forces swooped in to make arrests and have since cracked down on campus activism nationwide. As the group has ex- panded its reach, its media strate- gy has grown more sophisticated and more brutal. “In areas where the govern- ment cannot provide sufficient se- curity, the media might resort to compromising their editorial inde- pendence out of fear — something that could make the media turn into the propaganda machinery of Daesh.” AP This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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technically. The project will in- By Akhtar M. Nikzad Alias furthered that Pakistan would complete within five The purpose of TUTAP is trans- Kunar hydropower project crease revenues, energy security needs 22,000MW electricity, but months (summertime) at a total fer of thermal and hydro power Providing details on the hydro- KABUL: Political analysts and and will build trust between the producing only 17,000MW, thus, cost of $1.17 billion. The World from Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan- power project, Alias Wardak said economists in a monthly gathering two countries,” he mentioned. needing 5,000MW further. “Due Bank (WB), Islamic Development Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pa- that feasibility study of the project of the Rana Think Tank termed the He said that CASA-1000, to shortfall of electricity in Paki- joint regional energy projects in- TUTAP and Kunar power stan, people, industries and agri- cluding CASA-1000, TUTAP, projects would provide around culture sector are immensely suf- KUNAR, TAPI and ATGP impor- 2,000MW electricity to Pakistan fering. Pakistan provides 34 per- tant for expansion of political and in the coming years. cent of its energy through diesel economical ties among the region- Participants of the session be- generators and spends 50 percents al countries, especially AfPak re- lieve that these projects would in- of its revenue on purchasing pe- lations. crease Pakistan economic growth troleum products,” he maintained. Secretary-General of New Be- through energy imports and pro- According to him, annually ginning Network (NBN) Alias vide efficient and reliable energy EMERGENCY electricity demand growth rate in Wardak said that Afghanistan has supply and reduce Pakistan’s de- Pakistan is 10 percent and elec- ALLS the potential to produce pendency on petroleum products C tricity supply growth rate is 7 23,000MW electricity from water, (currently 50 % of export earnings). percent. 222,000MW from solar and They said that these power Police Based on statistics issued by 68,000MW from wind sources. He projects would lead to security and the Pakistani government, the said that currently the government political stability between the two country would need more than 100 - 119 uses only 1.4 percent of its hy- nations. 45,000MW electricity by 2030. dropower potential and had not Ahmadullah Naveed of the Pakistan urgently needs regional benefited from solar and wind Regional Studies Center of Af- cooperation to get energy from Hospitals sources, adding the country pro- ghanistan said that Afghanistan Central Asia through Afghanistan, duces 700MW electricity while enjoys significantly important geo- he pointed out. FMIC Hospital the mining sector and industries strategic position in the region— Hinting to the Central Asia Bank (IDB), European Investment kistan. was completed in 2008, adding need 2,500MW. Afghanistan needs connecting South Asia with Cen- Behind Kabul Medical South Asia (CASA-1000) power Bank (EIB) and USAID will sup- Participants of the meeting that this project will have the ca- more than 3,500MW electricity, he tral Asia—and the government project, Wardak said that supply port the project. The project will said that this project would cost pacity to produce 789MW elec- University: added. should take advantage of this po- of 1,000MW power from Kyr- be completed by 2020 and Afghan- $1 billion and both the Asian De- tricity and it is expected to com- 0202500200-+93793275595 “Currently, Afghanistan pro- sition. gyzstan and Tajikistan to Pakistan istan will get annually $46 million velopment Bank (ADB) and WB plete by 2025, estimated to cost vides 22 percent of the required “Pakistan is facing serious en- via Afghanistan as well as 300MW in transit fee. are working to develop the infra- $2 billion. energy from its resources and im- ergy crisis and need adequate en- electricity to Afghanistan would TUTAP structure necessary to promote “The project will meet the Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital ports around 78 percent energy ergy supply from Central Asia. The improve political and economical Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan- trade in electricity between these domestic energy demand and it will Pule Bagh-e- Umomi from neighboring counties. It regional projects including TAPI ties between Islamabad and Kab- Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan countries committed to support also supply some electricity to shows that Afghanistan’s energy can improve relations between the 070263672 ul. (TUTAP) was another regional the project. It is expected that the Pakistan. The World Bank showed sector is not sustainable and de- two counties,” he mentioned. pendent on Central Asia,” he said. He said that CASA-1000 project discussed in the session. project to complete by 2020. willingness to support the process Khairkhana Hospital Major Kabul Man arrested 0799-321007 Kunar dwellers demand power dam construction for stealing 2401352 hospitals: Where AT Monitoring Desk money makes valuables of KABUL: Hundreds of residents in watts of electricity and irrigate tens ministry of water and energy, Shal urbs of the provincial capital As- Indira Gandhi Children the mare go eastern Kunar province marched a of thousands of hectares of farm- dam in Asmar district could have sadabad could also produce nearly Afghan MP in Hospital, Wazir Akbar rally the other day, demanding the lands. the capacity of producing some 300MW of power. India Khan, Kabul 2301372 KABUL: Residents of Kabul and construction of a hydropower dam Kunar is one of the water-rich 796MW of power, while Soor Taq A 1970s survey estimated the patients from other provinces in the province. provinces, in which several water dam could generate a thousand NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old Af- The coordinator of the dem- and power dams can be built. Ac- megawatts. Soor Taq dam could generated ghan national who allegedly stole gripe about doctors’ misbehaviour around 100MW of power. Ibn-e- Seena and gratification demands from onstration, Zabihullah Sabiq, said cording to the information from the Sagi area on the eastern sub- valuables, including a license for medics at the main government-run that the country is blessed with an AK 47 rifle, from a member of Pul-e-Artan, Kabul hospitals in the nation’s capital. immeasurable water reservoirs, but Parliament in Afghanistan who is They say hospital rooms have unfortunately the potential is not in Delhi for medical treatment, has 2100359 faulty no heating system, causing used for the people’s benefit. been arrested, police said today. patients serious problems in the Maulvi Mohammad Anwar, The accused, identified as Wazir Akbar Khan harsh winter. Nurses on duty pay another demonstrator suggested: Noorullah Arab, a resident of Maz- attention to those who grease their “The government should construct ar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, came to Hospital palms, visitors allege. a power dam in Sor Taq area of India in March last year and rent- 2301741, 2301743 Attendants blast some mid- Asmar district as there is need of ed a room at southeast Delhi’s wives for angrily shouting at wom- such installation that could help Bhogal area, Joint Commissioner en in labour while others do not the province to prosperity.” of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav Ali Abad balk even at insulting them at the Another participant, Ahmad said. time of childbirth. This rough treat- Shah said the construction of the The complainant, Dr Syed Shahrara, Kabul ment delays and, in some instanc- dam in the province would create Ghulam Farooq Mirranay, a mem- 2100439 es, adds to childbirth complica- numerous job opportunities as ber of Parliament in Afghanistan, tions. well as it would empower the coun- arrived in Delhi for medical treat- Most of these complaints were try’s economy and meet energy ment on Sunday and Noorullah, Malalai Maternity needs. shared with Pajhwok Afghan News who got to know about his visit, Hospital by patient attendants at the oft- He added that infrastructural contacted him claiming to be a crowded Isteqlal and Rabia Balkhi development projects could pre- translator, said police. 2201377/ 2301743 Hospitals in the heart of Kabul. vent youth of fleeing for abroad. On Sunday, he received Mir- Muzhgan recently gave birth If water dams are constructed, ranay at IGI Airport here and ac- to a baby at the Isteqlal Hospital, he said: “We meet not only our companied him to a hotel in Laj- Banks where she was recently operated domestic power needs but can ex- pat Nagar, from where he alleged- upon. She was personally satis- port electricity to other energy- ly fled with Mirranay’s valuable Da Afghanistan Bank fied with the behaviour of doctors needy countries.” belongings, which include his wal- 2100302, 2100303 and hospital management. According to a survey, the dam let, mobile phone, around USD could generate hundreds of mega- But Muzhgan’s sister Aqila 4600 cash, credit cards and three Bakhtar Bank grumbles: “Midwives are a real arms licenses, said police. nuisance. Female cleaners are also Turkey urged to help Kandahar fruits reach Europe “As one of the arms license 0776777000 problematic and pay no attention Juvenile was of an AK 47 rifle, it alarmed to meeting patient needs until you KANDAHAR CITY: Traders in able Afghan traders to take their areas. the authorities because of the pos- Azizi Bank pay them.” correction southern Kandahar province urged goods to European markets via Dried fruit traders’ union head sibility of misuse by anti-socials 0799 700900 She hit out at staff for refusing the Turkish ambassador in Afghan- Turkey. Haji Abdul Ahad said it had been a and terrorists in view of the com- her entry into the ward. Addition- centre gets istan to facilitate their dried and Zaheer urged the Turkish am- long-standing demand of Afghan ing Republic Day celebrations,” Pashtany Bank ally, the attendant grumbled, the fresh fruits in reaching Europe bassador to facilitate the trip of an traders to export their goods to Yadav said. 2102908, 2103868 cleaner did not bring the clothes of new building markets through Turkey. 11-member group of Afghan trad- European countries. The Afghan MP went to the her sister and the baby until she The Turkish envoy, Ali Sait ers to Turkey in order they could He said currently Kandahar Afghanistan embassy and they was paid. Akin, was invited to a gathering closely asses markets there and traders exported their dried and helped him in getting an FIR regis- Air Services Aqila claimed paying the clean- in Nangarhar organised by the Kandahar Cham- arrange packaging and standards fresh fruit products to Pakistan tered. The case was handed over er 100 afghanis each time to only ber of Commerce in Kandahar acceptable to Turkish buyers. and via Pakistan to India, but Pa- to the Delhi Police Crime Branch, Safi Airways for handing her sister’s clothes City, the provincial capital. Deputy head of the chamber kistan had always created prob- following which a team was formed outside in the sun. The cleaner also Besides members of the trad- of commerce, Abdul Baqi Bina, lems for Afghan traders during peak and the accused was tracked down 020 22 22 222 sought cash when a patient was er’s body, dozens of dried and fresh said earlier Kandahar traders had seasons. by the wee hours on Sunday, po- discharged from hospital, she add- fruits’ traders also attended the to face problems in travelling to He also urged the government lice said. Ariana ed. gathering. Turkey because they had to visit to find an alternative route for Af- On being interrogated, Noorul- Another woman under treat- Kandahar chamber of com- Kabul for two to three weeks to ghan traders to shun reliance on lah told the police that he would 020-2100270 ment in the same ward, requesting merce president Haji Nasrullah get visas. Pakistan. He said it would be bet- introduce himself as a translator not to be named, said cleaners re- Zaheer Pajhwok Afghan News that But he said the opening of the ter if the Afghan traders were fa- to tourists from Afghanistan and Kam Air mained unconcerned even if a pa- currently dried and fresh fruits Turkish consulate in Kandahar cilitated in exporting their goods arrange their accommodation in tient died. Once paid, they did care produced in Kandahar were only would resolve problems traders via Chabahar port of Iran and Delhi. 0799974422 for a while, she observed, citing exported to Pakistan and India be- faced in getting visas. He said Af- through Tajikistan. Then he used to develop inti- the famous proverb: Money makes cause they lacked facilities to ex- ghan traders would be able to im- Ali Sait Akin, who arrived in macy with them and steal their Hotels the mare go. JALALABAD/ MAHMOOD port them to the markets of other port goods directly from Turkey Kandahar a day earlier, had an- valuables on getting an oppotuni- “However, the sister-in-law of RAQI: A newly-constructed build- countries. to Kandahar and to export their nounced that his country would ty. Safi Landmark a doctor was virtually pampered ing for a juvenile correction centre He welcomed Turkey’s deci- goods to Turkey and then Europe. not only open a consulate in Kan- Most of his victims did not like a queen when she recently de- was inaugurated in the eastern sion to open a consulate in Kanda- The Turkish ambassador dahar this year but would also start lodge complaint with police to 020-2203131 livered herself of a baby here. Re- province of Nangarhar. har and start flights between Tur- promised to make efforts at pro- flights between Turkey and Kan- avoid legal hassle. police said. grettably enough, other patients The three-story building has key and Kandahar, saying the de- viding all facilities mentioned by dahar. He said strengthening rela- Noorullah, who did his matric- SERENA are treated like animals,” the wom- 40 rooms and other accessories and velopments would result into in- the Afghan traders in exporting and tions between the two countries ulation from Pakistan, stayed here an remarked. was completed in one and a half creased trade between the two importing goods. were not only a desire of the gov- with his mother, sister, who is a 0799654000 On the other hand, cleaner Pari years at a cost of more than countries. He also said some Turkish ex- ernments but also of the peoples student here, and elder brother, also Gul vehemently denied her col- $700,000 funded by the Ministry He said the flights between perts would arrive in Kandahar to of the two countries. a translator, police said.— (PTI) New Rumi Restaurant leagues or she herself had ever re- of Justice, the Nangarhar gover- Kandahar and Turkey would en- assist Afghan traders in various (Pajhwok) ceived illegal payments. Working nor’s spokesman, Attaullah Kho- 0776351347 at the hospital for several years, gyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News. she said some attendants volun- According to the provincial Internet Services tarily offered them money in re- Justice Department, the current turn for their services. correction centre is operated from UA Telecom “No one is mad to misbehave a rented house where 60 children, 0796701701 / 0796702702 with patients. Nonetheless we including three girls, have been have to react when four to five at- kept, while the new facility accom- tendants accompany a single pa- modates 200 children. Exchange Rate tient,” Gul remarked, dispelling the The children, who had com- impression that visitors were giv- mitted crimes but are under the age Purchase: en short shrift. of 18 years, have been kept in the Surprisingly, patients them- centre. One US$ = selves tended to avoid speaking Elsewhere, construction work out against the hospital adminis- on a township project was 68.35Afs tration. Unlike their relatives, they launched and a power sub-station One Pound Sterling= somehow pretended to be satis- inaugurated in central Kapisa prov- 98.26Afs fied with the overall state of af- ince. fairs. Urban Development Minister One Euro = Lying on one bed along with Syed Sadat Mansoor Nadari and 73.62Afs her baby, Mariam described the Water and Energy Minister Ali 1000 Pak Rs = attitude of nurses and doctors as Ahamd Osmani laid the founda- satisfactory. No one had asked her tion stone of the township and in- 634Afs for money, said the 25 years old, augurated the sub-station in the Sale: who indicated cleaners and nurses province. One US$ = might have been paid by her hus- The township is being built for band. teachers. The township will have 68.55 Afs The Isteqlal Hospital’s wait- 600 houses and is being established One Pound Sterling= ing room, with an unreliable heat- in Najrab district. The sub-station 99.06Afs er, looked in pretty disorganised was inaugurated by Osmani in the One Euro= Ahamd Beg area of Kapisa, the shape. At night, scores of female 74.22 Afs attendants sleep inside this shab- governor’s spokesman, Qais Qa- by facility. (Pajhwok) dari, said. 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JANUARY 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Instability in Pakistan can impact nuclear security, says US Congressional report Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal consists taken some strong measures, in- of approximately 110 to 130 In- cluding strengthening of export dia-specific nuclear warheads, a control laws, improved personnel recent US Congressional report security and international nuclear has revealed. security cooperation programmes, “Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal to bolster the security of its nucle- probably consists of approximate- ar arsenal which has received glo- ly 110-130 nuclear warheads, al- bal acclamation. though it could have more,” the the However, it said that a num- US Congressional Research Ser- ber of recent terrorist incidents vice report read. have cast doubts in the durability Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is of the measures taken by Islama- widely regarded as designed to dis- bad to ensure the safety and secu- suade India from taking military rity of its nuclear arsenal. “Some action against Pakistan, it added. observers fear radical takeover of Although Pakistan’s nuclear the Pakistani government or diver- programme is widely regarded as sion of material or technology by designed to deter India, its arch- personnel within Pakistan’s nucle- rival, from launching any nuclear ar complex,” it said. misadventure against the country, The report went on to point but its expansion and development out that New Delhi is also con- of new types of nuclear weapons stantly engaged in expanding its and adoption of a doctrine called nuclear weapons and capabilities “full spectrum deterrence” have led which may jeopardise the peace some observers to express concern and stability in the region. “Con- about an increased risk of a nucle- tinued Indian and Pakistani nucle- ar conflict between the two na- ar weapons development could tions, the report upheld. jeopardize strategic stability be- “Islamabad is producing fissile tween the two countries,” it material, adding to related produc- warned. tion facilities, deploying addition- India and Pakistan have been al nuclear weapons and new types arch-rivals since gaining indepen- of delivery vehicles,” the report dence from Britain in 1947 and have said. fought three wars against each oth- ISLAMABAD: The Taliban fac- Heavily armed gunmen is the place where lawyers are foundations that produce apos- not escape. In recent years, Pakistan has er. tion behind the Bacha Khan Uni- stormed the campus in Charsad- made, this is the place that pro- tates. We will target and demolish If you attack us we will take versity massacre in Charsadda this da, killing 21 people in an attack duces military officers, this is the the foundations,” he said. revenge for the innocents,” he said week issued a video message Fri- that had chilling echoes of a 2014 place that produces members of Mansoor issued a similar vid- in the video message, also posted day vowing to target schools assault on the Army Public School the parliament, all of whom chal- eo in the wake of the Peshawar online. throughout the country, calling in nearby Peshawar, also claimed lenge Allah’s sovereignty”. attack on December 16, 2014, Pa- Analysts have said the Tali- them “nurseries” for people who by Mansoor’s faction. Instead of targeting armed sol- kistan’s deadliest ever extremist ban sent a message of impunity challenge Allah’s law. The rampage threatened to diers, he said, “we will target the assault. with Wednesday’s attack, that a The video, which spread rap- shatter the sense of security grow- nurseries that produce these peo- He said schools like the one in national crackdown on extremism idly on Facebook but was not re- ing in the troubled region a year ple”. Peshawar, which is some 50 kilo- has failed and they can hit targets leased on official media accounts after the Peshawar attack, which TTP, Mullah Fazlullah not metres from Charsadda, were “pre- at will. for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Paki- left more than 150 people dead — behind Bacha Khan University at- paring those generals, brigadiers The TTP, an umbrella group, stani (TTP), shows Khalifa Umar mostly children. tack: Khorasani and majors who killed and arrest- has officially disavowed the Bacha Mansoor, whose faction claimed In the video issued Friday, “We will continue to attack ed so many fighters”. Khan attack, branding it “un-Is- responsibility for the attack on the Mansoor said his faction had at- schools, colleges and universities “If our women and children lamic” and vowing to hunt down university Wednesday. tacked the university “because this across Pakistan as these are the died as martyrs your children will those behind it. India detains suspected militants before Hollande visit NEW DELHI: Indian police de- France has said security tained on Friday several suspect- will be high on the agenda ed militants as part of a nation- after deadly extremist at- wide security crackdown ahead of tacks in Paris in November Republic Day celebrations at that evoked memories of the which France’s president will be 2008 Mumbai attacks which the chief guest, officials said. left 166 people dead. The National Investigation According to the Press Agency (NIA), a federal police unit Trust of India news agency, that probes terror offences, said the NIA has arrested 14 sus- Gold bars smuggled from operations were underway ahead pected Islamic State group of Republic Day on Tuesday, sympathisers in four differ- when India marks the anniversary ent states including Karna- Sri Lanka seized in Tamil Nadu of its democratic constitution tak- taka in the south. It was un- Gold bars smuggled into India from Sri Lanka, were seized from a car by ing force in 1950. clear whether the “several Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials at a toll gate on a national Indian policeman: Militants people” mentioned by NIA’s highway in Tamil Nadu, the Press Trust of India reported. A total of abducted me before base attack Singh were part of the 14 8.325 kg of gold valued at Indian Rs 2.21 crore was seized from the van. “Our operations are going on suspects. It included 62 bars with foreign markings, each weighing 100 grams, two in several places across the coun- Indian commandos kill bars weighing one kg each with similar markings and one cut piece gold try, in which several suspected militants in Kashmir army bar, a DRI release said.The DRI acted on specific intelligence that gold people have been detained,” NIA base gunbattle bars were being smuggled to India from the island nation by boats spokesperson SK Singh told AFP, “We have been told that through coastal villages near Nagapattinam. They were then moved to adding further details would be six terror suspects… have Thanjavur and later transported to Chennai by car. DRI officers were available later in the day. been arrested after raids since deployed in and around coastal villages and at important road junctions French President Francois Thursday night,” Karnataka and highways connecting Chennai to Thanjavur. The van was intercept- Hollande was invited to India to home minister G Paramesh- ed at Valvathankottai toll gate on Tiruchirapalli-Thanjavur National be the guest of honour at this year’s wara told reporters. “The Highway. The two occupants on being questioned admitted that they Republic Day parade, which will suspects are being interrogat- were transporting the gold received from Nagapattinam coast and bought be on the final day of his three- ed by NIA teams,” he add- from Sri Lanka into India through boat. The duo were arrested for day visit. ed. violations under the provision of Customs Act, 1962, the release said. Bangladesh detains India suspects Bangladesh endorses OIC statement FIRs registered nuclear security condemning attacks on Saudi missions in Iran against govt Singapore deportees index a ploy to reveal schools, offices country’s stockpile over terror links for lack of NEW DELHI: Even though India Bangladesh authorities say 14 of They released some after find- moved up two places in a some- its nationals deported from Sin- ing no evidence against them, but what controversial international security gapore are being held over links to continued to detain 14 after un- ranking on nuclear security, the PESHAWAR: Two days after Tal- a group blamed for attacking secu- covering links to Ansarullah Bang- iban gunmen stormed the Bacha lar writers. la Team (ABT), a group that has 2016 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) security index was greeted Khan University in Charsadda, The men were part of a larger been blamed for attacks on secular Peshawar police on Friday regis- group of 26 construction workers bloggers, authorities said. here with derision. This biennial exercise, a joint effort between tered over 70 FIRs against govern- who were expelled from Singapore The released deportees have ment schools, offices and private last year for supporting armed ji- been put under police surveillance. Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative and Economist Intelli- hostels, among others for a lack of hadist ideology. Bangladesh police escort the security. Singapore announced the head of Islamic group the Ansarul- gence Unit (EIU) comes weeks Heavily armed gunmen news of the deportations earlier this lah Bangla Team (ABT) Abul before the nuclear security sum- stormed the campus in Charsad- week. Bashar (2L) and members Zafran mit, this year to be held in Wash- da, killing 21 people in an attack The city state said they were Hassan (3L) and Julhas Bishas ington DC in March. that had chilling echoes of a 2014 planning to take part in extremist (3R) after they were arrested over As in the past, the Indian gov- assault on the Army Public School. activities elsewhere and shared ji- the murder of two bloggers in Dha- ernment has refused to respond to FIRs were registered against hadist material. ka on 11 September 2015.Image the report officially. Government Girls Primary School Screengrab of image released by copyrightAFP In the past two reports India Postal Colony, Banamarhi, Gov- Singapore's Ministry of Home Singapore said members of the has featured near the bottom — ernment Primary School Civil Col- Affairs showing a Image copy- group had been contemplating tak- this year it moved up to 21 but as ony, and Government Primary rightSingapore Ministry of Home ing part in armed jihad in Middle the report itself states, is near the School Garhi Qamardin, among Affairs Singapore authorities re- East as well as in Bangladesh bottom in theft ranking. "India others. leased images from a document against the government. improved by participating in bi- Company offices were also which the Bangladeshis allegedly The home affairs ministry said lateral assistance activities with the booked across the city, including possessed that appeared to show in a statement that they had a "sig- Bangladesh has endorsed an Or- The recent incidents aggravat- OIC member countries attended United States and putting in place ganisation of Islamic Cooperation ed the already strained relations Thursday’s meeting, presided over Daewoo, Mobilink and World how to conduct a "silent killing" nificant amount of radical and ji- Food Program. A 27th man believed to be part hadi-related material" including the IAEA Additional Protocol. In (OIC) joint communiqué con- between the arch rivals. by the first deputy prime minister the future, India's nuclear materi- demning Iran’s “aggressions” Foreign Minister Ali in his re- and foreign minister of Kuwait in Similarly, police lodged FIRs of the same cell remains in deten- footage of children training in ter- against the administration of pri- tion in Singapore after he was ar- ror camps and instructions on how als security conditions could be against the Saudi diplomatic mis- marks on Thursday again con- his capacity as the current chair. improved by strengthening laws sions and Tehran’s “continued demned the attacks and urged Iran The joint communiqué de- vate hostels on University Road. rested for attempting to flee, fol- to conduct "silent killings". The police has launched a lowing the arrests of the others. The city-state has a significant and regulations for on-site physi- support for terrorism” in the re- to take steps to prevent their re- nounced Tehran for the attacks on cal protection, control and ac- gion. currence. large-scale security review of gov- On Thursday, Bangladeshi number of South Asian labourers diplomatic missions in Iran, and ernment educational institutes, re- police confirmed they had arrest- working in its construction indus- counting, and mitigating the insid- The communiqué was adopt- The foreign ministry said he supported Saudi Arabia’s demands er threat, and ensuring protection ed at an “extraordinary” meeting also expressed deep concern over vealing that government institutes ed all of the deportees when they try, and the group was considered for measures to counter such “ag- were completely vulnerable to an first arrived home on 21 Decem- the first foreign terror cell caught of materials during transport is in of OIC ministers held in Jeddah the volatile situation in the Mid- gressions” Iran. on Thursday following Saudi Ara- dle East “due to violence perpe- attack despite security measures ber. by authorities. line with IAEA guidance." It also criticised Iran’s inter- taken in the past. India ratified the IAEA's Ad- bia’s request. trated by terrorist and extremist ference in the internal affairs of the Iran, however, rejected the groups”. “These government schools ditional Protocol in 2014, having states in the region and “its con- and other educational institutes committed to it in 2006. statement, saying it was “one sid- “In such challenging circum- tinued support for terrorism”. ed and accusatory” in nature. stances, it was imperative that all have ignored security completely,” Indian officials take particular The joint statement fully a police official told The Express umbrage at the report's contention Foreign Minister Abul Hassan concerned exercise self-restraint Mahmood Ali attended the meet- and refrain from any actions that backed the efforts of Saudi Arabia Tribune. “We are worried as ter- that "India's nuclear materials se- and all OIC member states to com- rorists are going for easy, soft and curity conditions remain adverse- ing held to discuss the situation might escalate tensions, provoke arising from attacks on Saudi Ara- further violence and destabilise the bat terrorism in all its forms, re- undefended targets.” ly affected by its continued in- bia’s diplomatic missions in Iran, region.” gardless of its source and objec- crease in quantities of nuclear ma- the foreign ministry said. Ali warned that evil forces of tives. terial". Indian officials say the re- Bangladesh had earlier con- terrorism and violent extremism Iran rejected the communiqué, port's description of weapons demned such attacks, saying they could take advantage of the “dis- describing it as “one sided and ac- material also includes civilian ma- were in “clear violation” of the Vi- unity and division” within the cusatory” in nature. terial which has certainly increased enna convention on diplomatic re- Muslim Ummah. Lebanon, too, ‘distanced’ itself in India following a number of nu- lations. He urged all countries in the from the communiqué. clear agreements with different Saudi Arabia recently severed region “to avoid actions that could Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s For- countries. its ties with Iran after angry pro- and affect solidarity of the Um- eign Minister Ali discussed a range That, they say, is no reason testers stormed its embassy in mah”. of bilateral issues with his Indone- to conclude that more equals to Tehran after the execution of prom- Foreign ministers and other sian counterpart on the sidelines less security. inent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. high-level representatives from 57 of the OIC meet. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Al-Shabab storms Kremlin rejects media report beachside Putin envoy restaurant in asked Syria’s Assad to step Somali capital down Up to 20 people were killed when al-Shabab suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a seafront hotel and restaurant in the heart of the Somali capital. A car packed with explosives Europe’s migrant crisis is the main rammed into the Beach View Ho- issue at a meeting in Berlin Friday tel on Lido beach in Mogadishu on of top officials from Germany and Thursday evening, after which Turkey. several al-Shabab fighters opened Germany saw an unprecedent- fire at the hotel, witnesses told Al ed 1.1 million asylum seekers ar- Jazeera. rive last year, many of them flee- "After the blast, I saw at least ing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Af- four armed men run into the hotel, ghanistan. shooting everyone inside and Facing growing domestic pres- around the hotel," Mustafa Elmi, The Kremlin on Friday rejected sure, Chancellor Angela Merkel a beach visitor, told DPA news a media report that an envoy for wants Turkey to help stop the agency. Russian President Vladimir Pu- flow of migrants from coming to "I managed to escape with mi- tin asked Syrian President Europe. nor wounds, but there were peo- Bashar al-Assad to step down She has urged other European ple who were shot dead on the last year, the Tass news agency Union members to make good on spot," he added. reported. their pledge of giving Turkey 3 bil- At least six people - and eight “No, it’s not so,” Tass quot- lion euros ($3.3 billion) to improve attackers - were killed, the intelli- ed Kremlin spokesman Dmitry conditions for almost 3 million ref- gence agency told Al Jazeera. Oth- Peskov as saying. ugees living there. er reports, citing police and offi- The Financial Times had But Turkish Prime Minister cials, said up to 20 people may earlier reported that the head of Ahmet Davutoglu told German have been killed in total. Russia’s GRU military intelli- news agency dpa ahead of the meet- Locals said the death toll was gence agency travelled to Dam- ing that even 3 billion euros may likely to rise because some fami- ascus at the end of last year to not be enough because nobody lies had earlier collected bodies for ask Assad to step down only to knows how long the crisis will last. burial. be angrily rebuffed. A second explosion hit the nearby Lido Seafood restaurant, Syria court ISIS claims Syrian opposition rejects talks before goodwill steps where several gunmen were report- sentences Assad edly holed up. responsibility A senior Syrian opposition offi- an Kurdish leader separately said the table, it will be the same as to have everyone at the table.” "The lights at Lido Seafood cousin to 20 cial on Friday ruled out even indi- on Friday, adding that one of the what happened in Geneva 2,” He also accused Jaysh al-Is- have just been switched off. Heavy for Cairo rect peace talks with the govern- opposition groups involved, Jay- Saleh Muslim, co-chair of the Kur- lam (Islam Army) of being no dif- gunfire is now ongoing," Abdirizak years for murder ment before a halt to Russian air sh al-Islam, had the “same mental- dish Democratic Union Party ferent to other radical Islamist Mohamud, a freelance journalist at strikes and the lifting of govern- ity” as al Qaeda and Islamic State (PYD) told Reuters, referring to groups. “Their mentality is the the scene, told Al Jazeera. A cousin of Syria’s President bomb attack ment blockades on populated ar- of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “If there failed negotiations in 2014. same as the Nusra Front and Daesh "More and more security forc- Bashar al-Assad has been sen- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria eas. are some parties that are effective “The negotiations and politi- (ISIS). They clearly want to es- es are now going into the restau- tenced to 20 years in prison for (ISIS) group claimed responsibili- George Sabra, deputy head of in this Syria issue who are not at cal solution will fail so we are keen tablish an Islamic state,” he said. rant. They have pulled out three the murder of a military officer ty on Friday for a bomb attack that the opposition delegation, also injured people so far," Mohamud last summer, a security source killed nine people in Cairo. said the opposition council he rep- added. said Friday. In a statement on social me- resents was due to discuss diplo- The Lido beach area is home “A court in Latakia on dia, it said its fighters carried out matic efforts with U.S. Secretary to several restaurants, which are Thursday sentenced Suleiman the operation that killed six po- of State John Kerry on Saturday. usually full on Thursday nights - al-Assad to 20 years in prison licemen and three others during a Kerry on Thursday insisted the start of the weekend in Soma- for the murder of Colonel Has- raid on a booby-trapped home on the talks would go ahead in Gene- lia. Government spokesman Ab- san al-Sheikh,” the source said. Thursday near the site of Egypt’s disalam Aato told Al Jazeera that pyramids. va next week, though he said they The murder took place in would not be face-to-face. The the situation was now under con- August on the road between Militants have stepped up at- trol. tacks on Egyptian soldiers and Syrian government, which is Latakia city and Qardaha, the backed by Russia, has said it is ancestral village of the Assad police since the army toppled president Mohamed Mursi of the ready to attend. Refugees family. “The form of the talks does Latakia province is a regime Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 af- ter mass protests against his rule. not concern us, but the conditions drown as two stronghold and heartland of the Hundreds have died. ISIS’ Egypt must be appropriate for the nego- Alawite minority to which the affiliate is leading a stubborn Si- tiations,” Sabra told Reuters. boats capsize president, Sheikh and Suleiman nai-based insurgency that Presi- Asked if that meant the opposi- al-Assad all belong. The incident dent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi describes tion would not attend the kind of off Greek raised tensions within the com- as an existential threat to the coun- indirect talks mentioned by Ker- munity. try. Egyptian authorities have been ry, he said “yes”. islands Sheikh’s relatives said at the tightening security ahead of the “So far, the obstacles in front time that the president had fifth anniversary on Monday of of the conference have yet to be At least 42 people, including 17 pledged “to punish the perpe- the uprising that ended President removed. There must be a halt to children, have drowned after two trator, whoever he is.” Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. the bombardment of civilians by boats carrying refugees capsized Suleiman al-Assad’s father, Sisi’s government denies accu- Russian planes, and sieges of in the Aegean Sea, the Greek coast- Hilal al-Assad, a first cousin of sations by human rights groups guard has said. that security forces are guilty of blockaded areas must be lifted,” he the president, headed the de- said by telephone. Syrian Kurds In the first incident, the bod- fense forces in Latakia city be- widespread human rights abuses ies of six children and two women that create more Islamist radical must be represented at peace talks fore his death in March 2014 in Geneva or they will fail, a Syri- were recovered early on Friday during clashes with rebels in enemies of the state. after a wooden boat carrying 49 nearby Kasab. people capsized off the small Greek island of Farmakonisi in east- ern Aegean. Turkey won’t Authorities said they rescued allow Syrian one girl, while 40 more people safe- ly made it to land. Kurdish PYD to Separately, at least 34 people - 16 women, seven men and 11 west of Euphrates: children - died after another refu- Erdogan gee sailing boat sank off the island of Kalolimnos early on Friday. NATO member states are discuss- to a 2014 meeting of alliance lead- The coastguard said that 26 Turkey has not allowed and people had been pulled to safety will not allow the Syrian Kur- ing a request to use the alliance’s ers. Diplomatic sources said the AWACS air surveillance aircraft in request came from the United and rescue operations were ongo- dish PYD, which is fighting ing. Islamic State of Iraq and Syr- the battle against the Islamic State States which leads an anti-ISIS of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an official coalition of more than 60 countries, Three helicopters and patrol ia but has links to the out- boats from the Greek coastguard lawed PKK militant group in said Friday. including most of NATO’s 28 Any AWACS commitment member states. and the European border agency Turkey, to cross west of the Frontex were part of the rescue Euphrates river, President would mark a departure for the al- NATO declined to comment liance which up to now has had no on the source of the request. operations, alongside fishing ves- Recep Tayyip Erdogan said sels. on Friday. direct role in combatting ISIS but U.S. officials at NATO were is increasingly concerned by the not immediately available to com- About 850,000 refugees Speaking to reporters in crossed into Greece last year, pay- Istanbul, Erdogan dismissed threat it poses on its southern ment. NATO has few military as- flank. sets of its own, providing the um- ing smuggling gangs to ferry them suggestions that fighters from over from Turkey in often frail the Kurdish militia had al- “We can confirm there has brella command structure for the been a request for concrete sup- 28 allies, but in the 1980s they boats. ready crossed the river. In a deal struck at the end of “This is all gossip. We port from NATO to the anti-ISIL agreed to establish an AWACS effort in the form of NATO (Airborne Warning and Control November, Turkey promised to haven’t allowed it up until help stem the flow of refugees to now. Even if there are partial AWACS surveillance planes,” a System) unit to counter the then NATO official said. Soviet threat. Europe in return for cash, visas movements, we won’t allow and renewed talks on joining the such a thing,” he said. “This request is under discus- The AWACS unit comprises sion by allies,” the official said. more than 20 planes capable of EU. “Any decision would be in line monitoring activity, principally in Turkey is host to 2.2 million with the Wales summit declaration the air but also on the ground, Syrians and has spent around which indicates NATO’s readiness within a radius of some 400 kilo- $8.5bn on feeding and housing to support the bilateral efforts of meters to warn of threats and co- them since the start of the civil war allies,” the official said, referring ordinate a response. nearly five years ago. Corruption ‘destroys faith’ in authority, leads to extremism: Kerry Secretary of State John F. Kerry marks was devoted to the national This year, Kerry argued that sig- opposes Daesh, and even govern- Refugees flooding Europe to The Obama administration said Friday that progress has been security implications of govern- nificant and consistent progress ments that disagree on other issues escape the Syrian war have been a will host a summit on refugees at made in combating the Islamic State ment corruption, a phenomenon he has been made in Syria and Iraq acknowledge the war must end and large factor contributing to the high- the fall session of the United Na- and violent extremism and called said robs the global economy of against the caliphate formed by the a diplomatic solution must be est number of refugees since World tions General Assembly. Kerry fighting government corruption an $2.6 trillion a year. He cited cor- Islamic State, a group Kerry usu- found,” he said. “No one has more War II. The United Nations esti- said participants will be asked to integral part of the battle. ruption in countries as diverse as ally refers to by its Arab acronym, incentive than the Syrians them- mates there are now 20 million ref- increase not only their donations “Corruption is a radicalizer Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Daesh. selves to write a new chapter in ugees and 40 million displaced per- by $3 billion but to double the because it destroys faith in legiti- Iraq and Nigeria as causing civil “We’ve known from the mo- their country’s history.” sons around the world. number of refugees they are will- mate authority,” he said in a wide- unrest that ballooned into interna- ment we formed our international ing to resettle. ranging speech at the World Eco- tional crises. coalition that success would take A State Department fact sheet nomic Forum in Davos. “It allows “It complicates every securi- years,” he said, adding, “But in the related to Kerry’s announcement the predators to move in. And no ty, diplomatic, and social initiative end, mark my words, Daesh will said Washington will announce Tunisia declares one knows that better than violent we undertake,” he said. “And this be defeated — and the progress “significant new commitments extremist groups, who regularly in and of itself creates tension, in- we have already made toward that over the coming months, and will nationwide curfew use corruption as a recruitment stability, and a perfect playing field end is undeniable. Our operational strongly encourage other nations tool.” for predators.” tempo is accelerating, the support after protests Though much of his speech “The fact is there is absolute- of our allies is broadening, our part- to do the same.” focused on the destabilizing influ- ly nothing more demoralizing and ners on the ground are becoming William Lacy Swing, director general of the Geneva-based Inter- Tunisia declared a nationwide ence of government malfeasance, disempowering to any citizen of stronger, and the terrorists never Kerry also used the annual forum any nation than the belief the sys- know what might hit them or from national Organization for Migra- curfew on Friday after four days tion, welcomed Washington's ef- of protests and rioting over jobs before corporate executives and tem is rigged against them and that where.” and economic conditions, the in- world leaders to announce the people in positions of power are He said nothing would do more forts to raise more money. Belea- terior ministry said. United States will push for a 30 — to use a diplomatic term of art to “terminate” the threat the group guered humanitarian groups have The ministry said in a state- percent increase in international — crooks who are stealing the fu- poses than to end the civil war in had trouble meeting even half the ment that due to the risk to pub- humanitarian aid to refugees and ture of their own people,” he said. Syria. United Nations-sponsored refugee needs that have grown ex- lic and private property a cur- the displaced, up to $13 billion this Kerry’s remarks were an ex- peace talks between the Syrian ponentially in the past year. few would be imposed from 8 year. Washington hopes to get at pansion of his speech at the same government and opposition groups “It will certainly be a great p.m. to 5 a.m., starting on Fri- least 10 new nations to commit to forum last year, when he called the are due to start next week in Gene- help,” he said in an interview. “It day. regular contributions to refugee aid. fight against violent extremism the va. should encourage others to join in But the largest part of his re- defining challenge of our times. “Every country in the region the effort.” This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 2016 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 Massacre came as Pakistan university AFGHANISTAN TIMES honored a hero of nonviolence Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir By KAREN ZRAICK Phone No: +93-772364666 The university attacked by the the Future of Pakistan and Afghan- Mr. Ghaffar Khan spent much ularism, won elections in 2008. Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday istan.” of his later life in exile in Afghani- It also became a target of the E-mail: [email protected] was named for a towering figure in He earned his nickname at a stan. Dr. Ahmed recalled an elec- Pakistani Taliban. Afrasiab Khat- Pakistani history — a nonviolent huge gathering in his early days, trifying public appearance that he tak, a former senator for the A.N.P. Pashtun activist who became when people thought he might de- made in Peshawar in the mid- and the president of the Roshaan Email: [email protected] known as the “Frontier Gandhi” clare himself a bacha, or king. “His 1970s, when Dr. Ahmed was a Democratic Institute, said 1,000 for his advocacy of nonviolent re- supporters would say he was not young officer stationed there. members of his party had been www.afghanistantimes.af sistance to British colonial rule. the ruler of any country, but he “He was a very old man with killed in the Taliban’s attacks on The massacre was carried out was the ruler of many Pashtun a white beard and very simple party gatherings and assassina- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi on the 28th anniversary of the hearts,” Mr. Siddique said. clothes. He could barely stand and tions. “They are against peace, and death of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who Mr. Ghaffar Khan opposed he’s in the midst of half a million this is what our party also stands Advisory editorial board became known as Bacha Khan, as the partition of India and Pakistan people, as if this is a rock concert for,” Mr. Khattak said. the university prepared to hold a after independence in 1947, and with The Beatles or the Rolling Around the same time of the Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, poetry recital in his memory. when it was carried out, he toured Stones,” Dr. Ahmed said. “I was party’s electoral success, though, Born in 1889, Mr. Ghaffar India with Mr. Gandhi in an effort privileged, I realized. This was a a branch of the A.N.P. in Karachi Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Khan rose to prominence in the to quell inter-communal violence. moment of history.” became embroiled in violent turf 1920s when he founded a move- Afterward, he pushed for autono- Pashtuns are known for a long wars. Karachi is home to the Graphic-Designers: ment that the British called the Red my for Pashtun areas in Pakistan, warrior tradition, and were feared world’s largest Pashtun popula- Edriss Akbari and Bilal Shirts, whose members walked evoking the ire of national author- by British colonialists who regard- tion, and many senior A.N.P. lead- through India to encourage civil ities. He spent nearly 30 years in ed the Khyber Pass as a notori- ers fled the city in 2013 as the Tal- Marketing & Advertising: disobedience. He was a Muslim British and Pakistani jails or under ously dangerous area. Both the iban gained power in ethnic Pash- who measured well over six feet house arrest, but never abandoned Afghan and Pakistani Taliban draw tun areas. Instead of being buried Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 tall and wore homespun white his philosophy of nonviolent re- most of their members and sup- in his ancestral graveyard, Mr. Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan clothing. He first drew support sistance. “In Pakistan he was al- port from Pashtun communities. Ghaffar Khan was buried in Jalal- from the traditional Pashtun areas ways controversial, because they Even so, Mr. Ghaffar Khan’s mes- abad, Afghanistan, in the heart of Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 along the Afghanistan-Pakistan said he was so popular with the sage of nonviolence resonated traditionally Pashtun lands. The border, but became closely allied Congress Party and a personal fa- deeply with Pashtuns and others Associated Press reported that Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press with Mahatma Gandhi’s Congress vorite of Gandhi, so he could not all over South Asia, Mr. Siddique 200,000 people attended the fu- Party in the 1930s. be a good Pakistani,” said Akbar said. Bacha Khan university was neral, which was marred by two “He led one of the biggest, Ahmed, the chair of Islamic Stud- founded in 2012, during a period bombings. widely accepted and followed so- ies at American University in when Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Prov- Mr. Siddique said his choice The constitution says cial movements in a society that is Washington and a former Pakistani ince was governed by the Awami of a final resting place was sym- known for violence,” said ambassador to the United King- National Party, which is now led bolic of his lifelong message: He Abubakar Siddique, a journalist dom. “This legendary figure was by Mr. Ghaffar Khan’s grandson. chose to be buried there to show Article 114 and the author of “The Pashtun honored more abroad than in his The local branch of the party, that the borders cannot separate Question: The Unresolved Key to home country.” which espouses left-of-center sec- people.—(New York Times) Article One Hundred Fourteen: Sessions of the Loya Jirga shall be open unless one fourth of its membership demand secrecy, and the Loya Jirga accept this demand. China’s new Silk Road won’t have an Afghan lane By Arwin Rahi

There has been a growing sense of iban’s presence in provincial Af- Earlier efforts have failed na may build a railway. Afghani- optimism among Afghans about ghanistan is only growing. The fact that Afghanistan is stan can make the case that a new the New Silk Road, a key part of China’s growing interest in the big loser here shouldn’t come route from Mes Aynak (where the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s One Central Asia as a surprise. The country has been Aynak copper mine is) to Torkham Belt, One Road initiative. The There are other areas of great- pushing for a road project with would be beneficial to China: It multi-billion dollar project, fi- er interest to China—ones it is al- China for years now. Back in 2009, would be the shortest route to ship nanced by the Chinese govern- ready connected to. Take Central both governments “agreed to study the copper back to the ment, aims to build as well as con- Asia, Afghanistan’s next door opening the 76-km (47-mile) bor- Asian dominion, and could easily nect roads, railways and seaports neighbor, which already shares 10 der between the two countries.” connect to existing railway infra- across three continents: Africa, border crossings with the country Then in late 2014, Afghan Presi- structure in Pakistan.Once the rail- Asia and Europe. It should also (seven with Kazakhstan, two with dent Ashraf Ghani tried endorsing way is there, Afghanistan would expand and improve current oil and Kyrgyzstan and one with Tajiki- a trilateral agreement to directly be able to use it as well. Afghan leaders always said that they would not allow Afghan soil to be gas pipeline infrastructure. stan). connect the country with China and Afghanistan also has an op- The New Silk Road’s land The Asian giant imports 55 Tajikistan. Yet there’s nothing to portunity to connect to the New used against any other country—a loud ‘no’ to extremism and terror- route would most benefit Afghan- billion cubic meters of natural gas show from either effort. Silk Road’s Central Corridor. Part isms. This often repeated cliché by Afghan high ranking officials has now istan, a landlocked country that from the region through a 1,830 Trade between Afghanistan of the Central Corridor runs from relies on Pakistan and Iran for ac- km pipeline with three lines. Work and China is also a non-starter. Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Mash- become a national honor, because this statement is not only writing on cess to seaports: If the proposed on a fourth line, with a capacity of According to the Economist Intel- had, Iran—and Afghanistan is al- the walls rather the Afghan high-profile officials kept their words very land route passed through Afghan- 30 million cubic meters per year, ligence Unit, China isn’t among ready linked to both cities via road. istan, it would directly connect the is in progress. In 2014, China im- Afghanistan’s top four import or Afghanistan’s railway situa- well. country to Europe and the Far ported 2% of its crude oil from export partners. In fact, Afghani- tion is a bit trickier, as it only con- There has been no evidence so far to prove that terrorist groups at- East. Kazakhstan. Given China’s de- stan imports more goods from ei- nects to Central Asia’s railway Unfortunately, present plans mand for energy and Central Asia’s ther Russia or the U.S. than from network through the city of Maz- tacked other countries using Afghan soil. On several occasions, Afghan bypass the country. untapped natural resources, in- China. In six years, from 2008 to ar-e-Sharif. But there is a project leaders reiterated and assured other states that Afghan soil will not be Afghanistan’s serious securi- creased cooperation between the 2014, bilateral trade between Af- underway aiming to connect an- ty challenges two is anticipated—and would ghanistan and China only increased other Afghan city, Heart, to Iran’s use against them, but our neighbor, Pakistan, is also thumping chest for There are legitimate reasons leave out Afghanistan. by $100 million to less than $700 railway network. not allowing its soil to be used against any other country. However, for why this is the case, starting with Promised investments in Pa- million per year. Low-risk opportunity Afghanistan’s serious security chal- kistan Realistic options for Afghani- Neither option presents much Pakistan such remarks became an embarrassment as several attacks car- lenges. Kidnapping and robbery, Likewise, China and Pakistan stan risk. Because it is landlocked, Af- ried out in Afghanistan and other countries were planned by militants for instance, are commonplace on have been directly linked by the Having said all this, there are ghanistan has long been dependent the Kabul-Kandahar highway. In- Karakoram Highway (KKH) since some realistic options available to on its neighbors for access to open while using Pakistan’s soil. Moreover, sheltering Taliban, al-Qaead and surgent attacks on the army and 1986. This past April, China un- the Afghan government. waters. Connecting to the New other terrorist outfits are a clear indication that militants are enjoying police are frequent as well, leaving veiled its intention to invest $46 First, KKH’s south end begins Silk Road through bordering coun- passengers to wait for several hours billion in the China-Pakistan Eco- in Hassan Abdal, Pakistan, less tries wouldn’t be much different. Pakistani soil and they mastermind terror attacks from there. until the fighting ends—and often nomic Corridor (CPEC) which, than 200 km from the Afghan bor- In fact, both opportunities would Now there is no room left for Pakistani officials to their irrational risking their lives in the process. along with expanding the current der. Hassan Abdal is connected to allow Afghanistan to further inte- This danger is not limited to KKH, would create new railways Afghanistan via the Kabul- grate with its neighbors, which claim of not allowing militants to use their soil against other states, be- highways. Afghan and foreign and pipelines. The CPEC would Torkham highway, but also note a should play a role in stabilizing the cause the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar’s death report revealed workers, including Chinese, have cut the current 12-day journey railway running from Peshawar to volatile region. At the end of the been taken hostage time and time from the Middle East to China to Torkham—a major bordering day, it has to be up to Afghanistan that he died in Karachi. Despite having advanced military, Pakistan has again. just 36 hours. crossing between the two coun- to prove it really wants to be in failed to deliver on its promise to prevent militants from using its terri- In the wake of growing con- Another investment: China tries. Afghanistan should look to the New Silk Road. By taking to cerns, the Afghan government has has secured a “40-year manage- link the Kabul-Torkham highway the step to improve security con- tory against the neighboring countries. It seems there is no willingness deployed 1,500 policemen to guard ment right” of the deep-water sea- to the KKH in order to connect to ditions, upgrade its roads and work there to stop insurgents from planning attacks from there. Mes Aynak where the Chinese are port it is building at Gwadar in the New Silk Road’s Southern on building new railways (at least expected to finally start work in southwestern Pakistan. There’s a Corridor. The responsibility of from its major cities to the closest Attack on the Indian airbase in Pathankot allegedly indicates that it the Aynak mine (it contains an es- chance China will build a naval base upgrading, expanding, and prop- neighboring countries), Afghani- was carried out by militants who enjoy safe havens in Pakistan. However, timated $100 billion worth of cop- there, giving the country direct ac- erly maintaining the road might stan would do just that.—(Forbes) per) after the China Metallurgical cess to the Indian Ocean and the seem great for Afghanistan, but it Mr. Rahi is a former adviser 2008 terror attacks in South Mumbai, including the Taj Mahal Palace Group Corp (MCC) won a con- strategic Strait of Hormuz which is more likely than expecting Chi- to the Parwan governor in Afghan- Hotel and Tower Hotel, the Oberoi Trident, the Nariman House and other tract to extract the metal back in sees about 20% of global crude oil na to build a new road from scratch. istan. He is currently an indepen- places proved involvement of Pakistani terrorists. 2007. But is that enough? The Tal- every day. Though there is a chance Chi- dent researcher and writer. Speaking about the Pathankot attack, Indian Defense Minister Mano- har Parrikar said that ammunition and equipment recovered from the ter- rorists shows that they came from across the border. Similarly, militants carried out several deadliest attacks in Afghani- stan using Pakistani soil such as the Wednesday’s attack on a minibus of a private TV channel in Kabul. The recent attack on the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Shairf was also carried out by those militants who have safe havens in Pakistan. The at- tack lasted for more than 24 hours. According to Afghan security offi- cials, the attackers were well-trained who despite siege managed to pro- long the fighting. There is a proverb saying, “when someone has done something bad to you, trying to get revenge will only make things worse,” still there is room to have a region free of terrorism, but it requires a sincere approach of all stakeholders, because setting a neighbor’s house on fire will definitely burn your house as well. The recent blame-game after the Bacha Khan University will worsen the situation. Blaming Af- ghanistan and India for terror attacks is an established practice in Paki- stan. It helps terrorism. Pakistani security officials and politicians shall stop blaming others for their security failure and soft corner for certain militant groups. The day when our brothers and sisters were mourning in Charsadda, innocent people in Kabul were also targeted by the terrorists. When the enemy is common then why to stick to the concept of good and bad terrorists? Pakistanis shall ponder over it. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Humanity has entered a new By Jonathan Power and scary geological era Recently, the so-called Quadrilat- over half. Shortly after the peace ground and fight with a ferocious- The second indication that By The Daily Take Team eral Coordination Group — com- agreement, they tore it up and cap- ness that suggests they will always things might go well is that Paki- prising representatives from Af- tured Saigon, the capital of the be a significant force in the coun- stan, a long-time clandestine sup- ghanistan, Pakistan, China and the South. try. porter (publicly it has been help- According to NASA and NOAA Just as William F. Ruddiman eting trend that methane and car- US — met in Kabul to hold dis- In Afghanistan, although US They do not have the strength ing the US) of the Taliban on the scientists, 2015 was the warmest argued in a paper from 2003, even bon dioxide have during the last cussions on a roadmap to peace in troops are being drawn down fast to challenge Kabul and the power grounds that it needed to secure year ever for global land and ocean though humans hadn’t industrial- century, we could very well be Afghanistan. and now only amount to 10,000, of the central government, but in its interests in Afghanistan and to surfaces, dating all the way to ized, we had already started hav- approaching the eve of extinction. A former senior Taliban offi- plus a small contingent of aircraft, the last year they overran military counter Indian influence, is using 1880. ing a major impact on the Earth’s And none of this is taking into cial said that “military confronta- the Americans are relying on the bases, district centres and securi- its weight to make peace. And it’s not just US scientists atmosphere and its natural cycles account the greenhouse gases that tion is not the solution”, and that a Afghan army, which they have ty checkpoints, seizing many Since the attack in December who are reporting that last year as far back as 8,000 years ago. are trapped in the Antarctic Ice “political solution” was needed to trained well, unlike the Iraqi army, weapons. that killed 132 schoolchildren in was the warmest on record, Brit- And that makes sense, because Sheet, which could be up to 21 end the war in Afghanistan. which disintegrated last year be- They now control more terri- Peshawar, the government, facing ish scientists reported that it was 8,000 years ago is about the time quadrillion grams of organic car- “The motivation for peace fore the Daesh onslaught. tory since the time before Ameri- outrage among most of its popula- the warmest year since 1850, and that early agriculture appeared in bon, and up to 400 billion tons of talks was very weak in the past,” Nevertheless, the army is be- can forces kicked them out in 2001. tion, has been changing its policy Japanese scientists reported that Eurasia and humans started clear- methane gases. Mohammad Hassan Haqyar said. ing battered. The 352,000-strong They have taken most of the towards the Taliban, although it was the warmest year since ing, and burning, forests to make If we continue on this course, “But now the situation has army and police last year sustained province of Helmand in the south. some say that parts of its intelli- 1891. more space for agriculture and hu- if we continue to spew methane changed and the parties seem to 28 per cent more losses than in This gives them control over a large gence service are still pro-Taliban. Keep in mind, 2014 had set man settlements. and carbon dioxide into the atmo- have a readiness for dialogue.” 2014. area of poppy growing. They are There is also a fear that unless the previous record for global sur- In his research, Ruddiman sphere in the pursuit of cheap and Speaking before the meeting, A complicating factor is that making money by selling opium the war ends, the increasingly pow- face temperatures, and 2015 just points out that based on the natu- short sighted economic growth, we Sartaj Aziz, the foreign affairs ad- Daesh has recently entered the to buy sophisticated weapons. erful Pakistani Taliban will cause beat that record by a longshot. ral Earth’s natural cycles for meth- can guarantee that our planet will viser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister fray, joining the once defeated Al Nevertheless, there are reliable severe problems. See more news and opinion ane and carbon over the last continue to warm. Nawaz Sharif, said that “the pri- Qaeda. reports that the Taliban are split- How much will the Taliban from Thom Hartmann at Truthout 400,000 years, we should see a And, as the planet warms, the mary objective of the reconcilia- Al Qaeda was the target for ting as a result of two antagonistic concede at the peace talks? here. decrease in both gases starting Antarctic Ice Sheet will begin to tion process is to create conditions the original act of war made a few claims for the leadership follow- They say they will only re- Part of what’s going has to do roughly 11,000 years ago and con- rapidly melt, which means that up to bring the Taliban groups to the days after the September 11 at- ing the death of their powerful nounce Al Qaeda once a peace deal with an unusually warm Pacific tinuing for another several thou- to 21 quadrillion grams of carbon, negotiation table and offer them tack on the Twin Towers of New leader, Mullah Omar. is signed. They will also want to Ocean due to an El Niño that’s sand years. and up to 400 billion tonnes of incentives that can persuade them York. What are the chances of the participate in a new government. going on right now, but that Instead, we see that carbon methane would be released into the to move away from using violence US and British jets effectively peace negotiations working? They will want a Loya Jirga (a doesn’t explain it all. dioxide and methane levels started atmosphere. as a tool for pursuing political destroyed it. Political scientist James council of all parties) in which the As Dr. Michael Mann ex- to rise in the atmosphere starting At that point, if humans are goals”. Stupidly, the allies stayed on, Fearon noted that only 16 per cent Taliban, the government and civil plained to the New York Times, if about 8,000 years ago, marking a even still around, there will be lit- Some have compared these widening their purpose far beyond of civil wars and insurgencies end society come together to amend the the global climate weren’t warm- sharp movement away from what erally nothing that we can do to negotiations to those between the the limited goal of destroying Al through a negotiated peace settle- constitution that will legitimise the ing, the odds of setting two back- had occurred for more than stop a planetary mass extinction Vietcong and the Americans that Qaeda that president George W. ment. Taliban. Most observers believe to-back record years would be 400,000 years of Earth history. and to save humanity. brought a successful end to the Bush had announced was the Some observers are hopeful peace is a long shot. Moreover, if about one chance in every 1,500 Recent research from the An- More and more scientists agree Vietnam war. bombing’s only purpose. that on this occasion, there can be the Taliban had places in the gov- pairs of years. thropocene Working Group at the that natural processes don’t drive But the two situations are not The Americans and their a successful negotiation, given the ernment what would their demands He added though, that because University of Leicester shows that the climate anymore, human activ- comparable. NATO allies decided that they long stalemate in the fighting. be? the planet is warming, the odds of humans have almost always had a ity does. The Taliban, the ultra-funda- wanted to defeat the Taliban and They point to the fact that They would want to sideline setting back-to-back record years noticeable impact on the planet’s And it’s only human activity mentalist guerrilla movement, do other hostile groups so that Af- there is a new leadership in Kabul. girls’ education and enforce the is really closer to one in 10 now. natural cycles, but our impact has that can stop our march towards not not hold a great deal of Af- ghanistan could become democrat- The previous president, Hamid burka. The really scary part though, been exceptional since the start of planetary extinction. ghanistan’s territory. ic and treat its women right. Karzai, had an embittered relation- It will not be easy. (The Jor- is that there’s good evidence that the industrial revolution. Which means we need to put a The Vietcong controlled well Today, the Taliban are making ship with the US. dan Times) this is nothing compared to what’s In fact, the 24 co-authors ar- price on carbon. to come. gue that we’ve entered a new and And we need to aggressively This graph shows how global distinct geological era, just within convert our energy system to one temperatures have historically, for the last 50 years. that’s 100 percent renewable, and This is how Obama returns the favor more than 400,000 years, tracked They call it the “Anthro- we need to find carbon and meth- with carbon dioxide and methane pocene era” from the greek word ane-neutral ways of transporting levels in the atmosphere. “Anthropos” meaning “man.” our goods, building our infrastruc- By DAVID MACARAY There’s a clear relationship The authors argue that even ture and constructing our cities. By the calculus organized labor bureaucratic morass and manage- kansas, Carper of Delaware, and deal. Emanuel insisted the presi- between increases in atmospheric though we’ve been having an im- The technology to achieve all uses to assess the performances ment game-playing involved in an Feinstein of California—all sena- dent back away from it, having carbon dioxide and methane, and pact on our planet for thousands of those goals already exists, and of friend and foe alike, President NLRB certification election. With tors and all Democrats—were the convinced him that, bad news or warmer temperatures in our plan- of years, it’s only been during the we now face a choice as a global Obama, labor’s nominal “friend” the EFCA in place, if the majority ones who orchestrated the bill’s not, labor had no choice but to stay et’s history. last 50 years that human activity society. We’ll go extinct if we keep loyal to the Democrats. In classic On the other hand, during cool- became the main factor driving al- doing what’s easy and what’s com- er periods in Earth’s history, the most every single natural process fortable. But we can save the plan- Emanuel fashion, he was quoted “Ice Ages,” the atmosphere con- on Earth. et, if we make bold decisions and as saying, “If labor’s upset with tained lower concentrations of And that brings us back to the take immediate action to minimize it, fuck ‘em. Let ‘em vote Repub- methane and carbon dioxide. relationship between global surface human impact, and thus restore the lican and see how they like it.” But, as this chart shows, those temperatures, methane and carbon planet’s own natural processes and But we now hear rumors that natural cycles were disrupted dioxide. the balance that existed for hun- this “lame duck” president, who sometime around 10,000 years ago, Because as these charts show, dreds of thousands of years be- came into office amid so much no- right around the time that the last if atmospheric temperatures con- fore the first human settlements.— ble rhetoric and high expectations, ice age ended. tinue to follow the same sky-rock- (Truthout) may be looking to gild his lily by issuing a number of ambitious Ex- ecutive Orders. Can the Davos rich do more than talk? In the countdown to the end of his second term of office this By Sam Pizzigati president may actually want to do something meaningful. But instead Just a busload of billionaires, says lionaires had enough net worth to so ferociously in good part because of having to kowtow to pompous Oxfam, now hold as much wealth match the wealth of humanity’s the rich have become incredibly Republicans and hold the hands of as the entire bottom half of hu- poorest half. That bottom half to- adept at concealing - from tax col- gutless Democrats, his weapon of manity. The elites now at Davos tals some 3.6 billion people. lectors - a huge chunk of their for- choice will be the Executive Order. could, if they so choose, start steer- Since 2010, those 3.6 billion tunes. Instead of going to the mat, all he ing that bus in a different direc- folks have together lost just over Oxfam’s researchers put the has to do is “order” things to get tion. $1 trillion - 41 percent - of their amount of wealth that the global Every winter the world’s po- household wealth. The richest 62 rich now have stashed away in off- done. What could be simpler? litical and business elite retreat to of our global billionaire class, mean- shore tax havens at $7.6 trillion. In the name of old-fashioned the Swiss mountain resort of Da- while, have gained $542 billion And those doing the hiding include “prairie democracy,” what if Pres- vos to think deep thoughts and sup over that same time span, a 44 the hefty share of the movers and ident Obama were to issue an EO at five-star eateries. The corporate percent increase in their personal shakers at the Davos World Eco- instructing the NLRB to recognize execs, bankers, and finance minis- net worth. These fortunate 62 - a nomic Forum. as union members any majority of ters who frequent this annual Da- group small enough to fit in a bus - Oxfam has analyzed the tax and supporter, appears to have of employees said they wanted to defeat. workers who voted to join a union? vos World Economic Forum have certainly do have some good-times machinations of 200 of the world’s come up short. About $400 mil- be union members, the company If Obama had made it clear that What’s the very worst thing that of late devoted considerable time company. Our world’s wealthiest top corporations, a group that en- lion short. That’s the amount la- could not legally deny them that this EFCA bill was not only an could happen? What are they go- to the topic of inequality. Last 1 percenters now average $1.7 mil- compasses a fair number of the bor unions were reported to have right. important piece of legislation, it ing to do to him? Impeach him? year’s forum, for instance, identi- lion each in wealth, a total over corporate “strategic partners” at donated to Obama’s 2008 election In March, 2009, the EFCA was a White House “must have,” Even though they date back to fied income inequality as 2015’s 300 times greater than the average Davos. Nine of ten of these cor- campaign. was introduced to Congress by a genuine priority item, this muti- George Washington, the legal “most significant trend.” net worth of our world’s bottom porate giants turn out to “have a In response to this munificent Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and ny would never have occurred, not boundaries of Executive Orders But talk can be cheap. In fact, 90 percent. The ultimate global presence in at least one tax haven.” show of loyalty and generosity, House member George Miller (D- with a newly elected and still wildly remain murky at best. Most likely the more the elites at Davos seem inequality bottom line? Our top 1 Those corporate CEOs President Obama not only ex- CA). Al Franken, Senator from popular president, and not with Obama’s decision would wind up to contemplate our global great di- percent, notes Oxfam, “now have sashaying around Davos, in other vide, the more global wealth seems more wealth than the rest of the words, could with some simple pressed his undying gratitude, he Minnesota, chose this EFCA bill the leader of the Democratic Party in federal court, which would be to concentrate in fewer pockets. world combined.” executive orders put a huge dent pledged to do everything in his as the first piece of legislation he calling on the leadership to dem- fine because even if his EO were Back in 2010, as the global The crowd that’s assembling on a “global system of tax avoid- power to see that the EFCA (Em- would co-sponsor, a proud mo- onstrate solidarity. eventually struck down, it would charity Oxfam reminds us in a new this week in Davos could, with a ance” that, says Oxfam, “denies ployee Free Choice Act) became ment for him. Many stories circulated as to take months for that to happen, report released on the eve of Da- snap of a few fingers, end this stag- poor countries the resources they law. Yet if one were looking for what torpedoed the bill. Some re- and in the meantime, the labor vos 2016, the world’s 388 richest geringly stark inequality in a rela- need to tackle poverty, put chil- Polls show that even though morbid symbolism, they need look ported that Obama, who was movement would have been rein- billionaires had a combined fortune tive matter of minutes. Wealth, af- dren in school, and prevent their upwards of 60-percent of work- no further than Franken’s co-spon- philosophically in favor the bill, vigorated as thousands of work- that equaled the net worth of the ter all, isn’t concentrating at such citizens dying from easily curable ing people across the board say sorship. So phony and hypocriti- became gun-shy. He didn’t antici- places had their consciousness poorest half of the world’s popu- a ferocious rate because the rich diseases.” they would like to join a union, cal was administration’s support pate the torrent of opposition he raised. lation. are “innovating” at some spectac- Don’t hold your breath.— barely 11-percent are organized. of the bill, it took a professional encountered both from the busi- Do it, Mr. President. Granted, But last year just 62 top bil- ular level. Wealth is concentrating (Inequality.org) That discrepancy defies reason. comedian to sponsor it. ness community and timid mem- it won’t turn you from an ineffec- Obviously, something is holding Although there were only 41 bers of his own party, and was tual president into a heroic one, them back. Republican senators at the time unwilling to embark on a protract- but there will be Brownie points. The EFCA would give work- (July of 2009), it was the Demo- ed battle this early in his term of Turn the tables on those anti-union, ing people the right to join or form crats themselves who eventually office. anti-worker, anti-middleclass bas- a labor union simply by signing a sunk the bill. Nelson of Nebraska, Others reported that it was his tards. Force them to play defense card (“card check”) saying they Specter of Pennsylvania, McCa- arrogant and profane chief of staff, for a change. Do it, Mr. President. wish to do so, thus avoiding the skill of Missouri, Lincoln of Ar- Rahm Emanuel, who queered the (Counterpunch) LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Substandard healthcare centers in Kabul There is no state-of-the-art healthcare centers in Afghanistan, as patients are going abroad to receive medical treatments. Afghan masses are suffering from one of the worst healthcare system as they don’t have access to the basic medical care. On daily bases more than hundreds of people are traveling abroad for treatment due to lack of standardized facilities at home. Despite spending handsome money by the Afghan patients for their medical treatment in India and Pakistan, sometime they receive substandard treatment. There was a patient living in Kart-e-Now Kabul, went to Pakistan for medical checkup, but his dead body were returned home. There is no report how he died in the hospital, possible the doctor prescribed him wrong and substandard medicines that caused to his death. It seems that due to increase in medical tourism, medical services in Pakistan become commercial and don’t’ give a dam care while checking the sick one. The relevant Afghan official should take necessary measures to provide standard medical care for the Afghan masses here at home and free the Afghans from going abroad for treatment. Ramin Khan, Kart-e-Now Kabul, Afghanistan

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On his release from prison in Jan- pensive for many refugees, 70 per- took every male above the age of do not have residency," she said. here. Every time someone knocks like a normal human being - the "I just want to go anywhere where uary 2012 after being arrested for cent of whom live in extreme pov- 14 for four days. And they took "They were attacking them and on the door I am scared. There's least anyone would expect, any- I can go to bed and feel safe, and his activism, Ahmad al-Homsi left erty, according to UN data. all our documents and gave us one insulting them, just because they no state, there's no security," she where in the world." not in the fear that someone's go- Syria. Homsi says life was much eas- week to sort out our residency," are Syrian." said. While Homsi hopes to escape ing to attack me and my family or There is now a death sentence ier before the legislation was hand- he said. Manar says she is permanent- "I don't want to dream because from Lebanon to Europe, Manar shoot at us." with his name on it, so he cannot ed down last January. Completing that lengthy, ex- ly afraid of the authorities. every time I dream, something de- says her only hope is to return to Manar also lamented the im- return home. He has taken shelter Before, while refugees still had pensive and complex process re- "When I escaped from Syria, I stroys it," Manar added, noting a peaceful Syria one day. pact of the family's circumstances in Lebanon, but has no money to to battle with Lebanon's bureau- quires refugees to have all their thought I would come here to my that her main hope now is to one "We escaped death in Syria; we on her younger brother. go anywhere else. cracy, they did not have to pay Syrian papers in order, which for second home, but I don't feel safe day feel safe again "and be treated cannot go back to that," she said. Aljazeera Although a refugee from Syr- the fee or find a sponsor - a sys- many means a trip back home. ia's war, Homsi is in Lebanon ille- tem that leaves refugees open to My only hope is to get out of gally because of a law introduced abuse, as sponsors can renege on Lebanon, to get somewhere where last year requiring all Syrian refu- the deal, at any time rendering the I can educate my children. gees to pay $200 for a six-month refugee immediately "illegal". Ref- Ahmad al-Homsi, Syrian ref- or annual residence permit, and ugees are often forced to work long ugee in Lebanon provide proof of sponsorship by hours for low pay. "It would have required going an individual or company. "Refugees and aid workers said back to Syria," Homsi said. "So Homsi did not obtain the re- that employers can get away with none of us could do anything, [and] quired permit and has been arrest- paying lower wages, harassing now we're all illegal in the coun- ed once by Lebanese authorities. employees in the workplace, or try... My only hope is to get out He fears that if it happens again, forcing employees to work in un- of Lebanon, to get somewhere they will deport him. safe conditions because they lack where I can educate my children." "I'm worried every minute that legal redress," the HRW report stat- Homsi is not alone. Manar, 29, I will be arrested again," Homsi ed. who hails from the Syrian city of told Al Jazeera. "I am expecting to Homsi, 33, has a wife and three Homs and did not provide her last be forced to leave the country at children to support, but is unable name, has been illegal in Lebanon any moment, but the only place I to travel far for fear of hitting the since last May, when her previous could go is Syria, and the second I army checkpoints that dot the papers - obtained before the new cross the border I would be arrest- roads around Lebanon. Now, in an law came into effect - expired. ed or shot." apparent effort to track down as Manar, whose husband van- Those registered with the many "illegal" Syrians as possible, ished in the early days of the Syr- UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, Lebanese authorities are conduct- ian uprising, was a qualified ele- are not required to find a sponsor - ing raids into refugee settlements, mentary school teacher in her but they are prohibited from work- he said. hometown, but cannot find work ing and face other obstacles. As of "Things are changing, and now in Lebanon, as she does not pos- May 2015, the Lebanese govern- the army is going in and arresting sess the requisite French and En- ment instructed the UNHCR to people in their homes, not waiting glish skills. To help support her stop registering new arrivals. More for them to come to checkpoints," five-year-old son, she makes a bit than one million Syrians are offi- he said. Homsi was recently ar- of money babysitting. cially registered as refugees in Leb- rested in a camp raid and held for The lack of residency status anon, but the real number is high- four days. On his release, he was affects her life in every way, Ma- er, aid agencies say. given a temporary paper that he nar told Al Jazeera. In a report released earlier this must renew in the capital every "Some armed men came to the month, Human Rights Watch urged two weeks as authorities continue camp where we live and took my the Lebanese government to scrap to investigate his case. brothers and beat them up. My its sponsorship scheme and the "When they came to take ev- son was so scared. And I can't even $200 fee, which is cripplingly ex- eryone, they took 27 people. They complain to the police because I THE SCOTTISH LEFT WANTS TRUMP OFF ITS GREENS Donald Trump boasted that he of youngsters has transformed the would create the "greatest golf left into a much more vibrant and course in the world" on the shift- energetic organisation." Four years ago, Rwanda took the dren's development, Marinus van age and contacting the staff who had been hampered by social atti- the prime minister, accompanied ing sand dunes of the Aberdeen- Scottish Social media hits radical decision to begin shutting IJzendoorn, of the Centre for Child had raised them. tudes. by an 80-page document in which shire coast. Trump down all of its orphanages - a move and Family Studies at the Leiden Estimates from L'Esperance "Some children leave their new he explained why it was impossi- The American billionaire prob- The return of street politics to that would have made it the first University, in the Netherlands, Children's Village, a Rwandan or- families because families don't ap- ble to close the orphanage in such ably never expected to see the foyer Scotland has been given a 21st-cen- country in Africa to do so. told Al Jazeera. phanage, suggest that the number preciate the importance of looking a short period, and asked for an of his five-star boutique hotel filled tury twist by social media. The 1994 genocide, in which Together with British and US may be as high as 10 percent. after their own children and teach- extension. with scruffy protesters singing the Campaigners are no longer re- almost a million Tutsis and mod- colleagues, Van IJzendoorn pub- This may not be surprising giv- ing them the values of becoming a When he received no answer, Internationale. It was socialism liant on newsdesks sending pho- erate Hutus were massacred, had lished a consensus statement last en the living conditions that the better citizen in the future," Ka- he sent the letter to other authori- amid chandeliers. tographers to get coverage. left the country with thousands of year in the Journal of Orthopsy- families provide. manzi explained. ties, all the way down to the may- Sixteen-year-old Max Waters Pictures of the protests at orphans. chiatry, a leading magazine for child According to the Tulane "In some of the assessments or of Karongi, but never received a was part of a group, from the left- Donald Trump's hotels were Following the killings, foreign psychiatrists in the United States. study, half of the 130 children by the NCC into families which reply. wing alliance Rise Scotland, who shared hundreds of times on Twit- aid organisations set up dozens of "We have done research into placed back with their families reg- received kids, there is still an 'I "We heard rumours that they made the three-hour journey from ter with the hashtag #RiseAgain- orphanages, with the number of orphanages in Greece, the Ukraine ularly went to bed hungry, and one don't care' attitude." were going to close down the or- Glasgow in a rented red van with stTrump. institutions in the country rising and India and into the consequenc- in three said that they or someone The NCC thinks the problem phanages, but not until 2014 were home-made banners saying "Dump One of the most important leg- from three to 34. es of adoption," says Van IJzen- in the family spent an entire day is that the families have a mindset we summoned to Kigali, and in a Trump" and "Scotland loves Mus- acies of the referendum has also In 2012, the government an- doorn. and night without eating regularly. that the children should get things meeting with all of the orphanage lims". been the flowering of an alterna- nounced that by the end of 2014 "Our conclusion is that or- Transforming families free of charge from the government directors we were told that we had "We wanted to protest at tive media, which includes sites all of these orphanages would be phanages structurally neglect chil- "Every child has the right to or donors. to close," he told Al Jazeera. Donald Trump's hotels against his such as Bella Caledonia, Newsnet closed. dren - it's a form of child abuse. know his parents and to know to One observer thinks that the By the end of 2014, he says racism and borderline fascism," he and Common Space. The move followed a United Foster care and adoption are much whom he belongs," said Mary problems are endemic to the sys- that he received weekly phone told Al Jazeera. Fox describes how, when he Nations declaration that every child better alternatives than any or- Kamanzi, of Peace Plan, a Rwan- tem and the government. calls from the local authorities of The Republican presidential was growing up in Lanarkshire, the "The Rwandan regime is fo- Karongi, asking how many children candidate's mother is from the Isle Daily Record was the bible in cused on appearances," explains had left the orphanage. of Lewis, but it seems he is no long- working-class households. He says Filip Reyntjens, a Rwanda expert The NCC had yet to get in- er welcome in his ancestral home- the newspaper was consumed ev- and professor at Belgium's Univer- volved. "They obviously had a land. ery day along with Irn-Bru and sity of Antwerp. deadline," Monroy said. "When we When Trump called for Mus- square sliced sausage. He is not allowed back in the refused to re-home the children lims to be banned from entering This meant that, along with the country because of his criticism of because we didn’t have the capac- the United States, he was stripped BBC and the Labour Party, it set the government. ity to do so, the task was given to of his honorary degree by Robert the political centre of gravity. "Orphans don't look good. Peace Plan. But they have no rele- Gordon University, in Aberdeen, "There was little outlet for Being poor is not bad, but looking vant experience. The NCC only and dropped by the Scottish gov- opinion and it was easier to con- poor is. Rwanda is trying to be the came when the orphanage was al- ernment as a business ambassador trol", he says. perfect country and orphanages ready about to close." for Scotland. "Now, what is happening is don't fit into that image," Reyn- When in December of 2014 the The prestigious Turnberry new generations of activists are tjens told Al Jazeera. government announced plans to golf course, in Ayrshire, is appar- seeing that social media offers the As with many other Rwandan postpone the deadline, ently out of the reckoning for the opportunity to bypass the stan- policies, the rhetoric about chil- L'Esperance's foreign donors had Open Championship, simply be- dard establishment argument, the dren's interests deceptively makes already withdrawn support. cause Trump is the owner. standard establishment reportage. it sound progressive, says Charles Monroy, of Guatemalan ori- The brash businessman's un- The idea that there is only one sto- Kabonero, an exiled Rwandan jour- gin, fears that he will be expelled popularity made him a prime tar- ry and it is told by the BBC." nalist. from the country for criticising the get for a new political party hop- The editor of Common Space, "It seems the policy's real es- government. ing to stage an audacious publicity Angela Haggerty, says that they sence can be traced in [Rwandan Worse situation coup. have around 150,000 unique users President Paul] Kagame's 'image Ironically, given the Rwandan Rise against Donald Trump every month and numbers are promotion at-all-costs approach', government's reliance on academic Jack Ferguson, 32, a student growing. one whose primary purpose is to studies in formulating its policy, who was one of the organisers of "Since we've launched, I feel has the right to grow up in a fami- phanage." dan NGO which is funded by the mask the authoritarian and repres- research published after the pro- Sunday's protest, admits that Rise pretty confident that our coverage ly, and research showed that 70 According to a 2013 study by US-based Saddleback Church. sive nature of his rule through main- gramme began has shown that plac- Scotland is trying to get itself no- of certain issues, land reform for percent of the children in care in Tulane University conducted "I believe that poverty is a dis- ly cosmetic marketing of ambitious ing children back with families can ticed in an election year. example, has put grassroots cam- Rwanda still had families. among three orphanages in Rwan- ease that can be treated," she told but rather unrealistic and un- actually be detrimental. "I hope this does convey some- paigners at the forefront and en- The closures policy, whose da, which included 130 children, Al Jazeera. "Children should not thoughtful policies," Kabonero Kathryn Whetten, a professor thing about what Rise are about, abled them to put more pressure deadline was extended in Decem- 70 percent still had a family, but be separated from their parents." says. at Duke University in the US, fol- that is part of what we were aim- on policy-makers than the tradi- ber 2014 and has still not been met, only one in four was able to return Kamanzi found new homes for This is not the first time "im- lowed 1,357 children in institu- ing for. The Scottish parliament tional outlets would have," Hag- has been fraught with difficulty, to a mother or father. more than 150 children in adop- age promotion" has dictated poli- tions, and 1,480 in families in Ethi- needs a force who are determined gerty says. however, both for the children and Of the remaining children, tive families and set an example cy. opia and Tanzania, to compare the to stand up to the rich and power- "Alternative media in Scotland the institutions raising them. some 38 percent returned to grand- by adopting four children herself. In 2004, in preparation for the effect of living in orphanages with ful and will not be bullied simply has really shaken things up and Many children have found parents, a brother or sister or oth- "An orphanage should only be New Partnership for Africa's De- family care. because someone puts money on made the media scene a far more themselves placed with relatives er family members, and 35 percent a temporary solution," Kamanzi velopment summit, authorities Whetten published her conclu- the table," he told Al Jazeera. interesting and edgy place than it who either do not want them or were sent to an adoptive family. says. systematically removed all street sions in the scientific journal Scotland's radical left was giv- was previously." cannot afford to look after them A child plays on a set of However, there have been al- vendors, the majority of whom PLOS ONE in 2014, saying that en a new burst of life by a grass- It is not all positive, however. (see Solomon and Samuel's story swings in the gardens surrounding legations against Peace Plan and were widows and street children, without substantial improvements roots independence campaign dur- Mike Small from Bella Caledonia below). L'Esperance orphanage [Anais how the organisation has managed from the streets of Kigali, because in care and support, placing chil- ing the referendum that politicised points out that debates on Twitter One organisation which of- Lopez/Al Jazeera] its work. they looked poor, said Kabonero. dren back with families will not a new generation. Instead of going can quickly descend into bitter ar- fered families money to take the Hungry to bed In a December 2014 interview, Reportedly none of those mea- significantly improve their welfare. away when the vote was lost, they gument and that there are big ques- children back has been accused of In embarking on its closure Kamanzi claimed that Peace Plan sures provided long-term reintegra- Their situation may even de- formed a new alliance to stand can- tions about harassment of women not paying them. programme, Rwanda took the ad- gave families $50 a month for tak- tion solutions for those street chil- teriorate if they are placed with didates in this year's Holyrood elec- and misogyny. Moreover, the government has vice of the UN and academic re- ing a child back in, working with dren. families that offer fewer opportu- tions. Some nationalists have also been accused of sponsoring a cos- search to heart. local churches and asking pastors Reintegrating children nities for them. More than 500 people attend- criticised Rise for splitting the Yes metic exercise, purely to improve Often, the parents were still to give the money to families in The UN disputes the idea that Even in 2012, the year the gov- ed their inaugural meeting in Glas- movement by trying to take votes the image of the country, rather alive, said Zaina Nyiramatama, di- their communities. the government's policy is aimed ernment's policy was initiated, a gow last August. from the SNP. than placing the wellbeing of the rector of Rwanda's National Com- But the families have reported at closing all orphanages and says national survey of institutions for Glaswegian schoolboy Max But the independence move- child first. mission for Children (NCC), to the that the money never reached them. it is more aimed at "reintegrating children in Rwanda found that Waters is one of those who got his ment doesn't belong to any one By late 2015, only 12 of the UN committee for children's Even the director of the orphan- children". young adults staying in such insti- first experience of politics can- party or organisation. Aljazeera 34 orphanages had been closed, rights, at a meeting in Geneva in age who is offering a foster home Ramatou Toure, UNICEF's tutions were ill-prepared to sur- vassing for a Yes vote in the refer- with 1,892 children being found a 2013. to at least one child said he did not head of child protection, said: "The vive in the outside world. endum. home. "It was mainly a question of receive funds. government has established a time According to the survey: "A "That was the start, it sparked Alternative care for children informing parents and supporting When some money did come schedule. It is their programme, we staggering 859 young people aged my interest," he said. "I do not In 2009, the UN accepted the them so that they could take back through, the church charged a com- are only their partner." over 18 years, representing over think I would have got involved in Guidelines for the Alternative Care their children and take care of them mission, the families said. In an interview in June, 2015, one quarter [25.9 percent] of the politics if it had not been for the of Children which declared that properly," she said. "It is impor- In an October 2015 interview, Toure said: "Perhaps there is a total population of the institu- referendum. every child had the right to grow tant to act quickly, because leav- Kamanzi explained: "Each family communication problem between tions, are still living in children's "The SNP [Scottish National up in a family, and the right to par- ing children in institutions for long- is given according to the need at the government and the orphanage institutions. Party] has got lots of good left ticipate in all decisions that affect- er periods of time is detrimental hand. directors. It's not about closing all "Many of these young adults [wing] policies but it also seems ed them. for their wellbeing." "Peace Plan is not able to sat- orphanages. It is about reintegrat- are well into their 20s and the old- to be really friendly with big cor- A large lobby movement, the Yet many children who were isfy all the needs of these families ing children, with the help of so- est is aged 43 years. This very large porations. Also they voted to be a Better Care Network, founded placed outside the orphanage did and children, but the idea is to sup- cial workers." number of young adults living in part of NATO and I am anti-nu- by USAID, UNICEF and Save not stay in the new environment. port the transformation of these Victor Monroy, who was di- children's institutions is alarming clear." the Children, now aims to close Both the NCC and UNICEF families to be self-sustaining in the rector of the L'Esperance orphan- and indicates a lack of preparation Colin Fox, a former Socialist orphanages all over the world, in refused to disclose the number of near future." age until December 2014, has had and support for young adults to member of the Scottish parliament developed and developing coun- children who had left their new 'Orphans don't look good' a different experience. leave institutions and become in- who is a Rise candidate in Edin- tries alike. homes and ended up living in the The NCC said the process of In September 2013, he sent a dependent," said Van IJzendoorn. burgh, says: "The new generation Orphanages are bad for chil- street, or returning to the orphan- reintegrating children into families personal request to the office of Aljazeera This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Draghi’s market dialog moves to Davos after ECB’s groundhog day A day after kicking off yet another European Central Bank stimulus review, Mario Draghi used Davos as a platform to convince inves- Iraq’s plan to increase oil output tors he’ll do what’s needed to reig- this year will go ahead, with ex- nite consumer prices. ports running in January at a “We’ve plenty of instru- record level and unaffected by ments,” the ECB president said on Iran’s return to the market, Iraqi Friday at the World Economic Fo- Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi rum in Switzerland. “We have the told Reuters in an interview. determination, and the willingness Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest and the capacity of the Governing producer, expects output from the Council, to act and deploy these country’s southern region to in- instruments.” crease by up to 400,000 barrels The comments reflect the per day (bpd) this year, to over 4 ECB’s agreement on Thursday to million bpd, he said, speaking in reexamine its strategy of a 1.5 tril- Baghdad. lion-euro ($1.6 trillion) bond-pur- Iraq will be offering competi- chase plan and negative interest tive prices to market its additional rates. Over the seven weeks until crude output, the minister said, the March 10 gathering, officials adding that it had made contracts are likely to try to guide investors with Chinese refineries covering all to avoid a repeat of last month’s of 2016. meeting, when fresh stimulus fell “In fact, we in Iraq are not short of predictions stoked at the short of contracts,” he said. “Un- previous decision. til now, the demand on our oil is “It’s a bit like Groundhog more than our offer, even with the Day,” said Carsten Brzeski, chief return of Iran.” economist at ING-Diba AG in “Iraqi oil will remain cheap for Frankfurt, reminiscing about the China,” he added. “Our 2016 term 1993 Bill Murray comedy. “The contracts are fully booked.” only question is, will he fulfill the The average cost of extraction dreams of markets this time in southern Iraq is about $10 per around, or will he disappoint barrel, he said. again?” Lifting oil prices now would The euro is set for its biggest require the Organization of the weekly drop this year as traders Petroleum Exporting Countries brace for more stimulus. The cur- and non-OPEC nations to agree on rency traded at $1.0831 at 12:50 curbing output, he said. p.m. Frankfurt time and is down Iraq would support an emer- about 0.8 percent this week. gency meeting of OPEC if the Draghi’s challenge has become group can reach an agreement on tougher as China’s economic slow- curbing output in coordination with down increasingly drags on global non-OPEC producers, he said. trade and disrupts markets. Euro- If such an agreement is impos- area inflation hasn’t been near the sible, OPEC should refrain from goal of just under 2 percent since holding any extraordinary meeting early 2013. in order not to depress prices fur- ther, he said. The ECB president said the three current drivers of the euro- area recovery are monetary poli- cy, a fiscal stance that is “broadly Deutsche neutral if not slightly expansion- Sharp rises on prospects of rescue deal with Japan fund ary,” and lower energy prices that Bank shares Sharp Corp. shares rose as the of the world’s largest makers of NEC Corp., fared better. Shares of with increasingly complex electron- good Sharp,” Goyal said. “With support disposable income. Yet company moves toward a rescue displays for smartphones and tab- the supplier of chips to automak- ic systems. “I can imagine an INCJ INCJ it would go much smoother, policy makers are worried over the plunge nine plan with government-backed In- lets, could gain more business from ers more than doubled in 2013, then proposal that would split the com- much easier. Sharp, INCJ and Ja- risk that ultra-low inflation will novation Network Corp. of Japan Apple and other Foxconn custom- gained 33 percent in 2014, driven pany into the bad Sharp, which is pan’s government are likely to persist, undermining the econom- rather than a potentially larger of- ers like Amazon.com Inc and by demand for chips used in cars LCD panels, and with the rest as worry about the job losses.” ic revival. percent on fer from Taiwan’s Foxconn Tech- Xiaomi Corp. “There’s less reason to be op- nology Group. INCJ’s Track Record timistic” over the outlook for con- Q4 losses Sharp is learning toward a deal The possibility of a govern- sumer prices, he said. “It’s mostly with INCJ that would allow it to ment bailout first surfaced in 2012, because of the collapse in oil pric- Shares in Deutsche Bank plunged keep its technology within Japan when Sharp teetered on the brink es but also because of the revision, more than nine percent on the and cooperate more closely with of bankruptcy after its Aquos TVs the downward revision” of eco- stock exchange after Germany’s domestic companies, people famil- lost market share to those from nomic growth in emerging markets. biggest lender said that litigation iar with the talks said Thursday, Samsung Electronics Co., LG Elec- That view was backed by the costs pushed it deep into the red asking not to be named because the tronics Inc. and lower-cost Chi- ECB’s quarterly Survey of Profes- at the end of last year. matter is private. The company’s nese rivals. The Osaka-based com- sional Forecasters, which was Shares in Deutsche Bank stock rose 3.1 percent at the close pany is set to post a combined 1.22 published Friday. Analysts cut plunged 9.5 percent to an intraday in Tokyo on Friday, after earlier trillion yen of net losses over five their euro-area inflation outlook for low of 16.03 euros in late morning climbing as much as 12 percent. years to March 31. this year and next, and said the rate trade, the biggest loser on the blue- INCJ may invest about 300 INCJ, formed in 2009 to help would average 1.6 percent in 2018. chip DAX 30 index, which was billion yen ($2.6 billion), splitting fund innovation and keep key tech- That’s a level the Frankfurt-based itself showing a more modest loss the funds between Sharp’s LCD nologies within Japan, has had ECB less than two months ago of around 0.26 percent. panel business and remaining op- mixed success in reviving compa- projected would be reached by Late Wednesday, Deutsche erations, one of the people said. nies. Japan Display’s shares are 2017. Too-low inflation risks Bank had said it expected an over- Foxconn has offered about 600 bil- trading 70 percent less than their damping wage increases and aggre- all loss of 6.7 billion euros ($7.3 lion yen to buy the company and initial public offering price. gate demand. billion) for 2015 as a result of a expects a decision this month, a The fund’s investment in Re- “There is the risk that the de- total 12 billion euros in charges, separate person familiar with the nesas Electronics Corp., formed in cline of the oil price also has an nearly half of which were litiga- talks said. 2010 by combining the struggling impact on core inflation via sec- tion costs. INCJ’s investment would be semiconductor operations of Mit- ond-round effects, for instance due Deutsche Bank is currently the most recent example of Japan’s subishi Electric Corp., Hitachi and to lower transport costs,” Govern- mired in a tangle of around 6,000 government providing support to ing Council member Ewald Nowot- lawsuits. struggling domestic companies to ny said in Vienna on Friday. On In May, it was was fined a keep technology out of the hands further measures, he said that “over record $2.5 billion for its involve- of foreign rivals. Four years ago, the course of last year, we went ment in rigging interest rates. INCJ created Japan Display Inc. Dimon’s pay jumps 35pc to $27m into territories that we would have It has also faced probes by from the troubled screen units of seen as unthinkable, so it’s very Swiss authorities for suspected Toshiba Corp., Sony Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted billion. The company’s shares lacks preset goals to determine difficult to set limits anywhere price fixing on the precious metals Hitachi Ltd. with a 200 billion yen Jamie Dimon’s pay 35 percent, climbed 5.5 percent in 2015, out- compensation and didn’t give a these days.” market, and US investigators have infusion. tying most of the package to fu- performing the 3.5 percent decline good reason for giving Dimon a $7.4 Slower Growth looked at its Moscow branch on “There is only one option -- ture performance after a record of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Fi- million cash bonus for 2014. An economic gauge also pub- suspicion of possible involvement when was the last time a Japanese share of investors rejected the nancials Index. Dimon’s Lietenants lished Friday showed private-sec- in money-laundering. company in good shape or bad was bank’s compensation practices last In May, JPMorgan’s board Other top executives got half tor growth in the 19-nation cur- The group’s new chief John allowed to sell its technology to year. said it was weighing changes to of their stock awards in the new rency bloc slowed to the weakest Cryan has pledged a sweeping cul- another Asian company?” said The bank awarded Dimon, its executive compensation after a performance-linked units, and the in almost a year amid volatility in ture change within the bank, but Atul Goyal, an analyst at Jefferies chief executive officer and chair- record low percentage of sharehold- rest in restricted shares that vest financial markets. At the same investors are worried that the liti- Group LLC. man, $27 million for 2015, up from ers approved their pay packages. over time. Matt Zames, the firm’s cent of the grant amount in shares, time, the Purchasing Managers’ gation costs will still hit profitabil- Shares Jump $20 million a year earlier, accord- Roughly 60 percent voted in favor chief operating officer, and Daniel depending on the firm’s returns on Index for manufacturing and ser- ity for years to come. Sharp stock has lost more than ing to a regulatory filing Thursday. of the measure at the annual meet- Pinto, who runs the corporate and an absolute basis and versus 11 fi- vices still points to growth of as For Barclays analyst, Kiri Vi- half its value in the past three years. The package includes $20.5 mil- ing, the lowest since so-called say- investment bank, each got packag- nancial firms. Shares have to be much as 0.4 percent at the start of jayarajah, it was Deutsche Bank’s Twelve analysts including Goyal lion in performance share units, a on-pay proposals were started at es valued at $18.5 million, or 8.8 held for two years after being vest- the year, Markit Economics said. poor fourth-quarter performance recommend selling the shares, out new pay element tied to future tar- the New York-based bank in 2009. percent more than in 2014, accord- ed. The firm didn’t explain what Draghi noted that euro-area that was the main factor behind of 14 tracked by Bloomberg . gets. Proxy advisers had com- The new performance units ing to a person with knowledge of the specific targets were. While monetary policy will diverge from the plummet in the share price on “We’re talking with several plained last year that the compa- “were adopted by the board of di- their compensation. Mary Callah- Dimon earned $30 million in 2007, the U.S. for a while, bolstering the Thursday. companies about the structural ny lacked concrete goals for its rectors after considering a variety an Erdoes, who runs the bank’s his pay for 2015 was the highest ECB’s accommodative stance. The “The charges are in line with improvement of liquid-crystal-dis- executives. Dimon also got a $5 of views on compensation struc- wealth management division, re- since the financial crisis. He was Federal Reserve’s decision in De- expectations. But revenues and play business. We don’t comment million cash bonus and a $1.5 mil- ture, including views gained ceived a 9.1 percent raise to $18 paid $15.2 million for 2009 and cember to start raising its own underlying profits are weaker than on the details of individual talks,” lion salary. through the firm’s extensive en- million, and Chief Financial Offic- $23 million in each of the two years rates was “appropriate” given the expected,” he said. said Yoshifumi Seki, a spokesman Under Dimon, who has led gagement with shareholders on the er Marianne Lake got a 10 percent that followed. For 2012, his pay improving U.S. economy and was In the fourth quarter alone, for Sharp. JPMorgan since 2006, the bank topic,” the bank said in the filing. raise to $11 million, the person was cut in half to $11.5 million “flawlessly executed,” he said. Deutsche Bank said it expects a Foxconn is interested in ex- managed to increase profit last year Proxy advisers Institutional said. The performance units are after the bank’s board said he bore On Thursday, after the central fourth-quarter loss of 2.1 billion panding its business beyond as- 12 percent to a record $24.4 bil- Shareholder Services and Glass tied to JPMorgan’s return on tan- some responsibility for the Lon- bank left interest rates at record euros, weighed down by “challeng- sembly of products and logistics, lion despite stagnant revenue. He Lewis & Co. had recommended gible common equity over three don Whale derivatives trading de- lows, he noted that new ECB mac- ing market conditions.” by adding a wider array of compo- accomplished that by trimming investors vote against last year’s years starting January 2016. Ex- bacle. He got $20 million a year roeconomic projections will be Andrew Lin of Societe Gen- nents to its offerings. Sharp, one expenses almost 4 percent to $59 pay resolution, saying the bank ecutives will get zero to 150 per- for 2013 and 2014. published after the March meet- erale said that at 6.6 billion euros, ing, including the first prognosis fourth-quarter revenues were low- for 2018. Any deterioration in the er than consensus. outlook could provide the justifi- In addition to write-downs cation for more action. Draghi said totalling 5.8 billion euros due to New York dedicates $5b to clean energy fund the Governing Council would “ab- tougher regulations on capital re- Building on big plans for renew- growing the clean energy econo- partnerships. In addition to the mitment for NY-Sun and for the and job creation, while providing solutely reject” any suggestion quirements, Deutsche also took ables unveiled during his recent my – and today we are taking the $39 billion in overall customer sav- growing solar electric market and more energy choices to residential that it’ll do less than what’s nec- charges on assets such as its al- State of the State address, Gov. next big step forward,” remarks ings, as a result of this PSC action, industry, which currently employs and business customers.After essary and that “we are not sur- most 20-percent stake in China’s Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has Cuomo. “This unparalleled $5 bil- consumers and businesses are ex- more than 7,000 people across 538 Cuomo officially proposed the rendering” to the global pressures. Hua Xia Bank, pushing it deeper announced the New York State lion investment will leverage more pected to see lower costs of $1.5 solar companies in the state, by creation of a 50% by 2030 RPS Economists at JPMorgan Chase & into the red. Public Service Commission’s than $29 billion in private-sector billion over the next 10 years, in- supporting rapid and continued and directed the PSC to establish Co. and Royal Bank of Scotland The bank said its planned sale (PSC) approval of a 10-year, $5 funding and open the door to new cluding an immediate reduction of cost reduction. NY Green Bank enforceable mandates for renew- Group Plc changed their forecasts of the stake in the China-based billion Clean Energy Fund. clean energy opportunities for $91 million from 2016 electric and ($782 million): To leverage private- able power by June, the commis- for easing to March from June. bank is expected to close in the According to the governor, the years to come. “We are raising the gas costs compared to 2015.Mar- sector investment, expand the sion has now approved a public Barclays Plc Chief European Econ- second quarter of 2016. fund will accelerate the growth of bar when it comes to increasing the ket Development ($2.7 billion): availability of capital and increase process to adopt such an RPS that omist Philippe Gudin wrote in a New York’s clean energy econo- use of renewable energy and re- NYSERDA will undertake a vari- confidence in lending for clean en- will also include a separate sup- note that “the new package that my, address climate change, ducing harmful carbon emissions, ety of activities to stimulate con- ergy projects, the fund will com- port mechanism for upstate nuclear we predicted for June could be strengthen resiliency in the face of and I am proud that the Empire sumer demand for clean energy and plete the capitalization of the NY power plants. Because nuclear fa- presented in March,” depending on extreme weather, and lower ener- State is continuing to set the ex- energy efficiency while helping to Green Bank. The fund will increase cilities do not produce greenhouse- developments. Two-Way Affair gy bills for New Yorkers starting ample for the future.” The $5 bil- build supply chains to meet that the NY Green Bank’s total invest- gas emissions, the PSC says they Draghi also said on Thursday this year. Additionally, Cuomo says lion Clean Energy Fund, to be ad- growing demand. At least $234.5 ment to $1 billion and leverage an will help the state transition to a that measures announced at the the fund will attract and leverage ministered by the New York State million must be invested in initia- estimated $8 billion in private future under the new RPS without Dec. 3 meeting were “entirely ap- third-party capital to support his Energy Research and Development tives that benefit low- to moder- investment.Innovation and Re- losing ground on emission reduc- propriate based on the circum- commitment to a 50% by 2030 Authority (NYSERDA), is pro- ate-income New Yorkers during the search ($717 million): The gover- tions. In the Clean Energy Fund stances prevailing at that time” but renewable portfolio standard jected to result in more than $39 first three years of the fund. NY- nor says the fund will help spur order, the commission also allocat- that conditions had since changed. (RPS). billion in customer bill savings over Sun ($961 million): The governor innovations through research and ed $150 million for the develop- Still, he didn’t exclude that offi- “New York is a national leader the next 10 years through innova- says the fund finalizes the funding technology development that will ment of new Large Scale Renew- cials had a role in an outcome that in combating climate change and tive projects and private-public and confirms the long-term com- drive cleantech business growth ables power projects in 2016. sent bond yields and the euro surg- ing. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Will Smith joins Oscars boycott, says he won't attend The Bollywood actor, who was Mahesh Bhatt, Humayun last seen in Rahul Bose’s 2001 film Saeed team up for ‘pro-Pakistan’ Actor Will Smith said he will not Everybody Says I’m Fine, will be film Dushman attend next month’s Oscars cere- making her acting comeback with The story revolves around a mony, joining his wife Jada Pinkett father Mahesh Bhatt’s, film after swinging actor who has an illegiti- Smith and director Spike Lee to a 15 year hiatus. mate child. She doesn’t want to protest the absence of minorities In a recent interview with compromise on the limelight at the among the acting nominees. Times of India, Pooja Bhatt re- peak of her career and therefore For a second year in a row, the vealed that her father convinced her gives her child away to a caretaker. Academy of Motion Picture Arts to face the camera again. She eventually suffers from de- and Sciences nominated only white “He looked at me with manic pression and gets consumed by al- actors for the 20 slots, causing an eyes and told me, ‘I’ve got a story coholism. outcry. The issue is likely to be for you.’ It’s a gift from a father to Sharing her views on the in- front and center when the Acade- his daughter and will celebrate my tense subject of the film, Pooja my’s board meets on Tuesday. insanity,” she said Pooja. said, Smith, a mega-star whose role The 43-year-old actor-turned- “In most societies, and partic- in NFL drama Concussion was filmmaker, who has given 90s hits ularly ours, a man who has aban- overlooked this year, said he was such as Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahi, doned his child is given a second out of the country when his wife Zakhm, Chaahat among many oth- chance. But if it’s the mother who announced on social media that she ers, shared that she is really excit- has disowned her baby, she is seen would not attend the February 28 ed yet terrified about her come- as evil, an aberration. We want to awards ceremony in Hollywood. back. change that. “She’s deeply passionate and “I’m wildly excited because It’s a pity Indian filmmakers when she is moved she has to go,” there’s not enough representation do not shoot in Karachi, says Smith said in an interview on of women of a certain age in our Mahesh Bhatt ABC‘s Good Morning America cinema today. Roles were more “Alcohol is another vice an show. “I heard her words and I was powerful 20-30 years ago. Today Indian woman can’t own up to. knocked over. I was happy to be the female characters are asexual, We are going to break that taboo married to that woman.” dead, with no charm,” said Pooja. too in our film. It’s a heartbreaking “There is a position that we She further shared her excite- human story that gave me goose- hold in this community, and if men saying, “It’s Daddy (her de- flesh I had not felt in years,” she we’re not part of the solution, but film) again, life’s brought this added. we’re part of the problem,” said opportunity, I’ll open my arms The script of the untitled film Smith, a two-time Oscar nominee wide and embrace it. Bring it on!” is still under works. for his roles in Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness. “It was her call to action, for herself, and for me and for our fam- ily to be a part of the solution.” Smith said America’s diversi- ty was one of its strength, and should be reflected in film.”Everyone is beautiful and deserving and is fantastic, but it feels like it’s going the wrong di- rection,” he said of this year’s nom- inations list. “The nominations reflect the Academy. The Academy reflects the industry and then the industry reflects America,” he said. “There is a regressive slide to- wards separatism, towards racial and religious disharmony and that’s not the Hollywood that I want to leave behind.” Lee has said he and his wife will be skipping the ceremony too, though he has said he is not calling for a wider boycott. ‘Revenge of the Lee, who won an Oscar last

Worthless’ delayed Bollywood actor Sunny Leone has searched celebrity on Google in the Karenjit Kaur Vohra, was born in here and there were a lot of people long faced the wrath of India’s so- country for the last three years, Ontario, Canada to Indian Sikh who had lots of crazy things to cial conservatives for her porn-star has often drawn controversy in immigrants in 1981. She moved to say about me,” she said. until March past, but she remains determined deeply conservative and religious India five years ago after a suc- “But I have so many more fans to carve a career in Hindi movies India. cessful career as a porn actress, who care about me, that like me, The local film industry still ap- the whole process all over again.” even as fresh controversy erupted This week social media erupt- which included being named “Pent- that like the movies that I’ve put pears to be coming to grips with The shooting is taking place at the this week. ed in sympathy for Leone after she house Pet of the Year” in 2003. out, or songs or photo shoots. I’ve the norms of cinema. Many local Sharp Image office in Karachi and Canadian-born Leone, whose calmly faced down what many felt She got her first break in India had more supporters than I’ve had films have recently seen their re- is currently at the color grading adult films include Descent into was a misogynistic grilling about in 2011 when she appeared on haters.” lease dates being pushed back for stage. Jamal also mentioned that Bondage and Costumed Damsels her past by Bhupendra Chaubey Celebrity Big Brother-inspired lo- Leone admits one of her tough- a variety of reasons, ranging from while the initial cut forecasted for in Distress, said making the tran- on his top-rating TV show, during cal reality TV show Bigg Boss be- est moments was when a woman reshoots to wanting to avoid com- the movie was between 145 to 150 sition to Indian cinema had been which he even suggested she was fore making her Bollywood debut filed a police complaint against her petition or needing more time at minutes, the team decreased the difficult but she now felt at home linked to the increase in India’s the following year. in Mumbai last year for “promot- the edit table. runtime of the movie to 125 min- in Bollywood. pornography viewing. India’s love affair with Sunny ing obscenity and destroying Indi- Hence, this repetitive delay in utes, i.e. two hours and five min- “When I first got into the in- But in a testament to the in- Leone continues an culture and society”. film schedules, such as that of the utes. “Now it will only be a little dustry it was definitely not a good creasing acceptance of her by the Leone has now appeared in Police are obliged to register a upcoming action-drama, Revenge over 120 minutes,” added the ac- feeling when people are not so hap- Bollywood establishment, big more than eight Indian movies and case when such complaints are of the Worthless, may not come as tor-director. py about your choices in life,” name stars such as Aamir Khan, is set to star in a risqué new com- made and there have been reports a surprise to the Pakistani audi- The storyline of is inspired by Leone told AFP during an inter- Rishi Kapoor, and Anushka Shar- edy called Mastizaade which will of others. ”It’s definitely some- ence that has grown accustomed true events from the 2009 Swat view in Mumbai. ma, took to Twitter to voice sup- hit screens on January 29. thing that did affect me. It was not year honoring his lifetime achieve- to this trend. Although January 15 insurgency. It speaks about the “But as time has gone by, es- port for Leone. At a film studio in the north of fun at all,” Leone said of the com- ments as a moviemaker, wrote an was initially marked as the film’s effects of the incident on cultural pecially over the last six months, A subsequent video on Face- Mumbai, home to Bollywood, plaint. open letter to the academy Mon- release date, director Jamal Shah’s narratives and the lives of people I’ve gotten to know and I’ve got- book of Leone expressing her grat- Leone is clearly proud of the “Hopefully situations like that day decrying the “lilly white” act- beloved project will not hit cine- residing in the region. The back- ten to meet some amazing celebri- itude for the support has been progress her career is making. don’t come up again because I’m ing nominations. ma screens up till March now. ground score of the movie has been ties and it’s a journey,” she added. viewed more than a million times. When I came here there were a not a part of that world anymore Lee says the bias lies with the According Jamal, the Digital Cine- produced by Mehdi Raza where- The 34-year-old, the most The actor, whose real name is lot of people who didn’t want me and I don’t think it’s fair to bring studio executives who decide ma Package (DCP) had not been as the soundtrack includes the vo- which movies get made — a point received in time. “We will be mak- cals talents of Jamal Shah, qawwal others have made as the #Os- ing a formal announcement regard- Zafar Raza and a Pashto rap-song Ryan Gosling carsSoWhite backlash mounts. ing the movie’s release in a week by newcomer Sunny Khan, Had sleepless nights when I was Lupita Nyong’o, who won a or so and will only do it once we amongst others. best supporting actress Oscar for have the DCP in hand,” he told Revenge of The Worthless fea- feels 'very 12 Years A Slave two years ago, The Express Tribune. tures an ensemble cast of Firdous called pansy as a child: Karan Johar said on Instagram: “I stand with Referring to the unfortunate Jamal, Ayub Khoso, Jamal Shah, lucky' my peers who are calling for change incident that occurred while the Shamil Khan and Maira Khan, just KJo has been generating immense hard times his family faced. ”When friendship with Bollywood me- in expanding the stories that are film was in post-production, Ja- to name a few. The movie is pri- buzz of late for being a homosexu- my father had a few flop movies, gastar Shah Rukh Khan. ”Like ev- told and recognition of the people mal shared, “Editing for the movie marily in Urdu, featuring glimpses al, and though his stance on the we had to sell our jewellery and ery relationship, there have been who tell them.” was nearing completion but the of Pashto and English. It will be matter is still unclear, his recent house. He was not invited to ups and downs. However, Shah "Not everything that is faced system crashed and got corrupted distributed by Summit Entertain- candid confession regarding how launch parties and it was a terrible Rukh’s family is part of my fami- can be changed. But nothing can because of which, we had to start ment. he was called a ‘pansy’ as a child time,” he said. ly.” According to the director, his be changed until it is faced." – shed considerable light on the top- It’s official: Karan Johar brings best film was Kabhi Alvida Na James Baldwin #manystories- ic. together Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Kehna, and the least favourite was manyvoices On the first day of the Jaipur Bhatt! Student Of The Year. Oscar-winning actor George Literature Festival, Karan Johar The director also spoke on ru- “However, it gave three good Clooney, warning the movie indus- stole the show when he opened mours of a rough patch in his actors to Bollywood,” he said. try is moving backwards, said this up about his past and LGBT rights. week the problem was the lack of Talking about his book An Unsuit- options available to minorities in able Boy at a session with Shob- quality films. haa De and his biographer Poon- Academy president Cheryl am Saxena, Karan said: “I hated Boone Isaacs, who is black, said the word ‘pansy’ and I was called she was “both heartbroken and that as a child. frustrated about the lack of inclu- “I was effeminate and I used sion.” to have sleepless nights over the Industry magazine Variety fact that I am different from other suggested a change to the body’s children.” membership rules could be on the He said his parents were a big table when the board meets next support system. ”Even when I week. weighed 150kg, my mother said I The Academy has some 6,000 Actor Ryan Gosling is "very was the best looking child in the members, all of whom work in the lucky" to have Eva Mendes and world and my father told me that film industry and are elected by their daughter Esmeralda in his life. once I lost a little puppy fat, I could their peers for life. According to a Gosling says his "The Place be a hero in Hindi films,” he said. 2012 study by the Los Angeles Beyond the Pines" co-star is his Asked about the negative por- Times, nearly 94 percent of the ideal woman and he is equally smit- trayal of homosexuals in his mov- Academy voters are white and ten with their 16-month-old ies, Johar said he was the first mostly male. daughter, reports Bollywood director who dis- Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo femalefirst.co.uk. cussed the issue in films. — up for a golden statuette for his "My biggest investment is my “Whether its Kal Ho Na Ho role in Spotlight, about journalists family," Gosling told HELLO! or Dostana, I discussed the issue at the Boston Globe who uncov- Magazine. in the mainstream. I received so ered sexual abuse in the Catholic "I'm with the person I'm sup- many letters from youngsters say- Church — had hinted at the idea posed to be with - I'm not looking ing that my movies helped their of not attending but tweeted he for anything else beyond Eva - and parents identify their sexuality. would. I feel very lucky that we have a “Now there are so many films “I will be going to the Oscars beautiful, healthy daughter, who on LGBT [people] and I am proud in support of the victims of clergy is an angel. That's investment that I started it,” he said. Sexual Abuse and good journal- enough for me," he added. Johar also spoke about the ism,” said Ruffalo, who is white. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

As far as legends go, Perpetua Nkwocha is as big as they come in female soccer in Africa. Now 40, Nkwocha enjoyed a stellar career, winning multiple titles and indi- vidual awards as she represented Nigeria’s women’s team, the Su- per Falcons. Now in the twilight of her ca- reer with Clemensnas IF, a club in Skelleftea, Sweden, Nkwocha is set to retire soon but with the regular club season not starting till May, Nkwocha is spending her free time on a new passion coaching migrant boys from Afghanistan. Called the ‘Football For All’ project, Nkwocha, in partnership with her club and local football officials, coaches young migrants who have recently arrived in Skel- leftea. Sweden has been promi- nently involved in the migrant cri- sis which has rocked Europe in the last year as it has kept its borders open to families from Syria and Afghanistan. While there is increasing con- cern over sex attacks committed by migrants in the country, Nk- wocha, with the Football for All project, is focused on helping mi- grant boys in Skelleftea settle down using soccer as a tool. Being far from home herself, Nkwocha empathizes with the young migrants. “I feel that it’s similar – which is why I have to try to make them happy, because I know where they came from,” she told the BBC. “”We try to make them feel welcome, try to make them feel happy, try to make them get friends. I feel so glad that I connected with them and we started this project together.” It is unlikely that the migrants from Afghanistan know all about Nkwocha but if they did a quick check, they will find that she is Africa’s most decorated female soccer player ever. LeBron, Love, Her international career with Nigeria’s Super Falcons spanned timely hacking Real Madrid top rich-list for 11th straight year 13 years and she was part of a record breaking team that won five help Cavaliers Real Madrid are the richest foot- rics, both financial and non-finan- "With the new round of Pre- cementing their places in the top to fifth place, their lowest posi- African Women Championships. ball club by revenue for the 11th cial, that can be used to compare mier League broadcast deals set to 30 in the coming years, with po- tion since 2006-07, and were Much of Nkwocha’s legend re- capsize Clippers straight year, while La Liga ri- clubs including attendance, world- deliver greatly improved domestic tential for some of these to climb overtaken by Paris St Germain, vals Barcelona leapfrogged wide fan base, broadcast audience broadcast revenues in 2016-17, we into the top 20," Bridge said. the only French team in the top volves around her exceptional goal- After Monday's embarrassing scoring record. Of the seven Afri- Manchester United into second, and on-pitch success," the report expect to see Premier League clubs Bayern Munich fell from third 20. home loss to the Golden State according to the Deloitte's Foot- said. "In the Money League, the can Women’s Championships she Warriors, LeBron James made it played in, she was named top goal- clear that he wasn't going to panic, ball Money League. focus is on the clubs' ability to gen- scorer four times. that his Cleveland Cavaliers Real topped the list pub- erate revenue from matchday, Nkwocha’s best goals return weren't going to self-destruct, and lished on Thursday, with an an- broadcast rights and commercial at the tournament came in 2010 that the No. 1 team in the Eastern nual revenue of €577m ($629.3m) sources, and rank them on that when she set the record of most Conference was going to work on as the combined figure for the top basis." goals scored in a single tournament getting back to the business of beat- 20 Money League clubs rose by Although Manchester United with 11 goals. She also holds the ing up on the competition. So far, 8 percent to a record high of slipped down the table, the out- so good. €6.6bn ($7.2bn). look for the former Premier League record of scoring the most goals in On Wednesday, the Cavs the history of the competition with Barcelona's stunning on-field winners remains positive. drubbed the woeful Brooklyn success last year, when they Tim Bridge, Senior Manager at a total of 33. Nkwocha has been Nets. On Thursday, they returned named the African Women’s Foot- claimed five of the six trophies Deloitte, said their return to Cham- home to Quicken Loans Arena to on offer, including La Liga and pions League football this season, baller of the Year four times—also face a higher class of competition a record. She also represented Ni- in the red-hot Los Angeles Clip- the Champions League, helped as well as a number of commercial geria at four World cup tourna- pers, who entered the Q as win- them move above Manchester partnerships, would only strength- ments between 2003 to 2015 and ners of 11 of their last 12 despite United, who fell to third. en the business in 2015-16. also at the Olympics in Sydney losing Blake Griffin to injury near- It was the first time that the "With this in mind, it would (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing ly one month ago ... and Cleveland top three clubs in the Football not be surprising to see United top (2008).—(Quartz Africa) drubbed them, too. Money League have all passed next year's Money League for the The Cavs withstood a strong the €500m ($545m) revenue first time in 12 years," he said. opening quarter from the visitors, mark. Premier League clubs remained Serena schools used a 12-2 mid-second-quarter Spanish giants Real, who the major force in the Money spurt to take control and kept L.A. clinched a record-extending 10th League, nine English teams mak- Russian teen at at bay the rest of the way to score European Cup in 2014, were ing the top 20 with revenues total- a 115-102 win in the opening half buoyed by an increase in com- ling €3bn ($3.3bn). Australian of TNT's weekly Thursday night doubleheader. James led the way mercial revenues which rose by Chelsea fell one place to Open - in 44 with 22 points on 9-for-17 shoot- €22.7m ($24.7m) from the pre- eighth, while London rivals Arse- ing, 12 assists and five rebounds vious season. nal, who currently top the Premier minutes without a turnover in 35 minutes, "There are a number of met- League, climbed to seventh. Melbourne: World number one spearheading a ball-movement- Serena Williams Friday showed no heavy Cleveland attack that pro- mercy to Daria Kasatkina in a duced 29 assists on 42 made field Spieth made goals and a 13-for-28 mark from straight-sets demolition at the Aus- behind the 3-point arc. Why Holly Holm bypassed immediate big tralian Open on Friday, but then "We just didn't get the ball victim of offered words of encouragement to moving from side to side against the overawed teenager. The six- Golden State, and right after that European time Melbourne Park winner and game, it opened a lot of eyes for payday of a Ronda Rousey rematch defending champion easily out- us," James told TNT's Craig Sager muscled the young Russian 6-1, in an on-court post-game interview. LAS VEGAS: Holly Holm may dominated Rousey and won their that's what Holm is. She looked It was such a big and unexpect- Tour's new 6-1 on Rod Laver Arena in just 44 "We emphasized that the last two not have made the wisest business bout by knockout early in the sec- less than dynamic in her debut at ed win that it even caught sports games, starting last night in Brook- decision to forego an immediate re- ond round. UFC 184 in Los Angeles on Feb. books off guard. UFC president pace-of-play lyn and tonight against a very good match with Ronda Rousey. An But styles make fights and just 28 underneath Rousey-Cat Zinga- Dana White said at a news confer- team in the Clippers. In order to immediate rematch would have because A defeated B and C de- no. Holm won a split decision ence Wednesday at the MGM policy be successful, we have to defend guaranteed the UFC women's ban- feated A doesn't necessarily mean against Raquel Pennington and was Grand that a sports book he at a high level and we've got to It took but just one day for the share the ball, and get the ball mov- tamweight champion immense that C beats B. We've seen it in hardly a dynamo. wouldn't name didn't have the cash ing from side to side, get the de- riches. combat sports far too often, and She clearly defeated Marion on hand to pay out all of the par- European Tour to show off its new fense moving, and we've done that There literally is no bigger fight that nowhere else was it clearer than in Reneau in San Diego on July 15, lay bets it took pairing Holm with pace-of-play policy. The first vic- the last two games." can be made in mixed martial arts the heavyweight rivalry between but again, it wasn't so impressive a college football game. tim? Jordan Spieth. All five Cavs starters scored right now than Rousey-Holm II. Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and that fans were demanding her to "Holly Holm's upset was so On Thursday at the Abu Dha- in double figures, with J.R. Smith Rousey, though, won't be George Foreman. fight Rousey. When the fight un- big, and this is unheard of, but here bi HSBC Golf Championship, matching James' 22 points on just ready to fight at UFC 200 in July Frazier won the first of three expectedly was made instead of in town, there was college football Spieth was given what's termed a 12 shots by going 6-for-7 from 3- given her movie schedule, which fights with Ali, all of which were Rousey-Tate III, Holm opened as going on that week," White said. "monitoring" penalty that, if it point range. With Griffin sidelined prompted Holm to ask for a bout brutal, closely contested affairs. a 20-1 underdog in some sports "People had bet parlays with Hol- happens again, will lead to a fine. and veteran Paul Pierce manning in the meantime. But if the fight Foreman twice manhandled Fra- books. ly Holm and college football. One As Spieth and his playing the power forward spot for Doc had been made, it would have head- zier, including a vicious second- Holm, though, aided by a ter- of the major casinos here didn't competitors, Rory McIlroy and Rivers' club, Kevin Love posted lined the planned mega-card at round knockout in which he not rific game plan devised by coaches have enough money to pay. Peo- Rickie Fowler, approached the his second straight strong game, fourth tee (the 13th hole for the notching a double-double by half- UFC 200. only knocked Frazier down six Mike Winkeljohn and Greg Jack- ple had to wait an hour-and-a-half time and scoring 18 points and 16 Given the major bouts that will times but once actually lifted Fra- son, dominated Rousey from start to get paid, which is unheard of group), they were told by Euro- rebounds in the win, which made appear on the show at the new T- zier off the canvas with a punch. to finish. here in town." pean Tour chief rules official John minutes, the shortest match of the Cleveland the first team in the East Mobile Arena, that's saying some- But when Ali fought Foreman Paramor that the group was being tournament so far. It sets her up and the fourth team overall to reach thing. A UFC 200 show headlined in the famous "Rumble in the Jun- monitored for their pace of pace, with a fourth-round clash against 30 wins on the season, joining the by Rousey-Holm II had a chance gle," fight in 1974, he outsmarted which had lagged behind the pace another Russian, Margarita Gas- Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and to do two million on pay-per-view. and outboxed Foreman and of the group in front of them. paryan, with a quarter-final beck- Oklahoma City Thunder. Holm knew that. She got a stopped him in the eighth. Under a new policy which oning against old foe Maria Cleveland largely controlled firsthand idea of the size of Rou- All that is to say that though starts this week, players in a group Sharapova -- a showdown Will- the run of play throughout the third sey's star when they met at UFC Holm deserves to be the favorite, on watch have 40 seconds (up to iams would be confident of win- quarter, too. But despite holding a 193 on Nov. 14 in Melbourne, Tate very well could win this fight. 50 seconds if they're first to play) ning. She has beaten Sharapova in 79-69 lead with 2 1/2 minutes re- Australia. The fight was the sec- And though Holm undoubted- to play a shot. On the eighth green, maining in the frame, Cavaliers Spieth apparently did not com- every match they have played head coach David Blatt decided to ond-biggest in UFC history from ly knows that, she took the match since 2004. "I definitely think I take the bat out of the Clippers' a revenue and pay-per-view sales anyway. So, while it could wind plete a putt in the allotted win- played better today. Everything hands by intentionally fouling the standpoint. up costing her lots of money, Holm dow. He was told on the ninth tee I've been trying to work on was sour-free-throw-shooting Jordan But Holm wants to be a fight- opted to compete anyway. that he was receiving a "monitor- kind of clicking today," she said. on four consecutive possessions. ing champion, and she didn't want Give it up for her fighting spir- ing" penalty. There are no penalty "I thought I played pretty well in It wasn't quite as egregious an to wait until July, let alone Sep- it. strokes associated with the penal- the other matches. My first match exploitation of the league's laissez- tember or November or whenever "I was open to a rematch with ty (nor any part of the new poli- I thought I gave a great effort. My faire approach to handling Hack-a Rousey's hectic schedule would Ronda," Holm said. "I just wanted cy), but Spieth could be subject to second match I thought, under the tactics as the Houston Rockets permit her to compete again. whatever opportunity was going a fine of approximately $2,810 if circumstances, I thought I played sending Andre Drummond to the And so, much against the wish- to come. I think this is definitely he is put on watch and has another well. Hopefully with each match I line 12 straight times to open the es of the UFC brass, she pushed even more of a challenging way to slow time. can just do better." Playing on cen- second half on Wednesday, but it for, and got, a fight with Miesha go. There's a lot of pressure be- “It didn’t make any sense to did muck up the Clips' game a bit; me,” said Spieth, who finished with tre court against the top seed at a Jordan went 3-for-8 on his trips, Tate that will be the co-main event hind it. I think there's a lot of an- Grand Slam was a huge occasion while the Cavs managed nine of UFC 197 on March 5 at the ticipation what I'm going to do af- 4-under 68, four shots behind lead- for the 18-year-old Kasatkina, who points on their four possessions, MGM Grand. ter the last fight. There's a lot of er amateur Bryson DeChambeau. was not just making her debut at turning that 10-point lead into a Rousey and Tate fought twice, high expectations, and who wants “It didn’t affect the round, but the tournament but is on her first 16-point advantage heading into with Rousey dominating both and to be a one-hit wonder?" Rory and Rickie were surprised as ever trip to Australia. the fourth. winning each by submission. Holm So far, in the UFC at least, well.” This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY. 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Attack on TOLO TV staffers is attack on constitution: Ghani

AT News Report KABUL: Defense ministers of the UNSC denounces attack North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion (NATO) reiterated their con- on journalists in Kabul sistent support to the Afghan Na- WASHINGON: The United Na- and sponsors of these reprehensi- tional and Defense Security Forc- tions Security Council (UNSC) ble acts of terrorism to justice, the es (ANDSF). The 28 ministers strongly condemned Wednesday’s Security Council urged all states announced the decision in a Brus- terrorist attack against media per- to cooperate actively with the Af- sels meeting the other day. During sons in Kabul. ghan authorities in this regard. the Resolute Support Session, the Expressing their deep sympa- “Terrorism in all its forms and NATO chiefs of defense reviewed thy and condolences to the fami- manifestations is criminal and un- ongoing challenges and laid the lies of the victims and to the peo- justifiable. Regardless of its moti- groundwork for the way ahead in ple and Government of Afghani- vation, wherever, whenever and by 2016. Chairman of the NATO Mil- stan, the members of the Security whomsoever committed, it should President Ashraf Ghani termed the itary Committee, General Pavel Council strongly denounced the not be associated with any religion, attack on TOLO TV staff mem- noted that “2015 was a challeng- fact that this heinous crime, be- nationality, civilization or ethnic bers as an attack on Afghanistan's ing year for the ANDSF, however yond attacking the lives of civil- group,” the UN Security Council constitution and national values. they have demonstrated resilience ians, also aims at the right of all said. The members of the Security "This cowardly attack was not and courage in combating the in- Afghans to freedom of expression. Council reaffirmed the need for all just on journalists, but on our con- surgency across the country.” At least seven TOLO TV states to combat by all means, in stitution and exalted values. Free- “The Chiefs of Defense recom- workers were killed and 26 others accordance with the Charter of the dom of expression is a value en- mended pursuing the ongoing ef- injured late on Wednesday as a sui- United Nations and other obliga- shrined in Afghanistan's constitu- forts based on conditions on the cide bomber detonated his explo- tions under international law, in tion. It is non-negotiable," Ghani ground, thus assuring Afghanistan sives near the minibus at the Al- particular international human said. of our long-term commitment.” lauddin intersection in the limits rights law, international refugee law He added those who stand “These frank discussions will pro- of third police district. and international humanitarian law, against these values and Afghani- vide additional guidance for the The 15-member body reiter- threats to international peace and stan's constitution will be isolat- months ahead, in light of the chal- ated their serious concern at the security caused by terrorist acts. ed. lenging security environment and threats posed by the Taliban, Al- In a statement, the UN Securi- The president termed the at- the fast approaching Warsaw Sum- Qaida, Daesh or so-called Islamic ty Council said no violent or ter- tack as a cowardly act and said that mit in July”, General Pavel empha- State (IS), illegal and armed groups rorist acts could reverse the path those killed in the attack were mar- sized in a press conference. “It is understanding and situational further enhance practical military ual needs of the nations and of to the local population, national towards Afghan-led peace, democ- tyrs of freedom. "They, like mar- important to gain a better regional awareness, but we also need to cooperation tailored to the individ- NATO”, he concluded. defense and security forces, and racy and stability in Afghanistan, tyrs of Afghan police and army, international presence in Afghani- which was supported by the peo- are martyrs of freedom," he add- stan. ple and the Government of Af- ed. Two women among 4 killed in Herat City Underlining the need to bring ghanistan and by the international Meanwhile, the Deputy Min- perpetrators, organisers, financiers community. (Pahwok) ister of Information and Culture, HERAT CITY: Two women and showed that the people had Sayeda Mojgan Mostafavi, as many men were shot dead on been gunned down on charge stressed that the incident should charge of adultery in western Her- of immoral acts, the police be thoroughly investigated. at province, officials said on Fri- spokesman, Col. Abdul Rauf "All freedoms without free- day. Ahmadi, said. dom of expression are meaning- Four dead bodies were recov- A person was detained by less," she said. ered from a house in the Kandahar police on charge of the mur- Nai - a non-government agen- Gate locality of Herat City on ders and police have been in- cy supporting open media in Af- Thursday evening, the spokesman terrogating him, he said. ghanistan threatened that challeng- of Herat Zonal Hospital, Rafiq She heard gunshots at es before freedom of speech will Sherzai, told Pajhwok Afghan 3:30pm on Thursday, when undermine the 14-year presence of News. police immediately reached to the international community and The corpses of 14 years old the scene, a resident of the the United Nation in Afghanistan. and 25 years old two young men area, Karima Ghawsi said Mujib Khelwatgar, Head of the and 24 years and 45 years old while had no information Nai, claimed that elements inside women were shifted by police to about the causes of the kill- the government are trying to hinder the hospital, he said. ings. freedom of expression. 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