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NDS rescues children in Iran confirms Helmand from horrors of talks with Taliban Taliban AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: An Iranian MP on Sun- hran for talks, said Kowsari. AT News Report day confirmed that a delegation They were not from the hard- from the Afghan Taliban has visit- liner Taliban, said the Iranian MP KABUL: The National Director- ed Iran last month. underlining that Iran will never ac- ate of Security (NDS), Afghani- A member of the Iranian par- cept extremist Taliban members. stan s premier spy agency, on liament s National Security and Iran welcomes those who Sunday rescued two children Foreign Policy Commission, Es- want to resolve the issues via dia- from the clutches of the Taliban, mail Kowsari, said the delegation, logue and negotiate with them to which visited Tehran, belongs to a solve the regional problems, who were allegedly forced to car- branch of the Taliban who believe Kowsari added. ry out suicide attacks. on settling issues through negoti- Iran s semi-official Tasnim In a press statement issued ations . news agency reported that Tali- here, the spy agency said that its Earlier, Marzieh Afkham, ban s delegation travelled to Iran operatives carried out a raid in Iran s External Affairs Ministry s in mid-May to hold talks with the the volatile Helmand province to spokeswoman said that the minis- Islamic Republic security officials. free the children, who are said to try is not informed about the visit Taliban s delegation and the be brothers. of the delegation. Iranian security officials discussed The NDS identified the two We have no information on regional issues, in particular the brothers as Mohammad Amin, the issue, Afkham said, adding the recent developments in the Islam- 12, and Fazl Amin, 9. The two sources which have disseminated ic world, as well as the situation of were shifted from Panjwai dis- the information should be found. Afghan migrants, according to the trict of Kandahar to Helmand by Kowsari said he cannot unveil report. a Taliban commander Rahmatul- the details of Iran s negotiations Similar Taliban delegations vis- lah. Commander of the insurgent with the Taliban delegation head- ited Iran twice in the past to hold group pretended to the children s AT Monitoring Desk ed by Tayyab Agha, who is in talks with Iran s security officials yielded killing of a high number of es its deep sympathies to the vic- stop crimes against humanity and charge of the Taliban s political and to participate in an interna- family that he would enroll the KABUL: The Afghan government innocent people and has displaced tims families and people who are assist those threatened by vio- two boys in a religious school. bureau in Qatar, Iran s YJC news tional conference. on Sunday condemned the massa- lots of Muslims there. tortured and displaced as a result lence. agency reported. Afghanistan s High Peace The two brothers were cre of minority Muslim communi- Afghanistan considers the of this violence in their home coun- Over 25,000 people, most of They expressed readiness for Council has not commented about chained by the Taliban, so they ty in Myanmar, and extended its brutal torture and killing of de- try, the statement said. them Rohingya residents and mi- negotiations and travelled to Te- the report so far. fenseless and oppressed people, The Foreign Affairs Ministry could not escape. The children deep sympathies with the victims. grants from Bangladesh, made the were handed over to their family The Ministry of Foreign Af- including women, children and eld- prodded the United Nations, in- by the NDS personnel. fairs (MoFA) said in a statement erly as inhuman and against hu- ternational human rights organiza- dangerous sea journey south from Meshrano Jirga condemns The NDS asked families to that the sectarian violence against man rights. Therefore, the Islamic tions and the world to put pres- the Bay of Bengal between Janu- keep close eyes on their children Rohingya Muslims in Burma has Republic of Afghanistan express- sure on Myanmar authorities to ary and March this year. drone strike on funeral in Khost as insurgents are recruiting kids AT News Report under the pretext of enrollment Unidentified gunmen in religious schools. Afs520m saved in MoD According to security offi- cials, most of the children used kidnap de-miners in Logar by the insurgent groups as sui- procurement contracts Unidentified armed men have kid- de-miners abducted is not imme- cide bombers are indoctrinated By Farhad Naibkhel napped a group of de-miners in diately released. It is also reported through madaris (religious Logar province. Abdul Hakim that the kidnappers have taken ve- schools). Almost all students of Ishaqzai, the provincial police chief hicles and belongings of the de-min- the seminaries belong to poor confirming the incident says that ers during the attack in Dawoud- families because parents caught by financial problems gladly agree to send their children to religious schools where their chil- dren would get free education and food. A significant majority of suicide bombers in the country KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga or He said the US drone attacks are believed to be between the Upper House of the Parliament over civilians would strengthen the ages of 12 and 18. KABUL: The General Directorate the past 10 meetings of the pro- strongly denounced the US drone anti-government forces as public of National Procurement (GDNP) curement commission. Since begin- strike on a funeral in the south- would start hating the United The militant groups choose on Sunday said that Afs520 mil- ning of the reforms process in pro- seminaries as first place to re- eastern Khost province and asked States and the Afghan government lion has been saved in 17 contracts curements, the government has the government to investigate the more than the militants. cruit potential suicide bombers of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) saved Afs5.6 billion. tragic incident. Senators asked the government as children live far away from after assessment by procurement Saving of the huge amount in Deputy Chairman of the Me- to investigate the attack. They also home with no check from par- commission, chaired recently by the contracts and implementation it took place close to the capital khil village. No group had claimed shrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam urged the US forces in Afghanistan ents and are easy to brainwash. President Ashraf Ghani. of the projects in transparent man- Pul-i-Alam this morning. The de- responsibility for the kidnapping Ezidyar, on Sunday strongly con- to restrain from killing innocent Chief of the GDNP, Yama ner would improve the economy miners were working for HALO by the time this report was filed. demned the US drone strike in people. Military operation Yari, said that in the 10th procure- and create employment opportu- Trust non-government charity or- Security agencies have initiat- Khost province. He said that the At least 34 civilian were killed ment commission meeting, 20 con- nities in the country. Work is un- ganization partner of Mine Action ed an investigation to find the drone strikes were killing more in- and several others wounded as a tracts having estimated value of derway over different ministries Programme for Afghanistan where about of the hostages and nocent people than armed insur- result of a drone strike on Friday launched to Afs39 billion were discussed and contracts and the outcomes would (MAPA). Specific number of the release them. gents. in Khost province. approved by the commission. be shared with public in order to retake Yamgan Speaking at a press conference ensure transparency, he added. here, he said that out of 20 con- Yama Yari further said that over district tracts, 17 contracts were related 260 contracts were forwarded to to MoD, one to the civil aviation the GDNP. Twenty-two contracts AT Monitoring Desk and two others to Ministry of were rejected due to problems. Education (MoE). However, he did not provide de- KABUL: Security forces on Sun- He said that Afs520 million tails in this regard. day launched a military operation was saved in the 17 contracts of Recently, President Ghani or- Yamgan district of northeastern MoD. Totally, 110 contracts with dered probe into the alleged fraud Badakhshan province to retake the estimated value of Afs60 billion in purchase of fuel for the MoD. area from the Taliban militants. were discussed and approved in Later, the contract was canceled. The Taliban fighters attacked and took control of the district on Taliban capture 12 police Saturday. Local officials said that addi- tional troops have arrived in Faiz- posts in Uruzgan abad, the central city of Badakhs- TARINKOT : The district chief of Gizab district in central Uruzgan han, to support security forces province said that 12 police posts have been fallen to Taliban militants, warning security forces would lose control of the entire district if urgent operation in Yamgan. A spokes- support did not arrives on time. Gizab district chief Abdullah told Pajh- man for Badakhshan police head- wok Afghan News that hundreds of Taliban rebels had launched attacks quarters, Lal Mohammad Ah- on several security posts from the past few days. He warned that the madzai, said ground and air forces district would likely be captured by rebels today as 12 posts have have taken part in the military already fallen to insurgents. I am frequently asking provincial head- quarters since two days to support me and fight rebels, but I did not operation. receive any help so far, he said. The police posts were active in nine It is said that foreigner mili- villages of the district but now police have retreated from them, he tants were also among the Taliban added. Abdullah said that 10 militants and two policemen were killed fighters who attacked the district and two police personnel and 12 rebels wounded during firefights. Tele- phone communications have also been cut by rebels in the district. The the other day. Earlier, security of- incident occurs at a time when harsh fights between rebels and Afghan ficials said they drawn back their forces have been underway in Charchino, Khas Uruzagan and Dehraud forces from district, tactically, in a districts of Uruzgan province since one month. Dehraud district also bid to prevent civilian casualties. lost control of several police posts to rebels last week. (Pajhwok)

60.80 59.40 67.32 65.92 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Kabul catwalk: Young Afghans seek model profession A killer disease has united two paign. I was talking to some ladies ghuna and her husband had to pick fear. The outlook for sufferers is skills to a global standard so our women living 3,500 miles apart. back home and they asked me ques- up the pieces and start over. He bleak as Shinkai, despite her edu- radiologists can confidently diag- One is a sufferer, the other a sur- tions such as Is it possible that a had been a lawyer. She had been a cation, status and tenacity, discov- nose. geon. Until recently they were breast can develop a disease? doctor. It was a low point, but she ered. A mammogram costs about strangers, but a London-based net- Most women in Afghanistan recalls her husband s words with a Conscious that she was an age $30 US for a facility to take. We working group brought them to- look to other women, their friends smile: He said to me you still ARE group that elsewhere warranted charge a little less, in addition to a doctor! routine breast screening she went having an Indian, European, or Dr zarghuna taraki 2Working to India for a mammogram. We American doctor read it, usually as a driver to support the family, (in Afghanistan) have no such fa- within three hours. We don t her husband insisted that she fight cility or system to take care of our charge for any of the IT infrastruc- to practice medicine again. health. In the beginning I was told ture, we re fully private sector and I went to college to learn ba- that there was some calcification work with private sector hospi- sic English, then intermediate, fol- but a later ultrasound result tals, so unlike aid projects, our lowed by high-level English for showed that all was normal. kai entire budget for a year is a frac- academic purposes. It was hard, had a feeling that something was tion of the cost of a Land Cruis- because around this time I also had amiss. I felt I had the beginning er! my second child. of a cancer and a few months later But is an internet-based ser- With the tenacity and courage I suddenly found that my left vice really of significant value? of so many Afghan women Zar- breast had changed in size a lot. I Afghanistan s living standards are ghuna passed her English exams went to a doctor and, after a very among the lowest in the world so and went on, once more, to quali- unprofessional examination; she paying for anything diagnosis, fy as a doctor, working her way told me that nothing was wrong. treatment or aftercare will put up through a variety of clinical at- You are absolutely fine she said. help be In a modern office in western Kab- The Taliban enforced a strict tachments, learning about health I tried to convince her that I was The good news is that in Oc- ul, dozens of handsome, carefully dress code of traditional clothes priorities and rising expectations sick but she refused to accept it. tober 2014, something unprece- groomed young men are queuing (Pirahan-Tunban) and even young- about cancer treatment. Pressed about the change in dented happened; the country s patiently. The well-fitted suits and sters were not allowed to style their Clearly a compassionate and breast size Shinkai s doctor said it new First Lady, Mrs Rula Ghani, highly intelligent woman, Zarghu- was due to breast-feeding 13 accepted Shinkai s invitation to Western hair styles wouldn t be hair or beards. na cares deeply about her British years earlier! support the breast cancer cam- out of place in a fashion show. Short hair, long beards, a white patients, but part of her is always Three months later, I went paign she had initiated. And that s where many of cap and turban where the norm. in Afghanistan, where things are to the US and while there my nip- In terms of credibility, that them would like to be. All that has changed and to- very different, as Dr Karokhail dis- ple started bleeding. My friend, public commitment by the presi- More than 300 young men and day there are numerous shopping covered. who is doctor, sent me for mam- dent s wife was a game changer. women have come to a photo stu- malls in Kabul offering Western I have tremendous respect for mogram and ultrasound. Now, through the continuous ef- dio in the Gawhar shopping mall clothing brands. Shinkai Karokhail and what she has On 8th October 2013, in the forts of Shinkai Karokhail and the to register with the new Kabul Shop windows feature short- done, says Zarghuna, because it USA, she was diagnosed with ag- First Lady s Advisor on Health Modelling Club and Management, sleeved ladies dresses which wom- is not easy to speak about these gressive, Stage 3 breast cancer and Affairs, Fawzia Alam, a variety of the first ever such initiative in Af- en wear at private parties and in- things publicly there. too ill, according to the American key players have started working ghanistan. door, female-only wedding ceremo- gether in the wake of a campaign and families, for information. In the When NATO formally ended doctors, to go back to India for together on cancer control. What All are amateurs with an am- nies. that has now attracted the support villages especially I don t think its commitment to Afghanistan, treatment. was initially a loose alliance soon bition to follow in the steps of the Men, too, ask for Western of Afghanistan s First Lady. they have any knowledge about after 13 years of conflict, the coun- For Shinkai the news that she developed into the Afghanistan world s big modelling stars and brands and while in most parts of When a Kabul mob turned on the meaning of breast lumps or try that had dominated Western was out of options was a heavy Cancer Control Coalition (ACCC). a devout young woman and pub- breast cancer so they die with- news channels for over a decade, blow. I felt like all patients, es- Its co-ordinator, Dr Maihan become professional. the country the burka and tradi- licly beat her to death, the world out ever knowing the reason. This slowly slipped off the internation- pecially women, but the most de- Abdullah, said from Kabul, The My role model is Italian fash- tional dress is the norm, in the cen- was shocked; Farkhunda s murder is very sad but it also makes it al radar. Our Afghan partners can pressing part was when I was told ACCC is an extraordinary alliance ion designer Roberto Cavalli, one tre of Kabul you find girls and in March was frenzied, brutal and harder to learn how widespread and will take the fight from here, they had to remove both my of organisations and individuals of the hopefuls, Mohammad boys with modern dress and style. barbaric. Yet every year hundreds breast cancer is when causes of said Commander ISAF, General breasts. It is difficult for a women committed to working for cancer Fayaz, told me. I have been in- But despite the changes, con- of Afghan women are killed by a death are unknown. John F Campbell at the departure to lose part of her body. prevention and control. The polit- spired by his style. servative traditions still set strict stealthy, silent killer that attracts Breast cancer is the most com- ceremony. He was referring to in- Sadly, that wasn t all she d had ical commitment alongside ACCC He says it s tough to try and limits for any aspiring fashion no international protest. mon cancer in women worldwide surgency and drugs, but in fact to contend with. The worst part has given its members new hope be a fashion model in Afghanistan model, especially women. It is breast cancer, a disease it accounts for about 12% per- there were many other battles to was when the hospital refused to in the fight against cancer. In a because of the economic and secu- Red Lines that goes undetected and largely cent of all new cancers and 25% of be fought, against a background of do my test because of the fee. I meeting with H.E. First Lady and rity problems. Only a few young women untreated in a country where rou- all cancers in women. shattered infrastructure and polit- had to get money from family and the Health Minister, ACCC con- But because I m passionate turned up for the fashion shoot and tine screening is impossible and (The former Head of Kabul s ical uncertainty. friends. It was difficult to get mon- vinced the Minister to form a Tech- about modelling, I ve come to have all declined to talk to me. timely treatment, rare. Those Malalai Hospital, Dr Nasrin Oria- Former Medical Director of ey from Afghanistan. With help nical Committee consisting of a go. Luckily things are getting bet- Women appearing on TV is a lucky enough to be diagnosed while khil (now Minister for Labour, Kabul s CURE International Hos- from the Afghan Embassy and an members from ACCC and the Min- ter and we have more freedoms to red line for many families, never there is still hope have to go abroad Social Affairs, Martyrs and Dis- pital, Dr Jacqui Sinclair, left Af- NGO this was eventually re- istry. to get specialist treatment. abled) was once quoted as saying, ghanistan with her husband Eric in solved. One of the women s or- It decided that a Cancer Cen- follow our interests than in the mind modelling, despite the pres- Shinkai Karokhail, was one of There are no precise statistics for 2008 but remained in contact with ganisations which has an office in tre was urgently needed and that past. ence of many female television them. The 53-year-old mother of breast cancer in Afghanistan; how- colleagues. She welcomed the news the US called Women for Afghan efforts should be started as soon After a recruitment drive anchors on various stations. four had to leave her home in Kab- ever, we know that there are many that initiatives were afoot to tack- Women helped me to get money as possible for its establishment. through social media, Fayaz and It s a problem for producers ul, pay for treatment, undergo a patients. Just looking at our hos- le breast cancer adding, It s hard through their account. Everyone ACCC members a variety of his fellow models now go through and directors who often have to double mastectomy and aggressive pital, five of our employees have for Afghan women to qualify as sent me a financial contribution public health specialist, midwives a three-day casting process which opt for Iranian, Pakistani and Tajik chemo/radiotherapy to save her breast cancer and they do not have doctors and they are almost exclu- toward my treatments family, and surgeons vowed to provide includes a professional photo actors and models. life. She is still recovering, but Shin- access to proper treatment. ) sively working as paediatricians or friends, members of civil society their expertise voluntarily in the shoot. Afghan actors and actresses kai knows she is one of the lucky We are sitting in a London café, in obstetrics/gynaecology. As it is and government. proposed facility and, in subse- Each participants registers are not flexible with roles, says ones . not far from Warren Street tube not appropriate for women to see Chemotherapy was the quent meetings, Dr. Zarghuna will personal details like age, weight Roya Sadat, the owner of Roya She is also an MP and one of station, doing what women the male doctors, and there are no fe- worst. Each stage was very pain- participate from the UK, through and eye colour. Film House, who has years of ex- the very few Afghan women will- world over do drink coffee, chat- male breast surgeons, the situation ful but when I was passing through Skype, to offer her recommenda- Mohammad Fayaz hopes he perience in Afghan movies, TV ing to talk openly about this taboo ter and share cakes. Zarghuna, who is very depressing. difficult times I thought of cancer tions. can break into professional mod- series and video shoots. subject. Even friends and educat- speaks four languages, is telling me After ISAF troops left, many patients in Afghanistan, especial- THE AFGHAN WOMEN S elling She says that the most diffi- ed people don t want me to men- about her own struggle simply to NGO and charity workers fol- ly those who had no money to pay SUPPORT FORUM tion it, but I think now it is time to practice as a breast cancer physi- lowed. Foreign doctors who for treatment and just had to wait The Afghan Women s Support New faces cult part of filming is casting, es- speak out and take steps to raise cian. brought expertise increasingly be- to die. When I thought about them, Forum, a UK-based networking The organisers of the initiative pecially casting for female roles. awareness and fight against can- It s difficult to say why I came targets and several known to I really understood how lucky I group is trying to focus attention are two Kabul media companies, When we want to cast ac- cer. became a doctor but I know that I the Sinclairs were attacked and was. So what, realistically, can on the issue. Its eclectic member- the Classic Studio of Photography tresses, sometimes they read the Shinkai did more than talk; she really do want to help people, es- killed after they left. happen? And how quickly? ship, a loose alliance of individu- and Vision Media Production. script, and when they find a scene initiated a breast cancer awareness pecially as, for women in Afghan- Currently there are no public Soon after the London-based als with an interest in Afghanistan They say the aim is to bring unusual, they refuse to take part, campaign, picked-up and imple- istan you know, it s not easy for information campaigns about self- Afghan Women s Support Forum and its women, was brought to- together all amateur and profession- Roya Sadat says. mented by the Afghan Ministry them . . . but I never imagined that examination, or the screening pro- started its social media activity gether by Baroness Fiona Hodg- al models under one umbrella and Unusual refers to scenes of Public Health: We founded a I would end up in the UK working grammes that would enable early about breast cancer the CEO of son. produce a directory of Afghan which may upset conservative au- Let s Fight Against Cancer group as a doctor. detection and less invasive sur- Alem Health, Mr Aschkan Abdul- Fiona, whose first visit to the models for the industry to use. diences. to advocate for a cancer centre, and My childhood was very co- gery; nor are there dedicated treat- Malek, got in touch. He wrote, country was nearly her last, es- We decided to bring together In one of my TV series there I invited the First Lady (Mrs. Rula lourful! I grew up in a big family ment facilities where the psycho- Our company provides high qual- caped death by hiding in a ward- everyone who is interested in mod- was a scene where I showed a hus- Ghani) to lend her voice and sup- five brothers and a sister. My fam- logical and physical aspects of ity diagnoses for mammograms in robe during the siege of the Inter- elling and wants to appear on TV, band and wife at bed time, Roya port. ily was always supportive of me breast cancer treatment can be de- Afghanistan through a network of continental Hotel in 2011. But she in advertisements, magazines, on recalls. Three and a half thousand studying and my mother and fa- livered side by side. over 400 US, EU, and India-based has been back since and, like all miles away, another Afghan wom- ther always told me that educa- Afghanistan is a vast, land- radiologists. There are plenty of members of AWSF, is conscious billboards and even in movies, She says that, knowing the an is fighting breast cancer, but in tion was vital. Three of my cous- locked country extremely poor facilities that perform mammo- of how big a divide there is be- Edris Salehi, one of the organisers, sensitivities, they decided to turn a very different way. Dr Zarghuna ins are doctors. We lived in Kabul and heavily dependent on foreign grams in Kabul, but awareness on tween what western women can says. the lights off in the scene as soon Taraki specialises in treating the but went on holiday to villages so aid. Its savage beauty may be the part of patients is limited, and expect when serious illness strikes The idea was born from after as the couple lay down. disease at University College Hos- I experienced city and rural life. breathtaking, but without a safe, healthcare spending on screening and what happens in Afghanistan. an international investment com- But it still was too much for pital, in London although, like Unfortunately the situation in Af- effective transport network to and preventative care is quite low She said, The group relies on pany declined to use existing Af- some, Roya says: Shinkai, she was born in Kabul. ghanistan got worse . . . so it was traverse its challenging terrain, in general. The breast cancer cases its membership to provide intelli- ghan models because the same fac- When the series was broad- The parliamentarian and the clini- not such a hard thing for me to communities are isolated in every we do see are all Stage 3 or Stage 4, gence about what issues are of es appeared in different advertise- cast, the actress called me and said cian have never met and live very leave. sense of the word. For women, whereas we d like to diagnose most importance to Afghan wom- ments again and again. that she was beaten by her family, different lives but they are both Zarghuna qualified as a doctor denied the socio-economic free- things much earlier. He claimed en. We don t want them to be for- Some production companies who wanted to know what had Afghan women, both mothers and in Moscow, returning home to doms of men, it is worse. Solu- that the problem was compound- gotten. When Zarghuna told us have used foreign actors to get happened when the lights went both passionately committed to work as an obstetrician/gynaecol- tions that would work in more de- ed by poor standards of service about the lack of provision for iden- around the limited choice. off! tackling a disease that is needless- ogist. veloped countries are irrelevant in delivered by local radiologists and tifying and treating breast cancer, In several TV adverts made in Roya says that despite such ly killing thousands of people in But once again the situation Afghanistan where access and se- technicians. When we first go into and the human tragedies associat- Pakistan and running on Afghan their country in Afghanistan deteriorated and I curity challenges obviate even the a facility, the images being taken ed with that, it became a priority incidents, there s been much Zarghuna, whose UK patients fled the country. I came to the UK deployment of mobile screening by the technicians are often of un- for us. I have several friends in the channels, you can watch foreign change over the past decade and have access to excellent treatment, in 1998 with my small family, con- units. But for a woman suffering acceptable quality for diagnostic UK who have had breast cancer men and women whose voices things are getting easier for models said, Cancer is a dark area in Af- sisting of my husband and 18- from breast cancer, what happens use, but we know somewhere a and it was further personalised for have been dubbed with local lan- and actors. ghanistan not only breast cancer month-old daughter. on the global stage is an irrelevance. radiologist or someone else has me because I know Shinkai, so this guages for the Afghan audience. Aspiring models like Fayaz but all cancer there is certainly With only a few words of En- Her world shrinks to one circum- been reading them, so we work dreadful disease had a human Afghan production companies hope to use these new freedoms. no comprehensive awareness cam- glish and their old life gone Zar- scribed by diagnosis, prognosis and with the technicians to get their face . UKprogressive were unable to come up with new He says he hopes that the new faces to re-version the advert for modelling register will open up the Afghan market. opportunities and establish a pro- Improved irrigation and flood protection for farmland in Baghlan Advertisers say the Afghan fessional industry in Afghanistan. modelling scene lacks variety and professionalismFashion trends There are many aspiring mod- Two newly rebuilt irrigation canals els like me in Kabul and in other were officially handed over to lo- and tastes have changed in Afghan- istan over the last 10 years with provinces of the country, Fayaz cal government and communities says: But we are not organised, in Baghaln. Western influences clearly visible Fashion trend so having a professional agency The work done on the Gover- will bring us all together so we can gan and Baladory canals will help Just 13 years ago, young men were unable to were the kind of become more established. improve irrigation for approxi- (BBC) mately 11,000 hectares of farm- outfits on show here. land in the districts Pul-e Khumri, Dand-e-Ghori and New Baghlan. In addition, the canals were up- graded to offer better flood pro- tection for approximately 300 hectares of land. For the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Devel- opment and the provincial admin- istration of Baghlan, any improve- ment in the wide field of agricul- ture is of special interest. Around 70% of the people in the province make their livelihoods directly and indirectly from farming. We hope these steps boost confidence and make Afghan citizens aware that their government is taking care of them effectively, said Manfred River. The combination of these measures allows the rural population to farm their land profitably along the lower Kunduz River, also known as Meyer, the German Development the Baghlan-Kunduz River. The two canals feed up to 11,000 hectares of agricultural and horticultural land, which serves as a source of food and Representative for Kunduz and income for over 110,000 people. Baghlan. The overall cost of construction amounted to 5 million (around AFN 370 million), funded by the German government through KfW On a total stretch of 70 kilo- Development Bank. The Provincial Development Committee (PDC) cooperated in the management and supervision of the project. The measures metres, the restoration and rebuild- were selected on the basis of the development priorities set for Baghlan. Implementation was managed by Germany s Regional Infrastructure ing work for both canals included Development Fund (RIDF) for Afghanistan, an open and flexible programme aimed at improving the socio-economic infrastructure in the northern cleaning, reshaping, repairing and provinces. While the Baghlan-Kunduz River is an indispensable lifeline for local communities, it can threaten livelihoods, food and revenue security also reinforcing the waterways when its banks overflow and destroy irrigation channels and farmland. The traditional intakes were regularly damaged in the yearly floods and against flooding. Intake structures demanded regular rebuilding measures. The newly refurbished, sustainable structures along the Govergan and Baladory canals help reduce the threat for regulating irrigation to farm- considerably. The greater resilience and reliability in containing floods and lessening damage to irrigation systems contribute to improving the socio- lands were made more durable to economic development in local communities. withstand the annual rainfalls and The RIDF is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW Entwicklungsbank. consequent flooding. Further mea- Projects are selected by the Provincial Development Committees and are then implemented by the provincial departments of the Afghan Ministries sures included river training, em- of Finance, Economy, Energy and Water, Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Education, Public Works with the support of the Joint Venture bankment reinforcements and sta- Grontmij-GOPA-INTEGRATION. The fund was started in 2010, and it operates in the provinces Balkh, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Kunduz and bilization work along the Kunduz Takhar. Wadsam 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Ariana plane ferried masked passengers from Iran to Iraq: MP KABUL: An Ariana Afghan Air- to take immediate steps to bring lines plane rented by an Iranian the culprits to justice. State-run SAIL-led consortium s company ferried masked passen- Abdul Qadar Zazi Watandost, ambitious multi-billion dollar steel gers from Iran to Iraq for the last another lawmaker, also confirmed and power project one month, a lawmaker claimed on Hakimi s shifting to the US. He in Afghanistan is believed to have Sunday. accused the Ariana chief of his in- hit a roadblock due to security as Qais Hassan, who heads the volvement in financial and admin- well as operational and economic Wolesi Jirga transportation and istrative corruption. feasibility concerns. communication commission, told Transport Minister Moham- While a top-ranking source in a press conference in Kabul the madullah Batash and Arianna Air- the Steel Ministry said that the Ariana Airlines director, Nasir lines administration director project has been put in cold Ahmad Hakimi, had moved to the Omaid Mastoor were also present storage , SAIL Chairman C S United States with his family few at the press conference. Verma maintained that the project days back. Batash called the agreement as was still officially on . He said the commission had illegal and said the Ariana flight EMERGENCY The AFISCO project has obtained the agreement signed be- took two hours and 40 minutes been put in cold storage. There are tween Hakimi and the Mahan Air, reach Mashhad from Kabul, but it CALLS several issues. First, it is about the a private airline based in Tehran, took eight hours to return to Kab- security of the personnel in that giving an Arianna plane to the com- ul. Police country. Then there is a question pany against $10,000 per flight. Omaid Mastoor also con- of economic feasibility as it is dif- He said renting aircrafts was firmed flights to Iraq and called the ficult to operate there due to a con- not illegal, but the Iranian compa- deal as illegal, but he avoided to 100 - 119 tinuous conflict hurting the basic ny had obtained illegal benefits share further details about the infrastructure, the source said. from the Ariana plane, which flew agreement. (Pajhwok) Hospitals For a project of this propor- from Kabul to Mashhad in Iran and tion, the investors need assurance then to Baghdad and Najaf cities from Afghan authorities on safety in Iraq. FMIC Hospital of the project, personnel and the He said pilots of the Afghan Behind Kabul Medical infrastructure and all that is taking plane were not allowed to examine University: a lot of time, he added. passengers and logistic items car- The Afghan Iron and Steel ried in the plane. 0202500200-+93793275595 Consortium (AFISCO), which Hassan claimed the pilots no- won bids for three iron ore mines ticed masked men boarded a flight Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital at Hajigak in war-torn Afghanistan in Mashhad to Iraq. Hassan said in November 2011, planned to set The consortium has state- denied reports that the project was passed the mining act, but India is he got the report one month ago Pule Bagh-e- Umomi up a 6.2 MTPA steel plant along owned firms SAIL, RINL and being scrapped. Not correct. waiting for more clarity on the and the plane daily ferried passen- 070263672 with a 800 MW power plant, be- NMDC holding a combined 56 per Meeting only did a SWOT policy front. There are also ad- gers from Iran to Iraq for the last sides creating the necessary infra- cent stake with the remaining held (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportu- ministrative issues, regarding how one month. structure. Later the plans were re- by JSW, JSPL and Monnet Ispat nities and Threats) analysis of the to deal with the provisional gov- The Wolesi Jirga commission Khairkhana Hospital vised downward to reduce the vul- & Energy among others. When opportunities and strengths. No ernment and clarity on the mining had asked the Ariana director sev- 0799-321007 nerability of the project. contacted, the SAIL Chairman told decision of this sort, he had tweet- law. Another issue is corruption, eral times to appear before it, but The three iron ore mines at PTI: The project is still official ed following such reports. A se- which has led to several other for- he did not turn up and later shifted 2401352 Hajigak have an estimated reserve on. Earlier, India s Ambassador to nior Steel Ministry official said the eign funded projects being stalled, with his family to the USA, he said. of 1.28 billion tonnes. Afghanistan Amar Sinha had also Afghanistan government has he added. (Press Trust of India) Qais Hassan asked security organs Indira Gandhi Children Taliban order several Espionage suspicions surround 12 militants Hospital, Wazir Akbar killed in Khan, Kabul 2301372 Ghazni schools closed Kandahar Pakistani beggars in Balkh Ibn-e- Seena GHAZNI CITY: The Taliban have Shamsul Aarifeen School, said the MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Some civil clash, blasts ordered many schools to be closed school remained opened till 10am society activists and public repre- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul in the capital of southern Ghazni this morning and then closed and sentatives suspect Pakistani beg- KANDAHAR CITY: A dozen 2100359 province after the Afghan military students and teachers left for home. gars in areas on the outskirts of Taliban militants have been killed shelled a wedding party, killing I heard the Taliban asking the Mazar-i-Sharif -- the capital of and seven civilians wounded dur- several people, residents said on school administration to close the northern Balkh province -- of in- ing separate incidents in southern Wazir Akbar Khan Sunday. school. volvement in spying for the neigh- Kandahar province, an official said Residents said seven people Hassan Raza Yousafi, a pro- bouring country. on Sunday. Hospital were killed and 17 others wound- vincial council member, confirmed Harbouring similar doubts, the Six militants were killed dur- 2301741, 2301743 ed on Friday when ANA troops the closure of schools in the area provincial council has asked secu- ing an operation by security forc- rity officials to adopt serious mea- es in the Shah Walikot district, said sures against the Pakistanis, who Zia Durrani, the provincial police Ali Abad roam about Alokozai and Mohib spokesman. Shahrara, Kabul Squares, as well as Dasht-i-Shoor, He said the militants were Karta-i-Bakhdi, Balkh University planning to launch attacks on po- 2100439 and other neighbourhoods. lice posts, but police preempted A number of these dubious the plot, killing six militants and Pakistani citizens, hailing from seizing ammunitions and explo- Malalai Maternity Kashmir, Karachi and different sives. Hospital Punjab cities, claim poverty has Another six militants were brought them to Balkh. Others killed in two separate explosions 2201377/ 2301743 caused by their own bombs in the hold prescriptions from doctors, overcome their financial woes. implications for the city. He prom- seeking alms for the purchase of Maiwand and Arghandab districts. He noted the presence of tech- ised holding a special meeting with The militants were planting road- Banks medicine. nical and non-technical Pakistani intelligence and police bosses to Social worker Ahmad Javed side bombs in Maiwand s Bibank workers on big development address the problem with a sense and Arghandab s Hadera areas, he Da Afghanistan Bank told Pajhwok Afghan News he re- projects in different parts of the of urgency. But the deputy police cently saw two Pakistanis begging added. 2100302, 2100303 country. They may have been hired chief of Balkh, Col. Abdur Raz- Separately seven civilians were in front of a mosque in Mohib by contracting firms, but Pakistani zaq, said the residents had not yet Square area after evening prayers. wounded when two vehicles col- vagrants begging on the streets lodged a formal complaint regard- lided head-on on the Herat-Kan- Kabul Bank Residents gave the couple, having raise disturbing security-related ing the Pakistani beggars. Howev- fired mortar shells at a wedding and said Taliban had decided to a child, alms. After quizzing the dahar highway, the police spokes- 222666, 070285285 questions. er, he stressed the need for collect- man said, blaming the collision on party in Naughi village on the out- close all schools in the area in reac- couple, Javed came to know they The public representative ing accurate information about the skirts of Ghazni City. tion to the casualties of civilians. belonged to the Pakistani port city reckless driving. Police had shift- Azizi Bank thanked Pajhwok for raising the suspected Pakistani citizens in the ed the wounded people to hospi- Noorullah, a student at Shah- He said the Taliban had threat- of Karachi. issue, which has grave security province. (Pajhwok) 0799 700900 mir High School, told Afghan Pa- ened school principals to close They had a black complex- tal. (Pajhwok) jhwok News the Taliban had asked schools till their next order. ion and were apparently off-co- Pashtany Bank their school principal to close the Mohammad Abid Abid, the lour. Drive by suspicion, I got close 2102908, 2103868 school for three days to mourn the education director, said the Tali- to them. They showed me a doc- deaths. ban had threatened several schools tor s prescription, saying they The principal closed the to be closed. were in the city to seek alms for Air Services school earlier than the official tim- The schools are re-opened the patient s medical treatment, ing yesterday and nobody was now after the area elders had a he said, believing they are involved Safi Airways there when I reached the school meeting with Taliban, he said, in spying. this morning, he said, adding sev- adding that the issue had been re- Balkh University student 020 22 22 222 eral other schools, including Sham- solved in coo peration with local Syed Alam says Pakistani drifters sul Aarifeen, Sanayee and Jahan elders. The Taliban have said noth- could be seen daily around the uni- Ariana Mulki high schools had been shut. ing about the development. versity. Two of them on a bicy- Idrees, a grade 12th student at (Pajhwok) cle, with one holding a child in his 020-2100270 lap, were asking people for cash even today, he adds. The hobos Kam Air Protestors demand Shindand could speak or understand Pashto Dari -- the main languages spoken 0799974422 province, oppose division in Afghanistan. This Pajhwok reporter also Hotels KABUL (Pajhwok): Residents of Nadir Khan Katawazai, a law- encountered a Pakistani couple in Safi Landmark the Shindand district of western maker from Paktia province, as- Karta-i-Bakhdi locality. They had Herat province on Saturday staged sured the protestors that Shindand green passports, having apparent- a protest demonstration in front would not be divided into districts ly come to Afghanistan in quest of 020-2203131 of the parliament building in Kab- without the consent of its resi- jobs. With a prescription in his ul against the proposed division dents. The Wolesi Jirga is with hand, one of them said he had a SERENA of the town. you. I will discuss your demands patient, but had no cash and hence The protestors holding ban- with other lawmakers in the par- his resort to seeking charity. 0799654000 ners and placards inscribed with liament and it is your right that Najibullah Paikan, leader of the different slogans said the Shindand Shindand be upgraded into a prov- Balkh-based People s Society, New Rumi Restaurant district should not be divided into ince, he said, asking the protest- claims the Punjabi families seen in more districts, but it should be ors to give him a list of demands. Mazar-i-Sharif are not much dif- 0776351347 upgraded as a province. The demand letter said peace ferent from the Pakistanis fighting Shindand is the largest district in Shindand could only be prevailed in other northern provinces. Be- Internet Services yond an iota of doubt, these fami- in Afghanistan with an area over if it was not upgraded into a prov- UA Telecom 22000 sq meters and a population ince. If the officials concerned ig- lies, involved in ongoing fighting, of around 850000 people, accord- nored their demands, they would have been sent to Mazar for spy- 0796701701 / 0796702702 ing to the protestors. continue peaceful protests and of- ing. President Ashraf Ghani, who ficials would be responsible for Paikan underlined the need for Exchange Rate recently visited Herat province, that, they warned. Tawab Ghor- establishing the true identity of said the map for Shindand had been zang, Independent Directorate of these individuals, given the Paki- Purchase: prepared and the twon would be Local Government (IDLG) stani intelligence services complic- divided several districts soon. spokesperson, told Pajhwok Af- ity in the Afghanistan conflict. Some reports suggest the dis- ghan News the IDLG had received Their presence in the northern city, One US$ = trict might be divided to three or orders about the division of Shin- keeping in view the facilities avail- 59.56Afs able here, makes little sense, he four districts. But the protestors dand into few districts but no ac- One Pound Sterling= chanted we want Shindand as a tion had been taken so far. Ser- thought. province , Shindand residents vices will get improved with divi- The suspects cite jobs and 89.10Afs want to be united and not divided sion of the district and the respect- medical treatment as the main rea- One Euro = sons for their arrival in Balkh, ac- and Shindand is pride, not a can- ed inhabitants will live a better life, 60Afs cer for Afghanistan . Mullah Said he added. He said they were tech- cording to Paikan, who argued that Mohammad, a Shindand resident, nically looking into possibilities of such opportunities were available 1000 Pak Rs = said capital of Shindand will be dividing Shindand into more dis- at a much larger scale in Pakistan. 562Afs in a better position to control the tricts and would soon take a deci- Many Afghans are living as refu- law and order situation if upgrad- sion in this regard. gees in the neighbouring country Sale: ed into a province. He said the for similar reasons. One US$ = unity among tribes in the district Balkh Provincial Council 59.76 Afs member Dr. Mohammad Afzal could be put at risk if it was divid- One Pound Sterling= ed. Mirwais, another resident, said Hadeed also called the presence of political indifferences were not al- Pakistanis a cause for grave con- 90.71Afs lowing the district to be promoted cern. He saw no justification for One Euro= as a province. He said the district these individuals coming to Afghan- 65.60 Afs had a vast area and was populous istan, an impoverished country 1000 Pak Rs= 570Afs which qualified it to be a province. with a war-battered economy, to This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Inquiry commission: Tehreek-e-Insaf rejects PPP s claim about rigging in KP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek- It also submitted that neither lated to the elections rigging. If e- Insaf (PTI) has rejected Paki- the PTI was in the K-P govern- the PPP examines ay witness or stan Peoples Party s (PPP) claim ment prior to the general election brings any documents or material DHAKA: Thousands living near that the May 2013 elections were and nor it had any direct involve- on record then the PTI reserves the Bangladesh-India border cele- rigged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ment in the selection and appoint- the right to produce evidence and brated Sunday an historic agree- (K-P). ment of caretaker government. witness in rebuttal, the reply fur- ment that will allow them to In its reply submitted before Therefore, it did not have the ther stated. choose their nationality after de- the inquiry commission probing means or opportunity to unduly Candidacy of PTI lawmakers cades of stateless limbo. alleged rigging in the last general influence or manipulate the last Meanwhile, the top court has Poor villagers living in border elections, the PPP had claimed that general elections in the province fixed the writ petition against the enclaves waved Bangladeshi flags, the polls were rigged and the re- of the K-P, it said. The reply also return of the PTI MNAs to par- held street parades and broke sults were a shocking surprise, es- claimed that the percentage of ex- liament after an absence of many down in tears after Saturday s rat- pecially in Punjab and the K-P tra ballot papers in constituencies months. Zafar Ali Shah, who re- ification of the deal covering parts where returning officers (ROs) and situation in the K-P was the low- cently retired from the upper of the border along India s eastern presiding officers were used to est as compared to the constituen- house of the parliament, contend- flank. subvert the result. cies situated in other three prov- ed in his petition that these I have never dreamt that I The PPP will examine the inces. The number of extra ballot witness at the appropriate time, if papers printed for NA-21, NA- MNAs were aliens to the Nation- would live to see myself become a al Assembly and have no right to citizen of any country, said so minded. The material and record 23, NA-28, NA-31 and NA-34 it relies on is contained in the elec- were in high number, wherein the attend the parliament s session. Moinul Haq, who lives in one of The Islamabad High Court has the Indian enclaves inside Bang- toral bags of the constituencies in PTI candidates lost to independent ladeshi territory. the Punjab and the K-P. In addi- candidates or candidate of the rul- already rejected his plea, declaring We have finally tasted free- tion, it will submit an analysis by ing PML-N, it said. it not maintainable. Later on, the dom after 68 years, he said by experts drawn from statistics giv- However, the PTI agreed with PML-N leader filed an appeal in phone, bursting into tears as he en in a DVD obtained from the the PPP that it is the duty of the the apex court against the high joined a victory procession of ECP [Election Commission of Pa- ECP to answer the questions re- court s order. more than 1,000 members of his kistan], it had stated. Boshpechai-Bhitokuti enclave. The PPP had also alleged that Similar celebrations were held the elections were rigged in the K- in other enclaves, said Golam P in both national as well as pro- Mostofa, general secretary of an vincial assemblies constituencies. association of enclaves. Submitting a rejoinder to the All of us are now Bangladeshi PPP s reply before the inquiry citizens. Our pains and decades of commission, the PTI s counsel frustrations are over. We re now Abdul Hafeez Pirzada said that liberated and can now claim citi- other than an inchoate, generalised zenship rights. The enclaves will and unsubstantiated [allegation] now have schools, clinics and gov- against the PTI, the PPP s reply ernment offices, Mostofa said. does not mention or provide any An agreement on the owner- evidence or material to substanti- ship of the 162 enclaves essen- ate any such insinuation or inter- tially islands of land located in each ference in the conduct or organisa- other s country had proved elu- tion of general election 2013 by or sive for decades. They resulted on behalf of the PTI. from complex ownership arrange- The PTI has offered that if ments made centuries ago by local the PPP has any direct or admissi- princes. the border. The enclaves will ef- while India announced a $2 billion anti-government attacks. ble proof of any direct or indirect Around 50,000 people are fectively cease to exist. line of credit to Bangladesh to deep- Scores of people have been role or involvement of the PTI in thought to live in the islands and Bangladesh actually endorsed en relations. Modi was expected killed in firebomb attacks on vehi- the manipulation of last general lack many basic services such as the deal in 1974 but it was only later Sunday to meet embattled cles since Zia called a transport elections then it should bring on schools, clinics and utilities be- last month that India s parliament opposition leader Khaleda Zia be- blockade at the start of the year in record before the commission for cause they are cut off from their gave its approval, paving the way fore wrapping up his visit, his first a bid to topple Hasina. the consideration at the earliest national governments. for Saturday s joint ratification to Bangladesh since being elected India refrained from criticising possible opportunity and if it Under the agreement each ceremony. in May last year. Indian officials Hasina s re-election in January (PPP) does not bring such evidence country will assume sovereignty Modi and Hasina signed a se- have played down the idea of Modi 2014 in a contest that was boy- then in all propriety formally with- over all enclaves in its territory. ries of other agreements on Satur- mediating in the long dispute be- cotted by the opposition and dis- draw the insinuations and allega- Residents will be allowed ei- day, including building much-need- tween Hasina and Zia, although he missed as not credible by West- tions against the PTI, the reply ther to stay put or to move across ed power plants in Bangladesh, might urge Zia to ensure an end to ern nations. said. Pak police arrest 33 suspects Sri Lanka has shown commitment towards improving Heavy rainfall over Quetta cop killings governance, rule of law and human rights: EU Ambassador forecast for QUETTA: Police on Sunday Police did not share the identi- The European Union was one of areas affected by the tsunami. Aid Agreement signed in 1975 between Bureaucratic challenges and northern claimed to have arrested 33 sus- ty of arrested suspects prior to the biggest providers for develop- included resettlement of Internal- Sri Lanka and the EU was now in political interferences affected the pects during various raids in Quet- completion of interrogation. ment assistance to Sri Lanka, Am- ly Displaced Persons (IDPs), help- its 40th year. Additionally, the EU start-up of the program, he noted. ta's Pashtoonabad area. An FIR of the incident was bassador of the European Union ing children go back to schools, and Sri Lanka relationship moved "The time is now opportune to Pakistan A crackdown was launched in also registered against unknown (EU) to Sri Lanka, David Daly said assisting farmers manage their from traditional donor-recipient to publicize this program and ensure KARACHI: The Pakistan Mete- Balochistan's provincial capital terrorists at Pashtoonabad police last week. crops and improving livelihoods, one of friendship. Simultaneous- its continuation and completion on orological Department (PMD) on city in the aftermath of killing of station under anti-terrorism act. He said that 60 Million Euros, he noted. ly, the Sri Lankan people have schedule". Sunday predicted heavy rains in four policemen in the area on Sat- Chief Minister Balochistan Dr identified as project assistance, was The Ambassador expressed shown commitment to improving Sectoral and regional challeng- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast urday. A senior police official told Malik Baloch had also condemned allocated by the EU to support the Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kash- DawnNews that 33 suspects had the incident and directed the po- District Development Program mir during the coming week. been arrested in various raids so lice to immediately bring the per- EU-SDDP. Heavy rains forecast within far, who are being interrogated by petrators of terror act to book. The EU-SDDP is a five-year the next 24 hours in Malakand, investiogators regarding the mur- "We will not bow down be- Makran, Kalat, Gilgit-Baltistan der of four policemen in the area a fore terrorists," Dr. Baloch said in development cooperation program launched in 2012. Four districts in and Kashmir are to be accompa- day earlier. a statement issued to press after nied by powerful gusts of wind, He added that weapons and the killing of policemen in Quetta. the North and East were identified for attention - Vavuniya, Mannar, DawnNews quoted the PMD. computers were also recovered Incidents of targeted violence Rainfull of up to 200 millime- from the possession of the arrest- frequently take place in the res- Batticaloa and Ampara. Addition- tres may occur in these areas within ed men. tive Balochistan province. ally, border villages affected by the the next 24 hours which could conflict in three other districts, cause flooding. Anuradhapura, Puttalam and Excess rainfall in the Kabul Moneragala were also included River catchment area may also under this initiative, Ambassador cause flooding along connected ri- Daly told a press conference con- verbanks. vened by the EU office in Colom- confidence that the EU-SDDP governance, rule of law and human es still remain in income, educa- However, lighter rains are ex- bo. would be sustainable and effective. rights. The EU welcomes these tional and heath attainments. pected in Sindh, south Punjab and Also at the head-table were UN Over the past 10 years, the EU commitments, Daly said. However, irrespective of these Balochistan. Resident Coordinator & UNDP contributed 760 Million Euros to UN Agencies, and the IFC, a gaps, the SDDP and its implemen- Pre-monsoon rains will be- Resident Representative, Subinay re-build lives and develop Small member of the World Bank Group, tation would bridge these dispari- come monsoon rains by the end of Nandy, Deputy Minister, Policy and Medium Enterprise projects, would together support the EU- ties and through inter district im- July, and will continue till Septem- Planning and Economic Affairs, Dr. (SMEs), Daly stressed. SDDP program, the result of de- plementation the programme ber. Harsha De Silva, Head of Cooper- The next tranche for assistance liberations and discussions that would continue till expected com- Dr Ghulam Rasul, the chief ation, Delegation of the European would include Central and Uva took about a year in its formula- pletion. meteorologist at the Pakistan Me- Union to Sri Lanka and the provinces identified for implemen- tion, said Subinay Nandy, UN Minister Harsha De Silva, in teorological Department told Maldives, (Ms.) Libuse Soukupo- tation 2014 through 2020. The dis- Resident Coordinator & UNDP generalized comment said the new DawnNews there is no threat of a va and IFC Country Manager, Sri trict development projects would Resident Representative. government's development plans tropical cyclone within Pakistan's Lanka and the Maldives, Adam include extension of the SDDP Tripartite discussions were were not restricted to only a few sea limits yet, saying that there is Sack. poverty reduction project, he said. held with the EU, UN and the Sri countries, unlike the time before an area of low air pressure approx- EU assistance to Sri Lanka The Council for Economic Lankan government. Initial formu- President Maithripala Sirisena was imately 900 kilometres south of evolved from humanitarian aid to Development would include the lation was in 2012. Implementa- elected. Sri Lanka has many chal- Pakistan which had been closely monitored over the past three traditional development aid. Such ILO, FAO, UNCEF, UNDP, UN- tion commenced in October 2014, lenges to overcome. My Ministry days. assistance benefited about one mil- OPS and IFC. after some setbacks and challeng- would oversee such impediments He explained that there had lion people affected by the war and The Commercial Cooperation es, he said. and ensure progress, he assured. been practically no decrease nor increase in its intensity, but it had Teacher s trip to Nepal inspires moved slightly northward. While PM Modi receives award in Bangladesh on its intensity remains stable, he said, it will not take shape of a students to fundraise tropical cyclone. behalf of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dr Rasul added that once it took on this form and entered Pa- PM Modi, who received the ho- Gopibagh, where he was greeted ladesh ratified the historic Land rail projects. kistani waters, a formal warning nour from Bangladesh President by the monks. The Dhaka Ra- Boundary Agreement which will He also announced a fresh US would be issued to fishermen, and Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban, makrishna Mission Math is a simplify their 4,000-km border and $2 billion line of credit for Bang- the PMD would coordinate close- called it an "inspiration for so branch of the Belur Math, which clarify the identities of 52,000 peo- ladesh and promised quick imple- ly with concerned agencies and many people". "This day is a mat- PM Modi visited last month when ple living in the enclaves. The deal mentation of the earlier line of cred- provide updates accordingly. ter of pride for the people of In- he was in Kolkata. was signed in the presence of PM it of US $800 million and full dis- The meteorologist said that dia... If Atalji's health permitted Mr Modi later visited the new- Modi and his Bangladeshi coun- bursement of US $200 million. Pakistan's monsoon is affected by and he was present here, this oc- ly-constructed Indian High Com- terpart Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka. The media in Bangladesh to- El Nino, which typically weakens casion would be very different. mission's chancery at Baridhara, PM Modi also signed 22 agree- day hailed PM Modi's visit as the the monsoon. He said that while The Prime Minister, who de- where he also inaugurated six ments aimed at boosting trade and "dawn of a new era" and called the there were collectively fewer rains scribed his visit to Bangladesh as projects undertaken with grant-in- transport links with Bangladesh. signing of the Land Boundary over the July-September time pe- "historic", will address the Indian aid from India. These include deals on the move- Agreement protocol as a "historic riod, there were at least 3-4 epi- community later this evening at the On Saturday, India and Bang- ment of goods across borders and moment" in bilateral ties. sodes of intense rainfall. Bangabandhu International Con- Grade 7 and 8 students at W. Er- way in Nepal, and she would Ghulam Rasul said that rains ference Centre before leaving for skine Johnston Public School are know. will occur the same way this year, New Delhi. some of the latest Kanata residents About 10 years ago, she wit- taking place during the month of He is also scheduled to meet to show their support for earth- nessed firsthand the smile that re- Ramazan in July. political and business leaders, in- quake-ravaged Nepal with a suc- sulted from giving people in Ne- Section 144 was imposed on cluding Leader of the Opposition cessful fundraiser. pal 50 rupees. Clifton's Sea View beach by Com- Raushan Ershad and Bangladesh The students held a bake sale They could provide food for missioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Nationalist Party chairperson and alongside a band concert, sold ice their family and they could buy Siddiqui because of the annual former prime minister Khaleda pops at recess, convinced the year- clothes for their kids, said Jor- monsoon spell which brought with Zia. The meeting will Ms Zia will book committee to donated $500 gensen. So I m hoping that the it higher waves and stronger cur- be closely watched, with the op- of extra proceeds, and gave from organization will do a lot with it. rents. However, despite the impo- position leader's long-running calls their own wallets with a tin drive The students fundraising ef- sition of Section 144 banning bath- for fresh elections gaining little that sought donations from inter- fort was inspired by Jorgensen ing in the sea - but not visiting the traction. mediate students. account of her four-month trip to seaside - large droves of citizens Earlier this morning, PM Modi Overall, the effort raised a remote village in Nepal where she went swimming in the sea to cool offered prayers at the famous $1,700, which will be matched by taught English. off. 12th-Century Dhakeshwari tem- the federal government. The In doing so, Jorgensen said she A visitor told DawnNews, ple in Dhaka, the most revered $3,400 translates to 280,000 in hoped to give her students a better "We only got to swim for a short place for Hindus in Bangladesh. Nepalese rupees, said the teacher understanding of the advantages to while before they made us get out," He spent around 15 minutes at the who inspired the effort, Shannon living in a country like Canada, while another complained, "We temple, which was closed for the Jorgensen. empower them to leverage their came here not an hour ago and were public at the time. She estimated the money, be- opportunities to help others, and enjoying it, until security person- Mr Modi then headed to the ing donated through the Save the give them the idea that they can nel showed up and made us get Ramakrishna Mission at Children charity, should go a long travel and see the world as well. out." 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthis in Taez The Saudi-led coalition launched tance allied to President Abdrab- Sunday a series of airstrikes on bu Mansour Hadi in several cit- Houthi gatherings in the south- ies across Yemen. western city of Taez, according to The clashes led to the killing Al Arabiya News Channel. of dozens of Houthi militias and The coalition also targeted loyalists of deposed leader Ali Houthi-held camps in the Yemeni Abdullah Saleh. including 9 capital and resumed strikes on Houthis in Taez In the southern Republican Guard bases in the Yemeni province of Daleh, forces northern province of Saada. of the Popular Resistance captured Also on Sunday, the coalition 12 militias including two officers hit a Houthi convoy that was lo- belonging to Saleh s forces. cated between Omran province They also captured 27 other north of Sanaa and Saada. Houthis in the southern city of Meanwhile, violent clashes Aden, according to the channel s took place between Houthis and correspondent on the Yemeni bor- the forces of the Popular Resis- der.

Leaders from the Group of Seven The German chancellor was hop- Austrian border. European Com- International Monetary Fund lighted the importance of the Ger- (G7) industrial nations backed a ing to secure commitments from mission President Jean-Claude (IMF) in the coming weeks. Junck- man-American relationship, dam- tough line towards Moscow at the her G7 guests to tackle global Juncker, speaking before the start er reaffirmed that a so-called Gr- aged in recent years by revelations start of a summit in the Bavarian warming ahead of a major United of the summit, voiced exasperation exit was not an option being con- of U.S. spying in Germany, includ- Alps, with U.S. President Barack Nations climate summit in Paris in with Greek Prime Minister Alexis sidered, but said this did not mean ing the bugging of the chancellor s Obama urging the gathering to December. The German agenda Tsipras, who has dismissed the he could pull a rabbit out of a mobile phone. My message to the stand up to Russian aggression in also foresees discussions on glo- latest aid-for-reform proposal from hat to prevent it. Obama said lead- German people is simple: We are Ukraine. Host Angela Merkel bal health issues, from Ebola to international creditors as absurd. ers would discuss the global econ- grateful for your friendship, for greeted Obama in the idyllic Al- antibiotics and tropical diseases. Athens is running out of cash and omy, trade partnerships and your leadership, said Obama, us- pine village of Kruen under blue But the crises in Ukraine and will default on its debt, a move that standing up to Russian aggression ing the traditional Bavarian greet- skies, surrounded by locals in tra- Greece seemed likely to overshad- could end up pushing it out of the in Ukraine , as well as threats from ing Gruess Gott with a crowd ditional dress, drinking beer and ow the discussions at Schloss El- euro zone, if it fails to reach a deal violent extremism and climate gathered in the village square in eating white sausage and pretzels. mau, a luxury Alpine hotel near the with its European partners and the change. Both he and Merkel high- Kruen. Sudan's 2nd Iranian humanitarian President Turkey goes to polls in crucial elections aid ship sets sail for Yemen Turks are expected go to the polls parties. On Friday, a deadly bombing While he says he is equally Bashir forms A second Iranian ship carrying discussed to be delivered by the on Sunday in the closest parlia- The two have portrayed the in the mainly Kurdish southeast distant from all parties, HDP lead- humanitarian aid for the Yemeni United Nations, which has estab- mentary election in more than a election as a choice between a new has magnified attention on the pro- ers have accused Erdogan of whip- new govt people has set sail for the war-torn lished a delivery hub in the Afri- decade, one that could pave the Turkey or a return to a history Kurdish opposition, which is try- ping up sentiment against them and Arab country, which has been the can country. Saudi Arabia has way for President Tayyip Erdogan marked by short-lived coalition ing to enter parliament as a party party deputy Idris Baluken said target of Saudi airstrikes for over blockaded the delivery of humani- to amass greater power or end 12 governments, economic instabili- for the first time. he and the AKP bore responsibili- two months. tarian aid for Yemen. In April, Riy- years of single-party rule for the ty and military coups. Efforts to end a three-decade ty for Friday s attack. The cargo vessel, dubbed Ar- adh prevented two Iranian aircraft AK Party he founded. Either the stability of the last Kurdish insurgency as well as Er- The source of the violence is ezou (Wish), started its journey from delivering medical aid and Turkey s most popular yet 12 years will continue, or there will dogan s political ambitions could the AKP, the president. For two from Iran s Imam Khomeini Port foodstuff to the impoverished most divisive politician, Erdogan be the crisis scenario of those who hinge on that party s fate. months, we have been warning that in the southwestern province of people. Saudi Arabia started its seeks a large majority for the rul- want to take Turkey back to the Erdogan late on Friday ex- the rhetoric would result in just Khuzestan on Saturday night, the deadly aggression against Yemen ing AK Party to boost his powers. chaos and crisis atmosphere of the pressed his condolences for vic- this, including in our talks with the IRIB reported on Sunday. in March. The Saudi pounding of He says a U.S.-style executive 1990s, Davutoglu told a rally in tims of the attack, calling it a prov- government, Baluken told Reu- Sa dullah Abdullahi, the direc- Yemen as well as a Saudi blockade presidency is necessary to bolster the southern city of Antalya. ocation . ters. tor of the Ports and Maritime Or- on the country also led to a seri- the regional influence and econom- ganization of Khuzestan, said the ous shortage of food and water as ic advances of NATO-member ship was loaded with 8,000 tons well as medicines for Yemenis. Turkey. of rice and 1,000 tons of sugar at The UN Office for the Coor- They say If Erdogan gets Imam Khomeini Port. In May, an- dination of Humanitarian Affairs what he wants on Sunday he will other Iranian cargo ship, Nejat (OCHA) said on June 5 that in be unstoppable , he told a rally (Rescue), containing a consign- excess of 20 million people are in in the northeastern province of ment of 2,500 tons of much-need- need of humanitarian aid. UN Un- Ardahan on Saturday, according to Sudanese President Omar al-Bash- ed aid, including food, medical sup- der-Secretary-General for Human- Reuters news agency. ir formed a new government late plies and tents, docked at a port in itarian Affairs Stephen O Brien They actually mean Turkey Saturday, state media reported, Djibouti for its consignment to be has described as catastrophic will be unstoppable. more than a month after he swept dispatched to Yemen. The aid was the situation in Yemen. In power since 2002, the AKP elections boycotted by the main- is expected to again be the largest stream opposition and marred by party by far. poor turnout. But achieving a majority may Bashir, who is wanted by the depend on the pro-Kurdish Peo- International Criminal Court on ples Democratic Party (HDP) fall- war crimes charges, dissolved his ing below the 10 percent hurdle last cabinet when he was sworn in required to enter parliament. Opin- for a new five-year term last Tues- ion polls put it around that level. day. Party politics He handed the key foreign While constitutionally re- portfolio to Ibrahim Ghandour, a quired to stay above party poli- former presidential assistant, and tics, Erdogan has held frequent ral- appointed Mohamed Zayed oil lies during what has been a con- minister, state broadcaster al- frontational election campaign, Sudan reported. joining Prime Minister Ahmet Da- Lieutenant General Mustafa vutoglu in attacking opposition Osman Obeid, the army's chief-of- staff, was appointed acting defence minister. Israeli army strikes Gaza He replaces Abdelrahim Mo- UK warns 500,000 may cross Mediterranean hamed Hussein, who is also want- Naval vessels from Italy, Britain, Secretary Michael Fallon. We ships, the Hessen and the Berlin, About 170,000 migrants were Strip after rocket attack ed by the ICC over charged related Ireland and other countries steamed could see hundreds of thousands and an Irish naval ship LE Eithne. rescued at sea last year by Italy. If The Israeli military says it carried ourselves to the Darfur conflict. toward the waters off Libya to res- trying to cross this summer, Fal- One Italian navy ship, the the British estimates prove true, out an airstrike in the Gaza Strip The hypocrisy sweeping The new government will be cue the latest wave of migrants lon told reporters who asked about Vega, rescued hundreds of migrants this year s arrivals could far out- in response to the latest rocket at- the world will not limit Israel s re- made up of 31 cabinet ministers, from smugglers boats. the captain s half-million figure. from five boats alone on Saturday. strip last year s. tack toward southern Israel, ac- action, he added. al-Sudan said. British authorities warned that During Saturday, a total of Another Italian naval vessel, the Italian authorities investigating cording to the Associated Press. Israel announced that its bor- Early on Sunday, Bashir also up to 500,000 people could at- 3,480 migrants had been safely res- Driade, rescued 560 migrants, the Libya-based smuggling opera- There were reported casualties der crossings into Gaza will be "issued republican decree number tempt the perilous crossing this cued in 15 separate operations, the while the LE Eithne, rescued 310 tions say reliable intelligence is in Sunday morning's strike which shut down in response to the lat- 20 which decided the appointment summer. Capt. Nick Cooke-Priest, Italian coast guard said. Calls for people, a day after it saved 113 hard to come by, given that West- comes on the heels of the third est incident. A Salafist group that of" governors for Sudan's 18 states, on the British warship HMS Bul- help went out via satellite phone migrants. ern diplomats have long left Lib- rocket attack from Gaza in the past supports the Islamic State of Iraq including ex-defence minister Hus- wark, told reporters aboard: In- earlier in the day from the smug- Fallon said Europe needed to ya, wracked by violence following two weeks. and Syria (ISIS) took responsibil- sein for Khartoum. dications are there that there are glers boats, which included six rub- pool intelligence, get after the the 2011 demise of the Moammar Israel s prime minister has ity for Saturday s rocket attack. Bashir had vowed to open a 450,000 to 500,000 migrants in ber dinghies and nine fishing boats, gangs themselves which are based Qaddafi regime. slammed the international commu- The group is mired in a struggle "new page" for Sudan at his inau- Libya who are waiting at the bor- all some 45 miles (72 kilometers) in Libya and organize the smug- Rival governments command nity for its silence over recent rock- with Gaza's Hamas rulers. guration last week, saying he der for voyage from the North off the Libyan shoreline, the coast gling. different parts of the country, and et attacks from Gaza - while warn- No one was harmed in the rock- would mend ties with the West, African country s Mediterranean guard statement said. We can try to cut off their tribal and militia clashes aggravate ing that a strong reprisal is forth- et attacks or in the Israeli airstrike tackle corruption and bring peace coast in hopes of reaching Italian Pitching in to save the migrants financing. People are making mon- the chaos. coming. reprisals. Israel considers Gaza s to the country. shores. Also aboard the Bulwark, were Italian coast guard, navy and ey out of misery, and we can do Italy has pressed European Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas rulers responsible for any But Bashir kept several key part of a multi-nation patrol and border police boats and aircraft, a more there track down the mon- partners to do more to help it res- Sunday he hasn t heard a word of attacks, even though the recent at- figures in their positions, includ- rescue force, was British Defense tug boat, two German military ey. cue and shelter masses of migrants condemnation from the world tacks were claimed by a rival jiha- ing Finance Minister Badereldien fleeing poverty, persecution and about three rocket attacks from di organization that supports the Mahmoud and Interior Minister conflicts in Africa, the Middle East Gaza over the past two weeks. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Ismat Abdul Rahman, al-Sudan and Asia. Netanyahu says it will be inter- (ISIS) group. said. So far this year, tens of thou- esting to see if this silence contin- Rocket fire has mostly subsid- Bashir, 71, seized power in an sands of migrants have arrived in ues when we use all our strength ed since last summer's war between Islamist-backed coup in 1989. Italy, with many rescued by ves- in exercising our right to defend Hamas and Israel. His new government will have sels from Ireland, Malta, Britain to work to right an ailing economy and elsewhere. Italy s coast guard and end the conflicts roiling frequently dispatches nearby car- Sudan's border regions. go ships to go to the rescue. Hu- Bashir won elections in April manitarian organizations also help with more than 94 percent of the with rescues at sea, which often vote, standing against 13 little occur when smugglers set sail in a known candidates for the presiden- dozen or more boats when seas are cy. calm. The vote was boycotted by Earlier Saturday, police in Sic- most opposition parties and by ily detained a suspected migrant rebel groups in the western region smuggler who they said had tried a of Darfur and in the states of Blue new tactic of putting only a few Nile and South Kordofan. passengers aboard a small boat in Ethnic insurgents launched a a bid to land undetected on Italian rebellion in Darfur in 2003, and shores. Ragusa police said a Tuni- Bashir government's unleashed the sian man was detained for investi- armed forces and allied militiamen. gation of smuggling after 12 fellow More than 300,000 people Tunisians aboard a wooden boat have been killed in the conflict, the told authorities he promised to sail United Nations says, and more them to an isolated beach near Tra- than 2.5 million have been dis- pani, western Sicily, at night so placed. they could slip away undetected. The ICC indicted Bashir in Instead, police say the suspect 2009 for alleged war crimes and bungled the route and was spotted crimes against humanity, and in by an Italian naval vessel. 2010 for genocide. 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 .JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion 150,000 dead and counting: When AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir will Af-Pak’s killing spree end? Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says

Article 156: The Independent Elections Commission shall be established to administer and supervise every kind of elections as well as refer to general public opinion of the people in accordance with the provisions of the law. Editorial

By Ahson Saeed Hasan stark evidence of the decaying ef- stan, the negative change that the There are no straight answers fect that wars leave behind. societies have undergone trans- to the war quandary. It seems that Reforms and legitimacy Wars are a nasty killing business, My ordeals with war, torture formed these states into nothing decisions to wage wars are now the culmination of a failure of di- and brushes with death aside, the but killing fields, pits of fire or to taken by some lunatics who are Deadline for the parliamentary election is fast approaching, but plomacy or resolution of conflicts years that I spent as an active jour- put it more aptly, they’ve become passionate about wreaking in a peaceful manner. Like religious nalist only strengthened my will hell holes of darkness. havoc on villages, towns, cities and the government is yet to device a mechanism to counter the de- fanaticism, where reason and logic to fight against war, believe in di- ‘Costs of War Project’ is a countries and there is no respite lay or come up with a better solution. The Wolesi Jirga mem- stop and aggression gives way to plomacy and negotiation, work out timely reminder, a rejoinder to the from their incessant desire to keep bers would complete their term this June. At the end of this hostility, mankind and nations of- matters amongst adversaries, dig civilised world, the powers that up with the process of destruc- ten take refuge in manoeuvring and deep into the possibilities of peace- feel that whatever their motives, a tion. Let’s not forget that wars are month, the Wolesi Jirga will lose its legitimacy if the poll was manipulating to go one up and con- ful conflict resolution, and avoid strategic regroup and reconfigura- a profitable business and the leech- delayed. Power and legitimacy are interconnected. Therefore, trol situations by non-peaceful confrontation. tion are what the world is yearn- es that don’t ever want conflict to methods. For the lack of a better No matter which part of the ing for. These politically motivat- stop are the ones benefitting the if the legitimacy is lost, the lawmakers could not approve or expression, wars are the awaken- world wars are fought, they im- ed catastrophes that are so diligent- most. draft laws. Multilateral and bilateral agreements are no excep- ing of the animal instinct in human pact everyone, all of us as human- ly carried out are simply terminat- Nations targeted by conflict tion, because the Constitution is very clear in this regard. In- beings. ity. Wars are terrible news for man- ing layers of local populations. must take control of their desti- The effects and repercussions kind and a recent study, titled the For instance, look at Pakistan, nies. Major powers, militaries, deed it is the biggest worry of the legislators. That’s why they that armed confrontations leave ‘Costs of War Project’, only con- a country that has essentially been politicians, and so on, all have their times and again urged the National Unity Government (NUG) to behind are far reaching. Scars of solidate and reiterate the views that marooned beyond recognition, ulterior motives. They are all in sorrowfulness and grief that wars I’ve come to hold about this orga- turned topsy turvy by its corrupt cahoots with each other. Pakistan avoid any delay in the parliamentary election. The other day’s bring to the teeming millions are nised butchery. Published by the politicians and ambitious and, to a certain extent, Afghani- session of the Wolesi Jirga was a part of this ceaseless series. virtually an irremovable reality, a Watson Institute for International army. Today, it presents a sad spec- stan have enough will and brain The lawmakers prodded the government again for emergency memory that can’t be erased from Studies and authored by a distin- tacle of a people divided amongst power to think out the enemy the human mind’s footprint. guished scholar, Neta Crawford, it themselves; too many enemies within, drive out the forces of mass basis reforms in the electoral bodies, but this time more elo- The world has had its fair share reminds us of the incredible costs within. There was a time when scale obliteration and control the quently and in convincing way. of wars in modern times. The past of war in terms of human loss, Pakistan was reasonably placed in nefarious tendencies of their re- 100 years have seen regional and money and organisation that the the comity of nations. Now, the spective leaderships. As after June 22 the Wolesi Jirga will lose legitimacy, there- international conflicts galore with citizens of Afghanistan-Pakistan world has stereotyped Pakistan as This is a critical time in the fore, very limited options are left. One of the options is to hold rapid growth and development in (Af-Pak) have had to bear beyond a rogue state, a country spell bound histories of these nations to rise as the election as per the schedule outlined by Article 83 of the the art and tools of warfare. The the 9/11 period due to unrest and by the scourge of extremism with one and ensure that their future aspect of death and destruction struggles in their countries. its citizens faced with the fear of generations are not mortgaged to Constitution. This is the most favorite option. However, it is not has, therefore, been elevated to a Crawford points out that the suicide, drone strikes, ISIS and the parochial interests that, for viable as reforms and preparations are not in sight and the gov- whole new level of undesirable direct and indirect causes and con- Taliban attacks every day of their now, have taken over the role of ernment has almost run out of time. Another option is to convene hatred and animosity. sequences of the most arduous lives. I understand that people of the masters of their destinies. The two great wars of the wars of the 21st century have reck- Pakistan only hear what they want Peace comes with high price the Loya Jirga and bring amendments in the Constitution. The 20th century ended up in millions lessly devastated the very fabric to hear, yet, other than their poli- tag and can only be achieved Loya Jirga could also be helpful in sanctioning the current gov- of military and civilian casualties. of societies in the two extraordi- ticians, the mullahs or their mili- through lots of hard work, patience Seventeen million died during narily conflicted neighbouring coun- tary, a huge part of the blame goes and perseverance. It’s time for the ernment. The sooner the fate of the NUG is decided is better. World War I and 50 to 80 million tries. to them for allowing things to come Af-Pak nations to pull their socks Last but far from least, the government could conduct the elec- faced the ultimate fate during Although one has no hard and to such a pass. I may sound like a up, think outside the box, adopt tion in different phases, very likely on zonal-basis. This option World War II. What is often ig- fast way of authenticating data of conniving rascal but wouldn’t you unconventional ways and work nored is the fact that the story damage provided in the study, it is think that a nation has got to be toward civilising their societies. will open a time window for the authorities to complete the doesn’t end with the end of the realistic enough to make one be- really messed up to come to a Most of all, stop getting black- arrangements in easy and small steps rather than mobilizing a conflict. While famine and disease lieve that the facts given are true point where Pakistan finds itself mailed by ignorant religious inevitably make inroads into erst- and uncontaminated. Granted that at right now? ideals, open up your minds, em- whole force of the electoral commissions and state machinery. while warzones, state infrastruc- the war against terror was a much My hunch is that God, de- brace modern times, get connected It will also calm the growing frustration among public and law- tures are invariably destroyed needed necessity, the campaigns spaired by the plight, gave up on with the present, live in the now makers alike. Till oath-taking ceremony of the elected MPs, the thereby impacting future genera- have not done much justice to the the land of the pure eons ago hop- and have a vision for the future. tions who pay a heavy price in the people of Af-Pak. ing against hope that the people The writer is a Washington DC Wolesi Jirga should be barred from drafting and approving laws shape of poverty and lack of de- While almost every other hot- might steer the nation in the right based journalist who has written and international agreements. veloped setups. Emotional and shot or small fry associated with direction. It appears that the place- extensively on US foreign policy societal degradation, depression terrorism eventually ended up be- ment of His trust was an overesti- and South Asian affairs. (Courte- There is no other and better solution except conducting polls and distress that nations face is a ing in either Afghanistan or Paki- mation of the nation’s capabilities. sy: The Express Tribune) on time, because overhauling of the electoral bodies is a lengthy and time consuming process. Reforming institutes, particularly those enjoying autonomous status, is not a child’s play. It will not be a good decision to wait till reforms take place because the country is passing through critical juncture. Furthermore, it will also erode public trust as many people are already con- vinced that democracy in the country is reshaping. They believe that democracy would be converted into plutocracy, if the par- liament continued to work. Public concerns could not be ig- nored for too long, especially at such time when they are al- ready fed up with disappointing performance of their represen- tatives in the parliament. 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However, American presence in Central Asia. (ASEAN) and Afghanistan joined to India by a few hours as the Tal- tackle three evils, namely, terror- Russia and China wanted to hedge In 2005 at the Astana summit, the as the guests of the host country. iban intensified its spring offen- ism, separatism and religious ex- against the US presence in Central SCO asked the US to set a dead- This conference marked the start sive against the Afghan National tremism in the member-states. It Asia and the SCO established a line by which it would withdraw of the economic agenda of the Security Forces (ANSF) in the also aims to hedge against US he- Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure its military assets from the region. SCO. The member-states signed northern province of Kunduz. In gemony and a unipolar world or- (RATS) in 2004 with its headquar- In addition, Uzbekistan also asked agreements on the SCO Business the wake of the US-NATO with- der. At the first meeting of the SCO ters at Tashkent to coordinate the the US to vacate the Karshi-Kha- Council and establishment of the drawal from Afghanistan in 2014, in June 2001, the member-coun- activities of the member-states in nabad airbase in 2005, which was SCO Interbank Association to there are question-marks over the tries signed a convention on com- dealing with the three evils. It vacated by the US in November support regional economic coop- ability of the ANSF to hold their bating terrorism, separatism and seeks to handle areas like extradi- 2005. These developments came eration. An agreement was also fort against the Taliban. At the same extremism. Evolution of SCO as tion and information exchange as a boon for the SCO which was signed to hold joint anti-terror ac- time, there are expectations of an a Regional Security Apparatus about terrorists and disrupting struggling to assert itself in Cen- tions in the territories of member- increased role of the Shanghai Co- The regional security architecture their funding sources. It also coor- tral Asia due to active American states. The Bishkek conference in By Mohan Das Menon Pakistan’s influence, evident from in Central Asia underwent a change dinates exercises conducted by the presence. Russia and China were 2007 led to increased security co- the Taliban’s list of participants operation Organisation (SCO) in Is the strategic alliance of interests of the meeting, will not necessari- the war-torn country. in 2001 itself, when the US security forces of member-states. also worried about the NATO’s operation among the SCO mem- between USA and Saudi Arabia, ly create the best conditions for The SCO was formed in 2001 launched its ‘War on Terror’ in The 2004 Astana Declaration of ‘eastward expansion’, as it would bers. An agreement was signed to which took a decisive turn in Riy- successful negotiations between by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan in October 2001. The the SCO said that the fight against have brought the US in their back- ensure international information adh’s favour in January 1984 when the Afghan government and the SCO had condemned the Septem- the three evils was the top priori- yard. The 2005 events gave Rus- security to counter the use of in- Iran was included for the first time Taliban. Pakistan’s vision for Af- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and in US State Department’s list of ghanistan’s future is not shared by Uzbekistan. The official birth of ber 9/11 attacks on the US and ex- ty for the SCO and it will also fo- sia and China a new opportunity formation for anti-state activities. “state sponsors of terrorism”, in everyone, not only in Kabul but the SCO took place in 2001 but tended support to its operations cus on efforts to tackle illegal drug to rally the Central Asian states The member-states agreed that sta- jeopardy? Is Washington losing its also in the Taliban itself. the organisation was preceded by against terrorism in Afghanistan. trafficking in the region. Mongolia against the US. By this time; the bility and security in the Central grip over the “war against terror” It is China’s role in the contro- the ‘Shanghai Five’ formed in 1996 The SCO was institutionally un- was accorded the observer status SCO’s organisational structure was Asian region depended on the following incredible gains made by versial initiative that should be a derdeveloped at that time and was in the SCO at the 2004 summit. In in shape as its secretariat had been strength of the states which can be the ISIS inside Iraq, Syria and else- cause for concern for New Delhi. at the behest of China and includ- where? Would the new alliance China’s involvement in the Afghan ed Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyr- not interested in giving any practi- the same year, the SCO secretariat set up and its anti-terrorism cen- guaranteed by regional organisa- Pakistan is attempting to forge theatre is growing. Beijing is in- gyzstan, Tajikistan and China. cal help to the US. However, its was established in Beijing as the tre was also operational. This al- tions like the SCO. At the 2008 between China and the Taliban fur- volved in all major dialogue for- Uzbekistan was not a member of members engaged with the US on main permanent executive body of lowed the grouping to go for for- Dushanbe conference, the SCO ther impinge on US security in Asia mats related to Afghanistan, includ- bilateral basis to help its anti-ter- the Organisation. The 2005 events mal expansion in 2005 as it includ- agreed to consider permanent and thwart any chances of recon- ing at the United Nations, the the Shanghai Five. China wanted ciliation between Delhi and Islam- Shanghai Cooperation Organisa- to use the Shanghai Five to solve rorism operations. Uzbekistan of- in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan ed India, Pakistan and Iran as ob- membership for its observers. At abad? tion, the Istanbul dialogue, the its border disputes with other mem- fered its Karshi-Khanabad airbase brought the role of the US under servers; this further boosted the the 2009 Yekaterinburg summit, While answers to these ques- ‘China-Afghanistan-Pakistan’ dia- ber-states. It signed treaties with and Kyrgyzstan gave the services the scanner in Central Asia, as it SCO’s reach in South Asia and the the SCO Counter-Terrorism Con- tions are not easy to find, the fact logue and the ‘Russia-India-Chi- these countries to have peaceful of the Manas airbase to the US. was seen as supporting the ‘co- Middle-East. The new found con- vention was signed by the mem- remains that US initiatives for glo- na’ format, not to mention the ac- Tajikistan too had provided its ter- lour revolutions’ in the post-Sovi- fidence of the SCO as an organisa- ber-states, and this cemented the bal peace are no longer delivering tive bilateral Sino-Afghan contacts. borders in 1996 and followed these results. This is visible in some of In the summer of 2014, the by signing a treaty next year to ritory to the US for the latter’s et space to promote democracy tion was visible in its 2006 confer- legal framework for counter-terror- the most vulnerable parts such as Chinese Foreign Ministry intro- reduce the military force along the operations. These Central Asian and human rights. This raised ence held at Shanghai when all the ism interaction within the SCO. Sri the Persian Gulf, West Asia, the duced a position of special envoy border areas. Uzbekistan was add- countries saw US presence on alarm-bells in Beijing as well, as it four observers attended the meet- Lanka and Belarus were given dia- Slavic Region, Afghanistan and oth- to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and their territory as a security against feared that the Uyghur problem ing. In addition, representatives logue partner status in the SCO at er conflict zones of South Asia, named Sun Yuxi, a former ambas- ed as a new member to the Shang- South China Sea and Africa. If one sador to Afghanistan in 2002- hai Five in 2001 and it was re- terrorist groups in Central Asia like could be externally exploited. from the Commonwealth of Inde- this summit. (Continued…) goes by the thumb rule that ‘pos- 2005, to the post. itive expectations bring positive If the Urumqi meeting leads to changes’, in the world of today it full-fledged negotiations between A winning strategy for is negative expectations that rule Kabul and the Taliban, it will be a the roost with little space for dy- political outcome supported by The story of Bush and namics of positive transformation. Beijing to achieve a certain goal. the anti-ISIL coalition A secret meeting between rep- China’s goal is not only to achieve was still willing to spin words, resentatives of the government of a political solution to the Afghan obfuscate and complicate matters By Andreas Krieg fighting power, whereby precision Afghanistan and the Taliban on problem through peaceful negoti- in order to wriggle out of respon- air strikes would cause the Taliban Blair’s great lie sibility for taking the US and its When General Allen, US presiden- to disperse while the Northern Al- May 19-20 in Urumqi, the capital ations. It would also give China an of Chinese Xinjiang’s Uygur Au- opportunity to establish stable allies into Iraq, it was not able to tial special envoy to the coalition liance could mount concentrated tonomous Region, acquires a spe- channels of communication with members were killed in Iraq be- pierce his confidence, and he against the Islamic State of Iraq and attacks against smaller pockets of cial significance in this backdrop the Taliban, while getting a better By Lana Asfour tween 2003 and 2014. Surveys showed no trace of self-doubt. the Levant (ISIL), came to Doha dispersed Taliban resistance. Dis- due to three factors. First, the Af- understanding of the capabilities vary about the number of Iraqis Multiplicity of voices Amir’s film just a day after the Paris Summit, enfranchised Sunnis To apply this ghan government was represented and limitations of Pakistan in Af- Tony Blair’s not entirely unexpect- killed, and they range from offers a different perspective with he had one message to deliver to scenario in Iraq, Washington and by a very senior official, Moham- ghanistan. ed resignation from his job as Mid- 150,000 to over a million. For Ira- its multiplicity of voices and its US allies in the Gulf: The campaign Baghdad need to provide disen- med Masoom Stanekzai, the act- Unfortunately, both the UPA dle East peace envoy last month - qis, the war not only destroyed focus on the anti-war movement against ISIL is a success. Faced with franchised Sunni communities with ing defence minister since May 24. and the current NDA governments and the ensuing Twitter jokes the state and its political, military, that gathered pace and exploded recent ISIL advances in Ramadi and a viable strategic alternative to ISIL The high level of representation is have so far failed to interpret Chi- about it - coincide with the UK social and economic institutions; into the world’s biggest internation- Palmyra, the US is on the defen- and the Shia-dominated system unprecedented. Second, the Paki- na’s all-encompassing, multidimen- release of a documentary film that it also decimated a society with a al demonstration. We also hear sive against allegations that the cam- put in place by former Prime Min- stan’s Inter-Services Intelligence sional economic plans and linking firmly puts him and George W long-standing mix of ethnic and many testimonies from those di- paign against ISIL lacks political ister Nouri al-Maliki. Like in Af- (ISI) was actively involved in the ingresses into India and South Asia. Bush at the centre of this centu- religious groups, some of which are rectly involved in policy, includ- will, discernment and resolve. Most ghanistan, it is important to pro- organisation of the meeting which China released its latest de- ry’s Middle East disasters. now locked in sectarian struggle or ing Hans Blix, various politicians importantly, the US has to show vide Sunnis with a motivational reportedly proves Islamabad’s de- fence white paper, its ninth so far, Amir Amirani’s We Are Many, even threatened with extinction. To and Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, its partners in Doha and Riyadh cause. Only when Sunni commu- sire for a peaceful settlement of on May 26. With the last paper in released in the UK and screened at this day, the film reveals, 25 per- Colin Powell’s chief of staff at the that the strategy against ISIL does nities feel that resistance against the situation in Afghanistan. 2013, China had changed the for- the Hay Festival last week, tells cent of Iraqi children live with time, who makes the moving ad- not rely on US air power alone in ISIL can lead to sociopolitical en- Third, China, which hosted the mat from an all-encompassing pa- us the story of how we went to chronic malnutrition. I first got to mission that he would gladly sac- supporting mainly Shia militias on franchisement and de-marginalisa- meeting, showed that it wants to per to a thematic focus on a spe- war in Iraq, and simultaneously know Amirani, the film-maker, a rifice his own freedom if the ad- the ground. It also involves the en- tion, will they rise up against a be more involved in the Afghan cific topic. The current paper fo- celebrates the biggest internation- decade ago, when he was already ministration for which he worked franchisement and empowerment monster many have come to terms problem than it has before. cuses on “China’s Military Strat- al anti-war demonstrations ever talking about this project. Nine could be punished for what it did. of Sunni communities. Iraqi PM with out of sheer desperation. On The fact that the three-way egy”. seen. On February 15, 2003, mil- years in the making, the film is a We are offered a wealth of insight - asks for more support in fight the strategic level, a move towards meet took place days after Prime Though the 9,000-word paper lions of people in around 60 coun- labour of love. Indeed, in a panel and amusing anecdotes - from ded- against ISIL In a speech delivered sociopolitical decentralisation em- Minister Narendra Modi’s China names only three countries—Ja- tries and over 800 cities marched discussion after the UK opening, icated activists, who risked jail sen- at the US-Islamic World Forum in powering provincial capitals can visit makes New Delhi’s silence on pan, Taiwan and the US—in con- in a coordinated effort to stop the Amirani said that he had started tences and job losses. There is also Doha, General Allen asserted that be the most powerful counter-nar- its ramifications somewhat mys- frontational terms and does not impending war on Iraq. It was the out “wanting to tell the story” but an interesting perspective on the the long-term struggle against ISIL rative to ISIL. Operationally, Sun- tifying. Perhaps, the South Block mention India, it is a reminder of biggest demonstration ever seen in quickly moved onto “needing to 2011 Egyptian revolution, which must involve Iraqi communities. ni volunteers need to be merged considered it prudent to withhold China’s emphasis on military London, with 1.5 million, in tell it”. And although it is a well- Egyptian activists in the film traced While the US will continue to pro- by embedded Western commandos its comment till due verification of modernisation and the inevitabili- Madrid with 1.5 million, and in known story, due partly to the to the 2003 Iraq war protests, rath- vide the strategic umbrella for the into a coherent fighting force - a facts. ty of increasing incursions into Rome with 3 million. Despite this, Chilcot Inquiry, it is right that a er than to social media and the campaign, the main thrust on the force that can engage ISIL on the Clearly, the primary reason India’s maritime space. the US, UK and their allies invad- film should come along now to re- Tunisian revolution less than a ground against the jihadists has to ground while simultaneously win- why Pakistan and China chose to The paper said the PLA Navy ed Iraq in March 2003, three weeks mind us. Clearly and concisely, month earlier. Some of the anec- come from local proxies, he argued. ning over the hearts and minds of host the secret negotiations is that “will gradually shift its focus from before Hans Blix, head of the weap- through interviews with an im- dotes by pop stars, actors and Mistrust, fear and animosity Allen liberated communities. This new it enabled Islamabad to increase its a sole strategy of offshore waters ons inspections mission in Iraq, pressive array of politicians, in- business moguls sit uneasily with maintained that it is essential that Sunni proxy could act as a credible influence over the political pro- defence” to a combined one of “off- had been allowed to finish his job ternational lawyers, anti-war ac- the dreadful facts of the story, and Sunni areas are liberated by Sunni force multiplier providing the coa- cesses in Afghanistan. In earlier shore waters defence and open seas and fully confirm that Saddam tivists, journalists, former allied are perhaps over-emphasised at popular mobilisation forces - and lition with intelligence for its pre- years, Pakistan felt that its partic- protection”. It also warned that Hussein was not hiding weapons service members and a host of the expense of an overarching vi- not overrun by Shia militias whose cision-strike capability. As a con- ipation in Afghan affairs was de- “certain disputes over land terri- of mass destruction. Bush and high-profile figures and celebrities, sion. For instance, Richard Bran- relations with local communities sequence, ISIL's hybrid tactics of liberately limited by other coun- tory are still smouldering”. With Blair did not want Blix to finish Amirani tells the story of Bush and son’s attempt to fly Nelson Man- are characterised by mistrust, fear, constantly dispersing and concen- tries, demonstrated by NATO’s China only having unresolved land his job, and they certainly did not Blair’s great lie. Errol Morris’ 2014 dela to a meeting with Saddam to and animosity. These remarks came trating would be undermined. A decision not to invite Pakistan to boundaries with India and Bhutan, care about the massive, democrat- film, The Unknown Known, con- convince him to step down is in- a day after regional coalition part- capable Sunni proxy The coali- the Lisbon summit in 2010. Paki- the statement is a reference to the ic peace protests. What they want- sisting of an interview with Donald teresting, but seemed like an unre- ners in Paris lobbied the US for a tion's control of the air will make stan had felt its influence curtailed boundary dispute with India. ed was to wage a war on Iraq in Rumsfeld, also touched on the alistic last-ditch attempt. A more more proactive engagement of Sunni it difficult for ISIL to mount con- during the tenure of Hamid Karzai Menon is a former additional order to control its oil reserves, at subject of responsibility for the serious problem in the film is the tribes and communities. In an ef- centrated attacks without being as President of Afghanistan. secy, Cabinet Secretariat. (Source: any cost. Huge cost And the cost Iraq war. While it revealed the pro- insistence that the 2003 anti-war fort to maintain the integrity of the targeted from the air. At the same However, the strengthening of The New Indian Express) was huge. 4,491 American service digious extent to which Rumsfeld movement eventually led to real "Coalition of the 60", the US needs time, dispersion would expose the success because parliament voted to deliver on their rhetoric. So far jihadists to the concentrated against UK Prime Minister David the coalition has failed to do so. punch of a capable Sunni proxy. Cameron’s proposal to enter war The recent pledge of allegiance to The simultaneous loss of popular in Syria, which in turn influenced the "Islamic State" by influential support would deprive ISIL of its Obama to stay out of Syria. It is tribal leaders in Anbar province un- centre of gravity, particularly on ETTER TO THE EDITOR certainly true that international le- derlines the fact that left without a the fringes of its territory. Certain- gal procedures were followed in viable prospect for enfranchise- ly, such a strategy would not be the case of proposed intervention ment, Sunnis will turn their back without risk. Tribes might aban- in Syria. However, staying out of on the coalition and its Shia prox- don their master to pursue their Syria in itself can hardly be con- ies on the ground. Washington and own agenda, arms and money sidered a victory for the anti-war Baghdad need to provide disenfran- could escalate levels of violence, Drone attack in Khost chised Sunni communities with a Iran and its proxies in Baghdad movement and the spirit of 2003. At least 34 people were killed in a drone strike in eastern Khost province. The strike took place when a number of locals were attending a funeral State of ruin Syria is in a state of viable strategic alternative to ISIL might see it as a major threat. None- ceremony for a slain Taliban commander. Former President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack, and said it was conducted uncoordinated because ruin, and both the West, with its and the Shia-dominated system put theless, cosmetic solutions will civilians were among participants of the event. loss of appetite for war after Iraq in place by former Prime Minister only cause Iraq to further swirl Later on Saturday, a delegation found that 15 of the victims were civilians. and Afghanistan, and the UN Se- Nouri al-Maliki. The experience down the spiral of death. So far, The ex-president was always against drone strikes by US troops as he believed and still believes that the air raids often target houses of curity Council failed to prevent of Afghanistan provides useful les- risk aversion particularly in the Afghans which result in killing and wounding of civilians. war through negotiation, diploma- sons for the counter-ISIL scenario. West, has not only left local com- The international troops should launch the attacks after coordination with Afghan security forces in a bid to prevent civilian casualties. cy, and sanctions. And even if this The so-called Afghan Model refers munities exposed to powerful tran- Another thing that the forces should do is to target militants’ hideouts, not civilians’ houses. There is no room to bear the brunt of such mistakes was too much to ask, the interna- to the 2001 employment of indige- snational forces but has also ob- by foreign troops. As well as, the Taliban militants are requested to join the table of negotiations with the Afghan government, because there war tional community has failed to al- nous Afghan tribes as force multi- structed constructive efforts by will bring nothing but calamity and chaos in this country. The more they continue conflicts, the more they will be hated by Afghans. leviate the suffering of millions of pliers for US Special Forces and allies in the Gulf to take matters in Parwiz Azizi, Qala-i-Fathullah, Kabul refugees, most of whom are wom- airpower against the semi-conven- their own hands. Finally, the situ- en and children, made homeless and tionally fighting forces of the Tali- ation in Iraq must not be divorced hungry by the conflict. Nor has it ban regime. The key to the initial from the ongoing civil war in Syria provided adequate support to success of the Northern Alliance where the coalition continues to Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s those neighbouring countries - against the Taliban regime in 2001 struggle to agree on a common stra- name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon - was first due to the high motiva- tegic endgame. Like in Iraq, the who are hosting the Syrian refu- tion of Afghan tribes to finally oust opposition currently trapped be- gees and creaking under the politi- Mullah Omar and his followers tween ISIL and the regime, needs a cal, economic and social strain of from Kabul; and second, the tribes' realistic prospect of sociopolitical it. A generation of children is grow- operational skill of warfare. Strate- empowerment as well as direct ing up in refugee camps, without gically, the Northern Alliance saw military support to retake those Disclaimer: proper shelter, adequate access to the US as a partner with shared territories lost to ISIL. Andreas water, sanitation and health ser- objectives. Operationally, embed- Krieg is an assistant professor at vices, and without education. And, ded Special Forces were able to the defence studies department of The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) of course, after destroying the Ira- maintain direct lines of communi- King's College London and a stra- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. qi state, the West failed spectacu- cations between tribesmen on the tegic risk consultant working for larly to provide a viable structure ground and US airpower. The US governmental and commercial cli- with which to replace it. had effectively created a hybrid ents in the Middle East. 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Rohingya migrants trapped in tussle between Myanmar and Bangladesh MAUNGDAW: Unwanted by Arriving at one of the camps, dollar industry into disarray, has Bangladesh and unwelcome in the men bathed for the first time in sparked international condemna- Myanmar, hundreds of stick-thin days and received urgent medical tion. migrants found adrift at sea as a treatment, some attached to IV Both Myanmar and Bang- transnational trafficking route col- drips, as Myanmar immigration ladesh are under increasing pres- lapsed are now living in tents on a officials noted down names, ages sure to take the migrants back and frontier scrubland. and addresses of migrants now at improve living conditions to stop After weeks crammed togeth- the heart of a diplomatic tussle their exodus. er on a boat bound for Malaysia, a with Bangladesh. A Myanmar immigration offi- treacherous journey many braved I want to go back to Bang- cial told AFP that most of the first to flee persecution or poverty, ladesh. I'm praying to God to be batch of 200 migrants from the they are back near to where they able to go back home quickly, said Malaysia bound boat will be repa- began. 20-year-old Shophikuu from Chit- triated to Bangladesh on Sunday The Rohingya community has tagong in Bangladesh, who like but Bangladeshi officials say they for generations been persecuted, many others boarded the boat in are still verifying nationalities, ad- denied recognition and subjected the hope of earning a better living amant they will only accept their to forced labour - AFP/File Photo in Malaysia. own citizens. The Rohingya community has Nishok, 24, is also desperate Myanmar authorities have giv- for generations been persecuted, to get back to his family, saying he en international groups including denied recognition and subjected was forced to leave at gunpoint. the UN refugee agency and Me- to forced labour - AFP/File Photo A broker asked me whether I decins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ac- Since Southeast Asia's migrant would like to go to Malaysia. cess to the camps where they are crisis erupted more than a month When I refused to go, he pointed providing food, water and care to ago, 4,500 Rohingya and Bang- his gun at me and took me to the migrants packed in tents, each shel- ladeshi migrants have been washed boat, he told AFP of the moment tering around 15 people. ashore, and the United Nations he was cornered by traffickers in But their onward journey re- estimates that around 2,000 oth- Cox's Bazar, an impoverished mains unclear as the groups are ers are still trapped at sea. coastal region in Bangladesh where assessed to determine their nation- Myanmar found the boat of around 300,000 Rohingya refugees alities. Most of Myanmar's 1.3 733 Rohingya Muslims and Bang- eke out a life alongside poor Bang- million Rohingya have no citizen- ladeshis, majority men but also ladeshis. ship and are considered by the gov- women and children - abandoned There have been previous re- ernment to be illegal immigrants by people-smugglers late last ports of migrants being forced to from Bangladesh. month, and eventually allowed make the dangerous journey south Rohingyas have fled Rakhine them to disembark in its western as brokers can earn hefty sums in in the tens of thousands since 2012 Rakhine state Wednesday. the lucrative trade by demanding when deadly communal violence

Five years ago in Egypt, the death sentenced to 10 years in jail fol- Mahmoud Afifi, an opposition Yet Saeed s anniversary this of Khaled Saeed - a man who post- lowing a retrial in 2014. activist. On contrary, the enmity year was far more subdued than in humously became an icon of a rev- But many still think the case has increased. previous years. olution that toppled longtime Pres- remains unresolved. What is happening now isn t Khouli noted that a positive ident Hosni Mubarak - in police Saeed s lawyer was quoted by too far from what happened be- gesture to mark his anniversary custody did not go unnoticed. local Egyptian press on Saturday fore the January 25 uprising, he could have been to send a delega- On June 6, 2010, Saeed was saying his family did not receive a told Al Arabiya News. tion to Saeed s mother but unfor- reportedly dragged out of an inter- death certificate officially stating The relation is still tense. tunately this did not happen. net cafe and set upon by two po- that Saeed s death was due to tor- Police are trying now to restore Justice for Saeed licemen in the northern city of Al- ture. their discourse under the Mubar- Afifi believes that justice has exandria. We will file a lawsuit to com- ak regime. We don t see real at- not been served for Saeed, even Viral images of the 28-year-old pel the interior ministry to issue a tempts to restructure the interior though the officers are in jail. entrepreneur - who was known for death certificate for Khaled Saeed ministry. Khaled s justice will be his love of fishing and his hobby that mentions that his death was a Flashback served when all Egyptians are liv- of composing music for his friends result of torture, following the The reason why Khaled s sto- ing with dignity. When citizens do The would be migrants were relatives of migrants pay release tore through the state where the - showed the young man with a court ruling, Lawyer Mahmoud ry touched so many Egyptians is not get tortured under arrest. The then driven to camps in a remote fees of around $2,000 as well as minority group face restrictions on distorted face, a broken nose, and Abdul Rahman reportedly said on because he was a normal young case of Khaled Saeed will not end region near the Myanmar-Bang- selling victims on to businesses in everything from employment to a dislocated jaw with gaps between his Facebook page. man, he had no political ties, said until the police abandons all its ladesh border, where an earlier Malaysia. family size and travel. his teeth. Many Egyptians who took to Tarek Khouli, an Egyptian lawyer tools of brutality, he said. boatload of 200 men was already Recalling the hardships of the Yet the ordeal of their recent The pictures would resonate the streets in January 2011 de- and political activist who partici- Khouli agreed, saying that being held, to wait in limbo as au- journey, where migrants were giv- journey has made some long for in the minds of many youth, who manding an end to the police state pated in the 2011 protests. what happened to Saeed remains a thorities wrangle over which coun- en only one scant meal a day, their restive home in Buddhist- just months later funneled their believe that the apparatus that led This mobilized youth who potential everyday scenario - un- try they belong to. Nishok spoke of his parents: I majority Myanmar. outrage into furious protests to Saeed s murder still exists, years are not interested in politics get less Egyptian authorities decide Neither nation has shown a miss my mother and father so I want to go back to my place against police cruelty and the au- after the downfall of Mubarak s involved, Khouli told Al Arabiya otherwise. willingness to accept them and much. I really want to see them." and see my children and parents, tocratic regime it flourished under. regime. News. We need a political will to rights groups are concerned some Cross-border wrangling Mar Moot Toyo, 25, a Rohingya Today, on the fifth anniversa- The relationship between They saw themselves in apply real reforms to the security could be pushed to the wrong side The migrant crisis, spiralled from Rakhine, said before being ry of Saeed s passing, the officers youth and police did not change Khaled, and thought what if they sector in Egypt on all levels. of the border. after a Thai crackdown on people trucked over to a camp. convicted of torturing him were much since Khaled s death, said [found themselves] in his place. Alarabiya Perilous journey smuggling threw the multi-million Dawn Expat husbands and children of Saudi women to get more benefits Foreign husbands of Saudi women are holding valid passports, their WASHINGTON - China is build- "They can find specific individu- we collected." largest hack of federal employee covered at roughly the same time and their children who come to the marriages are formally approved ing massive databases of Ameri- als they want to go after, family China on Friday dismissed the data in recent years. earlier this year. Kingdom for hajj, Umrah or visit by the concerned Saudi authorities cans' personal information by members," he said. allegation of hacking as "irrespon- U.S. officials privately said The first OPM incident has are entitled to regular residence and the marriage contracts official- hacking government agencies and The trend has emerged and ac- sible and unscientific." China was behind it. The stolen been linked to the health-care hacks permits (iqamas), Makkah daily ly documented. U.S. health-care companies, using celerated over the last 12 to 18 Chinese Foreign Ministry information included Social Secu- by Barger and another security re- reported quoting informed sourc- They said the husbands of a high-tech tactic to achieve an age- months, the official said. The Chi- spokesman Hong Lei said Beijing rity numbers and performance searcher, John Hultquist, senior es. A royal decree issued about two Saudi women and their children old goal of espionage: recruiting nese increase in capability has wanted to cooperate with other evaluations. manager for cyberespionage threat years and eight months ago gave were required to leave the country spies or gaining more information opened the way "for bigger data nations to build a peaceful and se- "This is an intelligence opera- intelligence at iSight Partners. the children of expatriate fathers like all other expatriates when their on an adversary, U.S. officials and storage, for bigger data theft," he cure cyberspace. tion designed to help the Chinese Hultquist said the same group is and Saudi mothers the same rights hajj, Umrah or visit visa expires. analysts say. said. "And when you can gain it in "We wish the United States government," said the China ex- responsible for all of them, as well as citizens in education, medical The sources said the new de- Groups of hackers working for bulk, you take it in bulk." would not be full of suspicions, pert. "It's a new phase in an evolu- as other intrusions into commer- the Chinese government have com- The Chinese government, he catching wind and shadows, but tion of what they're doing. It cer- cial databases containing large sets promised the networks of the Of- said, is making use of Chinese com- rather have a larger measure of trust tainly requires greater sophistica- of Americans' personal informa- fice of Personnel Management, panies that specialize in aggregat- and cooperation," he told a regular tion on their part in terms of being tion. which holds data on millions of ing large sets of data "to help them news briefing. able to take out this much data." "They would leverage this data current and former federal employ- in sifting through" the information The Office of Personnel Man- Barger's firm has also turned to get to diplomatic, political, mil- ees, as well as health insurance gi- for useful details. "The analogy agement disclosed that the latest up technical evidence that the same itary, and economic intelligence that ant Anthem, among other targets, would be one of our intelligence hack of one of its systems exposed Chinese group is behind the hacks they typically target," said the officials and researchers said. organizations using Google, Yahoo, personal data of up to four million of Premera Blue Cross and Em- Hultquist, declining to comment on "They're definitely going after Accenture to aggregate data that current and former employees - the pire BlueCross, which all were dis- who was behind the attacks. quite a bit of personnel informa- tion," said Rich Barger, chief intel- ligence officer of ThreatConnect, Cockroaches made me want new palace, says Erdogan a Virginia cybersecurity firm. "We suspect they're using it to under- ISTANBUL: If cockroaches infest Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pute in the run-up to Sunday s leg- and find the toilet seats, saying he stand more about who to target, someone s house or office, they moving to the old presidential pal- islative elections between Erdogan would resign if he found any. whether electronically or via hu- might put down some poison or ace in central Ankara, the Cankaya. and the main opposition leader His lawyer then filed a law- man recruitment [for espionage]." maybe call in the pest-controllers. Neither leader now uses the Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who accused suit seeking 100,000 Turkish Li- treatment and work. cision has saved the husbands and The targeting of large-scale President Recep Tayyip Er- old prime ministry offices. him of having golden toilet seats ras ($37,300) in compensation for The sources pointed out that their children from immediate de- databases is a relatively new tactic dogan of Turkey had a more radi- The new palace has been the there. Erdogan dared Kilicdaroglu slander from Kilicdaroglu over the the decree, however, did not ex- portation. They said under the new and is used by the Chinese gov- cal solution. subject of a sometimes farcical dis- to personally come to the palace golden toilet comment. Dawn empt the husbands from deporta- regulations, the husbands and their ernment to further its intelligence- The presence of cockroaches tion after the expiry of their hajj, children would be considered full- gathering. It is government espio- in his old offices, he revealed in an Umrah or visit visa. fledged Saudi citizens in terms of nage, not commercial espionage, interview, were the reason why he Under the new decision, for- Saudization quotas if they are em- the officials and analysts say. needed a vast new presidential eign husbands of Saudi women can ployed by private companies and "This is part of their strategic palace outside Ankara. transfer their iqamas to their wives establishments. goal - to increase their intelligence Erdogan s new $615 million names if they are residing in the They said the government has collection via big data theft and big presidential palace in the outskirts Kingdom and can be sponsored by directed the concerned authorities data aggregation," said a U.S. gov- of Ankara has been ridiculed by them to enter the country if they to apply the same rule to expatri- ernment official, who, like others, the opposition as the tasteless and are staying abroad. ate husbands married to Saudi spoke on condition of anonymity needless extravagance of an increas- The husbands are allowed to mothers and their children who are to discuss a sensitive topic. "It's ingly authoritarian leader. work for the private sector if they already residing in the Kingdom. part of a strategic plan." But in an interview with A- One OPM hack, which was Haber television broadcast late on disclosed by the government Friday, Erdogan said his reasons US doctors perform first Thursday, dates at least to Decem- for needing the 1,150-room palace ber, officials said. Earlier last year, palace were much more mundane. OPM discovered a separate intru- He said his old offices when skull-scalp transplant sion into a highly sensitive data- he was prime minister from 2003- WASHINGTON: US doctors hailed a complex operation as world s base that contains information on 2014 were infested with cock- first after performing a skull and scalp transplant on a cancer patient employees seeking or renewing roaches. who also received new kidney and pancreas during the procedure. security clearances and on their A guest would come to the James Boysen, a 55-year-old software developer, underwent 15 background investigations. old prime ministry office and find hours of surgery performed with the help of more than 50 medical cockroaches in the bathroom. professionals, the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston said on Once harvested, the data can Thursday. It said the surgery made be useful to glean details about key That s why we built this palace . Mr Boysen the first patient to re- government personnel and poten- Does such a place befit the ceive the simultaneous craniofacial tial spy recruits, or information prime ministry of Turkey? If a tissue transplant together with solid useful for counterintelligence. guest comes are you going to put organ transplants . The operation Records in OPM's database of them there? If they see this, what was conceptualised almost four years background investigations, for in- if they tell what they saw? he ago, but wasn t carried out until May stance, could contain a complete asked. 22, some 20 hours after doctors were Erdogan has always defended told appropriate organs had become history of where an individual has available. lived, and all of his or her foreign the building of the palace, saying This was a complex surgery because we had to transplant the contacts in, say, China. "So now it is a worthy symbol of the new tissues utilising microsurgery, said Michael Klebuc, lead surgeon from the Chinese counterintelligence Turkey he is trying to build. the Houston Methodist Hospital plastic surgery team that helped per- authorities know which American He has already hosted high- form the skull-scalp transplant. Imagine connecting blood vessels 1/16 officials are meeting with which ranking guests there, including of an inch under a microscope with tiny stitches about half the diameter Chinese," a China cyber and intel- Russian President Vladimir Putin of a human hair being done with tools that one would use to make a fine ligence expert said. and Pope Francis. Swiss watch, he said. Mr Boysen, a resident of Austin, was diagnosed Erdogan s election to the pres- with leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that attacks smooth muscle, on his The data could help Chinese scalp in 2006. The cancer was treated successfully but left a large wound analysts do more effective target- idency in August 2014 led to a on his scalp and skull. He was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of five ing of individuals, said a former musical chairs of palaces, with him and had undergone a transplant in 1992. National Security Agency official. moving to the new palace and 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES US economy Egypt s current creates a strong account deficit 280,000 jobs in at $8.38 bln Egypt's current account deficit May stood at $8.38 billion in the nine months through March 2015, com- Employers in the U.S. added a ro- pared with a deficit of $543.1 mil- bust 280,000 jobs last month and lion in the same period the previ- average workers' earnings ticked ous fiscal year, the central bank higher reassurance that the six- said on Sunday. year-old economic recovery re- Gulf Arab countries have giv- mains on track despite faltering in en or pledged to Egypt about $35 the weather-marred first quarter. The nation's unemployment billion in aid in the form of oil ship- rate ticked higher, to 5.5 percent ments, cash grants and deposits in in May from 5.4 percent the pre- Egypt's central bank since former vious month, but that was largely army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi because more people entered the deposed Islamist President Mo- labor market. The Labor Depart- hammad Mursi after mass protests ment's report Friday also had some last July. encouraging news on the wage front: The average hourly earnings of all private-sector workers rose North Dakota 8 cents to $24.96 in May, which was up 2.3 percent from a year rig count ago. Though still moderate, it has risen steadily from an annual gain of 2 percent in February. Job drops by 1 growth in May was broad-based Oilfield services company Baker and far exceeded analysts' expec- Hughes Incorporated says the tations. Forecasters were looking number of rigs exploring for oil and for a similar increase as April's natural gas in the U.S. declined by growth of 221,000. Adding to the seven this week to 868. bright news, Labor officials revised Houston-based Baker Hughes up the jobs added in March to said Friday 642 rigs were seeking 119,000 from the previously re- oil and 222 explored for natural gas. ported 85,000. All in all, the re- Four were listed as miscellaneous. port affirms the view that the dis- A year ago, with oil prices mal economic numbers earlier in nearly double the current levels, the year were largely the result of the harsh winter and work stop- 1,860 rigs were active. pages at West Coast ports. Eco- Among major oil- and gas-pro- nomic output shrank in the first ducing states, Texas lost five rigs quarter, deflating hopes that this and Colorado and New Mexico year would be a breakout year for each declined by two. Arkansas, growth. Friday's employment sta- North Dakota, Ohio and Pennsyl- tistics, however, suggest there is The President of the European ic. pushed for a five-year plan that peated his opposition to key mea- Greece s main lenders other vania dropped one apiece. still good steam left in the U.S. Parliament on Sunday urged Greece His statements come after would see debt repayments signif- sures that creditors want. eurozone governments and the In- Louisiana gained three rigs, economy, which next month en- to accept the austerity measures Greek Prime Minister Alexis icantly postponed, tied to strict The proposed measures in- ternational Monetary Fund this West Virginia was up two, and ters its seventh year of recovery creditors have called for in return Tsipras on Friday called interna- conditions. A potential Greek in- clude cutting pensions and increas- week agreed on an outline for a California and Kansas rose by one from the Great Recession. With the for relaxing bond-repayment rules. tional creditors conditions for a solvency poses contagion risks ing sales taxes, which he initially proposed deal that European offi- each. new May data, job growth has I can only warn the Greek bailout deal irrational and an for other countries, Mr. Faymann rejected after the creditors terms cials said could only be sweetened Alaska, Oklahoma, Utah and averaged 217,000 in the first five government...not to reject [our] unpleasant surprise, but said a told Austrian daily sterreich on were put to him at a meeting with marginally. Despite an already Wyoming were unchanged. months of this year. That is down extended hand, Martin Schulz final deal after months of negotia- Sunday. European officials in Brussels on deeply depressed economy, the from an average of 260,000 a month told German weekly Welt am tions is closer than ever. In an emergency parliamenta- Wednesday. The demands go proposal requires Greece to impose in 2014, but still a solid pace that Sonntag. He said the time for strik- While leading German politi- ry session Friday, called by the against the antiausterity promises further sharp austerity measures, is about double what is needed to ing an agreement was running out cians on Saturday ruled out fur- Greek premier to inform lawmak- that swept Mr. Tsipras and his left- without which lenders insist Greek absorb the population growth and and the consequences of a final re- ther concessions for Greece, Aus- ers about the state of the coun- wing Syriza party into office in debt can t be brought under con- new entrants to the labor force. fusal by Greece would be dramat- tria s Chancellor Werner Faymann try s bailout talks, Mr. Tsipras re- January. trol. Pak govt aims at Iran hopes to begin Russia oil-for-goods exports documentation of economy Russia will begin importing Irani- ISLAMABAD: The government payable as per return has been paid; an oil under a long-heralded oil-for- has proposed several provisions 2pc tax on turnover under section goods barter arrangement in the in the Finance Bill 2015 for docu- 113 (minimum tax) has been paid coming week, Iran's oil minister mentation of economy. by a person registered as retailer was quoted as saying, more than a The bill empowers the govern- who files a return below taxable year after negotiations began. ment to obtain or render informa- limit and who in the preceding tax The Kremlin announced in tion related to transactions under- year had either not filed the return April it had begun to implement taken in and outside Pakistan re- or had declared income below tax- the deal, in which Iran would ex- able limit; and 25pc higher than last port up to 500,000 barrels per day year s tax liability has been paid. (bpd) of crude oil to Russia in ex- An effective immunity from change for goods of an equivalent audit is available irrespective of the value, but traders said they saw amounts declared for sales tax pur- no signs of it. poses if the income tax is paid in "Russia will begin oil imports excess of 25pc of last year s tax from Iran this week," the semi-of- liability. This is the introduction ficial Fars news agency quoted of another form of presumptive Bijan Zanganeh as saying on Sat- garding both resident and non-res- income tax. This regime shall be urday evening, as he returned to ident taxpayers. applicable from the date to be no- Tehran from an OPEC meeting in Legal cover has been provided tified by the FBR. Vienna. to allow government to enter into A 5pc tax will be deducted "We agreed with (Russian En- agreements for exchange of infor- from those people who are remit- ergy Minister) Alexander Novak mation in addition to the existing ting education fee abroad through in Vienna that Russia will buy less provision related to agreements for banking channels. than 500,000 bpd from Iran in ex- avoidance of double taxation and It has also been proposed that change for cash, and Iran will use prevention of fiscal evasion. the input tax adjustment will not this cash to buy Russian goods As part of this agreement, a be available to non-active payers such as steel, wheat and oil prod- new section, 165(b), has been in- of sales tax. ucts from Russia." troduced through the Finance Bill All registered persons are to Iran's oil exports have fallen to enable the banks and financial be treated as active taxpayers ex- by more than half to around 1.1 institutions to provide information cept those who are blacklisted, million bpd since 2012, when in relation to non-resident persons blocked or suspended; fail to file Western powers imposed sanc- to the Federal Board of Revenue return for two consecutive months; tions aimed at curbing the Islamic (FBR) that may be required to be fail to file income tax return by due Republic's disputed nuclear pro- furnished to any other country date; or fail to file two consecutive gramme. under the agreement with other monthly or annual statements un- Iran and six countries, includ- see sanctions lifted. But the two sides still disagree on several issues, and Tehran has been working in parallel to develop what its leaders call a countries. der section 165 of the Income Tax ing Russia, reached an interim 'resistance economy' that can survive under sanctions. There have been concerns that Ordinance, 2001. agreement in early April and are Sources told Reuters more than a year ago that Iran was working on the barter deal with Russia, which they said could be worth up to $20 billion. some Pakistanis have parked their The FBR is proposed to in- working towards a final deal by Russia also lifted a self-imposed ban on selling the advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Iran shortly after the interim nuclear money in foreign countries, espe- troduce prize schemes to encour- the end of this month that could agreement, a move criticised by Western powers. cially Switzerland, but the govern- age the general public to make pur- ment lacked power to access in- chases from registered persons is- formation about such people. suing sales tax invoices. Such pro- It has also been proposed that visions exist in many other juris- the condition of obtaining prior dictions and the entitlement to approval from the commissioner prize is made on the basis of lot- MUMBAI: India is expected to has been reeling under the twin tary general D.S. Rawat said on while the situation may somewhat likely to average around $22-25 bil- for filing a revised return will now tery where the receipt/invoice of remain a major sugar producer glo- impacts of high sugarcane prices the basis of the industry chamber's stabilise for the petroleum segment lion a month till the end of second not be required if it is filed within sales tax is an eligible criterion for bally and the industry is expected and low sales realisation on sugar latest survey. since after seeing a sharp fall, the quarter of the current fiscal. 60 days of filing of the original re- payment of prize. be a net exporter in 2015-16 mar- leading to recurring losses by sug- He called on the government crude oil prices have stopped see- The shipments would im- turn. Through the bill, a new penal- keting year, says a report. ar mills and mounting cane arrears. to move fast on improving ease of ing much of drop. Petroleum ex- prove thereafter, but the upside Under the three taxes in- ty of Rs50,000 is being introduced "India will continue to be a In order to boost the industry, doing business and reducing trans- ports are related to the prices of remains limited, the chamber said. come tax, sales tax and customs for a person contravening the re- major sugar producer in the world Care said the government needs to action costs for Indian shipments. crude oil," Assocham said. However, the impact of some duty a formation of panel has quirement of placement of invoice and is expected to be a sugar sur- take steps such as increasing etha- "While it has been a weak trend In the previous fiscal, while fall in exports would not have ma- been introduced for conducting and packing list inside the import plus country for the sixth consec- nol blending, providing flexibility since July 2014, exports have been engineering goods registered a mod- jor impact on the trade balance special audit. A panel comprising container or consignment. Further- utive Sugar Season (SS), (which for use of sugarcane as feed-stocks witnessing contractions since Jan- est increase, the other two seg- since imports, too, would remain of two or more people will be em- more, offence relating to untrue runs from October- September). for ethanol production, building uary this year right through April," ments witnessed a sharp fall. muted because of the poor con- powered to conduct an audit, in- declaration and illegal removal or "Indian Sugar Industry (ISI) is buffer stocks, incentivising exports he added. Pointing out that growth in the sumption demand in the domestic cluding a forensic audit of income concealment of goods during tran- expected be a net exporter in 2015- through higher subsidy, restructur- India posted exports of $310 US this year has still not firmed economy. According to Assoch- tax affairs of a taxpayer. The panel sit has also been penalised. 16, and sugar imports, if any, will ing debt of sugar manufacturers and billion as against a target of $340 up, Assocham said a stronger dol- am, imports would remain between will consist of an officer of Inland Whistle-blowing rewarded be negligible," said the Care Rat- implementation of recommenda- billion for 2014-15. lar had hit India's exports to that $440-450 billion in the current fis- Revenue or a firm of chartered ac- As per proposed amendment, ings report. tion of the Rangarajan Committee "The trend is likely to contin- country. The Assocham survey cal, on lines similar to the previ- countant or cost and management the FBR has been empowered to The average sugar recovery for linking the prices of cane to ue at least for gems and jewellery, found that merchandise exports are ous year. accountant or any other person as sanction reward to persons who rate for cane (planted in both trop- actual realisation of sugar. directed by the FBR. provide information regarding con- ical and sub-tropical regions) is also India produces around 300- Currently, chartered accoun- cealment or evasion of tax/duty, tax expected to improve during the 350 million tonne sugarcane, 24- tants are enga•g•ed to carry out fraud, corruption or misconduct. year. 26 million tonne white sugar and audit of taxpayers. The FBR already has powers to On the consumption side, the 6-8 million tonne jaggery and The appeals commissioner has sanction rewards to its officials. report pointed out that strong do- khandsari annually. been empowered to grant a stay The proposed amendments are mestic demand from soft drink Moreover, the sugar industry for a further period of 30 days and aimed to reward persons other manufacturers, confectioneries, produces about 2,700 million li- will have to decide the case with than departmental officials who hotels, bakeries and ice-cream man- tres of alcohol, 2,300 mega watt such extended time. provide information about mal- ufacturers will support higher lev- power and multiple allied prod- The rate of default surcharge practices. els of consumption. ucts. in case of failure to pay tax de- Through the bill, the discretion- "India's relatively strong eco- According to another report, ducted or collected has been re- ary power of the FBR to issue nomic growth, stable political sit- India's exports are likely to remain duced from 18pc to 12pc. Similar- SROs (statutory regulatory orders) uation, rising incomes, a young flat or may even fall below the ly, the rate of statutory compen- has been curtailed to issues related population, and changing consumer $310 billion level achieved last fis- sation on delayed refund is pro- to national security, natural disas- consumption patterns are envis- cal, the Associated Chambers of posed to be reduced from 15pc ter, national food security in emer- aged to be the key drivers encour- Commerce of India (Assocham) Kibor plus 0.5pc. gency situations, protection of aging higher sugar consumption," said on Sunday. Retailers, who are registered national economic interests in sit- it said. "In the face of slow global de- under Sales Tax Special Procedure uations arising out of abnormal However, the report said that mand for merchandise, India's ex- Rules, 2007, will be subject to com- fluctuation in international com- sugar prices in the country are ex- ports in the current financial year pulsory and automatic selection modity prices, removal of anoma- pected to remain weak due to sur- are likely to stay flat or may even for audit of their income tax affairs lies in taxes, development of back- plus sugar stock in both domestic move backward of $310 billion, the under section 177 of the ordinance ward areas, and implementation of and global markets. figure achieved in 2014-15," As- unless name of the person appears bilateral and multilateral agree- It said the government's inter- socham said in a statement here. in the sales tax active taxpayers ments. However, it will be subject vention will become necessary to "Overall the trade confidence list; complete return of income has to approval of the Economic Co- revive the sugar industry, which is quite muted," Assocham secre- been filed within the due date; tax ordination Committee. Dawn 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES 'Unhealthily Not one, not two, Mawra underweight Hocane has signed three model' Yves Bollywood films! Saint Laurent A photo of Pakistani actress Allah, Mawra said. That is also Mawra Hocane became a subject when her film s poster will be un- advert banned of much fanfare and speculation veiled. The film is expected to be A Yves Sant Laurent (YSL) ad in after it was posted and then quick- released in September this year. Elle UK magazine has been banned ly removed from the Facebook It s a beautiful love story. I by UK s advertising watchdog for page of Dubai-based photographer can t wait till September, she add- advertising an unhealthily under- Paul Aiken on Thursday. ed. It s a beautiful love story. You weight model. As you can tell, there is good may compare it with Aashiqui 2. I According to BBC, after an reason for it to go viral. Not only wish I could share more. Elle UK reader complained that the does the VJ-turned-TV star look Talking about her co-star, model in the advert was too thin stunning but the photo is also in- Mawra said that Harshvardhan is and unhealthy, the Advertising dicative of Mawra s look in her a tremendous actor. He will win Standards Authority (ASA) cen- upcoming Bollywood film. And hearts in India as well as Pakistan. sured the advert and stated the when contacted, she confirmed The cast and crew are headed model was unhealthily under- that the picture was indeed part of to Cape Town in a couple of weeks weight in the image and the ad was a photoshoot for her debut movie. for the final schedule of the film s irresponsible. This is not the official post- shoot. Meanwhile she is grateful The black and white ad shows er. It s one of the shots from the for her fans love. I am very proud the model lying on the ground in a shoot, she told The Express Tri- of my fans and family s constant black dress and wedges. bune from Mumbai where she is support. The ASA explained the reason- currently busy working on the But this is not it. Her debut ing behind the ban and said, The film. As to the removal of the pho- film hasn t even released, yet model s pose and the particular to from Paul Aiken s Facebook Mawra has already signed two lighting effect in the ad drew par- page reportedly due to negative additional film. Her other two films ticular focus to the model s chest, comments on the post, Mawra are also Bollywood projects. I where her rib cage was visible and clarifies: It has been removed be- will share the details of my other appeared prominent, and to her cause the press release has been two films after the press event of legs, where her thighs and knees delayed by a week. There s no oth- the first one, she said. I am learn- appeared a similar width, and er problem. ing new things everyday and I am which looked very thin, particu- larly in light of her positioning and the contrast between the narrow- ness of her legs and her platform shoes. The ruling further said, We MUMBAI: Bollywood actress told the advertisers to ensure that Vidya Balan said she will strive to the images in their ads were pre- end the male-female disparity in pared responsibly. Bollywood, especially as far as YSL, did not agree with the money is concerned. ruling and stated that it did not We were always part of a agree that the model was unhealth- male-dominated society. But now ily thin but did not provide a de- with films and TV, there seems to tailed response. Elle UK told the be a prominent shift now and per- watchdog it had no comment to haps it is going to be a female-dom- make on the complaint. inated society, she said in an ap- The watchdog said that the ad pearance at Ekta Kapoor s TV must not appear again in its cur- show Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar to rent form and called on advertisers promote her upcoming project to ensure images in their ads were Hamari Adhuri Kahani. created responsibly, reported Vidya, who began her journey CNN. in showbiz with Ekta s Hum There has been a recent esca- Paanch, said she feels women are lation in the use of skinny models ruling the roost in TV. Actresses and critics are complaining that on TV get paid extremely well and that is causing a damaging effect this has to be appreciated, she said on women by promoting un- Noting several female-orient- healthy and unrealistic body im- ed films like Piku, Tanu Weds age ideas. Manu Returns and NH 10 have In April, a law was introduced done extremely well at the box-of- in France which banned the use of fice which has proven that actress- catwalk fashion models deemed to es are not mere eye-candy. be excessively thin. Vidya said: There is a huge Under the new law, modelling pay disparity between males and agencies which employ models females in Bollywood. But I m below a certain Body Mass Index sure with time, this gap would re- (BMI) level face fines or prison duce. We will definitely fight to terms. bridge this gap. The law also penalises maga- zines which fail to state when pho- tos have been retouched with a Sargam: The fine of 37,500 or up to 30 per cent of the amount spent on the shrine where a advertising featuring the model. She also revealed that her de- more than thankful for getting to This is not one event when an but Bollywood film will feature live my dream at this age. ad has been banned for featuring Telegu actor Harshvardhan Rane When asked if she would con- heavenly voice opposite her. This will also be sider working in Pakistani films, Harshvardhan s first Hindi film. Mawra said, I want to do a film still He was earlier supposed to star in with songs and one that has a Sanjay Leela Bhansali s Ranveer strong script. I haven t come reverberates Just two weeks after being trolled Singh, Deepika Padukone starrer across any such projects in Paki- on Twitter for tweeting about 'The A Royal kiss: Duchess of (and now superhit) film Ram Lee- stan. She is quick to add though This is where his voice soared. This Dress', Hrithik Roshan has yet la but that didn t work out. that she is proud of her sister Urwa is where it was captured on tape. again landed himself in trouble by Mawra and Harshvardhan who made her film debut with last This is where Nusrat Fateh Ali posting an inaccurate tweet about Cambridge captures According to a Times of India year s Pakistani blockbuster Na Khan slept and made his music the Manipur attack and is facing report published in March 2014, Maloom Afraad. She is working his magic. Harshvardhan s debut Hindi film on Pakistan s best scripts while I Sargam Digital and Sound Stu- Twitterati's wrath. adorable moments dio on the first floor of Malik Pla- On Thursday, news came in is titled Satra Ko Shadi Hai which work on my first love story here, za at Scheme Chowk in Allama that at least 20 soldiers were killed LONDON: The first photos of cushions, Charlotte appears to be is to be produced by John Abra- Mawra said. Britain s Princess Charlotte to- wearing a white romper suit with ham. Whether Mawra is part of I will definitely work in a Iqbal Town, Lahore was set up by and 11 others injured when mili- the giant of qawaali in 1983. As gether with Prince George, who is a matching jumper. the same film or not is unclear. Pakistani film. But right now I tants ambushed their convoy in pictured giving his baby sister a Her brother is dressed in a All the details will be shared have three films to deal with. In- Manipur in the worst such attack kiss, were released by Kensington white shirt with blue piping detail at the film s press event which will sha Allah as soon as I am done with on the Indian Army in a decade. Palace on Saturday. around the collar, cuffs and front, take place within this month insha them, she concluded. Hrithik Roshan took to Twit- The four photographs, taken and matching blue socks and ter the same day to condemn the by their mother Kate, the Duch- shorts. attack and wrote, "My heartfelt ess of Cambridge, show 21-month- One picture shows George old George sitting on a sofa hold- planting a kiss on his sister s fore- No more kids for condolences to d families of the 20 jawans killed in a mindless ambush ing Charlotte. The portraits were head, another shows him tenderly taken when Charlotte, born on looking down at her, a third shows by Manipur tribals...Salute" May 2, was around two weeks old. him looking up and a fourth shows VICTORIA, DAVID Expressing disapproval over They were taken at Anmer him smiling. the use of the word 'tribals' instead Hall, Prince William and his wife Prince George and Princess Singer-turned-fashion de- one walks into the studio still of militants in Hrithik's tweet, Kate s country mansion on his Charlotte together at home #Wel- signer Victoria Beckham, home to the instruments and Twitterati started reacting. Though grandmother Queen Elizabeth II s comeToTheFamily, Kensington who already has four chil- equipment once used by Khan the 'Bang Bang' actor corrected his private Sandringham estate in Nor- Palace, William and Kate s official dren with her husband and the space immediately strikes a mistake five hours later in a tweet folk, eastern England. residence in London, said as they former footballer David chord. A chord that reverberates Propped up by two white released the image on social media. Beckham, says the couple deep in the spine, plucking at the that read, "Correction- unidentified won't be adding to their brood memory of a man who serenaded Manipur tribal militant groups .. now. us with his melodious voice. To be more precise", the damage Asked if she would have Khan used the studio at the had been done. Here are some of another child, Victoria said: peak of his career, recording some the reactions to Hrithik's tweet: "No. I've got four! I feel like of the most eminent qawaalis in- I've done my bit." The cluding the famous Ali Da Malang Santoesha Bissesar @MsSan- here. Not all that he recorded, how- toesha: .@iHrithik Not by Ma- former Spice Girls star gave ever, was released during his life- nipuri tribals.By militant group.No birth to Harper in 2011, and time. In fact, some unreleased re- wonder ppl think actors r only a revealed it was a "lovely sur- cordings are still said to be tucked prise" when she discovered pretty face-body w/o brains she was expecting a girl, es- away safely within the confines @iBratati To err and apologize is of the studio. Khan did not just pecially as she had previous- build the studio to rehearse and human. To err and care a damn ly been told she would be record, it also became his home. about it is @iHrithik having a fourth son, reports Even when he died, Khan was Tenzing L @tenzinglungten: such models. Last year a petition femalefirst.co.uk. brought to the studio for one last @iHrithik what an ignorant man was started by a blogger in LA urg- "I was told when I had ing YSL to stop using painfully time. Any other country s govern- you are. learn the difference be- my scan that I was having ment would have jumped in to pre- thin models in its advertisements. another boy at first. I felt so tween tribals and Militants. The petition garnered 50,000 sig- serve the place and its legacy. But Utpal Borpujari @UtpalBor- lucky to be pregnant, so unfortunately, the economics of natures. whether Harper was going to property trumped its heritage. The pujari: @iHrithik: "Manipuri trib- In 2011, the watchdog banned be a boy or a girl, I felt very studio was rented out along with als" equivalent to terrorists? Should an online advert for the clothing blessed," she said. the bedroom Khan resided in. 't you be using the term "Manipu- brand Drop Dead, for using a girl However, Victoria joked Yet, there is some consolation. ri terrorists", or "terrorists in Ma- in a bikini with highly visible hip, that her daughter is a "tom- Most of the instruments and nipur"? rib and collar bones. boy" because she is a fan of equipment still work. And when Valhalla the viking @valhalla_ An ABC spokesperson told football, just like her father. Khan s nephew and heir apparent the BBC: We applaud the ASA People of #Manipur , Hrithik Ros- "Harper loves football. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan sold the for taking the necessary action to It's like a dagger going into property in 2007, it found its way han is seriously dumb or just plain ban the YSL advert on the grounds in the hands of a man in love with insensitive!!! Boy what a faux my heart! As much as she is of it being irresponsible. girly, she's a tomboy as well," Khan s music. pas....!! While eating disorders are Music director Raza Shah nev- she said. Bhaskar Papukan @Bhaskar- most often caused by underlying Although the couple are er for once doubted the history and Gogoi: @iHrithik Not by Ma- emotional issues or events, the importance of the studio he had multi-millionaires, Victoria nipuri tribals. But by militant impact of the media on vulnerable says she keeps the children come to acquire. He restored the young people can act as a danger- mixer and the instruments, beck- group. Don't blame innocent Ma- grounded and insists they oning artists to record using the nipuris. ous catalyst triggering disordered aren't "spoiled". thinking and behaviour, said the same knobs and pegs that once thang phymphu @Thang- "None of the kids have helped capture Khan s virtuoso spokesperson. ever been spoiled other than fymzz: @iHrithik r u high?? Seri- Adverts using underweight trill. Perhaps the most significant ouslyyyy?? Manipur tribal?? the way that we love them. of these acquisitions is the Tas- models are promoting a distorted They're really happy kids. cam mixer that was gifted to Khan Goshhh i dont expect such igno- image of beauty and yet this has There's always laughter in by his fans in London in 1994. rant statement from a star like u.. become the norm in the UK. the house," she added. 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. JUNE 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES World Cup qualifying matches: Afghan soccer team flux muscles to upset Syria AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The national soccer team on Sunday kicked off their train- ing sessions in Iran to prepare for its first match against Syria in 2018 World Cup Qualifier series which will be held on Thursday. According to the national team s coach, Slaven Skeledzic, supporting technical skills of the players is his top priority in order to prepare the squad to win against Syria. The national team arrived Iran last week, after their friendly soc- cer matches against Laos and Bang- ladesh. The soccer players received red-carpet welcome by Afghan ref- ugees in Mashhad Airport in Iran. Some of the national players tweeted and shared their photos on social media where they praised the warm welcome by Afghan ref- ugees in Iran. Assistant manager of the na- tional squad, Ali Askar Lali, said that the team s goalkeeper, Man- sur Faqiryar, will play against Syr- ia as he has recovered from an in- jury during training. The Afghan squad is placed in group E and will face Japan, Syria, Singapore and Cambodia in 2018 World Cup qualifying matches. Cotto knocks out Geale in 4th Barcelona were crowned kings of Europe for the fifth time after beat- round, retains ing Juventus 3-1 in the Champi- ons League final at the Olympic Woods shoots worst round Serena wins third WBC title Stadium, capping their magnificent season with a treble of titles. Miguel Cotto didn't quite break Goals from Ivan Rakitic in the of his professional career French Open title into ''New York, New York'' after fourth minute, Luis Suarez in the one of his most powerful show- 68th and Brazilian Neymar at the Top-seed Serena Williams recovered from a second-set wobble to beat ings in the city that never sleeps. end of stoppage time sealed the Lucie Safarova and win her third French Open title. He certainly could have after Catalans' second treble, following The 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 win also sealed Williams' 20th grand slam, a feat that looked difficult after illness had prevented her from practising on nearly putting Daniel Geale to their feat in 2009, after they also sleep Saturday night in retaining won the La Liga title and Spanish the eve of the final. The American looked completely out of sorts during her three-set the WBC middleweight title. King's Cup. Cotto landed a huge left hook It was a bitter evening for Juve, semi-final win over Swiss outsider Timea Bacsinszky and said she "col- lapsed" once she walked off court on Thursday. early in the fourth round and Geale who became the first team in the went down like a tree falling in the history of the competition to lose Safarova had reached the final after beating former winner Ana Ivanov- ic 7-5, 7-5 to become the first female Czech player in 34 years to reach forest. Somehow, the Australian six finals in total, having also now got up, but he wasn't staying up been defeated in their last four. the French Open final. Barca overcame a nervous start Safarova looked down and out as she trailed 4-1 in the second set. for long. when a sublime combination, in However, she rallied back to lead 5-4 but Williams showed her class Cotto landed a dozen more which all 10 outfield players to win three games in a row to serve for the match. punches, missed with a few oth- touched the ball, eventually saw Safarova was not finished yet. She broke Williams and forced the ers, then put Geale down again with Neymar feed captain Andres Ini- second set into a tie-break before winning it to square the match. a straight right. Referee Harvey esta, who picked out Rakitic to But Williams came back strongly in the deciding set and won the last Dock stopped the bout at 1:28 of score the fourth fastest goal in a six games to win the claycourt major for the third time after her 2002 and the round. The Puerto Rican cham- European Cup final. 2013 titles. pion dominated from the outset at Juve goal-keeper Gianluigi After winning the Australian Open earlier this year, Williams is in the Barclays Center and is 11-1 in Buffon, who won the World Cup contention to become the first female tennis player since Steffi Graf in New York. ''The first knockdown in Berlin's Olympic stadium in 1988 to win a calender grand slam. I was going to throw the left hand,'' 2006 with Italy, denied Barcelona "It was complicated, Lucie played very well, she's a superb oppo- Cotto said. ''As I threw it he put a second goal in the 13th minute nent, she was very aggressive," Williams said courtside in French. his right hand down and BOOM!'' with a superb one-handed save to "I got a bit nervous but it's alright, it's a dream for me. To win it (the Next up for Cotto (40-4, 33 keep out a Dani Alves shot. 20th grand slam) here is special for me because I don't always play very knockouts) after his brilliant show- The 38-year-old stopper again well here." ing following a one-year layoff came to the rescue three minutes could be a big-money fight with after the restart and Juve then Saul ''Canelo'' Alvarez later this grabbed an equaliser against the run year, a fight that is pretty much of play through former Real already lined up. ''If the people Madrid striker Alvaro Morata. want that fight to happen,'' Cotto However, Juve's joy was said, ''it will happen.''Added train- short-lived as Lionel Messi had an Woods has won this event five times [Getty Images] er Freddie Roach: ''Canelo is a effort that Buffon could only par- young guy coming up, and Miguel ry to Suarez who followed up with Tiger Woods produced the worst pion managed just one birdie while Woods had failed to break 80 after is a guy that is getting better and an almost identical goal to the Ital- round of his professional career, a carding six bogeys, two double an 81 in the 2002 British Open. better at what he does.'' That was ians'. 13-over-par 85 in the third round bogeys and the quadruple bogey. The former world number one, clear on this night, and Cotto Neymar then had a goal disal- of the Memorial Tournament at "This is a sledgehammer to the who has slumped to 172nd in the praised Roach for turning him into lowed after his header bounced off Muirfield Village. side of the head," six time major global rankings, found water haz- an even better boxer since his vic- his own outstretched hand to de- The 14-time major champion champion Nick Faldo, now an an- ards four times. tory over Sergio Martinez a year ceive the diving Buffon, much to finished off a bad day with a qua- alyst, said on Golf Channel. As was the case over the open- ago. There was no rust on Cotto, the Brazil forward's frustration. druple bogey eight on the 18th hole "Tiger is going to walk away ing two rounds he struggled to find Juventus, the second oldest to eclipse his previous worst of saying to himself, what am I going fairways, getting just seven of 14, and he worked Geale's body from team in a European final with an 82 at the Phoenix Open earlier this to do next? How do I pull this back. leaving him with 16 of 42 over the first bell. Then, when it an average age of just over 30, fought year. I'm not too sure he much can han- three rounds He sits 71st at 12- opening appeared for the money bravely but ran out of steam as Just a day after making a clutch dle all of this." over par for the tournament, 24 punches, Cotto delivered. ''Being Neymar scored with the last kick par putt to make the cut on the The round marked the third shots off second round leader away, training in Los Angeles for in stoppage time. number, the five-time event cham- time in his professional career David Lingmerth. 10 weeks and coming here and win- ning like this was a great thrill,'' Cotto said. ''Freddie has made me better at everything.'' For Cotto, American Pharoah wins the Triple Crown New York is a second home, but American Pharoah accomplished widening his lead to win going away And it was a triumph for Amer- Kentucky as the Derby favorite. few of those previous wins were one of the rare feats in sport Sat- in a time of 2:26.65 the quickest ican Pharoah's owner, Ahmed It took a vigorous ride by Espino- any more convincing than this one urday, becoming the first horse in Belmont time since 2001. Zayat, who in less than a decade za to budge Pharoah past Firing before 12,157 fans who chanted 37 years and just the 12th horse The result gave triumphant has become one of the most im- Line and Dortmund in the stretch ''Cotto! Cotto!'' from the minute ever to win the Triple Crown. closure to trainer Bob Baffert's 18- pactful owners in thoroughbred at Churchill Downs, but the colt he headed to the ring as a huge The heavily favored colt com- year quest to win the Triple Crown. racing. The 52-year-old Egyptian showed his tenacity in winning the Puerto Rican flag was waved in- pleted the quest by running away Three times previously, he had immigrant had finished second in roses. He then came back two side the ropes. The roar couldn't from seven rivals in the Belmont won the Derby and Preakness only four Triple Crown races before this weeks later and obliterated the field have been any louder had the Nets Stakes, three weeks after a rain- to encounter Belmont heartbreak. year three times in the Derby in the Preakness, dancing over a just hit a winning basket in their soaked dash in the Preakness and In 1997, his Silver Charm was (2009, '11 and '12) and once in the sloppy track to set the stage for home than when Cotto rocked five weeks after a gritty, stretch- passed in deep stretch. In '98, Real Belmont ( 12). this history-making Belmont tri- Geale the first time. duel victory in the Kentucky Der- Quiet was nipped at the wire. And One of Zayat's Derby runner- umph. by. in 2002, front-running War Em- ups, Pioneerof The Nile, is the sire Now he is a racing immortal American Pharoah's name now blem stumbled leaving the gate and of American Pharoah. The Zayat with the other Triple Crown win- Dan Henderson reverses skid, KOs Tim moves into the history books was never a factor. homebred established himself as a ners: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant alongside equine immortals like Now the 62-year-old Califor- special horse very quickly. Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Citation nian finally has his Triple. American Pharoah finished Admiral (1937), Whirlaway Boetsch in 28 seconds of first round and War Admiral. And horse rac- It also marked a breakthrough fifth in his debut race as a 2-year- (1941), Count Fleet (1943), As- Dan Henderson might be nearing Boetch collapsed along the most wins by any fighter in those ing finally has the superstar it has for the 43-year-old Espinoza in his old last August, and has been sim- sault (1946), Citation (1948), Sec- the end of his legendary mixed cage and Henderson pounced, land- organizations. He trails only hungered for a fluid athlete with third stab at winning the Triple ply brilliant ever since. This was retariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977) martial arts career, but he proved ing several powerful hammerfirsts former nemesis Wanderlei Silva, a massive stride who seems to Crown. Espinoza had been the rid- his seventh straight victory at six and Affirmed. Saturday in a first-round knock- at the end, forcing referee "Big" who had 27 wins. float over the ground. er on War Emblem, and on Califor- different racetracks. It took 37 years for a new out of Tim Boetsch that he's not John McCarthy to stop it as Boet- Whether Henderson, who will The last horse to win all three nia Chrome last year. He is the first After dominating the compe- horse to join the sport's most se- there yet. sch was defenseless. be 45 in August will be around long of North America's biggest races native of Mexico to win the Triple tition in Arkansas in March and lective fraternity. American Henderson's famous right hand "I wasn't going to let him off enough to get the four wins he was Affirmed in 1978. Since then, Crown. April, American Pharoah came to Pharoah is a worthy inclusion. connected landed on the button the hook," Henderson said. "I needs to become No. 1 is debat- 13 horses have come to this his- just seconds into their middle- able. What is not in doubt, though, toric track having won the first two weight match Saturday in New is his punching power. legs of the Crown. All had failed Orleans, leading Henderson to a Henderson's coaches were con- (with I'll Have Another scratched victory in just 28 seconds. fident heading into the fight in part prior to the 2012 running), raising It snapped a two-fight losing because Boetsch's aggressive, at- doubts whether the quest was still streak and reversed a skid in which tacking style played into Hender- attainable for the modern thorough- he entered having lost five of his son's strength. And it proved out bred. previous six bouts. He's all but a in the early seconds of the bout. In front of a roaring crowd, lock for the pioneer wing of the It felt good for Henderson, American Pharoah eradicated UFC Hall of Fame and, at 44, knew I had him hurt. The fight was who spent much of the fight's those doubts in stirring fashion, many were questioning whether almost over and I just wanted to build-up fending off questions going wire-to-wire at the Belmont, he'd reached the end of the line. make sure it was done." about retirement. beating second-place finisher But he looked like the Hendo Dan Henderson applies the "It's nice to know that when I Frosted by 5½ lengths. of old on Saturday. The aggressive finishing blows on Tim Boetsch say I'm not done and nobody be- Pharoah didn't break well from Boetsch came forward, as expect- during their fight Saturday in New lieves me to come out and prove the gate, but it didn't matter. Jock- ed, and paid a heavy price. After Orleans. (Josh Hedges/Getty I'm not done yet," he said. ey Victor Espinoza steered him to Henderson landed the straight The win put Henderson back It was a terrific card filled with the lead, which he never relin- right, Boetsch wobbled but re- on the familiar side of the ledger extraordinary finishes, but at the quished. mained erect. Henderson then and gave him his 24th win in UFC/ end of the day, it was Henderson As he came down the stretch, caught him with a knee and a blis- PRIDE/Strikeforce/World Extreme who stole the show, as he has so American Pharoah never slowed, tering right uppercut. Cagefighting history, the second many times in the past. 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. JUNE 08 . 2015-Jawza 18, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:303 Price: Afs.15

Mortar shells Rift between NUG leaders killed wedding guests: Ghazni exacerbates insecurity: residents Meshrano Jirga GHAZNI CITY: Residents on Sat- urday disputed official claim that By Akhtar M. Nikzad JALALABAD: The Islamic State tary corps were equipped with seven people, including women KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga Nesar Ahmad Haris, a senator (IS) group has captured some ar- helicopters for combat operations and children, were killed on Fri- eas from Taliban militants in east- and transferring injured security (MJ) or Senate on Sunday lambast- from Kabul, said the government day in a roadside bombing, saying ed the National Unity Government is solely responsible for killings of ern Nangarhar province and has personnel. Previously we did not the wedding guests fell prey to started fresh recruitments in neigh- have helicopters to shift wounded (NUG) leaders for their failure to Afghan soldiers and policemen mortar shells fired by security forc- overcome insecurity challenges. because the leaders were busy in bouring Kunar, a military com- soldiers to central hospitals, but es in southern Ghazni province. mander said on Sunday. now we have them, he said. Expressing serious concerns power struggle. The leaders An official said on Friday the over fall of Yamgan district of Bada- [President and CEO] are trying to Maj. Gen. Mohammad Zaman About an under construction seven persons were killed and an- Waziri, the Selab Military Corps hospital for the corps, he said that khshan province to the Taliban, the appoint their nearest but untalent- other six were injured in a land- senators said that due to rift be- ed supporters at important gov- commander in the eastern zone, the hospital would help treat all mine blast that struck a vehicle told Pajhwok Afghan News in an wounded soldiers on the zone lev- tween President Ashraf Ghani and ernment positions. They forgot to carrying wedding guests near the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) defend the country, he said. interview that there had been sev- el. Previously they would take provincial capital, Ghazni City. eral fights between the two rival wounded soldiers to Kabul hospi- Abdullah Abdullah, the security He said that differences be- But Lal Mohammad, a resident situation is deteriorating rapidly. tween the two leaders would fur- groups in Shinwari zone during the tals, he said. (Pajhwok) of Naughi village, told Pajhwok past few weeks. They said that security offi- ther deteriorate the security situa- Afghan News mortar shells fired cials in the provinces were incapa- tion. He said the Taliban and IS by security forces caused the cau- fighters had clashed repeatedly in Kuchi elders urge govt to probe drone strike ble of dealing with the insurgency Deputy Chairman of the Me- salities. while the central government was shrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Nazian, Achin, Dur Baba and Sp- Guests had arrived to attend inghar districts, with the sides suf- KHOST CITY: Kuchi tribe elders Gul Marjan, demanded punish- digging of graves and participating the wedding yesterday when one not seemed much concerned. Ezidyar, said the government has fering casualties. on Sunday held a protest gather- ment for the killers to prevent such in funerals. He urged the govern- mortar shell fell near a house and Members of the Meshrano Jir- no security plan for defending the Our information shows Tali- ing to condemn Friday s drone incidents in future. ment to punish those responsible another nearby it which killed at ga said that the NUG leaders were country against anti-state ele- ban militants, who were active in strike that killed several people "Those involved in Friday s for the drone strike. least seven people including wom- engaged in a tug of war over ap- ments. these areas, had been forced to flee attending a funeral prayer in south- bombardment should be tried and Patan said a delegation had en and children and wounded five pointment of the incompetent Leaders of the National Uni- by the IS members, Waziri said, eastern Khost province. be made an example for others to been dispatched to the area to in- others, he added. people on key security posts. ty Government shall fulfill their adding that the IS had started re- Officials had said the drone follow in future. vestigate the issue. Another resident, speaking on They said that political differenc- promises; otherwise it will be dan- cruiting people in Marawara, Gha- targeted the burial ceremony for a Nazir Khan, an elder, regret- The NATO Resolute Support the condition of anonymity, said es between the president and CEO, gerous for future of the country, ziabad and Chapa Dara districts slain Taliban commander in the ted the current insecurity situation (RS) mission in a statement had seven people were killed and 14 absence of defense minister and he said. of neighbouring Kunar province. Bati Thani area of the Alisher dis- in the country and said attacks confirmed the drone strike and said others wounded in the incident had multi-dimensional security strate- Dozens of Taliban insurgents He said Afghan security forc- trict near the Pakistani border, kill- which resulted in the killing of in- it killed and wounded insurgents been shifted to Kabul for treatment. gy had exacerbated insecurity. attacked Yamgan district on Satur- es were prepared to launch opera- ing 34 militants. nocent people would further dete- in Khost. Taliban militants also partic- They held the mismanagement day and took control of the dis- tions against the group, but he did But residents, including a Ku- riorate the situation. "The RS had received informa- ipated in the wedding function and of provincial officials and negli- trict after several hours of clash not go into details. chi tribe representative in the na- He said people could not re- tion about civilian casualties in the the Afghan National Army (ANA) gence of the central government with security forces. Taliban militants were trying tional assembly, said the funeral strain themselves from attending attack and had started investiga- soldiers fired mortar shells when responsible for fall of Yamgan dis- Senators said that Badakhshan to find a foothold in the border was for a tribal elder and the strike social and religious rituals such as tions in this regard. (Pajhwok) the Taliban had left, killing civil- trict. The senators said that inse- province is facing serious security area, but our operation blocked all killed a total of 15 people, all civil- ians, he said, adding most of the curity would continue to haunt threats for the past two months, routes on them, Waziri said. ians. dead were school students. Afghans if the government failed but the government did not take He said the Selab Military Khost deputy governor Abdul Ghazni provincial council to wake up from the slumber . serious security measures. Corps had conducted 162 opera- Wahid Patan had earlier said the member Ismatullah confirmed the tions in seven eastern provinces dead included some civilians, but function was hit by mortar shells Iraq recaptures Baiji from killing 2,364 rebels and injuring 748 militants were in a majority. He but he did not blame any group. others during the past two years. said the drone had targeted the fu- Baz Mohammad Himmat, the This year, we also launched neral ceremony of a Taliban com- civil hospital head, told Pajhwok ISIL: Defense Ministry 28 operations in which 149 insur- mander. Afghan News five injured persons The Iraqi Defense Ministry has been raised on a local govern- gents were killed and 115 wound- But lawmaker Haidar Jan had been brought to the hospital says army soldiers and volunteer ment building in the city in ed. We would further extend the Naeemzoi and some Kuch tribe and one of them had died of inju- forces have gained control over the Salahuddin Province. operations, Waziri added. elders insisted the killed persons ries. country s northern oil refinery city Representatives of volunteer To a question about coordina- were Kuchi tribesmen. Shafiq Nang, the provincial of Baiji from ISIL militants. forces fighting with the Iraqi army tion between security organs, They were hit while returning government spokesman, denied The Defense Ministry made have also confirmed that the entire Waziri said, Few years ago the from the funeral in two pick up security forces had fired mortar the announcement on Sunday. shells and insisted on his previous "Forces have cleansed and are city has been liberated. Chapa Dara valley was known as vehicles, said participants of the Reports say ISIL militants the valley of death, the Want We- protest gathering. account that the casualties had in control completely of govern- gal district was under Taliban con- Salim Khan Naeemzoi, the son been caused by a landmine blast. ment complex, city center, Fatah have fled toward Mosul. trol for seven years, but security of Naeem Kuchi, told Pajhwok Ghulam Haider Naikpi, the mosque (main mosque) and sur- Baiji, which lies north of the forces recaptured the district and Afghan News nine of the victims 203rd military corps commander, rounding neighborhoods," Briga- Iraqi capital of Baghdad, is located ensured security in the valley. belonged to two families. refused to comment on the inci- dier General Tahseen Ibrahim, a on a main road to the northern ISIL- He said the security situation We want the president to dis- dent. spokesman for the Iraqi Defense held city of Mosul, the country s had improved on the Nuristan patch a delegation to investigate Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban Ministry, said. second largest city. highway after security posts were whether the slain individuals were spokesman, said several civilians The commander of the Interi- Baiji fell to ISIL terrorists last established along the road to Want Taliban or peaceful citizens, he suffered casualties when security or Ministry s Quick Reaction year, but Iraqi forces later man- Wegal district and in Gulsak area. said. forces fired mortar shells at a wed- Forces, Brigadier General Nassir aged to regain control over parts The commander said the mili- The Kuch council chief, Haji ding party. 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