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Youth call on Karzai AT News Report ple, especially the youth and KABUL: Former president Hamid strengthening of the national uni- Karzai on Monday met with a ty in the country as the major goals group of the youth from several behind the formation of the orga- provinces who currently involved nization. in pursing higher education in dif- The former president ex- ferent Kabul-based universitiesat pressed pleasure that the youth his office. These youth have from different provinces were gath- formed an organization ering under one roof to achieve titled‘national youth organiza- their goals in serving the country. tion’. In the meeting, Syed Ahmad He also appreciated the orga- Jahani, the founder of the origina- nization’s efforts for bolstering tion, spoke on behalf of others and nationalfeelings, unity and consen- KABUL : The railroad connecting termed closeness of Afghan peo- sus among the Afghan people. the Aqina dry port in northern Faryab province with Turkmeni- stan was inaugurated by leaders Eight Taliban insurgents killed of the two countries on Monday. The inauguration ceremony for by own explosives in Nangarhar the railroad was held in Turkme- AT News Report were busy preparing the suicide nabat city on Monday. The rail- attack vest to target security forc- road from the Imam Nazar area of es in the province.” The statement Turkmenistan stretches 3.5 kilo- KABUL: At least eight Taliban meters into Afghanistan. In the insurgents were killed by their own did not provide more details about second phase, the route would be explosives while preparing a vest would be suicide attack. No in- extended by 80 kilomters in Turk- for a suicide attack in eastern Nan- surgent groups commented regard- menistan and 300 kilometers into garhar province, security officials ing the report. Earlier, a Taliban the northern provinces of Afghan- said Monday. In a statement, min- group commander was killed in an istan. According to the Ministry istry of defense said the incident explosion triggered by an Impro- of Public Works (MoPW), the took place in Ghani Khel district vised Explosive Device (IED) road would be constructed by “earlier this morning”. “The ex- planted by the group’s own fight- Turkmenistan. The route would be plosives went off as the insurgents ers in northern Kunduz province. extended to the Andkhoi city of Faryab province in the near future. NDS arrests two suicide bombers in Kabul MoPW officials estimate the cost AT News Report of the construction process at KABUL: The National Directorate of Security about $350 million that would be (NDS) on Monday arrested two suicide bombers linked with Daesh paid by the Asian Development terrorists group in Kabul city. In a statement, the NDS said that its Bank (ADB). President Ashraf operatives detained two young men from vicinity of police district 5. Ghani, who is on a visit to Turk- “The terrorists were identified as Jalil Ahmad son of Syed Ahmad and menistan, said the railroad repre- Hamid son of Aminullah,” the statement said. It added that the terrorists sented a giant stride towards de- were arrested before the terrorist group deploys them to Nangarhar for further training. They confessed that they were recruited by a com- velopment, peace and prosperity. mander of the terror group Mullah Abdul Latif in western Heart prov- Afghanistan and Turkmenistan al- ince. This comes as the terror group claimed responsibility behind nu- ready have good relations and the merous attacks in Kabul city during the recent months with the latest opening of the railroad would fur- attack taking place on a Shiite mosque, leaving 32 dead more than 50 ther boost cooperation between the money of them were children wounded. Last month, at least 14 people two countries, he hoped. The pres- bring more transport facilities to was one of third railwayline con- neighbours.Afghanistan is also with Iran and Uzbekistan. were killed when gunmen attacked a shrine in Kabul as Shiite Muslims ident added the railroad would the region.The ministry says it necting Afghanistan with its connected through the rail route (Pajhwok) gathered to mark the religious festival of Ashura. Young girl shot dead by a relative in Kabul city A young girl was shot dead by in ed in Bagh-e-Raees in the 7th po- forces soon after he shot the girl Kabul city earlier today with pre- lice district of the city. dead and was attempting to escape. liminary reports suggesting the girl The officials further added that The latest incident involving was shot dead by one of her rela- the murder apparently has links the murder of the young girl in tives. Security officials in Kabul with the domestic violence. Kabul comes as the rate of vio- police confirmed that the girl was According to the officials, the lence against women has been on shot dead near a high school locat- culprit was caught the security the rise across the country. A top leader of the loyalists of Is- MoD further added that the and ammunition were destroyed. that the loyalists of the terror group lamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operations were conducted in Pach- The loyalists of the Islamic are attempting to establish the terrorist group was killed along er Agam district of Nangarhar and State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ter- Khurasan Caliphate in Afghanistan with at least 43 other militants in Deh Bala. rorist group have not commented and are busy expanding their pres- NNF concerned over 59 insurgents eastern Nangarhar province of Af- According to MoD, a shadow regarding the report so far. The ence in some of the difficult ter- ghanistan. judge of the terror group was ISIS loyalists have been attempt- rains of the country. Speaking dur- The Ministry of Defense among those killed and has been ing to gain foothold in the strategic ing a session of the parliament late govt dishonesty in killed in (MoD) said the militants were identified as Muftauddin. Pacher Agam district in a bid to last month, Qadir warned that the killed during the joint military op- In the meantime, the provin- expand their presence and opera- group will become successful in selecting commissioners operations erations conducted by the Afghan cial police commandment, said over tions in this province. The deputy establishing the caliphate if they AT News Report National Defense and Security 30 militants of the terror group house speaker of the Afghan par- managed to seize control of Tora dent Electoral Compliant Commis- Forces. were killed and several weapons liament Zahir Qadir earlier warned Bora in Nangarhar. KP sion (IECC), Mr. Ahadi said that KABUL: At least 59 Taliban this decrees is against 90 and 109 fighters were killed and three articles of constitutions. He called others were wounded in differ- on parliament and civil societies ent crackdowns within past 24 to resist against NUG illegal inter- hours, security officials said ference in electoral bodies. The Monday. NNF criticized the government for In a press release issued dishonesty in selecting commis- here, Ministry of Defense, sioners while, last week president (MoD) said that Afghan Na- has selected Najeebullah Ah- madzai, Abdul Qader Quraishi, tional Army (ANA) with the AT News Report Maleha Hassan, Wasema Badghi- cooperation of the Afghan Na- si, Maazullah Dawlati, Rafiulah tional Police (ANP) and Na- KABUL: The New National Front Bedar, Guljan Abdulbadi Saiad as tional Directorate of Security of Afghanistan (NNF) on Monday commissioners for Independent (NDS), conducted joint opera- expressed deepest concern over Electoral Commission And Ghu- tions against insurgents in dif- what it called “the government’s lam Dastagir Hedaiat, Abdul Basir ferent areas of Nangarhar, Pak- dishonesty” in selecting of com- Fayez, Ali Reza Rohani, Homaira tika, Kandahar, Uruzgan, missioners for electoral bodies. Haqmal, Abdul Azizi Ariayee for Badghis, Farah, Faryab, Kun- “The process of selecting commis- Independent Electoral compliant duz, Herat, Logar and Helmand sioners for electoral commission Commission It is pertained to men- provinces. was not transparent,” said Presi- tion that after challenges of fraud “In these operations, more dent of NNF Anwar-ul-Haq Aha- in presidential election 2014, the than 59 rebels were killed and di. He said that based on report National Unity Government dur- three others were injured,” the questions was given previously to ing first days of stability unity statement said. some candidates. Commitments government pledge to bring reform made between numbers of commis- Afghan forces succeeded to in election commissions in order arrest two insurgents including sioners and the National Unity to gain people trust back over elec- a commander during operations Government he claimed. The NNF toral bodies. After passing two strongly condemn architecturally years the government succeeded to and handed over them to judi- selecting of commissioners through assign a selection committee to fi- cial organs for further inquiry. a nontransparent process, he add- nalize the nominees list and sub- “ANA discovered and con- ed. Pointing to NUG decree on mitted to the president and finally fiscated weapons and ammu- HERAT: Historic minarets of Herat have been 12 in the past and now only five minarets remain changing of Independent Election president selected 12 commission- nition in the operations as and are being rebuilt with funding from UNESCO.—Photo by MNA Commission (IEC) and Indepen- ers for electoral bodies. well.” TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Honest Afghan man in need of fund to

The media in particular the tab- UK as refugees in 1999. go under loids – has a tendency to label asy- Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi was lum seekers ‘scroungers’. Asylum born in the Parwan province of seekers and refugees are painted Afghanistan to a father working in as embodying the antithesis of the government. From the begin- surgery ‘British Values’, flooding the coun- ning of his career he was a pas- try with degenerates who are at- sionate activist, organising litera- KABUL Sitting next to an old-fash- tempting to game the system (see cy classes and promoting human ioned Bukhari, a wooden stove examples here and here). This nar- rights and gender equality during used in Afghanistan to keep the rative has come to the fore as the his time as a young man in the Af- room warm in winter, Abdul Sa- refugee crisis has mounted. The ghan military. In 1989 he began a 9 boor, a retired traffic police officer UN has estimated that 65.3 mil- year journey to gain his PhD in whispered that he is suffering from lion people across the globe have Political Science in Odessa, respiratory system disease and been displaced, an all-time high. Ukraine. During this time he and needs surgery. Thousands of these ended up on his wife, Mahboba, had two chil- "I have bronchitis problem and the coast of France, at Calais, and dren before returning to Afghani- almost all the doctors I have visit- the UK watched as the British and stan in 1999. Their homecoming ed advised me to go under surgery," French government negotiated the was brief. The Taliban had come Saboor spoke softly. placement of these asylum seek- to power in 1996 and a family who Respected by many Afghans ers. The accusations that men from had been expatriates in Soviet as the "most honest man", Saboor, the Calais camp were falsely claim- Ukraine were in a very precarious 54, told Xinhua in his mud house ing to be children fanned the flame position under their brutal regime. recently that he went to India with of an ugly mistrust of those who In March of 1999 the family the financial support of the gov- were throwing themselves on the had decided to leave Afghanistan. ernment to get cured but in vain mercy of the UK for protection. It was a decision that meant un- due to fund scarcity. But behind the rhetoric are the dertaking a very dangerous jour- "I visited some doctors in New facts: in the past 17 years, the UK ney, leaving their homeland and Delhi with 40,000 afghanis (some has taken in around 100,000 refu- their family behind forever. Add- 600 U.S. dollars) provided by the gees (altogether less than 0.0016 ing to their concern, Mahboba was government couple of months ago % of Britain’s population today, pregnant with their third child. It but the money was too little for and in 17 years some will have left was not an easy decision, but in surgery," Saboor lamented. the UK once their home country the end it seemed the only real Nevertheless, he was grateful has been deemed ‘safe’ again). possibility for survival. The fami- to the government for hospitaliz- acaa2And behind the headlines are ly walked to the airport in Kabul ing him three times here in Kabul individuals; each refugee has been in order to catch a plane to Odes- and providing him with medical driven from their home and the life sa. They could not stay in treatment. they had built, and the challenge Ukraine, either, but managed to A symbol of dedication, hard before them is to find a safe place remaining enough for their third work and honesty, the ailing Sa- to settle and start again. An office child, Darius, to be born. Then their boor grumbled politely that he had on the ground floor of 24 Dept- journey west began. three children into a container dur- dangerous journey was over, but At first, this meant organising cul- and public funds shrink. The char- served his country as a traffic po- ford Broadway is the fruit of one The UK had a reputation for ing the night. For 9 hours, they their battle was not nearly over. tural events for other Afghans in ity operates 7 days a week and Dr liceman for the past 29 years but refugee’s family rebuilding their being a tolerant, multicultural coun- were locked in a dark container The Nasimis were classed as asy- London. In 2004, Dr Nasimi be- Nasimi sometimes takes calls at has failed to earn money for his lives. The office is home to a char- try. To a student of political sci- importing perishables into the UK. lum seekers and allowed to stay in came the director of a registered odd hours beyond the working medical treatment. ity, the Afghanistan and Central ence, it seemed a relative haven of Whilst the container was moving, the UK on temporary admission charity now known as the Afghan- day. Dr Nasimi speaks at confer- "I began my service with 9,000 Asian Association. Its director is liberalism. Since they had no offi- the refrigeration mechanism was while their claim to be recognised istan and Central Asian Associa- ences and panels, campaigning for afghanis as monthly salary 29 Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi, and he is cial passports, they relied on offi- turned on and the children – par- as refugees was processed. This tion. The charity now works with human rights for the people of years ago and my salary was assisted by his family, a handful cials to be either kind or corrupt. ticularly the baby – were at seri- took three years, during this time all migrants and refugees who are Afghanistan. Driving all of these 17,600 afghanis when I retired few of staff and a pool of volunteers. Throughout the summer and into ous risk of hypothermia. Running the parents were not permitted to local to the Lewisham based of- operations is a love of British cul- months ago," said the veteran traf- The charity aims to assist refu- the autumn, the young family out of oxygen was another worry- work. acaaFar from being a fice. Beneficiaries from places such ture and a sense of purpose that fic police. gees’ and migrants’ integration into moved westwards, walking and ing possibility; the next year it scrounger trying to subvert the as Iran, Somalia, Eastern Europe comes with a second chance. The He blamed the low salary and UK society. It provides English sometimes hitching a ride where emerged that 58 trafficked Chinese British system, Dr Nasimi won- and West Africa often use the ser- Nasimis, and the community they poverty for forcing government lessons, a supplementary school, they could. When they reached the migrants had died while making a dered how he could help others in vices alongside the Afghan diaspo- serve, are hard workers with a deep employees including police to re- a legal clinic and runs Prevent coast of Belgium it was Novem- similar journey in a refrigerated the same position as himself. The ra. Running English lessons, sup- appreciation for the opportunities ceive bribe, claiming since the sal- counter radicalisation programmes ber, and they faced the daunting container. linguistic and cultural barriers had plementary schools, women’s their adopted country provides. ary of traffic police is not enough funded by the Home Office. The prospect of having to cross a freez- The container finally landed in been a significant obstacle to the groups and other services is a hard They don’t want to undermine the to handle daily life they extort ethos of the charity is informed ing sea to get to the UK. An agent Dover, where the family were dis- Nasimis settling into their new life, task, and one becoming increasing- system; they have proved they money from drivers on the excuse by the personal experience of the promised to help them cross the covered by Border Control and so they began their efforts to ly vital now that the number of want to make the most of it. of violating traffic rules. Nasimi family, who arrived in the channel, so the parents took their sent to the Refugee Council. The smooth the transition for others. migrants in Lewisham is growing BLOGS.LSE.AC Living in a five-room mud house sharing with three brothers and their mother in Afshar locali- ty, a Kabul suburban, Saboor claimed proudly that he likes to Intelligence adjust his living conditions with meager income rather than living in luxury house built with black money earned through corruption. operatives "I have never received bribe when on duty but accepted dona- tion offered by anyone," the ailing Saboor said, admitting that many arrest radio individuals from home and abroad have sent him donation. Known as the "honest man in Afghanistan" by several social as- journalist in sociations, civil society groups and Kabul drivers, Saboor opined proudly that "good reputation and honesty" is everything for him. Khost Showing over two dozen cer- KHOST CITY : The Committee tificates and appreciation letters to Protect Journalists in the south- received in recognition of his ser- eastern zone on Monday accused vices, the ailing man who was National Directorate of Security coughing in each few seconds said (NDS) personnel of detaining a that he receives 130,000 afghanis local radio reporter in Khost prov- (around 2,000 U.S. dollars) as pen- ince. sion per year, but the sum is not Saifullah Hayat, the commit- enough to run daily life and afford tee head, told Pajhwok Afghan medical treatment. News Faizullah Faizi, working for Working as a traffic policeman the Nangarhar-based Inekas (Re- since 1987 and experiencing dif- flection) Radio has been in NDS ferent successive regimes in con- custody for a week. flict-riddled Afghanistan, the vet- However, he did not why the confirmed the arrest. But he said it eran police has received minor pro- journalist has been nabbed. He said remained unclear why Faizi had motion and retired as the captain a NDS officials had assured the com- been arrested. few months ago. Recalling his love mittee that information would be Faizi has worked for several for his duty, Saboor said that he shared with the media after inves- local radio stations over the past used to work from 06:00 a.m. un- tigations against the reporter were several years. For a year or so, he til 07:00 p.m. every day, some 13 over. Mubarez Mohammad has been working for the Inekas hours a day, although the honest Zadran, the governor’s spokesman, radio. (Pajhwok) man nagged that he received minor promotion. Nonetheless, the expe- rienced police said he is eager to resume his duty after recovery. The First Battalion of the Royal battalion is set to serve an eight- said: "What we are going out to do based on support to the Afghan Suffering from respiratory prob- Irish Regiment is set to deploy for month tour of duty in the Afghan is essentially provide security and National Defence Security Force, lems with his throat, nose and lung the first time in around six years - capital, and is now preparing to force protection for Nato person- as opposed to us being in the lead perpetually sore, obviously due to to Kabul in Afghanistan. leave its Shropshire base. The up- nel in Kabul, both within Kabul - we are very much there at their dust inhaled during his hard work It is some 600km away from coming mission will provide sup- city and also within the Afghan request and they have the lead on in the battered Kabul streets, he the troops' last deployment, in port to local security forces rather National Army officers academy. security matters." hope that "at last I will go under Helmand Province in 2010. The than combat. Major Dan Moore "This tour will be much more BELFASTTELEGRAPH surgery to recover." Recalling his sweet and bitter memories, the sick traffic policeman evoked that offi- cials had violated traffic laws more TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TOOK THE LIVES OF 4 COMMUTERS than ordinary citizens over the past 15 years, hoping that all Afghans Kabul : About four passengers lost would gradually respect the traf- their lives due to a traffic accident fic rules and regulations. Afghani- in northern Takhar-Badakhshan stan, according to Transparency International, is among the most highway yesterday. corrupted countries, where cor- Ahmad Nawed Faroutan ruptions, according to locals, per- spokesman of Badakhshan gover- vade people's daily life and billions nor told BNA reporter, the inci- of U. S. dollars contributed by in- dent took place, while a passenger ternational community over the car veered off the road due to gla- past 15 years has been embezzled. cial in the mentioned highway, in Many of Saboor's friends and col- which 4 commuters were killed. leagues, according to Saboor's Jalalabad : A person with drug and wanted to smuggle it to Ghan- neighbors, have established luxu- Since few days ago Northern package was detained by police in ikhail district, Nangarhar province. ry lives and profitable businesses provinces due to heavy snowfall Nangarhar province yesterday. It is said that the drug was skill- because of misusing their authori- become cold and highways of the The person has been arrested fully planted in a vehicle. ties but Saboor is not even able to provinces is glacial up to middle during searching of police forces Another report says that 2 afford doctors' fee for surgery. "I of day, Nawed added. in outskirt of Sourkhroad district. people were arrested during recent received a plot from former Presi- Meanwhile, at least 11 passen- Ataullah Khogyani spokesman day in Nangarhar province. dent Burhanudin Rabbani some 22 gers were killed following a traffic for Nangarhar governor told BNA, Police says, the people have years ago and transformed it to my 35 Kgs of heroin was seized from been arrested accused of theft, nar- name some four years ago but I accident occurred few months ago the package. According to Khogy- cotic smuggling, murder and mem- can't construct it due to financial in Badakhshan province. ani, the drugs was loaded by the bership of criminal gangs. problems," the veteran Saboor said (BNA) person from Laghman province (BNA) softly. xinhuanet TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

After supplying four attack heli- equipment and we will pay for it,” copters to Afghanistan, India is the source added. quietly moving to qualitatively Trilateral cooperation This ef- scale up military assistance in fectively formalises the trilateral terms of long-term spares and sup- mechanism which was mooted in port. This involves a trilateral 2014 in the backdrop of withdraw- framework with Russia, officials al of troops by the North Atlantic EMERGENCY confirmed to The Hindu who said Treaty Organisation (NATO) but it is likely to be discussed by Af- did not make progress at that time CALLS ghanistan President Ashraf Ghani due to reluctance of the then UPA and Prime Minister Narendra government. Kabul had long been Police Modi when they meet on the side- requesting India for offensive mil- lines of the sixth Heart of Asia itary hardware and has several (HoA) ministerial conference in times presented a wish list of ur- 100 - 119 Amritsar later this week, which gent military hardware. A revised will be attended by Russia as well. list was handed over to India in Two Indian Air Force techni- August during the visit of the Chief Hospitals cal teams visited Afghanistan last of Afghan National Army General month to assess the requirements Qadam Shah Shahim and was dis- FMIC Hospital for spares and maintenance to re- cussed at the highest level during Behind Kabul Medical store the Soviet-era helicopters Mr. Ghani’s visit in September. University: and transport aircraft lying there, Priority items on the list in- defence and diplomatic sources clude utility and attack helicopters, 0202500200-+93793275595 told The Hindu. tanks, artillery, ammunition and “There are at least 40-50 heli- spares, in addition to help in re- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital copters of various types and some viving some of the Soviet-era An-32 medium transport aircraft equipment and factories in Af- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi which have been grounded from a ghanistan. No new hardware 070263672 long time for need of spares. We “The current assessment is have asked Indian help in refur- specifically for spares and sup- bishing them,” diplomatic sources port for the helicopters and air- Khairkhana Hospital stated. The teams were tasked to craft with Afghanistan and does not assess the requirements and sub- include supply of new hardware 0799-321007 mit a report on what can be pro- from India. We are waiting for a 2401352 vided by India from its existing in- response from India,” sources said ventory and what needs to be pro- and added that the idea is to ex- cured from Russia which is the tend it other areas as well in fu- Indira Gandhi Children original manufacture of the hard- ture. India has supplied three ware, a Defence Ministry source Cheetal utility helicopters, and in Hospital, Wazir Akbar said. “Based on that we will work a major policy shift, agreed to Khan, Kabul 2301372 out a model with Russia where transfer four Mi-25 attack helicop- While India seems to be open to supplying lethal hardware, involving Moscow is inevitable as most of the equipment is manufactured in Russia. they will supply the necessary ters from its inventory last year. This was evident in the case of an Mi-25 helicopter that was grounded due to lack of spares which had to be procured from Russia. THEHINDU Ibn-e- Seena Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Bulgarian Taliban search vehicles on 2100359 Wazir Akbar Khan government: 50 Hospital roads: Paktika residents 2301741, 2301743 SHARANA : A number of resi- ety Groups coordination centre ernor, Naqib Ahmad Atal, told Pa- no problem on highways inside Afghans to dents of southeastern Paktika head Khurshid Aman Katawazai jhwok Afghan News about the Paktika and that the problem ex- Ali Abad province say Taliban militants have told Pajhwok that the problem was Taliban’s presence in Zurmat dis- isted in Paktia’s Zurmat and Ghaz- started searching vehicles and pas- in Zurmat district of neighbouring trict that the provincial government ni’s Andar districts. Shahrara, Kabul sengers on highways. Paktia province. Zurmat district was trying to resolve the issue Wehdat said the security prob- 2100439 repatriate They said the armed rebels borders Paktika’s Mata Khan dis- through an organized plan. lem on highways would be re- looked for government officials in trict. Katawazai said Taliban mili- The governor of Ghazni prov- solved jointly with officials of vehicles on the Paktika-Ghazni and tants used to stop vehicles in Zur- ince, Abdul Karim Matin, con- neighbouring provinces and the is- Malalai Maternity Paktika-Paktia highways. mat district to look for government firmed security problems on the sue would be taken up with gov- voluntarily, 200 A resident of Sharana, the pro- officials and kill them. “The threat Ghazni-Paktika highway and said ernment leaders in Kabul. Hospital vincial capital, Syed Khan, told subsides when you enter Paktika a plan was being devised to ad- The Taliban have not yet com- 2201377/ 2301743 Pajhwok Afghan News that the from Zurmat.” dress the issue. mented about the issue, but previ- highways in Paktika had become An Afghan National Army “Right now a delegation is vis- ously their spokesman Zabihullah to follow highly insecure. soldier Abdullah Shinwari said iting the area to know where the Mujahid had said the fighters did Banks He said Taliban militants dai- people could not easily travel to problem originates from,” the gov- not bother common people. ly searched vehicles on roads and Paktika by road due to Taliban’s ernor said, asking tribal elders to About a week ago, Taliban Da Afghanistan Bank pulled government officials from threat while there were no air cooperate with security forces in militants pulled four policemen 2100302, 2100303 vehicles and killed them. flights to the province from other resolving the issue. from vehicles on the Ghazni-Pak- But he did not provide any fig- provinces. But Paktika governor Moham- tika road and later killed them. ure for those killed by the insur- The spokesman for Paktia gov- mad Ilyas Wehdat said there was (Pajhwok) Bakhtar Bank gents. “Taliban can be seen stand- 0776777000 ing on road just 100 metres away from security posts. They disem- Azizi Bank bark government officials from vehicle and kill them,” Syed Khan 0799 700900 said. According to his information, Pashtany Bank the Taliban could be seen on the Paktika-Paktia highway at 10 lo- 2102908, 2103868 cations where they searched pas- sengers. Air Services Similar views were expressed by another resident of the provin- Safi Airways cial capital, Syed Noor. “A few days ago, my cousin who was trav- 020 22 22 222 elling from Ghazni to Paktika was dragged out of vehicle and shot Ariana dead by Taliban.” Noor confirmed the Taliban 020-2100270 had started searching vehicles on roads in the province, claiming that over the past one month alone, the Kam Air Taliban killed 30 government ser- 0799974422 vants after pulling them from ve- hicles on the Paktika-Ghazni high- Hotels way. Similarly, Paktika Civil Soci- Safi Landmark The procedure has begun for 50 tres. The reception centre at Pas- Afghanistan citizens illegally in trogor would be converted from an 020-2203131 Bulgaria to return voluntarily to open to a closed facility. Some of their country, and a further 200 the people at Elhovo would be SERENA after their documents are pro- moved there. cessed, Bulgaria’s government said The capacity to accommodate 0799654000 on November 28. people at the special detention This was reported at a meet- centre for foreigners in Lyubimets New Rumi Restaurant ing held by Prime Minister Boiko was being expanded. Fifty trailers Borissov and attended by the head with bedding for 400 people had 0776351347 of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Ref- been delivered. ugees, Petya Purvanova, and chiefs The meeting looked at the pos- Internet Services of the Interior Ministry, Border sibility of former Border Police UA Telecom Police and security services. facilities at the Bulgarian-Turkish The meeting was held to dis- frontier being transformed into 0796701701 / 0796702702 cuss implementation of the action centres for detention of foreigners. plan in case of an emergency in the These would be gated and guarded Exchange Rate event of increased migration pres- by Interior Ministry employees. sure on Bulgaria’s borders with Estimates were made regard- Purchase: Turkey, the government statement ing food and medical care, among said. other items, and the numbers of The officials reported that the State Agency for National Securi- One US$ = situation at the registration and ty and Interior Ministry person- 66.89Afs reception centre in the southern nel that would be required to work Bulgarian town of Harmanli had at the centres. One Pound Sterling= normalised after steps were taken Separately, the University 86.77Afs to secure the centre and increase Hospital in Stara Zagora said on One Euro = the capacity of medical services November 28 that a 15-year-old for the people accommodated Afghanistan boy who had been 74.18Afs there. operated on for head injuries was 1000 Pak Rs = The medical teams on site had still in an induced coma with arti- 621Afs not detected any dangerous infec- ficial respiration but his life was tious diseases. They had diagnosed out of danger. Sale: chronic illnesses for which treat- The hospital said that it was One US$ = ment had been prescribed. not known how the injuries had 67.09 Afs The construction and repair of been caused. Reports on Novem- One Pound Sterling= the fence at the Harmanli refugee ber 27 said that boy was among a centre was on schedule, the meet- group of Afghans being transport- 87.57Afs ing was told. ed from the Harmanli camp after One Euro= Steps were to be taken to in- being expelled because of involve- 74.78 Afs crease the capacity for accommo- ment in the November 24 riots 1000 Pak Rs= 629 dation at other distribution cen- there. sofiaglobe TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the funding of terrorism. India, has an economic firestorm He admitted that “a 100 per- on his hands following his deci- cent cashless society is not possi- sion to ban the 500 and 1,000 ru- ble,” right now, but emphasized pee notes. In his monthly address that he wants to set the wheels in on Sunday, Modi took his ambi- motion. Credit Suisse estimates ISLAMABAD: The government tions further with a call for a cash- that 90 percent of transactions in is set to speed up progress on a less society. India are conducted in cash. Not number of crucial issues, including According to a translation by only would a move towards a cash- highlighting the Kashmir dispute, Reuters, Modi said, “I want to tell less society be a tough logistical preventing civilian causalities along my small merchant brothers and hurdle but a cultural one as well. the Line of Control (LoC), repa- sisters, this is the chance for you There isn’t really a strong install triation of registered Afghan refu- to enter the digital world.” base for digital payment methods gees and implementation of the The ban has removed 80 per- in India and people aren’t familiar National Action Plan following cent of the country’s currency from with how to use them. Modi urged consultations with the new army circulation and brought commerce younger people who understand chief in the coming days. to a virtual standstill. But rather technology to teach the less-sav- Options to highlight Kashmir than backing up, it appears that vy. While it seems likely that a amid heightened hostility with In- Modi is doubling down. “We can move towards a cashless society dia will figure high in the meet-ups gradually move from a less-cash would be an extremely long-term between the civilian leadership and society to a cashless society,” he project, Modi has demonstrated his new military command in the near told listeners. willingness to make bold decisions future, insiders told The Express The initial decision to ban the with immediately negative conse- Tribune. two notes is part of an effort to quences. Even if dramatic mea- New army chief brings no cripple a robust black market econ- sures are taken, digital payments change in policy: Khawaja Asif omy. Modi said that counterfeit- bring a host of problems of their Army-chief-designate Lt-Gen ing was rampant and claimed that own—security breaches, privacy Qamar Javed Bajwa has a vast ex- the ban would aid in the fight concerns and virtual black markets perience of security management against tax-avoidance, bribery and to name a few. at the eastern border. On account of his sound understanding of is- sues involving Pakistan and India, he is thought in ruling circles as the ‘right man’ to directly deal with such matters. The government recently de- cided to reach out to Hurriyat lead- ers and map out a two-pronged strategy envisaging official steps and political options to keep Kash- mir in the global spotlight. The de- cision has not as yet materialised Multiple boats packed with Ro- ladeshi frontier town of Teknaf, groups in the Muslim majority Rakhine - home to the stateless as the government is inclined to hingya refugees fleeing violence in told AFP country calling for the Rohingya ethnic group loathed by many of hold consultations with the new Myanmar have been turned back "There were 12 to 13 Rohingya to be given shelter. 'Torched our Myanmar's Buddhist majority - security brass first, insiders said. by Bangladesh border guards de- in each of the boats," Zahid said. home' At least 30,000 have been surged in the past month after se- At the LoC, the government spite appeals by the country's Dhaka says thousands more internally displaced in Rakhine and curity forces poured into the area and security command’s priority opposition to provide shelter to are massed on the border, but has many have tried to reach Bang- following a series of attacks on ISLAMABAD: After a 53-day would be to provide humanitarian the persecuted Muslim minority. refused urgent international ap- ladesh over the past month despite police posts blamed on local fight- boycott of parliament, Pakistan assistance to the civilian popula- Myanmar's Rohingya Mus- peals to let them in, instead calling heightened border patrols, seeking ers. A UN official said last week Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman tion evacuated to safer locations lims seek refuge in Bangladesh on Myanmar to do more to stop refuge in Rohingya camps across that Myanmar is engaged in "eth- Imran Khan on Sunday gave party due to unprovoked Indian firing. Thousands of desperate Ro- people fleeing. the Bangladeshi border. nic cleansing" of Rohingya Mus- lawmakers the go-ahead to begin Focus would be on increasing res- hingya from Myanmar's western In the past two weeks, Bang- Samira Akhter told AFP by lims, as reports emerged of troops attending the proceedings of par- cue and relief operations across the Rakhine state have flooded over ladeshi border guards have pre- phone that she reached an unoffi- shooting at villagers as they tried liamentary bodies such as stand- LoC, the officials said. the border into Bangladesh in the vented more than 1,000 Rohingya, cial refugee camp in Bangladesh on to flee. Earlier this month, Human ing committees of the Senate and Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa ap- past week, bringing with them hor- including many women and chil- Monday, after fleeing her village Rights Watch condemned Myan- National Assembly. pointed new army chief rifying claims of gang rape, torture dren, from entering the country by in Rakhine state with her three mar's torching of three Rohingya The party also released a brief Speaking to The Express Tri- and murder at the hands of Myan- boat, officials told AFP. children and 49 others. "The mili- villages. The rights group urged the video on the Panamagate scandal, bune, Syed Yousaf Naseem, head mar's security forces. Mass protests by opposition tary killed my husband and torched UN to investigate the destruction highlighting the contradictory of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Eight boats attempting to cross groups and religious movements our home. I fled to a hill along with of 430 buildings in the northern statements of Prime Minister (APHC) Pakistan chapter, hoped the Naf River separating Rakhine have called on Bangladesh to ac- my three children and neighbours. Maungdaw district between Oc- Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Min- the security establishment, feder- from southern Bangladesh were cept Rohingya [Abir Abdullah/ We hid there for a week," said tober 22 and November 10. But ister Shahbaz Sharif and the chil- being enacted for the betterment al government and AJK govern- pushed back on Monday after six EPA] Bangladesh's main opposi- Akhter, 27. Dudu Mia, a Rohingya Myanmar's new civilian govern- dren of the prime minister. of people, not to protect the rul- ment would effectively take up were refused entry on Sunday, tion leader Khaleda Zia late on leader in the camp, said at least ment, led by Nobel Peace Prize According to a party official, ers. The PTI has boycotted stand- Kashmir issue to foil India’s bid to Colonel Abuzar Al Zahid, the head Sunday joined a growing chorus of 1,338 had arrived in the communi- winner Aung San Suu Kyi, has re- the decision to attend the standing ing committee meetings since Oct divert international community’s of the border guards in the Bang- political parties and religious ty since mid October. Violence in jected the allegations. committees’ meetings was taken in 4, when it distanced itself from a attention from its worst human a meeting held at the residence of joint sitting of parliament, called rights violations in the occupied the PTI chief at Banigala. to discuss atrocities by occupying valley. “Politically and diplomati- However, the PTI will contin- forces in India-held Kashmir. cally, Hurriyat leadership offers ue its boycott of the regular ses- The ruling Pakistan Muslim every possible assistance on Kash- sions of both houses of parliament League-Nawaz (PML-N) and op- mir issue.” until a decision in the Panamagate position parties, including Pakistan Repatriation of over 1.5 mil- case, currently pending before the Peoples Party (PPP), had criticised lion registered Afghan refugees cur- Supreme Court. the PTI for staying away from rently living in Pakistan is another Party launches video highlight- parliament. issue the government would be ing PML-N’s ‘contradictions’ over PTI parliamentarians are usu- discussing with the new power Panamagate ally quite vocal in standing com- set-up in military. Contrary to re- “The decision has been taken mittee meetings, pointing out loop- ports suggesting that the govern- to allow PTI MNAs to attend holes and discrepancies in govern- ment has decided to repatriate them standing committee meetings of the ment affairs, and their absence has by next year end, informed gov- National Assembly so they can been conspicuous. ernment functionaries say no such make a contribution towards poli- Also on Sunday, the party re- decision has been notified till date. cymaking,” PTI spokesperson leased a short video highlighting the “Public reiterations and media Naeemul Haq told Dawn. contradictory statements of Prime briefings apart, there’s no progress “Imran Khan was of the view Minister Sharif, his brother Shah- on the ground,” commented an of- that important legislation is taking baz, and children — Hasan, Hus- ficial privy to the development. He place in parliament these days, sain and Maryam. said Minister for States and Fron- therefore PTI leaders should not “The documentary film shows tier Regions Lt-Gen (retd) Abdul give members of treasury benches video clippings, statements and Qadir Baloch advised Prime Min- an open field to enact legislation interviews of Sharif family mem- ister Nawaz Sharif to defer a deci- that suits them,” the party official bers regarding their assets and off- sion on repatriating registered Af- said. He said that important laws shore companies. It also highlights ghan refugees till the new military related to the inquiry commission political statements where they establishment took charge, in or- act — that may affect the Panama- made unfulfilled claims regarding der to take the latter’s input first. gate case — the 24th amendment loadshedding or attacks on politi- Although Afghan refugees were not and electoral reforms were being cal opponents,” a party official among the 16 items on the agenda considered, making the PTI’s pres- told Dawn. Clips from the video of the November 23 cabinet meet- ence imperative to keep a check have already been shown at differ- ing. on legislation and ensure they are ent public meetings.

Sri Lanka’s ambassador to Turkey decades provided material support services rendered by KT for his Pakeer Mohideen Amza, in a com- to sustain the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) battle all these years against the munication to the author Daya movement’s militarism to gain an LTTE brutality. As I am someone Gamage, commending him for independent state for the minori- known him from my Chennai days bringing out a ‘timely product’ re- ty Tamils in Sri Lanka, within the his contribution in portraying the marked he was “amazed the wealth Tamil Diaspora to a respectable LTTE atrocities is second to none”. of knowledge so far I gathered from global position to replace the 2009- Here is the full text of the mes- the book and highly impressed the vanquished LTTE to exert politi- sage the author received from Am- analytical skill that you possess.” cal-diplomatic pressure to take Sri bassador Amza: Sri Lanka Ambassador to Tur- Lanka to the UN Human Rights b>(Begin Text) I have done al- key Pakeer M. Amza Commission in Geneva and possi- most 100 pages by now and from Mr. Amza seems to have high- bly for war crimes at ICC in The the flow I can tell you that it's a ly taken up with the newly-re- Hague Book wrapper timely product. Further it stress- leased book Tamil Tigers’ Debt to The book provides evidence es the importance of understand- America: US Foreign-policy Ad- how Washington ‘contemplated’ ing the nuances that are required venturism & Sri Lanka’s Dilemma. to save the Tiger leadership during when dealing with powerful coun- The book was released early the final weeks of the battle to re- tries. I am amazed the wealth of this month in the United States by move from the island of Sri Lanka, knowledge so far I gathered from Create Space, the publishing house the author interprets as a move to the book and highly impressed the of AMAZON. It is available for use it as a pressure group to effect analytical skill that you posses. purchase at AMAZON. The de- changes in the body politic of this I also want to congratulate you scription of the book can be South Asian nation. for your decision to acknowledge learned from the book web site “I am amazed the wealth of the services rendered by KT for tigersdebtusa.com knowledge so far I gathered from his battle all these years against The ambassador, a career dip- the book and highly impressed the the LTTE brutality. As I am some- lomat who was previously as- analytical skill that you possess”, one known him from my Chennai signed to the European Union, commending author Daya Gam- days his contribution in portray- noting the theme of the book said age’s unique presentation in the ing the LTTE atrocities is second “Further it stresses the importance book. to none. of understanding the nuances that He further commends the au- Let me also thank you very are required when dealing with thor for dedicating the book to sincerely for the chapter dedicat- powerful countries.” Kanapathipillai Thambirajah Ra- ed to me. I truly appreciate your The book deals with the issue jasingham, who is the Editor-in- gesture. Being a product of Sri Lan- how Washington created a condu- Chief of this online daily newspa- ka's free education I am happy of cive atmosphere through its for- per Asian Tribune commenting “I what I did in all my postings and eign policy deliberations lifting the also want to congratulate you for will do my utmost in the years to professional operatives, who for your decision to acknowledge the come. TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Turkey detains ‘wanted Kurdish female militant’at Istanbul Rebels have lost most of the north- devastating blow. ern neighbourhoods in besieged "Yesterday was the worst day airport east Aleppo, a monitor said on we've witnessed since the war Monday, as the army pushed an started. More than 1,500 families Turkish police on Sunday de- offensive to retake the whole of have fled to the regime-controlled tained a woman accused of be- Syria's second city. west of the city. The bombing is ing a wanted Kurdish militant at The army captured the Sa- horrific," Ibrahim Abu Leith, Alep- Istanbul’s main airport, state khour, Haydariya and Sheikh po-based spokesman for the Civil media said. Sara Aktas was de- Khodr neighbourhoods on Mon- Defence, told Al Jazeera. tained at Ataturk International day, while Kurdish forces took the The city, which was Syria's Airport while seeking to travel Sheikh Fares district from rebels, biggest before the start of a civil to Germany, the state-run Ana- the UK-based Syrian Observato- war that has killed hundreds of dolu news agency said. ry for Human Rights said. thousands of people, is divided It said she is accused of be- Kurdish forces in Aleppo are between the government-held west ing a key figure in the Kurdistan not officially allied with the Bashar and rebel-held east, where UN of- Communities Union (KCK), al-Assad's government in Dam- ficials say at least 250,000 people which the authorities regard as ascus, but the opposition regards remain under siege. the urban wing of the outlawed them as cooperating with the gov- Rebels in Aleppo have lost at Kurdistan Workers Party ernment in a bid to recapture the least 30 percent of the besieged (PKK). She faces up to 15 years city. Aleppo’s rebel-held Jabal east since Saturday, as frontlines in jail on charges of membership Badro captured by the army continued to cave in after nearly of an armed “terror” group, it "The rebels have lost control five months of siege. said. Turkish authorities have of all the neighbourhoods in the Syria's Al-Watan daily, which stepped up arrests of activists, north of east Aleppo, and this is is close to the government, said the journalists and even politicians their worst defeat since they seized army was advancing quickly. suspected of links to the PKK half the city in 2012," said Obser- It said the next stage of the in the wake of the July 15 failed vatory director Rami Abdel Rah- operation would be "to divide the coup. Critics say that the state man. Syrian state news agency remaining area into security dis- of emergency implemented in the SANA reported that the capture tricts that will be easily controlled wake of the coup has gone well of Haydariya and Sakhour as it and to capture them successive- beyond seeking to punish the looped footage showing some of ly". coup plotters themselves. MPs the thousands of civilians who The advance would then "push from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ have fled east Aleppo in recent the gunmen to turn themselves [in] Democratic Party (HDP) days as loyalist troops have ad- ... or accept national reconciliation collapse" as rebel-held neighbour- and fuel shortages. The Observa- night on Saturday - at least 6,000 "It is the first exodus of this strongly disputed the official vanced. The army renewed an op- under the terms of the Syrian hoods continue to fall to govern- tory, which relies on a network of to the Kurdish-controlled north- kind from east Aleppo since 2012," version of events, saying that eration to retake eastern Aleppo state". East Aleppo-based journal- ment forces. informants in the country to mon- ern district of Sheikh Maksoud, Abdel Rahman said, calling it the rather than being a member of nearly two weeks ago, hoping to ist Zouhir al-Shimale told Al Civilians besieged for months itor the war, said that nearly 10,000 with the rest fleeing to government- "biggest defeat" for the rebels in the KCK, Aktas is part of the deal the opposition a potentially Jazeera that there was a "constant in the east have faced serious food civilians had fled east Aleppo over- held areas. Aleppo since then. Kurdish Free Women’s Con- gress (KJA). HDP MP Dilan Dirayet Tasdemir said on Twit- ter that rather than trying to es- cape Turkey, Aktas had been returning from Igdir in the east of the country with her neph- ew. Another HDP MP, Besime Konca, rubbished reports that Aktas had been travelling on a fake passport under a false name, saying she had been simply re- The death toll from a weekend of wants to break away [from Ugan- turning to Istanbul from Igdir. fighting in western Uganda has ris- da], and that the royal guards are The PKK has waged an insur- en to 62 after clashes between po- not involved." gency inside Turkey since 1984 lice and a militia loyal to a tribal Local media reported that that has left tens of thousands king, according to regional police. Ugandan journalist Joy Doreen dead. Violence renewed in July "So far we managed to kill 46 Biira, who works for neighbouring 2015 after the collapse of a two- of the royal guards and we also Kenya's KTN news organisation, and-a-half-year ceasefire. Ten arrested 139 [guards]," regional was arrested in the region on Sun- MPs from the HDP, including police spokesman Mansur Suwed day and that her whereabouts were the two co-leaders, were arrest- told the Reuters news agency. unknown. Separatist aspirations ed earlier this month on charges He said the number of police Earlier this year President of links to the PKK which they killed had risen to 16 from 14 after Museveni ruled out any form of deny. two officers died from their secession in the Rwenzori region. wounds. He told the Daily Monitor Trump, without Police arrested King Charles newspaper: "I want to state cate- Wesley Mumbere on Sunday and gorically that Uganda will not lose evidence, says accused his supporters of trying even a piece of her land to the cre- to create a new state in the area ation of the so-called Yiira repub- illegal voting cost near the border with Democratic lic. The Rwenzururu kingdom is a him US popular Republic of Congo. traditional monarchy based near Mumbere has distanced him- the Rwenzori mountains which vote self from the cause. However, the straddle Uganda and the Demo- US President-elect Donald authorities accuse his royal guards cratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Trump said in a tweet on Sun- of training in the mountains beside and its members are mainly the day that he won the popular separatist militia forces to attack Bakonzo people - also found in vote in the Nov. 8 election “if government installations. both countries. The monarchy you deduct the millions of peo- "The situation is volatile. Sev- started out as a separatist move- ple who voted illegally”, though eral of our guards have been killed ment of the same name when the he provided no evidence of after the government gave an order Bakonzo declared their own king- widespread voter fraud. The al- to disband the royal guards imme- dom in 1962. The move led to legation by Trump, who won diately, which is not easy," Clar- years of bloodshed until a settle- the required votes in the Elec- ence Bwambale, Rwenzururu king- ment was reached in 1982 in which toral College to secure the pres- dom spokesman, told the AFP the movement laid down arms in idency, comes as Democratic Former prime minister Francois In his victory speech, Fillon Fillon, who defied predictions genuine conservative on both eco- news agency from the palace where return for a degree of local autono- rival Hillary Clinton’s lead in Fillon has won the second round pledged to unite his camp behind a to emerge surprise winner of Les nomic and social issues - as having he and the king were, as heavy my. Museveni officially recogn- the popular vote over Trump of the conservative primary race project to carry out deep reforms. Republicains' first-round primary the best chance of becoming pres- shooting echoed in the background. ised the kingdom in 2009. Howev- has surpassed 2.0 million votes for next year's presidential election France: Sarkozy knocked out on November 20, was boosted by ident. All eyes now turn to the rul- "The king spoke to the presi- er, unrest has continued to simmer and is expected to grow to more in France after rival Alain Juppe of presidential nomination race a convincing performance in a tele- ing Socialist party and to whether dent [Yoweri Museveni] this morn- in the complex ethnic and political than 2.5 million as ballots in conceded defeat following partial "My approach has been un- vised debate against Juppe on the deeply unpopular President ing and he gave him two hours to conflict, as many in the region still populous states such as Cali- results. With votes from more than derstood: France can't bear its de- Thursday. Francois Hollande will decide to disband the royal guards, which is feel marginalised by authorities in fornia continue to be tallied. a third of 10,228 polling stations cline. It wants truth and it wants Both Fillon and Juppe pro- run for the left-wing ticket in his impossible. Now the army and distant Kampala. Some in Ugan- Clinton’s legal team said on Sat- counted, Fillon, who went into action," Fillon told supporters at pose supply-side economic mea- party's primaries in January, amid police have raided the palace and da, with the support of their fel- urday it had agreed to partici- Sunday's second-round run-off as his campaign headquarter. sures including cuts in public signs that his prime minister, Man- attacked the royal guards" he said, low Bakonzo in the DRC, have pate in a recount of Wisconsin favourite, had won 68.6 percent Fillon's victory will send him spending and raising the retirement uel Valls, is considering a bid of his with a large explosion heard in the taken up arms and are agitating for votes after the state’s election of the vote in the head-to-head run- into an electoral battle that opin- age, although Fillon promises more own. Next year's French presiden- background. the creation of the Yiira Republic board approved the effort re- off compared with 31.4 percent for ion polls say will boil down final- drastic and faster measures. tials are shaping up to be another "We have told the government which would cover territory in quested by Green Party candi- his rival, Juppe, another former ly to a duel with far-right leader Many pollsters are seeing Fil- test of anti-establishment anger in the kingdom is not involved in the Uganda and part of North Kivu in date Jill Stein, which Trump prime minister. Marine Le Pen next May. lon - France's closest thing to a western countries. creation of Yiira republic, which the DRC. has called “ridiculous.” “In ad- dition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” the Republican Trump tweeted as reporters waited for him to leave his Mar- a-Lago golf resort in Florida to fly back to his residence in New York City. In addition to win- ning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally At least 34 civilians have been expel them. Sunday's attack is the they leave the area or risk a purge," peace centre added in a statement. A representative for the Hutu community group also called on Congo's The US presidential race is de- killed in a bout of ethnic violence worst inter-communal violence in government and the UN peacekeeping force to take steps to secure the safety of the region's Hutu population. North Kivu has been the scene of cided by the Electoral College, in the Democratic Republic of a year. Dozens of people have died repeated clashes for nearly two decades, and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. based on a tally of wins from Congo's eastern region, authorities since the start of the year in fight- the state-by-state contests, said, after a week of soaring ten- ing between the Nande and the rather than by the national vote. sions. Hutus. "If the army had not inter- Inside Story - Is the DR Con- vened, there would have been go on the brink of collapse? many more dead," a military Yemen’s Hadi: Sunday's attack by the Mai- source said. 'Wreaked carnage' Mai Mazembe, a Nande ethnic "The militia was searching for Liquid cash crisis militia, targeted a camp for dis- members of the Hutu community placed people in the Hutu village and wreaked carnage before burn- to end soon of Luhanga, local official Joy ing down the village entirely," said Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Bokele told the AFP news agency. a local rights group, the Centre for Mansour Hadi said the crisis of "They started by attacking the the Promotion of Peace, Democ- liquid cash which his government FARDC [DR Congo military] po- racy and Human Rights (CEPAD- is suffering from will end soon. sition. While they were attacking HO). "The attackers were there for The country’s Central Bank the FARDC, another group was more than an hour." has reached bankruptcy after the executing the population with blad- The UN mission in the Demo- rebels drained its resources. ed weapons or bullets," Bokele cratic Republic of Congo, or MO- During a meeting for the said. Bokele added that one of the NUSCO, said a peacekeeping force Central Bank’s board of direc- attackers was killed in the clashes. in the area had heard gunshots and tors in Aden, Hadi voiced the Tensions between the Nande was "quickly deployed and neutr- importance of transferring the and Hutu have been running high alised the attack", killing one of the bank to Aden after the rebels in the troubled east of the country, attackers. The UN mission said 15 used all its resources for their shaken by two decades of fighting people were wounded and had war until it became bankrupt and over land, ethnic tensions and min- been evacuated. it was no longer possible to pay eral riches. CEPADHO called on the gov- state employees their wages The Nande accuse Congolese ernment and the UN mission to even in areas they control. Ac- Hutus of supporting Rwandan take urgent action to prevent fur- cording to the official Yemeni rebel group, the FDLR. The Hu- ther ethnic violence. news agency, Hadi said the re- tus say they are looking for land "The Mai-Mai Mazembe percussions of lack of resourc- where they can settle for farming made threats against the Hutus es. and accuse the Nande of trying to during the week, demanding that TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Advisory editorial board By Seth G. Jones ed an opportunity to secure safe Second, the Islamic State head- Taliban attacks against Islamic Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Since 2014, the Islamic State has havens in areas with little or no quarters in Syria and Iraq doled out State positions in Kot and the established a small presence in official interference; ongoing wars some money to attract support- Mamand Valley. In May 2015, the Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Afghanistan. Islamic State leaders backed by Western countries like ers. The Islamic State was willing Afghan Taliban withdrew after fail- Graphic-Designer: call this province, or wilayat, the United States, which could be to provide some finances—per- ing to secure support among lo- “Khorasan,” a reference to the his- used to delegitimize the govern- haps as much as several hundred cals, and Islamic State forces con- Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi torical region that encompassed ments in Kabul and Islamabad as thousand dollars—to build net- ducted offensive operations Marketing & Advertising: parts of Iran, Central Asia, Afghan- foreign puppets; and a religious works in South Asia. The Islamic against the Taliban in several dis- istan, and Pakistan. Yet despite and historical importance as part State’s seizure of territory in Iraq tricts of Nangarhar. By mid-sum- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 their effort to expand power and of Khorasan. The Islamic State and Syria attracted some extrem- mer of 2015, the Islamic State con- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan influence in the region, the Islamic launched a blistering public attack ists in the region, who wanted to trolled territory in several districts Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 State-Khorasan Province, as Islam- against al-Qaeda and the Afghan ally with what they viewed as a in the province. But the Taliban ic State leaders refer to the affili- Taliban, accusing them of having successful violent jihadist group. regrouped. Drawing on fighters in Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ate, controls virtually no territory gross shortcomings regarding the Third, the Islamic State took nearby provinces, the Taliban suc- except for tiny areas in such dis- teaching of tawhid (the oneness of advantage of weak local governance cessfully pushed Islamic State tricts as Deh Bala, Achin, and Na- God) to their members. The Islamic to establish a foothold. Nangarhar fighters out of most districts in The constitution says ziyan in the eastern province of State accused both the Taliban and Province in Afghanistan is perhaps Nangarhar, except for Deh Bala, Nangarhar. The Islamic State has al-Qaeda of multiple offenses: fo- the clearest example. Both the Af- Achin, and Naziyan. In southern conducted only a handful of at- cusing on tribal law over Sharia, ghan government and Taliban had Afghanistan, the Taliban routed tacks in the region, failed to secure establishing a close alliance with failed to control territory in parts Islamic State fighters. In the north- the support of most locals, and Pakistan’s intelligence agency, fail- of Nangarhar. The Afghan govern- ern Helmand district of Kajaki, for Article 24: struggled with poor leadership. ing to effectively conquer and con- ment and its security forces had example, Taliban fighters captured Article Twenty-Four: Liberty is the natural right of human beings. This right has The Afghan Taliban has trol territory, neglecting to target virtually no presence in most parts or killed several dozen fighters that no limits unless affecting others freedoms as well as the public interest, which emerged as one of the Islamic Shi’a, adopting “un-Islamic” prac- of districts along the Spin Ghar had allied with the Islamic State in shall be regulated by law. Liberty and human dignity are inviolable. The state shall State’s fiercest enemies, though the tices such as wearing amulets, es- mountain range south and east of 2015. The Taliban did the same in respect and protect liberty as well as human dignity. U.S. and Afghan governments have tablishing a hierarchical structure Jalalabad. And the Taliban had lit- Farah Province, where they killed, conducted strikes as well. Taliban that excluded many rank-and-file tle control in an area that included captured, or co-opted an Islamic commanders have orchestrated an fighters, and recognizing interna- multiple insurgent groups and frac- State cell in the Khak-e-Safid dis- aggressive campaign against the tional borders (instead of support- tured tribal dynamics. In such dis- trict. The Taliban also brutally Islamic State to kill its senior lead- ing a pan-Islamic caliphate). tricts as Achin, Deh Bala, and Na- crushed Islamic State cells in Log- ers, co-opt its members, and un- One of the few groups that ziyan, the Shinwari tribal structure ar and Zabul provinces. dermine its ideology. This devel- escaped the Islamic State’s excori- has almost completely broken Broader Lessons opment is a double-edged sword ation was the Tehreek-e-Taliban down. Today, the Islamic State has for the United States, with broad- Pakistan, which was formed in Based on this strategy, the Is- roughly 1,000 to 2,000 fighters in er implications in the campaign to December 2007 as an umbrella or- lamic State established an organi- Afghanistan and Pakistan, a de- unseat the Islamic State from ter- ganization among various Pakistani zational structure led by an emir, crease from 2015 estimates. The ritorial control in the Middle East, militant groups. “They were upon with a deputy emir and a central group has conducted only a hand- Africa, and Asia. The weakening great good,” concluded one article shura composed of such commit- ful of attacks in the region, such as of the Islamic State is a positive in Dabiq, the Islamic State’s on- tees as intelligence, finance, pro- against a police convoy in Quetta step. But Taliban successes against line magazine, referring to the Te- paganda, and education. After the in August 2016, Pakistan attorneys Air power is considered a vital element in military operations against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s organiza- hreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. “They death of Hafiz Saeed Khan in 2016 at a hospital in Quetta in August militants and defense against the aggressive foreign forces. Besides tion have increased the Taliban’s carry the Salafi creed and hope and by a U.S. drone strike, the Islamic 2016, Hazara protesters in Kabul strength in eastern and southern strive to establish the laws of Is- State appointed Abdul Hasib, a in July 2016, and the Pakistan con- quick mobility, the air force also hits the targets with more accuracy Afghanistan, creating a separate lam in their region.” former Afghan Taliban member, as sulate in Jalalabad in January 2016. than heavy weapons such as mortars and cannons. In ground offen- challenge for the United States and The Islamic State’s Strategy emir of the organization. But the Islamic State’s loss of ter- sives it is too hard to avoid collateral damage and hit the enemy its allies. In January 2015, the Islamic The Decline of the Islamic ritory in such provinces as Hel- The Rise of the Islamic State State formally announced the es- State mand, Farah, Zabul, and Logar is targets. In dark hours the battle often gets ugly especially when the in Khorasan tablishment of what it called Despite its best efforts, how- not entirely a good news story. The enemies hold strategic positions at different points. It can cause pan- In 2014, Islamic State leaders “Wilayat Khorasan,” or Khorasan ever, the Islamic State controls lit- Afghan Taliban has benefited from communicated with militant Province, in Afghanistan and Pa- tle territory in South Asia, con- the Islamic State’s decline. The ic and bring morale of the defense forces to a low point that the groups in South Asia to gauge the kistan. Over the next several ducted only a handful of attacks, Taliban has strengthened its pow- enemy could use as a leverage to advance and inflict heavy casual- possibility of expanding the Islam- months, the Islamic State focused failed to secure the support of er, bolstered its reputation, and ties. ic State’s influence in the region. on co-opting local militants and most locals, and struggled with complicated U.S. and Afghan gov- The Islamic State began conduct- expanding its networks in Afghan- poor leadership. ernment efforts to wind down the Therefore, air power is key element on which the military com- ing an information campaign istan and Pakistan. Its strategy in- One of the Islamic State’s fierc- Afghan war. manders on the battlefield can rely to inflict heavy casualties on the through word of mouth, printed cluded several components. est opponents has been the Tali- The Afghan experience high- material, and other forums. Islam- First, the Islamic State at- ban. In 2015, the now-deceased lights a broader lesson in the fight enemies while suffering minimum losses. Airstrikes in eastern Nan- ic State sympathizers, for exam- tempted to exploit local grievanc- Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad against the Islamic State. The Is- garhar province had broken the backbone of Daesh, also known as ple, distributed a 12-page printed es in leveraging already-established Mansour bluntly warned in a mes- lamic State’s loss of territory will the Islamic State. This global terrorist organization was active in moun- booklet titled “Fateh” (or “victo- networks. Following the death of sage to Islamic State fighters that not occur in a vacuum. Who will ry” in Pashto) in Pashtun areas of several Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan the war in Afghanistan should benefit? Other terrorist groups or tainous region. That’s why it was difficult for the ground forces to Afghanistan and Pakistan. As Te- leaders, Hafiz Saeed Khan and sev- come “under one banner” and one non-state actors? The local gov- have an upper hand over Daesh in absence of the air support. The hreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokes- eral of his colleagues in Pakistan leadership—that of the Taliban. ernment? Regional powers? As the man Shahid Shahidullah remarked became increasingly disenchanted Taliban leaders strongly objected United States and its allies under- airstrikes forced hundreds of IS fighters to run for their lives. Like- in late 2014: “Oh our brothers, we with the group. Saeed had appar- to the Islamic State’s desire to es- mine Islamic State territorial con- wise, in Kunduz the air force was able to restrict the Taliban to cer- are proud of you in your victories. ently been one of the main con- tablish a separate chain of com- trol in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and oth- We are with you in your happi- tenders for the Tehreek-e-Taliban mand in Afghanistan with a sepa- er countries, policymakers need to tain area. ness and your sorrow … All Mus- Pakistan’s top spot, but was rate leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. shift their attention to understand- However, civilian casualties were very unfortunate. According to lims in the world have great expec- passed over. In southern Afghani- In response to Mansour’s letter, ing and influencing who fills the locals the civilian houses were targeted deliberately. The allegations tations of you. We are with you, stan, Abdul Rauf Khadim was a Islamic State spokesman Abu vacuum. As in Afghanistan, the we will provide you with mujahe- longstanding Taliban military lead- Muhammad al-Adnani (now de- United States may not be much still to be proved right or wrong because a detailed investigation re- deen and with every possible sup- er who rose to prominence after ceased) responded by accusing the better off with the winners.— port has not been surfaced. Avoiding civilian casualties is important port.” the United States released him from Taliban of allying with Pakistani (LAWFARE) South Asia seemed a promis- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2007. intelligence. This war of words Seth G. Jones is Director of to have public on the government’s side. Despite the deadly mis- ing market for the Islamic State. Yet he became increasingly dis- soon gave way to bloody skir- the International Security and De- takes, we cannot ignore importance of a strong air force. India has The region has a long history of gruntled with the Afghan Taliban. mishes. fense Policy Center at RAND and proven a strategic partner in this regard. New Delhi is keen to rebuild supporting jihadist groups, dating The Islamic State recruited some In eastern Afghanistan, fight- an Adjunct Professor at Johns back to the anti-Soviet wars in the of these frustrated former Tehreek- ing erupted between the Taliban Hopkins University’s School for the Afghan Air Force. The Indian government has recently supplied 1980s. South Asia also had several e-Taliban Pakistan and Afghan Tal- and Islamic State in early 2015. Advanced International Studies four attack helicopters. It is not a full stop to the Indian military factors that made it attractive for iban members, as well as opera- The first clashes took place in (SAIS). He is author, most recent- Islamic State leaders: relatively tives from the Islamic Movement Naziyan district of Nangarhar ly, of “Waging Insurgent Warfare” assistance which has scaled up this year. weak governments, which provid- of Uzbekistan. Province, and were followed by (Oxford University Press). New Delhi is planning to restore the Soviet-era transport aircrafts and choppers by purchasing spare parts from Moscow. Indian will not only provide the spares but also maintenance. It has been told by Indian defense and foreign ministry officials to The Hindu. President Militants Ashraf Ghani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian officials will discuss restoration and maintenance of the Antonov An- 32 military transport aircrafts and around 50 helicopters of different types. This assistance from New Delhi will boost capacity of the Afghan Air Force and help the government forces to outmaneuver the ene- mies. It will also increase hard power of Afghanistan. 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NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES In Afghanistan, women’s rights still struggle to take root By Rustam Ali Seerat This November Afghan wom- en and men on Facebook joined others around the world in posting Facebook profiles as By Marwan Bishara US, but Fillon like Trump, part of a two-week-long Unit- needs the gloom and doom ar- ed Nations initiative to Unite Francois Fillon, the seasoned gument in order to impose his to End Violence Against Wom- French politician who won the agenda; to raise the retirement en. weekend's Republican prima- age, cut welfare, privatise A recent televised debate ries is nothing like Donald healthcare, reduce vacation highlights the scale of that task Trump; the two are very differ- and increase working hours. in a country wracked by foreign ent political animals with differ- And of course, cut corporate invasions and riven by inter- ent characters and different tax to "stimulate growth". nal differences. pedigrees. But their platforms France first Earlier this month, two fe- and visions for their countries Fillon is a conservative male public figures were debat- are too close for comfort. Fil- Gaullist, who from the outset ing an anti-harassment law lon, like Trump, has pulled off opposed the 1992 Maastricht which was recently passed by an upset against his strong ri- Treaty that paved the way for the Afghan parliament at a vals, former President Nicolas the European monetary and round table with a deputy of Sarkozy and former Prime Min- political union. He has long ar- the Kabul clerical council on ister Alain Juppe. He's also gued that the agreement in- Aryanna TV. leading in the polls ahead of fringed on France's sovereign- The cleric shocked many France's presidential elections. ty and its ability to manage the netizens by calling the women Like Trump, Fillon has won economy even though it was “rationally paralyzed” with the primaries with high margins France, along with Germany, “defective brains” and backed by playing on nationalist sen- that dictated much of its agen- up his argument with a selec- timents, traditional values, and da. tive sampling of Islamic reli- security fears about immigrants Fillon is not about to Frexit gious texts. The two women and foreigners. And like Trump, like Britain did earlier this sum- were reduced to resorting to a Fillon proposes to fix the stag- mer. That will lead to the break- cliched defense of women and nant economy and reinvigorate up of the European Union with girls as wives and daughters, a melancholic nation through a incalculable cost for France and seemingly unable to make the mix of liberal market solutions, the continent. simple argument that men and an illiberal social agenda and a Fillon rhetoric on Russia women are of equal worth. much stronger security appa- and Muslims will also alienate should work with Russia's Republicans or ultra-na- social system and workers' they could emerge as the larg- The social media-active ratus. France's most important Euro- Vladimir Putin instead of slap- tionalists Fillon says that if rights. Fillon's rhetoric on Rus- est tribe of all. cleric’s comments about wom- France's Francois Fillon pean political and economic ping him with sanctions. Back France doesn't take risks now, sia and Muslims will also alien- Likewise they must rethink en proved a hot topic on Af- wins conservative primary partner, Germany. But don't ex- in 2007-2012, when Fillon was then when? But as his Repub- ate France's most important Eu- their embracing of social and ghan sections of social media. Transatlantic populism Fillon pect this Republican, if he ever the prime minister of France lican rival Alain Juppe correct- ropean political and economic political illiberalism, hyper eco- Nilofer Tahiri wrote angrily ran a populist campaign ex- makes it to the Elysee Palace, and Putin was officially serv- ly states, that Fillon's prescrip- partner, Germany. Chancellor nomic liberalism and heavy- on Facebook: “Being delivered pressing nostalgia for a lost to spearhead any more moves ing as prime minister of Russia, tion is "brutal" and that he's Angela Merkel has already handed security controls for into this world by someone France and portraying himself towards a stronger more con- the two had a close rapport. taking the country into unchar- warned the US president-elect they will lead to a global race brain-defected, the deputy to as the only candidate capable solidated EU, as some might Like Trump, Fillon sees nei- tered territory with too many of abandoning western values to the bottom; a race which the Kabul clerical council must of restoring its greatness and have hoped following the Brexit ther Syria nor the Ukraine as risks and dangers to France and of equal rights and dignity of China, not France or the US, is himself be without a brain.” fixing its problems. Sounds fa- vote. obstacles to improving rela- Europe. man, independent of origin. destined to win. In a 2011 survey by Tho- miliar? "France first" like "Ameri- tions with Moscow. On the Inside Story - Who can As France, Britain, the Unit- Marwan Bishara is the se- mas Reuters Foundation, Af- He reckons France urgent- ca first" is a strategy that works contrary, he sees them as op- stand up to the National Front? ed States, and Russia move nior political analyst at Al ghanistan was identified as the ly needs "radical change" to every time in favour of the right portunities to work closer with He is bound to further po- away from a world of neoliber- Jazeera. Follow him on Face- most dangerous place for wom- make it happy, great and pros- as it accuses the left of over Russia to resolve these deep- larise the country and provoke alism towards a world of tribal- book. The views expressed in en to live due to high mortality perous again, and like Trump, caring for others and not car- ening problems, especially in cross-country upheaval ism, they should avoid alienat- this article are the author's own rates, limited access to doctors he and he alone speaks for the ing enough for their own na- the fight against "radical Is- against what will be deemed as ing and antagonising Muslims and do not necessarily reflect and a lack of economic rights. people who are on the edge of tion. lam". a government assault on the on the basis of their religion for Al Jazeera's editorial policy. Women in Afghanistan trail "revolting" against a rigged It also helps Fillon's centre- men in part due the absence of system. right in blocking the far-right intellectual and institutional He claims the much-cele- National Front by taking away support for a women’s rights brated "French social model" its only winning card. movement, even as over a quar- is broken and must be replaced. Given that Fillon has writ- ter of MPs and the governors He wants to "liberalise" the la- ten a book with the title, "Van- of two provinces (Dykundi and bour market by lifting much of quishing Islamic Totalitarian- Bamiyan) are women. the hard-earned protections ism", wants to strictly control Some female politicians offered to France's poor and the practice of Islam in France, have gained a reputation for workers, which he sees as ob- "reduce immigration to a strict speaking out against social in- stacles to tackling unemploy- minimum", dislikes multicultur- justice: “(MP) Selay Ghaffari is ment and reviving the econo- alism and social liberalism, and By Azadeh Shahshahani a courageous Afghan women my. takes pride in France's colonial Before the recent elections, it who always criticizes the crim- France does suffer from a era, why would any French cit- looked like the United States was inals with her words in the TV number of chronic problems in- izen vote for the National on its way to do away with pri- debates.” cluding, unemployment, social Front? Beyond Europe vate prisons. In August, the US Department While such political posi- immobility, and imposing and, Fillon compares "radical Is- tions should not be easily dis- at times, dysfunctional state of Justice announced that it is cut- lam" with the "totalitarianism of ting ties with prison corporations, missed on the back of the five- bureaucracy and its public sec- the Nazis" and reckons France stating: "They simply do not pro- year reign of the staunchly con- tor that accounts for more than should make fighting radical vide the same level of correctional servative Taliban government half of the country's economy. islamists its primary objective. services, programs, and resources; wherein women played no role Unemployment remains Still shaken by the terrorist at- they do not save substantially on in public life, they still feel high at about 10 percent, simi- tacks of the past couple of costs; and … they do not maintain its name to CoreCivic in an attempt of substandard conditions. But Substandard conditions somehow symbolic in a coun- lar to the rest of Europe, but years, many French are cheer- the same level of safety and secu- to "rebrand" itself. studies have shown that private Per the most recent news, the try where many still view male more than double of Germany's, ing. rity." But once Donald Trump was prisons, in fact, do not save mon- detained immigrant population Subsequently, and following superiority as inherent. with around 25 percent unem- The rightist leader also ad- announced the winner of the pres- ey and may cost more than pris- will likely jump to 47,000 by June Restrictions on women are ployment among young people sustained advocacy by human idential election, there was no long- ons operated by the government. 2017, the highest number that ICE vocates supporting those who rights organisations for the Depart- most pronounced at the semi- under 25 years of age. But while fight the Islamic State of Iraq er a need for rebranding. In some communities, such as Har- has ever held. ment of Homeland Security (DHS) Stock prices for the two larg- din, Montana, the financial arrange- In its frantic search to impris- urban level. In rural Afghani- unemployment, debt, and gov- and the Levant (ISIL), group, to follow suit, Jeh Johnson an- stan women are equally active ernment spending remain high, est private prison corporations ments with prison corporations on this many people, the adminis- especially the Assad regime nounced that DHS will also review skyrocketed at the prospect of a have actually hurt the fiscal stand- tration is reportedly even planning in working outside of the house France is not "on the verge of and Iran. His views run con- its continued reliance on private president who has made it clear ing of the locality. on relying on privately operated as men are, often toiling un- bankruptcy" as Fillon con- trary to the position of France's corporations. that he is a fan of private prisons. Abuse in such facilities has also facilities that were formerly used veiled in the field as opposed tends. The French economy, the leadership on the right and left, US prisons: Leniency for ju- Trump has also vowed to lock been well-documented. Just earli- by the Bureau of Prisons and venile convicts as activists call for to their counterparts in provin- world's fifth largest, is diverse both of whom accused the As- up even greater numbers of immi- er this year, Immigration and Cus- which were due to close because cial towns where the religious and solid and has been able to sad regime of war crimes, and reforms grants, which will further feed the toms Enforcement (ICE) tried to of substandard conditions. After all this controversy, one establishment and patriarchy cope with the 2008 global finan- criminalised its Iranian and private prison industry. Current- force-feed a hunger striker, Alaa This lack of care for detained are more powerful. of the prison companies, the ly, 73 percent of detained immi- Yasin, in the CCA-run Stewart immigrants has had tragic conse- cial crisis better than most. Russian supporters. former Corrections Corporation of In urbanized regions of the France is nothing like the Fillon reckons that France grants are held in facilities operat- Detention Center in Georgia. quences; at least 165 people have America's (CCA), even changed ed by corporations. Yasin is a stateless Palestinian died in immigrant detention since country due to higher rates of Locking up more immigrants, who was unlawfully held by ICE 2003. One of these men was the education and social security, and expanding the private prison at Stewart, the second largest im- 39-year-old Roberto Medina Mar- women enjoy broader opportu- sector, would mean more taxpay- migration detention facility in the tinez who died of a treatable heart nities, even as sexual harass- er money spent on maintaining a US. He was on a hunger strike for infection while detained at Stew- ment has stayed a persistent LETTER TO THE EDITOR failed system with a documented three weeks in April and early May art. Medina's death could have been problem. atrocious record of abuse, aimed to protest his illegal detention. prevented were it not for the gov- How to change the environ- at cutting corners to maximise prof- According to US Supreme ernment's negligence. An investi- ment for women’s rights in the its and shortchange detained im- Court precedent, since his depor- gation following his death showed migrants and workers. tation was not reasonably foresee- that the physician was systemati- country? As education be- PreventTaliban members from entering US private prisons and abuse able, the government should have cally failing to conduct the required comes more and more prized in CCA first initiated the idea of let him out much earlier. Instead, review of the medical examination Afghan institutions, it is criti- Recently, the ministry of interior said that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, sending Tali- operating prisons for a profit in the government kept him detained information, thereby jeopardising cal that universities and think the early 1980s. According to one and attempted, without success, the health of the entire detained tanks as well as progressive ban members back to Afghanistan in a disguise of Afghan refugees. of the co-founders, the corpora- to obtain a court order to force- immigrant population. One month elements in government explic- Ministry of interior spokesman, SediqSeddiqi expressed concerns over such con- tion was modelled on the idea that feed him. Even after Yasin agreed after Medina died,the physician itly identify with and support spiracies and assured to do everything to prevent Taliban families from entering to one could market prisons "just like to eat on his own, he was still put left and the facility (at the time, feminism. Currently there are you were selling cars, or real es- in solitary confinement. the largest immigration detention few publicly visible institutions Afghanistan under the name of refugees. tate, or hamburgers." Detained immigrants at Stew- centre in the country) was left Based on international migration laws and human rights, no country has the right to The founders, who were po- art protested the human rights vi- without any doctors for more than fighting for women’s rights, use refugees for its political and military purposes. But, unfortunately, Pakistan has litically well-connected, took ad- olations they face through upris- three years. Earlier this year, the while notable exceptions such vantage of the harsher sentencing ings in summer 2014 and fall 2015. United Nations Working Group on as the Afghan Independent been hell-bent on destruction of Afghanistan, and goes to any level as it has been laws and the booming prison pop- Advocates have long called for this Arbitrary Detention visited vari- Human Rights Commission, reported that Pakistan’s spy agency sending Taliban members in disguise of Afghan ulation, which surpassed the states' facility to be shut down, along with ous detention centres in the US and which partially carries out the refugees. Why Pakistan is doing is very much clear to all of us. designated budgets for building the many others operated by pri- were able to interview currently role of a court in dealing with The Afghan security officials should turn every stone in order to identify Taliban new prisons. vate corporations. detained immigrants. The Working domestic violence and other The US first contractedwith This is partly driven by an ar- Group recently released their pre- abuses of women, remains iso- members at crossing point and prevent them from entering to Afghanistan. CCA in 1983 to house immigrants. bitrary congressional quota in place liminary findings; in them, it calls lated in the overall institution- Nearly 985,000 refugees returned to the country this year – 610,000 of them from In 1986, CCA went public, stating for detention of immigrants. On a on the US government to reduce that it is more aptly suited to run daily basis, ICE is required to main- detention, end its use of private al framework. One way in which Pakistan. large prisons because its use of tain 34,000 immigration detention detention facilities, and end man- women have been able to earn Parwaiz Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan electronic surveillance would mean beds. This quota does not exist in datory detention, among several dignity and respect In Afghan- that it can operate "with less staff any other law enforcement con- other recommendations. istan is by quoting Islamic reli- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must than the public sector would have text. Talk to Al Jazeera - Michael We should act to ensure that gious texts, citing passages have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: needed." In fact, CCA and other Lehnert: 'Close Guantanamo' the administration heeds these rec- from the Koran or the work of [email protected] prison corporations often present The quota itself can be attrib- ommendations, immediately cuts Muslim scholars, in order to themselves as cost-effective alter- uted to the lobbying power of the ties with private corporations, and prove that abuses against wom- natives to the public sector and prison corporations. According to shuts down corporate-run immi- en are un-Islamic. But a dia- claim that they generate benefits a report by Grassroots Leadership, grant detention centres. Azadeh for local economies. 58 percent of the $16,789,000 lob- Shahshahani is the Legal and Ad- logue on women’s rights based Disclaimer: In its frantic search to impris- bying by private prison corpora- vocacy Director with Project on religion alone can only up- on this many people, the adminis- tions from 2008 to 2014 was in South and a past president of the hold the rights of women so far. The views and opinions expressed in the articles are tration is reportedly even planning quarters when they lobbied the National Lawyers Guild. The There will always be some like those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or on relying on privately operated Congressional Department of views expressed in this article are the deputy of the Kabul cleri- facilities that were formerly used Homeland Security Appropria- the author's own and do not nec- cal council, who are ready to opinions of the Afghanistan Times. by the Bureau of Prisons and tions Subcommittee, which decides essarily reflect Al Jazeera's edito- turn scripture against women which were due to close because on the quota. rial policy. again.—(Global Voices) TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Last September, the United Na- ians or the occupation. Instead, we "972" into my phone, the dialling tions Human Rights Council called list tourist and historical sites. code for Israel and Palestine, look- for international action to curb what He asks my partner, who is ing for any numbers of Palestin- it described as "an Israeli campaign Latina, the names of her parents, ians. to evict international workers". perhaps looking for an Arab or Your smartphone can be your As Israel tightens its grip on Muslim family connection. Racial biggest enemy in the wrong hands, Palestinians and their international profiling and the targeting and de- and your social media and internet supporters, a growing number of portation, by Israel, of Muslim and presence, alongside information on activists, researchers and journal- Arab travellers is well-documented phones and laptops, can betray ists have been denied access by the . He finds no Arab or Muslim con- you. Israeli authorities. nection and gives her a three-month The soldiers leave, and we Among them is Eoin Wilson, tourist visa. compare notes. Besides our plans, an Irish-Scottish freelance journal- His semi-friendly demeanour my partner's questioning focused ist specialising in social move- quickly changes when he realises I more on our relationship, and ments and international solidarity spent an extended period in the whether or not it was genuine. activism. Earlier this month, he was West Bank several years ago. He Without being told what will refused entry and banned for 10 takes our passports and tells us to happen next, we again wait, this years. Here, he reflects on his or- wait. We sit beneath large prints time for over an hour. A Palestin- deal at the hands of Israeli interro- of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusa- ian woman is led crying from a gators. We queue, Palestinians and lem, visual assertions of Israel's curtained search room by a cus- tourists alike, to pass through the claim to Jerusalem as its capital, toms agent, while young Israeli metal detectors ahead. Alongside despite being one of the most iconic employees stand around, playing Hebrew and English welcome signs, symbols of Palestinian identity. on phones and flirting and laugh- the Arabic greeting "Ahlan wa Our first interrogation is by ing with each other, seemingly Sahlan", roughly translated as "you the Interior Ministry. We are sepa- desensitised to the systematic hu- have come to your people and your rated and I am taken to a small, miliation and dehumanisation of land", appears cruelly ironic. grim room. An official asks about the Palestinians around them. It is early November 2016, and our reasons for visiting, our fi- I try to sleep, but when I open we are at the Allenby crossing, in nances and our plans. Using ag- my eyes there are two plain- the Israeli-occupied West Bank. gressive interrogation techniques clothed agents standing in front of This crossing, also known as the to try to rattle me, the official me. I am now the only suspect. King Hussein Bridge, is the only shouts and repeats the same ques- I follow them past the pass- crossing between the West Bank tions, with dramatic pauses and port desks, in the direction of the and Jordan, and is controlled en- purposeful scribbling. exit. Beyond those doors, Pales- tirely by Israel. Palestinian baggage "What do you want to do in tine and "freedom". Instead, we handlers pass by in orange high- Israel? There's nothing to do in Is- enter a series of narrow corridors, vis vests. Like Palestinians who rael", she barks. She is not a good and I am taken to a small room and "Israel's policy of deporting foreign w itnesses to the occupation goes hand in hand w ith policies of settlem ent expansion, work on the construction of settle- advertisement for tourism, but that told to sit down, facing the female land confiscation and repression against Palestinian civil society." [Courtesy Eoin W ilson/ Al Jazeera] ments and the Wall, they seem like is not her job. Her job is to sepa- agent. Her male colleague hovers prisoners employed by the prison. rate the religious pilgrims and bars- in the doorway, silent. dence. She tells me that there was raeli club that a group of Celtic fans, evaporated in this claustrophobic to my own land by an occupying Beyond the first security mea- and-beaches-tourists, from those On the walls are some faded only one person with that name in the Green Brigade , carried out a room. We both know this is now power. Such pain is intensely real sures is the main terminal, much who want to spend time with Pal- "Visit Israel"-type posters. My the West Bank when these articles display of solidarity with Pales- just an intelligence gathering exer- for millions of Palestinians, who like an aircraft hanger. Large air- estinians and witness the occupa- interrogator is sitting behind two were written. Another coincidence, tine, waving dozens of Palestinian cise, and I tell her we are finished. are refused the right of return or conditioning pipes run along the tion. computer screens, with a poorly- I say. She asks about a Palestinian flags and drawing the wrath of I have walked the fine line of co- imprisoned by Israel's systems of ceiling pumping out cold air, in a After a long wait, it is the printed, pixelated Israel flag on the friend who is now in an Israeli UEFA, who fined Celtic. In re- operation, and now it is time to control and collective punishment. constant buzz which occasionally army's turn. This is a bad sign. We wall behind her. Though they do prison, held under Administrative sponse, Celtic fans have "matched stop and accept defeat. Ours is not an isolated case, rises to a high-pitched screech. are separated again, and I am inter- not say, I assume they are Shin Detention, which sees hundreds of the fine for Palestine", by raising Forefront in my mind is the and Israel's policy of deporting We plan to spend time in a Pal- rogated by a male sergeant, and my Bet. She tells me "you shouldn't Palestinians imprisoned by mili- over £175,000 ($217,253), which danger of somehow putting Pales- foreign witnesses to the occupa- estinian refugee camp, and we are partner by a female soldier. The lie to us any more. We are differ- tary courts for indefinitely renew- will be divided between Medical tinians in danger, and despite the tion goes hand in hand with poli- nervous. I have spent time in Pal- sergeant asks me very specific ent from the others. The conse- able six-month sentences, without Aid for Palestine and the Lajee cen- technical precautions I have taken, cies of settlement expansion, land estine before, and written articles questions. quences of lying will be serious". being allowed to see the evidence tre in Aida refugee camp. Though I know that intrusive intelligence- confiscation, killings, mass impris- about the occupation. We obvi- "Do you know any Palestin- It is cold, and I pull my hood against them. I deny knowing him. brief, her mention of Celtic shows gathering is common practice. onment without trial, repression ously cannot say this to the Israeli ians?" "Have you ever been a up and cross my legs, trying to She mentions my support of an awareness among the Israeli es- After several more hours of of Palestinian civil society, home officials, so it is a fine balancing act member of an 'anti-Israel, pro-Pal- keep warm, but also to show quiet Celtic Football Club in Scotland. I tablishment that actions in support waiting, we are finally handed a demolitions, and a myriad of other between not saying too much, and estinian' group?" "What did you defiance. I think how warm it is say nothing and the interrogation of Boycott, Divestment and Sanc- letter confirming our denial of en- methods of settler-colonialism. not saying too little. study at university?" "Have you outside and how much I want to continues. I later ask why she is tions (BDS) can take many forms, try, and told that we are banned But while these crimes con- At one end of the building is a been to Gaza or Iraq?" walk in Palestine's afternoon sun- interested in which football team I and Celtic supporters' solidarity for 10 years. Among the reasons tinue, there will always be wit- line of passport control booths. We I answer carefully, trying to shine. She starts the interrogation. support, and she mentions seeing has made an impact in this corner cited for my denial were "public nesses. This is what Israel fears. see a greying passport officer with answer truthfully without "in- She knows when I disabled my Celtic clothing in my luggage. Our of occupied-Palestine. This inter- order considerations". When inde- Eoin Wilson is an Irish-Scot- glasses, laughing with a tourist. We criminating" myself. The soldier social media accounts and asks possessions have been searched rogation has continued for over an pendent journalism is considered tish freelance journalist specialising pick him, hoping he is in a good asks to see my Whatsapp contacts. questions about private content without our knowledge or consent. hour, but she insists that if I coop- a threat to a society's "public or- in social movements and interna- mood. I had taken precautions to remove which should be inaccessible. She "Are you a fan of Scottish foot- erate there is still a chance of being der", profound questions must be tional solidarity activism. He is He begins his questioning anything related to Palestine from shows me a computer screen with ball?" I ask her. She mumbles some- given a visa. "But I have to be hon- asked about the values and prin- currently based in Jordan. about the reasons for our visit; we my phone and laptop, and to dis- articles for the Electronic Intifada, thing about European football. est", she says, "the chances are less ciples of that society. Our experi- Follow Eoin Wilson on Twit- answer "tourism", careful to avoid able my social media accounts, so with "Eoin Wilson" in the bylines. Perhaps she supports Hapoel than 50/50". I know the chances ence was disempowering and frus- ter: @eoin_wilson any mention of Palestine, Palestin- I decide to cooperate. He types I say that it is a funny coinci- Be'er Sheva. It was against this Is- are zero. Any hope of a visa has trating, but I was not denied entry Al Jazeera

Fo r girls an d w o m en fro m the Pern a caste, en terin g the sex trade is a n o rm al n ext step after m arriage an d childbirth. New Delhi, India - When Sita* titution". Unlike Sita and many geous as [Leela]." Sita pre-empts (STs). But even officially eligible at this point there is zero reliable, charming and wedding-drumming, several Apne Aap scholarships to a comes home in the morning, her others, she only entered the sex suggestions that her husband or in- DNT communities, such as the countrywide demographic infor- who describes the stigma that fol- private boarding school. She has al- husband is usually still asleep. She trade when she was widowed, and laws pressure her into the work Pernas, who are recognised as mation on denotified communities, lows her Perna neighbours. She has ready progressed further in her ed- has worked through the night, sell- moved back to Dharampura local- she does, saying: "It’s my own "SC", often do not gain access to a state of affairs which gives cre- nothing bad to say about them, she ucation than anyone else in her fam- ing sex on the highways tracing ity in Najafgarh, her childhood choice," and pointing out that re- these opportunities. "It is difficult dence to Rana's sense that "they explains. "It's their occupation. ily. Her classmates don't know much Delhi's periphery, but she will home. For her, it was the natural cently, her husband has found reg- for these people to stake a claim have become the lowest of the low; How will they survive without about her background but they bathe, cook breakfast, and get the path for a woman looking for work: ular work as a driver and earns at to the government programmes they are invisibles". While the first it?" But, she concedes, "general know what's relevant: she's bright, children ready for school before her own mother died young, but least as much as she does. But even because of the stigma of being la- order of business is the creation of caste [non-DNT] people get an- and a really good dancer. I meet her getting some rest herself. she remembers that her aunties in the absence of coercion, choice belled as ex-criminal tribes," says a comprehensive list of DNT com- gry that they do such kind of when she is home for a weekend. Here, in a tumble-down cor- used to "go out at night". Husbands is a fraught concept in a communi- Subir Rana, an anthropologist who munities, the ultimate goal, accord- 'wrong work'." Apne Aap's field She is a gazelle of a girl, as nice as ner of Najafgarh, a patch of urban herded goats, or didn't work at all. ty which is not only economically has spent time among the Pernas ing to Prasad, is that "they should workers report that Pernas are ig- Leela, with a gently teasing sense of villages stitched into the Indian "I don't know why. You can say it and socially marginalised, but his- of Najafgarh. Not only has their be mainstreamed into society in a nored, avoided and barred from humour she practises on me, in En- capital's fraying hem, what Sita is the traditional way," she says. torically excluded from the rights past taught the community to be way that is not too much of a certain shops. Prasad's proposal glish, over WhatsApp. Unlike her does for a living is no secret. Sita But it is less a ritual than a remedy and freedoms of citizenship. Zoom wary of the state, but their alien- change for them". Mainstreaming is to remove young girls from their mother, who never went to school, belongs to Perna caste, and among for an inherited economic need. out from this small community at ation from mainstream society has will be a trickier proposition for familial contexts: "If we can wean or her older sister who dropped out the women and girls of this acute- "This work is our compromise. It's the edge of India's capital, and the meant many of them are ignorant DNT communities that have found children away, get them admitted to become a wife, she won't marry ly marginalised community, enter- our way to make a living," Leela Pernas become just one dot among of their rights. For example, get- their way into the sex trade. "Once to [state] residential schools - be- until she's in her 20s, Leela says. ing the sex trade is a usual next explains. "A Perna woman is born many thousands, scattered on the ting a caste certificate - the neces- you become associated with a trade cause beyond a certain age, slow- "My daughter says when she gets a step after marriage and childbirth. into poverty, into a marginalised map of what a 2008 government- sary proof of eligibility for bene- like this, it is very hard to inte- ly, slowly, they will follow their job, we'll go away," says Leela. For "My first child died shortly caste, and she's female - so she's commissioned report described as fits - is difficult when many com- grate," says Anuja Agrawal, a so- parents. Children imbibe what is her family, it's the first glimpse of after being born. When [my sec- already thrice oppressed," says "the most vulnerable and disadvan- munity members hold barely any ciologist who has studied DNT happening around [them]." He an alternative path. Leela's children ond-born] daughter was around Ruchira Gupta, the founder of the taged sections of Indian society". government identification of any communities involved in intergen- adds: "This change will happen - the schoolgirl and the housewife - one year, that's when I started this anti-trafficking NGO Apne Aap, These are the DNTs, or Denoti- kind. When Apne Aap began a cam- erational sex work. "Giving up [sex slowly. It is true that everyone are not the only signs of a gradually work," she says. Married in her which has been working with the fied and Nomadic Tribes of India, pai n for improved documentation, work] happens only when a very who is educated up to high school broadening field of options. Nowa- mid-teens to a Perna man she Najafgarh Perna community for who are still more commonly rec- only four or five individuals in the concerted effort is made; when does not get a job." He estimates days, Sita tells me, it's becoming hadn't met before, she estimates more than five years. "As soon as ognised in mainstream society un- Perna community had certification other opportunities then become that if 10 percent try for a new normal to send your daughters to that she was 17 when she became she gains puberty, she is married, der their colonial-era classification: of their "SC" status. With NGO available." Back in Najafgarh I sort of life, perhaps 2 percent will school: "That's the first stage." the sole earner in her young fami- and after the first child, the hus- the Criminal Tribes. Historically intervention, this number has swol- speak to a young woman from the succeed. This mirrors Ruchira *Names have been changed to pro- ly. Now in what she guesses to be band pimps his wife. And she can't itinerant traders, entertainers, and len into the 30s - but, workers say, Sapera caste, a DNT community Gupta's approach. Now 14, Lee- tect the privacy of individuals. her late 20s, Sita still leaves the resist - she only has this commu- folk-craft practitioners, DNT com- it has been a struggle. "Government traditionally involved in snake- la's younger daughter is on one of Al Jazeera News Perna basti (settlement), each night nity. She feels she has no path of munities are often compared with always tries its level best to reach with other women from the com- escape. She is consumed for eight the Roma in Europe. Like "gyp- these people," says BK Prasad, munity to tout for customers in or 10 years, and then she is asked sies" elsewhere in the world, Member-Secretary of the tempo- "random places": bus stops, lay- to put her daughter into prostitu- whose lifestyles made them diffi- rary National Commission for bys and parks far from their own tion." Gupta explains that girls cult to bring under state control, Denotified, Nomadic and Semi- neighbourhood and out of view of who resist prostitution are often the wanderers were regarded with Nomadic Tribes, "but even these the police. They travel in a group, physically abused by their in-laws, suspicion by India's British rulers. people have to come to the gov- sharing the rickshaw fare and the who expect their son's wife to con- After the Criminal Tribes Act ernment. Most of the time, these risk of assault. "We try to get it tribute to the family finances. Lee- of 1871, a raft of castes were "no- people do not come." He recogn- done quickly," Sita explains. They la's own daughter - now a stay-at- tified", that is, branded "hereditary ises that DNTs may require "a spe- conduct encounters in cars or hid- home mum living elsewhere in criminals", alienated from tradi- cial approach". An earlier DNT den outdoor nooks. While one Najafgarh - moved back in with tional sources of income, and made commission, responsible for the woman is with a client, a friend Leela for a short period to flee her vulnerable to a range of state-sanc- 2008 report, issued a slew of sug- will make sure to stay within new family's pressure to start sex tioned abuses. Following India's in- gestions for government, centring shouting distance. Each client pays work. "They were threatening her, dependence in 1947, the stigma- on the recommendation to address between 200 rupees and 300 ru- 'We will tear your clothes, we will tised tribes were "denotified", but the needs of DNTs separately pees ($3-$4.50). In a night, the put you on the streets naked,'" these communities have been un- from other disadvantaged social women can expect to make as Leela says. With Apne Aap's back- able to shake what academic Mee- groups. Upon release the report much as 1,000 rupees ($14.60), or ing, she was able to convince an na Radhakrishna calls their "his- was, in the words of civil servant as little as nothing. Leela*, a moth- informal community court that her toric disadvantage". Welfare pro- and consultant to the commission er of four in her late 30s, has known daughter should be allowed to grammes have been offered to the Pooran Singh, "put into the alm- since she was "very little" that her make the choice independently. But most marginalised communities - irah [closet]". The new Commis- community was engaged in what one NGO worker explains: "We those social groups classed as the sion is making a priority of ad- is termed "intergenerational pros- don't often meet women as coura- Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Tribes dressing a deep information gap: Perna caste are one of the most stigmatised communities in India [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera] TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Saudi energy minister says market instability is ‘temporary’

u Haishan was at "This new information is sup- know if there was any commercial things starkly at odds with official Princeton University posed to improve existing infor- value," Wu said in an interview at data, that’ll be a real test of studying how mation. That’s like turning on the Baidu’s campus in northwest whether the regulatory environ- schools of fish swim lights and suddenly you see ev- Beijing. Institutional investors did, ment is going to be supportive of together when the crowd behavior erything." For now, the explosion and they quickly found Wu after these types of gauges." Movies, of a much bigger group grabbed his of data sources gives global inves- his gauges were released in June. Karaoke Wang Zhanwei, a data attention: 1.35 billion fellow Chi- tors a fresh look inside the world’s Read more: What 700 million analyst at Didi Chuxing, China’s In an interview with Al Arabiya nese. largest trading nation. China netizens say about growth, jobs answer to Uber, says information News Channel, Saudi Minister of It was Lunar New Year back UnionPay Co., the dominant card Official data in China still lack key companies glean from users can Energy, Industrial and Mineral home in 2014, and Baidu Inc., op- processor, can handle hundreds of metrics, such as a regular survey- benefit the government. His team Resources Khalid al-Falih said the erator of the country’s biggest millions of swipes per week. based unemployment rate. An pri- plans to mine its ride-hailing data instability of the oil market is tem- search engine, had created an ani- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. re- vate manufacturing indicator by to gauge consumer spending by porary and also discussed the mation of all the trips people in ported 3.1 trillion yuan ($485 bil- Minxin was suspended indefinitely tracking how often people visit kingdom’s developmental plans in China make during the holiday -- lion) of online shopping in the last this year, and a preliminary fac- places like malls, cinemas and the energy and oil sectors. the largest annual human migration. fiscal year, nearly equal to tory gauge reading by Markit Eco- karaoke bars. "We’re trying to use Al-Falih noted that the world He soon joined the company as a Sweden’s gross domestic product. nomics and Caixin Media stopped data to serve the public," Wang said. is suffering from economic slow- data scientist in Beijing, where he’s Read more: How bank cards di- last year. Big data is allowing al- "Governments may plan cities down, instability in the oil market tracking user location information vine consumer moods on hotels, ternatives to spring up. Cheng Xin, better when they know more about and excess of production, adding, to produce economic gauges such food and homes Baidu serves 6 bil- a former McKinsey & Co. analyst how people commute." Read more: however that this was a tempo- as which urban areas are ghost cit- lion searches a day and dominates now at Alibaba’s research arm, is How China’s ‘Data King’ im- ies and how many people are buy- mobile mapping, which gives lo- developing a GDP-type gauge pressed Premier Li Officials are rary phase that would be overcome. W u H ais h an . Ph o to graph e r: Qilai Sh e n / Blo o m be rg According to the minister, the ing cars. Big-data gurus like Wu cation data for its mobile users as compiled from the company’s paying attention. "We welcome kingdom’s oil production capacity are bringing the nation’s colossal well as those of apps built on its trade data. It will take readings from and are open to big data," said stands at 12.5 million barrels. economy into sharper focus in a map data. That shows, for ex- the Taobao e-commerce platform Sheng Laiyun, a National Bureau more potent way than in other ample, how many people visit and other data such as transaction of Statistics spokesman, adding struggle to find a signal in the deep parts. The China Satellite Manu- Al-Falih said Saudi Arabia’s oceans of noise. Read more: Big facturing Index compiled by San products comprising petrochemi- major economies because, unlike Apple stores, and can signal inter- figures from Soufun.com, China’s that the agency includes some of most developed nations, China’s est in the next iPhone. Wu used biggest real estate web portal. Read the data in indicators such as retail Data Is a Big Mess for Hedge Francisco-based SpaceKnow Inc. cals, refined petroleum, gas, fertil- Funds As the array of new gauges rose recently to a multi-year high, izers, and minerals are globally eco- official stats are often suspect or the search and map data to find more: How online liquor sales take sales, consumer inflation and home incomplete and private gauges can so-called ghost cities, betrayed by economic data past old growth prices. But private providers offer an increasingly complete al- just like the official index and a nomical, and therefore, the profit ternative view on China’s private gauge. But some of the from these industries in Saudi disappear. "We were running buildings that show little mobile- drivers "The question is, will the should be more transparent with around pointing a flashlight at vari- phone activity. He and his team of government allow this type of their methodologies to earn trust, economy, they are mostly verify- new data contradict official statis- Arabia is the highest. ing official statistics, according to tics. China may have stored more He added that these products ous things like labor or ports," said 10 used the technology to make a thing to flourish?" said Andrew he said. Still, processing, sorting Jeffrey Towson, a professor of in- suite of gauges for mall traffic, tour- Polk, head of China research at and making sense of all the new a report by Bloomberg Intelligence oil than official estimates, accord- can compete in global markets, and economists Tom Orlik and Justin ing to an analysis of satellite imag- more importantly, they can attract vestment at Guanghua School of ism visits, and industrial and high- Medley Global Advisors in sources of data isn’t easy, and even Management at Peking University. tech employment. “We didn’t Beijing. "If they start showing the world’s biggest hedge funds can Jimenez, who compared NBS ery by Orbital Insight Inc. in Palo investors in complementary sec- numbers with big data counter- Alto, California. tors. On the projects which Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will inaugurate in the eastern prov- ince, al-Falih said many of them Japan ’s w eak yen are linked to the petroleum, gas, petrochemicals, minerals and en- ergy sectors. o ffers n ew ho pe in Most important project The most important project on the global level is the Khurais w ar o n deflatio n oil field that produces 1.2 million barrels of Arabian light crude a day, Falih said, adding that develop- Pr ices in Ea st Asia n co u n t r y ment plans aim to increase pro- sho w sig n s o f b o t t o m in g a s cu r - duction to 1.5 million. The underwater Manifa oil r en cy w ea k en s field will begin producing 900,000 barrels of Arabian heavy crude and will feed several refineries in Saudi Arabia, such as the Yaserf refinery in Yanbu and Satorp refinery in Leaving the single market would Jubail. Some of it will also be ex- be damaging to almost every sec- ported. tor of the British economy from There is also a project to ex- manufacturing and energy to retail pand the Shaybah oil field and in- and financial services, according to crease its production to 1 million a new report commissioned by an barrels. alliance of Tory, Labour and Lib- Major gas project eral Democrat politicians trying to As for the gas sector, the Wasit stop a hard Brexit. The study, by gas project is the biggest oil project the Centre for Economics and Busi- to be developed as the field and ness Research, found every major unit’s production capacity reaches wealth-creating sector would be 2.5 billion standard cubic feet. This affected negatively, with manufac- is a record for the Aramco plants. turing hit if there are tariff barriers As for the minerals sector, al- to EU trade and the creative in- Falih said the investments in the dustries suffering a “body blow” projects being inaugurated is if there were strict controls on im- $35.42 billion (133 billion Saudi migration. The report examines the riyals) in Ras al-Khair and $9.85 consequences of leaving the single billion (37 billion riyals) in Waad market in favour of a free trade al-Shamal. agreement struck on a bespoke Regarding the power sector, he basis for individual industries. said the Hajr project is the biggest Theresa May has hinted she in producing electricity through a favours this so-called “sectoral” very high-efficiency combined approach but the CEBR report cycle as it is expected to produce warns that “all major sectors are 400 megawatts. linked to the EU and could be Inaugurating developmental harmed if the UK government MPs Chuka Um unna, Anna Soubry and Nick Clegg w ill appear together at an Open Britain and minerals-related infrastructure sought a free trade agreement event pushing for continued m em bership of the single m arket. Photograph: Various projects in the industrial city of rices in Japan are showing kets. That dragged down global which prioritised some sectors over Ras al-Khair is considered a mas- signs of bottoming out as commodity prices and sent the others”. The release of the report plistic fantasy”. Umunna said: minister’s timetable of triggering May could also face an obstacle if sive new achievement that has the strength of the dollar yen back up again. Inflation in Ja- comes at a time of growing “Every major sector of our article 50 by the end of March and pressure mounts on the govern- added to the kingdom’s record of since Donald Trump’s US pan fell steadily and turned nega- mobilisation among MPs and po- economy is linked to the single leaving two years later in 2019, ment to hold a second referendum development and confirms that election victory gives new hope in tive earlier this year. litical figures trying to stop the UK market and could be harmed while avoiding that point becom- on the terms of the exit deal she through its wise leadership and the the fight against deflation. But now those trends are start- heading for a clean break with the through an arrangement that ing a “cliff edge” causing an eco- strikes with the EU. Emily integration of the private and pub- Sign up By signing up you con- ing to turn around. The drag on EU single market and customs prioritises one sector over an- nomic shock. Lord Kerr, Britain’s Thornberry, the shadow foreign lic sectors, it is capable of fulfill- firm that you have read and agree inflation from petroleum products union, which is favoured by the other.” The prime minister has so most experienced EU negotiator, secretary, this weekend left the ing great and successful accom- to the terms and conditions, cookie in October was the lowest in more most Eurosceptic cabinet ministers far refused to reveal her vision for estimated the government has a less door open to supporting a second plishments. policy and privacy policy. than a year. Yen weakness is likely and leading Brexit campaigners Brexit but gave a rare newspaper than 50% chance of securing an referendum on the terms, saying State institutions and minis- The headline consumer price to have a bigger impact on prices such as Michael Gove. For the first interview this weekend, saying she orderly exit from the European the Brexit process had to be taken tries have cooperated with private- index recorded its first year-on- in the first half of next year. time since the referendum, MPs just wanted to “get on with the Union within two years. In a “step by step”. Asked about owned companies to achieve these year rise for eight months in Octo- Ryutaro Kono, chief econo- from across the parties – Tory deal”. However, it was reported speech at the London School of Labour’s position, she told plans and thus contributed to ber while the Bank of Japan’s pre- mist at BNP Paribas in Tokyo, has Anna Soubry, Chuka Umunna of in the Sunday Times that Mark Economics, he claimed “the fog in BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show: “I founding the modern mineral sec- ferred measure, which excludes upgraded his 2017 growth forecast Labour and Nick Clegg from the Carney, the Bank of England gov- the channel is getting thicker all the think that we need to take this in tor and turning it into an impor- fresh food and energy, rose 0.3 per for Japan from 0.2 per cent to 0.9 Liberal Democrats – will appear ernor, backed a transitional deal time”, adding even if an agreement stages and at the moment we can- tant pillar for Saudi industry. cent compared with 0.2 per cent a per cent. “The catalyst for yen together at an Open Britain event, with the EU to cushion the impact was reached by spring 2019 there not even have a debate as to how it It is also important for the alu- month earlier. depreciation this time around will pushing for continued membership for businesses by keeping mem- was a chance “a demob happy Eu- is that we are going to leave the minum and phosphate industries. The figures hint at the benefits be Donald Trump’s likely expan- of the single market. Soubry will bership on similar terms until at ropean parliament” in its final European Union because the gov- Global standards of the yen’s slide from ¥103 to sionary fiscal policies,” he wrote accuse those backing of a sector- least 2021. Others warned it may months before elections in 2019 ernment claim they are keeping Infrastructure projects have ¥113 against the dollar since the in a note. “Japan should benefit by-sector deal of pursing a “sim- allowed the setting up of this mod- election of Mr Trump, making from this positive demand shock.” be difficult to stick to the prime would refuse to ratify the deal. their cards to their chest. ernized mineral sector according to Japan’s exports more competitive, The Bank of Japan’s new global standards and executed ac- and raising the cost of imported monetary policy, which caps the cording to plans developed by the goods. 10-year bond yield at zero, is likely state. Combined with fresh mon- to amplify the effects of whatever The city of Ras al-Khair has a etary stimulus from the Bank of Mr Trump does in the US. The Ov er 22,0 0 0 n ew jo b s lik ely in strategic position on the eastern Japan in September, and a fiscal Republican candidate’s victory has coast of the kingdom, and it is 80 stimulus that is just starting to hit prompted a jump in US Treasury kilometers north of the city of the economy, analysts say Japan yields, because of expectations he Sin g a p o r e m a n ufa ct ur in g b y 20 24 Jubail and this allows exporting its is well-placed for a pick-up in will increase borrowing and inter- products to global markets. growth and inflation next year. est rates. More than 22,000 new jobs are pacted the sector, with some struct of the economy," he told full-time staff fully adopt Industry Ras al-Khair is considered a “We expect core CPI inflation Japanese yields would nor- projected to be created in the manu- 23,000 jobs forecast to be dis- The Straits Times. A key focus of 4.0 technologies relevant to their promising economic and develop- to approach 1 per cent year on year mally move upwards as well, but facturing sector in Singapore over placed by 2024. Last month, Min- the shift to higher- value manufac- industries over a 10-year period, mental center and a model of suc- towards the end of 2017 as the the BoJ cap stops that happening, the next eight years, such as for ister of State for Trade and Indus- turing involves adopting Industry while smaller companies see 60 per cess in terms of developing giant positive impact of yen deprecia- leading to a widening gap between data scientists and robot coordi- try Koh Poh Koon said the Gov- 4.0 technologies such as autono- cent adoption. Mr Michael Tan, a industrial cities which can absorb tion against the dollar since the US the US and Japan. The interest rate nators, a new study has found. ernment will continue to invest in mous robots and cloud comput- BCG principal and one of the massive investments. presidential election gradually differential creates greater down- These higher-value positions will advanced manufacturing to posi- ing. BCG's study found compa- study's authors, said it is impor- Investments in Ras al-Khair materialises,” said economist ward pressure on the yen. The pay on average 50 per cent more tion workers and companies for the nies that adopt these will likely tant for Singapore to take advan- add around $9.32 billion (35 bil- Kiichi Murashima at Citi in To- problem for the BoJ and Mr Abe, than current jobs displaced during future. The Committee on the Fu- see revenues increase by some 10 tage of the advanced manufacturing lion riyals) to the GDP. It has also kyo. Under prime minister Shinzo however, is that even if a weaker this period, the study by the Bos- ture Economy, which will release per cent. There will be spin-offs wave or it risks being left behind as helped provide 12,000 direct job Abe and central bank governor yen starts to push up import ton Consulting Group (BCG) its report early next year, has also for the wider economy, as manu- other countries like Thailand catch opportunities and tens of thou- Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan has spent prices, domestic prices — which added. Observers say a key chal- identified advanced manufacturing facturing output could go up by up. He said: "There's a relatively sands of indirect job opportuni- the last four years battling to es- are essential to a sustainable es- lenge will be to seize this window as a key growth sector. Singapore about 9 per cent, and labour pro- short window of opportunity for a ties for citizens whether in facto- cape from its decades of on-off cape from deflation — will be slow of opportunity in the sector by Manufacturing Federation presi- ductivity by some 28 per cent. Said small, open economy like Singapore ries or in projects related to infra- deflation. Mr Kuroda launched a to follow. Having witnessed the equipping workers to acquire the dent Douglas Foo said manufac- BCG partner and managing direc- to catch this trajectory. "In indus- structure. huge monetary stimulus in 2013, BoJ’s failure to spur prices in 2014 skills to fill new places. Manufac- turing has to remain a core part of tor Michael Meyer: "If we are able tries where Singapore is part of ex- Projects in Ras al-Khair will which led to steep falls in the yen, and 2015, Japanese consumers are turing accounts for a fifth of the the economy. "If you do not manu- to capture that potential, we could isting supply chains, if we're not pave the way towards achieving and generated early success in now more sceptical than ever Singapore economy and the sector facture the goods and services re- see some revitalisation of the careful, we could be displaced, but the promising goals within the pushing up prices. about promises of future inflation, has been hit hard by the current quired by the world, and you just manufacturing sector." The BCG it also opens a window for us to Saudi Vision 2030. Their effort stalled after a con- while wage growth has been weak, slowdown, but recently it has offer services, you can't play in study is based on case studies and capture things that we are currently *This article also appears on sumption tax rise in 2014, followed providing little fuel for greater shown signs of a comeback. Dis- the whole value chain any more data from 19 industries and as- not able to do here, if we can do AlArabiya.net. by a slowdown in emerging mar- spending. ruptive technologies have also im- and that weakens the entire con- sumes that firms with at least 500 them in a smarter way." TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Silen ce trailer: We m ust all have faith in the great Martin Sco rsese

The Academy’s visual effects branch will have its work cut out in narrowing this year’s big-screen spectacles down to 10 semi-final- ists for the bakeoff stage in a few weeks, let alone settling on five nominees to fill out the Oscar bal- lot. At least two films are all but locked for recognition and one of them we can probably feel safe in calling sight-unseen: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. No one will get a look at the film until the Decem- ber 10 but the franchise’s history in this category is difficult to ig- nore. The only Star Wars film to be dismissed by the visual effects branch was 2005’s Revenge of the Sith. Not only that but visual ef- fects play into Rogue One’s very existence: Oscar-winning VFX su- arely a month from release, the first trailer of legendary direc pervisor John Knoll conceived the tor Martin Scorsese’s long-in-development film Silence has story by plucking it from the open- been released. ing crawl that first set the stage for Like every Scorsese film, Silence too comes with its share of audiences way back in 1977. fanfare. It has been in development for a number of years, and because Also strong in the category is of the false starts, has been through several changes in cast. But the film Disney’s The Jungle Book, reports we get now looks more epic in its scope than we would have initially Variety. Indeed, the lush and de- imagined. There’s a reason it has been Scorsese’s passion project for tailed environments conjured by over 20 years. Weta and MPC (around principle It’s the story of two Jesuit priests, played by Andrew Garfield and photography shot in a downtown Adam Driver, who are sent to Feudal Japan to locate their mentor, Los Angeles warehouse) might as Liam Neeson. well be considered the frontrunner Scorsese is no stranger to films about faith, and the loss of it. In in the category. Robert Legato and Silence, each of the three main characters must face some kind of real- his team boast seven Oscar nomi- isation about what their faith means to them. nations and three wins between “I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence?” asks Garfield’s them, for films as varied as Apollo character, as the trailer descends into a frenzy of drums and quick cuts. 13, Titanic, I Robot, Avatar and There are shots — all gorgeous, by the way — of the seaside, shanty Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. towns, Japanese aristocracy, crucifixions, and even a swordfight. A notable latter-year entry is Silence, for now, has no definite release date, but it will arrive Marvel’s Doctor Strange, which sometime in December (probably on in North America) to qualify for dazzled audiences with mind-bend- an Oscars run — and will probably win several golden statues next ing effects. Captain America: Civil year. It also stars Ciaran Hinds and Tadanobu Asano and is shot by the War also deserves a mention. Some great Rodrigo Prieto. of the most impressive VFX ele- ments in the film were of the Ant- nitely a possibility. ILM’s ranks. Two-time Oscar in the wheelhouse. Perhaps the also a few contenders below the Man variety, though that Marvel That’s four films so far, and winner Bill Westenhofer leads a branch will drift over to something radar that are worth keeping an eye film somewhat surprisingly failed three of them come from Indus- star-studded team that has been new. Passengers could fit the bill, on, like Steven Spielberg’s The to receive a nomination here. Nev- trial Light & Magic (ILM), which recognised by the Academy for with a huge spaceship build, vari- BFG. But Disney will focus on its ertheless, supervisors Dan celebrated its 40th anniversary last films like The Avengers and The ous environments within the ship, more successful films. Robert OMG! Why DeLeeuw and Russell Earl were year. Another contender, Warcraft, Revenant. Fantastic Beasts and outer space and, of course, the Zemecki’s World War II drama Al- nominated for Captain America: disappointed at the domestic box Where to Find Them might be an zero-gravity swimming pool se- lied is also there, as is another ILM Ran bir is afraid The Winter Soldier so it’s defi- office but could be favoured in on the outside or it could be right quence seen in trailers. There are project Deepwater Horizon. o f Ran veer

In Dear Zindagi, we saw Alia Bhatt get sound advice from Shah Rukh Khan. Interestingly enough, Alia took this experience one step ahead and revealed to Pinkvilla that she too, had some advice for her peers.When asked what advice she would like to give Ranveer Singh, Alia said, “I would advise Ranveer Singh to teach other people his ability to remain so joyful and so in love with himself. People can use that as self-love is very important and he needs to spread that.” Now that’s what we sound advice. Have something to add to the story? Share it in the comments below. Is Farah Fo x st a k es o ut Decem b er

Koffee With Karan 5 Episode 4 and is doing this level of work. And kicked off with an energy level it's unlimited. I'm scared that this plan n in g ‘Main 20 18 r elea se fo r m y st er io us difficult to match, courtesy Ran- guy has no limit. He can go any- bir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. where." The Karan Johar guests have sev- Ranveer was asked about be- H o o n Na’ sequel? film . Co uld it b e Av a t a r 2? eral things in common, and when ing compared to Ranbir, if ever, asked about their rapport, Ran- and his response was simple and Filmmaker Farah Khan has an- emotional on the 12th anniversary bir beat Ranveer to it and said: curt: "Do I need to match up? Can nounced that after directing the of the film and tweeted about the "We're not best friends. We're on the two of us just do good films? blockbuster Happy New Year, she same, thanking the cast and crew the show together because you Take the industry forward. Do stel- has started writing the script of of the personally. That time, it was called us. lar work. Put us on the world Main Hoon Na 2, the sequel to her Farah who replied saying, "Come I love his work. I love him as map. Our films should be world immensely successful directorial on let's plan part two." a person." Both Ranbir and Ran- class. He has it in him. Not just as debut Main Hoon Na. Though the tweets got the fans veer have been directed by San- an actor, as a director, as a film- DNA reports that the chore- of the film excited, they were ap- jay Leela Bhansali. Ranbir dated maker." ographer-turned-director broke the prehensive of the entire hype be- and split with actress Deepika In a sudden recollection, Ran- news on Zarine Khan's chat show ing brushed aside in humour. Farah Padukone, who is rumoured to bir also mentioned Ranveer want- Spices and Secrets. She appeared has always maintained that she be currently seeing Ranveer. Both ed to make a film titled Project X. on the show alongside actor Jackie does not want to create a franchise Ranbir, 34, and Ranveer, 31, have When Karan was asked if he would Shroff and announced that her next just for the sake of it and will not been on the Koffee couch but sep- like to produce it, he sneered and Main Hoon Na 2 is in the pre-pro- make a sequel unless it is driven arately - Ranbir twice and Ran- rolled his eyes saying: "Nobody duction stage, much to the delight by a good story. In an article to veer once so far. wants to watch a two-hero film of Zarine whose son Zayed Khan Topyaps, she said, "Rarely has a Stationed inside the show but you are doing one (pointing at was an integral part of the film. sequel beaten the popularity of the host's changing room, Ranbir and Ranveer)." However, Karan wants Farah has maintained that the film original, even in Hollywood. The Ranveer were on a rampage spree to make a remake of Sangam with hold great emotional value in her only thing the sequel always makes when the episode began, leaving Ranbir, Ranveer and Deepika. life. She got emotional on the 10th is more money. Maybe Dhoom 2 Karan Johar wonder where they Ranveer is currently busy anniversary of the release of the (2006) was better (story-wise) than are and what they are up to. shooting for Mr Bhansali's Pad- film and tweeted videos and pic- the original Dhoom (2004). But I Having curated shoes from mavati and described his experi- tures from the film along with nos- feel, usually, franchises simply Karan's wardrobe, Ranveer and ence of filming the period film as talgic messages. The lead actor of cash in on the success of the origi- Ranbir threatened Karan to "all-consuming." Talking about his the film Shah Rukh Khan re- nal. Main Hoon Na had no loose launch his own shoes at him if he headspace, Ranbir said: "There is sponded to the tweets by asking ends that could be used to make a enters the restricted zone of top- little bit of a relief after Ae Dil Hai Farah to plan a sequel, as per a sequel." It seems like Farah has ics. "We are going to launch your Mushkil. Relief for six months till report by The Indian Express. found a loose end as the creative shoes at you," quipped Ranveer. Jagga Jasoos comes out." A couple of years later, tables bug in her is at work again! Clearly, The sequel to James Cameron’s Episodes three, four and five are Star Wars franchise to open during They also made a confession of Ranveer and Ranbir also turned. It was Shah Rukh who got a franchise is born. blockbuster is reportedly slated to reportedly scheduled for 2020, the Holiday season, landing De- sorts about why they love Kof- shared how they are often confused open in American theatres on De- 2022 and 2023. These follow-ups cember 15, 2017. The Han Solo fee so much: "Where else do you as the other and Ranveer earns cember 21, 2018. At least, that’s will be independent stories, stand- spin-off and episode nine are due get to say sh*t?" blessings on behalf of a poised and what a new release schedule from ing alone as separate films while May 25, 2018, and May 24, 2019, Ranbir also opened up about dignified Ranbir Kapoor, as op- the 20th Century Fox studios still forming part of the wider saga. respectively. his films turning out to be box posed to being his quirky self. seems to suggest. The second movie reunites Fox has also programmed re- office duds and dealing with fail- Karan introduced a new game At the Las Vegas CinemaCon Sam Worthington, in the role of lease dates for two as-yet-un- ure: "When your films don't work involving an object of desire, rep- back in April, James Cameron an- paraplegic former Marine Jake known Marvel movies, November there is a dilemma. Are you doing resented by Arjun Kapoor, who nounced plans to make four se- Sully, with Zoe Saldana, who plays 2, 2018, and February 14, 2019. it right? What are you doing was on the show only for the game. quels to Avatar, with a first set to Neytiri, the young Na’vi woman Several possibilities have been sug- wrong," he said. Ranbir was last Ranbir and Ranveer were asked land in time for Holiday 2018. This from the planet Pandora. Their gested by the specialist press, bear- seen in Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai about being on dating site Tinder, provisional schedule now seems to children are, in fact, expected to be ing in mind that Fox has the rights Mushkil. Ranveer, who is the star kissing a friend's girlfriend and be firming up, since 20th Century the focus of this next instalment, to X-Men and the Fantastic Four. of hits like Ram Leela, Dil more. Do not miss our Ranbir's Fox has reserved a December 21, which will also star Sigourney These dates could be set aside Dhadakne Do and Bajirao Mas- reaction when he was asked if he 2018, slot for an as-yet-untitled Weaver and Stephen Lang, despite for Deadpool 2, which has just tani, said that Ranbir was the "ba- has drunk-dialled an ex. film from the director’s production their characters being left for dead found a director (David Leitch), or rometer of good work" for him The duo also delivered a dy- company. at the end of the first movie. a new film featuring the famous when he joined Bollywood. Ran- namite dance performance to Kat- Avatar 2 would therefore land 20th Century Fox will be mak- mutants. bir appeared to be an admirer of rina Kaif's song Chikni Chameli nine years after the first instalment, ing the most of a Christmas with- The studio also has a movie Ranveer and said: "It makes me and made several viral-worthy which, to this day, remains the big- out a Star Wars movie release to about superhero character Gambit happy that somebody is out there confessions. gest global box-office hit of all time, release the blockbuster. The eighth in the pipeline, with Channing grossing $2.8 billion worldwide. episode will be the last film in the Tatum in the lead role. TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES So uthee, Babar share lim elight as NZ rem ain in co n tro l

HAMILTON: Tim Southee tunate I could not complete my bagged six wickets as New Zealand 100,” he said. took a 55-run lead over Pakistan Babar also drew praise from on a rain-shortened third day of Southee who said the way he han- the second Test in Hamilton. dled the seaming conditions was Only rookie batsman Babar promising for Pakistan. Azam was able to cope with New “For a guy to come here in his Zealand’s chief strike bowler and first Test tour of New Zealand and he was left stranded on 90 after play the way he’s played is a good running out of partners as Paki- sign he can play in conditions that stan fought their way back into the are foreign to them,” Southee said. match at Seddon Park. Pakistan put on 124 for the Pakistan, after resuming the loss of three wickets to be 200-8 day on the ropes at 76-5, clawed before the day’s first rain stoppage their way to 216 in reply to New just before lunch, with Babar pa- Zealand’s first innings 271. tiently collecting runs while New Zealand only faced one Sarfraz Ahmed (41) and then So- dot ball in their second innings be- hail Khan (37) attacked the bowl- fore rain sent the players from the ing. field for the third and final time in Unlike the rest of the Pakistan a day when only 38 overs were top order who were caught behind possible. trying to slash outside the off Southee was given a pounding stump, Babar waited for loose in his first three overs of the morn- balls in an innings which lasted 277 ing and was removed from the at- minutes and he faced 196 deliver- tack after yielding 32 runs. ies. But he came back to wrap up Sarfraz survived two chances the tail and finish with figures of in his 74-run stand with Babar. He 6-80, his third-best bowling per- was dropped on 19 by Henry formance. Nicholls at midwicket, and Tom Eden Hazard says Manchester vals for the title Hazard said: "Man we know what to do when we to be prepared." Chelsea will be at Chelsea, but did very well in “There was still a bit of swing Latham missed a direct shy at the City and Liverpool are the main City and Liverpool. play. Oops! Remember you need well prepared for the threat of their Germany and since he went to City at that stage and I went back to stumps when the wicket-keeper/ threats to Chelsea's Premier League "They are both good. If we to log in using your Sky iD to former player Kevin De Bruyne, he's been on fire. "Sometimes you what we’ve done well for a num- batsman was trapped in the mid- title chances. want to be there at the end, then watch Premier League video who cost City £55m in 2015 - 18 don't get the chance to play, or the ber of years,” Southee said of his dle of the pitch. Saturday's win against Totten- we have to finish above them." Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham "Last year, months after he was deemed sur- system the manager uses isn't right successful second spell. The arrival of Neil Wagner to ham means Chelsea will go to the Chelsea have won seven we were just doing recovery so we plus to requirements at Stamford for you, but now he's full of confi- “You’ve got plans you put in the attack accounted for Sarfraz Etihad next weekend top of the straight league games since that weren't always ready for the game, Bridge. City's Kevin De Bruyne dence. place for certain batsmen and it’s when he was caught by Jeet Raval table, a point clear of Liverpool defeat at the Emirates in Septem- but that's not the case now. We're was sold by Chelsea in January I hope next week he'll have less nice when they do come off. at second slip. and City. ber, and Hazard reckons last sea- concentrating on the opposition 2014 City's Kevin De Bruyne was confidence! "It's good for Belgium “There’s a little bit there for Sohail had no trouble with Arsenal, who beat Antonio son's failure to qualify for Europe during the week and give every- sold by Chelsea in January 2014 that two players are fighting for the new ball, but once the ball gets Wagner’s stock short-pitched de- Conte's side 3-0 earlier in the sea- is helping. "It's good," he said. "We thing. "We do lots of tactical work "He's a top player," said Haz- the title in England, but I hope older it gets a little bit easier to bat livery, repeatedly pulling him to son, are two points further back, have one week to prepare for the and video work, it depends who ard, De Bruyne's Belgium team- when we go to the national team but there will still be a little bit of the boundary in a 67-run partner- but asked to identify Chelsea's ri- game and at the end of the week we're playing. We do everything mate. "He didn't get his chance here we don't fight! We're good friends." assistance throughout.” ship with Babar. While the 54-Test veteran However, when Southee re- headlined the New Zealand bowl- turned to find a better line in his ing performance, it was Babar in second spell he found the edge of only his third Test who brought Sohail’s bat and wicket-keeper B.J. Oh ara D avie s co m fo rtably o u tpo in ts Pakistan back into the game. Watling completed the dismissal. The 22-year-old was consid- Wahab Riaz faced only five ered a special talent at age-group balls before he was lbw to Colin level and announced himself on the de Grandhomme leaving Southee Andrea Scarpa to claim WBC Silver title international stage last month with to remove Mohammad Amir for three consecutive centuries in Pa- five and Imran Khan for six. kistan’s one-day series against the Despite Babar’s bold innings Ohara Davies continued his promi- a swift left jab and Scarpa seemed West Indies. He followed with a to keep Pakistan in the game, the nent rise through the ranks as he happy to almost enter survival 69 in his Test debut against the outcome may ultimately be decid- dominated Andrea Scarpa to win mode and look to come through West Indies and looked set for his ed by the weather with more rain the WBC Silver super-lightweight the contest unscathed. Davies maiden Test hundred when the Pa- forecast over the next two days title. maintained control and loaded up kistan innings ended on Sunday. and New Zealand only needing a 'Two Tanks' stalked his Italian on his punishing right hand as the “I’m thankful the lower order gave draw to take the series after win- opponent from the off and landed fight reached the middle rounds, some resistance but it was unfor- ning the first Test. some lengthy, powerful blows but despite the dominance, there throughout as he marched to a was a feeling that 'Two Tanks' unanimous points victory. could perhaps find another gear. Scarpa made it an awkward and Sky Sports Black Friday sale Up- testing night for the unbeaten Hack- grade to Sky Sports now and get Ro sberg takes F1 ney star, but eventually three 12 months half price! scores of 120-108 secured the win. In the ninth, Davies started to £10 Free Bet, No Deposit get out of cruise control and fol- title fro m H am ilto n Needed lowed up some feints with clean Davies (14-0) started the fight left and right combinations, but quickly and came out firing, land- Scarpa remained defiant. ing two looping hooks to set the Periods of sustained pressure tone for the rest of the contest. followed in the next few rounds as Davies lands a clean right hand Davies began to switch his attack on his way to victory Davies lands to the body and open up the a clean right hand on his way to Italian's defence for some big shots victory The 24-year-old took no upstairs, but Scarpa survived to time in finding his rhythm behind hear the final bell. Argen tin a w in Davis Cup fin al Geraint Thomas hints at targeting Giro d’Italia in 2017 Geraint Thomas has hinted he may "Maybe I'll ride the Giro. target the Giro d’Italia instead of There are so many options next ABU DHABI: Germany’s Nico The hug, the handshakes and a the Tour de France in 2017. year; it's exciting. I'm really look- Rosberg celebrated his first For- word of congratulation, eventual- The 30-year-old Welshman ing forward to it." mula One world championship on ly came on the podium. has ridden the Tour in six of the Thomas has helped Chris Sunday after finishing runner-up “That was definitely not the past seven years and was part of Froome win the Tour de France in a tense Abu Dhabi Grand Prix most enjoyable race I’ve ever had... Team Sky's squad for all three of three times Thomas has helped won by Mercedes team-mate really not very enjoyable those last Chris Froome's overall victories. Chris Froome win the Tour de Lewis Hamilton amid accusations laps,” said Rosberg in podium in- However, he is keen to chal- France three times Should Thomas of ‘dirty tricks’. terviews conducted by former F1 lenge for Grand Tour wins him- decide to ride the Giro, he will face After all the suspense and ex- racer David Coulthard. self, and with Froome almost guar- competition for the leadership of pectation, Hamilton chalked up his “I’m glad it’s over, and I am anteed to lead the team again at the Team Sky from Spanish climber 10th win of the season, and fourth ecstatic. It was really intense and Tour next summer, Thomas is con- Mikel Landa, who has already in a row, but was powerless to do tough out there.” Rosberg, who had sidering May's Giro as an alterna- made winning the pink jersey his anything about the championship needed only to finish in the top tive. 2017 Giro route unveiled main goal for next season. outcome despite making every ef- three to be sure of the title, settled The 2017 Giro d'Italia will The 2017 Giro contains fort. into second at the start as Hamil- contain four summit finishes and 67.2km of individual time trialling His attempt to push Rosberg ton streaked clear but the Briton’s two individual time trials and only four summit finishes, into the clutches of those behind strategy was immediately appar- Speaking at the Action Medi- which should suit Thomas. Sky him, by deliberately slowing the ent. He made little effort to build cal Research Champions of Cy- Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade pace in the closing laps to the con- up a commanding lead, knowing clesport dinner on Thursday in to Sky Sports now and get 12 cern of team bosses, produced a that his only hope of becoming London, he said: "The Tour suits months half price! nail-biting finish with the top four Britain’s first four-times champi- me a bit better than any of the oth- He could also ride the Vuelta a separated by just 1.6 seconds. on depended on denying Rosberg er ones because the climbs are a bit Espana but is unlikely to be team “Lewis, this is Paddy we need clear air and allowing rivals to get Argentina took their first Davis the list of Davis Cup winners af- to all those who prevented me longer and not as steep, but obvi- leader given that Froome has fin- you to pick up the pace to win close enough to pass. “It was Cup title after Juan Martin Del ter losing all four finals they had from retiring, I was very close to ously you have got a three-time ished second three times and is this race,” the team’s technical head tricky at the end there with Lewis Potro and Federico Delbonis won previously contested and their dis- never playing again and, well, here winner in your team. expected to race it again next year. Paddy Lowe told the Briton over playing some dirty tricks,” com- Sunday's reverse singles to com- mal record in the title showdown I am." Having clinched the open- the team radio. mented four-times champion Vet- plete the South American nation's appeared set to continue when ing set's tie-break, Cilic raced “Right now, I’m losing the tel over the radio. Rosberg, who spectacular comeback in a 3-2 vic- Cilic came within a set of clinching through the second set before Del world championship so I’m not becomes his country’s third cham- tory over hosts Croatia in the fi- Croatia's second title. The 2005 Potro, who improved his record bothered if I’m going to lose the pion after Michael Schumacher and nal. winners saw the red carpet pulled against the Croatian to 9-2 in all race,” replied Hamilton, who Vettel, held his nerve and position Del Potro fought back from from under their feet, however, as competitions, started his come- crossed the line 0.4 seconds ahead just as he has thro ghout a season two sets down to beat Marin Cilic a battling Del Potro launched a fe- back with a passing shot between of Rosberg with Ferrari’s Sebas- in which he has i sisted on taking 6-7(4) 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-3 before Del- rocious comeback and played his legs. He broke Cilic's serve in tian Vettel third and a further 0.4 one race at a time. As he crossed bonis swept aside Ivo Karlovic 6- through the fifth set with a broken the ninth game of the fourth set behind. the line, the son of 1982 title-win- 3 6-4 6-2 in the decisive rubber, finger on his left hand. "It hap- and then held his own to draw lev- The frosty atmosphere be- ner Keke Rosberg let out a whoop sparking wild celebrations among pened when I tried to catch a ball el but fell behind again at the start tween the pair as they waited for of relief and joy as he became only several thousand away fans in the in the fifth set," Del Potro, who of the fifth, handing the initiative the podium ceremony spoke vol- the second son of a world champi- Zagreb Arena. had struggled with wrist injuries back to the home crowd favourite. umes, with Rosberg hoisting the on, after Britain’s Damon Hill, to Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo in recent years, told a news con- Once again Del Potro showed sport’s 86-year-old commercial take the crown. In another emo- Karlovic in the decisive rubber to ference before rushing back court- nerves of steel as he broke straight supremo Bernie Ecclestone into the tional touch, the tearful 31-year- secure the Davis Cup title Federi- side to watch Delbonis pick apart back and forced the final twist to air but ignoring Hamilton. old’s wife Vivian spoke to him over co Delbonis defeated Ivo Karlovic Karlovic. "This was an emotional- seal the contest in four hours 53 There was minimal eye con- the team radio on his slowing down in the decisive rubber to secure the ly exhausting match and one of the minutes, laying the path for Del- tact between them, let alone a hand- lap to tell him how proud she was. Davis Cup title Argentina joined biggest wins of my career. Thanks bonis to finish the job. shake. His own pride was equally evident. TUESDAY . NOVEMBER 29. 2016-Qaws 09, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 120 Price: Afs.15

The Envoy:From Kabul to the White House, My Journey AT Monitoring Desk told Pajhwok Afghan News that in the attack. officers was more than 12,” Pajh- KABUL: At least 12 police were insurgents stormed some security “The rest of the militants who wok Afghan News quoted Mo- killed when the Taliban insurgents posts in Kansak and Shamalgah carried out attack against police- hammad Ewaz, a resident of Kan- Through a Turbulent World attacked their checkpoints in west- areas of Farah City, the provincial men escaped the scene,” the offi- sak, as saying. However, Qari ern Farah province, an official said capital, and in Bala Buluk district’s cial said, wishing to remain anon- Yousuf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokes- After a series of interminable dis- on Monday. Kalkala locality on Sunday night. ymous. man, claimed the fighters had cap- cussions, I decided to bring the However, another provincial “Three police and 10 militants, At the same time, a police of- tured a security check post in the matter to a head. I knew from my official said that three police of- including a notorious commander, ficial at the provincial police head- Shamalgah area, killing 13 police own sources that Hakim for all his ficers and 10 insurgents were killed Mullah Lawang were killed in the quarters said that more than 12 at the post along with the post recalcitrance, did not want to be in the attack. attack,” the official said, adding police were killed in the attacks commander. He said the fighters blamed for the conference’s fail- Mohammad Nasar Moham- that two police officers and six conducted by the insurgents. had also recovered eight weapons ure. I looked straight at Hakim and madi, the governor’s spokesman, militants were also received injures “The number of slain police from the police post. gave him as ultimatum: “if you are not willing to accept reasonable terms, I will walk out, declare the conference a failure and tell the world that the only thing standing MPS URGE GHANI TO RESPECT in the way of a deal was SCIRI.” Chalabi tried to intervene, but this time, I stopped him. I wanted to hear directly from Hakim. DECISIONS ON IMPEACHMENTS William luti, the Pentagon’s In a letter to President Ashraf representative in delegation, be- Ghani, lawmakers in the Wolesi came uncomfortable as I confront- Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) ed Chalabi. Luti tended to defend have urged government to honor Chalabi against his State and CIA the recent decision of the house to critics and perhaps did not want dismiss ministers. me to pile on. Seeing that Luti was MPs recently dismissed sev- about to inervenue on Chlabi’s be- en ministers following votes of no half, I subtly signaled to him not confidence against them over the to do so. Throughout the confer- under spending of their develop- ence, the Iraqis well aware of in- ment budgets. teragency divisions in the Bush But on Monday the lawmak- administration had tried to play ers termed the continuation of State and Defense officials off each work by the sacked ministers a other. I didn’t want our interagen- clear violation of the law. cy squabbles to let Hakim off the Some MPs also accused gov- hook at this sensitive juncture. Luti ernment of having failed to deliver immediately understood my mes- on its promises, reiterating that the sage and stayed silent. president has constitutional re- Hakim was now cornered. A sponsibilities that he must abide little after midnight, he left the by. Some lawmakers said they meeting to make some phone calls foresee a serious show down be- to Tehran. He returned in a much blocked out time to do some re- long centuries-are still embedded tween the legislative and executive more cooperative mood and agreed search. Could Iraq’s historical dy- in the life of broad strata of the bodies unless government termi- to the deal. The final statement namic shed light on what awaited people and will not easily away.” nates the seven ministers. approved at the London confer- us in Beghdad? My former pro- Despite this research the com- "The president leads the gov- ence expressed the opposition’s fessor at AUB, Hannah Batatu had plexities and divisions that ulti- ernment of the Islamic Republic intent to build a democratic, plu- written a book entitled The Old mately awaited us inside Iraq ex- of Afghanistan and implements his ralist, inclusive nation governed by Social Classes and the Revolution- ceeded even my grimmest expec- authorities according to the provi- the rule of law. Notably, the Iraqis ary Movements of Iraq: A Study of tations. IN EARLY 2003, Presi- sions of the constitution," said MP affirmed that they opposed any Iraq’s Old Landed and Commer- dent Bush began to reach out per- Abdul Qayoum Sajjadi. forms of foreign occupation after cial Classes and of its Communists, sonally to the Iraqi opposition. In "Those in power, instead of Saddam. I came away from the Ba’thists and Free Officers. In an Oval Office meeting in early London conference with a better maintaining justice and equality for Afghanistan to our next generation dismiss members of the Supreme week after parliament impeached 1283 pages the book analyzed January with three exiled Iraqi op- the nationals of Afghanistan, re- understanding of Iraqi politics. I Iraq’s revolutionary movements position figures, he was very clear and our sons, then we should keep Court; if you do not make a deal at least 16 cabinet ministers who saw that the cleavages in Iraqi so- sort to injustice," said MP Sheki- silent and remain conservative," and are not frightened and if you failed to spend 70 percent of their from 1917 to 1958. vowing that the United States ba Hashemi. "There is a war ciety were profound-much deeper Batatu’s book describes an Ira- would remove Saddam from pow- said MP Jaffar Mahdavi. Mean- really demonstrated the will of the development budget. than those in Afghanistan. Iraqis against poppy cultivation and drug while, MP Ramazan Bashardost, nation. If the law is in place, then But government disagreed qi society that was utterly frac- er one way or the other. He then smuggling, we do not see even a were divided about the role of reli- tured along ethnic, sectarian and asked each of the three to share said: "You (lawmakers) can even what does this bureaucracy really with the impeachment decision and gion in politics, the aspirations of sign of good governance and you impeach the president with one or mean? You (lawmakers) are actu- referred the case to the Supreme class lines. The Hashemite monar- their personal stories. The presi- see the levels that corruption has the Kurds their views on Iran, the chy may have created some cohe- dent was clearly moved as they two thirds majority as we have two ally multiplying the status of the Court in order for them to inter- right way to handle the crimes of reached," another lawmaker Fak- presidents," referring to Ghani and house of representatives to zero pret the constitution on dismiss- siveness, but Batatu assessed that spoke of the suffering their fami- oor Behishti said. "If we want to Saddam’s regime, and many other even in 1978, “the psychology and lies and communities had endured. CEO Abdullah Abdullah. "You for our next generation,"' he add- als of cabinet ministers by parlia- issues. IN JANUARY 2003, I leave a destroyed and devastated (lawmakers) are also authorized to ed. These statements come just a ment. (ToloNews) ways of the old order-the work of To be continued Afghan forces drive 4 security Taliban from personnel Badakhshan’s Tagab with links to militants detained KANDAHAR CITY : Intelligence agents have captured four security personnel with links to insurgents in southern Kandahar province, a National Directorate of Security (NDS) offi- cial said on Monday. The NDS official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the four security personnel had hand in disruptive activities and terrorist attacks against government officials. In fact, the source said, six men including two accomplices of the secu- FAIZABAD : Afghan forces re- militants had been posing security rity officials had been taken into custody on captured the Tagab district of threats on the Faizabad-Takhar the basis of incriminating evidence of their in- northeastern Badakhshan province highway and the operation was volvement in anti-state activities. Two of the from Taliban militants, local offi- launched to remove the threats. detainees are Afghan National Army soldiers, cials said on Monday. The gover- He said work on a plan to re- Rahmatullah and Mohammadullah, also known nor’s spokesman, Ahmad Navid capture Yamgan and Warduj dis- as Loi Lala, assigned to the 205th Atal Mili- Frotan, told Pajhwok Afghan tricts was also underway but he tary Corps. Habib Shah and Izzatullah are bor- News the Taliban were driven from added they needed help from com- der police personnel based in Spin Boldak dis- the district during a joint opera- mando and air forces in this regard. trict. The NDS source said the detainees, led tion of the Afghan National Army “Authorities in Kabul have by Mohammadullah, misused their positions (ANA), police and public order pledged to support us and the op- and worked for militants. Sayed Ghulam Hider police. The militants retreated to eration in Yamgan and Warduj dis- and Ghulam Ali were their partners in the area. Yamgan district without putting tricts will be launched in near fu- The security men had killed an NDS official, up resistance, he said. ture”, he said. two government workers and four policemen Ground forces commander for The Taliban have been in con- in different parts of the province, the sources 20th Pamir Division, Brig. Gen. trol of Tagab district over the past added. The detainees have allegedly confessed Sakhidad Kiftan, said that Taliban nine months. (Pajhwok) their crimes. (Pajhwok)

An oil terminal, which will make it possible to increase the export of oil products, has been commis- sioned close to Imamnazar cus- toms point located in Turkmeni- stan’s Lebap Region on the border with Afghanistan, a source in the Turkmen government said. The new facility with capaci- ty of 540,000 tons of oil products per year was constructed by spe- cialists of the Turkmen state oil and gas construction concern. The terminal consists of four sections: administrative and auxiliary build- ings, a section for reception of oil products, a section for storage of oil products and a section for pumping oil products into tank trucks in the border area. Earlier a branch of the new pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan was stretched into the terminal.