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UN urges Ghani to specify date Taliban stormed parliament; bid to of parliamentary elections confirm defense minister disrupted Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi AT Monitoring Desk safety whereas some of them have received minor injuries. Shekiba KABUL: The Taliban assaulted Hashemi, a MP from Kandahar KABUL: The United Nations the Parliament on Monday just province told Afghanistan Times (UN) urged President Ashraf as parliamentarians were conven- that she along with her colleagues Ghani to specify the exact date of ing for their third attempt to cast was shifted to a safer place and upcoming parliamentary elec- their vote of confidence for a de- no one was hurt. Kabul Police tions. The UN leadership in Af- fense minister. A suicide bomber spokesman Ebadullah Karemi told ghanistan hold meeting with Pres- exploded himself up behind the Afghanistan Times that six attack- ident Ghani the other day to dis- gate of the Parliament when Ma- ers who wanted to enter the Par- cuss parliamentary elections. soom Stanikzai, was going to be liament were immediately killed The two sides discussed dif- officially introduced to the law- by the security forces. The weap- ferent issues regarding the elec- makers for vote of confidence by ons depot was exploded in the tions including electoral reforms the Second Vice President Sarwar incidence said Karemi. He said one as well as people s trust over the Danish. Security forces prevent- woman and one child were killed. election process. ed the attackers to enter into the He added that nine women and The deputy spokesman for Parliament. The incident hap- children were among the 28 civil- the president, Sayed Zafar pened when members of the par- ians who received injuries. Re- Hashemi, told Azadi Radio that liament (MPs) were discussing sponding to a query the spokes- An Afghan municipality worker carries the dead body of a the UN suggested that date of the deteriorating security situation man said no troops have been upcoming parliamentary elections across the country particularly in Taliban attacker after clashes with security forces in front of killed. The country has been with- the Parliament, in Kabul. Photograph: Rahmat Gul/ AP should be practical, people s trust the north as two districts have out a confirmed defense minister over the process should be re- fallen to the Taliban control in as an acting minister is running the stored and the polls should not be the Parliament expired Sunday rating across the country particu- northern Kunduz province. defense ministry. Since the Na- however Ghani extended its term larly in the northern parts, which delayed for a long time. The UN Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga or tional Unity Government was in- leadership didn t mention a spe- in office until new polls are held. were relatively peaceful in the Lower House of the Parliament, augurated last September. Mr. The move has sparked debate over past. cific date for the elections, he said. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi told lawmak- Stanekzai was Ghani s (the Pres- President Ghani had previ- the legality of the extension of the A second district in Kunduz ers there was no need for panic as ident) third choice for the vital Parliamentarians term. province has fallen to the Talban ously said that he will specify the it was just a blast of power trans- post. Ghani s earlier candidates exact date of the coming parlia- The Taliban took responsibil- control. The seizure of the Archi former. Later on the parliamentar- failed to survive vote of confidence ity for the attack. Moreover, se- district by the Taliban has deep- mentary elections within a month. ians and newsmen were taken to from the Parliament. The term of However, officials in the Indepen- curity situation has been deterio- ened concerns in Kabul. dent Election Commission (IEC) recently said that holding parlia- AT News Report vented the attackers from entering 85 militants Taliban mentary polls are not possible this the parliament and unleashing casu- 30 schoolgirls year. The president extended the KABUL: Ex-President Hamid alties inside the Parliament. Karzai captures yet date of the Wolesi Jirga s tenure Karzai strongly denounced terror- termed the perpetrators as enemies killed in recently. A statement issued by ist attack on parliament, said a of national sovereignty and devel- poisoned in Bamyan another district the Presidential Palace said: In statement from his office on opment of Afghanistan. He said that nationwide line with the constitution and the Monday. Six suicide attackers the enemy should keep in mind that of Kunduz advice of the Supreme Court, the stormed parliament on Monday. such attack on governmental insti- AT Monitoring Desk Wolesi Jirga would continue to The coordinated attack of the Tal- tutions cannot do any harm to inde- operations serve till announcing the result of iban ended with all attackers killed pendence of Afghanistan. Karzai ex- the next parliamentary polls. after several hours of fighting. tended his heartfelt condolences to AT News Report KABUL: Dasht-e-Archi district However, he shows confidence in of northeastern Kunduz province the bereaved families and prayed for has fallen to the Taliban, said an the security forces as they pre- quick recovery of the wounded. KABUL: As many as 85 militants NATO have been killed in nationwide official in the district. Dasht-e- military offensives conducted by Archi district chief, Nasiruddin Afghan security forces against Saadi, confirmed that the district TO REVIEW Electoral reforms commission Taliban over the past 24 hours, has fallen under the Taliban s con- said the Ministry of Interior trol around 8:00 am on Monday. RESOLUTE TO START WORK SOON: CEO (MoI). The MoI in a statement This is the second district of said that security forces conduct- Afghanistan that has fallen to the KABUL : Chief Executive Officer reforms commission will continue ed coordinated operations against BAMYAN CITY: Another 30 to school, he observed. Moham- Taliban s hands this week. The SUPPORT (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has said its work under the leadership of militants in Kunduz, Badakhshan, schoolgirls have been poisoned in mad Amin Danishyar, a relative of Taliban militants earlier this week electoral reforms commission will the CEO office and will not have Sar-e-Pul, Nangarhar, Farah, Waras district of central Bamyan an ailing girl, said he had shifted an captured Chahardara district of MISSION start work soon. He expressed any connection to the election com- Ghazni and Helmand provinces province, an official said Monday. affected student to a local health the province.Saadi said that 80 these views in a meeting with Span- missions because the panels have killing 85 militants wounded 49 Abdullah Murawaj, principal clinic. He said that health condi- percent of the district has been ish Ambassador to Kabul Jose lost their credibility, the statement others. The statement added that of Band-i-Kosa School, told Pa- tions of some of the students were under the Taliban s control over PROGRESS Rubio on Sunday. A statement added. The Spanish ambassador security forces also recovered a jhwok Afghan News that 30 stu- critical. Mohammad Reza Ada, the past two years. Maulvi Ab- from the CEO office said the gov- assured the European Union com- dents were shifted to hospital in provincial education director, ex- dullah Qarluq, a senator from he NATO defense ministers number of heavy and light weap- ernment was committed to bring mitment to financially support the ons form the militants. The press the Waras district after falling un- pressed concern over the issue and Kunduz, in an interview with Ra- will review progress made about fundamental reforms in the election process of Afghanistan, conscious. He said the students said there was no laboratory in dio Azadi blamed lack of coordi- since the laugh of the release didn t say if there were any T electoral system of the country. but on condition of reforms. Ru- casualties to Afghan security forc- felt nauseous, dizzy and crying Bamyan to practically probe the nation among security forces for NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) Abdullah assured all prerequisites bio hoped the elections reforms es in the clashes. after poisoned. The nature of the issue. Local officials said blood collapse of Dasht-e-Archi. He mission in Afghanistan during the for reforms have been finalized and would take place soon at a specif- incident was unclear but police sample of affected students had warned that several other districts NATO defense ministers meeting the electoral reforms commission ic time, saying his country was have launched investigations to been sent to the Ministry of Public in the province are on the verge of on 24th and 25th June. NATO would start work soon. The com- committed to stand by Afghani- Nuristan PC unearth facts, Murawaj said. Health for examining. This is the collapse. Secretary General, Jens mission would then present its stan for long-term until the coun- Possibly some suspects have fourth time the schoolgirls in Bam- Police chief of the district have Stoltenberg, told reporters during suggestions to the government in try became strong and united, the members accused sprayed poisonous materials in yan province poisoned in the past handed over the Dasht-e-Archi to a press conference Finally, we will an opportune time. The electoral statement concluded. school rooms before children come one month. (Pajhwok) the Taliban, Qarluq alleged. review progress made since the of absenteeism launch of our Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan at the start JALALABAD: At least two pro- of the year. MoEC concerned over declining vincial council members have nev- And the evolution of this mis- er attended the elected body s ses- sion. And we will look at how national economic growth sions in eastern Nuristan prov- we will continue to support the By Akhtar M.Nikzad al aid, waning trade activities also ince, the acting governor said on Afghan National Defence and Se- affected national economic growth Monday. Hafiz Abdul Qayum curity Forces in the longer term, KABUL: After the decline in in- and GDP. He said the situation is told Pajhwok Afghan News the Stoltenberg said. He said the Af- ternational aid there has been a quite precarious that calls for firm- two had been living in Kabul and ghan forces stand their ground and gradual fall in the annual national er government s decision as how had never attended the council continue to face considerable chal- economic growth and Gross Do- to augment the national economy. meetings since their election, while the remaining four members irreg- lenges. They, and the Afghan mestic Product (GDP), said the Afghanistan is one of the poorest ularly attended the sessions. The people, deserve our full support, Ministry of Economy (MoEC) on and least developed countries in Nuristan provincial council has he added. Monday. Making the ministry s the world. Since the collapse of the nine members. Qayum said the The Resolute Support mis- 100-day action plan public, the Taliban government and the NATO Independent Directorate of Local sion was launched earlier this year economy minister Abdul Sattar led invasion in 2001, the economy Government should take notice of as the NATO-led International Se- Murad said that the overall situa- has been steadily growing because the absenteeism and find a per- curity Assistance Force (ISAF) tion for national economic devel- of huge foreign aid and investments, manent solution to the issue. mission was concluded after 13 opment has not been conducive. however in the recent past securi- However, the acting governor did years late in the month of Decem- Talking to newsmen, Murad said ty situation has deteriorated and not name the council members liv- ber last year. ISAF s original man- since the international communi- there has been decline in interna- ing in Kabul. The council head, date was to assist the newly-es- ty reduced its aid and financial tional and domestic investment. Eng Saadullah, told Pajhwok Af- tablished Afghan Transitional Au- assistance to Afghanistan, the na- Economic affairs analysts believed ghan News one of the two mem- thority in and around Kabul. tional economic growth and GDP that withdrawal of international bers living in Kabul had been nom- The scope and scale of ISAF s stunted. The implications are forces from Afghanistan, security inated for a working committee and mission grew as the Coalition visible as there are numerous chal- threats, lack of infrastructure and the second had personal dispute added Provincial Reconstruction lenges now, he said. He said that endemic corruption have been the with the acting governor. The ab- Teams and took on the responsi- when the international communi- major factors that are hampering sent members did not receive sal- bility to provide security while ty used to funnel cash-aid into Af- the economic development in the aries and were marked absent, he Afghan security forces were grow- ghanistan, our national economic country. The minister said that de- said, adding: Nuristan is a moun- ing in strength. growth rose to 12 percent. But spite business, trade and invest- tainous region, the remaining sev- Resolute Support (RS) mis- en members visit far flung areas after the cut in international aid, ment activities in the last 14 years to know people s problems and sion consist of approximately the growth of national economy and donations of billions of dollars they have to stay for few days in United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina 12,000 troops which focus on has fallen from 12 percent to 6 by international community still 36 the remote areas, therefore they building Afghan National Security percent, he said. He said that percent of population lives below Jolie waves as she arrives for a visit at the Midyat refugee camp in Turkey that hosts do not come to office on regular Syrian refugees. (Photo: Reuters) Force sustainability. (KP) besides the decline in internation- poverty line. basis . (Pajhwok)

61.40 60 69.37 67.97 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 . JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES USAID s reported success in Afghanistan A mini-Pentagon rises MAY BE BASED ON FALSIFIED DATA in Afghanistan as concerns school spending and to estimate how much has been spent on ghost teachers and the like. He about military deepen also asked what steps the agency is taking to rethink use of off-bud- get assistance to Afghanistan for education. Larry Sampler, USAID s as- sistant to the administrator in its Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, said in a statement that a full response is coming by June 30. "USAID is working with the new Government of Afghanistan to build a comprehensive, nation- wide education system that will endure long after reductions in in- ternational assistance. We are training teachers, de- veloping community-based educa- tion, supporting institutions of higher learning, and strengthening the ability of the Ministry of Edu- cation to deliver high-quality edu- cation throughout Afghanistan, he said. Today, millions of Afghan boys and girls are in school and, as a result of USAID and the interna- American-backed efforts to im- ture that former ministry officials pointed to a rise in students en- tional community s investment, prove schools in war-torn Afghan- who served under departed Presi- rolled in schools from an esti- thousands more attending univer- istan may have relied on progress dent Hamid Karzai provided false mated 900,000 in 2002 to more sities and entering Afghanistan s data that was falsified by Afghan data to the government and inter- than 8 million in 2013 as an indi- growing workforce. Sampler add- government ministries seeking to national donors regarding the num- cator of progress. But the agency ed that the agency takes the allega- keep the funding pipeline open, a ber of active schools in Afghani- cannot verify the data, Sopko tions seriously and has asked the In this photo, U.S. engineers chat in front of Afghanistan's new Defense Ministry building, in Kabul, watchdog said on Thursday. stan. The ministers reported that wrote. The money from USAID Afghan ministries for further in- Afghanistan. In Kabul, they call it the mini Pentagon, the new headquarters for Afghanistan s Ministry of The U.S. Agency for Interna- there are no active schools in inse- since the fall of the Taliban in 2001 formation. Like all USAID Defense _ a gleaming, white marble building in the center of the capital built with U.S. funds and due to be tional Development, which has cure parts of the country, and that comprises $599 million in off-bud- projects in Afghanistan, USAID- handed over to the Afghan government this month. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) supervised distribution of $769 former officials doctored statistics, get assistance, $24 million in di- implemented education projects million to bolster schools in the embezzled money, and interfered rect assistance, and $146 million adhere to the agency's strict prac- war-ravaged country, was asked to with university entrance exams, in so-called preferenced fund- tices for monitoring their perfor- KABUL: They call it the "mini- tionwide competition open to ar- creased by 63 percent from the check out the allegations detailed a SIGAR statement read. These ing to the World Bank s Afghani- mance and success. USAID has Pentagon" -- a white marble build- chitecture students. The resulting start of the year until early May, in a letter from John Sopko, the allegations suggest that the U.S. and stan Reconstruction Trust Fund to also joined the World Bank in of- ing in the heart of Afghanistan's building, a combination of the top compared to the same period last special inspector general for Af- other donors may have paid for support education programs, along fering technical assistance to the capital built with U.S. funds to two designs, has taken four years year, according to NATO figures. ghanistan reconstruction. The let- schools that students do not at- with millions more to pay teach- Afghan Education Ministry on serve as the headquarters of a mod- to complete. Some 70 tons of fur- More than 2,300 Afghan soldiers, ter reports that the new Afghan tend and for the salaries of teach- ers. The watchdog asked for a re- improving data reliability, main- ern military more than a decade in niture, along with fixtures and com- police and other pro-government Education and Higher Education ers who do not teach. USAID, sponse by June 30 explaining what taining a full-time staffer in coun- the making. But the newly con- puter equipment, have added an- forces were killed during that peri- ministers recently told the legisla- the inspector general noted, has USAID is doing to verify data on try. structed building is a world apart other $33.3 million to the U.S. tax- od, which is roughly the same from the front-lines of Afghani- payer-funded bill, and information number of combat deaths the U.S. stan's unfinished war, where sol- technology alone will add another military has suffered since the diers huddled at exposed check- $12 million. "We now have the 2001 invasion that toppled the points increasingly rely on police ability to be able to see the progress Taliban. Another 4,500 members and local militias, and where logis- and the potential of everything that of the Afghan security forces were tical bottlenecks almost led to the the security forces in Afghanistan wounded. The stepped-up fight- loss of a key northern city to in- can do," said U.S. Maj. Gen. Todd ing across Afghanistan has the gov- surgents who swept across the Semonite, the American command- ernment increasingly turning to northern plain in April. U.S. offi- er overseeing the transition, call- local militias for help, undermin- cials told The Associated Press ing it "a new beginning for the ing a decade-long effort to build a during an exclusive tour of the Ministry of Defense." professional army that has cost bil- building that the new $160 million There's at least one key ele- lions of dollars. And in the north- Defense Ministry will help the ment missing a defense minis- ern province of Kunduz, the Tali- military streamline its operations ter. President Ashraf Ghani has yet ban nearly seized the provincial and more effectively counter the to fill the post in the nine months capital in a surprise April assault, Taliban now that the U.S. and since assuming office because of as defenders ran low on food, fuel NATO combat mission has offi- infighting with Chief Executive and ammunition. cially ended. The five-story build- Abdullah Abdullah, the man he Around 13,000 American and ing with a 34-meter (110-foot) defeated in a hotly disputed elec- NATO forces remain following last dome will accommodate 2,500 tion. It's hoped that his fourth year's drawdown, with the narrow employees, with barracks for of- nominee, Masoom Stanekzai, will mandate of training, advising and ficers and enlisted men, an ancil- be confirmed later this month, in assisting Afghan forces, and car- lary garrison as well as a wastewa- time for the ribbon-cutting cere- rying out counterterrorism opera- ter treatment facility and a power mony. Meanwhile, away from the tions. But Washington still annu- ive years ago, Hanifa was starting work there. For months, he just sat and abling the youngsters to return to plant. Three dining halls can seat a heavily guarded capital and its ally provides $4 billion of Afghan- Qayumi, then 10, was sell Percovich, then 32, pulled out watched. He talked to the kids regular school. Finally, there s the total of 1,000 people, and an audi- blast-scarred facade of order, Af- istan's $11.5 billion defense bud- F ing gum and tea on the his board and explored the chaot- about how much they loved their Youth Leadership initiative, torium more than 900. The sprawl- ghan troops are dying in record get. President Obama has aban- streets of Kabul. Like many young ic streets, dodging the herds of country and how they just want- which creates role models who ing compound also includes gyms, numbers and struggling to fend off doned plans to cut troop numbers girls in Afghanistan, where 87 per sheep, donkey carts and the kids ed good jobs so they could stay become volunteers or staff within clinics and military courtrooms. the Taliban without the aid of U.S.- from 9,800 to 5,500 by the end of cent of women are illiterate, she d selling trinkets to the aid workers there. He didn t try to influence the organisation, assisting in skate The design for the 38,500 sq. led ground forces and air support. 2015 and is expected to decide on never been to school. One day, a and military who d moved in af- them, or show them videos or and classroom sessions. Girls and meter (414,500 sq. foot) structure The number of Afghan forces troop levels for 2016 later this woman approached Hanifa and ter the Taliban left. Children were magazines about famous skate- boys skate and learn separately; was chosen from entries in a na- killed and wounded in action in- year. (AP) explained she was an outreach fascinated by Percovich s little boarders. it makes the girls more comfort- worker from Skateistan, an indoor car on wheels . They d never seen I wanted them to do their able and provides a safe haven skateboard park. She said lots of anything like it and begged to have own thing; if I introduced a cul- where they can learn from each girls went to skate there and also a try. Percovich, who in Australia tural element, it could have un- other, push themselves, and de- attended lessons in attached class- had worked on government emer- dermined everything, he says. velop creativity and skills. Women are breaking rooms. Intrigued, Hanifa went gency-management projects, The community and parents Today, Skateistan has had so along. She d never ridden a skate- handed it over. It s estimated that would hate it. many astonishing success stories, board before, but she loved the half the Afghan population is un- But what finally convinced it s hard to know where to start. barriers in Afghanistan feeling of freedom as she whizzed der 16 and there was little to teth- him that his impromptu skate- Girls from the program have by. You ve got real talent, she er kids to childhood. Before long, board sessions had the potential addressed parliament, established was told, but her family weren t he was regularly rocking up at a to become something amazing was careers and built futures for them- A documentary focuses on a fe- cultural activities? JAM: Women courageously. The thing is the par- so happy; they needed her to keep disused fountain and, like a pied when, at the end of one, the girls selves they d never dreamed pos- male boxer practicing her favou- can be a part of some cultural ac- ents belong to a very different gen- working. Her father told her to half-piper, within minutes would all joined hands and spontaneous- sible. rite sport against all odds tivities, including music. And there eration. stop. be surrounded by 50 kids desper- ly started singing and dancing. On International Women s A remarkable entry in the offi- are some students, but very few at SV: Yes, but it s not only that. Australian Oliver Percovich, ate to use his skateboards. In Afghan society, there are Day on March 8 this year, more cial competition of the ongoing the university. However, if they Sadaf is aware of her role in the Human Rights Film Festival is the don t have the support of their Afghan society, she knows she has the man behind Skateistan, recalls Once they had possession, clear divisions because of socio- than 250 girls and their mums piled Spanish documentary Boxing for families, they can t do any of these to show her face so that other girls how staff tried to convince Hani- they didn t want to give them up, economic background, sex, ethnic- inside Kabul s Skateistan for a Freedom, produced by Making things. Sadaf does have plenty of can also do so. To her, it s worth- fa to keep skating because she was he remembers. But what really ity, or whether you re a local or a demonstration. DOC and directed by Juan Anto- support from her family, right? while to be on TV, to be inter- so good. Her mum finally relent- piqued my interest was that the foreigner. International aid work- Many of those mothers had nio Moreno and Silvia Venegas. JAM: Yes, which is something viewed, to be in a documentary. ed. She was really worried about girls would jump on the boards as ers and the military were pouring never seen their daughters skate The film tells the unique story of very, very rare. Yet remember this She and her sister have appeared Hanifa being on the streets once well. Afghan girls are banned billions of dollars into worthy before, and gasped in awe as they Sadaf Rahimi, a young Afghan girl takes place in Kabul, the country s all over the media, locally and she hit puberty, because she d be from riding bikes, flying kites and projects, but failing to get out- flew, free as birds, down the who has become, against all odds, capital, which allows for a few ex- abroad. So now other girls can see harassed and it was dangerous, a range of other activities most of comes because they hadn t built bowls. At the end, they burst into her country s best female boxer. ceptions. You won t find anything her and somehow do the things Percovich explains. She asked us us take for granted. But no one bridges and trust between those excited applause. The directors met with the Herald like this in rural areas or even oth- they want to do. In Sadaf s fami- if we could find [Hanifa] a job; had made a rule yet that girls different groups. Percovich, now Skateistan s and shared their views on the role er cities. But you can t see the ly, all the children go to school, because she was so good, we of- couldn t skateboard, says Per- Without trust, you can t executive director, has built a sec- of young women who are shaping mother s face in the documentary, which is also unusual. SV: Sadaf s fered her work as an instructor. covich. We d found a loophole. solve a thing, Percovich says. In ond Afghan complex in Mazar-e- a new country. Why tell the story only her silhouette, and hear her mother wanted to be a doctor, but Now Hanifa and one of her Children learning to skateboard in the disused fountain, those barri- Sharif, as well as Skateistans in of a female boxer in Afghanistan? voice. SV: Even considering she s couldn t pursue her dream because sisters both work for us. The an empty water fountain in the ers were being smashed. Cambodia and South Africa. she was taken out of school by her whole family has actually moved Macroroyan neighbourhood in The girls, rich and poor, Pa- The Afghan facilities are now family. So she tells her children she closer to Skateistan because the Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of the shtuns and Tajiks, had a shared completely autonomous run by wants them to be somebody. Now girls are the main breadwinners. Skateistan project. Not everyone identity through this amazing dis- and for Afghans and students they are at the university. JAM: They know Afghanistan needs We got [Hanifa] back into school was happy about it, though, he covery of skateboarding. I rea- have even created the first Afghan doctors, journalists, professors, and she s become the best skate- says. Some girls had to brave dis- lised that was very powerful and skateboards. and so on. And these girls don t boarder in Afghanistan. approving stares from male on- it made me even more motivated However, Percovich, now 40, get married at 14 either. SV: Once She s introduced skateboard- lookers. [Those girls] were role to work with girls, because I could doesn t take his foot off the ac- again, their mother tells her daugh- ing to hundreds of other girls. She s models and essential in helping see what was possible, he says. celerator when it comes to keep- ters to study and not get married a trailblazer. Hanifa smiles. My other girls to think, Hey, I can do Young children in Afghanistan are ing girls involved; 80 per cent of until they meet a tolerant, free- life changed so much, she says. that as well, Percovich recalls. taught how to skateboard. Skateistan s resources are spent minded man. They have to study Now I can create a better future Others reported being beaten by Through a friend, Percovich on getting a 42 per cent female as much as possible first. Sadaf for myself. Oliver Percovich their brothers and fathers for spoke to the president of Afghan- attendance. says that if she gets married, she (left) and Travis Beard are having skateboarding. One girl was hit istan s Olympic Committee. Transport is provided to and will only do so after she turns 34. a benefit gig for Skateistan - a pro- with a bunch of wire. I also had He outlined his plan: he want- from the park for girls, and last That would also show other girls gram to introduce skateboarding locals trying to stop us skating in ed to build a giant indoor skate- year, in Kabul alone, there were that it can be done. to Afghanistan. She s not alone. the fountain by putting water in boarding park with classrooms more than 500 home visits, where What does marriage mean ex- Thousands of Afghan girls there. But I made it as easy as attached. The park would be the Skateistan talked to local girls Silvia Venegas: We were interested very supportive of everything her actly? JAM: Marriage in Afghani- have had their lives changed by possible for the girls to skate- hook, and the kids given access if families in order to make sure ev- in working with countries im- daughters do, she didn t want to stan entails that women no longer Skateistan. Strange as it may board, by making sure the boys they returned to education. When eryone involved was onside, and mersed in conflict. Afghanistan be recognized in the documentary, belong to themselves, but to their seem, there s probably nowhere didn t push them off and giving the president saw what had been also to explain the benefits of their was one of them, and we were in- whereas the father is not in it at husbands. The man decides if they terested in this new generation of all. He s a cab driver and doesn t go to school or play sports. Nor- else in the world where you ll see them the longest time to skate. I achieved already, he was blown daughters attending the park. women who are doing things their want people to recognize him. He mally, married women become more girls gathered together in one told all the kids I d had adults away and allocated a parcel of land. But Skateistan doesn t just mothers never did. When the doesn t want to hear them telling housewives, exclusively. And they place to skateboard than in Kab- screaming at me for skateboard- Percovich raised $260,000 from enrich the lives of Afghans; it en- American troops came in 2001, him that his daughters shouldn t have kids at a very young age, so ul. There are up to 300 girls a day, ing in every corner of the globe. donors, and then American and riches the lives of everyone who women were able to go back to be boxing. He doesn t want to get all they can do is take care of them. swapping their headscarves for I said, Hey, that s part and Afghan builders worked together sees its images of women drop- school, practice sports and do death threats, as he does in his And this is more common in rural helmets, their tunics flowing out parcel of skateboarding. If you to construct the covered arena ping in. The world is full of some other things that were for- neighbourhood. And they both areas too, where the Taliban attack behind them as they drop in. can t bear the heat, maybe you re with connected classrooms for a boundaries and walls that have to bidden before. These women are want to protect the family. The schools, throw toxic gas, and poi- Who d have thought? says Per- not a skateboarder. I saw it as the fraction of their usual price. be pushed down, says Percov- breaking barriers. Juan Antonio fear factor plays a key role. JAM: son the school s wells water. covich. To be a skateboarder is to job of the kids to convince the The park, which opened in ich. While some people thought it Moreno: We also wanted to break Fear is the worst enemy and the That s why it s safer to go to school take risks, to be creative and re- parents. Gradually, a ground- October 2009, has smooth mar- impossible that a skateboard free from the stereotyped image biggest weapon in Afghanistan. It s in Kabul. bellious and accept you re going swell of approving parents grew. ble floors (it s cheap in Kabul) and project could be constructed in the that the media often portrays. In the opposite of freedom. Not only SV: Think that only 16 years to take a few falls. Melbourne- They loved seeing their children plywood ramps, and attracts 450 chaos of Kabul, he never did: Afghanistan, that s the image of a fear of the Taliban, but also of oth- ago there were public executions born Percovich had been doing coming home beaming with excite- kids a week, aged between five and Girls lifted other girls up. woman wearing a blue burka. We er extremists and political groups. of women in the Gazhi Olympic that since he got his first board at ment at the fun they d had on the 17. Today, Skateistan offers three People realised it was impor- wanted to show the opposite: a And for women, fear is in their Stadium, the place where now there the age of six. Realising that skate- skateboards. Afghan parents are programs. There s Skate and Cre- tant for girls to access education young woman, a fighter, someone everyday life. Anyone who dares is a boxing team of young women boarding can be a tool for connec- no different from any others, says ate, where kids do an hour of skat- and sport and hopefully we re who s struggling for freedom. step out of traditional social norms practicing sports and vindicating tion, wherever Percovich travelled, Percovich. They just want to see ing and an hour in the classroom, building a generation of young What are the sports women can is pointed at, criticized and insult- their identity as women. They rep- practice? SV: There are only three ed. Nonetheless, Sadaf ignores it. resent the new Afghanistan. he took his board with him. It was their children happy. There is a exploring anything from geogra- educated boys who will look at a team sports for women: boxing, She goes to school, practices box- When and where an easy way to make friends. proverb in Afghanistan that, phy to problem-solving. Then skateboarding girl and think: soccer, and handball. And boxing ing, and travels abroad whenever Boxing for Freedom screens It was no different when he roughly translated, means if you there s the Back-to- School accel- She s talented, she s creative, is the most important sport. In she can. Of course, she knows today, at 10.30 pm, at BAMA arrived in Kabul in 2007 with his have hot food, you should take it erated-learning program, which she s clever she s an amazing fact, fighting sports such as judo she s taking huge risks. We think Cine Arte (Av. Roque S enz Pe a then girlfriend, fellow Australian easy, else you ll burn your mouth. squeezes three years of primary- human being. or tae kwon are also very popular, it s very significant that the girls 1145). The film s directors will be Sharna Nolan, an aid worker who Percovich followed that advice. school education into one, en- (The Daily Telegraph) but not for women. What about expose themselves so much and so present at the screening. 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 . JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 'Fear they will find me': Death Going back in time: threats stalk Afghan acid victim Tracing long lost Mumtaz s household are forced to SADDOZAI TRIBE carry firearms and take turns to sleep at night, she said, clarifying that the motive of those intruders OF AFGHANISTAN was not always clear as cracks of mock gunfire from inside were enough to deter them. Mumtaz s father, Sultan, said the attempted intrusions forced them to move houses but going to his farm was fraught with risks. Relatives of the jailed assailants have chased him down by motorcycle, threatening him with consequences if they did not get out of prison soon. They EMERGENCY will never leave us alone, Sultan said with a lump in his throat. The CALLS attack on his daughter makes him writhe with fury but also shudder Police with fear. We are barely living, confined to our home, stripped of our livelihood, he said. It s a 100 - 119 helpless feeling. AFP could not access the families of the assail- ants, residing in an outlying village Hospitals of Kunduz city that has seen regu- lar skirmishes between insurgents FMIC Hospital and militias. In recent years Af- Behind Kabul Medical ghanistan has seen a rise of mili- University: tias, former mujahideen strongmen both feeding off and fuelling the 0202500200-+93793275595 conflict, and accused of a litany of abuses including rape and forcibly Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Mumtaz has undergone multiple surgeries and painful skin grafts since the attack in 2011. PHOTO: PTI collecting protection tax from ci- vilians. When he came to power Pule Bagh-e- Umomi KUNDUZ: Four years after a mi- er, burned through her flesh. infamy for his links to an anti-Tal- last year President Ashraf Ghani 070263672 litiaman doused Mumtaz with a Mumtaz has undergone mul- iban militia, stubbornly lingered vowed to disarm the militias, flesh-searing acid for rejecting his tiple surgeries and painful skin outside her house and waylaid her blamed for devastating Afghanistan marriage proposal, leaving her dis- grafts since the attack in 2011 even as her family in a heated ex- during the country s civil war in Khairkhana Hospital figured, scarred and traumatised, and is now forced to live in hiding change warned him to back down. the 1990s and setting the stage for death threats have forced the 20- due to threats purportedly from Two years later, when Mumtaz a Taliban takeover. But as the Tal- 0799-321007 year-old Afghan into hiding. the assailants, some of whom are got engaged to another man, he iban insurgency spreads north 2401352 Her ordeal encapsulates the still at large. Her plight is wors- burst into her house to avenge the from its southern stronghold, the major issues roiling Afghanistan ened by an escalating conflict in humiliation of rejection by wreck- government appears to be remo- a silent tsunami of violence against Kunduz, where the Taliban recent- ing her beauty. He escaped after bilising them to augment Afghan Indira Gandhi Children women, anti-Taliban militias bring- ly launched a large-scale offensive, the horrific attack but a court sen- security forces. The predatory ing further turmoil to an already creeping ever closer to the provin- tenced three of his accomplices to behaviour of these militias, and Hospital, Wazir Akbar conflict-torn country and a seem- cial capital and trapping civilians a decade in prison, a rare judge- abuses that include extrajudicial Khan, Kabul 2301372 ingly dysfunctional state unable to between insurgents and a miscel- ment in a nation that offers female killings, beatings, and looting, have offer Afghans even a modicum of lany of pro-government forces and victims little legal recourse. Ironi- left civilians trapped between them security. Swaddled in a cobalt blue militias. Statistics are scant but acid cally, though, Mumtaz s real trou- and the Taliban and has bolstered Ibn-e- Seena scarf partly covering her jagged attacks are common in Afghani- bles began when they were put some support for the insurgents, facial scars, Mumtaz vividly re- stan, often used to deface and crip- behind bars. They threatened to Patricia Gossman of Human Pul-e-Artan, Kabul calls the horrors of that night when ple women even for minor trans- behead me. We will kill your whole Rights Watch said in a recent state- 2100359 the jilted lover stormed into her gressions such as refusing to wear family when we get out of pris- ment. But the Afghan government house with six other assailants, a head scarf or rebuffing unsolicit- on , they said. We will come after is again reactivating militias that PESHAWAR: Moved by his urge Afghan government can become the holding up the corrosive liquid. ed lovers. When she was 14, you , Mumtaz said. Armed in- threaten the lives of ordinary Af- to bring to the fore the story of a catalyst of peace in the country Wazir Akbar Khan He grabbed me by my hair Mumtaz, known within her ex- truders have attempted to break ghans. If there is to be any hope of tribe that put Afghanistan on the by following in the footsteps of and hurled the acid at my face with tended family for her doe eyes and into her house, said Women for a long-term security in Kunduz map, Wing Commander (retd) Sar- King Abdali. Describing the meth- Hospital such vengeance, as if to say now flawless skin, hid herself behind Afghan Women (WAW), a nongov- and across Afghanistan this re- dar Ahmed Shah Jan wrote a book od with which the king brought 2301741, 2301743 let s see who will marry you , the folds of a burqa to evade the ernmental organisation which liance on abusive militias has to on the lost Saddozai tribe that has about peace during his time, Jan Mumtaz, who goes by one name, amorous advances of a militiaman helped Mumtaz with legal aid and end. Earlier this year Mumtaz recently been published. said Abdali would conquer differ- told AFP in a safe house in the called Nasir. The daughter of a seeking treatment for acid burns in married the man she was engaged The book is a humble effort ent regions and make the warlord Ali Abad volatile northern province of Kun- wheat farmer stopped going out India. We are very concerned to, bringing a faint glimmer of hope on my part to portray the Sad- of the conquered region its gover- Shahrara, Kabul duz. She remembers screaming and unchaperoned and avoided the about her safety, Haseena Sar- in her life. But I live in constant dozai tribe in its true perspective nor, creating a win-win situation. writhing as the acid, some of which main village thoroughfares. wari, the Kunduz manager for fear that they (the assailants) will in relation to other Afghan tribes, He made one warlord the gover- 2100439 splattered on her sisters and moth- But Nasir, who gained local WAW, told AFP. The men in find me one day. said the author while talking to The nor of his district as part of the Express Tribune. The book Af- Durrani Empire. Today, Jan said, ghanistan: Saddozai Kings and Vi- the Saddozai tribe has faded into Malalai Maternity US drone ziers 1747-1842 goes back to the insignificance as most of families Hospital time when King Ahmed Shah Ab- have settled in India and elsewhere. dali united the warring Afghan Some live in Pakistan as well but 2201377/ 2301743 strike in tribes in the last half of the 18th they are those who were born and century to form the first dynasty bred in the country and are de- Nangarhar of rulers of modern-day Afghani- tached from their ancestors. The Banks stan. The Saddozais hail from the Saddozais have merged into soci- kills 7 rebels valleys of Kandahar, Kabul, Tar- ety, losing their distinctive edge. Da Afghanistan Bank nak and Logar in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, what motivated 2100302, 2100303 They are a Pukhtun tribe and are the retired commander to unearth one of the clans of the Popalzai the tribe s history is its connec- Kabul Bank tribe. However, there came a time tion with his roots and his interest in the 18th century, as described in contemporary politics and re- 222666, 070285285 in the book, when the tribe hit an gional culture. abysmal low. Its rise to power was The author was born in Pesha- Azizi Bank seen once again in India and the war in 1939. He attended Islamia 0799 700900 tribe earned three knighthoods in College Peshawar and later re- bravery. ceived a master s degree in English Pashtany Bank JALALABAD: At least seven During the 19th century, the from the University of Peshawar. 2102908, 2103868 Taliban militants have been killed tribe served the British in the sub- Jan also taught English at the PAF continent and was with them dur- Academy in Risalpur between SHARANA: Scores of religious innocent Afghans. The religious name of religion for their benefits in US drone strike in eastern Nan- Air Services scholars and local elders held a scholars want peace in the country and will not remain silent anymore garhar province, an official said on ing both the world wars. Jan 1965 and 1984, after he retired as mammoth gathering in southeast- and support peace over war in Af- against such people. Deputy Gov- Monday. Col. Hazrat Hussain shared, though the British entered a wing commander. Presently, he ern Paktika province in support ghanistan. They urged world reli- ernor Attaullah Fazli said religious Mashriqiwal, police spokesman, Afghanistan by installing a Sad- is working on compiling a book of Safi Airways of Afghan security forces to en- gious scholars to speak against the scholars and local elders could play told Pajhwok Afghan News that dozai king in Kabul, it later cast letters to the editor which he has sure peace and stability in the coun- killings of innocent civilians. All Af- vital role in peace in Afghanistan and the unmanned aircraft fired mis- the tribe aside. Jan believes the written over the last ten years 020 22 22 222 try. Religious scholars, local el- ghans are Muslims and Islam does they should come forward to play sile on a car carrying seven rebels book can be applied to mainstream while living at his house in Cantt, ders, provincial council members, not permit Jihad against Muslims their role in effective way. The reli- on Sunday evening in Batikot dis- politics in Afghanistan where the Peshawar. (The Express Tribune) Ariana civil society activists and govern- therefore Afghans want peace in the gious scholars and local elders signed trict. Three dreaded commanders, Khan Afzal, Hanifa and Dr Omar 020-2100270 ment officials attended a meeting country, he added. Pacha Khan, a an agreement at the end of the gath- were among the slain militants, he held on Sunday evening. The meet- tribal elder, said: Our schools, hos- ering which stated religious leaders said, adding that a car and ammu- ing was organized to discuss prob- pitals, roads have been destroyed and local elders considered pre- nition had been destroyed in the Khost Museum: Rare Kam Air lems and recent security situation while we have been killed by the vailing fear in the community and attack. However, Taliban have yet 0799974422 in the country. Gul Mohammad, name of Islam. It is time to give a killing of innocent people an unIs- to comment on the attack. Sepa- a religious scholar, urged all reli- clear message to our opponents to lamic act. We will play our role for rately, Mashriqiwal said police artefacts under threat gious leaders to extend their all stop using name of a religion for car- peace and prosperity in the county had seized several kilograms of Hotels possible help for peace and secu- rying out dirty activities. Naimat- and will never allow anyone to harm drugs but no one had been arrest- KHOST CITY: Rare artefacts and struct a secure building for the rity in the country. He said: The ullah Babrai, deputy provincial coun- our national interests. At the end, ed. It merits mention that pilot- handicrafts are running the risk of museum. We have already done Safi Landmark recent insecurity is an ample cil speaker, asked religious leaders they extend unconditional support less drone strikes had been inten- being damaged due to the absence what we were supposed to do, proof that war is imposed on us to avoid supporting misguided peo- to Afghan security forces for offer- sified attacks in recent past, in- of a secure building for the muse- including the museum sketch. 020-2203131 and the neighboring states want ple. He said: We promise to raise ing their lives to defend their moth- flicting heavy casualties on mili- um of southeastern Khost prov- But the Ministry of Urban De- to secure their interests by killing our voices against those who use the erland. (Pajhwok) tants. (Pajhwok) ince, officials say. Having 400 his- velopment is yet to be paid funds ERENA toric relics and handicrafts, the for the project, said the director, S museum is currently confined to who recalled that the Indian gov- a congested room in the Depart- ernment had promised in 2013 to 0799654000 ment of Information and culture. construct a building for the Khost The items have been placed in old museum. He hoped the Indian New Rumi Restaurant cupboards in a disorganised fash- embassy in Kabul would remind ion. More often than not, visitors New Delhi of its commitment. 0776351347 touch these pieces of art and place Dozens of fans, including stu- one on top of the other in rickety dents of archaeology, visit the Internet Services racks, according to curators, who museum every week to catch a underlined the need for the pres- glimpse of these objects. Sheikh UA Telecom ervation of these items. Habib Zayed University student 0796701701 / 0796702702 Mandozai, in charge of the muse- Habibur Rahman, visiting the um, told Pajhwok Afghan News clingy room, said the museum some of stone statues, vessels and must have a state-of-the-art build- Exchange Rate other pieces have a history span- ing. I have come here to see the ning thousands of years. Some of relics, which are in a rather sorry Purchase: these items date back to the Yama state. None of these items can be kingdom, says Mandozai. We seen from all angles. I think the have a five-kilogram fang of a gi- museum must have a spacious One US$ = ant animal; we found this while building, with all allied facilities, 60.63Afs digging up a site. This tooth is he commented. Last year, the thousands years old, the officials Ministry of Information and Cul- One Pound Sterling= adds. Mandozai says they need a ture said construction work on 94.21Afs building equipped with the requi- new museums in six provinces One Euro = site facilities to preserve the arte- would kick off soon.The museums facts, whose security is currently would be built in Kabul, Bamyan, 68.11Afs far from ensured. We want the Balkh, Khost, Logar and Kapisa, 1000 Pak Rs = Ministry of Information and Cul- said General Director of National ture, as well as our international Museum Omar Khan Masoodi. 572Afs partners, to extend all possible as- The Khost museum is to be built Sale: sistance to us. Many of the pre- on 13 acres of land. Many smug- One US$ = cious pieces could be lost or smug- gled monuments have been brought gled with the passage of time if back into the country in the past 60.83 Afs the authorities did not pay spe- decades with support from the One Pound Sterling= cial heed to ensuring the museum s UNESCO and other international 95.01Afs security on a priority basis, the partners. Illegal excavations and official warned. Meanwhile, Infor- smuggling of historical artifacts One Euro= Teenage street vendors are sharing a slight moment of joy, after eating watermelon. One of the children is wearing a mation and Culture Director Mo- across the country have been a 68.71 Afs shirt without buttons, showing depressing condition of Afghan children who are without books and schools while their hammad Amin Shah Ulfat said source of concern for culturists 1000 Pak Rs= 589Afs parents scale dusts of roads in search for job. Photo by M. Saddiq Yusufi they had launched efforts to con- and archeologists. 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blackouts NEW DELHI: Australia will seek take place in New Delhi in July. ing shape. The Australia India in 2015 to increase trade and in- dia for the inaugural Global Exhi- to expand its services exports to "The variety of new opportu- Council has provided Victoria Uni- vestment, promote job growth and bition on Services in New Delhi, India when its trade and invest- nities presenting themselves from versity a grant to work with the fuel prosperity for both our coun- following a visit in January for the ment minister Andrew Robb lands our expanded economic engage- Indian government to establish elite tries," Robb said. Australia Business Week in India in New Delhi next week for his ment is providing exciting new sport systems, which has the po- He said the Australian Gov- (ABWI), which saw more than 450 third visit this year. pathways to further deepen bilat- tential to unlock future commer- ernment welcomes the opportuni- Australian business leaders take Robb will also discuss with his eral ties between our two coun- cial opportunities in this growing ty to work with business leaders part in a week-long roadshow Indian counterparts the progress tries," Robb said in a statement. services field, Robb said. from India and Australia. across the country, designed to of the Comprehensive Economic "In addition to improving market The Australian trade minister, "With Australia and India's top boost trade and investment. Cooperation agreement (CECA) access for goods, I'm determined who will be on a three-day visit to business leaders contributing to India is Australia's 12th larg- which the two countries plan to to grow our services exports to this India will attend the Australia-In- the Australia-India CEO Forum, est trading partner and two-way sign by the end of 2015. PM Naren- region, given it is one of the world's dia CEO Forum at the invitation we are committed to building and trade between India and Australia dra Modi and Australian PM Tony most rapidly growing services of the co-chairs, Rio Tinto CEO expanding our trade and invest- is approximately $A15 billion. In- Abbot have signalled their strong markets on account of its rising Sam Walsh and the Chairman of ment relationship and together we dian foreign investment into Aus- commitment to seal the CECA by middle class." the Adani Group, Gautam Adani. will drive our future economic en- tralia has reached almost $A11 bil- the end of this year. The eighth He said the there were signs "Abbott and Modi agreed to gagement," he said. lion, with $A9.8 billion of Austra- round of negotiations are set to that these opportunities were tak- work towards concluding a CECA Earlier this year he visited In- lian investment in India.

ISLAMABAD: After the water 40 degrees Celsius in many parts and power ministry publicly de- of the country over the past three clared its inability to honour the days. In addition, the times that prime minister’s commitment of the cabinet ordered for there to be zero power outages during critical zero power outages are also the times in Ramazan, Nawaz Sharif times with peak demand, even af- reportedly grilled Water and Pow- ter shutting off power to the en- er Secretary Younas Dagha and tire industrial sector of the econo- KATHMANDU: A UN agency ordered him to address the outag- my. As a result, peak demand has is under scrutiny after the food aid es that have caused widespread soared to 21,000MW, while sup- it distributed to earthquake survi- protests in the country. ply has barely managed to reach vors in Nepal was found to be sub- Meanwhile, protests against 16,000MW. standard, authorities said on Mon- frequent, long-hours power outag- While the national grid has a day. es continued unabated, especially theoretical capacity to produce "A team of a parliamentary in southern and central districts of just over 23,500MW, some of the monitoring committee has arrived Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where in- largest state-owned power plants in Nepalganj to inspect the five censed protesters clashed with riot are effectively dysfunctional, re- food storage locations of the WFP police when they attempted to sulting in actual production capac- [World Food Programme] here," damage the offices of the Water and ity at 17,500MW. Power genera- said Bed Prakash Lekhak, chief Power Development Authority tion on Saturday stood at officer of Banke district. (Wapda). 14,700MW compared to a demand "The storage had to be inspect- On Thursday, the Cabinet of 19,200MW, said ministry offi- ed after the rice distributed to the Committee on Energy, chaired by cials, adding that demand went earthquake victims in Gorkha dis- the prime minister, announced down largely because the weather trict last week was found to be of that all domestic consumers would improved. Another 900MW of inedible quality. be provided uninterrupted power power was added to the system Samples of rice and pulses have supply one hour before and after after more water was released by been taken for investigation, the Sehr and between 6:30 pm and the government from the two large official added. 10:30 pm to cover Iftar and dams in the country. Local media reports said 542 Taraweeh times. By Friday morn- Meanwhile, the water and tons of pulse stores in different ing, however, the water and pow- power ministry issued a statement locations in Nepalganj were also er ministry announced that the on Saturday, claiming the improve- found to be of poor quality. Rec- national grid had been over- ment was due to their efforts. ommendations whelmed by demand and that it “We have been able to improve But the WFP said the stored would be unable to honour the cab- the electricity supply situation pulses were not meant for distri- inet’s commitment, leading to pro- and 93% of urban and 86% of ru- bution because they had already tests in some parts of the country. ral areas have been provided unin- been rejected as sub-standard. On Saturday, Secretary Dagha was terrupted electricity for the last The WFP was criticised in summoned to the prime minister’s Iftar, Taraweeh and Sehr times as May after rice it distributed in office where he submitted a report announced by the ministry,” said Kavre district was found to be rot- drawn the sub-standard supplies and replaced them and I think that has already been dealt with," the UN resident co-ordinator in Nepal Jamie on why the ministry was strug- the statement. ten and caused diarrhoea among McGoldrick said after the earlier incident. The committee will submit recommendations to the government for action after making their finds public. gling with electricity demand. The ministry had also inaccu- children. "We have already with- At least 8 831 people were killed in two earthquakes that hit Nepal in April and May. Thousands have been left homeless. The report stated that the na- rately claimed that it was able to tional grid was able to provide un- achieve a 16,000MW power gen- interrupted power to domestic eration level for the first time in consumers during critical times in Pakistani history. However, gov- 97 People now dead in India’s Mumbai 75 to 80% of the country on the ernment officials point out that the first day of Ramazan. However, Zardari administration was able to some parts of the country, which exceed 16,100MW during its ten- moonshine tragedy; 7 under arrest fall under the service areas of the ure. In addition, management of the state-owed where Lahore Electric state-owned segments of the ener- Forty-six others remain in the hos- tals around the sprawling business response to the first 25 deaths. D’Mello — one of the initial sus- quor suggests a large-scale and high- Supply Company (Lesco) and gy sector appears to have gotten pital The moonshine tragedy that hub, while police have arrested a They face various charges pertain- pects currently being interrogated ly organized racket, and we are Peshawar Electric Supply Compa- worse under the Nawaz adminis- killed dozens of people in the In- total of seven people and seized ing to the running of drinking dens about his source and supply net- probing further,” an officer said. ny (Pesco), faced some outages, tration. In some areas, “the recov- dian city of Mumbai last week more than 1,000 L of the illicit li- at a slum in Mumbai’s Malad area. work — before reselling it. Such incidents are surprising- which caused a large number of ery of electricity bills in the PPP claimed several more lives over the quor from one of their houses, the Dhananjay Kulkarni, Mum- It was at D’Mello’s house that ly common in India, where illegal people there to lodge complaints. government has been near 100% weekend, with the death toll rising Indian Express reported. bai’s deputy commissioner of po- the police reportedly found around liquor with high quantities of toxic The problem appears to be the but has come down to 87% in the to 97 as of Sunday night. Two women were taken into lice (detection), told the Express 1,100 L of the liquor in several methanol is typically consumed by massive heat wave that has seen current government,” said one of- Some 46 others are still under- custody on Sunday in addition to that both women used to buy the barrels. blue-collar workers like laborers temperatures skyrocket to above ficial. going treatment at various hospi- the five arrests made a week ago in alcohol from a man named Francis “The sheer quantity of the li- and taxi drivers. NGOs in Pak to be subject to trans- parent accountability system: Nisar ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali while speak- ing to the press on Monday said that a new policy will be formu- lated to regulate the operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Pakistan. "There should be a transpar- ent accountability system. We should know where the money is coming from and what it's being used for," he said. Nisar said the matter would likely be tackled within the next three to six months. Dead Myanmar, Bangladesh migrants given proper burial AGARTALA: Border Guards the Shillong meeting, said: "Since "District magistrates and su- KUALA LUMPUR: The remains posed by a Thai crackdown on traf- with those nations as well as neigh- turned a blind eye to the lucrative Bangladesh (BGB) have agreed to roads along the hilly Bangladeshi perintendents of police of south of many of the 106 people found ficking networks, which has left bouring Thailand to bring those business. Malaysian Deputy construct at least 40 new border frontiers are absent or in poor Tripura, Gomati, Sepahijala and at an abandoned human trafficking thousands of desperate people responsible to justice. Several ar- Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tu- outposts (BOPs) facing Tripura shape, BGB officials sought per- Dhalai districts along with BSF camp near the Thai-Malaysian stranded at sea on rickety boats. rests have already been made. anku Jaafar said at the time that and Mizoram along the India-Bang- mission to use Indian roads for officials will meet their Bang- border have been identified, with The dense forests of southern "We are grateful to the Thai investigations showed the bodies ladesh border to check militant ac- setting up these new BOPs in the ladeshi counterparts in the one- 21 of them given a proper burial Thailand and northern Malaysia authorities especially the police were wrapped in shrouds and their tivities and trafficking, a BSF offi- CHT. BSF officials assured the day meet," a Tripura home depart- on Monday (Jun 22), said Malay- have been a major staging post for and border officials for giving their resting places marked with wood- cial said here on Monday. BGB of full cooperation." ment official told IANS. sia’s Home Affairs Minister Za- smugglers bringing people to full cooperation," Mr Zahid said. en sticks. He said Malaysian se- "BGB officials informed us on The BSF official said that dur- He said that to iron out minor hid Hamidi. The dead migrants, Southeast Asia by boat from My- The camps on Malaysia's side curity forces had not been patrol- the proposed construction of least ing the meeting, increasing border border-related problems, these of- who were found in a forested area anmar, most of them Rohingya of the border, which could have ling the area because it was thought 40 new BOPs along the India-Bang- security was stressed on to curb ficials from both India and Bang- in Wang Kelian, Perlis, were from Muslims who say they are fleeing been capable of housing hundreds to be inaccessible but began sur- ladesh frontier facing Tripura and cross-border crimes and movement ladesh have resumed meetings Myanmar and Bangladesh, Mr persecution, and Bangladesh. of people, drew allegations that veying it after the discovery of Mizoram," Border Security of terrorists belonging to northeast since 2014 after a gap of many Zahid said, adding that a "large Malaysia is working closely authorities and residents had graves in Thailand. Force's (BSF) Tripura Frontier groups. years. number" of them have been identi- Inspector General Bhola Nath "Both sides agreed to increase Prime Minister Narendra fied thus far. "This reburial can Sharma told IANS. vigil along the border areas to foil Modi and Bangladesh Premier now happen because the forensic Sri Lankan navy apprehends The proposed BOPs in the attempt by militants and other anti- Sheikh Hasina discussed the bor- team is satisfied with the post- mountainous Chittagong Hill national elements to disrupt inter- der issues, including curbing of mortem findings so far," he told Tracts (CHT) will help in contain- nal peace. Besides, emphasis was border crimes and terror activities, media outside Malaysia's parlia- ing terrorism in the northeastern also given to curb trans-border during the former's visit to Dhaka ment. "The first body we found 24 Indian fishermen states since most camps of Indian smuggling," the BSF officer said. on June 6-7. were skeletal remains in an enclo- NAGAPATTINAM: Sri Lankan insurgent groups, including Tripu- Meanwhile, district magis- Four Indian northeastern states sure which had been left in there navy arrested 24 fishermen from ra militant outfits, are located in trates of Tripura's four border dis- of Tripura 856 km), Meghalaya until dry. That was one form of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu who southeast Bangladesh's CHT, he tricts and deputy commissioners (443 km), Mizoram (318 km) and cruelty they were subject to." went for fishing afternoon.As pointed out. of four Bangladesh border districts Assam (263 km) share an 1,880- Investigators identified the many as 10 boats from Arukatuthu- During a meeting of BSF and are likely to meet in Chittagong in km border with Bangladesh. causes of death as disease, starva- rai, Jagathapattinam and other fish- BGB officials in Meghalaya capi- Bangladesh on June 24. The mountainous terrain, tion, torture or murder. ing hamlets set sail for fishing on tal Shillong on June 8-11, apart The officials would discuss dense forests and other hindranc- The abandoned sites in Ma- Saturday. They were fishing nine from strategies to further reinforce and finalise strategies to deal with es make the borders porous and laysian territory were discovered nautical miles off Kodaiyakarai security along the border, other border crimes, border fencing and vulnerable, enabling illegal immi- late last month after the massive coast. Six boats returned on Sun- cross-border problems too were better border management, besides grants and intruders cross over scale of human smuggling was ex- day morning. discussed. Sharma, also present in issues relating to terrorism. without any hurdles. 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 . JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES US won’t let

Iran will need to show more flexi- Russia ‘drag us bility to reach a nuclear deal with the six powers it is negotiating with, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday, back to the past’: suggesting the talks might go on beyond a June 30 deadline. "There will need to be some more flexibility shown by our Ira- Pentagon chief nian partners if we are going to reach a deal, but, look, this is a negotiation, we always expected it would go right to the line and maybe beyond the line," Ham- mond told reporters as he arrived for a European Union foreign min- isters meeting in Luxembourg. "So I think the serious negoti- ations are now getting underway and over the next week or so I hope we will start to see some real progress," he said. Hammond is due to hold talks later with Iranian Foreign Minis- ter Mohammad Javad Zarif as well as the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and the foreign ministers of Germany and France Asked if it would matter if the June 30 deadline slipped by a few days, he said: "Let's see where we get to. We are pushing hard to get there."

BERLIN: The United States and NATO defense chiefs, and could its allies won't let Russia "drag us offer more details on plans to pre- back to the past", U.S. Defense position heavy military equip- Secretary Ash Carter said in an ment, officials say. address in Berlin on Monday, as Moscow has decried the new he accused Moscow of trying to steps by NATO and threatened to re-create a Soviet-era sphere of in- strengthen its own forces and to fluence. add more than 40 intercontinental SANAA : More than 20 air strikes Russia's intervention in ballistic missiles to its nuclear ar- by Arab forces hit targets con- Ukraine has put NATO allies in senal this year. trolled by Houthi rebels across eastern Europe on edge and trig- U.S. officials say Ukraine has Yemen late on Sunday, residents gered a series of military moves illustrated the importance of being said. by the NATO alliance, including able to counter "hybrid warfare," An Arab military coalition has an acceleration of exercises and the the blend of unidentified troops, been bombing the Houthis for three creation of a NATO rapid response propaganda and economic pressure months to restore the country's force. that the West says Russia has used exiled government and fend off Carter, who will view compo- there. what they see as Iranian influence. nents of that NATO force later on NATO's historic focus had The Houthis took over the Monday, said the alliance would been the conventional threats of capital Sanaa in September and keep the door open to an improved the Cold War, which ended in spread throughout the country in relationship with Russia but said 1991. But Carter said NATO "will a push they view as a revolution flatly: "It's up to the Kremlin to not rely on the Cold War play- against a corrupt government but decide." book", citing instead a combina- deny any military links with their "We do not seek a cold, let tion of military and non-military allies in Tehran. alone a hot war with Russia. We tools, including sanctions. Backed up by Arab bombings do not seek to make Russia an en- He encouraged Europe to keep and weapons drops, local fighters emy," Carter said. "But make no up its sanctions -- which he called in Yemen's south and its main city mistake: we will defend our allies, the best tool -- for as long as it Aden have resisted the heavily the rules-based international order, takes to change Russia's calculus. armed militia's advance. and the positive future it affords "The United States will not let In Aden, residents reported us all." Russia drag us back to the past," three raids on the Houthi-controled Carter said on Sunday the he said. international airport while anoth- United States and NATO were Turning his attention to Ger- er bombing destroyed parts of the preparing militarily for the pros- many, Carter commended Germa- Ottoman-era Seera castle, a sym- pect that their rift with Russia ny's leadership during the Ukraine bol of the city and the latest cul- could even outlast President crisis. He also sought to encourage tural site in Yemen to suffer dam- Vladimir Putin. a stronger German military role age in the war. During his trip this week, Cart- globally. Still, he called for more Along Yemen's border with buildings housing Houthi forces and their army allies, who have repeatedly clashed with Saudi forces in recent weeks. Mainly drawn from the Shi'ite er will climb aboard a U.S. war- defense spending "to ensure that Saudi Arabia, residents in Hajja Zaydi sect, the Houthis are allied to Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who still has the loyalty of much of the army. They are fighting ship in Estonia fresh from Baltic Germany's defense investments province reported five air raids on President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is exiled in Riyadh, and southern separatists, tribal factions and other political groups. Sea drills. In Brussels, he will meet match Germany's leadership role." Uncertainty as Turkish parties jockey for power Two weeks after Turkey’s June 7 election left the long-ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) short of the majority needed to Egypt on Sunday appointed a new govern alone, opposition parties ambassador to Israel to fill a post have been jostling for power. that had been vacant since ousted On Saturday, the opposition Islamist president Mohammad Nationalist Movement Party Mursi recalled the previous envoy (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli re- in 2012. jected a proposal from the main State news agency MENA said opposition Republican People’s that Hazem Khairat, a former am- Party (CHP) to take on the prime bassador to Chile, was appointed ministerial post in a possible coa- by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. lition government. It did not say when he will take up “It is not possible to comment his post. further on this at this moment. I Khairat's appointment was mean, it would not work out, I move from the newly-built 1,000 those days when its star glittered,” immediately "deeply" welcomed don’t think so,” Bahceli said in re- room grandiose presidential palace the book quotes Gul as saying. by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin marks published in the Sozcu dai- to Cankaya, the traditional presi- Erdogan is expected to formal- Netanyahu. ly. dential residence, Bahceli said. ly ask Prime Minister Ahmet Da- "We've been informed by the Bahceli was responding to The MHP also opposes the vutoglu, leader of the AKP, next government of Egypt that it is dis- CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, two-year-old peace process with week to try to form a coalition. If patching an ambassador to Israel. who had suggested that Bahceli be Turkey’s autonomy-seeking Kur- Davutoglu fails, Erdogan could This is an important piece of news, the prime minister of a possible dish rebels. Both parties sit on the then ask the second biggest party, we appreciate it," Netanyahu said CHP-MHP coalition government, right wing of Turkish politics, but the Republican People’s Party in Jerusalem. a surprising move as the MHP re- such a deal could damage AKP’s (CHP), to try to form a working "It's something that is deeply ceived less votes than the CHP in relationship with Kurdish voters, government. welcome in Israel, and I think it's the June 7 poll. a key constituency. The AKP has ruled Turkey very good for cementing the peace Bahceli then lined up condi- Some observers have warned single-handedly since winning its that exists between Egypt and Is- tions to found a government with of a struggle within the ruling par- first parliamentary election in rael," he said at a joint news con- the AKP, co-founded President ty itself. One wild card is former 2002. If efforts to form a coalition ference with French Foreign Min- Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Abdullah Gul, a co- fail after 45 days, a snap election ister Laurent Fabius. The MHP leader suggested founder of AKP still popular with- could be held. Egypt was the first Arab coun- ouster of his predecessor Hosni bari. Mursi was ousted by then that as a condition for a coalition, in the party. Gul has long been seen “Neither can I or anyone else try to sign a peace treaty with Is- Mubarak in the 2011 uprising. He was killed at the start of an army chief Sisi in July 2013. Erdogan should stick within his as an Erdogan ally, but a provoca- make any predictions as to what’s rael in 1979. Jordan followed suit Mursi recalled Egypt's envoy eight-day Israeli operation dubbed Later that year, the Israeli for- constitutional role as a non-execu- tive memoir just published by one happening,” Ersin Kalaycioglu, a in 1994. to Israel in November 2012 to pro- Pillar of Defense in which 177 Pal- eign ministry named Middle East tive president – one of the biggest of Gul’s former aides reads like a professor of Turkish politics at Ties between the two neigh- test against a series of Israeli air estinians and six Israelis were specialist Haim Koren as the Jew- issues in the June 7 poll. call for a return to frontline poli- Sabanci University in Istanbul, bors soured after Mursi's June 2012 raids on the Gaza Strip that killed killed. The violence stopped after ish state's next ambassador to Additionally, Erdogan should tics. “I can take Turkey back to told AP. election as president following the top Hamas militant Ahmed Jaa- Egypt brokered a truce. Egypt. EU launches Mediterranean migrant military mission EU ministers formally approve launch of first phase of a military operation against people smugglers, official says. EU foreign ministers have formal- shores. "I am impressed by the problem at the source, including a ly approved the launch of the first unanimity and speed with which military option to go after the peo- phase of a military operation we have put this together," Mogh- ple traffickers working out of Lib- against people smugglers in the erini said as she arrived to chair ya. The first phase of intelligence Mediterranean, officials said. the foreign ministers meeting. gathering is meant to be followed The first ships and aircraft to There have been serious differenc- by active intervention to board and conduct intelligence gathering mis- es among member states over how disable smuggler vessels and arrest sions should be available within a to handle the thousands of mi- the traffickers. A third phase week, officials said on Monday. grants crossing the Mediterranean. would extend these actions into EU foreign affairs head Feder- Italy, Greece, and Malta have en- Libyan territorial waters and pos- ica Mogherini said the 28-nation dured the burden until the loss of sibly inside the country itself. bloc had responded quickly to the up to 800 people in April when The April summit agreed that crisis their rickety boat sank and forced advancing to the next two phases Talk to Al Jazeera in the field - a rethink. Phases of the plan EU would however require a UN Se- African migrants: What really leaders agreed at an emergency curity Council Resolution and drives them to Europe? summit that month to formulate a agreement from Libya before the washing up on its southern comprehensive plan to tackle the EU would go ahead. 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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TUESDAY .JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion Taliban are talking peace, though AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir not with Afghan government Phone No: +93-772364666 By Mujib Mashal E-mail: [email protected] KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban envoys have been busy Email: [email protected] over the past month, shuttling from conferences in one world capital www.afghanistantimes.af to the next, in the biggest rush of Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi activity on the Afghan peace front in years. Advisory editorial board They have held informal talks with Afghan technocrats and Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, former rival guerrillas, party lead- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal ers and lawmakers. And those par- ticipants have reported back about Graphic-Designers: how the Taliban delegates have Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari dropped some of the hard-line Marketing & Advertising: stances that characterized most of their previous statements about Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 political conciliation. Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan So why, after years of little progress, are the Taliban suddenly Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 so accessible? Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press One clue may lie in whom the Taliban are not talking to: Despite an all-out effort by President Ashraf The constitution says Ghani to open direct talks with the Taliban in recent months, the in- surgents have yet to meet formal- the Taliban and declared loyalty to Afghan government. Ghani. Rather than talking to the Article 162: ly with anyone representing his the Islamic State. But during meetings in Qatar entire group together, the Taliban This Constitution shall be enforced from the date of approval by the Loya Jirga, and government. When government “They have intensified talks in May that were attended by Mr. opted for individual meetings and endorsed and proclaimed by the President of the Islamic Transitional Government officials have ended up in the same because they fear other forces Ghani’s uncle, Qayoum Kochai, small group discussions in Dubai, of Afghanistan. Upon the enforcement of this Constitution, laws and legislative international meetings as the Tali- might take advantage of the weak who was said to be there in an un- raising the chances of private meet- decrees contrary to its provisions shall be invalid. ban envoys, the insurgents have government,” said Nazr Moham- official capacity, Taliban envoys ings with Mr. Kochai, some par- been quick to put out statements mad Mutmaeen, a former Taliban accused Mr. Ghani of breaking ticipants suggested. denying rumors of face-to-face dis- official who is now an analyst and promises and said he could no long- The Taliban’s larger demands Editorial cussions. writer in Kabul. er be trusted, according to two remain the same: the departure of At the same time, they have Others believe it will be the participants. foreign forces, constitutional been making their biggest territo- pace of the military offensive that The participants said that was changes, the release of prisoners rial gains on the battlefield in years, determines how soon the insur- in part because of Mr. Ghani’s ef- and the removal of the Taliban from pressing the pace of fighting and gents sit down for direct negotia- forts to work through Pakistan — the United Nations sanctions list. Falling short of goals threatening significant districts in tions with the government. the insurgent envoys bristled at However, they seem to be shifting many parts of Afghanistan. “The fighting this year is deci- being considered a Pakistani proxy on some issues, and beginning to Anti-narcotics strategies of the government are drawn-out and had Afghan officials and analysts sive,” said Haroun Mir, a political force. But it was also said to be engage in discussions of practical fallen far short of its goals. The teetering campaigns against opiates see it as part of a two-pronged analyst. “Even if we have a cease- because Mr. Ghani defied the Tal- specifics. Unlike in the past, in strategy by the Taliban: Continue fire, say, at the end of the year, iban’s demands that he refuse to recent meetings they have said will continue to traumatize the nation. At such a stage when interna- to grab territory from a politically what I fear is that we may end up sign a long-term security deal with clearly that they don’t “seek to tional community feel embarrassed, particularly the neighboring states, weak government, while talking with two parallel administrations the United States as he came to monopolize power,” which some statement of the minister of counter narcotics, Salamat Azimi, is peace with everyone else. by then.” Mr. Mir added: “The office. participants interpret as a big shift. quite disappointing. Azimi the other day projected a gloomy pic- In the course of two months, Taliban have presented themselves Some Western and Afghan of- “That is quite a profound representatives from the Taliban’s as a cohesive voice while manag- ficials, however, insist that the statement if you follow its logical ture. He said that officials never fulfilled the pledged programs in political office in Qatar have held ing to fragment the other side. It Taliban would not be talking at all implications — which means they the past 14 years to subdue narcotics. The minister just lamented informal talks with Afghan faction- has created a fundamental prob- if Mr. Ghani had not signed the are willing to consider competitive over increase in opium production but dint not point a way out and al leaders and lawmakers in Qatar, lem for the Afghan government.” security agreement to bolster his politics, a republican system of Dubai and Norway. Another such Not everyone sees complete- military and keep foreign troops government based on elections, not strategy. meeting is scheduled for later this ly bad news for Mr. Ghani’s gov- in Afghanistan — a move seen as an emirate,” Mr. Ahady said. Last year, mushroom growth in cultivation of poppy was ob- month in Qatar. ernment. making any complete insurgent They have also seemed more served in the country. According to a report of the UN Office on During the engagements, the The European Union’s special military victory more unlikely. open about basic rights for wom- Taliban envoys have proved re- representative in Afghanistan, Further, Mr. Ghani’s outreach to en, including education and access Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), poppy was harvested on nearly markably accessible and seeming- Franz-Michael Mellbin, said that Pakistan was grounded in painful to work, as long as it happens with 224,000 hectares in 2014. The figures show a staggering seven per- ly eager to make a good impres- even while the informal talks were lessons from recent history, said what they consider Islamic mod- cent increase compared to 2013. Despite efforts of the international sion. Around the table, they have unlikely to lead to an immediate Anwar ul-Haq Ahady, who was a esty. This position was furthered taken notes and listened politely. reduction in violence, “they do al- minister in President Hamid in their meeting in Oslo with fe- partners and presence of the US-led allied troops in the restive prov- After official hours, they have split low the Afghan government to bet- Karzai’s government and met with male activists. One participant, inces, poppy remained the most favorite crop of growers in Kanda- into smaller groups to knock on ter understand what the Taliban Taliban representatives in Qatar Shukria Barakzai, an Afghan law- har, Helmand, Nimroz, Farah, Nangarhar, Zabul, Badakhshan, and the hotel-room doors of their visi- are looking for in potential peace and Dubai in recent weeks. Every maker and rights activist, called it tors for casual tea and dinner in an talks.” time the Taliban were approached a breakthrough of sorts. Badghis provinces, where the Taliban and other insurgent groups atmosphere described as cordial. During his first 10 months in directly in the past, and not “It was a historic moment for pose serious threats. On and off attacks on the military and civilian But if the Taliban’s immediate office, Mr. Ghani has banked most through Pakistan, the insurgents somebody to be beaten on the installations have become a routine job of the Taliban where they aim has seemed to be to make gains of his political capital on trying to ended up dead or behind bars, he streets during the Taliban regime, while the central government is reach a settlement with the Tali- said. But the Taliban were not con- to be attacked by a suicide bomb- have strong presence. Looking at the UNODC’s report published vulnerable, analysts and partici- ban — largely by trying to ease vinced, and they expressed as er, to sit across from them and de- last year, it is clear that situation is very depressing as only 15 prov- pants in the talks have also seen tensions with the Pakistani mili- much to Mr. Kochai in Qatar. scribe what it means being a vic- inces are poppy-free. Helmand and Kandahar are top in the list of the informal diplomacy as a sign tary, which has long been seen as “They looked into the eyes of the tim, what it means to beg for peace that in the longer term, the insur- supporting the Afghan Taliban president’s uncle and said, ‘We door to door, generation to genera- poppy cultivating provinces, though, British and American troops gents may be giving up on trying movement and to some degree can don’t recognize this government as tion,” Ms. Barakzai said. were stationed there, not far from the poppy fields. As per estimates to achieve a complete return to control the movements of the legitimate,’ “ said Sayed Ishaq Still, while she said she was around $7 billion dollars were spent alone by the United States to power militarily. group’s Pakistani-based senior Gailani, another participant in the impressed by the Taliban dele- support the Afghan government in anti-narcotics campaigns. One factor may be the leadership. talks. Mr. Kochai publicly voiced gates’ polite manner, she had not Taliban’s own problem with insur- Though that has cost Mr. his disappointment after the Qa- given up cautious skepticism. Unfortunately, the financial and material assistance was wasted gency. Its senior leadership is fac- Ghani politically at home, tar talks. But what happened in “Afghan women are not stu- as corruption and mismanagement exist in bones of the system. ing increasing internal challenges where Pakistan is widely viewed Dubai, early in June, was intrigu- pid anymore to believe in lip ser- Though, officials link the increase in poppy cultivation with uncer- from skeptical commanders, a few with suspicion, officials say the ing, suggesting that the Taliban vice,” she said. “We want every- of whom have gone so far as to hope is that Pakistan will press the could be using the cover of such thing to be proven in action.” tain law and order situation, but the data sketches a picture that is declare that they have broken from Taliban to talk directly with the events to pass messages to Mr. (Courtesy: The New York Times) quite different from the one being projected by the narcotics minis- try and other relevant organizations. Opium produced in Afghani- stan accounts for 80 percent of the world production, to be valued at $60 billion. As a matter of fact, the militant groups receive an Double standard policy estimated $100 to $200 million per year from the opium trade. Me- dia are clueless how to trace the remaining $59.8 billion. However, it is clear that corruption has strong bond with drugs production. Corruption not only hampers the anti-narcotics drives, but also makes the illicit drugs trade very lucrative. Heroin, opium and hashish are as much common as corruption because they are available even in prisons. Looking at the overall picture, there is no second opinion that without fighting graft effectively and at the grass-root level, we can- not get rid of narcotics. The frightening figures of the UNODC and the statement of the counter narcotics minister must be a dig in the rib of the government to devise such a mechanism that effectively deals with this monstrous challenge and make the anti-narcotics drives fruitful. 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Asia: Lessons from By Annette Dixon region has seen some major earth- happen. But what we do know is lives lost and the devastation could quakes – 1934 Bihar-Nepal, 1945 that there are many measures coun- have been far worse. Making About 9,000 lives have been lost Makran, 1950 Assam, 1993 Latur, tries can take to protect their citi- schools safe for our children to the devastating earthquake in 2001 Bhuj, 2005 Pakistan, 2015 zens against the next natural di- should become a priority across Nepal on April 25 and the power- Nepal. Just looking at the big mag- saster. The next big earthquake the region. Sikhism and Sufism ful aftershock on May 12. A con- nitude earthquakes, however, can need not become the South Asian These things sound like they ference in Kathmandu on June 25 obscure the real picture. South mega-disaster of the 21st century. cost a lot of money. But not doing both to honor the legacy and con- tional leadership, which South Asia will bring Nepal together with its Asia is constantly beset by trem- Among the measures countries them can cost even more. This cost By M. Ashraf Haidari tributions of the great Sufi and to direly lacks, we need to draw in- international partners to build the ors. The World Bank recently ana- can take are building resilient hous- goes beyond the tragic loss of lives. The relationship between Sufism further strengthen cultural ties be- spiration from the kind of leader- country back better and safer. lyzed earthquake events over a ing, improving building codes, and The World Bank estimates and Sikhism dates back to the time tween Afghanistan and India, based ship that Guru Nanak exhibited Unfortunately, this is not just one-year period from May 2013 strengthening critical infrastructure that every dollar invested in disas- of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), who on the two countries’ shared past during his lifetime. As noted, Guru a Nepal challenge. From Afghani- to May 2014 that impacted the including schools, hospitals, bridg- ter prevention saves $4 in disaster led a modest life of profound, spir- and intertwined destiny. Nanak led his Hindu and Muslim stan to Bangladesh, much of South South Asia region. Only consid- es, dams, key road infrastructure, damage. A single large disaster can itual devotion, focused on build- The Chishti Order of Sufism – followers by example, so much so Asia is located in one of the high- ered were those earthquakes re- public buildings and so on. cost between three to six percent ing bridges of love, tolerance, co- which influenced the thinking and that he had erased from his fol- est seismically active regions in the corded by the United States Geo- Strengthening disaster response of a developing country’s economic existence, and harmony among teaching of Guru Nanak – inter- lowers’ minds any differences world. More than 600 million peo- logical Survey’s global earthquake mechanisms and providing better output. This can wipe out years peoples of diverse faiths and so- preted religion in terms of human among their ethnicity, faith and ple live along the fault-line across monitoring database (USGS) great- search and rescue equipment and of development progress that a cio-economic status. So immersed service, inviting its followers “to caste. In other words, he unified the Himalayan belt that runs er than 4.0 magnitude on the Rich- training to first responders is crit- country has worked hard to in piety and teaching his disciples develop river-like generosity, sun- them around an ethos that promot- through Afghanistan, Pakistan, In- ter scale. The tally totaled 1,247 ical. This also includes having con- achieve. In Nepal, it was the poor dia, Nepal and Bhutan. to live spiritually, honestly, and like affection, and earth-like hos- ed the general wellbeing of all peo- recorded earthquake events. tingency planning and systems set that suffered the most from the The earthquake threat in South South Asia may have had up to hand out food to the vulner- earthquake. harmoniously was the Guru, that pitality.” The highest form of de- ple. votion, according to Chishti, was Afghanistan, where many of Asia is generated by the collision earthquakes for millions of years. able and offer vaccinations to halt Now is the time to invest in many of his Muslim contempo- between three tectonic plates. The “to redress the misery of those in this region’s Sufis, Gurus, poets, But the difference today is that diseases that inevitably spread af- disaster resilience. This should be raries, especially Sufis, called him Indian plate is moving northward more and more people are living in ter a disaster hits. done across all sectors including a true Muslim. distress, to fulfill the needs of the and scholars were born and where at a speed of about five centime- the earthquake zone, often crowd- I specifically want to highlight transport, energy, agriculture, ed- Guru Nanak traveled exten- helpless, and to feed the hungry.” they made remarkable contribu- ters ayear. In doing so, it collides ed into rapidly growing cities. the importance of strengthening ucation, health, gender, housing sively – including to Mecca for To implement these universal- tions to the region’s shared, rich with the Eurasian Plate. Due to this Much of this booming urbaniza- schools. The Nepal earthquaker- and livelihoods. Haj, different provinces of Afghan- ly good deeds, the followers of civilization, has been a target of collision, the Himalayan Moun- tion in high risk seismic zones in- endered unusable (fully and part- South Asia should prepare for istan, and Baghdad – in search of Chishti and other Orders of Sufism the so-called Muslims that daily tains are forced upwards and a large cludes everything from mega-cit- ly damaged) more than 30,000 the next disaster now. divine knowledge and mystic set up khanaqas, community cen- terrorize innocent Afghans, burn number of earthquakes are gener- ies, to secondary and tertiary cit- classrooms across 9,100 schools. scholarship. This gave him more ters with feeding and lodging facil- down their schools and madaares, ated. This has been happening for ies, to towns. The earthquake struck on a Satur- The author is Vice President exposure to Islam and its various ities, which were built in rural ar- and increasingly carry out suicide millions of years. No one can predict when or day when schools were closed. for the South Asia Region of the mystic schools of thought than to eas throughout India. The Chishti terrorist attacks inside their Over the past 100 years, the where the next earthquake will Had it struck on a weekday, the World Bank. any other religion. And, of course, Order khanaqas welcomed anyone, mosques where the innocent and for 64 long years, one of Guru regardless of faith, race, or caste, the poor pray and worship God. Nanak’s closest companions and and offered them food and shelter, They ruthlessly kill civilians – men, spiritual guidance, psychological Russia and the South servants was Mardanda, who re- women, and children – in the name US needs to mained a Muslim until he died. support, and counseling. By cre- of a religion of peace, tolerance, According to the custodian of the ating egalitarian communities with- harmony, and co-existence, whose in a stratified society, the Sufis Caucasus: Exploiting shrine of Miyan Mir in Lahore, true message the great Sufis of Af- successfully spread their teachings the descendants of Mardana still ghanistan – like Khwaja Moinud- approve trade deal live there, and they refer to them- of love, spirituality and harmony. din Chishti – spread throughout selves as Sikh-Muslims. Indeed, it was this example of Sufi unresolved conflicts South Asia. Upon his death, Guru Nanak brotherhood and equity that drew Indeed, the Sufis’ was the real By Tracey German as a truly independent state (al- left behind a large number of Hin- people to Islam. to contain China though there is still support for du and Muslim disciples, each side Revisiting the Basic Precepts jihad, the greater jihad, whose mes- sage of universal brotherhood nat- By Noah Feldman Is the West too focused on Ukraine South Ossetia retaining its ‘inde- claiming him as theirs, for he had To restore peace and harmony to have closer economic ties to the and thereby diverting its attention pendence’). The agreement signed lived with them so harmoniously in South Asia today, we do not urally resonated with and attract- ed believers of different faiths and House Democrats who’ve been other side than to the side on which from Russia’s attempts to consol- with Moscow in March envisages and treated them so equally, so re- need to look much farther afield. idate its influence elsewhere? Just the incorporation of South Osse- We should simply revisit the basic social castes. Theirs was the interfering with United States Pres- they were dependent for their se- spectfully, and so sincerely that look at what’s happening in South tia’s armed forces, security agen- neither side was willing to give up precepts of Sufism and Sikhism. straight path, the path of Prophet ident Barack Obama’s ability to curity. Trade between communist Ossetia and Abkhazia, says Tracey cies and customs authorities into his body to the other. Today, the In a fast shrinking, interdependent Mohammed (PBUH), from which negotiate the Trans-Pacific Part- and capitalist worlds was highly German. Both territories are on the shrine of Guru Nanak is visited not world, nations should tear down today’s killers of innocent Mus- constrained and limited. In the those of the Russian Federation, nership are missing something verge of being absorbed into the and also includes a clause facilitat- only by Sikhs but also by Hindus walls of hatred, hostility, and self- lims and non-Muslims have long zero-sum logic of the Cold War, it very important: The trade deal isn’t political and military structures of ing the acquisition of Russian citi- and Muslims, each seeking his defeating, zero-sum designs to un- and far deviated, increasingly serv- made little sense for either side to dermine each other. These artifi- ing the political, short-sighted in- primarily significant because of the Russian Federation. zenship for citizens of South Os- blessings in their distinct ways. strengthen the enemy by trading It was in this mutually rein- cial human obstacles to their col- terests of realist states in the in- the economy. It matters because As the conflict in eastern setia. forcing spiritual relationship that lective progress should be replaced ternational system. it’s part of the broader American with that enemy’s allies. Ukraine enters its second year, in- This is in contrast to Abkha- evolved between Sufism and by honest, results-oriented efforts Because of this deviation from geostrategic goal of containing Chi- Largest export market ternational attention has been di- zia, which is less keen to remain Sikhism that Guru Arjan Dev in- to achieve regional integration for the noble teachings and traditions na — which pointedly hasn’t been The rules of the cool war are verted from Russian involvement so dependent upon Moscow’s vited Miyan Mir, a leading Sufi of peace and prosperity for all. That of Islam – whose image they have invited to join the TPP. In the new completely different — which is in the unresolved conflicts of the continuing patronage. Unlike South his time and Pir of the Sufism’s is what the great Sufis and Gurus harmed terribly – the terrorists cool war, China’s rising economic why it’s cool, not cold. It’s not South Caucasus. The West’s fo- Ossetia, which, prior to 2008, had Qaderi Order, to lay the founda- of Central Asia and South Asia who often kill and destroy, in the influence is giving it greater geo- just that US security allies trade cus on Ukraine has enabled Mos- been seeking reunification with the tion stone of the Golden Temple preached and promoted, so that guise of jihad, will not succeed in cow to consolidate its position in Russian republic of North Osse- political power in Asia. The TPP abundantly with China. The US in Amritsar, Punjab. Indeed, the human tragedy was replaced by Abkhazia and South Ossetia, sign- their worldly designs, even at the does, too: It’s still the largest ex- tia, Abkhazia has always sought commonality of the values and human harmony through univer- cost of innocent human lives. Cer- is, above all, an effort to push back ing alliance and integration treaties full independence, based on close port market for Chinese goods. principles, which the Gurus and sal human service and fraternity tainly Afghanistan didn’t succumb on China’s powerful trade relation- with both. In November 2014 Rus- political and economic integration Sufis had been teaching their fol- under one beneficent, merciful God to their brutal, inhumane atrocities ships to reduce its political clout. And the government of China is sia concluded a Treaty of Alliance with Russia. Since 2008 there has and its many different, beautiful lowers, was so deeply focused on against its people during the By weakening Obama’s ability to still the single largest foreign hold- and Strategic Partnership with been growing unease in Abkhazia manifestations. humanism that Guru Granth (the 1990s; rather, the brutality which pursue it, congressional Democrats er of US Treasury bonds. Abkhazia, which came into effect Last year’s Summit of the about its increasing reliance on central religious text of Sikhism) eventually spelled their own down- Given that the defining feature South Asian Association for Re- are unintentionally weakening the on 5 March 2015, only weeks af- Moscow, and its desire to remain includes 112 couplets and four fall. Nor would the country’s cou- gional Cooperation (SAARC) in US side in the cool war. of the cool war is that it’s possible ter a similar treaty with South as independent as possible was hymns by Khwaja Fariduddin rageous people ever cease their Ganjshakar (1173-1266), a prom- Kathmandu, Nepal, debated the It’s easy to miss the geopolit- to trade extensively with your geo- Ossetia was concluded in Febru- reflected in the final version of the many common challenges that con- greater jihad to secure and rebuild strategic opponents, you can see ary 2015. In a highly symbolic ges- treaty: the first draft was a Treaty inent Sufi of the Chishti Order, who their country, in partnership with ical importance of the TPP, because lived in Punjab. This underscores front the nations of South Asia. in the cool war, economics and why the connection between the ture, Putin formally signed the pact of ‘Alliance and Integration’, the international community. with the South Ossetian leader whilst the version that was signed the deep relationship between Extreme poverty, weak gover- politics sometimes appear to be TPP and the cool war might be The enemies of humanity in Leonid Tibilov in Moscow on 18th Sufism and Sikhism, and the influ- nance, a lack of connectivity, a lack easy to miss. saw ‘integration’ replaced with of energy, and security threats con- South Asia and beyond should be operating in unrelated spheres. March 2015, the first anniversary ‘strategic partnership’, suggesting ence they had on one another. But in fact, the TPP was con- Since the emergence of Sikhism tinue to cause widespread human reminded of what Islam really Consider that the US-dominated of the Russian annexation of a mutually beneficial relationship in the 15th century, the differenc- suffering throughout the SAARC stands for, as communicated by security regime in Asia since the ceived as a crucial tool in the next Crimea. With the world’s attention between two equal partners. The es between the Sikh and Muslim region, a region otherwise richly another great Sufi-poet of the re- Second World War has depended stage of the cool war. China has focused on Russia’s activities else- first article of the treaty stresses communities have been traced to endowed in nature and civilization. gion, Saadi Shirazi: on a “hub and spokes” arrangement been expanding its security posi- where, both separatist regions are the bilateral nature of the relation- Human beings are members of realpolitik. These differences have To address the root-causes of these tion within Asia, growing its mili- accelerating their move into the ship between the two, which is to a whole, with America at the centre and al- rarely emanated from the shared problems and to exploit the re- lies such as Australia, Japan, South tary budget at more than 10 per Russian orbit. be based on mutual respect for path, which the Sufis and the Gu- gion’s vast natural and human po- In creation of one essence and Korea and Taiwan all connected to cent a year and staking claims to A tale of two territories sovereignty and territorial integri- rus followed to reach truth by serv- tential for the collective security soul. If one member is afflicted with the US and only very loosely to islands both real and imaginary or Both Abkhazia and South Os- ty. The principal aims of the part- ing the vicegerents of God on this and prosperity of all their nations, setia have been de facto indepen- nership are the development of a Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pain, one another. newly constructed. earth, while inviting them to love, dent since fighting brief wars with coordinated foreign policy (mean- called on his fellow SAARC lead- Other members uneasy will All four of those allies rely on In all this, China is using its tolerate, and help one another. Georgia in the early 1990s and have ing, in reality, Moscow will over- Afghanistan is the birthplace ers to “change the rules of the game remain. close economic relationship with the American relationship to pro- enjoyed enduring support from see Abkhazia’s foreign policy) and of many great Sufis of the subcon- and the playing field among the If you’ve no sympathy for tect them from China. Yet in the its neighbours as leverage to build nations from confrontation to co- human pain, Moscow, which has used the un- the development of common se- tinent, including the sultan-ul hind: decades of China’s rise, each of its geopolitical position. Its ulti- operation.” The name of human you can- resolved conflicts to maintain po- curity, defence, economic and so- Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. He mate goal is to displace the US as was born in Chisht, Herat, some- In effect, Ghani maintained not retain! those countries has developed litical leverage over Tbilisi. Efforts cial spaces. Nevertheless, Abkha- time in 1141, and eventually set- that so long as the South Asian —(The Diplomat) trade relationships with China that the regional hegemon. President Xi to restore central Georgian control zia will retain its own armed forc- tled down in Ajmer, following a nations remained locked up in a M. Ashraf Haidari is the dep- first equalled and then surpassed Jinping’s slogan of the “Chinese over South Ossetia in August 2008 es, which are to be modernised in dream in which Prophet Moham- zero-sum mindset, undermining uty chief of mission of the Afghan their trade relationships with the dream” requires nothing less. triggered a Russian military inva- order to ensure interoperability med (PBUH) blessed him to do one another, they would struggle Embassy in India. He formerly US The overarching goal for the sion, jeopardising security across with their Russian counterparts. so. To restore this spiritual con- to develop and advance together served as Afghanistan’s deputy During the Cold War, it US in the cool war is and must the unstable Caucasus region. Furthermore, a Joint Group of on a sustainable basis. The presi- assistant national security advis- With the majority of the South nection, Afghanistan has recently would’ve been almost unimagin- continue to be a form of contain- Forces, comprising Abkhaz and proposed to establish a sister-city dent noted that to change the sta- er, as well as chargé d’affaires and Ossetian (and Abkhazian) popu- Russian forces, will be established able for countries belonging to the ment. For reasons of prudence and relationship between Chisht of tus quo was “the test of leader- deputy chief of mission of the Af- lation claiming Russian citizen- to repel any aggression against caution, the US never says offi- Herat and Ajmer of Rajasthan, ship.” For inclusive, transforma- ghan Embassy in the United States. Eastern bloc or the western allies ship, Moscow was able to cite Abkhazia. cially that it aims to contain Chi- concerns for the security of its cit- In a clear manifestation of the na. But that’s the whole point of izens as a motive for launching a balance of power within the rela- the US military presence in the military operation on Georgian ter- tionship, the Commander of this region. Yes, it’s protecting its al- ritory. Having secured the two re- Joint Group will be a Russian with ETTER TO THE EDITOR lies from being dominated by Chi- gions militarily, Moscow took its an Abkhaz as the deputy. Follow- na — but it’s doing so by func- political support one step further, ing the ratification of the treaty, tioning as the dominant regional formally recognising the indepen- there have been indications that military actor. dence of Georgia’s separatist re- Moscow is seeking to strengthen China’s economic growth is a gions at the end of August 2008. its control over Abkhazia, after a fait accompli. In general, it’s a great However, subsequent events have retired Russian general, Anatoly done little to reinforce this ‘inde- Khrulev, was appointed as the re- Lack of budget in e-NIC office thing, bringing hundreds of millions pendence’. Rather, Abkhazia and public’s minister of defence. Al- of people out of poverty. But the South Ossetia have become in- though the appointment, an- The three-decade and plus years war and conflicts in Afghanistan brought us to the situation that we held two controversial phases of US needs a range of tools beyond creasingly dependent on Mos- nounced in May 2015, was osten- presidential election which both failed to elect a legal president or the president which majority of the country be happy with his success. The the military to contain China. A cow’s patronage, a situation rein- sibly made by Abkhazia’s de facto National Unity Government was the outcome of election fraud lack of specific data about the country’s population. Today, majority of our trade deal that excludes China is a forced by the recent treaties. One president Raul Khadjimba, the countrymen hold more than one electoral card. This is because absence of Electronic National Identity Cards (e-NIC). The e-NIC office on good way to do it. of the most significant provisions timing of the decision coincided Sunday said that has fired at least 800 of its staffers due to lack of budget. It seems that we will not witness issuance of the electronic identity And progressives in principle to be found in both documents is a with his return from a meeting with cards in years. The more this process will delay the more we will witness fraud in parliamentary election which will be held next year. The should like this approach. After all, clause stating that any aggression Russian President Vladimir Putin, National Unity Government should not stay reluctant anymore. The e-NIC Issuance should be kicked off as soon as possible and its officials or armed attack against one party should be re-appointed immediately. The government is highly requested not to turn its back on important issues of this ill- one reason China can’t join the suggesting that the choice was not fated nation, if it did so, then we will step to a more chaotic situation. Lala Karimi, Qala-i-Fathullah, Kabul TPP is that it isn’t about to allow will be considered an attack against Khadjimba’s alone. The back- labour unions or other progressive both. This acts both as a warning ground of the appointee was also to Tbilisi and formalises what has instructive: Khrulev commanded institutions that the TPP requires been clear since 2008: Moscow is Russia’s 58 th Army until his re- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s of its members. Indeed, the TPP determined to obstruct any Geor- tirement in 2010 and was wound- name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] has been designed precisely to in- gian attempts to restore its terri- ed in South Ossetia during the 2008 clude free or at least freer coun- torial integrity and will respond to war Dr Tracey German is a Senior tries than China — and to encour- any such efforts. There are some Lecturer in the Defence Studies age greater freedom in others, like important differences between the Department at King’s College. Pri- Vietnam. two documents, however, reflect- or to this she lectured at RMA Disclaimer: The TPP uses trade in the ser- ing the different positions of the Sandhurst and the University of vice of geopolitics. It will make the two territories. The leadership of Aberdeen, and worked as a re- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) US stronger in the cool war. And South Ossetia is content to in- search manager for a business in- that’s an issue progressive Demo- crease its reliance on Russia, re- telligence company, specialising in and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. flecting an understanding that the energy security. (Courtesy: ISN crats should care about. region would be unable to survive Security Watch) 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 . JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

From Iraq to America: A father’s devotion to his daughters

“We’ll be ok. I made a promise to and curious mind who has been a your mother, and I will make sure constant educator and an expert in that we will be ok.” Losing my the niche market of Geomorphol- With the Conservative government announcing new cuts next month, protesters hit the streets en masse as a warning. mother seven years ago to breast ogy. I decided from a young age cancer was excruciating, and since that I would become a journalist. I ctivists and trade union lead then, the harsh reality of her death undoubtedly got my creativity and ers have called for a general has been sobering. She has not been love of writing from my father. He Astrike and a mass campaign here to see us graduate, get jobs, is poetic and intelligent with his of civil disobedience to bring down change jobs, fall in love, and to words and knows how to deliver a the country's new right-wing gov- comfort us after heartbreaks. She speech as well as a punch line. He ernment as hundreds of thousands has not been there to laugh with taught me to be fearless and confi- took to the streets of London and us, or dry our tears. In her absence, dent but, as he constantly reminds other cities to protest against aus- my sisters and I realized, she also my sisters and I, “to always be terity and public service cuts. left our father—the glue that holds dignified.” In a time when our re- Organisers said a quarter of a the family together. Dr. Sami gion seems to be producing more million people had joined Alamiri, a studious and curious antagonists than protagonists, my Saturday's march from the Bank mind who has been a constant ed- father serves as a reminder of a time of England to the Houses of Par- ucator and an expert in the niche when the Middle East was worth liament, with smaller protests also market of Geomorphology. Fa- the nostalgia. The Iraq that my fa- taking place in Glasgow, Liverpool, ther’s Day in the United States is ther painted in our minds was cos- and Bristol, and pledged the event today. To be able to articulate into mopolitan, glamorous and rich with was only a beginning. words how much a woman’s life is culture and resources. The image "We've got to get rid of this shaped by her father’s influence is always remains in our mind when government quicker than five a daunting task. There are not we navigate the consistent news years. This government cannot last enough words to describe what my of a nation now in decline—and the full term," Sam Fairbairn, na- father means to me. My father was gives us hope that our native coun- tional secretary of the People's As- born and raised in Basra, Iraq. He try will once again return to its sembly, the anti-austerity cam- had a modest upbringing and threw former glory. paign group that organised the himself into his studies and spend- There are stories of old cow- march, told a rally in Parliament ing time with his large, immediate boy films being broadcast in open Square. "Today is just the start of family. He left Iraq and met my air movie theatres, pickup soccer a campaign of protests, of strikes, mother—a beautiful Iraqi pharma- matches after school, and boat trips of direct action and civil disobedi- cist. He loved and lost my mother on Shatt al-Arab—that is the Iraq ence up and down the country. We after 25 years of marriage. Their of my father’s youth. He had are going to organise the biggest union has been the example I judge friends of different cultures, reli- mass movement this country has all of my relationships against. gions and socio-economic strata. ever seen, and it is that mass move- They had a partnership in every Instead of alienating those who ment that is going to kick David sense of the word. And they loved were different, he embraced the Cameron out of office." The gov- at an expected cost of tens of bil- political system that no longer of- ing party of austerity-emaciated Pope-Weidemann told Al Jazeera. each other dearly. They decided diversity. We have learned to do ernment will announce measures lions of dollars. RELATED: fered them any hope for the fu- Greece, currently locked in a 'Clear enemy' Thousands march that they would raise their three the same. My father has embraced next month to reduce the UK's Whistle-blower reignites UK's ture. struggle with the country's credi- against UK austerity But she said girls with openness and sincerity. diversity, and overcome adversity welfare expenditure by 12 billion nuclear-deterrent debate Other "People are angry. The cuts are tors over its refusal to buckle to organisers and activists had been They ran a very democratic house- with dignity and grace throughout pounds ($19bn) a year [Simon campaign groups called for the re- hurting a lot of people, and our their demands for further cutbacks. heartened by the large numbers on hold. While I’m sure there were his life. Hooper/Al Jazeera] Cameron, the form of the UK's asylum and im- democracy system is a joke," she "Greetings from Syriza. Greetings the streets and said the event had times my father regretted his com- Despite the several major set- British prime minister, was re- migration system, measures to said. "I have not been able to find a from the first left government in "breathed new life" into the pro- mitment to empowering his girls backs he has seen in his life, he has elected last month after his right- tackle the UK's social housing cri- job that is not zero hours contract Europe that is fighting austerity. test movement. "The cuts are go- (mainly in household arguments), never wavered as a father or as a wing Conservative Party gained a sis, and an overhaul of surveillance or minimum wage, and that is the We are fighting for democracy and ing to be biting deeper and deeper he never wavered in allowing us to role model for his daughters. My small parliamentary majority de- and privacy laws. "They are let- same for thousands and thousands social justice. Make no mistake, and deeper and we are going to see find our own way, and our own youngest sister graduated from spite winning just 37 percent of ting down the poorest people in of young people in this country." we are at war and the front line is the disaffection and disillusion- voices. Empowering women is an university last month. My moth- votes cast, and claiming the sup- society," Lee, an IT worker from Critics say the government Greece," said Marina Prentoulis, a ment building and building. We have essential element to a stable, pro- er was not there to see it. Howev- port of less than a quarter of eli- London, told Al Jazeera. "This is lacks a mandate for widely un- university lecturer and Syriza a clear enemy. We know what we ductive society. As a father to three er, standing right beside my sister, gible voters. The Conservatives about making our voices heard and popular and controversial reforms party member. Some activist are about and we know what they women, my father understood the and us all, was my father—as he say extensive cuts are needed to letting them know that half the [Simon Hooper/Al Jazeera] 'Rav- groups attending Saturday's march are about and hopefully it will get need to raise strong women that always is. Dad, you have raised bring the UK's welfare budget and country is still really disappointed ishing attacks' Addressing complained that they had been tar- broader and bigger and stronger." can speak for their communities, three girls into three young wom- national deficit under control.In an about what [the Conservatives] are Saturday's rally, union leaders geted by the police in the run-up Despite a heavy police presence instead of being silenced by them. en, all on your own. Mom would article on Sunday in the Sunday doing." Afham Ismail, an asylum called for a general strike to "stop to the event, with several individu- along the route and the failed ef- Dr. Sami Alamiri, a studious be proud. Times newspaper, George seeker originally from Sri Lanka austerity in its tracks", and also als who had been arrested at pre- forts of a small group of black-clad Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith, who has been living in the UK for issued a warning to the government vious protests issued with bail anarchists to lead a breakaway from the government's finance and work 11 years, told Al Jazeera he was over its plans to restrict the rights conditions banning them from at- the main march, Saturday's rally and pensions ministers, said they attending the march to show soli- of trade unions to strike. tending. Mya Pope-Weidemann of dispersed chaotically but peace- State of fear: would announce measures next darity with housing activists who "A majority in the House of Brick Lane Debates, a radical ac- fully under rainy skies, with no month to reduce the UK's welfare had helped his family when they Commons [for the Conservatives] tivist collective, said several repeat of last month's angry expenditure by 12 billion pounds were evicted from their home in will never legitimise the ravishing people affiliated with the group clashes outside Downing Street. In Survivors tell of life ($19bn) a year. "It took many East London. Ismail said he and attacks on the disabled, the eld- had been banned from attending the Parliament Square, a few deter- years for welfare spending to spi- his wife had worked as teachers erly, the sick, those in precarious march, though none had been mined protesters hauled them- ral so far out of control and it's a but had lost their jobs and their work and those out of work," said charged with criminal offences. selves up onto the statues of Win- under ISIS rule project of a decade or more to re- home when their circumstances Len McCluskey, general secretary Lisa McKenzie of Class War, an ston Churchill and other dignitar- turn the system to sanity," they changed and their work permits of Unite, the UK's largest trade anarchist group, said she and oth- ies, while some made a bonfire of When the Islamic State of Iraq and produced by the ISIS ruling machine wrote. Deep cuts coming But crit- were rescinded by the Home Of- union. "It will never legitimise the ers had been subjected to "general discarded placards and others Syria (ISIS) fighters burst into the - repentance cards, lists inventory- ics say the government lacks a fice. He said his family was now poverty and human suffering intimidation", while squatters oc- scribbled expletives onto the Iraqi village of Eski Mosul, Sheikh ing weapons held by local fighters, mandate for widely unpopular and homeless and staying with friends. caused by the greed and gluttony cupying a central London office boarding erected to protect the Abdullah Ibrahim knew his wife leaflets detailing rules of women’s controversial plans that include "It is just an excuse to exploit or- of unaccountable vested interests. building claimed their eviction on military monuments on Whitehall, was in trouble. Buthaina Ibrahim dress, detailed forms for applying reforming the UK's publicly dinary people and to ensure that It will never legitimise attacks on Friday had been fast-tracked be- the main street running from was an outspoken human rights for permission to travel outside ISIS funded National Health Service and the people in power continue to ordinary trade unionists and the cause of the protest. "What we Trafalgar Square towards the advocate who had once run for the territory. All emblazoned with the imposing deep cuts on already prosper at the expense of every- right to strike. Push us outside of have seen in advance of the June Houses of Parliament. Further provincial council in Mosul. The ISIS black banner and logo “Caliph- squeezed public services. March- body else," said Susan Ryan, car- the law and you will be respon- 20 demo is a crackdown on the down, as the booming bass of an ISIS fighters demanded she apply ate in the path of the prophet.” ers carried banners and placards rying a placard reading "Austerity sible for the consequences, not us." most radical elements of the youth anarchist sound system and danc- for a “repentance card.” Under the Adnan described the transformation reading: "They cut, we bleed" and is a con!" Estella Moreno, an 18- RELATED: Austerity fight movement. It is absolutely dis- ing crowds filled the street, two rule of the extremist group, all that the Syrian city of Raqqa under- "Homes not Trident", a reference year-old from Luton in southern threatens Northern Ireland stabil- gusting that people have been men in dinner jackets crossed the former police officers, soldiers and went after the ISIS took it over in to the UK's nuclear deterrent England, told Al Jazeera many ity The rally also heard a message banned from exercising their demo- road nervously, heading in the op- people whose activities are January 2014. At the time, he fled, which is due for renewal next year young people had lost faith in a of solidarity from Syriza, the rul- cratic right to peacefully march," posite direction. Al Jazeera deemed “heretical” must sign the but after a few months of missing card and carry it with them at all his family, the 28-year-old returned video is attached to Islam's inves- times.“She said she’d never stoop to see if he could endure life under tigation file," said Ezzat Ghoneim, so low,” her husband said. the extremists. He lasted for almost head of the Egyptian Coordination Buthaina Ibrahim was an outlier in a year in the city, now the ISIS de for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), her defiance of ISIS. It would cost facto capital. He spoke to AP in the a local NGO. "But the tapes have her dearly. The “caliphate,” de- Turkish border town of Gaziantep. disappeared since." There are no clared a year ago, demands obedi- The once colorful, cosmopolitan doubts. The situation is clear and ence. Untold numbers have been Syrian provincial capital has been apparent. Every person who has killed because they were deemed transformed, he said. Now, women disappeared was arrested by a dangerous to the ISIS, or insuffi- covered head to toe in black scur- police authority.Ezzat Ghoneim, ciently pious; 5-8 million endure a ried quickly to markets before rush- head of the Egyptian Coordination regime that has swiftly turned their ing home. Families often didn’t leave for Rights and Freedoms Ghoneim world upside down, extending its home to avoid any contact with the says the ECRF has been collecting control into every corner of life to “Hisba” committees, the dreaded evidence of "abnormal" patterns of enforce its own radical interpreta- enforcers of the innumerable ISIS forced disappearances since July tion of Islamic law, or Shariah. ISIS regulations. ISIS fighters turned a 2013. He says the number provid- is a place where men douse them- soccer stadium into a prison and in- ed by Freedom for the Brave is far selves with cologne to hide the terrogation center, known as “Point lower than actual figures, estimat- odor of forbidden cigarettes; where 11.” The city’s central square was ing that the number of forced dis- taxi drivers or motorists usually referred to by residents as “Jaheem” appearances in Egypt since Janu- play the ISIS radio station, since Square - Hell Square, an execution ary amounts to almost 1,000 cas- music can get a driver 10 lashes; site where Adnan said he saw the es. He says that not every organi- where women must be entirely corpses of three men left dangling sation will get the same results, as covered, in black, and in flat-soled for days as a warning. Armed mem- they each rely "on the number of shoes; where shops must close bers of the Hisba patrolled the people they have working on the during Muslim prayers, and every- streets, cruising in SUVs and wear- ground". In April and May of this one found outdoors must attend. ing Afghan-style baggy pants and of the missing. The NCHR pledged year, the ECRF reports that there There is no safe way out. People long shirts. They sniffed people for to inform the prosecutor general have been at least 621 disappear- vanish - their disappearance some- the odor of cigarettes, and chastised On June 1, Esraa el-Taweel, a 23- of individuals who have been re- long to any political organisations. and the interior ministry. Negad el- ances - almost quadruple the fig- times explained by an uninforma- women they considered improperly year-old arts student at Cairo Uni- ported missing between April and RELATED: Oppressive poli- Borai, an Egyptian lawyer and a ure provided by Freedom for the tive death certificate, or worse, a covered or men who wore Western versity, left with two friends, So- the first week of June. At least two cies unite Egypt activists former member of the NCHR who Brave. In a statement to Al Jazeera, video of their beheading. “People clothes or hair styles. Adnan said he haib Saad and Omar Mohamed, for of the people on the list have since The reports on Egypt's disap- resigned last year, told Al Jazeera Human Rights Watch said the find- hate them, but they’ve despaired, once was dealt 10 lashes for playing a stroll around the city. been found dead, according to the peared come on the heels of grow- that the Egyptian government ings of each organisation will "vary and they don’t see anyone sup- music in his car. In this world, the Friends and family say they campaign. "We discovered that ing criticism of the country's hu- "doesn't care about responding" to according to the methodology porting them if they rise up,” said outspoken Buthaina Ibrahim was have not seen or heard from them there has been a long period of man rights record over the past any reports of human rights viola- used". "There's little value in de- a 28-year-old Syrian who asked to clearly in danger. The sheikh tried since. On June 16, reports of Es- forced disappearance instances. year. Marking one year of Presi- tions. "Whether the government scribing cases that disappeared for be identified only by the nickname to save his wife, sending her away raa's detention at Egypt's Qanater People were disappearing without dent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in pow- issues a response or not, the re- a few days, rather than weeks or he uses in political activism, Adnan, to safety, but she soon returned, prison for women surfaced on so- any warrants or without their fam- er, Human Rights Watch released ports exist. Not responding to months, as enforced disappearance in order to protect his family, missing their three daughters and cial media. "The girl who saw her ilies knowing where they were," a report detailing cases of human them means that they are true," cases even if they were held in which still lives under ISIS rule. two sons, he said. In early October, [at Qanater prison] called me and campaign member Khalid Abdel rights abuses on his watch. Last Borai said. Article 54 of the Egyp- unknown places," HRW stated. “People feel that nobody is with the militants surrounded the house told me Esraa was wearing a black Hamid told Al Jazeera. week, Sisi apologised to Egyptians tian Constitution states that "it is Those missing for more than them.” The Associated Press in- and dragged her away. Not long af- headscarf and a multi-coloured top, Reports of forced disappear- for any abuses they might have not permissible" to arrest or de- 48 hours and who have not ap- terviewed more than 20 Iraqis and ter, Ibrahim received the death cer- which was very close to what Es- ances do not only include political faced during his first year in of- tain individuals without a judicial peared before an Egyptian prose- Syrians describing life under the tificate. A simple sheet of paper from raa was wearing the night she dis- activists; non-activists have also fice. "I am accountable for any- order. The article further states that cutor, are included on the ECRF's group’s rule. One AP team trav- an “Islamic court” with a judge’s sig- appeared. She wasn't wearing gone missing. According to family thing that happens to an Egyptian those detained "shall be immedi- "forced disappearance" list. elled to Eski Mosul, a village on a nature, it said only that Buthaina’s white," said Duaa el-Taweel, Es- ately enabled to contact his/her The ECRF then checks for bend in the Tigris River north of death was verified, nothing more. He raa's sister. Detainees awaiting of- relatives and lawyer; and shall be updates with the families at the Mosul where residents emerged has no idea where her body is. De- ficial investigation in Egypt are brought before the investigation start of each month. "There are no from nearly seven months under livery from ISIS came to Eski Mosul required to wear white uniforms. authority within 24 hours as of the doubts. The situation is clear and ISIS rule after Kurdish fighters at the hands of Kurdish fighters. On Wednesday, Esraa's sister time of restricting his/her freedom". apparent. Every person who has drove the extremists out in Janu- Amid the joy over liberation, many wrote a Facebook post saying that Human Rights Watch recently disappeared was arrested by a ary. ISIS forces remain dug in only residents discarded documents from police had come to the house to released a report detailing cases of police authority. They were either a few miles away, so close that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. deliver an official notice stating that human rights abuses under Presi- arrested from their workplaces, smoke is visible from fighting on But Ibrahim is keeping the death Esraa was in police custody. dent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi [Reuters] their homes, or outside of their the front lines. Another AP team certificate as a connection to his OPINION: Sisi's first year But just last month, Islam Ati- homes," Ghoneim said. travelled to the Turkish border cit- wife, “because it has her name on Esraa and her two friends are tu, a student at Ain Shams Univer- The ECRF has previously ies of Gaziantep and Sanliurfa, ref- it.” A former soldier in the village, among a long list of young men sity, was reportedly escorted out filed a case in Egypt's Administra- uges for Syrians who have fled IS Salim Ahmed, said he is keeping his and women who have gone miss- members, Esraa had not participat- citizen," Sisi said. On June 9, the of his exam hall by two men. The tive Court "to force" the presiden- territory. The picture they paint repentance card. ISIS might be gone, ing in Egypt in recent weeks. ed in any protests since she suf- National Council for Human next day, his body was found on a cy and interior ministry to offi- suggests ISIS’s “caliphate” has but the fear it instilled in him is not. A report released by Freedom fered a bullet injury to her spine in Rights (NCHR), a government-run desert road in Egypt. "Islam's cially respond. There has still been evolved into an entrenched “We live very close to their front for the Brave, a campaign follow- January 2014; she now uses entity, received 50 complaints over friends witnessed his arrest and no official response. "It's as if this pseudo-state, based on a bureau- line,” he said. “One day, they might ing the status of Egypt's detain- crutches for walking. Her sister disappearance cases during a lis- they've approached their dean, ask- issue exists in another country," cracy of terror. Interviewees pro- come back and ask me for my re- ees, compiled a list of 163 names confirmed that Esraa does not be- tening session held for the families ing him to ensure that the security Ghoneim said. Al Jazeera vided AP with some documents pentance card again.” 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 . JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

he Chinese mainland’s deter dominance of the US dollar in the a total of 635bn yuan bonds on mination to open up its $6tr global monetary system. the mainland by the end of April, vestors. rally on the mainland and switch- Tdomestic bond market to Beijing has greatly opened its accounting for less than 2pc cent Freer access to the bond mar- ing to the bond market for less foreign investors will further help equity market by launching a stock of the market. The percentage is ket is an important factor when risky investment, but the access expand the renminbi’s global foot- connect programme between much lower than South Korea’s the IMF evaluates the degree of restrictions remain a challenge. print — a hot pursuit of Beijing as Shanghai and Hong Kong in No- 8pc and Taiwan’s 6pc. In addition liberalisation of mainland’s capital Their favorite bonds are those it looks to bolster its currency’s vember, and is scheduled to roll to the quota limit, overseas inves- account. issued by the central government standing in world financial markets. out another one between Shenzhen tors can only buy bonds and con- Among the 40 items listed by and mainland policy banks, taking The People’s Bank of China and Hong Kong later this year. duct bond repurchase agreement in IMF under the capital account, up 35pc cent and 37pc, respec- (PBOC) said earlier this month that Foreign investors still have the onshore market, and are large- eight are directly or indirectly re- tively, of the total investment from Beijing would encourage overseas very limited channels and quotas ly shut out from other investment lated with the bond market, Wan foreign investors, said Cui Wei, entities to issue renminbi-denomi- to tap the world’s third-biggest tools like interest rate swap and said. general manager of renminbi mar- nated bonds in the onshore market debt market at present, which had credit risk mitigation warrant. Foreign investors’ interest in ket department at China Foreign and allow more categories of for- an outstanding amount of 36.8tr “China is aiming to have the mainland bonds is increasing as Exchange Trade System. eign institutions to enter its inter- yuan ($5.9tr) by the end of May renminbi included in the Interna- they seek channels to diversify From the perspective of issu- bank bond market with bigger in- owever, foreign investors still have tional Monetary Fund’s SDR (spe- their portfolios and allocate more ers, British Columbia, the first for- he outbreak of the first world cal balance improved by 20pc of vestment quotas. very limited channels and quotas cial drawing right) basket and an funds in renminbi assets, as mar- eign government to sell a renmin- war was, we are told, greet GDP between 2009 and 2014 and The move marked another to tap the world’s third-biggest inevitable trend is that the open- kets wager that the Chinese cur- bi-denominated dim sum bond, is Ted with confidence and jubi- the current account balance im- step in mainland’s efforts to liber- debt market at present, which had ing-up of its bond market will ac- rency is on its way to becoming a now eyeing the possibility of is- lation by the peoples of Europe. proved by 16pc of GDP between alise the capital account and inter- an outstanding amount of 36.8tr celerate,” said Wan Tailei, head of reserve currency. suing a panda bond as its looks to Something similar seems to be 2008 and 2014. The unemploy- nationalise its currency to match yuan ($5.9tr) by the end of May. International Cooperation Depart- Some of them who already attract more Asian investment to happening after years of econom- ment rate reached 28pc in 2013, its economic might, and, some an- Statistics from the PBOC ment at National Association of hold renminbi assets were seen the Pacific Coast province. — ic crisis and political turmoil in while government employment fell alysts say, eventually challenge the showed that foreign investors held Financial Market Institutional In- locking in profits from a huge stock ANN/Reuters Greece. A growing number of peo- by 30pc between 2009 and 2014. ple feel that enough is now enough. Such a brutal adjustment would The strident views expressed by have shredded the politics of any the Italian economist, Francesco country. Europeans are now deal- Saudis to jointly Giavazzi, are shared by many in ing with Syriza because of this ca- Pak signed accord with US high office. Meanwhile, Alexis lamity. But they are also dealing Tsipras, the Greek prime minis- with Syriza because of the refusal invest up to $10b with ter, accuses Greece’s creditors of to write down more of the debt in firm for 55 diesel-electric locos ‘pillaging’ his country. Olivier Blan- 2010. This was a huge error, made chard, the Inter•national Monetary far worse by the subsequent col- LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways er would be the highest capacity being called. Two locomotives Russian fund Fund’s sober chief economist, in- lapse of the Greek economy. In- is planning to run a record number locos the PR ever had. “Within would be in the CBU form while dicates that a deal might still be deed, the vast bulk of the official of special trains this Eid while no three years or so, these locomo- the remaining 18 would be assem- reached. But many are beginning loans to Greece were not made for proposal is under consideration to tives would recover their cost bled at the Risalpur factory, said to long to see the knot cut. What- its benefit at all, but for that of its increase rail fares without values Rs500 million per unit. The basic the minister. The PR would require ever game the Greeks thought they feckless private creditors. Credi- addition, says Minister for Rail- purpose to procure such high-ca- $10 billion to $12 billion to become were playing, their government tors, too, have a duty to take care. ways Khwaja Saad Rafique. pacity locomotives is to transport one of the modern railways of the may now just desire an end to the If they are careless, they risk big “Three more new trains of the coal for coal-fired power plants region. The amount would be spent humiliation. Similarly, whatever losses. If governments want to save standard of Greenline Express, under construction in Punjab. Rail- to revamp all the dilapidated infra- game the eurogroup may have been them, their own taxpayers should having 100 per cent occupancy, will ways plan record number of spe- structure. The assistance of $3.69 playing, it may now just want an be told to pay up. Greece has also be launched during the next fiscal cial Eid trains Some 40 of the new billion under the China-Pakistan end to the frustration. If so, Greek already made significant reforms, default, exit and devaluation could including to its pension arrange- year,” said the minister at the agree- locomotives, 20 to 22 would be Economic Corridor would only be fairly close. Would euphoria ments and business environment. ment signing ceremony between dedicated for Sahiwal, 10 for Jam- help in upgrading the Karachi-Pe- then last? I fear not. The assump- But backtracking on such reforms the PR and an American company shoro and the rest for other coal shawar main line. “Efforts are un- tion of some in the eurozone is not would indeed be a huge mistake, General Electric (GE) for the sup- plants. The remaining 15 locos to der way to get financial assistance only that the Greek case is unique, as the eurogroup and IMF argue. ply of 55 diesel-electric locomo- haul freight trains to generate more from other countries to upgrade in- but that the disaster those sinners Given all this, it is tragic that the tives, at the railways headquarters revenue for railways,” said Mr frastructure on other main lines on so deserve would improve the be- breakdown might occur now, after here on Saturday. Under the agree- Rafique. The Risalpur Locomotive Build-Operate-Transfer basis. haviour of everybody else. But the so much pain has already been suf- ment, the GE would deliver five Factory was being made operation- Branch lines would be upgraded af- currency union would also no long- fered. It is not too late to reach locomotives in completely built al by including a clause for trans- terwards, he said. Mr Rafique said er be irrevocable. New crises will agreements aimed at promoting units (CBU) form by the end of fer of technology in the future that a three-member committee occur. When they do, confidence reform, minimising additional aus- November next year. The remain- agreements for locos procurement. would be constituted on Monday in the union would be less than terity and making debt manageable. complete after a Greek exit. The That would also be in everybody’s programme of Outright Monetary long-term interest. The parameters Transac•tions, announced by the of such a deal are also clear: a small European Central Bank in 2012, primary surplus in the short run, a might need to be implemented, to decision by the eurozone to pay The Saudi Public Investment Fund Press Agency reported. RDIF is calm nerves. But it could fail. Self- off the IMF and the ECB, accom- (PIF) and Russian Direct Invest- one of the world’s leading mutual fulfilling speculation could force panied by long-term debt relief, ment Fund (RDIF) signed a mem- funds, and it has tied up with a even more divorces. Some argue and a strong commitment to bold orandum of understanding that number of investment giants that Greece at least would be far structural reforms by the Greek commits investment worth $10 around the world such as China better off after a default and exit. government. billion. Investment Corporation, Korea It is indeed theoretically possible Whether it likes it or not (un- The deal was inked during the Investment Corporation, Italian that a default to its public credi- derstandably, it does not) the Eu- recent visit of Deputy Crown Strategic Fund, Japan Bank for tors, combined with introduction ropean Central Bank is a central Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, International Cooperation, Kuwait of a new currency, a big devalua- player. It will have to decide when second deputy premier and minis- Investment Authority and Qatar tion (accompanied by sound mon- it can no longer treat the credit of ter of defense, to Russia. PIF was Investment Authority. During the etary and fiscal policies), mainte- the Greek government as collater- represented in signing the deal by visit of Deputy Crown Prince nance of an open economy, struc- al against emergency liquidity as- its Secretary General Abdurahman Muhammad, the two countries tural reforms and institutional im- sistance to Greek banks. If Greece Al-Mufdi, while RDIF was repre- signed six landmark agreements provements would mark a turn for cannot reach a deal on the release sented by its Chief Executive Of- including one on peaceful use of the better. Far more likely is a pe- of funds, the ECB seems likely to ficer Kirill Dmitriev, the Saudi nuclear technology. riod of chaos and, at worst, emer- cut the banks off. That would then gence of a failed state. A Greece trigger controls on withdrawals. ing CBU locomotives would reach Tenders for the procurement of 20 (June 22) to formulate service that could manage exit well would This might be accompanied by a Pakistan by April 2017. The loco- more locomotives, each of 2000- structure of railways’ employees UK economy only working have also avoided today’s plight. scheme for circulation of deposit Neither side should underestimate receipts, or ultimately by messy motives of 4000-4500 horsepow- 2500 horsepower capacity, were in BS-1 to BS-16. the risks. It is also crucial to avoid introduction of a new currency. for richest: Analyst the contempt so characteristic of Right now, however, the aim must the frayed nerves caused by fail- still be to cool down and secure a Press TV has interviewed Shahrar to that? ing negotiations. Wecklessness deal. Yet, in the current mood of Working in oil-exporting coun- Ali, deputy leader of the Green Ali: Well, on the first hand, the may be a grievous fault, but griev- anger and recrimination, reaching Party, in London, to discuss the economic system that we have is ously have the Greeks answered one now seems ever more unlike- anti-Tory march held by thou- totally bankrupt in more ways it. ly. That would not be the end of sands of Britons in protest at the than one. It is not just the so-called As the Irish economist, Karl the story, however. Europeans will tries: How the oil price slump newly-elected government’s aus- deficit; the system is not working. Whelan, points out in a blistering be unable to walk away. Whether terity measures. We need to move towards a Car- response to Mr Giavazzi, the Greece stays inside the euro or What follows is a rough tran- bon-based system which values Greek economy has suffered a stag- leaves, much the same challenges will affect Pak’s remittances scription. things according to their cost to the gering collapse. From peak to will arise. The Europeans would Press TV: What do you think planet and enables people to af- trough, aggregate real gross domes- still have to admit that they would about these situations taking ford a decent living standard at the tic product fell by 27pc, while real not get much of their money back; of the global oil price slump will place? Lots of people on the street, same time. It is absolutely not true spending in the economy fell by a and they would still have to help result in job losses for the migrant on the one hand, and on the other that the economic system is not third. The cyclically-adjusted fis- avoid a Greek collapse. population working in the con- hand, we have seen that just over a working for some; it is working for struction sector of the GCC coun- month and half ago, the conserva- the richest in society; it is working tries. Researchers at the SBP be- tives were re-elected in the UK, for those companies and multi-na- Monetary stimulus hasn’t lieve the GCC countries are stick- Why the paradox? tional companies who are still ing to their infrastructure spending Ali: Well, it is no accident that avoiding tax and there is tax eva- plans for the time being. “The good we have such a large group of or- sion going on which is a more sin- fixed Japan’s economy or news is that despite the oil slump, ganizations and individuals march- ister form of tax avoidance. the GCC is still spending on infra- ing today in central London and So these companies, these CHRONIC DEFLATION across the UK actually we have people at the top, these people structure … there are no short-term had people also marching in who are benefiting from the When it comes to heavy central tively upbeat about the economic concerns for remittances inflows Liverpool and Glasgow. privatization of public assets...we bank intervention in the economy, recovery and sticking to its revised into Pakistan from this region,” the You are right that it is only a are going to have more shares of it would be hard to top the Bank forecast in April that inflation SBP said in its second quarterly few weeks since the election, but those sold. of Japan’s all-out effort to attack would hit its 2-per-cent target no report last month. However, its that is an even greater reason for These people who are causing chronic deflation and revive a later than September, 2016. But optimism came with a note of cau- us to be marching today in defi- misery and hardship to people flatlining economy. Since shedding economists say the central bank’s tion. Saying that the GCC govern- ance that this government pro- through squandering their savings its traditional reticence in 2013 economic and inflation assess- ments’ spending plans have not posed increased cuts to welfare through casino-style banking; they about deploying ultra-aggressive ments are too rosy and that it will been affected by declining oil pric- and education in health; in hous- have not been made to pay for their monetary tools, the bank has un- have to inject even more stimulus es due to the large sovereign funds, ing, they are privatizing like there mistakes. Instead we have got the leashed record torrents of mone- in the months ahead to keep defla- the SBP noted the status quo may is no tomorrow. We had a sense of poorest and the most vulnerable in tary stimulus. tion at bay. Two and a half years KARACHI: One question that has that the country received in July- not continue ‘much longer’. “A this already, we had a great deal of society, people who are being G7 leaders agreed to put their en- after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kept policymakers worried since May. Pakistani workers in Saudi continuous depletion of these re- vulnerability, people suffering asked to pay extra when they are ergy sectors on a low-carbon foot- swept into office with a bold plan serves would eventually start bit- through not being able to pay for already on benefits, whether they ing by 2050 – and move to a no- to turn around Japan’s faltering the sharp fall in global oil prices Arabia sent home over $5 billion housing, not being able to know are living in very cramped housing kicked in is about remittances. Will in the first 11 months of the fiscal ing into their fiscal spending if oil carbon economy by 2100. As fortunes, quickly dubbed Abenom- prices fail to recover. The pace of where their food is coming. conditions and they may have an Jameson Berkow reports, Canada ics, the government’s world-top- the money sent by Pakistanis year, which is 19.6% higher than We are going to get more of spare bedroom for a disability care- working in oil-rich Arab countries the last year’s figure. Balance of Pakistan’s remittance growth can- and Japan advocated the go-slow ping debt leaves little room for fur- not remain immune to the oil slump this unfortunately. We had overt worker somehow are being asked approach. But halfway through ther fiscal expansion. And we may dwindle, as their governments be- trade: Oil price fall helps imports; signs of it in the government’s to be required to make that extra 2015, with the liquidity taps wide soon find out what happens when gin to scale back infrastructure exports remain disappointing The indefinitely,” the SBP said. Offi- Queen speech. They are very payment and if not, then they are open, the desired outcome remains a central bank also runs out of spending in the wake of decreased second largest share in Pakistan’s cial statistics show the amount of proud it seems of their ideology to forcibly being evicted whether or as elusive as ever. Exports are fal- ammunition in the midst of battle. oil prices? After all, Pakistan’s remittances in the current fiscal remittances overseas Pakistanis hurt and attack the most vulner- not they have got children at tering despite a devalued yen; “No matter how the numbers turn working migrant population in the year so far is of the United Arab send home annually is less than the able in society, removing people’s school. This is a very inhumane household spending is still unen- out [this week], it really doesn’t Gulf works mostly in construction, Emirates (22.7%) – another coun- money Non-Resident Indians working rights shall we say; that way of governance. thusiastic; and the spectre of econ- matter for the markets,” said Carl manufacturing and other profes- try of the Gulf Cooperation Coun- (NRIs) send to their country ev- is another story through the Euro- There is a better way forward; omy-crippling deflation is once Weinberg, chief economist at High sional sectors, according to the cil (GCC). With remittances ery year. This is true for not only pean Union... at the moment TTIP the Green Party would say that again casting a dark shadow over Frequency Economics in Valhalla, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Any amounting to $3.7 billion, the year- the Gulf region, but also the rest of negotiations. you need to, even with the current the landscape. NY. major fallout of the oil price slump on-year increase in the net inflows the countries where Pakistanis are But there are lots of things, I economic system, you must invest Japan releases its latest monthly “The bottom line is that I don’t on remittance inflows will be det- from the UAE was 34.4% – the employed as immigrant workers. think, which are affecting people in our public welfare system. inflation, household spending and think there’s much more the Bank rimental for the national economy. highest annual rise among all coun- For example, an average NRI sent very badly at the moment; people Health is a basic right; housing is a unemployment numbers Friday. of Japan can do. They’re already Absent remittances, a perennial tries during the first 11 months of home $4,896 in 2013. This is rough- are saying enough is enough, say- basic right and education, the exit Most of the attention will be on buying up pretty much all the ly double the amount that an aver- ing loud and clear in Parliament route for many people into a prices. The consensus inflation [government] bond market, certain- balance of payment crisis would 2014-15. After accounting for the Square today that we need to fight greater opportunity, is also a hu- be inescapable, as they cover up inflows from Qatar, Oman, Kuwait age Pakistani working overseas sent forecast for May is 0.0 per cent ly at the margin. So they can’t re- home in the same year ($2,465). for decent living standards in this man right and people are being year over year, and that may be ally increase their quantitative eas- usually around 90% of the coun- and Bahrain, the combined share country at this time. priced out; for those who want to try’s trade deficit. Pakistanis work- of the GCC countries in the total Similarly, the gap in the average size optimistic.The BoJ’s policy-set- ing. And they can’t cut interest of annual remittances from Indian Press TV: The UK govern- go to higher education, completely ting board decided last week to con- rates, because they’re already at ing in Saudi Arabia, the world’s remittances Pakistan has received ment is saying that they have no priced out because they are saddled tinue expanding the monetary base zero.” The May data alone “will biggest oil-exporting country, had in July-May clocks up at 65%. and Pakistani expatriates in Saudi choice with the economic situation, with debts of £40,000 or more; this at an annual clip of ¥80-trillion surely not trigger any policy re- the largest share (30.6%) in the Understandably, any cuts in the Arabia is almost the same. that they have to increase auster- is unprecedented misery that they ($799-billion), while staying rela- sponse. total remittances of $16.6 billion infrastructure spending in the wake (The Express Tribune) ity measures, what would you say are facing. 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World is basically a LOS ANGELES: Lady Gaga feels “extremely unaccomplished” as a songwriter despite having a string of hits to her name. While accept- Bollywood masala flick ing the Contemporary Icon Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame gent animal. How does it just let 46th Annual Induction and Awards you two go each time? Doesn't gala on Thursday, Gaga said, “I even take off one limb? I don't buy feel that I’ve a lot of work to do, it! Pratt chooses to hide under a as personally, I feel extremely un- car...from a dinosaur that can sense accomplished as a songwriter.” thermal energy. —Still from the “As my heroes have done some trailer Pratt chooses to hide under things that I can only dream of, I a car...from a dinosaur that can feel very in my infancy as a writ- sense thermal energy. —Still from er, and I thank you for just … at the trailer Maybe I'm watching too this point in my career, I’ve had much Game of Thrones, (which some ups, I’ve had some downs, is so realistic, I know) but I was a I’ve had some in-betweens — that little disappointed. Jurassic World you’ve chosen to honour me for reminded me of Bollywood flick the only thing I know I’ve, which Gunday in which Arjun Kapoor is my heartbeat, which is that I and Ranveer Singh just keep es- write songs.” The 29-year-old star caping unscathed yet playing with also thanked her close friend and death like they're invincible. Sure, collaborator Tony Bennett as well there were no giant prehistoric as Hall of Fame inductee Linda beasts in that movie but it's the Perry, who performed a slowed- same principle that is showcased down version of her track Bad in almost every single Bollywood Romance as she took to the stage, movie. If you put your mind to it, reports femalefirst.co.uk. She add- you can outrun anything...or so ed, “I’m so grateful because (Tony these movies claim. A still from is) always looking out for me. And Gunday (top) and one from Ju- I’m very honoured that he was When I watched Jurassic Park as Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas rassic World (bottom) If you put here tonight to present this award a child, I was equal parts fascinat- Howard) to save the latter's neph- your mind to it, you can outrun to me.” “And I’m very honoured ed and terrified — I could hardly ews and the rest of the tourists anything...or so these movies that Linda Perry was here, and I go to bed without thinking about from this hybrid monster. Don't claim. A still from Gunday (top) consider them to be true and two the dinosaurs and being scared out say I didn't warn you about leav- and one from Jurassic World (bot- huge influences in my life that I of mind. It's still one of my fond- ing your incredulity at the cinema tom) Either way, props to Pratt hope anyone that’s here that a true est memories from my childhood door. Here are 5 ways in which for riding a motorcycle through a dream has been made come true because these artists supported another artist, and I’m very grateful that I’m here.” so when the release of Jurassic Jurassic World is basically a Bol- jungle without struggling even a World kept getting delayed, it took ly flick: 1) The main characters of little bit. I have a hard time just an emotional toll on me. I waited the movie may as well be immor- driving on roads in Pakistan traf- and waited for the fourth part, like tal The first time Owen escaped fic but hey. More power to you Justin Bieber, Usher Face Lala collaborates Devdas waited for Paro but in- Indominus, I breathed a sigh of for going offroading! 2) Women stead of alcohol, I drowned my relief: Pratt's looking really good always end up where they're 'sup- sorrow in chai and cake. Unlike in the movie so I obviously didn't posed' to The movie starts off $10m copyright lawsuit Devdas though, we had a happy want to say bye to him so early. with Claire as a career-oriented with Sonya Battla ending: After a decade of playing hard to get, Jurassic World emerged like a phoenix from the ashes, ready to tear apart that box office. So imagine my shock when I realize halfway through the mov- ie that it is more or less your quint- essential Bollywood masala mov- ie. Not to say that it was bad. I'd give it a solid 4/5 rating but we all know Bollywood movies tend to push the envelope when it comes to unrealistic storylines. The sto- ry takes place at Isla Nublar, an island off the coast of Costa Rica, where the dinosaur resort Juras- sic World is located. Things go Not good news for Justin Bieber found the opposite true Thursday. awry when a genetically-modified The second time he escaped, I was woman, who's too busy manag- and Usher. A court ruled Thurs- `After listening to the Copeland creature called the Indominus Rex still impressed. By the fourth ing the resort to even show her day that the pair will have to face song and the Bieber and Usher escapes, killing everything in its time, I couldn't help but roll my nephews around for a day. She a $10 million lawsuit alleging copy- songs as wholes, we conclude that path for sport. It is up to Velocir- eyes and by the seventh, I was so even struggles to remember their right violation for `Somebody to their choruses are similar enough aptor trainer Owen Grady (Chris done. Indominus is supposed to respective ages at one point after Love,` a single off Bieber's My and also significant enough that a Pratt) and operations manager be a highly superior and intelli- they go missing! World 2.0, according to Reuters. reasonable jury could find the songs The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of intrinsically similar,` Circuit Judge Appeals in Richmond, Va. voted Pamela Harris wrote, via Reuters. 3-0 to revive a 2013 lawsuit by Copeland and Overton claim they singer Devin Copeland (stage wrote the song, which appeared on Humera Arshad’s Na’at name De Rico) and songwriter Copeland's 2008 album, My Story Mareio Overton. In the original II. After getting in contact with lawsuit, they assert that multiple Usher's people, they allege he and versions of the Bieber/Usher ef- other songwriters `conspired...to album launch next week fort sound very similar to their directly copy Plaintiffs' song song, also named `Somebody to 'Somebody to Love,' intending to Love,` according to court records appropriate Plaintiffs' intellectual acquired by EW. The case was property as their own.` Usher ul- initially dismissed in 2014, with a timately gave the song to Bieber- ruling that the two sounded no- which was released in 2010-and ticeably different. The court appeared on a remix of the record. Classic prints in fresh pastels are available in kurtas and three- WHY KAT IS WORRIED piece suits. PHOTO: PUBLICITY KARACHI: Initially introduced collection and the first collabora- to celebrate the 65 years’ experi- tion with Sonya Battla, Pervez THESE DAYS? ence, the textile brand LALA aims Lala, CEO LALA, said, “It’s an to collaborate with complemen- exciting step in a new direction tary brands to create, manufacture for us, as we build upon our brand and retail specific collections through the strength of mutually throughout the year with its Sig- beneficial collaborations. With this nature Series platform. The brand concept, our resolve is to build a has made its debut of LALA Sig- commitment to cross brand syn- nature Series by launching an Eid ergies, whereby we work with collection in collaboration with leading Pakistani talent in coming designer Sonya Battla on June 11, years to introduce new, dynamic according to a press release. cross-collaborative initiatives The team of two has worked through long term and ongoing together to bring out classic prints collections and lines.” with a contemporary touch. The “Keeping this in mind, we are range consists of ten designs in delighted to bring Sonya’s design fresh pastels that feature summer vision to our retail sensibility,” he AHORE: The Lahore Arts a big screen would also be in- had recorded four videos, two Katrina Kaif had coloured her hair go back to her original hair colour bursts of bright colour and are added. In recent years, the brand Council will hold the launch stalled on the lawn where the vid- Na’ats, a Hamad and a Ramazan a deep shade of red for her film, for continuity reasons. When co- available in fun kurtas and three- has expanded with seven diverse Ling ceremony of singer Hu- eo album would be screened along Salam. She said videos had been 'Fitoor'. But now that she has be- star Rekha had walked out of Fi- piece suits. These designs incor- retail brands providing accessible mera Arshad’s new Na’at video with the hall. directed by Ayaz Chohan and So- gun shooting for her long-in-the- toor, Kat needed to maintain the porate embellishments with em- summer; midsummer and winter album next week. A number of personalities are ex- haib Roy. “The poets are Sajjad making other project, 'Jagga Jas- look for the reshoot with replace- broidered patches and satin finish fabric ranges within Pakistan, In- LAC Executive Director Atta pected on the occasion. Humera Haider, Mohsin Naqvi, Nasir Ali oos', she has been caught in a di- ment Tabu. So Kat has been fac- on luxurious lawn, chiffon, silk dia, Bangladesh, the Middle East Muhammad Khan told Dawn that Arshad told this reporter that she and Saji Ali.” lemma. The film requires her to ing some literal hair-raising issues. and satin. On the launch of this and the UK. The organic journey of Nargis Fakhri Music and Momin Durrani go hand-in-hand NEW DELHI: Nargis Fakhri has Law and Miranda Hart. Nargis es- oing through Momin Dur Bin Roye came along, he made there are multiple possibilities for embarked on a journey to the larg- says a character with evil inten- rani’s Coke Studio profile, sure to avail it to his full poten- playback singers to prove their er-than-life terrain of Hollywood tions as she comes into the pic- Gyou’ll realise he has a vast tial. Speaking to The Express Tri- mettle. And with years of work with film Spy. The New York- ture to buy a nuke for a terrorist body of work in singing for tele- bune, Durrani shared the chain of experience in jingles, Durrani is born Bollywood actor says that organisation. She mentions that vision commercials. With over events that landed him the chance confident that he’s well-placed. among the dissimilarities that wid- the Hollywood film steers away eight years of jingles to his credit, to sing the song Chan Chariya Having extensively worked with en the gap between the Hindi sil- from the “outdated stereotyping former music-producer duo Kami ver screen and the West, there is of female” in spy films, which and Shani, Durrani said he was the one similarity that weaves them show women as a distraction prop. latter’s first choice for the song, together — the pool of talent. “The old school, misrepresenta- as his voice ticked all the boxes he Nargis, who ventured into tion and outdated stereotyping has was looking for. “They wanted Bollywood opposite Ranbir been flipped wonderfully by the the male singer’s voice to be on Kapoor in film Rockstar in 2011, mind of Paul Feig, who in my the same frequency as that of Re- added that Hindi filmdom and opinion is a maverick in modern kha jee, but that it should also have Hollywood — two of the most cinema. His vision created a fe- its own tone, texture and identity. prominent film industries of the male spy which Melissa plays Fortunately for me, my voice fit world — can achieve more suc- amazingly and by the end of the the bill.” cess by learning from each other. movie you’ll wonder why it took On how challenging it was for him “At the end of the day, the so long for there to be an awe- to work with someone as estab- one commonality that both Hindi a big screen canvas filled with there to make up numbers, but to some female spy who saves the lished as Bhardwaj, he said that cinema and Hollywood share is myriad hues of feelings along with influence, add and inspire Holly- world,” she said. Nargis took the more than anything else, it was that they are full of talented and music and dance, whereas Holly- wood,” she said in support of the first step towards the world of about getting the right tone for the inspirational people. Outside of wood films are devoid of the mu- several Indian actors like Irrfan glamour with modelling in 2005. actors in the film. “When I was this, there are many differences sic hoopla and considered more Khan and Priyanka Chopra, who After Rockstar, she did films on a it didn’t take much for the artist opposite Bhardwaj of Namak Ishq approached to sing for the movie, from the scheduling and rehears- subtle in their live action dramas. are making their mark in the West. wide variety of topics ranging from to make an impression. Unwilling Ka fame. “When the film’s pro- I had little information about its als to promotion and directing Nargis has crossed borders with a For her first Hollywood outing, serious to fun like Main Tera Hero to settle for less than what he de- ducer Momina Duraid heard the cast,” he stated. “It was only when techniques,” said Nargis in an email mission in mind — not to fade Nargis has picked Spy, an action- and Madras Cafe. The actor says serves, he continues to aim for the song, she asked music composer Shani told me that Mahira Khan interaction from New York. Most away, but leave a lasting impres- comedy film, which is directed by her journey in showbiz was “un- stars. So, when the opportunity Shani to get a male voice that can is the main lead that I got an idea often, words like ‘bigger, grander, sion. “I’m hopeful to be another Paul Feig and has a star-studded planned and organic”, adding that to sing alongside Indian playback counter Bhardwaj’s style of sing- about what sort of tone my char- louder’ are used to define Bolly- person to be able to reinforce that cast including Melissa McCarthy, she “has always been a go-with- singer Rekha Bhardwaj for the up- ing,” he said. As the Pakistani film acter should sing for her in,” he wood films, which are painted on we [Indian actors] are not just Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Jude the-flow type of person”. coming Pakistani romantic-drama industry gradually picks up pace, added. 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 . JUNE 23, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES The great Sachin Tendulkar might lose his Bharat Ratna

LONDON: Andy Murray set his Open semi-finals solve the problems posed by But if I want to win the major very few players have done that sights on ending his barren run The usually taciturn 28-year- world number one Djokovic. competitions I have to beat him. he probably needed some time against Novak Djokovic after the old was so enthused by his fine Murray has lost only six of “I’ve done it before when I away to rest and relax and get his world number three wrapped up week’s work in west London that his 41 matches in 2015 and four won US Open and Wimbledon head right before getting prepared his Wimbledon preparations with he claimed he is playing even bet- of those defeats have come against and the Olympics, and I need to for another Slam,” Murray said. a sublime demolition of Kevin ter than when he secured his his- Djokovic, in the Australian Open continue to improve and learn The last time Murray won Anderson in the Queen’s Club fi- toric Wimbledon triumph in 2013. and Miami finals and the last four from those matches. “There’s only Queen’s in 2013 he went on to A resident of Bhopal, V K world records for the country in nal. Murray clinched a record- “You have to improve. If you in Indian Wells and Roland Gar- one player in the world that’s become the first British man to Naswah, has filed a petition the game of cricket and is a popu- equaling fourth Queen’s title in don’t people will take your spot,” ros. Yet Murray draws strength played better than me this year. win the Wimbledon singles’ title against Indian cricketing icon Sa- lar figure but using the highest ci- just 64 minutes as he delivered a Murray said. “Physically I’m def- from his performances in several “I would like to be that player for 77 years. But, despite his blis- chin Tendulkar to strip him off vilian award to promote commer- grass-court master-class that left initely in a better place than I was of those matches, as well as his and hopefully in the future I can tering form of late, he has no in- his Bharat Ratna award which he cial products and earn money was world number 17 Anderson utter- then and I’m using my variety Wimbledon and US Open final be.” Stan Wawrinka exposed a few tention of taking success at the thinks the cricketer has used for against the dignity, legacy and te- ly bewildered. much better just now. That’s been wins over the Serb, and insists he chinks in Djokovic’s armour when All England Club for granted. ‘earning money by endorsing com- nets of the award. Naswah de- It has been a memorable year good for me.” But there is still one can close the gap if they meet again he unexpectedly won their French “It’s great preparation, but there mercial products’. In a report pub- manded that Sachin should be for Murray, with an Australian big issue looming for Murray as at the All England Club. Open final and Murray believes are no guarantees that winning here lished by the Press Trust of In- stripped by the government of the Open final appearance followed he heads to Wimbledon’s practice “It’s obviously a shame I’ve the reigning Wimbledon champi- gives you a Wimbledon title,” he dia, The Madhya Pradesh High honour or he should himself re- by his wedding to Kim Sears in courts before the tournament gets lost to Novak, but I’ve been close on will still be coming to terms said. “It gives me that little bit of Court has admitted a petition turn the award on moral grounds. April. Murray also won his first underway on June 29. in a lot of the matches,” Murray with a loss that denied him a ca- confidence going in there, but all which has alleged Sachin of using Sachin endorses more than 12 clay-court titles in Munich and For all his success over the said. “He’s had a great year and reer Grand Slam. “He was very sorts of things can happen during the ‘fame’ of the honour in a dish- brands including Aviva Life Insur- Madrid, and reached the French last six months, he has failed to there’s no disgrace in losing to him. close to achieving something that slams. onourable way. A high court bench ance, Boost (malt-based nutrition comprising Chief Justice AM drink), MRF, Luminous and real- Khanwilkar and Justice KK Trive- tor Amit Enterprises. He retired di yesterday issued a directive to from all forms of cricket in No- Assistant Solicitor General to find vember 2013. The story original- Australia won't cross out if there are any Supreme ly appeared on NDTV Court guidelines (do’s and dont’s) Correction: An earlier version for Bharat Ratna awardees and get of the article had incorrectly not- sledging line, vows Clarke back to it in a week’s time. Naswah ed that Tendulkar had retired last stated that Sachin has made many year. The error is regretted. Lemieux bosses N'Dam

LONDON: Australia captain England tailender James Anderson that’s how we play our best,” Clar- Canada's David Lemieux knocked although he seemed to be in trou- Michael Clarke has insisted his to “get ready for a broken fucking ke said. “I think it’s a big part of down Frenchman Hassan N'Dam ble late in the round he came back side “won’t overstep the mark” arm” during the first Test in Bris- the Australian way, but I think four times en route to a unanimous strong in the third. Lemieux when it comes to the vexed ques- bane. However, Clarke, in his first you also need to keep in mind 12-round decision and claim the dropped N'Dam with another left tion of ‘sledging’ during the up- formal press conference of Aus- there’s a line and not overstep vacant International Boxing Fed- hook early in the fifth -- then coming Ashes series. England and tralia’s tour, was adamant the ‘ver- that. “As captain, I’ll make sure I eration middleweight world title. floored him again with another left New Zealand have just complet- bals’ would remain within bounds. lead the way on that front, and Lemieux's explosive punching later in the round. After going down ed an enthralling Test and one-day “I’m confident the series will be I’m sure the boys will certainly power was on full display as he to another left hook in the seventh, international campaign where both played in the right spirit,” Clarke follow.” Australia have arrived in floored N'Dam with a left in the N'Dam didn't again appear to be in sides have shown it is possible to told reporters at Merchant Tay- England with Steven Smith, Clar- second round, then put him down trouble. In lifting the title that was Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is Mins9/2 Bet nowBet £5 get £20 again twice in the fifth round and stripped from American Jermain play bold and aggressive cricket lors’ School, north of London, on ke’s vice-captain, in superb form closing in on a move to Premier free Cech is said to be grateful to without resorting to ‘sledging’ — Sunday. “Both teams will play with the bat. He is out in front at again in the seventh. Two judges Taylor - who is facing a number of League rivals Arsenal, according Chelsea owner Roman Abramov- scored the bout 115-109 while the legal issues - Lemieux staked his verbal abuse of opposition play- hard. “I know I probably say this the top of the world Test batting to Sky sources. ich for allowing him to move to ers. New Zealand, who’ve long every series — but we respect rankings, having made 199 during third saw it 114-110 for Lemieux, claim to elite status in one of box- Sky sources report Cech, 33, whatever club he chooses, even who improved to 34-2 with 31 ing hottest divisions. The victory given up on ‘sledging’, have been there’s a line you can’t cross. a 277-run win over the West In- has agreed personal terms in prin- though that is now likely to be widely praised in particular for the “Both teams might ‘head-butt’ dies in Jamaica earlier this month. knockouts. N'Dam fell to 31-2 puts the 26-year-old Canadian in ciple on a switch to the Emirates London rivals Arsenal. with 18 wins inside the distance. the frame for a fight with either way they’ve conducted them- that line, but I’m confident we Smith now boasts an excep- Stadium but we understand the The Czech Republic goal- selves under the captaincy of won’t overstep the mark.” As far tional Test average of more than Toni Duggan to Score and England unbeaten World Boxing Associa- two clubs are still not close to keeper has one year left on his Women to Win in 90 Mins9/2 Bet tion champion Gennady Golovkin Brendon McCullum. However, as many of their opponents are 56, but former England off-spin- agreeing a fee and negotiations will contract at Stamford Bridge but is there are fears that things could concerned the ‘line’ only becomes ner Graeme Swann has questioned nowBet £5 get £20 free As in a of Kazakhstan or even Puerto continue this week. searching for a new employer af- world title fight loss to Peter Quil- Rican star Miguel Cotto. Cotto, get out of hand when the latest visible for Australia when some- whether his unorthodox technique The transfer fee is unknown ter spending much of last season edition of international cricket’s one says something that one of can succeed during the Ashes if lin in 2012 - when he was knocked who destroyed Australian Daniel but it will be a cash only deal, with as second choice behind Thibaut down six times - Cameroon-born Geale in four rounds on June 6, is oldest rivalry starts with the first their players takes exception to, the ball swings. However, Clarke Chelsea's request to receive a Courtois. Test between England and Aus- although Clarke subsequently la- said: “I reckon Swanny’s a beau- N'Dam showed his ability to ab- expected to take on Mexico's Saul home-grown player as part of the Cech is believed to be keen to sorb punishment. After going "Canelo" Alvarez later this year, tralia in Cardiff commencing on belled his threat to Anderson as a ty — I always liked him; I loved proposed transfer no longer being move to the Gunners although it July 8. During Australia’s 5-0 “regrettable moment”. However, playing cricket against him.“I’m down the first time to a hard left with Lemieux now a potential foe considered. is believed that Blues boss Jose hook he bounced up quickly, and for the winner of that fight. home Ashes triumph in 2013/14, Clarke added on Sunday that Aus- sure he’s probably just trying to Norway WomenvEngland Mourinho would prefer him to there were several unsavoury in- tralia had no plans to abandon their get under the skin of a few of the Women Toni Duggan to Score and join French champions Paris Saint- cidents, notably when Clarke told usual style in the field. “I think players. England Women to Win in 90 Germain. More group ones to come for Thomas denied by Spilak Bangladesh seal historic free Eagle: Dermot Welda second on the stage, 18 seconds behind Giant-Alpecin's Dumou- lin, with time-trial specialist Fa- series-win over India bian Cancellara having to settle for the presentation ceremony. Bang- third, another second behind in his ladesh had underlined their recent home race. Bet nowBet £5 get £20 50-over progress by beating En- free Thomas took fifth on the gland in the World Cup before stage but was 18 seconds behind whitewashing Pakistan 3-0 in a Spilak having begun the day 13s home series in April. They will ahead of the Slovenian. hope to inflict a similar humilia- The top two were expected tion on India when the teams meet to battle for overall victory with in the final match on Wednesday. Pinot, who started the day in the Rookie Rahman, 19, was instru- overall lead, but the Frenchman mental in Bangladesh's 79-run win was one minute 50 seconds slow- on Thursday and his off-cutter and er than Dumoulin on the stage and subtle changes in pace made him ermot Weld is confident a the Juddmonte International at slipped to fourth overall, one place only the second bowler, after step up to a mile and a half York and Leopardstown's Irish Team Sky's Geraint Thomas was behind the Dutchman. Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori, to claim is well within range for Champion Stakes under consid- For Spilak, a one-week race D pipped to victory in the Tour de Bangladesh left-arm seamer Mus- Shakib Al Hasan (51*) anchored five wickets or more in each of his Free Eagle following his thrilling eration, before stepping up in dis- Suisse as Simon Spilak of Slove- specialist, it was his second vic- tafizur Rahman haunted India again Bangladesh's chase and the hosts first two ODIs. India lost wick- success in the Prince of Wales's tance for a tilt at the Prix de l'Arc nia sprung a surprise to take the tory in Switzerland having also with career-best figures of six for romped home by six wickets in ets at regular intervals, only Stakes at Royal Ascot. de Triomphe at Longchamp in overall win by five seconds after won the Tour de Romandie in 43 to lead his team to a maiden ODI 38 overs to clinch an unassailable Shikhar Dhawan (53), Dhoni (47) The son of High Chaparral October. Sunday's final time trial. 2010. He finished second at Ro- series victory over the twice world 2-0 lead in the three-match series and Suresh Raina (34) managing secured his third win from just five "It was just one of those spe- Dutchman Tom Dumoulin mandie in the last three years and champions. After their captain Ma- and qualify for the 2017 Champi- to withstand Bangladesh's relent- starts and his first at Group One cial days. He's a very talented won the 38.4km stage against the was also third at Paris-Nice earli- hendra Singh Dhoni opted to bat ons Trophy. "It's a great moment less hostility. In reply, India failed level when narrowly outpointing horse. Unfortunately a lot of peo- clock in Bern but Spilak overhauled er this year but he has never man- first, India were shot out for 200 in for us and now we'll be playing to take regular wickets as the hosts The Grey Gatsby in Wednesday's ple never got the opportunity to Britain's Thomas and Thibaut Pi- aged to turn his stage-racing form 45 overs in a rain-disrupted sec- Champions Trophy which is a were allowed to build regular part- feature event. see his real talent, but we're be- not of France to take victory. into into a challenge at one of the ond ODI. Set a revised 200-run great achievement," Bangladesh nerships en route their landmark He is set to stick at a mile and ginning to see it now," Weld told Katusha's Spilak, 28, came three-week Grand Tours. victory target in 47 overs, veteran captain Mashrafe Mortaza said at series-win. a quarter on his next start, with At The Races. 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 . JUNE 23 . 2015-Saratan 02, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:317 Price: Afs.15

Senators warn against Karachi spread of Daesh fighters heatwave death in Nangarhar AT News Report There is no place for such at- clear and deliberate affront to de- ly countering the attack. Islama- toll over 200 A number of Afghan senators on tacks in democracy, he said. mocracy in Afghanistan an at- bad reaffirmed its commitment to Sunday voiced concerns over the KABUL: Indian Prime Minister Modi added that India stands tack against the Afghan peoples fight against terrorism in close deteriorating security situation in- Narendra Modi, the government shoulder to shoulder with people democratically elected represen- coordination with the Afghan gov- volving Daesh insurgents in some of Pakistan and the United Na- of Afghanistan in this hour. tatives. The organization ex- ernment. We stand with our Af- districts of eastern Nangarhar prov- tions Assistance Mission in Af- UNAMA in press statement quot- pressed deep concerns by the re- ghan brothers in our common ince. According to the senators, ghanistan (UNAMA) strongly ed the UN Secretary-General s ports of civilian casualties in the struggle against terrorism, it said. Daesh fighters are operating in 15 denounced terrorist attack on par- deputy special representative for attack. Pakistan s Ministry of Britain has also denounced the districts in Nangarhar but they say liament in Kabul on Monday. Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamo- Foreign Affairs also condemned terror attack. Tobias Elwood, for- the entire eastern section of the Narendra Modi in his twitter to, as saying: The attack against the attack on Wolesi Jirga s facili- eign office minister of UK respon- country is vulnerable. account termed the attack on Af- Parliament, for which the Taliban ty. It commended the role of Af- sible for Afghanistan, described it Senators warned that the se- ghan parliament as a cowardly act. have claimed responsibility, is a ghan security forces in effective- as an appalling attack . curity scenario of the province is deteriorating and government must act fast to overcome the fragile situ- ation. They say that Daesh has be- Dutch woman Taliban kidnap executive headed two people in Nangarhar recently. They also called on gov- district director in Herat ernment to take steps to prevent Daesh from recruiting new soldiers kidnapped in Kabul HERAT CITY: Taliban on Mon- Herat province, an official said. in the province. "Daesh associated day kidnapped Ihsanullah Sadaat, The incident took place at around fighters practically operate in 15 KABUL: A Dutch lady was kid- from Kolala-Pushta locality of the executive director of Chisht dis- 01:00am, Ihsanullah Hayat, the Edhi volunteers and relatives shift the dead body of a districts of Nangarhar province," napped by unidentified gunmen 4th police district. Police have trict and his driver, in western governor s spokesman, told Pajh- heatwave victim into an ambulance at the Edhi morgue. AFP/ File senator Lotufllah Baba said. "Ex- early Monday morning in capital launched investigations, he said, wok Afghan News. pansion of Daesh fighters must be Sayyed Mohammad Maudoodi, KARACHI: Death toll from a dev- was the hottest day of this year s Kabul, an official said. adding it could not be ascertained astating heatwave that has gripped summer in Karachi, during which curbed, otherwise the conse- Humayun Aini, 119 police where the woman had been shift- the town s administrative chief, quences will be catastrophic," an- refused to comment on the inci- Sindh for several days has led to at the mercury had shot to 45 degree chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News ed. No group claimed responsi- dent. Taliban have not yet com- least 63 more deaths in the pro- Celsius. The maximum tempera- other senator Farhad Sakhi warned. the lady who work for a Swed- bility for her abduction so. On the issue of the government's mented on the incident. vincial capital of Karachi on Mon- ture of 48 degree Celsius was re- anti-terror strategy, the senators ish Committee was abducted (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok) day, taking the number of people corded in three districts of Sindh asked leaders of the National who have died in the event during Jacobabad, Larkana and Suk- Unity Government (NUG) to also Kapisa, Sar-i-Pul the past three days to over 200. kur on Saturday, which slid tackle the security issues posed by According to Abbasi Shaheed down to 41 on Sunday. Officials Daesh on the Kabul-Jalalabad high- students seek Hospital (ASH) Medical Superin- had said on Sunday that Karachi way. "We need to come with a tendent Dr Imran Samdani, seven would not see any let-up on Mon- comprehensive plan and talk di- Ramadan holidays people lost their lives this morn- day (today) when temperatures rectly with the US and Pakistan SAR-I-PUL: Hundreds of univer- ing. The deaths are said to have are expected to go up to 44 degree about the issue. Because we face sity students in northern Sar-i-Pul occurred due to heat and gastro- Celsius. Earlier this month, 17 threats from two sides including and central Kapisa provinces related problems. Earlier, it was people died due to a heatstroke in Daesh and the Taliban, I don't un- staged protests asking for holi- reported that 30 people had died Sindh's Sehwan during the Urs of derstand what is really happen- days during the holy month of in ASH on Saturday and Sunday. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. A volun- ing," senator Zalmai Zabuli said on Ramadan. Students in Sar-i-Pul Twelve women and two children teer sits beside a window while Sunday. In addition, senate speaker closed Sar-i-Pul Sayad road to are among the dead. Meanwhile, waiting for the relatives of a de- Fazel Hadi Muslimyar called on traffic, while Kapisa students shut head of emergency department at ceased who died due to intense hot the Afghan National Security the Alberoni University gates. As Karachi's Jinnah Postgraduate weather. Prime Minister Nawaz Forces (ANSF) to take decisive many as 300 students shut the Medical Centre (JPMC) Seemin Sharif on Monday expressed pro- steps against militants associated Sar-i-Pul Sayad road to traffic, Jamali told Dawn that 50 people found grief and sorrow over the with Daesh and eliminate them. threatening the road would remain have died since late last night. Ear- deaths caused by the heatwave in "Government and the security in- closed till acceptance of their lier, 85 people were said to have Karachi and directed doctors and stitutions are obliged to eliminate demand.They said majority of the died at JPMC since late Saturday medics to provide the best medi- the enemy wherever they find it," universities across the country night. Professor N. Saeed Qureshi cal care to those affected. Accord- Muslimyar said. Only last week, were closed due to hot weather from Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) ing to a statement issued by the local officials of Nangarhar said and Ramadan but no such thing said there have been six more deaths PM Office, the premier also di- that hundreds of families have been occurred in Sar-i-Pul. Ahmad Jav- at the hospital this morning, tak- rected the National Disaster Man- displaced in the province follow- ed, a geology and mines student ing the death toll at CHK to 35. agement Authority (NDMA) to ing clashes between Taliban and at Sar-i-Pul University, told Pajh- According to earlier reports, at immediately start relief measures Daesh insurgents. Ahmad Zia wok Afghan News the weather least 132 people had lost their lives for members of the public. He Abduzai, Provindal Governor had become very hot and they due to the intense weather most stressed that provincial and feder- spokesman confirmed that the could not continue with their of whom were pronounced dead al government agencies must im- families have been displaced in Bati studies in the month of Ramadan. at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medi- mediately launch a campaign to Kot district. He did not have num- On the one side, there is Ra- cal Centre (JPMC), officials had create awareness among ordinary bers but said there was urgent need madan and on the other hand the said. Know more: Heatwave dev- people about the precautionary for aid for these people. weather has become really warm. A group of tourists wear masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory astates Karachi, other parts of measures that can be adopted dur- (TOLONews) (Pajhwok) Syndrome (MERS). (Photo: AP) Sindh; at least 136 dead Saturday ing extreme weather conditions. 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.