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Interior minister submits resigna- Karzai urges inclusion tion amid grow- of Iran, India, Russia in ing insecurity Afghan peace process

KABUL: Interior Minister Noorul Haq Ulumi has submitted his res- ignation after the unity government leaders expressed their dissatisfac- tion with his performance, a source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News on Saturday. The government Afghans need lasting peace, stability: Sartaj Aziz source, who spoke on the condi- tion of anonymity, said President AT Monitoring Desk commitment to lasting peace and promoting long-term peace and ing commitment of parties to the Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah stability in Afghanistan and region- stability in Afghanistan. He added peace process,” the adviser said Abdullah, not satisfied with KABUL: The third meeting of the al countries, Pakistan’s Foreign that participating countries must while addressing the meeting. “It Ulumi’s performance, had decided Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz said apply all efforts to keep the peace is really encouraging that the to appoint a new interior minister Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) ended in Islamabad on Sat- that Afghans have suffered a lot process on track. “The people of Group has made steady progress TEHRAN: Former Afghan presi- are part of the latest effort to find in his place. Abdullah’s deputy from the cycle of violence. He Afghanistan have been suffering in its first two meetings, demon- spokesman Javed Faisal expressed urday with a call for face-to-face dent Hamid Karzai proposed us- a negotiated end to nearly 15 his unawareness about the matter, talks between the Afghan govern- told this at the third round of Quad- from an unending cycle of violence strating clarity as well as serious- ing the potentials of Iran, India years of war in Afghanistan, a con- but Interior Ministry spokesman ment and the Taliban by the end of rilateral Coordination Group for decades. They need lasting ness of purpose. In the Kabul and Russia to give a new lease of flict that has killed thousands of Sediq Seddiqi called it a rumor, this month (February). A state- (QCG) meeting between represen- peace and stability,” Aziz was meeting on January 18, the QCG’s life to peace talks and establish civilians and crippled the nation’s saying the minister had neither re- ment released at the end of the tatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, quoted as saying by Express Tri- call on the Taliban groups to enter security in Afghanistan. “If ab- economy. Peace efforts broke signed nor he planned to do so. meeting said that a roadmap for the United States and China has bune. “A clear and well defined into early talks with the Afghan sence of peace in Afghanistan is down last year after it became Ulumi has been nominated by the stalled peace process had been concluded in Islamabad on Satur- road-map for peace talks between Government without precondi- because of internal disputes, then known the Taliban movement’s Abdullah for the slot of interior agreed upon. But, no further de- day. They gathered in Islamabad the government of Afghanistan and tions is a reiteration of a strong we, ourselves, should hold talks founder and leader Mullah Mo- minister, but he has been sum- tails were provided. The QCG to finalize a roadmap how to re- Taliban is of crucial importance. It message by the international com- to settle our differences. Howev- hammad Omar, who sanctioned moned many times by the parlia- asked the Taliban to join the rec- sume peace talks between Afghan should identify and stipulate vari- munity for peace talks in order to er, the problem in Afghanistan is the talks, had been dead for two ment over growing insecurity onciliation process. The fourth government and Taliban. Address- ous stages of the process while find a basis for enduring political because of external factors. It is years, exposing deep fissures across the county and has come meeting will be held in Kabul on ing the four-nation representatives measuring the progress made at settlement in Afghanistan,” Aziz the interests of outside powers within the insurgency. In January, under widespread criticism over February 23. Taliban representa- on Afghan peace process, Sartaj each stage,” he added. “The road- stated. Commenting on Pakistan’s that have engulfed our country,” the group made a raft of demands the fall of Kunduz City and sev- tives were not present in the meet- Aziz said that political reconcilia- map must also serve to convey stance on eliminating terrorism, Karzai told FNA on Saturday. to be met as a pre-condition to eral districts to insurgents. ing. Reaffirming his country’s firm tion is the most viable option for positive signals about the unflinch- Aziz said, “Pakistan shares ..P3 Noting that the current peace joining talks, including the removal talks are being overseen by for- of the group from a UN blacklist, eign powers, he said, “Pakistan, formal recognition of a political Afghanistan, China and the US are involved in office for the group and the re- the negotiations, making efforts to lease of political prisoners. Some KABUL: Rights groups on Thurs- of Trin Kot, capital of southern Ahmad wearing a helmet and a uniform that was Pakistan reports 2016’s bring peace to Afghanistan. How- observers were skeptical those day condemned the use of child Uruzgan province, months after several sizes too large for him as he grasped an as- ever, Iran, India and Russia, which demands would be met and there combatants in Afghanistan after leaving a militia force and enroll- sault rifle. The Taliban, who have been waging an are important regional states and have also been doubts about the Taliban shot dead a 12-year- ing in the fourth grade. insurgency against the government since being driv- first polio cases neighbors, should also be part of whether competing factions of the old boy who rose to fame last The preteen had become a en out of power by U.S.-led NATO forces in 2001, the process.” This comes as rep- Taliban that have been fighting for summer when he joined a militia poster-child for pro-government claimed responsibility for the killing. “It’s such an resentatives from Pakistan, Af- control of the group will be will- to fight the insurgents. forces after he reportedly helped appalling, tragic case,” said Patricia Gossman, se- ghanistan, the United States and ing to join. Nevertheless, the Af- Wasil Ahmad was shot in the his uncle and other militia fighters nior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch. China met in Islamabad on Satur- ghan government has said it ex- head twice by Taliban militants break a Taliban siege last summer “There were two crimes in this case: that he was day to continue work on a road- pects at least parts of the Taliban riding a motorcycle as he made his in his home province. Pictures cir- killed, and that a child his age was fighting at all,” she map for peace talks with Taliban to agree to peace talks within six way to school in the volatile city culating on social media showed added. insurgents who have ramped up months, Chief Executive Abdul- their violent campaign against the lah Abdullah said in New Delhi MRRD creates Short-term Employment in Thousands of Villages: government in Kabul. The talks last week.—(FNA) The Maintenance Grants Program for Repairs of Rural Infrastructure Government given 10 days ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have re- ported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a to conduct operation in Kunduz More than two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population lives in villages and is in need of media report said on Saturday. In Pakistan, the case KUNDUZ CITY: Residents, pro- battle for Kunduz City, the provin- was confirmed by Polio Virology Laboratory at the vincial council members, youth and cial capital, some months back and key services and employment. The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development National Institute of Health, Dawn online reported. civil society activists on Saturday they did not wanta recurrence of the An official of the ministry of National Health Servic- gave the government a 10-day ul- tragic incident. Ghulam Rabbani (MRRD) has the mandate to contribute towards resilient communities where people es said the sample collected from a 34-month-old in January confirmed that the child had the onset of po- timatum to launch a clearing op- Rabbani, a provincial council mem- can meet their basic needs and have greater opportunities to fulfill their economic lio. Resident of Gadap town in Karachi, he had re- eration against insurgents in north- ber, said the president had pledged ceived two doses during routine immunization and ern Kunduz province. Over 150 to launch a clearing operation against potential. seven during different polio campaigns. “Malnutri- individuals warned the authorities the guerrillas in the province in three tion was the major reason of the disease because im- of a storm of protest and expul- weeks but the promise was yet to During the past 13 years, MRRD has been working to improve the socio-economic munity level of the child was very low,” the official sion of local officials if an anti-mili- be kept. He added Kunduz City was said. A total of 54 cases of polio were reported in tant offensive did not kick off in once again under threat from the conditions in rural communities through the (re-)constructions and rehabilitation of Pakistan in 2015. The official said the affected child in the next 10-day in the province. Taliban but the security forces had Afghanistan was 60 months old. He had received only The protesters claimed hundreds not made any preparations for any large- and small scale rural infrastructure. Collectively, MRRD’s programs have two polio vaccines. of people had lost their lives in the kind of operation. (Pajhwok) completed 84,728 infrastructure projects in all 34 Provinces. MRRD’s work places people at the center of its activities, and over the past decade, MRRD’s National Solidarity Program (NSP) has established over 35,000 elected Community Development Councils that plan and implement development projects through participatory, accountable and transparent processes. These projects include roads to enhance trade, irrigation systems to increase agricultural production, water networks and water points to provide clean drinking water, micro-hydro systems to generate electricity, and schools and health centers/ clinics to bring education and health services closer to people. To safeguard the investments that have been made over the past decade, maintain the infrastructure and create short-tem employment opportunities, MRRD’s National Solidarity Program is now implementing ‘Maintenance Grants’, a program under the Islamic Republic Job’s for Peace Initiative. The Maintenance Grants Program will be implemented in phases. In phase I, which was launched in mid-November 2015, roughly 235,000 people from over 3,500 communities will be employed to repair / maintain infrastructure in and around their communities. H.E. Minister Durani, MRRD, has requested that CDCs select projects that contribute to trade and production.For this initial phase, 46 Districts in 12 Provinces – Nangahar, Laghman, Kunar, Khost, Baghlan, Kunduz, Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab, Kandahar, Farah and Herat – have been selected on the basis of seasonality, security, and un- and underemployment. With the support of the international community, MRRD is planning to reach another 11,000 communities in subsequent phases, with roughly 700,000 additional people obtaining short-term employment. This will allow poor families to mitigate food shortages or cover other urgent expenses. At the same time, the repair and maintenance of productive infrastructure will contribute to increased production and trade. H.E. Minister Durrani has expressed optimism about the potential impact of the Maintenance Grants Program, particularly at this time when people are in need of work. 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 . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Mohammad Nabi, who plays for the Quetta Gladiators in the PSL, wants to take the lessons from his interactions with stalwarts like Viv Richards and Kevin Pietersen to youngsters in Afghanistan For a supposed do-gooder in one the fact that her client’s signature representation would open.” monumental victory,” said Mot- of the world’s most dangerous was forged on a confession docu- But as Motley continued to ley. countries, Kimberley Motley is ment and there were no witnesses work in the country, she met many However, Gulnaz ended up surprisingly blunt about her origi- to the alleged crime. people “stuck in a very confusing, marrying her rapist because she nal motivations as a legal champi- To the bewilderment of the archaic, and corrupt system of jus- was pressured from her communi- on in Afghanistan. other men in the room, Motley tice who did not have the legal rep- ty — including the women’s shel- “I came here for the money, instructs her translator to respond, resentation they needed and de- ter where she was staying and the just like half the people here. I had “How much money must he pay served,” Motley said. Ministry of Women’s Affairs. no interest in Afghanistan. I didn’t to people who don’t exist?” She Due to this legal morass, some “Many Afghan close-minded even know where Afghanistan was then schools them on the princi- of her clients have suffered tremen- conservative women pushed and on a map,” Motley said in the new ples of the Quran and Sharia. Ma- dous torture and cruelty in their pressured her to marry,” said Mot- Al Jazeera America documentary, lone was later released from pris- young lives. ley. Motley’s Law, about her work as on. How much money must he In one case, a father sold his Another client, Sahar — just the first — and still only — for- pay to people who don't exist? young daughter, Naghma, to pay 11 years old — was tortured in eign lawyer licensed to litigate in Kimberley Motley Attorney in off a debt. When one of her broth- her in-laws' house; she was impris- Afghanistan’s courts, which in- Afghanistan ers died and her mother fell ill, oned in their basement for refus- clude criminal, family and commer- Motley found that in general Naghma’s dad borrowed $2,500 — ing to become a prostitute. By the cial courts. there are several things that imped- a debt he was then unable to pay time the child bride was rescued, “I am not ashamed to admit ed most Afghans in the justice sys- back. she had been starved, burned by that,” she added. Kimberley Mot- tem: They don’t know what the A local meeting of elders — cigarettes and had her fingernails ley. Kimberley Motley.Helle laws are, laws are ignored in favor called a jirga — decided the best ripped out. The Supreme Court Moos The half-Korean, half-Afri- of illegal customs and there are not way to settle the unpaid debt was sentenced some of Sahar’s abusers can-American former Ms. Wiscon- enough people working to enforce to marry off six-year-old Naghma to five years in prison. sin grew up in a “hard” Milwau- the law. to the neighbor — who was in his This case of Motley’s was the kee neighborhood filled with pov- “I find that the biggest prob- 20s. Motley notes this is not only first in which such a victim was erty and crime. Hers was also the lem is that people do not know morally objectionable, but also il- being-represented by an attorney. only mixed-race family in an eth- the laws, and in large part it is be- legal according to the country's It was also novel, because Sahar nically tense area. Motley’s deci- cause the laws are not readily ac- own laws. was suing for civil compensatory sion to work in Afghanistan was cessible to the people,” she said. She presided over another jir- damages — “both laws that had motivated in part by wanting a Motley has represented busi- ga that covened, resulting in the been on the books for years but no better life for her own three chil- nessmen and ambassadors as well. nullification of the engagement and one had ever used,” according to dren. Her only lucrative cases mostly the return of the child — a novelty Motley. Thus began an independent involve foreigners. "Human rights for a foreigner to have done so. Hers is not a job without risk. career in Afghanistan in 2008, fol- work does not pay the bills,” she In another case, Gulnaz, an 18- Motley has been personally tar- lowing work for a U.S. State De- said, but offers free legal advice to year-old woman, was raped by her geted — a grenade was thrown in partment-funded 12-month project imprisoned women. cousin’s husband, then imprisoned her office and residence in Afghan- in the country acting as a justice Initially, Motley shied away for adultery. istan. She has also been temporarily advisor, training Afghan defense from human rights abuse cases for Motley was able to help Gul- detained, accused of running a attorneys and legal aid providers. several reasons, including a “real naz, who became pregnant as a re- brothel and being a spy. Afghanistan's first democratic concern” that her involvement sult of the attack, receive a presi- But Motley is not one to be It was December 22. The second same team,” Nabi says. ghanistan cricketer was in PSL,” constitution was signed into law could “make matters worse” for dential pardon from Hamid Karzai cowed into backing down. day of the Pakistan Super League Incidentally Nabi’s fascination Nabi says, widening his eyes. Ri- on January 26, 2004. At that time, victims. She also worried that if for her and her daughter. It was the “Ridiculous accusations and (PSL) draft was taking place in for Pietersen started when he chards was curious to know more a formal Islamic legal system was she was “successful legally”, the “first pardon issued for a moral failed attempts of intimidation,” Lahore. Afghanistan were going to bowled against the former England about Afghanistan cricket then. “I enacted and the Supreme Court “floodgates of clients coming for crimes case in Afghanistan ... a she said. start their limited-overs series batsman in the nets while playing told him we had won our last ODI was given the powers of judicial against Zimbabwe in three days in for the MCC Young Cricketers in series and T20 series against Zim- review. Even the country’s loya Sharjah. Afghanistan allrounder the summers of 2006 and 2007. “I babwe. He was shocked. I told him jirgas — tribal mediations — are Mohammad Nabi was sitting with bowled a lot at him, but it was very Afghanistan cricket has improved obliged to adhere to the law. Conflict dimensions in the the rest of his team-mates in his difficult to get him out. He was a lot and we are in the top-10 in Motley has used the country’s room in Dubai, closely following such a confident player,” Nabi ODI cricket. Bahut khush huan, own rules to bring “justness.” the draft. Nabi was one of three says. yaar [He was very happy]. He said Motley describes justness as “us- Middle East Regional Subsystem Afghanistan players listed in the Neither has Nabi reminded Pi- more talent should emerge from ing laws for their intended purpos- Silver category at the draft (fast etersen nor does the latter recol- Afghanistan.” Such interactions es.” Justness is “also the legal re- KABUL: Economic inequity, reli- bowler Shapoor Zardan and bats- lect the young Afghan player who with great players, Nabi stresses, ality that I fight on behalf of my gious and ethnic discrimination, man Samiullah Shenwari were the bowled at him at nets. “I don’t will not just help him, but also the clients within the bounds of the variety of nations, tribes, ideolo- other two). blame him because even I would careers of young Afghanistan play- law.” Afghan laws meant to pro- gies, parties and non-institution- “I was watching it on TV. It have forgotten, especially consid- ers. An established hero himself, tect people are under-enforced, alized authoritarian political sys- was the last round of the silver cat- ering we are so busy with our train- when he is back home in Kabul, while the reverse is true for laws tems are the main reasons for the egory. Considering I was not ing and nets and it is easy to for- Nabi is thronged by fans - old and meant for punishment, she found. crisis in the Middle East regional picked in the first three rounds I get. But he remains my favourite.” young - asking him to share his This is not a problem unique to subsystem. Addressing an academ- was a little upset,” Nabi says, sit- Nabi still recollects fondly the insights, experiences and delights the country. ic discussion launched by New ting at the team hotel on Friday, way Pietersen dealt with Austra- of playing the game. “So whatever “Laws are grossly underuti- Beginning Network (An Afghan recollecting the events. “I thought lia legspinner Shane Warne in the little I can learn from all the big lized in every place I go, from Af- Professionals Network),Jamal I would not be picked in the last 2005 Ashes, his shot selection, his players in PSL I can then take it to ghanistan to the U.S.” Motley told Rahman (Expert on International round. I had, in fact, spoken to confidence in sweeping at will and Afghanistan. It is a big thing be- Al Jazeera. “This is a global prob- Relations) stated in his presenta- Peshawar Zalmi’s owner Javed just playing gung-ho cricket cause if they open up and share lem, and people are simply not tion, that the conflict in the Mid- Afridi. He had promised me he throughout the series. Pietersen from their heart, then I can keep being afforded the legal protections dle East has its root cause in social would pick me. But then Quetta continues to influence Nabi’s that with me for life. I can then tell that they are entitled to.” and economic dissatisfaction, eth- Monarchists, ideological differenc- Israel and occupation of Palestine Gladiators picked me and I was thinking. our players in Afghanistan this is The outsider and unlikely star nic and religious discrimination. es between Pan-Arabists and Pan- soil are other challenges in the re- damn happy,” Nabi says with a On Thursday, in the PSL open- what is international cricket. “My in a male-dominated society cites He said that the Middle East is Islamists and conflicts within dif- gion, he claimed. Natural Resourc- smile. er against Islamabad United, Piet- fans love me. When I go to our a higher than 90 percent success populated by 371 million people ferent factions of Pan-Arabists are es, strategic location, personalized Fakhr [pride] is a word Nabi ersen suggested to Nabi, who is an academy in Kabul the junior play- rate, crediting her willingness and and its nominal GDP is 3,284 bil- challenges which led to instability political systems and Arm Export uses a lot during our half-hour con- offspinner, a few field changes, ers respect me. If the two or three ability to work with the system. lion USD. Saudi Arabia as one of in this region in the past. Ethnic, are other factors, which pave the versation. “I am proud both for especially against Misbah-ul-Haq. things Pietersen said, two or three Motley does not speak the Afghan the main core state has a popula- tribal, linguistic and religious vari- way for foreign interference in the myself and for Afghanistan that I “I was bowling against Misbah things Viv Richards told me, if I languages of Pashto and Dari, but tion of 30 million with a nominal ety and non- institutionalized au- Middle East regional subsystem. am playing in the PSL. It is a big with a short midwicket. Misbah can take those to the youngsters she’s armed with an iPad. GDP of 743 billion USD, while thoritarian, and in some cases eth- The huge demand for crude oil in thing,” the 31-year-old, says. This was playing the reverse [sweep] a and share them, it would only help “It is much lighter to carry the Egypt’s population is 85.4 million nocentric regimes, are others fac- western countries, especially af- will be his second Twenty20 fran- lot. So [Pietersen] suggested that Afghanistan cricket.” There is one iPad than hundreds of hard copies and a total nominal GDP of 281 tors behind the crisis in the Mid- ter World War II, paved the way chise-based tournament, having why not vacate the midwicket area more thing Nabi is curious to un- of the laws,” Motley said. On it billion USD. The ratio between dle East. He came up with an ex- for a long-term focus of industrial played a couple of seasons in the and add an extra point fielder. I derstand which he wants to ask she keeps the Holy Quran in Ara- population/GDP of these two core ample and stated, that “the Iraqi countries on the Middle East. Bangladesh Premier League, where agreed and we had a short third- the pair of Pietersen and Richards: bic and English and her “complete states of the Middle East indicate population is mostly Shiite but the Caused by the described internal he has represented Sylhet Royals man and a point. And that helped,” how to deal with pressure. “I want legal library of the various laws, a huge difference among the Mid- country was ruled for a long time conflicts among different interest and the Rangpur Riders. Nabi says. to know from these big players religious books, research materials dle East countries, which can be by an ethnocentric Sunni minority, groups, the Middle East regional Nabi, though, admits the PSL Nabi also earned a pat on the how to handle pressure. As I go in all the countries I go to.” viewed as a factor of dissatisfac- where the Shiites were faced dif- subsystem was and will remain a is special: apart from everything back from his hero for taking three into the field there is pressure at Motley does not play the tion among the countries and a rea- ferent kinds of cruelty.Similarly, in big market for arms export from else he gets to play alongside his catches in the Islamabad innings. least the first few balls. I want to bribe-game either. While defending son for conflicts. He said that al- Syria the system is led by an ethno- western countries, Russia and Chi- one-time idol Kevin Pietersen. “He “He told me ‘You have safe hands, learn, as I feel it is important. Top- Anthony Malone, a former Brit- though the Middle East region is centric small Shiite minority, how- na. . Considering these challeng- is my favourite player. Yeh mere mate,’” Nabi says happily. level cricket is all about handling ish soldier sentenced to jail for mostly populated by Arabs Mus- ever, the majority of the popula- es, Jamal Rahman stated that it is liye fakhr ki baat hain [This is a Then there is the Gladiators pressure and if I can manage that, fraud, Motley was told by a judi- lims, but there are several Non- tion are Sunni. The Sunny majori- foreseeable that the current con- matter of pride for me]. I am lucky mentor Sir Viv Richards, with it would reflect in my individual cial official that if her client paid, Arab und Non-Muslim minorities. ty in this country was and is faced flicts in their different forms, will because he was my hero once and whom Nabi is still getting acquaint- game and my leadership.”—(ESPN “we’ll write the attorney general Intra Arab conflicts, such as con- discrimination and brutality.” last for a long period in the Middle now I am playing with him in the ed. “He was surprised that an Af- Sports Media Ltd) and he’ll be released” — despite flicts between Republicans and Competition between Arabs and East. WHY ARE THE TALIBAN REJECTINGISIS ADVANCES IN AFGHANISTAN? The Taliban recently announced that it would not be open to allowing Islamic State (IS) operations in Afghanistan. The Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic group currently at war with Afghanistan’s govern- ment, said that it would prevent IS from establish- ing itself in the central Asian republic, while ridicul- ing the militant group. “We’ve used all reasonable chances and options for peace efforts, but apparently those people are not rational, and reconciliation and talks with them is not possible,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said. Mujahed called IS “a scruffy and uncouth production of nations in the Middle East” made up of “well-known robbers and kidnappers” that does not belong in the Afghan community. war against the Afghan govern- in Afghanistan comes as Taliban Islamic State, which maintains the majority of ment, both sides see a need to pre- forces and the Afghan government its activity to the west in Iraq and Syria, has seen vent IS from gaining a firm foot- expect peace talks to commence its influence in Afghanistan grow since 2014. The hold in the country. between the two sides within six analysis concluded that the country’s spreading IS “Daesh [IS] has really no con- months, even after efforts for dis- establishment had allied itself with splintered Tali- nection with Afghanistan and does cussions for peace collapsed last ban factions and other militant groups throughout not belong to Afghanistan,” the year. Afghanistan, and that the affiliate began receiving Taliban’s Mujahed said. “If a “If there is any lesson from financial support from the core IS group in Iraq and strong central system and an Is- protracted wars, at one stage the Syria. Top US officials estimate that 1,000 to 3,000 lamic administration is built up, sides will get together and talk rath- fighters are associated with IS operations in Af- the advances of Daesh and their er than fight endlessly,” Abdullah ghanistan, possibly with the goal of expanding to recognition and embracement by said, adding that he hopes the Tal- territory in the north or moving into the eastern our society is really not possible.” iban can “fight for their cause po- province of Nangarhar’s capital city, Jalalabad. Afghanistan’s chief executive litically rather than militarily in a The US recently destroyed an IS-linked radio officer Abdullah Abdullah agreed democratic environment.” station in Nangarhar with airstrikes, killing 21 mil- on keeping IS from the country. The United States will main- itants associated with the Afghanistan branch of “If there is one lesson in deal- tain its 9,800-troop presence in the jihadist organization in the process. The station ing with these terrorist radical Afghanistan at least through 2016 was reportedly set up last year after months of groups, they are against the inter- to combat the Taliban fighting in Nangarhar between the Taliban and the est of every state,” he said. “It’s insurgency. US Gen. John Camp- IS faction there, with the two groups being “bitter- only a matter of time before they bell referenced the strides the Tal- ly divided over leadership and strategy.” Nangarhar turn against those countries which iban made over the past year in also borders Pakistan, where sheltered pockets of have turned a blind eye toward taking territory and sparking vio- the Taliban remain. them.” lence in a statement to a congres- Although the Taliban are currently engaged in a The rise of an IS-related group sional committee. 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 . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES FAIZABAD RESIDENTS HAVE ONLY 4-HOUR ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY FAIZABAD : The residents of Faiz- trict, Hayatullah, says: “Wehave abad, the capital of northeastern to use lanterns or candles at night, Badakhshan province, complainof but even then my two children access to electricity for only one can’t study.” Even if round-the- hour every six hours. “We don’t clock supply is ensured, he can- A number of female addicts said have regular power supply. If we not afford to pay 28afs per kw. Saturday that they were ready to have one hour of electricity, we go He wants the government to re- quit drugs if the government pro- without the facility for five hours. solve the problem and provide elec- vides them with adequate treatment Even we can’t charge the batteries tricity to citizens at a lower cost. facilities. Shaima, 25, is an addict who has used drugs for the last six years. She said that she has been in several drug centers, but the treatment has not helped. EMERGENCY According to her, she has a seven-year-old son who has been CALLS removed from her custody and is being cared for at a government Police home for children. She said she started taking drugs with her husband after being 100 - 119 deported from Iran. It is said that at least ten female drug addicts live under the Pul-e-Sukhta bridge in Hospitals Kabul. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has said FMIC Hospital that the government is set to es- Behind Kabul Medical tablish a separate drug treatment University: center for women within the next two months. Over the past two 0202500200-+93793275595 months, 700 male addicts were transferred from Pul-e-Sukhta Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital bridge to the newly established drug treatment center Pule Bagh-e- Umomi (ToloNews) 070263672

Khairkhana Hospital 0799-321007 of our mobile phones,” grumbled They have another power genera- 2401352 one inhabitant of the 1st munici- tor with the capacity of 1MW in pality district. Mohammad Rasul the province to provide electricity told Pajhwok Afghan News even to the rest of the families. But more Indira Gandhi Children then inflated power billswere sent than four hours of power a day to the people, paying 28 afghanis could not be supplied, said Depu- Hospital, Wazir Akbar per kilowatt. He says they have not ty Director of Energy Eng. Mo- Khan, Kabul 2301372 money to pay for electricity from hammad Din. The only way of re- private generators. The government solving the problem is the con- should extend transmission lines struction of the Shorabak power Ibn-e- Seena from Takhar province or construct dam to be constructed at a cost of a water dam in Badakhshan to re- 30 million euros. Funded by Ger- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul solve the problems of the people, many, work on the dam has been he suggests. On the hand, Director delayed over the past three 2100359 of Energy and Power Eng. Sultan months, he says. Kokcha river Attayee says five power generators zone head Eng. Mohammad Rafi Wazir Akbar Khan could produce only 1.5 MW of Behman says Germany has grant- power in a city of 7,700 families. ed a contract for building the dam Hospital In order to let each household meet to Turkish International Coopera- 2301741, 2301743 important needs, the authorities are tion and Development Agency obliged to provide at least four hours (TIKA). In the digging process, of electricity to city residents in 24 sand in the land has resulted in Ali Abad hours, he argues. More than 2,000 enhanced work quantity, prompt- Breathtaking night view of the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. Every year it attracts many families of the city do not have gov- ing TIKA to request Germany and Shahrara, Kabul ernment electricity. Another resi- the Ministry of Energy and Water 2100439 tourists. It is among the hot tourist spots in Central and South Asia— Photo by N. Musafer dent of the sixth municipality dis- to increase funding. (Pajhwok) QCG calls for Malalai Maternity Hospital direct talks . . . . 2201377/ 2301743 ..P1 Afghanistan’s concern that in- creasing violence is a key challenge and its reduction should be an im- Banks portant objective for the peace talks.” “We require collective ef- Da Afghanistan Bank fort from all QCG countries at this stage, to persuade maximum num- 2100302, 2100303 ber of Taliban groups to join the talks. This will not only be benefi- Bakhtar Bank cial in terms of lasting peace and stability, but will also shrink space 0776777000 The US-led international community’s stability-first approach has neglected establishment of the rule of law. for the irreconcilable,” he added. “I am hopeful that continuing this Azizi Bank Three global watchdog reports in the concept of justice. In fact, spirit and resolve, the group will 0799 700900 came out last week highlighting the concept of “just ruler” is a cor- now focus on identifying a way Afghanistan’s scornful predica- nerstone of Islamic theories of gov- forward for holding direct peace Pashtany Bank ment in 2015. Their findings re- ernance and arguably the most im- talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban as early 2102908, 2103868 veal a rise in corruption and hu- portant legitimizing factor of the as possible,” said Aziz. Deputy man rights violations and a consis- state. Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Air Services tent failure in political freedom and In the new political culture, liv- Karzai presented Afghanistan in civil liberties. ing above the law has become one the QCG meeting. He was also Transparency International’s of the distinguishing privileges of leading the Afghan delegation. Pa- Safi Airways annual Corruption Perception In- the influential elite. kistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz dex placed Afghanistan at 166th One must not underestimate Ahmad Chaudhry was also attend- 020 22 22 222 among 168 nations. World Report the depth and breadth of the dam- ing the meeting. In the four-way 2015, published by Human Rights age that three decades of conflict talks, Pakistani official once again Ariana Watch, criticized the war-ravaged and lawlessness have inflicted on renewed commitment to long-term country for failure to effectively Afghanistan. peace and stability in Afghanistan. 020-2100270 tackle abuses in key areas. Free- Added to that was the irre- First round of QCG meeting was held in Islamabad where the repre- dom House’s annual Freedom in sponsible behavior of the interna- sentatives of four-nation agreed to Kam Air the World 2016 Report ranked tional community and the Afghan hold second round of talks in Kab- 0799974422 Afghanistan among countries that political leadership since 2001, ul. While Kabul hosted second are “Not Free”. which squandered the opportuni- round of talks, the four-nation rep- While it is true that the Af- ty to establish good governance resentatives has focused on the Hotels ghan government and its interna- and rule of law in the country. roadmap for talks with the Tali- tional supporters must be alarmed Stability at all cost ban. It is worth mentioning that Safi Landmark by these findings, rankings and The US and its coalition part- first face-to-face talks between scores in such global annual re- ners went into Afghanistan in Afghan government and Taliban 020-2203131 ports must be contextualized if 2001, hand-picking some of the were held in Pakistan, but was they are to inform policy. In the most unsavory characters from the stalled soon after the Taliban re- SERENA case of Afghanistan, these score- former mujahideen leaders and vealed the death report of their longtime leader, Mullah Omar. cards only describe symptoms of commanders as their allies. The death report also led to the 0799654000 more fundamental problems. The The international community’s widening rift among the Taliban ongoing conflict that expanded and Afghan policy was founded on commanders. New Rumi Restaurant became more brutal in 2015 has maintenance of stability at all cost. contributed greatly to the bleak Good governance, rule of law and 0776351347 human rights situation as well as justice were peripheral topics that Afghan Taliban splin- to the shrinking of civil liberties only decorated official documents ter group . . . Internet Services and political freedoms in restive and speeches. areas. Another factor, which is of- As foreign aid began to pour ...P12to have be killed 14 or 18 UA Telecom ten omitted from such reports, is in, most contracts for infrastruc- years ago in Pakistan. "How long 0796701701 / 0796702702 we must do the slavery of Paki- the heavy hand of the internation- ture construction, military sup- An Afghan shopkeeper listens to Islamic State Radio at his shop in Jalalabad, stan? Our leader was killed 14 or al community, especially the Unit- plies, fuel, logistics and security 18 years ago and still we do not Exchange Rate ed States, in shaping events in Af- were awarded to the same dubious capital of Nangarhar province. (The Associated Press) know where his grave is," another ghanistan from 2001 onwards. But personalities who, thanks to US loyalist to Mullah Rasoul faction, Purchase: above all, endemic corruption, con- patronage, had become the new Lack of oversight and account- allocation of funding for militia munications with provincial offi- Mullah Allah Gul said. "Mullah tinued rights violations and re- political elite. ability in the Afghan security sec- forces (under the sobriquet of Af- cials. Omar Akhund kept the title of stricted civil liberties are symp- The US largesse to its Afghan tor, intentional or otherwise, has ghan Local Police) went to the same Recently, the Afghan presi- Amirulmominin (commander of the One US$ = toms of weakness in the imple- allies also entailed turning a blind caused an utter waste of US tax- influential people, giving them fur- dent elevated the role of governors faithful) for twenty years. But the 68.56Afs mentation of the rule of law. From eye to illegal trade, monopoly of payer money. The US has been ther impetus to behave above the in decision-making and monitoring new group which operate under denying information to journalists markets, land grabbing, million- contributing billions of dollars to law. President Ashraf Ghani and of provincial affairs and started a the leadership of Mullah Akhter One Pound Sterling= to beating of traffic police to the dollar commissions on large con- build and maintain Afghan Nation- CEO Abdullah Abdullah took the process of budgetary devolution. Mansour misinterpreted the rights 98.85Afs of the Mujahideen and issued let- impossibility of winning a contract tracts and even percentages from al Security and Defense Forces reins of power over a year ago, In turn, he has placed more respon- One Euro = in a tender process sans associa- the lucrative narcotics business. ters in the name of Mullah Omar (ANSDF). Similar to the lucrative assuring Afghans and internation- sibility on his governors to curb for years. But finally Zakeri who 75.22Afs tion with influential people, liber- Political influence, along with contracts of the earlier stages of al donors that they had the will to local corruption. was a Sheikh killed in Quetta. ties, rights and transparency are millions of dollars into their bank war, allocation of funding for mili- establish rule of law and good gov- In the past year, some progress When asked why our religious fig- 1000 Pak Rs = impeded because rule of law has accounts, empowered the new Af- tia forces went to the same influ- ernance. Ghani further asserted has been made towards establish- ures are killed, then they said that 633Afs hitherto been ignored. Rule of law ghan elite to command placement ential people. Yet, the staggering that he has specific plans for ac- ing effective processes, but earnest they were belonging to the partic- is generally defined as the system of their kin and cronies in key po- scale of ghost personnel, fuel cost complishing these colossal goals. action against major instigators of ular person," loyalist to Rasoul, Sale: that renders governments, institu- sitions in all state institutions, in- and disappearing ammunitions Among Ghani’s first efforts are corruption remains to be taken. To Mullah Mehrab said. This comes One US$ = tions and individuals accountable cluding the parliament and the ju- have gone entirely unchecked. the creation of the National Pro- establish rule of law requires tack- after the group released a similar 68.76 Afs to and governed by laws and regu- diciary. Along with the decision to end curements Commission to review ling the political elite and their well- video in Faryab province a few lations and prevents arbitrary ac- In other words, foreign assis- the US war in Afghanistan, Wash- big government contracts, the re- entrenched patronage networks. weeks ago in which they warned One Pound Sterling= tion. It has to be applied equally tance gave Afghanistan all the right ington opted to create local militia opening of the messy Kabul Bank This task, in turn, requires a full, they would seize control of the 99.65Afs and without favoritism to any in- structures and legal instruments province in the near future and will forces to fill the gaps in the devel- case, the firing of a number of cen- honest and sustained partnership eliminate its enemies. TOLOnews One Euro= dividual, group or power holder. required in a democratic system, oping ANSDF. tral as well as provincial high offi- between the Afghan government reporter tried to get comment from 75.82 Afs Afghanistan’s political and but establishing and monitoring Similar to the lucrative con- cials suspected of corruption or and its international supporters.— the Afghan government, but were 1000 Pak Rs= 641Afs social culture was deeply rooted processes were mostly ignored. tracts of the earlier stages of war, incompetence, and improved com- (Al Jazeera) not able to. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES MADE IN INDIA IS COSTLIER; JOINT DEVELOP- MENT IS MERE President Pranab Mukherjee in- biggest aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, surface and aerial platforms per- PURCHASE spected one of the largest maritime destroyers INS Kolkata, Mysore, formed breathtaking maneuvers off events in the recent past, as Inter- frigates- Shivalik, Satpura, Teg Visakhapatnam’s famous Rama What was supposed to be cheaper national Fleet Review 2016 (IFR amongst others. Krishna beach. The Naval helicop- when made in India is much costli- 2016) took place off the Visakha- First indigenous aircraft carri- ters Advanced Light Helicopter er. What was supposed to be a patnam coast on Saturday. er to be inducted by '18Chinese (ALH) Dhruv, Chetaks performed joint development programme has Close to 75 Indian warships Navy accords warm reception to Search and Rescue missions even been reduced to a purchase from and 24 from Navies across the Indian naval shipsPresident re- as the latest acquisition P- 8i mar- abroad. That is among the key find- globe sailed past the Presidential views naval fleet amid display of itime reconnaissance aircraft flew ings of internal government audits yacht- INS Sumitra, that, besides maritime mightPratibha Patil cre- past the Presidential yacht. The of major aerospace projects in re- Mukherjee hosted Prime Minister ates history,sails in warshipCity Hawk and Mig- 29 K aircraft too cent years. Narendra Modi, defence minister turns fortress for President?s fleet displayed breathtaking maneu- All the aerospace reports ac- Manohar Parrikar, three service reviewPatil to sail on warship to- vers- displaying the skills of the cessed by The Hindu are scathing chiefs besides others. morrowFirst indigenous aircraft Naval warriors to operate their in their indictment of agencies such Indian navy, international fleet carrier to be inducted by '18Chi- fighter jets at a pressure six times as the Defence Research and De- review, fleet review, vizag fleet re- nese Navy accords warm recep- the gravitational force. Sailors on velopment Organisation (DRDO) view, IFR 2016, Vizag IFR 2016, tion to Indian naval shipsPresident board the vessels saluted the Pres- and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. navy, INS Vikramaditya, INS Vi- reviews naval fleet amid display idential yacht and waved their ber- over the way they have handled raat, navy fleet, navy fleet Visa- of maritime mightPratibha Patil rets in a gesture to acknowledge joint development programmes khapatnam, navy Visakhapatnam, creates history,sails in warshipCi- the reviewing by the Supreme involving foreign partners, or pro- Pranab Mukherjee, india news, lat- ty turns fortress for President?s Commander of the armed forces. duced aircraft in India under trans- est news Indian aircraft carrier fleet reviewPatil to sail on warship Amongst international platforms fer of technology. Vikramaditya is seen during the fi- tomorrowFirst indigenous aircraft that paraded in front of the Presi- Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters nal rehearsal of International Fleet carrier to be inducted by '18Chi- dent were platforms from Bang- HAL was originally tasked by review in Vishakapatnam. Vikra- nese Navy accords warm recep- ladesh, China, US, Australia, Mau- the Cabinet Committee on Securi- maditya is a modified Kiev-class tion to Indian naval shipsPresident ritius, Oman, UK, Vietnam besides ty (CCS) with undertaking licence aircraft carrier which entered into reviews naval fleet amid display others. Close to 4000 sailors par- production of 140 Sukhoi-30 fight- service with the Indian Navy in of maritime mightPratibha Patil ticipated in the fleet review- per- ers under transfer of technology 2013. (Source: AP) creates history,sails in warshipCi- ceived to be the biggest so far in from Russia, with conditions in- Amongst the Indian platforms ty turns fortress for President?s India. The first international review cluding: indigenous manufacture of that paraded in front of the high fleet reviewPatil to sail on warship had taken place in 2001 in which the aircraft at a cost lower than profile delegation off the east coast tomorrow President Mukherjee navies of 29 countries from across that of the imported aircraft. was INS Vikramaditya- India’s watched as the Navy’s surface, sub the globe had participated. The IAF entered into four dif- ferent contracts with HAL for supply of the 140 aircraft, and lat- Top UN Human er two contracts for 40 and 42 ad- ditional fighters. Thus a total of Rights Official 222 S-30 MKI were to be assem- bled by HAL. When HAL began arrives in Sri to assemble, however, the story was different. “Contrary to pro- Lanka jection in the CCS note, where it was estimated that the indigenous The top U.N. human rights offi- QUETTA: A suicide attack targeted a security forces' vehicle near the premises of the heavily guarded Quetta district courts on Saturday. At least eight people, including two Frontier aircraft production cost would be cial arrived Saturday in Sri Lanka Corps (FC) personnel, were killed and at least 35 others were wounded in the powerful explosion. DIG Imtiaz Shah confirmed it was a suicide attack and said the attacker blew himself lower than that of the imported on a four-day visit aimed at review- up near a vehicle belonging to the FC. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to journalists. The claim could not be aircraft cost… the actual cost of ing the measures taken by the is- independently verified. Balochistan province's home secretary Akbar Durrani told journalists that six people were injured in the blast. "We can not ascertain right now whether it was phase IV aircraft has always been land nation to investigate alleged an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or a suicide bomb attack," said Akbar Durrani. The blast partially damaged the security forces' vehicle and shattered the window panes of nearby higher than that of the imported atrocities committed during the buildings. Television footage showed several wounded FC personnel being shifted from the scene. Rescue and emergency teams reached the blast site. An emergency was declared in all aircraft,” the report says. long civil war that left tens of thou- nearby hospitals, while the wounded have been shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. All the injured were rushed to Civil hospital Quetta for medical treatment. Dr. Rasheed Jamali, an on- In the production year 2014- sands dead. duty physician in the hospital told DawnNews that eight people among the injured were in serious condition and were moved to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medical 15 in phase I, when aircraft was The visit by Zeid Raad al- treatment Traffic in the area is usually jam-packed with a market, district ans sessions courts and a number of government building situated in the vicinity. The explosion was heard in directly imported from Russia, the Hussein follows last year's reso- a wide area. average cost per fighter was Rs. lution at the U.N. human rights 270.28 crore. In phase IV, when body that required foreign judges aircraft is manufactured by HAL to assist Sri Lanka in the investi- from raw material, the cost is Rs. gation. 417.85 crore. Sri Lanka's civil war ended in The report also indicts HAL 2009, after the government forces Compensation for nuclear damage: for taking 2-3 times more man- crushed the separatist Tamil Tiger hours than those taken by Rus- rebels. Both sides were accused of sians. Advanced Light Helicopter committing grave human rights An audit of the Advanced Light abuses such as killing civilians and US welcomes India's move Helicopter (ALH) project of HAL recruiting child soldiers. from 2001 to 2009 carried out by Since the end of the war, Sri Washington: The United States has When asked if it would help Indo-US civil nuclear deal de- cally mentioning the name, Saza- to the contentious nuclear liability the Controller-General of Defence Lanka has been facing heavy criti- welcomed Indian government's the implementation of Indo-US scribed this as a milestone. "This wal said a leading American nucle- issue and assuage suppliers con- Accounts (CGDA) pointed out: cism for failing to properly inves- move to ratify the Convention on civil nuclear deal, Kirby said, "We is a big accomplishment. This was ar reactor vendor is planning to cerns, India on Thursday ratified “As against the envisaged indigeni- tigate alleged war crimes by its forc- Supplementary Compensation believe it's an important step to- the pledge that India made. This submit its proposal by the end of the Convention of Supplementa- sation level of 50 per cent, about es. Victims' families have been fu- (CS) for Nuclear Damages, stating ward creating a global nuclear lia- important step would facilitate the February to NPCIL with an ob- ry Compensation for Nuclear 90 per cent of the value of material tile in their attempts to seek jus- that the "important step" will fa- bility regime, and it will facilitate commercial suppliers to close their jective of having some kind of agree- Damage, marking an important used in each helicopter is procured tice. cilitate participation by American international cooperation in ex- nuclear deals with India that would ment with that can be signed at= step in addressing matters related from foreign suppliers.” According to U.N. estimates, companies in the construction of panding the use of nuclear power end up in generating at least the time of Nuclear Security Sum- to civil nuclear liabilities. The The audit said that during the at least 80,000 people were killed, nuclear reactors in India. in India". Meanwhile an eminent 12,000 MW if both the US com- mit on April 1. Currently, only one move will help establish a world- production of the helicopter, de- and possibly many more, includ- "The United States welcomes Indian American expert from the panies go ahead," Vijay Sazawal, vendor - Westing House -- is fully wide liability regime of enhanced spite gaining experience of making ing up to 40,000 civilians in the the action by India to join the Con- private sector, who has been close- an expert on US India nuclear engaged with NPCIL. In a signifi- compensation for nuclear damag- 90 of them, the labour hours re- last month of the war. vention on Supplementary Com- ly involved in various aspects of agreement said. Without specifi- cant move aimed at putting an end es. mained almost double of what was Zeid last year presented a re- pensation for Nuclear Damage, prescribed by the consultant. port focusing on the period from otherwise known as CSC," the The Air Marshal Matheswa- 2002 to 2011, in which he pointed State Department Spokesman ran report on the aeronautical sec- out horrific abuses, including tor- John Kirby on Friday told report- tor points out that the Shakti en- ture, executions, and sexual abuse ers. gine used in the helicopter “only by security forces, as well as sui- "The United States welcomes has an indigenous name with hard- cide attacks, assassinations and the action by India to join the Con- ly any self-reliance or technology recruitment of child soldiers by vention on Supplementary Com- control.” Missile development rebels. pensation for Nuclear Damage, The Matheswaran report points He called for the creation of a otherwise known as CSC," the out that in 2003, a decision was "hybrid special court" that would State Department Spokesman taken to allow the services to meet include foreign judges and investi- John Kirby on Friday told report- their operational requirements of gators, saying Sri Lanka's own ers. surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), till courts are not yet ready to carry Indian membership in the CSC 2010, by acquiring through the out a fair judicial process on the marks another important step to- “buy global” route because the atrocities. However, Sri Lankan wards creating the global nuclear development of the indigenous officials have previously said they liability regime called for by the Akash and Trishul missile systems would only accept foreign techni- IAEA Nuclear Safety Action Plan, was delayed. The DRDO stepped cal expertise and assistance. he said. in and proposed joint development During his visit, Zeid will travel "It will also facilitate partici- with Israel. So the DRDO and Is- to the former war zone and meet pation by companies from the US rael Aerospace Industries (IAI) victims of human rights violations. in the construction of nuclear re- started development of a long- He will also talk with top govern- actors in India, which will mean range SAM (LRSAM) for the ment officials, civil activists and more reliable electricity for Indi- Navy in 2005. In 2007, they start- religious leaders. ans, will reduce India's reliance on ed work on developing a medium- "I will be listening to every- carbon-intensive sources, that will range SAM (MRSAM) for the thing that they have to say and benefit the environment, and will IAF under a separate contract. “In- look forward to very constructive offer India greater energy security cidentally, LRSAM & MRSAM discussions in the days to come," for its large and growing economy," is the same missile,” the report Zeid told reporters. Kirby said. says.

President Abdul Hamid on Friday censorship. You will remain alert ence and brightened the image of terrorism and militancy, he said sist and unearth various technolo- gion. At this moment, the media, with this tradition”. Responsible said any attack on the press is a so that no one from outside can the country by highlighting its suc- these issues are not confined to the gy-based organized crimes at local especially newspapers, must work and professional practice of the threat to democracy and that jour- interfere in the mass media.” cesses. boundaries of any country. They and international levels…” Hamid together to fight extremism and ter- press serves people with correct nalists must unite to fight the evil Underscoring the importance Among them, The Daily Star are global phenomena now. “The said the media would have to play rorist activities. He said Bang- information and helps them en- forces. “The government believes of newspapers, the president said deserves a special mention, he said. mass media will have to equip it- an active role so that no one could ladesh is a land of religious harmo- hance their knowledge and aware- in the freedom of the press. We during the Pakistan period, news- Besides publishing news and self with latest technology to re- do anything evil by misusing reli- ny and “we will never compromise ness, added the president. want newspapers to exercise this papers courageously stood against opinions, The Daily Star is very freedom responsibly to serve the the West Pakistani rulers’ oppres- committed to social causes such country. Any attack on the press sion of the Bangali people, assert- as tackling climate change, saving is also a great threat to democracy. ing the common man’s demand for rivers and the environment, pro- Journalists have to unite and fight the right to freedom. tecting the rights of children and against these evil forces,” he said. “During the Liberation War, women, and various development The president was speaking the international media were in- issues. as the chief guest at a program strumental in creating global pub- The president applauded the marking The Daily Star’s 25th an- lic opinion in favour of the cause daily’s initiative to honour distin- niversary in the capital’s Osmani of our freedom struggle. After in- guished people from different Auditorium. He hoped all news- dependence, newspapers devoted fields every year in recognition of papers would continue to contrib- their creative energy to the rebuild- their achievements in their respec- ute to the country’s development ing of the war-torn nation.” tive fields. He also praised the through responsible journalism. Most newspapers have main- newspaper for awarding top per- “They [newspapers] need to play tained a secular and democratic forming students of O- and A-lev- a proactive role in preserving de- stance and played a patriotic role el to encourage them to contribute mocracy and upholding the values at various critical junctures for the to the country’s advancement. of the country’s constitution.” country, he said. He hoped that The Daily Star Terming newspapers the mirror of Newspapers voiced the woes would continue such efforts. a country, Hamid said free flow of of downtrodden people of the so- Hamid said the media should information and freedom of ex- ciety for establishing their rights. have the courage to call a spade a pression are important for proper “Their intellectual input to plan- spade, which can take a journalist development of the mass media. ning and implementation of vari- to the peak of his professional ex- Besides enacting the Right to In- ous development policies such as cellence. “You will criticize the formation law, the government has women’s empowerment, poverty government and also me. Howev- been extending all-out cooperation reduction, and urban and rural de- er, you have to keep in mind that so that the media can run indepen- velopment is well-recognised,” it should be based on facts. It dently. But independence does not said the president. should not be biased in any way. mean doing whatever one wishes, Hamid said English language Constructive criticism can play an he said. “So you will have to be dailies have a special place in the important role in making the right cautious in discharging your du- media scene, as they have connect- decision for running the govern- ties. You will have to exercise self- ed Bangladesh to the global audi- ment and building the nation.” On 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 . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Iran mocks Saudi offer to TAIWAN QUAKE US welcomes Saudi anti-ISIS troop KILLS AT LEAST proposal send ground troops to Syria

The Pentagon on Friday wel- DUBAI : The head of Iran's elite comed Saudi Arabia’s pledge to Revolutionary Guard said on Sat- EIGHT, FELLS commit ground forces to fight urday Saudi Arabia lacked the cour- ISIS in Syria, should the U.S.- age to go through with a plan to led coalition ever send in com- send ground troops to Syria, and bat troops. warned they would be wiped out APARTMENT The United States has for if they went in. weeks been calling on partners Mohammad Ali Jafari's blunt in the 65-member coalition words on the Fars news agency were Iran's first official reaction to BLOCK bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria to contribute more, and last a statement from its regional rival month Defense Secretary Ash- Saudi Arabia this week that it was ton Carter chastised some coun- ready to join ground operations in tries for doing “nothing at all.” Syria if a U.S.-led military alliance Saudi Arabia has been part decided to start them. of the coalition since late 2014. "(The Saudis) have made such Though it carried out high-pro- a claim but I don't think they are file initial air strikes against the brave enough to do so ... Even if extremists in Syria, its partici- they send troops, they would be pation and that of other Gulf definitely defeated ... it would be members dropped as they suicide,” Jafari was quoted as say- shifted focus to striking con- ing. Iran has already sent forces to flict-torn Yemen. Syria to back its ally President “We welcome the an- Bashar al-Assad in his country's nouncement by Saudi Arabia five-year-old civil war. Washing- that they are looking into ways ton and its allies have backed rebels to enhance their counter-ISIL fighting Assad and say he must efforts,” US Central Command eventually step down. spokesman Pat Ryder said, us- ing an alternative acronym for ISIS. “There will be continued Merkel urges better protection discussions with the Saudis and TAINAN: A powerful earthquake in the Golden Dragon Building. our other partners on the best struck Taiwan early on Saturday Rescuers clad in red overalls ways we can continue to inten- killing at least eight people, most pulled 250 survivors from the ru- sify coalition efforts.” of EU external borders in a 17-storey apartment building ins and later inserted huge sup- Carter is meeting with de- that collapsed, with five people ports under slabs of leaning con- fense officials from Saudi Ara- BERLIN : German Chancellor An- still missing in the ruins of the crete to buttress the ruins as they bia and at least two dozen oth- gela Merkel called on Saturday for complex as darkness fell. searched for more. er coalition members next week better protection at the European As rescuers searched for sur- The fire department said 115 in Brussels, where he is expect- Union's external borders in order vivors, questions were raised about people had been taken to hospital ed to outline the next steps in to maintain the passport-free the construction of the Wei-guan from around Tainan. the anti-ISIS campaign. Schengen zone. Golden Dragon Building in the City officials said it was too Merkel, who opened her coun- southern city of Tainan, with its early to determine if poor con- try's borders to Syrians fleeing civil floors that pancaked down on each struction was a factor in the col- Al-Qaeda mourns war last summer, is under increas- other when the 6.4 magnitude trem- lapse of the apartment building. death of top ing pressure to limit the influx of or hit at around 4 a.m. (3.00 p.m. Liu Shih-chung, city govern- migrants after more than a million ET), at the start of a Lunar New ment deputy secretary general, said Yemen leader arrived in Germany last year. Year holiday. television footage of the ruins of A poll published this week Six of the dead, including a 10- the commercial-residential building Al-Qaeda’s branch in the Ara- showed popular support for Mer- day-old girl, were from the apart- suggested the possibility of struc- bian Peninsula (AQAP) kel had tumbled to a four-and-a- ment building. tural problems related to poor- mourned the killing of a senior half-year low with more than 80 Rescuers mounted hydraulic quality reinforced steel and cement. commander in southern Yemen, percent of Germans doubting her ladders and a crane to scour the The construction and engi- a statement distributed on so- government had the refugee crisis ruins, plucking more than 220 sur- neering companies that built the cial media showed, after he was under control. vivors to safety, with dozens tak- complex are no longer operating, reported dead in a suspected "We need to protect our exter- en to hospital, a fire brigade offi- records showed. U.S. drone strike last week. nal borders because we want to cial said. Two neighbors said they had Jalal Baleedi was killed by keep Schengen," Merkel said in her Buildings in nine other loca- felt nervous about the construc- a drone strike as he was travel- weekly podcast. tions in the city of 2 million peo- tion when the building was going ling in a car with two others in Failing to protect the EU's ex- ple had collapsed and five were left up in the early 1990s. coastal Abyan province, resi- ternal borders would jeopardize tilting at alarming angles, a govern- "I looked at it and thought, dents said on Thursday. He had free movement of people which is ment emergency center said. only people from out of town run al Qaeda’s combat opera- the basis for the bloc's wealth, But a fire department official would buy there. We local people tions and had a $5 million U.S. Merkel added. said rescue efforts were focused would never dare," said one of the bounty on his head. In particular, the protection of on the apartment block, where a neighbors, Yang Shu-mei. “We extend condolences to external borders is not turning out child's clothes fluttered from a first- A major earthquake in central our Muslim community and very well where the EU has sea floor laundry line and the smell of Taiwan in 1999 killed about 2,400 specifically our people in borders, she said, referring indirect- leaking gas hung in the air. people and caused damage across Yemen...regarding the killing of ly to Greece, which has seen a huge name. The European Commission has warned Greece it could face more border controls with other states of "I was watching TV and after the island, which lies in the seis- the heroic commander Jalal influx of migrants and refugees the free-travel Schengen zone in May, if it does not fix "serious deficiencies" in its management of the area's a sudden burst of shaking, I heard mically active "Pacific Ring of Baleedi al-Marqishi...who was coming in over water via Turkey, external frontier. Merkel will travel to Ankara on Monday to meet with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to a boom. I opened my metal door Fire". killed in a crusader strike that without mentioning the country by try and find a joint solution, including legal quotas for refugees in order to stop people trafficking. and saw the building opposite fall President Ma Ying-jeou visit- targeted him while he was down," said a 71-year-old neigh- ed an emergency center and hospi- among the sons of his tribe in bor who gave his name as Chang. tal in Tainan while President-elect Abyan province,” the state- A plumber, he said he fetched Tsai Ing-wen canceled appoint- ment said. Libya faces hurdles to quick action against ISIS some tools and a ladder and prised ments to help coordinate rescue During nine months of civil some window bars open to rescue efforts. war and a Gulf military inter- The United States and its allies are formation of a unified Libyan gov- ya’s oil infrastructure and taken Libya range from 3,000 to 5,000- a woman crying for help. China's Taiwan Affairs Office, vention in Yemen, the United probably many weeks or even ernment strong enough to call for control of the city of Sirte, exploit- 6,000. Officials openly worry that "She asked me to go back and which is in charge of Beijing's rela- States has kept up drone strikes months away from launching a and accommodate foreign military ing a power vacuum in the North the group could use its Libya ha- rescue her husband, child, but I was tions with the self-ruled island, said against extremist groups. new military campaign against assistance. Getting some allies on African country where two rival ven to relieve the pressure from afraid of a gas explosion so I didn't China was willing to provide help ISIS in Libya, despite mounting board could also require a new governments have been battling for U.S. air strikes and local forces go in. At the time there were more if needed, Chinese state news agen- Congo to probe concern about the group’s spread mandate from the United Nations, supremacy. against its home base in Iraq and people calling for help, but my lad- cy Xinhua said. Beijing regards there and its attacks on oil infra- they said. “We’re not there yet,” Estimates of ISIS fighters in Syria. der wasn't long enough so there Taiwan as a wayward province. alleged sex abuse by structure, U.S. officials say. said one U.S. official. He and oth- was no way to save them." Taiwan Semiconductor Man- The Pentagon has warned in er officials with knowledge of in- The quake was centered 43 km ufacturing Co (TSMC) peacekeeers in CAR recent weeks of the dangers posed ternal deliberations cautioned that (27 miles) southeast of Tainan, at <2330.TW>, the world's largest by ISIS’ growth in Libya. The U.S. it is too soon to estimate when a depth of 23 km (14 miles), the contract chipmaker and supplier The Republic of Congo has is developing military options, military action might begin, but U.S. Geological Survey said. to Apple Inc , said some wafers launched an investigation into which were discussed at an incon- cautioned it could take many An elderly woman, wrapped made in Tainan had been damaged, allegations of child sexual abuse clusive meeting last week of Pres- weeks or even months. in blankets, was strapped to a affecting no more than 1 percent involving its troops serving as ident Barack Obama and his top “As far as I’m aware, there is board and slowly slid down a ramp of first-quarter shipments. UN peacekeepers in the Cen- security aides, officials said. no clear intention to go ahead with to the ground as the cries of those Other major Apple suppliers tral African Republic (CAR). Those options include in- the military-style action. There is still trapped rang out. Rescuers in Taiwan reported no impact on "Under a memorandum of creased air strikes, deploying U.S. a lot of thinking, a lot of thinking, used dogs and acoustic equipment operations. understanding between the special operations forces and train- a lot of planning,” said a Western to pick up signs of life in the rub- (Reporting by Faith Hung and Congolese government and the ing Libyan security forces, officials diplomat. ble. Pichi Chuang; Additional report- office of the UN secretary gen- say. U.S. and European officials Authorities said there were 96 ing by Yimou Lee, J.R. Wu, Carol eral it has been decided that an But the U.S. officials, who describe Islamic State’s presence apartment units and 256 people Lee, Eric Walsh, Eric Beech, Eliza- administrative inquiry will be spoke on condition of anonymity, in Libya as increasingly worrisome, living in the collapsed building. beth Dilts, Jeanny Kao and Ben carried out," Communications said enormous hurdles stand in the although not on the scale of its rule As a chilly night approached, Blanchard; Writing by Mark Ben- Minister Thierry Moungalla way of increased American mili- over swaths of Iraq and Syria. city mayor William Lai told report- deich; Editing by Robert Birsel and said on Friday. tary involvement. The largest is the ISIS forces have attacked Lib- ers five people were still missing Christopher Cushing) The defence ministry will lead the investigation and "ver- ify the veracity of the allega- tions", after Human Rights Watch (HRW) brought the cas- es to the attention of MINUS- Top EU officials on Saturday re- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet latest refugees into the country. crossing into Greece from Turkey, numbers have put huge strains on tria, Hungary, Sweden - re-intro- CA, the UN's stabilisation mis- minded Turkey of its internation- Davutoglu told a Syria donors More than a million migrants land- and then making their way through the bloc and the Schengen pass- ducing border controls while Brus- sion in CAR. MINUSCA said al obligations to keep its frontiers conference in London on Thurs- ed in the 28-nation European the Balkans to Germany and other port-free zone, with several coun- sels struggles to find a comprehen- it had "identified seven new open to refugees as thousands flee- day that Ankara would allow the Union last year, most of them northern member states. Such tries - among them Germany, Aus- sive solution. possible victims of sexual ex- ing a new government offensive in ploitation and abuse in Bam- Syria remained camped out along bari", in the centre of the coun- its southern border. Up to 20,000 try, involving soldiers from the Syrians may be stranded on the Republic of Congo and the border, officials say, trying to get Democratic Republic of Con- into Turkey which already hosts go (DRC). A UN probe "found more than two million refugees sufficient initial evidence that from the bloody conflict. “The five of the victims were minors Geneva convention is still valid and had been sexually abused which states that you have to take and that one adult had been sex- in refugees,” EU Enlargement and ually exploited", MINUSCA Regional Policy Commissioner said in a statement. Following Johannes Hahn said as he went into the claims, the UN said it talks on the migrant crisis with EU would repatriate 120 peace- foreign ministers and their coun- keepers from the Republic of terparts from countries seeking EU Congo, a month after asking membership, including Turkey. An DRC to send home its contin- EU diplomatic source told AFP gent. On Thursday, HRW re- that the foreign ministers, meeting leased a statement document- informally in Amsterdam, would ing eight new allegations of take the opportunity to voice their rape or sexual exploitation by concerns over the fate of the refu- UN troops in the same region gees fleeing the government offen- of Bambari. All eight survi- sive against rebel forces in Alep- vors said that they believed the po, Syria’s second largest city. peacekeepers responsible were Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean from the Republic of Congo or Asselborn said “everyone has seen the DRC, according to HRW, the pictures from Aleppo, the tens which alleged the abuse took of thousands of people who are place between October and De- fleeing, fleeing for their lives.” “We cember 2015. MINUSCA said face the very real prospect that one of the allegations passed there will be another huge influx of on by HRW had been previ- refugees (into Europe)... that is the ously reported and is current- result of the indiscriminate bomb- ly under investigation. ing around Aleppo,” Asselborn said as he went into the meeting. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SATURDAY . FEBRUARY 06, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir By Afrasiab Khattak in some of the classic civiliza- consensus among political par- guages of the land (the mother Phone No: +93-772364666 One of the first major political tions of the world like Meher ties this proposed amendment tongues). Literary festivals are controversies faced by Paki- Garh, Indus Valley and Ganda- could not be implemented. Al- becoming a popular phenome- E-mail: [email protected] stan after its creation in 1947 hara Civilizations. In the deep though many of the political na in urban centers of the coun- rose on the question of nation- wave of hatred in the aftermath parties agreed with the idea, try. But they are also mostly Email: [email protected] al language. Bengalis in the of bloody communal riots in the the back log to be cleared by confined to Urdu and English. then East Pakistan, who not Punjab during the partition, the 18th Amendment was too Provincial legislatures and www.afghanistantimes.af only constituted majority of “common” language or culture big to provide space to so governments need to promote with non-Muslims was regard- many things. In India Hindi is languages spoken by a great Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi the new country’s population but had also played the role of ed unthinkable. There were formally the official language majority of the people. Diversi- a vanguard in its creation, nat- non-communal voices among (with English practically run- ty is our strength and recog- Advisory editorial board urally expected that Bengali progressive circles, but they ning the show) but the Indian nizing it will promote unity. De- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, would be adopted as the na- were a tiny minority. Constitution recognizes 22 ma- nying or negatively provoking tional language of Pakistan. It was in this context that jor languages as Indian lan- will create discord and division. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal But that was not to be. The mother tongues in Pakistan got guages. This is something that —(The Nation) The writer is a Urdu speaking intelligentsia quite a raw deal. Except Sindhi, we also need to do in Pakistan retired Senator and an analyst Graphic-Designers: coming from central and north- which had a long history of de- to give recognition to the lan- of regional affairs. velopment in journalism and Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari ern India, also supported by Punjabi elites decided to education, other languages in- Marketing & Advertising: choose Urdu as the national cluding Punjabi, Siraiki, Pash- Drowning the oil industry to, Balochi and many others Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 language, a language that was By Emily Schwartz Greco not the mother tongue of any were completely ignored. The Russia, where the econ- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan ethnic or cultural community term regional language was With oil cheaper than bot- omy is so bad that soup living in Pakistan. They not coined and used in journalistic tled water, the average kitchens are a hot trend, is Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 parlance even for some of the only vehemently rejected the American driver saved warming to this idea. Yet Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press Bengali demand but also used most ancient and rich languag- es of the Indo Aryan Family of $540 at the pump last year. there’s no evidence that a brute force of the state to sup- But oil prices are also broad synchronized price press it. On February 21, 1952 languages. In the 1973 Consti- tution which is a federal con- battering Alaska’s economy, reduction is brewing. law enforcement agencies rattling the stock market, The constitution says opened fire on Bengali stu- stitution there are only two im- Mostly, it’s up to Saudi dents in Dhaka who were agi- portant references to the lan- and leaving thousands of Arabia to make a move. It’s Article 125 tating in favor of their lan- guage question. In the Chap- workers in states like North the world’s biggest export- guage killing a number of them. ter on Fundamental Rights ar- Dakota, Oklahoma, and er, and its production costs The budget of the judiciary shall be prepared by the Supreme Court in ticle 28 recognizes the right of consultation with the Government, and shall be presented to the National According to some political Texas jobless. are among the world’s low- observers the seeds of future citizens to preserve and pro- Can things get any Assembly as part of the national budget. The Supreme Court shall implement the mote a language and a script. est. But the Saudis distrust budget of the judiciary. Bangladesh were sown that worse for the oil industry Russia, dislike Iran, and very day. The monument built But this right is subject to Arti- cle 251 which declares Urdu as and the folks who rely on want to extinguish our na- in memory of the martyrs of it? Sure. tion’s fracking-fueled oil that day subsequently became national language of the coun- try and talks of arrangements The biggest short-term boom. a national monument of the reason is Iran. Having hon- independent Bangladesh. But for its use for official and other As long as this global not many Pakistani have no- purposes. English was sup- ored the terms of its land- glut sticks around, prices ticed the fact that it was on the posed to be used for 15 years mark nuclear deal, the Mid- will stay low or spiral fur- basis of this incident that in transition period but it is for dle Eastern nation is now at ther down. Many North UNESCO started celebrating all practical purposes the offi- liberty to export more oil American oil companies February 21 as International cial language. Urdu is dominat- after years of sanctions. ing official and private media won’t extract profits or re- Day of Mother tongues. Inter- That’s why the commodity main credit-worthy. More estingly there hasn’t been any both print and electronic. How- ever, without prejudice to na- has slid as low as $26.55 a than 40 US-based oil and major discussion in the coun- barrel - about half of what gas exploration and produc- try on this issue or our history tional language Article 251 rec- ognizes the right of the provin- it fetched a year ago. And tion firms went bankrupt in The High Peace Council of the country has been in the troubled in this regard to draw some les- that was following a steep waters since its formation in 2010 because it has drawn wide criti- sons for the future. Apart of cial assemblies to legislate for 2015. Experts generally ex- some brilliant books written by the development of provincial slide from the summer of pect oil prices to remain low cism for its snail’s pace activities and disoriented policies. It is has Dr. Tariq Rehman and a few languages, but provincial as- 2014. for the rest of this year and been over five years but achievements of the council is almost nil. others there is no quality re- semblies and governments Iran has oodles of oil probably longer. So don’t be For some the body is only a mean to grab donations and delude search work on the subject. have a dismal record in this re- ready to ship at a time when surprised if that bankruptcy The aforementioned his- gard. global producers are al- wave becomes a tsunami in the war-stricken nation on the pretext of peace and stability. How- The principle of primary ed- torical context is significant for ready pumping 2 million 2016. Or if US production ever, for others it is a council which comprises of people having understanding the evolution of ucation in mother tongue is now recognized world wide as the more barrels daily than con- declines and more oil work- good contacts with the militant groups and could convince the state policy towards major and sumers need. The market ers lose their jobs. Until minor languages spoken in dif- most efficient way for learning. insurgent leaders to renounce violence and adopt a peaceful way Promoting it is one of the aims is also bracing for a long- now, after oil prices have ferent parts of Pakistan. Be- term gusher. Iran, with the of living. The HPC is a successful or a failed body, should be a cause language is not just the of celebrating February 21 as gone down, they’ve always secondary question at this time because the primary question is backbone of cultural identity International Day of Mother world’s fourth-largest re- bounced back up. But no now about its survival. Does its existence really matter? of individuals and communi- Tongues. In Pakistan only Sin- serves, could eventually law of physics mandates this The major donor countries have turned a blind eye to the HPC ties but it also has its own sig- dhi language has achieved this ramp up its exports by an- gravity-defying pattern. nificance for political power status. In Pakhtunkhwa a law other million barrels a day. Sooner or later, better alter- and suspended financial aid. Confirming the report, Spokesman of and socio cultural domination. was passed to develop “Unless something Pashto,Hindko, Siraiki, Ko- natives to powering trans- the peace council Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar said the United It is not only significant ingre- changes, the oil market portation with oil-derived dient of the predominant so- histani and Khowar (Chitrali) as States and the United Kingdom, major donor countries, have sus- medium of instruction during could drown in oversupply,” fuels will become dominant. cio political discourse in a so- warns the International En- Will electric vehicles pended the aid because the HPC’s chief position is lying vacant as ciety but is very often its con- the previous government but well as of the council’s secretariat chief. For the past three months, unfortunately it is not being ergy Agency, an indepen- charged with renewable veyer belt so to say. Relations dent analysis organization. activities of the HPC came to almost a halt because of the decline between the languages of dif- implemented after the change energy, hydrogen fuel cells, in financial support. Japan and Germany are also supporting the ferent communities represent of the government. Attitude A consumption spike or something else prevail? the parity or disparity preva- towards Punjabi is changing in would change this equation. Whatever technology sup- council financially. The two countries are still supporting the peace lent in that society at a given positive sense in recent years But demand for oil is unlike- plants oil, it surely won’t body but the amount of aid is less than what is provided by the US point in time. That is why cor- although it is still short of get- ly to grow fast enough, es- foul land, water, and air to rect handling of this sensitive ting recognized as medium of pecially with China’s eco- and UK. instruction. Balochi, Brahvi and the same degree. It proba- The donors have provided $50 million to the council, so far. Ex- question is crucial in multi eth- nomic slowdown. bly won’t subject millions of nic and multi cultural societies Pashto in Balochistan have yet President Hamid Karzai established the HPC in 2010 after the con- to receive attention for promo- Alternatively, production people to the economic in the project of nation build- could stabilize or fall. The hardship that accompanies sultative Peace Jirga suggested formation of a body to negotiate ing and state building. tion as languages of the prov- ince. The general decline of film most logical thing would be oil shocks. And it might avert with the relatively moderate Taliban fighters and bring them into Muhajir intelligentsia, for all major players to cut coming from other parts of In- industry in Pakistan has also climate chaos. Restoring the fold of peace. However, the council has failed in its job. The dia, had little idea about the tre- been a set back for films in Pa- output in unison. They’d prices to the $100-per-bar- insurgents that surrendered and handed over weapons have re- mendous cultural diversity kistani languages that were make more money while rel range would keep more and richness of the areas that quite popular and were doing selling less oil. Venezuela, oil companies in business. turned to the battlefield and are fighting Afghan security forces. roaring business at one stage. Key Taliban commanders have not joined the peace process. On now constitute Pakistan. an oil-dependent country on But that wouldn’t solve the Claiming a monopoly over the During the discussion on the brink of hyperinflation, world’s real energy prob- 18th Constitutional Amend- the contrary, the HPC members came under attack. When the coun- definition of the cultural per- has urged fellow OPEC lems.— Truthout) cil could not protect its staff then how could it bring peace to the sonality of the new state they ment there was a proposal to include major languages spo- members and Russia for Emily Schwartz Greco is country and save lives of nearly 30 million people? The HPC has failed to appreciate the fact more than a year to take this the managing editor of Oth- that they were dealing with ken in the country as Pakistani no mechanism to punish those insurgents who violate the peace languages but due to lack of step. erWords agreement. Moreover, there is no mechanism of accountability within cultures that had their origin the HPC. Audit report of the council’s spending yet to emerge to the surface. Perhaps, it enjoys immunity. Public wants to know how much donations the peace body spent and what it has achieved. Performance of the HPC is visible from its website. The website is outdated and does not carry the message of the current president. May be the donor countries are pinning hope on the Quadrilat- eral Coordination Group (QCG). The body, comprised of repre- sentatives of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US, is perform- ing well than the HPC. It is working on a roadmap. The peace council has no such thing. The Taliban also criticized the HPC in this aspect. The militant group said that peace talks without a clear roadmap are impossible. If the QCG succeeded in establishing a peace mechanism, agreed by the all parties and guarantors, then existence of the peace council would be meaningless. However, it has to be on legal ground because the HPC is a legal body. But, legal bodies are accountable. Thus, the HPC shall be made ac- countable to the parliament and media, for its spending and activi- ties. 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By Fawaz Turki ing or even nipping at the heels six weeks before the general subliminally. of the invincible Hillary Clinton. election), with his mop of un- But that’s not all. Some Bernie Sanders may be an as- A socialist president who kempt Albert Einstein hair, as Bernie supporters may have tonishing phenomenon, but pledged, among other provoc- he railed, at rallies across Amer- turned to Bernie because they what is even more astonishing ative promises, to cut Wall ica, against “tax breaks for the had opted to turn away from is how America, including in Street down to size and teach wealthy”, an improbable presi- Hillary. The first woman aspir- By Ahmet Uzumcu particular its young, its liber- those greedy banks a lesson? dential aspirant who went from ing to be president has run a have achieved; the strategic whoever they are. Interna- als, its independents, and its Come, come now, the man was single digits in the polls six campaign that emphasised her The international communi- threat from Syria’s chemical tional investigators deployed progressives, has embraced a meant as a sideshow. months ago to a virtual tie with accomplishments over the last ty’s failure to bring the Syr- weapons was effectively in Syria bring vital expertise figure who was unknown out- Yet, the hour met the man, Hillary in Iowa last Monday, an two decades. The end result ian civil war to an end is a eliminated. Work to clarify to this important mission. side the state of Vermont a mere for he appeared to tap into a unknown who started from was not just a me-me message, tragedy - especially for the eight months ago — a figure long dormant undercurrent in nothing, with nothing, to a se- but a message that threw a fur- certain aspects of the gov- It is crucial that political who, nevertheless, virtually country’s long-suffering peo- ernment’s initial declaration leaders express confidence the psyche of a large segment rious Democratic contender for tive glance over her shoulder ple. In one respect, multilat- tied with the mighty Hillary of everyday America, a seg- president of the United States. to the past. The first socialist about its weapons pro- in their impartiality, allow Clinton at the Iowa caucuses ment that sought something And the money poured in, most aspiring to be president, on the eral action has had a clearly gramme is continuing; but them to carry out their work last Monday — Hillary’s win innovative, daring, different, of it — since he spurned “big other hand, has run a campaign positive impact: the elimina- 1,300 metric tonnes of unobstructed, and not sec- by a pathetic 0.2 percentage perhaps even revolutionary, in money” — from supporters that eschewed the me-me fac- tion of the Syrian govern- chemical weapons, including ond-guess their conclusions. point-margin is no win and who American political culture. And whose contributions averaged tor — Bernie, for example, nev- ment’s chemical-weapons sulphur mustard and precur- Once those responsible for may very well beat her in the in Bernie Sanders these folks $40 (Dh147). er gloated over or ever remind- programme. And yet, there sors for deadly nerve agents, the use of chemical weap- New Hampshire primaries ear- found a leader whose brow, like How do we explain this ed his audiences, not once, of are persistent reports that have been accounted for and ons have been identified, the ly this week. theirs, was middle, but whose phenomenon? Modesty aside, his days as a young idealist chemical weapons, destroyed under the watch- international community Were Bernie — as his sup- message was suave. we explain it easily. Here’s a new and activist in the 1960s who i n c l u d i n g s u l p h u r porters are wont to call him — A few days after his an- kid on the block, and he is pos- was out there in August 1963, ful eyes of OPCW inspec- must ensure that they are to win his party’s nomination, mustard (commonly known tors. prosecuted, in order to send nouncement to run as his par- sessed of, possessed by, a mes- joining The March on Wash- as mustard gas) and chlorine and in November the general ty’s nominee for president, on sage about how the inequali- ington, when Martin Luther This achievement must a clear signal about the invi- election, he would be the first May 26 last year, Sanders was ties in social life, the brazenness King delivered his iconic “I bombs deployed against ci- not be allowed to be rolled olability of the global ban. socialist, the first Jew and the in Minneapolis on his way to of the one-percenters, the ex- Have a Dream” speech — but vilians, continue to be used back. The Chemical Weap- Persistent allegations first septuagenarian to occu- address his first rally outside cesses of Wall street, the arro- rather focused on the future. in Syria. ons Convention is one of that non-state actors are us- py the White House (Ronald his New England turf. The car gance of the “establishment (a And Americans prefer, instinc- The stakes could not be mankind’s most successful ing chemical weapons in Reagan was 69 when he was he was being driven in ap- dismissive term evocative of tively, to focus on the potenti- higher. The perpetrators of disarmament efforts. Since Syria and northern Iraq are inaugurated in January 1981). peared stuck in traffic. Accord- the radical chic lingo of the ality of their future rather than these attacks must be iden- 1997, 192 countries have of particular concern, as Sanders, President of the ing to a news report in the 1960s) and the costly foreign to dwell on the actuality of their tified and brought to justice. agreed to be bound by its they raise the possibility of United States? That’s a long, Washington Post, the senator, entanglements approved by past. It’s in their national char- Allowing the use of chemi- very long, shot, you say. Yet, anxious not to arrive late to the Washington, are secreting a acter, their cultural DNA. To provisions, and 91 percent of toxic chemicals being used that’s also what we all said cal weapons to go unpun- the world’s declared chemi- in terrorist attacks. event, asked the field director poison in the blood of the that extent, Bernie, from the ished not only could reverse about his seemingly slim accompanying him: “Is there a American body politic. outset, had it right. Hillary did cal weapons have been de- Manufacturing nerve chance of going anywhere wreck ahead?” The analogy he was evok- not. After watching the first one of the few promising de- stroyed. The continued use agents is a complex process, when he launched his cam- No, came the response, ing of America was of a man Democratic debate in October velopments in the Syrian of chemical weapons in the but extremists can easily paign in late April last year. In- they’re here to see you — all who had missed a step in a dark last year, I wrote a column in conflict; it also threatens to Syrian conflict is not only deploy toxic industrial chem- deed, a leading online gam- 3,000 of them, many standing staircase, and now it is time for which I effectively dismissed undermine international causing terrible suffering icals - such as chlorine gas - bling site at the time put the outside because the hall was Americans to engage in the id- Bernie Sanders as a grumpy old norms on the use of toxic gas among the country’s civilian if they have them in their odds of the man staying the full. And the crowds kept grow- iom of the highest ideals. With man. I was wrong and, yes, I and nerve agents, increasing population; it also risks erod- possession. course at 50 to 1. Needless to ing as he kept on campaigning, that, he was saying, new pos- got ‘Berned’ in the process.— the possibility that they will ing the convention’s credibil- A conventional attack say, few people bet the family even in red-state strongholds sibilities open up in society and (Gulf News) Fawaz Turki is a be used in terrorist attacks. jewellery on what then seemed like Texas, putatively enemy Americans’ collective imagina- journalist, lecturer and author ity. A fact-finding mission against a chemical facility is like the quixotic venture of an In August 2013, rockets established by the OPCW in another potentially devastat- territory. Let’s face it, there was tion expands. It is a message, based in Washington. He is the containing deadly sarin obscure senator from an ob- always something engaging both candid and direct, that author of The Disinherited: April 2014 found “compel- ing risk - one that is not be- scure state in New England about this dishevelled septua- appears to have found an au- Journal of a Palestinian Ex- gas struck Ghouta, a rebel- ling confirmation” that a tox- yond the capabilities of a with Buckley’s chance of beat- genarian (Sanders will turn 75 dience, even if, on one level, ile. controlled suburb near Dam- ic chemical - most likely well-funded terrorist group. ascus. Horrific images of chlorine gas - was used “sys- Nearly two decades af- women and children dying in tematically and repeatedly” ter the Chemical Weapons CHAINS ON agony mobilised international as a weapon in villages in Convention entered into consensus against the use of northern Syria. It was on the force, the treaty is facing a THE GATES these types of weapons. basis of these findings that major test. The threat that OF GAZA In October 2013, follow- the UN Security Council toxic gas or nerve agents will ing Syria’s accession to the agreed in August 2015 to be deployed in a conflict be- By Marwan Asmar Chemical Weapons Conven- create a joint investigative tween countries has been all Let’s imagine fancifully: Gaza tion, a joint mission of the 2026, the Israeli land, air and sea mechanism of the OPCW but eliminated. Failure to blockade lifted, its war-torn econ- Organisation for the Prohi- and the UN and give it re- punish their use in the Syri- By Abdulrahman al-Rashed Saudi Arabia has already sional soldiers, it has one of been part of the war in Syr- the largest armies in the omy built and prospering, full bition of Chemical Weapons sponsibility for identifying an civil war risks undermin- Saudi Brigadier General employment, smiling faces, no (OPCW) and the United Ahmed al-Assiri, official ia since last year as a mem- world. Its army would reach more nightmare and trauma. Not those responsible for the use ing the regime that has ber of the international coa- a million people if one adds Nations was made respon- of chemical weapons in the brought us to the threshold spokesman for the Saudi-led convinced! I would also imagine, sible for eliminating the coalition in Yemen, has made lition conducting airstrikes reserves. Despite all that, and now going back into the real, conflict. of a chemical weapons-free against terror outfits Turkey is committed to in- hard world, the reality of Gaza is country’s chemical arsenal The fog of war cannot be world. an interesting statement going to be far different, demean- about Riyadh’s readiness to There is another reason ternational laws and has not and production facilities. allowed to create a fog of Ahmet Uzumcu is Di- behind Saudi Arabia fighting intervened militarily. ing, more cruel and more drudge Less than a year later, the responsibility. The perpetra- rector-General at the Or- send ground troops to Syria. — thanks of course to a life-long This raises a lot of questions. as part of the U.S.-led coa- Fighting ISIS is not just a embargo sealed by Israel, placed mission accomplished what tors of chemical attacks ganisation for the Prohibi- lition. Like Russia, it either military process; it is a polit- no military intervention could Does this mark a change in purely and simply to punish the must be held to account, tion of Chemical Weapons. the Saudi foreign policy? has the approval of the As- ical one too. By eradicating 1.9 million inhabitants of the Strip. Should we fight inside a for- sad regime – which is im- ISIS, the Russians and Ira- No politics, no security, but just a possible for Riyadh and high- nians won’t have an excuse callous belief to hurt. As far as the eign land? Why should we Palestinians are concerned, it fight with the U.S.-led coa- ly unlikely to get a nod from to destroy the national Syri- would starkly appear Israel, un- lition? If there is a will to in- Damascus anyway – or it an opposition that has noth- fortunately, has a panache for be- tervene, why don’t we fight should have the authorization ing to do with extremist ing merciless and subversively de- the far more brutal al-Assad of the United Nations as is groups and foreign fighters. structive against a people it long regime? currently the case with Ye- Weakening ISIS by eliminat- occupied. As it casually complet- men, where Saudi troops are ing most of its fighters, will ed the first 10 years of its illegal Sending ground troops to and atrocious embargo, and recog- Syria seems to be a new fighting with the approval of improve the situation of the nised for being so internationally, approach. This is the first the Security Council. Thus, Syrian resistance, which has last month, it is obviously looking time when there is willing- the coalition receives legal long been targeted by ex- forward to continuing for another ness from the Saudi side to cover and represents an in- tremists and Assad forces dogged decade. With no one to participate in a ground offen- tegrated system of countries. and his allies. stop them and even turning a blind It is also clear why Sau- This is what we are wit- eye as if it is business-as-usual, sive to fight ISIS in Syria. In Israel has all the time in the world the past, there were talks of di Arabia is interested in nessing in Deraa in the to maintain its pernicious, armed the country’s willingness to fighting against ISIS in Syr- south, where the Syrian re- regime. With the international com- intervene, without specifying ia. Like many other coun- gime’s allies are actively tar- munity toothless to stop them, the the nature of the tasks. How- tries, it is aware that the or- geting the Free Syrian Army world and region in a state of flux, ever, Saudi Arabia has al- ganization will try and target (FSA) under the pretext that plagued by turbulence, chaos, ter- the country at some stage. they are an extremist orga- rorism, wars and other pressing ready been part of the war issues, Israel sees itself as the par in Syria since last year as a It is believed that hundreds nization. By putting the extraordinaire to maintain a despi- member of the U.S.-led co- of brainwashed Saudis are statement of Brigadier Gen- cable siege from all corners of the alition conducting air strikes fighting there and some have eral al-Assiri in context, it Strip, which some western leaders against terror outfits. even tried to return and car- will be clear that Saudi Ara- referred to as an “open-air” pris- ry out terrorist attacks inside bia is ready to conduct land on. In Gaza, today, which is dis- Saudi Arabia. The rationale operations in Syria based on connected from the rest of the West Bank, and which at one time on which ISIS would like to two conditions – the inter- was supposed to serve as the ful- LETTER TO THE EDITOR target Saudi Arabia are ex- national will and the pres- crum for an independent Palestin- plicit and similar to those of ence of a large military sys- ian state, as initialled in the now- al-Qaeda. tem. beleaguered Oslo Accord of 1993, Choosing the fight This article was first pub- the situation is psychologically The most significant lished in Asharq al-Awsat on crippling. To add insult to injury, and not contented with the block- question is why do we fight Feb. 06, 2016. ade and twists and turns of Pales- ISIS and leave the Assad Abdulrahman al-Rashed tinian politics that resulted in Ha- Kabul has become a city with dusty and polluted air and destroyed roads. Life has become difficult for those who walk to their offices and regime that has committed is the former General Man- mas retreat into the territory, Gaza workplaces on a daily basis. The street from 500Faimly area of Kabul to Market Roundabout is full of dusty and destroyed roads which produce the most heinous crimes in ager of Al Arabiya News has been subjected to wars by Is- tons of dust and polluted air every day. rael in 2008-09, 2002 and the most I travel in this path every day. I am well aware of the fact that polluted and dusty air creates several health problems. Today I am suffering the history of the region? Channel. A veteran and in- First of all, Saudi Arabia is ternationally acclaimed jour- deadly one in 2014. Armed with from ‘red eye’ which is the product of the polluted air in my city. Thousands of other citizens have been affected and are still suffering from top fighter plane technologies and several health problems due to the contaminated air in Kabul. In some parts of the city, people take waste of streams and throw them on roadside not a neighboring country to nalist, he is a former editor- looming drones, Israel can regular- which contaminate the air after it becomes dry. Syria, as Iraq and Jordan in-chief of the London-based ly bomb Gaza’s ramshackle urban Once again, the Kabul Municipality is highly requested to pay proper attention towards this issue. It is a really important matter. The separate both the countries. leading Arab daily Asharq slums and camps. The Gaza skies president should appoint the new mayor as soon as possible. Please help the city become clean and pollution-free, or else we Moreover, Saudi Arabia can- al-Awsat, where he still reg- are helplessly open to Israel’s will witness more health problems among our citizens. A large number of Afghan masses are traveling to India and Pakistan deadly steel pellets and bullets for medical treatment. Dusty roads and populated air are the sole reason behind the flood of the Afghans toward these two not fight there without an in- ularly writes a political col- ternational authorization or it umn. from gunships. Its a travesty of countries for treatment Qais Khan, Khairkhana, Kabul justice for people to continue to will be considered as con- He has also served as the seethe in such a situation, where Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and ducting an act of aggression editor of Asharq al-Awsat’s unemployment is conservatively address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] that would engender serious sister publication, al-Majal- put at 43 per cent, and 68 per cent consequences. la. Throughout his career, among the 18-24 age group and Turkey has been fighting Rashed has interviewed sev- with 80 per cent of the population ISIS inside Iraq and Syria eral world leaders, with his relying on relief and living in ab- but not the Syrian regime, articles garnering worldwide ject poverty. Electricity is out for Disclaimer: most of the time and most of Ga- despite being enraged by it recognition, and he has suc- za’s water is polluted. Given such since the crisis began five cessfully led Al Arabiya to a horrendous situation, the United The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) years ago. Turkey has the the highly regarded, thriving Nations regularly comes out with and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. longest border with Syria and influential position it is doomsday scenarios about the and, with 700,000 profes- in today. Gaza Strip. A report by one of its agencies. 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A key figure, often identified with stani Taliban the Islamic Movement of Uzbeki- Al-Burmi thanked the gunmen stan (IMU), has issued a video who raided Bacha Khan Universi- statement congratulating the fac- ty. He said that the philosophy of tion of the Pakistan Taliban re- non-violence advocated by the sponsible for attacking a universi- university's namesake, Bacha ty in Charsadda, Pakistan, on Jan- Khan, who led a movement against uary 20. the British, was un-Islamic. Islam The seven-minute video, re- calls for "force towards disbeliev- leased by the media arm of the ers, compassion towards believ- Pakistan Taliban, shows Mufti ers," claimed al-Burmi. Bacha Abu Zar al-Burmi standing along- Khan was "no helper of Muslims", side Pakistan Taliban commander he said. Umar Mansoor and embracing him, He declared that the fight was suggesting a close alliance between against Pakistan's un-Islamic struc- the two leaders. tures that included the court sys- Al-Burmi made headlines in tem, democracy, the health system 2012 when he issued a statement and education. condemning Western hypocrisy for People protest against the at- decrying the Taliban's attack on tack on Bacha Khan University at Malala Yousafzai while killing Pa- a demonstration in Peshawar kistanis themselves. Mansoor also [Khuram Parvez/Reuters] authored that assault. Recently, however, Umar It is unclear whether al-Burmi Mansoor gave a different motive still identifies with IMU or has for the attack. In a clip released on shifted allegiances entirely to Umar January 22, Mansoor said that Mansoor's Pakistan Taliban fac- schools and universities were tion. The latter say that he is serv- "nurseries" for lawyers, military ing as a senior religious scholar to officers and parliament members, Mansoor, but Al-Burmi's links all of whom "challenge the sover- with IMU further solidify long- eignty of God". standing alliances between the two He reiterated that message in a networks. second video calling on Pakistani Pakistan attack: 'My son died Muslims to withdraw their chil- protecting his guests' dren from schools and universities. The IMU has a history of Like al-Burmi, he drew on religious aligning itself with local opposi- rhetoric alleging that education at tion fighters since the movement's these schools turned children away members shifted to Pakistan's trib- from Islam. al areas following the American But, the Pakistan Taliban fight- invasion of Afghanistan in 2002. er also provided more material rea- To maintain its sanctuary in sons for his attack, pointing a fin- the tribal region, IMU has backed ger at the government's sweeping the most hardline elements of the operations and arrests under the ment strategy, especially the es- "So, issues of justice are very, killed more than 130 students and Taliban are not the only problem. bility for it. The raid occurred as Pakistani Taliban and supported government's counterterrorism tablishment of secret military very central in this, but it doesn't staff members in December 2014. Bombing during the Pakistani mil- 600 guests gathered at the univer- strengthening those positions strategy codified in the National courts and indefinite detention. really mean that you are per se "Additional requirements, mostly itary operation in the region has sity for a poetry recital to com- within the Taliban network, ex- Action Plan. Amina Masood Janjua, a hu- supporting the militants." School verbal, are now being imposed in destroyed many schools, and se- memorate the anniversary of the plained the regional analyst Sim- Mansoor cited governmental man rights activist who advocates security - whose responsibility? an ad hoc and unlawful manner," it curity forces are using schoolhous- death of Bacha Khan. A towering bal Khan. "For them it's impor- figures that showed thousands had for the detained and the forcibly For parents, the question now is said. "The state is responsible for es for military purposes. For those historical figure also known as tant that Pakistan Taliban does not been arrested and 332 people exe- disappeared, noted: "The people just who is responsible for pro- the safety and security of its citi- in the cities, however, the Paki- "Frontier Gandhi", Bacha Khan cut a deal with the state because cuted. "The government alleges who are being picked up include viding security for school-going zens and of our children. It cannot stan Taliban loom as the primary has become the symbol of non-vi- that will compromise their sanc- that these people are mujahideen activists. They also include Mus- children. The largest, registered pass on the entire responsibility threat. Gunmen stormed Bacha olent resistance, especially among tuaries." who aid Islam," said Mansoor. lim religious scholars, there are federation of Pakistani private for security to educational institu- Khan University in the early hours secular Pashtun ethno-nationalists. IMU received a boost in 2013 Implying that those arrested practising Muslims, and some are schools and the Punjab government tions." Although schools reopened of January 20 and opened fire on But he worked closely with reli- when a US drone attack killed were his supporters because they just ordinary people." have been in a tussle over security this week after a round of negotia- students and faculty. The victims giously inflected anti-colonial Maulvi Nazir, an opposition fight- were believing Muslims - a ten- These indefinite detentions obligations. Following the attack tions between the government and included several students as well movements of the time, including er based in South Waziristan, Pa- dentious claim - Mansoor declared: can compound the problem, said on Bacha Khan University in Char- the association, parents still fear as a chemistry professor, Syed Ha- the Faqir of Ipi, a religiously in- kistan, who had developed differ- "If you hang those who support Khan. "Extended circles of the sadda, the federation and others sending their children to school. mid Hussain, who, eyewitnesses spired leader of the armed resis- ences with the Pakistan Taliban us, and you imprison those who same people who get picked up shuttered schools in various cities "Anybody with school-going chil- say, fought against the assailants tance against the British in after he cut a deal with the Paki- support us, do you expect that we by the state who actually in the including the capital, Islamabad. A dren feels this threat, rich or poor," to protect his students. While the Waziristan. "Publicly, there stani state. Nazir had also accused will allow those who favour you end - or who have grievances statement by the federation said said Sadaf Aziz, whose daughter Pakistan Taliban's spokesman should be more questions," said the IMU of stealing from locals to rest?" against the state where illegal or that its schools had complied with attends primary school in Islama- Umar Khorasani condemned the Khan. "But I don't think there is a and forcing the Uzbek fighters out Such claims are predictable for coercive means were used against the security regulations that were bad. "It's heart-stopping." But, attack, Mansoor, a key leader from neat solution that a state like Paki- of Wana, the largest town in South propaganda purposes, said Khan, them - join [these groups]," she put in place after the Taliban at- parents from the Federally Admin- the Pakistan Taliban's Dara Adam stan can come up with to deal with Waziristan. Hardening the Paki- but there are issues with govern- explained. tacked a school in Peshawar and istered Tribal Areas say that the Khel network, accepted responsi- this issue." A gruelling life for Palestinian workers in Israel BETHLEHEM: During the day, working in Israel when he was 20. the Bethlehem Checkpoint 300 Back then, permits were not need- tells only half the story. A few lone ed for Palestinians to work in Is- travellers make the crossing in mere raeli markets, he said. "What hurt me the most was the world would be able to suppress finally got a chance to go to school. dent's brother. When she was 20 minutes, passing through multiple Sabah had to get his first per- indifference of the people around one single woman. There were no But he was determined to reach years old, she travelled to Europe electronic turnstiles and a ware- mit during the first Intifada, but me," says Assita Kanko. men in that dirty house to assist at his goal. And he did," she says. on the invitation of a friend, met a house-like compound, and under- restrictions tightened further after She is sitting in an elegant tea- my mutilation. It's often the wom- Her father loved books and Belgian man and fell in love. going a quick passport check be- the second Intifada ended in 2005. room in Brussels, Belgium, having en themselves that help to organ- reading, and he introduced his clev- "He had read Stendhal, my fore leaving the occupied West Working without a permit became tea and cake. But she is talking ise and maintain their own submis- er daughter to the great French favourite French writer," she says. Bank and entering Israel. more difficult, as did conditions for about the worst experience of her sion." novelists and the philosophers of "I thought that was really amaz- For Palestinian workers mak- workers travelling back and forth, life - the day she was forced to Her experience as a victim of the Age of Enlightenment. ing. He was clever and we could ing their way through the terminal he said. "I used to drive my car to undergo female genital mutilation female genital mutilation was a cru- "Among his books, I also found talk. There are so many men who during the dead of night, however, work in Israel," Sabah told Al (FGM). cial moment in becoming a femi- the work of the French feminist never read a book, you know." the same crossing can take hours. Jazeera. "I am too old for this now, "I was screaming out in pain nist, she says. Simone de Beauvoir," she says. "I They married three years lat- About 2am is the best time to having to come to this checkpoint and fear, but nobody bothered to 'Because you are a girl' have read all her books. Through er, in 2004. Kanko came to live in get through the checkpoint, before so early in the morning and stand- being in the wrong place at the comfort me," she remembers. "But even before that, I knew her I realised I didn't have to ac- Brussels, became fluent in Flem- it gets too crowded. By 3am, hun- ing here for hours. I wish the old wrong time. What would happen "That was the worst thing: that something was wrong in the bal- cept the fact that I was a second- ish and studied economics and in- dreds of men are crammed shoul- days could come back." to my family? I have been asking people just didn't seem to care." ance of power between men and class citizen." ternational politics. der-to-shoulder in the terminal. The relationship between Is- myself every day if the better wag- Pain and betrayal women. At a very young age, I was Her father was proud of his "At first it was hard. I was Clouds of white breath rise from raeli and Palestinian co-workers es are worth it." Kanko was five years old and told to help my mother in the kitch- ambitious daughter. "Whenever I homesick. I felt torn between Af- the crowd and disappear. Bundled has also changed since Sabah was During the first week of De- lived in a small village in Burkina en while my brothers were play- had written a good story in school, rica and Europe. But gradually I in thick, worn coats, the men are a young man. cember, Atwan said the checkpoint Faso when her mother took her by ing outside. I had to wash my he would read it to his friends," started to feel at home." patient but anxious. "Before we worked in Israel got so backed up with workers the hand one morning and said she brothers' clothes. I had to carry she says. She worked her way up to be- Talib Ahmed, 49, has been do- to make a living, but we also had trying to get through that Israeli was going to play at a friend's water from the well while my But although he read the works come a commercial finance manag- ing building work in Israel for more friends there," he said. "Our Israe- soldiers came out with guns drawn. house. But she was not taken to brothers were free to do as they of the philosophers of the Enlight- er at an international company. She than 30 years. li co-workers would invite us to "If one person would have got- the friend and she was not going to pleased. I thought this was very enment, he nevertheless conformed also became mother to a daughter Israeli settlements make mon- their house, or after work some of ten scared and moved to run, I can't play. "Instead, she brought me to strange." to the rules of the community, who is now eight years old. But ey at Palestinian expense: Human us could go swimming in Tel Aviv. even imagine what could have hap- a dirty, derelict house where three This scared me. If something which demanded that a 'real' man she never told her husband that she Rights Watch We had a life. Now there is no life; pened, we were all packed so tight- or four other girls were sitting on as terrible as this could happen to marry more than one woman. had undergone FGM. "I woke up at 1:30 in the morn- just work and sleep." ly," Atwan said. "They treat us like the ground with their legs spread. me because I was a girl, what else "I was sixteen when his sec- "I just didn't know how to deal ing to get here by 3am," Ahmed If I could make [a higher] wage animals at this checkpoint, when They were screaming, and soon I would be in store for me, simply ond wife came to live with us. She with it. I was always living with told Al Jazeera, nursing a small in the West Bank, I would never all anyone is trying to do is work was screaming too because I was because I was a girl? was pregnant. It was a devastating this secret. I was afraid men would paper cup of spiced Arabic coffee think for a moment to work in Is- so they don't have to hold their so scared," she remembers. Assita Kanko, victim of FGM experience for all of us," she says. not consider me a complete wom- in one hand and a cigarette in the rael. Ahmad Hirzat, 23 hand out for food." 'You think you are not worthy And then, when she finally "My father had told us that an if they knew. I didn't undergo other. "It's cold and dark when I Since the start of October, Ahmad Hirzat, 23, said after of respect because of what hap- had the nerve to ask why she had this new woman would come to the worst type of FGM. When I wake up, and the rest of my fami- when violence in the occupied he got his permit to work in Israel pened to you. Because you are in- been 'cut', her uncle told her: be- help my mother in the house. But was pregnant I did tell the gynae- ly is asleep. West Bank and Israel began to that his neighbours accused him of complete,' Assita Kinko on the cause you are a girl. she didn't. She spent her days on cologist I was circumcised. She said "I do this every morning, five spike, Sabah said he has grown in- being a spy [Abed al-Qaisi/Al psychological trauma that befalls "This scared me. If something the couch. She was aggressive to- she knew already because she had days a week, so I can cross through creasingly scared of being attacked Jazeera] Ahmad Hirzat, 23, from FGM victims [Mona van den Berg/ as terrible as this could happen to wards my mother. I quarrelled noticed my scar. But she also told to work in Israel and make some or mistaken for an attacker while the West Bank town of Yatta, got Al Jazeera] me because I was a girl, what else with her from the very moment me that for somebody without a money to feed my eight children. I en route to and from work. his first permit only a few weeks Nobody explained anything to would be in store for me, simply she arrived. From that day on, there medical training, it would proba- make enough to give them an OK Many workers told Al Jazeera ago. Because of his age, Hirzat said her. She had no idea what was go- because I was a girl?" was a continuous atmosphere of bly be difficult to see that I was life, even though I can't give them that they are careful not to reach he has been tackling rumours in his ing to happen. As young as she was, Kanko conflict in the house." circumcised." a really good life." into their pockets for their phones neighborhood. "There were these old women rebelled against the rules of a soci- She confronted her father in a 'It is my ambition that our Ahmed, who lays tiles in hous- in crowded areas, and they no long- "People in my area are con- who pushed me to the ground, who ety where the women were sub- letter because she felt it too intim- daughters don't have to fight the es, says the work requires a preci- er bring eating utensils to work in fused as to how I got my work took off my underwear and forced servient to men. idating to do so in person. "In my same battles as we did,' says the sion that his arthritic hands strug- their packed lunches for fear of permit ... People are saying I must me to spread my legs. And then Already at a young age, Kan- letter I quoted writers who wrote 35-year-old mother, activist and gle to achieve. His back is sore from being accused of carrying or reach- be a spy, working for Israel. Some there was this excruciating pain." ko felt ambition burning inside of about the problems of children of writer [Mona van den Berg/Al crouching, and he seldom has time ing for a weapon. of them are joking, but a lot of oth- Worse than the pain, Kanko her. "In school I was head of the polygamous fathers. I wrote: 'What Jazeera] Her husband found out to play with his children or spend Allaa Atwan, a 29-year-old ers are serious," Hirzat told Al says, was the feeling that her moth- class, and I always had good notes. you have done is totally scandal- only years later, when Kanko gave time with his wife. carpenter who is a married father Jazeera. er had betrayed her. "I started look- I remember one time my teacher ous.' He did answer my letter. But an interview to the women's mag- "I leave when my family is of three, believes that he was giv- While he hopes to quell that ing at her with different eyes. I said: Assita, you are doing so well, only to tell me not to meddle with azine Elle in which she talked about sleeping, and when I get back, I en a permit because he has an es- distrust, he is pleased at the chance started to distrust her. And I felt you will certainly become a teach- his private life." her experience with FGM for the have an hour or two before I have tablished family in the West Bank, to make better wages. guilty that I distrusted her because er one day. I turned to her and I She wrote back to tell him that, first time. But even after that, they to sleep, so I can repeat the whole noting that young, single Palestin- "I am literally making around I wanted to love my mother." said: 'Teacher? I want to become as his daughter, she was part of never discussed it. "He has never day again," Ahmed explained. "But ian men are looked upon with more five or six times more for the same Her eyes turn darker as she president of Burkina Faso one his private life. He never replied. said anything about it. He is a very I thank God. My job pays better suspicion by Israeli authorities. amount of construction work in talks about the loneliness that day!'" She laughs as she remem- "Now that I am older, I realise shy person. We have discussed the than I could make in the West "When I was single, I applied Israel," Hirzat said. "Yes, I have to comes after a girl has been 'cut'. bers it, but clearly her ambitions it was not only a tragedy for my topic in general, but never on a per- Bank." Unemployment in the oc- and was denied, and after I was wake up at 1am to get to work at "I was told not to talk about it have not changed much. Kanko is mother and for us, but also for his sonal level," she says. "FGM kills cupied West Bank was around 15 married and had one child, I ap- 7am, but I have a chance for a life to anyone. So I was alone with my now a council member in Elsene second wife. Maybe she was pres- your self-esteem," she continues. percent during the second quarter plied again and was denied," At- now. I can start to build a house pain and I had no idea what had for the liberal Mouvement Refor- sured by her family into this mar- "You think you are not worthy of of 2015, while the average daily wan told Al Jazeera. "Two years now; I can send my little brothers happened to me." 'A new kind of mateur, but she is planning to run riage because she was pregnant. If respect because of what happened wage sits at $25 - half of those later, I applied after having had to school now; I can start thinking feminism' Nowadays, Kanko lives for election to the Belgian parlia- she wouldn't have married, she to you. Because you are incom- who work in Israel, according to three kids, and I was approved." about getting married now. I didn't in a trendy, multicultural neigh- ment in 2019. would have shamed her parents. plete. Many women who have un- the Palestinian Central Bureau of After two years of working have that before." bourhood in Elsene, a district of Her ultimate goal is to become In a way, it was also hard for my dergone FGM struggle with this. I Statistics. inside Israel, however, he is now Despite the increased dangers Brussels. At 35, she is a local pol- a minister. "I think defence would father. Something was irrevocably was insecure about myself in rela- More than 30,000 Palestinians considering giving up his job. that many workers have felt late- itician and a writer of two feminist be good," she smiles, but there is destroyed in our family." tionships with men. But this has legally make the journey through "I don't see my children," At- ly, Hirzat has not considered giv- books. In her latest, titled The Sec- no doubt that she is serious. A let- 'FGM kills your self-esteem' changed. It was a slow process, checkpoints between the occupied wan said. "I am awake way before ing up his job. ond Half, she calls out for "a new ter to my polygamous father Kanko went on to study jour- but it has changed. From [being] a West Bank and Israel each morn- anyone else is, and when I get home "I have a future now," he said. kind of feminism". Later, during dinner at one of nalism in Ouagadougou for a short victim of FGM, I have become a ing, while thousands more are es- it's late and I am exhausted, like an "The Palestinian government She takes a sip of her red-fruit the many lively restaurants in the time. She was active in the Burk- woman who speaks out against it." timated to make the trek illegally, old man. couldn't give me that, but in Israel tea and explains: "What we need is neighbourhood, she talks about her inese student movement for free- 'The power to change things' In as only a small percentage of per- "More importantly, I am the I make $75 a day. If I could make a feminism in which all women father. dom of speech, demonstrating for 2012, she decided to try her luck mit requests are approved. only one providing for my family, that wage in the West Bank, I sustain each other. We need total Coming from an extremely justice for journalist Norbert Zon- in politics, because, she says, "I Mohammed Sabah, 55, began and things are different now. It is would never think for a moment solidarity among women. poor background, his great dream go, who was assassinated while don't want to be a person who only working in Israel when he was 20 dangerous for me to walk the about working in Israel. I can al- "Because without the collabo- was to become a teacher. investigating the murder of a driv- calls out for change; I really want [Abed al-Qaisi/Al Jazeera] streets in Israel. I am terrified of ready see from the old men here at ration of women, no society in this "He was 10 years old when he er who had worked for the presi- to do something." Mohammed Sabah, 55, began being arrested or hurt or killed for the checkpoint, this is my future." 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 . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

delivered in Europe,” Zanganeh was quoted as saying by news agency SHANA, adding that the contract would be finalised on Feb 16. Zanganeh also said Italy’s Eni was interested in buying 100,000 barrels of crude oil from Iran and its representatives would visit Te- hran in near future to discuss the contract. “Eni has voiced its interest in one of Iran’s fields which will be treated like the agreement reached with Total,” he said. Iran’s oil minister said Italian refiner Saras was interested in buy- ing 60,000 to 70,000 barrels of crude oil from Iran. Tehran is sweetening the terms WASHINGTON : U.S. employ- ing to translate into bigger pay- it offers on oil development con- ment gains slowed more than ex- checks. The United States of Amer- tracts to draw the interest of for- pected in January as the boost to ica right now has the strongest, eign investors deterred by sanc- hiring from unseasonably mild most durable economy in the tions and low crude prices, as its weather faded, but rising wages and world," Obama told reporters at pragmatic president seeks to de- an unemployment rate at an eight- the White House. liver on his promise of economic year low suggested the labor mar- Republican National Commit- recovery. ket recovery remains firm. tee chairman Reince Priebus, how- The new contracts, which in- Non-farm payrolls increased ever, said the economy was "still clude those in the upstream explo- by 151,000 jobs and the unem- failing the millions of Americans ration and development sectors are ployment rate slipped one-tenth who have given up looking for expected to attract more than $40 of a percentage point to 4.9 per- work." billion in foreign investment. cent, the lowest since February January's softer job gains were Iran has postponed a planned 2008, the Labor Department said payback after the warmest tem- oil conference in London, which on Friday. The payrolls gain was a peratures in years bolstered hiring Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanga- ministry’s news agency. 2012 because of its nuclear pro- oil output. was due to have taken place in sharp step-down from the average in weather-sensitive sectors like neh said on Saturday that Iran’s Iran’s oil exports, which had gramme. “Based on the contract signed February to reveal its new con- 231,000 jobs per month during the construction. January employ- crude oil sales to Europe after the peaked at more than 3 million bar- After the rubber-stamping of between the National Iranian Oil tracts, until November. An Iranian fourth quarter. ment also lost the lift from the hir- lifting of international sanctions on rels per day (bpd) in 2011, fell to a the nuclear deal with world pow- Co and France’s Total, it was official said “the U.S. urged Te- "The fact that payroll gains fell ing of couriers and messengers, Tehran had already reached above little more than 1 million bpd after ers last year, however, Tehran has agreed that Total will buy 160,000 hran to hold off” until a final nu- back to earth is not necessarily a which was buoyed in November 300,000 barrels, according to the tougher sanctions were imposed in ordered a 500,000 bpd increase in bpd of crude oil from Iran to be clear deal was penned. bad sign. Most indications are that and December by strong online the job market in the U.S. is on holiday sales. solid footing and improving," said The economy grew at a 0.7 China says EU should take steel dumping claims to WTO Nariman Behravesh, chief econo- percent annual rate in the fourth mist at IHS in Lexington, Massa- quarter, restrained by headwinds BEIJING : China's Ministry of sional measures are due to be an- chusetts. that included the strong dollar and Commerce said that claims it was nounced by Feb. 14 and definitive Economists had forecast em- efforts by businesses to sell off dumping steel in Europe should be duties, if imposed at the conclu- ployment increasing by 190,000 inventory. put to the World Trade Organiza- sion of the investigation, by Aug. in January and the jobless rate A separate report from the tion (WTO), responding to reports 12. Such duties would typically steady at 5 percent. The economy Commerce Department showed that the European Commission apply for five years. added 2,000 fewer jobs in Novem- the buoyant dollar cutting into ex- (EC) was preparing to impose du- The Commission's investiga- ber and December than previous- ports in December, causing the ties on imported Chinese steel. tion follows a complaint from Eu- ly reported. trade deficit to widen 2.7 percent WTO members should fulfill rofer, the European steel associa- On top of a 0.5 percent jump to $43.4 billion. their treaty obligations and stop tion, which said Russia and China in average hourly earnings, which In January, the unemployment using "surrogate countries" to pur- were dumping the steel - selling it was the biggest gain in a year, em- rate fell even as more people en- sue anti-dumping claims, a Minis- below market prices at home or ployers increased hours for work- tered the labor force. The labor try of Commerce spokesman said, below the cost of production - on ers. Manufacturing, which has force participation rate, or the according to a statement released the EU market and thereby dam- been undermined by a strong dol- share of working-age Americans on the ministry's website on Sat- aging the local industry. lar and weak global demand, added who are employed or at least look- urday. The EC is set to impose The global steel industry is the most jobs since August 2013. ing for a job rose one-tenth of a provisional duties later this month facing over-capacity, and the Chi- Economists said the combina- percentage point to 62.7 percent. of up to 16 percent on China, and nese government is willing to dis- tion of strong wage growth and It remains near four-decade lows. of up to 26 percent on Russia, fol- cuss "in good faith" with WTO falling unemployment suggested a Low participation could crimp lowing its investigation into alleged members "to create a fair, just and March interest rate increase from job growth as the supply of labor dumping by the two countries. predictable international market the Federal Reserve could not be shrinks, unless a strong rise in Reuters reported that provi- environment," the statement said. completely ruled out. wages lures more people back into The dollar rose against a bas- the labor force. The private sector ket of six major currencies on the accounted for all employment data after hitting a roughly 15-week gains in January, adding 158,000 low on Thursday. Prices for U.S. positions. government debt initially fell, but The services sector created pared losses as stocks on Wall 118,000 jobs, the fewest in 10 Street extended their decline. months. That was because tempo- "The lower unemployment rary help services fell 25,200 and rate and rising wages further sup- courier and messenger employ- port the view that the labor mar- ment declined by 14,400 jobs. Hir- ket is doing nothing but tighten- ing in these categories normally ing," said Joel Naroff, chief econo- rises during the holiday season. A team of Turkish firms say they mist at Naroff Economic Advisors Educational services lost are planning a $5 billion project to in Holland, Pennsylvania. "Clear- 38,500 jobs, but retail payrolls help rebuild Gaza city, which has ly, there are more uncertainties to- added a strong 57,700 positions. been heavily damaged by years of day than when the Fed raised rates Hiring could slow in the months violence. in December and hinted that there ahead after a number of retailers, The firms, which are part of could be four increases this year. including Walmart (WMT.N) and Turkey’s Union of Chambers and But the labor market is absolutely Macy's (M.N) announced dozens Commodity Exchanges, have met not one of them." of store closures. with both Israeli and Palestinian Tightening financial market The embattled manufacturing officials and are working with a conditions and signs that both the sector surprisingly added 29,000 plan prepared by a Turkish re- domestic and global economies jobs last month, while mining laid search center that would revamp were slowing had undercut the case off 7,000 more workers. Mining the city, which is home to over for a Fed rate hike next month and payrolls have decreased by half-a-million Palestinians. lowered the probability of mone- 146,000 since peaking in Septem- According to a report, Gaza tary policy tightening this year. ber 2014. About three-fourths of City - which was targeted by Isra- The U.S. central bank raised the job losses over this period have el in the 2014 which saw buildings its short-term interest rate in De- been in support activities for min- reduced to rubble and over 2,000 cember for the first time in nearly ing. Further losses are likely after killed - will be “unlivable” by 2020 a decade. a report on Thursday showed en- unless large reconstruction Federal Reserve Chair Janet ergy firms in January announced projects take place, the Turkish Yellen has said the economy needs plans to lay off 20,246 workers. Hurriyet daily reported. to create just under 100,000 jobs a Oil prices have plunged about 70 The group plans to hold inter- month to keep up with growth in percent in the last 18 months, forc- national design contests to put in the working-age population. ing firms like oilfield services pro- place vital infrasturcutre, includ- The economy, especially vot- vider Schlumberger (SLB.N) to ing a port. Although around 50 ers' perceptions of their job pros- slash their workforces. countries had promised around pects, will likely be an issue in the Construction payrolls rose $5.4 billion in aid for Gaza since people live in Gaza – a figure expected to rise by 2.1 million by 2020. Israel occupied the Gaza Strip in the 1967 war and pulled its troops and November elections. President 18,000, cooling off after adding the conflict subsided in 2014, only settlers out in 2005 but still exercises control over most of Gaza’s borders, waters and airspace. However, the Turkish business group believes that Barack Obama lauded the labor 146,000 jobs in the fourth quarter. around 20 percent of that aid has their country’s apparent easing of ties with Israel have put them in a unique position to help. “The Turkish private sector was in Afghanistan, in market progress. Government employment fell been delivered. Over 1.7 million Libya, everywhere. Why shouldn’t we have confidence and do this work too?” said Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the union’s chairman. "This progress is finally start- 7,000. Business services firms' shares bleed as LinkedIn, Tableau crash

NEW YORK: Dismal sales out- "When you get a company ment price," said analyst Katherine looks from marquee technology that barely beats that has (previ- Egbert at Piper Jaffray. names sent shares in the enterprise ously) been beating by a longshot, Companies that sell cloud- sector crashing on Friday as inves- people are going to be scratching based software, meaning Internet- tors questioned whether informa- their heads a little bit," said Brian delivered software bought on a tion-technology managers would White, analyst at Drexel Hamilton. metered basis rather than paid for keep spending on their products. "If that guy can’t show much up- upfront, also saw particularly The uncertainty spread into side, what does that mean for the sharp declines. the broader industry, sending the rest of the sector?" Business-software companies tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Tableau's results came in tan- Salesforce.com (CRM.N) and Index down 3.25 percent to dem with poor performance from Workday (WDAY.N) fell more 4363.144. Meanwhile, the Dow business network LinkedIn, which than 10 percent each. Salesforce's Jones Industrial Average fell 1.29 shocked Wall Street with a reve- 13.6 percent drop was its worst percent to 16,204.97. nue forecast that fell far short of one-day loss since October 2008. Business-analytics company expectations. Its shares plunged 44 Shares of Splunk Inc Tableau Software (DATA.N) shed percent on Friday, exacerbating the (SPLK.O), a data analytics soft- half its market value a day after rout in business-services compa- ware maker, closed down 23 per- cutting its full-year earnings guid- nies. "They're a proxy for enter- cent at $36.23. ance to between 22 cents and 35 prise spend," said Daniel Ives, an Companies that help busi- cents a share, around half the 57 analyst at FBR, about LinkedIn. nesses update their information- cents analysts had expected. Tab- Investors wondered whether technology infrastructure also leau shares closed down 49.4 per- enterprise customers will be will- slumped. Microsoft dropped 3.5 cent at $41.33. ing to splurge on trends like big- percent to $50.16, while The company had cut its full- data analytics and cloud comput- Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) fell year 2016 revenue forecast to $830 ing. Those trends, hyped heavily 6.4 percent to $502.13. million to $850 million from prior over the years by analysts and the Others taking hits included guidance of $845 million to $865 companies themselves, had previ- Qlik Technologies (QLIK.O), Cor- million. And Tableau's fourth-quar- ously driven big share-price gains. nerstone OnDemand (CSOD.O), ter revenue of $202.8 million only "If you’re uncertain how much Hortonworks (HDP.O) and Tera- narrowly beat analyst expectations is something worth, you’re going data (TDC.N), which dropped of $200.8 million. to give the lowest bargain-base- between 8 and 17 percent. 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 . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The shooting of Deepika Padukone’s first Hollywood ven- ture has started, she is playing a huntress named Serena in the Vin Diesel starrer xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. Both Vin Diesel and Deepika shared pictures from the first day of filming on Friday, and they are looking hot. Xander (Vin Diesel) shared pictures of the shoot in a special post on Instagram, thanking his 1.7 After Anupam million followers, while Deepika did the same through Facebook. Kher, Nandita First day of filming... Xander and Serena... P.s. 17 million beautiful souls. Thanks for the love. A pho- Das to also to posted by Vin Diesel (@vindie- sel) on Feb 4, 2016 at 2:47pm PST miss KLF Related: I've been roped in for my KARACHI: Indian activist and ethnicity: Deepika Padukone on actor Nandita Das on Thursday being cast in Vin Diesel's next XXX announced she will not be attend- film Earlier on Thursday, the Bol- ing the Karachi Literature Festi- lywood actor treated her fans with val, scheduled to begin from to- a video of her arrival in Toronto to begin the shooting of her new mov- morrow, due to bad health. ie. Deepika fans wished her all the The actor made the announce- best on Twitter and those who ac- ment on her Facebook page, citing tually saw her, they surrounded only medical reasons for her re- the lady and took selfies with her. fusal to attend the fest. @deepikapadukone Arrives in Das went on to explain that #Toronto For xXx - The Return of her decision to not attend the event Xander Cage Shoot https://t.co/ was not in any way related to the s6AQbVQLEZ pic.twitter.com/ Anupam Kher fiasco, who was al- PewJt38bn6 — Filmicafe (@film- legedly denied Pakistani visa to icafe) February 3, 2016 The Bol- attend the literature festival in lywood beauty has trained herself Karachi. well for the role, as shown in the "I have been unwell since yes- videos posted by her trainer last terday and unfortunately I am un- week. @deepikapadukone is get- able to go Karachi. I felt terrible ting ready for her #hollywood de- letting down the organisers but it’s but in #XXX #thereturnofxander- beyond my control. I had offered cage with @vindiesel Training ses- to do the sessions via Skype to sions are in full swing make sure one can participate and @yasmins_body_image_gym video posted by Yasmin (@yas- padukone #vindiesel #yas- (@yasminkarachiwala) on Jan 26, last year via an ambiguous photo screen action flick that has been in the intent with which the Lit Fest #befitbecauseyoudeserveit #yas- minkarachiwala) on Jan 23, 2016 minkarachiwala #befitbecausey- 2016 at 1:00am PST with Vin Diesel, which also led to the pipeline for years is finally is organised, is upheld," read the minfitnessmantra #deepika- at 5:43am PST oudeserveit #yasminfitnessmantra Related: Deepika trains hard a rather hilarious spoof. moving forward. post. padukone #vindiesel #BeFitwith- Yet another training session #youknowyoucan #FitnFabulous for huntress role in xXx: The Re- Vin Diesel starred as the lead- Directed by DJ Caruso, the About the Anupam Kher's YasminKarachiwala #PilatesMas- with @deepikapadukone for #PilatesMasterTrainer #trainhard turn of Xander Cage ing man in 2002’s XXX. A sequel, action-packed thriller also stars visa issue, Das explained that even terTrainer #exercisereleasesendor- #XXX #thereturnofxandercage #BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala Deepika had announced the XXX: State of the Union hit the- Samuel L Jackson, Ruby Rose, if Pakisan's bureaucracy came in phins #FitnFabulous #trainhard A with @vindiesel #deepika- A video posted by Yasmin news of her casting in December aters in 2005 and now the third big Nina Dobrev and Jet Li. the of way of issuance of visa, she would separate this bureaucratic roadblock from genuine efforts to Could Ryan Reynolds be strengthen friendship between the Keeping two countries. Priyanka Chopra's next co-star? "People’s intention and efforts build bridges and have to be sepa- the fire rated from government policies and positions," said Nandita. Related: Kher claims he’s been burning denied Pakistan visa Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher had said on Tuesday he had been denied visa for Pakistan, where he was invited to partici- If the latest buzz is to be believed, The source adds that Bips has untrue and is purely a rumour. Bi- pate festival beginning on Feb 5, Bipasha Basu has been recom- been putting in a word for Karan pasha is amused with this specu- because the “Pakistan's interior mending beau Karan Singh Grover wherever possible. According to lation since it is nothing but a fig- ministry did not issue a no-objec- to producers to help him get work. industry insiders, the two started ment of someone's imagination." Ever since Priyanka Chopra has she is charming, funny, and smart. tion certificate” for his visa. Says a source, "The actress dating after working together in However, another source cemented her place in Hollywood She's got a huge following and is Following a vitriol on Twitter liked the script of a film she was 2015 horror flick, Alone. Their off- close to the couple explains, with Quantico, her colleagues from doing great." "I would love to work against the alleged visa denial, Kher recently offered and showed inter- screen chemistry was initially con- "Though Karan's last film (Hate the fraternity have had nothing but with her. I can see why she is a big also addressed a press conference, est in being a part of it. However, sidered a publicity gimmick for the Story 3) did well at the box office, good things to say about her. And star," he added. Reynolds also re- where he read out his correspon- she was more interested to know film, but they have been together he is finding it difficult to get work now, she can add Ryan Reynolds vealed how in awe he was of the dence with the KLF organisers in who was being considered to be till date. in the industry. This might be the to her growing list of admirers, who Indian film fraternity: "I love how Pakistan. Nandita and Kher were cast opposite her. On being told Bipasha's spokesperson, reason that Bipasha is requesting has jumped onto the bandwagon, vibrant Bollywood is. I've seen a two of the several luminaries from the male lead's name, she asked the however, denies the rumours and filmmakers to cast him in lead without even having watched the few films but I can't remember ti- India, including transgender rights makers to cast Karan instead." says, "The report is completely roles." show. In an interview with the tles. They are so attractive and activist Laxmi Tripathi and Indian Mumbai Mirror, the Deadpool star alive." Think we'll see these two journalist Barkha Dutt, who are stated, "I have not seen Quantico superstars share screen space scheduled to speak at the KLF this LOS ANGELES: Never one to shy but I've seen her interviews and soon? Let's hope so! weekend. away from a challenge, Catherine Zeta-Jones has opened up about the rocky moments in her 15-year marriage with Michael Douglas. The Hollywood beauty confessed that it took a lot of time and effort on their part but she is glad that their relationship persevered. The golden couple has with- stood a few rough years together, wherein Douglass was fighting throat cancer and Catherine was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. “It was just the two of us, at one of our favourite restaurants, laughing that we haven’t killed each other yet and are still alive!” shared Zeta-Jones, in an upcoming issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, reported The Daily Mail. “15 years is a long time; you’ve got to keep the home fires burning.” Michael Douglas inspired by John Lennon’s death It was difficult to cope with Douglas’ being bedridden, “We tried to keep it as private as possi- ble but because of what we do, it’s very hard. I didn’t talk to other people about it enough. That’s the one thing I would do more. Our children asking ‘Is daddy going to die?’ is an experience I am glad is in our rear-view mirror now.” The 46-year-old also voiced her stance on marriage in general, likening it to a long road. “I think people today are so quick to throw in the towel on their marriage,” she claimed. “You have to give it your best shot and not give up when the first problem arises because that won’t be the last problem. There will be many, many more down the road,” she added.

It took a big leap of faith for Man- out said to me that this is a 'calling sood's Facebook page taha Maqsood to get where she is from God'. I was already put off Maqsood is extremely fo- today. For one, she had to leave with my current job and wanting cused on high-intensity physical Earlier, Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai disclosed she has no qualms her desk job at a prestigious firm to live a more active lifestyle. The fitness. —Photo courtesy: Man- about her on-screen pairing with much-younger actor Ranbir Kapoor in in the Big Apple. Venturing into next step was a phone call to my taha Maqsood's Facebook page Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, this time the Tamasha actor opens up about how he the unknown and pairing it with father to tell him that I was going After getting the green light feels playing the love interest of an actor who is his senior. The former hard work, Mantaha's journey from to be a wellness coach," she shares. from her parents, she searched for Miss World was rumoured to be uncomfortable doing intimate scenes banker to health and lifestyle coach "He put down the phone and the best appropriate institute in with her younger co-star, however, Ranbir seems to be unaffected by has been an eventful one. didn’t speak to me for six months America and enrolled herself into the wide age gap. In an interview with DNA, Ranbir spoke at length In a few months, Maqsood’s because he was scared of the pre- the Cooper School run by Dr. about his equation with the Jazbaa actor. He confirmed the news of fitness program under her head- conceived notions about fitness Kenneth Cooper, the founder of starring alongside Ash saying, “Of course Aishwarya and I play each quarters at The Wellness Compa- instructors who wear tights and aerobics. Mantaha was driven by ny in Karachi has expanded multi- dance. Over times, things have the idea that every “body” is dif- other’s love interest in the film.” Aishwarya opens up about playing fold. Her vision is crystal clear: fit- changed; now he’s proud of my ferent and therefore requires par- Ranbir’s love interest in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil “It is a love triangle, in a ness is the route to a blissful life. achievements and sends me his ticular focus to flourish. way. I’m just glad that people have liked her pairing with me. And I am The beginning of the empire patients as he’s a dermatologist "You have got to know your happy that apprehensions have now been put to rest,” he added. Fans “While I was working out at a and many of them experience skin trainee inside out, know every went crazy when the two superstars made headlines for their portrayal local gym in New York, women problems due to weight issues." detail about them. You have to go of a”modern relationship” in Karan Johar’s upcoming film. The 33-year- started showing interest in my Maqsood is extremely focused the extra mile, otherwise it be- old actor also shared that his real-life equation with Ash dates back to workout techniques instead of fol- on high-intensity physical fitness. comes a very studio-oriented the days of Aa Ab Laut Chalen a 1999 film helmed by Rishi Kapoor. lowing the trainer. The trainer flat —Photo courtesy: Mantaha Maq- class." 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 . FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES New Delhi status as World T20 host under threat

SAO PAULO: A Brazilian judge threw out a tax evasion case against Barcelona forward Neymar on Thursday because Brazil’s in- land revenue has yet to finish its own deliberations in the case. The Brazil international, his father and two ex-presidents of the Spanish club, were accused of tax irregularities and providing false documentation in cases a prosecu- tor said involved contractual NEW DELHI: New Delhi could of a dispute about the authorisation frauds surrounding Neymar’s im- be stripped of its status as one of of structural additions. age rights. the hosts for the World Twenty20 A report in The Hindustan But Judge Mateus Castelo unless it receives safety clearances Times on Friday said that the Branco Firmino da Silva would not in a matter of days, India’s cricket stadium had already been scratched consider the case because the in- board said on Friday. off the tournament schedule by the land revenue had still to rule. The Feroz Shah Kotla ground ICC, which is overseeing the event. “It is the understanding of the is scheduled to host four matches Anurag Thakur, secretary of Federal Supreme Court that the in the event starting on March 8, the Board of Control for Cricket accusation is not possible in tax including a semi-final on March 30. in India (BCCI), said no final cases before a final decision in the But local officials have so far decision had been taken but added administrative realm,” the judge refused to issue the stadium “no- that alternative hosts would be said. objection certificates” which are a announced next week if there is no On Tuesday, a prosecutor in prerequisite for any match, as part resolution to the dispute. Neymar’s home city of Santos said: “Neymar’s conduct, along when Neymar was a teenager play- giants in 2013. The Barcelona striker also ap- He and his father were last with the others accused, caused ing for Santos. Prosecutors allege The prosecutor said he would peared in front of a Spanish judge week ordered to pay nearly millions in losses to the public cof- further fraud occurred during ne- appeal the decision after Brazil’s on Tuesday to give evidence about 460,000 reais ($113,000) to Bra- fers.” The allegations refer to im- gotiations to take him to Barcelo- Carnival, which begins this week- alleged irregularities surrounding zil’s inland revenue in taxes owed age rights contracts from 2006 na in 2011. He joined the Catalan end and ends on Wednesday. his transfer. from 2007 and 2008. South Sharapo va plays Russian Asian Gam es: Pak ist an all ro ulette w ith Olym pic dream gear ed u p for m ega even t

Pakistan’s 436-member contingent is all set to take part in the 12th edition of the South Asian Games, scheduled to begin from Friday in the Indian cities of Guwahati and Shillong. This year’s Games would consist of 23 disciplines and 228 events which would make them bigger than any of the previous editions, and would feature 2,500 athletes from eight nations — hosts India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. Azlan Shah Cup trials : Places up for grabs but Trainer Noel Meade believes Road ners for Gigginstown House Stud, only 35 show up Pakistan would To Riches is a "stupid price" for with Willie Mullins-trained pair of be participating in 21 of the 23 Saturday's Irish Gold Cup at Leop- Sir Des Champs and Valseur Lido events — due to the ongoing tus- ardstown. Having struck twice at and Mouse Morris' admirable vet- sle within the Pakistan Football the highest level last season before eran First Lieutenant also carrying Federation, Pakistan would not be finishing third in the Cheltenham the famous maroon and white silks participating in both the men’s and Gold Cup, there is little doubt the of Michael O'Leary's operation. Sir women’s football discipline — nine-year-old brings the strongest Des Champs and Valseur Lido are while they would be defending form to the table and he looked as part of a three-pronged challenge their hockey, handball and squash good as ever when winning on his for champion trainer Willie Mul- PARIS: Maria Sharapova attempts in August. So far, the 28-year-old with teammates Svetlana Kuznets- Cup rubbers she played in 2015 crowns. This edition of the Games seasonal return in November's lins, who bids for a 10th victory in will especially be great for aspir- Clonmel Oil Chase. However, he the race. Sir Des Champs has suf- to remain on course for the Rio star has featured in just two ties ova, Ekaterina Makarova, teenag- including the two singles matches ing female athletes in the country was unable to defend his crown in fered his fair share of injury prob- Olympics when Russia take on the since 2012, the year when she won er Darya Kasatkina and team cap- in the final which Russia lost 3-2 as, for the first time, Pakistan the Lexus Chase due to being un- lems since winning this prize three Netherlands in the Fed Cup this the silver medal at the London tain Anastasia Myskina. The In- to the Czech Republic. Russia would be participating in women’s der the weather over the Festive years ago and was never a factor in weekend even if she courts con- Olympics. Sharapova was warned ternational Tennis Federation have defeated the Dutch on all three boxing, kabaddi and weightlifting, period and although Meade is con- the Lexus Chase last time, while troversy by not actually playing. last week by Russian tennis chief (ITF), which oversees the Fed occasions they have met. while the women’s volleyball team fident his stable star is back firing Valseur Lido was last seen falling The world's richest sports- Shamil Tarpishchev that she risked Cup, said that Sharapova did not The visitors' task will not get would feature in the Games after on all cylinders following a pleas- at the final fence when well-beat- woman has been named in the missing out on Rio if she failed to necessarily need to play the tie in any easier on Saturday and Sun- almost two decades — they last ing racecourse gallop at Punch- en in the King George VI Chase at four-woman Russian squad for the turn out for the Fed Cup tie. But order to fulfil her Olympic crite- day as their top-ranked player is featured in 1995 in Madras where estown last Sunday, he feels book- Kempton on Boxing Day. Mullins World Group clash in Moscow she was adamant she was unlikely ria. “The Olympic tennis event Kiki Bertens at a lowly 106 in the they bagged bronze. Divisional- makers may have underestimated also runs On His Own, who was despite insisting that she is unable to compete in Moscow to rest her qualification regulations require a world. Level : Under-23 K-P games tro- his task this weekend. "Everything not beaten far in the Lexus and is to play due to a forearm injury injured arm. “I'm going to go to player to be in the nominated Fed The Czechs, who have won phy on display Pakistani athletes has gone well since Christmas and once again ridden by the trainer's suffered in her Australian Open Moscow, to be part of the team Cup team at the time of the draw four of the last five Fed Cups, start would be looking to improve on he seems in great shape this morn- son, Patrick. Mullins junior said: quarter-final loss to Serena Will- but I don't think I'll be playing,” on three occasions,” a spokesman their defence against Romania in their last edition’s medal tally of ing. Bryan (Cooper) seemed de- "Road To Riches is the horse to iams. Under qualification rules, a she said. Sharapova was as good said on the eve of the draw for the Cluj with former double Wimble- 80 — 19 gold, 25 silver and 36 lighted with him at Punchestown beat, I think that's pretty obvious, player must be nominated three as her word as she was pictured tie. “A player does not need to don champion Petra Kvitova bronze — and hope to at least last Sunday and Ger Fox, who rides but we'll give it a go. "Sir Des times in an Olympic cycle in order on social media on Thursday at the play a match.” (world number nine) and Karolina maintain their second position in him at home, couldn't be happier Champs was disappointing in the to be eligible for the Games in Rio Fed Cup dinner in Moscow along Sharapova won all four Fed Pliskova (13) leading their assault. the regional mega event. with him," said the County Meath- Lexus, but it was his second run based trainer. "What will be will back after a lay-off and that can be and we're just going there hop- sometimes be a tricky run. "His ing for a clear run and a bit of luck, work at home has been good since. We’re o n co urse Charles Martin wants Anthony which you always need in these He's getting on a bit now, but we're big races. "The one thing I would hoping for a much improved per- say is I think he's a stupid price. formance and hopefully he can Joshua on April 9 at O2 He's entitled to be favourite, but pick up some prize-money. • fo r WR: Wiggin s he's only 5lb clear on the ratings, "Valseur Lido is in good form. Charles Martin's team have ap- so I wouldn't expect him to be so He was a little disappointing in the proached 'UK superstar' Anthony short in the betting. "That does put King George, we thought he'd run Joshua about fighting for the world the needle into it a bit, but there's better than he did that day. "Three nothing we can do about the price miles is his trip and we think he's title on April 9. Britain's unbeaten and all we can do is get him there up to running well in a race like heavyweight prospect is on a list in good shape, which we think he this, but he has to go and prove it of potential opponents drawn up is." Road To Riches is odds-on now after Kempton. "I ride On by new champion Martin, who across the board to beat nine ri- His Own again. He ran a blinder stopped Vyacheslav Glazkov in vals, with Meade also fielding for me in the Lexus and the blink- January to claim the IBF belt Wounded Warrior. The seven-year- ers helped him a lot. "He tends to stripped from Tyson Fury. And old was last seen chasing home Don jump to his right, which isn't ideal the American's team wants the Cossack in the Kinloch Brae Chase around Leopardstown, but if he fight to happen as early as April, at Thurles and Meade thinks he is runs like he did in the Lexus, he when Joshua is due to headline a capable of making his presence felt. should pick up some prize-mon- bill at London's O2 Arena against He said: "He wasn't that wound ey again and you never know what an as-yet unnamed opponent. "I up for Thurles. He had a bit of a might happen." Sir Bradley Wiggins says Britain’s was 3min 55sec on the way to be- can confirm that Charles Martin is setback which held him up and it Leading owner JP McManus men’s pursuit team are “on course” ing crowned European champions willing to fight Joshua April 9 in was pretty much a stepping-stone is double-handed, with his retained to win gold in world-record time in October, they briefly hit world- London," his manager Mike Bo- for him. "He's in good form and rider Barry Geraghty siding with at the Olympic Games in Rio this record pace during the UCI Track rao told World Boxing News. in January with victory over Vy- some of the division's biggest stepping back up to three miles the progressive Gilgamboa over summer. The current team pursuit Cycling World Cup in Colombia "Charles wants to make a state- acheslav Glazkov Charles Martin names lining up to challenge the will suit him. Three miles is the last year's winner Carlingford record of 3min 51.659sec was set later that month and Wiggins is ment in his first defence and want- won the IBF belt in January with Olympic champion, and American very minimum - the further they Lough, who has not discovered his by British quartet Ed Clancy, Pe- confident in their progress. ed a Deontay Wilder or Tyson victory over Vyacheslav Glazkov Martin is the latest. "We've go, the better he'll go. best form so far this season. Gil- ter Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Wiggins also confirmed that he Fury unification. Joshua spoke openly about his reached out to Joshua's people," "He's a horse I've always felt gamboa's trainer, Enda Bolger, said: Geraint Thomas at the London will ride the Madison alongside Both are busy with mandatory and progress in the wake of Decem- promoter Leon Margules told could get right up to the top and if "I was very happy with his run at 2012 Games, but the 2016 squad Mark Cavendish at the 2016 UCI contracted fights with Alexander ber's wild win over Dillian Whyte RingTV.com. he jumps well and all goes well for Christmas. He came out of the are aiming to retain the title in 3min Track Cycling World Champion- Povetkin and Wladimir Klitschko, and has always maintained he will "I think there's interest on their him, I think he'll run well." Paddy Power well and we were 49sec. Although the fastest time ships, which take place in London so Joshua is the next best thing." take his time ascending to world side but I just don't know if they Road To Riches and Wounded delighted with the way he ran and they have ridden so far this season from March 2-6. Charles Martin won the IBF belt level. But that has not stopped think they're ready yet. Warrior are just two of five run- the way he jumped. 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 . FEBRUARY 07 . 2016-Dalwa 18, 1394 H.S Vol:X Issue No:190 Price: Afs.15

32 insurgents killed in raids AT News Report been shared through internet. In 2009, the Obama adminis- would not be released. These are part of 1,100 pictures tration announced that it would The Bagram prison in Afghan- AT News Report KABUL: The US defense depart- that have been taken between Jan- release the photos, but the US istan and Abu Ghoraib in Iraq were KABUL: Thirty-two Taliban ment (Pentagon) has released some uary 2009 and September 2011. Congress approved a law saying administered by the US army, fighters were killed and five oth- 200 photos showing abuse of the Torture disclosing has enraged that if the Pentagon thinks that the where people with the charges of ers wounded in different opera- inmates in the US-run Afghan and several human rights organizations disclosure of the photos endangers having relationships with the anti- tions launched by the national Iraqi prisons. The photos have in the United States and the world. the US national security, they US armed groups were held. army in different areas, security officials said Saturday. “The Af- ghan National Army (ANA) in Afghan Taliban splinter group collaboration with Afghan Na- tional Police (ANP) and Nation- labels Mullah Mansour as ISI puppet al Directorate of Security (NDS) A dissident Afghan Taliban group group," Mullah Ahmad Yasin, a personal, conducted operations that supports Mullah Mohammad local commander and loyalist to against Taliban insurgents in dif- PARAKH : Up to 1400 kilograms Saturday in the presence of offi- Rasoul has released a new video Mullah Rasoul said. "The religious ferent areas of Paktia, Ghazni, of collected over the past six cials in the provincial capital, Par- reportedly recorded in Farah prov- scholars maintain religious obliga- Zabul, Baghlan, and Nangarhar months in the central province of akh, he said adding on one was ar- ince in which the loyalists call tions to interpret the truth in this provinces,” defense ministry said Panjsher was set afire on Satur- rested on charge of the expired Mullah Akhter Mansour, succes- sensitive arena of history. If peo- day, officials said. The 250 differ- medicines. “The owners of phar- in a statement. “In these opera- ent types of expired medicine have macies sell expired medicine on us, sor to the group's longtime former ple are killed on the decree of the tions, 32 rebels were killed and leader Mullah Omar, an ISI pup- religious scholars, they will be held been collected by investigation because most of the people are un- five others injured.” Three Tali- team of public health department educated. Once I purchased six pet. In the video, the militants de- accountable in the day of resurrec- ban commanders and two mine clare a nationwide military cam- tion," another loyalist Mullah Ab- over the past six months from dif- types of medicines, when I took paign against Mullah Akhter Man- dul Zahir said in the video. They experts were among the killed ferent medicinal halls and clinics them to my home and checked sour faction. On Saturday, loyal- pledged to give a well-measured insurgents, the statement of the province, the director of there, four medicines were expired, ists to Mullah Rasoul gathered in response to the rhetoric attacks of claimed. Unfortunately, 12 sol- public health department, Dr. Ab- so I returned the expired once to Farah to demonstrate their power Mullah Mansour faction. They diers were martyred as the result dul Samad told Pajhwok Afghan the pharmacy,” a resident of Baz- against the Mullah Mansour fac- urged that that their longtime lead- of enemy firing, said the state- News. arak, Mohammad Samim said. tion. Loyalists reiterated that they er Mullah Omar is believed ..P3 ment. The medicine were torched on (Pajhwok) do not recognize Mullah Mansour as a legitimate leader and called on the people to back the Mullah Rasoul faction in their war against Etisalat signs agreement with TIC to Mullah Mansour whom they be- lieve is a puppet of Pakistan's In- ter-Services Intelligence (ISI). "Our strengthen telecommunication capabilities group has appointed governors for The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on militants. The statements come af- each of the provinces and assigned KAbul: Etisalat Afghanistan an- tate country‘s communication with Saturday acknowledged that the ter a serious deterioration in secu- tasks to relevant people to run the nounced that the company has the world. Afghan security forces have been rity in various regions of the coun- districts. Therefore, join us in our signed a contract with TIC, an Ira- Currently, Etisalat is provid- faced with certain challenges in try - including Baghlan and Hel- efforts against the opponent nian company, to strengthen tele- ing world class voice and data ser- their struggle against militants on mand, provinces which have wit- communication capabilities of vices for 5 million customers the battlefields. According to the nessed heavy clashes, and the stra- 28 Daesh fighters both parties by expanding their across the country and is striving MoI, in some cases, the security tegic town of Kunduz, which col- Fiber optic services. Subject to this to provide Afghans with new op- forces are out-numbered by mili- lapsed to the Taliban in a dramatic killed in Nangarhar agreement, the parties agree portunities so that they lead a pos- tants on the battlefields. Howev- manner last year. This incident to strengthen, promote itive life and guide their country AT News Report and develop corporation in the into a bright and prosperous fu- er, the ministry is optimistic over sparked nationwide criticism and field of Telecommunications be- ture. their war capabilities and gains questions were raised over the KABUL: Twenty-eight Daesh tween the two companies on the About Etisalat Afghanistan: - made by the security forces in the management of the war. As insur- fighters were killed and 10 others basis of equality and Etisalat Afghanistan is part of war against terrorism. Meanwhile, gents continue their efforts to se- wounded in different attacks in the mutual benefit. Etisalat Telecommunications the Ministry of Defense (MoD) cure footholds in strategic locations eastern Nangarhar province, prov Dr. Salah Zerguerras, CEO of Group, headquartered in UAE, one has warned against negligence across the country, the Afghan se- ncial officials said Saturday. “Six- Etisalat Afghanistan said ‘Etislat of the largest telecommunications while tackling the ongoing conflict curity forces also remain on alert teen Daesh terrorists were killed has always been striving to pro- groups in the world. Etisalat Af- in the country, saying that dealing to thwart plots. in two NATO drone strikes Fri- vide its valued customers with ghanistan launched their services with the war in Afghanistan in a "Our enemies do not miss even a day night in the Achin district,” world class telecom services. The in 2007 and has rapidly become superficial manner could bring minute, they use all their energy Atullah Khogiani, governor signing of this agreement will help the fastest growing telecommuni- harmful consequences to the na- to kill the people, the women and spokesman told Afghanistan our customers access to new and cations service provider in the tion. Amid an unprecedented surge the children, they conduct explo- Times. He said that the first strike high quality services and will country with an active base of 4 in militant attacks this winter, some sions and commit suicide and they killed five Daesh fighters, while 11 broaden Afghanistan`s communi- million subscribers. The company others were killed by the second cation with the world.’ aims to be at the forefront of its Afghan military commentators are the enemies of Afghanistan, one. Meanwhile, a group of Daesh have criticized the government for this is a serious war and should Since the inception of Etisalat market based on quality, innova- fighters attacked the checkpoints in Afghanistan, Etisalat has been tive services and competitive pric- a lack of effective management of not be taken lightly," Dawlat Wazi- of a local police and a public up- Since 2007, the company has invested US$ 300 million in Afghanistan the war and for failing to draw up ri, a defense ministry spokesman committed to partner in the devel- ing, with unsurpassed coverage in and is the first telecom company to launch 3.75G services in Afghan- rising group in the Kot district at opment of Afghanistan and facili- every province in the country. a working strategy to tackle the said. 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