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By Farhad Naibkhel tion of strong armed forces with dahar provinces. Afghan Air Force all necessary corps and detach- training academy is also active in KABUL: Ministry of Defense ments, he added. Kabul, he said. (MoD) on Monday said that Af- The spokesman said that due Counting challenges, he said ghan Air Force (AAF) would be to the challenges, finally in 2009 that despite some progress, lack equipped with 20 Super E29 practical steps were taken to Close Air Support (CAS) was still fighter jets by the end of this year. strengthen the air force, adding that a big challenge for the army. Spokesman to the defense after five years the Afghan army Commander of the Afghan Air ministry, General Dawlat Waziri, has build tremendous capacity in Force, Major General Mohammad said that E29 is good aircraft when air transportation. Infrastructure Dawran, said that great progress it comes to close combat support. has been built for strengthening has been made in area of infrastruc- He said the fighter jets would be of the air force in different prov- ture and transportation, but for available this year to the fledging inces. Currently, aviation corps is the army lack of CAS was still air force of the country. Speaking active in Kabul, Herat and Kan- haunting problem. hief Executive Officer stormed the district and seized all at a press conference here he said (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah nine police checkpoints of Jalrez. that Afghan pilots are going under C on Monday promised to The police posts were retaken af- training in the United States in this bring to justice all those officials ter three days of battle in an oper- regard. who neglected forces' call for sup- ation by the reinforcement troops Last year, the US defense min- The Russian President Vladimir grim security situation due to the port during the deadly battle in deployed to the area. On the other istry has promised to provide six Putin will hold talks with his Chi- spillover effect of the ISIS group. Jalrez district in central Maidan hand, the senators during Sunday's new MB-530 choppers, transport nese counterpart on potential Guopin said SCO leaders will Wardak province. Speaking at a session decided to close the doors aircraft and 20 Super E29 fighter threat posed by the Islamic State certainly have in-depth discus- meeting of Council of Ministers, of the Upper House until Wednes- jets to AAF. Waziri claimed that of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in sions on the Afghan issue. He also Abdullah acknowledged the negli- day in protest of what they called wrong decisions in the Bonn Con- Afghanistan. This comes as there added And they will talk further gence by the security officials in the national unity government's ference in 2001 were the main fac- have been growing concerns regard- about how to respond to the secu- the Jalrez carnage that left nearly negligence in handling the clash be- tors behind the problems faced by ing the emergence of ISIS group in rity situation there. The Afghan 30 Afghan Local Police (ALP) tween Afghan troops and Taliban the Afghan armed forces, especial- Afghanistan as the affiliates of the national security advisor Hanif force members dead with their militants in Jalrez district of Maid- ly the air force. He said that in terror are trying to gain a foothold Atmar said earlier warned that the corpses allegedly desecrated. "It is an Wardak province. Expressing the Bonn Conference, it was de- in the country amid ongoing clash- terror group wants to expand its an important issue and we have strong criticism against security cided to build Afghan army con- es with the Taliban militants in operations not only in Afghanistan already discussed it in an extraor- officials, the Meshrano Jirga (Up- sisting of only 70,000 troops with- eastern parts of the country. Ac- but the whole region and wants dinary meeting of National Securi- per House of Parliament) members out considering air force, engineer- cording to reports, Chinese Presi- infiltrate in Central Asian countries. ty Council," Abdullah said. "We blamed the deadly Jalrez battle on ing, combat support, air defense dent Xi Jinping will travel to Rus- Speaking to lawmakers in the have assigned a team to investi- government's carelessness. Also, and telecommunication corps and sia to participate in Eurasian secu- upper house of the parliament gate the incident in all levels and President Ashraf Ghani has recent- detachment. It was a wrong de- Spokesman to the defense ministry, General Dawlat Wazi- rity summit scheduled for Thurs- Meshrano Jirga earlier in May, the team has started its work." The ly called the desecration of the cision and betrayal. In 2006, we ri, said that E29 is good aircraft when it comes to close day and Friday. Chinese vice for- Atmar said the terror group wants Jalrez fighting broke out last Thurs- corpses of soldiers a "war crime." succeeded to attract international combat support. He said the fighter jets would be avail- eign minister Cheng Guoping told to finance the group s activities by day after a number of insurgents (TOLONews) community s support for forma- able this year to the fledging air force of the country. reporters that Afghanistan faces a having access to drugs market. Taliban attack Most Ghazni PC members not attending office 10 militants, 4 policemen Unknown security posts reason, but parliament, provincial attend office. He said people had gunmen killed in Kunar council members and government voted the PC members in order KILLED IN PAKTIKA couple in Urozgan officials remain absent for months. their voice could reach government AT News Report Haji Allah Dad, a resident of the departments but their absenteeism AT Monitoring Desk of the Taliban, Zabihullah Muja- A couple has been killed by uni- Andar district, said local residents had angered people who might not KABUL: Armed Taliban militants hid, said that in the operation three dentified gunmen in central had been trying for the last few partake in future elections. The KABUL: Ten Taliban insurgents US soldiers, three Taliban fight- Urozgan province. The incidnet have attacked four check-points months to meet the provincial PC members receive their salaries of the Afghan National Army and four policemen were killed in ers and a civilian were killed. In took place in Sajawal area of (ANA) and Afghan National Po- council members, but they had and other benefits, they but do not different incidents in Paktika prov- another incident last night in Urozgan s capital Tireen Kot last been missing from the office. We perform their duty in a proper ince. Foreign troops had killed 10 Khoshamand district of Paktika, lice (ANP) in Wata Pur district of have many times visited the PC way, he added. Lal Mohammad night. Gul Agha, a police officer Kunar province, security official militants and injured several oth- four policemen were killed when said that a group of armed intrud- office but found no one there. from Qara Bagh district said he had ers during an operation carried out said. Provincial Police Chief, Ab- Sometimes two or three members been visiting the PC office for the the militants attacked police ers forcibly entered into a civilian dul Habib Saidkhel, told media in Marzak area of Naki district, a check-post. Zabihullah Mujahid house during the middle of Sun- that last night a policeman and two sit there, but we could not meet last few days to get attested his any, he complained. Allah Dad documents for obtaining the na- local news agency reported on said the militant group has at- day night and sprayed bullets on insurgents were killed in the clash- Monday. A security official told tacked a security check-post in those inside. He said the attack left es with the Taliban. He said the GHAZNI CITY: Most members recalled people had elected the PC tional identity card. But I could of the provincial council (PC) have members by risking their lives, but not find any member to attest my Pajhwok, on the condition of an- Jamjami area where four cops a husband and his wife dead and ANA and ANP forced the mili- onymity, that the killed insurgents were killed and three others in- tants to retreat. long been absent from their office the public representatives had be- papers. their child wounded. An investiga- in the capital of southern Ghazni trayed them and remained absent Residents asked the Indepen- included four Arab citizens, their jured. Spokesman to the provin- tion has been initiated the incident The Taliban haven t commented translator and the remaining five yet. On Monday, the Ministry of province and are busy with their from office in an organized way. dent Directorate of Local Gover- cial governor, Nabiullah Perkhel, but officials suspect personal dis- Defense claimed that 17 insur- personal engagements. According Mohammad Ibrahim Amiri, depu- nance to emphasize on the pres- were from South Waziristan Agen- confirmed the attack and killing pute as the result of the shooting gents were killed in operations to the rules, no government offi- ty head of Waman group, said the ence of provincial council members cy. An insurgent was arrested and of four policemen. He said that spree. The child who sustained in- against the anti-state elements cial could stay off from duty for PC members were engaged in their in their office and performing duty two vehicles were destroyed in the one policeman was also injured in juries in the attack is now battling within the past 24 hours. three days in a row without a solid personal tasks and had no time to in a proper way. (Pajhwok) late night operation. Spokesman the attack. for his live in the hospital. 1held with Powerful individuals 13kgs of heroin in Turkmen tribesmen demand lion share in govt Samangan SHIBERGHAN: Over thousands hampering contracts: of Turkmen tribesmen on Mon- day blocked Shiberghan-Mazar-i- ed as they were not acceptable to Sharif Highway for traffic in GDNP the procurement commission northern Jawzjan province, de- AT News Report which was led by President Mu- manding better representation in hammad Ashraf Ghani, said Yari. government. KABUL: The General Director- Lack of transparency in the AIBAK: Police in northern Saman- They demanded the government ate of National Procurement tender notices, absence of guar- gan province detained an alleged give the tribe better share in ap- (GDNP) of Afghanistan on Mon- antees and lack of explanations by drug smuggler and recovered 13 pointment of governors and po- day said that some influential peo- the companies were the key prob- kilograms of heroin from his pos- lice officers as the only minister ple were trying to delay contracts lems in some projects, he said. session, an official said on Mon- of Hajj and Religious Affairs could of the important projects for their Five out of 30 companies pro- day. Col. Abdul Haq Sherzad, di- not represent the large tribe. The own interest. Chief of the GDNP, vided fake documents during the rector counternarcotics, told Pajh- protesters blocked the road in Pul- Yama Yari, said the procurement procurement procedure. The pro- wok Afghan News the contraband i-Naw area of the Aqcha district commission has rejected 125 curement commission has accept- was concealed in a car, which was and stopped flow of traffic. Pres- projects out of more than 300 recovered by police in the Larghan ident Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ed 23 out of 25 proposed con- village of Aibak, the provincial cap- which had technical problems. tracts which will cost Afs2.5 bil- and Chief Executive Officer ital. The diver has been detained, (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah during While denying providing further lion. Afs162 million were saved he said, adding that the illicit ma- details, he said that there are some in 14 contracts of the Ministry of their election campaigns pledged terial was being transferred to every tribe would be given equal influential figures in the govern- Defense, he said. He said the Af- Balkh province from Takhar. The ment who deliberately delay the ghan government has preferred 15 official said 286 kilograms of her- representation in the government, demanded they would expand the Another protester Abdul Gha- fullah Azizi for Jawzjan. procurement procedure in order percent to domestic products in oin, 28 kilograms of opium and 94 they recalled. protest and would block the Aqi- far said Bay Murad Qoulni was Later, keeping in view the holy to misuse the contracts for their procurement contracts. The aim kilograms of hashish had been Noor-ul-Din, an angry pro- na, Sher Khan and Hiratan ports the only governor belonging to the month of Ramazan, the protester own personal benefits. There- is to pave ground for competition seized in the province during the tester, said if the government did in Faryab, Kunduz and Mazar-i- tribe and now the government had reopened the highway for traffic fore, some of projects were reject- with the imported products. ongoing year. (Pajhwok) not pay attention to resolve their Sharif. decided to replace him with Lut- after one hour. (Pajhwok)

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the MOE s Education Manage- ment Information System (EMIS), which USAID has said it cannot verify, and which it now appears that officials from the Karzai administration may have falsified. In May, Afghan media report- ed that Minister of Education Asadullah Haneef Bakhi told par- liament the government of former president Hamid Karzai made up education data to get more money from the international communi- ty. After Sopko s concerns were made public, Bakhi reiterated some of his own. In some of the insecure ar- eas, there are no schools, but the FIROZKOH: The governor of she said, adding: We as Muslims of the new Madrassa would help benefits, opportunities, money for western Ghor province underlined should pay more attention to im- resovle problem of hundreds of Is- infrastructure, money for teach- improvement of religious centers prove religious centers to prevent lamic students. The religious cen- ers and so on have taken place, inside Afghanistan aimed at pre- our youngsters from going to for- ter has the capacity of 600 stu- he told TOLOnews, according to venting students from travelling to eign countries for religious educa- dents to teach them from primary an English translation of the in- foreign countries for religious edu- tion. up to higher Islamic education. terview that appears on the chan- cation. Government officials say that Akbari told Pajhwok Afghan nel s website. Ghor Governor Sima Joyenda a number of Afghan youths pur- News the Madrassa contained 16 When asked to explain why expressed these views while inau- suing religious education in neigh- classrooms, a saloon, two librar- Canada wasn t worried about the Afghan children learn to read the Quran, Islam s holy book, at a local Madrassa, or seminary, in gurating a new building for Abu bor countries and then they are ies, three office rooms and a bath- veracity of the same data, Foreign Hanifa Madrassa in the capital of trapped by terrorists who used room. The construction of the Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. Canadian officials are shrugging off U.S. concerns that Affairs took a different approach. school enrolment numbers in Afghanistan ??? one of the most tangible indicators of the impact of the province on Sunday. them for subversive acts in Afghan- Madrassa took one year and its In a follow up email, a differ- The more the government im- istan. fund was donated by the Minis- millions in aid spending ??? may have been inflated or falsified outright. ent spokesperson said Canada Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul proves religious centers, the more Ghor education director Sib- try of Counternarcotics. seeks to validate the data it gets people support the government, ghatullah Akbari said construction (Pajhwok) from Afghanistan via the World anadian officials are shrug reconstruction, wrote in a letter girls, are enrolled in formal and Bank, which oversees some of the ging off U.S. concerns that to the United States Agency for community-based schools, Fran- largest education-oriented pro- Cschool enrolment numbers International Development (US- cois Lasalle said in an email. grams. Afghanistan faces in Afghanistan one of the most AID). Canadian politicians and This is a significant increase Their latest figures state 7.6 tangible indicators of the impact bureaucrats routinely cite a huge from only one million boys en- million children were in primary of millions in aid spending may spike in enrolment as proof that rolled in formal schools in 2001. school in 2010. have been inflated or falsified out- at least $227 million in education Those figures, Lasalle said, Nevertheless, given the con- unprecedented attacks: Report right. spending in Afghanistan, includ- were vetted and reported on by flict, basic insecurity, and rugged The American agency that ing the construction of dozens of the Afghan Ministry of Education terrain it is difficult for all parties oversees Afghan aid spending or- new schools, has made a differ- Management Information System. involved to fully confirm these dered a review of enrolment data ence. When asked what Canada Problem is, it was precisely figures, spokesperson Diana after Afghanistan s education min- was doing to verify the statistics those figures and that informa- Khaddaj writes. ister implied the numbers are mis- it uses, a spokesperson for For- tion system that were flagged In its response to Sopko this leading and that money may have eign Affairs initially said while by the American special inspec- week, USAID said it believed been spent on so-called ghost they were aware Afghan officials tor. Bakhi s words were misinterpret- schools that don t even exist. sometimes inflate numbers in the USAID has cited a jump in ed and he was not alleging actual These allegations suggest media, Canada takes a different students enrolled in schools fraud, just bad data collection, as that U.S. and other donors may approach. (Foreign Affairs) is from an estimated 900,000 in 2002 well as a tendency by the former have paid for schools that stu- conservative when reporting Af- to more than 8 million in 2013 government to publicly overstate dents do not attend and for the ghan school enrolment figures as a clear indicator of progress, known enrolment. salaries of teachers who do not from 2013 which state that more wrote Sopko. They said there is no hard teach, John Sopko, the special than 8.4 million Afghan children, The data USAID uses to evidence of corruption or fraud. inspector general for Afghanistan almost 39 per cent of whom are measure this progress came from (InforNews)

OLOnews' security report insecurity incidents compared to TOLOnews, who prepared the for the first six months of May which experienced 1,096 oc- report. The report saw 563 attacks T2015 found that the Afghan currences. "This is a war, and in by the insurgents, 341 incidents forces have faced mounting chal- this war, regional spy agencies are of mine explosions and bombings lenges over the past six months, involved," deputy spokesman of and 60 suicide attacks, in the past following the NATO forces' draw- Ministry of Defense (MoD) Daw- six months. down in December last year. A vis- lat Waziri told TOLOnews. "But A total of 14,597 insurgents ible change in war tactics by armed our forces will never lose their con- including foreign militants were re- insurgents has been recorded fol- trol." The Afghan forces conduct- portedly killed during the period. lowing the take over of full respon- ed 2,719 anti-insurgent operations About 1,485 ANSF members, sibility of security by the Afghan during the past six months, the re- 917 civilians and four foreign sol- National Security Forces (ANSF), port indicates. diers were also killed in these at- the report said, which is compiled In addition, the Afghan forces tacks. monthly on the basis of govern- also launched 107 air strikes on in- In addition, rise of fast-grow- ment-issued figures and state- surgent hideouts. Helmand with ing Daesh militants was the other ments. 448 insecurity incidents during the major threat to the Afghan govern- About 5,363 insecurity inci- period topped the list of most un- ment. Daesh fighters have been dents occurred between January safe provinces, followed by Kan- sighted in a number of areas in the and end June, the report stated dahar, Nangarhar, Herat, Kunduz, country, causing panic among the noting that insurgents have, in this Uruzgan, Faryab, Ghazni, Sar-e- war-hit Afghans. period, focused more on group at- Pul and Kabul. Bamiyan with sev- However, the security agen- tacks, which in most cases, result- en and Panjshir with only two in- cies recently formed a special unit ed in the collapse of several dis- cidents were among the safe prov- to fight Daesh in what appears tricts. June alone recorded 1,068 inces, the report stated. "In gener- to be government's first action incidents - which was, according al, the security forces had only re- against the group that has seized to the report, the only month this sponsive actions during the last six large areas in Iraq and Syria. (TOLONews) A restaurant east of Jalrez, Afghanistan, sits along a highway that includes 12 of the most perilous miles of roadway year that saw a slight decline in months," said Abbas Hussaini of in the country. (Ali M. Latifi / For The Times) s soon as he sees the bright The fear doesn t lift until the car area. Jeelani said the foreign and that roadside bombs planted by Work on 20 Ghor development ly colored storefronts of reaches the town of Jalrez. local dignitaries had turned the insurgents are the second leading Afruit sellers and general Navigating battle-scarred Af- road into a high-value target for cause of civilian casualties in the merchandisers on this small ghanistan is a constant process of the Taliban during the militants Afghan conflict. PROJECTS KICKED-OFF stretch of road, Gholam Karbalai evaluation and adaptation. In re- spring offensive. He said he has Though much of Wardak prov- knows he is safe. cent weeks, as Taliban insurgents raised the issue of security in the ince is regarded as a Taliban Karbalai relaxes as he whiz- and their affiliates have stepped Ghorband valley with President stronghold, Karbalai said he has zes past the orange and pink exte- up an offensive in northern Af- Ashraf Ghani s national security little fear of the nation s largest riors in his green Toyota hatch- ghanistan, Karbalai and many oth- council. armed opposition movement. back. He s just made it through er drivers have abandoned the pic- This is a problem of the cen- I ve encountered them nu- 12 precarious miles of what is one turesque northern highway and are tral government, Jeelani said. merous times in Ghorband and of Afghanistan s most dangerous traveling the rarely used Wardak They must rally their forces. here, but if you have no visible highways. Karbalai, 55, has been route, once dubbed Death Road Along the southern route, connection to the government they driving passengers between Kab- for the frequency of Taliban at- Karbalai drove past base after base let you go, he said. They ve ul and the central province of Bam- tacks. Now, Karbalai says, it s belonging to the Afghan National never so much as uttered a bad ian for 12 years. Bamian, about only 20 or 30 minutes of worry, Security Forces, but pointed out word to me. 80 miles west of the Afghan cap- then you re fine. After a recent that police or soldiers were not What passengers and drivers ital, is widely considered one of journey, he told a passenger that visible. truly fear is finding themselves the nation s safer areas, but get- he hadn t traveled through Ghor- They can t step outside, caught in the middle of a clash. ting there by road the way most band in two or three weeks. Offi- Karbalai says. If they do, they If there is fighting you just Afghans travel, considering the cials say that Ghorband has be- will be killed on sight. try to escape. There is nothing cost of the thrice-weekly flights come something of a rest and re- It wasn t until they reached else you can do, said another requires choosing between two covery center for Afghan and for- Jalrez that he and his passengers passenger, Jawid, 25, who narrow- of the most dangerous roadways eign Islamist militants readying saw Afghan forces standing guard ly escaped injury during a clash in the war-racked country. themselves for future battles. on the streets. while traveling through Wardak The once relatively safe north- Ghulam Bahauddin Jeelani, chair- The physical state of the road last winter. ern route entails a six-hour jour- man of the Parwan provincial does little to ease the fear of pas- Karbalai can point to battle ney across the scenic landscapes council, an elected advisory board, sengers who pay Karbalai about scars of his own. His front wind- of Parwan province, but includes agreed that security had deterio- $11 for the one-way ride (about shield and hood suffered damage a 50-mile stretch through the rated. Recently, his convoy of ar- one-tenth the cost of a flight). in an attack six years ago in Ghor- Ghorband valley, where the Tali- mored cars, including a 300-strong Ehsanullah, 27, who goes by one band. ban and the Hezb-i-Islami and contingent of Afghan security forc- name as many do Afghans, said Asked how he chooses be- FIROZKOH: As construction being executed in the Dolain, Daw- million Afghanis, he said, adding Jamiat-i-Islami militias vie for con- es, came under attack while trav- he had traveled the same road just tween two precarious routes, Ja- work on around 20 welfare projects latyar, Lalsar Wa Jangal districts that it would benefit 10,000 fami- trol. The southern route takes less eling through Ghorband to Bami- four days earlier and remained wid said the security situation has has been kicked-off which will help and Firozkoh, the provincial capi- lies. The residents welcomed the than four hours through Wardak, an for ceremonies marking the amazed by the giant chunks left him with little choice. irrigate 19,000 acres of land in tal. Eng. Taj Mohammad, head of projects and hoped it would boost long regarded one of Afghanistan s province s selection as cultural carved out of the ground by ex- Whichever one is safer at the western Ghor province, an official the Rural Rehabilitation and De- agriculture sector of the province. most dangerous provinces. The capital of the South Asian Assn. plosives, as if with a knife. He time, that s what we take, he said. said the other day. The projects velopment (RRD), said 19,000 Syed Mohammad, the resident scariest 12-mile stretch, west of for Regional Cooperation. Return- counted at least 10 such blast sites But no road can keep you from included construction of 12 dykes, acres of land would be irrigated of Lashkar Rah village said: With the provincial capital, Maidan ing to Kabul a few days later, he within a few feet of one another. death. 13 water reservoirs, four canal con- after completion of the projects. the construction of three water Shahr, is replete with gaping cra- said, the convoy was stuck for an It s completely tattered, he Latifi is a special correspon- structions with total length of The schemes would be completed reservoirs we would be able to grow ters caused by roadside bombs. hour because of a firefight in the said. United Nations statistics say dent. (Los Angeles Times) 3,150 meters. The projects were in one year at a total cost of 65 our orchards. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES SHAH BUBO JAN PALACE: Foreign militants Giving face to a forgotten place roam streets in from Germany in the 18th centu- Kunduz freely: ry. It was not much different from the Presidential Palace, having strong pillars. It was built on 12 RESIDENTS acres land, he said, adding that the palace has three gates and foun- tains inside the lounges. A beautiful long dressing ta- ble was brought by an elephant from India. Later the mirror was broken during the civil wars (1992-1996). Ex-President Hamid Karzai ordered renovation of the palace, he said. EMERGENCY He said the project was not as good as expected as low quali- CALLS ty wood was used in renovation of the palace. Police Junbesh said the ethnography museum still needs more cultural pieces to represent the different 100 - 119 ethnic groups in better manner, however, to purchase the pieces that are in possession of people Hospitals need sufficient budget to buy. There are stone pots used KUNDUZ CITY: The residents of Sayed Reza, a shopkeeper, FMIC Hospital some 90 years ago in Shutul dis- northern Kunduz province on Sun- said: These armed men come to Behind Kabul Medical trict of Panjshir province, guns day informed that strangers armed our shops to buy clothes. If I tell University: taken from British troops, horse men roaming on streets in the pro- them price of a good at 500 afgha- saddle, kandos [mud-made large vincial capital, creating fear among nis they would only pay 300 af- 0202500200-+93793275595 pot used for storing wheat] and locals but the government was un- ghanis. If we ask for the rest of our wooden sandals that the govern- able to question their identity. money they would threaten us Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi ies and halls. Palaces built by the resenting women of northern Af- ment should purchase from peo- According to local officials with guns. He added the shop- King Abdul Rahman Khan in the ghanistan had been kept in the ple and put on display in the mu- more than 7,000 illegal armed men keepers closed their shops earlier Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Shah Bubo Jan Palace is in the list capital city have more much in same ethnography museum, she seum for visitors, he said. were seen roaming in Kunduz prov- for fear of being looted by these 070263672 of most prominent historical common. As the archaeologists said. Ornaments, decorative items He is of the opinion that still ince, creating chaos and sense of people. Reza said now that few buildings constructed in the rule narrated, design of the palace was and dresses representing different many people don t know about insecurity among residents of the days were left for Eid celebrations of the late king of Afghanistan, prepared by the Austrian engi- ethnic groups including Baloch, the ethnography museum and its locality. The armed men are fa- they were supposed to be open Khairkhana Hospital Ameer Abdul Rahman Khan. neers and experienced architec- Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen and importance. He urged the govern- mous as Arbakis among Kun- until late night. Abdul Maqsood, The palace which was built in tures of Kabul. The palace wit- Nuristanis are kept in the same ment to tell public about the mu- duz residents. Arbaki is the tribal another resident, said: Arbakis are 0799-321007 19th century is said to be named nessed heart-breaking destruction museum. Besides that tens of oth- seum through media. Junbesh add- group that takes part in security roaming freely in the city, nobody 2401352 after Ameer Abdul Rahman Khan s during the civil war. It was recon- er items representing the way of ed that it would generate revenue of their locality without receiving can stop them. wife Halima. The palace is locat- structed and turned into ethnog- life of different ethnic groups have for the government as well. any perks from the government. He expressed concerns that ed in Shahr-e-Naw area in the cap- raphy museum of Afghanistan been kept in the museum. The eth- It will also help the univer- Now they are referred to the mer- presence of these armed men Indira Gandhi Children ital city, Kabul. The palace has Academy of Science (ASA) after nography museum could be seen sity and school students to bene- cenaries that are supported by the would one day lead to clashes and been built in European style by the former president Hamid as the first research center in the fit from the museum in their re- government to fight insurgents, but insecurity in the city. According Hospital, Wazir Akbar the national and international ex- Karzai issued a decree. The pal- country which helps the research- search and general study, because are not part of the government. to residents, earlier police chief had Khan, Kabul 2301372 perienced architectures. Fine ace-turned-museum contains valu- ers. Abdul Saber Junbesh, a mem- there are many things that they After fighting in Chardara, ordered all check posts to prevent wood, bricks and mud had been able ethnographic pieces based on ber of the Academy of Science of read in the books but have not Khan Abad districts and Gortapa these people from entering the city, used in construction of the pal- their historical importance, indi- Afghanistan (ASA), believes that seen, said Saber Junbesh. locality illegal armed men flocked but after security situation deteri- Ibn-e- Seena ace. It has been decorated with cating the culture of different there were two persons with the Razeqi Nalaiwal, a writer, told Kunduz city turning it into a mili- orated they could easily enter the curved wood giving the palace tribes and ethnic groups living in name of Shah Bubo Jan in the Radio Azadi that Shah Bubo Jan tary zone. city. Kunduz provincial council Pul-e-Artan, Kabul contemporary style and common Afghanistan. Collection of these king s family. The first Shah Bubo was Ameer s sister and has built Majority of these men come also expressed concerns about the 2100359 architecture. Queen Halima was pieces was made possible due to Jan was Ameer Abdul Rahman the palace in 1880-1901, as she from Khan Abad district without presence of illegal armed men. Am- Ameer s cousin and had graceful hard work of ethnographic experts Khan s spouse and daughter of was educated and had graceful uniforms but fully armed and could ruddin Wali, provincial council personality. She was pious. The working in the ASA and with sup- Meer Waiz Kabuli, an influential personality. Shah Bubo Jan was a be seen around markets and local deputy head, said these armed men Wazir Akbar Khan queen built a mosque near the pal- port of local people. Head of the figure. The second was said to be literate woman and had learned departments. Ezatullah, a resident extorting money from residents Hospital ace. According to an Afghan writ- ethnography museum Toba the daughter of Muhammad Afzal ordinary knowledge from her fa- of Kunduz, told Pajhwok Afghan and troubled them. The govern- er and researcher, Habibullah Rafi, Abawi Sadiq told Afghanistan Khan and Ameer s sister who es- ther and teachers. She was inter- News: These gunmen without ment should disarm them as soon 2301741, 2301743 the king named the palace after Times that there are more than tablished the king s ties with Brit- ested in poetry and sometimes uniform and strange looks perform as possible. Sayed Sarwar Hus- his wife as she was an education 1,000 of ethnographic pieces from ish Empire, when he used to live used to sing poems. However, grotesque movements that terror- seini, police spokesman, said they lover. In an interview with Af- tribes living in different provinc- in Bukhara. Abdul Rahman Khan he provided different information ize people. They remind me of the still haven t received any com- Ali Abad ghanistan Times, Rafi said that es. Dresses, decoration pieces, came to power due to the struggle about architecture of the palace. civil war period 20 years ago. plaints about these people creat- Shahrara, Kabul the palace was built in British copper, stone, mud and wood- of his sister and with support of He said that Shah Bubo Jan Pal- He added the government was ing trouble for residents. style in the end of 19th century made utensils are the exquisites the British Empire, said Junbesh. ace was built in Italian style by using these Arbakis to fight Tali- If they received such com- 2100439 when Nasrullah Khan brought of a number of provinces includ- Therefore, Ameer Abdul Rahman Italian engineers. The palace has ban but they run away from Tali- plaints, he added, they would take English architectures from India. ing Nuristan, Kunar, and Nangar- Khan built a palace for his sister two gates: one at its north and ban and brought chaos to the city. action. (Pajhwok) Painting and decoration of pillars har. These valuable items date back and named it after her, because of second at the south. He said the Malalai Maternity and ceiling of the palace is more to Gandahara civilization which his sister s services when he came walls of the palace were decorat- Hospital similar to architecture adopted in stretched from Indus River to to power in the 19th century, as ed with pictures of birds. Sakhi Renaissance period (Europe) Oxus River, said Ms Abawi. Turk- Pameer Paikar, an Afghan writer, Rad, a writer, has said that Shah Farah school 2201377/ 2301743 which adds to its beauty further. men and Kazak makeshift-hous- has said in his book. Bubo Jan used to live in the pal- The palace is a two storey build- es and different types of female The palace was built in Euro- ace. Later, her relatives lived there Banks ing including forty rooms, galler- embroidery dresses which are rep- pean style as its plan was brought to take care of the palace. gets new building Da Afghanistan Bank Balkh carpet weavers plea for more with WB aid 2100302, 2100303 Kabul Bank Shakila, a social worker and women's rights activist, has sought 222666, 070285285 SUPPORT FROM KABUL to help empower Balkh women Azizi Bank Balkh carpet weavers, internation- Their primary grievance centers on with many barely able to earn 50 through employment promotion. ally renowned for their carpets, the low wages most carpet weav- Afs a day. Although their proposed "We want to emphasize that work- 0799 700900 have lambasted national unity gov- ers garner. Khadija is a Balkh car- solutions for the difficulties they shops should be launched for wom- ernment leaders for what they con- pet weaver who was forced to take face differ, Balkh's carpet weavers en to train them in design, coloring Pashtany Bank sider a failure to adequately sup- up the trade when she lost her hus- all agree that the central govern- and other fields," she told TOLO- 2102908, 2103868 port and take full advantage of the band 14 years ago. She says she ment should do more to support news. "There is a need to sign a con- carpet industry's potential to drive works day and night in order to their industry. "There is no mar- tract with local companies and even economic growth. The weavers, support her children. "I send my ket, we a need a company to sign a foreign companies in order to boost Air Services comprised largely of women, have daughter and son to school and contract with so that we can reap the incomes of the workers." Based warned that the domestic carpet meet their expenses by weaving car- the fruits of our labor," another on expert estimates, there are 120 Safi Airways industry could face major job loss- pets," Khadija told TOLOnews. weaver named Fatima said. "Now carpet weaving companies operat- es and diminished competitive edge The majority of women working only the company owners have the ing in nine northern and northeast- 020 22 22 222 ern provinces of Afghanistan, and in international markets if the gov- in the carpet industry in Balkh are advantage, but not the workers," some 90 percent of the weavers are Ariana ernment does not take action soon. said to live under the poverty line, she added. said to be women. Commerce offi- cials say they receive on average two 020-2100270 to ten thousands Afs in exchange FARAH CITY: With a 17.3 mil- tion department, 128,000 students, for each meter of carpet. Still, the lion World Bank s assistance, a new 40 percent of them girls, are taught acting head of the northern carpet building for the Kahdank High in 320 schools across Farah. Of Kam Air weavers association, Abdul Manan School in the capital of western the schools, 165 have no proper 0799974422 Balkhi, has acknowledged the diffi- Farah province has been complet- buildings. Farooqi said buildings culties faced by workers in the in- ed, an official said on Monday. for another 40 schools had been Hotels dustry and vowed to do what is Provincial Education Director approved and construction work necessary to improve their plight. Eng. Mohammad Sabir Farooqi on them would be started soon. Safi Landmark "We are thinking about joint coop- told Pajhwok Afghan News the Mohammad Kabir Haqmal, eration with the government to es- building had 10 classrooms and the Ministry of Education (MoE) 020-2203131 tablish contacts in international some administrative offices. He spokesman, said 12,000 construc- markets, particularly with sellers in said about 700 students of the tion projects, including school SERENA U.S. and German markets," Balkhi school had to study in a girls high buildings and boundary walls, had said on Sunday. "We will talk to school building until the new build- been completed over the past de- 0799654000 donors and create new designs, ing was completed. Zahir Shah cade. He said currently 17,000 which are better in terms of prices, Khadim, the economy director, schools were functional in the and this will help us facilitate better said the building cost 17.3 million country out of them 50 percent New Rumi Restaurant pay for workers." (TOLONews) afghanis. According to the educa- had buildings. (Pajhwok) 0776351347

Khost residents complain A minor girl is sleeping by the Internet Services side of her handcart, in the UA Telecom month of fasting and charity, 0796701701 / 0796702702 of slow internet speed Ramadan. There are hundreds KHOST CITY: The residents of activated by MTN was also as of minor girls working in the streets. Exchange Rate southeastern Khost province slow as 2G service. All of the There is no welfare program with no complained low-quality internet telecommunication companies services by telecommunication cheat people as none of them pro- access to education. Purchase: companies. The mobile operators vide quality internet services, functioning in the province includ- Khan said, adding that maximum ed Roshan, AWCC, MTN, Salaam speed of the internet reached up One US$ = and Etisalat, which provide tele- to 8kb/sec while a simple photo 60.42Afs phone as well as internet services of mobile camera was approxi- One Pound Sterling= to some extent. The residents of mately one MB to view. We the area complained all mobile don t know what to do with this 92.90Afs operators were providing almost internet speed. It would be better One Euro = same but low-quality internet ser- if they stop their services and do vices which were causing interrup- not cheat people, he remarked. 66.62Afs tion in their work. Haidar Khan, a In addition, three other private In- 1000 Pak Rs = resident of the province, told Pa- ternet Service Providers (ISPs) are jhwok Afghan News he had acti- also active in Khost, but residents 581Afs vated internet packages of all mo- say they cannot afford the inter- Sale: bile companies but none of them net services from the private ISPs. One US$ = was effective. The internet is Sher Mohammad, another very slow. It opens Facebook and dweller of Khost, said that only 60.62 Afs some other websites after a long government and non-government One Pound Sterling= time. It cannot open emails with- organizations could use internet 93.70Afs in 10 minutes or download or up- services of ISPs. load anything, he said. Zabit You must buy an antenna for One Euro= Khan, a computer store owner, in $100 from ISPs at first and should 67.22 Afs Kausar Market of Khost city, said pay $100 as monthly fee to 1000 Pak Rs= 589Afs that 3G service which previously them, he said. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Nawaz, Modi to meet at Russia Summit Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will meet his Indian counterpart Naren- dra Modi on the sidelines of a sum- mit in Russia this week, sources told NDTV. “The two leaders will meet in the Russian city of Ufa, on the sidelines of a summit of the Shang- hai Cooperation Organisation,” sources said on Monday. The meeting is set to take place on July 10. Further, the source said the Indian premier’s call to PM Nawaz to convey his greetings on the ad- vent of the Islamic holy month of Ramazan thawed relations between the two countries. However, the source added, “This in no way in- dicates the resumption of dialogue just yet.” Though there is no official ad- mission of the meeting, sources said, “PM Modi is expected to raise India’s concerns on terrorism, including the release of Zakiur Re- hman Lakhvi who was released earlier this year.” Later during the day, the For- eign Office confirmed PM Nawaz will attend the summit but did not state whether he will meet his In- dian counterpart or not. “The prime minister will also hold important bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO Sum- OSLO: As heads of state and edu- of 20 per cent of their national mit,” the FO statement said, with- cation ministers gather this week budgets to education. The current out giving further details. for the Oslo Education Summit, average is now 15pc. “As an Observer State of the student activist Malala Yousafzai “Only education will unlock Shanghai Cooperation Organiza- is calling on world leaders to deliv- the potential of millions of my sis- tion, Pakistan has been making er on their commitments, and en- ters and brothers — brilliant young substantive contribution to region- sure that every child has access to minds who will become, if given al peace, security and develop- 12 years of free, quality primary the chance of quality primary and ment,” the statement added. and secondary education. secondary education, the next great Further, last week, Islamabad Speaking tomorrow at the sum- scientists, engineers or teachers or hinted at a possible meet up be- Organisation, a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation, is scheduled to meet in the Russian city of Ufa on July 9 and 10 with both mit, Malala will urge leaders to in- anything they want. Our leaders tween the two premiers on the India and Pakistan likely to be granted full-membership of the forum formed in 2001. vest an additional $39 billion an- must have the same level of ambi- sidelines of the upcoming regional “No side has contacted the other for a meeting, but in any multilateral setting, meetings among heads of states are a normal feature,” Foreign nually to make this promise a real- tion for all children as they have cooperation summit in Russia. Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah had said. ity. for their children, no matter where The Shanghai Cooperation Nawaz and Modi last met at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu last November, though they did not hold formal talks. It is her first visit to Oslo since they live,” said Malala. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in The Malala Fund argues that 2014. traditional and non-traditional bi- “Last year in Oslo I spoke of lateral donors should commit to our historic opportunity to put an meeting a target of 0.7pc of Gross BNP chief Khaleda says govt misrule and end to wasted potential and emp- National Income (GNI) in Official ty classrooms. And now, we must Development Assistance (ODA) make a choice: to choose more of and increase the share of aid to the same or to choose bold leader- basic and upper secondary educa- corruption have crippled Bangladesh ship to ensure that no girl is de- tion. nied an education. Now, we must For example, commitments to seize this opportunity and put a 0.7pc of GNI in ODA by the She said on Sunday: “The corrupt plan in action to ensure all girls emerging BRICS and Arab donors, minister is still holding the portfo- can achieve at least 12 years of with just 10pc of total aid allocat- lio even after importing rotten quality education,” said Malala. ed to education, could raise an ad- wheat. What is the condition of In May 2015, ministers from ditional $13.3bn. roads? They have been unfit for over 100 countries signed on to the A further $20.3bn could be vehicular movement. Incheon Declaration in Korea, raised annually if seven non-EU “Flood-hit people are not get- committing to provide free prima- traditional donors - Australia, Can- ting two meals a day. The govern- ry and secondary education to all ada, Korea, Japan, Norway, Swit- ment is paying no attention to that. children by 2030. zerland and the United States - That’s why I’m saying the coun- To guarantee twelve years of make and meet this commitment try is not progressing; the country universal fee-free primary and sec- to 0.7pc of GNI in ODA, or in has been crippled.” ondary education will cost an esti- Norway’s case, its higher commit- Khaleda’s statement came mated $340b per year through ment of 1.0pc, and spend 10pc of within days after the World Bank 2030. The current funding short- this on basic and secondary edu- said Bangladesh became a lower- fall is $39b — equivalent to just cation. middle income country, joining eight days of global military spend- The Malala Fund is also call- those with annual incomes of ing. ing on leaders to expand the man- $1,046 to $4,125. “The poorest girls get just date of the Global Partnership for She was speaking at an Iftar three years of schooling because Education (GPE) for upper sec- organised by the pro-BNP engi- of a lack of will and vision by our ondary education. neers’ forum, the Association of governments. This is unacceptable. Expanding its scope to sec- Engineers Bangladesh (AEB), at Leaders of the 21st century must ondary levels would enable the Bashundhara Convention Centre deliver on their promises to invest GPE to mobilise additional fund- in Dhaka. in the future and start investing in ing needed to support 12 years of The AEB announced its panel books, education and hope, rather quality primary and secondary for the election to the Institution than in weapons, war and con- education for all, reaching an addi- of Engineers, Bangladesh at the If- flicts.” said Malala tional 266 million children in low tar. Khaleda urged the association “We will not stop. We will income and lower-middle income members to be united to secure continue to speak out and raise our countries by 2030. victory in the polls. voices until we see every child in “The Global Partnership for She urged AEB President school.” Education has played a crucial role Mahmudur Rahman to get out of In a paper published for the in increasing access to quality ba- jail on bail. Oslo Education Summit, the Mala- sic education across over 60 coun- “Mahmudur Rahman has to la Fund — a non-profit co-found- tries. suffer in jail as he spoke the truth ed by Malala and her father — The Malala Fund welcomes and protested injustice. I wish to presents clear recommendations leaders’ commitment to educating urge him to take bail. for governments to finance full every girl and boy for 12 years “He had refused bail. I wish to primary and secondary education through upper secondary educa- tell him that he has to come back for all children by 2030. tion. If we are to make good on our to engineers on bail,” she said. The paper calls on govern- promise, we must expand the The former prime minister re- ments to increase the size of their funding mechanisms in place to iterated her call to the government often-low education budgets. Low achieve this goal,” said Meighan to hold a snap election where all diately under a neutral government. and lower-middle income coun- Stone, President of the Malala political parties can contest. “Only then will democracy will return and good governance, human rights, and fundamental rights would be re-established. People’s security tries need to commit a minimum Fund. “An election is needed imme- will be ensured,” she said. Sri Lanka polls timed ahead of UN war Pakistan, India to start crimes report to foil Rajapaksa comeback ister and one of Sirisena’s close al- such as the police, judiciary and process of joining lies, told Reuters. public services. Foreign diplomatic sources He has re-established ties with said some Western countries also India, making India his first for- worried the U.N. report could eign visit, and questioned deals China security bloc help Rajapaksa and urged Sirisena with China, including a $1.4 bil- not to delay elections. lion luxury property and port ment of their bilateral relations.” Dissolving parliament for Au- project. "China has been trying to The SCO groups China, Rus- gust elections has also saved Wick- strengthen its relationship with the sia and the former Soviet repub- remesinghe from a scheduled no- new government," a top govern- lics of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ka- confidence motion over alleged ment official told Reuters. Dul- zakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, while mismanagement of the economy. las Alahapperuma, a minister un- India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan The outcome of the elections der Rajapaksa, said if Rajapaksa and Mongolia are observers. will also determine whether Sri forms the next government the The bloc was originally Lanka under Sirisena continues to former president would resume all formed to fight threats posed by repair relations with India, or opts projects stopped by Sirisena. radical Islam and drug trafficking for greater ties with China under Sirisena is a former minister in from neighbouring Afghanistan. Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa's administration who Cheng said that the summit, Rajapaksa built close ties with defected last year to become pres- to be attended by Chinese Presi- Sri Lanka's August elections have Perera, director of the Center for China, helping Beijing establish a ident, promising fresh elections in dent Xi Jinping, would also dis- been timed to stop a comeback by Social Democracy, a Colombo- strategic foothold in the Indian 2015. But since taking office he cuss security in Afghanistan. war-time president Mahinda Ra- based think tank. Ocean to the chagrin of traditional has failed to pass electoral reforms Beijing says separatist groups japaksa, who remarkably may see A U.N. report on the last days ally India. due to opposition from his main in the far western region of Xin- his popularity rise in coming of the war is due for release in Sep- China built ports, airports, ruling coalition partner, the Unit- jiang, home to the Muslim Uighur months if criticized for war crimes tember but an aide to President highways, and power plants un- ed National Party, and members minority, are seeking to form their in a U.N report, said government Maithripala Sirisena said diplo- der Rajapaksa with more than $5 of his own Sri Lanka Freedom Par- own state called East Turkestan sources. matic sources had warned it may billion in loans, and sent a subma- ty (SLFP), who remain loyal to and have links with militants in Rajapaksa's crushing of a 26- be leaked in late August. rine and warship to visit Colom- Rajapaksa. The rivalry between Central Asia as well as Pakistan year Tamil Tiger insurgency in The possibility of an early bo, irking India. Sirisena and Rajapaksa at the up- and Afghanistan. 2009 won him support among the release prompted Sirisena to call But Rajapaksa's decade-long coming elections may further BEIJING: Pakistan and India will tion) development has expanded, China says that Uighur mili- country's Sinhalese majority and elections for Aug. 17 to give his rule was marred by allegations of splinter the SLFP, which has seen start the process of joining a secu- more and more countries in the re- tants, operating at the East Turke- he still has a very strong follow- ally Prime Minister Ranil Wickre- corruption and rights violations. around 75 members join the op- rity bloc led by China and Russia gion have brought up joining the stan Islamic Movement (ETIM), ing. mesinghe an edge and hopefully Rajapaksa, some former ministers position since January. Sirisena at a summit in Russia later this SCO,” Chinese Vice Foreign Min- have also been working with Is- Thousands rallied to hear him deny Rajapaksa any chance of a and family members now face has said he will not support Raja- week, a senior Chinese diplomat ister Cheng Guoping told a news lamic State. “It can be said that announce his comeback campaign political resurgence, said sources multiple investigations. They have paksa as the SLFP prime ministe- said on Monday. briefing. ETIM certainly has links with the on a Buddhist holiday in his Ham- close to Sirisena. denied any wrongdoing. rial candidate, but he is under pres- It will be the first time the "...India and Pakistan's admis- Islamic State, and has participated bantota district on July 1. "Even if is not said openly, the Sirisena has been trying to sure due to Rajapaksa's populari- grouping has expanded since it was sion to the SCO will play an im- in relevant terrorist activities. Chi- "He is popular and a strong U.N. report was considered when reverse some of the steps Rajapak- ty to allow him to contest the elec- set up in 2001. portant role in the SCO's develop- na is paying close attention to this, campaigner among Sinhala masses deciding the date," Champika sa took to consolidate power, by tions under an SLFP-led opposi- “As the influence of the SCO's ment, it will play a constructive and will have security cooperation with the war victory," said Kusal Ranawaka, power and energy min- depoliticising state institutions tion coalition. (Shanghai Cooperation Organisa- role in pushing for the improve- with relevant countries.” This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Saudi-led strikes on Yemen hit party HQ of Houthi ally Saleh SANAA: Saudi-led air raids pounded the Sanaa headquarters of Yemen's former president Ali Ab- dullah Saleh's General People's Congress party late on Sunday, killing and wounding several peo- ple, witnesses and a party official VIENNA: An Iranian nuclear said. agreement is possible this week if The strikes coincided with a Iran makes the "hard choices" nec- visit to the capital by the U.N. essary, but if not, the United States special envoy to Yemen, Ismail stands ready to walk away from Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is seek- the negotiations, U.S. Secretary of ing to arrange a pause in fighting State John Kerry said on Sunday. until the end of the Muslim holy Speaking during a break from month of Ramadan on about July one of his four meetings with Ira- 17 to allow for deliveries of hu- nian Foreign Minister Mohammad manitarian aid. Javad Zarif on Sunday, Kerry said Saleh is an ally of the coun- they had made "genuine progress" try's dominant Houthi movement. in talks over the last few days but A Saudi-led coalition has orches- "several of the most difficult is- trated a more than three-month sues" remain. bombing campaign against the "If hard choices get made in Houthis and army units loyal to the next couple of days, made Saleh to try to restore President quickly, we could get an agreement Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who this week, but if they are not made is in exile in Riyadh. we will not," he said in Vienna, The General People's Con- where talks between Iran, the Unit- solved issues. German Foreign at higher-level meetings, so that we gress party's assistant secretary ed States and five other powers Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier can reach a solution," the official general, Faeqa al-Sayed, said the are being held. said it would take courage and com- said. party headquarters had been de- Foreign ministers from Britain, promise to reach a deal. "I hope He said that issues under dis- stroyed. The raids were an attempt China, France, Germany and Rus- that this courage exists above all ... cussion include Iran's uranium en- to make the talks with the U.N. sia began arriving on Sunday in Tehran," he told reporters. richment facilities at Fordow and fail, she said, adding that several evening as the major powers make The major powers suspect Natanz, its Arak heavy-water nu- employees and others were killed. in Sanaa on Sunday for talks with May to allow in fuel and medicine of the Houthi Shi'ite fighters. The a push to meet Tuesday's deadline Iran of trying to develop a nuclear clear reactor under construction "This will not make us back down the Houthis, after discussions in to civilians trapped in conflict strikes late on Sunday also struck for a final agreement to end the 12- weapons capability. Iran says its and research and development. on our efforts .... to create the suit- Muscat, Oman to push for a pause zones. Saleh, the strongman who the home of former president year-old dispute. nuclear program is solely for While they have made some able environment to cooperate in fighting that has killed nearly resigned following 2011 "Arab Saleh's nephew and several hous- Kerry said negotiators were peaceful purposes such as produc- progress on the type of bilateral with the United Nations," she said 3,000 since March. Both sides Spring" protests after more than es belonging to Houthi supporters still aiming for that deadline, but ing medical isotopes and generat- sanctions relief that Iran may re- in a statement on the party's web- largely observed a five-day truce three decades in power, has in the south and west of the capi- other diplomats have said the talks ing electricity. ceive, the two sides remain divid- site. Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived brokered by the United Nations in emerged as the main military ally tal Sanaa. could slip to July 9, the date by The top U.S. and Iranian dip- ed on such issues as lifting United which the Obama administration lomats met for a sixth consecutive Nations sanctions and on its re- must submit a deal to Congress in day on Sunday to try to resolve search and development of ad- order to get an expedited, 30-day obstacles to a nuclear accord, in- vanced centrifuges. review. cluding when Iran would get sanc- Diplomats close to the negoti- The agreement under discus- tions relief and what advanced re- ations said they had tentative sion would require Iran to curb its search and development it may agreement on a mechanism for sus- most sensitive nuclear work for a pursue. pending U.S. and European Union decade or more in exchange for re- Keeping up a what has been a sanctions on Iran. lief from sanctions that have steady stream of criticism, Israeli But the six powers had yet to slashed its oil exports and crippled Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- agree with Iran on a United Na- its economy. yahu said the United States and tions Security Council resolution Kuwait is considering charging U.S. President Barack Obama's major powers were negotiating "a that would lift U.N. sanctions and more than 40 people in connec- administration, which has been bad deal". "It seems that the nu- establish a means of re-imposing tion with a deadly suicide bomb- accused of making too many con- clear talks (with) Iran have yield- them in case of Iranian non-com- ing in a Shiite mosque claimed by cessions by Republican members ed a collapse, not a breakthrough," pliance with a future agreement. the Islamic State group, a security of Congress and by Israel, remains he said, in remarks released by his In addition to sanctions, other official said . ready to abandon the talks, Kerry office. Iran's semi-official news sticking points include future mon- “More than 40 suspects, in- said. "If we don't have a deal and agency Fars quoted an unnamed itoring mechanisms and a stalled cluding a number of women, have there is absolute intransigence and senior Iranian official as saying U.N. probe of the possible mili- been referred to the public prose- unwillingness to move on the about 70 percent of a 32-page an- tary dimensions of past Iranian cution,” the official told AFP, re- things that are important for us, nex to the agreement had been writ- nuclear research. Senior officials questing anonymity. President Obama has always said ten and "30 percent is between from the International Atomic En- “Now, it is up to the prosecu- we're prepared to walk away," he brackets", meaning it was still un- ergy Agency, the U.N. nuclear tion whether to press charges said. European officials also said der discussion. The agreement it- watchdog, plan to visit Iran this against all of them or not,” the of- the onus was on Iran to cut a deal. self is expected to include a polit- week. Another obstacle in talks is ficial said. The Saudi bomber killed After arriving in Vienna, French ical understanding accompanied by Iran's demand to be allowed to do 26 people and wounded 227 in the Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius five annexes. "We hope that the research and development on ad- June 26 attack in the capital Ku- alleged driver of the bomber and the alleged owner of the house where the driver stayed. Kuwait has a told reporters the main question main portion of this (annex) will vanced centrifuges that purify ura- wait City. confessionally divided population of around one third Shiite to two thirds Sunni. Last month's attack was the was whether Iran would make be cleared up today, and if any is- nium for use as fuel in power Among the defendants are the first in the emirate to be claimed by IS, which controls swathes of neighboring Iraq and Syria. "clear commitments" on unre- sues remain, they will be discussed plants or weapons. Turkey summons ISIS suicide bombers strike in Iraqi refinery town Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sui- with two suicide car bombings. The ets hit a crowd in the ISIS-con- commanders to cide bombers and fighters attacked blasts were followed by fierce trolled provincial capital Ramadi the centre of Iraq's northern oil re- clashes that lasted until midnight on Saturday evening, killing at least finery town of Baiji overnight, forc- and drove the army and mainly 18 people. discuss Syria ing the army and Shi'ite fighters to Shi'ite Hashd Shaabi forces from They said a group of people pull back, military sources and the the centre of town, two army colo- had gathered after the daily Ra- local mayor said . nels said. madan fast to play Muhaibis, a intervention: Report The town of Baiji and its re- Baiji mayor Mahmoud al-Ja- game where players have to iden- The Turkish army has called a laid by ISIS militants, would be on finery - Iraq's largest - have been a bouri said there had been a pattern tify a member of the opposing meeting of troop commanders sta- the agenda at the meeting, Hurriy- battlefront for more than a year. of withdrawals by ISIS fighters in team who is hiding a ring. tioned along its fortified border et reported on its website. The hardline Islamists seized the the town followed by counter-of- with Syria to discuss a possible The role of the Turkish Air town in June 2014 as they swept fensives. "Their lethal weapons "I heard a blast and saw fire intervention in Syria, the Hurriyet Force in supporting such an oper- through much of northern Iraq to- are suicide attacks and snipers, and coming from Dolphin Square. I ran newspaper reported . ation is also expected to be dis- wards the capital Baghdad. this is why we have fighting back to the place and saw vehicles car- Turkey has boosted its mili- cussed, it added. Control of Baiji neighbour- and forth." rying bodies and wounded covered tary defenses on the volatile bor- Turkey currently has 54,000 hoods has changed hands many Army officers said the army with blood. They were innocent der over the past week, stationing soldiers deployed along the Syri- times during the conflict. The lat- and Hashd groups were preparing people playing a ring game; they tanks and anti-aircraft missiles an border. est ISIS offensive comes after au- a response. "ISIS fighters are still were not making bombs," said Haj there as well as bolstering troop Special forces commander Ze- thorities said they controlled near- holding positions in three neigh- Thamir Ahmed, a Ramadi resident Shi'ite district of Shulaa on Sun- of responsibility for those attacks, numbers, as fighting between Is- kai Aksakalli on Sunday inspected ly the whole town and expected to bourhoods in Baiji and they are still who lives nearby. day morning, police and medical but statements in the name of Is- lamist-led groups and Syrian re- troops on a tour of the southern drive insurgents from the refinery receiving reinforcements," said one In northwest Baghdad, at least sources said. Another two people lamic State said the group carried gime forces in the northern city of border province of Kilis as a new within days. of the army colonels. three people were killed and 11 were killed by a bomb in Hussain- car bombings on Saturday evening Aleppo has intensified. convoy of artillery and missile bat- The militants attacked around In Anbar province west of wounded when a bomb went off iya on the city's northern outskirts. in Baghdad and Balad Roz which The Turkish build-up has fed teries was deployed, Anatolia 8 pm (1700 GMT) on Saturday Baghdad, witnesses said two rock- near a restaurant in the mainly There was no immediate claim killed 10 people. speculation that the government is news agency reported. planning to intervene in Syria to Davutoglu said on Thursday push Islamic State of Iraq and Syria that while a unilateral intervention (ISIS) jihadists back from the bor- was “out of the question” Jordan ‘foils Iranian-backed terror plot’ der and halt the advance of Kurdi- under current conditions, Tur- sh forces who have made gains key would “ against the extremists in the area. not wait for tomorrow” to act Jordanian security forces have Despite similarities in the Prime Minister Ahmet Davu- in Syria “in the event of a threat to foiled a terror plot by a member of name, the Iranian-backed group is toglu on Thursday ruled out any domestic security.” an Iranian-backed group, local reportedly unrelated to Egyptian prospect of an immediate interven- Turkey is one of the fiercest newspaper Al Rai reported on militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maq- tion in Syria. opponents of Bashar al-Assad’s Monday. dis, which recently changed its Bur Hurriyet said on Sunday regime in Damascus and has taken The report states that the sus- name after pledging allegiance to that the Turkish Armed Forces had in more than 1.8 million refugees pect belongs to the Iranian Bayt ISIS. ordered all commanders of troops since the war in Syria began. al-Maqdis group and holds Iraqi A source familiar with the in- stationed along the border to at- Ankara also fears that the and Norwegian citizenship. vestigation told Al Rai that 45 ki- tend a meeting at military head- growing power of Kurdish forces The suspect was found to be lograms of explosives were found quarters in Ankara next week to there will embolden Turkey's 15- in possession of large amounts of in the suspect's possession. discuss the details of such an op- million strong Kurdish minority. explosives and was arrested in "This is the most serious case eration. President Recep Tayyip Er- northern Jordan, the newspaper in a decade in terms of the quanti- The deployment of over 400 ar- dogan has said he would “never added. ty of explosives discovered and mored vehicles, which would car- allow” the formation of a Kurdish Jordan's state security court their quality," said the source, add- ry military personnel and be pro- state along Turkey’s southern bor- was set to hold its first hearing on ing that a major terror operation tected by jammers against mines ders. the case on Monday. had been averted. Beijing warns citizens in Turkey of anti-China protests Foreign ministry says Chinese tourists recently "attacked and disturbed" in Istanbul protests over treatment of Uighurs.

Beijing has warned its citizens trav- China's treatment of the Ui- On Sunday, several hundred elling in Turkey to be careful of ghurs is an important issue for protesters marched towards the anti-China protests, saying some many Turks, who see themselves Chinese consulate in Istanbul car- tourists have recently been "at- as sharing a common cultural and rying flags and chanting anti-Chi- tacked and disturbed". religious background. na slogans outside the building. The notice, posted on the Turkey vowed on Friday to Earlier in the day, some of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs web- keep its doors open to ethnic Ui- protesters had burned a Chinese site on Sunday, said there had been ghurs fleeing persecution. flag. "They [Uighurs] are our "multiple" demonstrations in Tur- "Absolutely do not get close brothers and are being persecuted key targeting the Chinese govern- to or film the protests, and mini- for their faith," said 17-year-old ment. mise to the greatest extent outside Muhammet Gokce, who was wear- Relations between Turkey and activities on one's own," the Chi- ing a blue headband with the words: China have been strained recently nese notice said. "East Turkestan you are not over the treatment of Muslim Ui- The Turkish newspaper Hur- alone." ghur people in China's far western riyet reported that a small group "They did nothing wrong, their region of Xinjiang, who have been of people last week attacked a only fault is to be Muslim. Tur- banned from worship and fasting Chinese restaurant in Istanbul's key should embrace its brothers, during the Muslim holy month of popular Tophane district, smash- should save them from the brutal Ramadan. ing windows. hands of communist China." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY .JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Article 11: Matters related to domestic as well as foreign trade shall be regulated by law in accordance with the economic requirements of the country and public interests. Editorial By Ahmed Rashid from drug trafficking, accord- Russian Foreign Minister 1970s when Tajik border guards The fear is that more drugs ing to Gen Nazarov and West- Sergei Lavrov warned recently caught only 10-15 kilograms of could be finding their way out ern diplomats in Dushanbe. that “the volume of drug pro- drugs a year - and most of that Acid attack on of Afghanistan via Central Asia The Central Asian militant duction in Afghanistan is grow- was marijuana. He says the flow Could increased fighting in groups are the prime traffick- ing at a threatening pace and of opium and heroin started af- northern Afghanistan lead to ers for drugs heading to Rus- the income is being absorbed ter the civil war in Afghanistan schoolgirls in Herat an influx of drugs transiting sia, Europe and, increasingly, not only by terrorist groups in began in the 1990s. through Tajikistan and Central to China as well. the country, but also beyond The first heroin was caught Living with scars of acid is always a hardest part of the acid Asia to Russia and Europe? “All the Central Asian its borders”. on the Tajik border in 1995. The victims. Hell-bent on spreading terror, perpetrators throw acid That is the worry of senior offi- groups such as the Islamic In 2014 the Tajik Drug Con- Drug Control Agency was set cials in the region. Movement of Uzbekistan and trol Agency caught six tonnes up four years later. What an- into their victims’ faces in a bid to disfigure the victims severe- “The drug situation de- Ansarullah, as well as the vari- of heroin and opium but that is gers officials in Russia and Cen- ly. The results are always horrifying. Scarred for life, the vic- pends on Afghanistan, be- ous factions of the Taliban and still a miniscule share of the tral Asia is the question of why tims usually lose their sight in one or both eyes whereas some cause all the drugs we catch Islamic State, are involved in 6,500 tonnes produced in Af- Nato and US forces did not deal come from Afghanistan,” Lt trafficking drugs,” Gen Naz- ghanistan. more effectively with the drug others are psychologically traumatized. This trauma is beyond Gen Rustum Nazarov, head of arov said. ‘Worsening’ problem after they arrived in endurance. Should it happen with the family members of the Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agen- Islamic State is a relatively The UN Office of Drugs Afghanistan in 2001. perpetrators, and there will be no acid-hurling-attacks. Acid cy, told me in Dushanbe. new player in the region and and Crime (UNODC) says that “They had no policy to- He said that Afghanistan al- has been extending its influ- the total area under cultivation wards curbing drugs and now attack is the worst form of terrorism as almost all the attacks ready produces 90% of the ence in Afghanistan in recent for opium in Afghanistan rose we have to deal with an ever have been on women and girls, therefore, there must me the world’s opium and that flow months. by 7% in 2014, even though worsening situation,” says Gen harshest punishment for the perpetrators. Schoolgirls in this trou- could increase if the Afghan In times past Afghans production is largely confined Nazarov. government loses control of the would only deliver drug ship- to only nine of Afghanistan’s The drugs epidemic is like- bled and ill-fated country had been victims of acid attacks as a porous Afghan-Tajik border, ments to the border and hand 34 provinces. ly to get worse. Both China and punishment for attending school. The horrendous act of acid much of it formed only by the them over to Central Asian General Nazarov estimates Russia are experiencing huge hurling took place the other day when three girls, teenagers, Panj river. groups, but now Afghans rep- that 20-22% of Afghan drugs increases in domestic drug ad- Hundreds of Afghan and resenting the Taliban and oth- exit for Europe through the diction, which provides traf- were making their way to school in the western Herat province. Pakistani Taliban and Central er Afghan groups are living in northern route via Tajikistan fickers with a new market and They were intercepted by two men on motorbikes who hurled Asian fighters from half a doz- Moscow and other towns in and Uzbekistan. Another 45% further incentives. the acid at them. They reportedly told the girls: “This is the en different groups have seized Russia, according to Tajik goes through Iran and some There is still no internation- control of large tracts of the drugs officials, in order to get a 38% goes through Pakistan. It al plan on how to end the con- punishment for going to school.” Intolerance for education among northern Afghan provinces share of the huge profits that is impossible to verify such fig- tinuing increase in drugs pro- the diehard extremist forces is awful as these teenage girls have which border Uzbekistan, Turk- ensue once the drugs reach ures - other drug control agen- duction in Afghanistan itself. paid a heavy price for education. Girls face a number of hin- menistan and Tajikistan. Russia and Europe. cies do not release estimates. Until that happens Afghani- drances to education as a result of attacks by militants who “We are looking at a wors- The price of heroin rises The Tajik Drug Control stan’s neighbours will contin- ening military situation in Af- from $20,000 (£12,800) per kilo- Agency is one of the star per- ue to suffer. (Courtesy: BBC) sternly oppose girls’ education. Nearly 2.4 million girls are ghanistan and the flow of drugs gram on the Tajik-Afghan bor- forming organs of a govern- Ahmed Rashid is a Paki- currently receiving no form of education, compared to 1.6 mil- will increase the more the war- der to an astronomical $400,000 ment in which corruption and stani journalist and author lion boys. This is a huge loss as millions of girls and boys are lords and extremists get to con- in Paris or London. Internation- inefficiency is generally wide- based in Lahore. trol the Afghan side of the bor- al traffickers are now being spread. The agency has been His latest book is Pakistan being brought up as illiterate in an age where the world is chang- der,” said Gen Nazarov. eased out of the business in praised by the UNODC, the on the Brink - The Future of ing as much fastest as it leaves the illiterate in a state of utter The consequences of drug Europe by Afghans and Cen- Organisation for Security and America, Pakistan and Afghan- despair. Even in the face of unspeakable hardships, 12 percent addiction are all too clear to see tral Asians working directly Co-operation in Europe, as well istan. in Kabul and elsewhere in the with the sources of supply in as the Shanghai Co-operation Earlier works include De- of girls are literate, according to a recent UN report. There is world Afghanistan, says Tajik drugs Organisation. scent into Chaos and Taliban, no horrendous and biggest crime than disfiguring people with Much of the funding for officials and Western diplo- Gen Nazarov recounted a first published in 2000, which acid attack. The government must not remain silent on the issue. these militant groups comes mats in Dushanbe. time during the Soviet era in the became a bestseller. Religious scholars must also play their role as the peace-loving religion Islam never allows such inhuman acts of terror. This is not only worth lamenting but condemning that the government has failed in finding out what usually causes poisoning of school- girls? If a government couldn’t know who is behind poisoning the schoolgirls or what cause it, how it will successfully fight terrorism. There have been numerous incidences of poisoning of girls at schools, but in the incidents of acid attacks psycho- logical and emotional recovery is usually a greater and painful challenge then the physical one. There were 12 arrests in 2008 in acid attack case, but any such development is expected in the recent acid hurling act? Back in 90s, the fighters of Gulbaddin Hekmatyar were the first to carry out acid attacks against girls. To quell the trend of acid trend the government will have to do extra yards. The gov- ernment must direct the intelligence service to carry out an in- vestigation and try to know who were behind the attack. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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By Sujeet Sarkar of Kabul not to let the attack damp- solution. Ghani’s approach of U.S. and Japan. In addition to the Afghanistan is headed towards its en the chances of striking a peace making Pakistan a key party to the existing historic and cultural ties, bloodiest summer, after the fall of deal with Taliban. peace process may sound cynical India’s development forays in Af- Taliban, post 9/11. There has been The Afghan peace process is but stands politically pragmatic. ghanistan have generated tremen- unprecedented surge in Taliban being viewed as the brainchild of Ghani’s priorities toward Pakistan dous popular and political good strike, posing a serious threat to the U.S. military think tank and are vastly different from his pre- will, in the country. There is no the internal security and stability was zealously pursued by the U.S. decessor’s approach. Pakistan had match for the vast reservoir of of the country. The attack of Tali- However the political fall out be- played a significant part in its own goodwill that Afghan people feel By Meredith Clark ban has spiraled from its tradi- tween Karzai and Obama admin- way in Ghani’s victory in the pres- towards India. Hence by staying When the U.S. invaded Afghani- tional bastion of southern prov- istration, coupled with the killing idential election last year and also away from the peace game, they stan in 2001, a rationale offered inces, bordering with the fragile of the peace chair Rabbani by Tal- views the present government in tend to gain more in Afghanistan. terrorist sanctuaries of Waziristan, iban halted the peace process. Af- Kabul far more sympathetically. It has to just safeguard its long- was to protect the women who live to the once relatively stable north- ter more than decade of relentless As a result, the milieu of relations term strategic interest. The strong there from the Taliban, a misogy- ern provinces. The Taliban has fur- military operation, it is becoming between Afghanistan and Pakistan presence of northern alliance is a nist, oppressive regime. Military ther wormed their way to the fed- increasingly clear that the Taliban has significantly improved in the sufficient condition for India to see operations were touted as the only eral capital and attacking Kabul at is far from vanquished. In fact the period since Ghani took office. that ISI is checked from running way to liberate Afghan women their free will. And the military and whole military operation is turn- More than the premier Nawaz away with their peace module in from the Taliban. Fast-forward 15 civil causality is escalating at an ing out to be counter-productive Sharif’s, the visit of the Army head Afghanistan. Also with the US years and billions of dollars later, alarming rate, with every passing and the Taliban is only emerging Rahel Sharif’s to Kabul has set the micromanaging the peace process, it is unclear if the money spent on day. The Taliban is appearing more ahead of the game. Military oper- ground for better strategic ties. in turn would inhibit Pakistan from guns, tanks, and deals with war- threatening than ever. Between ation is not the solution for the During the past seven months, milking the peace process in Af- lords has drastically improved the January 1 and June 15, 2015, more Afghanistan fiasco anymore. Ghani has worked hard to improve ghanistan. India should rather build lives of Afghan women. than 2500 army and police per- The international strategic relations between the two a popular consensus that any sonnel have been killed, a whop- community may see the initiation neighbors.To address Pakistani peace process should be Afghan Jamila Afghani, an activist for ping 53 percent more than the same of peace process as a meek sub- suspicions, he has toned down led, owned and controlled. Afghan women, claims this is due period in 2014, according to mission before Taliban. But Af- Afghanistan’s traditional alliance The rediscovered bonhomie to the international community NATO.The data of civilian killing ghans have learned an inescapable with India and step up unprece- and growing affinity between Af- debating what is best for Afghani- by Taliban almost depict the same lesson that peace, security and dented security cooperation with ghanistan and Pakistan must show stan — without actually listening trend. The officials at the Minis- prosperity cannot be achieved Islamabad, despite facing a volley decisive result in Afghanistan. to the Afghan people. try of Defense (MoD) reported through war and bloodshed, any- of domestic opposition.To allay Even though the security cooper- “We have to have our part in ongoing counter-insurgency oper- more. This creates a ground for fears of Afghanistan’s growing ation between the two embattled the negotiation process,” Afghani ations in 14 provinces, estimating political engagement with the proximity with India; President nation faced by the common threat said. Leaders working on peace the total number of districts facing moderate Taliban, under the fold Ghani has sidetracked the issue of of Taliban has improved, but yet deals, she tells us, “need to listen grave security threats nationwide of the Afghan peace process. ongoing security cooperation with to be termed as satisfactory. At to us and to [hear us] share our to range between 40 and 50. The The moderate Taliban refers to India. The repeated calls of the best such cooperation can be experiences,” because women and territorial gain by Taliban doesn’t those who are ready to denounce Karzai government to support termed as seminal effort by both augur well for the beleaguered na- violence and terrorism and willing Afghanistan with military and sides to neutralize tensions and children are the ones who pay the tion. to join the mainstream develop- machine have been put on the back respond to each other’s concerns. price when fighting flares. tion, especially for women, has warnings — but we have to work. After the exit of U.S and ment and political process. The burner by president Ghani. These The ISI must now cut its umbilical Afghani, an Islamic scholar and made Afghani’s work more diffi- We have to continue.” NATO from combatant role, the Government of Afghanistan is even developments have kept Pakistan cord with Taliban and stop fan- social worker, initially taught lit- cult, but she is undeterred by the That work has paid off, and local force of Afghanistan is direct- contemplating the concept of Afwa and its all-powerful army in good ning unrest in Afghanistan. The eracy in refugee camps. She cur- risks. “The work we are doing is Afghani said it makes her proud. ly facing the heat of the Taliban (meaning forgiveness or political spirit. recent increased spate of attack in rently works with Afghan imams, challenging the traditional tribal “They are doing their own train- for the first time, since 2001. The amnesty) for the moderate Taliban. Pakistani civilian and military Afghanistan has put more pres- Islamic religious leaders, to incor- system of our community,” she ing. They are founding their own mounting civilian and military cau- The patch-up-terms would include leaders have made pragmatic state- sure in Islamabad to oblige its com- porate information from the Qu- said. “It is a risk for status quo, a NGOs, their own writing channels, sality is sparking a growing appre- the Taliban laying down their ments. Afghan officials were elat- mitment of acting tough on Tali- ran about women’s equality into risk for those who are holding pow- and their own newspapers,” she hension about the capability of the weapon on the terms of Afghan ed when Pakistan’s dominant army ban. their sermons. While American er. Of course our life is in danger; said, “These are the things that NATO trained Afghan forces to Government and abiding by the chief, Gen Raheel Sharif, declared President Ghani has put a large rhetoric surrounding Islam often maintain security and further quell Constitution. The international that the “enemies of Afghanistan stake on Pakistan to advance the we receive different sorts of make me hopeful for the future of the surging Taliban offence. And policy experts anticipate that the are enemies of Pakistan” during a peace process in Afghanistan. In- draws a straight line from religion threats, letters, phone calls, and Afghanistan.” this comes on the top of the coun- proposed peace process would visit to Kabul in February 15. The dia must trust his judgment and to violence against women, Af- try’s deep political divisions and eventually result towards a struc- unfortunate attack of army school his good intentions as he navigates ghani’s work is an essential tool wounds, aggravated by the presi- tured power sharing deal between in Peshawar has made the Paki- his country through a tiring and for changing attitudes toward dential election, have not begun to the moderate Taliban and the in- stan army realize the threat posed trying period in its history, beset women in Afghan communities. ISIL and the heal. The political difference be- cumbent Government of the by Taliban. And the two coun- with existential problems. The THE WORK WE ARE DO- tween the two groups, wedded present day. President Ghani may tries are seeing a common enemy path to peace is certainly going to ING IS CHALLENGING THE under an uneasy unity government be compelled to accommodate in Taliban, for the first time, in the be very tumultuous in Afghanistan. TRADITIONAL TRIBAL SYS- arrangement is opening up. This some key Taliban leaders in the history. The new reality has creat- There is no homogenous opinion TEM OF OUR COMMUNITY. management has resulted towards political stale- power structures, to make the ed a common ground for both the about the proposed peace process, IT IS A RISK FOR STATUS mate and frozen appointment in peace process work and last in the nation to chase the Taliban for the within the international communi- QUO, A RISK FOR THOSE key position. The vital defense interest of Afghanistan. time being and influence them to ty. They are divided among them- ministry was devoid of a leader, The new political set up in participate in the peace dialogue. selves with multiplicity of views WHO ARE HOLDING POWER. of savagery for close to three months, at a time Kabul is showing some early sign The extension of the new military and opinions, largely colored by JAMILA AFGHANI when the Taliban have been mak- of rapprochement with Taliban to doctrine of Pakistan wont be ex- their respective strategic priorities. In the program Afghani devel- By Martin Reardon ing aggressive headways. Afghani- drive the peace process. President tended to its arch rival India, for Navigating a peace process amid oped, a preliminary group of 25 destroy “apostate” Muslim re- stan’s future remains precarious at Ghani is gravitating more towards sure. It would be restricted to a complex mire of larger international local imams has expanded to more The world is well aware of the bru- gimes so they fall into a state of best and more uncertain than ever. the all weather duo of Pakistan and limited scale use, in Afghanistan interests would certainly be a her- than 6,000 religious leaders, all of tal savagery shown by ISIL in their “savagery”, allowing them to be It is particularly disturbing to China. Afghanistan is relying on only. culean task for Afghanistan. unending stream of macabre exe- built back up under a caliphate. Naji whom have pledged to preach cutions - captured in graphic and note that humanitarian aid work- the political goodwill of China to On its part, India should do However Peace should be giv- believed that violence and cruelty women’s equality in their sickening detail in videos upload- were necessary in order to achieve ers are increasingly becoming tar- influence Pakistan to cooperate in nothing that may pause the grow- en a chance to prevail in Afghani- mosques. “We are able to go where ed to YouTube and social media and maintain control and that no get of Taliban. Even by the Tali- the peace process. By visiting ing trust between Kabul and Is- stan, allaying all such presumptu- the government cannot reach,” Af- for consumption by aspiring jiha- mercy should be shown. Accord- ban’s own crude metrics, the aid China in his first leg of foreign tour, lamabad. The new political think ous fears and concerns. This is ghani said. “We go where the in- dists, those unfortunate enough to ing to Naji: ”One who previously workers were generally spared, in the president has made his inten- tank in Kabul has regarded their high time for some path breaking be subjected to their occupation, engaged in jihad knows that it is the past. This spring all the laid tion loud and clear. Along with in- relations with Pakistan as by far and defining steps in Afghanistan. ternational community cannot and curious individuals drawn to nought but violence, crudeness, barometer of Taliban are seen to frastructure investment, Afghani- the most critical priority of their It is now or never, the so-called reach. We, as activists, are front- images of violence. terrorism, deterrence and massa- be failing and the gap between mil- stan is keen on enlisting China’s foreign policies. Hence India “end game” in military parlance. line soldiers.” Last year, we saw the first of cring.” itary, civilian and humanitarian sec- support towards facilitating rec- should cooperate with Afghanistan Pakistan in alliance with its big Women have been making their countless mass executions by For those unfortunate Syrians shootings and beheadings. Since strides in civil society, from repre- and Iraqis subject to ISIL control, tor are blurring. The Afghan war onciliation talks between the Af- and give up its rigid stance on any brother China should not squan- then, they’ve added to their the aim of this savagery is to break has started seriously constraining ghan government, the Taliban and form of engagement with Taliban. der the possibility of contributing sentation in government and the repertoire of horrific executions, them psychologically so as to en- humanitarian capacities of the aid their Islamabad based mentors. India and Pakistan have large to the peace process, through a workforce to education. Howev- routinely subjecting their victims sure their absolute allegiance agencies. The prolong unrest and Given the strategic nature of Chi- strategic stakes in Afghanistan. political process, in Afghanistan. er, these same gains have occurred to crucifixions, stoning, immola- through fear and intimidation. Un- growing insecurity is choking the nese-Pakistani relations, Beijing is They are going to influence the Also, most of the peace building simultaneously with rampant cor- tion, being thrown from tall roof- der ISIL rule there are no options. tops or burying them alive, hang- If you obey, you live. The alterna- development process and crip- in a strong position to influence peace process, according to their processes in conflict-ridden coun- ruption, instability, and violence. pling the already fragile economy the policies of the Pakistani secu- long-term strategic goals in Af- tries fail as the state put up rigid ing, or death by multiple amputa- tive is unthinkable. For their ene- But even the most horrifying re- to a halt. This doesn’t augur well rity establishment towards Tali- ghanistan. India in particular, has pre-conditions for such dialogue. tions. my, there is no quarter. The estimate of how many Desensitised to the shock for a country, where the misery of ban. vociferously expressed its fear and President Ghani should adopt a cent events have included historic moments. After a 27-year-old have been executed are staggering - As with any horror that be- citizens is only getting from bad The heavy handedness of ISI strategic concerns about the ongo- flexible and constructive approach the UK-based Syrian Observato- woman was murdered by a mob in comes a matter of routine in peo- to worse. The unfolding grim sit- in aiding and abetting Talban in- ing peace process. It fears that in for building durable peace in Af- ry for Human Rights puts the num- ple’s lives, the world and those uation in Kabul has once again re- surgency in Afghanistan is well the name of engaging with moder- ghanistan. The world is excitingly Kabul, women broke with Afghan ber of confirmed ISIL executions subjected to it eventually become iterated the need to pursue the documented in the white house. All ate Taliban, the pro ISI Taliban waiting to witness the fate of the funeral customs to carry her cof- in Syria alone during the last year desensitised to the shock, causing peace process, with a renewed vig- western call for Pakistan to act hardliner would be accommodated peace process in the country. fin at her funeral, and 15 people at over 3,000. it to start losing its intended ef- or. The international community tough on terror has gone into deaf in the power corridors of Kabul. Sujeet Sarkar works as an in- were ultimately convicted of Women and children haven’t fect. For ISIL, that means a con- is once again upbeat about the idea ears. In the past, Islamabad has This would provide them the po- ternational advisor on governance been spared either, with well over tinual search for new methods to crimes related to her death. a hundred such executions docu- of engaging with Taliban, in their played the China card in to blunt litical leeway to advance the Paki- and writes columns on internation- instil fear and intimidation and new Despite what U.S. leaders pur- mented on video or in photo- enemies or apostates to subject bid to solve the Afghan deadlock. the US pressure to tame Taliban stan agenda and edge out India from al affairs for leading international port, there is virtually no system graphs. them to - a never-ending cycle of The brazen attack on the parlia- and dismantle terrorist sanctuar- thick of things, in Afghanistan. In- dailies. He has authored an ac- in place to ensure that money allo- Barbaric acts of cruelty brutal violence and grisly deaths. ment however has partially dam- ies spread over Waziristan. dia has employed a development claimed book on Afghanistan titled To most of the world, the exe- cated to help Afghan women is Last week, two women ac- aged the prospects for peace talks The actual source of the kitty of almost 1.6 billion USD, a In Search of a New Afghanistan. cutions are nothing more than cused of sorcery were beheaded in between the government and the present day crisis in Afghanistan huge grant, even by international The views, perception and opinion delivered. According to a senseless and barbaric acts of cru- Syria - they were the first report- Taliban. But there are enough ra- boils down to Pakistan. Hence standards. India is the largest ci- expressed in this article are purely report from the military last year, elty - stark reminders of history’s ed beheadings of women by ISIL. tionale minds in the political circle Pakistan also has to be part of the vilian donor in Afghanistan, after of the author U.S. agencies spent more than $68 most notorious despots and re- Their husbands met the same fate. million on projects for women pressive regimes; some would say Also last week, two young boys, irrational or self-defeating. their ages not known, were cruci- from 2011 to 2013, but beyond But for ISIL there is a twisted fied in Eastern Syria for not fast- that number, “the full extent of the yet deliberate purpose to their sav- ing properly during Ramadan. The agencies’ efforts to support Afghan agery - total domination of its sub- intended message was clear. Those women was unclear.” jects through fear and intimidation who do not follow the strict te- ETTER TO THE EDITOR on the one hand, and outright hate Sally Kitch, a professor of nets of Sharia law, as imposed by and vengeance towards its enemies ISIL, will suffer the consequenc- women and gender studies at Ari- on the other. es. zona State University, believes ef- It is based on a mythic and In Kobane two weeks ago, forts to help improve life for Af- medieval past where how they ex- ISIL took revenge for their defeat ghans that don’t rely on the exper- ecute their victims is as important at the hands of the Kurds last win- Investment in mining industry as to why they execute them. And ter, killing over two hundred civil- tise of existing activist networks while there have been far worse ians in their homes and on the Fourteen years have passed. Billions of dollars were poured into the country. Several national and international investors invested in Afghani- will be incomplete. regimes in terms of brutality, ISIL streets as they methodically moved th stan. However, in the 14 year—2015—most of investors have left the country, the country’s economy is dwindling and the billions dollars have “One of the things that the seems to openly revel in it, always about the city. Their aim wasn’t not been spent on infrastructure projects during the 13 years. Daud Shah Saba the Minister of Mines and Petroleum in his recent visit in Baku, U.S. could do that it hasn’t, is to looking for new opportunities to to reclaim lost ground or even to the capital city of Azerbaijan, asked for more investment of that country in Afghanistan. He said the two countries have promised to use all exploit their terror and find new get behind organizations that are attack military targets, but rather possible options for strengthening cooperation between Kabul and Baku. enemies. to raid and plunder as in medieval More investment is need of the hour for Afghanistan as it is passing through a challenging phase. Moreover, the security agencies should able to get to places that they can’t And as disconcerting as that times. leave no stone unturned in ensuring safety of national and international investors otherwise they will not get interested to invest in Afghanistan. go directly,” Kitch said. Her may seem, their insatiable blood- In another horrific video re- The national unity government should prepare an inclusive plan for attracting the attention of local and international investors. Through this book, Contested Terrain: Reflec- lust and penchant for cruelty ac- leased two weeks ago, ISIL showed plan, the government should meet with them and provide them information about investment opportunities inside the tions with Afghan Women Leaders, tually appeals to a global follow- the executions of 16 men in Mosul country. This will encourage local and international investors to establish big projects in the country. ing of mostly angry, disenfran- who were accused of spying for Karim Sarwarzada, Khairkhana, Kabul follows Afghani’s work and Mar- chised, or maladjusted young men the Iraqi government by providing zia Basel, an Afghan judge. Afghan- and women all too willing to join targeting data for coalition air Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s istan has a long history of wom- their ranks to fight a common ene- strikes. But this time, three new name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] en’s activism, and women like my - what ISIL spokesman Abu methods of execution were used Mohammad al-Adnani identifies Basel taught and organized while to ensure the message was received as “infidels, Shia and apostate and understood by all. the Taliban ruled. Muslims”. Basically, anyone who Four of the men were re- “Now that we’re changing our defies them or does not accept and strained to the inside of a car and Disclaimer: relationship, this might be a very closely adhere to their strict form watched in horror as a jihadist good time to get behind these very of religious ideology. armed with a rocket propelled gre- In his 2004 online treatise: The nade took aim and then fired at The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) successful programs on women’s Management of Savagery, al-Qae- them from a short distance away. rights and social justice in gener- da strategist Abu Bakr Naji wrote They could be heard screaming in and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. al,” Kitch added. what would eventually become the agony as the car was engulfed in A deteriorating security situa- ISIL strategy. In essence, how to flames following the explosion. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES How the women of Marikana are taking on the World Bank Residents of shantytowns around site of the 2012 massacre fight for "comfortably middle class" lives they were promised. In keeping with Ramadan tradition, Sudan is seeing vibrant, innovative efforts to give back to the underprivileged. Word quickly spread across the hands; we take cold water and wash sprawling Marikana mine and its them. They will never be white be- adjoining shack lands that South cause of the stains, those black Only 15 minutes left before Iftar, African President Jacob Zuma was stains, even if you take a brush and the time to break the day's fast, finally about to release the find- you scrub it. It doesn't ever get and already Khartoum's quick- ings of a commission of inquiry clean like it was." A miner must wash moving traffic is thinning. As the into the police killing of 34 miners an overall up to three times to get it sun drops below the horizon, here in August 2012. This article properly clean, and it takes three to groups of energetic youth take was produced in conjunction with four hours to wash just one. their posts at major intersections, the Al Jazeera Magazine. Down- Throughout the shanties and set- bus stations and hospitals, load it for iPads and iPhones here, tlements around Marikana, the dis- equipped with food baskets and and for Android devices here. De- tinctive white overalls are spread water bottles. Preparing them- spite a court recommendation that on barbed wire fences to dry. Glanc- selves for the call to Maghreb the president give 48 hours' notice ing into most yards reveals a wom- prayer, which during Ramadan so that families and survivors could an bent over a bucket or basin, work- marks the time to eat after a day of prepare themselves, Zuma gave ing the soggy white material be- fasting, the highly organised youth just a few hours' warning. The fam- tween her glistening knuckles. 'No form smaller groups to hand out ilies of the dead and survivors des- water, electricity or toilets' Months perately tried to get off work ear- after the wage increases won by the their provisions to passersby. ly to find a place to watch the live strike which averaged between 7 "This is not new. Maybe the form television address. But recurring and 22 percent, Mtshamba moved of conducting it is, but the con- power outages meant that finding from the shack to a breezeblock cept is as old as Sudanese society a working television set was no room in a compound. The roof does itself," said Mohammed Akood, a simple matter. So it was that doz- not leak and he has electricity, but member of Wosool, a youth organ- ens of men and women, wrapped he still has to go outside to relieve isation for charity and education. in blankets and coats, huddled to- himself in a communal pit toilet. He "Giving is cleansing for one's soul. gether in the drafty cold room made is not alone. The hope of earning a Besides, even if it's just a handful available by Lonmin, the British living has attracted roughly 100,000 of dates or a bottle of water, it still company that owns the mine. Even people from rural areas and neigh- counts," he explained. "The joy we then, explains Thapelo Lekgowa, bouring countries to settle around see in people's faces is enough." a researcher and activist who the mine. Mandisa Yuma, a young INTERACTIVE: A Sufi in joined them, they were unable to woman from the Eastern Cape who Sudan During other months, get the television to work proper- came to find her fortune in 2011, Wosool's work is centred on pro- ly. "We ended up listening to the had high expectations. "When I first viding educational support for president on a cell phone radio. came here, I thought I would see a schoolchildren. But during Ra- The widows and miners there place. You hear of Sun City and missed almost everything," he Royal Bafokeng stadium. When madan, the group takes on the ad- says. 'Bhele' Tholakele Dlunga was people come back [home], you see ditional responsibility of feeding tortured by police while in custo- them wearing nice clothes. Some the public. The space for public dy as part of a systematic intimi- other people lie, because they do coordination in Sudan, eased open dation campaign against witness- not want other people back home by recent technologies and a vi- es to the Marikana massacre. [Greg to know they are living in a ma- brant new generation, has allowed Marinovich/Al Jazeera] The re- khukhu [shack]. I never know this Ramadan charity work to better New technologies have allowed Ramadan charity work to engage society, clustering people in informal circuits of support [EPA] port by the Marikana Commission place is full of makhhukhu. I did engage society, clustering people is the culmination of almost three not know that this place does not in informal circuits of support. that these efforts are simply the Sudanese drink that fills the air simple idea between friends grew donations can be deposited," said years of investigation into the have water, electricity or toilets." Ahmed Haroun is one of the vol- modern form of Ramadan's long with its scent as people prepare into a relief effort for families. "A Sami Alshinawi, one of the group's events that took place here after When Yuma needs to relieve her- unteers using new forms of fund- tradition of charity and aid work. its dry form before the month be- month before Ramadan, we start- members. By aiding vulnerable rock drillers working in the plati- self, she says: "I have to go to the ing to further his work. Before the "This is a continuation of the ordi- gins. These kinds of traditions, ed collecting donations from col- groups such as jailed mothers to num mine embarked on an strike. bush. It is not safe. When you are advent of Ramadan, he launched a nances put in place by our ances- coupled with large family and com- leagues and friends and family to pay off their debts, the group has Lonmin refused to meet them to still sitting, a man is coming and you plea on Whatsapp for small sums tors," said Alaatie. "These initia- munity gatherings, can make the buy flour, food oil, dates, and sug- managed to help 60 people return discuss their wage demands and, have to stand up and dress your- of money through mobile credit tives serve in combination with month of Ramadan a time of rising ar to give to families," he added. home for Ramadan. "It is incom- keen to stop a "contagion" of self. In daytime you have no choice, transfer. "Pooled together, these official efforts and plug the gaps." costs for families. "Some families Their work was aided by their fam- prehensible for us that a woman strikes, and apparently to protect you go to the toilet, people are pass- transfers allowed me to serve the interests of the politically con- ing and you stand up." She blames According to political analyst Os- feel resigned to the fact that it's ilies, who helped identify neigh- would be jailed for an amount as nected shareholders, according to Lonmin and the local municipality about 10 people a day, give or take," man Mudawi, this kind of work not going to be easy to prepare for bours that could use the help. little as $10, while her children are evidence from the Commission of in equal measure, though they both he said. Haroun uses the funds to can counterbalance other efforts the month. That is when we come Mohammed and his friends then without help," said Alshinawi. Ac- Inquiry, the police moved in with say the responsibility rests with the help Sudanese with relatives in the that, despite being more formal, in," said Mohammed Khair Alseed, distributed the packages they put cording to her, the initiative is on assault rifles. Seventy-six miners other. It was the desperation of such hospital, who often don't have the stumble over the roadblocks of in- another volunteer. The work … is together, giving out 31 in all. An- its way to achieving a second tar- were wounded and 34 were killed conditions that prompted a group means or time to feed themselves efficiency or even corruption. "The an indication of a tendency to take other group, going by the name of get of 100 people. Another mem- - many shot in the back or while of women living in the shantytowns when taking care of others. "We [youths'] work … is an indication initiatives outside ulterior motives, "Jana", focuses on helping fami- ber of the group was proud of the surrendering. But just what the clustered around the mine to take make sure that we help them so of a tendency to take initiatives which can sometimes taint the lies with relatives that have been fact that Jana has helped maximise report offered to those gathered on the World Bank over its invest- that they can help their loved ones," outside ulterior motives, which can same type of work done by polit- jailed for debt. Their initiative al- the benefits of Whatsapp for char- remains somewhat ambiguous. ment in Lonmin seven years ago. added Haroun. OPINION: Ra- sometimes taint the same type of ically-affiliated organisations. Os- lows people to seek release from ity. "We chat all the time. But now Dali Mpofu, who represented Sikhala Sonke, a women's organisa- madan in the shadows: Fasting work done by politically affiliated man Mudawi, political analyst jail and reunite with families back we are able to make sure that the more than 300 of the injured and tion whose name means We Cry To- while poor Rabie Abd Alaatie, a organisations," said Mudawi. Ra- Turning to his Facebook page for home for Ramadan. "We launched time we spend on social media will affected miners, promised his le- gether, last month lodged a com- member of the ruling National madan is often characterised by the the latest updates on his own char- an appeal on Whatsapp groups mean somebody ends up happy gal team would hold a mass meet- plaint against the International Fi- Congress Party (NCP), believes smell of hilomur, a traditional ity initiative, he explained how a and opened a bank account where among their family." Al Jazeera ing in Marikana to demystify and nance Corporation (IFC), the World translate it. But for Professor Bo- Bank's private investment arm. In nita Meyersfeld, the head of the 2007, the IFC invested $50m in Centre for Applied Legal Studies Lonmin; $15m of that was specifi- at the University of Witwa- cally earmarked to improve the lot tersrand, it is clear that it "does no of communities around the mine. justice to the pain and scarring that Lonmin's then CEO, Brad Mills, is the legacy of Marikana". She is said that with the support of the disappointed in the report's "lack IFC funds, Lonmin would ensure of findings" and believes the deci- those living near the mine were made sion to refer the murders for fur- "comfortably middle class" and ther investigation by prosecutors would be assured of an economic makes "a mockery of the last two life long after the platinum has been years". "It seems a robust posi- depleted. That funding was to help Migrants complain of being sent to squalid shelters, as France unveils plan to reduce asylum processing times. tion was taken vis-à-vis the po- improve pollution, sanitation, ac- lice, but it appears that the top cess to water, housing, education, Waking at dawn to the shouts of average to process their claims. As police and political officials - all of and women's access to employ- police and the bright headlights of a black Tuareg in Libya, Mansour whose actions do warrant investi- ment. An IFC advisory board was buses waiting to take them away, said he was suspected of having gation - will remain insulated from established with the stated inten- Yacoub Mansour and more than fought for the late dictator any inquiry," Meyersfeld explains. tion of ensuring these things hap- 300 other migrants living under a Muammar Gaddafi, and feared his And that doesn't appease Xolani pened. But lawyers for the women bridge were becoming aware that days were numbered. He described Nzuza, one of the strike leaders, stated in their complaint to the their time in this part of Paris was troops going from house to house, who told a meeting held last Sun- World Bank's ombudsman that: up. In the early hours of June 2, looting and carrying out revenge day, June 28, to discuss the report "More than seven years after the 27-year-old Mansour, a Libyan, attacks. When his brother, a former that steps must now be taken to commencement of IFC funding, liv- and the others - mainly from soldier, was accused of theft and hold cabinet ministers to account ing conditions for the communities Sudan and Eritrea - were told by taken away by troops, Mansour for the deaths of his comrades. around the Marikana mine are dire. police to get on the buses and leave went into hiding until he and three Rivers of money But, despite what Both the air and groundwater are their tents and cardboard for friends boarded a boat to cross the some regard as a rather neutered polluted by the activities of the proper shelter. It was not what Mediterranean Sea to Europe. He final product, hindered by obstruc- mine. For many, there is no running they had expected. With dedicated and a few dozen migrants took tive police participation and even water, no proper housing, no prop- asylum shelters overbooked, trains from Italy into France, dis- attempts to falsify and destroy er sanitation, no proper roads." Mansour was brought instead to a embarking when controllers evidence, Meyersfeld believes the Some of the affidavits from the hotel - part of the emergency hous- checked for tickets that no one had. world's third-largest producer of women, whose names have been ing used by government to help And so they continued, getting off platinum was lambasted. "The redacted because they fear repris- the homeless, an increasing pro- one train and waiting for another, best, and most surprising, part of als from Lonmin and local govern- portion of whom are asylum seek- until Mansour and the dwindling the report is the fact that Lonmin's ment, spell out what it feels like to ers. "We were two to a room," said group of travellers realised they role in not complying with their live under these conditions. One Mansour. Yacoub Mansour has were finally in France. Social and Labour Plans is clear," writes: "I, [REDACTED], am a 45- slept outdoors across the capital, 'There is no drinking water' she says, referring to the deal made year-old female residing at [RE- awaiting proper shelter [Kyle G Like thousands of others, Mansour when Nelson Mandela's ANC won DACTED] Nkaneng and a member Brown/Al Jazeera] "Three days arrived with dreams of a fresh start While that contrasts sharply with Interior Minister Bernard Indeed, that's why many are going the country's first non-racial, dem- of Sikhala Sonke. I came to Nkaneng with no food. We asked and they in the land of liberté, égalité and the testimony of some migrants Cazeneuve unveiled plans last on to Germany and Sweden. They ocratic elections in 1994 and stip- from [REDACTED] with my hus- said they don't give food to mi- fraternité. But if the cardboard mat and human rights groups, others, month to reduce asylum process- know that when they apply for asy- ulated that mines commit to im- band in 1996 and have been here grants." If he had had any money, under the bridge at La Chapelle in like Eritrean Omar Ibrahim, report ing times from two years to nine lum in Sweden, they're given shelter proving the lot of their workers since then. My husband is a ma- Mansour might have been able to the north of Paris didn't disillusion having eaten and slept well at some months. The plans would also free right away." 'They chase us like ani- and the surrounding communities chine operator at Lonmin. "I live eat someplace nearby, but he is him, his third stop - the homeless shelters. But Ibrahim, too, said he up more than 4,000 shelter beds mals' Back in the north of Paris, mi- in exchange for maintaining the with my husband and three children penniless. Caught up in an asylum shelter on the other side of the city is invariably made to move on af- this year, and another 4,000 in grants and activists have resumed mining rights they'd enjoyed un- aged 18, 15 and 11 in a two-room system that a parliamentary com- - certainly did. "There is no drink- ter two or three days, and then is 2016. The French Parliament is what they describe as a game of hide- der the apartheid regime. "Perhaps shack. The shack I live in is hot in mittee report described as mired ing water. They told us to drink back on the streets. In the past four fast-tracking an asylum reform bill and-seek with the police. Their lat- the silence of the mining company summer and cold in winter: it is not in crisis, Mansour is among the mi- the water in the washroom. But weeks, 25-year-old Ibrahim said he to align French law with EU direc- est camp in a small square is not responsible for the conditions that suitable for human beings. "We have grants who say the shelters are when you go in, there's excrement has slept in more than 10 different tives in time for the July 20 dead- likely to last long. In addition to led to the massacre will finally electricity in our home and a tap in even worse than the streets they in the toilet, on the floor - every- locations - most of them outside. line. If passed, it would grant asy- harsh conditions, migrants often face come to an end," says Meyersfeld the yard. However, water does not are pulled from. "Numerous mi- where." Mansour recounted his After spending a year in an Eritrean lum seekers access to legal counsel resentment from the locals [Kyle G of the mining giant that, until re- always flow out of the tap; some- grants return from so-called shel- journey while looking over Les prison before escaping, though, and allow authorities to relocate Brown/Al Jazeera] As Mansour and cent retrenchments, employed times it comes out at night. When ters within days - sometimes in Jardins d'Eole, a large rambling park he's not particularly bothered. refugees to other - less crowded - the others meet volunteers and gather 28,000 workers. Lonmin earned an there is no water in the tap, my fam- just hours," said Eve Shahshahani, where locals and migrants sit on They chase us like animals. We have parts of the country. But rights blankets for the night, two young average of more than $6m a day in ily draws water from the Jojo tanks. asylum programme manager for the grass or play football. Later, crossed the ocean and gone days groups say the modest measures men from the area get into an argu- 2012, but despite the rivers of "Nkaneng is dirty, the pollution has ACAT, a Christian human rights they will break their Ramadan fast without food. We just want a place won't go far. "There are more than ment with one of the asylum seek- money that flow to its sharehold- increased and the air is smoke-filled. organisation. "They have to go with roast chicken, salad, and fresh to sleep and something to eat, that's 45,000 new asylum applications ers. One man steps away from the ers around the world from tunnels People are always getting sick and back to where they camped to get bread - food provided by local resi- all! "If they want to help me here, each year. And each application can crowd and pulls out what looks like far beneath the dusty veld, those are unhealthier than when I first ar- free food from NGOs and dents and NGOs - before setting they can help," Ibrahim said with take one or two years - so when a knife. But he thinks better of it who dig the ore here live in condi- rived here." A 40-year-old woman neighbours. Otherwise they can- up camp in a nearby square. "It's a a shrug. "If not, no problem. I want [Cazeneuve] says he will create when, one by one, a dozen of the tions described to the commission says in the complaint: "When it rains not survive. The accommodation thousand times better [than the freedom only." The lack of proper 4,000 or 5,000 new places, it's far young men march in his direction. as "truly appalling" by their the children do not go to school be- is short-term, and many of them shelter]. The water is so clean," shelter, repeated displacements from enough," said Caroline The entire scene lasts no longer than former chief operating officer, cause they cannot walk in the mud. are asked to leave after one night." said Mansour of the large fountain and heavy-handed police have Maillary, a legal expert at Gisti, a five minutes, but it's a reminder that Mohamed Seedat. In a single- Walking barefoot in the mud results Asylum and shelter Of some which, at the turn of a tap, dis- prompted dozens of French aca- French migrant rights organisation. the migrants are vulnerable not only roomed corrugated iron shack in in cuts from unseen sharp objects 65,000 people who applied for penses water to drink or wash up demics and non-governmental "What's needed is four or five times to the elements, but also to some 2012, one of Lonmin's employees, in the mud…. This breaks my heart asylum in France in 2014, fewer at any time of day. Locals may take organisations to sign a petition that many." France's neighbours are French who resent their presence in a rock drill operator named because my children will be left be- than 15,000 gained access to asy- it for granted, but for those who demanding an end to what they call more welcoming to asylum seek- their area. There are now rumours Shadrack Mtshamba, heated wa- hind educationally." A walk through lum lodgings. The remaining have gone days with little food and "public aggression" towards their ers. France granted protection to of an impending police raid, raising ter for tea on a reeking paraffin the informal settlement of Nkaneng 50,000 or so sleep in emergency drink, it is an oasis. But here, too, "brothers and sisters". It's a close to 20,000 people in 2014, fears of clashes with riot police - stove. A thunderstorm caused a underlines every point made by the shelters, with family and friends, they live on borrowed time. On glimpse of the kind of solidarity compared to 33,000 in Sweden and like one three weeks ago that left leak to spring in his much-patched women. In the dry season the roads or in the makeshift camps across June 19, city officials "proposed" that has mobilised residents and 47,000 in Germany. Not only are migrants, activists and at least one roof and after he'd placed a plastic are deeply rutted. the country from the streets of alternative accommodation, as riot activists to visit camps, cook for France's overall numbers lower, its elected official injured. "If I hear the basin under the icy stream of wa- But in the summer, when the rains Lyon and Paris to the squalid police arrived to seal off the exits migrants, take them in, and make acceptance rate is half that of its siren, I'm going to run - I'm scared," ter, he handrolled a cigarette and soak the soil, they are impassable. "jungles" of Calais. The number of at either end of the street. Almost donations to those who are evicted neighbours - about a quarter of said Mansour. "They chase us like spoke of the difficulties caused by Vehicles simply slide across the people fleeing to France for pro- 200 migrants were ushered onto and had no time to retrieve their applicants were granted asylum in animals. We have crossed the ocean the white overalls the miners are slick surface until they are caught tection has almost doubled be- buses and taken to their next des- belongings. Many sleep outside France last year, compared to the and gone days without food. We just compelled to wear underground. in deep, cloying mud pools. Chil- tween 2007 and 2014. But only a tination - no one was told where. without blankets. Migrant camps EU average of 45 percent. "In treat- want a place to sleep and something "We share one water tap 800m dren with plastic grocery bags tied few thousand new shelter places Ivoa Alavoine, the cabinet assis- near international train stations, the ing people this way," Maillary to eat, that's all! We settled in the from here. over their feet pick their way to have been created over that time, tant director of the City of Paris, Seine River and famous landmarks said, "the government is sending street because the government To wash our overalls, we have to school; others just stay at home. leaving a rapidly rising number of oversaw the eviction. She told Al across the world's most visited city the message: 'Do not come to couldn't do anything for us. But now collect maybe four to five 25-litre You can follow Greg Marinov- asylum seekers homeless for the Jazeera that the shelters are safe have embarrassed the French gov- France. You will not find shelter; it's a hunt for immigrants." Al containers of water," he explained. ich on Twitter: @GregMarinovich 18 months or more that it takes on and clean, and that migrants are fed. ernment and moved it to action. the asylum system is not good.' Jazeera "We wash them with our bare Source: Al Jazeera This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Greek finance Spot-market operations: Pakistan to continue real effective exchange rate is de- purchase of dollars fined as the inflation-adjusted value minister Yanis of the country’s currency relative akistan will continue the pur report, the IMF said that the SBP to other major currencies. In real chase of dollars from the has significantly stepped up its terms, Pakistan’s currency appre- Pspot market in the new fis- spot market purchases of foreign ciated by 8% from July through cal year after it bought $2.9 billion exchange and netted $2.9 billion till March of last fiscal year. IMF’s Varoufakis in the previous year aimed at build- end-May 2015. The IMF said concern was that the country’s real ing foreign currency reserves and these purchases will increase the effective exchange rate should not reversing appreciation of real ef- reserve coverage to well above have appreciated indicating that fective exchange rate that has made three months of imports and bol- the present nominal exchange rate resigns its exports uncompetitive. The ster resilience against future exter- of Rs101.74 to a dollar is not the continued spot market operations nal shocks. “Staff and the authori- right price and the rupee should be by the State Bank of Pakistan ties agreed that further accumula- depreciated. The rupee-dollar par- (SBP) may also bring the value of tion of reserves will be strongly ity in the open market was Pak rupee against the US currency desirable as the balance of pay- Rs103.05 to a dollar. Therefore, for under pressure. From July through ments position remains vulnerable the new fiscal year, the IMF has March last fiscal year, when the and reserves are still significantly projected that the real effective central bank was undertaking spot below adequacy norms”, stated the exchange rate will depreciate by market purchases, the rupee shed IMF report. The low prices of 3.5%. It is believed that the cen- its value by 3% against the US crude oil in the international mar- tral bank’s spot market purchases dollar, showed a recent report of kets provided the government of dollars will be an important tool amounted to $21.9 billion -5.3% fundamentally address the issue of the International Monetary Fund space to mop up dollars from the to achieve this goal. The exporters less than the comparative period competitiveness. These issues are (IMF). Pakistan and the IMF have market. The report was written have been complaining about the of the preceding fiscal year. Ac- electricity shortages, law and or- also agreed to increase the Net In- after completion of the seventh value of rupee that according to cording to the IMF’s diagnosis, the der situation and the business en- ternational Reserves – the net of- review of Pakistan’s economy held them has made their goods exports have plunged due to lower vironment. ficial foreign currency reserves ex- in Dubai in May this year. The uncompetitive in the international global commodity prices, ongoing The industry is also crumbling cluding all reserves related liabili- IMF was of the view that further markets. They are advocating de- shortages in electricity supply, and under heavy taxation, as the PML- ties, by another $1 billion to $8.3 accumulation of reserves could also preciation of rupee to remain com- 8% real exchange rate appreciation. N government has slapped roughly billion for end-September period. “help arrest the recent upward petitive -a demand that the Minis- The IMF seemed agreeing to Rs600 billion additional taxes dur- The officials said the target will trend in the real effective exchange try of Finance is not ready to ac- Pakistan’s position that besides the ing the last one year including largely be achieved by buying dol- rate, which was inconsistent with cept. From July through May of exchange rate, a range of other is- Rs238 billion levied with effect lars from the market. In its latest (economic) fundamentals”. The last fiscal year, Pakistan’s exports sues need to be addressed to more from July 1. Zeroing in on empty Aviation hub in India can have a multiplier homes, China throws effect on economy: Mukund Rajan, Tata Sons Mukund Rajan, chief ethics officer relook at this space, it will be with fares, we are competitive (with) at Tata Sons, wants the 5/20 rule a strong partner. In the Indian mar- any low-cost carrier but we would developers a lifeline scrapped. Rajan is also a director ket, there is space for a low-cost not get into offering fares and dis- of Vistara, India's newest airline carrier. And there is also space for counts like many airlines do in In- that's jointly owned by the Tata a premium airline, which King- dia. Our loads in the economy class Group and Singapore Airlines. The fisher (grounded in October 2012) of our aircraft are phenomenal. But rule stipulates that an Indian air- used to offer earlier. So, these are Vistara also has seats in premium Greece's Finance Minister Yanis said. He warned that the referen- line needs to have at least 20 planes two different segments and both economy and business class, which Varoufakis on Monday said he was dum result -- which saw over 60 and run domestic operations for our partners are the best in their are picking up and will pick up resigning, in a shock announcement percent of Greeks vote to reject five years before being eligible to respective spaces. In India there is further. We launched in January. despite the government having se- the austerity measures demanded start overseas flights. This should a kind of traveller who is looking The fact of the matter is that we cured a resounding victory for the by its international creditors -- be abolished as local carriers that for a better travel experience in were ready to launch about five 'No' vote in the country's referen- "comes with a large price tag at- can go abroad cater to just 30% of terms of hygiene and a little extra months before January. We got dum on bailout conditions. "Soon tached... like all struggles for demo- Indians travelling overseas because care during their air travel. At the held up because of the complete after the announcement of the ref- cratic rights". "The great capital be- of lack of capacity, Rajan told same time, there is another kind change in the basis on which you erendum results, I was made aware stowed upon our government" Mihir Mishra in an interview. Ed- looking for nothing extra and just had apply for permits that was of a certain preference by some must be "invested immediately into ited excerpts: The interest in air- for travel between points A and B. impacted by the (US) Federal Avia- Eurogroup participants, and as- a YES to a proper resolution," he lines is not new for the group. We Vistara, with its product offering, tion Authority audit. Sometimes sorted 'partners', for my... 'absence' said, calling for a deal that involves tried twice in the past to enter the has been able to establish the dis- the unpredictability of policy and from its meetings," Varoufakis, "debt restructuring, less austerity, aviation space but that never hap- tinction between a fullservice and time it takes to get an approval who had often clashed with credi- redistribution in favor of the needy, pened due to some reasons. More a low-cost (carrier) and it will get affects not just the parties con- tors in negotiations over the past and real reforms." recently, when the previous ad- pronounced further. We are prob- cerned but also the country. We months, said on his blog after an- Outspoken and flamboyant ministration allowed foreign air- ably the fastest carrier to be able paid for the aircraft for five months nouncing the news on Twitter. It Varoufakis, who has sent tremors BEIJING: Dismayed by the mil- through tenders, bought 3,660 lines to own stakes in Indian air- to carry a million passenger in In- and had not been able to use it dur- was "an idea that the Prime Min- through the Eurogroup since his lions of unsold homes in China's housing units from eight develop- lines, we were approached by dia and that we will achieve before ing the period because issuance of ister judged to be potentially help- appointment in January with his troubled real estate market, the ments in May for between 2,766 AirAsia first and Singapore Air- the end of this fiscal. We have a our licence was delayed. (FAA ful to him in reaching an agreement. refusal to bow to convention, said: Chinese government is taking mat- yuan to 3,612 yuan ($446 to $582) lines and both were with different concept of dynamic fares, which downgraded India's safety ranking For this reason I am leaving the "I shall wear the creditors' loath- ters into its own hands: by buying a square meter. "We will watch kinds of offerings. We were very keep changing based on 'n' number in January 2014 before restoring it Ministry of Finance today," he ing with pride". some properties and turning them the situation in the (housing) sup- clear since the beginning that if we of factors. In terms of economy this year.) into public housing. Like a white ply," said an official at the knight riding to the rescue of dis- Dongsheng housing authority who tressed developers, a handful of declined to be named. "If there is a Hamas reopens office local governments are snapping up need, we will buy again." The Canadian economy observers brace for thousands of empty homes at government's foray comes at a time of Gaza's only mobile hefty discounts and re-selling them China's struggling housing market weak jobs numbers, calls for rate cut to the country's poorest house- appears to be stabilizing. New holds. This cannot be a cure-all for home prices edged up for the first he Canadian jobs picture has of employment” from the previ- months and fallen the other six, phone provider China's huge supply overhang. At time in 13 months in May, sug- looked like a roller-coaster ous month. including a back-and-forth pattern the end of May, according to the gesting the property market may Tride of late – one month up, The reason is that last month’s for the past six. “Its been all over National Bureau of Statistics, un- be bottoming out. "If the inven- one month down. After an unex- jobs figure was out of step with the map,” Mr. Porter said. “It sug- sold residential floor space totaled tory can be gotten rid of more pectedly strong up month in May, broader trends, namely overall eco- gests to me we shouldn’t totally 657 square kilometers - the most quickly, it will ease the stress on economists are bracing for a flat or nomic performance: The monthly trust the month-to-month moves,” unsold space in at least two years, developers' funding," said Zhu down report for June from Statis- gross domestic product has been which suggests “the economy is and covering an area nearly the size Jianfang, the chief economist at tics Canada this Friday. Will the down each of the past four months struggling to grow on a consistent of Singapore. Still, the policy get- CITIC Securities. In Erdos, a coal report be accompanied by and five of the past six, including a basis.” Indeed, 12-month compar- ting tested in at least six provinces town battered when a stuttering screams? If so, they will likely be disappointing 0.1-per-cent decline isons show more consistency: Em- looks like a win for all. Low-in- world economy dented coal prices even louder calls for another inter- in April (the most recently released ployment in Canada over the one come households gain from a big- , pain was est rate cut by the Bank of Canada figures, out last week) and down- year through May increased by ger supply of subsidized homes, compounded by its housing mar- this month. If Canada did slide back ward revisions to earlier monthly 192,000 jobs, or 1.1 per cent; Ca- the government boosts its poverty ket, where a supply glut led the into a recession, it’s likely already figures from 2015. nadian GDP from April, 2014, to alleviation work, developers de- mayor to call for a three-year halt over Dawn Desjardins, Assistant Given the economic impact of April, 2015, rose by 1.2 per cent. plete an oversupply of houses that in construction last year. New Chief Economist at RBC, joins forest fires in Alberta in May and Growth around 1 per cent is hard- has dampened prices, and crucially, housing space completed in Inner The Business News to offer her the unlikelihood of a robust re- ly inspiring – it’s one of the weak- China's cooling economy gets a fil- Mongolia last year was 24 percent reaction to the Bank of Canada's bound across the country that est performances by the Canadian lip from a healthier property mar- less than in 2013, the second-big- latest overnight rate decision. month and June, “a technical re- economy outside of recession pe- ket. All of this comes with a ca- gest decline among China's 31 prov- Traders will look at the impact of cession” – as in, two successive riods we’ve seen, Mr. Porter said The Hamas-appointed attorney sations, saying all relevant taxes veat: government purchases of inces and regions, the Chinese falling oil prices on the Canadian quarters of declining output – “is in an interview. The picture south general in the Gaza Strip reopened had been paid to the Palestinian homes - done with discounts aver- Academy of Social Sciences, a state economy this week after the price a real possibility,” Mr. Tal said in of the border is different: The U.S. the offices of the territory's only Authority in the Israeli-occupied aging between 10 percent and 52 think-tank, said in May. "It helps of crude hit six-year lows. After a note to clients Friday. Maybe continues to chug along, creating mobile phone provider on Sunday, West Bank, where the company is percent - add to a mountain of to run down the inventory, but not Statistics Canada reported that the technical, but not “a sustained, more than 200,000 jobs in May, five days after he ordered them registered and based. public debt and do little to discour- by much," a broker surnamed Hua Canadian economy added nearly broad-based decline in economic while consumer confidence, home closed over alleged non-payment While the Palestinian Author- age the next housing bubble. But said of the government's purchases. 59,000 jobs in May – one of the activity,” Douglas Porter, chief and auto sales are looking rosy. of taxes. ity, led by President Mahmoud the potential benefits are alluring, Analysts warn against betting on strongest showing in recent years economist with Bank of Montre- GDP growth for the year is ex- No reason was given for the Abbas, is nominally in charge of leading authorities in some of a dramatic turnaround. Develop- – economists are calling for a drain al, told his clients Friday. “Canada pected to range at a steady clip of decision, announced on the attor- Gaza and the West Bank, Hamas China's worst-performing prop- ers do not want to slash their profit of as many as 20,000 jobs in June, simply doesn’t meet [the] test” of between 2.5 per cent and 3 per cent, ney-general's Facebook page, to lift has controlled Gaza since 2007 and erty markets to experiment with margins by selling houses to the and a slight increase in the unem- being in a recession, he said, given IHS chief economist Nariman Be- the closure order. His office, con- appoints some of its own officials, mass purchases of homes. In the government at discounts of up to ployment rate, to 6.9 per cent from that auto and home sales are boom- hravesh said this week. Wage tacted by Reuters, declined to com- including the attorney general. Inner Mongolia city of Erdos, no- 52 percent - the figure in Inner 6.8 in May. “Given the volatility, ing, home building is robust and growth is lagging and the rate of ment. Jawwal is a subsidiary of Jawwal is the sole provider of torious as a "ghost city" after a Mongolia - unless they have to. it will be a weak number,” said Ben- the bad news is concentrated in people working is at its lowest level the Palestine Telecommunications mobile phone services in Gaza, building frenzy failed to attract "If the market has enough buying jamin Tal, deputy chief economist resources and the two provinces in nearly 40 years, but the overall Co. (PalTel), the largest listed com- with around 1.3 million clients. buyers and residents, authorities power then we would sell to the with CIBC World Markets Inc. most heavily weighted to that sec- picture is robust enough that most pany in the Palestinian territories. Service to subscribers was unaf- in Dongsheng district bought market," said an official from a “Something close to zero or even tor, Alberta and Saskatchewan. economists continue to expect the Executives at PalTel had re- fected during the time the offices houses in April and May. Online developer that sold homes to the negative 10,000. … I really don’t Meanwhile, the jobs figures U.S. Federal Reserve to start jected the attorney general's accu- were closed. documents showed authorities, government recently. (Reuters) think we can retain this strong rate have risen in six of the past 12 boosting interest rates this fall. Singapore’s ‘key future challenges’: Japan set for 2017 tax Economy, population, identity hike even as economy struggles SINGAPORE: Singapore will face ans must also do their part, he add- will come to the fore because of critical challenges in the next 50 ed. Speaking at the seventh install- low birth rates, while the most years in keeping the economy ment of the Ho Rih Hwa Leader- profound and fundamental chal- Japan still plans to raise the na- any financial turmoil flowing from damentals and stay stable, with- the BoJ’s 2% goal within the lat- strong, raising total fertility rate and ship in Asia Public Lecture Series lenge in the next 50 years will be in tional sales tax again in 21 months, the crisis in Greece. Amari, who is out abrupt moves,” Amari said. The est projected time frame of April strengthening national identity, said held at the Suntec Convention Cen- strengthening the national identi- even as the economy struggles to spearheading the government’s ef- currency traded at 123.08 against to September of 2016. Amari de- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tre this evening, Mr Lee sketched ty. “To keep Singapore special; to gain momentum following the re- forts to raise growth and reinvigo- the dollar at 8:50am in Tokyo yes- clined to comment on whether the today (June 30). To overcome out how each of these challenges maintain a sense of ‘I am a Sin- cession caused by a hike in the levy rate the economy, reiterated that terday, after reaching 125.86 on BoJ would need to increase mon- these, good leadership and policies will unfold over several time hori- gaporean. I am proud of it and I last year. “Unless something re- the weak yen has both positive and June 5, the weakest level in 13 etary stimulus further to meet the — many of have already been put zons. The most immediate chal- want to uphold it’ ... I think in the ally unusual like a large economic price goal, while saying he expected in place, said Mr Lee — will play lenge facing the Republic, in the very long term, that is our biggest shock happens, if things are in a the central bank would take a care- an important role, but for the long- next decade, will be raising pro- challenge,” said Mr Lee. Address- normal state, we’ll definitely raise ful approach to reaching its 2% er-term challenges brought about by ductivity in order to grow an al- ing about 3,500 participants, in- the sales tax,” Economy Minister inflation target. The most recent a rapidly ageing population and glo- ready-advanced economy, said Mr cluding diplomats, students, teach- Akira Amari said in an interview data for industrial production balisation, the Government alone Lee. Over a longer time frame of ers and public officers, Mr Lee in Tokyo on Thursday. “It’d be shows this key indicator of eco- cannot resolve them and Singapore- 25 years, population challenges warned that Singapore runs the best for the government to raise nomic strength dropping, while danger of “dissolving into globali- the sales tax after declaring an end export growth has slowed. sation” with no sense of a distinct of deflation.” Amari’s comments JPMorgan Chase & Co economists identity as the country becomes underscore the pressure on Prime have predicted the economy will more cosmopolitan and Singapore- Minister Shinzo Abe’s government slow to a standstill this quarter ans are increasingly well-travelled. to consolidate Japan’s finances as while their counterparts at BNP Citing that about 200,000 Sin- the nation’s debt burden swells. SA says a contraction is possible. gaporeans currently reside abroad His cautious tone on deflation Amari said that while Japan’s for work and studies, he added: “It comes as the Bank of Japan’s ef- economy is headed for recovery, is good that our people are com- forts to stoke faster price gains run there is some seesawing, and we fortable living over the world, but into headwinds in the form of weak may see that this quarter after if we become so comfortable consumer sentiment and low oil negative effects for Japan’s years. The yen has dropped more strength in the three months abroad that we lose the sense that prices. The most recent reading of economy. He added that it was than 30% since Abe came to power through March. only Singapore is truly home ... the BoJ’s preferred inflation gauge hard to say at what level the pros in December 2012. Bank of Japan Japan’s economy expanded an We will just melt away, be dis- was 0.1%. The minister also said and cons would be unbalanced. board member Yutaka Harada said annualised 3.9% in the first quar- solved by globalisation.” that China’s economic slowdown “It’s important that foreign ex- last month that inflation might not ter from the previous three (TodayOnline) poses a bigger risk to Japan than change rates reflect economic fun- accelerate quickly enough to reach months. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

CULTURE CIRCLE: Naseeruddin Shah to perform in a play at Alhamra

ollywood legend professors from the National Col- Mall. Young and old parallel the- Naseeruddin Shah will visit lege of Arts (NCA) participated. atre artistes are a part of the play. B Lahore in November to Ajaz Anwar was born in Ludhiana The Ajoka Theatre is also coming stage a play at the Alhamra Art in 1946. His father was a cartoon- up with a new play.Talking about Centre, The Mall. This was stated ist who apparently had stirred his the play, Shahid Nadeem says the by Moneeza Hashmi of the Faiz passion for art from childhood and play is a political satire, the non- Foundation Trust while talking to from whom he drew inspiration. participation of the masses in the Dawn. She said the trust would The old buildings of Lahore are the political circles. hold a three-day Faiz Ahmed Faiz main theme of Anwar’s paintings. The play will carry a humorous Festival and Shah’s play would be He has tried to preserve those streak but with a serious message, part of it. There would be four buildings in his paintings which are he said. The play will be staged in shows of the play, she said, add- either crumbling or replaced by the second half of August in Lahore ing the details of Mr Shah’s visit new ones. These are the buildings and it will be Ajoka’s 50th play. would be shared later. A poetry of old Lahore; not all are histori- Shahid Nadeem is the writer as well sitting would also be held during cal, but common homes of com- as director of the play. Faisal the festival and a number of liter- mon people. Azad Theatre and Qureshi and Aijaz Aslam in ary luminaries from Pakistan and Ajoka Theatre to put up plays: Istanbul: Renowned actor Faisal India would participate in it, she The Azad Theatre, a parallel the- Qureshi was recently in Istanbul said. Painter Dr Ajaz Anwar, fa- atre group from Punjab, will start where he recorded an exclusive in- mous for his paintings showing the holding rehearsals of its new play, terview with long-term friend ac- grandeur of the old buildings and Prem Gali Ki Prem Kahani, in the tor Aijaz Aslam for Maria Wasti’s the cultural life of Lahore, has re- next few days. It is a comedy play show Sunrise from Istanbul which cently established a Wheelchair written and directed by Malik will be aired on upcoming Paki- NEW YORK: US pop legend the singer’s publicist said. The July 4th party by exchanging vows wife, former supermodel Christie Bank at his gallery, House of Aslam. Mr Aslam told Dawn the stani-Turkish TV channel, SEE Billy Joel married longtime girl- wedding, which took place on in front of their family and close Brinkley. Joel, 66, and Roderick, Nanah, where deserving people are play was aimed at different social TV, soon. friend Alexis Roderick in a surprise Joel’s Long Island estate, was of- friends”, said a statement. Among who is in her early 30s according given wheelchairs. Mr Anwar issues which would be shared with Faisal is busy these days wedding on Saturday, popping ficiated by New York Governor the guests were actor Kevin James to US media, are expecting their shared these details at an Iftar the audience in a lighter vein. It shooting his home production, their nuptials on unsuspecting Andrew Cuomo. Joel and Roderick and Joel’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel first child in the next few months, party held at the gallery last week will be staged during the current Bheegi Palkein, whose cast will be guests at a July 4 holiday party, “surprised guests at their annual — whom he had with his second his publicist said. in which many artistes and senior month at Alhamra Art Centre, The revealed later next week. Feel the need to act Fifth Harmony interview: again: Pooja Bhatt ‘X Factor USA should make a comeback now Idol has gone’

NEW DELHI: She set foot in the letting go. “I will be there very Deepika Padukone and Ranveer well. He then placed it at the secu- industry as an actor and then dived soon, guys,” she stated. Singh apparently caught up at a rity check and entered the hotel into the filmmaking business as a But the 43-year-old noted that Mumbai hotel in the wee hours of with Deepika." producer and director. But the un- she found a place in the heart of Saturday The alleged couple has been fettered Pooja Bhatt says she the film industry after quitting act- If sources are to be believed, shooting for Sanjay Leela wants to get in front of the camera ing. “I became more part of the rumoured lovebirds Deepika Bhansali's magnum opus 'Bajirao again. industry after quitting acting. I Padukone and Ranveer Singh stole Mastani' at Film City Studios in “I stopped acting as I wasn’t contribute greatly to the industry some moments of togetherness late Goregaon, so they might have curious about it anymore. I wasn’t as I bring in talent, provide money on Friday night at a Goregaon five- reached the hotel straight from the passionate about acting. I became in the chain and make it happen,” star. Says an eyewitness who spot- sets. passionate about filmmaking,” said she said. “During the making of ted the actress at the hotel en- As per reports, Ranveer Singh Pooja. “The thrill to make some- Kabhi Na Kabhi, I realised that the trance, "Deepika was wearing a is temporarily putting up at an thing out of nothing and to go out process of filmmaking interests me long white dress and had her hair apartment near Film City to avoid there to see whether it will work and want to do more actively.” tied up in a tight ponytail. She the daily commute to the sets from or not attracted me, but today, I The actor forayed into looked tired and spent about five his home in Bandra. So, perhaps feel the need to act again,” she Bollywood with 1989 film Daddy minutes pacing up and down the the two were looking to grab a late- added. “I’m here. But I don’t need and continued to wow with films, They may not have won their se- to the live final. The music mogul their new album, sampling Mariah entrance. It was clear that she was night bite or maybe, it was pre- to sell myself. If someone offers a such as Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, ries of The X Factor USA, but girl was quick to snap them for his Carey and whether The X Factor waiting for someone." birthday celebrations for Ranveer, film, I’m willing to do it if it’s Sadak, Sir, Zakhm and Tamanna. group Fifth Harmony have become Syco record label, and with their USA should stage a return now A few minutes later, Ranveer who turns 30 today. The actor is something I haven’t done before In 2004, she stepped behind the the canceled series' biggest act. debut album Reflection due to get Idol will be leaving American tele- Singh arrived on the scene, sug- said to have been given time off or pushes my boundary,” she camera to direct Paap, followed by The five piece - in true X Fac- its UK release on July 10, their vision screens. gests the onlooker, adding: "He from the shoot. added. Pooja said she feels the need Dhokha, Kajraare and Jism 2. tor boot camp style - were put ambition for global success edges Watch the music video for was wearing a Superman T-shirt Deepika Padukone and to go out there in front of the cam- Pooja last featured in Everybody together by the judges and men- ever nearer. Digital Spy caught up Fifth Harmony's new single 'Worth and a bandana covered his head. Ranveer Singh were not available era and let go, as acting is all about Says I’m Fine! in 2001. tored by Simon Cowell all the way with Fifth Harmony to speak about It' below: He was carrying some luggage as for comment. BOLLYWOOD BUBBLE: Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher reportedly Why are lead characters mostly tie the knot over Fourth of July weekend Well over a year after getting engaged, it male, upper-caste, Hindus? seems that Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher may have finally tied the knot. The recent Zoya Akhtar release, movie ‘shallow’, reported Quartz Scroll. According to People, the couple got Dil Dhadakne Do, which had cin- India. The Hindu reported an analy- married over the Fourth of July week- ema-goers flocking to the big However, the director, was of sis of lead characters in almost 300 end during a secret ceremony.The pair screens, makes us question a different opinion. “The Indian films released in 2013 and 2014 first met back in 1998 when they both whether Bollywood is only mak- audience doesn’t want to watch which revealed that only six lead appeared in That '70s Show, but didn't ing flicks which portray India’s poor people,” she said in an inter- characters belonged to the lower become real-life sweethearts until they niche audience, predominantly the view, dismissing all notions that classes. This was in contrast to began dating in 2012. upper class. her films are targeted towards the Tamil films, which saw a high rise Since getting together, they have The picturesque offshore film elite. in backward caste in the same time also had their first child together, Wyatt portrayed the lives of super rich “What about Slumdog [Mil- frame. Isabelle Kutcher. In March, Kunis Punjabi Indians and their first lionaire]? Didn’t you watch that In 2014, only three Bollywood sparked speculation that the pair could world problems. Critics felt the even though it was about a world films saw a shift in lead roles; Mary already be married after simply reply- film was detached from India’s third we were not a part of? At the end Kom, a biopic whose lead charac- ing "maybe" to the question on The Late world reality because it is “diffi- of the day it is about experiences, ter was a member of the Kom Late Show with James Corden. Kutch- cult to give a damn about the emotions that work for all of us,” tribal community; Highway, about er was previously married to Demi people in the film” and deemed the Zoya said in an interview with a distraught criminal from the Moore between 2005 and 2013. Twit- Gujjar community; and ter | digitalspyuk on Facebook Manjunath, a real-life account of an Indian Oil employee who was murdered for speaking out against a corrupt oil dealer. Salman unperturbed by protest against The year before that in 2013, three film releases featured back- ward castes. The films were; ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ Bandook, the story of a lower caste man’s rise to political power, While several religious groups, in- ki party" from the film, along with Kangana Ranaut’s Revolver Rani, cluding the VHP and the Bajrang Kabir Khan, composer Pritam and and Deepika and Ranveer’s Dal, have led protests against Kabir singer Mika Singh. Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Khan's "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", "Every religion preaches only But it’s not just about the lack Salman Khan, the co-producer of one thing: 'to follow your religion of lower class films in B-Town, the film, is not bothered at all. and to be respectful and to respect the most common characters fea- "If they are a religious group the other person's beliefs and reli- tured in these movies are Hindus. then the basic thing they should gion.' I don't think anyone can pro- According to The Hindu report, know that every religion respects test on this," he said A right-wing Christians, Muslims or Sikhs were the other person's religion," groups are demanding the film's title hardly kept in mind for roles when Salman said at an event here Fri- be changed as it hurts the senti- writing the script. day to launch special Eid song "Aaj ments of Hindus. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Williams sisters star at Wimbledon on manic Monday The 26th clash between Serena and Venus, who have won the Wimbledon title five times each, will be the first at the All England Club since the 2009 final. ine Grand Slam champions Open to conquer to complete the semi-finals twice but the Belaru- bledon in the second round four Wimbledon for the first time. line-up on Wimbledon's calendar Grand Slam. Fourth seed sian 24th seed could face a rough years ago. Federer, 33, chasing a Wawrinka has a 2-0 lead over Gof- Nmanic Monday with plac- Maria Sharapova, the 2004 cham- ride against in-form Belinda Ben- record eighth Wimbledon and 18th fin with both wins coming on the es in the quarter-finals at stake and pion, faces Zarina Diyas of Kaza- cic. Bencic's fellow Swiss Timea major, faces Spanish 20th seed hard courts of Chennai in 2011 and most interest centred on the latest khstan for a spot in the quarter- Bacsinszky reached her first Grand Roberto Bautista Agut who was 2015. American wildcard Denis chapter in the three-decade long finals. The Russian won Wimble- Slam semi-final at the French Open voted the most improved player Kudla is the lowest ranked player Williams sisters story. The 26th don in 2004 but since has only last month and the 15th seed is of 2014. He has lost both of his left in the tournament and the lone clash between Serena and Venus, made it past the fourth round once favourite to beat world number 48 matches against Federer without American. who have won the Wimbledon ti- since 2006. Danish fifth seed Car- Monica Niculescu of Romania. winning a set including a fourth The world 105 faces a stiff test Sri Lanka skipper Angelo nings centurion, then repeated the tle five times each, will be the first oline Wozniacki faces Spanish Olga Govortsova is the only qual- round loss to the Swiss at the 2014 against US Open champion Marin Mathews led by example, hitting feat against Lahiru Thirimanne to at the All England Club since the 20th seed Garbine Muguruza while ifier to reach the last 16. The Be- US Open. Murray, the 2013 cham- Cilic. an unbeaten 77 to help his team wreck the top order. His new ball 2009 final. They will dominate sixth seed Lucie Safarova, the larusian faces US 21st seed Madi- pion tackles 36-year-old Ivo Kar- The other last 16 matches feature overcome a top order wobble and partner Ehsan Adil got in on the early Centre Court action before French Open runner-up, tackles son Keys. Defending champion lovic, the oldest man to make the Australia's Nick Kyrgios up take a 291-run lead against Paki- act when he coaxed an edge from the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rog- Coco Vandeweghe, the US world Djokovic will face South African fourth round at the All England against France's 2007 semi-final- stan at the end of the third day's Kaushal Silva to claim the other er Federer and Andy Murray be- number 47. Former world number 14th seed Kevin Anderson in the Club since compatriot Niki Pilic ist Richard Gasquet. Vasek Pospi- play in the third and final Test. Sri Lanka wicket to fall in a stop- come the focus of the day. Serena one, Jelena Jankovic, who put out fourth round, defending a 4-1 ca- in 1976. Karlovic has rained down sil, the world number 56, is only At 35-3, Sri Lanka looked in start morning session interrupted holds the US, Australian and defending champion Petra Kvito- reer lead. Anderson won their first 136 aces in three matches but trails the fourth Canadian man to reach deep trouble but Mathews added by several rain delays. Upul French Open titles and her record va on Saturday, takes on Agniesz- meeting in 2008 but since then it's Murray 5-0 in career meetings. the last 16 and he faces Serbia's 81 runs with Jehan Mubarak (35) Tharanga (48) looked the most flu- in 2015 reads 35 wins against just ka Radwanska, the 2012 runner- been the world number one who Fourth seed and French Open 22nd seed Viktor Troicki. Czech for the fifth wicket to steady the ent of the Sri Lankan batsmen, hit- one loss. A sixth Wimbledon title up. Victoria Azarenka, the 2012 has been on top winning the next champion Stan Wawrinka faces sixth seed Tomas Berdych, the innings. He and Dinesh Chandimal ting six boundaries in his nearly will give her all four majors at once and 2013 Australian Open cham- four without dropping a set, in- Belgian 16th seed David Goffin 2010 runner-up, takes on Gilles (39 not out) then added 67 runs to run-a-ball knock as he counter-at- and leave her with just the US pion, has made the Wimbledon cluding a straight sets win at Wim- who has made the fourth round at Simon, the French 12th seed. stretch the lead before bad light tacked with aggression. In Pic- forced early stumps with Sri Lanka tures: Preserving cricket’s history in firm control of the series-decid- in a Dubai backyard The south- ing contest. Inforgraphic: Who paw, however, fell short of his fifty Southampton rules the world of sport? Having with Azhar Ali taking a smart bat- USA thrash Japan to claimed the last Pakistani wicket pad catch at forward short leg off in the morning to bowl out the visi- Yasir Shah. Back in the test squad 'issue legal threat over tors for 215, Sri Lanka wobbled after nearly eight years, Mubarak early in their second innings with joined his captain in rebuilding the win Women’s World Cup Toby Alderweireld' Rahat Ali troubling their batsmen innings but was dismissed for 35 Hat-trick by captain Lloyd in the opening 16 minutes helped her side beat the 2011 winners Japan. in a brilliant display of swing bowl- by Shah, who claimed his 24th Southampton are prepared to take this stage, it is believed ing. wicket in the series. Earlier, Sarfraz legal action in their quest to secure Alderweireld would be happy to The left-arm paceman first Ahmed remained not out after a Toby Alderweireld from Atletico sign for either club. Toby pegged back the off stump of defiant 78 as Pakistan conceded a Madrid, Sky sources understand. Alderweireld: His manager is des- Dimuth Karunaratne, a first-in- 63-run first innings deficit. Sky Sports News HQ reported on perate to retain his services oby July 2 that Tottenham were also Alderweireld: His manager is des- keen on the 26-year-old defender, perate to retain his services At the who spent last season on loan at end of June, Southampton head Manny thought the Saints, and have made that in- coach Ronald Koeman admitted he terest known to the player's rep- was unsure over Alderweireld's fu- resentatives. However, the south ture but expressed his desire to he had won: Arum coast club remain confident of sign- keep hold of him. Koeman said: ing Alderweireld permanently "The player likes to stay, we like Manny Pacquiao felt he was harsh- with reports that Atletico Madrid to keep the player but it's a little ly treated by the judges after los- had failed to cancel the buy-out difficulty at the moment with ing his May mega fight with Floyd clause in time. Bet nowBet £5 get Atletico Madrid, I have a good Mayweather on points, says the £20 free It is understood that a hope he will stay for Southampton. Filipino star's promoter Bob Arum. The eagerly awaited 'Fight of the Century' saw Mayweather con- firm his status as the best fighter on the planet, taking a unanimous decision over long-term rival Pac- quiao in Las Vegas. In the after- math of his defeat, 'The Pac Man' revealed that he had been ham- pered by a serious shoulder inju- ry, but still believed he had done Captain Carli Lloyd scored a hat- minute when Megan Rapinoe nessed in a World Cup final. enough to earn the decision. et trick inside the opening 16 min- drove a low diagonal ball across Lloyd, gathering the ball in her nowBet £5 get £20 free "He utes as USA beat reigning champi- the area and Lloyd timed her run own half, spotted Kaihori far off thought he won the fight," Arum ons Japan 5-2 to win the 2015 to perfection, meeting the ball with her line and shot from the half-way told boxingscene.com. "With both Women's World Cup. The Ameri- a powerful, first-time drive past line. The scrambling Japanese shoulders, he felt he would have can midfielder became the first Japan keeper Ayumi Kaihori. keeper could only touch the ball won easy." Floyd Mayweather woman to score a hat-trick in a If Japan were shocked by con- onto the post and into the net. has taken a swipe at Manny Pac- World Cup final and just the sec- ceding so early, they were utterly Lloyd missed a penalty in the quio after the Fillipino fighter com- Arum, who recently men- ond player overall after Geoff stunned two minutes later when 2011 World Cup final when the buy-out clause of £6.8m to make " Alderweireld began his career at plained about a shoulder injury tioned Sheffield's Kell Brook as a Hurst netted three goals in En- Lloyd doubled the lead from a set- US lost to Japan in a shootout, after his defeat to Mayweather in potential comeback foe for Pacqui- gland's 4-2 win over Germany in piece again. Japan barely had time but has otherwise made a habit of the move permanent was written Ajax, where he won three league into the loan agreement that saw titles. In 2013 he moved to Madrid, May Floyd Mayweather has tak- ao, saw the fight differently and the men's 1966 final. World Cup to regroup before they found them- scoring in the biggest matches. en a swipe at Manny Pacquio af- scored it a draw. "I watched the winners 2015 - USA 2011 - Japan selves 3-0 down in the 14th minute She scored the winner in extra the Belgium international move to where he won La Liga and reached St Mary's last summer. Madrid the Champions League final in his ter the Fillipino fighter complained fight over and over again," he said, 2007 - Germany 2003 - Germany when an awful attempted headed time against China in the 2008 about a shoulder injury after his "Without being biased - in addi- 1999 - USA 1995 - Norway 1991 clearance from Azusa Iwashimizu Olympic gold medal match in had the option to cancel it by pay- first season. He won his first in- ing Saints a £1.5m fee, but it is ternational cap in 2009, and has defeat to Mayweather in May tion to the four rounds that (two) - USA. But unlike Hurst, whose fell to Holiday on the edge of the Beijing as well as both goals in her Pacquiao's injury claims have been judges gave Pacquiao - I gave him three goals spanned more than 100 box, who blasted in a volley. country's 2-1 win over Japan in understood they did not do so in earned over 40 caps for his coun- time. Sky sources are reporting try. He made 25 appearances for openly mocked by the unbeaten the second. "I don't see how you minutes with the last two coming In Pictures - Tackling taboos: the 2012 Olympic final. Mayweather, who ruled out a re- could take the second round away in extra time, Lloyd needed just 13 Women's football in Sudan The seven goals in the match that if Atletico now do a deal with Southampton last season helping Tottenham or anyone else, then them to secure a Europa League match, and 'Money' has vowed to from him. And the last round as minutes to complete her hat-trick. Two minutes later came one made it the highest scoring Wom- hang up his gloves after his 49th well, which would have made it a Her first came in the third of the most remarkable goals wit- en's World Cup final. Southampton will consider legal slot with a seventh-placed finish. action against the Spanish club. At fight on September 12. draw." France inflict further damage to Pakistan’s Function Fit after dramatic win

The rest of the news from the chance lost his footing on a slip- by three-quarters of a length. pride; Imran steps down meeting at Fairyhouse, where Fit pery surface caused by a little rain Murphy said: "He's a very genuine KARACHI: Two days after their Tauseeq Ahmad pulled one For Function and Gary Carroll on top of good to firm ground, af- horse. It was just one of those seeing their Olympic dreams go up back in the fourth quarter but it were involved in early drama. Fit ter showing a good turn of foot to things. The ground is a bit slippy in smoke, Pakistan failed to restore was too little too late for Pakistan For Function and jockey Gary open his account in the six-furlong after the rain and he just jinked a some pride when they went down whose captain Mohammad Imran Carroll escaped injury when part- heat. Bet nowBet £5 get £20 free bit. He's a Christian of a horse. "He 2-1 to France on Sunday to finish stepped down following their lat- ing company shortly after the line Joe Murphy's juvenile colt was just idled a bit in front. I don't know a lowly eighth at the Hockey World est defeat. when winning the Irish Stallion just behind the pace-setting how to rate him on that, but he'll be League Semi-finals in Antwerp. Imran followed the footsteps Farms EBF Median Auction Zebgrey until going on inside the going for a nursery." Trinity Force Pakistan went into the match of the national selection commit- Maiden at Fairyhouse. The 11/2 final furlong and held Lady Allegra (7/4 favourite) gave owner Sean against France after a 1-0 loss to tee, headed by chief selector Jones and trainer Ger Lyons vic- Ireland on Friday which saw their Islahuddin Siddiqui, which also tory in the Summer Ladies Day hopes of finishing fifth and earn- resigned from their posts after Pa- Handicap for the third year running. ing a spot at next year’s Olympics kistan failed to qualify for the 2016 Successful with Greek Canyon in in Rio de Janeiro come to an end. Games. The coach of Pakistan’s the two previous seasons, Trinity And it seemed they hadn’t re- junior team Kamran Ashraf also Force got home by half a length from ally recovered from that heartbreak resigned from his post on Satur- Captain Cullen in a blanket finish. as France took the lead in the 13th day. Lyons said: "He had a wind opera- minute through Simon Brisac- There were also unconfirmed a statement that he was given an to come forward and play their role. tion over the winter and it's great to Martin. reports from Antwerp that head absolute autonomy in executing his Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif get his confidence back. Six furlongs Shahnaz Sheikh’s men looked coach and manager, Shahnaz had responsibilities by the federation expressed concern at the hockey is as sharp as he wants, and he's completely out of sorts for large also tendered his resignation. In and he has informed the PHF about team’s performance and PHF af- more of a seven-furlong horse or swathes of the match and the what appeared to be another at- his decision. “Players were given fairs after Pakistan were beaten by even a mile. "It's nice to get the French doubled their advantage in tempt by the Pakistan Hockey all the necessary facilities but they Ireland and squandered their last wheels back on the wagon, and he'll the 30th minute through Hugo Federation (PHF) top officials to failed to perform,” he said, adding opportunity to play in the Olym- go to the horses-in-training sale at Genestet. salvage the situation, Imran said in that it is time to allow youngsters pics. the end of the year." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JULY 07 . 2015-Saratan 16, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:331 Price: Afs.15

JALREZ CARNAGE: Logar edu FARKHUNDA MOB KILLING CASE: directorate Civil society hub of activists in Balkh seek Appellate court slammed corruption: PC PUL-I-ALAM: Members of pro- explanation from govt for quashing death sentences vincial council in central Logar province on Monday blamed di- AT News Report towards mounting insecurity rectorate of education for hiring across the country. He accused the unprofessional and inefficient per- KABUL: Civil society activists incumbent government of negli- sons, which left far-reaching neg- in northern Balkh province urged gence in its duty to protect peo- ative impact on the vital sector the government for explanation ple s lives. The right activists a charge the directorate of educa- over brutal killings of policemen urged the government to devise a tion rejected.Adalat Abdul Ra- special mechanism to bring last- himzai, deputy head of provin- in Jalrez district of Maidan Ward- cial council, told Pajhwok Afghan ak province and alleged negligence ing insecurity across the country. News the directorate of education of concerned security agencies. The activists also criticized the was facing with serious issues Civil society activists in a appellate court decision of over- which needed immediate atten- gathering on Monday expressed turning the death sentences of four tion. People complaints and our their condolences to the bereaved men who were convicted in a bru- monitoring proved that education families of the victims of Jalrez tal mob killing of Farkhunda. department needs improvement incident. Abdul Hamid, a civil right Malalai Osman, an activist, because its current performance activist, said that concerned offi- stressed that justice should be is extremely weak, he noted. Ra- cials have turned their blind eye done. himzai said: Education director prefers references in appointment of employees thus trampling merit. Deputy education director Drone strike kills three and several other officials have been appointed on heavy bribe. The negligence of education de- militants in Nangarhar partment have vanished education By Akhtar M. Nikzad ment and one defendant, who was The decision was taken under the decisions were based on gen- from schools. Mohibullah Saleh, sentenced to 16 years in prison, pressure of the presidential office. der-discrimination. Recently, provincial council members, KABUL: Tens of civil rights ac- was acquitted. The verdict behind the closed scores of rights activists in a meet- warned that education sector tivists on Monday staged protest In reaction to the jury s deci- doors [of the appellate court] ing with President Ashraf Ghani would meet disaster had the cor- demonstration in front of the sion, hundreds of girls and wom- proved that the current govern- asked him to request the court to ruption and other issues were not Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque and en protested and chanted slogans ment does not respect women s review its decision in the mob kill- resolved. Mohammad Rahim, termed the appellate court s ver- against the government and judi- rights and will never support dem- ing case. Deputy Spokesman Baraki Barak district chief, said dict unfair about dropping death ciary. They alleged the Presiden- ocratic values in the country. for Presidential Office, Sayed Za- most of the teachers were ineffi- penalty for men who were in- tial Office of pressurizing the She said that if they failed to far Hashemi, said the president cient and inexperienced or merely volved in Farkhunda s mob kill- court. Silai Ghaffar, an organizer raise their voice, it is feared that has promised to address their grade 12th graduates. The ing. Earlier, the primary court sen- of the protest, strongly criticized the apex court would release the concerns. Four months ago, schools are opened but there is tenced four men to death in the the court for overturning the pri- convicts in the case. Malalai Joya, Farkhunda Malikzada was at- poor education. There is quantity case. Recently the appellate court mary court s decision and said: another protester, said that wom- tacked at a shrine after being false- but there is no quality education, quashed the death penalty of the The sentence by the appellate en s rights have not been restored ly accused of burning a copy of he rued. Abdullah, a student of four men to 20 years imprison- court was not based on justice. by the government and most of the Holy Quran. Kalangar High School, said: Mostly teachers remain absent even they don t teach if they come 58 insurgents killed in raids Taliban capture parts of to schools. We have shortage of books therefore the students don t AT News Report dahar, Uruzgan, Paktiya, Zabul, and often attend schools. Moham- AT News Report no civilian casualties in the drone Helmand provinces. In these oper- KHWAJA GHAR DISTRICT mad Akbar Stanakzai, director ed- strike, the statement added. The KABUL: At least 58 armed Tali- ations 41 rebels were taken out and TALOQAN: Fierce fighting un- forces and Taliban since 3:00 am. ucation, called all these as base- KABUL: NATO s drone strike statement also reported fighting ban fighters were killed and 29 16 others injured. Meanwhile, the derway between security forces The militants, he said controlled less allegations. Education direc- killed three Taliban militants in between the Taliban militants and others were wounded in different defense ministry in a statement said and Taliban for the last ten hours Zard Kamar, Chaghtari, Poza torate follows rules and regulations eastern Nangarhar province the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq crackdowns within past 48 hours. that 17 militants were killed and 13 leading and militants to capture Qargha , Dar-ul-Uloom, Goor Teepa and neither education department other day, said an official source. and Syria (ISIS) in Naziyan district In a press release issued here, others wounded in joint operations several areas of Khwaja Ghar dis- and Pool Momin areas. Mohammad nor I am involved in any type of A press statement issued by Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in Paktia, Nangarhar, Kunduz, and trict in northern Takhar province, Omar, Khwaja Ghar district chief, corruption. Stanikzai said the of the province. At least 14 mili- that Afghan National Army Nangarhar provincial governor tants have been killed during the Kandahar provinces. The ministry an official said on Monday. Tali- said: We try to recapture the areas provincial council members and office said that NATO troops (ANA) in collaboration with Af- claimed of detaining 21 insurgents ban seized several areas last week fallen to militants. Shakirullah, a other officials leveled baseless al- clashes, while two others wound- ghan National Police (ANP) and but later security forces claimed resident of the locality, confirmed legations and blamed the educa- conducted the drone strike in ed, it said. It is worth mentioning in the crackdowns. ANA and ANP National Directorate of Security recovered huge cache of weapons regained control of the district firefight between security forces and tion department for their person- Karez area of Chaparhar district that foreign troops frequently con- (NDS) has conducted clearance from insurgents. Maj. Abdul Jalil militants and said: Taliban fight- al interests. He offered to be open of the province. The killed peo- in the operations as well, the state- duct drone strikes against Taliban operations against insurgents in ment said. Five ANA soldiers were Aseer, police spokesperson, told ers came closer to the city but the for investigations and asked mem- ple were identified as Qari Sami- militants in mountainous areas in different areas of Baghlan, Takhar, killed in roadside bombing and rock- Pajhwok Afghan News intense security forces pushed them back, bers to visit and monitor all activ- ullah, Shokur, and Abdullah. There eastern provinces of Afghanistan. Kunduz, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Kan- ets shelling in different provinces. battle erupted between security he added.(Pajhwok) ities closely. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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