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NATO to deploy Obama’s toughest 200 troops in Farah decision to send 30,000 AT Monitoring Desk troops to Afghanistan KABUL: The NATO’s Resolute Support Mission on Monday an- “Toughest decision was early in my presidency nounced to deploy about 200 troops in western Farah province when I ordered 30,000 more troops into in order to support the Afghan Afghanistan,” says President Barack Obama security forces. “At the request of the Farah AT Monitoring Desk less likely to be targeted as, you governor, Gen. John Nicholson know, occupiers,” he added about has authorized approximately 200 KABUL: President Barack the reduced number of troops. coalition members to support Af- Obama in an interview on Sunday Even after decimating Al-Qaeda in ghan National Defense and Secu- said that it was the hardest deci- Pakistan’s tribal areas and killing rity Forces,” the Resolute Support sion during his two terms of office the jihadist group’s leader Osama said in a statement. to nod for a massive troop surge bin Laden, groups in the region still US President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter that “having a “The troops, mainly Italian, in Afghanistan. “Toughest deci- “have both the interest and the would conduct their train, advice sion was early in my presidency capacity if we don’t maintain vig- and assist mission for approxi- when I ordered 30,000 more troops ilance to strike against the Unite good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing” mately one week on location,” the into Afghanistan,” Obama, who States,” he said. However, the US statement added. leaves office in less than two still has some 8,400 military per- KUWAIT CITY: Improved rela- This comes as on Friday, Pen- weeks, told ABC’s This Week. sonnel in the country, and an- tions between Russia and the After a protracted debate inside nounced Friday it is sending some United States will be good for tagon announced to send some 300 marines to Helmand province in the administration that pitted US 300 marines to Helmand province peace and stability in Afghani- military commanders against in the coming months. stan, former Afghan President the upcoming months to support Afghan security forces. White House advisers, Obama an- A military website reported Hamid Karzai said. He added that It is worth mentioning that nounced the 30,000-trooop that the United States would de- he was supportive of “Donald “surge” in December 2009. “I think ploy a new task force of around Trump’s stand for improved re- Taliban insurgents had tried their best to capture several districts of it was the right decision because 300 soldiers to southern Helmand lations with Russia.” the Farah province, but the mili- the Taliban at the point had gotten province “Good for peace and stabili- tants faced the iron hand of the a lot of momentum before I’d got- “US Central Command had ty in Afghanistan and the world,” Afghan security forces. ten into office, partly because we requested the deployment,” the he said on Twitter. st During last year spring offen- hadn’t been paying attention so Stars and Stripes quoted 1 Lt. On Saturday, US President- sive, the Taliban insurgents had much as we needed to Afghani- Katie Kochert, a spokeswoman for elect Donald Trump said on Twit- captured Nawbahar, which was stan,” the president said. Howev- the Marine unit, as saying. ter that “having a good relation- situated 12 kilometers northwest er, the president hoped to with- It is worth mentioning that the ship with Russia is a good thing, of Farah city. But, however, secu- draw most US military forces from marines first entered Helmand not a bad thing.” According to rity forces pushed them back. Afghanistan by now, leaving be- province at the beginning of the Trump, “only ‘stupid’ people, or hind just a small force. Asked war in 2001. fools, would think that it is bad! whether he found it disappointing “The Marine Corps has an We have enough problems around Japan willing that so many troops remain in operational history in Afghanistan, the world without yet another Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama said particularly in Helmand province,” one.” “When I am President, Rus- to help expand the United States is “not going to Kochert said. “Advising and as- sia will respect us far more than get the kind of decisive, perma- sisting Afghan defense and securi- they do now and both countries Chabahar port nent victories in this fight against ty forces will assist in preserving will, perhaps, work together to KABUL : Japan’s Deputy For- terrorism that we would get from gains made together with the Af- solve some of the many great and eign Minister Kentaro Sonoura fighting another country.” In Iraq, ghans…” pressing problems and issues of more than 5,000 US soldiers are Helmand is one of the most Trump administration “moves “for a new path to be carved out” the recent years the US and Rus- has said Tokyo has reached an the world,” Trump added. agreement with New Delhi on still on the ground providing criti- embattled provinces in southern US Secretary of State John carefully and bilaterally” and “not as far as relations with Russia are sia had been successfully cooper- cal support to the country’s army, Afghanistan, where almost all dis- unilaterally,” there could be a way concerned. He also noted that in ating in several fields.(TASS) working for the expansion of Kerry said earlier that if the Chabahar Port in Iran. which is unable to man a war alone tricts, save for the provincial cap- The visiting deputy foreign against the Islamic State group’s ital, are either heavily embattled minister, during a meeting with extremist fighters. “But we don’t or fully controlled by Taliban mil- President Ashraf Ghani, prom- have this huge footprint, we are itants. JUSTICEMINISTER Uzbekistan,Afghanistan ised to help boost Afghanistan’s foreign trade, a statement from SAYS ELECTIONS FIRST, review cooperation the Presidential Palace said on Monday. It added the Afghan NATO announces AKIPRESS: Foreign Minister of tries. The Deputy Foreign Minis- peace process, mega economic THEN LOYA JIRGA Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov ters of Uzbekistan and Afghani- projects and regional cooperation deploying 200 troops today received the delegation of stan on the same day held ministe- were also discussed at the meet- Afghanistan headed by Deputy rial political consultations. ing. Sonoura said Japan remained Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil The diplomats addressed po- committed to keeping the prom- to Farah province Karzai in Tashkent, reports the litical, trade and economic, trans- ises made to Afghanistan at the press service of the Uzbek For- port and communication and oth- Brussels Conference. He hailed eign Ministry. er issues during the talks. the national unity government’s The talks focused on bilateral The sides expressed mutual efforts to ensure good governance, cooperation issues and the upcom- interest in deepening relations. curb corruption, expand econom- ing events between the two coun- (AKIPRESS) ic activities and transit coopera- tion at the regional level and pro- moted peace and reconciliation. Ghani lauded Japan’s construc- tion work in Afghanistan and said Tokyo’s help in the education sector had been impressive. With the cooperation of Japan, he ac- KABUL : NATO’s Resolute Sup- a statement, the NATO mission knowledged, more than a hun- port Mission has announced de- said the troops, mainly Italian, Minister of Justice Basir Anwar passed in September last year and dred policewomen were working ploying about 200 troops to west- would conduct their train, advise on Monday said in order for the no Loya Jirga has been held. in Afghanistan. He said Tokyo ern Farah province in support of and assist mission for approxi- country to hold a constitutional The statement comes a week had honoured its pledges, with Afghan security forces. “At the mately one week on location. On amendment Loya Jirga, parliamen- after Abdullah pledged support to many Afghan youth getting qual- request of the Farah governor, Gen. Friday, the Pentagon said some 300 tary and district council elections change the current centralized po- ity education in Japan. They had John Nicholson has authorised US Marines would be deployed first need to be held. litical system to a parliamentary returned home to serve the coun- approximately 200 coalition mem- to southern Helmand province to He said that the National Uni- system, however Abdullah clari- try, the president added. bers to support Afghan National train Afghan forces and help them ty Government (NUG) was how- fied that his views shouldn’t be (Pajhwok) Defense and Security Forces.” In battle the insurgents. (Pajhwok) ever, committed to convening the interpreted as opposition to the Loya Jirga, but elections had to Afghan constitution. “Constitu- come first. tional amendment is one of the key “After wrapping up parlia- items of the commitments made mentary and district council elec- by the national unity government KABULCITY TURNED INTO MILITARY BASE tions, on behalf of the national which is supposed to be discussed Presence of Afghan security forc- to life conditioning of a capital.” safeguarding. Former military ex- unity government I promise you at a constitutional Loya Jirga. The es from different institutions to The Officials in Ministry of pert Hadi Quraishi said, “Govern- that InshaAllah (God willing) there constitutional Loya Jirga will fo- neutralize the winter security Interior Affairs statement comes ment should prevent security is the capacity and commitment cus on the position of the chief threats within the city, standing of after those concrete barriers are threats through gathering intelli- within government to convene the executive or premiership and the concrete blocks and barriers, seal- being sold independently in Kabul gence information, increasing num- Loya Jirga,” he said. issue is quite clear, a commission ing of some of the public streets city amid the taxes are paid. ber of security forces within the Under the NUG political for the constitutional amendment has turned Kabul city to look like One of the concrete barrier sell- city does not resolve the issue.” agreement, President Ashraf Ghani was also agreed. But unfortunate- a military base. ers in Kabul said, “We pay taxes Sealing most of the public and Chief Executive Officer Ab- ly work so far has not been done Ministry of Interior Affairs for building concrete barriers.” streets which helps guarding some dullah Abdullah pledged to con- in this respect. But all these must Najeebullah Danish said, “No de- One concrete barrier costs $ of the Governmental and none vene a Loya Jirga within two years happen in line with the constitu- partment and individual has re- 500 and one armored mobile check Governmental departments has of the signing of the NUG agree- tion and not any other document ceived permission from our address point costs $1500, it directs ev- caused headaches for the Kabul ment so as to establish the office or on the basis of any foreign dic- to use concrete barriers for further eryone minds that how much mon- residents though officials in Min- of prime minister. tation,” said Abdullah on Thurs- safeguarding, what security mea- ey one Governmental department istry of Interior affairs insisted to the city but it seems the number of departments and institutions were However, the two year mark day. (Tolo News) surements were taken is contrary spent to buy concrete barriers for remove the concrete barriers from increased to use concrete barriers. (ATN) TUESDAY . JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 2017 AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - His phone finally rang. HUMANITARIAN It was probably my 18th or 19th attempt. I was sitting in the garden of AFP’s Kabul bureau for NEEDS OVERVIEW better mobile reception, trying des- perately to reach a father in the remote Uruzgan province. His “beautiful” teenage son, local el- ders told me, had been snatched by a police commander to be his sex slave. I had nearly given up when the call finally went through, a jangling Islamic ringtone replacing the “number not reachable” message in Pashto I had become weary of hearing. But to my dismay, when he answered, he refused to talk -- per- haps out of fear, perhaps out of shame. “Your report won’t change anything,” he said over the scratchy line, before hanging up. Listening to the birds warbling in the trees, I came to a sobering realisation. I was trying to break through an invisible wall of silence. As a journalist I have never felt more alone in the quest of a story. A story that no one wants to talk about. A story shrouded in a mias- ma of shame. This file photo taken on Oc- tober 31, 2016 shows an Afghan boy, who was held as a child sex the diplomatic community for a leaves no hope for the stricken reach out to his son, to hold him - After weeks of searching, an slave, sitting at a restaurant in a child slave I encountered in a for- families in a system with no spe- - but did not dare approach the AFP team met the boy in a remote, unidentified location in Afghani- saken corner of Uruzgan — a slight cific law against bacha bazi, no bevy of policemen that surround- undisclosed location in southern stan. boy with sad, milky eyes held by mechanism for redress and appar- ed him. Afghanistan where he lives in vir- An Afghan boy who was held a police commander for two years ently no official will to act against "I watched him disappear into tual hiding two years after his or- as a child sex slave, October, 2016. — all I got were shrugs. abusive policemen who are seen the distance" deal. Over the next few months, this This file photo taken on Oc- as the lesser of two evils in the "I watched him disappear into A glassy-eyed teenager strug- scenario played itself out multiple tober 31, 2016 shows an Afghan fight against the Taliban. the distance," Sardarwali told me. gling to overcome his psychologi- times as I searched for victims of boy, who was held as a child sex “Where should we go for "His mother is crazed with grief. cal injuries, he sat mutely beside child sex abuse. But I felt I had to slave, sitting at a restaurant in a help?” one Helmand man whose She cannot stop crying: 'We have his father, hunched over a tray of keep going. The story had to be unidentified location in Afghani- teenage brother-in-law had been lost our son forever.'" tea and candy, unable to tell the told. stan. taken told me. “The Taliban?” The agony of losing a child to painful story of what his abuser Afghanistan remains one of the ual abuse are reported, affecting Just a few weeks earlier, in the The essence of what I was told This file photo taken on Oc- sexual slavery is compounded by did to him. most dangerous, and most violent, individuals in hosting and dis- summer of 2016, I had reported was: This is their culture. Dealing tober 31, 2016 shows an Afghan concerns that in captivity the boys This file photo taken on Oc- crisis ridden countries in the world. placed communities alike. Further, on how the Taliban were using boy with the worsening conflict was boy, who was held as a child sex will become addicted to the opi- tober 31, 2016 shows an Afghan The continued deepening and geo- a lack, or loss of civil documenta- sex slaves as Trojan Horses to kill the main priority; child abuse slave, as he sits at a unidentified ates some are given to make them boy, who was held as a child sex graphic spread of the conflict has tion, with difficulties in obtaining their abusers in police ranks — a would have to wait. location in Afghanistan. submissive. slave, drinking tea at a restaurant prompted a 13% increase in the documents outside of the province perverse kind of double victimisa- It was this stupefying indif- he practice of bacha bazi, not Worse still, many fear they in a unidentified location in Afghan- number of people in need of hu- of origin, regularly results in hin- tion of children by Afghanistan’s ference that propelled me to begin widely seen as homosexual or un- could be taken to reinforce front- istan. manitarian assistance in 2017, now dered access to services for con- warring parties. a months-long search spanning Islamic behavior, has spurred a vi- lines, where police are suffering Meeting him showed how lit- 9.3 million. Violations of Interna- siderable numbers of affected in- This file photo taken on Oc- three Afghan provinces for the vic- olent culture of one-upmanship record casualties in their fight tle psychosocial support there is tional Humanitarian Law (IHL) dividuals. tober 6, 2016 shows Bashir, a rel- tims and their families. within police ranks, as officers jeal- against the Taliban. Or get killed for such boys, many of them vic- and Human Rights Law (HRL) Recent estimates suggest over ative of a bacha bazi victim, a teen- The testimonies, gathered ously compete to snatch the most in the crossfire as insurgents over- tims of rape. occur regularly - including, target- 9 million people have limited or age boy, during an interview with mostly from southern Helmand beautiful boys. run the checkpoints where they are Overall, the testimonies I gath- ed killings, forced recruitment and no access to essential health ser- AFP in Lashkar Gah of Helmand but also neighboring Uruzgan and Many compete for boys “who held. ered are perhaps only a small il- attacks on health and education vices. Rates of infant and maternal province. The report, an AFP ex- northern Baghlan province, offered have not seen the sun for years”, a This file photo taken on Oc- lustration of a deeply pervasive facilities. The 8,397 civilian casu- mortality remain among the high- clusive, triggered a flurry of reac- a disquieting postscript to my first euphemism for unblemished beau- tober 5, 2016 shows Shirin, the problem. alties in the first nine months of est in the world at 73/1000 live tion. President Ashraf Ghani investigation. The testimonies, ty, a former top Helmand security brother-in-law of a bacha bazi vic- Many families were tracked 2016 is the highest recorded, and births and 327/100,000 live births launched a "thorough investiga- many of them disturbingly simi- official told me. In a society where tim, a teenage boy, gesturing as he with the help of activists, tribal included a 15% increase in child respectively with reports of ma- tion”, vowing zero tolerance for lar, offered a rare window into the the genders are tightly corralled, talks during an interview with AFP elders and community leaders. casualties compared to 2015. In ternal mortality ratio (MMR) child abuse by Afghan forces. helpless, solitary struggles of Af- the possession of pretty young in Lashkar Gah of Helmand prov- Some families led to other fami- 2016 increasingly frequent ground rates as high as 417/100,000 in ru- It sparked reinvigorated calls ghan families to free sons, neph- boys dressed effeminately can be ince. lies. But a few in far flung volatile engagements continued to be the ral parts of the country. Severe from American lawmakers to end ews and cousins from an en- a mark of social status, power and "Often the only escape for districts were unreachable because main cause of civilian casualties, food insecurity is on the rise with institutionalised “bacha bazi”, the trenched tradition of culturally masculinity. enslaved bachas is to make a deal of security constraints or poor while also limiting freedom of 1.6 million people severely food sexual enslavement of boys by US- sanctioned enslavement and rape. That has prompted some par- with the Taliban: 'Liberate me and mobile communication. Some like movement for civilians and con- insecure. 2016 nutrition surveys funded Afghan forces, with some Afghan children fly kites dur- ents to dress their boys in dirty, I will help you get my abuser's the Uruzgan father declined to talk. taminating areas with explosive show global acute malnutrition pushing for targeted sanctions ing a kite festival at the Wazir Ak- mud-stained clothes to buffer them head and weapons'," the official And some activists who ini- remnants of war (ERW) which dis- (GAM) prevalence ranging from against guilty policemen. bar Khan hilltop in Kabul on No- from prowling policemen. added, referring to insider attacks. tially offered to help later declined proportionally affect children. 10.9 to 20.7%. Severe acute mal- In private, some angry offi- vember 26, 2016. “Rampant bacha bazi is ruin- Still, some families take grim to part with their contacts, fearing Health partners reported 57,346 nutrition (SAM) has breached cials accused me of “trying to bring Significantly, they shed light ing our society,” a Helmand activ- solace in the knowledge they are they might rankle authorities. They weapon wounded cases between emergency thresholds in 20 of 34 Afghanistan a bad name”. But on where these child sex slaves ist told me. “Our children grow up not alone. Their villages are full of are sitting on that information and January and September alone, provinces. 1.8 million people re- that’s another story. come from. A common theory has believing that raping boys is nor- bacha bazi victims, many discard- doing nothing. compared to 19,749 in 2011, rep- quire treatment for acute malnu- 'Rescue to where?' been that poor families sell them mal." ed when their beards begin to show Most of the victims and their resenting almost a three-fold in- trition, of which 1.3 million are Spectacularly absent in the to powerful commanders or that This file photo taken on Oc- – and disposed to repeating the families are unlikely to see any jus- crease. children under five. Magnifying conversations was the plight of the some willingly choose a life of ser- tober 31, 2016 shows an Afghan same cycle of abuse. tice The country is facing increas- this crisis of forced displacement, enslaved children, their families, vitude, lured by the prospect of boy (R), who was held as a child But most families I inter- The problem is unlikely to go ing numbers of people on the 2016 saw the unprecedented re- and the official efforts —- or the gifts or easy cash. sex slave, as he walks with a rela- viewed have abandoned all hope. away anytime soon and most of move. In 2016 the conflict has led turn of some 600,000 registered lack thereof —- to rescue them But the 13 testimonies I gath- tive at a unidentified location in Only one lucky family from Hel- the victims and their families are to unprecedented levels of dis- refugees and undocumented Af- from their abusers. “Rescue to ered highlighted a hidden epidemic Afghanistan. mand managed to extricate their 11- unlikely to see any justice. But placement, reaching half a million ghans from Pakistan. For the ma- where?” a Western official told me of kidnappings. The most heartbreaking testi- year-old boy after 18 days of cap- perhaps there is a bit of hope as in November - the highest number jority, return is triggered by shrink- at a private gathering in Kabul. The boys were mostly abduct- mony came from Sardarwali, who tivity – with the help of a power- the veil of silence shrouding the recorded to date. 56% of the dis- ing asylum space and community “Europe is imploding,” he said, ed in broad daylight — from their after months of fruitless searching ful intelligence official. subject of bacha bazi is lifting. placed are children and face par- acceptance, and the experience of- referring to the migrant crisis af- homes, opium farms and play- caught a glimpse of his kidnapped "The family wanted justice but A local television roundtable ticular risk of abuse, and exploita- ten abrupt and distressing. After flicting the continent. grounds. son in a crowded marketplace in my advice was, 'Flee Helmand or was held about my latest report tion, as well as interrupted school more than 30 years living in Paki- My jaw dropped. I found this Powerful police commanders Helmand's Gereshk district, where they will come back for your and was unlike any that I have seen attendance and harmful child la- stan, many have arrived into an justification for inaction extreme- — who should be the ones disci- I found the largest number of cas- boy'," the intelligence official told in Afghanistan. Perhaps, just per- bour. Multiple forms of GBV, par- unfamiliar country with few pos- ly troubling. plining the perpetrators — are es. me. "Bacha bazi is not a crime that haps, silence will no longer be an ticularly early and forced marriage, sessions, assets or social support When I tried to find help from themselves kidnapping boys. That Sardarwali was desperate to attracts punishment." option. (AFP) domestic, psychological, and sex- networks. (RELIEFWEB) HERAT PROBLEMSTOBE MET THROUGHRELATEDORGANS,MASSOUD ‘Timeline for foreign forces’ Kabul In a meeting with the el- ders, influential figures, youths, pullout central to peace talks’ culturists and Jehadi commanders of eastern Herat province, the pres- KABUL : The Anti-War Move- ident special representative on re- ment has called for an agreement forms and good governance, Ah- on the timeline for the pullout of mad Zia Masoud said their prob- foreign forces from Afghanistan, lems would be tackled through the release of innocent prisoners and a related organs, BNA said. framework for lasting peace in the According to the agency, the country. elders hoped the president’s spe- The demands were raised by cial representative on reforms and the Anti-War Movement, which is good governance tour to the prov- comprised of renowned political ince could yield positive results, and academic personalities, at a said the agency. press conference in Kabul late on Fighting drugs, establishment Sunday. “There are huge hurdles of hospital for addicts, identifica- in the way of peace; one major ob- tion and prosecution of different stacle s the presence of foreign forc- terrorist cases have been among the es. No independent country would issues the elders discussed with allow a foreign military presence, Massoud who pledged all the operations, or prisons on its soil,” problems would be tackled through the movement said. the related organs. pay attention to the issue and foil any plots leading to disintegration of The Afghan government, the He lauded the efforts of the the people unity. According to another report, the president special Taliban and the international com- people of Herat in strengthening representative on reforms and good governance met with a number of munity should agree on a timeta- unison among the people and pre- elders of Khawja Bughra area of Kabul city, where day shared their ble for the foreign forces’ with- venting discord by some malicious challenges with him, said the agency. Massoud also promised to tackle drawal from Afghanistan, a reso- groups and asked them to further their problems duly, according to the agency. (BNA) lution from the movement said. “Second is the issue of pris- oners. A large number of Afghan ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTA inmates are imprisoned in Guan- tanamo, Bagram and Pul-i-Charkhi Ministry of Energy & Water (Project Coordination Unit) and some secret jails run by the Taliban.” Irrigation Restoration and Development Project The resolution demanded the for the withdrawal of foreign forc- tell the nation what type of peace clear policy that was later amend- INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING number of prisoners, their identi- es and lifting of sanctions against they want.” ed with the installation of the uni- ties and charges against them their political office in Qatar. Mohammad Zaman Muzamil, ty government. Suggestions from Invitation for Bids (IFB) should be revealed and a just deci- Recognition of the Taliban’s another participant of the confer- political parties, civil society lead- sion made on their fate. It also political bureau by the Afghan ence, noted terms for dialogue must ers and women rights activists stressed innocent prisoners be re- government and international com- be acceptable to both parties. He were duly considered. Description of Goods/ Works: Supply &Installation of Bank Operated munity and a clarification regard- believed parties to the conflict He said the government had Cableways at 30 Gauging Stations. leased immediately. Failed experiences should not ing peace talks were other de- could not win through war and repeatedly urged the Taliban to IFB No: MEW/ IRDP/ HQ/ IFB/ G-211 Date :- 09- be repeated, the movement sug- mands of the group, he added, al- urged both sides to talk out their come to the negotiating table and January-2016 gested, calling for efforts for a po- leging the government did not have difference. renounce violence. The above mentioned Project is awarded to ( Acent Afghanistan Group of litical settlement and confidence- a clear policy in this regard. Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, Qasimyar said the government Companies Construction & Engineering) and JV ( RK Engineering building to achieve the objective. Syed Ishaq Gilani slammed the the High Peace Council foreign af- was ready for peace talks with the Sincere peace negotiations and the government for lacking an unam- fairs head, clarified no pre-condi- Taliban on national and internation- Cooperation), involvement of a neutral third par- biguous approach to the peace tions head been set for peace talks. al platforms. A new peace road- If any company has objections, they can contact us at Ministry of Energy ty were also underlined. process. “The government com- He asked the Taliban not to im- map, involving political parties and and Water / Project Coordination Unit. Kabul University Lectures mitted mistakes and did not choose pose conditions ahead of talks. civil society organisaitons, was Faiz Mohammad Zalan said the the right path. Similarly, the Tali- On the issue of peace parleys, being prepared, he concluded. Taliban had demanded a timetable ban also made mistakes and did not he maintained, the council had a (Pajhwok) TUESDAY . JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Drive launched to wrest back state lands in Nangarhar

The families of certain fallen Af- ghan soldiers received apartments EMERGENCY as President Mohammad Ashraf CALLS Ghani announced a major scheme to hand over more apartments to families of fallen security forces Police members in the next three years. President Ghani handed over 100 - 119 the keys of apartments to the fam- ilies of 14 soldiers who lost their lives. Hospitals The apartment keys were handed over during a ceremony FMIC Hospital organized to pay tribute to the fall- Behind Kabul Medical en soldiers. In his speech during the cere- University: mony, President Ghani promised 0202500200-+93793275595 to prioritize the fallen security forc- es’ families in the housing scheme in coming three years. Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital He said more reforms have Pule Bagh-e- Umomi been implemented in the security institutions in the past two years, 070263672 JALALABAD : Officials in east- grabbers, the spokesman claimed, calling corruption one of the key ern Nangarhar province say a promising the drive would go con- factors in increase of security forc- wearing the security forces uni- they should not miscalculated Af- casualties rate of the Afghan secu- Khairkhana Hospital drive has been launched to retake tinue until all illegal constructions es casualties. form are all one Afghan. ghanistan, emphasizing that the rity forces sharply increased since all grabbed lands and no one will were pulled down. Ruling out discrimination In other parts of his speech, last year’s fighting season showed they took full security lead from 0799-321007 be allowed to create hurdle to the Rightful owners would be pro- among the security personnel, President Ghani warned the ill- that Afghanistan was turned into the coalition forces at the start of 2401352 campaign. vided with plots in the township, President Ghani said the soldiers wishers of the country and said their graveyard. This comes as the 2015. (KP) Attaullah Khogyani, the gu- Khogyani added. Mayor bernatorial spokesman, told Pa- Hameedullah Afghan acknowl- Indira Gandhi Children jhwok Afghan news that the drive edged plots for common welfare PROTECTION was launched on Sunday in com- schemes had been grabbed by some Hospital, Wazir Akbar pliance with the directive of Gov- people in the Qasimabad town- OF Truck drivers accuse Khan, Kabul 2301372 ernor Gulab Managal. ship. Mohammad Siddique Daw- All grabbed lands in Qasima- latzai, the Behsud district chief, HISTORICAL bad were wrested back from ille- hoped the township would get a Ibn-e- Seena gal occupants in the first stage of legal framework after the grabbed MONUMENTS Ghazni police of extortion the campaign, he said. Some gov- lands were recovered. But provin- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul ernment officials, however, tend- cial council member Zabihullah NATIONAL GHAZNI CITY : Drivers in (ANP), the Afghan Local Police ed many districts after we received 2100359 ed to brand the campaign as an Zmarai discounted the campaign southern Ghazni province say (ALP) and public uprising mem- complains in this regard, the prob- eyewash. He said that Ahmad as a half-hearted measure. He al- OBLIGATION they are tortured by police and bers were also snatching money lem has been resolved. I also gave Shah Sadaat, head of the Qasima- leged some lawmakers were behind Wazir Akbar Khan KABUL : Afghanistan is a rich coun- forced to pay money while from them. my phone number to drivers to bad township commission, Jalal- land-grab and the drive would pro- transporting goods and services “We are being asked for mon- report to me whenever they face abad Mayor Hameedullah Afghan, duce no results. Powerful individ- try with historical sites and ancient Hospital areas inherited to us from our past on highways. ey by any armed on the high- such issues in the future.” Urban Department Director Sid- uals have grabbed areas in Police, A driver from Paktia-Ghaz- ways,” he said. If asked for the He said a policeman who took 2301741, 2301743 dique Dawlatzai, security offi- Siahsang, Shaikh Mesri, Chamtali ancestors. Every Afghan is responsible for ni highway Jan Mohammad told reason they replay. “We have to money from people in 3rd police cials and locals were part of the and Qasimabad townships. They Pajhwok Afghan News that driv- maintain the security and you district of Ghazni city, has been campaign. Illegal constructions have refused to let common peo- protection of our culture ancient Ali Abad hostages because theses relics are ers were being tortured in sever- (drivers) should give us money.” fired and introduced to judiciary were destroyed and a large swath ple get possession of the plots al areas on the outskirts of Ghaz- He said police were taking 200 organs, he said. Shahrara, Kabul of government land retaken from they have purchased. (Pajhwok) indicator of our national identity. The head of protection Department ni. “Police have several times to 300 Pakistani rupees from small He stressed people should 2100439 of Historical Monuments Abdul asked me for money on the out- cars and 500 to 1,000 from trucks. help him in arresting such individ- Ahad Abbasi said, “Our historical, skirts of Andar district, an act A resident of Andar district, uals in order to bring reforms to culture relics are indicator of our past they are not allowed to do so.” Lal Mohammad, said he had sev- police ranks. “I ordered all com- Malalai Maternity He said the law enforcement eral times seen police were taking manders to arrest such kind of Refugee aid history and culture, for this reason, Hospital we repaired a number of these mon- officials would beat him if re- money from drivers. police and imprison them.” Ama- uments in 1394 in Balkh province fused to pay money as per their Lal Mohammad said that peo- rkhel said. 2201377/ 2301743 including mosque of Abu Nasr-e- desire. Mohammad said, he ple have often complained to the A civil society activist, Rah- ‘unjustly’ Parsa, tomb of Khazroya, Darwaza transported wood from Paktia officials concerned, but none of matullah, said if policemen who Tangi Shadyan with the cooperation to Ghazni in order to earn some them had taken any practical ac- were involved in such activates Banks of Agha khan Foundation. Abbasi money, but he could not get tion. punished, it would learn a lesson added, “Second part of Mehtrlam enough advantage from his busi- A number of other residents for others. Da Afghanistan Bank distributed in Baba Shrine a pool inside this com- ness as they had to pay an also complained about the issue. “I think in most cases the 2100302, 2100303 pound were rebuilt from the devel- amount to police. Ghazni police chief, Brig. Gen. checkpoints’ commanders are in- Abdullah, a driver on Ghaz- Aminullah Amarkhel said that po- volved in such issues, the com- opment budget of the MoIC. Abba- Bakhtar Bank si went on to say, “Repairing of ni-Kandahar highway, said be- lice had no right to torture people manders should be warned to cor- Badakhshan sides Afghan National Police or take money from them. “I visit- rect themselves.” (Pajhwok) Ahmad Shah Baba as well as Kher- 0776777000 qa Muberak tombs were also com- pleted in Kandahar in 1394. A mina- Azizi Bank ret near Zabul-Kandahar which is 0799 700900 called as Ghashay Minaret, and as AFGHAN GOLFERS TRIUMPHAT well as the building of Sara-jumarat Pashtany Bank in Nangarhar province which will be 2102908, 2103868 used as the museum of east zone BANGLADESH TOURNAMENT will be started soon. Surveys have The Afghan national golf team re- not been completed throughout Af- turned home on Monday from an Air Services FAIZABAD : The acting gover- was informed or asked for consul- ghanistan as so far we have regis- international golf event in Bang- nor on Sunday said aid from UN- tation in the aid's distribution . tered over 1200 monuments and out ladesh after having won one gold Safi Airways HCR was unjustly distributed to “UNHCR after receiving list of probably 3000 monuments and medal and one bronze medal. refugees and displaced families in of the affected people from the out of which we have repaired 234 Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah 020 22 22 222 northeastern Badakhshan prov- Refugees Department and the Of- monuments with the cooperation of Sarwari won gold for his country ince. Gul Mohammad Bidar told fice for the Coordination of Hu- Agha Khan Foundation as well as while Imran Ali won bronze. Ariana Pajhwok Afghan News the aid manitarian Affairs (OCHA) three Fairoz Kho and the development “I worked hard to be fully pre- 020-2100270 from UNHCR was being distrib- months ago, distributed the cash budget of the MoIC. For Public pared for the tournament and I was uted without coordination with the aid to 800 families and fled with awareness, the Historical Monu- committed to win a gold medal for governor’s house and the provin- the rest of the money,” he said. ments Department has prepared my country and with the help of Kam Air cial council. Nazari, who alleged embezzle- 900 signboards to all provinces. Peo- Allah I made it and gained the cham- 0799974422 “We are not satisfied with the ment in the aid distribution, said: ple and government are obliged for pionship medal,” said Sarwari. way the UNHCR aid is distribut- “We would seriously follow the protection of historical monuments. Eight nations participated in ed, we will bring the violators to issue, I have several times demand- They are our national capital and the 32nd Bangladesh Amateur Golf Hotels justice after our investigation,” he ed details about the issue from ancient wealth. In 2013, repairing Championship. “We underwent a Safi Landmark said. If UNHCR was complicit in UNHCR.” He said the misappro- plans were drafted for Ghazi as the one week technical and profession- the corruption the issue would be priated money was refugees right cultural capital of Islamic world by al training program under the su- then shared with the attorney gen- that should be given to them. the MoIC and 30 monuments were pervision of the International Golf 020-2203131 eral’s office, Bidar said. Khair Mohammad, a resident repaired. Next year we plan to car- Federation and the training helped ERENA Provincial council head Abdul- of Khastak Bala area of Juram dis- ryout survey in other provinces. We us to be in better form at high level not able to bring home any med- male golfer Laila Sajjadi. S lah Naji Nazari also said UNHCR trict, said that hundreds of fami- use finical resources of MoIC, and events and the training played a als. Imran Ali also won a bronze after repeated requests from dis- lies living in areas under Taliban UNECCO, Agha Khan Foundation, key role in our win. Eight coun- “Female golfers attended the medal for Afghanistan in 2012 0799654000 placed people in Badakhshan ap- control faced serious problems in Fairoz Kho and some NGOs. tries were invited to the tourna- championship from three coun- while Nasir Daryab of Afghanistan proved $200 in aid for each fami- cold winter and were deprived of Khoshal Khan Miri a student of Fine ment and Afghanistan became the tries, unfortunately we did not win also won a bronze medal in 2009. New Rumi Restaurant Arts Faculty said Historical monu- ly. He said the aid was distributed such aid. He said poor people in champions by winning gold and medals, because the level of the Apart from host Bangladesh, 0776351347 in cooperation with some individ- their area had not yet received the ments are live history of our coun- bronze medals,” said Imran Ali. competition was very high, but my golfers from Afghanistan, Bhutan, uals from outside the province in aid and the money was distributed try, so people should protect them Afghan female golfers also recommendation to the girls is to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Faizabad, the provincial capital. based on relations. Mohammad like priceless assets of their private played in the tournament. Al- work hard and make a name for and Malaysia competed in the Internet Services properties. (BNA) He said neither the governors’ demanded investigation about the though they fared well, they were Afghanistan as we did,” said fe- four-day event. (Al Jazeera) UA Telecom house nor the provincial council aid distribution. (Pajhwok) 0796701701 / 0796702702 Exchange Rate Purchase:

Afghanistan cricketer Shapoor the Afghanistan News agency One US$ = Zadran was reportedly attacked by which broke the news, it is not the 66.91Afs a group of unidentified gunmen, first instance where an assassina- who opened fire at the vehicle he tion attempt has been carried out One Pound Sterling= was travelling in along with his against Zadran. 82.41Afs brother. A left-arm fast bowler, Zadran One Euro = Nobody was hurt in the inci- is one of Afghanistan's most es- dent, that happened here on Sat- tablished cricketers on the inter- 69.46Afs urday night. Zadran was heading national circuit. 1000 Pak Rs = to his residence when the attack He became a hero when he hit 614Afs took place, according to a report the winning runs against Scotland in the Pakistani daily Dawn. during their 2015 World Cup en- Sale: The assailants reportedly es- counter in the New Zealand city One US$ = caped. Though the motive of the of Nelson, thus giving his side their 67.11 Afs attack and the identity of the at- first ever victory at a major Inter- tackers remained unclear, it national Cricket Council (ICC) One Pound Sterling= brought back memories of the at- tournament. Zadran has played 39 83.21Afs tack witnessed in Pakistan in 2009 One-day Internationals and 27 One Euro= when terrorists attacked the team Twenty20 Internationals for his 70.06 Afs bus of the visiting Sri Lankan team. country. No official confirmation According to Khaama Press, or details regarding the attack have been put forth yet. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is also yet to release a statement on the matter. (INDIATODAY) 1000 Pak Rs= 622 TUESDAY . JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES India, Russia look to reset bilateral ties

“Hassan Nawaz was studying in 1999, but only after two years he became a millionaire,” he said. “The children of corrupt peo- ple are healthy and chubby where- as children of poor people, who comprise 45 per cent of the coun- try’s population, cannot even get proper food.” The PTI chief declared that his party, with the support of mass- es, would confront all corrupt ele- ments and spare none of them. The former captain of the cricket team expressed disappoint- ment over defeats of the present team and said it did not mean that the country faced dearth of talent. After coming to power, he pledged, the PTI would try to im- NEW DELHI: With Russia being bilateral relations, it could help prove the sports system in the the current focus of global poli- Russia balance its over-dependence country. Development funds tics, New Delhi and Moscow are on China.Russia is now heavily Mr Khan said that Multan’s set to discuss bilateral relations invested in the Middle East crisis, metro bus project was a waste of which are poised to take on a and India has found itself more money. The PTI general secretary, whole new look when PM Naren- sympathetic to the Russian point Jahangir Tareen, said if the gov- dra Modi meets Russian deputy of view. ernment did not release Rs2.5 bil- PM Dmitry Rogozin on the side- On the other hand, if Russia lion for Lodhran development lines of `Vibrant Gujarat' on Mon- enhances its relations with Paki- package promised by the prime day. Rogozin will lead a big Rus- stan, particularly in the defence minister in Nov 2015. “I, along sian delegation to the business sector, India would take a very dif- with Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, will summit, trying to infuse energy ferent set of measures, which could take an extreme step against Nawaz into a relationship that has been even include reducing its buy of Sharif”. Referring to a recent acci- slow. A Russian trade official told Russian weapon ry. Indian officials dent, he said had funds been re- their official news agency , Tass, say they understand Russia is “The forum and exhibition will fea- looking for new markets for its BAHAWALPUR: Laun-ching his ing the latter an agent of Nawaz paign from the city. asked them whether they would leased, six children of Lodhran would not have lost their lives in ture representatives of over 20 weapons but selling to Pakistan party’s mass contact campaign Sharif. The PTI chief asked Mr The PTI’s Islamabad sit-in come out of their houses to join countries, including more than 10 sho uld not be among them. here on Sunday, Pakistan Tehreek- Asif if Panamagate was not an is- awakened people and made them his mass contact drive. the train accident. Sheikh Rashid recalled that he Russian companies and organisa- In the past few months, Rus- i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan sue for Pakistanis, then was it a aware of their rights and, as a re- “Had we made efforts even for tions --the Emergencies Ministry sia, which, despite poor economic alleged that the prime minister had problem for Indians. sult, they had launched a struggle 200 years, we could not have iden- had once been jailed in Baha- walpur, saying: “I am a suicidal , Sibur, Novatek, Rosneft, Rosko- ties or popular exchanges has been bought assets abroad in the name Mr Khan branded the group for a just society, he said. “The tified Nawaz Sharif’s properties smos, Rosatom, Rostech, a favourite of Indian governments, of his daughter through “ill-gotten of spokesmen for the ruling Paki- dharna has changed Pakistan.” in foreign countries. It is the Pana- politician and carry my shroud on my shoulders.” Schwabe, and others, as well as has faced criticism from Indians. money” and he would not able to stan Muslim League-N, who of- He expressed sympathy for ma Leaks through which we have representatives of the Russian re- Get more customers by adver- save himself as the Panama case ten criticised him, as “Motu the people of southern Punjab came to know about his ill-gotten He alleged that the prime min- ister had destroyed bureaucracy. gions.“ Rogozin will bring along tising with ColombiaColombia was going to be decided soon. Gang”. PTI chairman claims Islam- who, according to him, had lagged wealth,” he said. officials from Tartarstan and As- Grade A commercial property Speaking at a public meeting abad sit-in made people aware of behind other regions of the coun- Because of the trend of trans- Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the PTI, in a bid to seek justice in trakhan for the meet. leased to blue-chip tenant @ at the Dring Stadium, he also tar- their rights try. Mr Khan went on to repeat ferring money abroad, he observed, But the conversation between 9%Property Share Recommended geted Defence Minister Khawaja He recalled that during his ear- his allegations that Mr Sharif had the country was mired in debt. the Panama-gate case, had knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court. Modi and Rogozin acquires impor- By Colombia Asif and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) lier public meeting in Bahawalpur purchased properties abroad in the He alleged that Prime Minis- tance in the present global context When questioned, Russian of- chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, about two-and-a-half years ago, he names of his daughter Maryam ter Sharif had been indulging in He alleged that the funds sanc- tioned for 163 development as this will be the first high-level ficials have assured their Indian lambasting the former for his re- had disclosed the date for the Is- Nawaz and other children. corrupt practices for the last 30 meet between India and Russia af- counterparts that Moscow would marks that Panama leaks had noth- lamabad sit-in, and now he had The crowd waved their hands years and now he had become an schemes of southern Punjab had been diverted to Lahore. (DAWN) ter Putin's visit in October. Indo- not do anything to affect Delhi's ing to do with Pakistanis and term- launched his mass contact cam- in his support when Imran Khan “expert in corruption”. Russian ties have been around for security interests. But there seems a long time and built on solid foun- to be a section of Russian official- dations, but they could go either dom which is willing to risk Indian way . With Donald Trump signal- displeasure to work on closer ties ling a reset in US-Russia relations, with China and Pakistan. Russia's India looks at this as a positive purported engagement of the Tali- development. Nobody in India ac- ban in Afghanistan will be particu- tually expects US-Russia to over- larly problematic for India, and this come their decades-old animosity is expected to form a big part of , but if Trump and Putin can intro- the conversation between Modi MOSCOW : The Regional Anti- duce a measure of normalcy in their and Rogozin. (Economic Times) Terrorist Structure of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS SCO) and Sri Lankan Defense Ministry will in the near future fin- ish the preparation of the legal base Indian troops for cooperation, RATS press ser- vice said on Monday. "RATS and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense have reached enter Haiti an agreement to speed up the sign- ing of a cooperation protocol be- tween the two structures in the near future," a RATS spokesper- without cholera son told RIA Novosti. According to the spokesper- son, the parties have established the information exchange process vaccination, face regarding the fight against terror- ism, extremism and separatism. Journalists working at the In- ternational Press Centre for the UNprobe ASEAN-Russia Summit near the congress centre in Sochi The press service added that RATS and Sri Lankan Defense Ministry already had a meeting in late 2016, during which the par- ties have "pointed out the progress in preparation of the protocol." The SCO is a political, mili- tary and economic alliance com- prising Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Belarus, Mongolia, organization, while Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Armenia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka have the status of dialogue partners. Iran, Afghanistan, India and Paki- RATS, headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is a permanent SCO body that serves to promote cooperation against terrorism, separatism and stan hold observer status in the extremism among its member states. (Sputnik)

NEW DELHI: Indian peacekeep- the cholera strain which has caused ers in Haiti are facing a probe by over 10,000 deaths in the country the United Nations for arriving in in the past 6 years. the Caribbean country without the For years — before Ban final- Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, during a gotten money in bank accounts Maryam Nawaz was made the mandatory cholera vaccination. ly apologised — the UN had de- hearing of the Panamagate case on opened in other people’s names beneficiary as a smokescreen, More than 100 men of Assam nied its role in the cholera outbreak Monday, advised Pakistan Te- and used it to pay off loans of their whereas the PM is the real owner Rifles, India's oldest paramilitary in Haiti leading its own special rap- hreek-e-Insaf (PTI) counsel Naeem companies. of the flats. force, landed in Haiti last year in porteur on extreme poverty and Bokhari to file a reference with The court observed that NAB He told the apex court that, in July-August after they were certi- human rights to describe the UN's Colombo: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have discussed signing a free trade National Accountability Bureau had not given proper opportunity a similar manner, the PM set up fied by the home ministry as hav- conduct as a disgrace. agreement between the two countries when the new Bangladesh High (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman to the Sharif family to join the in- mills in Jeddah and Dubai by us- ing taken the vaccine. Alexander the Great failed Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah called on Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Chaudhry to reopen the Hudaibiya vestigations and justify their as- ing benami transactions. The UN has officially sought miserably when he tried to con- Paper Mills case. sets. Read more: Sharif cleared in Justice Khosa pointed out that a clarification from the Indian gov- quer India. On reaching India his Ravi Karunanayake at the Finance Ministry on Friday. The judge was presiding over two corruption references the burden of proof lies with the ernment as to why it confirmed troops contracted Cholera. Alex- The discussion was centered on the benefits to be tapped by both a five-member bench of the apex Justice Khosa also admonished PTI since they claim to have the that these troops had been vacci- ander and his troops had to beat a countries from a regional trade agreement. court when he said, "We can call Bokhari for steering the focus of evidence. He added that it was the nated. hasty retreat and the Indian Kings The UN has been particularly declare... Read More Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was only $76 the chairman of NAB and ask him the case away from the London party's responsibility to show how why he did not fulfil his responsi- flats towards the Hudaibiya Pa- the companies were bought, who dismayed as it has been accused of Facing intense criticism over million in 2015-16, of which Bangladesh's import was $45.55 million bilities." per Mills. made them and where the money having caused the cholera outbreak its role in the cholera outbreak, UN and Sri Lanka's $30.45 million. Sri Lanka's exports to Bangladesh have Justice Khosa was referring to "First in the case you spoke came from. in Haiti in 2010. In a rare gesture in 2015 made anti-cholera vaccines seen a steady increase in the past five years. a case in which now Finance Min- about the London flats. Now, you Justice Khosa told Bokhari by the UN last month, then secre- mandatory for all peacekeeping ister Ishaq Dar had submitted a have jumped towards the confes- that if the Supreme Court sends tary general Ban ki-Moon apolo- forces arriving in Haiti. Exactly a During the discussion it was noted that the implementation of the handwritten statement to a magis- sional statement of Ishaq Dar," he the references regarding the Hu- gised for the outbreak to Haiti in year after a contingent of Assam proposed trade agreement would be easier due to the close geographical trate in 2000 alleging that the Sharif noted. daibiya Paper Mills case to NAB, an address to the general assem- Rifles comprising over 100 men locations of the two countries in the Asian region. Accelerating naval brothers had used the Hudaibiyah Justice Ejaz ul Hasan, too, it will no longer be able to hold bly. Haiti blames UN for cholera arrived claiming they had been vac- Paper Mills as a cover for money pointed out to the counsel that his hearings on the Panamagate case outbreak cinated. These men are now being links between Chittagong of Bangladesh and Colombo would also help laundering during the late 90s. arguments had failed to make clear in accordance with Article 184. There was no trace of cholera locally administered the anti-chol- implement this agreement successfully, the state newspaper Daily News In 2014, an accountability whether or not Maryam Nawaz is He further advised Bokhari in Haiti until 2010 when, as wide- era vaccine. reported. court judge had rejected an appli- a dependent of her father. that the responsibility was upon ly believed, UN peacekeeping forc- An Assam Rifles spokesper- es from Nepal arrived in the coun- son told TOI that troops force were Strategies to minimize the impact on the economies of the two cation filed by NAB requesting the Bokhari told the court that the him to either separate the two cas- reopening of the Hudaibiya Paper London flats were bought under es or ensure that they are heard try. These troops were accused of part of a UN Formed Police Unit countries due to looming economic depressions were also discussed Mills and Raiwind Assets refer- Maryam Nawaz's name between simultaneously. causing the outbreak of cholera by which does guard duty in Haiti but during the meeting. Meanwhile the Bangladesh High Commissioner has ences. 1993 to 1996. He added that at the Justice Ejaz ul Hasan, howev- performing their daily ablutions in did not respond to a query on why said that Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, as leading apparel manufacturers As per a NAB investigation time of the transaction, Maryam er, advised the advocate that if the a river next to the base they were these soldiers falsely claimed that report on the Hudaibiya Paper Nawaz was underage and had no two cases are joined, the Panama- stationed at. they had taken the vaccine as part could be able to work together to further expand their exports to new Mills reference in 2014, the Sharif source of income. gate case will become 'muddy'. Haiti officially holds UN re- of their pre departure formalities. foreign markets. (COLOMBOPAGE) family had allegedly deposited ill- The advocate alleged that (DAWN) sponsible for this introduction of (Times Of Inida) TUESDAY . JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Meryl Streep Truck bomb kills several in uses Golden Sinai's El-Arish Globes to A truck bomb attack on a check- point in the city of El-Arish in Egypt's northern Sinai has killed at least eight policemen, securi- excoriate Trump ty officials and medical sources said. Police officials said a sui- US actors turned the 2017 Golden January 20, made a tough stance cide bomber rammed the truck Globe Awards into a scathing at- on immigration a cornerstone of his packed with explosives into the tack on Donald Trump, with sev- campaign. Hollywood actors and checkpoint and gunmen then eral of the evening's winners using studio executives were mostly be- opened fire on the security post their acceptance speech to deride hind his Democratic party rival on Monday. the president-elect. Hillary Clinton. Streep ended her There was no immediate The Golden Globes, organised speech with a nod to her long-time claim of responsibility for the by the Hollywood Foreign Press friend, "Star Wars" actress Carrie truck bombing. Association, were handed out on Fisher, who died last month after But an armed movement in Sunday in Beverly Hills, honour- a heart attack. the rugged and thinly populated ing the best of film and television. "As my friend, the dear de- Sinai Peninsula has gained pace Meryl Streep, who received a parted Princess Leia, said to me since the military toppled Pres- lifetime achievement award , said once, 'Take your broken heart and ident Mohamed Morsi of the she had been heartbroken by make it into art'," Streep said, her Muslim Brotherhood, in mid- Trump's imitation of a disabled voice cracking with emotion. 2013 following mass protests reporter during his campaign. The Committee to Protect against his rule. "There was one performance Journalists tweeted to the actress Since then, hundreds of po- this year that stunned me," Streep, : "Thank you Meryl Streep for lice officers and soldiers have 67, said. "It sank its hooks in my your generosity & support of our been killed by armed groups. heart. Not because it was good. It mission to protect journalists and In November, a car bomb was that moment when the per- press freedom around the world". attack on a checkpoint in Sinai son asking to sit in the most re- 'Honouring popular vote' killed eight soldiers. spected seat in our country imi- The evening was presented by The Islamic State of Iraq and tated a disabled reporter." late night television host Jimmy the Levant (ISIL) group's Egyp- The three-time Oscar winner Fallon, who fired off a fusillade of tian branch in the Sinai Peninsu- was referring to a 2015 incident at jokes, several aimed at Trump. la has also carried out several a South Carolina rally when Fallon saluted the Globes as "one such attacks over the past two Trump flailed his arms and slurred of the few places where America years. The Sinai Peninsula bor- in his speech in an apparent mock- still honours the popular vote", ders Israel and Palestine's Gaza ing of New York Times reporter referring to the fact that Clinton Strip. (Al Jazeera) Serge Kovaleski, who has a phys- got more votes in total than ical disability. Trump. Then, noting that "Game Trump in a series of tweets on of Thrones" was among this year's New Brazil Monday repeated his denial that nominated series, he said some fans Syrian President Bashar al-Assad they lay down their arms," Mari- course of the war and it is on the tion fighters do not trust Assad to he ever imitated the reporter. had wondered how that show prison clash has declared that his government ani said. And he said the Syrian way to victory," he said in excerpts keep his promise making it "im- Meryl Streep, one of the most would have unfolded had the child- is ready to negotiate "on every- leader dismissed accusations of provided by RTL. Russian forces possible to reconcile" with the over-rated actresses in Hollywood, ish, villainous King Joffrey sur- kills four in thing" during upcoming talks in war crimes by his forces by say- start pulling out of Syria Syrian leader. doesn't know me but attacked last vived, and not died, a while back. Astana, Kazakhstan, brokered by ing that no wars were clean. It was his first interview with The violence has displaced night at the Golden Globes. She is "Well, in 12 days," Fallon Amazon Russia and Turkey. "There were probably mis- French media since the December more than half the country's pop- a..... "It kind of broke my heart cracked, "we're gonna find out". In an interview with French takes on the part of the govern- 22 recapture of the rebel-held east ulation and caused massive de- when I saw it and I still can't get it Perhaps he summed things up region journalists published by state me- ment" that Assad said he would of Aleppo, which had been under struction. Asked about heavy out of my head because it wasn't best by pointing to the notably dia on Monday, Assad said there "condemn" and "regret", Mariani siege for months. bombing raids that ravaged the city in a movie. It was real life," Streep bleak nominated film "Manches- were still questions surrounding the said. 'Tipping point' Meanwhile, Rebel forces, who seized east- and claimed large numbers of civil- said. "This instinct to humiliate ter by the Sea" - "the only thing A new prison uprising in Brazil talks including "who will be there the Syrian leader blamed "terror- ern districts of the city in 2012, ian lives, Assad said, in excerpts on Sunday left four dead, adding when it's modelled by someone in from 2016," he said, "that was more from the other side". ists" for occupying the main wa- agreed to withdraw after a month- provided by France Info: "But you the public platform by someone depressing than 2016". to the chaos in the country's "We don't know yet," he said. ter source in the capital Damascus, long army offensive that drove have to liberate, and this is the price penitentiary system that has powerful it filters down into ev- A bit later, Hugh Laurie, win- Turkey has suggested the As- and has vowed that the military them from more than 90 percent sometimes." He added: "But at the erybody's life. Disrespect invites ning best supporting actor in a lim- killed nearly 100 inmates in the tana talks could be convened will take it back. of their former territory. end, the people are liberated from past week in a brutal gang war. disrespect. Violence incites vio- ited series for "The Night Manag- around the last week of January. Assad said his forces were on The loss of east Aleppo was the terrorists" - Assad's term for lence." While Streep did not name er," kept the mordant party going The latest violence took Opinion: Inside Bashar al-As- the road to victory, citing the re- the biggest blow to Syria's rebel all fighters opposed to his rule. place at the Desembargador Trump directly, she used almost with his acceptance remarks. sad's mind One of the French law- capture of the city of Aleppo last movement in the nearly six-year "Of course it's very painful for the entire speech to criticise his He began by voicing thanks to Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the makers, Thierry Mariani, who is month as a "tipping point" in the conflict, which has killed more us as Syrians to see any part of centre of the jungle city of behavior and policies, while call- the Hollywood Foreign Press As- visiting Syria said Assad also de- conflict. "We don't consider it (re- than 310,000 people. our country destroyed, or to see ing for Hollywood to stand strong sociation for his win at "the last- Manaus, according to a state- clared himself willing to negotiate taking Aleppo from the rebels) as Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbar- any bloodshed anywhere," he said, ment from the government pen- against any attacks and to support ever Golden Globes". with rebel groups fighting against a victory. ra, reporting from Gaziantep, said adding: "Every war is bad. a free press through organisations "I don't mean to be gloomy," itentiary agency in Amazonas his government, excluding "jihad- The victory will be when you the Syrian opposition was "very " The Syrian president asked, state, where the facility is locat- such as the Committee to Protect he went on, "it's just that it has the ist" organisations. get rid of all the terrorists," Assad concerned" about the latest devel- "Is it better to leave (civilians) un- Journalists. words 'Hollywood,' 'foreign' and ed. Three of the dead were be- Assad said he was "optimis- said in the interview with France opment on the ground, and wheth- der their (rebels') supervision, un- headed while one was strangled The audience sat in stunned 'press' in the title." Cheers rang out. tic" and "ready for reconciliation Info, LCP and RTL television. er the ceasefire would hold. der their oppression, by behead- silence for much of it. "I also think that, to some Re- to death. It did not give a motive with them on the condition that "But it's a tipping point in the He also reported that opposi- ing, by killing?" (Al Jazeera) for the killings and it was not Streep earned a cheer from the publicans, even the word 'associa- yet known if drug gangs were crowd when she said that, "Holly- tion' is slightly sketchy." involved. 56 killed in grisly Bra- wood is crawling with outsiders Paul Verhoeven's "Elle" won zil prison riot Michel and foreigners". best foreign language film and its In the last week, 64 inmates "If you kick them all out, you'll star, Isabelle Huppert, was have been killed in prisons in or have nothing to watch but football crowned best actress in a drama. near Manaus. A prison uprising Aoun and mixed martial arts, which are The French actress vowed: "Do in the neighbouring state of Ro- not art," she said. not expect cinema to put up walls raima left at least 33 dead. Trump, who takes office on and borders." (Al Jazeera) Behind the bloodshed is an begins escalating feud between Brazil's biggest drug gangs, which ended two decades of an uneasy work- Middle East ing relationship about six months ago. tour in Brazil's most powerful gang, the Sao Paulo-based First Capi- tal Command (PCC) split with Saudi the Rio de Janeiro-based Red Command gang when the PCC took over drug trading routes in Arabia Brazil's southeast. Previously, Lebanon President Michel Aoun the two groups worked together has traveled to Saudi Arabia on his to ensure a heavy flow of drugs first official diplomatic trip, with and arms over Brazil's borders. hopes of restoring ties that soured Members of the PCC were tar- last year over an attack on the Saudi geted last Sunday in the first vi- embassy in Iran. olent outbreak, which left 56 dead, many decapitated and Aoun's visit to Riyadh on Monday - the first of a series of butchered. It was Brazil's dead- stops in neighbouring countries - liest uprising in more than two is expected to focus on reviving decades. 56 killed, many behead- tourism in Lebanon and restoring ed, in grisly Brazil prison riot (Al Jazeera) military cooperation between the two countries. The Saudi government sus- S- Korean pended nearly $4bn in arms sup- port to Lebanon last year, before monk critical also issuing a travel advisory to its citizens against going to Lebanon. after sex One of Lebanon's most impor- tant financial sectors, tourism gen- slavery deal erated less than $4bn for the coun- try last year, compared to $8.4bn Australia's health minister has the apartment. protest in 2010 - with visitors from neigh- stepped down temporarily, to al- 'I have not broken any of the bouring Arab countries, especially low auditors to scour her expense rules' "I apologise for the distrac- Saudi Arabia, having dropped sig- A South Korean monk is in crit- accounts, after she bought an in- tion that this issue has caused," nificantly. The Saudi government vestment apartment while on a she told reporters. "I'm very con- ical condition after setting him- took the measures against Leba- self ablaze to protest against the work trip, an embarrassing start fident that the investigation will Former Iranian president Akbar diator," she said. with me dated back 59 years, is non because it said the country to the year for Prime Minister show that I have not broken any country's deal with Japan on Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sun- "He would advise on how to difficult and overwhelming," failed to condemn what it consid- compensation for wartime sex Malcolm Turnbull. of the rules." day at the age of 82 after suffering deal with such situations in the Khamenei said in a statement quot- ered to be attacks on its diplomat- In a statement issued on Mon- The latest scandal comes as slaves. The 64-year-old Bud- a heart attack, according to state country. With the news of his ed by the state broadcaster's web- ic missions in Iran in January 2016. dhist monk suffered third-degree day, Turnbull said Health Minis- Turnbull languishes in polls and media. death many people are in absolute site. "The different opinions and The protests in Tehran at the ter Susan Ley would forgo her sal- faces a restive party. burns across his body and seri- Rafsanjani was a key figure in shock." interpretations at time in this long Saudi embassy followed the exe- ous damage to vital organs fol- ary, until an investigation is com- Australians to vote in tight the foundation of the Islamic re- Following the announcement period could never entirely break cution of 47 people, including Shia pleted. "I expect the highest stan- election race lowing his self-immolation dur- public in 1979, and served as pres- of Rafsanjani's death, a crowd gath- up the friendship" between us, he Muslim leader, Nimr al-Nimr, in ing a rally late on Saturday in dards from my ministers in all as- A Newspoll in Monday's Aus- ident from 1989 to 1997. ered outside the hospital in Te- added. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia subse- pects of their conduct, and espe- tralian newspaper put the Liberal the capital, Seoul, calling for the He was taken to the Shohadaa hran's Tajrish neighbourhood Rafsanjani was an influential quently cut off diplomatic ties ouster of impeached President cially the expenditure of public prime minister and his opposition Hospital in northern Tehran earli- where the former president had figure in Iran, and headed the Ex- with Iran, and cooled relations with money," the Liberal Party prime Labour counterpart Bill Shorten as Park Geun-hye, police said. er on Sunday with heart problems, been taken. pediency Council, a body which Lebanon, where Hezbollah, a Shia He is unconscious and un- minister said. Ley, who is also aged the least popular pair of national the ISNA and Fars news agencies 'Difficult and overwhelming' is intended to resolve disputes be- Muslim political and social move- care minister and sport minister, political leaders in 20 years. able to breathe on his own, an reported. Rafsanjani was born on August tween the parliament and the ment that is politically allied with official from the Seoul National has been fighting calls for her res- In the year to come Turnbull's "Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi 25, 1934 in the village of Nough in Guardian Council. Iran, enjoys significant influence. ignation since Friday, when it was Liberal Party-led government fac- University Hospital told The Rafsanjani was transferred to hos- southern Iran into a wealthy fam- He was also a member of the Despite that, Hezbollah - with Associated Press news agency revealed she made expense claims es a fractious Senate that has so pital after a heart attack," said Reza ily. He studied theology in the holy Assembly of Experts, the clerical which Aoun is allied - has wel- for several visits to the Gold Coast, far stymied major progress on its on Sunday on condition of ano- Soleimani, a speaker of the Expe- city of Qom before entering poli- body that selects the supreme lead- comed the president's trip to Riy- nymity. South Korea: 'Comfort a holiday destination in northeast- legislative agenda, mainly focused diency Council, Iran's main politi- tics in 1963 after the shah's police er, Iran's most powerful figure. adh. "Hezbollah has said that Pres- ern Queensland state. on spending cuts and tax reforms women' foundation launched cal arbitration body which Rafsan- arrested the founder of the Islamic Rafsanjani has been described ident Aoun should go to Saudi Ara- amid protests Police said in his During one of the visits, she aimed at balancing the national jani chaired. republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah as "a pillar of the Islamic revolu- bia," Louis Hbeika, a political ana- reportedly purchased an invest- budget. notebook, the monk called Park "Despite the efforts of the Khomeini. tion". His pragmatic policies, eco- lyst, said. "They understand per- a "traitor" over her government's ment property worth US$581,000 Turnbull has also struggled to doctors he died," he said, quoted A confidant of Khomeini, Raf- nomic liberalisation, better rela- fectly - after all, Hezbollah people from a Liberal Party donor. keep the support of the hard-right 2015 agreement with Japan that by state broadcaster IRIB. sanjani was the speaker of parlia- tions with the West and empow- are Lebanese - and they know that sought to settle a long-standing Australia's SBS news site also of his own party, which still sim- Al Jazeera's Dosra Jabbari, re- ment for two consecutive terms ering Iran's elected bodies, ap- if the Lebanese economy functions reported that Ley also claimed trav- mers with resentment since he top- row over South Korean women porting from Tehran, said Rafsan- until Khomeini's death in 1989. pealed to many Iranians but was well, Hezbollah and the popula- who were forced into sexual sla- el costs to the Gold Coast for New pled the more conservative Tony jani's death was described as a Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's despised by hardliners. tion of Hezbollah will benefit too... Year's Eve celebrations in 2013 and Abbott as prime minister in a par- very by Japan's World War II "huge loss" by Iranian officials. supreme leader, paid tribute to His death is a big blow to And in my view they are interest- military. According to The Ko- 2014. ty-room coup in 2015. "His death couldn't come at a Rafsanjani as a "companion of moderates and reformists, depriv- ed in that visit." Aoun was elected Ley said she had agreed to Turnbull's government has also rea Times, he left a memo at the worse time for the country because struggle" despite differences be- ing them of their most influential president in October 2016 after the scene demanding the nullification stand aside after a discussion with come under pressure in recent there are disputes between the cur- tween them. supporter in the Islamic establish- country's top official political post Turnbull, and had agreed to repay weeks for a heavy-handed ap- of the contentious settlement. rent government and the judiciary "The loss of my companion ment. He is survived by his wife was vacant for more than two (AFP) some claims for transport and ac- proach to recouping social securi- and Rafsanjani was seen as a me- of struggle, whose cooperation and five children. (Al Jazeera) years. (AFP) commodation when she purchased ty debts. (AP) TUESDAY . JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Editor: Mansoor Faizy By Afrasiab Khattak Phone No: +93-797070563 Is this a country for Muslims or explosion possible. So the West years in denial Pakistan has ulti- public demonstration in favor of E-mail: [email protected] for Islam? This is the dilemma that focused on Pakistan to persuade mately come around to concede the the murderer of Salmaan Taseer on Pakistan has faced from day one. her to play that role. The Paki- existence of the problem after the the death anniversary of the former For the majority of Muslim stani security establishment had killing of about 60,000 of its citi- Punjab Governor has exposed the Email: [email protected] League leaders, Pakistan was to be jumped on the Western bandwag- zens at the hands of terrorists. But policy of appeasement of the gov- a country for Muslims where they on from day one. Even Zulfiqar if the experience of the last two ernment towards extremist militan- www.afghanistantimes.af could live their lives without any Ali Bhutto’s “New Pakistan”, that years (after the charting out of the cy, particularly in the Punjab. fear of domination. The idea of apparently distanced herself from National Action Plan) is anything But the problem is not con- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Pakistan as a country for Islam the West in foreign policy, could to go by, Pakistan is still not ready fined to just state security policy. took root later when the feudal and not break out from the old ideo- to take on the problem. The stub- By ignoring the need for invest- Advisory editorial board bureaucratic elites ruling the coun- logical axis internally. It goes with- born insistence of security circles ment in human development for try used the “ideological card” to out saying that this process was on providing space to Taliban, LeT, long years the ruling elites are guilty Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, resist democratic transformation. taken to the extreme, almost to the JeM and other terrorists networks of preparing conditions conducive The dilemma was further com- point of no return, by General Zia’s closely linked to international ter- to the rise of extremism and ter- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir pounded by the fact that for the martial law. ror syndicates proves that the pol- rorism. The collapse of the public founding fathers the aforemen- It is hardly a coincidence that icy of keeping militants as strate- education system and health ser- Graphic-Designer: tioned question of identity was a the decisive battle of the Western gic assets for state policy is still vices have had dire social conse- mere manifestation of the real is- powers against the erstwhile So- intact. In fact, the fresh hobnob- quences. The serious decline of our Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi sue, which was provincial autono- viet Union in Afghanistan fought bing of Pakistan with Russia indi- education system in particular has Marketing & Advertising: my. If the All India National Con- through Pakistan, and “Islamisa- cates that the country is looking led to severe distortions and de- gress had accepted the Cabinet tion” of the country, progressed for new markets for its militant formations in human material be- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mission Plan in 1946 presented simultaneously. The situation was outfits. ing produced by Pakistani society. by the British Raj, that envisaged aggravated to dangerous propor- Apart from mere lip service Religious seminaries have flour- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan a confederation in post-colonial tions with the advent of Wahabism, there is no evidence that the Paki- ished as the growing number of Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 India, Muslim League would have Salfism and Takfirism in Pakistan stani state regards religious extrem- children remain out of school. given up the demand for partition in the 1980s and 1990s. Pakistan ism and terrorism as existential Growing population, widening Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press that took place in August 1947. as a state and society became rad- threat to the country. Sectarianism social divide, the deepening envi- But the new country took no time icalised. The focus of the country’s is tearing the country apart but the ronmental crises and failure of ju- in joining the western military national security policy isn’t con- unreformed religious seminaries are dicial system is helping in the pacts of SEATO and CENTO for fined to her borders any more. Pa- producing brainwashed sectarian growth of extremism and militan- The constitution says containing and defeating commu- kistan involvement in internation- militants on a very large scale since cy. Ruling elites, both civil and nism. al “jihadism” has turned it into a their syllabus and administration military, are busy in squeezing the It is pertinent to remember that dangerous country and this adven- is based on absolute sectarianism. dying system. Political squabbles Article 58: Western ideologues and strategists turism is not confined even to her Recently, when the Supreme mostly revolve around power Article Fifty-Eight: To monitor respect for human rights in Afghanistan as well as to foster of the capitalist world had no con- immediate neighborhood. It has Court-appointed judicial commis- games and the slogan of change has and protect it, the state shall establish the Independent Human Rights Commission of Af- fusion. For them the vast Muslim gone as far as Bosnia and to many sion for conducting inquiry into a become mere rhetoric. There is no ghanistan. Every individual shall complain to this Commission about the violation of personal population living in the wide arc other places in the world. heinous terrorist attack in Quetta reform agenda in sight. human rights. The Commission shall refer human rights violations of individuals to legal of Asia and Africa, from Sinkiang After the collapse of the com- came out with a report criticising There is strong potential for authorities and assist them in defense of their rights. Organization and method of operation (Xinjiang) to Marrakech, was a munist bloc the Western powers ineffective state policy towards the rise of an Arab Spring like cha- of the Commission shall be regulated by law. potential explosive weapon to be didn’t require the services of Paki- extremism and terrorism, the inte- otic situation in Pakistan. Interest- used against Soviet communism. stan, and that brrought Pakistan’s rior minister chose to publicly dis- ingly some Turkish political ana- The Central Asian belt was regard- so-called strategic alliance with the miss the report and launch a ver- lysts are mourning the “Pakistani- ed as the “soft belly” of the Soviet West to an end. This relationship bal attack on the judicial commis- sation” of Turkey but Pakistan Union, as there was potential for has become hostile now as the sion. As if that was not enough, seems to be adamant in following penetration of religious influence “mujahideen” of yesterday have Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the pro- the beaten path. Is there a way out into it from the contiguous Mus- become terrorists of today. But scribed organisation LeT was seen of this possibly fatal trap of sta- lim populations. What was miss- religious extremism (and violence landing in Quetta with pomp and tus quo? ing in the whole Western anti-com- and terrorism emanating from it) show as if in defiance to the rec- The writer is a former senator munist project was an ideological is putting Pakistan’s own future ommendations of the Supreme and senior leader of the Awami “detonator” that could make the in question. After living for long Court judicial commission. The National Party. The BDS struggle in US academia he wars upon wars have dispersed Afghans and destroyed By David Palumbo-Liu On January 7, the Delegate Assem- at its January meeting the majori- said its supporters were merely of existence, BDS has cleared a infrastructure that was guaranteeing prosperity and de bly of the Modern Language As- ty of MLA delegates made a polit- being "politically correct". A new space for debate on this topic like velopment of the country. Hundreds of thousands of Af- sociation (MLA) voted against a ical declaration to protect them- generation of scholars Why all this no other movement has. The Is- non-binding resolution to endorse selves from potential attacks on concern over which resolutions raeli regime, and the Trump admin- ghans left their homeland to take shelter in a relatively peaceful the call from Palestinian civil soci- speech, racism, and travel which academic organisations with little istration, know this well, and have ety for the academic boycott of might emanate from the new political clout or influence issue? pledged to destroy BDS, such is country. Most of them went to Pakistan and Iran. Those who could Israeli institutions (Yes, 79; No, Trump administration - it issued a One reason is that they are a ba- its real danger to the status quo. afford the expenses of long journey went to Europe, the United 113). At that same session, the strong critique of our new presi- rometer of how different genera- Finally, the academy is a powerful Assembly voted for a resolution dent. Professor David Lloyd not- tions and demographics of young- site where ideas are tested, as- States, Canada and Australia. Likewise, thousands of women, men to condemn the boycott (Yes, 101; ed the irony of the voting down of er scholars, who are, after all, fu- sumptions questioned, and habits No, 93). One of the reasons it is the boycott resolution coinciding ture teachers, are positioning them- of thought challenged, and the or- and children lost their lives in the ceaseless wars—engineered by difficult for those supporting Boy- with the passage of this resolution selves on the issue of Israel-Pales- ganisations and scholars that have foreigners but fought by Afghans. cott, Divestment and Sanctions critical of Trump: "The resolution tine. While the MLA and other endorsed the boycott show a will- (BDS) to get their motions passed expresses concern that the incom- older organisations tend to endorse ingness to do so with regard to Is- The last forty years are dark period of the Afghanistan’s history. is that external organisations here ing Trump administration will the status quo when it comes to rael-Palestine, unlike their older, and in Israel add their resources threaten these freedoms that we Israel-Palestine, the organisations more traditional, and largely white The wars had not only taken the opportunity of tremendous growth and legal teams to the anti-boy- cherish. But we should recall that that have passed boycott resolu- counterparts. Comprised of mi- in 1970s and 80s but also hope from Afghans when they were cott side. Web extra: Is boycotting during his campaign, it was Israel tions, such as the Association for norities, younger scholars, and Israel anti-Semitic? - UpFront The that Trump invoked as his model Asian American Studies, the Amer- progressives, these organisations pushed into a series of deadly conflicts. Civil war in the country Brandeis Center threatening a law- for successful racial profiling. It ican Studies Association, the Crit- are fully exploiting the power of suit against the MLA if it lets the was Israel that he praised for know- ical Ethnic Studies Association, the the academy to challenge the sta- would always be remembered because it had shattered the nation- vote go forward, the collaboration ing how to build a wall that would National Association for Chicana tus quo, especially when it comes al unity. No one would take responsibility for killings of their own of a group of university heads in deny freedom of movement on the and Chicano Studies, the Native to injustice and privilege. They are Israel, anxious about the pro-boy- basis of national origin, race and and Indigenous Studies Associa- undeterred and unsurprised by brothers and destruction of own cities or selling military hard- cott connecting their universities ethnic identity. He praised Isra- tion, and Peace and Justice Stud- negative votes such as the MLA's. to the maintenance of the occupa- el's discriminatory immigration ies, are groups representing the They understand that, as the In- ware to foreigners but there is no denying that the key figures in tion, and other repressive mea- policies that arbitrarily deny en- new American academy. This gen- ternational Covenant on Social, the resistance movement against the Soviet Union did nothing to sures also aided the fight against try to Muslims and people of Arab erational issue connects with an Economic, and Cultural Rights in- the boycott. As reported in Ynet, origin. It is hard not to feel the ideological one as well, and serves dicates, the right to education prevent the civil war. They remained part of the problem rather one Israeli group declared that "the hypocrisy of passing a resolution as another index to the gradual shift opens on to other essential rights: fight was … assisted by various like this while denying our sup- in American public opinion with "Education shall be directed to the than solution. Jewish organisations, along with port to Palestinians who do not regard to Palestine. They are also full development of the human After fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the hopes were high The Committee of University face a potential threat, but actual- important because symbolic acts personality and the sense of its Heads in Israel." But another rea- ly suffer the denials of academic of solidarity coming from learned dignity, and shall strengthen the that the new batch of leaders would accelerate the process of de- son such boycotts are hard to pass and every other freedom that we societies matter, both in and of respect for human rights and fun- in these large and traditional or- are privileged to enjoy." There is themselves and also in conjunction damental freedoms." So when aca- velopment and bring together the broken pieces of national unity. ganisations is that they are averse one further irony: The anti-boy- with similar acts of solidary ema- demic organisations such as the The more responsibilities fell on shoulders of intellectuals, tribal to acting politically. This some- cott resolution now to be voted on nating from religious groups, mu- ones mentioned endorse the Pal- times takes very particular forms. by all MLA members amounts to nicipalities, unions, and others, estinian call for rights, it is recogn- elders, key government officials and lawmakers. They were sup- For example, in the 1980s the a prohibition of a mode of protest across the globe. Sanction move- ising precisely the essential link MLA also refused to endorse the that the US Supreme Court has ment BDS faces clampdown in the between the right to education and posed to help the government to build a strong foundation for the anti-apartheid boycott, and this is declared a constitutionally protect- US Already, the aggregation of such human rights and to the right to coming generations and a soft image of the country in the world. now regarded as a major factor in ed form of free speech. In passing acts of solidarity have raised in- participate in building a social and ending the apartheid regime in that resolution, the MLA will be ternational consciousness with re- political world in general. It is Unfortunately, those who were supposed to rebuild the country South Africa, on the grounds that doing Trump's work for him. In gard to Palestinian rights like no they who are the hope for libera- are eating the social fabric and foundation of the modern Afghani- the MLA did not do politics. Yet fact, one opponent of the boycott other movement has. In its decade tion. (Aljazeera) stan to satiate their greed. Private and public lands were grabbed by members of the elite class on which the nation was pinning hopes. They resisted the efforts when the government tried to take back the usurped lands. Perhaps, the leaders were not so serious in their efforts because no one could stand against the power of a state. Hopes are reforming now because the unity government has tak- en good steps to fight corruption and wrest back the grabbed state- owned lands from the usurpers. The drive, to take back the lands, was kicked off in Nangarhar province. Many people will create hurdles to prevent the campaign from achieving the goals. However, the authorities should leave no stone unturned to get back the grabbed lands. Success of the drive will help in restoring public trust over the government which is need of the hour because the leaders had been too slow in addressing key issues. Subscription Rates Note:The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. TUESDAY . JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By Marwan Bishara a Russian hacking is a "witch- Can Trump change now When people, notably women, hunt". This goes into one of that he's become president? say "men are boys with more those more teenage contradic- Strangely enough, a good num- expensive toys", they mean tions characterising Donald's ber of people in Washington cars, boats or golf clubs. Not a behaviour as he oscillates like reckon the presidency could university, a foundation or a a pendulum between attention- change him. They at least hope beauty pageant; and certainly, seeking and utter insecurity; so. But is that realistic, at 70? not drones, cruise missiles and between "me, me, me" and Or, is it wishful thinking? Be- Inter-Continental Ballistic Mis- "they all hate me". sides, hasn't he gotten worse siles. All of these might not be with each and every win since But now we've got a man so terrible if he only "mans up" the primaries began? who demonstrated once and upon taking the reins of power. He seems to feel vindicat- again that he's got the "temper- But Donald also suffers from ed, even empowered, by his ament, language skills and what the specialists call "Op- own excesses, like a rowdy emotional age" of a teenager positional Defiant Disorder teenager who considers any holding the most powerful of- symptoms". sign of approval a licence to get fice in the land and with direct Troubled old man rowdier and brasher. access to the nuclear codes. Trump shows all four symp- This behaviour should wor- Trump vs America: Presidential toms of a troubled teenager: ir- ry everyone in and outside conflict of interest? - Counting ritability; argumentativeness, America. the Cost What is America to do defiance, and vindictiveness. What if it happened? about it? What are the rest of When President Obama in- What if another adolescent us to do, especially those at the sisted Trump doesn't have the leader with small hands and big receiving end of American temperament to be president, he missiles started brandishing power (bearing in mind that in was alluding to the fact that the them to test, irritate or even one year only, in 2016, the US silliest things infuriate him and blackmail the US? How will has dropped more than 26,000 he doesn't think before shoot- Trump respond? What's to be- bombs on mainly Muslims na- ing back with little or no con- come of the Koreas and securi- tions)? sideration for the consequenc- ty in the South China Sea? First, one needs to under- es. Really, how could anyone Well, guess what? This is no stand the gravity of the situa- trust someone with such a char- longer hypothetical. football" come January 20. The nuclear football. Marwan Bishara is the senior political analyst at Al Jazeera. Follow him on Facebook. tion. Foremost, just why and acter; someone who loses his Inside Story - How will a The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy. (Al Jazeera) how Donald is dangerously temper in a flash? Let alone Trump presidency affect sanc- adolescent. trust him with the nuclear tions on Russia? Last week, Think about it codes? Kim Jong-Un boasted of his The few references to What if another adolescent country edging closer to test- Trump's immaturity that I came leader with small hands and big launching an ICBM. Trump re- across seem to be no more than missiles started brandishing sponded with a tweet: "It won't expressions of amusement or, them to test, irritate or even happen!", but without provid- at worst, signs of frustration blackmail the US? How will ing any explanation. and exasperation. They don't Trump respond? Trump argues But what will stop Kim reflect a true understanding of and argues about the stupid- Jong-Un from testing such a the dangers and implications of est, most inconsequential missile that could reach the US Trump's troubled mind now things such as his looks. A shores, if successful? What if that he's been elected presi- double, triple or quadruple he did it soon after the inaugu- dent. chin? And he never admits mis- ration by way of testing the It's been observed that the takes. Rather, he prefers to new president's new red line? I 6ft 3in 70-year old man acts like blame his faults on others. mean, it's not as if he hasn't By Dr. Mohamed A. Ramady a 17-year old high-school bul- And like a brat, he insists been testing missiles! The substitution of Gulf na- tween jobs and wage levels. In Foreign workers in the Gulf affected by the same degree. A ly. It's a behaviour that every on being first. And when he Trump will have only two tionals for expatriates through Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of bring both positive and nega- higher minimum wage can ac- boy and girl who went to isn't, it's always someone else's real options: diplomacy or mili- government’s so-called local- Labor and Social Development tive economic and social con- tually increase employment in school understands. fault. tary action. For the diplomacy ization programs may provide has denied abolishing the sequences. Expatriates contrib- some circumstances, by attract- More disturbingly, Donald But even when, by hook or or sanctions to work, he needs partial relief, but in the long sponsorship system for foreign ute as both consumers and ing someone to take a job that suffers from each and every crook, he does come first, Beijing. But Trump has been term the whole basis of local- workers, according to the min- producers to the local econo- was previously “economically symptom of teen-aging. Trump can't stop himself an- inciting against China like ization as an employment gen- istry’s official account on Twit- my. While expatriate workers – inactive” or not employed at Starting with the most typ- eration tool has to be reas- ter. The denial came in response especially those who are sin- all, as is the case for many semi- noying others with his defen- there's no tomorrow. And sessed and an alternative spon- to news circulating on social gle – have a high propensity to skilled jobs in Saudi Arabia. ical behaviour: staying up late, siveness. His new year's tweet Beijing is more than happy to sorship system has to be found media recently which said that save, and thus to transfer funds Foreign workers were watching videos, and using was a stark illustration of that see him boxed in or even hu- as actual national employment the kingdom is set to cancel the outside in remittances, the ex- meant to fulfil their obligations, different forms of communica- as he wished love to everyone miliated. in the Gulf private sector has expatriate workers’ sponsor- patriate population as a whole receive their payment and re- tion gadgets to send awful, ri- "including my many enemies As for military action, it's been completely out of line with ship system. Security concern spend a considerable amount turn to their homeland. diculous and awfully ridiculous and those who have fought me sure to have devastating con- government-planned projec- The issue of security and who of money within the GCC. They Because the Gulf countries messages. I mean seriously, and lost so badly they just sequences on North Korea's tions. can enter and work in the Gulf are a major source of income to are intensely concerned to pre- who does that at 70? Who but don't know what to do". Real- neighbours, South Korea and The matter is serious if the states is a very valid one and local-owned establishments, serve their unique cultural iden- process of integrating foreign this sometimes overrides any such as travel, supermarkets tity, they have also stressed the an adolescent snaps at trashy ly! Japan, which, by the way, labor to local economic needs discussion in contemplating and hotels. social aspects of the immi- rumours and insinuations at And he's above all vindic- Trump encouraged rather irre- is mishandled. These might in- scrapping the kafaala system. A drastic reduction in expa- grants’ presence. 4am? According to the special- tive. He never lets go. As when sponsibly to get nukes during clude reduced efficiency, low- The Bahrain model is one way triate numbers will cause dislo- This relationship sometimes ists, part of being a teenager is Fox News host Megyn Kelly the presidential campaign. er productivity, higher costs whereby a government acts as cation to some local business- puts a strain on the expatriate being thin-skinned; even the questioned him during the ear- What else could be done to and economic slowdown the sponsor once it identifies es, unless increased national work force. Most of them are in smallest things set them off. In lier presidential debates about bring a swift resolution to such should localization be unwill- both the annual target number spending patterns provide a temporary situation. that way, any random satire, his abusive treatment of wom- a stand-off? What could prove ingly enforced. and type of foreign workers compensation. A study pre- They feel like they are in a criticism or inquiry seem to set The model has to be more needed, and sets up a system pared by the GCC Secretariat hotel; they can never entertain en, he haunted her for months. to the whole world that Trump of a “partnership,” whereby of vigorous worker screening in Riyadh in 2003 called for en- the illusion of being at home. off Trump like a powder keg. Calling her names and turning is not a chump; that he means both foreign labor and the Gulf overseas as to the qualifica- couraging expatriate workers in This feeling of isolation is mag- And with Trump it's always terribly abusive in public, so business? community benefit in terms of tions and experience of work- Saudi Arabia to bring their fam- nified by security threats faced drama, the very opposite of no- much so that the network had Oh, no! Not that. profitability, skill transfer, pro- ers before granting work visas. ilies in order to increase their by some Western communities, drama Obama. He threatened to to take precautions against The US must assure the ductivity and product innova- Another option is to create spending within the country following domestic bombings contest the elections if he didn't possible threats on her life by world that President Trump tion. This spirit needs to be “super” large private sector and to cut down overseas re- and acts of terrorism. National win, and now that he's won, he Trump supporters. does not stay up late watching nourished, if a successful and overseas workers’ recruitment mittances. groups stick together, even reckons any investigation into Will he change? videos and toying with the " willing handover of responsi- companies but this could be Yet the 2017 Saudi budget though, with some exceptions, bilities and technical skills to open to abuse and black mar- announcement introduced they did not know each other Gulf labor is to occur as part of ket visa manipulation. At the monthly expatriate dependents before. Together they are a col- the localization process. same time, local companies can fees, with a potential conse- lection of solitudes. Several GCC countries have submit to a centralized govern- quence of fewer foreign depen- And what of the expatriates already started to change their ment labor database centre their dents and even higher expatri- who return after a “stint” of LETTER TO THE EDITOR local sponsorship or “kafaala” specific foreign labour require- ate remittance outflows, barring duty in the Gulf – ranging from system, whether it was internal- ments and these are matched an introduction of expat income the shortest possible contract ly or externally driven. The first even before the workers arrive or remittance withholding tax. of two years to several decades was concerning Qatar when it in the Gulf. Minimum wage for many workers? They often was announced on 13 Decem- The difference from the For countries in the Gulf face problems when they return ber 2016, that it was cancelling current system is that foreign though, the issue of introduc- to reclaim their place in the so- Support widows the sponsorship system for ex- labor can now be released if ing a minimum wage level is a cieties they left. They find that patriate workers. The new ex- they underperform, or their quandary. Many local indus- their friends and associates pat law in Qatar is stated to pro- company is going through a tries continue to benefit from back home don’t understand or Over three decades of conflict has inflicted large human and economic costs to Afghanistan. tect the rights of both workers downturn in business, or can low expatriate wage levels, appreciate the things they have However, the human cost is much higher than the latter. There are large numbers of children who and employers, ensuring leave to join other companies which are not attractive enough experienced. are deprived from love of parents. Either their fathers or mothers were killed in the never ending smooth functioning of private if they feel that they can obtain to national labor. For those that do settle, spiral of violence. The war has snatched love and sole breadwinner of many families. The govern- institutions and state’s busi- better employment opportuni- The issue of raising the lo- their expanded experiences, the ment can deal with the financial disaster by drafting comprehensive recovery plans. But the ness activities as well as creat- ties based on their skills and cal minimum wage has been de- higher degree of responsibility authorities could not give life back to those who are no more in this world and left vacuum that ing a suitable working environ- productivity. bated as a tool to attract more they had assumed and the new could not filled. Women have suffered a lot from death of their guardians especially life partner. ment in the country. This will reduce pockets of local labor entrants to jobs that technologies they learned, The estimated number of total number of widows in Afghanistan is now at a staggering 500,000. Second, Bahrain has imple- unemployed expatriates in were previously rejected by make expatriate labor more valu- According to some statistics 37 percent of widows are working in offices, and 50 percent are mented a new labor law that will some ailing industries and com- nationals. able to the home country. involved in the profession of handicrafts making. nullify the sponsorship system panies, while companies who The 2017 Saudi budget has For others that do not set- It has been also observed that widows do not have property and inheritance rights. The as of April 2017 and replacing are expanding and are denied also introduced additional fees tle, there are a host of problems. government should guarantee women’s inheritance rights. Gender equality will always remain and it with government sponsor- worker visas under current on local companies who meet They are forced to forget a important pillar of women’s empowering strategy. Therefore, the gender gaps in earning should be ship, and enabling foreign sponsorship regulations, will or even exceed their Saudiza- decreased or closed. Reduction of occupational segregation will be vital to whole area of their lives or to workers free to move between tap these “free” expatriate tion hiring targets and these meet with other former expatri- empower women. jobs at wages set by market workers. To achieve such an fees are budgeted to rise over Halemai Alizada, Kabul, Afghanistan demand and supply forces. equilibrium in foreign labor de- the next four years. The aim is ates, like veterans of cam- Under the new Bahrain labor mand and supply, there has to simple: chose between nation- paigns. Some cannot make the Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must law, foreign workers would be be close cooperation and co- als or expatriate workers, adjustments and return over- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: directly sponsored by the La- ordination between the govern- whereby local companies seas to become de facto career [email protected] bor Market Regulatory Author- ment’s overall sponsorship would choose that labor that expatriates, moving from job to ity (LMRA) and would be free mechanism and the private sec- are deemed more productive, or job around the world like no- to move jobs without the con- tor. more compliant, and foreign mads, maintaining contact with sent of their previous employ- Foreign workers in the Gulf workers might be hired, albeit friends they have made along Disclaimer: er. bring both positive and nega- at fewer numbers and at a the way. Bahrain would introduce a tive economic and social con- greater cost to local industries. Disclaimer: Views expressed The views and opinions expressed in the articles are ceiling on expatriate workers sequences. Expatriates contrib- But real life is more compli- by writers in this section are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or allowed into the country, but ute as both consumers and cated. For a start, if the mini- their own and do not reflect Al henceforth market supply and producers to the local econo- mum wage level is raised for all Arabiya English's point-of- opinions of the Afghanistan Times. demand forces would deter- my companies, then their competi- view. mine workers’ movements be- Dr. Mohamed Ramady tiveness with each other is not (English.alarabiya) TUESDAY. JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

South Korea's culture minister volving "left-leaning" artists on the cused of leading the project to cre- apologised Monday for the con- list. ate the list with Park's approval. servative government's blacklisting "I deeply apologise for letting The blacklist sparked fury of thousands of artists for their the controversial blacklist cause so among local artists and opposition political beliefs, as critics said the much pain and disappointment party lawmakers, with many de- attempt to muzzle critics was the among the public," she said. scribing it as reminiscent of Seoul's worst for decades. Cho, culture minister since last 1960s-80s army-backed rule -- The list of over 9,000 artists September, is accused of playing a when the news, arts and entertain- in film, theatre, music and litera- key role in creating the list while ment were heavily consored. ture came to light late last year serving as Park's adviser in politi- "The list dialled back our his- when a number of local media out- cal affairs from 2014-2015. tory to the 1970s...based on an lets published it. Cho has denied the accusa- anachronistic and unconstitution- Many on the list had voiced tions, saying she had not been al way of thinking," support for opposition parties, or aware of the list until recently. The main opposition Demo- criticised or satirised the adminis- A former culture minister who cratic Party said in a recent state- tration of now-impeached Presi- is Cho's predecessor has been ment, likening it to "21st century dent Park Geun-Hye or past army quizzed by prosecutors, who are McCarthism". dictatorships. seeking to arrest him and other Park, daughter of late army- The list reads like a Who's former senior officials accused of backed dictator Park Chung-Hee Who of Seoul's arts scene. It in- compiling the list. who ruled with an iron fist from cludes novelist Han Kang, winner "We believe that the list, aimed 1961-1979, was impeached by of the 2016 Man Booker Interna- at ruling out certain artists from parliment last month over a major tional Prize, and "Oldboy" film state support, seriously damaged influence-peddling scandal. director Park Chan-Wook, who the public's freedom of expres- She is accused of colluding won the Grand Prix at Cannes in sion," said a spokesman for the with her secret confidante Choi 2004. special prosecutors' team investi- Soon-Sil to extract tens of millions "I... apologise over the pain gating the wide-ranging scandal of dollars from local firms and let- and suffering caused to the artists surrounding President Park. ting Choi meddle in a wide range banned from state support because "Those who made the list and of state affairs. of their political or ideological lean- carried out its orders will be held The Constitutional Court is ings," Culture Minister Cho Yoon- accountable sternly," Lee Kyu- reviewing the validity of the im- Sun told a parliamentary hearing. Chul told reporters. peachment bill. If it affirms the Cultural officials were ordered The prosecutors are expected move, a presidential election must to stop offering state aid to the to quiz Cho and a former presi- be held within two months. Chinese state media has warned the No US president or president- no room for bargaining." 'See fit' as we see fit." plays, films or other projects in- dential chief of staff who is ac- (Channelnewsasia) US against deviating from the one- elect had spoken directly to a Tai- Ms Tsai's stopover came as Ms Tsai will also stop in San China policy, hours after the Tai- wanese leader for decades. The call she headed to diplomatic allies Francisco on her way back from wanese leader stopped briefly in that stunned Beijing. What is the Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala Central America. Houston. one-China policy? and El Salvador. Beijing regards Taiwan, which Tsai Ing-wen met Texas Sena- In an editorial the Global In a statement Sen Cruz, a se- has governed itself for decades, as tor Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Times, a state-run tabloid, said nior lawmaker who ran against Mr part of China. It insists that coun- Abbott during her stopover en Beijing need not feel "grateful" to Trump for the Republican nomi- tries with whom it has diplomatic route to Central America. Mr Trump for not meeting Ms nation, said the two discussed ties do not recognise Taiwan un- But a spokeswoman for Pres- Tsai, because the one-China poli- "arms sales, diplomatic exchang- der its one-China policy. ident-elect Donald Trump said on cy was the foundation of Sino-US es, and economic relations". The US recognises Beijing, but Saturday neither he nor his team ties. He said lawmakers in Hous- is also Taiwan's most important would meet Ms Tsai. "Sticking to this principle is ton had been asked by Chinese ally and provides Taiwan with suf- China reacted angrily when Mr not a capricious request by China diplomats not to meet Ms Tsai but ficient weaponry to defend itself. Trump spoke to Ms Tsai by tele- upon US presidents, but an obli- stated: Mr Trump's phone call raised phone late last year, in a major gation of US presidents to main- "We will continue to meet with concern in Beijing that he planned break from the past. tain China-US relations... There is anyone, including the Taiwanese, to deviate from the policy. (AP) Police deployed to guard Muslim ceremony in East Asia WORLD STOCKS Quiet as US MIXED AFTER Myanmar North Korea Tensions US JOB DATA Escalate BACK FED RATE Over ICBM Test OUTLOOK HONG KONG-- World stock ing indicators in the U.S. and President Shavkat Mirziyaev has they are a citizen of one of 15 dif- The increasing tensions between markets were mixed Monday across Asia, we could see a sec- postponed by nearly four years a ferent countries. ond set of gains ... in this data- plan to introduce visa-free travel They are Australia, Austria, the United States and North Ko- while the dollar regained some in Uzbekistan for citizens from 27 Britain, Denmark, Germany, Spain, rea over a possible intercontinen- strength after a U.S. job report filled week." other countries. Italy, Canada, Luxemburg, the tal ballistic missile test are not pro- showed strong wage gains, WEEK AHEAD: Potential Uzbekistan's official website Netherlands, South Korea, Sin- voking strong reactions in East giving more ammunition to U.S. market-moving events this for legislation on January 9 pub- gapore, Finland, Switzerland, and Asia. policymakers planning further week include the release of Chi- lished a presidential decree on the Japan. Myanmar: Security personnel plained that some nationalists had On Sunday, North Korea de- rate rises. na inflation and Japanese con- issued that was signed on Decem- Tourists over the age of 55 also were deployed to guard a Muslim behaved badly as they tried to clared it could test-launch an in- KEEPING SCORE: Europe- sumer confidence figures on ber 29. would be allowed to visit Uzbeki- ceremony in Myanmar’s former pray. tercontinental ballistic missile at an shares were mostly lower in Tuesday. The December 29 decree de- stan without a visa for up to 30 capital Yangon on Sunday after a Thein Nyunt, a Muslim resi- any time from any location, ac- early trading. France's CAC 40 On Wednesday, U.S. Presi- lays the plan, initially approved days if they are citizens of the group of Buddhist nationalists tried dent of Botataung, said that once cording to an unnamed Foreign slid 0.3 percent to 4,893.97 and dent-elect Donald Trump has by Mirziyaev on December 6, that United States, Belgium, France, to disrupt the event. they were allowed to observe, the Ministry spokesman who was scheduled a long-awaited news quoted by the official KCNA news Germany's DAX lost 0.2 per- would have introduced visa-free Poland, Hungary, Portugal, the Dozens of police arrived as the monks then switched attack and cent to 11,571.95. Britain's FTSE conference on his global busi- travel on April 1, 2017. Czech Republic, Indonesia, Chi- crowd tried to interrupt the cere- accused the worshippers of meet- agency. ness empire, though Asian mar- mony in Botataung Township in ing to plan violence. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash 100 edged up 0.1 percent to Instead, the plan is now set to na, Malaysia, Vietnam, or Israel. 7.214.30. U.S. shares were kets won't be able to react until come into force on January 2021. Despite removing the need to Yangon, accusing the worshipers “We are just celebrating a reli- Carter responded by calling an of holding it without the approval gious event. This is ridiculous. ICBM launch a "serious threat' to poised to open higher. Dow the following day. Chinese Under the plan, tourists would obtain a formal visa, citizens from trade data and U.S. retail sales be allowed to visit Uzbekistan for all 27 countries would still have to of local authorities. They made us feel very unhappy,” the United States, and would not futures crept up less than 0.1 up to 30 days without a visa if pay a $50 fee to enter Uzbekistan. Among those trying to stop he told Anadolu Agency. rule out taking military action to percent to 19,904.00 and broad- numbers are due at the end of the event were hardline Buddhist “We love our country, and we shoot down the missile if it crossed er S&P 500 futures added 0.1 the week. monks, who many blame for a rise would never do such a stupid into the territory of the U.S. or its percent to 2,272.80. CHINA OUTFLOWS: Offi- in persecution of Muslims in thing,” he underlined. allies. ASIA'S DAY: Hong Kong's cial data showed that China's Kazakhstan Provides Myanmar. Hardline nationalist monks -- "If it were coming--if it were benchmark Hang Seng index foreign exchange reserves con- Police, however, told Anadolu such as the Organization for the threatening to us, yes. That is, if advanced 0.3 percent to close tracted in December for the sixth Agency that the nationalists were Protection of Race and Religion it's predicted impact or one of our at 22,558.69 while the Shang- straight month, falling by $41 Additional Humanitarian in the wrong as permission for the (Ma Ba Tha) -- rose to prominence friends or allies, yes, we would hai Composite in mainland Chi- billion to just over $3 trillion ceremony had been granted. in Myanmar on the back of com- shoot it down," said Carter. na rose 0.5 percent to 3,171.24. according to the People's Bank Aid to Syria “We explained to them that the munal violence between Rakhine South Korea South Korea's Kospi slipped of China. The central bank said authority already given a permit Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims On Monday, the South Kore- Russian Ministry of Defense ren- launched by the international com- 0.1 percent to 2,048.78 while Saturday its effort to stabilize for this religious event,” police of- in western Rakhine State in mid- an Defense Ministry called North the yuan was a major reason for dered its assistance in delivering munity and the actions of the Syr- ficer Tun Tin said by phone. 2012. Korea’s talk of an ICBM test “re- Australia's S&P/ASX 200 the aid, which was brought by ian authorities and the opposition “Then they demanded to ob- Anti-Muslim rhetoric from the grettable” and said there would be jumped 0.9 percent to 5,807.40. the drop in forex reserves. Kuznetsov dry-cargo ship to Tar- aimed at speedy ceasefire and de- serve the event, and we allowed group has been seen as deliberate- consequences in terms of interna- Markets in Japan were closed The latest figures underline tus Port Jan. 5. The unloading and termining the political future of five of them to do so after negoti- ly stoking the flames of religious tional sanctions, but did not com- for a holiday. Benchmarks in Beijing's willingness to use its handover of the cargo to Syrian Syria by means of dialogue and ations with Muslim elders." hatred in the predominantly Bud- ment on possible U.S. military ac- Southeast Asia were mixed. huge stockpile of foreign cur- authorities began Jan. 6, Kazinform reconciliation,” Berdybai said at a Muslim residents later com- dhist country. (AP) tion. US JOBS: Friday's Labor rency to stabilize the yuan, news agency reports. Ambassador meeting with the Syrian delegation. “If North Korea ignores our Department report painted a which has been declining as of Kazakhstan to Jordan Azamat “We want to thank the people warning and launches an ICBM, it mixed picture of U.S. employ- residents and companies send Berdybai handed the humanitari- of Kazakhstan, Kazakh President will face more strong and thorough ment. It showed that compa- more money overseas amid flag- an aid to the Syrian side in the per- Nazarbayev and the government $5 mln bounty to sanctions and pressure from South nies added a solid but slightly ging confidence in China's son of President of the Provincial of Kazakhstan for not being indif- Korea as well as from the interna- economy. CURRENCIES: The Council of Tartus Yasser Dibba. ferent and neutral towards our sit- disappointing 156,000 jobs in tional community,” said South December. On the other hand, dollar rose to 117.14 yen from The Higher Relief Commission uation and for expressing compas- Korean Defense Ministry spokes- of the Syrian Arab Republic will sion and sending humanitarian capture Egyptian hourly pay jumped 2.9 percent 116.93 yen in late trading Fri- man Moon Sang-kyun. oversee the distribution of the aid,” the officials of Tartus Prov- from the year before, which was day. The euro strengthened to Kazakh aid. ince said, according to the Kazakh the biggest monthly increase in $1.0539 from $1.0533. “Although the international media. terror suspect seven years. For 2016 overall, The pound weakened to community takes all required ef- This is not the first aid Kaza- $1.2180 from $1.2295. The US Department of State put him al-Banna? Banna was born in job growth in the world's big- forts, the humanitarian situation in khstan provided for the Syrian gest economy remained steady, ENERGY: U.S. benchmark the country remains catastrophic. people. In 2012, Kazakhstan allo- up a reward on Thursday of $ 5 Egypt in 1965 and works as a se- million in return for information curity chief for al Qaeda where he although the pace was slower crude oil slipped 34 cents to In this regard, President Nursul- cated $400,000 through the Organ- than in 2015. $53.65 a barrel in electronic trad- tan Nazarbayev made a decision isation of Islamic Cooperation to and details about the whereabouts is a founding member and provides of al-Qaeda commander Ibrahim al- military and security guidance for ANALYST VIEW: "U.S. ing on the New York Mercan- to send humanitarian aid, namely the governments of Jordan and markets have closed off the tile Exchange. The contact rose food, to Syria. The 500 tonnes of Lebanon to provide humanitarian Banna, an Egyptian national. Con- the leadership of al Qaeda in the sequently, he was included on the Arabian Peninsula. American se- first week of the year with a 23 cents to close at $53.99 a cargo delivered in 33 containers assistance to Syrians residing in steady set of gains across sec- barrel on Friday. Brent crude, include primarily food and medi- refugee camps. list of global terrorists. The US curity officials have repeatedly Treasury also put Banna on the declared that they killed al-Banna tors and the same can be seen which is used to price oil sold cations and are meant for the Syr- Also, in October 2015, at the internationally, lost 42 cents to ian people suffering the conse- end of negotiations between rep- sanctions list, noting that he is a in Yemen with missiles fired from in most Asian markets," said quences of the six-year-long war. resentatives of the Syrian opposi- security chief in al-Qaeda extrem- drones. In October 2011, the Pen- Jingyi Pan, market strategist at $56.68 a barrel in London. Kazakhstan backs the measures tion in Astana. (Astanatimes) ist group and provides military tagon claimed that he was killed IG in Singapore. "With improv- (Hosted) and security guidance. Who is Ibra- with six other people. (AP) TUESDAY. JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES McDonald's sells m o s t o f Ch i n a , H K b u s i n e s s e s fo r $ 2.1 bn

Pakistan has urged the World Bank to resume the process of arbitra- tion in its Indus water dispute with India despite the latter’s objection. Pakistan in its communica- tions with the bank argued that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) can only be saved by arbitration, re- ports the Dawn. Islamabad said that it wants the bank to restart the arbitration process as much of the precious time has already been lost even if India disagrees with the suggestion. India had informed World Bank representative, Ian H. So- lomon that Pakistan’s request for setting up a court of arbitration was not acceptable to New Delhi. United States created smartphone in three 2.2 million jobs in 2016 Job creation in the United States years unveiled slowed sharply in December, but the market of the job US remains strong, however. The first econo- my of the world has created last month 156,000 jobs, according to McDonald's Corp has agreed to will own about 32 percent of the figures released on Friday, 6 Janu- sell a majority stake in its China business, with CITIC Capital, an ary by the Department of Labour and Hong Kong businesses to affiliate company that manages . This is a disappointment com- state-backed conglomerate CITIC private equity funds and other al- pared to the expectations of econ- Ltd and Carlyle Group LP for up ternative assets, holding another 20 omists who expected 175,000 cre- to $2.1 billion, part of its efforts percent. ations. The unemployment rate, on to switch to a less capital-inten- Carlyle will control 28 percent the other hand, rose slightly to sive business model. of the business, while McDonald's 4.7%, 0.1 points more than in The deal caps months of ne- will retain a 20 percent stake, the November. gotiations between the fast-food companies said. Although the statistics pub- chain, private equity firms includ- The fast food chain company lished on Friday marked a marked ing Carlyle and TPG Capital Man- operates owns most of its 2,400 slowdown compared to Novem- agement LP as well as several Chi- restaurants in mainland China as ber (204,000 jobs created, 26,000 nese suitors. well as roughly the 240 it has in more than the first estimate), the McDonald's originally want- Hong Kong. It plans to add 1,500 Obama era ends with a generally tion of Obama, the number of un- had not been reached for seven ed to raise up to $3 billion from more over the next five years in positive labor market balance . employed had soared to 632,000, years and is to compare with the the sale of the business, but later both areas. With seventy-five consecutive or 7.2% of the population active 2.5% registered in November. The decided to keep a minority stake McDonald's said in March it months of job creation, the US before reaching 10% in October trend is not expected to weaken to benefit from exposure to future was reorganizing operations in the president, who must pass the ba- 2009. over the coming months to the ex- growth in China, a person with region, looking for strategic part- ton on January 20 in his succes- Beyond this spectacular resur- tent that no fewer than 19 federal direct knowledge of the plans pre- ners in China, Hong Kong and sor, Donald Trump , has experi- gence in the number of unem- states increased on January 1, the viously told Reuters. South Korea. enced the longest series in the field ployed, partly due to the support minimum wage. However, the re- Hong Kong-listed CITIC Ltd (Business-standard) since 1939. of the Federal Reserve (Fed), bound in the last month must not Unquestionably quantitative- which injected billions of dollars be forgotten that the salaries of non- ly positive, Obama’s balance sheet in liquidity and kept its interest executives have not risen as few is more questionable qualitatively, rates close to zero for close to Six decades. One reason for this is to Japan's megabanks although from this point of view years, qualitatively, the labor mar- look on the side of productivity in the December figures show a slight ket has not really returned to nor- the United States, which has stalled The first Nokia smartphone in of smartphones and feature improvement. mal. The last eight years have in- in 2016. three years has been unveiled, al- phones. Quantitatively, 2016 ended deed been marked by wages, which Still on the qualitative level, it consider a pivot though the device will only go on The Nokia 6 will only be re- with the creation of 2.2 million jobs. have made quasi-steady, despite will also be noted that the number sale in China. leased in China but HMD is prom- However, this is still the worst the continuous decline in the un- of part-time jobs suffered remains The Nokia 6, which will run ising to release more Nokia hand- performance since 2011. The US employment rate. This situation still well above its pre-crisis level. to America Android and cost 1,699 yuan sets in the coming months. The economy has created an average of has fueled the frustration of a sig- The unemployment rate, which (£200), is the first smartphone phone, made from a single block 180,000 jobs each month, a much nificant portion of the population, takes into account those employ- bearing the Nokia brand under a of aluminium, has a 5.5-inch screen lower level than in 2015 (225,000) who expressed dissatisfaction by ees who have a part-time job, but new licensing deal with manufac- and runs Nougat, the latest ver- and 2014 (248,000) , Which had voting for Donald Trump. would like to find a full-time did turer HMD Global. sion of Android. been the best vintage since the late December was, nevertheless, drop by 0.1 points in December Nokia agreed to sell its mobile The strategy proved a disas- 1990s, when Bill Clinton was pres- marked by a welcome inflection to 9.2%, but the figure was on av- phone division to Microsoft in ter, however. Nokia's share of the ident. For the record, in December with an increase in hourly wage erage 8 5% before the financial cri- 2013 in a combined attempt to smartphone market steadily fell 2008, on the eve of the inaugura- over one year of 2.9%. This rate sis of 2008. (Internationalnews) challenge the dominance of Apple and in 2013 it agreed to sell its and Android, but Microsoft has mobile phone division to Mi- since scaled back its mobile ambi- crosoft for €5.4bn (£4.7bn). tions. The American company later Nokia is not making the new cut thousands of jobs and Finnish Korea heading toward phone itself, but is licensing its politicians accused it of broken name to HMD, a Helsinki-based promises. Nokia is not making any company run by a former Nokia investment in HMD, and is con- executive, under a licensing deal centrating on its own telecoms economic storm with agreed last year. The company has business, but will get royalties the exclusive rights to the Nokia from handsets that are sold. name on phones for the next de- A more basic phone, the Nokia cade, and plans to release a range 150, was unveiled last month. (AP) no remedy in sight South Korea may be heading to- Korea-America Economic Associ- not be able to see a quick recovery ward the worst economic turbu- ation. as uncertainties stemming from a UK manufacturers lence in its history that will require In 2016, South Korea's overall possible presidential election are much more than increased fiscal exports shrank 5.9 percent on-year also growing," he said. South Ko- TOKYO -- Japan's megabanks zuho bought the North American spending as currently planned by to US$495.5 billion, marking the rea's parliament impeached Presi- may shift their overseas focus loans of Royal Bank of Scotland. worry about bigger the Seoul government, the head of second consecutive year of drop. dent Park Geun-hye in late 2016 away from Asia and onto the U.S., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group a South Korean think tank said. Local consumer spending has for her alleged involvement in a where they believe that aggressive is hunting for regional banks in the Kwon Tae-shin, chief of the also remained weak throughout the corruption and influence-peddling fiscal stimulus promised by the U.S. Sumitomo Mitsui decided in Korea Economic Research Insti- year amid a steady increase in scandal also involving her close incoming Donald Trump adminis- December to buy a U.S. freight car risks in 2017 tute, said the country may soon household debt. The central bank friend Choi Soon-sil. tration will offer new business leasing operation. More manufacturers expect 2017 the new year being diversifying face what he called a "perfect earlier said the country's house- The country has to elect new opportunities. But the prospect of "The movement of goods on a to be a year of increased risks and into new export markets. storm" where all three pillars of hold debt reached a record high of president within 60 days if the protectionism could hobble their U.S. economic expansion will be a declining economic conditions, ac- growth, including investment, will 1,295.8 trillion won ($1,076 bil- Constitutional Court endorses the ambitions. plus [for leasing]," Miyata said. Many acknowledge the am- shrink. lion) as of end-September, up 11.2 impeachment. Kwon said external cording to a survey of the indus- plified risks posed by Brexit but Mired at home under a zero- But some fear Trump's pro- try. "The crisis currently facing the percent from a year earlier. conditions too will not work in interest rate policy, Japanese banks tectionist policies could hamper over six in ten still view the UK country is a perfect storm where Kwon said there may not be a South Korea's favor. "As global un- Almost half of industrial boss- as a competitive location for have been forced to look abroad the U.S. activities of Japanese es, 46% of the total surveyed by consumption, investment and ex- quick remedy for such a crisis, certainties are also widening while for growth opportunities. companies. This risk was illustrat- the EEF manufacturer's body, said their activities, up from 56% last ports are collapsing at the same noting political uncertainties in most advanced countries are near- "If the U.S. economy is ed by Trump's criticism of Toyo- their company faces more risks year. time, which means government South Korea are already three ing depletion of policy measures buoyed, then our business oppor- ta Motor's plans to build a new than opportunities in 2017, while "Global political upheaval stimulus through fiscal spending times higher than the level it saw to revamp their own economies, tunities will increase," said Koichi plant in Mexico. Sato notes that 47% expect UK economic condi- means that 2017 looks set to be will have little or no effect," the shortly before the 1997 Asian fi- external conditions may not im- Miyata, president of Sumitomo Trump criticized Democratic rival tions to decline, a substantial in- another bumpy ride, with man- chief researcher said in a breakfast nancial crisis. prove for some time," he said. Mitsui Financial Group, who Hillary Clinton during the election crease from the 28% that had the ufacturers forced to navigate meeting in Chicago, hosted by the "The investment side too will (Yonhap) thinks the U.S. is the most prom- campaign for her ties to Wall Street, same view a year ago. ising region in 2017. so "while he may ease excessive uncertainty, unpredictable eco- Taking a more optimistic view nomic conditions and a num- The infrastructure investment regulations, I don't know if he'll were just 23% who said opportu- and large tax cuts touted by the bridge the distance with financial ber of risks that have been am- nities outstrip risks. plified by Brexit," said EEF chief Trump campaign would offer his institutions." Despite this, most firms re- administration a chance to boost The Japanese megabanks face mained fairly confident about executive Terry Scuoler. U.S. economic growth. To tap this, other concerns with this strategy, most conditions in their industry, "Against this backdrop a Sumitomo Mitsui looks to increase such as the higher cost of raising with permanent employees, UK smooth journey is far from guar- lending to local and Japanese busi- dollars and mixed signals from Asia. sales, exports and productivity all anteed, but firms are strongly nesses as well as bolster brokerage Economic growth is slowing in predicted to head in the right di- attuned to the challenges and services such as M&A advising. China, a major destination for rection. remain fully focused and deter- Mizuho Financial Group is Asian exports, while higher U.S. Indeed, more than half, 56%, luring talent from Western rivals interest rates have not allayed con- mined to deliver on their long- expect to increase their productiv- term plans for growth. to enhance its investment banking cerns about a capital outflow from ity while half expect to boost UK operations and has become one of the region. "Asia is certainly a With a new digitally-driven sales. industrial era on the horizon the top 10 players in U.S. corpo- growth market -- that has not Four in ten firms also expect rate bond underwriting. "We are changed," Sato said, but the finan- to see improvements in export and everything to play for, this making great strides in the U.S.," cial risk has increased. As of March volumes, majority of which is ex- long-term vision and focus is President Yasuhiro Sato said. "I 31, the three megabanks held pected from non-EU countries at vital - despite the peaks and would like to see this energy get $172.7 billion in financing to Asian 43%. troughs manufacturers cannot only stronger." markets outside Japan, less than Manufacturers continue to be afford to be diverted away from The three megabanks also are the $176.5 billion to North Amer- ambitious with their business making acquisitions. In 2015, Mi- ica. (Asia.nikkei) where they need to be." plans with the biggest challenge for (Sharecast) TUESDAY. JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Priyanka Chopra makes Men and women another Hollywood red carpet debut, slays can coexist with it at the Golden Globes equal rights and opportunities:

Amy Adams has been racing from coast to coast, one event to anoth- Anushka Sharma er, to promote her acclaimed per- formance in Arrival. On Saturday, we saw her at two separate events: the BAFTA tea party and later, Paramount’s cocktail party at the Chateau Marmont. An hour into the Paramount event, a Porsche pulled into the hotel’s driveway and Denzel Washington hopped out of the driv- er’s side. He made his way into the party, found a spot and stayed there. When he exited, he danced his way down the steps, joking that he’d had enough Hollywood banter for one night. We feel you, Denzel. Arrival star Adams was the belle of the ball, sipping cham- Be it her reel choices or real dispo- tally inept socially. Your film pagne and mingling. Meryl Streep sition, Anushka Sharma (right) has choices have been quite disparate turned up, hanging out at a side always been upfront and honest but they have been interesting… bar. Amy Adams at the BAFTA about her thoughts. When it comes It’s not like I think about such tea party earlier on Saturday (Pho- to feminism, the actor says “no- things purposely. I was always like to: Getty Images) body should be discriminated this, even when I was a kid. I do Earlier in the day, we spoke against on the basis of anything”. things that seem right to me with to Arrival director Denis Villeneuve HT caught up with the Sultan full conviction, and then I don’t about Adams. He’s been busy ed- (2016) actor a few weeks ago to think about what others are doing. iting Blade Runner 2049, so Ad- talk about feminism, being an out- If I had thought that way, I ams has been tirelessly promoting sider in the industry, and Shah wouldn’t have done NH10. It’s not their film. “I was shooting until Rukh Khan. a film that you usually want your the beginning of December. I ar- I would like to take this op- production debut to be. I could Bollywood actress Priyanka hollywoodreporter.com. rived late. But Amy and Jeremy portunity to first clarify what it have picked some other film, but Chopra made a stunning debut on Chopra was her usual fun and (Renner) have been doing inter- means to be a feminist. A feminist this was powerful, and something the red carpet of the 74th Golden confident self during het debut red views since Venice. I can’t com- is someone — either male or fe- new. Such decisions can be full of Globe Awards in a golden glided carpet appearance. plain. Amy is working so hard for male — who believes in equal rights doubt, too, but I have never been Ralph Lauren gown with a plung- The actress made stunning the movie. She’s so generous. I’m for men and women. But people like, ‘nahi mujhe nahi karna chaiye, ing v-neckline. fashionable debuts at the red car- so grateful. I’m so grateful for all have forgotten that definition and main chaar logon se puchti hoon. Priyanka, who will be present- pet of Oscars and Emmys last the work she’s doing right now. look at feminists as an anti-men What will they say?’ (No, I don’t ing an award at the ceremony, year. The other presenters at the She’s invited everywhere because brigade, and that it’s only about want to do this. Let me ask some found global popularity with gala includes names like Leonardo it’s a fantastic performance,” says men hating women, but that’s not people). I have gone ahead with American TV show 'Quantico'. She DiCaprio,Viola Davis, Sylvester Villeneuve. the truth. Feminists are people what I feel, and it has paid off. is also set to make her Hollywood Stallone, Chris Hemsworth, Brie And she was his only choice who are fighting for equal rights Anushka Sharma started her career debut with 'Baywatch' soon. Larson, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana, for the part. “Once the screenplay for women, because we are at a with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi oppo- With a touch of maroon hued Mandy Moore, Gal Gadot, Carl was finished, I sat in front of the disadvantageous position. And in site Shah Rukh Khan. (HT Photo) lipstick, styled by Cristina Ehrli- Weathers, Drew Barrymore, Matt producer, and at the top of all our that sense, I identify with being a I do not want to be afraid. Of ch, Priyanka posed for the shut- Damon, Laura Dern, Goldie Hawn, lists was Amy Adams. We ap- feminist, because I am a liberal and course, I have a thought process, terbugs confidently on the red car- Nicole Kidman, Diego Luna and proached her and she said yes in free-thinking person. Why just but if I believe in something, then I pet here on Sunday, reports Sienna Miller. (India Times) 24 hours. It was the fastest cast- gender, I believe nobody should be want to back it without any fear. ing of my career. Usually it’s a long discriminated against on the basis All my decisions haven’t been process. You wait for weeks to get of anything. All human beings conventional, so if I start to be an answer. She said a big yes,” he should be looked at as humans. afraid, then I feel that I’m weak I’m not friends with says. Anushka Sharma was last seen and that I’m not being true to my- What made her so right for the with Ranbir Kapoor in Ae Dil Hai self. It’s not like I am being fear- part? “I was looking for an actor had the flexibility to play with all ter. She is totally engaged. She’s Mushkil. (HT Photo) less just for the sake of it. I’m do- anyone in Bollywood: who would be able to be play with those layers. Amy has that beauti- able to keep the mystery alive,” Do you feel things are starting ing things that seem right. all the layers to tell the story. There ful humanity. She has a strong gen- says Villeneuve. “She’s the sweet- to change now? Initially, Anushka Sharma tast- are several stories happening at the erosity. She gives everything in est, most humble human being, the Historically, women have had ed success with Band Baaja Baar- Athiya Shetty same time. I wanted someone who front of the camera. She has no fil- most gracious.” (Yahoo) to struggle because of the way so- at, co-starring Ranveer Singh. (HT ciety has functioned. But today, Photo) Though her father, Suniel Shetty, well as expected, the young actor we have reached a point where we At the end of the day, you are has acted in numerous films, says she “wouldn’t change any- don’t need to live like that. Now, accountable for yourself, so I have Athiya Shetty says Bollywood thing about it”. Looking back, she both men and women can coexist to be answerable to myself for my was “totally new” to her when she says that she was “upset but not with equal rights and opportuni- decisions. An actor’s requirement debuted in Hero (2015), as she too upset”. “I guess I understood CW Renews 4 DC ties. And when that is denied to is to do good roles. What else do didn’t frequent the sets of her dad’s that it was part and parcel of life somebody in general, and to a they need to think about? I can’t films. “I never knew anything and the industry. The whole team woman who feels that she is de- even understand any other way of about Bollywood before I signed works hard to make the product, serving of something, it makes one doing things. That way, if things Hero. I didn’t have any connec- but it doesn’t work sometimes. Shows, ‘Crazy feel bad. The word “feminism” has don’t work out well, I won’t have tion with movies except for the One learns from such experienc- been corrupted a lot. On top of anyone to blame, so I take owner- fact that my father was an actor. I es.” Athiya is now looking forward that, you have people coining ship of all my films. We are all free- never went on the sets with him, to working with Arjun Kapoor and terms like, ‘feminazis’ which make thinking people, have our own ca- so everything was new for me. I Anil Kapoor in her next film, me go like, ‘What are you even talk- reers, and we will all decide what had an amazing experience and re- Mubarakan. Ask her if she has Ex-Girlfriend,’ ‘Jane,’ ing about’? is best for us and what’s not. Our ceived a lot of love. As time un- known Anil over the years and she I think everything comes with thinking can be different, but that folds, I will be able to understand says, “I don’t have a personal equa- its own pros and cons. No matter doesn’t mean that somebody is more about myself and the indus- tion with him. I have known of if they’re an outsider or not, ev- right or wrong. You choose your try. It is a learning process for me.” him, but didn’t ‘know’ him. He was ‘Supernatural’ eryone has their own challenges. own path, carve your own niche, The actor says that her per- warm and encouraging during Hero. Honestly, until we don’t walk in and ultimately, no one forces you ception of the industry changed Working with seniors like Anil sir somebody’s shoes, it’s very hard to do anything. Anushka Sharma soon after she started working and and Anees sir (Bazmee, director) to say what they go through. I am will be seen opposite SRK once she feels “happiest on the set”. will challenge and help me learn a sure they also go through a lot of again, in Imtiaz Ali’s next. (HT Athiya says, “I remember that af- lot. I have heard amazing things pressure — like expectations from Photo) You worked with Salman ter my first shot, I told my par- about Anil sir. I have seen how family and a family’s name to up- Khan for the first time in Sultan ents that I want to do this for the dedicated he is as a professional. hold. Also, sometimes, outsiders last year, which got you a lot of rest of my life. I hope I have the He still gives everyone a run for can take more risks because they praise… Obviously, it feels great, opportunity to do that. I felt ex- their money and is so energetic. have nothing to lose. I came to the because when Sultan came out, the tremely grateful. I am very critical Even today, after years of being in industry from nowhere, so what- reaction was, ‘You stood your own about myself, so, I feel there is a the industry, he is eager to learn, ever I was getting was a surplus. with Salman with the way you long way to go before I feel like I which is inspiring.” Athiya has I think the only thing that I performed’. It feels great, because, have achieved something. I have often been compared to Sonam feel is a disadvantage as an outsid- generally, people say that it is very seen my father and his journey and Kapoor due to her fashion sense. er is when you go to a social gath- difficult to notice anybody else in how he got his first film. That was Is she friends with her? “I am not ering. So when an industry kid goes a Salman Khan film. I was happy, a sense of achievement for him. I friends with anyone in the indus- to a party, they have an innate ease, which is why I did Sultan (2016). didn’t get the chance [to be an ac- try, as I haven’t grown up around because they know other people I thought that was a very strong tor] on a golden platter, but I won’t them. But I know people in the or are familiar with them. For some- character and the role had the po- be naïve and say us [star kids] industry. Sonam has created a one like me, they are all people tential to let me to do something don’t have it easy. I feel blessed name for herself and is an amazing whom I have seen in movies. May- different. And with a Salman film, that I have the opportunities.” person,” says Athiya. be we can never have that ease as you know that your work is reach- Although Hero wasn’t received as (Tribune) outsiders. There is always a sense ing so many more people. It gives of restlessness. Anyway, I am a me immense satisfaction and hap- bit socially awkward and I feel to- piness.

Missing from the list are midsea- lineup of DC superheroes, to crit- sources say. The fate of the bub- son veterans 'The 100,' 'iZombie' ically acclaimed comedies, to sci- ble shows should not be consid- and 'The Originals' as well as all fi dramas,” CW president Mark ered bleak at this time, given that Aamir Khan’s Dangal three rookies. Pedowitz said early Sunday in a all have yet to launch; The 100 and Ahead of its day before press statement announcing the news. iZombie remain cult favorites and at the Television Critics Associa- "Early pickups of these seven se- the network must balance its ros- overtakes PK to become tion's winter press tour, The CW ries now allow our producers to ter with dramas from co-owners handed out early renewals to sev- plan ahead for next season, and Warner Bros. Television (which en veteran series. gives us a solid base to build on for produces five of the seven shows highest-grossing Hindi Returning for the 2017-18 next season, with original scripted renewed Sunday) and CBS Televi- broadcast season are all four DC series to roll out all year long." sion Studios (behind Crazy and Comics shows — The Flash, Ar- Arrow will return for its sixth Jane). Pedowitz has a history of film in history row, Supergirl and Legends of To- season; Crazy — TV's lowest-rat- sticking with lower-rated series like Aamir Khan’s Dangal has overtak- morrow — as well as dramedies ed original but an awards season Crazy and Jane largely for their en his previous film PK to become Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Jane the player for star Rachel Bloom — status as critical favorites and the highest-grossing Hindi film in When Hrithik couldn't Virgin, alongside its longest-running will return for its third; Jane — awards season players. This sea- history. original, Supernatural. also an awards player for lead Gina son, The CW reduced episode or- Trade analyst Taran Adarsh Missing from the list are The Rodriguez — will return for its ders for both Crazy (from 18 to tweeted the news on Sunday. Dan- resist dancing with fan 100, iZombie and The Vampire fourth; Greg Berlanti-produced DC 13) and Jane (from 22 to 20), leav- gal’s box office haul, as of Sunday, Actor Hrithik Roshan, known for Diaries spinoff The Originals, all fare Legends will return for its third; ing many questioning their futures. stands at Rs 341 crore, slightly his dancing skills, couldn't resist of which have yet to debut their Flash — The CW's highest-rated (Both Rodriguez and Bloom are over PK’s lifetime earnings of Rs current seasons. (Reign will end original — will return for its fourth; nominated for best actress in a shaking a leg with a fan here. 340 crore. It is now the highest- Hrithik, who was here to promote with its upcoming fourth season CBS import Supergirl will return comedy series at Sunday night's and The Vampire Diaries also will for its third (and second on the Golden Globes.) With pilot sea- grossing Hindi film in India. his forthcoming film "Kaabil", Adarsh also noted that with tweeted a video in which he can be sign off later this year.) Rookies younger-skewing network); and son about to ramp up, The CW Frequency and No Tomorrow — Supernatural will return for its has big-swing reboots of Dynas- overseas earnings of Rs 174 crore, seen dancing with a fan. "Dubai, Dangal has become the highest- you were fun and fantastic as usu- freshmen who did not gain back- impressive 13th cycle. ty, The Lost Boys and Charmed, orders for the first time in network The renewals come as little among other projects, in the works grossing Hindi film in USA, Cana- al. The crowd had so much energy, da and Australia. couldn't resist shaking a leg," he history — as well as forthcoming surprise given the network's sta- as the network leaves some real Archie Comics redo Riverdale also bility; this time last year, Pedow- estate open for 2017-2018. Mid- Dangal, based on the real-life captioned the six-second-long clip- story of wrestlers Geeta and Bab- ping that he shared on Saturday. remain in limbo ahead of the net- itz renewed an impressive 11 se- season dates for the bubble series work's upfront presentation in ries. The roster of holdouts are for follow: Riverdale (Jan. 26), The ita Phogat, and their father and The next day, the actor thanked trainer Mahavir Singh Phogat, was the people of Dubai. He tweeted: "Kaabil", directed by Sanjay Gup- May. all of The CW's midseason fare, 100 (Feb. 1), Reign (Feb. 10), The "Such a pleasure to be here and ta, also stars Yami Gautam and "Over the past several sea- with Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals (March 17) and iZombie released to ecstatic reviews in De- connect with all of the Arab world! Ronit Roy. It is set to release on sons, The CW has built a schedule Originals also expected to return (April 4). cember 2016. Marhabba beautiful people." January 25. (Santabanta) of proven performers, from our next season sans the flagship, (Hollywoodreporter) (Hidustan Times) TUESDAY. JANUARY 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Barcelona are now five points be- Just before the break, Messi saw a head- hind Real Madrid in the La Liga er tipped over and the unusually quiet Luis title race, having played a game Suarez was denied when he shot straight at more, after they drew 1-1 with Vil- Asenjo. larreal. Barcelona paid for those misses five They had looked set to resume minutes after the restart when they gave their league campaign following the away possession on the edge of Villarreal's winter break with a defeat after box and were punished in ruthless fashion. Nicola Sansone put the hosts in Pato collected on the halfway line and front five minutes after half time. played a pass which took out three men, But a sublime free kick from allowing Sansone to stroke the ball across Lionel Messi, as the game crept Marc-Andre ter Stegen and in off the far into stoppage time, salvaged a de- post. served point for Luis Enrique's Nicola Sansone puts Villarreal up against side in his 150th game in charge. Barcelona at the El Madrigal . Barca remain in third, a point Barcelona should have been level almost behind second-placed Sevilla, instantly as Messi took a quick free kick to while Villarreal stay fifth, just one Neymar, but he finished like a man who is point adrift of Atletico Madrid. now without a goal in his last 11 games. All of that means Real are firm- Nevertheless, the visitors laid siege to ly in control of the championship their opponents' goal and were denied a following their 5-0 win over Gran- penalty when Neymar took a tumble. Mo- ada earlier in the day. ments later, another spot kick claim was Barcelona had the bulk of pos- waved away and this time it looked con- session in the first half and regis- crete home captain Bruno tumbled and clear- tered the first shot on goal when ly deflected Messi's shot over with an in- Andres Iniesta's firm effort was on tentional hand. target but straight at Villarreal goal- Lionel Messi scores a brilliant free kick keeper Sergio Asenjo. to salvage a draw for Barcelona in stoppage It was Villarreal, however, who time made the better openings and they Lionel Messi scores a brilliant free kick were often more incisive as they to salvage a draw for Barcelona in stoppage showed good invention coming time forward. Once more, the apparent injustice con- After Neymar was also denied tinued for Barcelona as Bruno once more for the visitors, Alexandre Pato did handled - this time less obviously - and well on the left to find Jonathan Barca's fury was clear as the stopper was dos Santos but he lifted his volley given a foul instead. just over the bar. Just when it seemed time was ebbing Suddenly Barca were under away, Barcelona were thrown a lifeline as pressure and it took good lunging they won a free kick 25 yards from goal. tackles from Lucas Digne and Ser- From that, Messi delivered in truly dev- gio Busquets to keep the score astating style as he curled in with his left blank. foot off the underside of the bar. They tried to respond but Although Villarreal then had Juame Andre Gomes shot over from long Costa sent off for a second booking, there range, Neymar went closer from a was no time for a winner from either side - similar distance and was then kept and Barcelona's bid for the title is now a out from much closer in. little harder. (Sky sport) Corey Anderson Floyd Security takes Justin Thomas hits New Zealand Mayweather to holds on to beat Train Soulja down Turbojet to T20 series win Hideki Matsuyama Boy for His Sunday at Kapalua Boxing Match over Bangladesh Justin Thomas kept reminding Just like that, Thomas went from himself that a one-shot lead with a five-shot lead to a one-shot lead, Against Chris Naas review two holes to play is never a bad and Matsuyama had a 10-foot bird- place to be on the PGA Tour. ie putt on the 16th to tie for the Ignoring that his five-shot lead lead. The putt narrowly missed, was nearly gone against Hideki and Thomas answered with his 8- Brown Matsuyama, Thomas thought more iron for birdie to end it. Matsuya- Even after retiring from boxing, it about the great golf that had put ma closed with a 70. "My putter appears that Floyd Mayweather him in this position Sunday at the let me down there at 16, 17 and can't stay away from the sport that SBS Tournament of Champions. 18," Matsuyama said. "I tipped he loves. In light of Chris Brown He responded by hitting an 8-iron my hat to Justin. He played well and Soulja Boy's online feud, from 214 yards on a downhill lie all day long." Thomas is the only Mayweather has agreed to train the that was so pure he stopped to player to beat Matsuyama over "Crank Dat" rapper in preparation admire it before it landed. It the last three months. In his last for his bout with the R&B croon- plopped down in front of the pin six tournaments worldwide, Mat- er. His decision to align himself and settled 3 feet away for a bird- suyama had four victories and a with Soulja Boy comes after he ie. Matsuyama three-putted for pair of runner-up finishes — both decided to promote the fight on bogey, and Thomas was on his way to Thomas, in Kuala Lumpur and his Instagram. The poster features to a comfortable victory at Kapalua Kapalua. Thomas, who finished at both Brown and Soulja on the card that moved him into the conversa- 22-under 270, said his immediate and it has the official stamp of the tion of golf's young stars. "The best thoughts were booking a return trip boxer's promotion company, May- shot I hit this week," Thomas said. to Kapalua next year for the win- weather Promotions, as the ones "There's a tree that's a little slant- ners-only event. "It changes things A review of the rest of Sunday's Gouldings Hardware Handicap ed, and it's a perfect aiming point. going forward because I know I'm endorsing the event. After he put meeting at Naas as Noel Meade's Chase for trainer Michael McDon- the poster up on his Instagram, I just kind of aimed it there and coming back here," Thomas said. Art Of Security won on the card. agh and jockey Mark Enright. En- made sure I held onto the club, if The scenery down the 18th to- Soulja Boy reposted the photo and Art Of Security mowed down right said: "Over two miles with hyped up the star-studded match anything, to make sure my miss ward the blue Pacific, where hump- long-time leader Turbojet to claim the blinkers back on him today, he was right. ... And really, I just back whales spent the afternoon on his page. top honours in the I.N.H. Stallion travelled sweetly. "He stays well. "It's going down! Signed my flushed it. As soon as it came off, I breeching and splashing their tails, Owners European Breeders Fund He doesn't really quicken but he knew it was going to be perfect." was even better because his par- contract I'm leaving the fight with Maiden Hurdle at Naas on Sun- stays and was idling up the $1,000,000 I got the best ever my Matsuyama, going after his fourth ents were watching him win for day. The winner of a Navan straight. straight victory worldwide, knew the first time. His father, Mike big bro @floydmayweather train- bumper last season, the Noel ing me damn------#TMT #SOD- he needed to make his 30-foot bird- Thomas, is a longtime head pro in Meade-trained Art Of Security dis- "Michael's not here. I'm sure ie putt to stay in the game. He ran Harmony Landing in Kentucky MG March in Vegas !! On TV," appointing on his first two starts I'll speak to him later and he'll be Soulja wrote. it 8 feet by, missed the par putt who is still his coach. Spieth closed over obstacles, but raised his game delighted with that. "He's a very coming back and was out of chanc- with a 65 to tie for third with Pat 50 Cent photographed at the to finish third behind the high-class nice man and does well with the 2016 Summer TCAs Getty Imag- es when Thomas hammered anoth- Perez (67) and Ryan Moore (71). Bacardys at Leopardstown over horses he has. It's lovely to ride a er tee shot on the par-5 18th. Th- Spieth and Jimmy Walker came es Portrait Studio at the Beverly the festive period. Turbojet, the winner for him as he's been good Hilton Hotel on July 27, 2016 in omas closed with a two-putt bird- down to the 18th to congratulate Corey Anderson smashed 10 sixes missed James Neesham for 15 and 3-1 joint-favourite along Arvico to me lately." Slowmotion opened ie for a 4-under 69 and a three- the winner. in an unbeaten 94 to help New Colin Munro - centurion in the Beverly Hills, Calif. To Bleu, set out to make all the run- her account over fences in the prove that Mayweather was in- shot victory, his second of the PGA Thomas started the final round Zealand a 27-run win over Bang- second T20I - for a duck in the ning, but his stride began to short- Rushes Supervalu & Lemongrass Tour season that moved him to No. with a two-shot lead and no one ladesh and complete a 3-0 series same over, before Mosaddek Hos- deed signing on to be his trainer, en on the run to the final flight. Art Restaurant European Breeders Soulja posted a picture of him and 12 in the world. His other two got closer until his blunder on the sweep in their T20 series. sain struck with his first ball to Of Security was almost on terms Fund Mares Beginners Chase. Jo- PGA Tour title were at the CIMB 15th. One of the longest hitters in Anderson came to the rescue send back Tom Bruce (5). the boxer on his Instagram earlier on jumping the obstacle and picked seph O'Brien's Grade Two-winning Thursday (Jan. 5). Classic in Malaysia. "I think it's golf with his slight build, Thomas after the hosts had been reduced Captain Williamson (60) then up well on the run-in to score by hurdler only made it as far as the potentially floodgates opening," really did miss a shot until the ninth to 41-3 in the seventh over, adding struck his second fifty of the se- Afterwards, he posted a vid- two and three-quarter lengths un- first fence on her chasing debut at eo alongside him, as he continued said Jordan Spieth, his best friend hole, and that's when he got a huge 124 with Kane Williamson for the ries, while Anderson provided the der Sean Flanagan. Turbojet had Wexford in November and revert- in golf since they were teenagers. break. With the wind stiff and in fourth wicket to set up New late assault during his 41-ball to talk trash about his March fight just enough in the tank to hold onto ed to the smaller obstacles over against Brown. "Me and my train- "The guy hits it forever. He's got a his face, he got quick with his driv- Zealand's total of 194-4. knock, with the duo also bringing the runner-up spot from Arvico Christmas when runner-up to Let's really, really nifty short game. He er and hit a snap-hook into the Bangladesh started well in re- up the side's highest fourth-wick- er/big brother @floydmayweath- Bleu. Meade said: "I thought he'd Dance at Leopardstown. The JP er #TMT it's official!!," reads his manages the course well. He's play- knee-high weeds left of the fair- ply and reached 89-2 after 10 et stand in T20 internationals. win as he ran very well in Leop- McManus-owned mare was the 4- ing the golf course the way it way. He hit a provisional for a lost overs but could only muster a Anderson's haul of 10 sixes, caption. Things escalated once ardstown. Sean thought the ground 6 favourite on her return to chas- Chris Brown's ex-girlfriend and should be played, and honestly, ball and was about ready to aban- score of 167-6 in their 20 overs. surpassed the record mark of eight was a bit quick for him then and ing and got the better of Elusive he's taking advantage of the easier don the search when a TV spotter Openers Soumya Sarkar and for New Zealand, set by Brendon baby mama Nia Guzman got in- said he was flat out from the sec- Ivy by a length and three-quarters. volved. She posted a picture of holes. "It's awesome to see," Spi- was summoned to give an indica- Shakib Al Hasan scored 42 and 41 McCullum. ond-last. "He won a bumper on "It was nice to win a chase with eth said. "He's going to be tough to tion where it went. respectively for the touring side, "I didn't know about the record their daughter Royalty on her Ins- soft ground and I think he's a rea- her. She seemed to jump fairly well, tagram and tagged Floyd May- beat next week, too." Spieth closed They found the ball, and it was who will next play two Test but when you get in the mood like sonable horse. "I suppose he'll go although the loose horse wasn't a with a 65 and tied for third with sitting up a few inches above the matches in New Zealand starting that you just hit the hills and hope weather and his crew The Money for a winner's race, but we'll see big help," said O'Brien. "She had a Team. To several Instagram fol- Pat Perez (67) and Ryan Moore roots, allowing Thomas to at least on Thursday. for the best," Anderson said. "I what way the handicapper rates tough race in Leopardstown where (71). Matsuyama, who made two hack out into the fairway. He fol- Bangladesh were 82-1 in the think me and Kane realised we lowers, her move signaled her alle- him. "It's so difficult at the mo- there went at it the whole way so giance to Mayweather and Soulja soft bogeys on the front nine to lowed with a 3-wood onto the green ninth over after the start provided needed a few more runs to make ment because no matter what race we'll give her a bit of time now fall five shots behind, made it more for a two-putt par after starting by Tamim Iqbal (24) and Sarkar, the total defendable." Boy. Soulja reposted the picture you go for, a Grade Three or a before we go again. "She can go up on his page, while Guzman delet- of a game than anyone expected. with a shot that made double bo- but the introduction of New Anderson slammed part-time Grade One, they are all the same in trip and is versatile." Yaha Fizz The 24-year-old from Japan holed gey appear likely. Thomas wasn't Zealand legspinner Ish Sodhi (2- medium-pacer Sarkar for a hat- ed it from her account. In an inter- and you run into the same horses. struck gold in the Martinstown view with TMZ, Guzman said the a flop shot for eagle on the 14th so fortunate on the 15th. 22) and further pace off the ball, trick of sixes over mid-wicket, his "It's the same for any of those Opportunity Handicap Hurdle. hole, and then Thomas hooked a "I stumbled more than I would checked their progress. 10 sixes the highest by a New photo was harmless and that horses that win. The next step is a The 16-1 shot was two and three- Mayweather has been "investing 4-iron into the hazard on the par-5 have liked to do," Thomas said. With the hosts put into bat Zealander in the T20 format. big one." Black Zero was a 7-1 win- quarter lengths too strong for 11-4 15th hole and made double bogey. (Aroundtherings) first, Rubel Hossain (3-31) dis- (Kansascity) in Royalty's future." 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The Envoy:From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World Afghans were full of wonder that sistance leader. Fahim, was differ- an election was actually happen- ent. Burly with a tightly trimmed ing in their country and that they beard and thinning hair, Fahim was would choose the head of state for an introvert with a stern demean- the first time in Afghanistan’s or. While intelligent, he lacked 5000-year history. I saw evident Massoud’s warmath and natural MOSCOW: For the first time since pride and emotion at every polling skill in crafting political alliances. 2014, the United States is sending station I visited. More than 8.1 It was only because of Massoud’s a large contingent of marines to million Afghans voted, a number death and the Bonn process that e Afghanistan. Several hundred that still stands as a record. One had emerged as national figure. members of the elite II Marine voter captured the national mood Karzai had reservation. Fahim Expeditionary Force will be de- on Election Day: “Finally, we are had been central figure in the de- ployed to Afghanistan’s southern human again.” structive civil war of the 1990s. Helmand province to take part in THE ELECTION was the More recently he had become a li- operations against the Taliban, and product of enormous joint effort ability for Afghanistan, encouraged also act as instructors and advis- by the Afghan government the Karzai to drop Fahim, remember- ers for the Afghan forces. Experts U.N. mission, and the United ing the heavy-handed threats Fa- told Izvestia the decision to boost States. By mid-March six months him had used at the Loya Jirga. the contingent of US forces is an before Election Day, only 1.5 mil- Japan’s ambassador, Kinichi Ko- Alliance on which of their leaders attempt by the Pentagon not to lion of Afghanistan’s ten million mano, who had to contend with should be Karzai’s running mate. allow the Taliban to take revenge. eligible citizens had registered to Fahim’s recalcitrance on militia- He succeeded, and Zia Massoud An expert at the Center for vote. By early July, voter rolls disarmament issues, was of a sim- called Karzai to inforem him that Contemporary Afghan Studies surpassed six million, and Afghans ilar mind. because of the Northern Alliance (CISA) and the head of the Eur- were registering at a rate of over But who could replace Fahim? leaders’ opposition, he could no asia Analytical Club, Nikita Mend- 100000 per day. Barno and I Zia Massoud, Ahmad Shah Mas- longer be on the president’s ticket. kovich, believes that the situation worked hard to ensure security and soud’s brother, came from an hon- Time was now running short. The in Afghanistan now is very diffi- provide the logistical capabilities ored Tajik family and didn’t have deadline for filings was only a few cult. needed to move ballots out to poll- blood on his hands from the civil hours away. Panicked, Karzai la- “There has been an increased ing locations and into ballot-count- war. He was currently serving as mented that he had allowed Arnault activity by the Taliban who start- ing centers. ambassador in Mascow. The more to pressure him into dropping Fa- ed seizing district and regional cen- The politics of the election we talked the more Karzai gravi- him. “Look at what you interna- ters. They have to be forced out of also required a greater deal of ma- tated toward Zia Massoud. He tionals have gotten me into,” he there with the use of artillery and neuvering. I thought the best out- asked Massoud to return to Kab- shouted. “I will never listen to you aviation,” Mendkovich stated. come for Afghanistan would be an ul. again!”Abdullah arrived at the pal- In an effort to stop this nega- election between two major candi- As usual, Karzai waited until ace to insist that Karzai reappoint tive trend, the authorities in Kabul dates with distinct platforms and the last moment to make this deci- Fahim. “That’s not doable,” I told bases of support. Karzai was the sion. But finally he offered the him. “Its not realistic at this jointly with Americans plan to car- The expert stressed that in or- litical processes. “A tactical victo- explained. “However, very often ry out a series of military opera- only major figure with the capaci- position of first vice president to point.” But I did see another pos- der to improve the situation in ry can be indeed reached there as the American and Afghan forces ty to reach across ethnic lines. Zia. A few days later, he called a sibility. “Would you be willing to tions in 2017 aimed at stabilizing Afghanistan there is the need to the American units outmatch the liberate a territory but are unable the situation, he added. Qanooni, who would likely get meeting of the Northern Alliance serve?” only if the Northern Alli- combine military efforts with po- Taliban and the Afghan army,” he to hold on to it.”—(TASS) most of the Tajik vote and would leaders, including Fahim, Qanoo- ance leaders agreed, Abdullah re- have the backing of the Northern ni, Abdullah and Zia Massoud. plied. And he had helpful sugges- Alliance, represented a genuine al- Fahim was visibly anxious and tion: “Why don’t you cal Rab- ternative to Karzai. stressed, perspiring profusely. bani?” as Zia Massoud recommit- Karzai The most consequential deci- Karzai began by talking vague- ted to joining Karzai-and not a AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN sion Karzai had to make was the ly and meanderingly about the moment too soon. Karzai filed the selection of his two voice-presi- need for change. Abruptly, he paperwork within minutes of the saddened dential running mates. He quickly closed by saying that he appreci- deadline. Each of the major ethic TRADEVALUETAKES A DIVE enlisted Khalili as his second vice ated Fahim’s service to the coun- communities had a candidate run- president to appeal to Hazara vot- try, that they all would continue ning: Karzai was a Pashtun; Qa- dropped by $1 billion USD to $1.5 over ers but was not sure if he should to be partners, but that he had de- nooni a Tajik; Dostum an Uzbek; billion USD. In 2015 it was $2.5 give the first slot to Fahim, cur- cided to go in a different direction and Mohammad Mohaqqiq a Haz- billion USD. “If the APTTA is ex-Iranian rently the first vice president and on the first vice-presidential slot. ara. I expected Afghans to vote not extended, the rate of trade be- defense minister. Fahim was out. largely on the basis of ethnic iden- tween the two countries will de- Fahim desperately wanted to Signaling to his cohorts, Fahim tity. Pashtuns, the largest group, crease more and more,” said Ahm- president’s be Karzai’s running mate. For over rose to his feet and they all de- viewed themselves as the founders adullah Afghan, head of APJCCI. decade, he had fought in Massoud’s parted. Fahim though, was not and natural rulers of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the Ministry of militia, contending with a civil war, done. He summoned Zia Massoud The other communities would like- Commerce and Industries (MoCI) death rivalries within the Northern Alli- to a meeting with other Northern ly vote for their candidate out of also said more customer coopera- ance and limited international sup- Alliance leaders. Over several ethnic pride-they had never before tion, the ease of transit through port. Massoud, charismatic and hours, he made the case that there even had a chance to vote for one Karachi and Qasim Khan Ports, telegenic, had been an effective re- be consensus among the Northern of their own.To be continued allowing Afghan trucks to Waga Port and including Tajikistan and India in the APTTA are issues that need to be looked at. According to 10 militants MoCI, if India and Tajikistan join Draft budget APTTA, trade relations between join peace the four countries will increase by Afghanistan and Pakistan Joint merce and Industries (ACCI) 70 percent. “If India and Tajiki- process in Chamber of Commerce and Indus- meanwhile urged government to stan also join ATTPA, it will ben- to land again tries (APJCCI) on Monday said review the Afghanistan-Pakistan efit all four countries,” said Mo- trade relations between Afghani- Trade and Transit Agreement hammad Qurban Haqjo, deputy of Kunduz city stan and Pakistan have decreased (APTTA). They suggested the MoCI. However, the ACCI said and stressed if the two countries current agreement be scrapped and in the past three years only Af- in Wolesi Jirga do not revise their trade relations a new one be drawn up between ghanistan has implemented the agreement, trade challenges be- the two countries to include Tajiki- agreement. They said there was a tween the two countries will con- stan and India. According to need to discuss the matter with Pa- AT News Report tinue. APJCCI statistics, last year’s trade kistan and draw up a new agree- Afghanistan Chamber of Com- value between the two countries ment. (Tolo News) KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his grieves over the demise of former Iranian pres- ident Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who passed away at Taliban launch large-scale the age of 82 on Sunday after suf- fering a heart attack. Karzai extended his heartfelt attack on arghandab district condolences and sympathies to the A group of ten militants joined family as well as the government peace process in the strategic Kunduz city in North of Afghan- Taliban raided on Sunday night over HQ buildings in a period of and the people of brotherly and friendly of Iran. istan, local officials said Monday. Arghandab district in southern one hour, but they were Provincial police chief Gen- Zabul province, provincial officials forced to retreat after the He prayed eternal paradise for the deceased and courage to the eral Abdul Hamid Hamidi said the said. ground forces received air militants were actively operating Provincial governor spokes- support. bereaved family to bear this loss. The former president added in various parts of Kunduz city man Gul Islam Syal said, the clash- At the same time, before they joined peace process. es continued between the Afghan speaking on the condition that the late Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a freedom According to the local offi- security forces and Taliban mili- of anonymity a security cials, the security situation of tants for five hours, leaving un- source said the attack left fighter who had played a key role in the foundation of the Islamic Kunduz city will improve as the known causalities to both sides. 11 deaths including five po- militants join peace process. According to the source, it was licemen, three soldiers and Republic of Iran. “His efforts and performanc- The officials called on other KABUL : Some Wolesi Jirga mem- Wolesi Jirga economic commission, a large-scale attack, involving a three insurgents. militants to renounce violence and large number of armed-militants Taliban has not made a es are eternal and unforgettable. bers Monday criticised cancelation said different panels of the house May his soul rest in peace,” Karzai join peace process. of today’s session and said the draft had discussed the draft budgets in that enabled them to reach out close comment about the report The anti-government armed to the administrative and police yet. (ATN) added. budget for 2017 fiscal year was their meetings. militant groups including the Tal- ready to land again in the house He listed the lack of develop- iban insurgents have not com- next week. ment balance, a decline in revenue mented regarding the report so far. Cancelation of session in the coming year, lack of atten- Kunduz is among the rela- The Wolesi Jirga holds its gen- tion to women and education and Cops linked to drug traders detained in Helmand tively volatile provinces in north- eral sessions on Saturday, Mon- non-availability of a proper mech- ern Afghanistan where the Tali- day and Wednesday in a week and anism for the execution of projects LASHGARGAH : Some security ban group launched several at- its commissions meet on Sunday as the main flaws. officials have been arrested over tacks this year as part of their and Tuesday, but today the gener- The Finance Ministry says their alleged involvement in drug spring offensive to capture the al session was not held. 287 billion afghanis have been set trade and other illegally activities strategic Kunduz city. Rahima Jami, a lawmaker from aside for the general budget and in southern Hemand province, the In the meantime, the Afghan Herat province, said: “We received 178 billion afghanis for develop- police chief said Monday. forces are busy conducting their message that today some drafts ment spending. A sum of 150 bil- Brig. Gen. Aqa Noor Kintoz clearance operations in the vicin- laws will be discussed by differ- lion afghanis, 32 percent of the total told a press conference here that ity of Kunduz city and other dis- ent panels, but the offices were budget, would come through na- ‘crucial’ reforms had been brought tricts of the province. occupied by senators and the day tional revenue. The remaining bud- to the police force during the past The Ministry of Interior was lost.” get would be funded through for- one year, thus resulting in reduced (MoI), earlier said top Taliban Meshrano Jirga’s general ses- eign aid. Thirty-six percent of the security gap. leader who was leading the dead- sions are held on Sunday and Tues- budget will go to security, 21 per- Giving no specific figure, Kin- ly battle in northern Kunduz day and commissions meet Satur- cent to infrastructure development, toz said: “We have captured some province was killed during an day, Monday and Wednesday. 13 percent to education, six per- security officials who had a hand ambush of the Afghan security Commissions of both the cent to agriculture and the rest to in narcotics trade and other illegal- forces. houses, according to their term, other sectors. Under Articles 75 ly activities and some other offi- According to (MoI) “A top should use commission offices. and 98 of the Constitution, the cials are under investigation”. He Taliban commander named Mul- Draft budget The Wolesi Jirga has budget should be approved in line said some of the detained officials lah Firoz Jahadi along with five rejected the draft budget for 2017 with the national development kept under ages boys with them in the number of ‘ghost’ personnel Abdul Majid Akhunzada, said past and united attention from govern- other armed Taliban killed in Aab over what lawmakers called fund- strategy and its implementation check-posts and others had links had deceased in Sangin, Marja and security operations did not yield ment leaders. The Taliban have been Band district of Ghazni province ing disparities among provinces should pave the ground for the de- with drug smugglers. Without pro- Kajaki districts. However, the positive results. He said Helmand’s in control of six districts in Hel- in an Afghan National Police am- and other problems. velopment of all parts of the coun- viding figures, the police boss said provincial council’s deputy head, security situation needed a strong mand. (Pajhwok) bush.” (KP) Amir Khan Yar, head of the try. (Pajhwok)