Taliban in Kabul...President Flees
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baseball Page 15 soccer THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 16 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2021 / MUHARRAM 8, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17764 16 PAGES 150 FILS Government backs KD 1,000 for non-degreed 60s+ Work at ‘full’ KUWAIT CITY, Aug Taliban in Kabul ... President flees 15, (Agencies): The Council of Ministers strongly supports com- ing up with a humani- tarian solution for the 60-year-old and above expatriates who are non-graduates to help them renew their resi- dence permits, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting government sources. The daily quoting the same sources said KD 1,000 is ex- pected to be approved instead of the KD 2,000 provided the 1,000 dinars proposed by the government includes what the Council of Ministers called the ‘state fee’, which is expected not to exceed 500 dinars, and the same or less value for health insurance policy that will cover the cost of all treat- ments in private hospitals and medical centers. The health cover is to be provided by an insurance company in Kuwait. The sources said the solution supported by the Council of Min- isters is expected to see the light of day in the next few days. The solution was voted on by the 50 percent of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Board of Directors. The sources indicated the pro- posal for 500 dinars cost of in- surance policy comes due to the high insurance policies for the age groups of sixty and above, A US Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug 15. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as pan- in addition to the ceiling of treat- icked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the US Embassy. (AP) ments by hospitals wishing to provide health services through this type of insurance policies. Government departments on US Embassy in Kabul tells Americans to shelter in place Sunday saw resumption of offi- cial work hours at 100 employees’ capacity, a year and half after the coronavirus prompted authorities KABUL, Aug 15, (AP): Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country after the 9/11 attacks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not autho- to lower number of civil servants Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the rized to brief the media. showing up at work as a precau- The militants had earlier moved into a city gripped by panic, where helicopters raced overhead through- tion against COVID-19. advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment out the day to evacuate personnel from the U.S. Embassy. Smoke rose near the compound as staff de- aimed at remaking Afghanistan. stroyed important documents, and the American flag was lowered. Several other Western missions also Turn-up The Taliban entered the capital early Sunday and an official in the militant group said it would prepared to pull their people out. Employees’ turn-up has been soon announce the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace - a return rich in Afghans fearing that the Taliban could reimpose the kind of brutal rule that all but eliminated women’s upped gradually as of recently symbolism to the name of the country under the Taliban government ousted by U.S.-led forces rights rushed to leave the country as well, lining up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings. The with easing measures as indica- tors have shown dwindling num- desperately poor - who had left homes in the countryside for the presumed bers of infections and deaths with safety of the capital - remained in their thousands in parks and open spaces the pathogen, amid a national in- throughout the city. tensive campaign to immunize Opinion Though the Taliban had promised a peaceful transition, the U.S. Embassy as many people as possible and warned Americans late in the day to shelter in place and not try to get to the forecast that Kuwait would re- airport, where it said there were reports of gunfire. The embassy also suspended cord 70 percent of vaccinations its own operations. by summer end. Still, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected comparisons to the His Highness the Prime Minis- Diversifying sources of income is like ‘cooking a U.S. pullout from Vietnam, as many watched in disbelief at the sight of heli- ter Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Ha- copters landing in the embassy compound to take diplomats to a new outpost at mad Al-Sabah last Thursday af- Kabul International Airport. firmed that by end of September, Yellow Wagtail’s egg’... from us to seniors: Don’t “This is manifestly not Saigon,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.” the vaccinations’ rate would hit Evacuated 70 percent of the country’s popu- lation, “thus we will achieve com- miss the story of owner of the ox and sultan The American ambassador was among those evacuated, said officials who munity (herd) immunity that will spoke condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss on- enable us to resume normal life.” going military operations. He was asking to return to the embassy, but it was Up until now, 2.6 million not clear if he would be allowed to. people in Kuwait have been vac- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah shares. When these stocks regained their As the insurgents closed in Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani flew out of the cinated, equivalent to approxi- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times value, they achieved huge profi ts, and this country. mately 66 percent of the popula- enabled them to stimulate their economies Newswatch “The former president of Afghanistan left Afghanistan, leaving the country tion, the prime minister affirmed. IT is narrated that, in the 17th century, an after the pandemic started to shrink. in this difficult situation,” said Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan Na- The Cabinet, on August 4, Ottoman sultan had opened his council to It is a known fact that the majority of tional Reconciliation Council. “God should hold him accountable.” declared resumption of regular the public, received people and listened the world’s stock exchanges declined BEIRUT: A warehouse where In a stunning rout, the Taliban seized nearly all of Afghanistan in just over a official work hours in all govern- to their issues. during the past year by about 40 to 70 fuel was illegally stored explod- week, despite the billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and NATO over nearly ment departments and sectors as One day a man entered the council, percent, but they regained their value ed in northern Lebanon early two decades to build up Afghan security forces. Just days earlier, an American of Sunday (today) after Minis- dragging an ox behind him. The people in with great profi ts. This benefi ted interna- Sunday, killing 22 people and military assessment estimated it would be a month before the capital would ter of Health Sheikh Dr. Bassel attendance as well as the sultan were baf- tional investors, such as Saudi Arabia, the burning dozens more in the latest come under insurgent pressure. Humoud Al-Sabah informed the fl ed. The sultan asked the man to explain United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and others tragedy to hit the Mediterranean The fall of Kabul marks the final chapter of America’s longest war, which ministers that numbers of coro- his motives. that knew from the beginning how to use country in the throes of a dev- began after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks masterminded by al-Qaida’s Osa- navirus casualties in the country The man said, “I ask my lord for per- their investments in the right ways. astating economic and political ma bin Laden, then harbored by the Taliban government. A U.S.-led invasion have been declining along with mission to present to him my idea. After These countries did not sleep on the crisis. dislodged the Taliban and beat them back, though America lost focus on the shrinking occupancy at hospitals fi ve years, this ox will be one of the most silk of hopes and promises and then woke It was not immediately clear conflict in the chaos of the Iraq War. and intensive care wards. eloquent orators, as I intend to teach him up to a decline in the sovereign rating, what caused the explosion near For years, the U.S. has been looking for an exit for the war. Washington The Civil Service Commission speech and eloquence but if you lend me which raises the risk factor in their debt the border with Syria. Fuel under then-President Donald Trump signed a deal with the Taliban in February has declared commitment to the one hundred thousand dinars”. both internally and externally. smuggling operations have been 2020 that limited direct military action against the insurgents. That allowed the ongoing for months. The Leba- cabinet decision, affirming that The Sultan was astonished by the Nonetheless, fi nancial institutions will fighters to gather strength and move quickly to seize key areas when President civil servants are no longer al- not venture to pump their money into an nese Red Cross said a fuel tanker man’s boldness and his strange idea, but exploded and its teams recovered Joe Biden announced his plans to withdraw all American forces by the end of lowed to be absent without legal he appreciated the situation, and said with economy that suffers from a structural 22 bodies from the site in the bor- this month.