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TEHRAN: Militant leader and Head of Afghanistan s Hezb-e Isl- ami (Islamic Party) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is in critical health con- ditions and might even die, an Af- Page 5 ghan military expert disclosed. tients. The charity says 33 people Hekmatyar went to a state of are still missing since the attack on coma on Thursday after his health October 3. The Department of conditions aggravated few days Defense believes it is important to ago; he might die, Ahmad Saeedi address the consequences of the told FNA on Sunday. He said that tragic incident, Cook said in a Hekmatyar who lived in Pesha- AT Monitoring Desk media statement, adding that US war, Pakistan, was transferred to forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) a hospital in Karachi two days ago. KABUL: Peter Cook, Pentagon also has the authority to pay for CB cavalry can Although we cannot fully con- since the airstrikes started over 80 war on Yemen. The Saudi king- spokesman announced compensa- repairs to the hospital. He said firm or reject Hekmatyar s death, days ago. He has also declared his dom has demanded the leader of tion Condolence Payments to that one step the department could Page 9 no longer save he is certainly not in favorable readiness to join the coalition with Afghanistan s Hezb-e Islami to the killed and injured families of take was to make condolence pay- the world health conditions, Saeedi added. his troops. In June an Arab media stage the terror operations in Pa- victims by a US airstrike in Med- ments to civilian non-combatants Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is the report said that Saudi Arabia has kistan to take revenge from Islam- icines Sans Frontiers (MSF) hos- injured and the families of civilian founder and active leader of the sent a secret letter to Hekmatyar abad for its defiance, the website pital in northern Kunduz province. non-combatants killed as a result Hezb-e Islami political party, and to assassinate Pakistani officials. wrote. The attack, which killed 22 peo- of US military operations. Probes a designated global terrorist by The Arabic-language Alwaie News The report said Riyadh has de- ple, caused MSF to close the trau- into the attack by Afghan officials, the United States. After escaping said Riyadh has demanded Hek- manded Hekmatyar to stage a se- ma center. The NATO and US top US military, and NATO are under from prison in Afghanistan in matyar to stage terror attacks on ries of terror operations on the lives commander in Afghanistan, Gen way. But the MSF officials, who Belarus: 'Last 1973, he moved to Pakistan. Hek- the lives of senior Islamabad offi- of Pakistani leaders, figures and John Campbell, had called the air- condemned the attack as a war matyar voiced his full support for cials after they refrained from join- tribes, but declined to reveal any strike a mistake that killed 22 peo- crime, stressing for an internation- dictatorship ing the Saudi-led coalition in the further details. (FNA) ple, including MSF staff and pa- Page 8 in Europe' set the Saudi aggression against Yemen al level investigation. for a vote 15 Taliban including key commander killed in Farah 7 injured in AT Monitoring Desk result of the opera- attack on tions, security forces KABUL: At least 15 Tali- killed 15 rebels, includ- NATO convoy ban militants including a ing a key commander, KABUL: Russian special envoy to Afghanistan says ists in the country. Meanwhile, key commander have been Maulvi Ibrahim Shi- Afghanistan will receive more assistance from Russia Russian army chief of staff has said killed by Afghan security wani, Jahid said. He in near future. Zamir Kabelov says Moscow will con- there were nearly 2000 Daesh in- in Kabul Page 7 forces during a clearance op- alleged that Shiwani tinue its support from Afghanistan security forces and dividuals in Afghanistan where By Farhad Naibkhel eration in the western Farah was serving as shadow is determined to sign an agreement of handing over MD- they would act against Russia. province on Sunday, said an deputy governor of the 35 helicopters to Afghanistan side during the current After Kunduz incident, military KABUL: Seven people were in- official. A senior army of- Taliban for the prov- month. He stressed that presence of foreign military aid and cooperation of Russia with jured when a suicide bomber tar- ficer General Taj Moham- ince. Killing of the forces were not the key of peace and security in Af- Afghanistan have expanded. On geted convoy of the NATO Res- mad Jahid said that the Af- commander will weak- ghanistan. Afghanistan has army and most of Afghans Thursday, Russia hosted an inter- olute Support mission on Sun- ghan security forces have en the Taliban militants know how to use weapons and we should strengthen national session on Afghanistan in day morning in Kabul, the capi- conducted a military offen- in Farah, He said. Tal- national base and not try to defend the government of which terrorist groups activities tal city of Afghanistan. While Unbeaten sive against the Taliban in- iban militants haven t Afghanistan by using foreign military forces, the Rus- and their infiltration to Central confirming the incident, the dep- Italy seal surgents in Balablock dis- commented about the sian envoy said. He asserted US and NATO forces Asian countries were discussed and uty spokesman for the Ministry trict of the province. As a operations yet. presence in Afghanistan have caused increase of terror- reviewed. (BNA) of Interior Najeeb Danish told Page 11 Euro 2016 Afghanistan Times that the sui- qualification Daesh bars polio teams MJ gives nod to cide attack was carried out in the Jo-e-Shir area at 9:10 a.m. The FROM VACCINATION IN amendments in target was the convoy of foreign troops. According to the spokes- NANGARHAR DISTRICTS Anti-Money man of Kabul police, Ebadullah Karimi, the suicide attacker AT Monitoring Desk Laundering Law rammed an explosives-laden ve- Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi hicle into the foreign forces con- KABUL: The Islamic State (IS), known also as voy. As a result three civilians Page 6 Deash, has halted an annual polio vaccination cam- KABUL: Meshrano Jirga on Sun- were injured. The injured were paign in three districts of eastern Nangarhar prov- day approved amendments in the rushed to nearby hospital. ince, local officials said. Najibullah Kamawal, Head Anti-Money Laundering Law and another law pertinent to salaries Meanwhile, Ministry of Public of Health Department of Nangarhar, said that his Health said that seven wounded workers were not able to launch anti-polio drives of the high ranking officials. Head of the Economic Commission of people, all civilians, were rushed in Achin, Haskamina and Mina Kot districts of the to the hospital in Kabul. province due to Daesh presence. Daesh insur- Meshrano Jirga, Anarkali Hunar- yar, said that the amendments are Condition of the injured was re- gents also closed down health centers in the three aimed at recovering grabbed pub- ported well. Media office of the districts and cause health problem for the resi- lic properties. She said that the coalition forces in Afghanistan Pakistan dents, he said. amendments to the laws have been confirmed the attack. The office He said that 46,000 children have been deprived of shared with the Wolesi Jirga al- said that it was an IED blast and polio vaccination in areas under Daesh control. Editorial P6 KABUL: The fighting in Kunduz province had dis- ready and the lawmakers have the foreign troops suffered no ca- Already there are four cases of polio reported in placed some 100,000 people, are desperately looking nodded to the changes. Based on fooling itself these districts, Kamawal told Tolonews. He also sualty. Ahmad Gul, an eyewit- forward for international humanitarian assistance, said article four of the anti-Monday ness, said that he was on bicycle, informed that Daesh insurgents had shut down ten the government. The number of displaced families Laundering law, those involved in healthcare centers in three districts. Ministry of money laundering will be prose- riding towards the city, when the from Kunduz [northern Afghanistan] registered with explosion took place in the area. Public Health (MoPH) had launched an anti-polio us is around 20,000 so far, said Afghan Minister of cuted. The law will be implement- campaign across the country three days ago. ed against all those involved in He said that it was a heavy ex- Refugees, Sayd Husain Alami Balkhi, at a press con- plosion and destroyed two vehi- ference in Kabul. The minister explained that if we money laundering since 2004. Arjun Kapoor have five members per family, then about 100,000 peo- Head of the Legislative Commit- cles of the foreign forces. I saw Page 10 makes a ple have been displaced. They have taken shelters in tee of the Meshrano Jirga, Mu- three civilians, including one who model citizen the provinces of Sar-e-Pol, Balkh, Baghlan, Takhar, haiuddin Monsef, said that the was riding a bicycle and two driv- Badakhshan, Parwan, Panjshir and Kabul. The Min- amendment was in contrast with ers, injured in the blast, he said. istry of Refugees has no budget for IDPs and cannot the article 27 of the constitution. The Taliban claimed responsibil- provide them with shelter, food, money or clothing. It He said that the law cannot deal ity for the attack. Zabihullah AT Monitoring Desk is a coordinating body, which only identifies and records with the previous cases of money Mujahid, claiming to be the mili- laundering. According to article tant group s spokesman, said that Terrorism KABUL: Unidentified gunmen have abducted two the displaced people, he said. Balkhi said the aid is at 27 of constitution, no deed shall de-miners along with their truck in Mohammad Agha the mercy of international humanitarian organizations, be considered a crime unless ruled several foreign soldiers were in- continues to district of central Logar province, an official said on especially UN agencies. Kunduz is the last day scene by a law promulgated prior to jured in the suicide bombing. of fighting between Afghan and insurgents, who on commitment of the offense. However, he did not provide ex- Page 2 haunt Afghans Sunday. Chief of Mohammad Agha district, Capt. September 28 came to take the capital of the province Matiullah Abdur Rahimzai, said that unknown gun- Anarkali said that properties of act figures to prove his claim. despite 14-year and, although it was later recovered by the Army of people grabbed by influential peo- Mostly civilians are killed and men attacked Sterling Global demining company Afghanistan with air support from US troops, even U.S.-led war on office on Saturday night and took two de-miners ple must be returned. Secretary injured in such blasts. clashes are reported in some parts of the city. At least of the MJ, Naniba Hussaini, said Foreign media reports suggest with them and their Kamaz truck. No casualty was 400 suspected Taliban and 80 civilians died in the fight- reported during the attack by unidentified gunmen. that the law should return the that it was a convoy of British ing, according to official data. The capture of the city grabbed state and public proper- Efforts are underway to find the abductees in coop- of Kunduz was the greatest military achievement of troops. Most of the NATO com- Afghanistan needs ties. Therefore, it cannot be bat troops left Afghanistan last eration with local elders, he told Pajhwok Afghan the Taliban in fourteen years, since 2001 their regime against the constitution. The law $1.9 billion to News, a local news agency. Ahmad Zubair, a resi- was toppled by the US invasion. Since 2002, the armed year, but a small contingent fo- will help to fight corruption, she cused on training and counter-ter- Page 3 become self- dent of Kandahari village, said that there were no conflict with the insurgents has displaced nearly said. According to the amend- sufficient in food guards to protect the demining team when it came 873,000 IDPs in Afghanistan, according to data from ments, those who are busy in rorism operations remains, in- under attack. He added that, though it was a large the United Nations and the Afghan Ministry of Refu- money laundering will be prose- cluding roughly 10,000 American production office but had no guards for its protection. gees. (EFE) cuted. soldiers.

64.90 63.55 73.30 71.80 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. MONDAY. OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghans to probe Terrorism continues to haunt Afghans city's crises despite 14-year U.S.-led war on terror over Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ordered Afghan security forces to KABUL: Fourteen years have inces and capturing some districts. pital staff and injured 37 others istan, but 14 years after launching "The failure to eliminate ter- has appointed a team of investiga- ensure the protection of humani- passed since the costly U.S.-led Taliban fighters recently over- including some patients, while 24 the U.S.-led war on terror, in addi- rorism has enabled terrorist groups tors to look into the circumstanc- tarian organizations. The state- war on terror began that involved ran major parts of the strategically hospital staff are still unaccount- tion to the Taliban and al-Qaida, to grow in Afghanistan and that is es leading to the Taliban's brief cap- ment quoted him as saying inves- invading the Taliban regime on important Kunduz city, the capi- ed for. Taliban militants have also more terrorist groups such as the why today there are more terror- ture of the northern city of Kun- tigations were needed "so that we charges of harboring al-Qaida leader tal of Kunduz province along the penetrated into parts of Badakhs- so-called Islamic State (IS) com- ist groups such as Daesh fighting duz as well as a U.S. airstrike that know what happened in the inci- Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan border with Tajikistan on Sept. 29 han province which borders Paki- monly known here as Daesh, the alongside Taliban militants to de- destroyed a hospital and killed at dent, how information was collect- and eventually led to the hardliner and the government forces have yet stan, China and Tajikistan. Haqqani network, Jandullah and stabilize the region," Nazari Pari- least 22 people there, his office ed, and how the incident happened outfit being ousted. to wipe out the militants and en- Afghan observers believe that other extremist groups have ani, another political watcher and said. based on that information." The U.S. military campaign sure law and order there. the U.S.-led coalition's war on ter- emerged in the militancy- plagued editor-in-chief at the Daily Mande- The five-man delegation ap- Doctors Without Borders has from the air and ground began on And the U.S.'s assistance to ror has paved the ground to fur- country. Besides the Islamic State gar newspaper, told Xinhua. pointed by presidential decree will called for an independent probe of October 7, 2001 and saw the Tali- Afghan forces hasn't always been ther spread religious extremism in and other terrorist groups, Afghan- The war on terror will take leave soon for Kunduz to conduct the incident by the Swiss-based ban regime dismissed within a smooth sailing, as with the recent Afghanistan and the wider region. istan has also topped the list of more time than expected and Af- a provincewide inquiry into how International Humanitarian Fact- month from areas across Afghani- bombing of a Medicine Sans Fron- According to observers, in drug producing countries since ghans will further suffer at the hand the insurgents were able to over- Finding Commission -- which is stan, leaving thousands of Taliban tier hospital last Saturday, which 2001, the Taliban and al-Qaida net- launching the war on terror, Af- of terrorists, the analyst added. run the city on Sept. 28 and hold it made up of diplomats, legal ex- and al-Qaida militants killed, in- killed 22 people including 12 hos- works were still active in Afghan- ghan analyst Masoud said. Xinhua for three days before government perts, doctors and some former jured or captured in the process. troops launched a counteroffen- military officials from nine Euro- However, the Taliban and like- sive, Ghani's office said. pean countries, including Britain minded outfits have made a vio- Part of the team's mandate and Russia. It was created after the lent comeback and the wave of ter- would include looking into the Oct. Gulf War in 1991, and has never ror will continue to haunt Afghans 3 airstrike on a trauma center run deployed a fact-finding mission. for years to come, Afghan politi- by the international charity Doc- Doctors Without Borders -- a cal watchers believe. tors Without Borders. The team Nobel Peace Prize-winning orga- "After 14 years of the U.S.- would be led by the former head nization that provides medical aid led war on terror, terrorists are still of the national intelligence agency, in conflict zones -- is awaiting re- active in Afghanistan and kill in- Amrullah Saleh, and would report sponses to letters sent Tuesday nocent people almost every day, to the president. to 76 countries that signed the ad- therefore we can say that the war The "fact-finding team" will ditional protocol to the Geneva on terror has failed to root out ter- deliver a "comprehensive report so Conventions, asking to mobilize rorism," Sayed Masoud, a politi- that we know what happened in the 15-member commission. cal analyst and Kabul University Kunduz, what kind of reforms For the International Humani- professor, told Xinhua. should be brought and what are the tarian Fact-Finding Commission to Nevertheless, he was of the lessons learned for the future," the be mobilized, a single country view, that the U.S.-led war on ter- president was quoted as saying. would have to call for the fact-find- ror and international community's Ten days after government ing mission, and the U.S. and Af- engagement in Afghanistan over the troops entered Kunduz, they are ghanistan -- which are not signato- past 14 years has facilitated the still fighting to clear out pockets ries -- must also give their consent. war-ravaged country's rebuilding of Taliban insurgents, officials and The airstrike was requested by of its army, parliament and gov- residents said. Afghan ground forces, according to ernment. Sarwar Hussaini, spokesman the commander of U.S. forces in To win the war on terror and for the provincial police chief, said Afghanistan, Gen. John Campbell, ensure lasting peace and stability that three areas of the city had been but mistakenly hit the hospital. in Afghanistan, the U.S.-led NATO retaken overnight, though a gas sta- The bombing continued for forces had deployed more than tion in Seh Darak was hit by a rock- about an hour and destroyed the 140,000 troops in post-Taliban et and destroyed. Hussaini said he hospital's main building. President Afghanistan. did not know which side was re- Barack Obama apologized and the However, the NATO-led coa- sponsible. U.S. military is investigating. The lition forces ended their combat Kunduz resident Abdullah said hospital has been abandoned. mission in late December 2014 and that people were still leaving the Doctors Without Borders said withdrew from Afghanistan leav- city for safety. He said he had seen that 12 staff members and 10 pa- ing behind 13,000 troops to train grocers emptying their shops of tients, all of them Afghans, were and advise Afghan national forces. food to take home, fearing scarci- killed. Many more are still miss- Thereafter, the Taliban and ties. He would only give his first ing, though all foreign staff have like-mined militant groups have name because of security concerns. been accounted for. intensified their activities and chal- The World Food Program said Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime lenged the Afghan security forces it was feeding thousands of peo- Minister Nawaz Sharif said Satur- by opening fronts in different prov- ple who had left Kunduz and were day that his government was try- now living in camps in other cities ing to revive stalled peace talks in the north, and that "additional between representatives of Afghan wheat is being milled in anticipa- government and the Taliban. Afghans demand equal treatment as refugees in Lesbos tion of increased needs in the com- Sharif, speaking at a televised ing days." news conference in Pakistan's east- In cloistered meetings miles away istan if they think people can live less than 64 percent of Afghans 'We'll camp outside door' are kept behind a double fence and Food and water were still not ern city of Lahore, said Islamabad from the combat zone, European there," he says. are granted asylum, compared to "If they shut the door on us, barbed wire. getting through in adequate quan- was once again prepared to play governments have determined that Sajjad, who does not want to 75 percent for Syrians, Eritreans we will camp outside the door," Screening tities, and the city remained with- mediator to end the Taliban's 14- Syrians fleeing their country's civ- give his surname, left home in mid- and Iraqis. says Sajjad's nephew Bismillah. During the summer, when larg- out electricity, residents said. year war against Kabul. There was il war should be given precedence September. The UN has called for an in- "We are numerous and this er numbers of Syrians and Afghans "The whole city is empty of no immediate comment from Kab- over other exiles seeking refugee "We heard that Europe had ternational effort to repatriate mil- gives us strength," he adds. fought for space on Greek islands, people," Abdullah said. "Residents ul. Pakistan hosted a set of meet- protection. opened its borders," he said. lions of Afghans who have fled the Bismillah is no stranger to ex- there was frequent tension be- are still not feeling safe." ings between the two sides in July. But on the dock of Mytilene, When he later learned that Af- country, arguing that their return ile. He may be young but he has tween the two groups. Representatives of Doctors But a second round of scheduled the port capital of Greece's Les- ghans are not included in the EU could help to stabilise it. already experienced the life of a "Ideally you want to see a pro- Without Borders met with Ghani talks was postponed after the Af- bos island, 22-year-old Sajjad scheme to share out 160,000 asy- Sajjad plans to head for Swe- child refugee in Pakistan, where his cedure to screen out those who are and his national security adviser, ghan government revealed that Tal- wants to tell them they are wrong, lum seekers, he didn't know den. family first fled after leaving Af- not refugees," UNHCR regional Mohammad Hanif Atmar, on Fri- iban leader Mullah Mohammad and demands equal treatment. whether to laugh or get angry. "But I'll see which country is ghanistan. spokesman Ron Redmond told day, his office said in a statement. Omar had been dead for two years. "Of course I am a refugee. Your According to the United Na- prepared to take me in," he adds in After Syrians, Afghans are the AFP. "And in a crisis like this, Ghani told them that he had NWA governments should go to Afghan- tions refugee agency (UNHCR), broken English. chief nationality among the over those screened out would ideally 400,000 people who have landed be assisted in going back to their on Greek shores from neighbour- home countries. You need to look ing Turkey this year a tenfold in- at the specific situation of each crease from 2014. family, each individual," he said. Like other non-Syrians, they To become eligible for the EU are fingerprinted and given a docu- relocation scheme, Greece must ment ordering them to leave Greece first satisfy its fellow member in a month. states that it can credibly sort out On Lesbos, this document the refugees from the economic earns them the right to buy a tick- migrants. et off the island. EU border agency Frontex has They end up in Athens, fre- announced plans to send 600 of- quently sleeping on the street un- ficers to help staff registration cen- til they can book passage to the tres on the islands of Lesbos, Sa- border with Macedonia, hoping to mos, Leros, Kos and Chios. pass themselves off as Syrian. The EU's aim is to have the Many including Bismillah lie centres ready by the end of No- about their age in an effort to win vember. protection as unaccompanied mi- But what is going to happen nors. to thousands of non-Syrian mi- But the ploy does not always grants who will inevitably be sent work. back to Greece by other EU states "Who are you trying to con- is less clear. vince that you're 17 years old?" a "We are not going to turn our Greek registration officer is heard country into a concentration camp shouting at a young Afghan in the for refugees," Yiannis Mouzalas, Refugees and migrants queue for food at the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos on October 10, 2015. (AFP) migrant camp of Moria, where junior interior minister for migra- thousands of non-Syrian migrants tion, said last month. NDTV 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. MONDAY. OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan needs $1.9 billion to become Reporting from the SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION frontlines: The By Akhtar M.Nikzad KABUL: The Ministry of Agri- Kunduz I remember culture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said that Afghanistan needs $1.9 billion to become self- sufficient in food production. Minister of the MAIL, Ass- adullah Zamir, in an interview with Afghanistan Times said that Af- ghanistan will become self-suffi- cient in food production by 2022, if the international donors provid- ed the ministry $1.9 billion. He also urged the government to allo- cate enough budgets to the minis- try to implement its plan of mov- ing Afghanistan towards self-reli- proved seeds to farmers. ucts have increased by five per- Officials in the MAIL said EMERGENCY ance. Terming investment in the ag- cent as comparing the past year. that they have spent 5.7 percent CALLS Based on the plan, the minis- riculture sector as need of the hour, Last we have produced 4.3 of its development budget so far. try will invest in three areas in- Zamir said that Afghanistan cur- million tons wheat, while this year They vowed to spend 65 percent cluding: expansion of irrigation rently import $800 million wheat the figure rose to 4.5 million, he of the budget till end of this year. Police system, distribution of improved from neighboring countries. asserted. Economical analysts believe seeds, and development arable Afghanistan needs six million The MAIL criticized that no that improvement of agriculture 100 - 119 land, he added. tons of wheat annually, out of budget was allocated for distribu- sector can play an important role He pointed out that the MAIL which 4.5 million tons of wheat is tion of improved seeds to farmers in steering Afghanistan towards needs $1.5 billion for improvement produced inside the country, he last year. Zamir said that they need self-sufficiency. They urged the Hospitals of irrigation system and needs $400 added. $10 million to purchase 6,000 tons government to pay special atten- million for distribution of im- Zamir said that wheat prod- of certified wheat seeds this year. tion to the sector. FMIC Hospital Behind Kabul Medical Rohit Gandhi Northern Alliance had decided to University: forgive the local Taliban and set I last left Kunduz in 2010, after I them free to go home. Most of 0202500200-+93793275595 finished producing a documentary them had fought for years and the about Commander Massoud of end of the war would mean that Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Afghanistan, for National Geo- they could go back to their fami- graphic. It was a quiet little town, lies and life could start again. But Pule Bagh-e- Umomi very different than the one I had the presence of the US military in 070263672 known. the last decade and a half and its Everyone in this remote corner of was not associated with the Tali- lustrates the agony felt by hun- district, forcing residents to seek The uprooting of Taliban decision to not equip the Afghan eastern Afghanistan has harrowing ban or the government and was dreds of Achin mothers after mili- treatment at the one remaining clin- When I had, on previous occa- military with the tools it may re- Khairkhana Hospital memories of atrocities by the Is- completely innocent, Shalahuddin tants butchered their children. Her ic. People are facing huge prob- sion, been to Kunduz, I had en- quire to sustain its fire power has 0799-321007 lamic State (IS) militants who are said between sobs. son Ihsanullah was one of the eight lems because of this. In addition, a tered the city in the wee hours of weakened the Afghan forces. A lot still fighting to capture their home- He recounted that after the ar- Afghans depicted in the shocking large number of people have been the morning. A gun battle was go- of the US equipment was 2401352 land. rival of IS in their remote village IS video. displaced, which just causes more ing on and we were given exclusive scrapped as the US military exit- Most of the estimated 100,000 earlier in the summer, the militants They took away two of my misery. access to the story of the North- ed, instead of giving it to the Af- residents of the remote mountain- first ransacked their shop and took sons [this summer] and blew one IS also closed most of the ern Alliance having won the battle ghan forces. The US never justi- Indira Gandhi Children ous Achin district of eastern Nan- away their livestock. Our father of them up, she said. We were schools in Achin, but district Gov- for Kunduz. Most of the Taliban fied what was their thinking be- garhar Province have experienced was then taken during the month able to secure the release of his ernor Haji Ghalib Mujahid is ada- had either escaped or were being hind it. Hospital, Wazir Akbar some violence or oppression at the of Ramadan [in June and July]. brother by paying them money, but mant that suffering will prompt captured. I clearly remember the Relapse Khan, Kabul 2301372 hands of IS. The radical jihadist Salahuddin, his crippled broth- he experienced horrific torture and residents to help the government sight of a few Taliban being taken The Afghan military has retak- group has already distinguished er, and sick mother soon left their was constantly threatened with forces in getting rid of the IS mili- for burial, dragged in a hand-pulled en Kunduz in heavy fighting. But itself by practicing extreme vio- village, and they now live in a tent being blown up while in captivi- tants, most of whom come from cart. I also remember the young as the months go by, the fighting is Ibn-e- Seena lence across the large swathes of near the district capital, Sra Kala. ty. neighboring Pakistan. boy who had been hit by shrap- only going to increase, putting the Syria and Iraq that it controls. We live in a tent on a desolate Before fainting because of ex- Inshallah (God willing), we nel, because one of the aerial at- Afghan forces under tremendous Pul-e-Artan, Kabul The group now seems intent plain, and until the arrival of the treme sorrow, Jana said, No have enough police and army here, tacks took place in a residential pressure. The players are continu- 2100359 on implementing the same strate- current district governor, the gov- Muslim can even comprehend such and we will be able to defeat neighbourhood as tanks and artil- ing to increase in the fight. The gy in Afghanistan. ernment didn t seem to care about acts. Daesh, he said. I am mobilizing lery guns had been tucked away Russian forces have reached the Why is Daesh so cruel? our suffering, he said. Achin resident Eid Gul says the local tribes to defeat these mil- there. borders of Afghanistan from the Wazir Akbar Khan asked 9-year-old Shalahuddin. His Seven-year-old Ghuncha Gul the IS atrocities amounted to a itants. Also, I remember the Taliban side of Tajikistan, the entry points Hospital shopkeeper father, Younas, was knows who killed his father, Mo- systemic effort to subjugate the Afghan forces claim to have from Pakistan being loaded up in a into Afghanistan, divided by the one of the eight Afghans killed by hammad, but he is not sure why. local population. killed hundreds of IS fighters in a truck. The Afghan government had River Amu that divides Afghani- 2301741, 2301743 IS in Achin. Daesh forced my father to sit on They snatched our cars and three-week-old offensive focused declared that they were going to stan with central Asia. Their long- Afghans were shocked by an bombs, but he was innocent, he took away our cattle. Even recent- on Achin and neighboring Batikot let go of all the Afghan Taliban with term aim is primarily to protect IS video in early August that ap- said. ly they took away seven herds of districts. This has given Achin res- a small punishment, but that the Tajikistan and any fallout of the Ali Abad parently showed IS militants blow- Horrific murders, ransacked goats from one village, he said. idents some hope. Tribal leader foreign fighters would be given the fighting in Afghanistan. But as mil- Shahrara, Kabul ing up bound and blindfolded Af- homes, and displaced civilians are They even butchered our children, Khairuddin said the government strictest possible punishment. itary players increase, there will ghan prisoners. Younas was one all that IS left behind in Achin af- and [in many villages] the dead are was blind to their suffering for a An unfathomable enigma be a rise in the chances of conflict. 2100439 of the victims. Even the Afghan ter it was forced out from many laying in the streets, mutilated. long time but that they are now The fight for Kunduz had been Also to be considered is the Taliban condemned the video, populated parts of the district in Abdul Saboor, a medical doc- seeing some change. We now see a long wait. Post 9/11, we had been reality on the ground of the realign- called the killings un-Islamic and an ongoing Afghan military offen- tor in charge of government health- some improvement and are hop- assigned to cover Northern Afghan- ments of the last decade, where the Malalai Maternity brutal. sive. care services in Achin, said mili- ing for the best, he said. istan. We had made our way to the Russians have gone to do business Hospital My father was innocent. He Zorarwar Jana s story best il- tants have closed five clinics in the Gandhara RFE/RL North, by going through Russia with Pakistan because of India s and Tajikistan. On a daily basis, decision to go with the Americans 2201377/ 2301743 we had to cover the crisis as it un- to buy their defense equipment. folded, whether it was the refu- In the 90 s, the Pakistani s fought Banks 100,000 Afghan gees, the fighting, or the US bomb- against the Russians because they ing of the frontlines of the Taliban were being backed by the Ameri- Da Afghanistan Bank pin-pointed by laser guided mis- cans, but today that relationship siles in coordination with the is also strained because of the US- 2100302, 2100303 carpet-weavers India strategic partnership. As we Northern Alliance. The frontlines collapsed in speak, the Americans are standing Bakhtar Bank three stages, as we moved from one with their ship on the coast of work in Pakistan to the other. The final wait was in Kerala and are jointly conducting 0776777000 a location called Taloqan where the a Naval exercise with India called Azizi Bank LAHORE : Afghan businessmen battle continued on a daily basis. the Malabar Exercise. and carpet-weavers in Pakistan say But in the last few days, the ac- Peace, a distant mirage 0799 700900 hand-knotted rugs produced by 13 wounded tion began to happen due to the The alignments have changed, Afghan refugees are exported to airlift of Taliban and Al Qaeda fight- the fight has changed, but what Pashtany Bank foreign countries as Pakistan-made. in Maidan ers. The accusation of the North- remains elusive to the Afghans, is 2102908, 2103868 A Pajhwok Afghan News re- ern Alliance commanders was that the peace they long for. Will the porter discussed problems that Wardak road the planes taking off every night world be able to deliver it that forced Afghan carpet weavers to were Pakistani military planes with peace? This is something the world Air Services move to Peshawar and other areas accident clearance from the CIA, and the has to decide. The Afghans them- of Pakistan from their home coun- selves, after decades of turmoil, AT Monitoring Desk Pakistani army had taken clearance Safi Airways try. Haji Khidar, a resident of based on the fact that they had in- have been weakened and continue KABUL : Pakistan has been try- study at Pakistani seminaries 020 22 22 222 northern Jawzjan province and KABUL: Thirteen civilians in- telligence units and equipment in to rely on foreign funding, as their ing to save its face by posing as a therefore, they might not have com- member of the Afghan Carpet economy hasn t been able to rea- cluding five women and three Kunduz and they had to be pro- supporter of the Afghan reconcili- plete control over them. In this Union (ACU) in Peshawar, said tected as the frontline in Taloqan lise its dreams. The more the fight- Ariana ation process after it was badly case, Pakistan will be unable to he had been associated with the children have sustained inju- ing, the more they will go back to ries in a traffic accident on Sun- collapsed. This was vehemently defamed internationally due to its control the situation because there carpet industry for the past 30 denied by the Pakistan military, pre-2001 days. The result will fi- 020-2100270 continued support for terrorist is also practical support for fun- years and had a shop in Khyber day in Maidan Wardak prov- but over the years, it has been nally be the same - fighting, refu- networks, analyst believe. damentalism in Pakistan. bazaar. He claimed as many as ince, official sources said. agreed that on those nights, flights gees and trillions of dollars of mon- Kam Air On July, 07, 2015, the Afghan Pakistan in fact continued fu- 100,000 Afghan carpet-weavers According to the media did take off. Who were on those ey made by people and given to 0799974422 government for the first time held eling the war in Afghanistan and worked in Peshawar, Attock, office of Maidan Wardak gov- planes will always remain a mys- the government in the form of tax- face-to-face talks with the Taliban simultaneously showed its pre- Nowshera, Swabi and Lahore. A ernor, the incident occurred in tery because the CIA had no pres- es, going to the dustbin. Kunduz in Murree, a tourist resort near Is- paredness for the peace parleys, majority of these Afghans are Shirazi Baba area of Sayed ence, neither on the departure end may just be a microcosm, but it Hotels lamabad. The talks were brokered he claimed. If the situation contin- Uzbek, Turkmen and Hazar and Abad district on Kabul-Ghaz- nor at the location where they were represents a much larger failure in Safi Landmark by the Pakistani government as it ued, Pakistan would show to the weaving carpets is their main ni highway. landing. It will stay a mystery for how we plan, strategise and exe- pledged during President Ashraf world it was cooperating with source of income. Khidar said car- A Townace coming from many of us who reported the sto- cute military operations in foreign Ghani s visit. peace talks, while in reality it pets weaved by Afghans were be- Kabul had a collision with a ry. The end of a war lands. The author is a former 020-2203131 The second phase of the the would be deceiving the global com- ing exported to foreign countries The day Kunduz fell in the conflict resolution journalist with peace negotiations was due to take munity, he continued. with made in Pakistan labels. He Corolla-model vehicle. The in- years of experience in Afghanistan SERENA jured passengers were shifted North of Afghanistan, there was place, but after the disclosure of Another analyst, Mohammad said it was the Afghan govern- jubilation that the Taliban's hold and Iraq, covering war zones and to the civil hospital in Maidan the death of Taliban leader Mullah Hassan Haqyar, said that Afghan ment s lack of attention that Paki- in the North was over. The next global issues. He currently heads 0799654000 Omar, the militant group sought officials had been more aggressive stan was earning the principal in- Shar, capital of Maidan Ward- had to be fought in the South in Zee Media Corporation Limited's some time. toward Pakistan in their remarks come from carpet exports weaved ak province. Four victims said Kandahar, the headquarters of the latest venture, Zee English News, New Rumi Restaurant However, back-to-back sui- following the deadly attacks and by Afghans living in Pakistan. He to be in serious condition were Taliban movement and home to the a Global English News Channel cide attacks in Kabul, which re- increased lawlessness in the coun- said the export of Afghan made shifted to Kabul. then leadership Mullah Omar. with the vision of taking on the 0776351347 sulted in the killing of scores of try. For example, he said, Chief carpets as Pakistan-made brands Most of the road accidents Kunduz has a large Pashtun issues of the world with a South civilians, provoked President Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Ab- was badly affecting the industry are result of careless driving population and the presence of Asian perspective. DNAINDIA Internet Services Ashraf Ghani into announcing that dullah had criticised Pakistan in the in Afghanistan. Haji Khidar blamed and poor road condition. Taliban elements did not vanish as his government would not partici- United Nation General Assembly the Afghan government for not UA Telecom pate in Islamabad-facilitated talks (UNGA) and also at other inter- supporting the carpet industry in 0796701701 / 0796702702 with Taliban. national gatherings and conferenc- Afghanistan. He asked the Kabul Later on, Pakistan National es for backing terrorist networks administration to take immediate Aid delivered to Achin displaced Exchange Rate Security Advisor Sartaj Azizi and and being not sincere in the recon- steps for the revival of carpet- placed from Abdulkhel area to the Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif ciliation process. He added Paki- weaving industry in the country district centre, said they were yet Purchase: pledged support for the Afghan- stan had been defamed internation- so that Afghans could avoid the FAMILIES INSUFFICIENT to receive any assistance, but the led peace talks on several occa- ally for supporting Taliban, but it need to weave carpets in Pakistan. JALALABAD : The provincial ing to improve local governance. district officials had promised sions, including during their visits wanted to save its face and show Abdul Karim, another Afghan administration of eastern Nangar- Achin district chief Hajji Ghalib them that they would get the aid One US$ = to Kabul. the world it remained sincere in shopkeeper in Khyber Bazaar, said har province has delivered food Mujahid told Pajhwok Afghan soon. We need many things be- 64.25Afs Recently, Qazi Khalilullah, conflict resolution. Looking at the it was Afghans who worked hard items to displaced families of Achin News the governor instructed ed- cause we have left everything be- One Pound Sterling= Pakistan s foreign ministry security situation in the country, weaving carpets, but Pakistan district, but local officials say the ucation, public health, rural devel- hind in our village, he spokesman, during a press confer- the Taliban have stregthened their earned the most exporting them. aid is insufficient. Governor Salim opment and rehabilitation directors said.According to Nangarhar of- 97.96Afs ence, said if Kabul and Taliban bargaining position by overrunning He said Afghans worked until the Khan Kunduzi, accompanied by to deliver best services in the area. ficials, a total of 13,000 families One Euro = were willing, Islamabad was ready northern Kunduz province and Pa- process of weaving carpets was fin- provincial council head Ahmad Ali He said the governor assured the have been displaced as a result of 71.96Afs to cooperate with efforts for re- kistan again pushed for reconcilia- ished and Pakistan stamped its Hazrat and other members, on Sat- displaced families that they would recent violence, but only 5000 sumption of the peace parleys. tion process as it wanted to get export label on the rugs. Ihsanul- urday visited Achin district where get continued necessary assistance have been assisted so far.A sur- 1000 Pak Rs = Political analyst and civil so- the militants a role in the Afghan lah, another carpet seller in Islam- they took some edible items such in addition to the aid they brought vey is underway to identify the 612Afs ciety activist, Khoshal Khalil, told government and used them as lob- abad, said: Even today people as flour, ghee, beans, pulses, sug- with them. Nearly 800 families number of displaced families from Pajhwok Afghan News there were by. There are several reasons for prefer buying carpets weaved by ar, tea and other food items for the have been displaced from differ- Achin district. A military official Sale: two possibilities of Pakistan sup- Pakistan s interest in peace talks Afghans. Other traders said the displaced families. Hundreds of ent parts of Achin while the gov- Col. Mohammad Jan said mili- One US$ = porting the peace effort. The first with the Taliban, Kabul Universi- bulk of carpets produced in Af- families have been displaced in the ernor brought a van full of food tants sustained huge losses dur- 64.45 Afs is that Pakistan is afraid of losing ty lecturer Faiz Mohammad district due to recent clashes be- items which is not sufficient and ghanistan were taken to Pakistan ing the ongoing operation against One Pound Sterling= control of the war in Afghanistan Zaland said, adding Afghan offi- to be finished. They said besides tween security forces and militants there is need for more assistance, them in Abdulkhel area of the dis- as some Taliban fighters were in- cials had raised their voice against the lack of cutting and washing fa- affiliated with the so-called Islam- he said.The official said the dis- trict. He said their soldiers were 98.76Afs terested in joining Daesh. Pakistan Islamabad. As a result, they have cilities, the Afghan tax system was ic State or Daesh group. During placed families were living in dire ready to fight until the district was One Euro= has no control over the self-styled put pressure on the neighbouring an additional disincentive to sell- his visit, Kunduzi insisted on de- conditions and the the central gov- cleared of the enemies and that 72.56 Afs group. country to support the process ing finished carpets. feating Daesh and talked about ef- ernment should provide them more the army checkpoints had been 1000 Pak Rs= 620Afs He said Daesh fighters did not drive. (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok) forts his administration was mak- assistance. Harakat Khan, who dis- strengthened. (Pajhwok) 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. MONDAY . OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES SBI chief Zardari seeks probe into PPP men s killing calls for ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman radical India and former president Asif Ali Zar- dari has condemned the targeted banking assassination of a PPP candidate for the chairmanship of a union overhaul council and membership of the High quality global journalism Okara district council in Depalpur requires investment. Please share tehsil along with two party work- this article with others using the ers. link below, do not cut & paste The coldblooded, targeted and the article. See our Ts&Cs and premeditated murder of PPP can- Copyright Policy for more didate Malik Muhammad Aslam detail.Arundhati Bhattacharya, Channa and other party workers MALI: Maldivian President Ab- ing Nasheed or the president's chairman of State Bank of India, on the eve of by-elections and as dulla Yameen on Sunday warned comments. has called for a radical consoli- local bodies polls draw nearer has India's foreign minister against ex- India spoke of strengthening dation of the country s financial raised legitimate questions about ternal interference in the islands' ties and increasing defence coop- system, creating up to half a who is behind these murders, he affairs, his office said, as interna- eration with the Maldives, which dozen globally significant banks said in a statement on Saturday. tional pressure mounts to release is located across strategic interna- by pushing big public sector The three were killed when his jailed predecessor. tional shipping lanes in the Indian lenders to merge with smaller ri- men on a motorcycle opened fire The president told Indian For- Ocean. vals. FirstFT is our new essen- on them during a corner meeting in eign Minister Sushma Swaraj that The visit comes after Prime tial daily email briefing of the Mandi Ahmedabad on Friday all nations should respect the Minister Narendra Modi skipped best stories from across the web night. Maldives' sovereignty, during her the Maldives during his trip to In- India has 27 state-backed banks, The party demands a trans- official visit to the capital Mali to dian Ocean nations earlier this year ranging in size from SBI the parent and thorough probe into the strengthen ties between the Indian as Nasheed was thrown in jail. nation s largest lender, control- murders and arrest of the culprits Ocean neighbours. Last week Indian foreign af- ling about a fifth of banking as- at the earliest, the PPP leader said. President Yameen stated that fairs spokesman Vikas Swarup told sets down to numerous re- As the party president of the this government will not tolerate reporters that New Delhi expect- gional and niche players. There Punjab Assembly s constituency, foreign parties to interfere with the ed a fair and just resolution to should be consolidation in the PP-188, Mr Channa had rendered country's domestic issues, his Nasheed's jailing. sector. There s no doubt about great services to mobilise the par- office said in a statement. Supporters of Nasheed, the it, Ms Bhattacharya told the Yameen also underscored that archipelago's first democratically- ty workers and expose corruption Financial Times. Larger ones a country's integrity and national elected leader before being toppled should take in the smaller ones, and wrongdoings of the govern- sovereignty must be respected by in 2012, have maintained the con- ment, he said. and grow themselves inorgani- all , the statement said. viction was part of a strategy by cally, so that overall?.?.?.?we There are also suspicions that Yameen made no reference to Yameen's regime to silence him. will have four to six large banks. on the eve of by-elections and the the controversial conviction this The resulting political fallout If you look at Australia today, forthcoming local bodies polls, the year of former president Moham- has damaged the island's image as they have four large banks, and unnerved government wants to ed Nasheed, the country's main an idyllic honeymoon resort and very many small banks. I think send a tough message to political opposition leader, and his jailing brought crowds of protesters onto that is the kind of structure we opponents as it unsuccessfully did for 13 years on terrorism charges. Mali's streets. are tending towards, she add- last year by killing over a dozen Washington and others have Also read: Clooney to call for ed. Ms Bhattacharya s com- political workers in Model Town, strongly criticised his trial and a Maldives sanctions unless it frees ments come at a time of upheav- Lahore. These suspicions must be UN panel ruled last month that Nasheed al in India s state banks, which addressed, Mr Zardari said. Nasheed's jailing was illegal and Nasheed's high-profile legal control nearly three-quarters of He said PPP would go as far that he should be freed immediate- team, which includes Amal Cloon- the country s $1.7tn in assets, as required to expose and punish ly. Swaraj released her own state- ey, visited the former president in against a backdrop of rising bad the culprits in accordance with the ment on Sunday at the end of the jail last month, further highlight- loans and heightened competi- law. two-day visit, without mention- ing the case internationally. tion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government recently an- nounced a package of reforms to Remember infuse capital and improve gov- BGB deployed in Bangladesh s diplomatic ernance at the banks, in which it emergency has held majority stakes since the late-1960s. Widespread con- to fortify solidation remains controversial, ZONE AFTER KILLING OF FOREIGNERS however, and Mr Modi is yet to democratic back the idea. State lenders tend Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to be heavily unionised, while framework: troopers have been called out to big banking reforms typically re- bolster security at Dhaka s diplo- quire contentious changes to leg- matic zone amid heightened secu- islation. Force India-Mercedes Modi rity concern for foreigners. Team Principal and Chairman NEW DELHI: Prime Minister They will be staying in Bar- and CEO of India's Kingfisher Narendra Modi on Sunday termed idhara and Gulshan and will patrol Airlines Vijay Mallya walks in the Emergency, imposed in 1975, the area if necessary, BGB direc- the paddock during the third tor general s PRO Mohsin Reza as the biggest blow to democracy practice session at the Buddh told bdnews24.com on Saturday International circuit in Greater and said its memories should be night. kept alive to draw lessons to fur- Noida, on the outskirts of New An Italian was gunned down Delhi on October 27, 2012. The ther fortify the democratic frame- in the diplomatic zone on Sep 28, work and values in the country. Formula One Indian Grand Prix five days later a Japanese national 2012 will take place on October "Emergency was the biggest was killed in similar fashion in blow to democracy. The kind of 28. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN Rangpur. VATSYAYANA (Photo credit crisis that hit the country during Security for foreigners was that period had tempered the Indi- should read MANAN VAT- ratcheted up after the killings as SYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) an democracy which came out several countries asked their na- stronger. I am grateful to those The troubles of India s state tionals to restrict their movements banks were highlighted again at who struggled and fought against while in Bangladesh. the weekend following a police it. ..."Emergency should be remem- The government has rejected raid on the home of airline and bered not to brood over what had reports of Islamic State claiming liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, in happened then, but to strenghten responsibilities for the killings. the latest attempt to recover as- our resolve to fortify and further Last week, the government sets linked to his collapsed King- strengthen the democratic values assured diplomats of special se- fisher Airlines. Saturday s raids and framework in our country," curity measures for foreigners. by India s Central Bureau of In- Modi said at the programme 'Lok- It also ordered police superin- vestigation, which also targeted tantra Ke Prahari' where he also tendents and OCs to pay special a number of offices belonging to felicitated many of those who attention to foreigners security Mr Mallya s United Beverages fought against Emergency and went across the country. In an updated group, related to loans provided travel advisory on Friday, the UK to jail in 1975-76. by IDBI, a smaller government- said it feared indiscriminate at- owned lender. However, numer- Paying glowing tributes to the tacks on Westerners. Loknayak on his 113th birth anni- ous other public sector banks versary at the function, he said including State Bank of India, the Narayan was "an institution, he country s largest, are also en- was a light house and a role mod- gaged in largely fruitless at- India eyes Thailand eyes greater tempts to claw back funds lent el" and "a new political generation was born during the Emergency to the defunct airline, which that was fully dedicated to demo- defence, security cooperation ceased operations in 2012. Once cratic values, inspired by JP." safer skies known for his lavish lifestyle and "The biggest message that came land's interest to invite Bang- self-styled king of good times reputation, Mr Mallya has paid out of the anti-Emergency strug- with Bangladesh ladesh s three armed services chiefs at earliest mutual conve- back almost none of the $2.5bn gle was the inspiration to fight re- in debts that Kingfisher accrued, pression. So many people in poli- with Russian Thailand has proposed to sign a raised a number of issues and pro- nience as both sides stressed the underscoring the lack of legal tics today owe their initial days to MoU with Bangladesh on combat- posals from Bangladesh side to- need for reviving regular exchange ing transnational crimes including wards expanding defence cooper- of visits between the defence lead- options available under Indian those days of Emergency, JP law to banks seeking to recover Movement, Navnirman Move- human trafficking and terrorism ation for addressing shared secu- erships. S-400 Triumf following Dhaka s wish to create a rity challenges and aspirations . It was also agreed that Thai assets from failed businesses. ment ... they gave birth to a new forum in this regard. General Wongsuwan expressed Navy Cadet training ships would Nonetheless, Ms Bhattacharya kind of politics in the nation," the NEW DELHI: In what could be a wary of China acquiring such a Thai Deputy Prime Minister his country's strong resolve to pay goodwill calls at Bangladesh said she expected the government Prime Minister said. game-changing arms acquisition, military capability, even if it is and Defence Minister General work closely with Bangladesh es- ports. would back consolidation in Observing that the struggle by India is planning to acquire the defensive in nature, since it can Prawit Wongsuwan also expressed pecially in realising the proposals The two air forces would ex- two or three years , helping to new-generation Russian S-400 Tri- make all the difference during a Jayaprakash Narayan for democ- Bangkok s interest to strengthen made by the Bangladesh Ambas- plore scope for joint exercises es- resolve asset quality problems umf air defence missile systems conflict. racy should be taken as a bench- the bilateral ties in the defence sador . pecially in the context of UN and support fresh investment in that can destroy incoming hostile The S-400 basically has three mark, he said his speeches reflect- front. He mentioned this when He assured her that Thailand peace mission. areas such as infrastructure. aircraft, stealth fighters, missiles kinds of missiles, with different ed the "deep anguish" of the peo- Bangladesh Ambassador to Thai- is more than ready to work with Thailand's deputy defence Larger balance sheets allow you and drones at ranges of up to 400- capabilities, that can fly at super- ple who suffered during Emergen- land Saida Muna Tasneem called Bangladesh for greater defence and minister and senior officials of the to make larger loans, and for big km. sonic and hypersonic speeds to cy. "Even though he was a soft- on him on Saturday. The foreign security cooperation. defence ministry were present at projects they [companies] don t Sources say the defence acqui- intercept all kinds of targets at rang- spoken man, his speeches were like ministry said the ambassador Wongsuwan expressed Thai- the meeting. have to go to more than five or the boiling lava." sitions council (DAC), chaired by es from 120 to 400-km. Russian six lenders, instead of having to Earlier, the Prime Minister also Manohar Parrikar, will "soon" take experts even proclaim the S-400 go to [many more] of them, she visited the residences of former up the proposal moved by the IAF surface-to-air missile (SAM) sys- said. Viewed globally, SBI is the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpay- to purchase around a dozen S-400 tem can "radar lock and shoot only Indian lender to feature in long-range systems from Russia. down" stealth fifth-generation ee and former NDA Convenor the world s top 100 banks by "The project is at an initial fighters like the American F-35 jets. George Fernandes who had played assets, in 58th position, accord- stage at present. But it will be a India, on its part, is now be- ing to SNL Financial. Chinese a significant role in the fight for government-to-government con- latedly trying to plug the gaping banks hold four of the top five democracy in those days. tract when it is finalized, with the holes in its airspace surveillance positions. Ms Bhattacharya, Among those who were felici- S-400 systems being inducted over and defence network with progres- who became SBI s first female tated at the function were veteran several years," said a defence min- sive induction of a wide array of chairman two years ago, has won BJP leader LK Advani, Shiromani istry source. sensors and weapons. With both positive reviews from analysts Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh The procurement proposal IAF, tasked with the country's air both for her relatively outspo- Badal, four governors -- Kalyan comes ahead of Parrikar's impend- defence, and Army saddled with ken style and her efforts to in- Singh, OP Kohli, Balram Dass ing visit to Russia, which will be increasingly obsolete air defence vest in new technology and curb Tandon and Valubhai Vala, former followed by the Modi-Putin sum- weapons, the ongoing induction of bad loans. SBI made group-wide deputy Speaker Kariya Munda, mit in Moscow in December. It the indigenous 25-km range Akash net profits of Rs170bn ($2.6bn) besides BJP leaders V K Malhotra, also comes around a year after China area defence system has come as a in the financial year to March Jaywantiben Mehta and Subrama- sealed a $3 billion deal with Rus- major relief for them. Induction of 2015. Ms Bhattacharya said the nian Swamy. sia for acquisition of six S-400 bat- the Israeli Spyder low-level quick- bank would have little trouble NCP leader DP Tripathi, jour- teries. China is slated to get the S- reaction missile systems, with a raising funds to meet higher cap- nalists Virender Kapoor and K 400 batteries, which is designated 15-km range, is now planned from ital requirements under forth- Vikram Rao, Prof Ramji Singh, `SA-21 Growler' by NATO and 2016-2017 onwards. The project coming Basel III rules, in part Kameshwar Paswan and Arif Baig rivals the anti-ballistic missile ca- was stuck since the Tatra trucks - by issuing fresh debt, selling non- were also honoured by Modi. pabilities of the US Patriot PAC-3 - on which the missile systems were core assets, and possibly float- ji, JP, Nanaji (Deshmukh), we system, from 2017 onwards. to be mounted - had got enmeshed ing subsidiary group companies always think about integrating the Countries locked in territorial in corruption scandals. The con- in sectors such as insurance and villages of India".Earlier, the Prime disputes with China in the East tract was recently amended to re- mutual funds. She urged the gov- and South China Seas, ranging place the Tatra trucks with Tata Minister also visited the residenc- ernment to bring in wider re- from Japan and Taiwan to Viet- trucks. Deliveries of the medium- forms to public sector bank gov- es of former Prime Minister Atal nam and the Philippines, are all range SAM systems jointly devel- ernance, by appointing experi- Bihari Vajpayee and former NDA worried at the prospect of the Peo- oped by Israeli Aerospace Indus- enced board members and allow- Convenor George Fernandes who ple's Liberation Army getting such tries and DRDO, with an intercep- ing higher levels of pay for exec- had played a significant role in the a force-multiplier to dominate the tion range of 70-km, will also be- utives. fight for democracy in those days. airspace. India obviously is also gin from 2016-2017. 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. MONDAY . OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Republicans have 'gone off the deep end': Obama

President Barack Obama said the Republican Party has gone off the deep end with its messy failure to elect a new ANKARA : Thousands of people, bombing. Some have suggested work is being conducted to identi- speaker of the House of Rep- many chanting anti-government militant nationalists opposed to fy those behind the attack and resentatives. slogans, gathered in central Anka- any accommodation with Kurds quickly bring them to justice," a The Republican-con- ra on Sunday near the scene of seeking greater minority rights statement said. Relatives and trolled House was left in shock bomb blasts which killed at least could have been responsible. friends of the casualties waited and disarray this week when 95 people, mourning the victims Turkish investigators worked anxiously on Sunday morning out- Kevin McCarthy, the fron- of the most deadly attack of its on Sunday to identify the perpe- side the hospitals where the trunner to replace John Boeh- kind on Turkish soil. trators and victims of the attack. wounded were being treated. The ner, who has announced his Two suspected suicide bomb- Newspaper headlines reflected the two blasts happened seconds apart resignation, suddenly with- ers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and mixture of grief and anger. "We are on Saturday morning as crowds, drew from the race because of labor activists near Ankara's main in mourning for peace," said the including pro-Kurdish Peoples' a revolt by conservatives. The train station on Saturday, three front-page headline in the secular- Democratic Party (HDP) activists, challenge now is to find a con- weeks before an election, shock- ist Cumhuriyet newspaper as three leftists, labor unions and other civ- sensus candidate who can ing a nation beset by conflict be- days of national mourning declared ic groups, gathered for a march to soothe wounds and unite a frac- tween the state and Kurdish mili- by the prime minister got under- protest over the deaths of hun- tious caucus. Obama addressed tants. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' way. "Scum Launch attack in An- dreds since conflict resumed be- the drama at an expensive Democratic Party (HDP), a major kara," said the Haberturk newspa- tween security forces and the Kur- fundraiser at a private home in presence at Saturday's march, said per. "The goal is to divide the na- distan Workers Party (PKK) Los Angeles. He was there af- police attacked its leaders and tion," said the pro-government in the mainly Kurdish southeast. ter visiting Oregon Friday to members as they tried to leave car- Star. One of the bombers had been HDP leader Selahattin Demir- try to console relatives of the nations earlier at the scene. Some identified as a male aged between tas blamed the government in blunt nine people killed by a shoot- were hurt in the melee, it said in a 25-30 after analyzing bodies at the terms. He said on Saturday the at- er at community college. The statement. "Murderer (President scene and taking fingerprints, the tack was part of the same cam- shooter killed himself. Tayyip) Erdogan", "murderer po- pro-government Yeni Safak said. paign as the bombing of an HDP Obama described himself lice", the crowd chanted in Sihhiye There were no claims of responsi- rally in the southeastern city of as not intrinsically partisan square, as riot police backed by bility for the attack, which came Diyarbakir on the eve of June elec- and said some members of his water cannon vehicles blocked a as external threats mount for tions and a suicide bombing blamed party have faulted him for not main highway leading to the dis- NATO member Turkey, with in- on Islamic State in Suruc near the being partisan enough. trict where parliament and govern- creased fighting across its border Syrian border in July, which killed But I will tell you at this ment buildings are located. with Syria and incursions by Rus- 33 mostly young pro-Kurdish ac- moment in history, the choic- The government denies any sian warplanes on its air space over tivists. Hours after the bombing, es are stark. And facts, evidence suggestion of involvement. Prime the last week. Davutoglu's office the PKK, as widely expected be- and values are on our side. And Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, expos- named 52 of the victims overnight forehand, ordered its fighters to halt the other side has gone off the ing a mosaic of domestic political and said autopsies were continu- operations in Turkey unless they deep end, Obama said. perils, said Islamic State, Kurdish ing. It said 246 wounded people faced attack. It said it would avoid militant factions or far-leftist rad- were still being treated, 48 of them acts that could hinder a "fair and Iran tests new icals could have carried out the in intensive care. "The necessary just election" on Nov. 1. precision-guided ballistic missile Iran successfully tested a new Syrian army advances in west Ex-Benghazi precision-guided ballistic mis- sile, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan was quoted as say- ing on Sunday, signaling an after Russian strikes: Monitor investigator apparent advance in Tehran s vincial countryside on Saturday, a attempts to improve the ac- security source with knowledge of curacy of its missile battery. events in Syria said. The Emad missile is able to Syria's military backed by al- says US panel strike targets with a high level lied militias including Iranian- of precision and completely backed Hezbollah on the ground destroy them, state news and Russia in the air launched a agency IRNA quoted Dehghan major attack last week in Syria's targeted as saying. west to recapture land lost to in- Anthony Cordesman, a surgents near the coastal heartland researcher at the Center for of Assad's minority Alawite sect. Strategic and International A senior regional source told Studies, wrote in January that Clinton Reuters earlier this month that the Emad would have a range around 3,000 fighters from of 1,700 km (1,060 miles), 500 Hezbollah had mobilized for the meters accuracy and a 750 kg battle, along with Syrian army (1,653 pound) payload. It is a troops. variant of the liquid-fuelled Idlib is mainly held by the Shahab-3 missile, in service Army of Conquest, an Islamist since 2003, which has a simi- insurgent alliance that includes al lar range but is accurate only Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front to within 2,000 meters. The but not the ultra hardline Islamic Emad represents a major leap State group Russia says is the fo- in terms of accuracy. It has an cus of its air strikes which started advanced guidance and control on Sept 30. system in its nose cone, Is- Russian strikes have focused raeli missile expert Uzi Rubin on areas in Hama province and said. Dehghan said the new neighboring Idlib where insurgents weapon would be deployed to have advanced in recent months. missile units in the near fu- BEIRUT : The Syrian army backed close to insurgent-held positions stroyed weapons, ammunition and Their advance had threatened gov- ture . by allied militia has advanced in along the highway, the Syrian Ob- equipment during the offensive ernment-held territory further west western Syria after heavy Russian servatory for Human Rights said. and 50 enemy fighters had been including coastal areas vital to Syr- air strikes in areas around the main Syria's state news agency killed in the air strikes. The Ob- ian President Bashar al-Assad's Thousands in highway running through major SANA said Tal Skik was now un- servatory and Lebanon-based TV control of the country. Australia cities, a group monitoring the war der Syrian army control after an channel al-Mayadeen said a senior The highway that runs from said on Sunday. "extensive military operation" on Hezbollah fighter had been killed the capital Damascus in the south A former investigator for the Democrats. protests against After deadly clashes, the mili- the ground backed by Russia air in the clashes. up through Homs, Hama to Alep- House of Representatives Select These are extremely serious tary and Lebanese Hezbollah mili- strikes against "terrorist organiza- The fighter was the head of po in the north is vital for control- Committee on Benghazi is accus- whistleblower charges ... Repub- refugee centres tiamen took control of Tal Skik, a tions" in the area. Hezbollah's operations in Idlib ling populous parts of the coun- ing the Republican-led panel of licans have been abusing millions Thousands of Australians highland area in Idlib province It said the military had de- province and was killed in the pro- try. targeting Democrat Hillary Clin- of taxpayer dollars for the illegit- joined rallies calling for the clo- ton to scupper her presidential imate purpose of damaging Hill- sure of Pacific island camps for bid, the New York Times and CNN ary Clinton s bid for president, asylum-seekers, just days af- World Bank, UN announce refugee crisis funds reported on Saturday. Representative Elijah Cummings, ter the government confirmed They said Major Bradley ranking Democrat on the com- it was in talks with the Philip- Podliska, an intelligence officer in mittee, said in a statement. the Air Force Reserve on active Even before Kevin McCar- pines to resettle detained ref- duty in Germany, alleged that he thy s comments laid bare the true ugees. Under Canberra's tough was fired for resisting pressure to intent of the committee, it s been immigration policy, asylum- focus his investigation into the clear that Secretary Clinton has seekers attempting to reach the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomat- been the true target of this inves- island continent by boat are ic compound in Benghazi on Clin- tigation. It s time to shut down turned back or sent to camps ton s role. They said he planned the Benghazi Select Committee, on Nauru or Papua New Guin- to file a complaint in federal court Representative Adam Schiff of ea and barred from resettling next month. California said in a statement. in Australia even if found to These are explosive allega- On Wednesday, Democratic be refugees. tions, Clinton campaign spokes- Representative Alan Grayson of The detention centres are man Brian Fallon said in a state- Florida filed an ethics complaint not suitable environments for ment. This Republican whistle- against McCarthy and the com- the health of all detainees, but blower s account from inside the mittee s chairman, Trey Gowdy, the effects on children are far Benghazi Committee may provide saying that federal funds for the worse. Brian Owler, president the most definitive proof to date Benghazi committee were being of Australian Medical Associ- that this taxpayer-funded investi- used for political purposes. ation Chanting "free, free the gation has been a partisan sham CNN quoted Podliska as refugees", the protesters on from the start. saying in an interview due to be Sunday in Sydney, Melbourne The committee on Saturday aired on Sunday that the com- and other cities said the gov- strongly denied the media reports. mittee pulled resources away ernment and Australian Prime Contrary to his brand new from probes of other individuals Minister Malcolm Turnbull assertion, the employee actually and agencies to focus almost ex- should close the Pacific deten- was terminated, in part, because clusively on Clinton and the State tion centres, which have been he himself manifested improper Department she helmed for four harshly criticised by rights partiality and animus in his inves- years. groups. With Australia set to tigative work. The Committee vig- I knew that we needed to resettle 12,000 Syrian refugees orously denies all of his allega- get to the truth to the victims amid the crisis in Europe, some tions, a committee spokesperson families. And the victims fami- demonstrators waved Syrian said in a statement. lies, they deserve the truth -- and Kurdish flags and said the The committee has come un- whether or not Hillary Clinton government should move those der criticism since Representative was involved, whether or not held in the camps to the main- Kevin McCarthy, the No. 2 House other individuals were involved, land. One asylum-seeker, Republican who had been expect- CNN quoted Podliska as saying. "Adbi", who has reportedly ed to become speaker of the Clinton, the top U.S. diplo- been held on Manus Island for The U.N. and World Bank said Ki-moon said in a statement. bonds, including Islamic sukuk bility to support the Middle East House, suggested in a television mat at the time of the Benghazi more than two years, called on Saturday they will increase financ- "To address the scale and the bonds, which are specially struc- and North Africa region at this crit- interview last week that the tax- attack in 2012, is due to testify Turnbull to help the detainees. ing for the Middle East and North nature of the conflicts, we need tured to comply with the Koranic ical time, and this requires signifi- payer-funded investigation into before the committee for the first "They are traumatising us," Africa to help countries there deal new approaches. It is important prohibition on charging interest. cant resources -- more than any Benghazi was designed to hurt time Oct. 22. Abdi said on a phone call with millions of refugees and re- that the World Bank, as a close In the second, donor country one country or organization is able Clinton as she seeks the Demo- Her campaign and fellow broadcast to the Sydney build after conflicts. partner to the U.N., and other in- grants will be used to extend low- to provide on its own." cratic presidential nomination. Democrats have seized on Mc- crowd, adding that conditions They did not put a dollar fig- ternational financial institutions, interest loans to the countries host- The initiative was agreed on McCarthy later said he had Carthy s comments as proof that at the Papua New Guinea fa- ure on the initiative, but said it mainstream and actively invest in ing the bulk of the more than 15 the sidelines of the annual meet- not meant to suggest the commit- this was a politically motivated cility were "indescribable". would ramp up resources to deal conflict-affected states." million refugees who have fled the ings of the World Bank and the tee s purpose had been to harm investigation focusing on the can- Medical professionals at the with the "enormous humanitarian The new loans will come in region's conflicts in the past four International Monetary Fund in the former secretary of state s didate rather than the incident, in rallies also expressed fears a and economic toll" that conflicts two forms, said the organizations, years. "Strong global partnerships Lima, Peru this week. chance of winning the November which U.S. Ambassador Chris 2016 election. On Thursday Mc- Stevens and three other Ameri- new law could block their col- in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and else- which are also collaborating with and innovative financing are essen- The organizations have set up where are taking on the region. the Islamic Development Bank on tial to meet the scale of the need in a working group and asked it to Carthy bowed out of the Speaker cans were killed. leagues working at the camps race, leaving the Republicans in The committee is due to re- from speaking out if they had "The world today is witness the plan. these hard-hit countries," said finalize the details of the new fi- to... the highest level of forced dis- Under the first mechanism, World Bank president Jim Yong nancing mechanisms, as well as disarray. lease the findings of its investi- allegations of asylum-seekers Saturday s reports on Podlis- gation next year, as the presiden- being abused. placement since the Second World guarantees from donor countries Kim. develop an implementation road- War," U.N. 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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 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] By Ralph Nader Email: [email protected] The photographs in the New York Times told contrasting sto- www.afghanistantimes.af ries last week. One showed two Taliban soldiers in civilian Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi clothes and sandals, with their Advisory editorial board rifles, standing in front of a cap- tured U.N. vehicle. The Taliban Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, forces had taken the northern provincial capital of Kunduz. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal The other photograph showed Graphic-Designers: Afghan army soldiers fully equipped with modern gear, Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari weapons, and vehicles. Marketing & Advertising: Guess who is winning? An Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 estimated thirty-thousand Tal- iban soldiers with no air force, Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan navy, or heavy weapons have Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 been holding down ten times Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press more Afghan army and police and over 100,000 U.S. soldiers with the world s most modern weaponry for eight years. The constitution says ISIS forces from Syria have Article 58: taken over large areas of north- To monitor respect for human rights in Afghanistan as well as to foster and protect it, the ern and western Iraq, including state shall establish the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan. Every its second largest city, Mosul, individual shall complain to this Commission about the violation of personal human rights. The Commission shall refer human rights violations of individuals to legal authorities and and the battered city of Fallu- assist them in defense of their rights. Organization and method of operation of the jah. ISIS forces in Iraq and Syr- Commission shall be regulated by law. ia are estimated to number no up boundaries for artificial $120 a month, will do almost gressman Ron Paul (R-TX) put more than 35,000. Like the Tali- states, intervening, overthrow- anything to supplement their it, Bush/Cheney lied us into ban, ISIS fighters, who vary in ing, propping up domestic dic- income, including selling weap- the Iraq War. their military training, primarily tators, and generally siding ons. At higher levels, bribes, It isn t as if the Taliban and have light weaponry. That is with oligarchic or colonizing payoffs, extortions create an ISIS are winning the hearts when they are not taking con- interests that brutalize the mass underground economic sys- and minds of the local people. trol of the fleeing, much larger, of the people. tem. The combination of lack On the contrary, while promis- Iraqi army s armored vehicles It hasn t helped for these of understanding, the system- ing law and order, they treat and ammunition from the Unit- invasions to be supported by ic bribes, and the ensuing cor- local populations quite brutal- ed States. an alien culture rooted in the ruption has produced a climate ly, with few exceptions. But the Pakistan fooling itself Against vastly greater Christian crusades against Is- of chaos. locals have long been treated numbers of Iraqi soldiers, lam centuries ago, whose jin- Then there is the reckless brutally by the police, army, backed by U.S. weapons, U.S. goism in the U.S. continues slaughter of civilians wed- and militias jockeying for the Pakistan says it is ready to revamp the stalled peace talks between planes bombing daily, 24/7 aeri- among some evangelical ding parties, schools, clinics, spoils of conflict. Unfortunate- the Afghan government and Taliban militants. From Pakistan s Na- al surveillance, and U.S. mili- groups today. peasant boys collecting fire- ly, there is still no semblance of tional Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz to the army chief Gen. Raheel, tary advisors at the ground lev- But of course more contem- wood on a hillside from sup- ground-level security. both the civilian and powerful military establishments renewed the el, so far ISIS is still holding porary situations are, first and posedly pinpoint, accurate air- All Empires fail and even- most of its territory and is still foremost, the wonton destruc- planes, helicopter gunships, tually devour themselves. The offers to support Kabul in the reconciliation process. However, dominant in large parts of Syr- tion and violent chaos that drones, or missiles. Hatred of U.S. Empire is no different. Look there is no difference between what they said one year ago when ia. comes with such invasions. the Americans spreads as peo- at the harm to and drain on our the National Unity Government (NUG) was established and now The American people are With the absence of any func- ple lose their loved ones. soldiers, our domestic econo- when the NUG is totally disappointed by hawkish Pakistani policy- entitled to know how all this tioning central governments Our blowback policies my, the costly, boomeranging, makers. This disappointment is clearly seen in the statement of the military might and the trillions and the dominance of tribal so- are fueling the expansion of al- endless wars overseas and of dollars spent in Iraq and Af- cieties, the sheer complexity of Qaeda offshoots and new vio- what empire building has done deputy spokesman to President Ashraf Ghani. The deputy spokes- ghanistan, since 2003 and 2001 the invaders trying to figure lent groups in over 20 coun- to spread anxieties and lower person Syed Zafar Hashmi said that Pakistan should eliminate safe respectively, can produce such out the intricate politics be- tries. On 9/11, the threat was the expectation level of the havens of all those terrorist organizations that are attacking Afghan negative fallouts. tween and within tribes and coming from a corner of one American people for their pub- civilians and security forces, before the two countries could dis- Common Dreams needs clans turns into an immense, country northeastern Af- lic budgets and public servic- cuss the halted peace process. you today! ongoing trap for the western ghanistan. The Bush/Cheney es. Certainly these failures military forces. prevaricator frenzy led to local Not repeatedly doing what The statement is a clear indicator that Afghanistan would not have little to do with observ- When the U.S. started tak- bounty hunters taking inno- has failed is the first step to- discuss the peace talks unless Pakistan had taken concrete and ing the restraints of interna- ing sides with the Shiites cent captives, falsely labeled as ward correction. How much sincere steps to leash the insurgents. Pakistan is fooling itself on it tional law. Presidents Bush and against the Sunnis in Iraq, or terrorists, who were sent to better and cheaper it would be because Afghan government repeatedly asked Islamabad to push Obama have sent military pow- between different clans and the prisons in Guantanamo, if years ago we became a hu- the Taliban to negotiations table but the neighboring country did er anywhere and everywhere, tribes in Afghanistan, U.S. sol- Cuba. These actions have dam- manitarian power well re- regardless of national bound- diers, not knowing the lan- aged our country s reputation ceived by the deprived billions the opposite. The militants flanked by Pakistani, Chechen, Uzbek aries and the resulting immense guage or customs, were left all over the world. in these anguished lands. and Arab terrorists are organizing large-scale attacks on Afghan civilian casualties, in those with handing out $100 bills to All this could have been What changes are needed cities but the Pakistani authorities are not preventing them. It is an tragic, blown-apart countries. build alliances. avoided had we heeded the to get out of these quagmires open secret that the Taliban plan these attacks from Pakistan. The current perception of Our government air- advice of retired, high-ranking and leave a semblance of re- In the last decade, Afghan government employed all peaceful the U.S. in these countries is shipped and distributed crates military, national security, and covery behind? Press those that of invaders on a rampage. of this money. With the local diplomatic officials not to in- gaggles of presidential candi- means, particularly diplomacy, to convince Islamabad that stable Recruiting motivated fighters, economies at a standstill, pub- vade Iraq and their advice not dates, who war-monger with Afghanistan is in its interest but the latter failed to pay heed. Haqqani including a seemingly endless lic facilities collapsed, fear to overreact in Afghanistan. impunity or who are dodging Network and the Taliban are given free hand and shelters. On the supply of suicide bombers, is gripped families from violent But the supine mass media, and this grave matter, for answers. stage, Pakistani officials claim to be sincere and in favor of peace easier when the invaders come streets and roads, and all hav- an overall cowardly Congress Make them listen to you. process but behind the scene they do not want to wrap up the from western countries that for oc broke lose in the struggle let the lies, deceptions, and (Nader.org) over a century have been for safety and survival. cover-ups by the Bush regime Ralph Nader is a consumer militancy and bring stability back to Afghanistan. That s why vio- Soldiers, who are paid only go unchallenged and, as Con- advocate, lawyer, and author. lence has made home in the war-hit country and Afghans are killed known for attacking, carving on daily basis. If Islamabad has been sincere, it would have brokered deal on the immediate ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan govern- ment. Without ceasefire the reconciliation process is meaningless because the bloodshed will continue. Pakistan s spy agency ISI is Embassy supporting Afghan militants openly as mean to achieve ends. Vio- lence in Afghanistan has remained core of Pakistan s policies. There is huge trust deficit between the two countries. Pakistan could bridge this gap if it launched crackdowns against the Taliban. Those who are willing to negotiate with Afghan government should be trans- ferred to Kabul and the rest should be punished. These steps are necessary to regain the lost trust. Pakistan should not conceive increasing insecurity in Afghani- stan as success of its strategic depth policy. Afghan leaders are Visa not clueless on how to deter the militants. The recent stance of the Ghani administration is a clear message to the neighboring country that Kabul would not allow anyone to challenge the Constitution and take the cities. Afghanistan will not be allowed to become a satellite state of Pakistan. 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By Tim Summers the rise of China - that the coun- in order. In the Asia-Pacific re- should be put before interests, liest future, while hedging try has already become a major gion itself, for example - as ar- though British and Chinese against risks. In sending a mes- British Finance Minister George global economic power, and gued in a recent Chatham perceptions of what this means sage about China s place in the Osborne s China trip last that Beijing matters in global House paper - the coming de- may not yet be aligned. world, London will need to find month was designed to make governance, particularly in the cade is likely to feature power Secondly, Xi s state visit to the right balance and avoid any By William Rivers Pitt the apology, Dr. Liu demanded an an impact on his hosts - the economic sphere. distributed between multiple the UK comes hot off the heels tendency to slip into one-di- independent investigation into the chancellor was accompanied The global financial crisis actors, including the US, with of his September trip to the US, mensional economic rhetoric. incident. Doubtless you have heard more by six ministers, local govern- and the recent establishment of none - including China - able and Chinese analysts will be But neither is the balance Never fear, however: The Au- than once the term American Ex- ment leaders from the north of AIIB have, one way or anoth- to dominate the region. highlighting the differentiation simply between security risks thorities are on the case. The Pen- ceptionalism. It implies, in short, England, and a business dele- er, marked symbolic steps in All of this provides the between the UK and US when and economic benefits of clos- that we are somehow special, dif- tagon is going to investigate the Pentagon to see if the Pentagon gation. this process. backdrop for Chinese President it comes to China. er relations with China: The ferent, superior. We are the city The visit saw a clear Positioning the UK to ben- Xi Jinping s state visit to the London has not shied away UK s greatest security threats upon a hill whose freedoms and obliterated a hospital in Afghani- focus on further expanding the efit from this changing global UK. from these given differences at the moment seem to be eco- accomplishments set us apart. Al- stan by bombing it with precision two countries trade and invest- power distribution is in the tra- The bilateral UK-China re- between UK and US interests nomic in nature or to be com- exis de Tocqueville coined the munitions fired from a massive ment flows, alongside effusive phrase midway through the 19th gunship for more than an hour, in- dition of hard-headed pragma- lationship will inevitably be or the UK s greater openness ing from the European periph- century, and it has enjoyed con- cinerating civilians, children and rhetoric about the UK-China tism in British foreign policy, talked up during this visit, but to a world where the US is not ery, not Asia. stant deployment by politicians doctors. Sounds legit. relationship, which looks to be epitomised by the oft-quoted it will also be a platform for a the sole dominant power. But Consequently, the ideas es- and pundits ever since, because it American Exceptionalism in in a good state. remark of Lord Palmerston that message from the UK about in response, London will need poused by some that the UK lights a warm bulb of self-satisfac- full effect. This rhetoric, with its re- it is one s interests - not friends China s place in the world. And to get the balance right. should rely on core friend- tion in many bellies and people Speaking of which, the 247th peated references to partner- - which are permanent. we will see to what extent Os- Thirdly, it is clear that Chi- ships with traditional partners feeling good about themselves are mass shooting in the United States ship , was cloaked in the lan- However, as well as criticis- borne s tone and approach are nese policymakers would like in North America and Europe, easier to convince. Salesmen during this current calendar year guage of bilateral relations. But ing Osborne echoed right across the UK the UK to remain in the Euro- or seek values-based rela- thrived on this axiom before Baby- took place in Room 15 of Snyder coming six months after, Lon- for downplaying human rights government. pean Union, though Chinese tionships in Asia, are not suffi- lon s bricks were laid. Hall at Umpqua Community Col- don s influential announcement issues, some commentary has One factor in getting this comments on this are likely to cient to deal with the complex- For the sake of comparison, lege in Oregon on October 1. The tha tit would apply to be a asked whether this approach message right is consideration remain low-key. The sustain- ity of a changing world. here s something exceptional: Mé- man who did it shot down a room- founding member of the new takes full account of global of Chinese perspectives. A few ability of a turn to China in Brit- What is needed is not just decins Sans Frontières. Founded ful of students, including a profes- Chinese-promoted Asian Infra- challenges. Put another way: points are worth noting: ish diplomacy would be en- a clear overarching narrative in France, the organization is most sor and a woman using a wheel- structure Investment Bank Although the UK might look as First, Chinese rhetoric does hanced substantially by im- for the UK s relations with Chi- commonly known in the US as chair. (AIIB), an announcement that if it is positioning itself well for not echo the hard-headed real- proved relations between the na, but a more balanced and Doctors Without Borders. Made A lady in the next classroom emanated from Osborne s min- a Chinese century, what hap- ism of Palmerston, but instead, UK and the rest of Europe. subtle diplomacy that reflects up of more than 30,000 medical over with gray hair using a cane istry, the visit was as much a pens if the future isn t that gives pride of place to relation- The heart of diplomacy is the changing distribution of professionals, administrators and went to investigate when the noise statement about global trends clear-cut? ships, not interests. to balance a complex web of in- power in the world. logistical experts, this organization began, and staggered back moments as the bilateral relationship. While acknowledging the For example, Xi said in his terests and values with the de- Xi s forthcoming visit to provides vital health care in places later covered in blood with part of The messages Osborne de- extent of China s rise, healthy speech to the United Nations mands of domestic politics, to London provides an opportu- mired in war and strife: Sudan, her arm blasted away. Don t go livered suggest that he gets scepticism about the future is on September 28 that justice position a country for the like- nity to deliver this. Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, in there, she said before collaps- Nigeria, Afghanistan sadly, the ing. An Army veteran named Chris list has included some 70 countries Mintz attempted to thwart the over the intervening years, and attack and was shot five times, on does not stop. Military personnel his son s sixth birthday. He sur- have a saying: Run to the sound vived his service and his deploy- of the guns. Doctors Without ments overseas intact, only to Borders volunteers do exactly the come home to a rain of gunfire in same thing. the 45th school shooting incident This past weekend, Doctors this year alone. By Ankit Panda the three evils : separatism, ex- sole SCO observer state that ul s accession could make the ability to effectively address the Without Borders volunteers were When it was all over, nine peo- tremism, and terrorism. Cooper- hadn t taken any real steps to- SCO more relevant in Asia. This continuing economic and secu- treating people in a hospital in ple were dead. The shooter, whose The Shanghai Cooperation Or- ation with Afghanistan must be ward accession. Afghanistan, as is doubly true if the United States rity problems of neighboring Kunduz, Afghanistan, when the name I will not repeat because ganization (SCO), first found- built not only on combating ter- a member of the SCO, could and NATO end up sticking to Afghanistan. Beyond making building erupted in fire and scream- that s what he wanted, blew his ed by by the leaders of China, rorism or drug trafficking but also serve as an important fulcrum their current plan of withdrawal the SCO more relevant, Af- ing. A US airstrike by a massive own brains out once he was cor- Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyr- in the economic, cultural and hu- for the organization s regional from Afghanistan despite an un- ghanistan itself would have AC-130 gunship laid an ocean of nered. Nine others were wounded. gyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbeki- manitarian spheres, Mezentsev security agenda. Indeed, while certain security situation. As Ri- quite a bit to gain from having ordnance on the building at fifteen- Everyone involved will be scarred stan in 2001, is in the middle of minute intervals for more than an added. Afghanistan received ob- the accession of India and Paki- chard Weitz noted earlier this access to the burgeoning mul- for life, emotionally if not physi- a quiet identity crisis. As I server status at the SCO in 2012 stan could paralyze the organi- year, the SCO s future rele- tilateral forum. (The Diplo- hour, and when it was over, 22 wrote earlier this year, the pros- people were dead including three cally, and the families of the dead and, before this week, was the zation s security agenda, Kab- vance will be determined by its mat) pect of both India and Pakistan children and ten Doctors Without are on their way to funerals. joining the group will consid- Borders staff members. One nurse Some 87,000 people in the US who survived recounted how the have been shot dead since the un- erably change the nature and hospital was all but destroyed, and imaginable Sandy Hook massacre. like-mindedness of the Small is beautiful in Turkey when the survivors went in to There have been 142 school shoot- grouping. It appears that now look, they found six patients on ings over that span of time, and Afghanistan is throwing its hat By Hamid Dabashi fire in their hospital beds. more mass shootings than days on into the SCO ring for full mem- the current calendar. If international bership. Dmitry Mezentsev, the As the grand masters of the world, For its part, the US said it presidents Barack Obama, Vladimir wasn t us, then said it might have terrorists came to the US, killed general secretary of the SCO, Putin, and Xi Jinping chief among been us, then said the hospital was 87,000 people and attacked 142 confirmed on Friday that Af- them, were busy pontificating, lec- a nest of Taliban fighters a claim schools, the US Air Force would ghanistan is seeking to be- turing, strategising and command- the doctors dispute vehemently be unleashed with napalm, bombs, come a full member of the or- ing the chaos of our world into yet before saying Afghan officials bullets and rage to turn the rest of ganization, Afghanistan s Pa- another fictional order, far from New York, a young Kurdish ideal- asked us to do it. Yesterday, Pres- the planet into smoking glass in an jhwok news agency reports. ist was suffering in the dungeons ident Obama personally apolo- act of blind vengeance. Since The Afghan authorities of the Turkish state. gized to Dr. Joanne Liu, the orga- we ve done it to ourselves, how- have recently applied to the Who is Abdullah Demirbas and nization s international president, ever, it s just politics. The NRA is president of the country chair- why does his fate matter? for the attack. Doctors Without powerful, you know. Exceptional. According to reports, "On ing the SCO requesting for its August 9, Abdullah Demirbas, the Borders is not having it, and is not Here s what would actually be full membership in the Organi- former mayor of the Sur munici- mincing words. Immediately after exceptional: Don t bomb hospitals zation, Mezentsev noted. He pality in Diyarbakir, was arrested the attack, the organization s Gen- filled with medical professional added that Afghanistan has by Turkish authorities ... [and] a eral Director, Christopher Stokes, volunteers and civilians, including long been on the SCO s agen- list of charges were filed against him." Before his arrest and incar- said, We reiterate that the main children. Don t ignore the fact that da. For SCO member states hospital building, where medical the gun fetish in the United States ceration, Demirbas was the mayor certainly China and Russia the of the Sur municipality in Turkey personnel were caring for patients, is causing bodies to be stacked like security situation in Afghani- - and in that capacity, he was no was repeatedly and very precise- cordwood because the NRA, along stan is of central importance to stranger to Turkish authorities' dis- ly hit during each aerial raid, while with the gun manufacturers and overall regional security. pleasure with his politics and pol- the rest of the compound was left icies. As a mayor, he had initiated distributers who back them, throw Though the SCO has a mostly mostly untouched. We condemn weight in DC. This nation is about projects to bring his city together, muted political and economic heal its wounds, alleviate its de- this attack, which constitutes a as exceptional as the Mob: We rob, spairs, and brighten its hopes. grave violation of International we intimidate and we kill for prof- agenda, it serves as a regional coordination forum for He helped organise the re- Humanitarian Law. The organiza- it. We kill ourselves at home and building of an Armenian Church in tion s Executive Director, Jason kill others abroad. We are not spe- counter-terrorism. The SCO s the city, and on the occasion of the our children. The children are our and jailed between 2009 and 2011. globalised capitalist economy, and Cone, described it as the darkest cial. We are dangerous. Regional Anti-Terrorist Struc- re-opening of the church, he ad- future. Where will be if we contin- Wounded cosmopolitanism As of argued persuasively for smaller couple of days in our organiza- It would be exceptional if we ture (RATS) oversees member dressed the Armenians who had ue on the current path? But this is late 2011, Turkish newspapers scale economies in which measures gathered there: "Welcome, my tion s history, before going on to got ourselves out of the habit. I m state cooperation against what not all Demirbas did. According to were reporting that he was "suf- of justice and equanimity can be the organization describes as brothers and sisters! We are very a profile done on him by the New fering from a serious disease and more immediately measured, ob- call the attack a war crime. After not holding my breath. (Moyers) glad to see you in your own coun- York Times back in 2008, "Tucked was advised by doctors to receive served, and implemented. try - your own city!" among a cluster of alleyways in medical care abroad." The fate of As the world around him is Mayor Demirbas went much his district, several ancient struc- Mayor Demirbas throughout his falling into pieces by precisely the further than that; he did what no tures remind visitors of the Arme- political career has oscillated be- grand strategists of grand bargains LETTER TO THE EDITOR other Turkish official has dared to: nians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Jews tween official persecution by negotiated through the broad "He presided over the official in- and other groups who once popu- Turkish authorities and wide- brushed, machismo of world lead- auguration of the Monument of lated a neighbourhood that is still spread support and enthusiastic ers, quietly in the dungeons of Common Conscience on Septem- known locally as the infidel quar- endorsement of his policies by his Turkey, one visionary mayor - ber 12, 2013, that was erected in ter. Demirbas ... has drafted a pro- own constituency. He restores suffering from his own poor health Diyarbakir. During those ceremo- posal to undertake a major reno- Jewish and Armenian buildings, and and others' ignorance and apathy - Land mafia nies, in the name of the Kurdish vation of the area and its monu- he publishes books in languages his marks the way out of this mess: people, he apologised for the atroc- ments." Most unforgivable in the constituency can actually read to just like the rest of our humanity ities committed against the Arme- eyes of the Turkish authorities, their children. He believes his city is at the mercy of one brand of Land mafia has been a big challenge for Afghans in past several years. This illicit business was developed nians and Assyrians. While visit- however, was: "For printing a chil- manuals of instructions about safe- imperial hubris or another. For him after warlords and powerful figures started grabbing state land in Kabul and other provinces as well. ing Providence [in the US state of dren's book and tourist brochures ty and security of his consistent too "small is beautiful", and he Common citizens are also involved in this trend. Most of Kabul s lands have been grabbed in past few Rhode Island], in 2013, he ad- in Kurdish," according to the same must be in languages they under- practises his politics "as if people years particularly in mountainous areas. Land mafia has changed Kabul into a city with irregular build- dressed the Armenian community profile, "Demirbas was accused of stand. The plague of Turkish (as mattered". Demirbas is not an eth- ings. There is no greenery area left in the city all have been grabbed by powerful men or high ranking at St Vartanantz Church, and laid misusing municipal resources. For Arab, Persian, or Hindu) ethnic nic separatist. He is a cosmopoli- officials and then they have been sold to citizens who are faced with lack of shelter and are obliged to buy flowers at the Armenian Genocide giving a blessing in Kurdish while nationalism cannot stomach that. tan Kurd. In a detailed profile on the grabbed lands with a low price. The example of this issue can been in different parts of the city, Monument there." So much toler- officiating at a wedding ceremony, Also read: Kurdish nationalism will him and his vision of his homeland including Khairkhana, where thousands of houses have been built irregularly and out of the Kabul Munic- ance, patience, understanding, and he was accused of misusing his shape the region's future In an in- in the New Yorker, we read: "Di- ipality s master plan. grace are unbecoming to this position ... and for proposing that terview back in 2011, Demirbas yarbakir became a city of wound- Those in high corridors of the government should not turn their blind eye towards this important issue. world. At the end of the day, at the his district should employ Kurdi- had said: "At the end of the day, at ed cosmopolitanism, its minorities Land mafia should be stopped at any cost. A campaign should be launched to indentify end of this life, we are all mothers, sh-speaking phone operators and the end of this life, we are all moth- - Christians, Jews, Yazidis - great- grabbed lands and resuming them, particularly the state lands in New Kabul City fathers, brothers, sisters and chil- print public-health pamphlets in ers, fathers, brothers, sisters and ly diminished." Demirbas is that project. Mustafa Fayez, Kot-e-Sangi, Kabul dren. It is time we realise that so Kurdish, he was accused ... of aid- children. It is time we realise that wounded cosmopolitanism, suffer- that we can stop seeing each other ing a terrorist organisation." so that we can stop seeing each ing in the dungeons of Turkey very Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must as the enemy, for the well-being of All of these and similar other as the enemy, for the well- much the same way our larger have the writer s name and address. You may send your letters to: us all [is] dependent on it. Politi- projects were based, as he de- being of us all [is] dependent on it. dreams of this world are ailing un- [email protected] cians failing to act or to take a stand scribes in this interview, on a study Politicians failing to act or to take der the boots and bombs of world will be complicit in the death of he had done on the demographic a stand will be complicit in the conquerors left and right, delayed composition of his city upon be- death of our children. The children and deferred on the bloody battle- coming mayor.The Turkish author- are our future. Where will be if we fields, presided over now by one ities would tolerate no such vision continue on the current path?" In warlord or another. Hamid Dabashi of Sur, or by extension, their home- his book, Small Is Beautiful: A is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Disclaimer: land, against all the historical evi- Study of Economics As If People Iranian Studies and Comparative dence that Turkey has always been Mattered (1973), the eminent Brit- Literature at Columbia University The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) the proud domain of a deeply and ish economist Ernst Friedrich in New York. The views expressed thoroughly cosmopolitan culture. Schumacher was among the first in this article are the author's own and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. As punishment for these deeds, economists who warned the world and do not necessarily reflect Al Demirbas was summarily arrested about the unsustainability of the Jazeera's editorial policy. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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MONDAY. OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

After two days of deadly clashes, are against us," said Amedou Bah, Guineans will vote on Sunday in who told Al Jazeera his shop in their country's second presidential Madina had been burned down in election since the end of military Friday's violence. "They [Conde's dictatorship in 2009. supporters] destroyed it just be- The vote is seen as a key test cause I am a Peuhl. The gendarmes of the impoverished West African are bandits, they support the rul- nation's transition to democracy ing party. Everything is against us." following decades of strongman The sprawling Madina mar- rule. ket, where both ethnic groups work Pitched battles broke out on and trade in close proximity, is a Thursday and continued through- flashpoint for tensions and both out Friday after President Alpha communities have suffered tit-for- Conde refused an opposition de- tat attacks. mand to postpone the election, On Saturday the situation ap- which critics say is rigged heavily peared to have calmed down, al- in his favour. though tensions remained high Conde is widely tipped to win with opposition parties claiming a second term in office, beating his the electoral commission was bi- main challenger Cellou Dalein Di- ased towards Conde - and that the allo and six other presidential hope- vote had already been rigged. fuls. But opposition parties have Among other grievances the announced they will not accept the opposition says minors have been results while alleging widespread issued with voter cards in pro- voting irregularities. Conde areas, and many areas in Guinea opposition say 30 in- opposition strongholds are locat- jured in fresh protests ed too far from polling stations. Youths from both sides of the "I'm voting for [ex-prime min- political divide hurled rocks at ister] Sidya Toure, said one Con- each other in several parts of the akry taxi driver, but Alpa [Conde] capital Conakry leaving two dead will win. Democracy is different and many wounded, according to here," he said. police. Another five people were The imbalance is plain in the killed elsewhere in the country on leafy streets of downtown Con- Thursday. akry, where yellow ribbons criss- In Conakry's market neigh- cross the streets and the president's bourhood of Madina, rioters loot- billboards far outnumber those of ed shops and set fire to property his opponents. as police and soldiers fired tear gas "Progress marches on," read to disperse the rampaging crowd. one, while others show a smiling Elsewhere, young people Conde superimposed beside a re- armed with clubs and knives chant- cently opened Chinese-built hy- Pitched battles broke out on Thursday and continued throughout Friday ahead of Sunday's vote [Tommy Trenchard/Al Jazeera] ed "Allahu Akbar" - God is great - droelectric dam. as they barricaded roads in the Conde's supporters say he opposition stronghold of Bambe- deserves a second term on the back to. of advances in infrastructure and Analysis: A second Nobel for the Arab Spring In the upmarket neighbour- the decline of the deadly Ebola dis- hood of Dixinn, mobs roamed the ease in the country. The new dam Joining iconic fellow African came close to ousting him as pres- bourgeoisie), generally secularist, puts or interference. Tunisia sailed smoothly to- streets attacking those suspected that has boosted the electricity peacemakers such as Anglican ident. and liberal. It relied on local social capital wards its last election after seri- Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson The UGTT s chief, Houcine After the revolution, it has and Tunisians were in full posses- ous, incidents such as the attack of being in favour of the wrong supply in the capital is the jewel Mandela and Frederik de Clerk, Abbassi, assumed a prominent role grown autonomous of the state sion of the process, denying for- on the US embassy (September 14, party. in the crown of his campaign. four civic bodies became the first in brokering the National Dialogue and sharpened its skills as a visi- eign parties to meddle into it. 2012), two political assassinations "He is supporting the govern- His rivals see Ebola's continu- Tunisian winners of the annual forum and its terms of reference, ble and proactive actor in national With the absence of foreign (Chokri Belaid on February 6, ment," one opposition protester ing presence almost two years af- Nobel peace prize. even if he initially was motivated politics. influence, the quartet was able to 2013; Mohamed Brahmi on July told Al Jazeera as a man was led ter the outbreak as inexcusable, The Nobel committee award- by distrust of the moderate Islam- It is headed by a woman, Widad unify disparate political groups 25, 2013), attacks on the country's away bleeding heavily from the and point at the endemic poverty ed the National Dialogue Quartet ist Party, Ennahdha. Bouchamaoui, and historically is a and actors, acting: army, and at some stage even a head. that grips much of the population. the 2015 prize for its "decisive Like the UGTT, the long-es- rival to the UGTT, and more or As a lever: a facility whereby partial boycott by 60 lawmakers "This is democracy," shouted Guinea soldiers clash with contribution to the building of a tablished Tunisian Human Rights less aloof of the Islamists. As a Tunisia created a parallel route to of the National Constituent As- another before launching a rock at anti-government protesters pluralistic democracy in Tunisia". League (LTDH: La Ligue Tunisi- group, they have a vested interest democratisation, working in tan- sembly. yellow-shirted supporters of Pres- Despite staggering mineral The Nobel accolade provides enne pour la Défense des Droits in a climate of freedom to conduct dem with the formal and state-led As interlocutors who saved ident Conde. wealth - including rich reserves of a much-needed fillip to the Arab de l'Homme) is the oldest in the trade and business. and sanctioned process of transi- the democratic process, which On Saturday the situation ap- bauxite and some of the world's Spring. Arab world. Lastly, another respected civ- tion; Will Tunisia's Nobel Prize be In the early 1980s it was vo- ic body, the country's lawyers or As captors of frustration with- dragged on at the time for nearly peared to have calmed down, al- largest untapped deposits of iron 24 months after the October 2011 though tensions remained high ore - Guinea is among the 10 least- an inspiration? ciferous and powerful, recruiting bar association (ONAT: Ordre in civil society, moderating the busi- This is the second time that and simultaneously training human National des Avocats de Tunisie) ness of politics, by valorising the elections and the creation of the [Tommy Trenchard/Al Jazeera] developed countries in the world, troika government. RELATED: Ethnic violence according to the United Nations. the Arab Spring has been "en- rights supporters who proved to added legal weight to the moral art to parley over alternative meth- The official recognition of a simmers in Guinea Nearly half the population lives dorsed" by Sweden s Nobel Foun- be a handful for both the Bourgui- struggle through dialogue. ods, be they exclusion or violence; Violence and democratic par- on less than $1.25 a day. dation. In 2011 Yemeni journalist ba and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali re- The lawyers were among the and national coalition, a group of indi- ticipation in Guinea have occurred Youth unemployment is en- Tawakkol Karman was the joint gimes. first groups to stage public pro- As civic agents and claimants viduals and organisations formed before. Conflict has accompanied demic and many young voters who winner of the peace prize for her And like the UGTT, it had to tests, including sit-ins, against Ben to the right of collective owner- to carry off the monumental task every vote the country has had spoke to Al Jazeera cited the lack "struggle for women's rights". be muzzled and policed heavily, Ali in January 2011. ship of the process of democrati- of reconciliation among opposing since its troubled return to civilian of jobs as their most immediate So what does the second No- especially under Ben Ali. The prize comes to vindicate sation. Tunisian political actors, will now bel for the Arab Spring mean for These two civic bodies pos- bottom-up struggles by moral pro- Thus, the quartet stamped receive due attention on the inter- rule, including legislative elections concern. Tunisia and the wider Arab world? sess ample social capital in media- testers and activists who are not Tunisia's politics - in as many in 2013, which saw dozens of peo- "Everyone you see around you national stage. Historical pedigree and lead- tion, peaceful struggle, dialogue and in power. years - with the esprit de corps Dialogue is a good practice ple killed. is unemployed," said 29-year-old ership have paid off. the art of compromise - the frui- The four groups have since that millions enacted when they With political affiliation large- Mohamaed Kake at a rally for perfected by Tunisians and should Tunisia's General Labour tion of which has been visible in 2013 created their own 'sites' of first ousted Ben Ali in January potentially benefit Egypt, Iraq, ly following ethnic lines, electoral Conde's main rival Diallo on Union (UGTT: Union Générale the democratic acquisitions since power when it mattered most to 2011. contests have tended to pit the eth- Thursday. "I graduated two years Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, and Syr- Tunisienne du Travail), created the launch of the national dialogue keep the formal process of As an equal stakeholder, the ia. nic Peuhl - who form the coun- ago with a degree in engineering but more than 100 years ago, combines process in early October 2013. democratisation on track. quartet opened up a 'site' of moral try's largest group and mostly align still I have no job. There is no jus- a rich history of anti-colonial and As a trade union body, the They have jointly benefitted protest and political activism not- Some of Tunisia's neighbours themselves with the opposition tice here." anti-authoritarian struggles. Tunisian Confederation of Indus- from the ouster of Ben Ali and ed for equality with the state ab- in the Arab world will almost cer- Union of Democratic Forces of For some, however, the result With nearly 700,000 members, try, Trade and Handicrafts (UTI- struggled jointly to bolster demo- sence. The troika led formal (top- tainly ignore or subvert the signif- Guinea (UFDG) - against the Ma- of the election doesn't matter. it stands as the most powerful or- CA: Union Tunisienne de cratic transition. down) politics; the quartet infor- icance of this award. linke, who are for the most part Cowering under the shelter of ganisation and a political heavy- l'Industrie, du Commerce et de The brilliance of the quartet, mal (bottom-up) politics. Talk of democracy is not part loyal Conde and his Rally for the his carpentry workshop in the weight of leftist and secularist lean- l'Artisanat) eventually responded and this is unique to Tunisia, is As peacemakers, Tunisia was of the latest regional fads or fash- Guinean People party (RPG). Dixinn area on Friday as rocks ing members. It was significant in to the UGTT s invitation to en- the capacity building that led the at a flashpoint when the quartet s ions. Despite comprising about 40 thrown by protesters rained down leading the civic alliance's media- dorse and join the national dia- four civic bodies to create a paral- initiative to lead the national dia- Nonetheless, the unequivocal percent of the population, Guinea on the flimsy corrugated-iron roof tor role in negotiating a democratic logue. lel peaceful democratic route that logue forum in October 2013. message of the Nobel Peace Com- has never had a president from the above, Abdulai Sillah said he just plan and timetable for its fulfil- Unlike the UGTT and the worked in tandem with the Troi- It redirected angst, discord and mittee rings loud: national recon- Peuhl ethnic group, and many say wants the vote to be over. ment. LTHD, UTICA has generally ka s official process. confusion towards a creative syn- ciliation is necessary without the they feel excluded from the politi- "I don't care who wins," he In the early 1980s, it was suc- played politics on the margins, The National Dialogue pro- ergy unprecedented in the North resort to force in the forging of a cal process. said. "I'm just afraid for my busi- cessful in weakening Habib Bour- safely. It has a different type of cess remained local, making it gen- African country and the embattled pluralistic democracy. "Even the gendarmes [police] ness." Aljazeera guiba s stranglehold on power and membership (the private sector s uinely national with no foreign in- region, from Libya to Yemen. Al Jazeera

Belarussians headed to the polls Jazeera the decision they face on on Sunday in elections many pre- Sunday is not which candidate to dict will see strongman President vote for, but whether or not to fol- Alexander Lukashenko easily re- low opposition leaders' boycott elected to a fifth term. calls. Compared to the elections of Candidate Tatyana Korot- December 2010 - which ended in kevich, a new arrival on Belarus' the arrest of opposition leaders and political stage, has gained momen- political activists as widespread tum in the later stages of the cam- protests flared against what many paign and has called for "peaceful called a rigged vote - this year's change" in the landlocked Eastern campaigning has been fairly mun- European country of about 9.5 dane. million people. Both Lukashenko's support- "We think that it would be the ers and those hoping for an end to best if Lukashenko did not run in the Belarussian president's 20- elections this year - best for the year reign see him slated for five country, best for society," Korot- additional years in office. Non- kevich told Al Jazeera at her office government surveys have record- in Minsk. "What we've seen is that ed an increase in Lukashenko's rat- people are tired of his style of ings from 39 percent in July to 46 management that doesn't offer percent in September. anything for the future." Under Lukashenko's leader- According to a recent Indepen- ship, Belarus has been routinely dent Institute of Socio-Economic referred to as the "last dictatorship and Political Studies poll, Korot- in Europe". The country's civil and kevich's ratings increased from two political rights record is among the percent in June to 18 percent in poorest globally. Reporters With- September, putting her second af- out Borders' Press Freedom Index ter Lukashenka. ranks Belarus 157 out of 180 coun- "Lukashenko's regime active- tries. ly simulates democracy, but at the Belarus-Sweden ties plummet same time they make conditions after teddy bear drop increasingly difficult for those who Leaders of the political oppo- want to develop Belarus political- sition say the country has the high- ly," Korotkevich said. Korot- est rate of intelligence and securi- kevich, who has been criticised by ty personnel per civilian in Eu- some in the opposition camp, in- rope. cluding Statkevich, of adding legit- With continued unrest in neigh- imacy to the elections by partici- bouring Ukraine and Russia's close pating, described the campaign proximity, Lukashenko has earned process as slanted in favour of the the praise of his supporters here The Minsk Protocol of Sep- benefit. But Lukashenko was able 2010 vote who was arrested after at home. pation in the current elections," president. "Candidates don't have for maintaining stability. tember 2014 and Minsk II agree- pose next to Merkel and Putin. It the results were announced. He "For the first time, elections Statkevich told Al Jazeera outside equal conditions for participating The president won accolades ment last February, which brought was a huge PR victory for him," was released from prison in Au- in Belarus do not have any repre- Minsk's City Hall. in these elections. Throughout the at home and abroad for his per- European Union, Russian, and Viacorka told Al Jazeera. gust after serving five years of a sentative from the opposition. "Boycotting is neither the best entire campaign, I have had two ceived role as a peace-broker dur- Ukrainian leaders together in the Members of the opposition are six-year jail sentence. There are only fake opposition nor the most effective way, but we hours on national TV granted to ing the Ukraine conflict, said Fran- capital, was a public relations suc- calling on voters to ignore Sunday's Statkevich - one of seven pres- candidates that create the atmo- are obliged to take it." me by the state. President Lukash- cisak Viacorka, a Belarussian jour- cess for Lukashenko, he said. elections. idential candidates imprisoned af- sphere of presence of political In the days leading up to elec- enko appears on national TV con- nalist and founder of Freedom In- "Ukraine didn't gain from the Nikolai Statkevich was a can- ter the election - is among opposi- opposition. And the purpose of tion, young voters who advocate stantly, before during and after the stitute. talks in Minsk. EU leaders didn't didate against Lukashenko in the tion leaders calling on voters to stay this is to trick people into partici- political change in Belarus told Al elections." Aljazeera 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. MONDAY. OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Ukraine confident Russia can t hold IMF aid hostage Ukraine is confident the interna- If the impasse is not resolved, tional community will not let Rus- Ukraine is set to default when the sia hold hostage an IMF bailout Russian-held bond comes due in package that Kiev needs to avoid December. An oil worker is default, a source close to the Ukrai- The rescue funds are vital to nian government said. keep Ukraine s new pro-Western seen at the Russia has been blocking the government afloat and cushion the Khurais oil International Monetary Fund s blow of a raging pro-Russian sep- facility, about 60 $17.5-billion rescue plan for aratist war in the east. Ukraine, which hinges on Kiev s Russia calls the $3-billion miles southeast ability to restructure billions of bond it holds a government-to-gov- of Riyadh in dollars in debt, including some held ernment loan whose repayment is Saudi Arabia. by Moscow. mandated by international law. But There s little appetite in the Ukraine says it should be treated (File photo: AP) world to let Russia, after all that as a commercial loan, which would has happened, take hostage the enable the IMF rescue to go ahead. IMF program for Ukraine. It s not Ukrainian Finance Minister going to happen, the Ukrainian Natalie Jaresko met her Russian source said on the sidelines of the counterpart Anton Siluanov in IMF and World Bank annual meet- Lima, but the two failed to resolve ings in Lima, Peru. the standoff. Moscow has refused to budge The Russian side say that on the repayment of $3 billion it they would be ready to consider issued to Russian-backed presi- options for this if (Western) sanc- dent Viktor Yanukovych in the tions on Russia are relaxed, said months preceding his February the source, adding that Russia had 2014 ouster by waves of pro-Eu- been given a two-week extension ropean protests. on a Wednesday deadline to de- Although Ukraine struck a cide how to proceed. deal in August with its four largest The best for Russia is to join commercial bondholders to ease other investors, so they would gain Global oil prices were marginally repayment on some $18 billion in a value recovery instrument that improved in September but the debt, Russia s intransigence has could allow them to regain if there's combination of oversupply and CB cavalry can no longer save the world threatened to scupper the entire growth in the (Ukrainian) econo- sluggish demand continued to bear bailout. my, added the source. on WTI and Brent prices, Jadwa Investment said in its latest edi- In 2008 central banks, led by the Reuters calculates that central largely contained. The G30, how- many investors, including banks, tion of the monthly Chartbook. Federal Reserve, rode to the res- banks in those four countries alone ever, warned that the 40 percent and the process of extend and pre- However, from a regional per- cue of the global financial system. have spent around $7 trillion in decline in commodity prices could tend for poor loans would have to spective, Saudi crude oil produc- Seven years on and trillions of dol- bond purchases. presage weaker growth and "debt come to a stop," the G30 report tion increased by 7% on compara- lars later they no longer have the The flow of easy money has deflation". said. ble 2014 levels. It is envisaged that answers and may even represent a inflated asset prices like stocks and Rates would then have to re- Even in a more benign econom- Saudi crude oil production will re- major risk for the global economy. housing in many countries even as main low as central banks would ic outlook, central banks will have main around current levels for the A report by the Group of Thir- they failed to stimulate economic be forced to maintain or extend a tough time exiting easy money foreseeable future. ty, an international body led by growth. With growth estimates their bond programs to try and policies and may face demands to Non-oil exports in July re- former European Central Bank trending lower and easy money bolster growth and the price of fi- hold rates low. mained 20.6 percent lower than the chief Jean-Claude Trichet, warned increasing company leverage, the nancial assets would fall. The IMF has repeatedly same period last year. Petrochem- on Saturday that zero rates and specter of a debt trap is now haunt- That is not just a developed- urged the Fed not to hike rates yet. icals and plastics, the two largest money printing were not sufficient ing advanced economies, the world problem. None of the world's major cen- non-oil exports, continued to be to revive economic growth and Group of Thirty said. In China, credits to state- tral banks are remotely close to the hardest hit so far in 2015, fall- risked becoming semi-permanent The Fed has pledged that when owned enterprises and increasing- hitting their inflation targets and ing more so compared to other measures. it does hike rates, it will be at a ly by the shadow banking sector many of them are haunted by mem- non-oil exports. Imports also fell "Central banks have described slow pace so as not to strangle the have been a driving force in an in- ories of high inflation. by 12.2 percent, year-on-year. their actions as 'buying time' for U.S. economic recovery, one of the vestment splurge in the world's The European Central Bank Meanwhile, bank holdings of governments to finally resolve the longest, but weakest on record in second largest economy. was born with, and still has, a sole government bonds rose sharply in crisis... But time is wearing on, and the post-war period. Yet, forecasts According to an IMF report inflation mandate. August reflecting the new ap- (bond) purchases have had their by one regional Fed president issued this week, there is "exces- With the consequences of an proach in government financing price," the report said. shows he expects negative rates in sive" lending of $3 trillion in emerg- exit from easy money so unpre- strategy. More funds were spent In the United States, the Fed- 2016. ing market economies, an average dictable, the G30 said the risk was on capital projects and it is envis- eral Reserve ended its bond pur- Most policymakers at the of 15 percent of gross domestic of exiting too late for fear of spark- aged that more government bond chase program in 2014, and had semi-annual IMF meetings this product, which runs the risk of ing another crisis. issuance to local banks will finance been expected to raise interest rates week have presented relatively unwinding should economic con- "Faced with uncertainty, the future spending on the economy. from zero as early as June 2015. upbeat forecasts for the world ditions worsen. natural default position is the sta- Further encouragement was But it may struggle to imple- economy and say risks have been "Capital losses would affect tus quo," the G30 said. seen with SAMA Investment in ment its first hike in almost 10 foreign securities recording it s first years by the end of the year. Mar- monthly increase in 2015. How- ket pricing in interest rate futures puts a hike in March 2016. Investors sell the ever, bank credit to the private sec- tor fell in August but still remains The Bank of England has also healthy at 8.4%. delayed, while the European Cen- SAMA net foreign assets tral Bank looks set to implement Coca-Cola on stood at $659 billion at the end of another round of quantitative eas- August. ing, as does the Bank of Japan Investment in foreign securi- which has been stuck in some form ties recorded a monthly increase of quantitative easing since 2001. strength (KO) for the first time in 2015 indicat- The Coca-Cola logoTraders sold revenue was down 3.3% on a year- ing that pressure continued to be Egypt expects shares of The Coca-Cola over-year basis. During the same relieved off foreign reserves as the (NYSE:KO) on strength during quarter last year, the company main deficit financing tool. This $1.5 bln in loans trading hours on Friday, Analyst posted $0.64 EPS. On average, reflects in part the positive impact Ratings.Net reports. $76.94 mil- analysts forecast that The Coca- of the government s new financing from World lion flowed into the stock on the Cola will post $2.01 EPS for the strategy. tick-up and $111.04 million flowed current year. The report also noted the con- out of the stock on the tick-down, The business also recently de- tinuing uncertainty and volatility Bank and AfDB for a money net flow of $34.10 clared a quarterly dividend, which in global equity markets, allied to million out of the stock. Of all com- was paid on Thursday, October continued low oil prices, saw the panies tracked, The Coca-Cola had 1st. Investors of record on Tues- TASI fall slightly in September. the 0th highest net out-flow for day, September 15th were given a The fall was in line with Regional the day. The Coca-Cola traded up dividend of $0.33 per share. The Markets but was better than $0.04 for the day and closed at ex-dividend date of this dividend emerging markets performance $42.02 was Friday, September 11th. This during the same period. The Eid A number of research analysts represents a $1.32 annualized div- Al-Adha holidays contributed to have commented on the company. idend and a dividend yield of keeping trading volumes low but 9 Zacks downgraded The Coca-Cola 3.14%. out of 15 economic sectors still from a hold rating to a sell rat- In other The Coca-Cola news, saw a positive performance de- ing in a report on Tuesday. Vetr SVP Ceree Eberly sold 12,400 spite volatility factors during Sep- China plan seen dealing setback to downgraded The Coca-Cola from shares of the firm s stock in a tember. Of the remaining number, a buy rating to a hold rating transaction on Wednesday, Sep- a combination of market develop- and set a $40.90 price target on tember 30th. The shares were sold ments (referenced) and seasonali- online taxi-hailing services Egypt expects to receive $1.5 bil- the stock. in a research note on at an average price of $39.95, for a ty issues affected their overall per- China has drafted a plan to ban the and matching them with riders. the Chinese company said last Monday, August 3rd. Sterne Agee total transaction of $495,380.00. formances. lion in loans from the World Bank and African Development Bank use of private cars in online taxi- If it takes effect, it ll be a dev- week. While Shanghai s policy CRT initiated coverage on The Following the transaction, the se- Healthy domestic demand in hailing services, potentially deal- astating blow to the industry, said governing Internet-based services Coca-Cola in a research note on nior vice president now directly the non-oil private sector dominat- (AfDB) by the end of 2015, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said, as part ing a setback to Didi Kuaidi and Zhang Xu, a Beijing-based analyst will still be subject to the nation- Monday, July 20th. They set a owns 34,364 shares of the compa- ed key consumption trends in Au- rival Uber in their efforts to ex- at market-research firm Analysys wide guidance, the blessing by of efforts to boost foreign curren- buy rating and a $46.00 target ny s stock, valued at approximate- gust and September. Cement pro- pand in the world s most popu- International. Ride-hailing oper- China s commercial hub, a tradi- price on the stock. Susquehanna ly $1,372,841.80. The sale was duction and sales rebounded cy reserves and bolster the econo- lous nation. ators would need to pay high costs tional testbed for economic poli- my. reissued a sell rating and set a disclosed in a legal filing with the strongly in August and both ATM Operators will need to obtain to retain existing private-car driv- cies, could prompt other cities to $33.00 price target on shares of Securities & Exchange Commis- withdrawals and point of sale Asked by Reuters when the licenses from transport authorities ers, and they may not manage to follow suit. World Bank and AfDB loans would The Coca-Cola in a report on sion, which is available at the SEC transactions rose impressively in to provide online ride-booking ser- keep drivers in the end. Disrupting Market Tuesday, September 29th. Final- website. Also, EVP J Alexander the month highlighting positive arrive, Ismail said: it will be be- vices as well as local offices and China is considering regula- The nation s 1.4 million tradi- fore the end of 2015. ly, Nomura reaffirmed a buy rat- Douglas, Jr. sold 32,767 shares of consumer spending and sentiment. China-based servers, under pro- tions that would force ride-book- tional cabs are facing unfair com- ing and issued a $53.00 target price the firm s stock in a transaction on Egypt has struggled to revive posed rules by the transport min- ing apps such as Didi Kuaidi, the petition from online ride-booking In August, key consumption on shares of The Coca-Cola in a Monday, September 28th. The indicator data rose, year-on-year, its economy since the 2011 revolt istry. The cars being used should top car-hailing company in the companies, the transport ministry removed Hosni Mubarak from be GPS-enabled registered taxis nation, and Uber to use commer- said in a separate statement. Such report on Tuesday, September stock was sold at an average price reflecting healthy domestic de- 22nd. Three investment analysts of $39.59, for a total transaction mand. Data on PMI pointed to power and ushered in a period of and drivers need to pass qualifica- cially registered cars and drivers, companies are encouraged to up- economic and political turmoil. tion tests, according to the draft and would let city governments grade their services using mobile- have rated the stock with a sell rat- of $1,297,245.53. Following the robust levels of activity in the non- ing, seven have issued a hold rat- transaction, the executive vice oil private sector in both August Foreign currency reserves, posted Saturday on the ministry s limit permits for those services, Internet technologies, while cars which stood at about $36 billion website seeking public comment. people familiar with the plan said used by online operators will be president now directly owns and September. Cement produc- 121,257 shares in the company, tion and sales showed a rebound before the 2011 uprising, have more The plan challenges the compa- last month. barred from roaming the streets to than halved and were $16.335 bil- nies current business model of Shanghai License collect passengers , it said. valued at $4,800,564.63. The dis- in August following a seasonal dip closure for this sale can be found in the previous month. lion at the end of September. signing up owners of private cars Uber and Didi Kuaidi, both of Uber China will comply with which have raised billions of dol- all requirements in the draft regu- here. The Coca-Cola Company is lars from investors by pitching lations and is in close communica- a drink company. The Company rapid expansion in China, have tion with local regulators, the com- owns or licenses and markets more Iran set to announce oil and gas contracts spent heavily on subsidies for driv- pany said Saturday in a e-mail. than 500 nonalcoholic beverage ers and consumers to build a fol- Chinese car-rental company CAR brands, principally sparkling bev- An official in Iran s oil ministry lowing. Inc. welcomed the rules, saying in ing and eleven have issued a buy erages but also a range of still bev- said on Saturday that Tehran will Despite being loaded with cash a statement its services have been rating to the stock. The stock cur- erages, including waters, enhanced announce new oil and gas contracts and armed with plans to expand in line with government guidance. rently has an average rating of waters, juices and juice drinks, at conferences in Tehran and Lon- into dozens of cities, the compa- Drivers can t sign up with two Hold and an average price target ready-to-drink teas and coffees, don on Nov. 21-22 and Feb. 22-24 nies continue to operate in an ill- or more online operators at the of $44.41. and energy and sports drinks. It respectively, according to the min- defined area when it comes to en- same time, according to the draft. The stock has a 50 day mov- owns and promotes a range of non- istry s news agency. abling privately owned cars to pro- In cities with limits on the number ing average of $39.38 and a 200 alcoholic sparkling drink brands, Tehran approved in Septem- vide paid transportation, a service of such cars, authorities will man- traditionally confined to licensed age the granting of licenses, the day moving average of $40.40. The for example Coca Cola, Diet Coke, ber a draft of international oil and stock has a market capitalization Fanta and Sprite. The Organiza- gas contracts to attract foreign in- taxis and rental companies. transport ministry said. Some operators used subsidies Operators of online car-hail- of $182.79 billion and a price-to- tion makes its drink products of- vestors and oil buyers once sanc- earnings ratio of 24.60. fered to consumers throughout the tions are lifted but has not given to gain market share and hired pri- ing services shouldn t have domi- vate cars in their services since nant positions in local markets and The Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) planet through its network of details. last issued its quarterly earnings Company- controlled or owned Both events have their exclu- March this year, disrupting the can t set prices below cost to un- normal market order and affecting dermine competitors, according to data on Wednesday, July 22nd. bottling and supply operations, as sive advantages... There are no lim- the taxi industry and social stabil- the draft. The company reported $0.63 earn- well as independent bottling part- itations for Iranian and foreign ity, the transport ministry said in The growing use of such apps ings per share for the quarter, top- ners, vendors, wholesalers and re- firms to attend the Tehran or Lon- a statement, without naming any. in China has also made taxi hailing ping analysts consensus estimates tailers. The Company s segments don conferences, Chairman of Oil In a move that could cloud the more difficult for those who don t of $0.60 by $0.03. The firm earned comprise Asia Pacific and Africa, Contracts Revision Committee, issue even further, Shanghai has use them because some taxi driv- $12.16 billion during the quarter, Europe, Latin America, North Mehdi Hosseini was quoted as given Didi Kuaidi a license to book ers sometimes rely only on online compared to analyst estimates of America, Eurasia, Bottling Invest- saying by Shana. privately registered cars for trips, orders, the ministry said. $12.07 billion. 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LOS ANGELES: In a week that saw Meryl Streep speak out about equal pay and other actors of the film Suffragette applaud domestic violence protesters who invaded their premiere, the topic took centre stage at a Los Angeles event on Friday. The Power of Women event, hosted by trade magazine Variety, honoured Oprah ICOLE KIDMAN REMEMBERS Winfrey, Anna Kendrick and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, among others. On the red carpet, conversation quickly turned to the fight for gender equality in Hollywood. I feel that women are more united than ever and I think it s more obvious now than ever and that people are beginning to show some support because we are our HER DAYS OF THUNDER demographic a very strong, economical power also as movie-goers, said Salma Hayek. LONDON: Nicole Kidman has whether or not her divorce un- a great place for me to exist and On equal pay, an issue highlighted numerous times in the past year as more high- opened up about the difficult time leashed her creativity, she said, I then that culminated in winning an profile female actors demanded the same salaries as their male co-stars, Hayek said it she faced after her divorce from was running from my life at that Oscar, she said. was a problem that went beyond Hollywood. This is a problem that s in every single actor Tom Cruise in 2001. During time. I wasn t able to handle the After bagging the award, Kid- industry, she said. If you have the same capacities and are doing the same job, it s a sit-down at the Women in the reality of my life. man admitted she had an epipha- criminal not to pay the same salary. World Summit on Thursday, the She added, As an actor, you ny . That caused an epiphany, Gwyneth Paltrow, whose $9 million in earnings ranked her 12th on Forbes list of Australian actor admitted she tried have this wonderful thing where which was actually this is not the highest-paid female actors in Hollywood this year, stated that women in Hollywood to get lost in her movie charac- you can go and get lost in some- answer . I was sitting in the Bev- have been criticised for speaking about disparities in pay. You were considered ters to overcome the reality of life body else s life and become some- erly Hills hotel and it was all ex- ungrateful, you were considered entitled. So, I think it s amazing that women now are following her divorce. body else for a period of time, traordinary and I was the loneliest saying We re going to talk about this. This isn t fair , she said. After parting ways from the Oscar-winning actor stated. I ve ever been, she admitted. On whether she could foresee a time when pay will be equal between the sexes, Cruise, she received a lot of praise And when I look back on it, I The 48-year-old actor then re- Paltrow noted, I think so. When I look at my daughter and her peers and I look at the for her roles in movies, including really see that. Out of that came vealed that the Oscar couldn t heal millennial women, I think it s all about to change. Moulin Rouge! and The Hours. On work that was applauded, so that the wound in her heart. And that ARJUN KAPOOR MAKES A MODEL CITIZEN

was an interesting thing for me. was a very strange yet fantastic Kidman recalled the years thing to have happened because I when she worked hard to restore was jolted out of this, I suppose, normalcy in her life. I then sort need or desire to say, This is gon- of embraced my own life and got na heal me and it didn t. And then myself together and it took me a I thought, I need to really hone in number of years and during that on what I want as a woman and NEW DELHI: He s an entertainer time, I worked a lot. The work was for my life . on the big screen but off screen, Arjun Kapoor has involved him- self with grave environmental con- cerns as brand ambassador of the World Wide Fund for Nature Why Alia no longers (WWF). He said that while he doesn t consider himself as a torch- bearer for change, he feels his star power among the youth can ini- wants to talk about Sid? tiate change. Or any 'personal' relationship'. What she will admit is her nervous excitement at being Shah Rukh Khan's Having been renewed as the heroine in Gauri Shinde's upcoming untitled project The marketing campaign of 'Shaandaar' has reached WWF ambassador for a second a crescendo with lead pair Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor trying to bait in as many guests as possible for year, Arjun said about taking up the destination wedding drama. The upcoming film is special for the actress for more reasons than one: such a responsible role, My job working with three actors from the same family - Pankaj Kapur, Shahid and his half-sister Sanah, apart as an actor is to start a conversa- from the fact that she sees 90 per cent of herself in the quirky character she essays. tion. One person alone can t make "When I put on costumes, it didn't feel like I was someone else. For example, I wore boots with a difference, but one person can traditionawear, just like I would do in real life. The entire shoot was a memorable experience. My co-stars remind many people that they can After Ghulam Ali s concert was made me feel at home. I worked closely with Pankaj sir since he plays my father in the film. He is a great play a role in making a change, and cancelled in Mumbai, filmmaker actor and made me feel comfortable with his warm nature. He allowed me to do the scenes in my own be a part of the bigger picture. He Mahesh Bhatt is coming up with a style. Shahid and Sanah are also hardworking professionals," she says. added, By being a young actor, I play titled Milne Do, a collabora- Alia will share screen space with Shahid in 'Udta Punjab', which also features Kareena Kapoor Khan. can reach out to the younger gen- tive effort of theater actors from Though the shooting has wrapped up, she doesn't want to discuss the film at this point. "There is nothing eration faster. I can say that will sum up my experience. It was extremely challenging. I got a chance to be part of a world The Gunday actor also point- India and Pakistan. different from my own. I have never been that exhausted, and happily so, after playing a character," she ed out that the younger generation Bhatt s play will be on an in- reveals. can further influence the older gen- tense love story between two cul- She is also teaming up with Shah Rukh Khan for Gauri Shinde's untitled next. Is she feeling butterflies eration, which has for years lived turally crossed individuals during in her stomach? "Of course, I am nervous and excited. I want to go and see what I can learn from him. I with a certain mindset about envi- times of hatred. want to make the most out of the moment. I have interacted with him at a couple of social events and he's ronmental issues. The older gen- Milne do will be staged on always been warm," she says. eration has a mindset because of April 24 at Shri Ram Center here Having tasted both critical and commercial success, the 22-year-old has become choosy about scripts which the environment has faced now. "For me, the audience's response matters the most. Highway was appreciated, but was not a certain amount of issues. So, the before it travels to other cities of money-spinner like '2 States'. While choosing any script, I ask myself if I will be able to reach out to a younger generation can influence India and Pakistan. wider audience. I want people to remember me by my character's name or a song featuring me. Like, the older generation, and I can in- Laal Band from Pakistan has people still know me as Radha from that song in my debut film, 'Student of The Year'," smiles Alia. fluence the younger generation. It s composed the music and will per- Is Radha seeing Krishna, er, Sidharth Malhotra, her co-star from the 2012 film? Alia purses her lips a circle, he explained. form live during the play. and says, "I have maintained that I will never comment on any relationship which is personal." Arjun, 30, enjoys wide popu- The story has been written by larity after having acted in films such as Ishaqzaade and 2 States. the writer of Hamari Adhuri Kah- He said that he can initiate a con- ani, Suhrita. versation with the youth over is- For me, hope of peace is not sues, such as saving water, with just a few pictures and articles in the kind of connect he has with newspapers but respecting, com- them. These are the things that municating with each other the way we all learnt in school. These are we are, actor Imran Zahid, who is things you re supposed to do such as taking care of animals. part of the play, said in a state- These are part and parcel of daily ment. activity, and we forget it over a I think that represents how course of time, he stated. educated we are, how liberal we The actor was in the capital to are, how we want to work togeth- host the eighth edition of WWF- er and create peace and harmony, India s Wild Wisdom Quiz 2015 Zahid said. earlier this week. The theme for this year s quiz was Secrets of the We firmly believe that when Soil , based on the UN s Declara- everything fails to convert bitter tion of 2015 as the Year of the hostile diplomatic relations be- Soil . On the film front, Arjun will tween the two arch rivals, art and next be seen in Ki and Ka oppo- culture perhaps is the only genre site Kareena Kapoor Khan. that can do wonders, he added. H&M s first hijabi star: Modesty and modeling go hand in hand Mariah Idrissi, the first hijab-wear- ple s attention, more than ing woman to model in an H&M the H&M Close the ad campaign, sees no reason why Loop initiative. covered Muslim women should be And as the ad began distanced from the modern fash- trending, a debate was trig- ion world. gered on whether the The London-based model has Muslim headscarf and been featured lately in a video ad- modeling can go hand in vertisement by H&M -- the hand. Idrissi, 23, said she world s second-largest global re- went ahead with the H&M tailer -- aimed at encouraging con- ad to breakdown miscon- sumers to recycle their old clothes. ceptions about the hijab, It was her stunning appearance such as it being a tool of wearing a checkered headscarf oppression towards and sunglasses -- that caught peo- Muslim women. At last Richa has a reason to be happy about It seems Richa Chadha is a direc- I could rise to Pooja's expectations. "What makes @RichaChadha_ special and a tor's actor. The actress is happy She's the one who picked me for perfect fit for @CabaretTheFilm is that she is vo- to receive compliments on the look the part and its a challenging role. luptuous in mind, body and spirit! Move over of her character in her upcoming Coming from a producer who's also size zero," Pooja had tweeted earlier this month. film "Cabaret", specially when it been an actor, it's a big deal. Ap- "Cabaret", as the name suggests, is based on a is coming direct from the film's preciation only wants to make me dance form, which Richa has been extensively learn- producer -- Pooja Bhatt. work harder," Richa said in a state- ing and practicing for a long time. Richa's character Richa says the appreciation ment. is a dancer from a small town who has a dream to from Pooja is special as she has This comes after Pooja took go big. been on the other side of the cam- to Twitter to praise Richa's volup- Richa has finished shooting for her first song era as well, and it gives her a boost tuous look in the film, where she of "Cabaret". The first look of the film has created to get better in her craft. is playing the character of a danc- a lot of buzz as the actress is seen flaunting her "I am humbled and happy that er. toned body in a figure revealing outfit. 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. MONDAY. OCTOBER 12, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Afghanistan earns second consecutive victory over Zimbabwe Chairman s XI in tour matches Spaniard one win away from his first hard-court title in 21 Afghanistan National Crick- Rafa Nadal will take on world num- et Team earned second con- ber one Novak Djokovic in the months; Djokovic looking for his sixth title here. secutive victory China Open final after the multi- over Zimbabwe Chairman s ple grand slam champions blud- XI in its tour matches on Sat- geoned their way to straight-sets urday. wins. Nadal extracted a modicum of Chairman s XI won the revenge on new Italian foe Fabio toss and elected to field. Af- Fognini with a 7-5 6-3 semi-final ghan team went to the ground win before Djokovic extended his for batting and made 227 runs unbeaten winning run in the Chi- in 49 overs by losing nine nese capital to 28 matches with a wickets. 6-2 6-3 win over David Ferrer of Mohammad Shehzad Spain. Sunday's battle will be the made 72 runs, Asghar Stani- 45th meeting of a high-class, long- kzai 36, Najib Zadran 29, term rivalry between the two and Nawroz Mangal 27 and although Nadal leads 23-21, the Shafiqullah Shafaq 21 runs. Serb has won six of the last seven. Chairman s XI was not Djokovic had been dominant able to reach the target and for most of the season, winning all out in 204 runs. three grand slam titles and drop- ping only 14 games in four match- Dawlat Zadran, Mirwais es in China. Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Hamza Nadal is fully aware of the gar- Hotak and Mohammad Nabi gantuan task awaiting him. took two wickets each. "Tomorrow is a match I know Chairman and CEO of Af- is going to be very, very difficult. ghanistan Cricket Board have But I am here to try my best," congratulated the nation over Nadal, whose last hardcourt title came 21 months ago in Qatar, told the victory. reporters. This was the second con- "My goal is try to play the secutive victory of Afghani- way that I want to play. I know stan over Zimbabwe. this year Novak, as I say before, is Afghanistan and Zimba- a different league of my one. But bwe are scheduled to play five still happy with the final. I'm go- One Day International (ODI) ing to fight tomorrow and we'll see." and two Twenty-20 matches The Italian became the first after the serious begins on man to beat Nadal from two sets October 16. (Khaama Press) down at a grand slam when he took out the Spaniard in the third round of the US Open last month, his Rosberg edges third win over the 14-times grand slam champion this year. In the women's draw, Gabriele out Hamilton Muguruza overcame Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 4-6 6-3 6-4 for pole at to make her second straight final in China after last week's efforts in Wuhan. Russian GP The Spaniard, seeking her first Nico Rosberg seized pole position title this season and second of her for the Russian Formula One career, will play Swiss Timea Bac- Grand Prix with world champion sinszky, who kept alive her quali- Lewis Hamilton joining team mate fying bid for the WTA Finals in on the front row in a perfect qual- Singapore with a 5-7 6-4 6-1 win ifying for Mercedes. over Ana Ivanovic. The pole was Rosberg's third The loss ended the Serb's of the season with championship hopes of making the eight-woman leader Hamilton, who is 48 points end-of-season event. clear of the German with five rac- es remaining, denied his 50th for the third race in succession. Stays in Vegas Hamilton, who had hoped for his 12th pole in 15 races, aborted wins Surfer Girl Unbeaten Italy seal Euro 2016 qualification his second and final lap of the final phase after making a mistake on a Stakes at Santa Italy qualified for the Euro 2016 clear afternoon in the Olympic finals when they won 3-1 in Azer- Park. Anita baijan to make sure of one of the The front row lockout was two automatic qualifying places still just what Mercedes had or- from Group H. dered, with the team needing to The Italians, who were run- score three points more than Fer- ners-up to champions Spain at the rari to clinch their second succes- sive constructors' title this week- 2012 tournament, secured their end. place in next year's finals in France Finland's Valtteri Bottas qual- by maintaining their unbeaten run ified third for Mercedes-powered in the group with six wins and three Williams with Ferrari's Sebastian draws from their nine matches. Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen fourth They have 21 points, followed and fifth. by Norway on 19 and Croatia on Hamilton won last year's in- Stays in Vegas won the $100,000 14, with the Croatians playing augural race in Russia from pole, Surfer Girl Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths Bulgaria later on Saturday. with Rosberg runner-up after also and survived a stewards' inquiry Elsewhere, two second-half into the stretch run Saturday at goals led Turkey to a 2-0 win over Santa Anita. the Czech Republic to keep alive Ridden by Alex Solis, Stays in the away side's chances of making Vegas ran one mile on turf in the tournament in France next sum- 1:35.23 and paid $17.40, $9 and mer. $5.60 at 7-1 odds for Hall of Fame The already-qualified Czechs trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. squandered an opportunity to Lucky Folie originally finished second, but was disqualified and overtake Iceland for top spot in placed third as a result of the in- Group A but could not make their quiry. She paid $3.80 to show. early possession pay in a mostly Ireland-bred Mirage under drab game in which neither side starting on the front row, but he Tyler Baze steadied sharply off the generated many scoring chances could not get close to Rosberg's heels of Lucky Folie with a six- until late. time of one minute 37.113 seconds. teenth of a mile to go. The stew- Turkey, needing four points "We didn't get much practice ards decided she lost a chance at a from their last two games to clinch but qualifying worked out really better position and moved her up a play-off spot, broke through in well and a good balance on the car," to second. the 62nd minute after Czech de- Cris Cyborg Puts Ronda Rousey and Dana said the German after his second ''The winner would have gone fender Filip Novak conceded a pole in a row. by me,'' said Hall of Famer Gary penalty for a foul on Serdar Aziz "We had to guess a little bit...it Stevens, aboard Lucky Folie. ''I had in the box. White On Blast for Bullying Her all worked out well, I felt comfort- to stand up to help Tyler out. able. Of course the constructors' Selcuk Inan converted the spot championship is a really impor- There wasn't a whole lot of room kick for the Turks, who doubled There has been a long history of carries between fights. now that she is experiencing it for to online Bullying, more news there to begin with.'' tant target for us this weekend, it their lead in the 80th minute when friction between Invicta FC feath- For the past 5 years this same herself in Hollywood and hope- about my next opponent and fight ''My filly, she went in toward erweight champion Cris Cyborg Ronda Rousey and Dana White fully with this comes more matu- date to come soon! would be amazing to clinch it for a the rail a tiny bit, but I corrected Hakan Calhanoglu beat his marker Justino, UFC bantamweight have used the media to Bully me, rity and growth as a woman. It is important that people second time so early on in the sea- her right way,'' Solis said. ''I didn't and slotted home after latching champ Ronda Rousey, and Rou- opening the door for other oppo- I see the results of bullying understand their true value is not son, and so we are out to do that. think she touched anybody.'' onto Ara Turan's lofted pass into sey's boss, Dana White. nents to try the same tactics. online everyday, and it is a real in the way that they look, how "At the same time of course Jakaby Jade, the 9-5 favorite, the penalty area. Everyone has been trying for Instead of talking about my I'm out here to reduce the gap to finished sixth in the 11-horse field. The Czechs, playing without y ears and saying for years that a fighting skills, they would rather Lewis in terms of points." Jockey Rafael Bejarano said she a number of regular players, includ- fight between Cyborg and Rousey use the Media attention to say like Sainz in hospital lost her two left shoes during the ing goalkeeper Petr Cech, remain needs to happen. Each side has I look like a man, or that I Walk Saturday's final practice was race. in second place behind Iceland in continuously accused the other of like Wanderlia Silva in a dress. halted after just 35 minutes when The victory, worth $60,000, Group A. running from the fight, constantly These comments are not made Toro Rosso's Spaniard Carlos increased Stays in Vegas' career Either Turkey or the Nether- finding different ways to take digs to promote a fight between the 2 Sainz, who remained in hospital earnings to $130,600, with three lands - who beat Kazakhstan 2-0 - at each other via social media, in- best female fighters on the plan- during qualifying and is doubtful wins in four starts for co-owner will finish third after Tuesday's terviews, and the like. et!! for the race despite escaping seri- and sports talk host Jim Rome. Cyborg became the latest in the they are said to make me feel ous injury, crashed heavily. final qualifiers. Friday's two sessions, on a ''She ran like the boss,'' Rome Wales ended a 57-year wait to triangle to fire shots, posting a bad, and are a weak attempt to said, ''like a champ.'' track that skirts around the 2014 qualify for a major tournament lengthy tirade about Rousey and bully someone into having lower In the $100,000 Zuma Beach White on her Facebook page on self esteem. Winter Olympic venues, were also Stakes, Dressed in Hermes won by despite a 2-0 defeat in Bosnia Friday, accusing them of being Whether Ronda accepts the limited due to a diesel spillage in a half-length. which kept alive the Balkan na- hypocritical and bullying. responsibility or not, she is a role the morning and rain through the Ridden by Stevens, Dressed in tion's hopes of joining them at Cyborg's lengthy letter, in full: model for millions of girls around afternoon. Rosberg got alongside Hermes ran one mile on turf in Euro 2016. I find it Hypocritical of the world and they listen to what Hamilton at the start last year but 1:35.76 and paid $5.20, $3.20 and The result left the Welsh sec- @rondarousey to complain about she says, often times imitating her made a mistake that sent him back $2.80 as the 8-5 favorite. Janet ond in Group B on 18 points from people in Hollywood being criti- actions. problem, because of this I have many instagram followers they to 20th place. Armstrong earned her first stakes nine games, two behind Belgium cal of her body image, talking about I am glad to see she is more decided to use my next fight in have, or the amount of money that The German then did 52 laps victory in California after training who also qualified, and four ahead her arms or the extra weight she sensitive to the issue of Bullying ?#?InvictaFC? to bring awarness they have in their bank account. on one set of tyres and fought back for eight years in the state. of third-placed Bosnia. to finish second. 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