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Media Must Develop Culture of INTROSPECTION: MEDIOTHEK Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:X Issue No:91 Price: Afs.15 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . OCTOBER 30. 2015 -Aqrab 08, 1394 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime KABUL: In a toughening of ghan capital Kabul who "should of them youth, migrated to Europe pressed his deep concern over the Germany s refugee policy, remain and help build the country this ongoing solar year. German government s announce- German Interior Minister de up . De Maiziere added that the The ministry says it has urged ment. He told Pajhwok Afghan Maiziere has announced that Afghan government shared this Germany to review its decision of News the country s security and most asylum seekers from Af- view, expecting that the number of sending back the Afghans, insist- economic situation was fast dete- ghanistan and "tens of thou- repatriations, voluntary returns ing that the situation in most parts riorating. sands" from the Balkans will and deportations would rise sig- of Afghanistan is not stable and Many people sold their lands be sent back. More migrants nificantly. The minister said those migrating to Europe were left for their journey to Germany in are now coming to Europe around 11,000 people had been de- no other choice. The Meshrano what they hope will have a better from Afghanistan than any ported this year while 27,000 left Jirga or upper house of parliament future for themselves and their country other than Syria, a sit- voluntarily with financial support. also on Wednesday urged Germa- families. Dr. Adil asked the Af- uation what de Maiziere Germany is expecting the arrival ny to reconsider the decision and ghan government to take emergen- deemed "unacceptable." of up to a million asylum seekers avoid forcibly expelling the Afghan cy measures for improving securi- KABUL: Germany s ambassador Markus Potzel to Kabul called on former President Hamid Karzai Among them, he noted, are this year. According to the Afghan refugees. Dr. Liaqat Adil, head of ty and economy so that the youth at his residency here on Thursday. They discussed bilateral relations of Afghanistan and Germany many members of the middle Ministry of Refugee and Repatri- the All Afghanistan Federation of could avoid going abroad. besides current situation of Afghanistan and the region. class and residents of the Af- ation, 80,000 Afghans, a majority Trade Unions (AAFTU), ex- (Pajhwok) Literacy to be a must for getting driving license: MoE Media must develop culture of Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi Ministry of Education should draft a mechanism to make litera- INTROSPECTION: MEDIOTHEK KABUL: The Ministry of cy an obligation for drivers, Ab- Education is mulling to make dul Qayoom suggested. Litera- cy requires a long-term program, As media is part of the society and the nation, that s why it must take national interests into account literacy an obligation for driv- while reporting particularly when it comes to reporting conflict, say participants of media conference ers for getting license. The idea but the Ministry of Education of making literacy a must was should devise time-effective liter- discussed with traffic officials acy programs so that more peo- AT News Report in one day workshop titled ple could benefit from it within a Gradual Obligatory Litera- reasonable time frame, added KABUL: Mediothek Afghanistan cy , held on Wednesday in Qayoom. The director of License on Thursday urged media outlets Kabul. Participants from dif- Department of Balkh, Hameedul- should introduce a culture of in- ferent departments including lah, said that literacy must be trospection and take national in- Deputy Literacy Minister, obligatory for getting driving li- terests into account when it comes Kabul Traffic Department cense as 80 percent of traffic acci- to reporting conflict. along with Provincial Traffic dents are caused by illiterate driv- ers in Mazar-e-Sharif. The par- Mediothek Afghanistan orga- Departments and the interna- uty Minister for Education called work for mobility. Chief of Liter- ticipants also vented their con- nized a media conference: Pro- tional donors came together to literacy a national challenge and acy Teacher Training Department, cerns regarding financing of litera- fessional Approach and Conduct work on obligatory gradual lit- said that the literacy must be oblig- Huma Nuristani said that literacy cy materials. Chief of Afghan Na- of Media in Reporting on Con- eracy mechanism for drivers. atory for all drivers whether work- campaign programs are usually hit tional Association for Adult Edu- flict , which was attended by The members of workshop ing in government offices or in by shortage of funds. She said that cation (ANAFAE), Basheer heads of different media outlets media that can mobilize the youth being financially supported stressed that literacy must be private capacity. They must be local televisions charge at least Khaleqi, said that his organization where they discussed how to bal- to stay at homeland and work for by parties, embassies and oth- a must for issuing driving li- brought into the fold by gradual $500 per literacy campaign ad. was all set for cooperation in this ance reporting. Head of Pajhwok its development instead of run- er organizations, which at cense. The workshop was literacy programs, he suggested. Deputy of Kabul Traffic Depart- regard. ANAFAE is ready to news agency, Danish Karokhil, ning after others. He said that ev- sometimes affect their free re- held by the office of Deputy A national consensus on literacy ment Abdul Qayoom said that lit- fund publishing literacy books and said that media outlets must re- ery media outlets have responsi- porting. Minister of Education (litera- program is essential as it is also eracy must be the criteria for is- as a longstandingcounterpart, he port to create an intellectual soci- bilities while reporting and the He said that unfortunate- cy) and financed by the Af- part of the National Unity Gov- suing licenses to drivers as most vowed. President Ashraf Ghani ety while looking at national in- responsibilities multiply when it ly some media outlets are de- ghan National Association for ernment (NUG) agendas. The first of the traffic accidents are taking on the eve of Literacy World Day terests. He said that media must comes to reporting in conflict pendent on provinces and eth- Adult Education (ANAFAE), lady of Afghanistan Lora Ghani is place because of illiteracy as most said that all the school and uni- create awareness among the mass- times therefore they must fulfill nic affiliations, which is they DVV international (Vhs), ambassador for literacy, which is of the drivers don t know about versity students, civil society ac- es that who is their foe and who is these responsibilities. It is a are unable to report fairly. He Deutson and Zusamenarbeit. why we are hopeful it will be a traffic rules and regulations and tivists and governmental staffers their friend. Media outlets can moral obligation that media must suggested that media must re- The participants urged that success, added Jam.All the par- signs. Though there are literacy must literate illiterates on individ- also cooperate in fighting securi- support Afghan security forces main neutral and must moti- literacy must be obligatory for ticipants of the workshop agreed courses for the traffic department ual capacity. The President also ty challenges by unmasking the and report their achievements, he vate the people of Afghani- public sector and private sec- keeping the literacy program con- staffers, but there is no literacy said that he will chair the Literacy true faces of those who create se- said. Chief Editor of Hasht-e- stan on standing unite irre- tor drivers. Allah Baz Jam an tinued and suggested that media program for others who are issued National Committee for effective curity troubles, he viewed. Point- Sobh, Shah Hasan Murtazawi said spective of their ethnic and official from the office of Dep- and religious scholars should driving license, therefore, the management. ing at brain-drain, he said it is that most of the media outlets are political affiliations. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . OCTOBER 30, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES 30 0 years ago, Afghanistan s AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir George Washington died Phone No: +93-772364666 How an Afghan tribal leader took on two of the most powerful empires in the world and won independence for Afghanistan E-mail: [email protected] By Akhilesh Pillalamarri justified, if occasion arose, in west into Iran with an army of Delhi, the Mughal capital, resisting him, if necessary by rebels. Nobody in Isfahan though he retained the Mu- Email: [email protected] Some 300 years ago, in Novem- force of arms. The answer seemed to have seen this in- ghal empire after significant ter- ber 1715, a powerful man being in favor of revolt, Hotak vasion as a major threat and ritorial and financial www.afghanistantimes.af passed away peacefully in returned to Kandahar where he treated the situation as an in- concessions.The Mughal Em- Kandahar a rarity. He had set Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi organized either a feast or an cident of banditry. Thus to ev- pire, however, was fatally weak- in motion a chain of events that ambush (sources vary) that re- eryone s surprise and beyond ened from this point on, and would profoundly change the sulted in the death of Gurgin Shah Mahmud Hotak s wildest its effective control soon bare- Advisory editorial board histories of Persia and India, Khan and the Georgian-Persian dreams, Afghan ly reached beyond Delhi.
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