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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi pressed concerns over the pres- es since the Taliban captured Kun- Lower House of the parliament, es with lethal weapons in order to Obama, ence of insurgents along the bor- duz, a province bordering Tajiki- Muhammad Iqbal Safi, said that fight better against the Taliban and KABUL: Scores of Afghan law- ders of Central Asian Republics. stan. Itlaat-e-Roze, a local news- presence of the Taliban in north is Daesh. It will ensure better secu- Abu Dhabi makers say that Russia s concerns Parliamentarians say that worries paper, has reported that Russian an important issue for Moscow rity on both sides of the borders. over presence of the Taliban in- of Russian authorities could not officials have showed interest, at and had concerned the Russian of- Lack of air force and heavy weap- Page 5 crown surgents along borders of the Cen- be ruled out. President of Russia, least three times in one month, to ficials, especially after fall of Kun- ons such as fighter jets, gunship prince dis- tral Asian countries could not be Vladimir Putin, has recently equip Afghan security forces. duz to the insurgents nearly three helicopters, tanks and artillery is ignored. A number of lawmakers warned of increase in insurgency Likewise, Afghan government has weeks ago. He said that the Rus- a major challenge faced by the cuss Syria told Afghanistan Times that the in northern Afghanistan, and has requested Moscow four times to sian leadership has every right to Afghan security forces, he added. concerns of Russia over the Tali- said that one of the goals of ter- equip its security forces. The be concerned because Central Asia Nazefa Zaki, a member of the ban infiltration into Central Asia rorists is to reach Central Asia. same daily said that the first vice is under threat. Therefore, the Internal Security Committee of the through northern provinces carry He said that it was necessary to president Gen. Abdul Rasheed United Nations, the United States, Wolesi Jirga, said that Russia weight. They also termed the new take steps and prevent the insur- Dustom in his trip on September NATO and Russia must work to- should equip the Afghan security China set to US troops withdrawal plan use- gents from crossing into Central 24 and a parliamentary delegation gether to eliminate the Taliban and forces in order to keep the insur- disappoint less . The legislators say that con- Asia. Media reports suggest that on October 14 has asked the Rus- end militancy in the region, sug- gents away from borders of the tinued presence of the American the Russian president has showed sian authorities for military gested Safi.The Afghan govern- Central Asian states.On the other Page 9 investors with forces would prolong the war. willingness at least three times to support.The Chief of Defense ment shall ask Russia and NATO hand, the lawmakers termed pres- third quarter Moscow has recently ex- support the Afghan security forc- Committee of the Wolesi Jirga or to equip the Afghan security forc- ence of 5,500 US troops ..P2 growth Abdullah, NATO commander discuss military cooperation Intifada or not, Page 8 something AT News Report Karzai as saying: The foreign Karzai said that the US president powerful troops should ensure that they will used the term fighting seasons, KABUL: Ex-President Hamid not undermine the national sover- which is not commonly used and is going on Karzai stressed that longer pres- eignty of Afghanistan and respect this term means that war in Afghan- ence of the US troops in Afghan- the unity of Afghans. Since istan will gain length. It was made istan should bring lasting peace to 2001, Afghans have been tolerat- clear that the Taliban militants by the country. The US decided to ing foreign troop presence in the wars in our cities and villages are keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan hope that they will weed terror- paving the ground for presence of Don t abandon through 2016 and 5,500 troops ism out and brining lasting peace foreign forces in Afghanistan, he beyond for training and helping to the country, however, instead added.Hamid Karzai stressed that Afghan security forces. A press of taming terror, unfortunately ter- Afghans will approve the military Page 7 Afghanistan statement released by former rorism surged to a new height, the presence of the America in Afghan- President Hamid Karzai s office statement said. Karzai added that istan only if the US ensures elimi- said the Afghans will accept long- signing of the bilateral security nation of terrorism, end of war, res- too soon er presence of the US troops in agreement (BSA) with the US was toration of peace, strengthening of Afghanistan only if their stay also of no use. Unfortunately, the national unity and respect to Af- brings peace and security to the deal could not end the war, but in- ghanistan s sovereignty, otherwise Chief Executive Officer of the Na- community and there is a need for country. The statement quoted security has mounted, he said. their presence will be of no use. tional Unity Government (NUG) the world to cooperate with Af- Women's Abdullah Abdullah met with the ghanistan in its struggle against ter- Woes on repeat: commander of U.S and NATO rorism, Abdullah said at the meet- star Taylor NDS nabs 11 militants in Kandahar forces in Afghanistan General John ing with Campbell. Referring to the Kalabagh will Campbell on Saturday where they country's war on terrorism, CEO Page 11 makes his- AT News Report 11 militants. The network was discussed a number of issues with Abdullah reiterated that as Afghan tory in drown Peshawar, led by Rahmatullah alias Dangir the main focus being on the future security and defensive forces con- KABUL: The National Director- in the province. of military cooperation between tinue to fight insurgency, the world men's game Mardan, says ate of Security (NDS) on Satur- The detained militants were Afghanistan and the international must abide by its commitments and day said that a militant group was involved in different terrorist ac- forces. Abdullah and Campbell also supply Afghan troops with the nec- Jamat-e-Islami busted in southern Kandahar tivities including assassination of discussed the recent move by the essary weapons and equipment. province. In a press statement is- a tribal elder Nik Mohammad, U.S government to keep troops in The meeting also focused on the on- sued here, the spy agency said that who was resident of Zerai district Afghanistan beyond 2016, calling going military campaigns against ter- The definition its operatives succeeded in bust- of Kandahar province. The mili- it important in their quest to fight rorists in various parts of the coun- ing the group during an operation tants were also involved in killing terrorism. Today Afghanistan is a try and the role of the foreign troops in the Kandahar city and arrested of three police officers. trusted ally of the international in counter insurgency efforts. Page 6 of insanity is US AfPak strategy End the war before we can start off peace talks, HPC tells Taliban If the Taliban ceases attacks, it will pave grounds for foreign troop pullout. A time will come that the Taliban and general public will tell foreign troops to leave as there is no war in the country, says HPC. press the Taliban to return to peace Prof. Ibrahim flays Prime Minister talks and to do their part in pursue Nawaz Sharif for issuing mixed AT Monitoring Desk HPC, said that peace talks have not ed States announced to keep 9,800 to the peace that Afghans deserve, signals. PHOTO: FILE faced a total deadlock as despite an troops in Afghanistan through he said. Nawaz Sharif will pay a KABUL: The High Peace Coun- apparent deadlock still there are 2016. The US President Barack three-day official visit to the Unit- Peace talks PESHAWAR: Representatives cil (HPC) said that to have peace indirect contacts between the gov- Obama declared that a peace deal ed States starting October 20. Mu- Editorial P6 of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) urged in Afghanistan, the Taliban should ernment and the Taliban insurgents. on the part of the Taliban with the hammad Yunus Fakoor, a political opportunities Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to put end to their war in Afghani- Given that peace talks succeed, the Afghan government is the only way analyst, hoped that the stalled peace stop his minister from issuing stan. He argued that there will be people of Afghanistan and the Tal- for a complete withdrawal of Amer- talks between the Afghan govern- statements regarding the con- no need for presence of foreign iban will collectively demand the ican troops from the country. Next ment and the Taliban will resume, if struction of Kalabagh Dam and troops in Afghanistan, once the pullout of foreign troops, Radio week I will host Prime Minister the Washington mounted political close the matter forever. This war came to an ended. Qazi Amin Azadi quoted Waqad as saying. Sharif of Pakistan and I will contin- and economic pressures on Paki- AIB smashes was said at a press conference Waqad, a senior member of the This comes at a time that the Unit- ue to urge all parties in the region to stan. held at Markaz-e-Islami in Pe- stalkers with shawar the other day. Speaking the perfect on the occasion, JI provincial Page 10 emir Professor Ibrahim said 'Creep Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was ex- Qawwali' tremely concerned about the construction of Kalabagh Dam FAIZABAD/KUNDUZ CITY/ were injured and 14 others had been and China Pakistan Economic PUL-I-KHUMRI: At least 11 missing, Amanullah said, adding it Corridor (CPEC). He added militants and two policemen have was unclear whether the security Afghanistan PML-N ministers were issuing been killed and 14 border police- personnel had fled to the mountains AT News Report ate fear among residents of Ghaz- various statements regarding men disappeared in separate inci- or had been captured by rebels. ni province. However, no group look to them which was creating a great dents in Badakhshan, Kunduz and However, an official said on condi- KABUL: Unidentified armed men has claimed responsibility. Page 2 solve batting deal of uncertainty for the peo- Baghlan provinces, officials said tion of anonymity nine policemen have abducted six civilians in Gi- Kidnapping of passengers has ple of K-P. Ibrahim also criti- on Saturday. The 7th border po- had been taken hostage by the mili- lan district of Ghazni province, become an order of the day, espe- issues cised the prime minister for lice battalion commander in Bada- tants while the fate of five others chief of the provincial council said cially in Ghazni province. Com- double standards . He said, khshan, Col. Amanullah, told Pa- was yet to be known. On their web- on Saturday. muters fear for their lives while What Nawaz says to the media jhwok Afghan News seven mili- site, the Taliban claimed repulsing a Head of the council Khaliqdad travelling on Kabul-Kandahar and to the opposition parties is tants were killed and 13 others police attack, killing 12 security per- Akbari said that unknown armed highway. Despite having troops completely different from what injured in a police ambush in the sonnel and seizing a dozen others. men stopped a bus in Dalan desert since 2001, the United States and BMAs acting he says to his ministers. Bury- Tirgaran area of Warduj district Warduj district fell to the insurgents of Gilan district on late Friday and its NATO partners failed to elim- ing the dam issue Peshawar and this morning. He said an ammuni- on October 1. Elsewhere, four mili- abducted six civilians, including inate insurgents in Afghanistan. Mardan valleys would drown if tion dump of the militants was tants were killed in the Chahardara two women. The gunmen took the Nawa district of Ghazni is still Page 3 head flouts floods like the one in 2010 hit destroyed and a machinegun, two district of northeastern Kunduz kidnapped passengers to an un- under control of the Taliban. The the country again or if Kalabagh Kalashnikovs, a walkie-talkie and province, said Maj. Ghulam Hazrat known location, he said. He al- multi-nation coalition force failed presidential decrees Dam is constructed, said Ibra- some other weapons seized. A bor- Karimi, spokesman for the 2nd Af- leged that it was work of the Tal- to retake the district from insur- him. He added if the ..P3 der policeman was also killed, two ghan National Army (ANA ) brigade. iban insurgents who want to cre- gents.

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The findings of a study by the and beating, targeted killings, tak- others were injured after the Tali- rights or they violated the rights [Kunduz] office and said women that the Taliban and their affiliates However the commission appoint- Afghanistan Independent Human ing of hostages, sheltering in civil- ban stormed the city, the report themselves," AIHRC spokesman were raped there," the spokesman are responsible for all the crimes ed by President Ashraf Ghani to Rights Commission (AIHRC) re- ian homes, freeing prisoners, said. Raifullah Bedar told TOLOnews. said. According to the findings, the in Kunduz except for the bomb- investigate the fall of Kunduz has veal distressing crimes were com- blocking roads and preventing civ- Based on the findings, 15 of The report confirmed that Taliban had violated human's rights ings on a hospital belonging to intensified its works. Ghani said mitted by the Taliban and their af- il services were among the crimes those killed were attacked when women and girls were raped in by attacking the civilians and shel- "Doctors without Borders." At during his visit to Kunduz on Fri- filiates during their siege on the revealed by the AIHRC in a report they were fleeing their homes. Kunduz. However the Taliban has tering in their homes. The Taliban least 22 people were killed, includ- day that the initial findings of the northern city of Kunduz about issued on Friday. "When the insurgents stormed repeatedly rejected these claims as attack on Kunduz has left more ing 12 staff members of Médecins task team showed that the people three weeks ago. Nearly 50 civilians were killed Kunduz city, either they paved untrue. "The report states that a than 100,000 residents displaced, Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital of Kunduz do not need food, in- Murder, rape, looting, torture including a school teacher and 350 grounds for the violation of human number of people visited our it added. The commission says after it came under and airstrike. stead they need a good system. Bam iyan hosts Russia s concerns Can we trust Obama s Afghanistan policy? Afghanistan s first-ever over security concluded that maybe one had to be a member of Obama s war coun- international marathon threats to Central . . cil and privy to inside information ..P1 beyond 2016 useless and termed it as a to know how it would be done. So major factor that would fuel the war in Af- now we are being told never ghanistan. Nazir Ahmad Hanafi, an MP from mind, disregard that last trans- Herat, said that presence of the US troops mission, oops, there s been a would keep the war ongoing in Afghanistan. change in plans. On Thursday, the The United States and Russia shall equip president announced that 9,800 the Afghan security forces if they really want troops will remain in Afghanistan to end militancy in the region. Presence of the during most of next year, with US forces is of no use. The US wants to con- 5,500 remaining in 2017. That s tinue the Crusades in Afghanistan and kill only because, despite the president s Muslims on the pretext of war against terror- declarations six years ago, the Af- ism. Afghans [security forces] have the ability ghan security forces can t fend for to lead the war if equipped. If the US really themselves and the Taliban s mo- wanted to fight against terrorism then why did mentum has not been reversed. The they disarm Afghans and not providing air pow- Taliban reportedly is now spread er and tanks to our security forces? he asked. through more of Afghanistan than Abdul Wodood Paiman, an MP from Kun- it has been since 2001, according duz, said that the presence of US troops would to the United Nations. Deny al- AT News Report in Europe. The event was orga- Qaeda a haven? Al-Qaeda fighters nized by the provincial directorate not help Afghans. He said the US forces are in are still on the ground taking terri- KABUL: Afghanistan hosted its of information and culture in joint Afghanistan since 2001 but the Taliban was not made history. Paiman said the insurgents tory and lives. The ice has melted first international marathon the venture with Untamed Borders, an in my cup of Kool-Aid. This isn t other day with participation of adventure-travel company. A sep- are still strong. He alleged that the US was an antiwar screed, a cry to get out 160 runners from 12 countries. arate 10-kilometer race was held for involved in collapse of Kunduz in order to ex- of Afghanistan or a denunciation Athletes from the United local female runners. Nazifa, a 15- tend its stay in Afghanistan. Mahdawi, anoth- of Afghan security forces. At is- States, Britain, Canada, Germany, year old girl from the province, won er MP, called presence of the US troops as a sue are decision-making in the France and several other countries the race. She described the experi- complicated political game in the region. I do not think that the US troops presence will White House and how this admin- run in the 42 kilometers race in ence as unforgettable. Organizers This time, I m not touching the Kool-Aid. Yes, back in 2003, year and a half, tens of thousands istration handles acute military central Bamiyan province. Brit- of the event said that the race pro- help us or bring durable security, he said, add- I did chug a glass full of the stuff, and asked for more, when of U.S. troops would be mobilized threats. Does it understand the on Keith MacIntosh, 41, won the vided an opportunity to both local ing that the US wanted to punish Russia for its then-Secretary of State Colin Powell told the U.N. Security and sent to Afghanistan, where implications of its decisions? Af- race with a time of 2 hours and 55 and international runners to run to- support to Syria. He said that this policy of Council that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that they would join other forces and, ter 18 months our troops will be- minutes. Maclntosh has partici- gether and enjoy the beautiful view the United States would reverse the gains made something had to be done like a war. How could Powell s in 18 months: deny al-Qaeda a ha- gin to come home. On what was pated in more than 20 marathons of Bamiyan province. in the last 14 years. declaration not have been true? If anyone would have known ven; reverse the Taliban s momen- that based? Were the administra- about Iraq s destructive arsenal, it would have been the former tum; strengthen the capacity of tion s conclusions that the Tali- chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with his access to Afghan security forces; and stabi- ban s momentum would be re- Afghan istan lo o k to so lve battin g issues military intelligence. Powell was a distinguished public ser- lize neighboring Pakistan. So I versed and Afghanistan s forces vant, tempered by Vietnam and drilled in the need for cred- swallowed. Yes, I was hard-pressed would be brought up to speed ibility in government service. to understand why al-Qaeda, a vi- within 18 months based on hard- He would not steer us wrong. So I drank deeply and dreamed cious group of extremists, and that nosed analysis or wishful think- of destroying Saddam Hussein s WMDs. Except the dicta- brazenly ruthless movement called ing? That nagging question also tor didn t have any. Chastened, but still willing to trust a the Taliban would stick around for arises with the White House s han- leader s words, I again drank from a cup of Kool-Aid (but 18 months doing battle with U.S. dling of Syria and Iraq and Rus- refrained from turning it bottoms-up) following President and allied forces, when all they sian President Vladi•mir Putin s Obama s speech at West Point six years ago announcing a seemingly had to do was hide out aggression in the Middle East and troop surge into Afghanistan. and wait until we left. And I was Eastern Europe. President Obama I partook of that drink, as I wrote at the time, because it mystified how we would achieve isn t lacking in supporters of his was inconceivable to me that Obama, a cautious, thoughtful the goal to bring agriculture to Af- policies. But the Afghanistan zig- leader who presciently opposed the Iraq war, would, after ghanistan s poppy fields; get tens zags and his decision-making by months of painstaking review, decide on a course that would of thousands of Afghans into the increments in the foreign arena raise lead the United States to military, financial and political fight on our side; and convert Af- the question: Can the American disaster. After 18 months, declared Obama, our troops ghan ministries, governors and lo- people have confidence in this ad- will begin to come home. I allowed the cup to pass my lips cal chieftains into symbols of cor- ministration s calls on national se- because I believed the president when he said that, in all of a ruption-free zones by 2011. But I curity? (The Washington Post)

Afghanistan's batsmen will have a lot of work to do against Zimbabwe's spinners © AFP Such was the ease of their victory placency that could come with ly needs that sort of magic from him now, and he over Afghanistan in the opening such a massive victory, though one is a far better player than his returns with bat and game that Zimbabwe's cricketers feels that it's too early in the series ball in the first game suggest. Sean Williams sat may already be thinking of filling for that to be a real worry. Zimba- Zimbabwe's first game out, having initially com- their boots with runs and wickets in bwe have chased victories all year, plained of tightness in his left groin area while the matches to come. An eight-wick- coming close far more often than batting during the third ODI against Ireland. It is et win, with a whopping 160 balls they actually crossed the line, and not a major injury and Williams will undergo a to spare, suggests a total mismatch, success over Afghanistan will be fitness test before the second match, but even if but Afghanistan are better than that. as important for the team's psyche he is fit Zimbabwe may not want to risk rushing They are the sort of side who ride as it is for their averages. They will him back, with a tour to Bangladesh following on fearlessness and adrenaline, and want to keep winning. Tinotenda swiftly on from their engagements against Af- it could take just one or two inspired Mutombodzi seems to have devel- ghanistan. Zimbabwe (probable): 1 Chamu Chib- moments to stoke them back to their oped greatly as a player since his habha, 2 Richmond Mutumbami (wk), 3 Craig best. It is Afghanistan's batting that debut as a skinny 22-year-old on Ervine, 4 Elton Chigumbura (capt), 5 Sikandar will be their real worry. Luke Jong- the tour of the Caribbean in 2013. Raza, 6 Tino Mutombodzi, 7 Luke Jongwe, 8 we's early seam and swing brought For one thing, he has filled out a Wellington Masakadza, 9 Tendai Chisoro, 10 Ti- three top-order wickets, but it was bit, adding a layer of muscle to his nashe Panyangara, 11 John Nyumbu. It is proba- Zimbabwe's spinners that really tall frame. He remains a canny leg- bly too soon for Afghanistan to consider major knocked the stuffing out of the vis- spinner, but it is his progress as a changes to the line-ups that clicked during their iting batsmen. Zimbabwe's pair of batsman that's been the most eye- warm-up games, and the XI that played on Fri- left-arm spinners, Wellington catching. Mutombodzi captained day still looks close to being their best. Afghani- Masakadza and debutant Tendai Mashonaland Eagles to the Pro50 stan (probable): 1 Noor Ali Zadran, 2 Nawroz Chisoro, took a combined 7 for 37 in domestic one-day title last season, Mangal, 3 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 4 Asghar 11.1 overs while John Nyumbu, tech- often scoring useful runs in the Stanikzai (capt), 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Samiullah nically the senior bowler among lower middle order, and then left Shenwari, 7 Najibullah Zadran, 8 Amir Hamza, 9 them, was fairly anonymous in his for a summer with Thames Valley Aftab Alam, 10 Dawlat Zadran, 11 Shapoor four overs for 0 for 19. The truth is Division One club Eversley. He Zadran. The first rains of the season were lurking that Zimbabwe didn't really need topped their batting charts with in southern Matabeleland ahead of the first match, more from Nyumbu, so complete more than 500 Division One runs but the weather seems set to clear for the second was Afghanistan's batting implosion. in the season, and picked up a rep- ODI. There may be some early cloud cover, which Had Zimbabwe held all of the early utation for hitting enormous sixes will help seam and swing in the first hour. The chances that came their way, the scale - one of which literally landed in a pitch will remain a good one for batting, particu- of victory could have been even different post code to the ground larly as it flattens out in the afternoon. Craig Erv- greater. One cannot look to the pitch he was playing at. He's given hints ine's four catches during the opening ODI equals as a reason for the dominance of Zim- of his potential since his return to the Zimbabwean record for most catches in an babwe's bowlers. After some early the national set-up, and he is on innings by a non-keeping fielder. Guy Whittall zest, it remained flat and true for the the brink of a breakthrough innings and Elton Chigumbura are the other two players rest of the day and Zimbabwe might at this level. With 1289 ODI runs to also hold that record. Zimbabwe have won 17 well have fancied their chances chas- to his name, Samiullah Shenwari is of the 59 ODIs they have played at the Queens ing 300 or more. But without runs Afghanistan's leading run-scorer in Sports Club, a win-loss ratio of 0.435 - a very similar ratio to their record at Harare Sports Club, on the board, the visitors' spin at- the format. He has ten ODI fifties where they have played twice as many games tack could not recreate the pressure - more than any of his team-mates (winning 36 out of 118 ODIs with a ratio of 0.450). that Masakadza and Chisoro had ap- - and adds further value with his Mohammad Nabi has hit 46 sixes in ODIs, more plied, leaking 64 runs in 10.2 overs attacking legspin. Shenwari has than anyone who has ever played for Afghani- with a return of just one wicket when been at the forefront of many of stan. Next on the list is Nawroz Mangal with 27. the match was already as good as Afghanistan's successes, such as No Afghanistan batsman has hit an ODI hundred gone. The task of setting Afghani- the historic win over Bangladesh this year. Quotes "We cannot say that we must stan right seems an onerous one for at the Asia Cup in March 2014, win all the matches but we would like to play new coach Inzamam-ul-Haq, but when he shared a 164-run stand good cricket in the upcoming games." Afghani- this series will at least offer several with Asghar Stanikzai and then stan captain Asghar Stanikzai takes a realistic ap- chances to do that. Zimbabwe's main picked up the vital wicket of Mo- proach on his team's chances. Liam Brickhill is a challenge may be to avoid the com- minul Haque. His team desperate- freelance journalist based in Cape Town This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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A 76-year-old Parwin nurse, who Sayed Arif Musavi who visited the years ago, has mostly always which names of the patients have Parwin says she has success- en in Balkh know Parwin. They has treated over 80,000 women in private clinic of Parwin reports worked with women and has treat- been registered, but few of them fully treated a number of serious pay tribute to Parwin because of northern Balkh province in her from the area that hundreds of ed over 80,000 women in the weren't registered," Parwin told patients despite having no medi- her ethics and experience. private clinic, has been awarded the women consult Parwin for medi- norther province despite the lack TOLOnews. cal equipment. "I have treated sev- "I always consult Parwin, by title of 'Mother of Balkh' and says cal advise on a daily basis - the of modern technology available to Parwin was awarded the title eral serious patients, including sev- the grace of Allah (God) I have six she has to date trained hundreds majority of them being gynecolog- her. of "Mother of Balkh" during eral genetic patients which is a se- children and all of them were born of nurses. ical patients. "I treated nearly 85,000 pa- Nawroz Festival this year in order rious disease, but I treat my pa- under the supervision of Parwin," TOLOnews correspondent Parwin, who graduated 55 tients, we have a protocol book in to honor her for her work. tients well," she said. Most wom- a Balkh resident Khadija said. EMERGENCY Over 1600 Afghan cancer patients treated in SKMCH Lahore: Admin BMAs acting head CALLS flouts presidential Since its inauguration in December 1994, over 1600 cancer patients from Afghanistan have been treated with an estimated cost of 1.5 billion rupees in the hospital. Soon Shaukat Khanum Police Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center would be inaugurated in Peshawar. Philanthropists and well-off people from Afghanistan must support SKMCH&RC, says Dr. Sultan decrees KABUL: The Bank-i-Millie Af- 100 - 119 AT News Report ghanistan (BMA) head, flouting an explicit presidential decree, has dis- KABUL: An Afghan media dele- missed 23 employees and appoint- Hospitals gation visited Pakistan early this ed 40 new staffers, Pajhwok Af- month. The theme of the visit was ghan News has found. Khisraw Zia, FMIC Hospital health and women empower- the executive director and head of ment . Therefore, members of the finance, during his tenure as acting Behind Kabul Medical delegation visited key health in- head of the bank, also transferred University: stitutions and hospitals. They also 14 officials and granted pay raise met with a number of key gov- to 22 other bankers. Document 0202500200-+93793275595 ernment officials besides re- made available to this news agency nowned doctors and journalists. show the salary of a newly-ap- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital The visit to Shaukat Khanum pointed employee ranges between Memorial Cancer Hospital and 8,000 and 125,000 afghanis. The Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Research Center (SKMCH&RC), salaries of 18 employees were 070263672 turned out to be the most infor- hiked in violation of relevant rules. mative where the Afghan journal- The documents say the transfers ists found that the hospital has LAHORE: An Afghan baby is sleeping in the lap of her mother. The LAHORE: Najeeba, 6-year-old from Kunar province, is being had been need-based. A staff short- baby is under treatment at the SKMCH&RC, Lahore. (Photo: AT) treated at the SKMCH&RC, Lahore. (Photo: AT) age was triggered by resignations Khairkhana Hospital treated more than 1,600 patients of some employees and dismissals from across Afghanistan a war- 0799-321007 clusively on humanitarian basis tients who were under medical ern methods of curative and pal- their country. Founded by Imran of others due to the lack of interest ridden country whose health in- negligence in discharging responsi- 2401352 frastructure was seriously dam- irrespective of political situation treatment in the hospital. liative therapy irrespective of their Khan, the cricketer-turned politi- on the ground and the bilateral re- An elderly man, Jamalzada, ability to pay. cian and the chairman of Pakistan bilities. The presidential decrees, aged during 90s. The Chief Exec- issued in October and November utive of the SKMCH&RC, Dr. lations of the two neighboring from Baghlan province along with Abdul Samad Siraj, the head Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), this hos- 2014, promoted deputy ministers Indira Gandhi Children Faisal Sultan, briefed the media states, he said. We are going to his nephew Fawad, a seven year of the delegation from Afghani- pital is Pakistan s largest cancer and deputy directors of indepen- delegates about how the hospital inaugurate our branch in Peshawar, old patient with blood cancer, stan, applauded the impartial pol- hospital. th dent institution as acting ministers Hospital, Wazir Akbar delivers healthcare services to Hayatabad on 29 December as thanked to the doctors of the hos- icy of the hospital to provide lat- The hospital has recorded and acting directors. The decrees patients with cancers and how it SKMCH&RC was inaugurated on pital for the free of cost treatment. est medical treatment to all the nearly 182,000 visits of cancer Khan, Kabul 2301372 th clearly state acting officials could generates funds. Dr. Sultan said 29 December in 1994, Dr. Sul- He said that Fawad s father was people, including Afghans. We patients in the outpatient depart- not appoint or fire employees un- that SKMCH&RC has treated tan said. Talking to Afghanistan killed in the war. The hospital have held fund-raising events ment. til the appointment of full-time over 1600 Afghan patients with Times, he said that 70 percent of doesn t charge any fee and mon- across the EU and the US, but no It is named after the mother ministers and heads of independent Ibn-e- Seena cancers with an estimated cost of the patients are treated exclusive- ey, but whenever he comes to charity and fund raising events of Imran Khan, who died after commissions. But Najia Anwari, 1.5 billion (rupees) since the es- ly free of cost. The system is Lahore from Baghlan, he usually have been held in Afghanistan, so battling cancer. media director of the administra- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul tablishment of the hospital in very much transparent, he said. sells his valuables at home to cov- far. There are many affluent Af- Its second hospital is under tive affairs department at the Pres- 2100359 1994. He said the hospital admin- This year we have a budget er the travel expenses. It is the ghan businessmen and they can construction in Peshawar, spread idential Palace, clarified the acting istration intends to set up a can- of 7 billion (rupees). Half of the 17th time that I am visiting this help us in fund raising events in over six acres. The hospital is ex- officials also did not have the pow- cer hospital in Kabul with the help budget is generated through our hospital. My nephew has been Afghanistan. Therefore, they pected to be operational by the er to increase or decrease salaries. Wazir Akbar Khan of the Afghan government and hospital services marketing such treated successfully. And I hope must come to the fore and help end of 2015. The hospital to be She said the presidential decrees did Afghan philanthropic organiza- as all the patients are not having next time I will take him to the the cancer-patients. This is a great- completed at the cost of Rs3 bil- not explain things in detail, but ac- Hospital tions as patients from Afghani- cancer diseases rather they come SKMCH in Peshawar as I have est ever service to humanity, Dr. lion and would have 1700 doctors, cording to their information, the 2301741, 2301743 stan usually travel long-distance for pathology tests and OPDs as heard that soon it is going to be Sultan said. As cancer has been technicians and other staff. Once acting bosses did not enjoy execu- to get treatment in Lahore. well. They pay for the health ser- inaugurated there. My nephew on the spread in the region, there the SKMCH is operational in Pe- tive powers. The BMA head, tram- The number of Afghan pa- vices. And the money that come needs just three to four visits is also need for a hospital like shawar, the cancer patients from pling on the decrees, had issued Ali Abad tients with cancers exceeds 1600 from OPDs services go to the more, he said. Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Af- Afghanistan will be saved from the executive orders, she acknowl- as most of the patients usually fund. The remaining 50 percent Dr. Sultan reiterated that ghanistan, the doctor said. throes of longest journey to edged. Khisraw Zia, acting head of Shahrara, Kabul they fill in the hospital forms with are being generated through chari- Shaukat Khanum is providing He added that they will defi- Lahore. This is pertinent to men- the bank since the issue of the pres- addresses from Peshawar and ties, fund raisings, zakat, and hides treatment to patients with cancers nitely play their role in persuad- tion that the media exchange pro- idential decreesuntil now, argued he 2100439 other parts of Pakistan, but we collection, he said. according to its mission to allevi- ing the government and the peo- gram was organized by Equal Ac- issued orders besides hiring and fir- know they are from Afghanistan. The delegation members also ate the suffering of patients ple of Afghanistan to help estab- cess Afghanistan and Equal Ac- ingstaff to bring reforms and de- We treat all the patients alike, ex- visited some of the Afghan pa- through the application of mod- lishing such cancer care facility in cess Pakistan. velopment to the BMA. The steps Malalai Maternity were also aimed to eradicate cor- ruption and mismanagement, he Hospital insisted. He acknowledged four 2201377/ 2301743 Cop among provincial employees had tendered resignations, forcing the new ap- seven killed in pointments. Zia claimed the presi- Banks dent had been informed about these developments. In fact, he said, all Da Afghanistan Bank Badakhshan stakeholders had been informed Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi bills that had landed in the house his colleagues, the parliamentary rently, the lawmakers are working AT News Report about the changes brought to the 2100302, 2100303 earlier. They said the absenteeism committees could not continue on laws in the committees instead bank, including fresh appointments KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or was earning bad image for the leg- work over the bills and other issues. of general session due to absentee- KABUL: Six Taliban insurgents and increase in salaries of some of- Lower House of the Parliament islators. Members of the admin- Therefore, the general session was ism, he said. Chief of Legislative ficials. Banking activities are car- Bakhtar Bank and a policeman were killed on could not hold its general session istrative board had also gone to not held due to load of works in the Committee (LC) of the Wolesi Jir- Saturday in clashes between se- ried out in line with a clear system 0776777000 on Saturday as majority of the their native provinces or on for- committees, he said, adding, The ga, Nazeer Ahmad Hanafi, con- and there should be at least five curity forces and the militants in MPs were absent. Workload on eign trips. It is said that aggrega- lawmakers will discuss the laws in firmed that some members of the Warduj district of northeastern core members dealing with the sys- Azizi Bank the parliamentary committees has tion of works on the lawmakers the coming session on Monday. administrative board and lawmak- tem. If the system faces any prob- Badakhshan province, sources increased. Some lawmakers, who made them to work in the com- Chief of the defense committee of ers went to their native provinces 0799 700900 said. lem, in the absence of one member, attended the session, lashed out missions which is against the time- the house Iqbal Safi said that work at this critical time . Workload on others should be available. To pre- Pashtany Bank The district chief Dawlat Mo- at their absent colleagues, saying table. Farooq Majroh, an MP from was heavy in the committees but the lawmakers has increased in the vent a possible crisis, we should hammad Khawar said that the the Wolesi Jirga could not pass Herat, said that due to absence of the lawmakers were absent. Cur- parliamentary committees. take stepstoward urgent decision, 2102908, 2103868 clashes erupted on early Saturday Zia maintained. The people, who when the Taliban insurgents at- shared documents and details with tacked police checkpoints in War- you, don t have enough informa- Air Services duj district. tion about the banking law. The sec- Police retaliated and killed six ond thing is that we have many ri- Safi Airways insurgents and injured eight oth- vals who don t want our bank to ers in the battle that lasted for sev- improve, he remarked. The re- 020 22 22 222 eral hours. AT News Report forms which I brought about are A policeman lost his life in the lice, customs department and oth- er relevant organizations to stop not in conflict with the decree of line of duty and two others sus- the president. I know what the Ariana tained injuries. the illegal importation of poor- quality medicines, he mentioned. president expects from me and 020-2100270 According to the district ad- what I should do toward this end, ministration, 14 policemen are still There are 200 private companies which import drugs from the the acting head continued. Recruit- missing. It is said that the missing ment, terminations, salary incre- Kam Air policemen were taken as hostages neighboring countries. According ments and transfers were decided by the insurgents. to the ministry, Afghanistan im- in consultation with the sharehold- 0799974422 ports 92 percent of medicines ers when he was acting head of the from these countries. According bank and he exercised the bank chief Hotels to the data provided by the health executive s authority, Zia said. 2 injured as ministry, Afghanistan imports 45 BMA is an independent govern- Safi Landmark percent drugs from Pakistan, 15 ment-run bank,in which the Min- police official KABUL: Ministry of Public percent from Iran and 25 percent istry of Financeholds more than 97 Health (MoPH) on Saturday said from India.Feroz said that the AT News Report to the people s suffering. He said percent shares. The remaining three 020-2203131 survives that Afghanistan annually imports ministry is working on a regula- that differences between the two percent shares are jointly owned worth $400 million drugs from tion to establish the National KABUL: A number of tribal el- leaders have created several chal- by the Pushtani Bank, Afghanistan SERENA roadside bomb foreign countries, but still 40 per- Medicine Company in order to ders in southeastern Paktia prov- lenges, adding that the NUG also Red Crescent Society (ARCS), cent of the medicines are import- import quality drugs and pave ince called on leaders of the Na- lacks a comprehensive foreign Kabul Municipality and Afghan 0799654000 AT News Report ed through illegally channels. ground for healthy competition. tional Unity Government policy. If the situation prevailed, Air Force. After repeated calls from Minister of Public Health, He said the ministry also started (NUG) President Ashraf Ghani more provincial capitals will fall this scribe, the ministryspokes- New Rumi Restaurant KABUL: Two people were in- Feruzoddin Feroz, said that 40 work on establishment of the drugs and the Chief Executive Officer to the Taliban militants, he add- man, Ajma Hameed Abdul Ra- jured as an official at the Nangar- percent of drugs are imported ille- and food control centers in Kab- (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah to ed. Zadran said that they have himzai, declined commenting on the 0776351347 har Police Headquarters on Satur- gally which includes low quality ul, Herat, Balkh, Nangarhar, resign for their failure to fulfill talked to tribal elders from other issue. He said the ministry ap- day survived a roadside bomb at- medicines as well. The drugs im- Khost, and Kandahar provinces their promises such as improving provinces to organize similar gath- pointed people purely on merit. Internet Services tack in Jalalabad city of Nangar- ported illegally are substandard. to check the quality of medicines law and order situation, creating erings to find a solution to the ARCS Development Department har province. In many cases these drugs carries and food, imported from abroad. jobs and strengthening national current challenges. He said that head Tayeb Yousufzaisaid they par- UA Telecom leaders of the NUG had no The governor s spokesman, the brand name of famous phar- Currently, there is only one drug economy. The tribal elders and ticipated in the bank s decision- 0796701701 / 0796702702 Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, said that the maceutical companies, he said. and food control center in Kabul. members of the provincial coun- achievement in the past one year, making process. But the organisa- Feroze said that the low qual- Traders bring samples from all cil of Paktia province came to- thus, they should resign. Gulzar tion s representative did not agree bomb hit the pick-up of Abdul Ziarmal, another tribal elder, said Mohammad Kamawal, an official ity drugs imported through illegal ports to the center for test. Dis- gether in Gardez, the capital city with those transfers, increments Exchange Rate ways created a series of challeng- satisfaction of public over poor of the province, on Saturday. The that people widely participated and dismissals during last year s at the police headquarter close to elders said that the leaders of the in the presidential polls and ren- meeting. Pajhwok also tried to con- the provincial council office in es for patients, adding that the quality of diagnostic and treat- Sell: ministry is unable to put an end to ment, poor quality of medicines NUG failed to deliver on the prom- dered many sacrifices, but the gov- tact officials of the Kabul munici- Jalalabad at around 11am, how- the illegal importation of these in the markets, lack of facilities in ises that they have made during ernment was formed based on a pality, but they refused to com- ever, he survived but his security drugs. He stressed that struggle for the hospitals, financial con- the presidential campaigns.Abdul political deal between the two ment on the issue. As banking pro- guard and driver sustained inju- One US$ = prevention of illegal drugs is not straints, poor management and Rahman Qaderi, a PC member of leaders. The current government cedures are different from practic- 64.55Afs ries. only the responsibility of the unfair provision of healthcare ser- Paktia, urged President Ghani and is not based on the constitution. es of other government institutions, Abdul Muhammad Kamawal, MoPH but it is also the duty of all vices are the main problems CEO Abdullah Abdullah to resign. Insecurity and widespread un- remarks of BMA s acting head One Pound Sterling= confirmed the incident and said relevant organizations to organize counted by the ministry public Pacha Khan Zadran, a promi- employment force thousands of might be correct to some extent. 98.40Afs that civilians did not suffer casu- their efforts and stop the drugs health. Officials at the public nent tribal elder, said that the lead- youth to leave their country for But his decisionson recruitment alties, but his driver has suffered smuggling. Most of the medicines health ministry promised to re- ers have neglected important na- Europe, he added. He said that and dismissals were in violation of One Euro = serious injuries. are smuggled into the country from solve these problems, claiming tional issues and remain focused the president and CEO should re- the presidential decree, believed an 73.13Afs A man named Hamid, intro- Pakistan. Prevention of illegal that they had focused on these on their personal gains, which have sign and should not create more economics professor at Kabul Uni- duced himself as Daesh spokes- drugs across the border is difficult issues and people would soon deteriorated the security situation challenges for the people of Af- versity, Taj Mohammad Akbar. 1000 Pak Rs = man, took the responsibility. for us. We need cooperation of po- have relief. in the country and there is no end ghanistan. The presidential decree curtained 618Afs the authority of an acting head to hire or fire bankers. The decree is Buy: Woes on repeat: Kalabagh will drown Peshawar, Mardan, says Jamat-e-Islami applicable to all government de- One US$ = partments, he explained, saying ...P1 dam was constructed, peo- K-P generates 83 mega- electricity in total. Ibrahim said ested, he said. Warning bells threatened. He said western the orders allowed transfers and 64.35 Afs ple from five K-P districts watts of electricity from Mala- if the government wanted to Talking about CPEC, Ibrahim route was feasible and easy to grant of increments. According to One Pound Sterling= would need to be relocated. kand-III hydropower project build more dams it could do so said the government should first complete but the government the documents, the five people 98.23Afs There are no embankments on and the government can launch in other places. According to construct the western route of was bent on completing the east- who were recruited were relatives River Kabul which means lands dozens of such projects if it feasibility reports, there are so the corridor. Any violation of ern one. The government can of Zia, including his cousin. How- One Euro= and houses along the river would wants to, he added. According many areas where huge dams can the original plan would force construct link roads but there ever, Zia denied the allegation, say- 72.53 Afs be washed away in case of to the JI ameer, K-P could gen- be constructed but the govern- people of Balochistan and K-P would be no compromise on the ing none of his relatives had been 1000 Pak Rs= 610Afs floods, added Ibrahim. erate about 65,000 megawatts of ment does not seem too inter- to take extreme measures, he western route, said Ibrahim. appointed to the bank. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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"India and Japan both are fan- tastic partners of the United States," Capt. Craig Clapperton, commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, told report- ers on board the ship. "We share a great deal in common, and we cer- tainly have very strong economic, military and political relationships and friendships with India and Ja- pan." A Chinese state-run newspa- per, however, cautioned India to guard against being drawn into an anti-China alliance. "The China-India relationship is on a sound track, and healthy ties are beneficial to both coun- tries," the Global Times said. "In- dia should be vigilant to any inten- tions of roping it into an anti-Chi- na camp." Almost simultaneously, Chi- na's People's Liberation Army and the Indian army are conducting joint counterterrorism exercises in southwestern China. China has long been wary of joint maritime exercises between India and the United States, but is especially concerned now, with Beijing involved in a host of dis- putes with Japan, South Korea and several of its Southeast Asian neigh- bors in the South China Sea. This year's Malabar exercises are being held against the backdrop of expectations that the U.S. might directly challenge Chinese claims NEW DELHI : Naval warships, aircraft carriers and submarines from the U.S., India and Japan steamed into the Bay of Bengal on Saturday as they in the South China Sea by sailing a took part in joint military exercises off India's east coast, signaling the growing strategic ties among the three countries as they face up to a rising Navy ship inside the 12-nautical- China. The sea drills, part of the six-day-long Malabar exercises, will cover the full spectrum of naval maneuvers, including military-to-military mile (21-kilometer) territorial lim- HAVELI SHAH: Prime Minis- progress and mentioned various coordination and anti-submarine warfare, according to a joint statement. The U.S. has deployed the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, a it surrounding an artificial island ter Nawaz Sharif claimed on Fri- development projects. New missile cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine for the annual exercises, which end Monday. built by China. day that transparency and effi- power projects are in different ciency, being the hallmark of his phases of completion across the government, were helping it to country. In a few years these will save billions of rupees. He said start adding electricity to the na- Indian girls aged five and two raped in Delhi: Police that in just three power projects tional grid. the government had saved as He said major roads, high- Police say two children - a two- much as Rs570 billion. ways and motorways projects year-old and a five-year-old - have Addressing the groundbreak- were under way. These will link been raped in separate attacks in ing ceremony of the 1,230MW different parts of the country and the Indian capital Delhi, in the lat- power plant in Haveli Bahadur will also connect the country est incidents of sexual violence Shah near Jhang, he said the in- with Central Asian Republics, against girls and women in the coun- flation rate in the country was at China and the Middle East. try. Delhi Police deputy superin- its lowest today and exchange According to him, the Com- tendent Pushpendra Kumar said on reserves were at their highest. bined Cycle Power Project in Saturday that the two-year-old girl He said that after coming to Haveli Bahadur Shah will be one was playing outside her home power his government faced the of the lowest costing plants. The when she was raped in a west Del- challenges of deteriorating econ- project was estimated to cost hi suburb on Friday evening. omy, terrorism and over 16 hours Rs93 billion which has been re- Family members found the of loadshedding. But now, he duced to Rs57 billion. He said child lying unconscious and bleed- added, economic indicators were that in three other projects using ing in a park three hours after she good, loadshedding had been re- Liquefied Natural Gas, the coun- went missing during a power out- duced by half and the terrorists try would be saving Rs110 bil- age in the neighbourhood. were on the run. lion. Keeping in view the 30-year Meanwhile, police said on Sat- He said he was pleased to be life of the project the total sav- urday that they were questioning part of the ceremony because his ings would be of Rs570 billion. three men who were arrested in the dream of ending loadshedding He said 3,600MW of electricity gang-rape of the five-year-old on would soon turn into reality. Pun- would be generated by LNG Friday evening in east Delhi. Both jab Governor Malik Rafiq Rajwa- power plants. girls were hospitalised and were in na, Chief Minister Shahbaz The prime minister said the stable condition, police said. 'Grim Sharif, federal Minister for Na- Islamabad High Court had re- catalogue' The incidents come one tional Food Security Sikandar stored the Kisaan Package which week after a four-year-old girl was Bosan, Minister of State for Wa- would greatly benefit the farm- allegedly raped and slashed with a ter and Power Abid Sher Ali and ing community. Under the pack- blade before being abandoned by a Chinese Ambassador Sun Wei- age, the price of DAP would be railway track in the capital. dong attended the ceremony. cut by Rs500, NitroPhos by Police arrested a 25-year-old He said that foreign inves- Rs218 and urea by Rs150. There man over that attack in which the tors were returning to Pakistan will be special packages also for young girl suffered severe internal with new projects because situa- small farmers owning 12.5 acres injuries and had apparently been tion in Karachi and other parts of land. The prime minister said slashed with a sharp object. of the country had improved con- a pipeline being laid in ports in The attacks add to a grim catalogue siderably. southern parts of the country of sexual assaults in India, many Mr Sharif rejected claims would provide gas to power of which have sparked domestic tal gang-rape of a young student on a bus in Delhi in 2012 led to an outpouring of anger over frightening levels of violence against women. India that the government had been un- plants in northern and central and international outrage.The fa- recorded 36,735 rape cases in 2014, with 2,096 of them in Delhi. Experts say those figures likely underrepresent the true scale of the crimes. able to make any significant parts. Sri Lanka not to approach EU against Indian fishermen The Sri Lankan government will not make any complaint to the European Union (EU) about al- leged poaching by Indian fisher- men in Sri Lankan waters, even as it has decided to increase the amount of penalty for violation of fisheries laws in international wa- ters, according to Rajitha Senarat- ne, Cabinet spokesperson. The de- cision of the government has been made as India is a “friendly neigh- bour,” the Minister has said. The EU comes into the picture as it imposed, in January this year, a ban on export of fish and fishery products from Sri Lanka as the country’s fishermen were violat- ing the international laws. To have the ban lifted, the Ministry of Fish- eries and Aquatic Resources in the Sri Lankan government is imple- menting an action plan consisting of 57 activities. According to an official document, 36 activities were fulfilled by July end and the EU, at a meeting in Brussels to re- view the progress, had expressed satisfaction but pointed out that the amount of penalties had not been hiked. In September, it also reminded the Ministry for not hav- ing raised the amount. The issue came up before the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government on Wednes- day and it was decided to make the penalty five times the value of fish catch. The penalty would be determined, taking into account the size of vessel too. This would also cover import and export of fish. KARACHI: Pakistan arrested 27 Indian fishermen and impounded their four boats on Saturday for alleged- On the implication of the decision ly fishing in its territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, a Pakistani maritime security official said. Both India for alleged poaching by Indian fish- and Pakistan have carried out such arrests frequently, as the maritime border is poorly defined and many ermen invariably along the coast fishing boats lack the technology needed to be certain of their precise location. The fishermen often languish of the Northern Province, Dr. Se- in jail even after serving their term, as poor diplomatic ties between the two arch-rivals mean fulfilling Anti-liberation forces are trying to were aimed at derailing the coun- pur. “Those opposed to the coun- naratne told The Hindu that this official requirements can take a long time. In August Pakistan released 163 Indian fishermen as an expression attract world attention by killing try’s progress. try’s liberation are trying to create would not be applicable as the fish- of goodwill. India often reciprocates such moves. Muhammad Hassan Setho, a senior prison official, said foreigners in Bangladesh, Industries Italian Cesare Tavella was shot a sensation by murdering foreign- ermen were doing fishing in the “Sri there were 420 Indian fishermen in Karachi jail. Relations between the neighbouring countries have wors- Minister Amir Hossain Amu has dead in Dhaka on Sept 28 and Jap- ers when Bangladesh is making Lankan waters” and the move per- ened significantly since 2014, with shelling across the border in disputed Kashmir territory claiming a total claimed. anese Kunio Hoshi was killed in a progress in all fields,” he said at a tained to the international waters. of around 20 lives on both sides in August. He said the recent murders similar fashion on Oct 3 in Rang- discussion in Dhaka on Saturday. 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. SUNDAY . OCTOBER 18, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief CROATIA DIVERTS Turkish air MIGRANTS TO strikes kill 11 Obama said the Syrian civil war SLOVENIA Kurdish was a magnet for extremists and could only end with a political so- after Hungary militants in lution leading to a new inclusive southeast government. Speaking at a news border conference after meeting with Turkish air strikes against South Korean President Park closure Kurdistan Workers Party Geun-hye, Obama said the only OPATOVAC: Migrants stream- (PKK) bases in the southeast- area of U.S. understanding with ing across the Balkans reached ern province of Hakkari have Russia on Syria was on how to Slovenia on Saturday, diverted killed 11 suspected militants prevent accidental clashes between overnight by the closure of Hun- and destroyed weapons de- their planes engaged in the conflict, gary’s border with Croatia in the pots and shelters, the military but they differed on principles and latest demonstration of Europe's said on Saturday. strategies to bring peace. "There's disjointed response to the flow The air strikes on Friday no meeting of the minds in terms of people reaching its borders. targeted the Yuksekova area of of strategy," he said, which reflect- Hungary’s right-wing govern- Hakkari close to the borders ed a fundamental difference with ment declared its southern fron- with Iran and Iraq, it said in a President Vladimir Putin over the tier with Croatia off limits to statement. continuing rule of President Bashar migrants, blocking entry with a The operations came de- al-Assad. "President Putin be- metal fence and razor wire just spite a PKK call a week ago lieves if he continues to do what as it did a month ago on its bor- ordering its forces to halt all he has been doing over the last five der with Serbia. militant actions in Turkey un- years, and that is to prop up the Croatia began directing mi- less attacked. Assad regime, that the problem will grants west to Slovenia, which The government has dis- be solved." Obama said he believed said some 300 had arrived and missed the move as an elec- in continuing the fight against the would be registered before con- tion gambit to bolster the pro- Islamic State and other extremist tinuing their journey to Austria Kurdish opposition ahead of groups, but said the civil war "will and Germany, the preferred des- Nov. 1 parliamentary polls and only go away if we're able to get a tination of the vast majority, has said military operations political track and a legitimate in- many of them Syrians fleeing war. will continue until PKK fight- clusive government inside of Syr- But their movement had ers disarm and leave Turkey. ia." The only understanding with slowed visibly, with dozens of The PKK, deemed a ter- Russia was how to "de-conflict in buses lined up at Serbia’s border rorist organisation by the Unit- the event that our planes and their with Croatia through the night ed States and the EU, has been planes might be occupying similar and into Saturday as Croatian fighting an insurgency since space over Syrian skies," he said. police controlled their entry, a 1984, demanding greater Kur- "We have arrived at an understand- Reuters reporter said. Slovenia dish autonomy in the south- ing and some channels for commu- suspended rail traffic with Croat- east of the country. Some nications." ia. Aid agencies are concerned 40,000 people have been killed He said it was essential to get about backlogs of migrants build- in the fighting. "the Iranians, the Russians, the ing in the Balkans, battered by The conflict has surged Turks, the Gulf countries and all autumn winds and rain as tem- again since a two-year cease- the interested parties to sit down peratures drop before winter. fire collapsed in July, leaving and recognize we have to have a Hungary said it had reinstat- peace negotiations in tatters. U.S. President Barack Obama they agreed that Russia's military said. Obama and Al Nahyan, who of establishing the conditions nec- political transition if we want to ed border controls on its frontier spoke by telephone on Friday with operations in Syria should focus holds a senior post in the armed essary for a political transition in end the humanitarian crisis and with Slovenia, effectively sus- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mo- on ISIS, not moderate Syrian op- forces of the United Arab Emir- Syria, the White House said in a save the structure of a unified Syr- pending Europe’s Schengen sys- Taiwan ruling hammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan and position groups, the White House ates, also reaffirmed the importance statement. Earlier on Friday, ian state." tem of passport-free travel. Both party replaces Slovenia and Hungary are part of the Schengen Area while Croatia presidential pick is not. A government spokesman with party chief said Budapest had taken the step because “migrants appeared” on the Slovenian side of the border. TAIPEI : Taiwan's ruling par- Slovenia, a small country of ty on Saturday named its chair- two million people, says it can man to run for the island's top accommodate up to 8,000 mi- spot in coming national elec- grants per day. Both Ljubljana tions, replacing an existing and Zagreb say they will not re- pick in a move aimed at avoid- strict the flow so long as Austria ing a trouncing by an opposi- and Germany keep their doors tion it fears could derail warm- open. The first 100 migrants in ing ties with China. this new wave had reached Aus- The Nationalists, also tria, a spokesman for the police known as the Kuomintang in Austria's southeastern prov- (KMT) in Chinese, drafted in ince of Styria, which borders Slo- Eric Chu as its presidential venia, said on Saturday after- candidate at an extraordinary noon. Hundreds more were ex- party congress, while at the pected later in the day, he added. same time revoking its previ- Hungary says it is duty-bound ous pick. "We have a new to secure the borders of the Eu- start," Chu told an auditorium ropean Union from mainly Mus- of nearly 1,000 party mem- lim migrants threatening, it says, bers, using Taiwan's official the prosperity, security and name. "We want to not only “Christian values” of Europe. ensure our right to rule...but Budapest is among several also the future of the Republic ex-Communist members of the of China." Chu replaces Hung EU that oppose an EU plan to Hsiu-chu, a former school share out 120,000 refugees among teacher, who was approved by its members. That is only a small the party only three months Democracy International said on Friday it would monitor Egypt’s par- proportion of the 700,000 mi- ago, but had been badly trail- liamentary elections but has scaled back its plans after having trouble grants expected to reach Europe’s ing in opinion polls against getting visas for all its staff. Egyptians will begin voting on Sunday in shores by boat and dinghy from presidential frontrunner, Tsai long-awaited elections, the final step in a process that aimed to put the North Africa and Turkey this Ing-wen of the opposition country back on a democratic course but which critics say has been year, many of them fleeing war Democratic Progressive Party undermined by state repression. The voting will take place over two and poverty in the Middle East, (DPP). The DPP, which has rounds on Oct 18-19 and Nov 22-23, with two sets of run-offs in Africa and Asia. At a summit in traditionally favored the is- constituencies where no clear winner has emerged. Democracy Interna- Brussels on Thursday, the EU land's formal independence, tional has been accredited by Egypt’s High Election Commission to offered Turkey a possible three says it believes only Taiwan's observe the polls but the U.S. based group said in a statement that billion euros ($3.4 billion) in aid people can decide its future. “some visas for accredited core team members and short-term observers and the prospect of easier travel Beijing takes this to mean it have not been issued and most visas have not been issued for the dura- visas and "re-energized" talks on wants independence. Beijing tion necessary to observe the entire election process.” It said that with- joining the bloc if it would help has deemed self-ruled Taiwan out the necessary and appropriate visas for its accredited observers it stem the flow of migrants across a renegade province to be tak- would not be able to conduct the comprehensive observation it original- its territory. But Hungary said en back by force if necessary ly expected to carry out. Egypt’s foreign ministry did not immediately this fell short of Budapest’s de- following the end of a Chinese respond to requests for comment. Independent monitoring of Egypt’s Iran said on Saturday that its re- tically produced long-range missile siles tests. Resolution 2231, which mands, which include formation civil war in 1949 when Chiang parliamentary election is expected to be limited because of pressure cent test launch of a long-range without specifying its exact range. was adopted a few days after Iran of a common force to protect the Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to from the government on non-governmental organisations and civil soci- missile does not violate U.N. Se- Defence Minister Hossein Deh- struck the July 14 landmark nu- borders of Greece, where most the island after being defeated ety groups. The Carter Center, for example, closed its Egypt office a curity Council resolutions as ghan said the new missile “can be clear deal with world powers, bars migrants arrive across the Aegean by Mao Zedong's Commu- year ago and said at the time it would not be monitoring future polls as claimed by the United States and guided and controlled until hitting Iran from developing missiles “de- Sea from Turkey before heading nists. Taiwanese go to the the political space had narrowed to the extent that elections could not France. the target.” signed to carry nuclear warheads.” north through Macedonia and polls in January to vote in a advance a genuine democratic transition. Egypt has been without a par- “Our missile tests have noth- The U.S. ambassador to the The nuclear deal reached with Serbia. Asked what would hap- new president and a new leg- liament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically elected ing to do with Resolution 2231, U.N. Samantha Power on Friday Britain, China, France, Germany, pen if Germany was to close its islature. main chamber, then dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reversing a which only mentions missiles de- said the missile launched by Iran Russia and the United States aims doors, Croatia's interior minister major accomplishment of the 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubar- signed to carry nuclear warheads,” is a “medium-range ballistic mis- to limit Iran’s nuclear program in warned of a "domino effect". “It ak’s 30-year rule. As army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted elected Mexico's 'El Chapo' Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- sile inherently capable of deliver- return for lifting international sanc- will be a lot of trouble for all coun- President Mohamed Mursi of the Brotherhood the following year, ban- mad Javad Zarif told a news con- ing a nuclear weapon.” tions. tries and I cannot predict what Guzman 'injured' ning Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement, and jailing thousands of its ference. Speaking in Tehran along- “This was a clear violation of Iran insists it has no plans to will happen in this situation,” in capture bid members alongside the youth activists at the forefront of the 2011 side his German counterpart U.N. Security Council Resolution develop atomic weapons. Ranko Ostojic, speaking in En- revolt. Sisi went on to win a presidential vote in June last year. Democ- Frank-Walter Steinmeier, he add- 1929,” she said, echoing similar Zarif told the news conference glish, told reporters at a migrant racy International monitored that election comprehensively and found ed: “None of the Islamic Republic criticism from the French foreign that “nuclear weapons have no Fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin camp in the eastern Croatian vil- that “disregard for Egyptians’ rights and freedoms prevented a genuine, of Iran’s missiles have been de- ministry, adding that the US would place in the military doctrine of lage of Opatovac. “They are risk- "El Chapo" Guzman fled dur- democratic presidential election.” The Brotherhood is banned and not signed for nuclear capabilities.” seek action at the Security Coun- Iraq” and said that the missile pro- ing a failed operation to recap- ing their lives and nobody is able taking part in the latest polls and smaller opposition parties are strug- Iran announced Sunday it had cil. Resolution 1929 prohibits Te- gram of the Islamic republic does to stop this flow ... without ture him in northwestern Mex- gling to make their voices heard. successfully tested a new domes- hran from conducting ballistic mis- not violate U.N. resolutions. ico in recent days, injuring his shooting.” leg and face, the government said. Authorities said efforts to capture Guzman, whose bra- zen July 11 jailbreak saw him Half a million Yemen children face malnutrition escape through a tunnel under the shower in his cell, have fo- More than half a million children lion are moderately malnourished, cused on the northwest region in Yemen face life-threatening mal- according to the latest U.N. fig- since last week after foreign nutrition as a risk of famine grows, ures. Fewer than one in five thera- governments shared intelli- a senior official of the U.N. Chil- peutic feeding centers across Ye- gence information. "Due to dren's Fund (UNICEF) said .The men are functional, Khan said. these actions and to avoid his figure, a three-fold jump since UNICEF operates 43 mobile teams arrest, the fugitive escaped in fighting erupted in March, reflects that screen children for malnutri- a hurry [in recent days], which depleted food stocks compound- tion but areas such as the al-Qae- according to the information ed by a failing health system un- da-held eastern province of Hadra- that was collected, caused him able to care for hungry children or mawt are inaccessible. injuries to his leg and face," the vaccinate them against disease, Saudi Arabia has led an Arab government said in a statement. said Afshan Khan, director of military intervention against "The security cabinet contin- UNICEF emergency programs Houthi fighters since March 26 to ues to conduct all actions that worldwide. restore the exiled Yemeni govern- will allow the recapture of this "We are facing the potential of ment and fend off what it sees as criminal." US network NBC a huge humanitarian catastrophe ... the creeping influence from Iran. News reported on Friday that The levels of malnutrition that are At least 5,400 people have Mexican marines closed in on being reported for children are ex- been killed in the conflict in the the Sinaloa cartel kingpin last tremely critical," Khan told Reu- Arab world's poorest country week after US drug agents in- ters, saying more data and hard where an estimated 10 percent of tercepted cell phone signals in- evidence was needed to declare a the 23 million population are now dicating El Chapo was hiding famine. "A nutritional survey will internally displaced. The death toll in a ranch in the Sierra Madre be done at the end of October. How includes at least 502 children, mountains near the Sinaloa city close are we to a famine declara- UNICEF says. of Cosala. Citing anonymous tion? We see some zones that are Yemen, which imported 90 sources with knowledge of the worse than others," she said. In percent of its food before the cri- operation, it said the troops addition to 537,000 children aged sis, is subject to a Saudi-led block- allowed small passages of goods where the papers are clear," Khan said. "We have been unable to sufficiently replenish medical supplies." The lack raided the ranch with helicop- under five at risk of severe acute ade imposed on commercial ves- of fuel imports is preventing mills from grinding grain, she said. "Humanitarian access is getting more and more difficult ... We hope fuel imports are ters. malnutrition, marked by visible sels, which are inspected by a U.N. restored so the cold chain (for vaccines) is re-established and sufficient fuel is available for running water treatment," she said. Of 2.7 million children wasting of their bodies, 1.3 mil- verification mechanism. "We are targeted for vaccination against measles and polio, only 676,000 have been reached, she added. 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We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] The central problem confronting the United www.afghanistantimes.af States in the region is no longer al-Qaeda or Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board the Taliban. It’s the Pakistan Army.

Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, By Dhruva Jaishankar the country it is meant to de- stan following a terrorist attack. expectations and then not de- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal fend. The Army has a 40-year The Indian Army certainly con- livering, a history of disap- Donald Trump is right: Ameri- history of supporting terrorists sidered Cold Start in 2004 — pointment that has long fanned Graphic-Designers: ca’s leaders are stupid. They’re against Afghanistan, India, and but the Indian military or gov- anti-Americanism in the coun- Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari nothing but a bunch of losers. (more recently) Americans. ernment never formally adopt- try. A nuclear agreement of this Well, at least when it comes to Even in the absence of a smok- ed it. Pakistani strategists, kind will face resistance from Marketing & Advertising: Afghanistan and Pakistan. ing gun, there is little doubt that many with ties to the military, within the U.S. government, not Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 That’s the only conclusion to the Army and its intelligence have also blamed India’s de- to mention Congress, given be reached following two big agency, the Inter-Services In- fense spending, military mod- Pakistan’s history of duplici- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan developments this week. telligence (ISI) directorate, shel- ernization, and even its purport- tous nuclear proliferation. Even Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 The first was President tered Osama bin Laden and edly belligerent rhetoric as rea- then, the Nuclear Suppliers Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press Barack Obama’s announce- protected Taliban leader Mul- sons for Islamabad to rely on Group, the powerful 48-nation ment that the United States will lah Omar. This policy of sup- nuclear weapons to compen- international nuclear cartel of decelerate its military draw- porting terrorism has been driv- sate for the growing disparity which the United States is a down from Afghanistan. In- en by a warped ideology, polit- between the two countries. member, will almost certainly The constitution says stead of preserving only a small ical imperatives, and corporate These have never been more veto it. Article 63: force of about 1,000 troops, the interests. The Army has long than convenient pretexts for a Furthermore, there is no Before assuming office, the President shall take, in accordance with special procedures set by new plan will station 9,800 in used Islamism and imagined Pakistani nuclear arms buildup. guarantee that Islamabad will law, the following oath of allegiance: “In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, I swear the country until 2016 and 5,500 foreign threats to consolidate The real reason for Paki- keep its end of the bargain. by the name of God Almighty that I shall obey and protect the Holy religion of Islam, respect into 2017. Their mission will be its political primacy and shore stan’s nuclear expansion isn’t Washington would be helping and supervise the implementation of the Constitution as well as other laws, safeguard the limited to training Afghan forc- independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Afghanistan, and, in seeking God up its commercial interests, India — it’s for blackmailing Pakistan in the near term in ex- Almighty’s help and support of the nation, shall exert my efforts towards the prosperity and es and supporting counterter- which range from cement to the United States. So fearful change for a long-term commit- progress of the people of Afghanistan.” rorism operations. This will telecommunications. has Washington been of Paki- ment to limit its nuclear pro- help promote, in Obama’s Sharif offers little help. Anti- stan’s nukes being sold, sto- gram, a promise that Islamabad words, an “Afghan-led recon- government protests engi- len, lost, sabotaged, or acciden- has shown no prior interest in ciliation process” leading to a neered by the Army in 2014 tally used that during George keeping. Ultimately, energy- “lasting political settlement” forced him to relinquish foreign W. Bush’s administration, it re- starved Pakistan has far more that will make Kabul “a stable and security policy to the mili- portedly spent as much as $100 to lose from its continued nu- and committed ally.” tary, in what many Pakistani million trying to secure the ar- clear isolation than the interna- If that sounds too good to commentators described as a senal. Since 2001, the Pakistan tional community has to gain be true, that’s because it is. The “soft coup.” Today, few seri- Army has also received more from such a deal. The onus new policy is at best a band- ously believe that the prime than $20 billion in military sup- therefore is on Pakistan to aid and — given the likely cost minister calls the shots in Is- port from the United States, show its bona fides — come in blood and treasure — not a lamabad. even as it has continued to sup- clean about its past prolifera- American President, Barack Obama, declared Thursday that peace deal pain-free one. David Galula, the Why does the United port groups like the Haqqani tion activities, stop supporting French military scholar who is States shy away from confront- network that have killed hun- terrorism as a state policy, and between the Taliban and the Afghan government is the only way for a com- the ideological godfather of the ing Pakistan about its contin- dreds of Americans. This is the adopt a stabilizing nuclear pos- plete withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. Perhaps this is U.S. counterinsurgency, under- ued export of terrorism? The greatest shakedown in history. ture — before nuclear main- stood years ago that support simple answer is nukes. Why What makes this ploy all the streaming can even be consid- the most unequivocal and first ever statement of unique nature where the from a neighboring country does the United States shy more brilliant is that the black- ered. Finally, if such an agree- United States key leader has linked the complete pullout with a peace could easily sustain an insur- away from confronting Paki- mail victim doesn’t even real- ment were to be realized, it deal on the part of the Taliban with the Afghan government. Following gency. The U.S. mission in Af- stan about its continued export ize it. Take the second major would rock U.S. relations with ghanistan cannot succeed as of terrorism? The simple answer AfPak development of the India, which — despite a far such a clear statement, if the Taliban keeps continue the war and blood- long as the Pakistan army con- is nukes. Pakistan has been week. According to the Wash- better proliferation track record shed then they are the aberrant people on this earth. Historically the Tal- tinues to tolerate and sponsor steadily increasing fissile ma- ington Post’s David Ignatius — had to jump through a num- the Afghan Taliban, the terial for its nuclear stockpile and the New York Times’s Dav- ber of legal, procedural, and iban has always told the international community and the Afghan govern- Haqqani network, and other and now produces enough for id Sanger, the White House is political hoops between 2005 ment that they will cease the war only when there is complete pullout of terrorist groups. The U.S. intel- between 16 and 20 warheads per considering relaxing controls and 2008 to be allowed to im- foreign troops. But unfortunately, when they started drawdown, and offi- ligence community has been year. Its justification was ini- on Pakistan’s access to civil- port civilian nuclear technolo- saying precisely that for years. tially New Delhi’s nuclear pro- ian nuclear technology, equip- gy, fuel, and equipment. The cially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan, the Taliban, instead of At one level, Obama appre- gram, except that India produc- ment, and fuel in exchange for immense goodwill for the Unit- going to the table of negotiations increased their violent attacks across ciates the problem. “Sanctuar- es material for only around 5 promises that it will limit its ed States in India that was gen- ies for the Taliban and other warheads per year. India has a nuclear weapons program. (The erated by that deal would be the country. The increase in their attacks compelled the United States to terrorists must end,” he said on stockpile of an estimated 90 to White House has publicly lost overnight. rethink its pullout plan. Moreover, the increase in insecurity also pushed Oct. 15, adding that he would 110 warheads in reserve; Paki- downplayed the possibility of The proposed agreement to the National Unity Government to call on the United States to reconsider discuss the matter with Paki- stan is thought to have be- a deal.) As Ignatius hints, such mainstream Pakistan’s nuclear stani Prime Minister Nawaz tween 110 and 130 (though an agreement is closely linked program and the failure to ad- its withdrawal plan. And when the United States said its troops will re- Sharif when he visits Washing- some experts believe it’s pos- to Pakistani cooperation on Af- dress the Pakistan factor in Af- main in Afghanistan until there is peace deal, the Taliban called the deci- ton next week. The White sible “to calculate a number ghanistan, possibly a sweeten- ghanistan are, in Trump’s par- sion illogical. While announcing his plan on delaying the current troop House and the U.S. foreign- twice this size”). But it’s not an er for Pakistan to bring the Tal- lance, just dumb, dumb, dumb. policy establishment still be- arms race if only one party is iban back to the negotiating The White House seems com- withdrawal, Obama said he would take up the issue of peace with Paki- lieve that Islamabad just needs racing. table. But even dangling the of- pletely removed from South stan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—who is visiting Washington next to be convincingly persuaded Since seeking nuclear pari- fer of “nuclear mainstreaming” Asia’s political and security about the merits of cracking ty with India now has little cred- — as advocates of the policy realities. It’s quaint, almost fun- week. When it comes to peace in Afghanistan and peace negotiations, down on terrorist organizations. ibility as an excuse, Pakistan have described it — is an aw- ny, that U.S. officials and ex- Pakistan has made its position stronger as it has been believed that the But let’s cut the crap. The has resorted to several flimsy ful idea. Forget for a moment perts still worry about a “rogue key to peace in Afghanistan lies in the hands of Islamabad. If there is any central problem confronting the reasons to justify its nuclear that Pakistan is a state spon- commander” with “radical sym- United States in the region is expansion. The one that gained sor of terrorism or that such a pathies” seizing control of a tinge of reality in this notion, the United States must give guarantee to no longer al-Qaeda or the Tali- the most traction blames an In- deal risks incentivizing bad be- Pakistani nuclear bomb. The the United Nations that it will pull out all of its troops from Afghanistan ban. It’s the Pakistan Army, dian Army doctrine, Cold Start, havior. The deal also continues Pakistan Army radicalized and which has always pursued its which would have involved the long track record of the went rogue many years ago. and Pakistan will have to give guarantee that it will make the Taliban to own objectives over those of punitive incursions into Paki- United States raising Pakistani (Courtesy: Foreign Policy) strike a peace deal with the Afghan government and accept the Constitu- tion. The High Peace Council (HPC) called on the Taliban to end the war. According to HPC ending violence is must to resume the peace talks. Qazi Amin Waqad, a senior member of the HPC, is of the opinion that once Taliban ceases attacks, grounds for the pullout of foreign troops will be prepared and a time will come when the Taliban and the war-weary people of this country collectively will tell foreign troops to leave as there is a peace deal and there is no war. This looks to be the most ratio- nal approach. However, the problem is who will make the Taliban under- Prices stand that ceasing attacks is the first step towards peace negotiations and the success of peace talks is the first step towards the complete pullout of foreign troops. Besides that if Pakistan is still a victim of perceive threat from India in Afghanistan, the United Nations must guarantee that Afghan soil will never be used against Pakistan. Foods But the problem is its civilian leadership wants a constructive role in Afghan peace process whereas its military leadership is still seen affect- ed by perceived security threats from India—its arch enemy. Instead of talking to Nawaz Sharif, the American top officials from the government and military must talk to the army chief of Pakistan as Pakistan’s Afghan policy is solely driven by the military. 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By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Ronald Neumann and David Sedney ly to stretch battered Afghan forces further. We have not The loss of the Afghan provin- responsibility for the military layed replacement of numerous By Mike Whitney pansion has been so weak for every dollar the Fed lends ended a war, only left it to the since the recession ended in out, they get $.98 cents back in cial capital Kunduz was a psy- losses. We built security forc- senior officers is promised and Afghans too soon. The United Why is the economy still in the 2009. Yes, there have return. Does that sound like a chological shock to the Afghan es that depend on air power and must happen quickly. Appoint- States should maintain its cur- doldrums after 6 years of zero been exceptions, like subprime good deal to you, dear reader? people, a strategic and tactical need continued intelligence ments must involve effective rent forces and funding levels, rates and three rounds of Quan- auto loans and student loans Zero rates mean that the Fed defeat for both Afghanistan and advisory support. But in- individuals and cannot be mere- which are less than 10 percent titative Easing? It’s because which have skyrocketed in the is subsiding bubblemaking and the United States, and a stead of ensuring that these ly political payoffs. Ghani has of expenditures a few years ago, consumers aren’t consuming last few years, (and many of and inducing speculators to tragedy for those at the Doc- capabilities are available, we created a commission to inves- and focus on effectively advis- and there’s too much debt. You which are headed for default) take risks that are inherently de- tors Without Borders hospital have severely limited air sup- tigate Kunduz, with a mandate ing Afghan forces. A reduction see, despite the Fed’s wacko but as a whole the demand for structive to the system. This there. Yet the shock may prompt port, transferred key intelli- to recommend action, that is led of the U.S. effort to a “pure” theories about pumping liquid- credit has remained weak. isn’t a reasonable way to spur essential changes. It is impor- gence enablers to Iraq and cre- by opposition voices, includ- counterterrorism effort, still ity into the financial system to Once again, this is entirely growth or stimulate the econo- tant to examine both Afghan ated a patchwork system that ing a former head of intelli- foreshadowed by the presi- make investors feel wealthier, predictable. When people find my. It’s the well-worn path to and U.S. responsibility for the left key areas, including Kun- gence, though it sadly lacks dent’s hope of getting to about people actually have to buy themselves deep in the red, (like financial crisis. disaster, what is happening duz, without effective advisers. female members. things to generate growth. And half the current force level after a financial meltdown) they Keep in mind, the Fed’s pol- now and what needs to be Our withdrawals from these vi- If government performance sometime next year, would be the truth is, consumers have don’t borrow as much. It’s that icies come at a high price too. reduced their spending be- done. President Obama’s deci- tal functions based on politi- takes off, public confidence disturbingly similar to what simple. So it doesn’t matter if As we said earlier, the Fed’s sion Thursday to maintain ex- cally driven timetables ignored could begin to be restored. cause wages are flat, incomes rates are low or not, the de- balance sheet has ballooned to President George W. Bush tried are falling and many of them are isting U.S. force levels into next reality on the ground, includ- More remains to be done. Af- a decade ago. Such a prema- mand for credit is going to re- over $4 trillion dollars. So ask year was absolutely correct to ing Taliban capabilities and the ghan power brokers, intent on still hanging on by the skin of main weak until household bal- yourself this: How do the ser- ture drawdown would abandon achieve the goal he stated of embrace of the Islamic State by advancing personal agendas, their teeth. So consumption ance sheets are repaired and vice payments on that $4 tril- Afghan forces before they are has been unusually weak. consumers feel comfortable lion debt impact economic “sustainable Afghan capacity some militants. But Afghans seek to replace the government. ready, increasing the risk that a Economist Stephen Roach borrowing again. growth? and self-sufficiency.” need to understand that U.S. They need to be pressed to renewed terrorist haven will made a good point in an article So if low rates don’t lead to Obviously, the service pay- Kunduz, which has since support is not, and should not, stand down. The effort to re- emerge. at Project Syndicate. He said, a credit expansion, then what ments drain resources away been recaptured by Afghan be a blank check. Both the gov- duce predatory governance in Asking our allies to do jobs “In the 22 quarters since early good are they? from the real economy. Let’s use forces, was more than just the ernment and the opposition the provinces and Kabul can- they are not equipped to do 2008, real personal-consump- Not much good at all, in an example: Joe Blow decides first provincial capital to be tak- need to work to improve their not be shoved aside. Ghani and raises the risk of more reversals tion expenditure, which ac- fact, they’re extremely damag- he doesn’t want to live in his en by the Taliban; its fall was military, political and gover- Abdullah must work effective- such as Kunduz and tragedies counts for about 70% of US ing. Time and time again we’ve ramshackle $500 per month highly symbolic because it was nance performance, and come ly together despite the rapa- like the hospital bombing. GDP, has grown at an average seen how low rates encourage basement hovel on Capital Hill the site of the Taliban’s last together instead of pulling the cious desires of their support- Obama’s decision to maintain annual rate of just 1.1%, easily all kinds of risky behavior, be- anymore, so he moves to a stand in 2001. The poor initial country apart. ers and opponents. Broader the weakest period of consum- forces properly avoids pre- cause when money is cheap beautiful two bedroom apart- performance of Afghan securi- The Kunduz setback does consultation with the Afghan empting his successor’s choic- er demand in the post-World and easily available, it fuels ment in Madison Park over- ty forces and the tragic bomb- not mean the war is lost. Elite people is needed. The United War II era.” (It’s also a) “mas- es about a difficult and evolv- massive speculation that cre- looking Lake Washington for a ing of a nongovernmental or- Afghan commandos delivered States needs to continue to ing situation. That focus, and sive slowdown from the pre- ates asset bubbles. For exam- whopping $2,200 per month. ganization hospital in the midst by recapturing critical areas. step up to its own responsibil- not a predetermined timetable, crisis pace of 3.6% annual real ple, the stock buyback craze is So, now Mr. Blow has $1,700 consumption growth from 1996 of a chaotic response to the Whereas Mosul in Iraq remains ities, as well. Ground combat should continue to guide deci- entirely attributable to the Fed’s less per month to spend on attack sparked national disap- in enemy hands a year after it troops are not needed, but ad- to 2007.” (“Occupy QE”, zero rates, and it’s precipitated nights-on-the-town or exotic sions throughout the remain- pointment in Afghanistan and fell, Kunduz has returned to visers and air power must be Stephen S. Roach, Project Syn- a huge bubble in stock prices. LARPing adventures in Port der of this administration. The dicate) Get a load of this from Zero Orchard with his computer- international concern. All this government control. President kept in place and not reduced president’s public determina- So how is the economy Hedge: geek friends. What impact will came on the back of a dismal Ashraf Ghani and Chief Execu- on some blind, years-old time- tion to maintain our current supposed to grow if people “In 2014, the constituents Joe’s new arrangement have on year in which many more Af- tive Abdullah Abdullah appear table. Air power must be avail- training and advising effort aren’t buying things? of the S&P 500 on a net the economy? ghan civilians died than did so to be heeding the call to action. able to preempt attacks and not until Afghan forces do not need It can’t. basis bought back ~$430Bn It will hurt the economy be- while international forces During our recent 10-day visit confined, as it is now, to des- such help will provide a need- Now according to the Fed, worth of common stock and cause less spending means less fought the Taliban, and the na- to Afghanistan, each told us perate defense after attacks ed boost to both Afghans and the best way to fix the problem spent a further ~$375Bn on div- growth. And that same rule ap- tional unity government, which that they have agreed to an have begun. Afghan and for- our NATO allies — some of is to make money cheaper (so idend payouts. The total capi- plies to the corporations that came into office on a wave of accelerated appointment pro- eign officials we spoke to fore- whom have been ahead of us more people borrow and spend) tal returned to shareholders borrowed money to repurchase hope a year ago, stalled on fill- cess. Five new governors have see a crescendo of Taliban at- in urging that we stay. And it is and to pump $4 trillion in liquid- was only slightly less than the their own shares. The billions ing essential positions and re- been named, including three to tacks as international forces the right thing to do for our ity into the financial system so annual earnings reported. On in debt servicing will forming governance. The Unit- critical provinces; further ap- withdraw. An even bigger Tali- stock prices soar. The point of national interests.—(The the fixed income front, the in- be diverted away from the real ed States and its allies share pointments and the long-de- ban offensive next year is like- Washington Post) this crazy experiment is to fur- vestment grade corporate bond economy where it would have ther enrich big time speculators market saw a record $577Bn of done some good. This is why so they spend more money and, net issuance in 2014. While the the big Wall Street banks thus, rev up the economy. It’s equity and bond universes should have been euthanized Putin shows his realism in Syria called the “wealth effect” and don’t overlap 100%, we think following the Crash of ’08, so By Anatol Lieven the Fed actually believes this these numbers convey a sim- their debts could have trickle down nonsense will ple yet important story. US cor- been wiped out instead of The Russian government has a work if given enough time. But, porations have essentially transferred to the Fed’s balance number of different motives for its the fact is, QE hasn’t worked, been issuing record levels of sheet where they are a con- intervention in the conflict in Syr- doesn’t work, and won’t work. debt and using a significant stant drag on growth. ia. Among these are the desire to Because it doesn’t address the chunk of their earnings and The global economy faces help an old ally, to be seen once more as a great power on the world fundamental problem: How to cash reserves to buy back so many headwinds at present get more money to the people stage, and establish a position that record levels of common that it’s hard to know where to will force US and European lead- who will spend it and grow the stock.” (“Buyback Bonanza, begin. China’s real estate bub- ers to treat Russia's views with economy. That’s the issue. Margin Madness Behind US ble has popped, capital flight greater respect, especially over the Zero rates can help because Equity Rally”, Zero Hedge) has put emerging markets into Ukraine crisis. they lower the cost of borrow- What does this mean in En- a nosedive, commodities pric- Russia's strategy, however, ing. But lower rates don’t work glish? It means the giant cor- es have plunged triggering also stems from a particular anal- if there’s no demand for funds, ysis of the situation in Syria based porations aren’t even thinking fears of deflation, the econom- on a mixture of hard-headed real- that is, if no one is borrowing. about the future of their com- ic data is increasingly bleak, ism and the experience of over two And what economists have panies any more. and the Fed’s plan to “normal- decades since the fall of commu- found out is that, after a major They’re not building more ize” rates has sent stocks gy- nism. The Russian analysis is that financial crash, where house- capacity or hiring more work- rating like never before. the US strategy of arming and holds have seen much of their ers or expanding R&D. They’re Even so, economic policy building up the Syrian "moderate wealth vanish overnight, peo- opposition" never stood any taking every dime they can get should focus on the things that chance of success and has now ple are not as eager to borrow their greasy mitts on and goos- increase growth, boost de- been recognised by the Pentagon as they were before. This is ing stock prices so they can mand and lead to a more even- as a failed strategy. Also, under easy to understand. If you’re stuff their pockets full of cab- ly-shared prosperity. Full em- these circumstances, if the Baath in a hole, you stop digging. bage and walk away like King ployment and solid wages state in Damascus is overthrown, The average Joe can’t operate Charlie. gains should be on top of the the result will be, at best, long-term like a Wall Street banker who This is the effect of low list. Those are the foundation anarchy; and at worst: a takeover thinks, “I’ll just keep borrow- by the Islamic State of Iraq and rates. This is what happens blocks for a strong economy the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda. ing until I get out of debt.” No. when speculators get hold of that can withstand the ups-and- Reminiscent of Western tactics Ordinary working people can’t cheap money. It throws the downs of an erratic business Talk to Al Jazeera - The Syrian do that. They have to reduce whole system out-of-whack. cycle or the periodic battering conflict: Russia vs the West? their spending until they get Consider this: If the Fed of financial crises. Moscow has, therefore, decid- their heads above water again. sets rates at zero, and the rate We tried QE, now let’s try ed to provide the Syrian state and This is why the credit ex- its Hezbollah and Kurdish allies of inflation is 1.5 percent; then higher wages. (Counterpunch) with a Russian air force, in the same way (in the view of Russian offi- cials) the US provided an air force uted to the Obama administration's and other Western capitals essen- dred years of tyranny". In the view for the Libyan opposition in 2011, nuclear deal with Iran. tially agree with Russian analyses: of Moscow, the examples of Af- LETTER TO THE EDITOR the Northern Alliance in Afghani- The US' inability to block Rus- that the moderate Syrian opposi- ghanistan since 1992, Iraq since stan in 2001, the Kosovo Libera- sia's new strategy is also because, tion is not developing as a serious 2003, and Libya since 2011 have tion Army in 1999, and the Croat- in private, considerable parts of the military force. proved this argument so definitive- ian army in 1995. security and intelligence commu- Under these circumstances, to ly that no further discussion is This Russian decision came nities in Washington and other destroy the Syrian government and necessary. when it did because Syrian state Western capitals essentially agree army would risk playing disas- A certain mood is, therefore, forces seemed to be crumbling in with Russian analyses: that the trously into the hands of ISIL and growing in Washington to let Mos- Education is key to success the face of ISIL attacks, and also moderate Syrian opposition is not al-Qaeda. These analysts fully rec- cow pursue its intervention in Syria because the state of US policy and developing as a serious military ognise the odious record of the and garner all the resulting risks interests have made it highly un- force. In the kind of simple strate- Syrian state - but the concept of and unpopularity, while, perhaps When it comes to development of Afghanistan, we still have a long way ahead and reaching this likely that the US would do any- gic calculations beloved by inter- "our son of a b***h" is no more in the wider scheme of things, also goal of a development is not possible without educated youth. Education is our key to success. thing to block Russia's actions. national relations students (and alien to the CIA than it is to the serving long-term US interests. In most cases, uneducated and illiterate youth are being deceived by the Taliban militants to use On the last point, Russian anal- which actually happened on occa- KGB. The development of this Among these risks for the Russian them for destruction of their country. It is said that youth as a force can steer a country towards ysis has already been shown to be sions during the Cold War), the US kind of thinking in the West brings government are that the Russian entirely correct. This is because US would simply move over towards these analysts closer to an under- people themselves may turn either right or wrong directions. However, the government should take all necessary measures officials are now faced with an in- to provide youth with opportunities of better education. an alliance with Iran, Hezbollah lying feature of Russian analysis ( against this intervention, which - terlocking set of seemingly impos- and the Syrian state in the region. also shared by many others in according to opinion polls - they The government should devise a special plan to improve the education system in the coun- sible dilemmas in the Middle East. try. It should seek support of tribal elders and local people in volatile areas to not let the Taliban But this is obviously impossible Beijing, Delhi and elsewhere), that seem to view in a very different For obvious reasons, ISIL has now for multiple reasons: It would cost in many parts of the world, states light to Moscow's strategy in to torch schools and deprive children from education. joined al-Qaeda, by the US' think- the US its alliance with Saudi Ara- - not regimes, but states - are far Ukraine. Samim Hoshang, Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul ing, as posing by far the greatest bia, the Gulf States and Turkey - more fragile entities than most If Washington had a real and threat of terrorism against the US with dangerous implications for the Western thinking has assumed. viable choice in the matter, this and Europe. In Iraq, this has led to wider struggle against terrorism. Very often, regimes and states are might well be described as a dread- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must what amounts to US-Iranian co- Washington is, therefore, left one and the same thing, so that if fully cynical US approach. But have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: operation in supporting the Shia- with a set of essentially contradic- you bring down one, you also de- does Washington have a choice? [email protected] dominated Iraqi government tory interests and policies in the stroy the other. The consequences Anatol Lieven is a professor against ISIL. This has also contrib- region. Indeed, and very largely of this - especially in an era of in- at Georgetown University in Qa- because of past US actions, the ternational terrorists seeking safe tar and a visiting professor at Middle East has developed such havens in ungoverned territories - King's College London. He is the complex and heavily-armed con- may be much worse than leaving a author, among other books, of flicts that no stable hegemony over dictatorship in power. Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Disclaimer: the region is currently possible. This thinking has its roots in Rivalry and Pakistan: A Hard Tacit consent The US' inability to historical memories of past peri- Country. The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) block Russia's new strategy is also ods of chaos in their own coun- The views expressed in this because, in private, considerable tries. It is close to the old saying - article are the author's own and do and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. parts of the security and intelli- in its different forms - that: "A day not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's gence communities in Washington of anarchy is worse than a hun- editorial policy. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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political analyst at Birzeit Univer- sity. Currently the protests show little sign of abating, fuelled in part by fresh incidents of tit-for-tat vio- lence as well as by Israel's excessive use of force and its policy of extra- judicial killings. The UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to "seriously review" its use of force, finding "the apparent excessive use of force by Israeli security services" to be "trou- Palestin ian s are co m in g to gether, regardless o f age, gen der an d po litical affiliatio n , in a sho w o f so lidarity. bling". As of Thursday morning, 32 Palestinians have been killed in Oc- As the student cafeteria at Birzeit tober, the majority at the hands of University empties after the lunch- Israeli forces, while seven Israelis time rush, Ehab Iwidat leans back have been killed. If the death toll on his chair and sips from a bottle continues to rise, and the demon- of mineral water. The wiry, 20- strations grow in numbers, Pales- year-old business and French stu- tinian political parties will likely dent is suffering from a cold, but come under pressure to increase their that has not stopped him from at- involvement. "This movement needs tending some of the recent demon- political leadership," said Issa Amro, strations in the West Bank. "It's a political activist based in the West the first time in a long time that Bank city of Hebron. "Until now, we've seen this," he says. "I've seen there has been no political leader- young people, old people, females, ship. But it needs political leader- males, protesting in the streets to- ship to go on, to organise it … to gether. You can see rich people represent the Palestinian demands." alongside poor people too." Like While political leadership may be many in the so-called Oslo genera- required to guide and crystallise the tion of Palestinians, who have lit- aims of the current movement, it is tle or no memory of previous Inti- unclear whether the established Pal- fadas in Palestine, Iwidat only estinian parties want to lead the knows life under occupation as a movement. While this could create a second-class citizen. He believes space for a new generation of lead- that Israeli restrictions on Pales- ers to emerge from outside the tradi- tinian freedom and rights in the tional parties, the movement has West Bank, harassment from Is- been defined to date by an absence raeli settlers, and the bleak pros- of leadership. While Amro believes pects for a peace deal between the that the current generation of polit- Israeli and Palestinian leaders have ical leaders is unlikely to take up the pushed Palestinians into the streets cause, he sees an opportunity for in recent weeks. "It's coming from junior figures in established parties the actions of settlers, who repre- to take it on. "I think the first line of sent Israeli government policy. leadership is exhausted. But sooner From burning people alive, humil- or later, if it continues like this, I iating people on a daily basis and believe the second and third line of restricting Palestinians' freedom leadership in the political parties will movement, to the disrespectful lead and go on with it." A Palestin- actions at al-Aqsa Mosque." The ian man prays as Israeli policemen protests that have swept Jerusa- stand nearby during Friday prayers lem, Gaza and the West Bank this outside Jerusalem's Old City near month have seen tens of thousands the Arab East Jerusalem neighbour- of Palestinians take to the streets. hood of Wadi al-Joz [REUTERS/ Men and women of all ages have Ammar Awad] Some of the Pales- joined the movement. In some cas- tinian demonstrators have called for es, these massive demonstrations Female Palestinian protesters take position during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah [REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman] an Intifada, while the term has also have passed peacefully, as protest- been used by political and regional ers massed to chant slogans in uni- sands gathered for a peaceful rally Muslims are allowed to pray at portant place for the Palestinians military launched a manhunt for Saif al-Islam Duglas, the president analysts. However, it is probably ty, demanding solidarity to fight in Sakhnin, chanting slogans the site under the existing status in Jerusalem and outside of Jerus- the perpetrators. Those incursions of the Birzeit University student too early to compare the movement the Israeli military occupation. against the Israeli government. On quo, but a broader campaign among alem." At 24, Marshood already into West Bank towns and villag- council. "We've organised protests with the sustained and widespread Other gatherings have turned vio- Wednesday, thousands more at- religious right-wing Israelis, call- has years of experience as an ac- es, marked by night raids on Pal- as the student union, but not along Palestinian uprisings that took place lent, as the Israeli military used tear tended the funeral of Mutaz ing for Jewish prayer to be allowed tivist behind her. She keeps in estinian homes and widespread political party lines, everyone is in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and Zawahreh, a 27-year-old from the there followed by storming of al- touch with other activists in Isra- arrests, further fuelled the anger coming together." Within the of- according to Khatib. "If the defini- live fire against Palestinian dem- Duheisha refugee camp close to Aqsa compound for several days el, the West Bank and Gaza via and helplessness that many Pales- ten highly factional arena of Pales- tion of Intifada includes sustained onstrators throwing rocks and fire- Bethlehem, who was killed in the by Jewish extremist groups under social media networks and helped tinians feel under military occupa- tinian student politics, this kind activities, widespread and popular, bombs at Israeli soldiers. The previous day's clashes with the the protection of the Israeli secu- to organise a recent protest in the tion. Palestinian protesters throw of unity is often lacking. But po- then I don't expect that this wave movement has even given traction Israeli military. The protesters rity forces, has raised concerns city of Nazareth, which was at- stones during clashes in the West litical protest is nothing new for will become an Intifada," he ex- to the idea that Palestinians could again chanted for solidarity and among Palestinians that the Israeli tended by thousands. "Social me- Bank city of Bethlehem [EPA/ Palestinians. Many of these young plained. "It's happening mostly in be on the verge of a new Intifada, unity to battle Israel's occupation government is preparing to alter dia is a really important method to ABED AL HASHLAMOUN] So people have attended the weekly Jerusalem and it's a reaction mainly or that one may have already be- of the West Bank. 'It's a symbol of the access rules in the long term. get in touch with youth every- far, the protests have been notable demonstrations against the Israeli to Israeli attempts to change the sta- gun. Tuesday was declared a "Day our heritage' An Israeli policeman However, the idea that the recent where," she said. "Facebook is the for the lack of obvious political occupation in the West Bank, tus quo at al-Aqsa Mosque. And it's of Rage" in Gaza and the West prevents a Palestinian man from protests are motivated by religion big one, even though it has its risks. party involvement. Mainstream which are not organised along par- not spreading all over." As for the Bank, as thousands of Palestinians entering the compound which is inaccurate, according to the dem- And posters, flyers that we hand Palestinian parties - Fatah, Hamas ty lines. "Most such waves of pro- activists, talk of Intifada does not protested in refugee camps and at houses al-Aqsa Mosque [REU- onstrators themselves. "I don't out in the neighbourhoods ... Be- and the PFLP - have remained rel- tests, whether the short ones or concern them for now. "I don't like military checkpoints, singing anti- TERS/Ammar Awad] Tension has look at al-Aqsa as just a religious sides that, we use connections that atively quiet, while the Palestin- the long ones, are spontaneous and labelling it," said Marshood. "[Dur- occupation songs and waving Pal- been simmering in Jerusalem over symbol," said Hala Marshood, a we have with activists in the West ian Authority President Mahmoud are done by young people with- ing] the second Intifada, I was really estinian flags. Palestinian citizens what Palestinians say is Israel's political activist who lives in Jerus- Bank, Jerusalem and every area, Abbas has urged protesters to re- out being organised in most of the young, and in the first Intifada I of Israel simultaneously took to plan to Judaise the city. This sum- alem. "It's a cultural symbol. It's a and we contact to make something main peaceful. "The unique thing cases. So it's not exceptional or wasn't born. What I can say is that the streets for a general strike, clos- mer, however, it centred on the re- symbol of our heritage and our united together." The unrest esca- about this movement is that the strange that there are no political we are escalating our protest and ing businesses and schools across ligious site which houses the al- Palestinian identity. It's a symbol lated after two Israeli settlers were youth are protesting and no one is organisations that are mastermind- there is something very powerful the country, while tens of thou- Aqsa Mosque compound. Only of our social life. It's a really im- killed on October 1. The Israeli leading them, no politicians," said ing this," said Ghassan Khatib, a going on." Al Jazeera Abu Dhabi ‘ho verbo ard’ Muslim gro ups w elco m e n ew death: Pan ic o ver n ew phe- rules o n repo rtin g UK hate crim e

Muslim groups in Britain have n o m en o n am o n g kids welcomed the government’s an- nouncement that police forces across England and Wales will be obliged to separately record data on hate crimes against Muslims. London’s Metropolitan Police Service already records figures specific to attacks against Mus- lims, and in September reported a 71 percent hike in physical, verbal and online Islamophobic crimes. But under new rules, all forces in England and Wales will be com- pelled to report data on Islamo- phobic attacks separately, in the same way they already record anti- Semitic crimes. Tell MAMA, which monitors attacks on Mus- lims in the UK, told Al Arabiya News that it welcomed the change that it says will “ensure all forces categorize anti-Muslim hate.” Fiyaz Mughal, Director of Tell MAMA, said: “We have been campaigning for uniformity in the police force saw crimes against reported on Monday. The recent there is the ability for police forces Th is w e e k, a s ix-ye ar-o ld bo y o n a h o verbo ard w as re po rte dly ru n o ve r by a car recording processes in forces in in th e UAE capital o f Abu Dh abi. (Yo u Tu be / Jare d Me ch am ) Muslims nearly double to 130 in academic research found that at- to record Islamophobic crime sep- England and Wales for some time 2013, up from 75 the previous tacks against Muslims in the UK arately, just so that we can identify now and whilst we support vic- year. But other police forces have included one case in which a wom- the cause of that crime and deal with The recent death of a UAE-based Ahlan Live. The smart balance should occur.” Some hoverboards tims of anti-Muslim hatred and not historically recorded informa- an was doused with alcohol on a it in creating an appropriate strate- child while on a “hoverboard" has wheels are battery-powered boards critics are afraid the machine could map, measure and monitor anti- tion regarding hate crimes against train, and another who was kicked gy,” he told Al Arabiya News. Ver- sparked safety concerns over the which can travel at a maximum encourage less activity. “It is just Muslim hatred, this should be par- Muslims. A South Yorkshire Po- and punched after her attackers si said that the data gathered would self-balancing scooter which is speed of 16km/h. (YouTube/ Jared giving them (the users) another allel with and in partnership with lice spokesman told the Mirror pulled off her hijab. According to help identify trouble hotspots growing in popularity worldwide. Mecham) Many people who have reason not to do any simple phys- police forces. “Police forces usu- newspaper in 2013 that its crime- the report these cases were exam- around the UK and aid the police in The new toy scooter, popular with shared their opinions on the phe- ical activity,” said Maha Al Mous- ally receive cases which are more management system did not “fa- ples of where onlookers or police identifying problems. He said he adults and children alike, is said to nomenon with Al Arabiya News sli, a UAE-based Syrian mother. around the aggressive end of anti- cilitate the recording of anti-Mus- refused to act. Researchers from believed that as the police became pose a risk to public safety, which said they believed the hoverboards Mohammad Mashhadawi said he Muslim hatred... So we warmly lim hate crime separately to other Birmingham City and Nottingham more aware of the issue that this has led to the enforcement of laws were “dangerous” to ride in pub- did not think hoverboards were welcome the announcement from forms of religious hate crimes.” Trent universities revealed that a would ultimately lead to an increase regulating the use of the boards in lic. Amal Abu Fadda, a Dubai res- dangerous, but said they could “in- the Prime Minister and this an- The spokesman added that the “public refusal to help” was com- in reporting attacks, whether ver- different parts of the world. The ident and a mother of two, said crease obesity and make people nouncement also sucks the oxy- system solely relied “on what in- mon in several hate attacks against bal, physical or via social media. smart balance wheels are battery- while she did get her children a lazy, as they will not walk or bike gen out of those groups who pro- formation is entered by the input- UK Muslims, in what they said He added: “I think that Islamopho- powered boards which can travel hoverboard, she still thought they anymore.” The electric scooters mote a narrative that the Govern- ter recording the crime.” A spokes- reflects a worrying broader trend. bia is not really recognized at the at a maximum speed of 16km/h. were “unsafe” and only allowed have recently become a global phe- ment or Britain is against Muslims man for Northumbria Police, in the ‘A first step’ Miqdaad Versi, as- moment. And we cannot know this To control the vehicle, users lean her children to use the board “un- nomenon, and have been seen used - it is not.” Islamophobia on the north of England, also said at the sistant secretary general of the until we have the data to support forward and backward to alter the der her supervision.” “I have to be by celebrities and international rise According to Tell MAMA, in time that it does not hold informa- Muslim Council of Britain, said he it. But anecdotally this is a serious direction it travels and to maintain around them all the time because football stars. the past three-and-a-half-years the tion specifically for anti-Muslim welcomed Cameron’s announce- situation. “We know that 50 per- their balance on the electric skate- they can go really fast using these But this week, the British Crown organization has supported more hate crimes. Reluctance to report ment about recording anti-Muslim cent of the British population con- board. This week, a six-year-old air boards,” she said, adding that Prosecution Service said that tech- than 4,500 victims of Islamopho- Under the new rules this will have crimes, but stressed that it was sider Islam as a threat to the UK, boy on a hoverboard was report- they can only use them inside their nically the use of the boards on bic attacks – resulting in what it to change. But whether the new only a “first step”, and that the according to a poll from the Huff- edly run over by a car in the UAE gated neighborhood, where cars are public roads and pavements was says were hundreds of arrests. It police statistics will be accurately government should continue its ington Post... We know that 37 per- capital of Abu Dhabi. The incident driven more slowly. Nadya Khat- now banned under UK law, and is has been widely reported that reflect reality remains to be seen, efforts to prevent hate crime cent of the British population be- prompted local police to warn peo- ib, a Riyadh-based mother of two, only legal to use on private prop- there has been an apparent increase given both the apparent reluctance against Muslims, something he lieves there are too many Muslims ple of safety concerns when allow- said she allowed her children to ride erty. Last month, a video went vi- in the number of hate crimes di- of victims to report crimes, as well said was clearly on the increase. in the UK. We know the same thing ing children to ride their electric them in a closed community, but ral that showed a Muslim pilgrim rected at Muslims in Britain. In as the reported reluctance of wit- He said the Metropolitan Police’s is true of young children with over scooters on roads, warning they she said “they shouldn’t be used cruising around the Ka'aba on a May 2013 British soldier Lee Rig- ness to come forward. Several data on rising Islamophobic attacks 30 percent thinking there [are] too could cause accidents. They also in crowded places such as malls, hoverboard at the Holy Grand by was murdered by Islamist ex- Muslim groups in the UK, includ- is not something unique to Lon- many Muslims in the UK.” urged parents to ensure that their as they could be dangerous to by- Mosque in Makkah, triggering tremists in a daylight attack in ing the Muslim Council of Britain, don, but a pattern seen across the Versi said that these attitudes children only use them in desig- standers.” In the same vein, Dana mixed reactions. southeast London. In the days that say that hate crimes are often not UK. Versi told Al Arabiya News were “entrenched in many people nated areas, such as parks, as they Abdullah, a 25-year-old Palestin- A Muslim pilgrim cruising followed crimes against Muslims reported by the victims. And new that the wider collection of data across the UK because of the me- have been banned in some shop- ian living in Dubai, said she thinks around the Ka'aba on a hoverboard in London soared – with the Lon- research also suggests witnesses of was something his organization and dia onslaught about Muslims - and ping malls across the UAE, accord- “hoverboards pose a risk to inno- at the Holy Grand Mosque. (Al don Met recording 104 in that one attacks are often reluctant to come others had been calling for for linking that to terrorism... and oth- ing to a report by the UAE-based cent bystanders if an accident Arabiya) month alone. 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Algeria’s state energy firm eign investor interest in helping can meet our goals that are to in- by 50 percent this year. Oil and ting its house in order before mov- visibility and transparency,” oil and fields Hassi Rmel, Hassi Messaoud, Sonatrach has begun a restructur- develop new fields to push up pro- crease production and reserves,” gas account for 97 percent of ing forward, energy analysts say. gas development consultant Berkine and El Merk. But with do- ing aimed at saving money and duction. The new charter gives Mazouzi said in the document Algeria’s state revenues, and the Thirty foreign energy firms are Mohamed Said Beghoul said. In a mestic energy needs on the rise, and coping with the dramatic slide in newly appointed Sonatrach boss dated Oct. 12. In the same docu- price drop has forced the govern- present in Algeria, but its energy major shake-up in May, Sonatrach oil prices low, Algeria needs more global oil prices, an internal docu- Amine Mazouzi four new assis- ment, Mazouzi said Sonatrach ment to put on hold some infra- bidding round last year only placed picked a new chief executive to re- foreign investment help to pick up ment seen by Reuters shows. tants in charge respectively of its should base its work on a “strat- structure projects and cut back on four deals. Oil companies have place an interim head appointed less new output, analysts said. Algeria, The measure is the latest at- downstream, upstream, transport egy to reduce costs.” The restruc- budget spending next year. Algeria complained about offer terms and than a year ago and has also replaced emerging from more than a decade tempt by the Algerian energy gi- and pipelines, and commercial sec- turing of its state energy company has already announced it will not bureaucratic red tape in the coun- more than 20 other managers. It ex- of a civil strife, remains a key U.S. ant to help the North African tors. “The evolving domestic and comes at a sensitive time for Alge- launch a bidding round for oil and try. “The new charter will enable a pects a 4.1 percent rise in oil and gas ally in its fight against Islamist mili- OPEC state manage a sharp fall in external environment obliges us to ria as the slump in oil prices is ex- gas exploration rights this year, a focus on core business ... an effi- exports this year, after achieving in- tancy in the Sahel region, and it is a its energy revenues and weak for- adapt our organization ... so we pected to slash its energy revenues clear signal that Sonatrach is put- cient management, and will favour creased yields at its already existing top gas supplier to Europe. Japan PM Abe ‘EU to announce end presses firms Chin a set to disappo in t in vesto rs to lift capital of Iran sanctions today’ w ith third quarter gro w th BRUSSELS: The EU will an- Crucially, Iran will have to sat- spending to nounce Sunday the formal end to isfy the IAEA, the UN nuclear revive economy damaging economic sanctions im- watchdog, that it has taken the posed on Iran over its nuclear steps required to ensure its Arak programme which the West feared reactor and other installations can- would give Tehran the atomic not be used for military purposes. bomb, Western diplomatic sources Sunday’s announcement will said. They said the decision will complete the 90-day adoption take effect around the end of the stage of the July agreement reached year after the International Atomic between Iran and the five perma- Energy Agency (IAEA) certifies nent UN Security Council mem- that Iran has met its commitments bers — Britain, China, France, under a landmark July accord with Russia and the United States — the major powers to curb its plus Germany. nuclear programme in return for The United States and the Eu- lifting sanctions. “The EU will ropean Union have hit a long list adopt the legislative framework for of Iranian individuals and compa- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's gov- lifting all nuclear-related economic nies, especially its banks and key ernment urged Japanese firms to and financial sanctions but this will oil and gas groups, with asset help revive the flagging economy of course only apply ... once the freezes and visa bans to pressure by using their hefty cash piles to IAEA would have ticked all the Tehran to open up its nuclear boost capital expenditures. The re- boxes,” one of the sources said. programme to international in- quest was made during the first “My own assessment is that spection. round of talks between cabinet implementation can be expected to The sanctions have proved ministers and business leaders on take place at the end of the year, very damaging, locking up billions expanding business investments, (or) the beginning of next year, but in Iranian assets overseas and starv- in a show of government pressure of course only once the IAEA has ing the oil-dependent economy of on companies to lift investment given the green light,” said the crucially needed technology and needed to generate a virtuous source who asked not to be named. investment. growth cycle. The move follows Abe's intervention in labour-man- agement talks to press firms to raise wages, at a time his UK eco n o m y jo b do n e? "Abenomics" recipe of aggressive monetary stimulus, spending and growth strategies is seen losing No way: Osborne momentum. "Corporate profits have risen to a record high but in- vestment growth has not been enough," Abe told the meeting. SHANGHAI: China probably early 2009 and comes after a raft of Li Keqiang forecast 2015 economic forecasting 6.5pc for the third quar- "Now is the time for companies to grew at its slowest pace since the weak data has fanned concerns Chi- growth would be about 7pc, as the ter and 6.6pc for the full year. “The aggressively invest in facilities, depths of the global financial cri- nese growth is slowing sharply, send- country shifts to a “new normal” downward trend will continue next technology and talent. The indus- sis in the third quarter, an AFP ing shivers through international driven by domestic consumption year and the slowdown will go on try circles today showed a posi- survey of economists has found, markets.Those worries turned into instead of exports and government for quite a long time,” she said. tive stance to expand investment." confirming investor fears follow- a worldwide rout after a Chinese investment. The AFP survey of China’s GDP grew 7.3pc last year, Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of ing stock market turmoil and a cur- stock market bubble burst in June, China- and Hong Kong-based ana- the slowest pace since 1990. Eco- Japan's biggest business lobby rency devaluation. Signs the wiping some 35pc off Shanghai lysts for Chinese and international nomic statistics in China — where Keidanren, demanded the govern- world’s second-largest economy — shares to date, and a surprise de- banks, securities firms and the government depends on growth ment lower the effective corporate a key driver of global growth — is valuation of the yuan in Aug stoked consultancies showed they expect for legitimacy — are often viewed The U.K. economy might be a July forecast upwards. In fact, it tax rate - among the developed struggling will add to pressure on fears about stalling growth. The China’s economy to grow 6.9pc this with scepticism, fuelling suspicion bright spot among developed highlighted the economy as a rare world's highest - to below 30 per- Beijing to do more to head off a wake-up call has slammed other year, missing the target — though that the true growth rate is lower economies amid fears of a renewed bright spot amid a gloomy global cent as soon as possible to spark hard landing. Output rose an an- emerging economies, delayed a move the qualifier of “about” would allow than stated. The IMF this month global economic slowdown but outlook. "In the United Kingdom, business investment. The govern- nual 6.8 per cent in the July-Sep- by the US to raise interest rates and Beijing’s leaders to declare victory. pointed to the risk from stalling there is still a long way to go to get continued steady growth is ex- ment cut the corporate tax rate to tember period, according to the sent prices of commodities such as “We all know it is impossible to growth in China, warning the coun- it operating at full speed, accord- pected in 2015 and 2016," the 32.11 percent in the current fiscal median forecast in a poll of 19 ana- copper and oil, which China imports realise the 7pc growth target this try is headed for a sharper-than-ex- ing to U.K. Chancellor George IMF said in its World Economic year from last year's 34.62 per- lysts carried out this week. The on a massive scale, plummeting to year,” said Chang Jian, China econo- pected slowdown unless leaders get Osborne. "For the past few years Outlook report, "supported by cent, and plans to reduce it to 31.33 figure would be the worst since multi-year lows. In March, Premier mist for Barclays Capital, which is a grip on the economy. the U.K. has now consistently lower oil prices and continued re- percent next fiscal year. After the been the fastest-growing of the covery in wage growth." The IMF session, Economics Minister Akira major, advanced economies of the has not always looked so favor- Amari said it was wrong to think world…but I don't come here feel- ably on the U.K., however. In par- Japanese demand would not grow ing it's a case of 'job done.' I al- ticular, Osborne's spending cut due to the country's dwindling ways come to these meetings drive at the helm of the U.K.'s population. "It's clear that domes- As the world awaits China's third- research and development (R&D) thinking, 'God, there's so much economy has drawn criticism from tic capital spending is weak, while more we need to do'," Osborne told the IMF in the past although with companies are hoarding cash and quarter gross domestic product investment. "China does not pub- (GDP) figures on Monday, the ac- lish value-added data for R&D, but CNBC on the sidelines of the In- its robust recovery, the savings," he told reporters. "I want ternational Monetary Fund/World government's strategy appears to to push companies' back to fill this curacy of mainland data is once again according to our calculations, offi- up for debate. A growing section of cials are underestimating R&D Bank annual summit in Peru at the have been vindicated. "A couple gap." The amount of cash Japa- weekend. Expanding U.K. exports, of years ago, here at the IMF and nese companies have amassed has financial market participants and value-added by $6.5 to $154 billion building more infrastructure and in lots of other places, there was a increased since Abe took office in journalists has speculated that re- a year." So, what do these new cal- improving productivity were debate raging as to whether the December 2012. Ministry of Fi- cent numbers might be painting a culations mean? China isn't doing among the items on his to-do list, U.K. had pursued the right course nance data showed corporate in- more flattering picture of the world's as badly as recent headlines suggest. although the country's positive of action in aggressively seeking ternal reserves stood at 350 tril- second largest economy than is the The debt to GDP picture is less economic momentum and low un- to tackle its deficit…but you look lion yen (1.9 trillion pounds) in reality. But according to research, dire, gross output per worker is employment rate, of 5.5 percent, at the results and the argument has the fiscal year ended March 2015, China's economy is likely much big- slightly higher, indicating better la- has eased the pressure on Osborne been settled to take action and live compared with 300 trillion yen two ger than official data suggest. In a bor productivity and the energy in- and the Conservative-led govern- within your means," Osborne re- years earlier. In the two years ended report published by research insti- tensity of GDP is lower than pre- ment under Prime Minister David marked. Commuters at Canary March 2015, capital expenditures tution Center for Strategic and In- viously observed, Rosen and Bao Cameron. British Chancellor of the Wharf underground tube station grew just 5 trillion yen, to 40 tril- ternational Studies (CSIS) last explain. At 2013's Third Plenum, Exchequer George Osbourne UK unemployment falls to low- lion yen. Amari also said the gov- month, Daniel Rosen and Beibei Bao Beijing did announce it would up- speaks during the Conservative est since 2008 ernment had not yet started for- showed that 2008 GDP was actu- Accounts standards set in 1993, data now suggest, they added. Per- grade the national accounting meth- Party Conference in Manchester "I think Britain has shown that mally debating an extra budget for ally 13-16 percent larger than offi- which has a narrower coverage of haps most noteworthy was the fact odology, scheduled to occur be- British Chancellor of the Exche- if you have a clear economic plan, this fiscal year, including steps such cial figures, while 2013 GDP stood services sector, while the bulk of that property—often labeled as one tween late 2014 and early 2015, but quer George Osbourne speaks dur- if you're prepared to take difficult as cash payouts to low-income at $10.5 trillion rather than the offi- developed nations use the latest of China's top risks—led the service the transition has yet be ing the Conservative Party Con- decisions to sort out your public groups to stimulate consumption. cial $9.5 trillion. Read MoreIs con- standards set in 2008. "At the sector's upward revisions. The real completed."Notwithstanding the ference in Manchester Last week, finances and make your economy The Bank of Japan's key fidence seeping back into China broadest sector level, the hard to estate sector was around 133 per- technical challenges of adopting a the IMF raised its growth fore- more competitive you see the ben- tankan survey showed big firms markets? What might explain this count services cluster is in great- cent larger in 2008, "suggesting that broader methodology, there may be casts for the U.K. while slashing efits, not just in growth but in jobs maintained their bullish capital ex- mismatch? The authors think the est need of upward revision: 22.2 GDP growth has been even more de- other factors contributing to the expectations for the global created and higher living stan- penditure plans for this fiscal year, difference could be explained by percent in our estimate," Rosen and pendent on a property boom than delay, including the political impor- economy as a whole on the back dards." although core machinery orders, a how China calculates, or does not Bao said. Services actually sur- previously understood." The au- tance of China's annual growth tar- of concern over emerging markets By CNBC's Holly Ellyatt, fol- leading indicator of capital expen- calculate, economic activity. China passed the industrial sector in thors also pointed out key elements get," warned National Australia and China. It predicted U.K. low her on Twitter @HollyEllyatt. diture, have fallen in the past three currently measures GDP using the terms of biggest contribution to that aren't covered in China's official Bank economist Gerard Burg in a growth of 2.5 percent in 2015, and Follow us on Twitter: months. United Nations System of National GDP in 2009, not 2012 as official GDP, such as the capitalization of Thursday note. 2.2 percent in 2016, revising its @CNBCWorld

The World Bank plans to talk to “We are quite prepared to en- its member countries about com- ter into that dialogue with our Bruce was speaking at a pre- pensating Syria’s neighbors for the shareholders as to how we sup- paratory meeting for the 2016 substantial fiscal cost of hosting port the compensation of countries, World Humanitarian Summit, refugees for long periods, a World and in particular the middle-income where the United Nations hopes Bank official said in Geneva on countries that do not have access to reform the way that emergen- Thursday. to concessional resources, and cies such as the Syrian refugee cri- “It’s actually quite significant that's the conversation that is tak- sis are tackled and funded, after a for countries like Jordan, for Leba- ing place.” spate of global crises displaced 60 non and for Turkey, and some es- Humanitarian officials have million people and overwhelmed timates put that at about 1.1-1.4 previously said that the World U.N. aid budgets. percent of GDP,” Colin Bruce, se- Bank’s rules forbid it from making Bruce said that the bank was nior adviser to the World Bank grants to middle-income countries also mindful that refugees and mi- president, told a conference. such as Lebanon, but that govern- grants could have a positive eco- “We recognize that for many ments are unwilling to borrow nomic impact over the longer term, of these countries there’s a cost from the bank to cover the costs and it wanted to advise govern- associated with hosting with refu- of refugees, leaving a huge funding ments about policies that would gees and they need to be compen- gap for countries hosting 4 million generate a dividend from hosting sated,” he said. Syrians. displaced people. 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. SUNDAY . OCTOBER 18, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Streep campaigns for rape documentary banned in India

Whenever the talented bunch at the All India Bakchod (AIB) releases a video, lots of laughter follows. And this time was no different. "I deliver your pizza. Would you deliver my baby?" Bad pick-up line or hilarious song lyrics? You decide! In their latest number titled Creep Qawwali, the comedy group showcases actresses, Shweta Basu Prasad and Mansi Multani, engag- ing in a qawwali battle to deter- mine whose stalker is creepier. After a while, the two come to realise that the so-called admirer that's stalking them on Facebook and real life is in fact the same creep! Read: Irrfan Khan destroys Bollywood dance numbers in epic AIB spoof The video is a product of AIB's advertising wing, 'Vigyapanti'; their goal is to make upcoming small brands become EW YORK: A film massive. Creep Qawwali has been banned by Indian au made to promote TrulyMadly, a thorities about the dating app which aims to make deadly rape of a young online dating safe. woman on a bus in New Delhi has The nearly five-minute clip sa- opened in the United States to ac- tirically contrasts the traits of an claim, with Hollywood star Meryl internet creep with those of your Streep saying it deserves to win average stalker. Facebook is a cess- an Academy Award. pool for bizarre stalkers; surely a Depicting the rape and mur- song every woman can relate to! der of a medical student in 2012 that sparked violent protests, the documentary India’s Daughter has been mired in controversy since the Trend spotting: The shalwar makes a comeback Indian government implemented its ban. But Oscar-winning actor Streep, who introduced the docu- mentary at its US theatrical release in New York City on Wednesday night, said it was worthy of the movie industry’s highest honour. “I’m on the campaign now to get her nominated for best documen- tary,” said Streep, speaking of the film’s director Leslee Udwin. Read: Rape film banned in In- dia gets Meryl Streep’s backing for Oscar The hour-long film chronicles the gang rape of Jyoti Singh, 23, on a moving bus in India’s capital and the subsequent protests started by Indian students. “When I first saw [the film], I couldn’t speak afterwards,” Streep said. The film draws on extensive footage of an interview in jail with one of the attackers, Mukesh Singh, who blamed the victim for being out in the evening with a male friend. “A decent girl won’t roam around at nine o’clock at night,” he says. “A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy.” Sentenced to death, he has ap- pealed his verdict along with three other convicted assailants also on death row. The documentary, scheduled for broadcasting in 2012 Singer Selena Gomez didn't mind ible and very open and she just in India, was banned while Udwin being rumoured dating her model makes me open. She's so fun and was in the country promoting it, We know, we know, it hurts when the shalwar is officially back. why does it have to be an either/or reaffirmed our suspicion. One of friend Cara Delevingne. Last year, she's just extremely adventurous, the director said during a talk fol- a new trend emerges after lawn Deep down, we all knew that situation? They can all live togeth- our favourite ensembles in Elan's some of the news outlets had pub- and sometimes I just want that in lowing its screening. In a statement, season stitching has come to an end harem/cigarette pants couldn't have er like one, big, happy family! Jasmine Court collection was cou- lished photographs of Gomez co- my life, so I didn't mind it. I loved the government warned that cer- but ladies, it's time to accept it: replaced it for good but we say, It's presence on the runway pled with a shalwar. zying up to Delevingne. She was it," she added. Gomez admitted tain excerpts “appear to encour- then rumoured dating the British that sometimes she questioned age and incite violence against model. In an interview with Pride about her sexuality. "Oh, I think women”. Read: Indian police ar- Source, the "Good for you" hit- everybody does, no matter who rest suspect in four-year-old’s rape ‘People believe maker talked about her familiarity they are. I do, yeah, of course," The movie will open in US to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans- she said. "Absolutely. I think it's theatres on October 23 nationwide, Bollywood stars gender (LGBT) world and admit- healthy to gain a perspective on promoter Christine Merser said. ted she "loved" the dating rumours who you are deep down, question Udwin said she had found hope in aren’t insightful with Delevingne, reports yourself and challenge yourself; it's the outpouring of support follow- about anything’ aceshowbiz.com. "I didn't mind important to do that." Regarding ing Singh’s rape, but was dismayed it. Especially because they weren't the person who she wanted to play at the timid outcry after a four- talking about other people in my a lesbian character with in a mov- year-old girl was raped and beaten life for once, which was wonder- ie, Gomez said: "Suki Waterhouse with stones in New Delhi earlier ful," said Gomez. "Honestly, - she's a model; she was Bradley this month. “Why are people not though, she's (Delevingne) incred- Cooper's girlfriend." out on the streets now?” she said.

KARACHI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has received an honorary degree from the Univer- sity of Edinburgh. According to a press release issued on Friday, the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa was presented by varsity chancel- lor Princess Anne. The laurel was bestowed upon Khan for his record of philanthropy, altruism and hu- manitarianism, and his global reach as an actor. At the ceremony Khan delivered a public lecture. “Such occasions have a way of putting me right in my place!” he quipped, in the presence of a large number of Edinburgh’s South Asian stu- dents. “Most people believe Bol- Behind the glitz and glamour of when she was 18 — was behind for certain whether she committed lywood stars aren’t insightful Bollywood, there lies a dark real- her death. Sajid is now a noted suicide or if she died a natural death. about anything other than the fate- ity that makes many divas lose the Bollywood filmmaker. 2. Nafisa She was rumored to be suffering ful occurrences that made them battle of their lives in their quest Joseph The top model and famous from paranoid schizophrenia as an stars in the first place,” he said. to be in the limelight. Over the MTV VJ, reportedly hanged her- effect of which she suspected some The Bollywood megastar who has years, Bollywood has seen its self in her apartment in Mumbai people — including Bollywood acted in over 80 films, said he will share of tragedies. Here are some on July 29, 2004. Nafisa was the megastar Amitabh Bachchan — of try to sound intelligent and went of the mysterious deaths of Indian winner of Femina Miss India Uni- conspiring to kill her. A post-mortem on to elaborate on his journey, KARACHI: Although Halla Gulla have performed better in Pakistani stretch its run on the local box of- celebrities that shocked the entire verse 1997 and the finalist of Miss report suggested that she might have punctuating the speech with help- was not expected to set cinema cinemas. Despite terming the re- fice and was removed from cinemas world: 1. Divya Bharti Once Universe 1997 pageant in Miami. starved to death. 4. Jiah Khan The ings of humour. “Twenty years screens ablaze on Eidul Azha, its lease date as the reason behind the after two weeks. “Many people dubbed as the most promising Her wedding was called off a 25-year-old starlet committed sui- ago, in the Indian movie industry, failure caused director Kamran underwhelming response to the have said to me that I should’ve Bollywood actress, Divya fell weeks before her death when she cide on June 3, 2013 in Mumbai. roles were very clearly defined. Akbar to lay the blame on the dis- film, he admitted there were a few released it on single-screen cinemas from the balcony of her fifth floor found out her husband — Indian During interrogations, her mother re- They provided the security of your tribution company’s door. Having flaws in his own directorial debut. instead of the multiplexes. I think Mumbai apartment. At the time businessman Gautam Khanduja — vealed that Jiah had left behind a six- stardom in a sense. If you’d been released during the lucrative Eid “It was my first film so it is bound this would have been a wrong ap- of her death, she was just 19 and had lied to her about his first mar- page note expressing how she was successful playing the ‘angry weekend, the movie had to fend to have some flaws, something proach as I would be discriminat- one of the most sought-after ac- riage. According to Nafisa’s par- being harassed and tortured mentally, young man’, you’d pretty much off serious competition in the form which could have been easily ing between audiences at different tresses in the industry having given ents, she ended her life as she was reported Pinkvilla. Her family alleged be angry and young for the rest of of Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (JPNA), avoided through better planning.” cinemas.” hits like Deewana and Vishwatma. thoroughly depressed, reported that her boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi your career. If you’d been a police which apart from being a comedy Read: Jawani hits the Pakistani box Read: ‘Our standard of com- She was said to be under the influ- Zee News. 3. Parveen Babi The — who made his debut with Hero inspector in three movies, odds also boasted a stellar cast, reported office Although the film was un- edy has declined since PTV days’ ence of alcohol when the unfortu- first Bollywood star to grace the this year — triggered the actress to were, you’d be one in the next 33 Roznama Express. able to strike a chord with audi- Taking the failure of his first nate incident happened on On cover of Time Magazine in 1976 commit suicide. Sooraj was arrested too. “Lack of promotion and a ences and critics alike, he added feature film in his stride, Akbar is April 5, 1993. However, it is still was found dead in her home on and booked on the charge of abate- This applied to female stars as well: wrong release date eventually con- that his intentions behind making set to move onto his next project not known if it was an accident, a January 22, 2005. Parveen featured ment to suicide. Later, forensic re- wives were wives, seductresses- tributed to Halla Gulla’s poor num- the movie were honest. “I cast and avoid the mistakes he made suicide or murder. Many believe in a number of Bollywood block- ports confirmed that Jiah was under seductresses, mother in laws- bers,” stated Akbar. He added that young actors because the industry earlier. “I have started drafting the in a conspiracy theory that claims busters throughout the ’70s and the influence of alcohol when she mother in laws, and so on. Few if the distribution company behind needs new blood and fresh faces story for my next movie and it is her husband Sajid Nadiadwala — ’80s. The actress had been living hanged herself. A failed relationship actors would have willingly the movie, Distribution Club, had but unfortunately, the experiment most likely going to be a romantic who secretly married the starlet on an isolated life for many years or a dying career were said to have switched from romantic heroes to screened the movie on its initial failed badly,” he noted. film and a family-drama,” stated the sets of Shola Aur Shabnam prior to her death. Nobody knows played a part in Jiah’s tragic end. obsessively violent lovers. release date of August 28, it could The movie was unable to the director. 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. SUNDAY . OCTOBER 18, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

DELAIDE: England in The 26-year-old appeared as them rack up 177 before the first terms of my cricket,” added the not a girl, I'm just another player.” fore for elite female players,” he is testament to that.” ternational Sarah Taylor wicketkeeper for Northern Dis- wicket fell. veteran of eight Tests, 98 one-day Cricket Australia's team perfor- said. Taylor has already signed to made history Saturday tricts against Port Adelaide at Ahead of the match Taylor internationals and 73 Twenty20s mance manager Pat Howard said “We are very proud that our play for Adelaide Strikers in the by becoming the first Salisbury Oval in South Australia's said she was feeling “a combina- for England. Taylor was ready for the challenge. women's domestic competitions inaugural edition of the Women's woman to play men's grade cricket premier men's competition. North- tion of nerves and excitement”. “It shows that if you're good “As the women's game becomes are arguably the strongest in the Big Bash League this winter, and in Australia, but it was a hard slog ern Districts won the toss and put “I've always wanted to push enough, doors will open ... I just increasingly professional there are world and our ability to attract is also currently playing 50-over in the field for her team. Port Adelaide in to bat, only to see myself and check where I'm at in want to build that respect that I'm more opportunities than ever be- world-class players such as Sarah women's state cricket.

REAL MADRID PLAYER TOPPED SCORERS' CH ARTS ACROSS EUROPEAN LEAGUES LAST SEASON. Germ an m agazin e Real Madrid forward Cristiano four but I want more. Der Spiegel says Ronaldo has collected a record "That implies winning tro- money was used to fourth Golden Shoe award as phies with the world's greatest secure votes of Asian Europe's top scorer for his 48-goal club. This year will be no different haul in La Liga last season and said and we want to win La Liga, the representatives on he is hungry for more. Cup and the Champions League. I FIFA's executive The Portugal captain and FIFA hope we see each other again next committee. Ballon d'Or holder netted 61 times year." Ronaldo has had a relatively in all competitions in 2014-15, al- subdued start to the latest La Liga though Real missed out on the campaign with five goals in seven ermany's winning bid for three main titles as arch rivals appearances. All five came in one the 2006 World Cup was Barcelona swept to a treble of match, a 6-0 romp at Espanyol last aided by bribes paid to Champions League, La Liga and month. He has a much better re- FIFA executive commit- King's Cup triumphs. turn in the Champions League, hit- tee members, the German Ronaldo, 30, is poised to be- ting five goals in two Group A out- newsweekly Der Spiegel reported. come Real's all-time top scorer ings, including a hat-trick against Spiegel said on Friday that the ahead of former Spain striker Raul, Shakhtar Donetsk. A global icon German bidding committee set up with whom he is level on 323 goals, and one of the most prolific a slush fund of 10.3m Swiss francs and has another chance to break goalscorers of all time, he is the (about $6m at that time) that was the record in Saturday's La Liga leading marksman in Europe's elite contributed in a private capacity game at home to Levante. club competition with 82 goals, by former Adidas chief Robert "I never planned on winning five ahead of Barca's Argentina for- Louis-Dreyfus. four times," Ronaldo said at a pre- ward Lionel Messi. Messi, who In response, FIFA, the world sentation ceremony in Madrid at- scored 58 goals in all competitions football ruling body, said it will in- tended by his mother and son. last term and 38 in La Liga, holds vestigate the "very serious allega- "Maybe one or two yes but the record for the most in Spain's tions" as part of an investigation never four. I always want more. I top flight in one season of 50 set its legal director is conducting with know I am the only one to have in 2011-12. Reuters outside counsel. The bribe money was report- edly used to secure the votes of four Asian representatives on FIFA's 24-member executive com- Tro tt w in s go ld in scratch race at mittee before the tournament was awarded to Germany on July 6, 2000. Euro pean Track Cyclin g Cham pio n ships "In what could turn out to be the greatest crisis in German foot- Laura Trott bagged her second gold ball since the Bundesliga bribery medal of the European Track Cy- scandal of the 1970s, SPIEGEL has cling Championships after winning learned that the decision to award the scratch race in Switzerland. the 2006 World Cup to Germany The 23-year had already been was likely bought in the form of a member of the victorious bribes," said the magazine's piece. women's pursuit team and pro- Asian members duced a superb performance in The Asian members joined Eu- Grenchen to secure another gold. ropean representatives in voting The race took place over 40 for Germany, which won 12-11 laps of the track and Trott took after Charles Dempsey of New her time, as she was using the race Zealand abstained from the vote. as preparation for the omnium Of the three Asian representa- competition, which gets under tives still living, Spiegel only iden- way on Saturday. However, she tified Chung Moon-joon of South produced a superb final lap to Korea, who was quoted as telling storm past her rivals and come the magazine that "the questions home ahead of Holland's Kirsten were unworthy of a response." Wild and Roxanne Fournier of Spiegel said that both Franz France. Trott said: "We were us- Beckenbauer, the former Germany ing it as a bit of tester for Saturday great who headed the bidding com- really because, obviously, the mittee, and Wolfgang Niersbach, scratch race is the first race of the the current president of the Ger- omnium, so it was a bit of an acti- man football federation (DFB), as vation. "I'd normally do a turbo well as other high-ranking football session on the day between the officials were aware of the slush team pursuit and the omnium. As "It was like that little break went lose'." GB head coach Iain Dyer laps when it looked like a break fund by 2005 at the latest. it was a scratch race and only 40 away and everyone was looking at said of Trott's victory: "(It was a) had disappeared and produced a Louis-Dreyfus' loan payment laps we thought why not, I'll just me to work and I was like 'I don't really good win. She held her nerve really strong finish. "She can be was reportedly kept secret - it did do it, and I just didn't panic, I guess. need to work, this isn't my race to fantastically well in the last few very pleased with that." not appear in the bidding committee's budget, nor later in the budget of the World Cup organising committee. Murray w ill defeat Trip To Paris seco n d "Illicit funds" Spiegel said Louis-Dreyfus in Caulfield Cup w ith asked for the money back a year- Djo ko : Co w an and-a-half before the tournament began. By then it was worth 6.7m Sn o w Sky fifth euros. Beckenbauer, by then the president of the organising com- Trip To Paris had to settle for sec- in April, proved too strong and mittee, and Niersbach, the vice ond behind favourite Mongolian clung on to victory with ex-Ger- president, "began looking for a way Khan in the Group One BMW man runner Our Ivanhowe back in in 2005 to pay back the illicit funds Caulfield Cup at Caulfield race- third. Snow Sky stayed on again in an inconspicuous manner," the course. Ed Dunlop's Ascot Gold at the finish, eventually passing the magazine said. Cup winner was dropping back in post in fifth. Trip To Paris was Spiegel reported that a cover trip to a mile and a half after con- cut to 8/1 from 25s by Sky Bet for was created with the help of FIFA testing all the top staying races this the Melbourne Cup following his and that 6.7m euros was trans- term but Tommy Berry was hap- excellent run and Robin Trevor- ferred to world soccer's governing py to bury his mount in the pack Jones, who is overseeing his prep- body as a contribution to an open- in the early stages. Damien Oliver aration, is eager to see how he ing ceremony gala that was later Andy Murray can secure a second incredibly impressed with the way opted for a prominent position comes out of the race. Fast, secure cancelled. Gennady Golovkin has played but he has lost. Cotto, maybe. He's successive win over Novak he's played this week. "The way aboard Sir Michael Stoute's Snow racing tickets: Exclusive racing of- "The money had been paid into down suggestions he's the new old, you know? Chocolatito is a Djokovic if he keeps up his ag- he played today, exactly the sort of Sky though, sitting on the rail in fers near you "We'll have a look - a FIFA bank account in Geneva. pound-for-pound king after Floyd very good prospect. Gonzalez, gressive brand of tennis at the tennis he has been playing this year, the first five runners as Set Square we've got to see how he pulls up From there, FIFA allegedly Mayweather Jr's retirement. you know? It's a very difficult Shanghai Masters, says Barry aggressive, taking it to Djokovic, and set the early pace. However, as the from this," Trevor-Jones told promptly transferred the money The unbeaten Golovkin (33- question. Not Wladimir Klitschko. Cowan. The Scot raced to a 6-1 6- the fact that he beat him last time race began in earnest with around www.racing.com "Decisions have to a Zurich account belonging to 0-KO30) heads in to Saturday's The new world No1 3 win over Tomas Berdych to set playing that way will convince him two and a half furlongs to run, got to be made (about) what we do Louis-Dreyfus," Spiegel reported. clash with David Lemieux aiming So who did our Panel pick as up another showdown with that's what he needs to do again." Louis-Dreyfus died in 2009. to add the IBF middleweight belt the man to replace Mayweather? Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Andy Murray cruised past Tomas Earlier Friday, the DFB said it to his WBA Super and WBC in- Find out here... "I think I need Shanghai Masters, live on Sky Berdych in 78 minutes to reach the was investigating whether a 6.7m terim crowns but believes the maybe just one year. Why? Maybe Sports. When the pair last met in semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters euro payment made by its World sport's 'top spot' remains vacant. a couple great champions come August, Murray claimed a three- Andy Murray cruised past Tomas Cup organising committee to FIFA Golovkin, 33, mentioned a back... I need time, too. I need time. set victory over the Serb and Berdych in 78 minutes to reach the in April 2005 for a "cultural pro- host of claimants to the title - the I need fights. I must show my fans, should carry plenty of confidence semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters gram" had been misused. likes of Saul Alvarez, Roman everybody. "My first step is with into this clash between the current Murray forced a total of 19 break "As part of its audits the DFB Gonzalez and Miguel Cotto - but David. My focus is on David top two players in the world. The points while defeating Djokovic in found no evidence of irregularities. ruled heavyweight kingpin Lemieux. My second step, I don't British No 1 piled pressure on Montreal, while his previous win Nor was there any evidence del- Wladimir Klitschko out of the know. Maybe Cotto, Canelo. Right Berdych from the opening game, had been a gruelling triumph in the egates' votes were purchased as equation. It's a good question. For now, it's a very interesting situa- ruthlessly targeting his second 2013 Wimbledon final. Cowan ex- part of the application process," me, it's vacant. Nobody is in first tion in the middleweight division. serve, and Sky Sports expert pects Murray to stick with his cur- the DFB said in a statement. place. Gennady Golovkin In an in- Andy Lee with [Billy Joe] Cowan hopes he will display simi- rent tactics by going for the jugular Snow Sky was shuffled back in the and exactly what happens. "The Spokeswoman Pamela terview reported on Saunders, [Peter] Quillin with lar aggression against Djokovic. and has predicted an exciting battle. field as Trip To Paris got a run up plan is, obviously, to go for a Mel- Mueller-Niese told The Associated boxingscene.com, Golovkin said: [Daniel] Jacobs." Cotto defends Andy Murray dispatches Tomas He said: "What match are we going the inside rail. Trip To Paris made bourne Cup. "We'll just have to Press that the German Interior "It's a good question. For me, it's his WBC middleweight title when Berdych at Shanghai Masters to have? Is it going to be a physical up plenty of ground in the dying look at him in the morning and see Ministry had "no knowledge" of vacant. Nobody is in first place. he faces 'Canelo' Alvarez in Las Ve- Asked to pick a winner, he told match which we've had in a lot of strides but Mongolian Khan, win- how he is, and we'll work our way the matter. AP "Canelo, he's a good prospect gas on November 21. 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