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Karzai lauds India’s surgical strike in Kashmir sponsored terrorism, saying that for social justice. He spoke on var- India’s surgical strike in Pak-ad- ious issues including China’s in- ministered Kashmir was a much- volvement in the Gwadar port and awaited step that his country had its impact on geo-political equa- been demanding for a long time. tions and cross-border terrorism. He also said United States Presi- “Afghanistan and India are victims dent-elect Donald Trump needs to of extremism and terrorism. The work with all sections of society, surgical strike by India was a move including Muslims, so that terror- to eliminate terror sanctuaries, for ism can be fought effectively which my county was wishing for worldwide. a long time. Though it was a surgi- Anti-corruption structures are not accountable for MUMBAI: Former President Mr Karzai was here to attend cal strike, the Indian army had of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has the ceremony of the Mother Tere- current corruption crisis: Afzali expressed concern over Pakistan- sa Memorial International Award See P3 By Farhad Naibkhel Police officer KABUL: The Transparency HRW urges govt to develop security arrested on International (TI) in collaboration with the Integrity Watch of Afghan- bribery charges istan (IWA) on Tuesday released plan to protect Shia people AT News Report a report which revealed that the AT News Report National Unity Government has KABUL: The police chief for Kab- fulfilled only a few anti-corruption KABUL: The Human Rights against a demonstration staged by creasing vulnerability of the Shia ul’s PD 7 Khairuddin Sayad has commitments in the past two Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged Hazara Shias in Kabul, killing at community beyond active battle- been arrested on the charge of re- years especially when corruption Integrity Watch of Afghanistan Afzali stated that corruption government to develop a security least 85 and injuring 413, the dead- fields and in urban areas under gov- ceiving 50,000 Afghanis bribe from is ripe in the judiciary. Sayed Ikram Afzali said that all is a serious threat for stability of plan to better protect the Shias liest attack in Afghanistan against ernment control, the statement a person, an official said Tuesday. “Out of 50 anti-corruption anti-corruption organizations were the system, if the government not during high-profile public events. civilians since 2002. mentioned. It asserted that the Spokesman for ministry of in- not accountable for current corrup- fight seriously against corruption, In a statement, the HRW, said “The Islamic State group has plight of Hazara Shia in neighbor- terior Sediq Sediqqi confirmed the commitments made since 2014, the detention, saying he was arrested NUG has completely fulfilled few tion crisis, they need to be revised. it will negatively impact over the a suicide bomber killed at least 32 stepped up horrific and unlawful ing Pakistan highlights the dangers worshippers, including children, attacks on Shia public gatherings, of unhindered escalation of sectar- while receiving the bribe and is of them,” said Director of Asia Concerning over establishment system. and injured 50 others, at a mosque now in custody. Earlier, several of parallel organs and council for Criticizing weak political in- making no place safe,” said Patri- ian violence. Pakistan’s besieged Pacific Department of TI Srirak in Kabul during observance of the cia Gossman, senior researcher at Hazara communities have faced officials had been arrested over Plipat. fighting corruption by the NUG, tention of NUG in fighting corrup- religious ceremony of Arbaeen. Human Rights Watch. targeted mass attacks by the ex- corruption charges and referred to He said that half of the anti- Afzali said that serious reforms tion, he said that rooting out cor- Since July, a wave of sectarian “The government, Shia lead- tremist anti-Shia militant group the judicial organs. An official of corruption commitments were par- were required to boost up efficacy ruption will be key to stability in suicide attacks has injured or killed ers, and civil society groups should Lashkar-e Jhangvi for more than a the Justice Department in eastern tially accomplished and a few of the anti-corruption structures. Afghanistan, thus it is required of more than 500 members of the Shia work together to develop appro- decade. Lashkar-e Jhangvi has al- Nangarhar province was detained He said that 17 parallel organs government to fight seriously community, the statement said. priate ways to improve security ready conducted attacks on large after he caught red handed while numbers were not fulfilled even at accepting 100,000 Pakistani ru- low level. established to fight corruption, but against this phenomenon. It added insurgents who affili- during vulnerable public and reli- religious ceremonies in Afghani- ate themselves with the Islamic gious gatherings so that Shia com- stan in 2011, when an attack on an pees in bribe, in November. Two He said that judicial organs are no significant achievement gained, Anti-corruption institution State claimed responsibility for senior officials in Kabul Munici- thus it is essential to the govern- must consider implementation of munity members can exercise their Ashura gathering killed more than more corrupt, which need to be this attack, their fourth on gather- basic rights.” The security envi- 60 people. Since then, other groups pality had been arrested over cor- addressed. ment reintegrate or dissolve all the penalties over corrupted people, ings by Afghanistan’s Shia com- ronment is worsening for all Af- have adopted similar tactics in Af- ruption charges by the Afghan He stated to 11-17 anti-cor- parallel anti-corruption. prevention of corruption and in- munity since July. The group also ghans in the face of an intensifying ghanistan, including seeking out police forces, in May. ruption structures and called weak “No any anti-corruption is in- volvement of public in anti-corrp- said they carried out two attacks insurgency, claiming high levels of Hazara bus passengers and execut- The arrest comes after the gov- coordination a challenge among dependent and out of political pres- tion drives seriously in order to during the Ashura ceremony on civilian casualties as fighting in- ing them, and attacking Shia plac- ernment showed serious attention sure in the country, thus it is es- gain more achievement, he men- October 11, in Kabul, and on Oc- creasingly happens in densely es of worship, the statement not- to step up efforts to root out cor- them. ruption from the government in- Plipat also insisted that revise sential to the government to es- tioned. tober 12, in the northern province populated areas, the statement ed. “Insurgents who are responsi- of Balkh, that altogether killed at said. However, the wave of tar- ble for atrocities targeting a spe- stitutions. in anti-corruption is seriously re- tablish a unique and independent Government must continue to least 32 people, the statement not- Recently, an attorney general anti-corruption commission to its political support from anti-cor- geted attacks on Shia Hazaras is cific ethnic or religious communi- quired in order to gain more ed. largely attributable to the emer- ty as part of an attack on a civilian official said that the government achievement in the aspect. fight in a better manner against ruption structures, rather than in- It underlined that the group gence of insurgent groups affiliat- population are committing crimes had zero tolerance to corruption Meanwhile, the head of the corruption,” he noted. terference, he underlined. also claimed a July 23 attack ed with ISIS, underscoring the in- against humanity,” Gossman said. and also committed to counter cor- ruption and disorders. The Citizen’s Charter, another Stride of the National Unity Government towards Success Through implementation of effective development programs, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has always worked hard to ensure socio-economic growth and foster cultural values that have a prominent role in improving the community livelihood. As such, thousands of public utility projects in various sectors have been implemented by the National Solidarity Programme of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/NSP). Considerable changes have been brought about in our rural communities on completion of these projects indeed. The development process did not end upon completion of the NSP as it has been replaced with a quality, new development program; the Citizen’s Charter. By establishing linkages between villages and cities, the Citizen’s Charter will strengthen the people’s economy. This program will meet the needs of people in various sectors including health, education, agriculture, safe water, power, etc. An inauguration ceremony has recently taken place to formally announce the commencement of the Citizen’s Charter. The preliminary gathering of the Citizen’s Charter took place on September 24, 2016 with participation of Eng. Naseer Ahmad Durrani the MRRD Minister, Nasir Hameed the Director of Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and 250 members representing Community Development Councils and Urban Development Councils (UDCs) in Inter-Continental Hotel, Kabul. “The design of Citizen’s Charter also covers the role of the displaced and the returnees as they were never given attention in the past. We put an end to this favoritism in the execution of the Citizen’s Charter. Moreover, you will not have the responsibility to only implement the projects under Citizen’s Charter, but you will have to monitor the performances of every line ministry”, added the MRRD Minister. According to MRRD Minister “The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) was an experimental phase yielding some extraordinary results as some 88,700 development projects for millions of dollars have been constructed across Afghanistan under this program. The role of women was carefully considered in NSP implementation, being able to give opinion about the development of their communities”. While shedding light on Citizen’s Charter, the MRRD Minister said: “This program will be implemented during coming ten years at a sum of one milliard dollars and our villages and cities will experience considerable economic growth in this period.” Through delivering a rhetoric speech, Muhammad Ashraf Ghani the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has expressed his pleasure over the start of the Citizen’s Charter in the gathering that witnessed the participation of cabinet members, parliament members, donors, CDC and UDC male and female members, civil society representatives and journalists. He has expressed his views, expectations, vision about the Citizen’s Charter as well as indicating the government and people’s commitment and their reciprocal responsibilities in this regard. The President has appreciated the MRRD and other relevant ministries for designing the Citizen’s Charter program as well as requesting further coordination among them in successful implementation of this national program. The President has also pointed out the active participation of women in this program and praised the efforts they have put into implementing the NSP over the last decade. In addition, he has praised the sacrifices made by the Afghan security forces and took pride in the patriotism and the loyalty they have towards their nation and country. In addition to expressing his pleasure over the start of Citizen’s Charter and mentioning it as glad tidings for reciprocal cooperation among people, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah the Chief Executive of Afghanistan revealed: “It is a great pleasure that today a pledge of government, which was only a topic two years ago, has been carried out. In fact, the Citizen’s Charter is building certainty between people and the government in terms of prioritizing community needs and delivering services through the National Unity Government to the vulnerable spheres of society both at village and city levels. I am pleased that six months back we promised that we would start the Citizen’s Charter in the month of Mizan (September)”. The Chief Executive hoped that the experience gained by the CDCs during the execution of NSP-funded projects would help the government achieve its goals; which are poverty alleviation, employment generation, women empowerment, agricultural development, promotion of education and improvement of health services. The Chief Executive of Afghanistan added: “As you are in the loop, the main objective of this program is to ensure the people’s access to potable water, transport, health, education and irrigation. This program has various dimensions as it gives people a sense of self confidence. They say I am the owner of my village, district, province and country. When we bring up the Citizen’s Charter, we can see that the people of Afghanistan themselves have a crucial role in its execution. The implementation of this program requires the participation of people in development councils operating in villages and districts across Afghanistan. Provincial and district governors may play a role to see whether or not the people show commitment by serving their communities”. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

After ascending to the White economy, which also hints that ing the Taliban to the negotiating complishing various withdrawal other Central Asian countries to lief among Afghans that existing sues in South Asia, West, and Cen- House on January 20, 2017, as the Afghanistan may not be at the top table. milestones for U.S. forces in Af- play constructive roles in bringing U.S. policies may not bring peace tral Asia. new president of the United of his list of priorities. Some in Finally, the newly elected U.S. ghanistan. This encouraged the in- peace to Afghanistan. It is worth to war-torn Afghanistan, as they He is a Chevening Scholar and States, Donald Trump will have Kabul are even worried that the president needs to continue the surgents and their backers to pre- mentioning that Russia and Iran are not focused on the root causes is currently studying Conflict, Se- to deal with many foreign policy new Washington administration country’s engagement with Af- fer continued insurgency to peace have also started cooperating with of the Afghan conflict, chief among curity, and Development at Lan- challenges. One of them is the long- would reduce its involvement in ghanistan by staying committed to talks. It will be critically impor- the Afghan Taliban in a bid to block them being Pakistani support to caster University. He tweets at standing Afghan conflict, which is Afghanistan, referencing Trump’s the pledges made by the Obama tant for the Trump administration gains by the Islamic State (ISIS) in the insurgent group. Afghans ex- @azizamin786. the longest war in U.S. history. general distate for U.S. involvement administration at the Warsaw and to lay out long-term plans for U.S. Afghanistan. This will also have pect Trump to put pressure on Ziauddin Wahaj is an AusAID Though during the election cam- in the affairs of other countries. Brussels Conferences in 2016. engagement in Afghanistan. adverse implications for the Afghan Pakistan to put an end to the in- Scholar and has a postgraduate paign period both he and his op- However, there is also a level Obama exercised an indecisive pol- More importantly, Trump government, which is the primary surgency in their country. degree from University of Ade- ponent, Hillary Clinton, hardly of optimism in Kabul. The Afghan icy toward Afghanistan, whereby needs to increase the engagement player fighting ISIS in the coun- Aziz Amin Ahmadzai writes laide. He tweets at @wahajzia mentioned the Afghan quagmire, public expects the new adminis- he changed the time frame for ac- of China, India, Iran, Russia, and try. Overall, there is a general be- on political, security and social is- thediplomat President-elect Donald Trump tration will change its policy to- cannot ignore the actual importance ward Afghanistan by forcing Paki- of Afghanistan, especially given stan to deal with terrorist sanctu- the massive U.S. investment of aries and pressure the Taliban to blood and treasure there since come to the negotiation table or 2001. face the consequences. This argu- So far, it remains difficult to ment is backed by a Trump advis- predict what Trump is chalking out er’s comments in an interview that for Afghanistan and the region, but appeared in Reuters. According to given statements in 2011, when Shalabh Kumar, an Indian-Ameri- U.S. commandos killed Osama bin can businessman who is advising Laden in Abbottabad, a leafy gar- Trump, the president-elect is “ac- rison town 35 miles away from the knowledging that Pakistan is a per- Pakistani capital, we can glean petrator of terrorism.” some insight into his thinking about Additionally, the well-known the region. After the bin Laden raid, Afghan-American diplomat Zal- he mentioned on Twitter that Pa- may Khalilzad is said to be a key kistan was harboring terrorists and man for Trump as well. Khalilzad owes the United States an apolo- has been very vocal about the du- gy. bious role that Pakistan plays in “When will Pakistan apologize the war on terror — in particular to us for providing safe sanctuary vis-a-vis its dealings with Afghan- to Osama bin Laden for 6 years?! istan. His influence and closeness Some ‘ally’,” tweeted Trump. with Trump might play a signifi- Likewise, in May, Trump stated cant role in shifting U.S. policy in an interview with Fox news that toward Afghanistan and Pakistan. as president, he would prefer to For Trump, the foremost chal- keep nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in lenge in Afghanistan would be to Afghanistan “because it’s adjacent bring peace to the war-torn coun- and right next to Pakistan which try by dealing with the Taliban, has nuclear weapons.” (The cur- which has so far not responded rent number stands at 8,400, set seriously to U.S. and Afghan calls to decrease even more.) for peace talks. By the same to- Enjoying this article? Click ken, the United States has found it here to subscribe for full access. difficult to defeat the group mili- Just $5 a month. tarily and also put an end to its These Trump statements have mission in Afghanistan successful- already created tensions in Islam- ly. abad, which is viewed by many Furthermore, it is imperative Afghan and U.S. officials as they for the new administration in key backer of the Afghan Taliban, Washington to stay firmly behind who have extensively targeted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s American soldiers over the course peace deal with the notorious Gul- of the last 15 years in Afghanistan. buddin Hekmatyar and extend its Political commentators and support in the implementation of experts in Afghanistan are less the deal. If this succeeds, the Hezb- optimistic about any significant i-Islami (Hekmatyar’s militant or- changes in U.S. policy toward Af- ganization) can return to main- ghanistan and Pakistan, citing the stream Afghan politics and encour- institutional nature of U.S. policy age the Afghan Taliban to come to formulation. Trump’s campaign the negotiating table as well. In this was largely focused on domestic regard, it is worth emphasizing that issues such as immigration and the Pakistan’s role is critical in bring- Právo: Two Afghans pilots trained by Czechs flee to Germany PRAGUE: Two Afghan students of a Czech military academy, where The World Food Program (WFP), they are training to be pilots, left in collaboration with the Ministry for Germany without the com- of States and Frontier Regions manders' permit, where the local (SAFRON), is distributing wheat police found and returned them to provided by the government to the Hradec Kralove airport, east returning Afghan refugees at the Bohemia, daily Pravo writes yes- WFP hub in Peshawar. terday. The Secretary SAFRON, The two future helicopter pi- Muhammad Shehzad Arbab visit- lots did not violate any Czech law, ed the site with WFP Head of Pro- but they will be held accountable vincial Office, BaiMankay Sankoh by Afghan authorities, Pravo where 800 Afghan refugee families writes. are being assisted with 3 x 100 kg "They had a permitted stay in bags of wheat, sufficient to feed a the Czech Republic. By crossing family of six for approximately the internal border of the Schen- four months. The distribution is gen Area, they did not breach any expected to be completed by No- law," regional police spokeswom- vember 30, 2016. an Hana Klecalova is quoted as "WFP's assistance to SA- saying. FRON will support transparent The Czech police started the and rapid wheat distribution to search for the two missing soldiers Afghan families", said BaiMankay based on a tip, Pravo writes. Sankoh. The German police eventual- "WFP is working in close co- ly found the two man, aged 20 and ordination with SAFRON to en- 26, and returned them to Hradec sure the provision of sustainable Kralove, it adds. food and nutrition security for "We were told that the two Afghan refugees, in line with military students were missing SDG2 and the Government of Pa- since Wednesday morning when kistan's vision 2025", he added. they disappeared from a hotel in Seven WFP technical staff mem- Lazne Belohrad, where the Afghan bers are at the distribution point group lives," Klecalova said. in Peshawar, with the required fa- "We started a search and load- cilities to ensure rapid online refu- ed the relevant data in the infor- gee registration and data verifica- mation system of the Schengen tion process in accordance with Area countries," she added. UNHCR database. "Later in the day, they were "We are grateful to WFP for found in Germany and sent back," their assistance in distributing Klecalova said. food," thanked the Secretary SA- The Afghan group is trained FRON, adding Government is by Czech private companies un- committed to facilitating a smooth der U.S. auspices. The training is process for the Afghan refugees as not done by the Czech military, they return home. Pravo writes. The Additional Commission- "The responsibility for the er for Afghan Refugees, Waqar Afghans' training at the Hradec Maroof, WFP Head of Provincial Kralove airport is shouldered by Office, BaiMankay Sankoh and private companies which have the representatives of government line relevant equipment for these af- departments were present at the fairs," well-informed sources have first distribution which took place revealed to Pravo. on November 15. "The Govern- "The Americans are likely to ment of Pakistan is supporting the train them for the helicopters they Afghan refugees as they return to want to deliver to Afghanistan Afghanistan", said Waqar Maroof. which the Czech military does not "The refugees are returning have," they added. voluntarily and we would like to "This is why the Afghans are see them leave with ease and hap- trained by private entities who piness", he added. The Islamic have the machines. We have trained Republic of Pakistan hosts the sec- them for Russian-made helicop- ond largest refugee population, af- ters," the sources said. ter Turkey, with over 1.5 million The Hradec Kralove airport registered refugees in the country. now serves for purely civilian pur- WFP has been supporting Afghan poses without direct links to the refugees in Pakistan since 2001. Czech military. The pilots' train- On the occasion an Afghan ref- ing on the commercial basis is made ugees Gul Bahadar told Daily by the companies DSA and Heli Times that he is very happy to than thirty years in Pakistan and the people of Pakistan hosted them very warmly. Czech. Both companies' executives return his homeland Afghanistan. They will not forget the assistance of Pakistan government with Afghans people, he added. He also thanked the World Food Program (WFP) for assistance of Afghan refugees, adding have declined to comment on the He further said that he spend more that without the assistance of WFP and UNHCR it was not possible. dailytimes affair. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Changes coming for Afghan peace council Monday’s terror attack in Kabul was security lapse: Analyst Afghanistan’s High Peace Council cess,” Badakhshi said. (HPC), the body tasked with forg- The issue of discrimination By Mansoor Faizy ing reconciliation with the Taleban, was highlighted in the Baghlan de- says it is putting recommendations bate when a senior High Peace KABUL: The Minister of Interior claimed responsibility for the at- rorist attacks on a mourning cere- izai said: “No doubt, militants are (MoI) on Tuesday suspended four tack. mony in Kabul, and voiced Iran’s clear enemies of the government made at an IWPR conference earli- Council figure walked out of the key security officials following The group also claimed attack concern over the recurrence of sim- and people of Afghanistan. There er this year into practice. event in protest at the mixed audi- Kabul mosque terrorist attack, in on Sakhi shrine. Around, 40 days ilar tragic incidents in the neigh- is no second opinion about this. At public debates recently held ence of men and women. which at least 32 innocent wor- ago gunmen attacked Shiite mourn- boring country. But, we shall also look at the other across Afghanistan, HPC repre- Khadija Yaqeen, director of shipers were killed and more than ers in Sakhi shrine on the eve of “Growth and expansion of ter- side of the coin. What about those sentatives said that they were tak- women’s affairs in Baghlan prov- 80 others wounded. Ashur in Kabul, where 14 mourn- rorism in the region is the source security officials who are not ful- ing steps to implement proposals ince, said that this was a clear ex- “Following Monday’s terror- ers were killed and dozens other of concern,” Qassemi said on filling their duties honestly? They such as increasing female represen- ample of misogyny. ist attack in Kabul, the Ministry wounded. Again Daesh militants Monday in reaction to terrorist are posing threat to national secu- of Interior has decided to suspend claimed responsibility for Ashur rity.” tation in peace talks. She added, “I think that with explosions in Afghanistan. The head of the HPC secretar- such actions, the High Peace Coun- EMERGENCY police chief, intelligence officer, attack. It is worth mentioning that Iran With due respect to the secu- counter-terrorism officer and However, despite Afghan lead- is reportedly accused of support- rity officials, and their sacrifices iat in Paktiya, Hamidullah Husan- cil will never be able to convince CALLS counter-criminal officer of the sixth ers, international community also ing Taliban militants in Afghani- aimed at having a secure country, yar, confirmed that the council was the insurgents that women are also Kabul police jurisdiction. They slammed the attack in strongest stan in order to suppress Daesh. security organs even failed to keep reaching out to other stakeholders a part of this society and have have committed negligence in their possible terms. The country sees Daesh as a big- security of their employees, he to consider the conference’s pro- equal rights to men.” Police duty,” the ministry said in a state- Reaffirming India’s support to gest threat to her safety. said. “For instance, four people posals. She continued, “Reaching ment. Afghanistan in fight against terror- But irrespective of what mili- were killed and several others “We are making a new strate- peace will be impossible as long as 100 - 119 According to the ministry, a ism, the Indian Prime Minister tant outfits are doing and saying, wounded in an attack on a vehicle gy for the Peace Council and are in there is gender discrimination.” probe team has been established Narendra Modi said, “We strong- the main question is here that why carrying national security officials to investigate the attack and report ly condemn the heinous terrorist in Kabul, the capital city. It was touch with civil society organisa- Elsewhere, debates heard that Kabul security officials are neglect- tions and the relevant people re- the HPC had to do much more to Hospitals back to the MoI leadership board. attack on a Shia shrine in Kabul ing their duty, despite known the second attack on the force. It was “The probe team has been and condole loss of innocent fact that the enemies of Afghani- a clear wakeup call.” The analyst garding their suggestions,” he said. persuade the public of the effica- tasked to investigate Baqir-ul- lives.” stan spare no efforts under their went on to say that the current In Herat, Yama Amini, the head cy of their work. FMIC Hospital Olum mosque attack within 24 “For regional peace and secu- capacity to carry out terrorist at- security strategies are having loop- of the local HPC secretariat, add- Ghulam Sakhi, a participant in Behind Kabul Medical hours,” the statement said. rity, all sanctuaries, safe havens holes. “To achieve the objects, the tacks. The suspension of key se- ed, “After IWPR’s conference re- the Balkh debate, said, “Unfortu- University: Kabul security officials said and support to such terrorists curity officials by MoI is a very government must have a result-ori- garding the national peace and rec- nately, the activities of the High that a suicide bomber targeted the must be ended,” he added. right move, but not a cure to the ented and well-thought-out secu- onciliation process in Kabul, High Peace Council have not convinced 0202500200-+93793275595 Baqir-ul-Uloom mosque in Chahr- Likewise, Turkey’s Foreign security mishap. rity plan for each and every city Peace Council officials started people across the country. Afghan qala area of Police District 6th at Ministry in a statement has that is in the crosshairs of the ter- A security affairs analyst, M. working on a new plan so that citizens are neither satisfied nor around 12:10 pm, killing dozens strongly slammed Monday’s sui- Nadeem Alizai, said, “It was a se- rorists,” he suggested. Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital of worshipers. cide attack inside a Shia mosque in In a response to a question that women would have more oppor- happy about their actions.” curity lapse. The security officials tunities to increase their presence He said that mutual acceptance Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Kabul police spokesman, Ba- Kabul. “We strongly condemn the have already acknowledged it by such attack can possibly give births sir Mujahid said that praying cer- outrageous terrorist attack target- suspending four officials. The ter- to sectarian clashes in Afghanistan, in High Peace Council and provin- was the only way to reach to 070263672 emony was going on when the ing innocent civilians in the midst rorist succeed because security Alizai said that Afghan people cial offices.” peace. bomber blew himself up inside the of worship, wish a speedy recov- officials committed negligence. have given a befitting response to He added, “Now the role of “The level of discrimination is mosque. ery to the wounded, and convey Daesh has sent a suicide bomber the terrorists by showing unprec- women has significantly risen in very high in our society,” Sakhi Khairkhana Hospital Soon after the attack, the Tal- our condolences to the relatives of and hit the target in the highly se- edented unity. “Whenever an eth- the High Peace Council and they continued. “Due to the fact that iban insurgents rejected their in- those who lost their lives, Afghan- cure area of Kabul city. It is very nic group came under attack, peo- are carrying out their task well.” the High Peace Council has been 0799-321007 volvement. But the Islamic State istan’s government, and the broth- ple of other ethnicities showed sol- strange because it was not the first Government officials, religious so biased in its work and decisions, 2401352 (IS), which is also known as Daesh, erly Afghan nation,” the statement attack.” The suspension of securi- idarity and donated blood to save added. lives of their brothers and sisters. leaders, civil society activists and people don’t have much trust in ty officials at somehow is “right journalists from across Afghani- their activities. The High Peace Moreover, China also con- decision”, but more efforts are We have many such examples. Karzai lauds demned the terrorist attack. “Chi- needed to improve law and order Unity against the enemy is in the stan were among the 70 people Council does not have any specif- Indira Gandhi Children na strongly condemns the terror- situation in Kabul, and other cities blood of Afghans. No one can who had gathered in May for IW- ic plan and strategy, so people Hospital, Wazir Akbar India’s ist attack, expresses profound con- of the country, he said. change that,” he opined. PR’s three-day Kabul event. don’t trust their procedures.” dolence to the victims and sincere “Daesh is a declared enemy of It is obvious that Daesh by Working committees used data Mahmood Hemat, a political Khan, Kabul 2301372 surgical strike sympathy to the injured and the Afghans. The terrorist group kill targeting a specific community is and feedback from a two-year expert in Ghazni, warned that there families of the victims,” Foreign children, women, civilians, reli- trying level best to fuel sectarian IWPR initiative - Afghan Recon- was as yet no unified roadmap for in Kashmir Ministry spokesperson Geng gious scholars, tribal elders, teach- violence, but Afghans are facing the ciliation: Promoting Peace and negotiations. Ibn-e- Seena Shuang said at a regular news brief- ers and even journalists,” he said, common enemy, he said. “Daesh From P1 ing. is not only targeting Shia but also Building Trust by Engaging Civil “The Afghan government Pul-e-Artan, Kabul adding that the group is becoming Society - to help formulate pro- doesn’t have a clear strategy re- China hopes Afghanistan can bolder with each passing day as Sunni. They are killing Sunni in done the right thing,” said Mr achieve peace and stability on an the international community is Nangarhar. They have gone on a posals. garding peace and reconciliation,” 2100359 Karzai. early date, and will staunchly sup- fighting Daesh with words. rampage there. We shall not turn a One innovative recommenda- he continued. “The government When asked how China’s in- port the Afghan government and He said that Daesh could not blind eye to the ground realities tion was the inclusion of a course should have a specific plan and set Wazir Akbar Khan vestment in the China-Pakistan people to fight terrorism, maintain be defeated unless the major re- because facts are sacred,” he said. devoted to peace in the education- its limits. Peace can only be Economic Corridor (CPEC), which national stability and people’s safe- gional players including China, It is the duty of Afghan mass- al curricula of schools and univer- brought through practical mea- Hospital ty, Geng said. es to exhibit unity than ever, and passes through Pak-administered Russia, Iran and Pakistan translate sities. sures, not by words.” 2301741, 2301743 Kashmir, and its involvement in Furthermore, Iranian Foreign their words into actions. stand united against conspiracies In Herat, Amini confirmed that In Kandahar, the debate heard Ministry Spokesman Bahram Responding to a question, Al- engineering by outsiders, he add- Gwadar port in Pakistan would Qassemi strongly condemned ter- ed. the ministry of education and the that the current make-up of the affect geo-political equations on the HPC were currently working on HPC needed to be changed. Ali Abad region, Mr Karzai said, “We have this addition to the curriculum. Provincial council member good relations with China and it Farhad Jelani, the spokesman Sayed Ahmad Selab said that the Shahrara, Kabul has also invested in Afghanistan. of Herat’s governor, agreed. “Af- council had yet to move beyond 2100439 Both India and China are lending Taliban ban mobile phone ter IWPR ran many programmes sloganeering because many of full cooperation to my country, regarding reconciliation in our so- those who were supposed to be and we hope China will not sup- ciety, provincial officials have tried building peace were former com- Malalai Maternity port Pakistan-sponsored terrorism services in Charkh district their best to acquaint people with batants themselves. and, instead, focus on develop- PUL-I-ALAM: Residents of the the importance of peace, which “The members of the High Hospital ment.” Charkh district of central Logar everyone needs.” Peace Council have all been hired 2201377/ 2301743 “Gwadar is an economic province complain Taliban mili- However, others at the Herat based on influence, and were or project and, as far as it’s concerned, tants have banned telephone ser- debate said that much more need- have been involved in past or we all appreciate it. But, since Pa- vices in the town for the past four ed to be done, particular in the field present fighting. Reconciliation Banks kistan is using extremist force in days, landing them in great trou- of gender equality. should depend on none of these our region, we feel that this project ble. “The leaders of the national parties.” Da Afghanistan Bank should not be in support of pro- Sayed Ajmal, a resident of unity government made many In the Khost debate, Zohra Garmaba area of the district, said 2100302, 2100303 moting extremism.” He added that Jalal, head of the provincial coun- most residents used telephone to promises to women but failed to his country would support the gas implement even one. That means cil’s women’s committee, argued pipeline project between India and contact each other, but the service Bakhtar Bank had been currently off in his area. that women are marginalized,” said that many strongmen in the coun- Iran. provincial council member Sakina cil actually opposed female in- 0776777000 Replying to a question on how He said Taliban militants had Hussaini. volvement in peace building. Mr Trump’s regime would affect forced the coverage blackout in the was not good and people were until telephone companies pay Azizi Bank this region, Mr Karzai said, “We district and as a result, people faced faced with many problems. them tax, he said. “Many women in remote dis- “The High Peace Council is have a deep association with the problems. “Our people have to travel to He said the Taliban was op- tricts made huge efforts to con- made up of people who have blood 0799 700900 US and we have been fighting Mir Pacha, a resident of Shash the provincial capital or Kabul for pressing the nation because the vince insurgents to join the peace on their hands and who hate wom- Pashtany Bank against terrorism and extremism. Kala area, told Pajhwok Afghan making a contact with people they nation took most of advantage process, but the High Peace Coun- en’s involvement in this council,” However, we find more radical and News that besides insecurity, tele- have work with because all tele- from the telephone services than cil has never mentioned the names she said. “The role of women is 2102908, 2103868 extremist elements carrying out phone services had also been sus- phone services are cut off by Tal- the government. of those hardworking women. In only symbolic and for show in the violent activities. Therefore, we pended there. iban here,” he said. Logar information and tele- fact, the High Peace Council has media.” Air Services hope that the US will continue con- “I had an important work with Residents of the district were communication director, Eng. Ab- always ignored and disregarded Khost university lecturer Amir centrating on stopping terror sanc- a person in Pul-i-Alam, the pro- struggling with insecurity and eco- dur Rahman Naseri, said Taliban women’s role.” Baheer argued that the president tuaries and those who support vincial capital, but I could not con- nomic problems, he said, asking the were creating problems for tele- In Badakhshan, debate partic- should diminish the power of the Safi Airways them.” tact him due to the cut off tele- government to pay attention to the phone companies in order force ipant Mozon Badakhshi recount- former warlords within the coun- 020 22 22 222 He also suggested that Mr phone services, then I had to trav- situation. them into paying money. ed personal experiences of women cil while giving female members Trump deal with Pakistan with an el to the city and meet him despite Charkh district chief, Moham- Pajhwok tried to contact tele- playing a part in countering radi- more authority. iron hand when it comes to terror- serious security threats on the mad Hanif Hanifi, confirmed the phone companies representatives, calisation. “Men and women have equal Ariana ism sponsored on its soil. road,” he said. ban on the telephone service in the but failed to do so. “I strongly believe in the role rights according to law,” he said. 020-2100270 To a question on whether or He said earlier they solved a district. The Ministry of Telecommu- women can play in peace talks and “The second article of the national not he thought the Trump govern- problem by spending 6 afghanis He said Taliban had banned all nication and Information Technol- I have many good examples of it,” constitution orders that Islam is ment would be hard on Muslims, on a telephone call, but now peo- telephone services. “We are trying ogy (MCIT) had previously said she continued, noting one case in the religion of Afghanistan and the Kam Air Mr Karzai said, “We do not hope ple in their area had to travel for to resolve the problem through lo- they could not press telephone which a local woman had con- role of women should be signifi- 0799974422 so. Rather we hope that he will hours and pay 150 afghanis in cal tribal elders,” Hanifi added. companies to operate in insecure vinced several male family mem- cant.” This report is part of the work with Muslims as well as all transport fare to solve their prob- Tribal elders had met Taliban areas. bers to leave the Taleban. IWPR programme Afghan Recon- Hotels sections of society to keep har- lems by visiting people. to seek solution to the problem, The Taliban have not yet com- “Today, because of her efforts, ciliation: Promoting Peace and mony and peace.”—(The Asian A tribal elder, Haji Azizullah, but the militants had said they mented on the issue. her father, son and uncle have quit Building Trust by Engaging Civil Safi Landmark Age) said security situation in their area would not let telephone services (Pajhwok) fighting and joined the peace pro- Society. IWPR 020-2203131 SERENA AFGHAN FORCES BREAK FROM TRADITION 0799654000 New Rumi Restaurant AND LAUNCH WINTER OFFENSIVE 0776351347 Afghan forces launched a winter year to prevent the Taliban from Shafaq Two on Monday. military operation against the Tal- occupying any major population Osman said he wasn’t hope- Internet Services iban and other insurgent groups, centers, with the help of U.S. ad- ful about the military campaign in UA Telecom abandoning a tradition of suspend- visers and Special Forces. The pro- the remote mountainous districts. 0796701701 / 0796702702 ing fighting during the colder vincial capitals of Helmand, Kun- “I don’t think that the Afghan forc- months of the year. duz and Farah have been repeat- es will be able to free Achin or Kot Operation Shafaq Two will be edly threatened by the guerrillas. (district) fully from the Taliban or Exchange Rate carried out in 13 of Afghanistan’s Still, the Taliban reportedly Daesh,” he said, using an Arabic 34 provinces, officials said. control more territory now than at acronym for the Islamic State Purchase: “The aim is to continue elimi- any time since the U.S.-led inva- group. nating the terrorists inside Afghan- sion removed them from power in The Defense Ministry said One US$ = istan, targeting their supply 2001. winter was an important time to routes, recruitment places and Some Afghan analysts believe cut off Taliban supply routes and 66.89Afs those areas where they gather and the military needs the winter cam- destroy the group’s safe havens One Pound Sterling= have hideouts,” said Gen. Moham- paign to roll back those Taliban along the border. 86.77Afs mad Radmanish, deputy spokes- gains. But Thomas Ruttig, co-direc- man for the Defense Ministry. “The government has carried tor of the Afghanistan Analysts One Euro = Shafaq Two is a continuation out hundreds of operations Network, said that while many 74.18Afs of Operation Shafaq, which was throughout the country over the Taliban used to go to Pakistan over 1000 Pak Rs = launched in late March. It will last past 14 years, but the situation is the winter in the past, now many until next spring, when the tradi- getting worse day by day,” said tend to stay in Afghanistan. Nev- 621Afs tional fighting season begins, Rad- Malik Osman, a tribal leader in ertheless, he said, Afghan forces in Sale: manish said. “Since Operation Achin district of eastern Nangahar the coming months will be deter- One US$ = Shafaq was full of achievements province, where the Islamic State mined to reverse any recent throughout the summer and it de- group forced thousands of resi- progress made by the Taliban. 67.09 Afs feated the Taliban’s offensives, it dents from their homes this year. “I would say (Operation One Pound Sterling= was decided to start the second The Taliban also operate in Shafaq Two) shows that we had a 87.57Afs phase of it for the winter.” Nangarhar, which shares a moun- hard fighting season with Taliban One Euro= No other details about the forc- tainous border with Pakistan, and gains and that Afghan government es engaged were immediately avail- it is one of the 13 provinces where forces are trying to reverse that,” 74.78 Afs able. Afghans forces were able this Afghan troops began Operation he said. 1000 Pak Rs= 629 WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Nawaz dragging Pakistan deeper into debt, says Chief of Army Staff General Dal- borders tranquil and peaceful,” bir Singh meets General Xu Qil- said a press statement from the Bilawal iang, the vice-chairman of China's Indian embassy in Beijing. Central Military Commission. During talks with Gen. Li, both Chief of Army Staff (COAS) sides welcomed the on-going 6th General Dalbir Singh, who is on a India-China Joint Training Exercise visit to China, and top Chinese 'Hand-in-Hand' 2016, in India. military officials, on Monday, re- They also agreed to further expand iterated their call to maintain peace defence exchanges between the two along the India-China border, and Armies. keep up the momentum of high- China’s military reforms have level military exchanges between also included formation of combat- the two countries. focused theater commands, capa- General Dalbir Singh met Gen- ble of projecting force over longer eral Xu Qiliang, the vice-chairman distances, using integrated assets of Central Military Commission on land, sea, air and space. (CMC). Earlier, he had been wel- General Dalbir Singh, and four comed by General Li Zuocheng, senior army officers accompany- of the People's Liberation Army ing him, will also visit Xian and (PLA), with a guard of honour. Nanjing, where an interaction with “During the call-on both of them General Liu Yuejun, Commander reiterated their desire to keep up of the Eastern Theatre Command the momentum of defence ex- is planned. He will also visit other changes and the need to keep the key military installations. Sri Lanka joins the Foundation Council of the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP)

Geneva: Sri Lanka has been ad- mitted to the Foundation Council, the Governing Body of the Gene- va Center for Security Policy KARACHI: Prime Minister (GCSP), the Permanent Mission COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh/ 17 and 18 showed 820 destroyed we put them back to their villag- Britain to Trump: 'No vacan- "The idea is to help them Nawaz Sharif has been dragging the to the United Nations in Geneva YANGON Hundreds of Rohingya buildings in five villages in north- es," he said. cy' for Farage as ambassador where they are, so that they country deeper into debt over the said. Sri Lanka's Permanent Rep- Muslims from Myanmar crossed ern Rakhine, bringing the total "If something like that hap- Myanmar's 1.1 million Ro- wouldn't be forced to cross over past three years, Chairperson of resentative to the United Nations the border to Bangladesh over the number it says it has documented pened, we are concerned and we hingya, viewed as illegal immigrants into Bangladesh," Vivian Tan, re- Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal in Geneva Ambassador Ravinatha weekend and on Monday, aid to 1,250. will continue to investigate. We are from Bangladesh by many of the gional public information officer Bhutto-Zardari was quoted as say- Aryasinha represented Sri Lanka workers said, seeking shelter from Myanmar's government has not rejecting all allegations...our country's majority Buddhists, are for the United Nations High Com- ing in a statement issued by the for the first time at the Founda- escalating violence in the northwest also rejected previous reports of government always checks all the denied citizenship and face severe missioner for Refugees, told Reu- party. tion Council Meeting held last that has killed at least 86 people Rohingya civilians trying to escape allegations, and some were found restrictions on their travel. ters Television. According to him, the PML- week (15th November 2016) in and displaced some 30,000. to Bangladesh. to be untrue." Up to 30,000 people are now "If they can't get the assistance N government had burdened the Geneva. Welcoming Sri Lanka, Pro- An official from the Interna- Zaw Htay, presidential Myanmar's army has declared estimated to be displaced and thou- where they are then, if they are nation with an additional Rs8 tril- fessor François Heisbourg, Chair- tional Organization for Migration spokesman and member of the an "operations zone" in mainly sands more affected by the recent forced to cross into another coun- lion in foreign and domestic debts. man of the GCSP Foundation (IOM), the United Nations' migra- newly-formed information task- Muslim northern Rakhine, where fighting, the UN has said. try like Bangladesh, we're really Nawaz Sharif is king of Council expressed confidence that tion agency, who did not want to force on Rakhine, said the govern- it says it is battling Islamist-in- Humanitarian operations that appealing to the Bangladeshi gov- thieves: Bilawal Sri Lanka would actively contrib- be identified, said he had witnessed ment continued to investigate such spired Rohingya insurgents, and it had been providing food, cash, and ernment to honor its long tradition “The amount is more than one- ute towards the work of the Coun- more than 500 people enter its reports, but had not so far been is not possible for international nutrition to more than 150,000 of hospitality and open its bor- thirds of total national debt accrued cil. Addressing the Foundation camps in the hills near the border able to substantiate any of them. reporters to enter the area to veri- people have been suspended for ders to these refugees." during the past 66 years since the Council, Ambassador Aryasinha on Monday. "We checked with the military fy claims. more than 40 days. (Additional reporting by Se- country’s independence,” he said. recalled the long relationship be- Aid workers from other Unit- and police about people fleeing to U.S. strike destroys bridge, The UN refugee agency called rajul Quadir in DHAKA and Jua- Citing a document (National tween the GCSP and Sri Lanka and ed Nations agencies and Reuters Bangladesh since Oct. 9. Some restricts Islamic State in Mosul: on the Myanmar government for rawee Kittisilpa in BANGKOK; Data Summary) issued by the State expressed hope that Sri Lanka's reporters in the IOM camps also people fled from their villages, but official access to allow it to distribute aid. Editing by Alex Richardson) Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Bilawal membership in the Foundation reported seeing Rohingyas who Bhutto-Zardari said that it paint- Council would contribute to fur- said they had recently fled the ed a horrific picture so far as do- ther enhance such engagement in fighting in Myanmar. The UN mestic debt was concerned. the future. workers did not give specific num- “Our people are being pushed While thanking the GCSP for bers, but expressed concern about under a pile of debt,” he said. the opportunities it has provided a sudden influx of people. “Nawaz Sharif is systemati- for Sri Lankan participants includ- The bloodshed is the most se- cally stifling the country’s dreams ing members of the Mission in rious since hundreds were killed in for economic prosperity while Geneva to attend GCSP programs, communal clashes in the western evading democratic accountability Ambassador Aryasinha noted that Myanmar state of Rakhine in of economic injustices,” the PPP Sri Lanka is committed to contrib- 2012, and is posing the biggest test chairman said. ute to the furtherance of GCSP's yet for the eight-month-old admin- He said that staggering sums reach, by providing a platform in istration of Nobel Peace Prize win- had been added to national debts Colombo for hosting programs in ner Aung San Suu Kyi. over just three years by the PML- cooperation with the Government, Soldiers have poured into the N government provided fresh im- with a view to reaching out to the area along Myanmar's frontier with petus to the people’s desire for Asian region. In this regard he re- Bangladesh, responding to coordi- quickly finishing the Panamagate ferred to the upcoming Interna- nated attacks on three border probe. “The prime minister and his tional Defense Attaché Seminar to posts on Oct. 9 that killed nine team were trying to block the be organized by the GCSP in De- police officers. adoption of PPP’s bill on Panama cember 2016, in collaboration with Moulavi Aziz Khan, 60, from Papers from Parliament. The SBP the Ministry of Defense and the a village in northern Rakhine, said reported that domestic debt and Kotelawala Defense University in he left Myanmar last week, after liabilities increased to Rs5.26 tril- Colombo. the military surrounded his home lion while external debt rose by Ambassador Christian Dus- and set fire to it. more than Rs2.5 trillion to Rs22 sey, the Director of the GCSP noted "At that time, I fled with my trillion. that in 2016 the GCSP conducted four daughters and three grandsons The report pointed out that the 40 courses, which involved 720 to a nearby hill ... later, we man- figure for domestic debt and liabil- participants belonging to 109 na- aged to cross the border," he said. ities in June 2013 was Rs14.32 tril- tionalities, an increase by 15% Myanmar's military and the lion. Bilawal pledged that his par- from last year. This included 15 government have rejected allega- ty would not keep quiet over such new courses in 2016. He further tions by residents and rights massively suicidal economic poli- noted that the 'Defense Attaché groups that soldiers have raped cies and urged all political parties Programme' to be held shortly in Rohingya women, burnt houses in parliament to join hands with Colombo is part of the GCSP's and killed civilians during the mil- the PPP to save the national econ- outreach program, and that the itary operation in Rakhine. omy. Seminar in Colombo would be the New York-based Human The making of another Bhutto first to be held by the GCSP in the Rights Watch said at the weekend to salvage PPP South and East Asia region. satellite images taken on Nov. 10, Meanwhile, speaking with re- porters, at the residence of veter- an PPP leader Ashraf Bhatti, he reiterated the demands for ac- countability on Panama Leaks, he said that there was a need for out- War against terrorism, LoC situation to be lining a coherent foreign policy and accelerating counterterrorism ef- forts under the National Action Plan. Accusing the interior minister main responsibilities of new army chief: Asif of having failed to ensure proper implementation of the NAP, he Defence Minister Khawaja Mo- said that the PPP only wanted to hammad Asif on Monday said that focus on democratic accountabili- completion of ongoing counter-ter- ty and democratic economic jus- rorism operations would be the tice and other major projects. responsibility of the new army Bilawal said that former pres- chief. ident Asif Ali Zardari had decided As the countdown to appoint- to return to Pakistan, but the date ment of a new army chief begins, of his return would be determined the defence minister on a TV show by the party. “I am checking said the new chief of army staff whether or not Lahore’s weather (COAS) would have to carry for- would be suitable or Karachi or ward the success and legacy of Islamabad’s for (Zardari’s) home- outgoing COAS Gen Raheel Sharif. coming,” he maintained. The PPP chairperson said that The war against terrorism, the he would avoid commenting on situation along the Line of Control ‘chacha’, the chairman of Pakistan and Working Boundary, and alleged Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, Indian aggression in Pakistan because journalists were trying to through Afghanistan will be among spring a trap in this regard. the major responsibilities the new When asked to comment on the army chief will have to focus on, matter of the appointment of the Asif said. new army chief, Bilawal said that The Pakistan Army and its the prime minister would appoint new chief will have to carry for- new army chief after detailed de- ward the tradition of success main- liberations. tained during Gen Raheel's three- He also attended Hazrat Imam year term. Hussain’s Chehlum congregation at The army has earned goodwill an Imambargah in Bhutta Chowk. and respect, he said. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Russia: New missiles in Kaliningrad answer US 'shield' Russia plans to install S-400 sur- face-to-air missiles and nuclear- capable Iskander systems in the Egypt's deposed president Mo- by a military coup in July 2013 AFP news agency that the sentenc- ers, including Qatar. His defence exclave of Kaliningrad, in retali- hamed Morsi has had a life sen- after having served just one year es against several Muslim Broth- argued that he was merely engag- ation for the NATO deployment tence overturned by the country's of a four-year term. erhood officials, who stood trial ing all foreign entities within the of its so-called "defence shield" Court of Cassation, which ordered The organisation to which he alongside him on charges of spy- limits that any head of state in Eastern Europe. a retrial in the case that revolves belonged, the Muslim Brother- ing for Iran and Hamas, were also would. Viktor Ozerov, chairman of around accusations of espionage hood, has since been outlawed. A overturned. Morsi was tried in an Morsi was given several sen- the defence committee in the with Palestinian group Hamas. government crackdown on the Egyptian court on several charges, tences, including life, a 20-year Federation Council, Russia's Morsi, Egypt's first democrat- movement, as well as other groups, including one of escaping prison prison term and the death penalty. upper house of parliament, said ically elected president, had a death has resulted in tens of thousands during the 2011 uprising against He appealed against those sentenc- in remarks reported by RIA news sentence overturned by the same of arrests and mass trials. then-president Hosni Mubarak. es, but has already had the 20-year agency on Monday that Mos- court last week and a retrial was Morsi's lawyer lawyer, Abdel He was also accused of shar- term confirmed by an Appellate A contingent of Japanese troops But Japanese Prime Minister cow was forced to react to the ordered. Morsi was overthrown Moneim Abdel Maqsoud, told ing state secrets with foreign pow- Court. has landed in South Sudan - a peace- Shinzo Abe argued that the broad- planned US missile shield erect- keeping mission that critics say er military powers give Japan the ed so close to the country. "As could see them embroiled in their ability to respond to mounting response measures to such country's first overseas fighting threats that include China's grow- threats, we will have ... to de- since World War II. ing military assertiveness and ploy additional forces ... This The 350 Self-Defence Forces North Korea's nuclear ambitions. reinforcement includes deploy- will replace a previous contingent There are more than 12,000 ment of S-400 and Iskander sys- of Japanese peacekeepers who UN peacekeepers already in the tems in Kaliningrad," Ozerov served in the United Nations Mis- country, who have faced criticism was quoted as saying. sion in South Sudan, but did not for failing to protect civilians. Kaliningrad is located be- have mandate to use force. In July, two Chinese peace- tween Poland and Lithuania. The new troops will be re- keepers died and five others were Also on Monday, President sponsible for engineering and con- wounded after their vehicle was Vladimir Putin also raised the struction in the capital, Juba. struck with a rocket-propelled gre- issue of how Russia should re- For the first time since enact- nade as fighting swept Juba. spond to what it perceives as the ing a law enshrining pacifism in its South Sudan seceded from threat from US-led forces in East- military 70 years ago, they will be Sudan in 2011 - a development ern Europe. "Why are we react- allowed to respond to urgent calls greeted at the time with mass cele- ing to NATO expansion so emo- for help from UN staff and aid brations in the oil-producing state. tionally? We are concerned by workers. There are also plans to Aid agencies and world powers NATO's decision-making?" RIA let them guard UN bases, which promised support. quoted him as saying in an inter- have been attacked during the fight- But fighting, largely along eth- view for a documentary to broad- ing. The new troops will be respon- nic lines, erupted in 2013 after cast on Russian TV later on sible for engineering and construc- President Salva Kiir sacked his Monday. "What should we do? tion in the capital, Juba long-time political rival Riek Ma- We have, therefore, to take coun- Approved in 2015, the expand- char from the post of vice presi- termeasures, which means to tar- ed capacity to use force was op- dent. A peace deal, agreed under get with our missile systems the posed by some in Japan, who intense international pressure and facilities, that, in our opinion, feared it could entangle the coun- the threat of sanctions, brought start posing a threat to us," Pu- try's military in an overseas con- Machar back to Juba in April, but tin said. flict and that it violates Japan's anti- he fled after more clashes erupted The Kremlin says the war constitution. and the violence has continued. shield's aim is to neutralise Mos- cow's nuclear arsenal long enough for the United States to strike Russia in the event of war. Wash- ington and NATO deny that. France to help ICCprosecute ISIS militants in Syria Pavel Felgenhauer, a defence analyst of Novaya Gazeta news- France is “ready to cooperate” The Hague for the annual meeting of the court’s member states who ware discussing among other things how paper, told Al Jazeera from with the International Criminal to bring those guilty of crimes in Syria to justice. In May 2014, France presented a draft resolution calling for Moscow that the decision on the Court to probe ISIS militants in war crimes to be investigated in Syria, but the measure was defeated when Russia and China vetoed the deployment of the missiles was Syria for war crimes, Foreign Min- request. A country that has signed up to the Rome treaty or whose citizens have been the victims of crimes made years ago, and announcing ister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on may refer cases to the ICC’s chief prosecutor for investigation. Cases may also be referred by the UN Security it now could be aimed at creating Monday. The ICC, founded in Council, and the prosecutor can initiate her own investigations with permission from the judges providing "a bit of mischief". 2002, is the world’s only perma- member states are involved, or a non-member state can agree to accept the court’s jurisdiction. nent war crimes court. But moves so far to refer Syria to The Hague- Saudi Deputy based body have been unsuccess- ful as Russia has blocked them with Crown Prince its veto in the UN Security Coun- cil. The UN go-ahead is needed as in ISIS combat Syria is not a member state. Ayrault told AFP that action President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi issued several military changes in talks “can be launched it they concern Yemen, including the appointment of a new Deputy Chief of General Deputy Crown Prince Moham- (French) nationals who are engaged Staff after the truce ended on Monday due to Houthi violations. med bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, in the war in Syria alongside The president appointed Major General Ahmed Saif al-Yafei Dep- Second Deputy Premier and Daesh,” using another name for uty Chief of General Staff, Brigadier General Saleh Mohammed as Minister of Defense, met on ISIS. “We are ready to cooperate first commander of the military district in Hadhramaut. The changes Monday with US Special Presi- and give our backing if there is a came in response to criticism of military leaders failing to push for- dential envoy to the Global Coa- track to follow,” he said. “Even if ward against the Houthi militias, mainly in Marib – which has seen lition for Encountering ISIL – an the margin for manoeuvre is limit- months-long clashes between Houthis and Yemeni forces backed by alternative acronym used for ISIS ed, it’s a chance to recall that we the Arab coalition. Clashes in Hadhramaut Meanwhile coinciding with – Brett McGurk. do not accept impunity.” the decision to change the commander of Hadhramaut, gunmen dressed During the meeting, they dis- Russia dealt the International in al-Qaeda clothing attacked on Monday the military forces in the cussed the latest developments Criminal Court a blow Wednesday area. The gunmen were reportedly captured, however their identities in the region, including the efforts saying it was formally withdraw- were not revealed. Turce ends exerted to combat ISIS, particu- ing its signature to the tribunal’s The Yemeni army on Monday announced the resumption of mil- larly the efforts exerted by the founding Rome Statute. itary operations against the Iran-backed Houthi militias in the coun- Saudi Arabia in support of the “The court did not live up to try, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The army and resistance global coalition to counter the the hopes associated with it and forces also said they had evicted the Houthi militias from an air base in militant group, the Saudi Press did not become truly indepen- northern Taiz. The Arab coalition supporting Yemen’s government Agency reported. dent,” Russia’s foreign ministry against the Houthis said a 48-hour ceasefire ended at midday (0900 The meeting was attended said, describing its work as “one- GMT) Monday due to repeated violations by Houthi militias and by a number of officials and the sided and inefficient”. Ayrault said their allies. “There is no respect (for the truce), only violations,” the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia the “action is symbolic and polit- coalition spokesman Major General Ahmed Assiri said, adding that Joseph Westphal. ical which I regret because it would there were “no orders to extend the ceasefire.” Assiri stated that the Saudi Arabia and the US are have been preferable that Russia number of breaches committed by the militia since the beginning of the allies in the fight against the ISIS does the opposite” and ratifies the truce exceeded 500 breaches, 80 percent of them in Yemen, Al Arabiya militant group, which controls founding Rome Statute. He was in news channel reported. areas in Syria and Iraq and has affiliated groups across the re- gion. ISIS has also claimed to have orchestrated several terror at- tacks in Europe and the Middle East. Libya unity forces closing on Sirte

militants Turkish President Recep Tayyip economic bloc led by Russia and Stoltenberg said he had spoken with the Turkish president about the filling of Turkish posts in the alliance’s command structure, which he described Forces loyal to Libya’s Govern- Erdogan on Monday urged the China sometimes seen as an east- “as a national decision for Turkey - as it is for any other NATO ally”. He added that “NATO’s commitment to the security of Turkey is absolute.” European Union and other West- ern counterpart to NATO. ment of National Accord said on ern nations to step up support for But he did not refer to this in Monday that they are closing in Ankara’s fight against Kurdish his speech in Istanbul to the on the last ISIS group fighters in militants, as he addressed a meet- NATO meeting. the coastal city of Sirte. ing of NATO lawmakers. NATO Secretary General Jens The pro-GNA forces said Erdogan said he expected the Stoltenberg meanwhile empha- they managed to dislodge ISIS backing of NATO countries in sized the alliance’s “solidarity” fighters from a fortified school Turkey’s fight against “all terror with Turkey in the wake of the in the al-Giza al-Bahriya district groups” including the Kurdistan coup and said Ankara “has the that the militants had fiercely Workers Party (PKK), ISIS mili- right” to prosecute those respon- defended. Artillery pounded ISIS tants and the group blamed by sible. Pressed by a Dutch lawmaker positions as pro-GNA fighters Ankara for the failed July 15 coup. to condemn the crackdown that has mainly from the western town He called on the European seen over 35,000 arrested, Stolten- of Misrata advanced house by Union to tighten its approach to berg said he had told Turkish lead- house, said an AFP correspon- the PKK, which Brussels desig- ers all measures had to be taken dent who reported seeing wound- nates as a terror group but whose within the rule of law. ed. A medical source said the members, according to Erdogan, are He said he welcomed cooper- fighting killed two pro-GNA allowed to roam freely within the ation between Turkey and the fighters and wounded 17 others. bloc. Council of Europe over the legal Sirte, 450 kilometres (280 “Those who have a hesitant measures after the coup, saying miles) east of the capital Tripoli, attitude against terrorist organiza- this should be an “important tool” had a population of 120,000 be- tions will be hit themselves soon- to ensure the rule of law and hu- fore ISIS seized it in June 2015 er or later,” he said in a speech to man rights are applied. and residents began to flee. deputies at the NATO Parliamen- He added he wanted to see The pro-government forces tary Assembly. “more assurance measures” from announced the launch of the bat- Turkey has been a member of NATO states to help Turkey on tle for Sirte on May 12 and, NATO since 1952 but its bid to its unstable borders, in addition to within weeks, they recaptured join the European Union has been the current surveillance flights and large chunks of the coastal city. further set back by disputes over deployment of missile batteries on But the pro-GNA forces the extent of its crackdown in the the Syrian frontier. slowed down the offensive in an wake of the coup. Stoltenberg said last week Erdogan had at the weekend Turkish officers serving in NATO effort to avoid losses among their mooted that Turkey could join the command posts had asked for asy- own ranks and to protect civil- Shanghai Cooperation Organiza- lum following the failed putsch. ians trapped in the city. tion (SCO), a loose security and Later Monday in a statement WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] By Lisa Curtis Shortly after the Trump ad- American contractors and global terrorism fight and cient or whether increasing Email: [email protected] ministration takes office in wounding at least 17 oth- will likely come up quickly U.S. and NATO troop lev- www.afghanistantimes.af January 2017, it will need ers. The attack was aimed on President-elect Trump’s els might be necessary to to consider its strategy in at weakening U.S. and radar screen. turn up the pressure on the Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Afghanistan, the country NATO resolve and con- U.S. forces were given Taliban. Advisory editorial board from which al-Qaeda vincing them to exit the expanded authorities to en- A first step would be to launched the 9/11 attacks country altogether. gage in offensive operations consult U.S. military com- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, and where U.S. and But doing so would al- with their Afghan counter- manders on the ground and Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal NATO-backed Afghan low the Taliban to re-take parts earlier this year, and then listen to their advice. In forces continue to battle the large swathes of territory have recently helped fend 2013, former U.S. Com- Graphic-Designer: Taliban 15 years after the and facilitate the revival of off Taliban advances, par- mander in Afghanistan Gen- Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi Islamist extremist group was al-Qaeda in the region, not ticularly in the northern city eral John Allen recom- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: ousted from power. to mention boosting the of Kunduz and in parts of mended keeping 20,000 Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Just last week, the Tali- moral of Islamist extremists the southern province of U.S. forces in the country- ban conducted a suicide across the globe. Helmand. post-2014 as the least risky Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan bombing on the largest While most attention is However, the incoming option. Unfortunately, Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 U.S. military base in Af- currently on the fight against administration must consid- President Obama opted for Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ghanistan, killing two Amer- ISIS in Iraq, Afghanistan er whether holding the line the riskier option of leaving ican servicemen and two remains a major front in the against the Taliban is suffi- only about half that amount. Although the U.S. aid The constitution says footprint in Afghanistan in- evitably will diminish over Kabul’s stadium of horrors time, Washington must Article 20: By James M. Dorsey maintain programs that bol- Article Twenty: The national anthem of Afghanistan shall be in Pashto with the For years, even the night watchmen didn’t dare enter Kabul’s Ghazi Stadium afraid that the dead ster democratic trends, con- mention of “God is Great” as well as the names of the tribes of Afghanistan. would haunt them. Many Afghans were convinced that grass didn’t grow in the sports complex because tribute to economic devel- its pitch had been soaked in blood. Afghan filmmaker Sedigh Barmak remembers not only those that were opment and regional eco- executed, stoned or mutilated by the Taliban but also the 2,500 films they burnt in the stadium. A match played in 2001 after the overthrow of the Taliban between U.S.-led international forces and an Afghan nomic integration, and that team did little to push those memories into the distant past. can be insulated from the Afghan leaders together with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the U.S. commander in Afghani- pervasive corruption that stan, General John Allen, hope that reopening of the completely refurbished 25,000-seat stadium will do what past efforts have failed to achieve. plagues Afghan society. Too The refurbished stadium is intended to symbolise progress as NATO forces increasingly withdraw much aid has been squan- from a country that has known little else than war for more than 30 years and faces a Taliban-led dered over the last 15 years insurgency. Some 5,000 spectators watched men and women parade on a resurfaced track that surrounds a bright and a new administration green artificial grass pitch funded by the U.S. that was inaugurated with a soccer match. Many of the will have to review aid pol- spectators saw their sport careers destroyed during the Taliban’s rule; others still have vivid memories of icies and programs, insist- the terror that haunted the stadium. Despite women’s participation in the parade, which contrasted starkly with the Taliban’s concerted ing on efficiency and results. effort to restrict women to their homes, women sports remain controversial in Afghanistan. The 24 Lastly, the fight against Holding successful elections in Afghanistan is a herculean task. members of the women’s national soccer team largely try to keep their passion discreet, according to team the Taliban in Afghanistan captain Zahran Mahmoodi. will not succeed so long as The gravity of different factors—from foreign interference to in- One of the team’s defenders says that she tells family and friends that she is going shopping whenever she heads for the pitch. Some families only agreed to let their daughters play once they had been convinced the movement’s leaders find clination of electoral officials toward a particular group—have that there were no men present during matches and training sessions and that the girls would play with safe haven in Pakistan. The forced the political scientists and analysts to question compatibil- their heads and bodies covered. As a result, it is unlikely that the women’s team will play any time soon on the stadium’s new pitch next administration will have ity of democracy in the country which has been run according to that is expected to be certified by soccer world governing body FIFA so that it can host international to find new avenues for unwritten codes. Though, several constitutions were drafted and games. Afghan National Olympic Committee president and a former military goalkeeper Lieutenant- convincing Pakistanis it is in General Mohammad Zaher Aghbar told Reuters he hoped that the stadium would host its first (male) approved but that did not fit the Afghan society as shown by the international match in early 2012. their own self-interest to coup d’états and collapse of governments in the past two centu- “Men and women, girls and boys, can [now] watch a peaceful match together,” said Afghan journalist crack down on the Taliban Zaibullah, according to Reuters, as he watched the parade. Pointing to a corner in the pitch’s penalty area, and to join a peace process. ries. Three presidential polls have been held since ouster of the Mr. Zaibullah recalled Islamist punishments administered by the Taliban in the stadium. “There was a thief who stole something from his village ... they cut his hand, right here. A man and a The change in adminis- Taliban from power in 2001. The previous two were marred by woman were having illegal sexual relations. They were caught, brought here, given 100 lashes each and told tration provides an oppor- widespread fraud allegations, especially the 2014 presidential polls. to marry each other ... I also saw people beheaded and shot. Afghans will never forget these bad memo- tunity to recommit to the ries,” he said. Teams of the presidential candidates alleged each other of fraud “The place that once was used to execute people during the Taliban, and then football played on their fight in Afghanistan and engineered on an industrial scale. blood, is now turned into a peaceful place. Sport helps societies get together, it will strengthen our sharpen U.S. strategy to- The bad thing about the previous presidential election was that national solidarity,” said Lieutenant-General Aghbar. ward Pakistan in a way that That solidarity absent in the strife-torn nation is vested in the stadium’s name. The title ghazi is brings greater stability and the two candidates did not show political maturity. They have opt- bestowed in the Muslim world on fighters who kill infidels in battle, but in Afghanistan it also refers to those who lost their lives in battles for independence against the British in the early 20th century. economic prosperity to the ed for alternatives. Mediation of the United States Secretary of Nonetheless, like in the case of Mr. Zaibullah, the memories of the punishments meted out in the region.—(The Daily Signal) State John Kerry was part of that alternative which has brought stadium by the Taliban, in line with its severe interpretation of Islamic law, that were forcibly attended by thousands are never far from the surface. Lisa Curtis analyzes legitimacy of the current government under question. But the good Daud, a driver, remembered in a conversation with Agence France Presse, the execution in 1999 of America’s economic, secu- thing is that both the candidates realized where the problem lies. It Zarmeena, a woman accused of killing her husband. Dressed in a blue burqa she was made to kneel on the rity and political relation- pitch. “The Taliban got the Kalashnikov, put it behind her head and shot her two times. She fell down on was the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Inde- the ground. The crowd went very quiet. It was a strange and dangerous atmosphere. People were shocked ships with India, Pakistan, pendent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). The two elec- and scared. Sometimes I remember that woman, I even dream about it,” Daud said.—(The Hindu) Afghanistan and other na- James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang tions of South Asia as a se- toral bodies badly failed in carrying out duties enshrined in the law. Technological University in Singadpore and author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer. nior research fellow at The It was a great injustice to the two candidates and Afghan nation. Heritage Foundation. National interests and public aspirations were buried by the two commissions. Decision of President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Offic- er Abdullah Abdullah to overhaul the rusting electoral bodies was widely welcomed. It was the decision that will make history. Ap- pointment of seven IEC and five IECC commissioners would give new life to the ailing electoral commissions. It took tireless efforts and exhausting discussion between the two leaders to inject heavy dose of reforms in the dying electoral bodies which have lost pub- lic trust. Restoration of public trust over the election commission is a major challenge. The voters will not trust the IEC and IECC until they see performance of the newly sworn election commis- sioners in the coming parliamentary and district council polls. Poor performance of the new commissioners would not only result low turnout in the next presidential elections but would also open the door to criticism on the government because they were appointed by the leaders after two years of comprehensive de- bates and thorough background check. There is no other excuse left if the appointments are based on the merit. To test the skills and knowledge of the commissioners, the government should an- nounce date for the parliamentary poll because the Wolesi Jirga has completed its term one year ago. People are also tired of look- ing at the same faces in the parliament for over five years especial- ly when public representatives have turned their backs on the elec- torates. Therefore, the government has cover the another mile in this journey of reforms and upholding democratic values by giving a timetable for the parliamentary election. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Revealing Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES N Dakota pipeline protest is a harbinger of many more byLauren Carasik

byDina Afrianty Modern Indonesia is testimony to suspect on November 16 by the adamant that the faith had been country's status as a, broadly, sec- the ability of transition democra- Indonesian National Police, after insulted. ular state. cies to construct a constitutional less than two weeks of mounting Moreover, the candidate and This current challenge is par- framework that can guarantee pressure, driven by radicals and all others not sharing their view ticularly dramatic, involving as it equality, security and freedom conservative Muslims who mobi- have been labelled "liberal" or "kaf- does, political elites, radical con- from discrimination for all citizens. lised tens of thousands in a rally ir" (unbeliever). servatives and the most high pro- Since 1998's Reformasi (the on November 4, in Central Jakar- Even respected scholars in- file subject to date of the blasphe- period of transition after the fall ta. cluding Professor Syafii Maarif, the my regime. It is also troubling, due of Indonesia's dictator, Suharto), The key group behind the ral- former Chairman of the leading to the confluence of racial and reli- Indonesians have seen how politi- ly was the notorious Islamic De- modernist Muslim group Muham- gious themes, which are being ex- cal reforms can deliver freedom of fenders Front (FPI). FPI accused madiyah is not exempt from at- ploited for electoral gain. expression, consolidate the role of Ahok of insulting the Quran when tack and criticism. A test for Indonesia's democ- political parties - including Islam- he encouraged a small audience, Identity politics racy ic parties - and for Indonesians to during his work visit, not to be For moderate Muslims, how- Even the option of allowing the exercise their right to vote in open deceived by those who sought to ever, the case is primarily political legal process to run its course does and transparent elections. use Quranic verse of Al-Maidah and represents driven a classic, not offer great comfort. The legal Yet, almost two decades later, 51 to prevent voters selecting a multilayered Jakarta political dra- provisions in the blasphemy re- we are witnessing a significant non-Muslim leader. ma. gime are ambiguous, at best, and political crisis that suggests there The allegation of blasphemy The leader of FPI, Habib Riz- the various legal institutions includ- is a widening gulf between those against Ahok was validated by a ieq, a member of the small Indone- ing the courts can be subject to who support constitutional gov- fatwa issued by National Ulama sian Arabic community, is known political influence. Further, both As a Native American-led opposi- As the world closely gauges the easement is issued, especially ernment, and those who use Islam Council (MUI). This quasi-gov- to have strong links with Jakarta's conviction or acquittal are likely tion to a $3.7bn North Dakota how the new political reality in the "in light of the history of the Great as a basis to challenge the pluralist ernment institution was created indigenous population, the Betawi. to attract a negative response from pipeline that galvanised an inter- US bodes for global efforts to ame- Sioux Nation's dispossessions of assumptions behind contemporary under the authoritarian govern- More controversially, former different factions. national movement takes on in- liorate impending climate disaster, lands [and] the importance of Lake democratic politics. ment of Suharto in the early 1970s, President Susilo Bambang Yud- Fault Lines - Seafood Slaves creased urgency with the election it will be watching the events un- Oahe to the Tribe." (PDF) Indonesia: Thousands rally and it regularly seeks to express hoyono is suspected to be behind Therefore, ultimately, the of Donald Trump, repression by folding at Standing Rock. A defiant Warren, who has ig- against blasphemy in Jakarta authoritative rulings on issues of the rally, since he is assisting his Ahok case will be a fascinating and law enforcement response contin- In a scenario hauntingly famil- nored the administration's repeat- Indeed, the now-regular ap- public interest. son, Agus Yudhoyono, in his bid critical test of Indonesia's democ- ues to escalate. iar to indigenous environmental ed requests to pause construction peals to Indonesians to promote The meaning and application for the governorship. racy. Assuming he remains able to If completed, the 1,886km and land activists around the within 32km of the river, respond- their identity as members of the Al-Maidah 51 was subject to de- Yudhoyono favoured conser- contest the election, the public, ap- Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) world, peaceful resistance has been ed by asking the federal court judge ummah as a priority over being bate in the weeks leading up to the vative religious causes during his propriately, will have the most would transport a half million bar- met with militarisation and crimi- presiding over the tribe's legal chal- members of the voting public, rally. Opinion among everyone, time as president and the candida- important contribution to make rels of fracked crude oil from the nalisation. lenge for a declaratory judgment means that religious identity from noted Islamic scholars to or- cy of his son, who retired from the through casting their ballots. Bakken oil fields in North Dakota Nearly 500 water protectors, allowing the company to move threatens to displace citizenship dinary members of the public, military to stand, is a political gam- Success for Ahok will likely to Illinois, crossing multiple wa- as they prefer to be called, have forward, decrying political inter- as a key organising principle. ranged across fundamental ques- ble to keep the family's political be read as vindication by the few terways including the Missouri been arrested, including tribal el- ference (PDF). The raising of a charge of blas- tions, including the importance of fortunes alive. The crisis engages who have sought to defend consti- River, that serves as the drinking ders, and many were patently IN PICTURES: Standing Rock phemy against the Chinese Chris- both the Quran and "ulama" to significant issues beyond these tutional governance over populist, water source for millions of peo- overcharged. tribe protests over North Dakota tian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Muslim identity and citizenship, merely political dimensions. In religiously inspired protests. ple. Images of law enforcement pipeline Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, to the meaning of the verse itself, fact, it is hard not to conclude that Failure may prove harder to The Standing Rock Sioux brutality have elicited widespread He has continued to amass is presenting a major challenge for and methods of Quranic interpre- it may help determine the future interpret. It could be seen either as Tribe's organised resistance to the outrage. Most recently, the Unit- equipment on the drill pad by the President Joko Widodo (also tation. of Indonesia's national identity. a reward for radical brinkmanship, pipeline, which began in April as a ed Nations Special Rapporteur on river and fortified barricades to known as Jokowi). Long applauded as a moderate Long applauded as a moderate as a legitimate critique of the can- small prayer camp, has swelled to the rights to freedom of peaceful protect it, and has indicated that The case arises in the middle and pluralist Muslim nation (the and pluralist Muslim nation (the didates, or as morally inspired con- thousands and drawn support assembly and association de- there will be no re-route. of a hard-fought campaign in which home of 'smiling Islam') Indonesia home of "smiling Islam"), Indone- demnation. One thing seems clear, from some 300 tribes, represent- nounced the excessive force de- Between the costs of delay and Ahok is seeking to be elected in has regularly resolved political de- sia has regularly resolved political and that is, that the intensity and ing the largest Native American ployed by law enforcement and a declining economic outlook for his own right, after assuming the bates about religion and the state debates about religion and the state scale of the actions by the anti- gathering in a generation. private security, and said those the project since its inception in post following Jokowi's move into by settling upon constitutional and by settling upon constitutional and Ahok coalition has, arguably, tak- The uprising has been joined detained had been kept in "inhu- 2014, financial pressures on the national politics. democratic mechanisms. democratic mechanisms. Howev- en to a new level the deployment by climate and social justice activ- man and degrading conditions". company are mounting (PDF). An The blasphemy charge Despite this open and public er, conservative Muslim voices of Islam as a tool in Indonesian ists. The tribe is determined to International opprobrium has activist campaign targeting DAPL's Ahok was formally named a debate, those attacking Ahok are regularly seek to challenge the politics. peacefully resist the pipeline's cur- not tempered the law enforcement financiers to withdraw support are rent path, which runs within less response. On November 20, po- adding to the fray. DNB, Norway's than one kilometre of their reser- lice responded aggressively to hun- largest bank, sold its assets in the vation and, they argue, endangers dreds of unarmed water protectors DAPL and is considering terminat- their sacred cultural sites and wa- gathered in the freezing tempera- ing its loans to the company. ter supply. ture at a contested bridge barricade Options ahead The conflict inflames a long, between the main encampment and Though it has encouraged dia- brutal and disgraceful history of the drill site with water cannons, logue, the Army Corps has other Native American dispossession rubber bullets and chemical agents, options at its disposal. The agen- and the elevation of private and injuring many of them. cy could deny the easement to drill corporate rights over indigenous Trump's connections with the under the river. ones, and overlaps with urgent ef- project It could also order a full Envi- forts to curb fossil fuel dependen- The spectre of the incoming ronmental Impact Statement, cy. administration has only heightened which would consider the cumula- North Dakota Pipeline Pro- the tension. Trump has vowed to tive impacts of the pipeline in its tests: What To Know revisit the Keystone XL pipeline entirety instead of narrowly focus- Historical injustice that was nixed under the Obama ing on small segments, a study it A "day of action" on Novem- administration, dismantle the En- should have undertaken in the first ber 15 mobilised protests in 300 vironmental Protection Agency place. cities across the globe, many in (EPA) and pull out of the Paris It's unclear how either option front of offices of the US Army Agreement on climate change. would fare under the Trump ad- Corps of Engineers, in whose Though he hasn't commented ministration, prompting former hands the pipeline's fate currently directly on the DAPL controver- presidential candidate Bernie Sand- resides. sy, Trump has signalled his sup- ers to implore Obama to declare The Army Corps has not is- port for energy infrastructure "the historic treaty lands of the sued the easement required to drill projects, and doesn't seem inclined Standing Rock Sioux threatened by under the Missouri River, the only to recognise indigenous rights, es- the pipeline a federal monument." impediment to completing pipe- pecially when they impinge on the The Obama administration has line construction in North Dako- profits of the powerful oil and gas to act quickly, since the decision ta. industries. will soon reside with an adminis- Because of the colonial legal It remains opaque how the new tration presumed to be hostile to framework, the dispute being liti- president will navigate conflicts of the tribe's interests. gated in federal court is narrowly interest, given his investment in the As the world closely gauges framed around whether the tribe pipeline's Texas-based developer, how the new political reality in the was meaningfully consulted about Energy Transfer Partners. Compa- US bodes for global efforts to ame- the project, though the internation- ny CEO Kelcy Warren donated liorate impending climate disaster, Trump’s foreign policy a cause for al standard is consent (PDF). more than $100,000 to Trump's it will be watching the events un- Historical injustice casts a dark campaign and has expressed con- folding at Standing Rock. and enduring shadow: much of the fidence the pipeline will be com- While climate change imperils pipeline traverses territory taken pleted as planned. us all, some are more vulnerable international apprehension from the tribe in violation of the Earlier this month, President than others, and it is critical not Raghida Dergham Treaties of Fort Laramie of 1851 Barack Obama indicated that the eclipse the demands of the indige- and 1868. After centuries of colo- Army Corps was considering re- nous rightsmovement that pro- The future of the relationship be- same time, he has not divorced him- where walls or fences would work for the post. However, this does nisation and the intergenerational routing the pipe. pelled this uprising onto the inter- tween the incoming Trump admin- self from the campaign version of best. not mean he may not pick a figure misery it has inflicted, the tribe is In the latest salvo, the agency national stage in the first place. istration with Russia and Iran has the Donald, the unilateral and stub- On the campaign trail, Donald who would pursue Barack determined to protect its sover- said on November 14 that addi- That goal requires recognition that become a major issue for the man- born businessman who overcame Trump spoke in a threatening and Obama’s line of appeasement with eignty, self-determination and in- tional discussion and environmen- climate justice and indigenous sov- darins of the Republican Party, all obstacles on his path to the hostile manner about China. Now, Russia or even Iran, to a lesser de- digenous ways of life. tal analysis are warranted before ereignty are closely intertwined. which had nominated the tycoon White House. this rhetoric has given way to a gree. for the presidency, and for the lead- This is precisely why some are more pragmatic discourse towards On the Middle East ers of the US’ European allies. The worried about the baggage this un- the Chinese leadership. With regards to Iran, Trump main concern is the apparent bond conventional personality could be Trump met with Obama at the will not be a carbon copy of emerging between Russian Presi- bringing to the US presidency and White House for nearly an hour, Obama. He will neither appease dent Vladimir Putin and US Presi- the crucial decisions entrusted although the scheduled time was Tehran at the same level nor be dent-elect Donald Trump and the upon it. Some are calling for giving only 15 minutes. Afterwards, willing to hold up the nuclear deal LETTER TO THE EDITOR implications for Syria and Ukraine Trump time to get to know his Obama said Trump was not ideo- as the key benchmark for US-Ira- but also what it entails in terms of policies before rushing to judg- logical but was pragmatic, and must nian engagement. Tehran will the lack of balance between Pu- ment, at least until his inaugura- be given a chance to lead the coun- therefore be likely to come under tin’s experience and shrewdness tion in mid-January. However, ev- try. Donald Trump also after the more scrutiny with respect to its and Trump’s inexperience and for- ery step made from now until then meeting praised the man with nuclear program. The Trump ad- No room for sectarian violence eign policy illiteracy. The contro- will be closely watched, whether whom he had exchanged the bit- ministration will be more willing At least 32 people were killed and more than 85 others wounded as a suicide bomber attacked a versy regarding the future of the it comes from Russia in Syria or terest of insults. When he was to re-impose sanctions in the event religious ceremony in the sixth police district of Kabul on Monday. nuclear deal with Iran follows two Iran in Iraq, because in one way or asked about what they spoke of any Iranian attempt to circum- different directions between the another, the coming administration about, he first mentioned the Mid- vent the restrictions under the deal. Kabul security officials said the incident took place at a Shit mosque, BaqirulUloom, inChaharDehi European leaders keen to maintain will chart a different course from dle East – the region he had placed The administration will likely que- area of Kabul city. The Islamic State, which is also known as Daesh terrorist group has claimed the agreement and leaders of the its predecessors’. at the bottom of his priorities and ry the International Atomic Ener- responsibility. However, the Afghan masses are enough mature to deal with any kind of heart- Republican Party who want to Softening his approach reduced to the issue of the war on gy Agency (IAEA) over the tini- wrenching incidents, asthey have suffered a lot at hands of militants during three decades of tighten the conditions of the deal’s In truth, President Barack terror. est detail and could bring back all war. Civilians have been the most victim of the war in Afghanistan. Militants killing civilians by implementation and monitoring Obama had already delivered some Even his rhetoric on Saudi Ara- options to the table, including the mechanisms in parallel with prep- of the promises Trump subse- bia has changed since his election. military option. different name on daily basis. arations for snapping back sanc- quently made in his campaign, dur- His positions regarding the Pales- Still, this will not mean the Militants loyal to the Daesh terrorist group are making efforts to fuel sectarian war in Afghanistan, tions on Tehran and returning the ing his two terms, especially with tinian-Israeli conflict indicate that Trump administration will be bi- but, the Afghan masses understands the game, and would never turn into sectarian clashes. military option to the table in the regard to deporting undocument- he will not fulfill the traditional ased against Iran’s regional forays, Instead, the Afghan masses would join hands and put indefatigable efforts to build a secure, event of Iranian breaches. ed immigrants with criminal promise all presidential candidates or ally itself to the Gulf nations Some are even calling for pre- records. Obama earned himself the make regarding moving the US against Iran. At most, the Trump peaceful, and prosperous future of their already war-hit country, and importantly a state free of paratory steps, through key ap- reputation of being “deporter-in- embassy to Jerusalem. They also administration could re-examine re- sectarian violence. pointments in the Trump admin- chief” for having forced more than suggest he won’t be “neutral” in lations with Iran in terms of the The enemies of Afghanistan should know that Afghans will always stand together against all istration, ahead of the date of ex- 2.5 million people out of the coun- the sense of avoiding the issue, and latter’s regional expansionism, if sort of conspiracies. Such kind of terrorist act would never hurt the unity and the brotherhood piry of the deal in nine years to try between 2009 and 2015. could work for a political settle- developments in Syria, Iraq, Ye- of Afghanistan. preempt any bid by Iran to devel- Trump has begun climbing down ment by reviving talks. If he de- men, and Lebanon require it rather op and acquire nuclear weapons. from his position, saying the first cides to become a more neutral than because of calculations relat- Being an Afghan, I extend my deepest condolence to the families of the victims, Currently, everyone is holding their batch of deportations would affect mediator, this could mark a quali- ed to the Arab Gulf powers. wishing paradise for the martyrs and quick recovery to the wounded. breath in anticipation of the for- two million immigrants who broke tative shift, though this is unlikely Indeed, Iran remains a de-fac- Ramiz Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan mation of the next US cabinet, es- the law and not all 11 million of to happen of someone like Rudy to partner in the US priority-war pecially with regard to posts such them. Giuliani or John Bolton becomes on ISIS and so-called Sunni terror- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must as the secretary of state, defense Russia is in permanent need secretary of state. ism. have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: secretary, attorney general, nation- of an enemy in the West, especial- Giuliani, a former mayor of The attacks of 9/11 remain a [email protected] al security advisor and homeland ly the US. It is also not yet ready New York City, has his eyes key factor in US relations with the security’s top post. The lineup to abandon its bid to settle the bat- trained on the post. However, he Sunni Arabs, which benefits Iran’s contains many names but few tle in Aleppo and this will not af- would be one of the worst picks. position in the relationship with know the identity of the pillars of fect its ambition to begin a truce John Bolton is more experienced the US, especially given that Te- the incoming Trump administra- with the US under Trump in foreign affairs, but he is a neo- hran leads the Shiite world and Disclaimer: tion, which will most likely include Raghida Dergham con and supports military inter- claims to be the spearhead of the a blend of traditional figures of the Similarly with the issue of ventions, in contradiction of war on Sunni terror. However, if establishment and right-wing ex- Trump’s proposed wall between Trump’s campaign promises re- key posts in the US government The views and opinions expressed in the articles are tremists to appease Trump’s sup- the US and Mexico, a third of it garding remaining out of others’ come to be occupied by figures that those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or port base. What is clear, however, has already been built. Now, wars and rejecting US intervention- link the nuclear deal opposed by is that Donald Trump has started Trump is saying parts of his wall ism. Trump to Iran’s regional domi- opinions of the Afghanistan Times. acclimatizing himself to the post will be fences, and insists he is a What is completely unlikely nance schemes, things and policies and its requirements, but at the construction expert who will know is for Trump to pick a Democrat could evolve differently. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

In the suburbs of Nepal’s capital, The last revolution was far Kathmandu, a woman tends to from easy, he says. “Without con- vegetables in the farm that sur- tinuous training, it was very hard rounds the humble tin-roofed home work to make people … ready for she shares with two former com- sacrifice.” rades-in-arms. We will launch another revo- Spring is just around the cor- lution, but it will not be like the ner and flowers have started to last People's War blossom in these fields, over which Now his breakaway party, led snow-capped mountains loom. by Netra Bikram Chand, better Sharma’s gaze drifts off to- known by his nom de guerre, Bi- wards the peaks. The 34-year-old plab, is organising similar training, really ought to be dead. During and their rallies in cities and villag- Nepal’s 10-year long Maoists re- es across Nepal are drawing large bellion, she had a price on her head. crowds. The government had an- Fidgeting, the 50-year-old nounced that it would pay $10,000 former mathematics teacher ex- to anybody who delivered her to plains what drove him to commu- them, dead or alive. nism. But she was lucky; she evad- Unlike Rekha, who joined vol- ed arrest and, unlike the nearly untarily, he says he was pushed 16,000 others who were killed dur- into the war.? ing a conflict that lasted from 1996 He was teaching in Rolpa, the until 2006, escaped death.?? Ne- cradle of the Maoist rebellion. The pal’s civil war pitted the Maoist- terrain, with its rugged, inaccessi- led People’s Liberation Army ble mountain villages, and its eth- (PLA) against state forces. Rekha nic Magar residents, who have a was a member of the PLA. history of grievances against the But the gun she used has now government, suited the Maoist been handed in to the government purpose. as part of the decommissioning Clashes between communists process that began after the war and activists from the ruling Ne- ended. And the party she fought pali Congress were frequent there. for now sits in the cabinet with Kesh Bahadur says that when those she fought against. a local politician falsely accused Still, Rekha’s belief in the com- him of murder, he was arrested. munist ideals that inspired her then When he was released on bail, he remains firm. “If necessary, I’m gave up his teaching job and joined ready to fight again,” she says. The the Maoists. two former comrades with whom He rose through the ranks of she now lives - both women of a the PLA, eventually commanding similar age - nod in agreement. around 1,000 fighters. Like thousands of others, these The Maoists famously start- women were drawn to revolution- ed their rebellion with just two old ary politics because they saw in it guns. Kesh Bahadur was one of an opportunity to challenge a pa- those responsible for ensuring that triarchal system that considered they became better equipped. “In them inferior to men. the initial phases, I made the Sija About a third of the PLA fight- gun and bombs,” he explains. ers were women. As the war progressed, he says Early on, the Maoists recognised depicted the valour and sacrifices She became “less pure” in her par- larger sacrifices. Some children had of another breakaway Maoist par- Rekha was born into an upper all of the Magar villagers in Rolpa the importance of folk music in of the Maoists, as well as their ents eyes, she says, and her moth- both their parents die in the war.”? ty headed by Mohan Baidya, who caste Brahmin family as Tika Bas- were suspected of being Maoists. appealing to the masses. dreams for a better future. er still refuses to eat food she has She was reunited with her is known by his nom de guerre, tola. Her father, a retired Nepalese Many of Kesh Bahadur’s students Opposite the Maoist office in “The leaders told me it was cooked. daughter after the peace process Kiran. army soldier, was a communist. As and fellow teachers felt compelled Libang, the administrative head- easy to produce a leader, but it took “The leadership to fight against began in 2006. Lichun was 11. She Former Maoist fighters may a child, his ideas inspired her. to join the war. Not all of them quarters of Rolpa district, Sita special talents to become an art- the injustice came from the Mao- is now 21, and while she shares have been divided among factions, When the war began, the uni- survived. Acharya sits on a raised platform ist,” she says. ists. That’s why I joined them,” her mother’s looks, she has little but few seem to regret their role in versity student joined the Mao- The midwestern districts of in front of her mud and wood It was the injustices she wit- she explains, looking at the dilapi- interest in politics. Her ambition the war. For as long as they were ists’ ‘Kathmandu valley task Dang, Rolpa, Rukum, Pyuthan and house. She has red vermillion on nessed as a child - from the 30 years dated Maoist office across the is to study agriculture and get a fighting, the hierarchies of class, force’ - many members of which Bardiya, which had sizable popu- her forehead, smeared there by her of royal dictatorship, that ended street. government job. caste, sex and ethnicity didn’t mat- would later be killed, tortured or lations of minority ethnic groups mother to mark the full moon. in 1990, to the confiscation of her As the war raged on, the need Lichun doesn’t blame her par- ter. When 37-year-old Shree Ku- "disappeared". like Tharus, Magars, and Dalits - Libang, a town of about 20,000 father’s land - that inspired her to for propaganda that would reso- ents for leaving her to fight. “If mari Roka’s father died, the only She admired Mao Zedong, the the lowest in the Hindu caste hier- on the banks of the tributary of join the Maoists. nate with the people grew greater. they left a comfortable life to fight thing she left Shree of her father’s Chinese communist leader from archy - became Maoist strong- the Rapti River and surrounded by Like Rekha, Sita comes from a “We turned whatever we saw in the jungles, then there must have was his Khukuri, a sharp, curved whom the Unified Communist holds. mountains, was a military fortress Brahmin family, but the poverty in villages into songs. We sang of been some noble cause behind it,” knife. Shree breaks down as she Party of Nepal (Maoist), also Teachers, like Kesha Bahadur, during the war - a refuge for any- of those from the lower castes - people’s experiences. Their sym- she reflects. “I am proud of them.” removes it from a bag beneath her known as the UCPN (M), drew who were respected by villagers, one fleeing the violence wrought along with the discrimination pathy for us rose since we were But did the war bring about bed. It was another Khukuri, wield- its inspiration. After several fac- were well placed to propagate on the villages. The Maoists, too, against women - troubled her. singing their sorrows,” she remem- the change Sita fought for? She is ed, Shree says, by Maoists, that tions of the party reunited in May, Maoist ideology and to train cad- left it alone for the most part, since We turned whatever we saw bers. “Children used to beg us to unsure. She feels their leaders beheaded her father, a cadre of the the party was renamed the Com- res.? it was in a district that gave them in villages into songs. We sang of let them join us.” “kneeled and surrendered”, she Nepali Congress (NC) party, in munist Party of Nepal (Maoist- At the height of the war, the shelter. people’s experiences. Their sym- For 10 years, she saw her says. 1997. “But I never thought of re- Centre). Maoists had de facto control over Sita was 20 when she joined pathy for us rose since we were daughter only intermittently dur- “People thought the war will venge. If I had wanted revenge, I "An unjust state which wields two thirds of the country, where the war, leaving her one-year-old singing their sorrows ing ceasefires in the fighting. “A bring total change, especially for could have gotten Maoists arrest- weapons can be confronted only they formed a parallel government daughter, Lichun, behind with her She married a Magar man be- mother feels the pain the most the poor, who would be guaran- ed by reporting them to the armed with weapons," she says, her eyes headed by Maoist ideologue parents. Her task was to go village fore joining the war. Inter-caste and when leaving her child. I didn’t teed food, shelter, health and em- forces. And the armed forces could still fixed on the distant mountains. Baburam Bhattarai. to village with her group, playing inter-ethnic marriages are rare to- leave my child out of choice,” she ployment,” says Sita, who is now have killed them,” she says as tears For many, the civil war - re- The war ended after a peace songs and staging ‘song-plays’ that day, but they were even rarer then. says.?? “A lot of friends made much a member of the central committee roll down her cheeks. Aljazeera ferred to as the People’s War by accord was signed in 2006. It al- the Maoists - was a fight against lowed the Maoists to join the gov- discrimination and oppressive so- ernment and required the PLA cial hierarchies - whether based on fighters to submit to UN-moni- caste, gender, wealth, ethnicity, tored decommissioning. religion or even region. With 19,000 other soldiers, Rekha met her husband, a fel- Kesha Bahadur spent the next five low fighter, during the war. But years in military camps as the just 10 months after their marriage, powers in Kathmandu deliberated he was arrested and "disappeared". over their future. When the PLA She blames the army, which is was finally disbanded, he rejected thought to have been behind most an offer to join the army. of the 1,400 suspected cases of “The integration was not my Kuwait’s interior ministry said on Initially, 455 people registered siri: She has Phd in Social Policy, since 2013. She is also a columnist Amani Jalil Hani Al-Salih: enforced disappearances that took choice,” he says, explaining his Saturday that there are 14 women their names in Kuwait’s five elec- and calls for the implementation and mother of three. Calls for real taxes implementation place during the conflict. decision. out of 287 candidates running in toral districts. The number was of a civil law to give youth all their Abeer Al-Juma: Activist and on big merchants and investors. ??Rekha almost met the same In 2008, the Maoists won the the parliamentary elections sched- down to 287 as candidates later rights. therapist. Alya'a Mahdi Yousif District four fate.?? She recalls one night in country’s first Constituent As- uled on Nov. 26. withdrew from the race, while 40 Farah Abdulhamid Sadik Mo- Makdis: A lawyer and a member Reem Ghafil Al-Adwani: A 2001, after the government had sembly elections, becoming Ne- The number of women is the were barred by the committee hammed: A writer and women’s at the economic committee in the Sharia and Islamic studies gradu- imposed a state of emergency, pal’s ruling party. second lowest figure since they tasked to verify eligibility. rights activist. She is also a con- Kuwaiti Lawyer Society. ate. She has been teaching Islamic when the army raided her hideout In its first sitting, it scrapped were allowed to vote as well as While the ministry said 14 sultant for a parliamentary group District three: studies since more than 10 years. in a busy Kathmandu alley. the 240-year-old Shah monar- run in parliamentary elections. women are participating, the Ku- focusing on women and family Safa Abdul Rahman Al- District five With their hearts racing, she chy.?? The Maoist leader Pushpa While women had the right to wait assembly’s official website since 2013. Hashem: Aged 53, founder and Anwar Kamil Al-Qahtani: a and a male friend pretended to be Kamal Dahal, popularly known by vote when polling was first intro- shows 15 women are running. Huda Saeed Al-Awadhi: Basic Chairman & Managing Director of 54-year-old accountant at the newlyweds enjoying a trip to the his nom de guerre, Prachanda, be- duced in Kuwait in 1985, this right District one: Education professor. Advantage Consulting. She is one Ministry of Social Affairs and La- capital. The soldiers believed them. came the first elected prime minis- was later scrapped. But in 2005, Iman Ali Jawhar Hayat: On her Wahida Ali Haidar: calling for of the high profile female execu- bor. Today, Rekha recalls the cru- ter of the republic. But he was Kuwaiti women were re-granted Twitter, Hayat says she does not workers' rights. tives in the region. Widad badr Al-badr Al-Qanai'i elty of the war, but also the cama- forced to resign in 2009 over the the right to vote. believe in sectarianism and that her District two: Sanaa Ali Khalifa Al-Asfour: Hadeel Jassim Al-Mohammed: raderie and love between the fight- sacking of the country’s army In 2009, women won four religion is peace, love and human- Alya Faisal Hamoud Zaid Al- Wife of the famous footballer Saad She is 7-month pregnant, says ers.? “I am proud of my husband, chief. seats for the first time since they itarianism. Khaled: Aged 43, member of the al-Hotli. She has Phd in psycholo- “this is the biggest proof that the he gave his life for the nation. He Nearly two years later, the obtained the right to vote. Ghadeer Ghaloum Ridha As- Kuwaiti journalists syndicate gy. capability of the Kuwaiti women.” was a brave man,” she says.? She Maoists returned to power with is still waiting to find out exactly Bhattarai becoming prime minis- what happened to him and the ter.?? But ideological differences many others like him. within the party tore it apart.?? “Even if we have to search for When the Constituent Assembly another 50 years for the disap- expired without a constitution in peared persons, we are prepared 2012, the Maoist party split into to do that,” she says. several factions. Recently, the ma- The teacher soldier - “We will jor factions have reunited. launch another revolution” The war enhanced the politi- Hundreds of kilometres away cal consciousness of the people. I from Rekha’s farm, in Ghorahi - feel proud of the war one of the largest cities in Nepal’s When the second Constituent midwestern region - Kesh Baha- Assembly promulgated a new con- dur Batha Magar struggles to con- stitution in 2015 - a key part of tain his excitement. He speaks an- the Maoist agenda - Bhattarai quit imatedly when remembering the the party. He has since launched a war, his stories jumping back and new party, Naya Shakti (New forth through time. But they all Force). lead to the same point - for him, Kesha Bahadur believes the the fight is not over. dream of creating a society that will “We will launch another revo- benefit the poor and marginalised lution, but it will not be like the is far from being fulfilled.?? “The last People's War,” he says. constitution is promulgated but ??His party, a breakaway nothing … [has] changed in the Maoist group called the Commu- lives of the common people,” he nist Party of Nepal (Maoist), en- reflects. joys the support of many former "Government schools are un- Maoist fighters who believe that der-resourced, health facilities are the mother party, the CPN (Mao- almost non-existent for the poor, ist-Centre), made too many com- and rural areas, where more than promises after entering govern- 70 percent of Nepalese live, have ment in 2006. seen only negligible improvements Kesh Bahadur remembers an in public infrastructure," he says.? attack on a nearby military bar- Still, he does not believe the racks that he participated in. It was uprising was in vain. “The war 2001 and the group’s first attack enhanced the political conscious- on the army. At least 12 soldiers, ness of the people,” he says. “I including the company command- feel proud of the war.” Perhaps no er, were killed. instrument beats closer to the “I was fortunate I did not die,” hearts of Nepal’s hill people than he reflects. the small drum known as Madal.?? WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Volkswagen AG’s namesake brand on Tuesday outlined a multiyear strategy to boost profits after a bruising year while expanding its range of electric vehicles and digi- tal services. Herbert Diess, VW brand chief, said the company expects to generate €3 billion ($3.2 billion) in additional revenue from in-car digital services and that it aimed to sell one million electric vehicles annually by 2025. He said the com- pany was targeting a 6% pretax return on sales by 2025, compared to less than 2% in the third quar- ter. Faced with falling sales in most major markets and huge costs as- sociated with the emissions-cheat- ing scandal, Volkswagen has aban- doned an earlier target of achieving a 6% margin by 2018, which in the wake of the diesel crisis has moved out of reach. Mr. Diess recited a list of mis- takes that VW has made and road- blocks to becoming more profit- able. They include missing the world-wide SUV boom, maintain- ing an overly top-down, bureau- cratic management structure and neglecting profitability. “We have to quickly become more profitable,” Mr. Diess told a news conference at the company’s headquarters. Mr. Diess said the VW brand would rapidly expand its portfo- lio of SUVs, aiming to have 19 models in showrooms by 2020, compared to just two models to- day. The share of SUVs is expect- ed to more than double in Europe to 30% of total sales. In the U.S., VW wants to increase the share of SUVs to 35% from around 15% today. Volkswagen also aims to sim- plify its complex web of models and components. The company aims to reduce options on succes- sive models by up to 60% and on component options for its model platforms by 40%, including a re- duction by up to 40% of the vari- ous powertrains available for its models. Mr. Diess said Volkswagen would launch mass production of electric vehicles in 2020, based on Disney sets out to its new electric-vehicle manufac- Trump overseas business turing architecture, MEB. The company is targeting one million electric vehicle sales by 2025. build bigger Kingdom “We are not targeting niche interests subject to new scrutiny products,” Mr. Diess said, “but rather the heart of the automotive Meetings between President-elect Uruguay. Although a brochure pro- and optics. don't own them," Painter says. in Hong Kong market, the big volume segments.” Donald Trump and the Japanese moting the property includes a Trump tweeted late Monday "That's not a blind trust. You have prime minister as well as a subse- photograph of Trump and quotes night that it was well-known that to dispose of the assets first through HONG KONG— Walt Disney Co. which accounts for about three- quent meeting with business part- his praises of the hotel, his organi- he had foreign interests prior to an initial public offering or some is turning to “Frozen” and “The quarters of total tourists in the ners from India are raising ques- zation's website discloses that de- the election. other plan." Avengers” to revive its Hong Kong city—fell 8.7% from a year earlier Oil touches tions about how difficult it may veloper Aetos SA owns the prop- Follow Photo of Trump-Kobach Disneyland theme park. to 31.72 million, according to the be to untangle Trump's worldwide erty and states it is not "developed Donald J. Trump ? @real- meeting reveals apparent DHS The company on Tuesday Hong Kong tourism board. For the three-week properties once he is sworn in. or sold by Donald J. Trump." DonaldTrump proposal unveiled plans for a US$1.4 bil- same period, total visitors to Hong Priebus: Trump's White Prior to the election it was well Photo of Trump-Kobach lion expansion plan for the park— Kong fell 6.1% to 41.72 million. A CNN review of Trump's House counsel will ensure no con- known that I have interests in prop- meeting reveals DHS plans its smallest. New attractions are Another challenge facing Hong highs ahead of most recent financial disclosures flicts of interest erties all over the world.Only the In a debate during the Repub- set to open nearly each year from Kong Disneyland is a shiny, new show the President-elect has about Trump's White House coun- crooked media makes this a big lican primary season, Trump said 2018 to 2023, including “Frozen” rival: the much larger, $5.5 billion- OPEC meeting 150 companies that have had deal- sel will ensure no conflicts of in- deal! he would pass the brand on to his and Marvel Comics-themed areas, plus Shanghai Disneyland, the ings in at least 25 countries out- terest, Reince Priebus says 6:44 AM - 22 Nov 2016 children but then conceded he a larger, remodeled castle and a new third Disneyland in Asia, which side of the US, including Turkey, Japanese Prime Minister Shin- 12,257 12,257 Retweets didn't know exactly if that would entertainment venue. The total opened in June. The company de- 0Oil prices rose on Monday China, Saudi Arabia, and Azer- zo Abe met with the President- 45,602 45,602 likes work. number of attractions would rise nies the competition has had any to their highest in three weeks, baijan. elect last week in Trump Tower KellyAnne Conway, the Pres- "I would probably have my to more than 130 from 110 once negative effect on its Hong Kong catching a lift from a softer US Donald Trump outlines poli- but no American reporters and ident-elect's adviser, told report- children run it with my executives the upgrade is complete. park. dollar and from cautious money cy plan for first 100 days media photographers were present. ers that she is "very confident" that and I wouldn't ever be involved Disney will put up US$657 “We haven’t seen an impact managers, as OPEC appeared to Donald Trump outlines poli- Instead, a photo was released, Trump is not breaking any laws." because I wouldn't care about any- million for the expansion project, from Shanghai,” said Samuel Lau, be moving closer to reaching an cy plan for first 100 days showing Ivanka Trump attending "He has many lawyers, ac- thing but our country," he said. while the Hong Kong government, managing director of Hong Kong agreement to cut output when it Those business interests have the session, and Japanese media countants and advisers who tell Republican Rep. Sean Duffy which has a 53% stake in the park, Disneyland. “In the summer, meets next week. ranged from beverage sales in Isra- released video of the meeting. him he must do and what he can't said Trump's businesses need to will contribute US$747 million in Shanghai actually helped us be- Brent crude futures were up el to golf course developments in That meeting, according to re- do," she said. be truly separated from the White the form of cash equity injection. cause it brings the Disney brand 60 cents at $47.46 a barrel by 0928 the UAE. ports, also resulted in an exchange Would a blind trust work? House. The latest expansion plan also into Asia. ... There’s much more GMT, having touched their high- Although the location of some of gifts including a gift to Trump One difficulty to be faced is "You can't have a scenario involves the closure of some exist- awareness of the Disney brand in est level since Nov. 2, while US of Trump's foreign business deals of a gold driver made by a compa- that a large part of Trump's busi- where the Trump Organization ing rides, with the company con- Asia.” West Texas Intermediate (WTI) could overlap with future foreign ny called Honma with an estimat- ness empire is himself. His part- goes to the kids but the kids are verting around 17% of existing park Disney plan an area in its Hong futures were up 52 cents at $46.21 policy decisions, many of Trump's ed value of around $4,000. ners across the globe purchase the also part of the administration. space for the new additions. The Kong theme park based on the a barrel. foreign business ties involve li- Later that week, two business- right to license his name and his You have to make sure you're tru- classic Disney ride Autopia closed movie “Frozen.” ENLARGE The dollar eased off last censing deals, in which another men from India who currently own brand because it often brings in ly walled off and Mr. Trump is earlier this year, while the Buzz The expansion plan is subject week’s 13-1/2-year highs as Trea- party owns the property and pays Trump-branded properties near more rent money for hotel rooms, focusing on America and there's no Lightyear Astro Blasters will be to approval from both the Hong sury yields nudged lower, bolster- Trump to use his brand. The Mumbai, India, met with him at office space and condominiums. self-interest or self-profit in what “reimagined,” per Disney parlance, Kong legislature and Walt Disney’s ing oil and the broader commodi- Trump Organization has created Trump Tower. It was merely a A former Bush administration he does as the President," Duffy or redressed into an attraction board of directors. Legislative ap- ties complex including copper and multiple companies to individual- social call according to the Trump lawyer, Richard Painter, told CNN told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The based on Marvel superheroes. proval could be an obstacle, as gold. ly handle each of these deals. Organization. that one solution is a blind trust. Situation Room" Monday. It hasn’t been a happy time opposition lawmakers have been “Oil is already more than 1 For example, the President- That meeting in particular is But that's not perfect by any FEC hits Trump on 1,100 er- for what is known as the happiest filibustering government initiatives percent higher on the day, helped elect listed two separate compa- raising questions. It is not illegal means. rors, totaling roughly $1.3M place on earth. Hong Kong Dis- recently. by Vladimir Putin’s belief that an nies in his disclosures linked to the for a sitting president to run a busi- "You can't just put the assets FEC hits Trump on 1,100 er- neyland has been suffering from To address earlier criticisms output deal will be reached later Trump Tower in Punta del Este, ness but it is a question of ethics in a blind trust and pretend you rors, totaling roughly $1.3M declining attendance and weak fi- that the park was too small, Dis- this month,” OANDA markets "As you saw, the concern with nancial results. The theme park neyland’s owners have added at- strategist Craig Erlam said. Hillary Clinton was that in the posted its first loss since 2011 last tractions and expanded areas in the “While loose terms may be State Department, she was help- fiscal year, as China’s economic park. A third hotel is planned to agreed, I remain skeptical that a ing raise money -- or the allegation slowdown hurt Hong Kong’s tour- open by mid-2017. full detailed agreement can be both to raise money -- with the Clinton ism market. Hong Kong Disneyland was achieved and carried out by OPEC Foundation. Americans were out- The park recorded attendance largely modeled after the original given the clear differences that are raged by that. You don't want to of 6.8 million people for the fiscal Disneyland park in Anaheim, Ca- so evident between certain key see Mr. Trump in the same sce- year ended early October 2015, lif. Even the iconic castle is the members.” nario." down from 7.5 million a year earli- same, but it is far smaller than the President Putin said he saw no Republican Congressman Jus- er. The company said there has one in Shanghai. obstacle to non-OPEC member tin Amash agreed, tweeting: "You been some improvement since the The Hong Kong government Russia agreeing to freeze oil out- rightly criticized Hillary for Clin- summer. said Tuesday that both parties re- put, which at more than 11 million ton Foundation. If you have con- In the nine months to Septem- main in discussions for a second barrels per day is at a post-Soviet tracts w/foreign govts, it's certain- ber, the number of visitors to Hong theme park next to the existing high. Kong from mainland China— Disneyland. Meanwhile, OPEC members ly a big deal, too." last week proposed a deal for Iran You rightly criticized Hillary to cap, rather than cut, output. for Clinton Foundation. If you Iran has been one of the main have contracts w/foreign govts, it's hurdles facing any output curtail- certainly a big deal, too. ment by the Organization of the #DrainTheSwamp https:// Petroleum Exporting Countries, as twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/sta- Tehran wants exemptions to try tus/800885097775955974 … to recapture market share lost un- 8:42 AM - 22 Nov 2016 der years of Western sanctions. 2,863 2,863 Retweets 5,884 Libya and Nigeria, whose ex- 5,884 likes ports have been hampered by vio- "He doesn't have any power lence, have also asked to be left out of any deal. A recovery in pro- yet. That's what's key," Duffy said. duction from both countries means "This has to be done by January the onus to cut rests on Saudi Ara- 20, but what happens today I bia and its Gulf neighbors. think the processing of putting Barclays analysts said some these assets into a blind trust or at form of deal was likely, but warned least walling them off so he doesn't an agreement could have little im- have access to the process or deci- pact. sions." WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES This Pakistani designer is challenging stereotypes with her Arjun Kapoor, who has long latest collection considered Salman Khan his mentor, recently got royally ignored by the superstar. Sneak peek into Sania Mirza’s sister’s sangeet The relationship between the two actors went downhill when Arjun roasted Salman’s sister Arpita Khan. Looks like Salman is in no mood to forgive the actor for cracking nasty jokes about his kid sister with the superstar looking through Arjun at Sania Mirza’s sister’s sangeet. Ali Zafar opens up on working with Alia Bhatt, SRK in Dear Zindagi On the other hand, the Ki & Ka actor also maintained a lmost all of us have been left awed by sleek figures of safe distance from the models at some point of our lives. This leads many superstar. Arjun and Arpita into believing that such perfection is unattainable, reportedly dated for quite sometime before the something which serves to further complexes. Pakistani Ishaqzaade actor entered B- fashion designer Manahil Qureshi Nimsay has launched a town. new collection Altogether Now using five models of different body sizes and complexions to prove that there is beauty in diversity.

arineeti Chopra, the vivacious girl next door is thrilled to be a part of Rohit Shetty's Golmaal series. Taking up the part initially played by Kareena Kapoor, Parineeti was jittery but is all excited and in prep to play this part. She says, "I was always cuckoo. No wonder they thought of me for this film. No one can fill in Kareena's shoes, she lent a different charm to the story. Having said that, no actor is capable of doing a lesser or better job than the other. Mine is a completely new character and won't have hangover of any of the previous films in the series." Feeling the butterflies in her stomach, Parineeti is eager to star in Rohit Shetty's franchise and be paired opposite Ajay Devgn. Ask her what she expects out of it and here is what she has to say, "I am expecting to have a blast. It is a Rohit Shetty set. I have heard so many stories about how he pampers his crew. As an actor we tend to be greedy and want to do all kinds of movies. This is my chance to do a film which I would want to watch." Can't wait to see yet another action packed blockbuster from Rohit Shetty!

With this, the designer aspires to of what they are normally accus- promote dark-skinned beauty and tomed to. Unfortunately, it’s not all body types that are often the same for our society,” the de- looked down upon in Pakistan. signer said. Nimsay revealed that Bridal Couture Week ’16 starts she aimed to challenge time-ho- Harshvardhan opens up about November 25 Speaking to The Ex- noured social concerns premised press Tribune, Nimsay shed light on body types. ” We judge things his relationship with Gauhar! Yesterday, Bollywood Superstar dergoes when they have their idol on the varying concept of diversi- we are not accustomed to. We make Hrithik Roshan was in Delhi, standing in front of them. ty, in Pakistan and the world over. ignorant decisions that cause harm. Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who made where he had visited DLF Mall of When Hrithik came to know “In the West, most people Harm to young girls whose main his Bollywood debut in "Sanam Teri India to unveil the new collection this he was extremely touched af- view diversity as a good thing be- concern shouldn’t be what size Kasam", says he likes actress-model of the Swiss luxury time piece ter learning about this. Hrithik cause it gives people the chance to they are or what shade their com- Gauahar Khan, but they are not in a brand. During the launch of the Roshan personally consoled her fan experience different things outside plexion is,” she said. relationship. watch Hrithik encountered a girl and hugged her till the time she did "I don't deny that fact that I like fan who became awe struck as not stop crying, in that process Gauahar. She is hardworking, self- soon as she saw her idol in front of Hrithik gave her one of the longest made and self-respecting. Somewhere, her. The young girl is a crazy fan hugs. The actor got a lot of pic- I see my own personality traits in of Hrithik Roshan and looks up to tures clicked with her when she her. But that's about it. We are not in him as her idol. As soon as she finally stopped crying and even a relationship," he said quashing all saw Hrithik she got overwhelmed asked her to smile for pictures. It link-up rumours with her. with emotions. definitely made this die hard fans Harshvardhan admits he headed It was like a dream come true day with such a warm meeting that towards several relationships in re- for her when she saw Hrithik she had with the actor. cent times. "But it never quite worked standing in front of her. She was heard talking to the out. They were one-sided attractions. She couldn't control her emo- actor her favorite films of Hrithik I've only been in one relationship in tions when she saw Hrithik and and how she keeps watching them my entire life so far. When that end- spontaneously she had tears of joy repeatedly...she also shared on ed, I decided being with someone is in her eyes. She was crying con- how she has made a scrapbook of not for me. I like my own company tinuously as she was going through all the cut out of the actors pic- the best," he said. series of emotions which a fan un- tures. These hotties are going to romance Varun in 'Judwaa 2' Actor Varun Dhawan will be paired with actresses Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu in the remake of the superstar Salman Khan starrer "Judwaa". The movie will be directed by Varun's father and filmmaker David Dhawan, who also helmed the 1997 hit. "It's official, Taapsee and Jacqueline with the two of me 'Judwaa 2'," Varun tweeted on Monday. The father-son duo last worked together in the 2014 romantic-comedy "Main Tera Hero". While Jacqueline has previ- ously worked with Varun in "Dishoom," Taapsee will be teaming up with the actor for the first time. The original film "Judwaa" had actresses Karisma Kapoor and Rambha opposite Salman. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Was Ronald Koeman right to swap Southampton

Murray toppled Djokovic for Everton? from the top of the rankings a fort- night ago and he had to outper- Ronald Koeman returns to St Everton boast more spending form the Serb in London to keep Mary's Stadium for the first time power than Southampton, but his No 1 ranking through the win- when Everton travel to Southamp- Koeman has left behind a club who ter months. ton for Sunday's Premier League had mastered the transfer market. Highlights of the final of the meeting live on Sky Sports. The Saints' ability to effectively ATP World Tour Finals between The Dutchman raised eye- replace key players with cheaper Andy Murray and Novak Djok- brows when he swapped sixth- alternatives allowed them to defy ovic from the O2 Arena, London placed Southampton for the 11th- the odds season after season, with He did so in style with victo- placed Toffees in the summer, sign- Oriol Romeu's recent emergence ries over the players ranked No 7 ing a three-year contract at Good- the latest success story. (Marin Cilic), No 5 (Kei Nishiko- ison Park after two years on the Ronald Koeman guided ri), No 3 (Stan Wawrinka), No 4 south coast. Everton sit five points Southampton to a sixth-placed fin- (Milos Raonic) and No 2 (Djok- ahead of Southampton after the ish last season ovic). Murray was the long-time first three months of the new cam- Everton hope the appointment world No 4 behind Djokovic, Roger paign, but did Koeman make the of former Leicester recruitment Federer and Rafael Nadal, but af- right call? We weigh up the cases guru Steve Walsh as their director ter a spectacular run of five titles for and against with an expert ver- of football will help them estab- this autumn, he is enjoying being dict from Matt Le Tissier… FOR lish the same kind of system, but the man to beat for the first time in Koeman cited Everton's "ambi- it's not guaranteed, and Everton his career. tion" as the main factor behind his missed out on a number of targets "When I was always fourth in decision, and while summer spend- during the summer. It could take the world, I never liked losing, but ing did not come close to the moot- time to make things work, where- it didn't have the same kind of im- ed £100m figure, there was evi- as at Southampton the building pact because I wasn't No 1 and it dence of new owner Farhad blocks were already in place. wasn't like I was holding on to Moshiri's intentions with the The same logic can be applied something," he said. "Fourth place £28m signing of Yannick Bolasie to the argument that Everton have in the world is still great but it isn't from Crystal Palace. more room to improve. Koeman No 1. Andy Murray says he hopes That deal, by way of contrast, may have struggled to match last to stay as world Np 1 after beat- was worth nearly twice as much year's sixth-placed finish at ing Novak Djokovic in the ATP as Southampton's club-record Southampton, but he had nurtured Andy Murray has insisted he is the first man to win successive en Wimbledon title in 2013, but award or am presented with any- World Tour final in London move for Sofiane Boufal, and it stability there. At Everton, on the too young for a knighthood after Olympic gold medals and end the there have been calls for a knight- thing it is nice because it is recog- "Maybe now, especially the highlighted the difference in finan- other hand, he inherited a team in finishing the year as world No 1. year with 24 victories on the hood in the New Year's Honours nition for what you have given your last few months when I have had cial firepower that convinced Koe- disarray after Roberto Martinez's The 29-year-old defeated rival bounce, which was enough for him list - something the Scot thinks he life to, up to now anyway. that goal and have been trying to man to swap the south coast for tenure. There's money to spend, Novak Djokovic at the ATP World to overhaul Djokovic at the sum- may be too young for. "However, I'm still young and get there, I want to stay there. I Merseyside. but it's still a challenging rebuild- Tour Finals at the O2 Arena on mit of the game. Mark Petchey "It's the highest honour you there are still a lot of things that feel motivated to keep going. "I've Everton were frustrated in ing job. Sunday to cap off the finest year says now Andy Murray has be- can get in this country," Murray can go wrong, I could still mess up enjoyed the last five or six months their efforts to sign Moussa Sis- There is also an argument that of his career to date. come world number one, he is Brit- said. "But I don't know, I feel like and make mistakes - do stuff. I'm the most I have in my entire ca- soko and Lucas Perez, among oth- Koeman might have been better off It was a fitting finale to a bril- ain's greatest ever sports athlete too young for something like that. just trying to keep doing what I reer. That is probably because I ers, but Koeman is expected to re- building on his impressive work at liant season which saw him win a Murray already has an OBE "I don't think about that stuff am doing, working hard, and have won a lot, so I want to keep ceive more backing from Moshiri Southampton and waiting for a second Wimbledon crown, become to his name, awarded after his maid- much, really. When I win any achieving things." going." in January. Indeed, he has already bigger offer. Everton are a presti- expressed an interest in Manches- gious club with a proud history, of ter United's Wayne Rooney and course, but the move was seen as a Memphis Depay - targets that sideways step in many quarters. would have been out of reach at Could another year at St Mary's his former club. have opened other doors? It's not just about signings, ei- Koeman has made no secret of ther. From Luke Shaw and Adam his ambition to manage his former Lallana to Morgan Schneiderlin and club Barcelona, but starting over Victor Wanyama, Koeman was at another middling Premier League The British Boxing Board of Con- powerless to stop a string of key club might not be seen as the best trol has requested that Dillian players from departing St Mary's way to go about building his CV. Whyte and Dereck Chisora do not during his time at Southampton. It By leaving Southampton, Koeman have any further 'face-offs' ahead was far from ideal, and while Ever- also missed an opportunity to have of their grudge fight next month. ton did lose John Stones to another crack at the Europa The British heavyweights will Manchester City this summer, the League. "I said at the time that I settle their bitter rivalry on the £50m deal suited both parties, and was surprised that he almost made undercard of Anthony Joshua's their success in resisting Chelsea's a backwards step. I think it's going IBF title defence against Eric Mo- efforts to sign Romelu Lukaku was to be tougher for him at Everton lina at Manchester Arena on De- the kind of strong statement Koe- than he thought. No disrespect to cember 10, live on Sky Sports Box man had been craving. The Belgian Everton but I thought he could have Office. is one of the Premier League's fin- got a bigger move given the great Security staff had to separate est strikers. Southampton simply work he did at Southampton. Whyte and Chisora when tensions don't have anyone like him. Koe- "Having said that, I think it boiled over during a recent filming man also has plenty of room for would be too early for him to re- of 'The Gloves Are Off' and the improvement in his new environ- gret moving. There's still plenty Board wants to prevent them from ment. The upshot of guiding of time for the investment, assum- going head to head again in fight Southampton to a sixth-placed fin- ing it is there. You can understand week. ish last season was that it would why he went, with there being Chisora was famously kept have been a massive task to con- more money for him to attract play- apart from David Haye by a steel tinue their progression. But while ers. I think it's going to be tougher fence during the bad-tempered there were suspicions that the for him at Everton than he thought. build-up to their domestic clash in Saints had hit their ceiling, there Matt Le Tissier on Ronald 2012, which ended in a fifth-round was real scope for improvement Koeman "I'd expect them to invest stoppage win for 'The Hayemak- at Everton. It's not been a straight- in January and the summer as I er.' And promoter Eddie Hearn is forward start and performances think he wanted to assess his looking at security measures which have been mixed, but the Toffees squad first. If he doesn't spend big will allow the feuding duo to be are level on points with sixth- then I think that might be a sign brought together before they share placed Manchester United, five that he has been sold down the river ahead of Southampton and well a bit. "It's been a decent start but the ring. board have requested that we do not have any further face-offs between Dillian and Dereck for safety reasons. "I have spoken to them and I do feel Hearn told Sky Sports: "The within reach of the European plac- he's come across plenty of bumps it's important to have one for the fans' build-up and am working on ways to come up with the correct security measures that will satisfy the board." es. in the road."

Sir Bradley Wiggins once again hint- Ghent Six Day in 2003, said: ed at prolonging his cycling career "It's been nine years since I after sealing a dramatic overall vic- was last here, 13 years since I tory at the Ghent Six Day along- won with Matthew Gilmore side Mark Cavendish. and 18 since I first came here The pair had looked destined as a 19-year-old boy. I was to finish third on points but sat in this cabin down here launched a late attack in the final with my father in 1981 and I Madison race and lapped the field feel like, 'I was born here and with just five laps remaining. this has always been a second It meant they won the event home to me'. "It is always spe- by a lap from runners-up Kenny cial to win here and I always De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw said my final send-off would and third-placed Elia Viviani and be to come here and race Gh- Iljo Keisse. Cavendish (left) and ent once last time, and to win Wiggins lapped the field late in the it with Mark as well, after ev- final race erything we have been Wiggins had intended for it to through for the last 10 years be the last outing of his career, but together. "This will be the last he said last month he may race the time we race together, for sure. Six Day London in 2017 and reit- Maybe not my last individu- erated the sentiment on Sunday. ally, but as a pairing, given He said: "I'm not sure yet. I what we have achieved togeth- just want to enjoy this moment. I er, it's incredible." have still got really good legs, so I The victory was Cavend- don't just want to say, 'Yeah, that's ish's first at the Ghent Six Day. 100 per cent it' and then make an He added: "Ghent Six announcement next week, but at Day is a race you dream of as the moment I just want to enjoy a kid; it's one you watch grow- today." ing up. It's one you just dream Wiggins and Cavendish had led of riding, let alone getting by a lap going into the final day close. but were pegged back by De "It's a nice bookend to ev- Ketele and De Pauw, and also Viv- erything and it's pretty emo- iani and Keisse, in Sunday's earlier tional. I think it's the first full- races. British pair, as world [Madi- Wiggins, who also won the son] champions." WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 2016-Qaws 03, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:114 Price: Afs.15

The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World Furious, Qanooni tried to leap “But you cannot get away with from his chair, seemingly ready to extra-legal power grabs,” we attack Karzai physically. Fortu- warned. After some more discus- By Farhad Naibkhel nately, Abdullah was sitting next sion, Qanooni relented. He agreed KABUL: The National Unity He said that electoral commis- and Abdulbari Sayyad were select- pledge to bring reform in election to him. Given his limp, Qanooni’s to accept the post at the Ministry Government appointed new com- sion must be away from any types ed for Independent Electoral Com- commissions in order to gain peo- movements, even in a state of fury, of Education so long as he could missioners for electoral bodies af- of governmental and other organs’ mission. Ghulam Dastgir Hedayat, ple trust back over electoral bod- were a bit slow, enabling Abdullah still serve as a security advisor in ter a long delay. interference. Chief Executive Ab- Abdul Basir Fayez, Ali Reza Ro- ies. After passing two years the to grab hold of Qanooni’s arm, Karzai’s cabinet. The new commissioner took dullah Abdullah said that appoint- hani, Homaira Haqmal, and Abdul government succeeded to assign a maneuver, and sit on it. Trapped To his credit, Qanooni stood oath of office on Tuesday in a cer- ing of new commissioners was a Azizi Ariayee are the new mem- selection committee to finalize the in his oversized chair, Qanooni down. He reminded a loyal mem- emony set in presidential palace. fundamental step for future of Af- bers of the Independent Electoral nominees list and submitted to the yelled at Karzai, insulting his cloth- ber of the Karzai government and Out of over 700 applicants, ghanistan. He asked the commis- Complaints Commission. president and finally president se- ing, calling him a disgrace to Af- served competently as minister of the selection committee recently sioners to operate honestly. It is pertained to mention that lected 12 commissioners for elec- ghanistan, and reminding him that education. Eventually he made light has shortlisted 21 nominees for the Najeebullah Ahmadzai, Abdul after challenges of fraud in presi- toral bodies. Due to lack of reform he was nothing without the North- of the ordeal. In the middle of con- Independent Election Commission Qader Quraishi, Maliha Hassan, dential election 2014, the National in electoral commission parliamen- ern Alliance. Kazai quickly closed tentious meetings, Qanooni would (IEC) and 15 for the Independent Wasima Badghisi, Maazullah Unity Government during first tarian election was postponed as the session. sometimes lighten the mood by Electoral Complaints Commission Dawlati, Rafiulah Bedar, Guljan days of stability unity government well. Qanooni dashed ominously interjecting jokingly, “Do you (IECC). toward me. “You think Fahim is a think I’m a potted plant?” The names of shortlisted can- Farah PC member baadmash [troublemaker]?” he DURING THE EMERGEN- form a participatory political sys- didates were submitted to the pres- China increases funds for quiverd waving his finger in my CY Loya Jirga, a significant ten- tem. For them, elders and other ident, where after assessment the survives attack; face. “Well, I will show you who sion between American and Afghan social leaders would best represent president has selected seven com- Afghanistan housing bodyguards injured the real baadmash is …” perspectives arose that I had pre- and refine the popular will. They missioners for the Independent I warned him to be judicious. viously underestimated. worried that elections would be Election Commission (IEC) and FARA CITY: A sitting member and “Do you think I’m a potted Bush administration officials divisive and could be manipulat- five commissioners for the Inde- project by CNY 1 billion former head of the Farah provin- plant?” I asked. “Any action you took it as a given the liberal de- ed. A third school of thought ar- pendent Electoral Complaints China has increased the budget for the Afghanistan housing project by cial council (PC) has escaped un- take will have consequences.” mocracy was the best form of gov- gued that Afghans were not ready Commission (IECC). Chinese Yuan (CNY) 1 billion, the Ministry of Urban Development and hurt but three of his bodyguards The next day, Kabul was ernment for Afghanistan and that for democracy and needed a strong “After hard and long efforts, Housing announced Tuesday. sustained injuries in militants at- abuzz with rumors of an imminent elections were the most legitimate but benevolent leader to rule for a we succeeded to select new com- tack in Bala Balok district. coup. Qanooni still commanding way to work out difference among number of years. In essence, ad- Previously, China had pledged CNY 500 million for the housing Farid Bakhtawar, the PC missioners for electoral bodies,” project to be built in Kabul, consisting 10,000 housing units. the loyalty of the Tajik-dominat- Afghans. The president and his herents of this school wanted to said President Mohammad Ashraf member, told Pajhwok Afghan ed Interior Ministry may have or- principals seemed to believe that find an Afghan version of Sin- The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said the revised News he was on his way to west- Ghani. budget committed by China was announced during a meeting between dered security forces to block roads these goals were achievable, at least gapore’s Lee Kuan Yew model had He said that professionalism, ern Herat province when militants in the city. Soldiers armed with in broad outlines, without a signif- we identified a figure behind whom Minister Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi and the Chinese delegation. attacked him in Daristan locality knowledge, experience and tribal The Chinese delegation expressed optimisms regarding the standard grenade launchers and police in fall icant U.S. investment in state and Afghans institutions and decide late on Monday. His guards re- riot gear stood by the ministry, nation building. when to open up the political sys- balances were considered in select- and on time implementation of the work by the Ministry of Urban sponded to the attack. ing the commissioners. Development and Housing as they announced the revision of the budget preventing Wardak, the new min- Afghans were more divided on tem. I might have supported the The ensuing clash lasted about ister, from assuming office. U.S. how the country should navigate Lee Kuan Yew model had we iden- He urged the new commission- from CNY 500 million to CNY 1.5 billion. half an hour, leaving three of this ers to operate transparently, sin- In his turn, Minister Naderi said one of the phases of the project aircraft and international forces the post Taliban transition. One tified a figure behind whom Af- guards wounded. Bakhtawar said were deployed to prevent the school of thought was optimistic ghans would rally. None existed. cerely and independently. must be built in another province of Afghanistan in a bid to ensure he arrived in Herat while the in- Pointing to the parliamentary balance in implementing the development projects. standoff from erupting into vio- about afghan democracy. Adher- And even if we had found such a jured were evacuated to the Zonal lence. Brahimi and I headed over ents of this view threw themselves figure, the United States was not and provincial council election next Minister Naderi said earlier this month that the foundation stone for Hospital.The guards are in stable year, Ghani said that a credible the construction of 10,000 housing units with China’s support will be to talk with Qanooni. Still smart- into forming issue-based cavil so- prepared to invest enough of its condition. ing from the Loya Jirga, Qanooni ciety organizations and develop- own credibility and resources to election institution could institu- laid in the near future as he informed regarding conclusion of the techni- The public representative be- tionalize democracy across the cal and design assessment of the project. demanded that we prevent Ward- ing modern news-and entertain- ensure that a benevolent strong- lieved militants had also suffered ak from sweeping into the Interior ment media. Another school of man succeeded. Nor is it clear that country. He informed regarding the inauguration of the construction work of causalities during the clash, but he The president insisted that the the project at the opening of the 3rd Urban National Conference in Ministry and replacing all of his thought, based in the more tradi- an Afghan strongman would have had no figures. There was no im- staff. We assured Qanooni that we tional sectors of society, believed remained benevolent. government would do its best to Kabul on 7th November, which was organized to review the challenges mediate claim of responsibility for support electoral bodies. achievements in housing sector of the country. the attack. (Pajhwok) would not allow this to happen. that the Jirga was the best way to To be continued Taliban commander 66 crime suspects prosecuted arrested in last month: CJTF Nangarhar KABUL: The Criminal Justice 25698.35 kilograms of solid chemicals, 9770 liters of AT News Report Task Force (CJTF) said on Tues- liquid chemicals and 2516,75 liters of alcohol had day it prosecuted 66 suspects in been recovered from the detainees. KABUL: A commander of Taliban 65 criminal cases during the previ- The justice center said alcohol and narcotics re- insurgents was detained by Afghan ous month of the solar year. lated cases belonged to 17 of 34 provinces, 12 cases security forces in eastern Nangar- The 66 individuals had been each belonged to Nangarhar and Herat provinces and har province, security officials said arrested in Kabul, Nangarhar, 6 cases in Badakhshan ranked these provinces at the Tuesday. Balkh, Ghazni, Maidan Wardak, top. The centre said Logar, Khost, Daikundi, Nuristan, Provincial police chief said the Parwan, Herat, Kunduz, Helmand, Panjshir, Paktika, Kapisa, Ghor, Bamyan, Badghis, commander was identified as Ghu- Baghlan, Nimroz, Farah, Saman- Zabul, Uruzgan, Faryab, Sar-i-Pul, Jawzjan, Kanda- lam Akbar who is originally a res- gan and Paktia provinces, the har and Kunar had been free from narcotics or alco- ident of Rodat district. CJTF said in a statement. hol related cases. “He was expert for making A total of 556.29 kilograms of During the past one month, a total of 22 criminal mines and others explosives devic- heroin, 18650 kilograms of mor- cases and 12 suspects accused of drug and alcohol es and was arrested during an op- phine, 10125.51 kilograms of opi- smuggling had been registered with the center. eration in the province,” the state- um, 3719 kilograms of marijuana, (Pajhwok) ment said. It added that the security forc- es confiscated a suicide bombing vest and various other types of explosives from the house of the detained insurgents. It furthered that Akbar was previously wounded in a prema- ture explosion and resumed his operations to manufacture impro- vised explosive devices after he recovered. He is currently in the custody and investigation is underway by the security forces, the statement noted. The Taliban insurgents fre- quently use homemade improvised explosive devices to target the se- curity forces and government offi- cials and employees. However, in majority of such attacks, the ordi- nary civilians are targeted as the Taliban group is accused of caus- ing the majority of civilian casual- ties. Uruzgan edu director jailed over dispute with revenue official TIRINKOT: The attorney’s office manager about four months ago. has detained the education director The revenue manager then lodged a complaint of central Uruzgan province over a with the attorney’s office against the education dispute with a revenue official, a director. Nasher was called to the attorney’s of- source said on Tuesday. fice two days ago and sent to jail, he said. A local official, who wished to Governor’s spokesman, Dost Mohammad go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan Nayab, also confirm the education director had News that the education director, been held in detention by the attorney’s office Ehsanullah Nasher, entered a dis- over his dispute with the revenue officer. pute with the provincial revenue (Pajhwok)