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India-Africa Veteran ANP leader Afzal Khan Lala passes away Forum Summit: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed sorrow to them. Rest in peace, Afzal Khan Lala. Africa invites over his demise and said his death has caused a huge void Political leaders and journalists from Af- Page 4 ghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkwha sent Kabul jobless youths India to do wisher of Pashtuns. Afzal Khan out messages on social media to condole business was also an iconic writer who ex- the death of the senior leader. Afghani- erted indefatigable efforts for stan s ambassador to Islamabad, Janan Mo- decry govt s unconcern strengthening unity among Af- sazai hailed Afzal Khan Lala as a fearless ghans, said a press statement is- leader who stood up for his principles and KABUL: Tens of girls and tens of unemployed youths. sued by the former president s of- against terror and extremism until the last boys gathered in front of the The protestors were chanting Khamenei fice. The statement added that the breathe of his life. Bushra Gohar, an ANP Ministry of Labour, Social slogans of negligence of govern- prominent leader remained beside leader, said the death of Afzal Khan Lala is Affairs, Martyrs and Dis- ment officials have compelled calls for his people throughout his life. Ha- a great loss of Pashtuns. A champion of abled (MoLSAMD) to pro- youths to escape their country , Syrian elec- mid Karzai extended his heartfelt our national unity is no more. Struggle to test widespread unemploy- We want job , 13 million peo- Page 5 tions to end condolences to family and friends continue, she said. Hasan Khan, a re- crisis of the Pashtun nationalist leader. nowned journalist, called him a man of AT News Report Karzai prayed to Allah Almighty commitment. Hasan said that Lala never to rest the departed soul in the eter- changed his standpoint till his life comes KABUL: Veteran Pashtun nation- nal peace and give his family the to complete close. He joined ANP two alist and Awami National Party fortitude the bear the loss. Afghan- times only when ANP accepted his only (ANP) leader Afzal Khan Lala istan Times group of newspapers demand of including a Pashtun state as Greek banks passed away on Sunday morning also extended its grief over the death an ultimate goal in the party manifesto. due to chronic liver disease. He of the veteran ANP leader and His name will be written in golden words must find up was 89 years old. Ex-President termed his death an irreparable void. at any time in future his cherished dream to 14.4b Hamid Karzai expressed grief and It extended condolences to family, was realized. Aimal Khan Khattak, the son friends and the entire Afghan na- of the renowned late Pashtun nationalist Page 9 after ECB sorrow over the demise of the vet- ment. The protest was or- eran leader. He lauded the services tion. and poet, Ajmal Khattak, said that Afzal ple are jobless and unemploy- stress test of Afzal Khan Lala for his people. The state was inactive and the Khan Lala was a great Pashtun leader. No ganized by the Movement ment is the main reason behind Karzai described Afzal Khal Lala army was silent on the happenings doubt his death is a great loss to the Pash- against Unemployment, migration of youth to foreign as a prominent leader and a well- in Swat. This son of the soil stood tun nation, he said. civil society activists and countries . See P2

Israeli Refugees minister speaks out against germany s decision officer: 'We Referring to recent decision by agreement between the government ing matter. "We are ready to make cept the deportees outside of an nouncement has led to mounting Page 8 will gas you Germany to send the Afghan mi- of Afghanistan and the European decisions based on an agreement agreed framework." These state- criticism of German Chancellor grants back home, the Afghan Min- Union. with the European Union over the ments came after Germany's inte- Angela Merkel's decision, who af- until you istry of Refugees and Repatriation However the ministry urged matter," Afghan Refugees Minis- rior minister Thomas de Maiziere ter Europe started facing refugee die' declared Sunday that Afghanistan that the government of Afghani- ter Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi announced last week that the coun- crisis, was among the first EU lead- will not accept the deported asy- stan is ready to hold dialogues with said, adding that "The government try will send back majority of Af- ers that warmly welcomed mi- lum seekers without a mutual EU to find a solution to the alarm- of Afghanistan is not ready to ac- ghan asylum seekers. The an- grants.

What ISIS talks about when it talks 78,000 kids to Page 7 about be missed out Palestine on polio vaccine JALALABAD: As many as 78,000 children could be missed out on anti-polio vaccination cam- paign in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces due to security Why Ronda concerns, an official said on Sun- Rousey is a day. Nangarhar is the only prov- Page 11 ince in the eastern zone where six cut above more polio cases have been found. rest Officials say the new cases were found in children to families re- turning from Pakistan. A new anti- polio campaign targeting 966,000 children in the eastern zone was launched on Monday. Dr. Ashraf ISIL won t Ahmadzai, general director for get very far polio vaccination campaigns, told Pajhwok Afghan News said a to- Page 6 in tal of 87,000 children, including Afghanistan 69,000 in Nangarhar and the re- - for now maining in Kunar province, could not be administered polio drops due to insecurity. Public Health Director Najibullah Kamawal said six more polio cases had emerged in the province and the victims belonged to Achin and Haska Mina Murky US policy and district. He asked Taliban militants to allow health workers to give Editorial P6 pervasive violence in polio drops to children in order to Afghanistan save them from disabilities. MESHRANO JIRGA URGES GOVT TO TAKE UP Loya Jirga the Change Is The AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ISSUE WITH GERMANY Spice of Show- Senators demanded of the government to convene Loya Jirga eyes of the only remedy to Page 10 biz: B-town general public as soon as possible because the crisis has already become embraces the pervasive and the govt is losing its image in the deepening crises digital boom Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi world. The Meshrano Jirga came capacity to provide them jobs, he AT News Report the entire nation and the interna- into move when Germany s Fed- said. There is no legal document tional community. To know what KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga eral Ministry of the Interior said between Kabul and Berlin singed KABUL: As security, economic, some prime movers from the former (MJ) the Upper House of the that Berlin and Kabul has agreed for the deportation of Afghan ref- and political crises are deepening, government think about the cur- Parliament in its Sunday s session on kicking of deportation program ugees, he said. He said that it was Afghan women for Afghan refugees. Nisar Hares, just a telephonic conversation be- rent situation and what they think called on the government to take could be the effective way out, up the issue of Afghan asylum a member of International Relation tween President Ashraf Ghani and Page 2 entrepreneurs Afghanistan Times conducted a in Balkh prov- seekers with Germany and pave Committee (IRC) of Meshrano Angela Merkel regarding the influx the way for their voluntary repa- Jirga criticized Germany for its of Afghan asylum seekers in Ger- brief interview with Shahzada ince triation, as security and economic flawed policy toward Afghan ref- many. However, he added this ref- Massoud, a former advisor to ex- situation doesn t look promising ugees. He said that growing inse- ugee crisis is an international chal- President Hamid Karzai, and at home and if they were deport- curity and lack of job opportuni- lenge it needs to be resolved Pacha Khan Zadran, a former law- ed, it will unleash a new challenge. ties forced them to take a deadliest through Parliaments of the two maker, on Sunday. Shahzada Mas- Two weeks ago, Germany s Chan- route to Europe. Given that they countries. Another Senator from soud, said that calling a Loya Jirga Safe homes cellor Angela Merkel announced had promising security and eco- Kabul, Farhad Sakhi, said the is the only solution to the prob- playing vital that her country would start de- nomic situation, they would never forced deportation of Afghan ref- lems faced by people of Afghani- role in Nimroz porting Afghan asylum seekers as have taken the troublesome route ugees is not the solution. stan. He said the leaders of the Page 3 Berlin is grappling with a worst to Europe, he said. If Germany He called on President Ghani to different voices are being raised to National Unity Government women s safety refugee crisis in the aftermath of sends the Afghan asylum seekers, reconsider his plan of dealing with overcome the plethora of challeng- (NUG) have failed in fulfilling their security crisis across the Muslim our government doesn t have the the refugee-crisis. See P3 es, which is a cause of concern to promises. See P2

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72.10 70.60 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. NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Why I chose to return to Afghanistan now? By Suhrob Ahmad Ottawa. In a small gathering after- decades ago, I do not have any right wards, students shared the ner- to call on Afghans who will em- vousness of the uncertainty that bark on this dangerous path today. lay ahead and professors, govern- This goes as well for many of the ment officials and field profession- afghan leadership today who them- als advised on the prospect of en- selves are Afghan diaspora return- tering the real world . I was asked ees pocketing dual citizenship and what plans I had, to which I re- yet calling on young afghans to not plied; I am going back to Afghani- leave their country. stan. Being in a conflict studies But my plea is not that of our program meant everyone had a elite class who speak from a se- sound knowledge of what was go- cure and rather comfortable van- ing on in Afghanistan? So I was tage point. I do not voice our former prepared for the immediate follow president Karzai s disgraceful rhet- up question of Why? oric that stay and build your coun- The confusion and concern try who very much laid the foun- that transpired that day and has in dation for the current despair. I am fact accompanied me to Afghani- truly dumbfounded how a person stan in the last three months is un- who presided over the last decade derstandable. My family and of ailing socio-economic condition friends are worried and caution me and responsible for the misery of that for someone who has lived the nation today is still allowed to most of his life abroad, finding a appear before the nation in an ec- place for himself in here especial- centric pretentious fashion and ly with the deteriorating situations preach. is not possible . Therefore, in such My appeal to my fellow Af- dire times my return from the di- ghans is as a citizen who has lived aspora to the homeland is per- abroad and believes there is no sal- ceived to be illogical and illusory. vation in Europe and beyond. De- My return so far: spite the fact that today Afghani- A return to my homeland has stan is marred by increasing vio- delineated a whole package of so- lent insurgency and terrorism, the cio-cultural meanings. It has chances are not much worse than brought together memories and staying alive on route to Europe. longings, definite physical sensa- In Afghanistan the young genera- tions with the intangibles and of tion is unfortunately a mere target course so much that cannot be of insecurity, but by leaving and spoken. I have realized on my re- uprooting oneself, the young Af- turn that home is an intimate place ghans become dispersed moving and a significant contributor to targets. Even if one succeeds to shaping of my identity. I have no- reach the shores and borders of ticed that there is often an unset- Europe after a long tortuous jour- tling consequence for both the di- ney, what is next? Is the life pur- aspora returnee and the local pop- pose to stay alive or to live to one s ulation. Change and continuity has full potential? A foreign land can been a constant development for hardly be a resourceful prospect both me and the home. I have come for a refugee. to struggle with the question of Afghan Refugees: what correlation my return has to The total estimate of Afghan The smuggler camp where ple drowned and dozens went hid. The border police boat came grove-turned-smuggler camp in for refugees who arrive on Lesbos. the protracted conflict. diaspora stands at over four mil- Milad was waiting is ideally situ- missing after their overcrowded from over there," Milad said, mo- Turkey's northwest in the cool "From Tehran to the Iran-Tur- It is certainly true that return lions. For many Afghans who left ated as a launching point to the vessels sank. More than 100 peo- tioning to the narrow stretch of stillness of the late afternoon, Mi- key border, we came with a pick- migration is perceived as a posi- their country and settled in the Greek island of Lesbos. The island ple have died this year attempting open beach. lad finally opened up about his up truck. The capacity of this car tive sign that conflict is abating and Global North, there was a grave spreads out invitingly on the hori- the Turkey-to-Greece sea voyage. The people who had managed experiences that had made him so is 10 - and it is for sheep or ani- a return to normalcy is occur- socio-economic shock, from being zon with nothing between the On this particular day, there to avoid detention - the Palestin- reluctant to even reveal his name. mals, but we were 25 or 26 peo- ring. Returnees are often consid- once part of established elite, to ered as significant agents in the struggling new immigrants. Af- camp and the Greek shore but were only a few people preparing ian, Syrian, and Afghan refugees - His story is complex. The ple," Reza recalled. The group then post-conflict reconstruction ef- ghans who held high government 10km of open sea - seemingly with- to make the final lunge to Europe. were all scared, exhausted, and Hazara are a Persian-speaking Shia climbed for 20 hours over a moun- forts. There is a general implicit positions in the homeland, it was in arm's reach on a clear day. An hour before, the Turkish gen- uncertain about what to do next. ethnic group who live predomi- tain to arrive in Turkey where assumption that diaspora return is impossible to obtain a job in the Smugglers loaded inflatable darmerie and coastguard coordinat- But despite the risk, the refugees nantly in Afghanistan and Paki- smugglers arranged for the boat. unconditionally good as it offsets host country that would be com- black dinghies, three per hour, with ed a raid on the camp, detaining eventually returned "to find some- stan. "The capacity of that boat was the massive epidemic of brain mensurate to their previous status refugees far beyond any recom- those who didn't run in time. thing to eat". Many are fleeing the crushing 25 to 30 people. We were 49 in drain that often plagues conflict in Afghanistan. Hence, the previ- poverty that accompanies the ex- that boat Our ship filled with zones. I believe this is rather a sed- ous generation of Afghans who left treme persecution they face at water. We lost our engine [when] entary thinking that homecoming their homeland all have had to come home. But, almost universally, the the water and fuel mixed togeth- is unproblematic, and returnees to terms with socio-economic Hazara making the journey to Eu- er," Reza explained. The Turkish will be naturally re-inserted into downgrades in their host country. rope are all young, single men seek- police saw their stranded boat but the homeland once left behind. It is important also not to mis- ing an education. did not rescue them as they were I have realized that the reality construe challenges that Afghan Despite doing well academical- already in Greek waters. "We of a homecoming that does not Diasporas in the Global North ly, Milad said no school would take waved flags, shined lights, made match to the imagined and experi- face with the banality of imagery him past grade 11. "The places are noise, but they didn't care," said enced homeland is emotionally being propagated within Afghani- for Pashtuns and Tajiks only," he Reza. The people eventually de- destabilizing and arguably harder stan today. I am referring to the said. cided to row with their hands and, to settle than migrating to a new assumptions that all Afghan Di- For many Hazara, leaving Af- luckily, were able to reach land af- part of the world. The cool wel- asporas are taxi drivers, restaurant ghanistan is a family decision. The ter several hours. Ali, another come towards the returnees is a cleaners, and many other labels poverty endemic to the Hazara young Hazara who arrived on Les- general theme that emerges in the comprised for the purpose of de- means there is usually only enough bos, explained why he had taken homecoming experience. The ani- meaning. Yes, Afghan Diasporas in money available in a family to send the dangerous journey to Europe. mosity towards the returnees is Europe and beyond have histori- derived from envy of exaggerated cally faced many challenges in their one family member - the one most "My family doesn't know that I'm images of the comfortable , host countries. Afghans like any likely to succeed in the journey to here I told them that I was going easy living conditions that the other immigrant groups learned to Europe - usually the eldest son. to another province for one month. returnees have supposedly en- persevere in the face of obstacles At the port of Lesbos, Mo- They don't know that I'm in Eu- joyed abroad. that the host country structurally hammed Reza reflected on the dif- rope now. When I get to my final The experience of the returnee places upon them. Parents often ficulties he had overcome to suc- country, I'll call them and tell is not all negative as homecoming do sacrifice themselves by work- cessfully arrive on European soil. them," Ali said. In a country where can actually lead to a discovery ing labour intensive jobs in order "All of my family agreed I should their very name is a slur, few Haz- of a new sense of attachment. Con- to provide a better future for their come here," said the 18-year-old. ara see a future for themselves or sidering that life in the diaspora is children. These pervasive clichés His family, living as refugees their children in Afghanistan. And, often characterized by poverty and emerging by irresponsible propa- mended capacity and sped across What few boats remained had Despite his warm demeanour in Iran, face continuous discrimi- despite having crossed the thresh- marginalization rather than a luxu- gandists inside Afghanistan is not the straits under the cover of dark- been slashed by the Turkish au- and eagerness to practise his near- nation both from the government old into the European Union, few rious life of a cosmopolitan. In this useful in deterring the mass exo- ness. This year alone, more than thorities to prevent anyone from ly impeccable English, Milad, a 19- and other refugees and decided to of the Hazara expressed elation, respect, homecoming holds great dus. 450,000 refugees have landed in making an attempt. Life jackets year-old Hazara refugee from Af- send him to Europe for everyone's but simply relief - and even then, potential for empowering. It is The previous generation of Greece in this manner, with thou- were piled up under trees by the ghanistan, was hesitant to reveal eventual benefit. Immaculately it is often quickly put into check liberating and can be character- Afghan refugees were the largest sands arriving on Lesbos each day. dozens; they too had been slashed any information about himself - dressed in a smart button-down and with the acknowledgement that ized progressive as opposed to in the world for more than a de- The journey is often deadly. during the raid. who he is, where he came from. Ray-Bans, 18-year-old Reza, re- their journey is not yet over. a dislocated diasporic life of hy- cade and had the Western sympa- Last Wednesday at least 16 peo- "When they came, we ran and Standing in a hillside olive counted his ordeal that is typical Aljazeera brid postnationals . thy for being victims of Soviet War. Personally, my decision to re- Today an Afghan refugee has to turn has been adamantly clear for compete with growing and more Loya Jirga the only remedy to sometimes now. In such difficult desperate refugees from the Mid- times for Afghanistan, it is my re- dle East and North Africa. Many deepening crises Women entrepreneurs in sponsibility to return and provide of the states in the global north are From P1 my service. This desire to return reluctant to grant asylum to Af- Massoud said that insecurity proved helpful in bringing the coun- Balkh province under such unfavourable condi- ghan refugees because they still sell mounted after formation of the try out of crises, he added. tions might upset the postmodern to their public that their decade NUG, adding that the government He urged Afghans to remain belief that the bond between peo- long involvement in Afghanistan also failed to address economic united and said that unity is the ple, culture and nations has with- had been a success. and political crises. Leaders of only key to success. ered away. My conviction is not Afghans today leaving their the NUG President Ashraf Pacha Khan Zadran, said that based on a nostalgic reaction to the country endure being smuggled Ghani and the Chief Executive leaders of the NUG failed to fulfill hardship of displacement. Neither through dangerous routes for the promises that they had made do I aspire to be one of the many months, walking painfully, running with people of Afghanistan during opportunist Afghan Diasporas fearfully, being insulted, kicked at, 2014 presidential campaigns. The who flooded Kabul in 2002 and shot at, loved ones separated two leaders are busy in appoint- by now are back on route to their amidst chaos, and if still did not ing members of their teams in high host country with the fortune made drown or die of exhaustion, they positions, he added. in Afghanistan. reach the borders of so called safe He said that mounting chal- I have chosen to return now havens . It would be a blessing if lenges have widened distance be- precisely because there is no prom- this was the end of their struggle. tween people and the government. Thus, the only remedy to the ise of personal gain. I neither have Little do they know that their en- current crises is to convene tradi- any affiliation with anyone in during hardship will be structured tional Loya Jirga, Zadran added. power nor strive towards flashing and systematized under the guise If the government is not my foreign degree to obtain a high of immigration policies of their Officer Abdullah Abdullah ready, then people should come to salary job. I return with a simple new host country. have agreed to convene a Loya the fore to convene Loya Jirga and task of building an ICT library in Today Europe, North Ameri- Jirga within two years to amend find a way out to current challeng- my home town. What I endeavour ca and Australia is a much more constitution and create position es, he added. He said that the neither fits in a NGO template nor different host for asylum seekers. of acting prime minster. Howev- government should respect what- meets the donor demand. So as These countries are in most part er, calling constitutional Loya Jir- ever decision the Loya Jirga takes. expected, I am struggling. enduring an economic recession ga is not possible, because the Zadran added that they don t have Why I write: that has led to re-emerging right Wolesi Jirga s tenure has official- enmity with the government, but In a time when the refugee cri- wing nationalism and a substan- ly ended and we don t have dis- their concerned about stability of sis has taken the front and center tive Islamaphobic segment of a trict councils so far, he said. Afghanistan. of the world s attention, it is in- population. It is not just a ques- Masoud said that people urge the In the meantime, a member of Through the UK funded business six years. She now runs a small which required more work and took deed a perplexing read of some- tion of challenges of cultural shock government to convene a tradi- the Mesrano Jirga, Zalmai Zabuli, one s voluntary return to a con- and integration for immigrant com- tional Loya Jirga to find a solu- called on the government to con- support program in Balkh, wom- business which provides job op- a long time. But now we knit more tion to current crises. Through- vene Loya Jirga immediately in en like Raqiba, a mother of seven, portunities for 40 other women clothes in less time. flict zone. Particularly, when the munities in the host society. It goes out the history Loya Jirgas have order to overcome current crises. are becoming successful entrepre- who live in rural areas on the city Support from AREDP has return destination happens to be beyond structural violence as the neurs. outskirts. These women earn an helped Raqiba to expand her busi- the second largest exodus of the attacks on immigrant communities current refugees crisis. Tragically, and Muslim immigrants in partic- Kabul jobless youths decry govt s unconcern Although Raqiba had worked average of between 1,000 Afgha- ness, including managing her finan- as a shopkeeper, she did not have nis ($18) and 4,000 Afghanis ($70) cial accounts. Raqiba says: Peo- Afghans are again leaving their ular is a documented concern in from1 The protestors had also hoisted red card and said that they the experience of running a pro- a month. Raqiba uses raw materi- ple have seen my work from the country by thousands daily. The most of these refugee hosting coun- give red card to the government for its performances. The demon- fessional business until four years als she imports from India, Paki- beginning. My work has changed causes are escalating insecurity and tries. strators accused the MOLSAMD of negligence and stressed that 13 ago, when she was trained in a pro- stan, and Iran to produce various so markedly and has improved af- more than a decade of economic Afghans who choose to flee million people are unemployed and the government is yet to take any gram supported by the Afghani- handicrafts including vases and ter the training. Habiba Rasuli underdevelopment that has be- quite understandably have all the action. Hafiz Akhgar, a member of the Movement against Unem- come quite difficult to bear. rights to do so, but should be in- ployment, said that they staged the protest to give vent to their anger stan Rural Enterprise Development cloth. was also trained in knitting by Return migration is an emerg- formed on what awaits ahead in against the government for its negligence in creating job opportunities Program (AREDP). Every item in Raqiba s shop Raqiba and is considered a master. ing phenomenon and I am certain- their destination. It is the respon- for unemployed youths. Around 50 days ago the movement launched For the last four years she has is made by her creative colleagues She now runs her own handicraft ly not alone. There are thousands sibility of all concerned including a sit in before the parliament to urge the lawmakers to address the been selling Balkhi women s hand- whom she trained in tailoring, knit- and clothes shop in the market. of young dedicated Afghans who the Afghan diaspora to share their challenge of joblessness. He said that widespread unemployment icrafts in her shop in Rabia Balkhi ting, needlework, and embroidery. She says: Many women have have voluntarily returned and are experience. In my return as I share leads to drug addiction, insecurity and illegal immigration of youth to marketplace in Mazar-e-Sharif Soraya Noori is one of the been able to develop their own now working in Afghanistan to- with my generation of Afghans this foreign countries. He urged the government to find solution to the city, a market dedicated to female trainees whom Raqiba, with sup- handicraft business in Rabia Balkhi wards a better future. This is pre- dreadful cycle of protracted war problem. The protestors warned to continue their protests, if the shopkeepers. port from AREDP, trained in knit- marketplace The UK is a key cisely why I have chosen to write, and bleak socio-economic condi- government failed to meet their demands. They accused the govern- Ten years ago, however, Raqi- ting winter wear. She has a home- donor to the Afghanistan Rural to share my experience in the hope tion with no light in sight, I hold ment of nepotism and alleged that employment process in govern- ba was the only female shopkeep- based knitting company now and Enterprise Development Program that the young generation in my on tight to the feeling of belonging ment administrations is not transparent. Widespread unemploy- er in the city. Mazar-e-Sharif mu- produces winter clothes using knit- (AREDP), which is funded through country will choose not to leave. to a homeland and its people that ment compelled hundreds of youth to migrate to foreign countries in nicipality provided her with a shop ting machines. Soraya says: Be- the Afghanistan Reconstruction Perhaps as someone who has was always missing in the diaspo- the past one year. downtown, where she worked for fore, we used to hand-knit clothes, Trust Fund (ARTF). left the country himself almost two ra. 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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES ADB, donor countries announce GHANI PROMISES JOBS AS $858m grant for Afghanistan The Asian Development Bank Finance, the announced grant CITIZENS FLEE UNEMPLOYMENT (ADB), which is the leading and would be used on infrastructure largest infrastructure development building from the year 2017 to President Ashraf Ghani once again Abdullah Abdullah, cabinet mem- dition, he announced the program wards having a developed commu- partner of Afghanistan, together 2020. In a meeting with Mastoor, promised to create jobs for the cit- bers and parliamentarians. Ghani will be launched in urban areas too. nity. "This conference gives us a with donor countries have an- ADB leadership also expressed izens amid alarming flee of Afghans admitted that Afghanistan is a rich During his speech, he ex- better chance to work with peo- nounced a new grant of $858 mil- keen desire in remaining a reliable to Europe in a bid to seek employ- country but the citizens are facing pressed condolence to the families ple, for the people, and through lion for Afghanistan. partner to Afghanistan and assured ment and peaceful life. Ghani an- economic issues. Stressing the need that lost their beloved ones and their own communities," he not- The new grant was announced Bank s continued support and en- nounced at the 5th National Com- for implementation of National suffered extensive damages as a ed. Calling the program success- during a recent visit of Afghani- gagement in the country for many munity Development Councils Solidarity Program (NSP) across result of recent deadly earthquake ful, Abdullah said millions of dol- stan s Deputy Finance Minister years to come. Consultative Conference in Kab- the country, he said the programs in the country. "Our effort is to lars are being spent to develop the Mustafa Mastoor to the headquar- The important financial con- ul that a number of programs will of all the ministries would be run make sure those who suffered a rural communities and improve the ters of ADB where he met the tributions of ADB and donor coun- be launched in weeks to create through NSP in order to develop lot should be provided with more living conditions of the villagers. bank s president Takesiko Nako, tries will promote economic employment for the citizens. the Afghan communities in all cor- assistance," Ghani said. "We are in a decade which is dedi- Vice President, Executive Director growth, energy transmission, pri- Implementation of all govern- ners of the country. "Ten under- Before his speech, CEO Ab- cated for sustainable development for the United States Robert Orr vate sector investment, and build ment programs is linked to the eco- developed provinces will be pri- dullah also addressed the attend- and we are committed to meeting and other members of the execu- and run infrastructure to promote nomic growth of country, Ghani oritized under National Solidarity ees, saying that he would work the goals of this millennium," he tive committee. security and development in Af- told the gathering attended by CEO Program," Ghani promised. In ad- together to overcome barriers to- stated. According to the Ministry of ghanistan. JAPAN DONATES $2M ROAD EQUIPMENT TO GHOR EMERGENCY CALLS FIROZKOH: Japan has provided 10 vehicles and equipment to the Public Works Department of western Ghor province in donation for roads maintenance, officials said on Sunday. The modern vehicles and Police equipment included three dump trucks, as many loaders, two graders and as many excavators, Ghor Public Works Director Eng. Khalilullah 100 - 119 Noor told Pajhwok Afghan News. While thanking Japan for the aid, he said, it would facilitate them in rehabilitating damaged roads in the province. Governor Sima Joinda said she had shared road problems in Hospitals the province with the Japanese ambassador and the Deputy Minister of Public Works, so they handed over the machineries to the province. FMIC Hospital She also thanked Japan for the assistance which she said would be Behind Kabul Medical used mostly for construction of roads in the provincial capital. University: Safe homes playing vital role in Four road 0202500200-+93793275595 engineers Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Nimroz women s safety injured in Herat Pule Bagh-e- Umomi ZARANJ: The Nida-i-Zan (voice families through their countries violence against women to pover- 070263672 of women) Organization (VoW) embassies in Afghanistan. ty, joblessness and drug addiction. shooting spree through its safe homes project has Azizi said when they first We are campaigning from village Khairkhana Hospital rejoined 150 women with their launched the safe homes project, to village and door to door to aware families in southwestern Nimroz they faced opposition from local women about their husband rights HERAT CITY: Four engineers of 0799-321007 province. people, but people remained calm and the men about their wives a road construction company were 2401352 While some women, including after they witnessed services the rights, she said. shot and wounded by unidentified two foreigners, are still living in facility offered. Figures with the provincial gunmen in western Herat province, Taliban kidnap four the safe homes, awaiting their fam- Fatima, 40, a resident of Counternarcotics Department an official said on Sunday. Indira Gandhi Children ilies to join them. Zaranj, the provincial capital, said show more than 10,000 people, Herat police spokesman Ab- The safe home project was ini- her husband would beat her with- 600 of them women, are addicted dur Rauf Ahmadi told Pajhwok civilians in Jawzjan Hospital, Wazir Akbar tiated in 2012 in Nimroz to pro- out any reason and therefore she to drugs. A majority of these ad- Afghan News gunmen riding a vide medical and legal assistance and her daughter got refuge in the dicts are returnees from Iran where motorcycle opened fire at the work- Taliban militants kidnapped four civilians from Qush Tepa District of Khan, Kabul 2301372 to victims of domestic violence safe homes. had travelled in search of work. ers in Kort Wa Neshin area late on northern Jawzjan province last night after accusing them of helping besides literacy and vocational After 20 years of her marriage, A civil society activist, Razia Saturday. The engineers were government. Ibn-e- Seena training. she approached the police who Baloch, said every family in Nim- heading from Pashton Zarghon dis- Deputy Police Chief of Jawzjan said on Sunday that Taliban have Khalil Ahmad Aziz, an official sent her to the safe homes. roz had one member addicted to trict to Herat City, the provincial taken the abducted villagers of Jarqaduq village to an unknown location. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul of the organization, said as many After one month, I returned drugs, calling it a major problem. capital, when came under attack, Colonel Abdul Hafiz Khashi added that there is no information as 100 women had so far been pro- to my home and found that the Despite public awareness he said, adding security guards also about the where about of the hostages but community elders are trying 2100359 vided shelter at the safe homes af- situation has changed. I begin a new programs over the past 13 years, accompanied the engineers, but to secure their release. ter they fled family violence, life and my husband has also little progress was achieved be- they did not retaliate. Herat Zonal Reports suggest that the kidnapped civilians are not government Wazir Akbar Khan eloped or faced other similar prob- changed a lot. Officials of the safe cause Afghanistan is many times Hospital spokesman Mohammad employees but their sons were once soldiers of the Afghan National lems. homes would visit my house to backward compared to other coun- Rafiq Sherzai confirmed receiving Army. Hospital He told Pajhwok Afghan News assess my husband s behavior. tries. three injured people from the inci- Taliban had not commented on the report by the time it was filed. 2301741, 2301743 38 women and 12 children, who Nimroz women s affairs direc- The government should pay dent area. One of them was dis- This comes as the leadership of Taliban always stress to fighters in lost their way during illegal trips tor Amina Hakimi said the US- attention to the issue. charged after treatment, he said. messages to refrain from bothering or harming civilians. to Iran, were reunited with their AID-funded women s shelter home Zubaida Rassouli, a worker at Ali Abad families through the safe homes. played an important role in resolv- the Neda-i-Zan organization, said Around 20 women were ing women s problems. She said another big problem the women Wardak truck-scale daily Two Pakistani Shahrara, Kabul trained in vocational skills, aware- women in the safe homes were faced was joblessness. militants killed in 2100439 ness about human rights and taught about their rights in family. Girls who graduate from revenue nears 300,000 afs household responsibilities. According to her department, schools cannot find jobs, we want Kunar drone According to Azizi, currently 80 cases of violence against wom- donor agencies to generate job op- MAIDAN SHAHR: The electron- director had appointed their own Malalai Maternity 10 women and four children were en, including three murders and one portunities for women in tailoring, ic truck-scale s daily revenue in people in the scale department and attack Hospital living in the safe homes and they self-burning, were registered this sewing, carpet weaving and other central Maidan Wardak province they pocked most of the income. AT Monitoring Desk would also be reunited with their year while the number of such cases activities, she said. has increased manifold compared The public works director, 2201377/ 2301743 families soon. last year was 60. Other cases in- She added the current prob- to past years. Syed Younus Najafizada, has re- He said two foreign women cluded beating, eloping, underage lems women faced forced them into KABUL: Two Pakistani militants During the last one year, aver- cently been detained on corruption were killed on Sunday in a US Banks were also living in the shelter house marriages, divorce and others. choosing shelter houses. age daily income from the weigh- charges. and they were trying to find their Hakimi linked the increase in (Pajhwok) drone strike in eastern Kunar prov- bridge had been 15,000 afghanis but Acting revenue department ince, an official said on Sunday. Da Afghanistan Bank currently it stood at nearly head, Mohammad Yasin Siddiqui, Provincial Police Chief, Brig. 2100302, 2100303 300,000 afs, Governor Hayatullah said the scale s revenue in the pre- Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkhel told Hayat told Pajhwok Afghan News. vious years had been low due to media that two Pakistani militants The income increased because corruption. were killed in a US drone attack on Bakhtar Bank the government had recently paid He said the scale department s Saturday night in Shultan valley 0776777000 more attention to truckloads pass- income would further increase and of Shegal district of the province, ing through the province besides exceed the Finance Ministry s tar- which is bordering Pakistan. He Azizi Bank eliminating corruption in the de- get if transparency in its affairs added that two insurgents were 0799 700900 partment, he said. was maintained. killed while civilians escaped un- During a visit to the scale, the Provincial council head Ahmad hurt in the drone attack. The Tali- Pashtany Bank governor said the scale officials Jafari praised recent anti-corrup- ban insurgents did not comment 2102908, 2103868 fined truck drivers who violated tion measures by the governor s on the incident so far. the maximum axel weight and that office, but said the scale employ- This is worth mentioning that was another reason behind the in- ees should be officially appointed a foreign militant commander with Air Services creased income. in order to run its affairs smooth- his two guards killed in a drone Hayat said before there had ly. attack in province two days ago. Safi Airways been widespread corruption in the According to Afghan officials, Bi- However, Hayat said the scale scale involving officials from the lal al-Naiby, who was allegedly an 020 22 22 222 public works, security forces, driv- employees had been introduced by Arab, was targeted Thursday ers, contractors and others, but a joint commission with represen- evening in Ghazi Abad district of Ariana now the corruption had been pre- tatives from security and civil ser- the Kunar province. vented and the effort continued. vices departments. This eastern province has long 020-2100270 An official at the scale, speak- But Masihullah, a truck driv- been experiencing terrorist attacks, ing on the condition of anonymi- er, complained anout many prob- and seen constant rocket fires from Kam Air ty, said the provincial police chief, lems they faced at the scale de- across the border over the past few his deputy and the public works partment. years. 0799974422 Hotels Meshrano Jirga urges ... Asylum seekers from Afghanistan topped Iraqis as majority in Tornio Safi Landmark On Friday 126 asylum-seekers ar- From P1 rived to the Tornio reception cen- They reached Germany at while risking 020-2203131 tre, but for the first time since the their lives and worldly belongings, and if they influx of migrants began there, the are returned with all their valuables lost, they SERENA majority were from Afghanistan, will join the enemies of the country and cause not Iraq. a big security challenge for the country, he 0799654000 The National Bureau of Inves- said. Tayeba Zahedi, a senator from Herat province expressed her deep concern over tigation says that of Friday's new- increase in joblessness and said that due to New Rumi Restaurant comers 61 were Afghanis and 49 lack of financial support, a month ago two were Iraqis, all of whom became houses were looted by robbers in 11th juris- 0776351347 registered asylum-seekers. diction of Khair Khana locality. A senator Lapland police communica- from Baghlan, Faisal Sami, said that jobless- Internet Services tions director Elina Katajam ki ness was a major challenge for the country, says it is too early to tell whether asking the government to step up efforts and UA Telecom the number of migrants from Iraq suppress human traffickers as they play with 0796701701 / 0796702702 is on a sustained decline. Until Fri- dreams and emotions of young generation day, the number of arriving Iraqis by taking them to Europe. Deputy Speaker had remained fairly uniform. of Meshrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Ezed- Exchange Rate "Roughly speaking about 70 yar asked the government to find solution to percent of the asylum-seekers ar- prevent forced deportation of Afghans from Sell: riving in Finland are from Iraq," Germany as well as other parts of the Euro- Katajam ki says. pean countries. He said the government should accelerate steps for voluntary repa- One US$ = The Tornio centre, located near 64.55Afs the northern border with Sweden, triation of Afghan from Germany. In the meantime, the senators called on the govern- One Pound Sterling= was established in late September. ment to convene traditional Loya Jirga to Since then, migrants from Iraq, find a remedy to current challenges. They 98.40Afs Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran and Eri- also urged the government to announce the One Euro = trea have arrived to the facility, she exact date of parliamentary and district coun- says. The number of families re- cil elections. Sher Mohammad Akhunzada, a 73.13Afs questing asylum has also risen senator from Helmand, said that the govern- 1000 Pak Rs = slightly. ment has failed to overcome the deepening 618Afs Katajam ki says it's possible crises, thus it should call a Loya Jirga. Zal- some that Iraqis may now be turn- mai Zabuli, another senator also urged the Buy: ing their sights towards other Eu- government to convene Loya Jirga soon. One US$ = ropean countries after the Finnish However, Maulvi Muhauddin Munsif said 64.35 Afs Immigration Service's widely-re- that convening constitutional Loya Jirga was ported change of security assess- impossible without launching Wolesi Jirga One Pound Sterling= ments. The Service recently an- smoothly try. "We have received messages hundred newly registered asylum- tal region. All in all 9,276 and district council elections. Deputy Speak- 98.23Afs nounced that it no longer consid- Katajam ki says the Tornio from migrants saying they are here seekers left the northern Finnish asylum-seekers have ar- er of the Meshrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Ezidyar, said that the government should an- One Euro= ers certain parts of Iraq unsafe reception centre operates excep- to work and to stay. The work border town in buses, headed for rived in Finland since the 72.53 Afs enough to grant all Iraqi applicants tionally well. The centre employs morale is high here, as is a sense of reception centres across the coun- beginning of the refugee nounce exact date of Wolesi Jirga elections asylum in Finland. Centre running police staff from all over the coun- community," she says. Some one try especially towards the capi- crisis. before convening Loya Jirga. 1000 Pak Rs= 610Afs 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 . NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES China-Pakistan corridor: Nawaz to Sri Lankan Navy break ground of western route ‘soon’ arrests five more ISLAMABAD: Following The $46 billion project was dar and goes to Kashgar in China months of criticism over the gov- signed with China earlier this year. via Balochistan, K-P and Punjab. ernment’s preference for the east- However, the exact roadmap for In contrast, the Rs110 billion east- Tamil Nadu fishermen ern route for the multi-billion dol- executing the project has divided ern route travels along the lar China-Pakistan Economic Cor- the country from end to end. Par- Balochistan coast to Sindh before ridor (CPEC), Prime Minister liamentarians from Balochistan and turning north and traveling through Nawaz Sharif on Friday asserted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have crit- Punjab and then on to Khunjerab. he will personally kick off work icised the government for having a Development controversy: on the neglected western route tilt towards the eastern route of Balochistan backtracks on CPEC ‘soon’. the $46-billion CPEC, voicing route stance The announcement comes their rage from time to time over On Tuesday, a parliamentary nearly 10 days after the National leaving behind the smaller prov- oversight committee for the Highway Authority (NHA) told a inces. The NHA confirmed those project suggested that the govern- Senate panel that the government fears when it told the Senate Stand- ment consider converting the west- had allocated less than a fifth of ing Committee on Communication ern route as a dual carriageway funds for the western route than it that the government has allocated from the outset, with a motorway RAMESWARAM: Sri Lankan Navy arrested five Tamil Nadu fisher- Indian Defense Minister Mano- transports of the Indian Air Force had for the eastern route. a mere Rs20 billion for the west- to eventually link Gwadar with the men today and seized their boat on charges of crossing the International har Parrikar will leave for Mos- (IAF). In addition to enhanced avi- Reviewing progress on ern route, which starts from Gwa- rest of the country. Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in their waters. Rameswaram cow and St. Petersburg Friday, onics, the fleet will receive various projects under the CPEC umbrella fishermen Association President S Emirit said the fishermen were fish- October 30 to finalize two defense upgrades extending their service life at the PM House on Friday, ing near Katchatheevu islet when the navy personnel arrested them. deals part of an over Rs 12,000 by 20 years. On the receiving end Nawaz was briefed by Finance The navy had on October 2 arrested seven fishermen who went for crore (over $1.8 billion USD) to of most improvements are the IAFs Minister Ishaq Dar on the estimat- fishing in the sea from here while on October 10, 19 fishermen hailing acquire new equipment that was Il-87s which will be fitted with new ed dates for completion of the from Nagapattinam were arrested. Again in October 13, 24 fishermen just approved by the Defense engines to help increase their range projects. from Rameswaram have been arrested. Nine more fishermen from Naga- Acquisitions Council (DAC). in addition to other modifications Terming CPEC as the future pattinam have been apprehended the next day. Similarly, 34 fishermen This comes ahead of the planned that will allow for greater fuel loads. of Pakistan, Nawaz said that he have been arrested on October 27 on charges of fishing in Sri Lankan December visit by Indian Prime It is likely the new engines will be would personally monitor the pace waters. Expressing shock over these arrests, Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- Minister Narendra Modi to Rus- PS 90 power plants that will pro- and progress of the projects ter Jayalalithaa had written letters on various occasions to Prime Min- sia and is also believed will help vide enough lifting thrust to in- through the core team on a weekly ister Narendra Modi urging him to take up the arrest of the state's set the agenda for that future crease the load carrying ability of basis. In this regard, he directed fishermen with Sri Lanka and sought their release. "I have repeatedly event. Additionally, it is reported each aircraft by almost two tons. the concerned authorities to up- and emphatically pointed out that the unconstitutionality of the Indo- that both countries will sign an The IAF has 14 Il-76 trans- date the project benchmarks on Sri Lankan agreements of 1974 and 1976 and the ceding of the Katchathee- agreement on Russia leasing an- ports, three Il-76s fitted for AWAC monthly and quarterly basis. vu islet, is the root cause of the problem," she had said. Emirit alleged other nuclear-powered submarine (Airborne Warning and Control According to a PM House, the that the Centre was "not taking" any action to prevent arrests of Tamil to India this December. System) duties, three Il-76s de- premier said that he would per- Nadu fishermen, who had "no other option except crossing IMBL for Russia India Modi Putin ployed by the Aviation Research sonally perform the ground break- fishing." He said the distance between two sea coast was only 12 Some of the planned defense Center and six Il-78 tankers. For ing ceremony for the western route nautical miles. "Mechanised boats can't fish within three nautical miles spending is meant to bridge gaps over two years, the IAF has failed “soon”. from the Tamil Nadu shore. Another four nautical miles is rocky. They in the combat capabilities of the to finalize a deal with European Emphasising on the need to had no other option except crossing the IMBL in view of narrow sea Indian Armed Forces. While In- aircraft manufacturer Airbus to complete the project on time, he dividing the countries", she said. Besides, the Katchatheevu agreement dia has a thriving indigenous de- provide six new generation tank- said that delays will not be toler- gave them the right to fish in traditional waters. "If the government was fense industry, it has been beset ers under the Multi Role Tanker ated and officials found to be slack- not able to provide protection to the fishermen, let them take the boats by numerous problems which Transport (MRTT) project. With ing will cease to be part of the team. and give us alternative livelihood", he said. have served to seriously set back no progress being made on that deal projects far beyond planned dead- due to pricing issues, the planned lines. As a result, New Delhi is modernization of the IAFs exist- increasingly forced to turn to ex- ing tankers will at the least pro- ternal sources such as Russia for vide a stop-gap measure until new hardware. An overwhelming ma- aircraft can be procured. jority of India’s military equip- The second deal with Russia ment is sourced from Russia, ei- concerns the acquisition of 149 ther built there or domestically BMP-2 IFVs for the army at a cost produced in India under license. of Rs 924 crore. The decision to Additionally, apart from the ac- purchase these IFVs came as a re- quisition of weaponry and tech- sult of an amendment to the “ac- nology, a number of advanced Bhutan is keen to export hydro- ladesh's keenness to promote bi- ceptance of necessity” (AoN) that projects between both countries was originally granted for Indian power to Bangladesh at 'the cheap- lateral and sub•-regional coopera- are currently in advanced stages. est possible rate', says the coun- tion with India, Nepal, and Bhu- licensed production by the Ord- Without a doubt, the India-Rus- nance Factory Board of 363 of the try's Economic Affairs Minister tan on Water Resources Manage- sia defense relationship is of great Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk. ment, power or hydroelectricity same IFVs. importance to the Russian econ- Earlier this month, due to over He told Prime Minister Sheikh and connectivity-related issues. omy and India’s armed forces. Hasina on Sunday that Bhutan had Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk, five years of delays in the Future Approved Defense Deals ICV (FICV) program, the Indian the potential to increase its gener- highly appreciative of her leader- Two major military purchas- ation to 30,000 MW in future. ship, congratulated her for receiv- Army made clear its intention to es are expected to be finalized in accelerate the upgrade of 1,000- Briefing reporters after the ing the ‘Champions of the Earth’ Moscow in the coming days while meeting, Hasina’s Press Secretary award of the United Nations En- 1,200 aging license-built BMP-2/ discussions are expected on a va- 2K “Sarath” IFVs to BMP-2M Ihsanul Karim quoted Wangchuk vironment Programme. riety of other possible future as saying his country was current- He also lauded her govern- standard through the enhancement deals. The two deals with Russia of their armament and fitting of ly generating 5,000 MW of elec- ment’s initiatives to combat cli- involve an upgrade of India’s aerial tricity and the price was the cheap- mate change. Karim said the Bhu- more powerful engines. The FICV fleet of Russian-designed trans- program has been beset by prob- est in the world. tanese minister was impressed to ports and tankers and the pur- In reply, the prime minister find various remains Buddhist her- lems, one of them being its restric- chase of new infantry combat ve- tion to domestic companies and the reiterated that her government’s itage in Bangladesh and appreciat- hicles (IFVs). In addition, the planned to import power from ed the government’s efforts to pro- eventual realization that foreign DAC also approved the acquisi- collaboration is necessary in sev- Bhutan and was keen to partici- tect them. Outgoing Malaysian en- tion of two more multiple launch pate in its future power projects. voy meets PM The outgoing Ma- eral areas. Domestic Deals rocket system (MLRS) regiments, Several projects not involving Karim said Hasina hoped Bhu- laysian High Commissioner in new multi-purpose vessels for the tan's yet unexplored hydropower Bangladesh, Norlin Binti Othman, Russia have also been approved by navy and an upgrade to existing the DAC. The Indian Army will potential would help Bangladesh on Sunday also paid a courtesy call surface-to-air missile (SAM) sys- meet its growing power demand. on the prime minister at her office. add two additional Pinaka MLRS tems. According to unnamed de- regiments (each regiment has 18 She said that India was also Ihsanul Karim said Sheikh Hasina fense sources, some of the acqui- positive about helping Bangladesh had stressed further strengthening Pinaka launchers and associated sition projects are intended to systems) at a cost of Rs 3,306 crore import power from Nepal and of economic cooperation between “overcome hollowness” in the Bhutan under the BBIN frame- the two countries. She said there to boost its medium-range, high Indian Armed Forces. Deals with volume firepower. Manufactured work. was to increase bilateral trade. The Russia The larger of the deals Sheikh Hasina also said that prime minister also expressed sat- tries. She noted that the countries had agreed to establish regular foreign official level consultations to steer by the Indian companies Tata and worth Rs 4,250 crore is for a wide Larsen & Toubro (L&T), each Pi- the Motor Vehicle Agreement isfaction over Malaysian invest- progress in all areas of bilateral cooperation. She thanked Norlin Binti Othman for successfully completing her range of improvements to the Il- would improve connectivity ments in various sectors in Bang- tenure in Dhaka and contributing significantly to the strengthening of bilateral ties. Karim said the outgoing naka rocket can carry a 100kg pay- yushin Il-78 aerial refueling tank- load to a maximum range of 40 ki- among the four countries. ladesh such as textile, power, in- Malaysian high commissioner felt Bangladesh had a great potential for economic development. Othman also ers and Il-76 (Candid) strategic Karim said she expressed Bang- frastructure and agro-based indus- lauded Bangladesh's striking progress in various sectors. lometers. At least four dead as IED blast hits passenger train in From seeking help in fighting ter- ers talk terror, defence with PM ror group Al Shabab to inviting Narendra ModiOn India-Africa Balochistan India to do business in diamonds, summit eve, PM Narendra Modi African leaders discussed a wide hails continental ties with Afri- QUETTA: At least four people range of issues with Prime Minis- caPM Narendra Modi to visit Rus- were killed and at least 10 others ter Narendra Modi on the sidelines sia tomorrow to attend BRICS, injured as an improvised explosives of the third India-Africa Forum SCO summitsPM Modi offers device (IED) was detonated near a Summit. Africa $10-bn loan, says projects stretch of railway track in the Dasht Mali President Ibrahim Bou- to be monitoredDigital technolo- area of Balochistan's Mastung dis- bacar Keita on Thursday invited gy to terrorism: What PM Modi trict. Rescue sources say four pas- Modi to visit his country and told said at the India-Africa SummitPM sengers are dead, while at least 10 him that he will personally take Modi announces credit line of $10 others are injured. The injured were him to Timbuktu, which he said million for Africa over 5 yearsIn- taken to Civil Hospital Quetta and was a heritage site that faced the dia-Africa summit: 12 African lead- Bolan Medical Complex Hospital threat of being destroyed by ex- ers talk terror, defence with PM for treatment. An emergency was tremist groups. Stating that his Narendra ModiOn India-Africa also declared in Civil Hospital country was badly affected by ter- summit eve, PM Narendra Modi Quetta. The explosion took place rorism, he sought India’s coopera- hails continental ties with Afri- as the Quetta-Rawalpindi Jaffar tion in counter-terrorism. caPM Narendra Modi to visit Rus- Express, a passenger train, was Somalian President Hassan sia tomorrow to attend BRICS, passing. According to the Bomb Sheikh Mohamoud, who did his SCO summits Disposal Squad, 8 kilograms of ex- Masters’ in Education from Bho- While praising Indian Navy’s plosives were used in the blast. pal, told Modi that he was the role in curbing piracy, he said ter- Faiz Muhammad Bugti, Division- “shining example” of a beneficiary ror outfit Al Shabab was “in re- al Superintendent of Railway said of education cooperation. He went treat” and sought India’s coopera- that the BDS had also scanned the back to Somalia and set up an edu- tion in counter-terrorist activities. tracks in order to avoid occurrence cational institute, which has now Modi told him that India can send of another untoward incident. become an university with 5,000 counter-terrorism experts if Soma- Chief Secretary Balochistan Saiful- students. lia needs them. lah Chattha said, "Train service PM Modi offers Africa $10- Angola’s Vice-President Man- between Quetta and other parts of bn loan, says projects to be moni- uel Domingos Vicente said India Balochistan have been restored." toredDigital technology to terror- should do business with his coun- He also ordered that the blast vic- ism: What PM Modi said at the try, which is rich in diamonds. To tims be shifted from Civil Hospi- India-Africa SummitPM Modi this, Modi said it will be a “win- tal Quetta to the Combined Mili- announces credit line of $10 mil- win partnership”. tary Hospital for medical treat- lion for Africa over 5 yearsIndia- In a gesture of goodwill, Egyp- ment. The Jaffar Express had ear- Africa summit: 12 African leaders tian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi lier been stopped immediately af- talk terror, defence with PM decided to release two Indians lan- ter the attack. Security has been Narendra ModiOn India-Africa guishing in Egyptian jails for 16 tightened along the railway tracks summit eve, PM Narendra Modi and 22 years, respectively, under from Quetta to Jaccobabad in the hails continental ties with Afri- the transfer of sentenced persons aftermath of the fresh terror at- caPM Narendra Modi to visit Rus- agreement between the two coun- tack. FC and levies personnel have sia tomorrow to attend BRICS, tries. been guarding the track to ensure SCO summitsPM Modi offers India had requested Egypt in security of passengers. There has Africa $10-bn loan, says projects December 2014 to release the two been no immediate claim of respon- to be monitoredDigital technolo- Indians as per provisions of the They will be extradited to India under the transfer of sentenced persons agreement,” the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup sibility for the attack. The Jaffar gy to terrorism: What PM Modi sentenced persons pact. said. He said there were certain charges against the two Indians due to which they served long prison terms and added that New Delhi had never Express has been targeted by sim- said at the India-Africa SummitPM “Sisi, in a goodwill gesture, questioned the judicial process. During the talks, Modi also thanked Sisi for attending the Summit and asserted that without Egypt, the Summit ilar IED attacks in the past. Mili- Modi announces credit line of $10 agreed to the release of two long- would have been “incomplete”. The two leaders agreed to take bilateral ties to a “much higher and broader level”. Referring to Indian investments, tants have targeted vital national million for Africa over 5 yearsIn- term Indian prisoners in Egypt who the Egyptian President invited more joint ventures in his country. “He referred to the new Suez canal as a complete corridor of integrated installations and security forces in dia-Africa summit: 12 African lead- had been in jail for 16 and 22 years. development and said that numerous industrial zones in Egypt would be very attractive to Indian businesses,” said Swarup. the province for over a decade. 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 . NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Russia grounds Lebanon army kills three militants near airline's A321 Syria border Sergei Lavrov said they had agreed that Syria must emerge from the fleet after conflict as a unified secular state. Lebanon’s army on Saturday However, he and Lavrov disagreed fired at a vehicle carrying Is- over whether President Bashar al- lamist militants, killing three of Assad should step down immedi- them and wounding two oth- Egyptian ately. The West and Gulf monar- ers in the north of the country chies led by Saudi Arabia want near the Syrian border, a secu- Assad to step down, but Russia rity source said. and Iran insist he has a right to The source said it was un- crash: Interfax play a role in an eventual transi- clear which group the militants tion towards a mooted unity gov- belonged to. They were driv- ernment and later elections. Anoth- ing near the outskirts of the er round of talks will be held in town of Arsal, the source said, two weeks. Also Saturday, Ban without providing further de- and the ICRC’s Maurer issued a tails. joint statement appealing for ur- Islamist groups including gent action to address growing in- al Qaeda’s Nusra Front have a stability and human suffering presence in western Syria, in- around the world and to enforce cluding near the border with international humanitarian law. Lebanon, and there are have “Rarely before have we witnessed been numerous incursions by Iran’s top authority said elections were the opposite of Iran’s and tional Committee of the Red Cross so many people on the move, so Islamists reported in the po- should be held in Syria to end the negotiating with Washington on (ICRC), Peter Maurer. Top diplo- much instability, so much suffer- rous border region. civil war there and criticized for- regional issues was meaningless. mats from 17 countries, including ing,” Maurer said. The statement Syria’s four-year conflict eign powers that arm and fund U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki- Iran, as well as the United Nations said conflicts and violence had has spilled over into its small- Syrian opposition fighters, state moon said on Saturday he was “en- and the European Union, attended forced 60 million people from their er neighbour, which is still re- television reported on Sunday. couraged” by talks in Vienna bring- the unprecedented talks on Friday, homes –- the highest figure since building after its own 15-year “The solution to the Syrian ing together the main outside play- though the Syrian regime and the World War II. Ban said in the state- civil war. There have been question is elections, and for this ers in the four-year-old Syria cri- opposition were not represented. ment: “In the face of blatant inhu- clashes inside Lebanon be- it is necessary to stop military and sis for the first time. “I am encour- They sought common ground over manity, the world has responded CAIRO: Russia has grounded Air- Russian experts had already tween gunmen loyal to oppos- financial aid to the opposition,” aged that the participants have a conflict that has claimed a quar- with disturbing paralysis... The ing sides in the Syrian conflict, several state media outlets quoted reached a mutual understanding on ter of a million lives and triggered bus A321 jets flown by the Koga- visited the morgue on Saturday world must reaffirm its humanity lymavia airline, Interfax news agen- night and Russia's emergency min- as well as strikes on the army Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali a number of key issues,” Ban told an exodus of refugees to Europe. and uphold its commitments un- and cross-border attacks by Khamenei as saying. He added that a press briefing in Geneva after U.S. Secretary of State John Ker- cy reported on Sunday, after one ister said in a televised statement der international humanitarian of its fleet crashed in Egypt's Sinai that 120 bodies had been examined Syrian rebels. U.S. objectives in the Middle East meeting the head of the Interna- ry and Russian Foreign Minister law.” The army fought several Peninsula, killing all 224 people on and were being prepared to return days of deadly battles last year board. home. with insurgent groups includ- South China Sea The A321, operated by the They were expected to begin ing Islamic State of Iraq and Russian airline under the brand arriving in St Petersburg late on Syria (ISIS) and Nusra Front disputes name Metrojet, was carrying holi- Sunday or early on Monday. when they staged an incursion Syrian rebels launch daymakers from the Red Sea re- Those on board included 214 into Arsal. increasing sort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Pe- Russians, at least three Ukraini- tersburg when it went down soon ans and one Belarusian, most re- demand for US after daybreak on Saturday. turning from holidays on the Red Al-Shabab assault Interfax said the Russian trans- Sea, popular with Russians seek- FRESH OFFENSIVE security port regulator Rostransnadzor had ing winter sun. targets senior told Kogalymavia to stop flying The Russian flag was flying at Somali officials trying to train fighters outside the presence: A321 aircraft until the causes of half-mast over the Russian embas- country to supplying groups head- the crash were known. However, sy in Cairo on Sunday morning. ed by U.S.-vetted commanders. Pentagon chief RIA news agency cited a Kogaly- President Vladimir Putin has de- At least 15 people have been The Britain-based Syrian Ob- killed and dozens more AGAINST ISIS mavia representative as saying that clared a day of national mourning servatory for Human Rights, wounded in an attack on a the airline had not received the or- in Russia. which monitors developments on der from Rostransnadzor. Emergency services and avia- hotel in the centre of Soma- the ground, said fighting was rag- lia's capital Mogadishu, wit- Egyptian and Russian investi- tion specialists resumed their ing on Saturday near al Hawl, a gators will begin examining within search at the crash site which is nesses tell Al Jazeera. A car town close to the Iraqi border, ac- bomb exploded at the main hours the contents of two "black spread over more than 15 square companied by coalition air strikes. box" recorders recovered from the km early on Sunday with 100 Rus- gate of the Sahafi Hotel early Hasaka province borders Iraq on Sunday morning, with at- airliner, which crashed into a moun- sian emergency workers on their and territory there that is a crucial tainous area of central Sinai short- way to help recover bodies and tackers then storming the ho- stronghold for ISIS. One member tel as they exchanged gunfire ly after losing radar contact near gather evidence. of alliance, the Kurdish YPG has cruising altitude. Russia, an ally of Syrian Pres- with security guards. A sui- to date proved Washington’s most cide bomber detonated a sec- A militant group affiliated to ident Bashar al-Assad, launched air effective partner on the ground Islamic State in Egypt said in a raids against opposition groups in ond set of explosives inside against ISIS in Syria. It had pushed the hotel. Somali troops and statement that it brought down the Syria including Islamic State on towards the border in previous plane "in response to Russian air- Sept. 30. African Union forces were fighting this year. OSAN AIR BASE: Disputes over deployed to the scene and territory in the South China Sea strikes that killed hundreds of Islamic State, the ultra-hard- The Raqqa Revolutionaries Muslims on Syrian land", but Rus- line group that controls large parts took control of the situation,. Front, one of the Arab groups in are causing countries in the region Lieutenant Colonel Paul Nju- to increase their demand for an sia's Transport Minister Maxim of Iraq and Syria, has called for a the alliance, on Thursday declared Sokolov told Interfax news agen- holy war against both Russia and guna, the spokesperson for an imminent offensive against ISIS American security presence, the the AU Mission in Somalia, U.S. defense chief said on Sunday. cy the claim "can't be considered the United States in response to in its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa accurate". airstrikes on its fighters in Syria. told Al Jazeera. The al-Sha- province, which borders Hasaka. A U.S. warship sailed within bab armed group immediate- 12 nautical miles of one of China's Three carriers based in the Sinai is the scene of an insur- ly claimed responsibility for man-made islands in South China United Arab Emirates airlines - gency by militants close to Islam- the attack. Those killed in the Turks head to Sea on Tuesday in the most signif- Emirates [EMIRA.UL], Air Ara- ic State, who have killed hundreds attack included parliamentar- icant U.S. challenge yet to territo- bia and flydubai - said on Sunday of Egyptian soldiers and police and ian Mohamed Abdi Abtidoon polls in crucial rial limits Beijing claims around the they were re-routing flights to have also attacked Western targets and a freelance photographer, snap elections Spratly archipelago. avoid flying over Sinai. Two of in recent months. Much of the Si- Mustaf Abdi, who on several The move triggered an angry Europe's largest carriers, nai is a restricted military zone. occasions contributed to Al ISTANBUL : Turkey is heading rebuke from Beijing and a warning Lufthansa and Air France-KLM , Militants in the area are not Jazeera reports. Several prom- to polls for a second time in five that a minor incident in the area, have already said they would avoid believed to have missiles capable inent people were among the months amid instability spilling which is one of the world's busiest flying over peninsula while await- of hitting a plane at 30,000 feet. injured ,including a journalist over from neighbouring Syria and sea lanes, could spark war if the ing an explanation of the cause. Islamic State websites have in and a local businessman. renewed tensions over the 30- United States did not stop what it Egyptian Prime Minister Sher- the past claimed responsibility for Medical sources confirmed year-old Kurdish conflict. More called "provocative acts." if Ismail told a news conference actions that have not been conclu- that a top Somali military com- than 54 million people are regis- “The attention to disputed late on Saturday that there did not sively attributed to them. Officials mander, General Gacma Du- tered to vote at 175,000 stations claims in the South China Sea, the appear to be any unusual activity say there is no evidence to suggest ule, and Somalia's ambassador on Sunday between 7am and 4pm prominence of those disputes, is behind the crash but added that the so far that a bomb could have to Ethiopia, Abdisalam Haji in the eastern provinces of Tur- having the effect of causing many facts would not be clear until fur- brought down the plane. Adam, were also injured. key, and 8am and 5pm in the west- countries in the region to want to ther investigations had been car- The A321 is a medium-haul jet A newly formed U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance on Saturday launched ern ones. The June 7 elections had intensify their security coopera- ried out. Sokolov and a team of in service since 1994, with over an offensive against ISIS in the northeast province of Hasaka, a day seen the social conservative Jus- tion with the United States,” U.S. investigators arrived at the scene 1,100 in operation worldwide and US Navy discov- after the United States said it would send special forces to advise insur- tice and Development Party (AK Defense Secretary Ash Carter told on Sunday and experts would be- a good safety record. It is a highly gents fighting the militants. It was the first declared operation by the party) lose its 13-year single par- reporters on his way to South gin examining the black boxes at automated aircraft relying on com- ers wreckage Democratic Forces of Syria, which joins together a U.S.-backed Kurdi- ty rule, but four political parties Korea. the civil aviation ministry in Cairo puters to help pilots stay within believed to be sh militia and several Syrian Arab rebel groups, since it announced its that made their way to the parlia- Carter said discussions at an within hours, judicial and minis- safe flying limits. formation earlier this month. World powers and regional rivals are con- ment failed to produce a coalition upcoming defense summit in Ma- try sources said. It was not clear Airbus said the A321 was built cargo ship El vening in Vienna to seek a solution to the four-year conflict in Syria that government and snap elections laysia would include developments how long the contents of the box- in 1997 and had been operated by Faro has escalated since Russia intervened a month ago with an intense air were called. In the June polls, the in the South China Sea, “the most es, which record flight data and Metrojet since 2012. It had flown campaign. Fighting in Hasaka had begun after midnight, a spokesman AK party secured 258 seats in the notable of which in the last year cockpit conversations, would take 56,000 hours in nearly 21,000 Wreckage believed to be of the for the alliance said. A group monitoring the war reported fighting and 550-seat house, losing many to the has been the unprecedented rate to retrieve. Russian transport pros- flights. The aircraft took off at 5:51 cargo ship El Faro, which was coalition air strikes in the area. A video posted earlier on Youtube an- Peoples' Democratic Party of dredging and military activity ecutors have already examined the a.m. Cairo time (0351 GMT) and (HDP), which achieved unprece- quality of the fuel used by the air- disappeared from radar screens 23 lost off the Bahamas along nounced the offensive in southern Hasaka, and showed several dozen by China.” men in fatigues standing outdoors with yellow flags and banners carry- dented success for a pro-Kurdish Carter is due to arrive in Seoul liner and found that it met neces- minutes later, Egypt's Civil Avia- with its 33 crew during Hur- party by getting 80 seats. The sary requirements, Russia's state- tion Ministry said in a statement. ricane Joaquin, was discov- ing the name of the Democratic Forces of Syria in Arabic and Kurdish. later on Sunday and is scheduled The campaign would “continue until all occupied areas in Hasaka unofficial election results are to be to hold talks with South Korea's run RIA news agency said. It was at an altitude of 31,000 feet ered on Saturday, U.S. offi- announced on Sunday evening and The crew had also undergone (9,400 meters) when it vanished cials said. El Faro disappeared are freed from Daesh,” a spokesman for the alliance’s general command defense chief on Monday, focused said in the video, using an Arabic name for ISIS. He urged residents to the country's election council will on the allies' response to North medical tests recently and no prob- from radar screens. on Oct. 1 en route from Jack- make the official ones public in lems were detected, Interfax re- According to FlightRadar24, sonville, Florida, to Puerto stay away from ISIS-controlled areas of Hasaka. Another spokesman Korea's nuclear and missile pro- later said alliance forces had already attacked ISIS fighters. “The battle several days. Main players The ported. an authoritative Sweden-based Rico in the worst cargo ship- grams. began after midnight,” Talal Salu told Reuters via internet messaging main opposition centre-left Re- He later flies to Malaysia for At least 163 bodies had al- flight tracking service, the aircraft ping disaster involving a U.S.- service. “They were flanked by our forces... (who) thwarted a counter publican People's Party (CHP) ready been recovered and trans- was descending rapidly at about flagged vessel since 1983, af- the meeting of Southeast Asia de- attack.” The United States’ decision to station ground troops in Syria and far-right Nationalist Action fense ministers, which China's ported to various hospitals includ- 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) per ter the captain reported a “hull comes after it dropped ammunition to rebel groups in northern Syria Party (MHP), which respective- ing Zeinhom morgue in Cairo, ac- minute when the signal was lost to breach” and said a hatch had Defense Minister Chang Wanquan several weeks ago. Washington’s strategy in Syria has shifted from ly won 131 and 80 seats. is also due to attend. cording to a cabinet statement. air traffic control. blown open. A search team aboard the U.S. Naval Ship Apache using sonar equip- ment discovered the wreckage on Saturday in the area of El More than a 100 migrants found in refrigerated truck Faro’s last known position at a depth of 15,000 feet (4,572 Some 130 migrants, most believed meters), the National Trans- to be from Syria, were discovered portation Safety Board Saturday in a refrigerated truck on (NTSB) said in a statement. the Bulgarian border with Turkey, NTSB said officials Bulgaria’s interior ministry said, planned to use a remotely adding that the lorry driver had operated submersible as ear- been arrested. ly as Sunday to confirm the A ministry spokeswoman said 38 men, 33 women and 58 chil- find. But it said the wreckage dren were found hidden behind was consistent with a 790- bottles of sparkling water at the foot (241-meter) cargo ship, border crossing of Kapitan-An- and appeared to be intact in dreevo, adding that their state of an upright position. A video health was not a cause for concern. camera mounted on the sub- The migrants’ attempt to flee mersible will be used to docu- their homeland recalled a case with ment the wreckage and debris a more tragic outcome in August field and locate the ship’s when 71 migrants were found to voyage data recorder, similar have frozen to death in a refriger- to the black box on airplanes, ated lorry designed to carry fro- the statement said. The dis- zen food after traffickers aban- covery followed an earlier, doned the vehicle in Austria. failed attempt by the Apache EU member Bulgaria has been to detect pings from El Faro’s making around 100 arrests a day voyage data recorder by us- of migrants seeking to transit the ing equipment called a towed country clandestinely to avoid be- pinger locator. Most of El Fa- ing discovered and sent to camps ro’s crew were American. pending an outcome to their asy- date avoided the mass influx seen by neighboring Greece, which thousands of refugees have sought to reach in perilous crossings by sea. But Bulgarian authorities nonetheless fear lum requests. The country has to increased arrivals ahead of the winter, leading police Saturday to make checks of some 6,000 vehicles and arrest 16 suspected traffickers as well as 495 migrants nationwide. 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 .NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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By Barnett Rubin temporary Islamist political ide- revelation that Mullah Omar had over the opiate trade, but instead ology that seeks to re-establish the died in April 2013, a dispute over it has decreed its signature pun- On March 25, 2015, Afghan Pres- caliphate, a state with jurisdiction succession has provoked signifi- ishment of beheading for partici- ident Ashraf Ghani told the Unit- over all Muslims, and enforce a cant opposition, including from pation in the narcotics industry. ed States Congress that Afghani- harsh version of Islamic law based Omar’s family. No Taliban leader Special brutality stan was the “front line” against on a literal interpretation of the who questioned the choice of ISIL has brought its special Murky US policy and pervasive the “terrible threat” of the self-pro- Quran and sayings and practices Mansoor as a successor has been brutality to eastern Afghanistan. claimed caliphate, the Islamic State of the Prophet. reported to consider Baghdadi as In one case, Saeed massacred 10 violence in Afghanistan of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Taliban, however, belong an alternative amir. elders from Achin accused of sup- In February, the Pentagon to the Deobandi school of Hanafi Despite differences, they have porting the Taliban by detonating Why violence today is worse than it was a few years back? Is this happen- spokesman had called ISIL’s pres- Islam. They accept Afghanistan as followed the advice of an open let- explosives on which he had forced ence in Afghanistan “nascent at a nation-state and indeed express ter that Mansoor wrote to Bagh- them to sit. ing just because of the US or some domestic factors are also responsible? best”, but by October, the US com- pride in its history. They have re- dadi in April and have not created This incident was so egregious mander in Afghanistan, General peatedly said that their jihad is lim- a parallel organization. The letter that his deputy, Mawlawi Abdul If the United States is failing in curbing the terror, yes the terror, it had John Campbell, said that the group ited to their own country. accused Baghdadi of inciting divi- Rahim Muslim Dost, a former lit in a joint venture with some Muslim countries, in this ill-fated country, had transitioned from “nascent” to Ideological and religious differ- sions among Muslims and weak- Guantanamo inmate, broke with “operationally emergent”. It had a ences have limited the ability of ening jihad by trying to extend his him. The two also differed on strat- way back in 1980s, who is there to support Afghanistan to extinguish it? presence, he said, in two regions ISIL to recruit, even from aggrieved authority to Afghanistan. egy: Muslim Dost, an Afghan and These are some of the questions which are being picked up in media anal- of Afghanistan: Helmand and Afghan Taliban. The best-known exception to former Talib, wanted to fight the Farah provinces in the southwest The Taliban’s leader, Mullah the rule that Afghan Taliban do not Pakistan army, while Saeed, a yses and on the floor of national assembly. and Nangarhar in the east, along Akhtar Mansoor, like Abu Bakr join ISIL, Abdul Rauf Khadim, former member of the Pakistan If the United States is failing in supporting Afghan security forces, what the border with Pakistan. al-Baghdadi of ISIL, uses the title proves that sectarian differences Taliban, argued for military offen- ISIL recruiting and brainwash- “Amir al-Mu’minin” (commander can be decisive. Khadim, whom sives to capture Nangarhar and should be the status of the bilateral security agreement (BSA), with the ing Afghan children of the believers). For ISIL, this ti- ISIL had appointed deputy amir Logar provinces of Afghanistan. Washington? The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the Parliament on Sat- Both leaders warned of ISIL’s tle signifies authority over all (Sun- of Khurasan province and was At present, there is little space threat as they tried to persuade US ni) Muslims (they consider Shia killed by a drone in July 2015, had for ISIL to expand in Afghanistan. urday asked the government and the United States to adopt a clear stand- President Barack Obama to re- to be non-Muslim). been expelled from the Afghan Tal- While Afghanistan remains in a scind his decision to withdraw, For Mansoor, and Mullah iban. While detained in Guantana- state of civil conflict, almost all of point on war on terror. This time, this national body, has hit the bull’s eye with the exception of a training Omar before him, the title signi- mo, Khadim accepted the jihadist its territory is controlled by either as we must know why violence toady is too pervasive than it was just a few mission, all US troops from Af- fies leadership of a jihad. Afghan preaching of his Arab cellmates. the government or the Taliban, both ghanistan by the end of 2016. Amir Dost Mohammad Khan took The cell of ISIL formerly led by hostile to ISIL. ISIL cannot appear years back and why security has been deteriorating? The answer to this Hence, they had incentives to mag- the same title in 1836 when he re- Khadim is reportedly still in as in parts of Iraq, Syria, or Libya question is perhaps the lack of clear definition of ‘enemy and terrorism’. nify the threat, however sincere captured Peshawar from the Sikhs. southwest Afghanistan, but it does as the only force able to restore their evaluation. The King of Morocco and the Sul- not control territory.Nearly all sur- order. Nor is there a political griev- Many of the lawmakers said the US should abide by the promises it has How dangerous is the threat? tan of Sokoto in Nigeria also use viving leaders of ISIL in Afghani- ance like the political exclusion of made in the document of the security agreement therefore must train and We can analyse ISIL’s ideology, the title without making any claim stan are former members of the Sunnis in Iraq and Syria looking ability to recruit, financial base, to pan-Islamic authority. Pakistan Taliban. A fragmented for a champion. The Taliban occu- equip the Afghan forces. However, security officials complain that they organisational capacity, and oper- One group now in Afghanistan coalition Former Pakistan Taliban py the armed opposition space, have been given such helicopters which are very much misfit for fighting ational environment. has recently renounced its affilia- members dominate ISIL’s sole ter- and they also enjoy sanctuary and At a track two meeting be- tion to the Afghan Taliban and giv- ritorial foothold in Afghanistan, support in Pakistan. It is, there- militancy. Resultantly Afghan forces are deprived of their own aerial sup- tween the Taliban and other Af- en allegiance to Baghdadi and ISIL: which consists of about seven dis- fore, difficult to see an opportuni- ghans held in Doha in May 2015, the Islamic Movement of Uzbeki- tricts in eastern Nangarhar prov- ty for ISIL to grow as quickly as it port and whenever they are caught in trouble and fall short of ammunition all participants agreed that “the stan (IMU), which Pakistan’s mil- ince, adjacent to the Pakistan bor- did in Syria and Iraq however the while fighting against militants, they call for help from foreign forces. so-called Islamic State [ISIL] is itary has pushed out of the tribal der. The ISIL leadership recognis- current stalemate evolves. But if alien to the tradition and the de- areas and into Afghanistan. es the leaders of this area as offi- the crises dissolve the Kabul gov- Now once again a question pops up that why the United States has been sires of the Afghan people”. The IMU has questioned the cials of the caliphate. Hafiz Saeed, ernment or the Taliban leadership, hesitating from training and equipping Afghan air force despite knowing it Some have speculated, how- Taliban’s account of Mullah a former Pakistan Taliban member if Kabul loses the foreign assistance ever, that a portion of the Taliban Omar’s death and shifted allegiance from Orakzai agency, whom Raqqa it needs to fund and defend the that it is aerial power that provides edge to Afghan forces over the Tali- might join ISIL out of unhappi- to ISIL. There is no sign yet that has appointed as amir of Khurasan state, or if the Taliban lose their ban? ness with the current leadership ISIL recognizes the IMU’s adher- province, is the top ISIL authori- sanctuary in Pakistan and are or to gain access to resources. ence. According to some reports, ty there. Saeed is aided by a few forced back into Afghanistan with- Rumors say that Pakistan had asked the United States not to train and Antagonistic ideologies the IMU fought alongside the Tal- Arabic-speaking emissaries sent out any political agreement, ISIL equip Afghan air force lest it will cut its alliance with Washington. As the The Afghan Taliban (or the Is- iban in the September 2015 cap- by ISIL central, who have also might find that its managed brutal- lamic Emirate of Afghanistan) and ture of Kunduz, despite ISIL-Tal- brought cash. Local Afghans report ity will give it an advantage. In that political, economic and security crises are becoming pervasive, and the ISIL are often lumped together as iban antagonism. that the ISIL has more money than case, the Afghan government and jihadi organisations, but their ide- Sectarian differences the Taliban (there is no government its international supporters will National Unity Government is finding it impossible to cure all the prob- ologies are distinct, even antago- Ideological and religious differ- presence in the area). mainly have themselves to blame. lems any time soon, therefore, the Wolesi Jirga suggested the govern- nistic. ences have limited the ability of There was some speculation (Courtesy: Aljazeera) Barnett ISIL preaches a version of ji- ISIL to recruit, even from aggrieved that ISIL established itself in this Rubin is a leading expert on Af- ment to seek assistance from Moscow. But is it a viable option given the had that’s a militant form of con- Afghan Taliban. Since the July 29 area to fund itself through control ghanistan and South Asia. historical tussles between Moscow and Washington? A member of the Wolesi Jirga even called on the government to review the BSA with the US and if it is possible Kabul must ink BSA with Moscow and cancel the one with Washington. This ire is triggered by the flawed and murky poli- cies of US in Afghanistan. The US, so far has failed in a clear definition of who is its enemy in Afghanistan? Only al-Qaeda? Or the Taliban are also in the list of American enemies? And yes what about the ISIS, which is a new threat. The US must take account of this stark fact that nearly all surviving leaders of the ISIS in Afghanistan are from members of the Pakistani Tal- iban. Then why it has been adopting a weaker stance against Pakistan for its brazen support to terrorists? Besides that when the US knew that in- vesting in religious extremism gives deadliest backfires then why it start- ed investing in ISIS in the Middle East being cognizant of the fact that one day its blowbacks will be felt in Afghanistan. Now that the Wolesi Jirga has suggested seeking help from Russia, and the government has already attempted so, it will be seen how Kabul secure Moscow’s support. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.

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Salafist ones have faltered. Even so, transnational groups have pressed on—and that could be a problem for ev- eryone. The most resonant Salafi jihadism, because By Brooklyn Middleton while over a dozen countries symbol for these groups is the of its transnational character discuss the conflict is absurd; holy places, and the need for And why we should worry and general lack of interest The latest round of internation- the death toll from the same their liberation. The “infidel” in national borders, speaks al talks on how to end the Syr- day the talks took place - alone Palestinian governments of By Samar Batrawi when polls suggested that 24 stones at Israeli troops during only of Palestinian land when ian conflict took place on the - should trigger immediate ini- Fatah and Hamas are blamed same day as the latest massa- percent of Palestinians had fa- clashes in the West Bank city addressing either Palestinian tiatives to alleviate the dire hu- One month ago, the Islamic for the stalled liberation of vorable views of ISIS. of Hebron, October 27, 2015. grievances or concern for the cre in the country. Regime air- manitarian crisis and suffering. State (also called ISIS) released these holy places, the lack of strikes and shelling killed at For its part, al-Qaeda has So what explains al-Qae- holy places currently held by While not abandoning the po- a video message to the people popular uprising, and un-Islam- never had a straightforward re- da’s mixed record on Palestine? non-Muslims. The land of least 70 people and injured an- sition that Assad’s criminal re- of Palestine. The video, in ic rule. In a recent ISIS video, a lationship with Palestine. To be One answer could be political Palestine is not precious to other 550 at a market in Douma, gime must go, the U.S. should which ISIS members urged Pal- fighter explains that ISIS does the violence-wracked city lo- sure, the terrorist group has opportunism; after all, it makes Salafi jihadists in the same use upcoming talks as an op- estinians to remain patient as not differentiate between the long included Palestine in its sense for any movement at- way that it is to the Palestin- cated just northeast of Dam- portunity to lead on present- they actively fight for the ca- rule of Israel and the rule of rhetoric. For one, Palestine was tempting to gain legitimacy in ians. Instead, Salafi jihadist ascus. Doctors without Bor- ing solutions that address the liphate, included a rare public the murtadin(apostates; reject- ders indicated in a written state- listed as the third most impor- the Middle East to address one symbolism mainly focuses humanitarian crisis. No party reference to clashes in Gaza ers, namely Fatah and Hamas). tant justification for jihad of the region’s most heated on important sites, such as ment that as first responders has successfully delivered any between suspected ISIS affili- The fighter explicitly states against the United States in a debates, which conveniently the al Aqsa Mosque and the rushed toward the mangled vic- security solutions to end the ates and Hamas earlier this year. that ISIS’ cause is not about tims, shelling targeted the cha- 1998 declaration. The issue fea- features two of the usual sus- Temple Mount. This is not to conflict for over four years. The clashes were triggered by land but about Islamic rule in tured in the first ever al-Qaeda pects: Jews and America. say that Palestinians them- otic site, worsening the blood- Such a reality at this point in a mixture of factors, including Palestine. The first step in recruitment video in 2001, and And, in fact, previous re- selves do not value these shed. underscores the need to prior- the ongoing siege of Gaza, the achieving this, he says, is re- The barbaric, though hard- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the search on bin Laden’s state- sites, but that their impor- itize the humanitarian situation area’s increased isolation from claiming the Palestinian narra- mastermind behind 9/11, men- ments shows that he cites Pal- tance is part of a broader ly unprecedented, attack on the over all other issues on the ta- Egypt, and Hamas’ poor record tive, which failed under the tioned American support for estinian political claim on territory. Salafi jiha- market took place as no less ble in the immediate term. of governing. With violence banners of Pan-Arabism and than 17 countries sat down at Israel as his motivation for the grievances more often than re- dists reframe what is essen- The U.S. and EU should apparently increasing in the secular nationalism. ISIS attack. Likewise, high-level ligious arguments in his rheto- tially a nationalist struggle as the table – no Syrian parties pressure Iran and Russia to Palestinian territories—to the doesn’t merely talk about Pal- ideologues such as Osama bin ric, with political grievances a religious one, convenient- were present – to discuss the agree to measures that immedi- extent that some observers estine, rather, it talks about rad- need for a comprehensive Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri featuring relatively more often ly ignoring the non-Muslim ately mitigate the suffering on have even speculated about ically and actively changing dedicated time and attention to when addressing Westerners. population that equally suf- ceasefire. With more talks the ground. A U.N.-backed the possibility of a third intifa- what it means to be Palestinian. the issue, the latter referring to All in all, then, al-Qaeda likely fers in Palestine. The differ- scheduled for the coming meeting, with Doctors without da and potential power vacu- This puts ISIS in a relative- weeks it is relevant to ask if - Palestine as “our concern and saw Palestine as an opportuni- ences in some Salafists’ and Borders advisors present, um—the question of ISIS’ real ly easy position: as a critic of the concern of every Muslim.” ty to mobilize resources and Palestinians’ estimations of despite all the talking - any par- should be held for the sole pur- intentions in the region has both Arab governance and Is- At the same time as al-Qae- support more than as a reli- the land’s importance are per- ty is actually speaking for suf- pose of determining which be- never been more pressing. rael (and not to mention the in- fering Syrians. da was claiming to speak for gious or ideological priority. It haps most tellingly illustrat- sieged areas are in greatest PALESTINE IN HISTORY ternational involvement in Pal- Palestinians, however, it was is difficult to measure whether ed by a fatwa issued by a It is difficult to comprehend need. All parties should then Palestine has long been at estine), it is essentially exploit- also engaging in a standoff this rhetoric worked, though, prominent Salafist sheikh, the total exclusion of the Syri- focus on implementing a cease- the center of one of the most ing a deep outrage over an is- an opposition and any Kurdi- against Hamas, an indigenous since it is virtually impossible Mohammas Nasiruddin al- fire in the designated areas and heated and polarizing global sue that is all but Palestinian group. Indeed, its to separate such variables from Albani, in 1993, in which he sh representatives. One of agree to facilitate the transfer debates. Historically, many irresolvable in the short term. relationship with Hamas was the broader scheme of what ordered Palestinians to leave which will usher in a new era of critical aid. Any party op- groups have claimed to speak It has an endless capacity to post-conflict and the other always one of competition. Es- motivates and inspires support their land if they were unable posed to such measures only in the name of—and to defend challenge all parties on the sentially, al-Qaeda viewed Ha- for al-Qaeda. to practice their religion un- which will play a pivotal role in further exposes their lack of the rights of—Palestinians. ground politically and ideolog- mas as a false representation Hegghammer and Wage- der non-Islamic rule, citing security matters on the ground. serious interest in deescalating Before the 1967 Arab defeat at ically, without getting its hands In addition to the failure to of an Islamic group, one that makers refer to this as the “Pal- historical examples of Mus- the conflict and their own cul- Israel’s hands, Palestine was dirty by engaging in anything did not adhere to a Salafi jihad- estine motivation effect,” which lims migrating to Muslim-held bring two of the most impor- pability in the continued blood- mainly a Pan-Arab cause. practical, let alone constructive, ist doctrine and methodology, can be seen among a broader land. tant parties to the table, it is all shed. Groups such as the Popular beyond occasional symbolic but certain the talks will de- and which had sold out its last range of Salafi The fatwawas controver- The statement released by Front for the Liberation of Pal- outreach. As a relentless con- vestiges of Islamist character jihadists, particularly during Is- sial even within the Salafist scend into failure. Both Iran and the international community estine, a Marxist-Leninist trarian, ISIS will prove to be an when it participated in demo- raeli operations in Gaza, for ex- community, but it does dem- Russia refuse to back any deal after their meeting in Vienna group, even had ties to the additional hurdle to addressing that risks Assad’s future grip cratic elections. ample during Operation Cast onstrate the tension between offers a broad nine-point out- People’s Republic of China and Palestinian grievances. Yet un- Whether opportunistic or Lead in 2008–2009 and Opera- certain elements of the tran- on the country; meanwhile, the line of what the group referred the Soviet Union. Because the less the world starts pursuing genuine, ISIS has found in the tion Strong Cliff in 2014. And snational Salafist doctrine international community’s ex- to as matters of “mutual under- issue of Palestine seems so real change rather than the non- cuse for not doing more to stop suffering of the people of Gaza now, whether opportunistic or and Palestinian identity. That standing.” The parties very well pervasive, it is often assumed peace of the past decades in a golden opportunity for moral genuine, ISIS has likewise tension perhaps explains the bloodshed, the “there are may be in agreement on the to be important for Salafi jihad- Israel and Palestine, the Pales- outrage and claims to superi- found in the suffering of the why, among conservative no good options in Syria” nine issues but not a single one ists such as ISIS. Two scholars tinians will remain a compelling could very well soon be re- ority. people of Gaza a golden oppor- Muslims in Palestine, nation- of them can even begun to be of Salafi jihadism, Thomas chess piece in the Salafi jihad- MUSSA QAWASMA / RE- tunity for moral outrage and alist Islamist organizations placed with “the involved par- addressed without halting the Hegghammer and Joas Wage- ist game. (Courtesy: Foreign UTERSA Palestinian protest- claims to superiority. such as Hamas have thrived ties failed to agree on Assad’s wanton bloodshed first. makers, reported that “in the Affairs) future.” At the same time, the er uses a sling shot to hurl GRIEVANCES whereas transnational Brooklyn Middleton is an years after 9/11 […] the issue death toll will continue to sky- American Political and Securi- of ‘al-Qaida and Palestine’ reg- rocket while both Russia and ty Risk Analyst currently based ularly came up at dinner con- the Assad regime carry out war in New York City. She has pre- versations or in question-and- crimes with impunity. In addi- viously written about U.S. Pres- answer sessions after public tion to the continued, indis- ident Obama's policy in Syria talks about jihadism.” criminate targeting of civilians, as well as Bashar al-Assad's AMMAR AWAD / REU- Doctors without Borders offi- continued crimes against his TERS A Palestinian protester cials confirmed that at least 12 own people. She recently fin- tries to hammer a hole through hospitals were bombed since ished her MA thesis on Aya- the Israeli barrier that separates late September, killing at least tollah Khomeini’s influence on the West Bank town of Abu Dis 35 people. No party has suc- the Palestinian Islamic Jihad from Jerusalem, during clashes cessfully delivered any securi- militant group, completing her with Israeli troops, October 28, ty solutions to end the conflict Master's degree in Middle East- 2015. In fact, Salafi jihadism has for over four years ern Studies. You can follow her had a complex yet limited rela- That such attacks are be- on Twitter here: @BklynMid- tionship to Palestine. Salafi ji- ing continuously carried out dleton. hadists have never been key players in the Palestinian con- flict, which is historically secu- lar and has only recently seen a surge in Islamism. Support for Salafi jihadist groups seems to be very low among Palestin- ians, but some opinion polls do indicate surges after significant historical events, such as 9/11, which happened to occur at the height of the second intifada in Palestine, and more recently, in the aftermath of the war in Gaza in the summer of 2014,

By David Lepeska reached the people as it's supposed were bloodied, and several arrest- to, what would happen automatical- ed, in clashes with police outside On a warm sunny Saturday in ly is that the people would put the the building. The list goes on. Two LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ankara, one week after the dead- AKP down," she said, shaking her British journalists and an Iraqi fix- liest terrorist attack in the histo- finger. "They're closing all the chan- er-translator for Vice News were ry of modern Turkey, several nels that we can speak through, tele- detained (police are still holding the dozen workers, writers, artists, vision, newspaper, internet." Turk- Iraqi, Mohammed Rasool, some 50 students and opposition politi- ish media on tenterhooks Media days later), a leading columnist and cians turned out at the site of the crackdown The media muzzling has television host was beaten in the bombing to commemorate the reached a high-water mark of late. In street - allegedly by AKP mem- dead and issue a warning. A few decades past, Turkey's military bers, and an independent Dutch metres from a street pock-marked would seize media outlets after over- journalist covering the mostly by the blast, they laid flowers and throwing the civilian government. Kurdish southeast was detained Security situation has deteriorated in some parts of the country in recent months. Civilian as well as military casualties have placed small placards filled with Today an interim government led by and later deported. Citizens under surged. And Taliban militants have mounted their group and suicide attacks recently. quotes of peace from the likes of the AKP is shuttering critical media pressure Citizens, too, face the Carl Jung, Victor Hugo, and Ae- outlets and bullying opponents - ter- government's wrath: dozens of The government should beef up security by adopting new plans and measures. These measures should include increasing schylus. But during a minute of rorists all, in the eyes of the state - in students, activists, and celebrities of intelligence operations. The international community should also prove that they are honest in fight against militants and silence to honour the victims, at- the lead-up to what's expected to be face charges of attacking the gov- should equip Afghan security forces with modern weapons. tendees raised more fists overhead another close vote. This week an ernment or lawsuits for insulting Knowing that Pakistan is involved in such terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, the government should adopt a than peace signs. Investigators Ankara court handed a trustee panel Erdogan, mostly for criticising the clear policy towards the country. have traced the attack to the Is- control of Koza Ipek media, home to AKP on social media. AKP sup- Rishad Ahmadi, Hese Se Khairkhana, Kabul lamic State of Iraq and the Levant a handful of news outlets critical of porters see their party as the only (ISIL), but many Turks blame the government, some linked to US- one that can save Turkey. Its op- their government, or more spe- based Turkish imam Fethullah Gulen. ponents see it destroying the coun- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and cifically the Justice and Devel- Two days later, in a surreal, slow- try, with themselves in the address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] opment Party (AKP). Chants by motion chronicle of a muzzling fore- crosshairs. "Now, the only way we the Ankara attendees denounced told, viewers watched a news chan- can express ourselves is to go out the state, and particularly Presi- nel broadcast its own silencing, live. into the street - even though there dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as Interactive: Turkey decides Riot po- are these bombings," added Cey- murderers and thieves, and called lice smashed their way into the Koza lan, who was there when the Disclaimer: for their ouster. I asked Fatma Ipek offices and marched the trust- bombs went off on October 10 and Ceylan, an Ankara housewife and ees inside. Hours later - during which is terrorised by the images. "I grandmother, how this anger reporters were able to interview a haven't slept for a week, but I am The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) might play out in parliamentary leading opposition politician about still here, and will keep coming. I elections scheduled for Novem- the media attack, as it continued - will never give up to create a bet- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. ber 1. "If the truth was shared police cut the joint broadcast of Kan- ter future for my children and my properly and the information alturk and Bugun TV. Journalists grandchildren. 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. NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

WASHINGTON: Even as Presi- will not change this situation sig- gan launching air strikes against the appears to be more concerned dent Barack Obama sent US troops nificantly, Frederic Hof, Obama s IS in both Iraq and Syria. about being able to keep that po- back to Iraq and ordered the mili- former Syria special adviser, said Despite killing as many as litical promise than in taking ac- tary to stay in Afghanistan, he in- of Friday s announcement. It is a 12,000 militants, the bombing cam- tion that could have a more sub- sisted Syria would remain off lim- Band-Aid of sorts. paign has not significantly weak- stantial impact in resolving the sit- its for American ground forces. Senator Brian Schatz, a Dem- ened the IS s capacity to hold ter- uation on the ground. Now the president has crossed his ocrat from Obama s home state of ritory, and the group s ranks have War has a harsh reality in that own red line. Hawaii, said the latest escalation been replenished by foreign fight- in order to have an effect you have His deployment of up to 50 is unlikely to succeed in achiev- ers and others. to be present, said Jerry Hendrix, US special operations troops into ing our objective of defeating IS Obama had hoped the strikes a retired Navy flight officer and northern Syria to assist in the fight and instead threatens to embroil in Syria would be complimented the director of the Defense Strate- against the self-styled Islamic State the United States in Syria s civil by a ground force trained by Amer- gies and Assessments Program at is the kind of incremental move war . icans elsewhere in the region. But the Center for a New American that has defined Obama s approach The military campaign against the train-and-equip programme Security. to the Middle East in his second the IS is nowhere near the size and failed spectacularly and the presi- The White House put no time- term. scope of the wars in Iraq and Af- dent abandoned it earlier this fall. table on how long the American While the US military foot- ghanistan. Obama has repeatedly The new US deployment into forces would stay in Syria, though print in the region grows, each step used the costly and unpopular Iraq Syria essentially replaces that ef- Obama has previously said he ex- is taken on a small scale so as to war in particular as an example of fort. pects the campaign against the IS reassure the public that Obama what he s tried to avoid in the re- The decision allows Obama in Iraq and Syria to last beyond isn t plunging the country into gion. who has been under pressure by his presidency. another large, open-ended conflict. But the significance of Fri- cast the chaos in Syria as exactly since the IS grew out of the chaos marked a return to Iraq for the US the Pentagon and international The escalation of the Penta- The strategy may help ease day s announcement was more the type of situation he was elect- and crossed the border into Iraq. military after the 2011 withdraw- partners to make progress against gon s campaign against the IS fol- Americans back into the realities about the location of the deploy- ed to keep the US military out of. What the president could once cast al, which was a fulfillment of the IS to contend he s seeking lows Obama s announcement two of war, but regional experts as well ment, not the number of troops. It Washington has no partners in the as a civil war that needed to be Obama s campaign promise to end new ways to address the crisis. weeks ago that he was reversing as some of Obama s political allies marks the first time the US has Syrian government and few good solved by Syrians has threatened the war he inherited from Presi- The White House also argued the course and keeping American say his slow ramp-up may be in- openly sent forces into Syria, ex- options among opposition leaders. to upend the whole region. dent George W. Bush. president wasn t backtracking on troops in Afghanistan beyond next sufficient in defeating the fast- panding the geographic reach of There is no ground force that the Obama s first move was to But over the past year, the his commitment to keep US troops year. That means the president moving militants. Obama s military efforts in the US can quickly train. deploy a few hundred US troops number of US troops in Iraq has out of Syria because the presence who inherited two military con- Deploying a handful of US Middle East. But the crisis has become un- to Iraq to train and assist local forc- expanded to about 3,300. In an- was narrow in size and scope. flicts will likely hand his succes- special operations forces to Syria For years, the president has avoidable for Obama, particularly es in the fight against the IS. It other escalation, the US also be- But to some, the White House sor three. AP Israeli officer: We will gas you until you die Israeli border police have issued a believe the Israeli occupation forces shocking threat to Palestinians in will do it." Aida refugee camp, saying, "We Azza noted that it was unusu- will gas you until you die," in an al for the Israelis to refer to them- apparent response to stone-throw- selves as the "occupation forces", ing. rather than a more traditional term, In a one-minute video of the such as "defence forces". incident recorded on Thursday by "This was something new," he a resident of the West Bank camp, said. "I was sad and happy at the an Israeli border officer speaking same time because I heard for the in Arabic reads the chilling mes- first time the [Israelis] saying they sage over a loudspeaker as an Is- were the occupation, and this is raeli jeep rolls slowly down the good for countries outside to hear. street. [But] I was angry to hear them "People of Aida refugee camp, threaten to use tear gas and kill the we are the occupation forces. You people; there wasn't any reason." throw stones, and we will hit you Contacted by Al Jazeera, a with gas until you all die. The chil- spokesperson for the Israeli army dren, the youth, the old people - declined to comment, noting: "The you will all die. We won't leave video in question is under the ju- any of you alive," the unidentified risdiction of the Israeli Border Po- officer says. lice." Israeli police directed inquir- Such an announcement is re- ies to spokesperson Micky markable in its stated contempt for Rosenfeld, who could not be human life, as well as raising a reached for comment. multitude of grave concerns as to The Badil Resource Centre for the adherence of Israeli forces to Palestinian Residency and Refu- central tenets of international law. gee Rights has condemned the lat- Badil Resource Centre for Pal- est developments, calling the of- estinian Residency and Refugee ficer's announcement from the jeep Rights "a clear and grave threat to collec- "We have arrested one of you. tively punish the population of He is with us now. We took him Aida camp by way of lethal force". from his home, and we will slaugh- "Such an announcement is re- ter and kill him while you watch if markable in its stated contempt for you keep throwing stones," the human life, as well as raising a officer continues, referring to a 25- multitude of grave concerns as to year-old Palestinian who was ar- the adherence of Israeli forces to rested on Thursday and subse- central tenets of international law," quently released. Badil noted in a statement, citing a "Go home or we will gas you clear threat to kill Palestinians by until you die. Your families, your way of extrajudicial executions, children, everyone - we will kill which would breach the Geneva you." Conventions. FORUM: How can Palestin- Badil has called for an inde- ians legally fight occupation? pendent investigation into the in- The video was recorded after cident, which comes amid escalat- Israeli forces raided the camp dur- ing violence in Israel and the occu- ing a protest against the occupa- pied Palestinian territories. tion and fired tear gas, reportedly A recent string of stabbings and A vote among Libya s warring fac- ment Committee, told Al Arabiya Swessi said: The last list included a few names that don t necessarily have the cleanest past, before or in response to Palestinian youths shootings has killed 70 Palestin- tions on a list of names for the News. after the 2011 revolution that ousted Qaddafi. hurling stones at Israel's separa- ians and nine Israelis. Among the Government of National Accord There were already reserva- Burashed said: Regionalism is a huge factor to tackle when making political decisions for Libya. tion wall. victims was 13-year-old Abdel (GNA) has been postponed again. tions about the original list, but this However, this doesn t mean it s easy to rip Libya s social fabric apart. It s hard to find a city, let alone According to a report in The Rahman Abdullah, a Palestinian The United Nations had hoped last list added to many parties a region, not related to another through blood or matrimony. Times of Israel, the border officer who was hit by Israeli fire inside for the House of Representatives concerns. For example, no GNC who made the threat has since the Aida camp, which is located (HOR) in the east and the General members are chosen for any of the been suspended. near the occupied West Bank town National Council (GNC) in the vice-president positions. Camp resident Mohammed al- of Bethlehem. west to reach an accord before the Intra-regional rivalry Azza said the incident unfolded at [The Israeli officer's statement] HOR s mandate as the internation- There is also rivalry within dusk on Thursday, noting an Is- is a barbaric affront to all objective ally recognized government expired each region. One of the vice pres- raeli jeep shot tear gas towards res- moral and legal standards - a state- on Oct. 20. However, no accord idents on the list, Fathi Elmajebri, idents' homes before making the ment intended and serving to ter- seems within reach in the near fu- is from Benghazi [in the east], but announcement via loudspeaker. rorize an occupied civilian popu- ture. he isn t from one of the dominant "Everyone in the camp is talk- lation," Badil said. "Such threats The last modified list of clans in Benghazi, said Shrair. ing about it," Azza told Al Jazeera. and the crimes to which these names presented by the United Because of regionalism, the east "Especially the families who have threats allude are the natural result Nations may have unconsciously can t just be represented by any- children, and older people. They of a growing culture of impunity overlooked the complexity of re- one. are afraid because [last year] a which exists within the Israeli mil- gionalism in Libya s society and Meanwhile, militias in the woman died from tear gas. They itary." politics, the country s represen- West are fighting for dominance. tative to the Arab League, Ashour This is being translated into com- Burashed, told Al Arabiya News. petition for political representa- The additions to the list tion between the cities of Misrata tipped off the balance of all regions and Zintan in the GNA. representation in the GNA, which The west is represented may have delayed the vote. through many positions on the list, There is an old, ongoing rival- but Misrata is over-represented, ry among Libya s three regions: Breik Swessi, Libya s ambassador Fezzan in the south, Barga in the to The Netherlands, told Al Ara- east and Tripolitania of the west. biya News. This infuriated many It took time and long negotia- from the east and also the west, tions for the three regions to unite especially Zintan. under King Idris el-Senussi after The United Nations is leading the Italian occupation. Muammar the initiative to form the GNA, but Qaddafi played on this rivalry dur- despite much negotiation a consen- ing his 40-year rule, exacerbating sus is still lacking. the problem. The United Nations has a This has been translated into genuine interest in bringing stabil- having two parliaments, two gov- ity to Libya, Burashed said. Its ernments and two armies now, next list of names though has to be Rabee Shrair, a member of the Lib- more sensitive to Libya s region- yan National Dialogue Develop- alism and to public opinion. 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. NOVEBMER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Chinese manufacturing has con- It has been hit by a stock mar- tracted for the third month in a row, ket slump and a global slowdown according to the government's lat- in demand. est factory survey. Economists had expected Oc- The Purchasing Managers' In- tober's PMI to show a pick-up to dex (PMI) showed a reading of a reading of 50. 49.8 for October, unchanged from "Because of the recent weak last month. recovery in the global economy and A figure below 50 indicates that downward pressure in the domes- factory activity contracted. tic economy, manufacturers still The most recent growth fig- face a severe import and export ures showed the country's econo- situation," said Zhao Qinghe, a my growing at a rate of 6.9%, the senior statistician at China's Na- weakest rate since the financial cri- tional Bureau of Statistics in a sis. statement. The government is trying to move away from being an export- S-Arabia led economy to a more consumer and services-led one. criticises S&P It has been taking action to try to spur growth, including cutting over credit interest rates five times so far this year. Economists at ANZ Bank said rating the latest PMI survey indicated there could be further measures to downgrade come. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Satur- "While the PMI has stabilised, day strongly criticised Standard it is too early to confirm a bottom- and Poor s agency for downgrad- ing out," ANZ Bank said. ing the kingdom s credit rating over the oil price slump, saying it was not backed by facts. The evaluation... came as a Greek banks must find up to 14.4b after ECB stress test hasty reaction, unjustified and not backed by reality, the finance FRANKFURT: Four major Greek tional bailout in 2010, and come ministry said in a statement cited banks must find up to 14.4 bil- ahead of new more stringent rules HTC GOES FROM by the SPA state news agency. lion ($15.8 billion) to survive po- for European banks come into BAD TO WORSE WITH The agency depended on tential economic shocks, the Eu- force in January. temporary and unsustainable fac- ropean Central Bank said Satur- On Friday, the Greek govern- DREADFUL THIRD tors, it said. day, releasing the results of an in- ment submitted draft legislation to QUARTER FINANCIAL S&P late Friday lowered the depth financial health check. parliament paving the way for the long-term credit rating for Saudi Weakened after years of reces- recapitalisation process to begin on RESULTS Arabia one notch to A+ after its sion, Greece s banks took a fur- Monday. deficit rose sharply because of low ther battering this year when the Finance minister Euclid HTC has reported its financial re- oil prices. government pushed the country to Tsakalotos on Saturday praised the sults for the third quarter of 2015, The ratings agency maintained the brink of a euro exit in a stand- results of the stress tests and said and things aren t getting any bet- its negative outlook on the world s off with Berlin and Brussels over he was optimistic over the pro- ter for the Taiwanese company. It top crude exporter, saying that the the terms of Greece s internation- cess. revealed a significant dip in reve- decision reflected the challenges of al bailout. An ECB official said in a con- nue from $1 billion in the preced- reversing the marked deteriora- While less than anticipated ference call: Private investors ing quarter to $660 million, and an tion in the Saudi fiscal balance. under the new aid package -- contributions are expected to play operating loss of $151 million. S&P said it could further low- Greece s third since 2010 -- the big a significant role in the capital-rais- The company doesn t seem to er the rating within the next two four banks now have until Friday ing process by means of taking be hitting the mark anywhere, with years if Riyadh fails to achieve a to explain how they will plug the common shares. neither high-end nor mid-range sizable and sustained reduction capital hole on their balance sheets. But if the private sector re- smartphones winning over custom- in the general government deficit . Greece s Alpha Bank, Eu- sponse is not sufficient, the banks ers. The one small ray of hope The finance ministry cast robank, the National Bank of will enter into resolution, the comes from HTC s partnership doubt on the decision, saying S&P Greece and Piraeus Bank were all Greek finance ministry said earli- with Valve to build the Vive VR lowered the country s ratings submitted to a health check by the er. headset, which launches this year. twice within one year from AA- ECB known as a comprehensive Analysts say Piraeus is the To make matters worse, HTC with a positive outlook to A+ with assessment . most exposed to bad loans because also confirmed it would not pro- a negative outlook because of the The health check comprises an it has been a top lender to small vide guidance for the next quarter oil price fall. asset quality review and a forward- and medium-sized Greek busi- and plans to withdraw from It also said the decision did not looking stress test aimed at assess- nesses that have particularly suf- giving guidance in any future quar- take into account the sound fiscal ing the specific recapitalisation fered under years of recession. ters to avoid what it characterizes position of Saudi Arabia, which is needs of the individual banks un- The bank on Saturday said it as side effects. This policy could backed by assets of more than 100 der Greece s current economic ad- took bad loan provisions of 2.121 be detrimental for the firm, which per cent of gross domestic prod- justment programme. billion in the January-to-Septem- is already under pressure from uct besides large foreign currency Overall, the stress test iden- ber period, down from 3.197 bil- shareholders to show at least some reserves. tified a capital shortfall across the lion in the same period last year. positives. Fortunately, HTC has a Saudi Arabia recorded a $17 four participating banks of 4.4 It reported a net loss of 635 lot of cash to spare, meaning it can billion budget deficit last year for billion, under the baseline scenar- million in the period, down 61% grind through a few more poor the first time since 2009. It is ex- io, and 14.4 billion under the ad- from last year. Shell s £43b gamble of a deal quarters without having to look at pected to post a deficit of around verse scenario, the ECB said. The National Bank of Greece, other options. It currently has a $130bn this year, according to the That is less than the 25 bil- meanwhile, reported a net loss of market cap of around $2 billion, International Monetary Fund. lion earmarked for the recapitali- 1.614 billion for the second quar- for BG is sliding out of reach making it a prime target for a pri- S&P said that Saudi Arabia, a sation of the four major banks in ter, with provisions for bad loans vate equity takeover, if its founder key member of Opec, had seen its the 86 billion bailout package in Greece soaring to 2.3 billion Ben van Beurden must be sick of Almost immediately observers pany profits and forcing many to and CEO Cher Wang decides to go deficit climb to 16 per cent of GDP agreed between Greece and its cred- from 323 million in the first quar- answering the same question but began asking how he could justify jump into the arms of arch rivals that route. The launch of the HTC in 2015 compared with 1.5pc in itors this summer. ter. unless there is an unlikely sudden such an astronomical outlay on one in a bid to survive the brutal down- One A9 might provide the turn- 2014 because of the plunge in the Piraeus was the weakest, with Eurobank noted in a press re- surge in the oil price and there- of its big rivals in the face of such turn. around the company is hoping for, price of oil, Riyadh s main source an anticipated shortfall of nearly lease that it was ranked as the fore the fortunes of the world s a massive deterioration in the for- However, as time passes and but early reviews don t seem too of revenue. 5 billion in an adverse scenario. Greek bank with the lowest, and energy giants the boss of Shell is tunes of the energy world. the oil price continues to languish hot. The company is also taking a It said the government could The banks have until 6 No- fully manageable, capital needs likely to be quizzed on the same van Beurden s big problem is at such low levels, the logic of lot of flak for the iPhone 6 knock- cut back on key investments and vember to submit plans showing under the... adverse scenario (re- issue many more times in the com- that the deal is predicated on some- Shell s BG takeover looks increas- off design, with fans claiming HTC cut subsidies on power, water and how they plan to cover their short- flecting) the soundness of the strat- ing months. thing over which he is completely ingly shaky. sold its iconic M7 shell to try and fuel to strengthen government fi- falls, as part of a recapitalisation egy we have been consistently What people want to know is, unable to influence: the oil price Last week, Shell reported a win over Apple fans. nances in the coming years. process to be completed before the implementing. will the UK oil major press ahead Yet despite the obvious risks $6.1bn third-quarter loss, and an- HTC suffers from not having But it also referred to political end of the year. with its mammoth £43bn takeover that surround such a mammoth nounced it was abandoning anoth- other sectors to back up a failing risk, saying that intrafamily is- Raising fresh capital would bid for BG Group despite the dra- deal, Mr van Beurden has made a er slew of projects in Canada and mobile business, unlike Samsung, sues around succession could make result in the creation of pruden- Michigan matic slump in the oil price? convincing argument for pushing the Arctic region, having already LG, and Sony. All three Android the kingdom s policy decisions tial buffers at the four Greek banks, BG Group profits drop as it ahead. Rather than being the time responded with tens of billions of providers reported grim numbers more challenging and difficult to which will improve the resilience insurance prices nears merger with Shell for restraint, the current environ- dollars in spending cuts and redun- for the third quarter, but LG re- predict . of their balance sheets and their The fall from highs of more ment is the moment for bold ac- dancies. vealed strong display performance, In February S&P had put the capacity to withstand (a) poten- up slightly under than $100 a barrel in mid-2014 to tion, he has insisted. Just days earlier, BP laid out Samsung noted growth in semicon- Gulf state on negative outlook, tial adverse macroeconomic as low as $43 has unleashed havoc Mr van Beurden claims the plans for even deeper cuts, after ductors, and Sony reported growth warning about its dependence on shock, the ECB added. health care law across the energy industry, forc- deal will help reshape Shell for the its third-quarter earnings nearly in entertainment and sensors. oil. Any capital increase would be ing the majors to rein in costs at modern era by enabling it to focus halved compared with the same (Digital Trends) The price of a barrel of oil has Many Michigan consumers will the third for Greece s banks since pay modestly more for health in- lightning speed as they desperate- on fewer and more profitable ar- period the previous year. tumbled from $90 to less than $50 the country got its first interna- surance with an average increase ly try to prop up profits and keep eas, such as deepwater exploration, Mr van Beurden s big prob- since June last year. well below the national average paying dividends to investors. where massive reserves are still lem, from which it is almost im- entering the third year of President Shell announced its bumper bid being uncovered. It would also act possible to escape, is that the deal Barack Obama's health care law. for BG Group back in April. Mr as a giant springboard to expand is predicated on something over Ikea billionaire pays The federal government said van Beurden was triumphant. The heavily in natural gas, seen by which he is completely unable to the cost of a benchmark plan in deal would be the largest the in- many in the industry as the car- influence: the oil price bouncing Michigan on HealthCare.gov will dustry had seen for decades and bon fuel of the future. back sharply. increase 1.2 percent for 2016 cov- would propel the combined com- Mr van Beurden s ambitious To complicate his position fur- first Swedish income erage. Consumers could start pany past HSBC to become Brit- move has echoes of the late 1990s ther, when the deal was announced, choosing plans Sunday through the ain s biggest public company and, when BP boss John Browne Shell laid out its predictions on online marketplace and have until with a stock market value of stunned the oil world with a block- which it based the BG bid. These taxes since 1973 Dec. 15 to buy coverage if they £180bn, put it second in the oil buster bid for US rival Amoco. were $67 a barrel in 2016, $75 in want it to start Jan. 1. Across all The billionaire founder of flatpack furniture chain Ikea has paid Swedish world only to ExxonMobil. 2017 and $90 a barrel by 2018. 37 states using the HealthCare plat- Royal Dutch Shell owes the Ben van Beurden said the pull- In July, the Shell boss went income tax for the first time since he left the country in 1973, a report form, the cost of the benchmark said. Iranian government for oil pur- out from Alaska was a "major dis- even further, stating that BG s plan will rise on average 7.5 per- chased last year. appointment" wide-ranging assets, including nat- Ingvar Kamprad declared income of 17.7 million Swedish kronor cent. Analysts say Michigan fa- ($2 million), with 1.2 million kronor coming from work, according to the vorably compares with many oth- Royal Dutch Shell owes the Their merger, which created ural gas plants in Australia and oil Dagens Nyheter daily. er states because it's a highly com- Iranian government for oil pur- Britain s largest company at the fields off the coast of Brazil, would The 89-year-old paid around six million kronor in taxes, the news- petitive market with more than a chased last year. Photo: GETTY time and placed it in the top three add to Shell s cash flow if crude paper said. dozen insurers and roughly 200 IMAGES international oil producers, came hit $67 a barrel in 2016. The Kamprad family reportedly holds around 40 billion euros ($44 plans vying for business. Yet, to land his prize, the against a backdrop of depressed From the outset, the numbers "(Michigan is) one of the most ro- Dutchman, a Shell lifer who had world oil prices, which had plum- looked a big bet but the oil price bust markets in the country," said landed the top job the previous meted to their lowest levels in de- has since fallen a further 11pc and Marianne Udow-Phillips, director year, had agreed to pay an eye- cades. many experts believe it will be de- of the Center for Health Care Re- watering £43bn in shares and cash, The price of a barrel of Brent pressed for the foreseeable future, search and Transformation at the and a 50pc premium to BG s share crude had sunk as low as $11 a including even BP and Shell s own University of Michigan. price. barrel, leaving gaping holes in com- economists. Iran to announce oil output rise at next OPEC meeting The Iranian oil minister said on Saturday that Iran will officially announce its crude oil output rise by 500,000 barrels per day at the upcoming OPEC meeting on Dec. 4, according to the ministry's news agency. "During the [upcoming OPEC] meeting, we will officially notify billion) in assets, with the Ikea founder himself sitting on a fortune of an other OPEC members of our plans estimated three to four billion euros. to raise production and will ask Originally from Almhult in southern Sweden, Kamprad decided to them to respect the 30-million-bar- leave his longtime home of Switzerland for his native land after the death rel ceiling which they have agreed," of his wife Margaretha in 2011. Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as say- The billionaire has yet to retire -- Kamprad still serves on the super- ing by Shana. visory board of Ingka Holding, Ikea's parent company. "Iran is prepared to supply at Ikea, founded in 1943, is the number one furniture store in the world least 500,000 bpd of crude oil to bringing in around 31.9 billion euros for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. global markets," he 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. NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Change is the spice of showbiz: B-town em- braces the digital boom These days, film theatres and tele- The latest music single is by the vision are not the only medium band, Jumbo Jutts from Hrish- providing people their daily dose ikesh. The revenue from advertis- of entertainment. One can witness ing is minimal as of now. But, we the increasing number of audienc- are getting sponsors and partners. es for content released on the In- United Nation funded Man's ternet through several digital plat- World and Uniliver has come on forms or channels. While All India board for Bang Baaja Baaraat. Bakchod (AIB), East India Come- Also, we are getting good views dy (EIC) and The Viral Fever which will eventually help us in (TVF) have become the most pop- getting more sponsors. We plan to ular groups producing online con- release feature films too in future tent, it is also interesting to see as we grow," reveals Ashish. how established Hindi film studios Ask if what keeps them inter- and music labels are steadily ex- ested in producing more content, ploring the medium. if there's not much return on in- New players vestment as of now, and he ex- Bhushan Kumar's music label, plains, "Here we see an opportu- T-Series, has released a number of nity to extend out story telling music videos online, the latest one skills set into other devices and being Dheere Dheere, featuring stay relevant to today's audience, Hrithik Roshan and Sonam who are always consuming con- Kapoor. The video received a tent online. Also, it requires lesser favourable viewership and thus, it budget than a feature film. This has only pushed the music com- medium allows you to experiment pany to produce and release more and tell stories that you may not online content. "Dheere Dheere is be able to tell in the big format. We the fastest video to reach 50 mil- can also find new talents like ac- lion views on Youtube in India. tors, directors, stylists and also Internet penetration in India is producers. Also, at some stage, one growing at an exponential rate. will be able to monetise the medi- Music and videos consumption on um in a much smarter way. digital platforms and especially on We are a new channel but we mobile handsets, has increased ten- have gone from 18,000 subscrib- fold. Easy accessibility and afford- ers to 100,000 subscribers in three able data pack prices is helping this weeks. Advertisers and sponsors medium grow," says the T-Series are realising that they can earn a head honcho. lot through the medium.

He also believes that Bolly- The director of Kahaani wood stars have now understood (2012), Sujoy Ghosh recently tast- the way the digital market works ed success with his debut online and are taking a keen interest in it. Bengali short film, Ahalya. How- "Our stars are very proactive as ever, he had not imagined such a far as their online and social media mass acceptance for the regional presence is concerned. We have film. The director quite candidly always been a supporter of a digi- explains that he was trying to fig- tal India, hence we have a lot of ure out how the medium functions. exciting releases lined up, which "When we did Ahalya, it was won't be limited to digital plat- more of a stepping stone. We were forms, but definitely digital will be then still trying to gauge how to the major avenue for the consump- master the medium. Digital is a tion of this content," adds Bhush- great medium but we didn't know Holograms go mainstream, an. how do we market the product or REALITY CHECK: WHAT'S THE FU- In the meanwhile, major film how do we monetise it. We want- production houses are also steadi- ed to make a short film but treat it with future full of possibility ly trying to create a mark on the like a feature film, in terms of pro- TURE OF HORROR IN BOLLYWOOD? Internet. Eros International has duction value and cast," says NEW YORK: Concert promoters grams scale, he said. been uploading films on their web- Ghosh, and adds that he wanted a hoping to bring out legends such Jason Ross, a veteran produc- For most of us, Bollywood is all site and Yash Raj Films, under the bigger audience for the film and as Whitney Houston, Billie Holi- er of multi-media music projects, about mushy, fairytale romances Y Films banner, has been releasing thus released it online. day and Elvis Presley used to face said that holograms may have more ending on a happily ever after note. web series and music videos on- He says, "I wanted to know an obvious problem the singers practical uses in classrooms for In recent times, however, the in- line. While they have received great how a Bengali film or any regional are dead. example, for dissections in biolo- dustry has been experimenting response so far to their content, film can move away from the re- But with rapid advances in gy courses. with a variety of genres, especial- Ashish Patil, Vice President of Y gion and know how people in technology, those stars and many Smelly Cat is back: Pheobe ly horror, which had long been Films, hopes to strengthen their Mumbai or any other city will re- more are returning to life through joins Taylor Swift during concert treated with disdain. While an in- standing even more. act to a Bengali short film. The holograms, the three-dimensional I think there is a market for creasing number of filmmakers Kalki Koechlin problem with regional cinema is light projections that have opened it, but I think from an instruction- seem to be realisising the potential "We have not only released that it is not screened at many plac- new frontiers for the live music and al video standpoint it s going to be of a haunting, the market for scary web series like Man's World, which es, but if we figure out a window other industries. much stronger, he said. Some pro- movies largely remains untapped. starred Parineeti Chopra, Richa like this, it helps the film reach a The hologram boom began in moters already shy away from On the occasion of Halloween, we Chaddha, Kalki and other celebs wider audience." April 2012 when Coachella, one hologram concerts, finding them track the scope of the spooky in cameo appearances, and anoth- Sujoy is trying to find spon- of the most influential music festi- tacky. genre in India. er new show, Bang Baaja Baaraat, sors to create more content for the vals, resurrected slain rapper Tu- When rock legends the Grate- Scream and shriek but also a couple of music singles. digital market. pac Shakur in a headlining set by ful Dead threw five self-declared Last year, Anurag Kashyap- his former collaborators Dr. Dre final concerts in June and July, the led Phantom Films tied up with and Snoop Dogg. band considered but decided international production houses, Two years later, the King of against creating a hologram of Blumhouse Production and Ivan- Pop Michael Jackson came back Jerry Garcia, the hippie-era hoe Pictures to exploit the horror from the dead at the Billboard group s most recognizable mem- genre. Now, Neeraj Pandey and Music Awards, the annual event ber who died in 1995. Shital Bhatia have launched Friday hosted by the US music industry John Textor, the chairman of Fearworks which will produce magazine. Pulse Evolution which spearhead- only freaky movies. They believe The firm also plans to bring ed the Tupac and Michael Jack- the film category has a lot of offer Billie Holiday, who died in 1959, son holograms, said it was critical in terms of scripts and concepts. back to Harlem s Apollo Theater to design real shows, not just to "The market has always been there, in what would be the first regular- rely on holograms. but hasn't been utilised to its ca- ly scheduled hologram show. He expected the Elvis musical pacity. The return on investment Holograms record light fields, to run 90 minutes and feature live (RoI) in this genre is much larger rather than standard camera imag- dancers and actors, in the fashion than conventional big starrer films. es, thereby allowing a three-dimen- of a Broadway show. I don t be- Even in overseas market, 'Conjur- sional presentation. For Tupac and lieve in digital performance con- ing' and 'Insidious 2' had bigger RoIs Michael Jackson, the holograms, certs. By the time you get to the than 'Iron Man 3' and 'Prometheus'. however realistic looking, still used third song, you re done. The nov- In Bollywood, films like 'Raaz' and a 150-year-old technology the elty is gone, Textor said in an in- 'Ragini MMS' and its sequel have image was projected onto a trans- terview. been extremely successful. parent screen. Textor sees concerts not as an The youth has always been For Whitney Houston s tour, end in themselves but as one ap- attracted to horror movies and which four venues have so far plication for virtual reality. Digital watches them irrespective of the agreed to welcome, the late sing- Domain, the company he ran from cast," says Shital. er s image will be projected onto a 2006 to 2012, made its name in He believes the genre has a live artist on stage. cinema and won several Oscars, bright future with many filmmak- Whitney will be able to in- most notably for 2008's The Cu- ers and production houses trying teract live in a real performance. It rious Case of Benjamin Button in to tap into it. "Steadily, we will won t be scripted, said Alki Dav- which the hero, played by Brad come up with more horror films to id, the founder of Hologram USA. Pitt, ages backwards. match Hollywood. We have the There is a performer an actor Virtual reality technologists technology at hand, and with cre- whose body is like Whitney, he have long warned of the dangers of ative concepts, we can do great told AFP. the uncanny valley a theory work. In fact, we are planning to Another US company, Pulse that, the more perfectly an image make two to three horror movies Evolution, is preparing a musical resembles a real being, the more every year. Our first film, 'Miss- based on Elvis that will take place the audience will notice the imper- ing', stars Tabu and Manoj Bajpay- on stage through virtual reality. fections. ee which will release next year," Concert promoters are avidly But for Textor, that bridge has she adds. Filmmaker Vikram seeking unique headliners as the been crossed. In the first part of Bhatt, whose name is synonymous number of summer festivals has Benjamin Button, he recalled with scary movies, believes that grown rapidly in the past years, in that audiences believed they were makers should be creative enough one of the music industry s few watching Pitt, when in fact it was to satisfy the wants of today's au- areas of substantial growth. a virtual image. dience. "We have an Indian idiom But will the public keep shell- University of Southern Cali- of horror. There is love story, songs LOS ANGELES: Priyanka Chopra s international TV series Quantico has run into a legal cauldron. A lawsuit has been filed against producer ing out money to see dead enter- fornia professor Paul Debevec, a mixed with supernatural elements. Mark Gordon, claiming that the idea for the American series was lifted from a 1999 documentary that aired on CNN. tainers once the novelty fades? pioneer in the field, said that cre- But, lately that has also stopped Filmmakers Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz Hellman, and business executive Paula Paizes filed a 35-page complaint on Thursday in Reid Genauer, a member of the ating holograms of dead people working because the multiplex au- Los Angeles Superior Court that says Gordon took the show s premise from Quantico: The Making of an FBI Agent. band Strangefolk and chief market- was much more challenging than dience is demanding the American According to the complaint, the filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to the FBI Academy for their project, which followed a ing officer of the movie app com- the actual concert design. kind of horror films. They don't class of trainees through their 16-week programme. It read that Paizes and Gordon formed a business relationship in 2001 and introduced him pany Magisto, said he struggled Manuscript of song that in- want songs or drama. So, we are to the filmmakers, later saying in an email that they have a ton of research and can get us inside Quantico and the FBI. to see how holograms would work spired Happy Birthday found working on giving our next, Raaz In 2002, Leibovitz and Hellman signed a deal with the Mark Gordon Company and their Leibovitz-Hellman Productions and provided once the technology becomes com- The technology that is new Reboot a new look. There will not MGC with the film from the documentary, information that was not included in the documentary, including all of their notes and transcripts monplace. and interesting is the ability to cre- be any unnecessary scene or related to the film. Meeting dead celebrities, it ate a human likeness to someone songs," he says. The director feels The complaint further alleged that initially, the Quantico Project was discussed as a movie, with a storyline that included a conspiracy seems reasonable to me. Is there that is dead Tupac, Michael that big stars and producers look inside the FBI Academy. It added that the series substantially resembles the plot lines created and moulded by Paizes. The Mark Gordon business there? Probably. The dif- Jackson, he said. down on horror films, affecting its Company had not commented on the suit. ficulty I have and it s a lack of The technology of putting it rise: "Big stars don't want to be Priyanka forayed into the small-screen fiction space through the ABC action-thriller series, in which she plays Alex Parrish, a rookie FBI imagination, not a lack of possibil- on stage is completely uninterest- scared of anybody and the heroine recruit with a mysterious past. The Quantico series follows a group of young FBI recruits battling through training, inter-cutting between their ity is envisioning how holo- ing. doesn't want to look ugly. hidden pasts and present training. 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. NOVEMBER 02, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Ruthless New American Pharoah caps off historic career Zealand retain with storybook ending at Breeders' Cup In art, in sports, in life, the perfect petition, galloping gloriously into he felt a ton of pressure to send "I need to breathe," he years later, Baffert recounted that ending is always sought but rarely history. Here came the only living American Pharoah into retirement quipped. But beneath those trade- cold day at Churchill Downs. He Rugby World Cup achieved. You can script it and plan Triple Crown winner, bringing the right way, but when prime mark sunglasses, Baffert was chok- was wearing a cheap, heavily it, but the devil is in the delivery. 50,155 fans to their feet, bringing Classic competitor Beholder ing up. "I've never been so damn starched shirt and it chafed his John Elway did it, walking hair on the back of the neck to at- scratched midweek, this 1 ¼-mile emotional about running a horse," nipples raw. away from football after consecu- tention, bringing tears to the eyes. race became less a competition than he said. Then he talked about the 1996 tive Super Bowl victories. F. Scott "C'mon, boy!" trainer Bob a coronation. If there was tension "Stop crying," Jill said. Breeders' Cup in Toronto, when Fitzgerald wrote it, finishing "The Baffert shouted, looking up at the in the Pharoah camp, it was hard He stopped crying and start- he had a horse named Zippers Up. Great Gatsby" with an artistic last big screen in the Keeneland pad- to detect. ed joking. Waiting for the horses When someone told him his zip- page of prose. Mike Nichols di- dock as his colt of a lifetime drew The bandwagon had bloated to load, Baffert thought back more per was down, Baffert laughed it rected it in the closing scene of off. "C'mon! C'mon, big boy!" hysterically since the colt won the than 20 years, to when he was new off, thinking it was a reference to "The Graduate." Before he even got to the wire, Kentucky Derby on the first Sat- on the thoroughbred scene after his horse. But later someone told And now here came American Baffert's wife, Jill, cried and turned urday in May. Then, Baffert coming up through the quarter- him, hey, your fly really is down. Pharoah, nailing the ending. to give Bob an embrace. Emotion watched the race with his wife, horse ranks. These were races he Yes, this is what Bob Baffert Here came the best horse on surged through American some of his children, friend Bernie dreamed of just being part of. was talking about in the minutes the planet, flying over the dirt Pharoah's connections owner Schiappa and a couple of report- "I remember just hoping I'd before American Pharoah's last stretch at Keeneland Race Course Ahmed Zayat was reduced to a ers. Now, he was surrounded by have one Breeders' Cup horse," he race. This is why he is a unique on Saturday evening in the Breed- puddle as the reality and finality so many people that Baffert had said. personality in sports. ers' Cup Classic, running toward hit. to move away before the horses His first Cup horse was a filly Oh, there was a little bit of the wire one last time, running "What a horse," Baffert said. reached the starting gate to get named Soviet Sojourn, in 1991. race talk, too. The break from the away from the overmatched com- The Hall of Fame trainer said some space. Minutes before this Classic 24 starting gate would be key. New Zealand cemented their sta- tus as the greatest team in rugby history when they overwhelmed Australia 34-17 at Twickenham to become world champions for a record third time, and the first na- tion to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. Tries from Nehe Milner-Skud- der and Ma'a Nonu had the All Blacks cruising 21-3 early in the second half before Ben Smith's yellow card opened the door for Australia, who got back to within four points with tries by David Pocock and Tuvita Kuridrani. But flyhalf Dan Carter, who missed most of the 2011 tourna- ment through injury and who is retiring from international rugby after Saturday's match, stepped up with an exquisite drop goal and a 50-metre penalty to put the re- sult beyond doubt. Replacement wing Beauden Barrett applied the black icing to the Kiwi World Cup cake with a late try which Carter converted to take his personal tally to 19 points New Zealand have lost just three times in 54 matches since their triumph on home soil four years ago, and have won every World Cup match since losing to France in the 2007 quarter-finals. "I'm pretty grateful to be where I am considering what hap- pened four years ago," said man- of-the-match Carter, who was also part of the unsuccessful 2003 and 2007 campaigns. "I'm so proud of the team. To win back-to-back World Cups is a dream come true. It's a pretty strong group of guys. We try to do things no other team has done be- fore... it's a special feeling to be part of such a great team." The previous six World Cup finals had produced seven tries between them and Saturday's to- tal of five was a record, eclipsing the four of the inaugural final when New Zealand beat France. The sport's superpower won the cup for a second time four years ago, also on home soil, and Saturday's victory was their first overseas. Justin Thomas wins CIMB Classic for first PGA Tour title KUALA LUMPUR: Justin Tho- Rafael Nadal reached the final of the Swiss Indoor tournament when he beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-6(7), a result that was good news for fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. mas won the CIMB Classic on Gasquet could still have denied Ferrer a place in the ATP World Tour Finals next month, but his defeat means Ferrer, along with Japan's Kei Nishikori, complete the eight-man line-up for the season-ending showpiece. Sunday for his first PGA Tour ti- Nadal was a break down in the opening set but hit back from 2-4 to win four consecutive games. He also trailed 6-4 in the second-set tiebreak before reeling off the last four points. tle, holing a 6-foot par putt on the Standing in the way of Nadal in his 98th career final will be top-seed and home favourite Roger Federer who beat American Jack Sock 6-3 6-4 in little over an hour. final hole for a one-stroke victory Federer is looking for a seventh title in his home city. Ferrer and Nishikori join three-time defending champion and 2008 winner Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, six-times former winner Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas over Adam Scott. Berdych and Nadal in London. The 22-year-old American closed with a 6-under 66 for a tour- nament-record 26-under 262 total at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Coun- try Club. Thomas had a double bogey on the 14th after hitting into the Ronda Rousey wore a Roots of boxing, Rousey said. ing in preparation for her wom- Nov. 14 in Melbourne, Australia, Holly Holm in the main event of defy the normal conventions of age, water, then rallied with three con- Fight T-shirt with a photo of Mu- She s worked hard on her box- en s bantamweight title defense against former boxing champion UFC 193. but she s nearly 29 and is at the secutive birdies to take the out- hammad Ali and Elvis Presley on Her coach, Edmond Tarverdy- age where fighters tend to start to right lead. the front with the sleeves torn off, an, raved about Rousey s boxing decline physically. Scott had an eagle and seven a pair of shorts and boots. and said he doesn t believe Holm Her body has been battered birdies in his closing 63. Kevin Na She grinned, seeming almost will stand in front of Rousey. from nearly two decades of phys- and Brendan Steele tied for third embarrassed, after finishing her She s going to run, Tarver- ical abuse, and she s not certain of at 24-under. Na had a 67, and Steele makeup and coming to the mats at dyan said, dismissively, of Holm. how long it will allow her to do shot 68. the Glendale Fighting Club to greet Rousey has developed from a what she does. Thomas opened with rounds a phalanx of reporters, micro- one-trick pony who used her in- It s not simply the fights but of 68, 61 and 67 to share the third- phones and cameras. credible judo skills to carry her in the hours of practicing that may round lead with Steele. Those covering the event made the early stages of her MMA ca- ultimately be her downfall. a horseshoe around her and camer- reer. She s developed her game so Technically, I feel my level s as whirred as she took her seat. well in the last five years that she s increasing all the time, Rousey We ve probably dealt with arguably the best fighter in the told Yahoo Sports after her media similar situations, Rousey said of sport s short history. scrum Wednesday had concluded. Ali and the media crush he would She runs through opponents Physically, I m very much at my regularly attract during his heyday so fast the fight with Holm will peak right now. when his was the most recogniz- be her third of 2015, though de- But that s because of an incred- able face on Earth. fenses against Cat Zingano at UFC ibly high pain tolerance and a will Rousey s not there yet 184 and Bethe Correia at UFC 190 to win that is such that she ignores though if her popularity keeps failed to last a minute combined the aches and pains that sideline growing exponentially the way it that she has to set goals other than others. has over the last year, she could simply winning in order to stay UFC president Dana White come close. motivated. called her the most durable athlete In the last three months, she s To be honest, my goals are he s ever known, but she s not announced her next fight on Good so crazy that, what I d really like Marvel Girl, even if she dreams Morning America; had the promo to do, and I don t know if I have about it. I ve had arthritis since I for that bout debut on The Ellen the time because I want to do so was 19 years old and I had my DeGeneres Show; hosted Sports- many things, but I want to be re- first knee surgery when I was 16, Center; did a guest spot on The membered as one of the greatest she said. I ve had four knee sur- Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon; fighters of all time, any sport, she geries to this point. I don t know appeared on the covers of Self and said. What I would love to do, I how much longer I can go. I don t Ring magazines; and was on the mean, I got an Olympic medal [in want to give away too many of Fox NFL pregame show on Sun- judo in 2008], I would want to re- my injuries, but those are the ones day. tire from MMA as one of the I know. I have some things that are She s far and away the biggest greatest of all time. degenerative over time. I can t do draw in combat sports, and no one I would love to have a chance this forever. I wish I could, but it else right now is close. to be the boxing world champion. is what it is. Her appearance on the Ring I would love to have a chance to be Rousey is a far better athlete cover was special to her, and not a jiu-jitsu world champion. I would than most of her competition, but just because in doing so she be- love the chance to be the [WWE] she s also extremely technical. She came the first mixed martial artist Divas world champion and be the manages to turn negatives into to appear on the cover of the ven- best of everything at one point. positives. She said in some ways erable boxing magazine. Rousey is a once-in-a-genera- she is a better fighter because she I ve really fallen in love with tion type of athlete and she may tore up her knee as a teenager. 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. 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