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KABUL: As the Afghan govern- important and has shared assign- heavy AT Monitoring Desk into civil society could improve the ment denies singing an intelligence ments for both the sides that process, Aziz said, however, he sharing deal with Pakistan s Inter- should be fulfilled, he said. losses in 3 hoped for durable peace in Afghan- Services Intelligence (ISI), a num- He says that there is a nation- KABUL: Sartaj Aziz, National ber of Pakistani military officials al consensus in Pakistan about the Security and Foreign Policy Advi- istan. months There are some elements who recently remarked on practical di- Afghan peace, and both the gov- sor to the Pakistani Prime Minis- mensions of the Memorandum of ernment and the military pursue LASHKARGAH: The police chief ter Nawaz Sharif, said that the rep- will try their best to sabotage the on Tuesday claimed Taliban insur- peace process. And also the op- Understanding (MoU). the similar policy. However, he resentatives of the Taliban who Asim Bajwa, the director gen- emphasizes that they are against a gents had suffered heaviest losses talked to the Afghan government s ponents of peace could try to de- during operations over the past rail the process, Aziz said. eral of the Inter-Services Public number of dimensions in the Af- delegation in Murree, last week, Relations (ISPR) on May 18 ghan peace process. There are lots three months in southern Helmand had approval of the Central Lead- He furthered that it was the tweeted that the MoU signed by of opponents to the Afghan peace province. ership Council, Pakistani media first time that the Afghan govern- ISI and NDS includes internation- process. Peace in Afghanistan is in Brig. Gen. Nabi Jan Mullakhel reported. ment officials and the Taliban have al sharing, complimentary and co- favor of Pakistan and the Afghan told a police passing out ceremo- While confirming a face-to- come together under one roof and ordinated international operations government also gains the same face meeting with influential Tali- held talks. It was very productive, on respective sides. benefit from it. But those who be- ban leaders, Afghan Deputy For- Aziz said while looking satisfied According to Kabul News, lieve that peace cannot benefit the with the outcome of the Murree eign Minister, Khalil Hekmat egation to Pakistan for negotia- Taliban s acting chief and their Bajwa has said that there is a need two countries should be identi- Karzai, who led the high-level del- meeting. No Qatar-based mem- for intelligence cooperation if we fied, he said, as quoted by Kabul tions, said that Akhtar Mansoor, a Central Shura Council was among ber has taken part in the Murree those Taliban representatives who want peace in Afghanistan in which News. The Pakistani general re- talks, spokesman for the Qatar a number of facts will be amend- jected President Ghani s remark India to go by he met in Pakistan. office, Dr. Muhammad Naeem On return from Pakistan he ed. that Afghanistan and Pakistan are Ufa statement, said. As the Taliban s important He says that a number of engaged in an unannounced war , told newsmen in Kabul that he was leaders had attended the talks with confident of turning the Murree MoUs and agreements should be saying that Pakistan is never in Page 4 downplays the approval of the central coun- signed and this cooperation should war with Afghanistan; however, Peace Process into a formal dia- cil, the Qatar office will follow logue process. be change into a prolonged pro- the two countries are cooperators remarks by what the Taliban central leadership cess. Therefore the MoU is very of peace and stability. ny here that the Taliban could no Reintegration of the Taliban decides, Aziz said. longer capture an area from securi- Sartaj Aziz ty forces. During the past three Guardian report EU pledges 41m euros months, police rendered many sac- 15,000 rifices in Kajaki, Sangin, Greshk for Afghan health sector and Musa Qala districts, but we civilians termed unfounded showed that we can protect the AT News Report country s soil without foreign forc- Page 5 killed in Iraq KABUL: The European Union es. KABUL: Ex-President Hamid (EU) has made available EUR 41 war, says Karzai s Chief of Staff, Abdul Ka- Mullakhel said the Taliban had million ($45,066,380) to support been planning to capture some ar- rim Khoram, has termed the recent basic health and nutrition services UN report of the Guardian saying that eas this fighting season, but they the Karzai s in the quest to col- for the Afghan population through tasted defeat at the hands of Af- lapse the incumbent government, the health programme managed by ghan security forces and their at- is baseless. The Guardian in a re- the Ministry of Public Health tacks had subsided. cent report said that Hamid Karzai known as SEHAT (System En- Our police are well-trained. has been trying for months to un- hancement for Health Action in We have established blockhouses Crude drops dercut Ghani s government, with low the people that the bread they Transition). the intention of bringing it down. earn should not be melt with blood. in areas which the Taliban would after Iran A statement from the EU said cross, but now their movement has Page 9 Khoram in an interaction with He said that Daesh will be the alter- on Tuesday main objective of SE- deal hit, hit media rejected the report as base- native if the government collapsed, 6 militants killed, 7 been restricted. less and said that there is contrast and in that case those who dream HAT is to strengthen the overall hurt in Kapisa The police chief said the new- oil stocks in views between Hamid Karzai this way will pay a heavy price. capacity of the Ministry of Public ly-graduated police officials would with the current government but Such remarks come as the Guardian Health (MoPH) to deliver a com- operation further strengthen police ranks. this contrast doesn t mean that he newspaper in its recent report said prehensive package of health ser- Col. Syed Naeem Himmat, the is in the quest to bring down the that Hamid Karzai wants to collapse vices to the Afghan population, MAHMOOD RAQI: At least six police training centre chief, said incumbent government. This is in the National Unity Government led militants have been killed and sev- with a focus on increasing the ac- police were trained at the centre in time that the Chief Executive Ab- by President Ghani. The Chief Ex- cess of mothers and children to en others wounded during a search dullah Abdullah while being aware ecutive also criticized the previous operation by the military in cen- line with international standards. reproductive, maternal and child He said 172 cadets today re- of the Guardian report said no government s performance and health services as well as improv- tral Kapisa province, an official Israeli-Canadian one can dare to see the dream to linked all the current problems and says on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ab- ceived their graduation certificates Page 8 undercut the National Unity Gov- crisis including ill-economy and ing operations, construction, ren- upon completing a two-month pro- who battled ISIS ovation and maintenance of health dul Karim Faiq, provincial police ernment. Without mentioning any insecurity to the past 14 years. chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News fessional training. (Pajhwok) returns to Israel specific name or political group, Abdullah during his trips to Kun- facilities and equipment, upgrad- the operation was carried out in Abdullah told a gathering in north- duz and Balkh expressed the simi- ing quality control laboratories and Tagab and Ala Sai districts. The eastern Badakhshan province that lar remarks. On the other hand, lo- strengthening MoPH human re- area between Tagab center and Ala District official before you dream the collapse of cal officials criticized the perforate sources. Sai has been purged of militants, the government and create any of the unity government, and said This latest EU contribution survives bomb group against it, see that in which terrorists have infiltrated into the he added. Security forces, he said situation our people are living. Al- provinces more than any other time comes on top of a previous com- had been deployed on main Kab- attack; alleged Iran, major in the past. They said that insecu- mitment of EUR 61.5 million al- ul-Sarobi and Main Kapisa high- Taliban shadow rity will increase if the insurgents ready granted under the SEHAT ways to avoid any untoward inci- robbers held programme in 2013. (Pajhwok) dent on Eid days. powers reach growth was not prevented. FIROZKOH/BAMYAN: A dis- Page 12 governor among 13 trict police chief in western Ghor historic nuclear province has survived a bomb blast militants killed in that left two civilians injured, while deal Crime rate in Kabul down five armed thieves have been de- Nangarhar tained in central Bamyan province, AT News Report officials said Tuesday. by 37pc: Police Ghor police chief Maj. Mo- Obama and KABUL: At least 13 militants, in- hammad Zaman Azimi told Pajh- cluding the Taliban shadow gover- Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi wok Afghan News police chief for the myth of nor for Laghman province, have KABUL: Kabul Police Chief on inals charged with different crimes, achievements of Kabul police in Dolina district was traveling in his Page 7 the been killed in an operation conduct- Tuesday claimed that crimes have including murder, robbery, kidnap- fight against terrorism, Rahemi said car from the capital city to the dis- ed by operatives of the National decreased by 37 percent, as com- ping, drug trafficking, and weapon that they have recovered 28 dif- trict center when hit by a roadside generational Directorate of Security (NDS). paring to the past. smuggling and so on. ferent kinds of weapons from a bomb in Ahangaran area on Mon- war A press statement issued by Abdul Rahman Rahemi said He said that they have handed residential house in Alikhel village day evening. the NDS here on Tuesday said that that it was expected that crime rate over some of the detained people of Kabul. He added that police He said the district police chief the Taliban shadow governor for will rise due to widespread unem- to judicial organizations. have arrested four people in con- had survived the attack but two Laghman, Amin Jan Kochai, was ployment across the country, but Briefing reporters about nection with the weapons. passersby wounded in the incident. Pakistan's among the 13 militants in a mili- it has dropped as comparing to the Provincial civil hospital direc- tary operation in Marochina, an past. tor Dr. Juma Gul Yaqoobi con- central censor area between Achin and Ghanikhel Rahemi didn t mention exact firmed receiving two injured peo- board clears district of eastern Nangarhar prov- figures, but said only 11 cases of ple at the hospital and said the Page 10 Bajrangi ince. kidnappings have occurred over wounded were in stable condition. The statement added that the past four months and they Elsewhere, five robbers were Bhaijaan but with Kochai was involved in subversive have arrested perpetrators of all arrested in Bamyan province. several cuts activities in Laghman province, the cases. He said that the police The governor s spokesman including suicide bombing during in cooperation with other security Abdur Rahman Ahmadi said the funeral ceremony of a policeman organizations have taken all nec- robbers were allegedly involved in and other terror attacks in Alingar essary measures to beef up securi- several looting cases. They were district of Laghman. ty during Eid-ul-Fitr. detained in Yakawlang district. It termed Kochai as a serious Eve teasers and others who He said the thieves had looted threat to security of the eastern are annoying people during Eid will several passengers on Shato and Abdullah on ex-govt provinces of Afghanistan. be detained, he added. Diwalak passes and involved in Editorial P6 and Karzai as a threat Kochai is the fourth Shadow While talking about achieve- stealing livestock of Yakawlong governor of the Taliban killed by ments of Kabul police in the past residents. The men confessed to the NDS operatives in the past two two weeks, Rahemi said that they committing the crime. months across the country. have arrested 250 suspected crim- (Pajhwok)

61.10 59.70 67.72 66.32 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. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Why Kabul must leave the big fat Afghan wedding alone Massive copper mine at Mes Aynak in Logar province could destroy antiquities site and displace villagers The government is curbing Afghans expensive, lavish nuptials. But in a poor country scarred by war with little to celebrate, these weddings offer vital escape

Nelufar Hedayat to turn them away. Nelufar Hedayat attending an Afghan wedding in 2009 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nelufar Hedayat at an Afghan wedding Photograph: Nelufar He- dayat I was indignant. How could they bring their entire families? It was later explained by my mother The Afghan government has re- that many of these families don t cently passed a bill that will see make enough to have meat more the curtailment of the country s than once a week, and coming to wedding industry, limiting guest the wedding means that the entire lists to 500 and setting a cap of family will at least eat well that 400 Afghanis (£4.50) per head on night. food. But in a country with little All of this the rather opulent to celebrate, is this a throwback to but segregated hall, the four-piece the ultra-conservative days of the band blaring out Afghan party Taliban? With continued unrest tunes for the dancing guests, the such as this week s attack on a mountains of food was not going guesthouse in the capital, weddings to come without a big price tag. A are one of the only ways for ordi- wedding like this could set back nary Afghans to let go. And wed- the groom and his family £1.5m dings are escapism of the highest Afghanis (£16,000). When you order, when people can for a night think that the GDP per capita in

The wind sweeps over the barren astery complex dating back sever- cover artifacts before the industri- tifacts are buried under Mes Aynak Most of the residents have hillsides of Logar province just 25 al thousand years that lie at the al-scale digging begins. The unprec- and so is a $40 billion copper been either forced out, have left, miles southeast of Kabul, blowing site of Mes Aynak. edented archaeological campaign mine or they re not allowed to return, dust over unearthed sections of the Instead it is a gigantic mining could give way to what will be the The project goes to the heart said Javed Noorani of Integrity ruins of Mes Aynak. A young ar- operation. A Chinese firm with a country s most sizable foreign di- of a debate about one of the great Watch Afghanistan, a watchdog forget about living in one of the 2013 was below $1,000, that is a chaeologist takes a break to show contract to dig up valuable copper rect investment. contrasts of Afghanistan: that a group that advocates for increased poorest countries in the world, lot of money and it s these astro- off a latest find at the precious his- ore that lies beneath the site is At present, the Afghan gov- country of immense riches is so transparency. They are losing where war has raged on for longer nomical sums that some Afghan torical site, in a rugged area the size waging a battle against Afghan and ernment is locked in a contractual dogged by poverty. Five years everything, they will have to be than the bride and groom have been politicians want to see an end to. of Pompeii. foreign archaeologists who are struggle with the company, Met- ago, U.S. government officials re- compensated, discuss things prop- alive. In the days of Afghan austerity, Mes Aynak is the most im- fighting to save ancient Mes allurgical Corporation of China vealed numbers suggesting that erly, consulted properly, and then I ve never worn so much make- such celebrations are thought to be portant discovery in my career, Aynak. Limited (MCC), over royalties war-ravaged Afghanistan was sit- resettled. up as when I went to my cousin s callous overspending at best, and said Qadir Temori, head preserva- International attempts to save from the $3 billion effort, which is ting on some $1 trillion in mineral Lal Agha, a local village elder wedding in Kabul in 2009. After un-Islamic debauchery at worst. tion archaeologist at Mes Aynak. the antiquities only 10 percent said to undergird potential copper wealth. Other studies point to fig- whose community has been relo- spending many hours in a beauty The government has been try- We have worked so hard to pro- of which have already been un- resources in excess of $100 billion. ures as high as $3 trillion. cated by the project, said, We are salon I was decidedly light-headed ing for years to tame this obses- tect this ancient site, even risking earthed, according to Temori Delays have plagued the ambitious Massive quantities of copper, all helpless. We don t have a way from inhaling hairspray. Caked in sion with big weddings and has so our lives to save it. have coalesced around the recent project since a deal was inked in iron and gold sit in the earth under to fight for our human rights. so much white powder I could far failed. This time, they say, That is not easy in a country marking of Save Mes Aynak Day 2007, though the government Afghanistan. But developing those Agha also draws the connec- barely move my face, my relatives they ll get it done. But to what that has spent decades riled by con- on July 1 and the global release of claims 7,000 jobs are being creat- resources is beset with problems tion between locals grievances barely noticed the shock that reg- end? The money spent is going flict. As well as the huge human the film Saving Mes Aynak. ed, with a $1.2 billion impact on such as the Taliban insurgency, with their own government over istered on my face when I was into the local economy, something and economic costs, there has been The mining work, set to begin the national economy. MCC may rampant corruption, an underde- displacement and general security cultural loss too most infamous- imminently, would destroy rare not be in a hurry, as it holds a 30- veloped private sector, infrastruc- woes that plague local police and ly in the 2001 destruction by Tal- domed temples known as stupas. year lease for the site. ture woes and environmental con- the Chinese mining effort. The iban authorities of two giant sculp- The Silk Road locale has signifi- Thumbnail image for Saving cerns. government is responsible for cre- tures of the Buddha at Bamiyan. cant influences from Iran to India, Buddhist statues: Afghanistan s big All of these problems, and ating [the security problems] by But it s not Taliban fighters and a Bronze Age copper smelter dig more, are present at Mes Aynak, grabbing people s lands, beating camped in nearby mountains who remains buried. Over 500 workers Saving Buddhist statues: Af- where angry locals also resent them up, and humiliating and dis- are threatening to destroy some from the Ministries of Culture and ghanistan s big dig forced displacement of six villag- respecting their values, Agha said. 400 Buddhist treasures and a mon- of Mining have been racing to re- Ancient statues and other ar- es. It s when people fight back, the government calls them Al-Qaeda. If the people are happy with ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN the Chinese [mining company], then why are missiles being fired MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND WATER into Mes Aynak? People are an- gry, he added. Invitation for Bids (IFB) The government is responsi- ble for creating [the security prob- Project Coordination Unit lems] by grabbing people s lands, beating them up, and humiliating For and disrespecting their values. It s Procurement for supply and installation of Firewall 200 Users + Two years License (G-261) when people fight back, the gov- ernment calls them Al-Qaeda. IFB No.: MEW/IRDP/G261C/NCB Date: 12 July, 2015 Lal Agha shown the dress I would be wear- that Afghanistan badly needs. The village elder, Mes Aynak vast majority of growth propping The escalating level of violence ing. Born in Kabul but having lived 1. The Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) has received a grant from the International in London for most of my life, I up the Afghan economy comes is hampering the project. The mine from the aid that s flooded the Development Association towards the Irrigation Restoration and Development Project , and intends to apply is located on a transit route for only really knew Afghanistan from Taliban fighters coming from Pa- what I d read and seen in the pa- country over the past 14 years, so part of the grant to payment under the contract for Procurement for supply and installation of Firewall kistan, and Logar province is one pers and the giggling ladies, big discouraging business in one of the most lucrative trades is going to 200 Users + Two years License (G-261). As under. of Afghanistan s most dangerous Disney princess frocks and glitter regions. Reports suggest many lipstick did not fit with that. do little more than make sure mon- The Project Coordination Unit of Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) invites sealed bids from eligible Chinese laborers have repeatedly The government has been try- ey doesn t flow freely. And exact- abandoned the site. But it's clear ing for years to tame this obses- ly how is this to be policed? By all bidders for providing of Procurement for supply and installation of Firewall 200 Users + Two years the mine requires basic fortifica- sion with big weddings and have accounts, they will need to impose License (G-261). tion to proceed. so far failed monstrous fines which would be The government ordered that When the bride s entourage fi- at odds with the whole point of 1. as under. The contract period will be 45 days. we receive 1,500 soldiers for the nally made it to the venue, I was making weddings more affordable security of Mes Aynak, said again taken aback by the blinding for those who simply can t get Sayed Abbas Sadat, a commander neon lights, the plastic sparkling married because of the sums in- Lot of the regional police division, who palm trees that lined the outside volved. Bandwidth Information Location oversees a series of checkpoints and the gargantuan chandelier and In a country that faces the very No and an aggressive strategy of mon- gold carpet of the wedding hall. My real and present danger of Islamic itoring the property s perimeter. cousin told me she only really State knocking on its doors and a Procurement for supply and installation of Office of PCU/IRDP, Ministry of But, despite the reality of the wanted a small occasion for her Taliban offensive that has dis- violence, it is the campaign by ar- nearest and dearest and didn t want placed thousands of people only Firewall 200 Users + Two years License (G- chaeologists to stop the develop- her husband paying the wedding this month, you d think that the 1 261). Energy and Water, DarulAman ment that has captured the most off for years, as is often the case. legislators had more pressing international attention. More than 700 people were invit- things to occupy their time than Road, Kabul, Afghanistan Preserving Mes Aynak is an ed. Afghan weddings can clock up too much food on the table or one important gesture for Afghanistan. 2,000 guests easily and that s not guest too many at a family wed- It s an important gesture for all counting the wedding crashers. ding. 3. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the archaeologists in the world con- When I told the caterer that I Years on from my cousin s World Bank s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and cerned with preserving human cul- had invited 700 guests, he told me wedding, I asked her if she regret- IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowersdated January, 2011and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source ture, said Mark Kenoyer, a phys- I should pay for 1,000 guests to ted spending all that money on a ical anthropologist from the Uni- avoid the embarrassment of run- single day. She laughed, telling me Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents. versity of Wisconsin working on ning out of food, my cousin told that, yes, she s only just managed 4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Nasir Ahmad Ahadi (email:Ahadi.Nasir@eirp- site. The destruction of Mes me. to pay it all off, but did she regret afg.org Mobile No: +93(0)700 686 110), Procurement Officer, Project Coordination Unit, Main office and inspect Aynak itself would be like Atlan- He said people would gate- it? No, never, she replied. Re- tis going into the ocean and disap- crash, bringing all their family when member how pretty we looked. the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 to 16:30 Hrs from Saturday to Wednesday. pearing from history. only they were invited and it s rude The Guardian 5. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by the interested bidders on the submission For its part, the United Na- tions' global cultural body of a written application to the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee of 2,500Afs. The method of UNESCO is standing on the side- Indian embassy to remain payment will be cash/direct payment. The bidding document may be collected by the bidders from address below. lines. The deadline for the start 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on before 26 July 2015 at 10:00 hoursAfghanistan Time. of the mining operations has been functional in Eid days postponed a number of times, Embassy of India in Kabul and its Consulates in Jalalabad, Kanda- Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically in the presence of said press officer Roni Amelan, the bidders representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at the afore-mentioned date and time. who confirmed that the organiza- har, Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat would be working on July 19 &20, 7. The address(s) referred to above is (are): tion is not directly involved in cur- 2015. During this period applicants for Emergency Medical Visa rent preservation efforts. Services/ Emergency Consular Services may approach the Em- Nasir Ahmad Ahadi, Procurement Officer Meanwhile, as the debate rag- bassy and Consulates directly (for details please visit our website Procurement Unit, 2nd Floor, es over development, security and heritage, local villagers just hope http://eoi.gov.in/kabul/). Project Coordination Unit, to hold onto their rights. It is also informed that Visa Service Center in Kabul (M/s Shahir Ministry of Energy and Water, DarulAman Road, I always pray for my family, Tourist and Travel Agency, Shahr-e-Naw, Opposite Etisalat Af- Kabul, Afghanistan my children, for their health and ghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan) would be closed on July 19 on safety, Temori, the lead archaeol- account of Idu lFitr. However the Visa Service Centre in Kabul would Mobile : 0093 (0) 700686110 ogist, said. And now I also pray Electronic mail address: [email protected], for Mes Aynak, and for the future be functional on July 20, 2015 to avoid any inconvenience to visa of my country. Aljazeera applicants due to long holidays. Press Release 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. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

San Jose State A woman named Jamillah holds her baby inside a tent in a President to barren field in Kunduz city, Afghanistan. She fled her village in Chardara district after her house was caught in the conflict. resign for job in Afghanistan San Jose State University Presi- dent Mohammad Qayoumi will leave the school next month for a high-ranking job with the govern- ment of his home country, Afghan- istan. Qayoumi, 63, stepped in as the 28th president of the universi- ty in 2011 after five years as head of Cal State East Bay and decades in the Cal State system. An engi- neer by training, he holds four master's degrees and has worked on projects in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. His last day at SJSU will be Aug. 17. EMERGENCY In his new role, Qayoumi will serve as advisor to Afghanistan CALLS President Ashraf Ghani. Over the years, Qayoumi has Police contributed to U.S. cyber-securi- ty policy and advised Afghan lead- ers. The job offer from his home 100 - 119 country came as a natural next step in his career. Since 2002, I have often been Hospitals asked to lend my intellectual and operational expertise to many of FMIC Hospital Afghanistan s significant econom- Behind Kabul Medical ic, educational and infrastructure University: challenges," he wrote in an open letter explaining his departure. 0202500200-+93793275595 "President Ashraf Ghani has asked for my immediate assistance and Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Every day they escape the war other escapees. The next day, day period, doctors treated 77 pa- leadership in numerous infrastruc- zones by car, by boat and on foot. Jamillah said, she sent her 10-year- tients injured by clashes, one-third FARYAB SECURITY ture initiatives." Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Young and old, they carry clothes old son, Abdul, back to fetch their of whom were women and chil- The soon-to-depart universi- 070263672 and blankets, pots and pans, and livestock. Hours later, she said, a dren. ty president has come under fire an abundance of fear. To get to the village elder called to say her house "It's becoming more and more deteriorates, villages fall several times for the way he han- sweltering northeastern Afghan had been destroyed by mortars violent now," said Heman Nagar- Khairkhana Hospital city of Kunduz, they pass through and rockets. And Abdul was killed, athnam, who heads the aid agen- The Taliban insurgents are report- He warned if government a chaotic landscape of skirmishes along with their cow and several cy's programs in northern edly making advances in north- failed to support local forces, the 0799-321007 and land mines. hens. Afghanistan."Civilians are increas- western Faryab province as the whole province would likely 2401352 Some die along the way. Oth- "Some of the elders buried my ingly caught in the crossfire." insurgents have seized control of collapse.But the military officials ers arrive broken by bullets or son," Jamillah said listlessly, seat- Abdul Ghafoor, 32, was work- about 40 villages, local officials said say they have been supporting lo- shrapnel. Most are penniless, hu- ed under a tent made of blankets ing in his rice paddy last month in on Tuesday. cals that have risen against the Tal- Indira Gandhi Children miliated and tormented by the loss with her two remaining sons, a 3- Imam Sahib, a rugged district Khairullah Qarayee, a resident iban. of relatives and property. And they year-old and an 8-month-old. Like roughly 50 miles north of Kunduz. of Faryab and the commander of "So far, 73 insurgents have Hospital, Wazir Akbar struggle to comprehend how their many Afghans, she uses only one He recalled hearing fighting, but he uprising group against Taliban, told been killed and injured since Mon- Khan, Kabul 2301372 once-peaceful lives have been up- name. believed it was too distant for him TOLOnews that two important day's battle. The Air Force is help- ended. There are fewer refugee camps to be in harm's way. Then a stray strategic military areas have been ing the locals who are battling the dled campus crises, including al- "This is the first time we've today than before the fall of the bullet struck his right leg. A neigh- collapsed in the last two days. Taliban," said Reza, a military leged hate crimes against an Afri- Ibn-e- Seena ever fled our village," said Bibi Gul, Taliban, but the crisis is just as bour helped him into a car and "Nine people who were fight- spokesman in the North. can American student in 2013. whose spirit seemed as fragile as debilitating to communities. The drove him to the hospital, he said. ing the Taliban have been wound- Earlier this week, the Interior California State University Pul-e-Artan, Kabul the tent in a desolate field that is fortunate find shelter among rela- Doctors treated his wound, but ed in the clashes while six others Minister Noor-ul-haq Olomi vis- Chancellor Timothy White ap- 2100359 now her home. "The bombs don't tives and friends - the poor host- not his fear. have been taken hostage," Qaray- ited Faryab where he promised to plauded Qayoumi's focus on sci- understand who is the enemy and ing the poor. The unfortunate end "I am worried about getting ee said. not let the province's situation be- ence and technical education as a who is the friend." up on scorching patches of barren shot again," said Ghafoor, his eyes About 10 other civilians were come like Kunduz. way to elevate the status of the Wazir Akbar Khan Across Afghanistan, tens of earth, where the next meal is un- downcast as he lay on a bed in the still missing, he added. This year, the Taliban insur- school in STEM-centric Silicon Hospital thousands of people are once again certain. Some just sit inside their hospital ward. "I don't care if the His comments came after a gents had been significantly en- Valley. on the move. It's a grim deja vu of rickety tents, praying for a foreign Taliban or the government rules. lawmaker from Faryab, Naqibul- gaged in fighting the Afghan forc- Mo is leaving the campus 2301741, 2301743 the years of civil war and Taliban aid agency to appear. All I want is security." lah Faiq, said in social media that es. A number of districts and with a solid fiscal foundation and rule, when masses of Afghans "We are all waiting here for In late June, a mortar shell hit at least 30 Afghan local policemen scores of villages fell to the Tali- proud legacy of achievements," flocked to refugee camps. What's assistance," said Bibi Gul, who said a mosque in nearby Chardara dis- had been killed and wounded in the ban since the group began its sum- White wrote in a statement. "His Ali Abad different now is that much of this her husband, a labourer, was killed trict, injuring as many as 30 chil- Faryab battle. mer offensive earlier in April. laser focus on innovation, coupled Shahrara, Kabul desperate migration from rural ar- last year by a mortar shell. "In my dren and youths inside, according with his tireless work in expand- eas to cities is unfolding in Afghan- whole life, I have never lived in to Nagarathnam. Ten of the most ing the visibility of the campus 2100439 istan's northeast, reflecting the such a pathetic situation." severely injured, ages 8 to 18, were Snail-paced work on Kabul-Jalalabad within the technology sector, have conflict's shift from conventional Help, though, is hardly on the brought to the hospital. What is advanced the campus s stronghold fighting zones in the south and east. way. normally a half-hour journey took HIGHWAY IRKS GOVERNOR in the region as a leading provider Malalai Maternity The new refugees are also a The embattled government, it- them two hours, he added. Wor- of STEM (science, technology, Hospital bleak symbol of how the shape of self dependent on Western assis- ried about land mines, the group JALALABAD: The governor of struction process on the road. engineering and math) graduates." the fight has changed since the US- tance, is ill equipped to deal with decided to walk part of the way. eastern Nangarhar province criti- We cannot proceed if the se- San Jose State is in the pro- 2201377/ 2301743 led NATO mission formally end- humanitarian emergencies. With When they took a boat to cross cized the slow-paced work on sec- curity situation is not beefed up, cess of finding an interim presi- ed combat operations last year. the expansion of front lines, many the river to Kunduz city, he said, ond Jalalabad-Torkham road and he said. dent until a permanent replacement Banks Afghan security forces, now remote villages are unreachable by they were mistaken for insurgents Jalalabad-Kabul highway and di- Kunduzi said the contract was is found. backed by less American air sup- aid workers. and fired upon by pro-government rected relevant construction com- signed in an open bidding and the port, are engaged in more fierce And after nearly 14 years of forces. panies to complete the asphalting company must complete the Agriculture Da Afghanistan Bank ground battles with insurgents, conflict - and with crises in Syria, With the fighting nearing cit- project as soon as possible. project as soon as possible. 2100302, 2100303 trapping civilians in the paths of Iraq and South Sudan competing ies, aid workers are also increas- According to the Ministry of However, provincial police Ministry to mortars, rockets and bullets. With for the world's attention and dol- ingly at risk. Last week, heavily Public Works, the second Kabul- Chief Brig. Gen. Fazl Ahmad the Taliban fragmented and new lars - "donor fatigue" has set in, armed members of the Afghan Spe- Jalalabad road which is extended Sherzad said they had ensured Kabul Bank militant groups surfacing, includ- aid workers say. Halfway into the cial Forces burst into the hospital, through different route has 150 enough security for the construc- establish new 222666, 070285285 shooting in the air, apparently kilometers length and would cost tion process and no worker was searching for enemy combatants. $160 million to complete. The attacked or any machine was de- industrial parks Azizi Bank They assaulted three hospital em- project is sponsored by the World stroyed during the past six Agriculture, Irrigation and Live- 0799 700900 ployees and threatened another at Bank (WB). Around 60 kilometers months. He said that several Af- stock Minister Assadullah Zamir gunpoint, Doctors Without Bor- of the road was completed so far. ghan National Police (ANP) and announced plans to establish new Pashtany Bank ders said in a statement. Nangarhar governor s spokes- Afghan Local Police (ALP) posts industrial parks across the coun- On a recent day, Jamillah sat man Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told Pa- were established on the road to try in a bid to boost Afghan agri- 2102908, 2103868 inside her tent, cradling her infant jhwok Afghan News that Gover- maintain security of the construc- culture products and exports. The son. Her husband and daughter nor Salim Khan Kunduzi and pub- tion process. The public order industrial parks will provide stan- Air Services were in the city, searching for work lic order director, local security and police commander said that 170 dardized packing and processing - he as a labourer, she as a house of fresh and dry fruits. Fresh Fruits civil officials visited the road on security personnel was deployed Association of Afghanistan has Safi Airways cleaner. Monday. The governor asked rea- to ensure security of the road but welcomed the plan and hopes that There were 2000 refugees in sons behind delay of construction only 20 of the personnel was ab- the Ministry will fulfill its prom- 020 22 22 222 the field in early June, but now work from engineers and public sent. The commander said con- ises. Industrial parks will help there were only five families. Many order commanders, he said. struction company officials were growers and traders. We hope that Ariana went to stay with relatives; others The contracted reconstruction not committed to discharge their the Ministry s plans and commit- returned to their villages to har- company officials said that inse- responsibilities and public order ments do not remain on paper, 020-2100270 vest their crops, deciding to brave curity was the main reason that police did not receive their salaries said Nijabat Haidari, a representa- death rather than remain homeless. halted their work on the road that for the last six months. Kunduzi tive of the Association. Afghan Kam Air "My whole life was a few hens farmers and traders have long com- was begun around six months ago. asked the construction company plained about lack of sufficient 0799974422 and a cow," said Jamillah. "I have The company director Haji officials to share their problems number of industrial parks which ing the Islamic State, the number year, the United States has re- lost all of them, as well as my son Katib told the visiting delegation with relevant departments and re- has been a major obstacle in the of front lines has surged around ceived less than one-third of the and my home. How can I go back?" that improved security was essen- sume working on roads after solv- growth of Afghanistan s agricultur- Hotels the country. Civilian casualties are US$405 million (NZ$603m) it has (The Washington Post) tial for workers to accelerate con- ing them promptly. (Pajhwok) al exports. at record levels. asked from the international com- Safi Landmark "You have a different kind of munity to respond to Afghani- fighting going on now," said Cathe- stan's various humanitarian prob- 020-2203131 rine Howard, acting head of the lems. United Nations' humanitarian op- They include a refugee crisis SERENA erations in Afghanistan. "Now, in the country's east, where some you're seeing a more indiscriminate 225,000 Pakistanis have fled a mil- 0799654000 use of mortars in populated areas, itary operation unfolding in bor- and an increasing number of wom- der areas. Pakistan has also ex- New Rumi Restaurant en and children impacted." pelled tens of thousands of Afghan The exodus has now reached refugees this year, putting more 0776351347 unprecedented levels since the Tal- pressure on relief agencies. iban regime's demise in late 2001. "Afghanistan in transition is Internet Services Nearly a million Afghans - about 3 still very fragile," Howard said. per cent of the population - have "The reality on the ground for the UA Telecom been driven by conflict to other people is that life is not getting 0796701701 / 0796702702 parts of the nation. better for them. In fact, it's getting Last year, more than 180,000 worse." people were dislodged from their The Taliban regime never had Exchange Rate homes - more than in any single control of all northern areas, and year since the war began, UNrefu- the north has mostly been peace- Purchase: gee officials said. The number is ful since the US-led intervention likely to equal or surpass that this in 2001. But this spring, the Tali- One US$ = year, they added. And about 40 ban has staged numerous offen- per cent of the displaced are in the sives in the region, in what Afghan 60.42Afs northeast, a higher percentage than officials say is an effort to carve One Pound Sterling= in any other region. out a safe haven. Last month, its 92.90Afs One family that fled was fighters arrived at the outskirts of Jamillah's, whose tent was perched Kunduz and were repelled only One Euro = near Bibi Gul's on Kunduz's south- after the government brought in 66.62Afs ern edge. She said she remembers reinforcements from around the 1000 Pak Rs = the Taliban fighters arriving and country. seising her house as the conflict At the Doctors Without Bor- 581Afs entered her village. She remembers ders hospital in Kunduz, the only Sale: her husband's protests, then the trauma facility in the northeast, One US$ = militants' ultimatum: "If you don't patients bear the scars of the chang- leave, we will kill your sons in ing battlefront. 60.62 Afs front of your eyes." In the first five months of this One Pound Sterling= So the family quickly grabbed year, doctors treated three times 93.70Afs whatever belongings they could more patients for conflict-related One Euro= carry and walked for two hours to injuries than over the same period Kunduz. They settled in the crag- last year. On this day, every bed 67.22 Afs gy field, along with thousands of was full. Last month, over a four- 1000 Pak Rs= 589Afs 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. WEDESDAY . JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Bangladesh hunts attackers

Explaining the joint statement, of teen beaten they said it was not a statement where "you lay out all your hun- dred positions and they lay out their positions and then you trade." to death Queried about criticism in Pa- kistan over Modi not stepping for- Police are searching for the group of ward to receive Sharif at the meet- ing hall in Ufa, the sources said men who beat 13-year-old boy to death there was "no message" and called the observations "petty" and "ri- and put the video of the torture online. diculous". They said as India sought the meeting, Modi was standing to re- ceive Sharif and if the Pakistani Prime Minister had sought the meeting, then he would have wait- ed for Modi. Asked whether Kashmir was discussed in the Modi-Sharif meet- ing, the sources indicated that all issues of mutual interest figured. On whether India's expecta- tions from the meeting were met, they said both sides came to it with positive intent and it took place in a very congenial atmosphere. While the joint statement is- sued after the Sharif-Modi talks said the two sides will find ways and means to expedite the Mum- bai trial, Aziz yesterday had indi- cated that it will take some time, putting the onus on India. Asked about Pakistan's com- ment that the voice sample of La- NEW DELHI: India will go by the decisions agreed upon in the meet- and asserted that talks cannot take Mumbai attack trial case in the khvi is not likely to be provided to joint statement issued after Ufa ing. place without Kashmir being on meeting, they said. India as agreed in talks between talks between Prime Ministers Describing the joint statement the agenda. They said the joint statement the two Prime Ministers, the Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif as a "considered, honest, accurate Viewing that Aziz may have was like a summary of what was sources indicated it may figure in and remarks by Sartaz Aziz will and reasonable summary of the made the statement for the domes- actually said and agreed upon at talks between NSAs of the two not affect the road for engagement substance" of the talks, the sourc- tic audience, the source said it was the meeting and it was prepared countries. agreed to by the two leaders. es said for India what Islamabad a "kind of a mix and match exer- with great rapidity, adding that it They said trial of Lakhvi was Downplaying comments by tells is important and not what cise" as the comments included was signed by the Pakistani side. raised forcefully and it was used Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor they say to the domestic audience. known Pakistani positions along The sources said India was as a metaphor indicating that India Hundreds of people have formed in pain and repeating: "Please don't on National Security and Foreign It was Modi's idea to have a with what Aziz claimed figured in looking forward to talks between was serious about action against a human chain outside the home of beat me like this, I will die." Affairs yesterday, sources said joint media interaction by foreign talks between the two Prime Min- NSAs and DGMOs of the two Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz the 13-year-old boy who was beat- Samiul's attackers can be heard Aziz did not say anything which secretaries of both the countries isters at Ufa. countries. Saeed. en to death in Bangladesh to pro- on the footage trying to force him affected the "actionable proposi- after the talks following which the "The fact that he (Aziz) is of- On criticism of the government The sources said India's posi- test the killing, as police hunted to confess his involvement in the tions" agreed upon during talks two sides drafted the statement, fering additional comments obvi- following comments by Aziz, the tion is that Pakistan has enough for a group of men who lashed the burglary.At one stage he is told to between Modi and Sharif in Ufa the sources said. ously speaks of a certain situation sources said one should not pass evidence to punish Lakhvi for the boy to a stake, beat him to death, walk away. But as he tries to get last week on the sidelines of the Three days after talks between there," said a source. judgement on a process which has 26/11 attacks. and put a video of the torture on- to his feet, one of the attackers SCO summit and his remarks were Modi and Sharif, Aziz had issued They said one should not "pre- not started. Reacting sharply to comments line. Samiul Alam Rajon [Youtube] shouts: "His bones are okay. Beat ostensibly aimed at "domestic au- a statement yesterday in Islama- judge" possible outcome of a pro- "They (Pakistan) did not do by Aziz, Congress had yesterday Police said an autopsy on Sa- him some more." dience". bad in which he asked for "more cess which is yet to start. the first turn, how can they make mounted a sharp attack on Modi miul Alam Rajon revealed scores When the youngster begs for They said India was looking evidence and information" from Modi had raised the Zaki-ur a U-turn. Do not jump the gun," accusing him of adopting a "lop- of injuries all over his body, in- water, his attackers mock him and forward for implementation of the India on the Mumbai attack case Rehman Lakhvi issue as well as said a source. sided" policy towards Islamabad. cluding on the head and chest. He tell him to "drink your sweat". died due to internal bleeding. They can also be heard dis- "Samiul Alam Rajon died on cussing posting the video on Face- July 8 as a result of merciless beat- book so "everyone can see the fate ing," local police chief Alamgir of a thief". Two suspects arrested Pak s ATC issues non-bailable warrants Hossain told AFP news agency. Junior home minister Asaduzza- "His body had at least 64 inju- man Khan Kamal said police had ries including in the head." arrested two people in connection The 28-minute video, in which with the killing and were looking for TTP chief, former spokesperson the boy is seen begging for water for four others. as he lays dying in the northeast- "They will be arrested and giv- KARACHI: An anti-terrorism Security Unit (SSU) bus in Kara- ern city of Sylhet, has sparked en tough punishment," Kamal told court on Tuesday issued non-bail- chi. huge protests in Bangladesh since reporters. The chief suspect, Mu- able arrest warrants for the chief On July 9, 2014, a suicide it was posted online , going viral hit Alam, was arrested when he of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Paki- bomb blast by the Taliban killed on social media over the weekend. was seen trying to dump Samiul's stan (TTP) Mullah Fazlullah, Aslam, Pakistan s arguably best Police said the attackers tied body in an isolated area of the city. former spokesperson Shahidullah known police-commander, near Samiul, a part-time vegetable sell- He was remanded into custo- Shahid and other militants of the Essa Nagri at the Lyari Express- er who dropped out of school to dy for five days by a court in Syl- outfit. way. TTP, who had also carried help his impoverished family, to a het on Monday after police During the proceedings at out an attack on Aslam s house in pole for allegedly committing a pressed murder charges. ATC-1, police requested the court 2011, claimed responsibility for burglary - a charge his family ve- Another suspect was arrested to declare the aforementioned sus- the blast. hemently denies. in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, pects proclaimed offenders. On March 27 this year, two "My son is not a thief. Every- where he flew a day after the bru- The suspects were reportedly policemen were killed and 14 oth- one knows it. I want justice for tal murder, Bangladesh foreign involved in the killing of Superin- ers sustained injuries in an explo- my child's murder," Samiul's moth- ministry senior information offic- tendent Police, Crime Investigation sion in Karachi s Landhi area. tive areas following two blasts which killed five people including two personnel of the law enforcement er Lubna Aktar told reporters. er Khaleda Begum told AFP. Department (CID), Chaudhry The SSU had been handed agencies at that time. Security forces have been suffering reprisal attacks since a crackdown on criminals and In the video, the terrified "We'll now bring him back to Aslam and in the attack on Special over the security of city s sensi- militant activities since late 2013. youngster can be heard screaming Bangladesh," she said. France wants to Russia and China want Pakistan, increase its presence in India to be good friends Russia and China as leading mem- during his speech at the SCO sum- This blueprint of grand regional All issues, including Kashmir, Bangladesh, envoy says bers of the Shanghai Cooperation mit. connectivity entails massive infra- were discussed: both [sides] agreed Organization (SCO) will play an "We will work with SCO to structure and energy resource de- on a roadmap to improve rela- important role in promoting friend- combat terrorism and extremism velopment, with unparalleled eco- tions, according to a source. Modi ly relations between India and Pa- that is a rising threat to the entire nomic dividends for our future so- expected to visit Pakistan next year. kistan, according to Sputnik News. region. A stable and peaceful Af- cieties. India s Prime Minister Naren- Russia and China have a long ghanistan is a future that the Af- Nawaz added, The develop- dra Modi raised his concerns about history of warm relations with In- ghan people richly deserve, but it ment of China-Pakistan Economic terrorism particularly the Mum- dia and Pakistan, which recently will also advance peace, stability Corridor is linked with the pros- bai terrorist attack during his meet- joined the SCO. Russian Prime and prosperity in the region," said perity of our neighbourhood. ing with Prime Minister Nawaz Minister Vladimir Putin recently Modi. Among others, the Corridor envi- Sharif in Ufa, Russia. described the decision of India and On the other hand, Pakistan s sions construction of roads, rail- Modi and Nawaz agreed that Pakistan to join the security group Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ways, and important energy their national security advisers as evidence of the emergence of a praised China s One Belt, One projects. India and Pakistan should hold a meeting soon to dis- multi-polar world. Road initiative. According to him, agreed to improve relations cuss the issue. India and Pakistan currently hold an observer status in the SCO. The other members of SCO include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, US to continue playing role Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Russia, China are traditional friends of Pakistan, India India is a tradition- in India s transformation al friend of Russia and Pakistan is a traditional friend of China. A source told Sputnik News that the Washington: The US would con- a US-based think-tank, on the 10th noted, is one of the areas where presence of China and Russia at tinue to play an important role in anniversary of India-US civil nu- the transformation in the last de- the SCO would encourage a friend- India's transformation in the de- clear deal. Giving a brief overview cade has been evident. "In 2005, ly relationship between India and cades to come and going forward of the progress in India-US rela- our countries concluded their first French Ambassador Sophie Aub- manding relationship with Bang- with the France-Bangladesh Cham- Pakistan. The organization would the two countries will join hands tionship, Singh said the experience Defence Cooperation Framework ert said her country supported ladesh. ber of Commerce and Industry also promote peace and stability in addressing global challenges, the of the past ten years has taught and it was upgraded nd renewed Bangladesh s goal of becoming a We want to increase our pres- would organise the French Trade in the region. Indian Ambassador to the US said. that deeper dialogue and effort at last month," he said. "We have add- middle-income country by 2021, ence here. We will soon have a new Show this year on Nov 27-28 at India and Pakistan fought each "Going forward, I see the US con- empathetic understanding is the ed the Defence Technology and which, she said, would become re- embassy, the first French-German the new Le Méridien Hotel in Dha- other in three major wars since tinuing to play a role in India's best way to overcome challenges. Trade Initiative to foster collabo- ality within a stable and secure collocated embassy in the world, ka. She said let s work together 1947. Their membership in the transformation, and see India and "Autonomy of decision-making ration in transformative defence framework . she said, in a message. to protect our planet as climate SCO is expected to reduce the ten- the US joining hands to make the and differences, we believe, are not technology, co-production and co- We feel that Bangladesh is in A special demanding relation- change remained a common issue sion between the two nuclear- world a better place for our two inconsistent with our strategic part- development. Last year, we began transition, and we want to be part ship with Bangladesh means no for both the countries. armed countries. nations and the rest of the world," nership," he said. "Our relation- a new and futuristic knowledge of this transition. This is an excit- concession, she said, our com- As Paris is set to host the cli- Michael Fugleman, a senior Indian Ambassador to the US Arun ship with the US has transformed partnership in defence studies," ing project, she said on Monday panies are high technological com- mate summit this November, she program associate for South and K Singh told a Washington audi- rapidly in the last ten years to be- Singh said. Cooperation in ahead of France s national day. panies, reliable companies . said Bangladesh and France must Southeast Asia at the Wilson Cen- ence. "As the Indian Prime Minis- come a full-spectrum relationship, counter-terrorism, intelligence- July 14 is the French National This means that with French work together to build a new tre in Washington believed, "India ter, has said, 'We should not con- covering virtually all fields of hu- sharing and homeland security has Day, also known as the Bastille companies, no bad surprise will word free of greenhouse gas is particularly interested because fine ourselves to thinking what man endeavour," Singh said, add- made great strides in the last de- Day, as on that day in 1789 peo- occur . emissions. it lacks direct access to Central India and the US can do for each ing that it is now embedded in the cade, arising from the two coun- ple stormed the Bastille prison She said they wanted to be a The ambassador said Paris also Asia, and it sees SCO membership other but what we can do together larger vision of a global strategic tries' common resolve against ter- tower, a symbol of tyranny, to get part of the Bangladesh s first sat- wanted engagements in peacekeep- as a way to get a better foothold in for the world'," Singh said. "We partnership that has stood the test rorism, he said. "It was further rid of absolute monarchy. ellite, Bangabandhu Satellite ing operations. the region. SCO membership could should take that as our common of a decade of transitions, turbu- strengthened after the 2008 Mum- The ambassador said the launching. The French embassy in Dha- better position India to benefit challenge for the future, as we step lence and challenges in an interde- bai terror attack, that counted US French motto was: liberty, equal- The ambassador said they also ka has an economic department, from Central Asia's gas riches. into the second decade of the his- pendent world. "The level of po- citizens among the victims of ter- ity, fraternity . It is a fundamen- wanted to be part of a new water and two institutions, the Alliance India will help advance peace and toric and transformative civil nu- litical comfort in doing things to- rorist plots conceived and master- tal point of our history, as a nation plant project to provide Dhaka Française of Dhaka and the Alli- prosperity in the region clear cooperation initiative," said gether is unprecedented. On the minded from across our borders," and as a State, she said about the with potable water, and the exten- ance Française of Chittagong, that India s Prime Minister Naren- the top Indian diplomat. Singh was ground, habits of cooperation have Singh said, adding that dismantling national day. sion of the Chittagong Refinery, promotes French language and cul- dra Modi emphasized that his speaking at an event organised formed among our departments safe havens and disrupting finan- She said they knew Bang- that a French company had built ture. The French Agency for De- country would help in advancing jointly by the Confederation of and institutions. There is greater cial and tactical support for ter- ladesh had many partners, but add- 50 years ago. velopment re-opened its office in peace and prosperity in the region Indian Industry and Carnegie En- awareness of each other among our rorist and criminal networks have ed, We want to develop a de- She said her embassy along Dhaka two years ago. dowment for International Peace, people," Singh said. Defence, he been high on the common agenda. 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. WEDNESDAY . JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Turkish court annuls Erdogan education law

Turkey s constitutional court has annulled a controversial law clos- At least 15,000 civilians have been ing private tutoring centers, many killed and twice as many wounded of which are run by the movement in Iraq s armed conflict since the of U.S.-exiled imam Fethullah start of 2014, the United Nations Gulen, the nemesis of President said in a report . Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports The world body s mission in said. Following a petition by the Iraq published the figure in the lat- main opposition Republican Peo- est instalment of its Report on ple s Party (CHP), the court ruled the Protection of Civilians in the late Monday that the law adopted Armed Conflict in Iraq. by parliament in March 2014 to ic differences on the results of en- ber 2013 while Erdogan was prime The U.N. recorded at least close the dershanes was uncon- trance examinations. minister and which he has dis- 44,136 civilian casualties (14,947 stitutional. Erdogan, who was prime min- missed as a plot by the cleric to killed and 29,189 wounded) as a The text passed by the assem- ister at the time, had originally in- unseat him. result of the non-international bly had ordered the closure of the cluded closure of the centers as part Erdogan has vowed no mercy armed conflict in Iraq. centers by September 1 this year. of educational reforms. in the fight against Gulen and the The report says the figure, The dershanes are very pop- However, observers regarded authorities have over the last year which runs up to the end of April ular in Turkey, with 3,800 of the the move as a fresh step in Er- effectively purged the police force 2015, only accounts for casualties centers catering for 1.2 million stu- dogan s fight against Gulen s move- and judiciary to rid them of pro- it was able to verify and acknowl- dents hoping to win a place in the ment, which controls at least a Gulenist elements. edges the real toll may be much top schools and universities. quarter of the tutoring centres. Gulen leads a broad movement higher. There are no official figures Opponents of the law argued The president accuses his known as Hizmet (Service), be- but thousands of fighters from the died over the same period. The conflict began when militant fighters took over parts of the Anbar province in that it would exclude the most dis- former ally-turned-arch-enemy lieved to be supported by millions Islamic State of Iraq and Syria early 2014. It spread when ISIS launched a devastating offensive on June 9 last year, taking Iraq s second city advantaged students from the most Gulen and his movement of being of Turks and which brings togeth- (ISIS) militant group and from the of Mosul and large parts of the country. According to the International Organization for Migration, more than sought-after universities and in- behind corruption allegations that er interests ranging from finance Iraqi forces battling it have also three million Iraqis have been displaced since the start of the armed conflict. crease the impact of socio-econom- rocked the government in Decem- and schools to media. Italy vows to help Egypt fight

terrorism TOKYO : Is Japan's constitution University, told Reuters. a symbol of peace and respect for Drafted by U.S. officials dur- Italian Foreign Minister Paolo universal values or a reminder of ing a frantic week in February 1946 Gentiloni on Monday expressed humiliating defeat As Prime Min- and based on principles set out by his country s firm backing for ister Shinzo Abe rushes to push General Douglas MacArthur, su- Egypt in fighting terrorism after through unpopular legislation al- preme allied commander in Japan, the jihadist Islamic State group said lowing broader use of Japan's mil- the constitution renounced the it bombed Rome s consulate in itary, the heated security debate right to wage war or maintain Cairo. masks a deeper divide over the armed forces and enshrined democ- ISIS claimed Saturday s car pacifist charter, drafted by U.S. racy and human rights. bombing on the city centre com- Occupation officials after Japan's It has been stretched to allow plex in the first such attack on a World War Two defeat. Japan a military equal to Britain's foreign mission in Egypt since the Admirers view the constitution but still constrained compared army ousted Islamist president as the source of Japan's peace, with other countries' armed forc- Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. prosperity and democracy. es. Invited to speak to a parlia- This attempt to strike at Many of Abe's conservative mentary panel by the LDP, the Egypt-Italy cooperation will fail. backers, who have long wanted to soft-spoken Hasebe set off a fire- We will continue to work togeth- rewrite the constitution but lacked storm when he said last month leg- er, whether for counter-terrorism the political means, view it as a islation to let Japan exercise the or for peace, Gentiloni said at a shoddy document written, in the right of collective self-defense, or joint news conference in Cairo with mean they are part and parcel of words of one commentary, "with fighting to defend a friendly coun- his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Daesh, he said, referring to IS by malice and vengeance" to keep Ja- try under attack, was unconstitu- Shoukri. its Arabic acronym. pan forever subdued. tional. Despite the furor, the rul- Gentiloni called the consulate Experts say the attack on the "If we keep the constitution ing bloc may push bills allowing a bombing a symbolic attack on consulate was a message to Cairo s GHQ (U.S. Occupation headquar- greater role for the military through Egyptian-Italian relations, espe- Western allies, and showed that IS ters) gave to a defeated Japan, Ja- the lower house as early as this cially in counter-terrorism . had stepped up its campaign pan will always remain a defeated week to ensure passage before par- He did not elaborate on the against Sisi s regime. country," says a great-grandfather liament adjourns on Sept. 27. That nature of such work the two coun- The attack came less than two in a cartoon published recently by could erode Abe's already slipping tries were involved in. weeks after suspected militants Abe's Liberal Democratic Party ratings. His remarks came a day after assassinated Egypt s top prosecu- (LDP) to explain why the charter Abe has made clear he wants Italian Prime Minister Matteo tor in a Cairo car bombing. should be revised. to revise the constitution, but for- written completely," Nihon Uni- sor emeritus Setsu Kobayashi told Defenders argue that though Renzi hailed Egyptian President IS is spearheading an Islamist That view is fanning suspicion mal amendment requires approval versity professor Akira Momichi, Reuters. Concern about changes drafted by occupiers, the consti- Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the only insurgency against Egypt s secu- among Abe's critics that the pro- by two-thirds of both houses of one of a handful of scholars who has sparked demonstrations and tution has been largely embraced leader who can save Egypt, and rity forces, mostly in the Sinai posed legislation to ease limits on parliament and a majority in a ref- back Abe's reinterpretation, told a grassroots activism. by Japanese citizens. vowed that Rome would not be Peninsula, in retaliation for a gov- the military is a step toward gut- erendum, conditions that have nev- news conference. "This is not just a matter of Advocates of revision say intimidated. ernment crackdown targeting Mor- ting not only the charter's pacifist er been met. "But the process of amend- Article 9," lawyer Keiko Ota re- there is no time to lose. Shoukri said investigations si supporters. Article 9, but basic principles such Instead, his cabinet - arguing ment is a very difficult hurdle, so cently told a small gathering at a "We need, under the Abe ad- were continuing to find those be- Morsi, Egypt s first freely as respect for human rights. new security threats such as a ris- we have to do the best with what Tokyo cafe. ministration, to do whatever it hind the attack, which was claimed elected president, was overthrown "I think he hates the concept ing China make change vital - has we have." Surveys show most con- "The question is whether or takes to protect Japan," commen- by IS. He said many militant by then army chief Sisi. of modern constitutionalism, the adopted a resolution reinterpret- stitutional scholars, lawyers and not we want to stop being a coun- tator Yoshiko Sakurai, an Abe ally, groups were attracted to IS and Hundreds of the jailed Islam- concept that the powers of the ing the constitution to allow for jurists disagree. try ruled by law," said Ota, who said at a May 3 event to mark the were pledging their allegiance to the ist s supporters have been killed government should be restricted by collective self-defense. "Because they can't revise the has held about 100 "Constitution anniversary of the constitution jihadists. and thousands more imprisoned in the constitution," Yasuo Hasebe, "This is a constitution that was constitution, they are trying to ig- Cafes" since Abe took office in taking effect. "It is high time to But this does not necessarily an ensuing government crackdown. a constitutional scholar at Waseda imposed on us and should be re- nore it," Keio University profes- 2012. rewrite the constitution." North Korea invites Norwegian militants who fought entire US congress to visit in Syria gets eight year jail term A 24-year-old Norwegian man ac- Early 2014, suffering a bullet alleged anthrax plant cused of fighting for the Islamist wound, he crossed the Syrian bor- State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was der into Turkey, where he contact- given an eight-year jail term on ed the Norwegian embassy to seek Monday on charges of abetting a help to get back home. terrorist organisation, local media Photographs posted to a friend reported. on Facebook showed him posing Ishaq Ahmed fought for ISIS with weapons and in the months before joining the Al-Nusra Front, before his departure he carried out Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, prose- online research into weapons and cutors said. body armour, according to the An Oslo court found Ahmed prosecution. "must be deemed to have had ma- Ahmed said he was innocent jor involvement" in their activities and was only in Syria to carry out and there were no mitigating cir- humanitarian work. cumstances, NTB news agency Prosecutors had sought eight said. years, compared with a nine-year Prosectors said he left the maximum for the offence. militants who have seized swathes of Iraq and Syria. southeastern town of Fredrikstad It is the second trial in Nor- The first trial in May saw three men aged between 25 and 30 receive in 2013 to head for Syria. way over suspected links to ISIS jail sentences ranging from seven months to four years and nine months. Guzman escape turns up heat on Mexican president over corruption MEXICO CITY : The dramatic bers of the ruling party and oppo- killings by the army, and of collu- perfect screen so people wouldn't escape on Saturday of the world's sition alike are convinced that the sion between police and a drug car- notice the work on the escape tun- North Korea has challenged the deputy secretaries of the govern- to produce military-size batches most notorious drug lord has raised escape had to have been an inside tel in the apparent massacre of 43 nel," said a soldier who declined to entire U.S. Congress to come and ment who have made their voices of anthrax," she said. "The bottom pressure on Mexican President job. trainee teachers last year sparked be named. inspect a bio-tech institute in Py- hoarse screaming for new sanc- line is that regardless of whether Enrique Pena Nieto to curb cor- The mile-long tunnel would mass protests. Malcolm Beith, a biogra- ongyang that U.S. experts have tions," the spokesman said. the equipment is being used to pro- ruption and the drug gangs that have required noisy digging equip- Since then, the president has pher of the drug lord, said Guz- suggested is a facility for mass- "Then they can behold the duce anthrax today, it could in the play an outsized and violent role ment and produced tons of dirt to sought to convince Mexicans that man's allies probably obtained de- producing anthrax for the military. awe-inspiring sight of the Pyongy- near future." in his country. be disposed of, they note. More- their country was turning the cor- tails on the facility's layout. A spokesman for the power- ang Bio-technical Institute," he The Defense Commission dis- Speaking from Paris, where over, the tunnel came up exactly ner, with a series of judicial and "I can only imagine Chapo or ful National Defense Commission added. missed the allegations as another he was beginning a four-day state under the shower in Guzman's cell, anti-corruption reforms. someone in his circle was given the angrily stressed that the facility in The spokesman's remarks, car- example of the United States' visit just as Joaquin "El Chapo" which suggests that the drug lord's El Chapo's escape has serious- blueprints of the prison," he said. Pyongyang was solely dedicated ried by the North's official KCNA "hysteric rage" and its repeat- Guzman was breaking out of jail, accomplices had detailed informa- ly undermined that claim. Two soldiers and one po- to the manufacture of pesticides, news agency on Monday, were not ed efforts to "tarnish the sublime Pena Nieto called the escape an tion about the prison's design. So far, 31 prison officials, liceman, speaking on condition of after a report published last week included in the English-language image" of the country. "affront to Mexico" and promised "There had to have been com- including the facility's head, have anonymity, said that the alarm was on the website of the U.S version of the same report. According to North Korean a full investigation. But skepticism plicity," said Ricardo Pacheco, a been taken in for questioning over not raised over Guzman's disap- .-Korea Institute at Johns North Korean leader Kim defectors and assessments by the is rife in Mexico. congressman in Pena Nieto's rul- Guzman's escape. pearance until after 10 p.m., Hopkins University suggested Jong-Un inspected the institute U.S. and South Korean govern- In February of 2014, when ing Institutional Revolutionary But the attorney general's of- more than an hour after the otherwise. last week, and pictures of his visit ments, Guzman was re-arrested after a Party, or PRI, who heads the low- fice had not interviewed people liv- government said he was last seen "A thousand pairs of ears can- published by state media were an- Pyongyang began to acquire a previous jail break, Pena Nieto said er house justice committee. ing in the immediate surroundings at 8.52 p.m. not match a pair of eyes," the alyzed by Mellisa Hanham, biological weapons capability as another escape by the drug king- "To have done a thing like of the prison as of midday Mon- Elena Azaola, a prison expert spokesman said, accusing the U.S. a senior researcher at the Cen- early as the 1960s under the or- pin would be "unforgivable." Since this, you need immense quantities day, a spokesman for the office at research center CIESAS, noted government of spreading wild ru- ter for Nonproliferation Studies in ders of then leader Kim Il Sung. the latest escape Pena Nieto's crit- of all kinds of resources: material, said. that the building that housed Guz- mors about the North's biological Washington. In a 2012 white paper, the ics have reminded him incessantly technical and human." Attention is also being focused man met international standards of weapons program. Hanham said the photographs South Korean defense ministry of that statement. The escape came after a dif- on a nearby waterway expansion a high security penitentiary. "Come here right now, with all showed Pyongyang had been im- estimated that the North was able Opposition politicians have ficult 12 months in which Pena project begun about a year ago. An "It's impossible to escape from the 535 members of the House of porting dual-use equipment. to indigenously produce a number also been quick to note that he did Nieto's approval ratings had al- open ditch with three reinforced that prison without total complic- Representatives and the Senate as "It is hard to avoid the conclu- of biological agents, including an- not cut his Paris trip short, despite ready fallen to multi-year lows. tubes 2.5 meters wide snaked ity from the authorities and/or well as the imbecile secretaries and sion that the institute is intended thrax and smallpox. calls for him to do so. And mem- Allegations of extra-judicial around the prison, offering "the guards," she said. 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. WEDNESDAY .JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Stubborn field commanders and a wave of violence threaten Phone No: +93-772364666 Ashraf Ghani s attempt to woo the enemy E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 16: From amongst Pashto, Dari, Uzbeki, Turkmani, Baluchi, Pachaie, Nuristani, Pamiri and other current languages in the country, Pashto and Dari shall be the official languages of the state. In areas where the majority of the people speak in any one of Uzbeki, Turkmani, Pachaie, Nuristani, Baluchi or Pamiri languages, any of the aforementioned language, in addition to Pashto and Dari, shall be the third official language, the usage of which shall be regulated by law. Continued

Abdullah on ex-govt and FOR more than a century peo- ries of once-unthinkable con- the sehrimeal, just before the ly torn. Their field command- ple have been flocking to the cessions, and it has cost him next day s sunrise. Pakistani ers, encouraged by the pros- Pakistani hill station of Murree dearly. When he struck an in- officials insist the Taliban pect of the American forces Karzai as a threat for relief from the sweltering telligence-sharing deal with present were mandated by complete withdrawal by the end summer temperatures of the Pakistan s reviled military spy their leadership, in contrast to of 2016, are not as open to ne- A British leading newspaper, The Guardian, ran an article on the former Afghan President plains below. It was a fitting agency, the Inter-Services In- meetings held in the Chinese gotiating as some of the move- Hamid Karzai. The paper claimed that Hamid Karzai is seen as increasingly threat to Afghan- venue for talks held last week telligence directorate (ISI), it city of Urumqi in May; a ment s leaders living in Paki- istan s political stability. The very headline of the article is biased as it was Hamid Karzai who enabled to have a democratic set up. between the Taliban and the sparked particular outrage with- spokesman for the Taliban had stan. Disheartened fighters are The Gurdia ran it on Sunday while on Monday, Abdullah Abdullah while talking to a Afghan government, which in Afghanistan s security es- dismissed those as being un- defecting to a local offshoot of gathering in Badakhshan alleged the ex-government has neglected the tragedies and issues deemed it the first meeting of tablishment. Hope springs for authorised. There had also Islamic State (IS), which is pick- of the nation with laughter and humor during the past 14 years while now people from the ex- formal peace negotiations . a negotiated peace been a meeting in Qatar in May, ing up support in eastern Af- government are awaiting the collapse of the current government. The United Nations Security With little to show for his but the Taliban had insisted ghanistan. IS has even won the He said they have inherited a corrupt system and deceptive politics. What did he say is Council applauded it as a mile- tilting, Mr Ghani has hardened that remain a track-two affair, backing of Gulbuddin Hekmat- just a blame-game and face-saving attempt as the National Unity Government couldn t fix the stone and Pakistan is claiming his tone in recent weeks. In with no government represen- yar, a warlord infamous from problem of cabinet formation and electoral reforms whereas nine months have elapsed? the credit. Lately Ashraf Ghani, May he wrote a stiff letter to tatives involved. They always the jihad of the 1980s and 90s Referring to the certain speculations doing rounds in media particularly after The Gaurd- Afghanistan s president, has the Pakistanis demanding the refused face-to-face meetings who has been harrying the ian s article, Abdullah warned if the government was overthrown, Daesh and Taliban would been taking heat at home for arrest of Taliban leaders living with the government on the government in Kabul for the be its successors. having treated Pakistan too in their territory. On June 2nd grounds that it was a puppet past 14 years, often in league From a seasoned political leader like Abdullah Abdullah, who has personally witnessed warmly. He had calculated cor- both countries hauled each regime; they said they would with the Taliban. how the Karzai-led government started off and made the way through unprecedented chal- rectly that having Pakistan s other s ambassadors onto their only talk to its American pay- Pakistani and Afghan offi- lenges? He was the first ever Foreign Minister of the country after the ouster of the Taliban all-powerful army on side it respective carpets. That sort of masters. The discussions in cials say there will be further in 2001 and who contested two presidential elections, this is quite something unexpected and would use its influence with scene was more familiar during Murree included Afghanistan s meetings after Ramadan has looks naïve. Blaming the former government doesn t fix the problem. The nation looks the Taliban to broker peace the time of Mr Ghani s Paki- deputy foreign minister, Hekmat ended. Their talks could drive forward to changes, reforms and development. Who else knows better than him that like any talks and perhaps even a stan-bashing predecessor, Ha- Karzai, a nephew of former further defections from the Tal- other village in the country, Kabul used to sink into darkness after evening when a new ceasefire. Most Afghans, how- mid Karzai. Mr Karzai meantime president. iban. Even if they make real political set up was formed after the fall of the Taliban. The government offices had no ever, are in no mood to be has been busily setting himself Chinese and American dip- progress, further splintering furniture, let alone huge and colossal buildings, well protected and well guarded. There were neighbourly. Pakistan is wide- up as the true defender of Af- lomats were also involved in would in effect open a new only 180 million Pakistani rupees in the central bank. The newly established democratic setup ly loathed for aiding and abet- ghan national sovereignty. the Murree meeting, highlight- front. And the balance of opin- not only survived but made the way for the formation of a new government. How a person ting the Taliban, who are cur- Many in Kabul suspect he is ing the powerful international ion within the highest ranks of who saw the death from close quarters as he survived suicide attacks, could be seen a threat rently engaged in an especial- positioning himself for anoth- consensus over the need for a the Taliban remains mysteri- to Afghanistan s political stability. He not only lost his brother in the war for political stability ly bloody fighting season. (Af- er run at the presidency. political deal to end the long ous. A Western official in Kab- of Afghanistan but personally risked his life on many occasions and stood firmly against ghanistan s latest national hero So the talks in Murree came war in Afghanistan. China has ul noted that the delegates in Pakistan, the arch rival of Afghanistan, and occasionally vehemently opposed the United is a policeman who boasts of in the nick of time for Mr Ghani. feared it could expand and in- Murree were all firmly linked to States whenever he saw that Washington s policies are unfriendly for Kabul and it prefers having killed no fewer than six Little is known about the con- fluence the Muslim population Pakistan s spy agency, the ISI. Islamabad over Kabul. There were allegations that Karzai wouldn t make the 2014 presidential slaves of Pakistan on June tent of the discussion, but what in its western region of Xin- That implies that the Taliban s elections happen. He alleged that he wants to delay the polls to become a third term presi- 22nd, during an assault the Tal- few details have emerged sug- jiang. Over the weekend the negotiators are not a represen- dent. Though the fact is, constitutionally, he was unable to remain a third-time president. He iban had launched against the gest it was significant. The ex- Chinese state press echoed the tative group; many of their not only made the presidential elections happen but called on the voters to brave the Tali- parliament in Kabul.) change of views on ways and UN s celebration of these talks, comrades are deeply resentful ban s threat and cast their votes. The world was caught by surprise to see the mammoth Mr Ghani has been trying means to bring peace and rec- awarding them the distinction of Pakistan s pushy generals. turnout of voters on the 05 April 2014, a historic day when the voters braved the Taliban s to moderate Afghanistan s tra- onciliation began with a of being the first direct contact Murree may be cool, but Af- threat. It was all possible because Karzai didn t want to make the presidential elections fail. ditional habit of blaming Paki- sunset iftar at which both between the two sides. Help ghanistan s civil war is sure to Soon after the elections were over, the country was hit a potentially dangerous political stan for every terrorist outrage. sides broke the day s Ramadan Pakistan help Afghanistan stay hot through the summer. divide as the two leaders of the National Unity Government locked their horns and if there was no international intervention, Afghanistan would have slid back into 90s times. Now To that end he has made a se- fast. It did not end until The Taliban are increasing- (Courtesy: The Economist) that, the two leaders couldn t form the cabinet in time, who is blameworthy? And now that, the current government has signed a highly controversial MoU with Pakistan on intelligence sharing, which ignited a national uproar and anger against the President Ashraf Ghani, who is to blame? The former president? He vented his anger against the NDS-ISI MoU and there seems to be no problem at all. First, he is an ex-president. Moreover, we have democracy not an autocracy where no one is allowed to have their say on government s flawed policies. If NUG s supporters say that in democracies of the world, like UK or the United States where three to four ex-presidents are still alive and after leaving their offices, they are not seen in media while criticizing their successors or governments, then why does Karzai do it? Those who think this way must study the political structures of the United States. In the US and elsewhere in developed democracies, there is party-based politics. If Democratic Party does something objectionable there is Republic Party and it raises its concerns. In a country like ours where there is no party-based politics, instead of political parties, individuals will come to the fore and criticize the government whenever they see its certain policies are flawed. So, those who build the house of failures with the nail of excuses, they must be cognizant of the fact that their excuses could affect the life of the nation in a detrimental way. The day one becomes a public representative, they should try to avoid excuses and work honestly for change and development. Moreover, instead of falling for just an article ran by a foreign paper, the current government must have attempted to know whether really Karzai is en- trenched in becoming a threat to the political stability of Afghanistan or this is something part rhar of foreign propaganda. He is not inaccessible and abroad. He lives on a stone throw distance anga from the presidential palace. And if just an article could create panic in the presidential palace, N this is the weakness of the current government. 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By Anneliese Mcauliffe By Mark LeVine "Show us the money," was the It has become the general wisdom message to beleaguered Mal- that Barack Obama won the White yasian Prime Minister Najib House thanks to, in good measure, Razak from former leader, elder his early and articulate criticism of statesman and political king- the US invasion of Iraq and the maker Mahathir Mohamad, the broader "war on terror" it fuelled. public face of those pushing for So why on the eve of his great- Najib to resign. est foreign policy triumph, a nu- A financial scandal of un- clear deal with Iran, is the presi- precedented scale is miring the dent embracing the very Bush Ad- political landscape in Malaysia ministration doctrine that enabled and it could lead right to the his ascension to the presidency? top of the political power chain. "The war on terror we fight Najib stands accused of receiv- today is a generational struggle that ing up to $700 million in a se- will continue long after you and I ries of transfers to his personal have turned our duties over to oth- accounts, the bulk of it alleg- ers," President George W Bush edly transferred just prior to the declared in his 2007 State of the 2013 election. Najib denies the Union address. allegations, saying they are the Comparing the September 11 work of political opponents set attacks to Pearl Harbor, the threat on unseating him. of al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism The sum of $700m is stag- was linked both to the fascism that gering by any calculation. Ma- led to World War II and the Com- laysians are no strangers to munist totalitarianism that defined diplomatic, economic and military struggle would require money politics but this time it's the Cold War conflict for two gen- support to most every government "discredit[ing] their ideology" different. Toughened and made erations after it. in the Arab world despite ongoing through greater propaganda ef- cynical by an escalating series Iran and world powers inch systematic and often large-scale forts: "Ideologies are not defeated of scandals involving financial closer to nuclear deal "They hate abuses of their people, lack of by guns. They're defeated with mishandling, allegations of our freedoms," was how Bush ex- democratic accountability and cor- better ideas - a more attractive and high-level corruption as well as plained the motivations behind 9/ ruption and cronyism. more compelling vision" than the a crack down on dissent, Ma- trol, were also targeted. Fight- misrule, of operating in a poli- 11 shortly after the attacks. Half a The global media focus on for- "the twisted thinking that draws laysian society is now captivat- ing back But the online news cy vacuum and of lacking po- dozen years later, he still argued eign fighters, jihadi brides and bru- vulnerable people into their ranks". ed by the unfolding drama. So- sites fought back. In recent litical nous. In Tunisia that "the war on terror is more than tal executions, but in depth inter- Embracing the myth cial media is alive with truth, months, they have published The big question now is a battle of arms. It is an ideological views and research on ISIL foot By embracing the myth of the rumour, speculation, and sparks an increasingly alarming array what will happen next? Can and France, struggle for hearts and minds." soldiers shows them to be largely generational war fueled by irratio- of dark humour. 101 East - Ma- of allegations against the gov- Najib survive? Malaysian lead- After a decade of war locally drawn and motivated by nal ideologies, the president is en- laysia: Crackdown on Freedom ernment and, in particular, the ers have stood down before extremist After almost a decade of war, feelings of fear, helplessness and suring the no such vision can be But what lies beneath the lat- One Malaysia Development but if Najib chooses to fight, Barack Obama was elected, at least complete alienation from the ex- offered. est - and by far the largest - Fund (1MDB), a debt-laden and it seems likely that he will, selfies boast in part, because he didn't buy into isting political order. It is precise- Instead, he's committing Amer- scandalous allegations and the government investment fund there are limited options to dis- such simple ideological cliches; in ly this dynamic that enabled the icans to spending trillions of dol- complex web of transactions, is established by Najib and on lodge him. of violence fact he lambasted the Bush Admin- rise of ISIL in Iraq, as fuelled fu- lars more on militarised foreign a political system that has lost which he chairs the advisory Malaysian leaders have By Diana Moukalled istration's rhetoric as little more elled excellent expose on ISIL's in- policy and its attendant propagan- the trust of the majority of the board. The IMBD is facing crit- stood down before but if Najib than a "flawed ideology" that left ner workings revealed. da exercises that will do little be- people. Bitter fight for survival icism over financial mismanage- chooses to fight there are limit- Recent news reports indicate that the position of "leader of the free In Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lib- yond offering ever stronger ration- Malaysian politics has de- ment and allegations of graft in ed options to dislodge him [Re- Yassin Salhi, the man who behead- world" open under Bush. ya, the four most violence-plagued ales for violent resistance abroad scended into a bitter for fight relation to its debt of $11bn. uters] Although an option, it ed his boss and tried to attack a Obama's call for a "new start" countries today, the US and its al- while further strengthening the for survival for the party led by What's clear is that Najib seems unlikely that he will be factory in Lyon last month, took a to America's relationship with lies (and other great powers, like power of the military and intelli- Najib Razak, the United Malays selfie with the victim s severed now lacks credibility and moral voted out by Parliament as the head and sent the picture to some- Muslims in his 2009 speech in Russia and China) offered decades gence/security industries at home National Organisation authority. Other stories alleg- Barisan Nasional, of which one believed to be fighting with the Cairo, and his removal of troops of support to Assad, Saleh and and waste billions of dollars des- (UMNO), that has ruled Malay- ing corrupt practises linked to UNMO is the largest party, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria from Iraq and Afghanistan seemed Gaddafi, while the US enabled the perately needed for things infra- sia as the major coalition part- government officials also be- holds the greatest number of (ISIS) in Syria. It s true that French to augur a shift in US strategic emergence of the highly sectarian structure, education, and retooling ner since independence from gan to appear in the interna- parliamentary seats - 134 out of authorities arrested the murderer policy towards the region. Iraqi political system that encour- the US economy for the post-pe- Britain in 1957. tional media. An investigative 222. Although this would not and confiscated his phone and that But beneath the rhetoric and aged the emergence of ISIL. troleum era. Malaysia is effectively a report by The New York Times automatically trigger a fresh the photo was not published and we did not see it, however, the re- beyond the drawdown, the funda- And on top of all these, Obama If seven years into his presi- one party state and it seems detailed multi-million-dollar election, the last thing that Bar- ported news itself is just as shock- mental dynamics of US policy re- has continued with the unflinch- dency, Obama can offer little more UMNO will do almost anything purchases of luxury US real isan Nasional wants to be faced ing. Other reports also allege that mained largely unchanged: contin- ing support for Israel and other than tired cliches that demand the in their power to keep it that estate by a close Najib family with is another election that Seifeddine Rezgui, the Tunisian ued support for the world's most countries in the region, despite sacrifice of another generation of way. But its stranglehold on associate whom various re- they must surely fear they will man who slaughtered 38 holiday- brutal regimes, massive arms sales their roles as catalysts for so many soldiers, civilians, democracy, and power is slipping. In the 2013 ports have linked to 1MDB. lose. But a greater problem is makers in the resort town of and aid to friendly states, and full- of the broader problems across the sustainable development at home election, the Barisan Nasional Reports of a link were denied also lurking - can they face the Sousse, took a selfie with British throttled support for Israel despite region. Deepening military rela- and abroad, it seems that the Mus- coalition, of which UNMO is the tourists before he committed his by Najib. Further allegations of next election with Najib in crime and even took photos of his its ever deepening occupation. tionships lim world is not alone in its ab- largest party, polled poorly. For a property scam in Melbourne place? Likely scenario The victims after he killed them. CodePink protest during a By embracing the myth of the sence of a compelling vision to lead the first time, the opposition fingering Malaysian govern- more likely scenario is that Na- Extreme selfies, like that of Senate Foreign Relations Commit- generational war fueled by irratio- it to the future. alliance won the popular vote ment officials surfaced in the jib's party could finally smell the Yassin Salhi's reported snap, are tee debate on the Iran Nuclear nal ideologies, the president is en- Even if Obama manages to pull but not the required number of Australian media. Najib's gov- political rot and oust him. As the type which come like a slap in Agreement Review Act [AP] suring the no such vision can be off a viable nuclear deal with Iran, parliamentary seats to lead. ernment was once again back- UMNO is the largest party and the face Diana Moukalled Salhi and Obama advocated "justice and offered. Whatever the frosty rela- this triumph will be short-lived if The election result rattled footed and announced an in- its president automatically be- Rezgui are not the first murderers respect, tolerance and dignity," but tionship between him and Netan- the broader US policies continue the government. to take selfies with their victims vestigation. comes the prime minister, this as selfies with one s dead rivals there is scant evidence that our yahu, under Obama the United unabated. The reaction to the vote The prime minister's exten- could see Najib replaced by have become common. Perhaps the policies support any of these States remain alone in the world in The consequences of such a and the upsurge in popular sive personal wealth was ques- another senior UMNO con- most famous of these snapshots goals. In Egypt, the president re- offering unhesitant support for its lack of creativity, never mind its support for opposition parties tioned amid claims of extraor- tender. is that of an ISIS fighter who took fused to even utter the word "de- unending occupation. inherent immorality, will haunt us was swift and harsh. In the dinary amounts paid for de- But the internal party rules a picture of himself carrying the mocracy" until Mubarak was on Obama's policies have contrib- all long after Obama, like Bush months following the election, signer goods by the prime min- are complex and this route re- head of a Kurdish female fighter in his way out the door; today, the uted to the weakening of the al- before him, "turns over his duties" the government strengthened ister's wife, Rosmah Mansor, mains unlikely at this stage. For Kobane in Syria while he smiled for the picture as her blonde hair Administration has thrown its full ready frayed bonds between states to the next president. a wide-ranging colonial-era law who is widely ridiculed in Ma- now, at least, Najib appears se- known as the Sedition Act. A flowed. Global pandemic It s said weight behind President Abdel and citizens, sidelined forces for Mark LeVine is a professor of laysia for her luxurious tastes. cure. that selfies have become similar to Fattah el-Sisi despite the unprece- non-violent, democratic change, Middle Eastern History at Univer- media landscape that had al- It was all leading to one con- No other significant a global pandemic and ISIS did not dented level of repression and abus- and encouraged the rise of the ex- sity of California, Irvine, and a ready been tightly controlled clusion - a ruling class that has UMNO figures are seen to be fight this temptation as the orga- es he's deployed. tremist ideologies in the Arab and Distinguished Visiting Professor at saw the arrest of journalists as become so bloated by power publicly challenging his rule. In nization s gunmen have appeared Systemic, large-scale abuses broader Muslim world. And yet Lund University. well as lawyers and opposition that it seemed any kind of lar- a country where generations of in many photos. Of course they re On either side of Egypt, there is no mention of this reality The views expressed in this politicians for acts deemed "se- gesse seemed possible. dominant one-party rule has not the only ones to do so as fight- ers from other official and parti- stretching from Morocco in the in the president's call for a "gener- article are the author's own and do ditious". Online news portals, An awareness of the costs strengthened patronage poli- that had up to this point oper- san groups have also taken photos West to Bahrain in the East, the ational struggle" against extremism. not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's involved, both politically and tics, the welfare - and wealth - with their victims and rivals, ei- US continues to provide uncritical Instead he declared that the editorial policy. ated outside government con- perhaps also financially, of the of many in Najib's inner circle ther when they re still alive in cap- ruling party s pernicious at- are tied to his survival and to tivity or after killing them. These tempts to cling onto power was the survival of the ruling party. photos reflect their bloated ego and becoming ever more apparent What's clear is that Najib now shows that what occupies these to Malaysians. lacks credibility and moral au- men is immortalizing their own selves during the peak of violence. ETTER TO THE EDITOR What will happen next In thority. Perhaps the unfold- Researchers says we re living in most developed countries, an ing scandals are the inevitable the era of narcissism and worry allegation of such financial mis- end point of the failure of de- and that daily selfies which show appropriation would stifle a mocracy and of the increasing- our ordinary and private lives re- Investment in Afghanistan leader, at the very least forcing ly desperate attempts to prop veal that bloated and disturbed ego. him to stand aside while the up the increasingly frail ruling But what sort of self is being ex- The 13 years under former president Hamid Karzai s government experienced seismic changes in different sectors and besides that huge flow of mechanisms of the state inves- party. posed via selfies like that of Yassin international aid into Afghanistan. Security was little bid better than now on that time and that is why national and international investors were Salhi s alleged photo? Violent be- eager to invest in the country and bring their capitals from Dubai and other countries. tigate and rule on any corrupt In a political realm in which havior It s common to link violent However, the situation is visa versa nowadays. Investment is dwindling along with foreign aid, and the country s economy is on the verge conduct. the leadership has co-opted behavior to what we see in media of collapse. These days, investors are not interested to invest in Afghanistan and most of them have transferred their business abroad. But this is Malaysia, a many and used the mechanisms outlets, movies cinema or video Last week, a number of investors criticized the government for inattention to the country s economy. However, the new chief of Afghanistan country without an effective of the state to effectively quell games but in fact all the latter are Investment Supporting Agency (AISA) on Sunday said he was committed to bring seismic changes in the country s economy. leader or a functioning opposi- the opposition and imprison its just tools. The violence and nar- The government should use the remained opportunities for economic improvement otherwise an ill-economy will not be in benefit of cissism we witness is linked to man Afghanistan. Supporting mining industry, agriculture and rehabilitation of factories which were active once can prove vital in tion. leader, it is increasingly difficult The recent splintering of to gauge just how much more himself and to his life and environ- this regard and will create job opportunity for Afghan youth. Hope the government pays serious attention to this issue. ment before anything else. He who Omid Rayhan, Aria City, Kabul the opposition coalition, the they can get away with. Anne- takes selfies with his victims is "People's Alliance", has left a liese Mcauliffe is a journalist pretty much telling us that he does Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer s political vacuum that, until new who has worked across Asia not care about us and that the pur- name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] alliances form, has rendered and the Middle East for the pose of taking a photo with the opposition to Najib's ruling past two decades for the BBC, victim s severed head or with the UMNO coalition toothless. But Al Jazeera, ABC and the Asso- victim s dead body is a the goal on its own. We are on a daily endeav- Najib's rivals have other prob- ciated Press. or to formulate narratives about Disclaimer: lems. She has worked extensive- our lives to tell ourselves and, Opposition groups have ly in both Indonesia and Aus- sometimes, others. Extreme self- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) long been plagued by accusa- tralia. The views expressed in ies, like that of Yassin Salhi's re- tions of failing to capitalise on this article are the author's own ported snap, are the type which and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. the political opportunities and do not necessarily reflect come like a slap in the face We are made abundant by UNMO's Al Jazeera's editorial policy. in the era of globalized violence. 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. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

At any given time, one in 77 Ab- also been awarded funding to run a original boys will be detained by pilot programme to cut back on Western Australia's criminal justice re-offending. It will pair former system. professional Australian footballers Chace Hill is one of the 76 who with Aboriginal boys aged 12 to never were. 19, for up to four months while Now 22, he is a university they are still in custody. honours student half way through Dale Kickett, an ex-footballer writing his thesis about the repre- and manager of the programme sentation of Aboriginal people in who will be working with the chil- the media over the last 50 years. dren as a mentor said many learn Chace Hill's study focuses on from their fathers. the portrayal of Aboriginal people "A lot of it is learning," said in the media over the last 50 years Kickett. "They have to learn why [Royce Kurmelovs/Al Jazeera] we are the way we are. We weren't Hill was blunt in discussing the dysfunctional people at the start. high rate of incarceration among We were made this way." young Aboriginal people in West- "They have to understand we ern Australia. The idea it may have come from a proud people. And happened to him is "disgusting". we can get back to that one day, "You've got things like manda- with a little bit of hard work for tory sentencing, where you've got ourselves," Kickett said. kids who are ten or twelve years Similarly, the Aboriginal Legal old and they're getting thrown in Service of Western Australia jail for stealing lollipops," Hill said. (ALSWA) has also received fund- 'Lost generation' ing to run a diversionary pro- In Western Australia, young gramme for young Aboriginal peo- Integrating activism into Aboriginal people aged 10 to 17 ple at the courts. Israeli-Canadian who are 53 times more likely to be im- ALSWA CEO Dennis Egging- prisoned than others their age. ton said it was the first time in the governance institutions This is twice the national rate. organisation's 40 year history, but battled ISIS returns to Israel According to Amnesty Inter- said ongoing support will be criti- As construction noise and traffic and open-source code - from pri- national's Indigenous Peoples' cal to dealing with the issue. A Canadian-Israeli who was the going on in the war. The Iranian berg won early release in 2013 on hummed in the background, two vatisation. Rights manager, Tammy Solonec, "This is not tomorrow stuff, first foreign woman to help Syr- involvement is a lot more pro- condition that she remain paroled Turkish women sat on a park bench Last week, the Intergroup host- the cause is a complex blend of his- but it is forever stuff," Eggington ia s Kurds fight Islamic State of nounced. Things changed enough either on U.S. or Israeli soil. in Istanbul, talking about what ed an unlikely meeting of grass- tory, apathy and decades of "tough said. "So we've got to get it right Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has left the that I felt that it was time to come I believe she may have vio- they want from their city's public roots activists and members of the on crime" laws. forever, because we've been here front lines and returned to Israel, home. lated this by going to Syria, Ben- spaces: "chit-chats, picnics, rest- European Parliament (MEPs) in- In 1996, Western Australia forever and we're going to be here citing the spread of Iranian influ- Rosenberg started out with Oved told Reuters. This could be ing, walking, sunbathing." side the parliament building, to first introduced mandatory mini- forever." ence in the war zones among her Kurdish YPG guerrillas in Syria a problem for her. Other voices chimed in saying mark the finale of the "Reclaiming mum sentencing under its "three- Seeking happiness reasons. before moving to the Dwekh Naw- U.S. officials said they were public spaces should be used for the Commons" project that strikes laws" for home burglars. But breaking the cycle is not After eight months in which sha, a Christian militia in Iraq. looking into the case. \ artistic activities, sports, theatri- spawned the Turkish film men- Initially, the laws also applied to always easy. she was often incommunicado, Both countries are formally at Rosenberg declined a Reuters cal performances, traditional tioned above, among others. young offenders, but the courts Rocky Loo has spent 11 of his stirring rumors that she had fallen war with Israel, which bars its cit- request for an interview, saying she games, or just congregating to drink Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, later interpreted it in ways to keep 37 years of life in a jail cell. captive, Israeli media feted Gill izens from traveling there. Iran is would speak to foreign media later coffee and talk. "Nothing happens centre-left parties across Western children out of detention where Rocky Loo and his partner are Rosenberg s sudden return on Sun- among regional powers sending in the week. if we don't come together," said Europe have jettisoned the word circumstances allow. trying to become a good example day. But she may still face a legal forces to battle ISIS in Iraq. Reuters sources familiar with another. 'socialism', or of anything that Since then, the state govern- for their children [Royce Kur- reckoning for her unauthorized The Israeli internal security the YPG and Dwekh Nawsha con- The clips are from a short smacks of shared ownership. ment has moved to stop this with melovs/Al Jazeera] travels. agency Shin Bet said it questioned firmed that Rosenberg had served tougher laws ensuring they will Loo was 15 years old the first A photo reportedly shows Rosenberg after she landed in Tel with both. apply to 16 and 17 year old of- time he was convicted for burglary, Rosenberg stomping on the ISIS Aviv. It did not elaborate on We were, like, under 2 kilo- fenders. Police Minister Liza Har- which he said he was using to fuel flag. (Photo courtesy: Haaretz) whether she would face criminal meters from Daesh (ISIS) the whole vey has claimed they are needed a drug habit. The 31-year-old former Israe- charges, but an Israeli justice offi- time, for the most part, Rosen- to protect victims of home inva- For the next decade, Loo was li army volunteer said the lessons cial told Reuters it appeared un- berg told Army Radio. There were sions. in and out of prison, but when he of the Holocaust drove her to help likely. some pretty major firefights, but, Solonec fears this means recid- was 27, his first child was born protect the Kurds and other Mid- Rosenberg s native Canada, you know, a lot of it was just hold- ivism rates will grow. and things started to change. dle East minorities menaced by from which she emigrated alone to ing lines. "Recidivism rates are so high Loo said he broke his habit and ISIS advances. Israel, had also urged her to get out She said she was ordered to that you put a kid in jail for three went to work. Even now, he does I think we as Jews, we say of Syria. The Canadian embassy keep quiet about her Israeli citi- years, chances of them repeat of- not drink. never again for the Shoah, and I in Israel did not immediately com- zenship while with the YPG, a fending, especially if they've gone It stuck until Loo was convict- take it to mean not just for Jewish ment on her return. militia with a historically pro-Pal- to adult prison, just get higher and ed of a burglary he committed five people, but for anyone, for any U.S. authorities could pose estinian leaning. higher," Solonec explained. years earlier with DNA. None of human being, especially a helpless more of a challenge, however. The Kurds love Israel. They She also explained that the le- his rehabilitation was considered woman or child in Syria or Iraq, In 2009, Rosenberg was arrest- love Israel and they love the Jew- gal processes around securing bail and he was sent back to prison for Rosenberg told Israel s Army Ra- ed in Israel over an international ish people. But among the ranks Turkish film released this year, In a sense, it was an incongru- for young children is complicated another three years. dio on Monday. phone scam and extradited to the of the YPG there s also local Ar- called Bi' Dusun Olsun - Imagine ous location for the discussion - in in remote communities, where it Once out, he started to fall But in the past few weeks I United States, where she served abs and other people that might It Into Being - as part of a Europe- a meeting room in the heart of bu- can be difficult to locate a legal back into old habits, but managed think a lot of the dynamics have time in prison. Yahel Ben-Oved, not be such big fans of Israel, she an film project called Radical De- reaucratic politics. guardian for the child. stop a second time. changed there, in terms of what s one of her lawyers, said Rosen- said. Reuters mocracy: Reclaiming the Com- For many of the commons ac- There, young offenders will be For Loo and his partner, what mons. tivists, the European Parliament transferred to Perth where they are matters now is keeping their five Is the Occupy movement be- would represent exactly the type likely to be held on remand until kids from making the same mis- ing hijacked? of institution from which democ- trial. Over half of all young people takes. In their sunny idealism, they racy needs reclaiming. being held in detention are unsen- "They're good kids" Loo said. hardly sound like controversial "I'm amazed we managed to get tenced and 70 percent are Aborig- "What sort of person would I be demands, and even less like revo- the Intergroup accepted, to be hon- inal. to let my children follow the same lutionary rallying cries. est," British Labour MEP Julie Solonec's warnings are severe. path as me?" Yet these types of demands Ward said after the meeting. Aboriginal youth at a greater Between them, they care for were what sparked the protests Ward, who was elected for the risk of suicide three girls and two boys. The against the planned demolition of first time in 2014, believes that "Around 50 percent of the youngest just a year old, the old- Istanbul's Gezi Park in 2013, activist movements have recently Aboriginal population is under 21," est 14. The pair keep them focused which would have been replaced begun to filter up into EU parlia- she said. on sports so they stay out of trou- by a Ottoman architecture style mentary politics. "So we've got this big lot of ble. The boys love their football shopping mall. "There are a lot of new MEPs kids coming through and unless we and the girls love their netball. The demonstrations grew into here, and a lot of them have activ- take this diversionary approach, Loo's motivation and desires a nationwide uprising involving ist or campaigning backgrounds," those kids will get slammed by the for his children are simple: "For millions of people, and a police explained Ward. same laws and we'll just see more them to be happy," he said. response that resulted in several "And for some of us with ac- Aboriginal children becoming "That's what we all seek - hap- deaths, thousands of injuries and tivist backgrounds, we don't want adults in this cycle," Solonec said. piness." arrests. At times, the unrest threat- to let it go. Public services are un- Diversion But Loo may not be around to ened to bring down the government der threat everywhere, and it's up Earlier this month, Western see this happiness. He was recent- of Turkish President Recep Tayy- to us to stand up for them," Ward Australian Premier Colin Barnett ly charged with assault after strik- ip Erdogan, who at the time was said. The tussle between state and announced a new working group ing a man he said had become ag- prime minister. private ownership highlights why tasked with addressing the over- gressive against him. The protesters' message was the commons has become a fash- representation of Aboriginal peo- Within a month from the pub- clear: Public space is serious busi- ionable piece of language - espe- ple in prison. lication of this story he must ap- ness. The notion of "the com- cially given recent history. Meanwhile, organisations such pear in court, where he will repre- mons" is an ancient one. It is a broad Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, as the Wirrpanda Foundation have sent himself. Aljazeera term covering shared spaces, centre-left parties across Western goods, natural resources, creativi- Europe have jettisoned the word ty and knowledge, which is held "socialism", or of anything that Remembering Srebrenica: British royal highlights need to stop persecution and governed collectively and smacks of shared ownership. democratically, rather than private- In the case of the UK's Labour At a time when the persecution of at Srebrenica was a terrible crime. Serbs, and this grew into mass their own sadistic ends, suddenly rights at all. The Burmese author- ly. The concept has been growing Party, this was reflected in the Muslims is becoming increasingly The first case of genocide in Eu- murder. That is the nature of over- become representative of the ities do not even acknowledge the in popularity among Europe's so- modification of the party consti- common, it has taken English roy- rope since the end of the Second whelming evil. Even now, there world s second largest religion af- Rohingya name, instead categoris- cial movements, especially since tution's Clause Four, on Tony alty to offer the wisest words on World War. She added: So we are Bosnian Serbs living in and ter Christianity. ing them as Bengalis, so they can 2011, the year Spain's "indigna- Blair's initiative, to remove a ref- the subject. Referring to the worst should all, wherever we live in the around Srebrenica who believe that Day-to-day prejudice against treat them as illegal migrants from dos" protesters took over their city erence to "common ownership". genocide in Europe since the Third world, work for understanding and the genocide was either entirely those unjustly associated with Bangladesh. In the case of the old squares, following the example of But, some looking at the com- Reich, Princess Anne recently said: tolerance between all peoples. justified or simply did not hap- such cruelty is initially seen as rou- Yugoslavia, resentment against Egyptians in Cairo's Tahrir Square. position of the Intergroup, ask if The lesson of Srebrenica is that The princess touched many of pen. They say that, in any case, tine, and soon escalates into some- Muslims produced discriminato- Later that year, the interna- the word "commons" is in fact just the stirring up of hatred and dis- the Bosnians I spoke to during the their soldiers had a duty to de- thing far more sinister. This is cur- ry legislation, imposing restrictions tional "Occupy" movement used modish code for "socialism"? Ward crimination is always wrong, and past week of remembrance. One, fend them, and that leaders such rently the case in Burma, for ex- on all aspects of their life from similar tactics. said she is proud to have described if left unchecked, can lead to terri- Munira Suba ic, a 57 year-old wid- as Mladic and Radovan Karad ic ample, where hundreds of Ro- freedom of movement and speech, Now, the idea of the commons herself as a socialist when cam- ble evil. ow and president of the Mothers who are both on trial in The hingya or Burmese Muslims to employment and housing rights. as an organising principle has paigning, but noted that the Greens The Princess Royal was in of Srebrenica Association who lost Hague for genocide remain na- are regularly killed by security This degenerated into concentra- moved from the streets to the heart were also members of the Inter- Bosnia-Herzegovina this weekend 22 members of her immediate fam- tional heroes. The United Nations forces before being tipped into tion camps, mass rape, and then of the European political establish- group. Ward conceded that such a to mark the 20th anniversary of ily, said: They were executed in has still to even recognise the crime mass graves, with the United Na- ethnic cleansing , the sinister eu- ment. For the first time, one of the working group - tasked with ob- the slaughter of 8,372 Bosnian the most horrific manner possible as genocide, even though interna- tions calling the Rohingya one of phemism for mass murder which European Parliament's 28 Inter- structing privatisation, dismantling Muslims over five days. All were for no other reason except that tional courts do. This has caused the most persecuted minorities in shot to prominence during the groups - groups made up of mem- intellectual copyright and regulat- killed by Bosnian Serb forces dur- they were Muslims. Boys and huge anger among the surviving the world. This is also because three year war between 1992 and bers from different political group- ing market intervention - will face ing the Bosnia War amidst the men were rounded up, tortured, family and friends of victims. All abuses such as the rape of women, 1995. It was the unspeakable hor- ings, and that focus on certain is- staunch opposition from business break-up of former Yugoslavia into and then exterminated in their thou- of this has chilling parallels with violent mass arrests, torture, the ror of Srebrenica which finally sues - is devoted to discussing and friendly MEPs in the European independent states in the early sands. Thousands more were killed the way some minority groups are forcible displacement of hundreds brought the international commu- defending the commons. Parliament and lobbyists close to 1990s. Srebrenica was officially a in so-called death marches as they treated today, and especially Mus- of thousands, and the denial of nity to its senses. Up until the The Intergroup on Public Ser- it. But, Ward added, "politics is a safe area nominally protected by were trying to flee for their lives. lims. In the latter case, blame for humanitarian aid are widespread massacres, countries including Brit- vices and Common Goods was fight". The 'institutional glass ceil- Dutch soldiers from the United Their bodies ended up being cut violent radicalism by criminals is practices. The Rohingya have lived ain, the United States and France launched at the end of May, with ing' The idea of the commons can Nations, but it was overrun and down, dumped and deliberately extended to entire communities, as in Burma for generations, but are were supposedly aware of a speech support and members from the often seem quite abstract, making captured by paramilitary troops scattered in mass graves by me- all members are stigmatised. A lone oppressed because of their religion. in which Mladic said he wanted Progressive Alliance of Socialists it potentially difficult for the In- led by the Serb commander Ratko chanical diggers. Many mothers wolf sociopath who has got hold A birth control law has been intro- the entire Muslim population in and Democrats, the Greens, the tergroup to focus on tangible goals Mladic on July 11, 1995. have still not found a single bone of a gun and carried out an act of duced to limit the size of their com- the region around Srebrenica to European United Left and Italy's or legislation. But it doesn't have In a message released before of their sons and other relatives. barbarism suddenly becomes rep- munity. Members of the current vanish completely, while Bos- Five Star Movement. to be that way, explained Sophie her historic visit, Princess Anne The princess has got it exactly resentative of the whole of Islam. population of around 800,000 peo- nian Serb leader Radovan Karad ic The Intergroup's stated goal is Bloemen of the Commons Net- said: The murder of thousands of right discrimination against Mus- Monstrous organisations such as ple are denied citizenship, making had pledged blood up to the to defend shared, common goods - work, one of the guest speakers at Muslims, mostly men and boys, lims became acceptable to the ISIS, which manipulate faith for them stateless and with almost no knees. Alarabiya such as water, medical innovations the European Parliament event. 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. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Britain to force companies to publish gender pay gap

Oil prices dropped, pushing com- $56.50 a barrel. risk, and (Greek Prime Minister percent since last Tuesday's close. cent, having risen 1.9 percent on modity-linked shares and curren- "Sanctions have crippled Iran's Alexis) Tsipras still has to sell it at The STOXX Europe 600 Oil & Monday. cies lower on Tuesday, after Iran oil production, halving oil exports home ... but ... there is a shift in Gas price index fell 0.8 percent, Wariness over implementation and six world powers reached a and severely limiting new devel- focus ... to more fundamental mar- making it the top sectoral faller. of the Greece deal helped push historic nuclear deal expected to opment projects. The prospect of ket drivers," said Credit Agricole increase the supply of Iranian them being lifted is creating great FX strategist Manuel Oliveri in crude on world markets. excitement ... as foreign trade and London. European shares edged lower investment will allow Iran to make The dollar index, which mea- in early deals, pulled lower by huge efficiencies and drive down sure the U.S. dollar against a bas- commodity stocks and as inves- the cost of production," said Sa- ket of currencies, was steady, with tors turned cautious on the pros- rosh Zaiwalla, a London-based the euro barely changed at $1.1004 pects of the Greek government sanctions lawyer. and the yen at 123.35 per dollar. winning parliamentary support for The fall in crude prices hit oil Federal Reserve Chair Janet reforms demanded by its creditors producers' currencies. The Norwe- Yellen, who said last week she ex- in exchange for talks on an 86 bil- gian crown fell 0.3 percent to 8.11 pected U.S. interest rates would lion euro rescue package. per dollar, having earlier fallen to rise some time this year, is due to British Prime Minister David unintended consequences, which But oil was the big mover, 8.14, while the Canadian dollar fell give semi-annual testimony on Cameron announced plans on will be bad for the economy, down nearly 2 percent, after Tues- 0.4 percent against the greenback monetary policy before Congress Tuesday to force large companies wrote James Quinn, group busi- day's deal, clinched in Vienna after to a four-month low of C$1.2796. on Wednesday and Thursday. to publish the difference in earn- ness editor of the Telegraph Me- more than a decade of on-off nego- With worries over Greece as- European shares fell, snapping ings between male and female staff dia Group. tiations, granting Iran sanctions suaged for now, investors also a four-day rally. in a bid to ensure equal pay. Quotas, rules and placing ex- relief in exchange for curbs in its switched their attention to expec- The euro zone's Euro STOXX Currently, woman on average tra costs on business are not the nuclear programme. tations U.S. interest rates will rise 50 index was down 0.4 percent are paid roughly 20 percent less way to ensure diversity in the Brent crude was last down in the coming months. after hitting a two-week high on The pan-European FTSEuro- safe-haven German Bund yields than men in Britain, a discrepancy workplace. $1.35 a barrel, or 2.3 percent, at "There is still implementation Monday. It has gained about 9 first 300 index was down 0.3 per- lower. Ten-year yields fell 2.8 per- that Cameron vowed to end in a cent to 0.83 percent. generation . MSCI's broadest index of Asia- Today I m announcing a re- Pacific shares outside Japan was ally big move: we will make every up about 0.1 percent, erasing ear- single company with 250 employ- lier gains. Japan's Nikkei gained 1.5 ees or more publish the gap be- percent. tween average female earnings and Shanghai's benchmark com- average male earnings, Cameron posite index closed down 1.2 per- wrote in newspaper The Times. cent, while the CSI300 index of the That will cast sunlight on the largest listed companies in Shang- discrepancies and create the pres- hai and Shenzhen slipped 2.4 per- sure we need for change, driving cent. women s wages up. Gold fell as investors focused In addition, girls should be en- on the prospect of higher U.S. in- couraged to enter careers where terest rates. It was last down about women are under-represented, 0.3 percent at $1,154 an ounce. company boards should include more women, and access to afford- Greek deal is a able childcare should be increased, Cameron wrote. disaster for John Allan, national chairman for the Federation of Small Busi- nesses, said that there were more Greece, and maybe women directors that ever before and welcomed the government s for Europe plan. For years, Greece's negotiations To help support this trend with its European creditors have we need to keep up the momen- featured moments in which all par- tum and break down the remaining ties stare into the abyss, fear what barriers that prevent women pro- they see, and step back to reach a gressing in the workplace and the deal. boardroom, and so we welcome, There was yet another deal. and look forward to taking part in, But this time it is one that pushes the government s gender pay gap Greece into the abyss, even if fi- consultation, Allan said. nancial markets don't acknowledge But others were critical, say- it just yet and even if what hap- ing the plan would be costly for pens next is deeply uncertainty. businesses and wouldn t help re- Greece already has 26 percent duce the pay gap. unemployment, a tourism indus- His intention is that it will try that is suffering as would-be drive women s wages up. In reali- visitors stay away, and banks and ty, it is just as likely, over time, to a stock market that have been drive wages down or cause other closed going on three weeks. Just a week ago, its voters overwhelm- Problems big The oil market should be more bal- ingly rejected a bailout offer that anced next year as China and the was less punitive than the one its and small for developing world use more oil India s wholesale prices fall 2.4pc y/y in June: Govt leaders just accepted. while supply of fuel from North Yet the deal that Greek leaders American shale grows more slow- India's wholesale prices fell at a faster-than-expected annual rate of 2.4 percent in June, their eighth straight decline, mainly on the back of weak fuel and their creditors reached Mon- China s Micron ly, OPEC said. prices, government data showed on Tuesday. The data compared with a 2.2 percent year-on-year fall forecast by economists in a Reuters poll and day morning after a brutal series In its monthly report, the 12- a provisional 2.36 percent annual decline in May. The wholesale food index rose 2.88 percent year-on-year, while fuel prices fell 10.03 percent from of overnight talks promise to deep- Bid member Organization of the Pe- a year ago. en political and economic strains troleum Exporting Countries said in a country already in depression. If Tsinghua Unigroup succeeds in it expected world oil demand to It was a momentous weekend for buying Micron Technology, it increase by 1.34 million barrels per Investors hope US earnings lift markets as fears fade Europe, and not in a good way. would be the biggest ever takeover day (bpd) in 2016, up from growth The deal will keep Greece in the of a U.S. company by a Chinese of 1.28 million bpd this year. NEW YORK: After fretting over have a habit of low-balling their OIL-COLLAPSE IMPACT "The consumer has a bit more eurozone at least a while longer, at one. But it probably won t hap- World oil demand growth a Greek bailout, a collapse in Chi- forecasts, giving them an easier The collapse in oil prices has free cash," said State Street's great cost, and with little certainty pen. should outpace any increase in oil nese stocks and the timing of an hurdle to clear when they report hit energy companies hard. Sec- Arone. about the future of either Greece State-owned Tsinghua Uni- supply from non-OPEC sources interest rate increase, investors are final results. Consequently, earn- ond-quarter earnings are projected EUROPE'S RESILIENCE or Europe in the not too distant group, linked to an elite universi- and ultra-light oils such as conden- hoping U.S. corporate earnings will ings often beat the predictions of to slump 61 percent from the same Sure, Greece has been in a drag future. ty, has prepared a $23 billion bid sate, increasing consumption of bring more reassuring news this Wall Street analysts. period a year earlier, making it by on stocks in recent weeks. But the In exchange for a cash lifeline, OPEC crude, it said. for Micron, the biggest memory- month. For example, early forecasts far the worst-performing industry. European economy was actually the country has agreed to much chip maker in the U.S., The Wall "This would imply an im- Companies have started to re- for the first-quarter showed that If energy companies are excluded showing signs of strength before greater concessions than those that Street Journal reported. provement towards a more bal- port second-quarter results, and companies would report a 3.2 per- from the mix, earnings for S&P 500 anxiety soared over Greece possi- were under discussion a few weeks In response, shares of Asian anced market," OPEC's in-house early announcements bode well for cent decline in earnings. Once all companies are forecast to rise 3.8 ago. Among them: higher taxes, cuts memory makers, including Korea- economists said in the report. bly leaving the eurozone the investors unnerved by worrisome the numbers were tallied, earnings percent. group of 19 countries that share to government pensions and a sell- based SK Hynix and Samsung Elec- OPEC has increased produc- headlines and a shaky U.S. stock climbed 4.2 percent. CONSUMER SPENDING off of $55 billion worth of state tronics, fell sharply. The fear is that tion sharply over the last year as the single euro currency. Europe's market. Aluminum company Al- Investors say that if energy Many investors are optimis- economy grew 0.4 percent in the assets in order to recapitalize under Chinese ownership, Micron its most powerful member, Saudi banks and make debt payments. coa, one of the first big companies companies are excluded, compa- tic about companies that rely on first quarter, its best performance could ramp up production aggres- Arabia, and other core producers to report earnings, announced last nies are in good health. consumer spending. That's because That last strategy is a little like a sively, unsettling the cozy oligop- in the Middle East Gulf attempt Wednesday that its earnings edged "To me the story is underneath hiring has steadily improved this since the second quarter of 2013. family selling off its furniture to oly that the industry has settled to build market share, leading to up from a year ago. A day later, the headline numbers," said Dar- year and there are signs that wages Growth in Europe was actually make its mortgage payment; you into. The deal wouldn t lead to any higher inventories worldwide. PepsiCo said higher sales from rell Cronk, chief investment offic- are edging higher. And while the faster than in the U.S. can do it, but it does not exactly industry consolidation Tsinghua OPEC said Saudi Arabia re- Frito-Lay helped its earnings beat er at Wells Fargo Investment In- slump in oil has hurt energy pro- "The big question is Europe amount to a long-term solution. Unigroup owns companies that ported that it pumped 10.56 mil- expectations. stitute. "You still have really good ducers, it has also lowered gas pric- and are U.S. multi-nationals see- A week ago, thousands of design mobile-communications lion bpd last month, up 231,000 "It's going to be refreshing to growth in a number of sectors." es, putting more money into shop- ing any signs of a durable recovery Greeks crowded Syntagma Square, chips, but has no memory found- bpd from May. According to in- move away from headlines around Earnings are expected to grow pers' pockets. there," said David Lefkowitz, an in front of the nation's parliament, ries. dustry data, that would be a record Greece, China and Fed rate hikes strongly for telecommuncations Earnings for the consumer dis- executive director and equity strat- celebrating their country's emphat- In fact, the Korean memory high. and get back to the underlying fun- companies, as well as health care cretionary sector, which includes egist at UBS. ic "no" vote on a proposed finan- makers have little to worry about, Higher OPEC production has damentals that should be driving firms. Macy's and Amazon, as well as Investors will be eager to hear cial rescue. Right and left, old and as the deal has only a slender chance been a major factor behind a col- stock prices," said Michael Arone, In the coming weeks, investors entertainment companies Netflix from companies whether the Greek young, the Greek people were of going through. For one thing, lapse in oil prices, which are now chief investment strategist at State see three key issues as companies and CBS, are expected to grow 6.1 crisis has had an impact on their united: They would not accept the the price is too low. Tsinghua Un- around half their levels of a year Street Global Advisors. report second-quarter results: percent. business in Europe, he said. further austerity that Germany and ago. A lift is just what stock inves- other European countries were igroup is willing to pay $21 a share, Benchmark Brent crude trad- a 19% premium to Micron s last tors need. demanding as a condition of fur- ed around $58.70 a barrel at 1230 Fears about Greece and China ther bailout money. closing price. But Micron shares GMT on Monday, down from a are down 50% this year, and trad- have shaken up the market this The Greek government's late peak above $115 in June 2014. summer. The Standard & Poor's June decision to suspend negotia- ed above $21 as recently as last Lower prices have squeezed month. Shareholders are likely to 500 index edged down 0.2 percent tions and hold that referendum was high-cost oil producers and from April through June, the in- both an affront to the procedures hold out for more. brought a sharp fall in the number U.S. political and security con- dex's first losing quarter since De- of European diplomacy and wors- of oil exploration rigs in operation, cember 2012. Last week, the index ened the country's economic posi- siderations are also likely to in- particularly across North Ameri- trude. China has made it a national closed down as much as 4 percent tion (a shutdown of the banking ca. from its all-time high on May 21. system and negative headlines dur- priority to develop a globally com- OPEC said supply of oil from petitive semiconductor industry. For the year, things aren't so ing prime tourist season have a non-OPEC producers was expect- bad. But the S&P 500's 2 percent way of doing that). McKinsey estimates that poten- ed to grow by only 300,000 bpd tial government support for this gain so far is small compared to Germany and its allies among in 2016, down sharply from the same period the prior two creditor countries seized on those effort could reach 1 trillion yuan growth of 860,000 bpd this year. facts to demand more stringent ($161 billion) over the next five to years. The index surged 17.8 per- U.S. oil output, which has seen cent through mid-July of 2013 and austerity than had been on the ta- 10 years. It is unclear where the rapid increases over the last five climbed 6.5 percent over that same ble before the referendum. The logic financing would come from for the years thanks to the development stretch last year. was that the worse economic situ- Micron deal, but the bid has to be of huge shale resources by "frack- Earnings results have grown ation made Greece's funding needs seen as part of this effort. Tsing- ing", is expected to log much more every quarter since late 2009, sup- higher, and the referendum brink- hua Unigroup is 20% owned by modest supply growth in 2016. porting a bull market for U.S. manship created a need to rebuild Intel, but this doesn t change the "Total U.S. liquids production stocks over the time. trust with the Greek government. fact that it is a fully state-controlled is expected to grow by 330,000 For this quarter, companies in The left-wing Greek govern- entity. bpd, just one third of the growth the index are forecast to report that ment has pursued a hard-edged, Acquiring the U.S. s only re- of 930,000 bpd expected this earnings fell an average 4.5 percent, maximalist negotiating strategy, maining memory-chip producer, year," it said. according to data provider S&P hoping that by pushing to the with cutting-edge technology and That should mean more de- Capital IQ. Much of that decline, brink of leaving the eurozone, the foundry facilities in the U.S., Sin- mand for OPEC oil next year. though, is due to lower profits at other European countries would gapore and Japan, would be a coup. OPEC said it expected demand energy companies, which have acquiesce to bailout terms more With the deal, China would make for its own crude to rise by been hit by a collapse in the price favorable to Greece. It underesti- a quantum leap in raw computing- 860,000 bpd in 2016 to 30.07 mil- of oil. mated how strongly held Germa- power production capacity. U.S. lion bpd. But it cut its estimate of That outlook may seem dire, ny's position really was, and how authorities are unlikely to view demand for its crude this year by but earnings optimists are also many other countries Germany such a prospect favorably. WSJ 100,000 bpd to 29.21 million bpd. counting on history. Companies could pull in to support it. 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. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Pakistan s central censor board clears Bajrangi Bhaijaan but with several cuts apper known as 50 Cent is now cent-less NEW YORK: Rapper 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy protection in Connecticut on Monday, report- ing debts and assets in the range of $10 million to $50 million. Lawyers for the Get Rich or Die Tryin singer filed court pa- pers in US Bankruptcy Court in Hartford under the musician s real name, Curtis James Jackson III. The voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing came three days after the 40-year-old New York- born rapper was ordered by a Manhattan court to pay $5 mil- lion in damages to a woman over a sex tape posted online in 2009, according to media reports. The court case stemmed from a video in which the rapper is ac- cused of adding a commentary to a tape that the woman made with her boyfriend and posting it on- line without her permission, celeb- rity website TMZ.com reported. Lawyers for the rapper could not immediately be reached for comment on the bankruptcy fil- ing. It lists his liabilities as in the It appears that the film will make it across the border after all. region of $10 million to $50 mil- lion and his estimated assets in the Not much is known about the plot same range. Sonya Battla s The Grand Trunk time lives in ours. of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, but from what 50 Cent has sold more than 30 Road collection is an unswerving For the Eid collection that hits has been revealed so far, Salman Carving million albums worldwide and won journey of motifs adapted for her racks on Monday at her Studio Khan s character Bajrangi helps a ROM a Grammy Award in 2010. He has luxury prêt collection releasing this located on E-Street, Battla terms young, speech-impaired girl from also worked as an actor, appearing Eid. The collection we previewed it as subtle . The collection is Pakistan return to her homeland. in the 2008 film Righteous Kill, on Friday comprised unique piec- not heightened and is not as dra- Considering the current drama her own es that one can possibly wear on a matic as it usually is for fashion and mystery surrounding the re- holiday to a resort locale. week showcases, she says. The lease of the film in Pakistan, it d UMAIMA On the choice of title, The Eid compilation is also limited. be a real tragedy if Bajrangi ends Grand Trunk Road , the designer It s a limited edition, which only up making it across the border but niche shares that she s been following a few people will own. I don t want the film doesn t. British historian William Dalrym- the same apparel for everyone and With only a few days till Ei- MUMBAI: Actor Richa Chadha ple s work dedicated to India and digital prints can easily become dul Fitr, the fate of the movie still WITH LOVE says cheques handed out by film its surrounding areas. repetitive. hangs in the balance. According to producers also bounce, but it If Bol (2011) was a milestone, then time and again stressed on the fact One would find innovation of Her luxury prêt limited edition sources, it has already been cen- doesn t matter to her as she sorts in this particular collection. is priced between Rs13000 to sored in Islamabad and Karachi, Raja Natwarlal (2014) was a big that the shoot of the film was com- doesn t do films for money . leap in Humaima Malick s career. pleted in 45 days as per their ini- You can sport Kolkata kurtas with Rs24000 and the silk range con- but its fate will be determined by Very few people do films for the motif of women dancers and sists of exclusively designed digi- whether or not it gets approved Although the latter couldn t give tial commitments. There adherence money, and I m definitely one who her the results an artist would want to professionalism was also re- 1850 era paisley designs, Battla tal prints. Her cotton collection by the Lahore censor board. Term- doesn t do it for money. I think tells The Express Tribune. Accord- won t be as steeply priced as her ing the censor screenings in Islam- from a Bollywood debut, it still flected in the way Asad tackled the everyone who has interactions managed to keep her relevant. actors, which made Humaima feel ing to Battla the collection embod- silk anthology though. abad and Karachi as a routine with producers, has experienced ies how The Grand Trunk Road Making progress online grad- procedure, chief executive of So relevant and relatable that that she wasn t working with a cheque bouncing at least once, she can be considered the seasoned first-timer. and as a boxing promoter. His lat- was a passage for the British peo- ually, Battla keeps active on social Eveready Pictures, Satish Anand, Richa said at the opening of a wild- est movie Southpaw, in which ple to enter India and how on their media and remains connected to a said the process of censoring the actor opposite whom Sikander We were done shooting dot life resort. Rizvi will make his big screen de- on time; not a day more. Asad gave he plays a manipulative manager journey, they met fascinating sto- larger cluster of fans and consum- film was the same as it is for any An actor acclaimed for her and boxing promoter, is due for rytellers and dancers. ers. Facebook, along with other other international film. but in Dekh Magar Pyaar Say all his energy and we did not feel work in movies like Oye Lucky! (DPMS). But the number of her for once that he was making a film release next week. This collection truly pays social media has helped us excel, But reports emerging from the Lucky Oye! and Gangs Of Was- In May, Forbes estimated 50 homage to the writings of Dalrym- all while reaching out to fans and Central Board of Film Censors competitors has grown since Bol, for the first time. Such was his seypur, Richa is happy with her and one wonders if her brand name professionalism and dedication. Cent s net worth at $155 million, ple. There is creativity and imagi- fashionistas. (CBFC) say otherwise. Mobashir journey in Bollywood so far. largely from his business interests nation coming from his writing that Post Eid, the designer will be Hasan, chairman of the CBFC, told will sustain at a time when the likes The makers of DPMS recent- The industry has given me a of Mahira Khan have turned them- ly released a visually appealing in clothing, beverages and music inspires my line. I would like to occupied with taking exclusive brid- The Express Tribune, Bajrangi lot. My journey as an actor start- technology. see how a traveller from an ancient al orders. Bhaijaan has been approved for Eid selves into crowd-pullers. trailer of the film. The film shows release by the CBFC but with sev- I believe in quality not quan- Sikander Rizvi don the role of Rick- eral cuts [to the film]. He said the tity. I don t go around signing ev- shaw driver and Humaima as his panel that recommended these erything that comes my way, love interest. While the details of changes comprises members of Humaima tells The Express Tri- art direction are worth watching, Why natural security agencies, film crit- bune. I m very choosy about one still wonders if the audience ics and members of the civil soci- what I do because I want to fully will have enough reasons to watch ety, who made the decision after a concentrate on what I have at hand DPMS instead of Moor, Shah or Shraddha thorough discussion. and not dabble in lots of things at brothers. Hasan revealed that since the one time. This is the reason why Firstly, it has me in it, so CBFC is a regulatory body, deter- I m very particular. I don t want that s a big reason go and watch mining the time of release of a film to disappoint my loyal fans by the film, quips Humaima, going is so doesn t fall within its jurisdiction, doing something where they see I on to add that DMPS is a com- but that it has approved Bajrangi haven t given all my energy to it. plete package that people will love. Bhaijaan for Eid. In special cas- Humaima is really excited There s romance, there s come- es, where a film has to be delayed about DPMS and hopes that her dy, there s great music, styling, cin- excited? hard work and dedication during ematography, and what not. Ev- or restricted, we receive directives Shraddha Kapoor, who is still from the information ministry, and the shoot will churn out positive erything that one wants in a per- results in cinemas. I have given fect film is in it. Also, it s a Paki- basking in the success of "ABCD we haven t received any such in- 2", is all charged up to start shoot- structions so far, he shared. my 200 per cent to this film, and stani film and our films need to be I m sure my fans will love me in watched, loved, and promoted for ing for her next, "Baaghi". The ac- Following the imposition of tress says she "can't wait for the the 18th Amendment and subse- the film and appreciate my hard the industry to grow . work . Directed by well-known For now only the turn out in fun" to begin. quent decentralisation, the CBFC The actress will join her co- doesn t hold the power to censor ad-filmmaker Asadul Haque and cinemas on August 14 is going to written by journalist-author Saba decide the fate of DPMS but till star Tiger Shroff in the shoot for the film across Pakistan. All the Sajid Nadiadwala's "Baaghi" in the cinemas in the Islamabad Capital Imtiaz, DPMS is a romantic com- then Humaima has kept her hands edy starring Sikander Rizvi and full. She was recently a part of a next 15 days, a statement said. Territory (ICT) and cantonments "I am very excited to join Ti- around the country come within Humaima in the lead roles. photo shoot that was featured in From the posters already, one the British Vogue. It was an over- ger and the entire 'Baaghi' team on the CBFC s ambit. Apart from set. I have met them a couple of that, since Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could figure out how sizzling the whelming experience and I was re- chemistry is between the leading ally excited to be featured in Brit- times before and they are absolute- is yet to form their own censor ly fun to work with. I can't wait to board, it also receives directives characters. Sikander was a treat to ish Vogue, which is considered a work with and we had a great time fashion bible worldwide start shoot," Shraddha said in a from the central board. Sources statement. revealed that security agencies on the shoot. You ll have to wait The fashion shoot was done and watch the film to see how we for Karachi-based designer Syeda According to a source, Shrad- have asked regional censor boards dha is in the preparation stage for to play a uniform cut of Bajrangi look together, she smirks. Amera and was shot by Adnan ed in 2012 and in these three years, The producers of the film have Qazi. the role at the moment. Her look Bhaijaan across the country. (I ve won) one Filmfare Award for for the film and other things are An article recently published Best Actress, Critics (award for being decided. She will start shoot- in Indian publication Mid-Day re- Gangs Of Wasseypur), one com- ing as soon as it is finalised. ported that there s an increase in ic role award (Screen Award for The storyline of "Baaghi" is the likelihood of the film s release Fukrey), and Masaan has won two kept under wraps and the only getting delayed to accommodate awards at the Cannes Internation- thing known is that it is a story of two Pakistani films releasing this al Film Festival. a rebel. Eid. Salman [Khan] has a huge Along with this, (I ve got) fan-following [in Pakistan], so huge amount of money, numerous there s apprehension that his film friends and tremendous fame I m PETER ANDRE might eat into the business of their hoping you ll see a lot more of me. Eid releases, Wrong No. and Bin I m not waiting for the industry to MARRIES Roye. It s highly unlikely that do something for me, I ll take what- Bajrangi Bhaijaan will release along ever I want on my own, she said. with them on that day, read the Known for always choosing EMILY report. unique storylines and themes, Whether or not the movie s Richa said, I ll continue working MACDONAGH release gets a go-ahead in Pakistan, like how I m been working since Singer Peter Andre has married distributor of the film, Eveready the beginning of my career. I want Emily MacDonagh. The couple, Pictures, has already created a to do good films and that s what I who have an 18-month-old daugh- cushion for itself, by taking up the do usually. Masaan will hit Indi- ter Amelia together, tied the knot distribution rights to two other an screens on July 24. surrounded by their nearest and films, Bin Roye and Ant-Man. dearest at Mamhead House in Ex- eter on Saturday, reports mirror.co.uk. The pair had kept fans guess- Kutcher, Kunis keep firearms at home ing as to when the ceremony Actress Mila Kunis says she and husband grew up in Iowa, and is have stalkers or people constantly trying to break into my house." would take place until recently. her husband Ashton Kutcher keep from a hunting family. He's worked Andre had said: "It was al- a gun at their home and that she with rifles his whole life," Kunis ways going to be next year. But I respects the actor's wish to keep a told the Daily Telegraph magazine, think we're going to do it this year firearm. reports femalefirst.co.uk. now because I think that's nicer. "...We have a gun at the house. The `Jupiter Ascending` ac- I'm a man and I can't plan too But would I give it to my daughter tress went on to claim they only much." as a gift at 15? No. I can take a gun keep the gun in their house to pro- While his last wedding cere- apart and put it back together tect themselves, as earlier this year mony with model Katie Price in- blindfolded." a man who was convicted of stalk- volved a pink wedding gown, Cin- "My child shouldn't be as well ing her in 2011 escaped from a derella style carriage, and various trained as us, nor should she know psychiatric facility in California. TV stars as guests, 42-year-old there is a weapon in the house -- She added: "I probably Andre wanted a "more intimate" ever. But I respect the gun. My wouldn't have the gun if I didn't wedding this time round. 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. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Fatherhood key Real Madrid president to Djokovic s urged to quit recent success after Casillas Novak Djokovic replaced exit the heartbreak of losing the French Open with the joy of hoisting the Wimbledon trophy in the space of just five weeks. That "positive arro- gance" - that Goran Iva- nisevic calls it - has made Djokovic a formidable ath- lete who, rather than being distracted by the joys of married life and father- hood, has become a human winning machine who keeps showing up come finals day. Since the birth of his son Stefan last October, the Several hundred Real Madrid fans world number one has lost chanted for president Florentino only three of 61 matches Perez to resign at an official send- and collected eight titles, off for goal-keeper and captain Iker Casillas at the Bernabeu sta- including the Australian He lifted the gold trophy after a 7-6(1) Open and Wimbledon. dium. Floyd Mayweather's next fight might air on CBS, 6-7(10) 6-4 6-3 victory over second-seed- Real held the presentation fol- He also made it to the ed Swiss great Roger Federer. final of the French Open lowing criticism over the surreal Whereas top players once put off hav- nature of Casillas's tearful news and it would be a huge gamble for the network last month where he lost ing a family because they thought it would to Stan Wawrinka. conference on Sunday, when he ruin their focus, Djokovic's settled off-court appeared to be alone in the stadi- "Ever since I got mar- life means he does not spend too much time ried and became a father, I um press room to read out a fare- dwelling on disappointments and can quick- well statement. haven't lost many match- ly focus on the task ahead. es, I won many tourna- Iker is leaving us because that "If there is one thing that I learned it is was his wish. Nobody from Real Floyd Mayweather's last fight ments," a beaming Djok- to recover fast and to leave things behind against Manny Pacquiao shattered ovic said as he celebrated Madrid asked him to leave the club Can Dustin me and move on," the 28-year-old Serbian Florentino Perez, Real Madrid Pay-Per-View (PPV) records and his first wedding anniver- said after he became the oldest man in the expectations by tens of millions sary by winning his third president Johnson quickly professional era to win nine grand slam ti- The 34-year-old, who is leav- of dollars, and yet his next fight Wimbledon title. tles. "You can't think about what happened could reportedly be given away for "I suggest that to ev- ing his boyhood club after 16 sea- get over his U.S. in the French Open or what happened a sons in the first team to join Por- free to anybody who wants to ery player, Get married, few weeks before. You just need to look watch. have kids, let's enjoy this." to, appeared on the VIP tribune Open heartbreak? forward." on Monday with Perez and made According to a source for Lyle Nairo Quintana said Monday he very tough, in which the tempera- a brief statement before going down Fitzsimmons of CBSSports.com, is banking on his strength in the ture will play an important role, He thinks so Mayweather's next, and presum- mountains to claw back the time and it's expected to be very hot," to the pitch to greet supporters. In 2015, only three players have Fans in the sweltering streets ably final, fight could be broadcast he lost to Tour de France leader said Quintana. live on CBS on September 12: Chris Froome over the first week. And he added, smiling: "I al- finished in the top 10 in both ma- outside had called for Perez to quit jors played. before they were let into the arena Mayweather insisted after the The Colombian climber ar- ways enjoy the big climbs." May 2 defeat of Manny Pacquiao rived at Monday's rest day almost Quintana lost a handful of sec- Then there's Rory McIlroy, and they repeated the chants and who enjoyed Sunday sprints onto gave Casillas a rousing ovation as in Las Vegas that he'd return for a two minutes behind Briton onds to Froome on the opening 49th and final fight in September, Froome at ninth in the overall stage individual timetrial, the third the first page of the final leader- he posed with the 19 trophies he board at Augusta National and won with Real, including three and an industry source told standings. stage finish on the Mur de Huy CBSSports.com on Wednesday But the 25-year-old is widely and Sunday's team timetrial. Chambers Bay. Thanks fo an an- European Cups. Casillas spoke on kle injury, he's on the shelf this Sunday after Spanish daily El that a short list of opponents is regarded as the best climber in the But he gave up a minute and a being pondered for a Sept. 12 event world and once the mountains be- half on the second stage in which week, the first Open champion not Mundo published an interview to defend his title in 61 years. with his parents, with whom he that could be broadcast live on CBS gin on Tuesday, he expects to start crosswinds caused havoc as he was ... An announcement is possible as eating into Froome's advantage. caught up behind a crash. Who's the third guy? It's Dus- has a troubled relationship, in tin Johnson. The same Dustin which they said their son had been soon as the end of the week, the "Froome is physically very Yet he managed to avoid los- source said. strong, but I'm also in good form ing any more time on the poten- Johnson who three-putted away forced out of the club by Perez. his first major title. Perez said at the presentation he Mayweather has one fight left and we're going to try to do all we tially perilous cobbled fourth stage. on his six-fight contract with Show- can to make up the difference," He says he is happy with his On four different occasions -- had invited Casillas, whom he said the 2010 U.S. Open and PGA he had "always defended" and de- time, which has handled the PPV said the Movistar team leader. current position because he expect- for the first five fights of the deal, "Up until now he's gained ed it to be even worse ahead of the Championship, at Royal St. scribed as "irreplaceable", because George's in 2011 and last month - of "confused information that has sharing that privilege with HBO small victories but on short climbs mountains. in the recent fight against Pacqui- that require a lot of strength, which "I would have signed up for - Johnson has let majors slip been published that perhaps needs through his fingers. He's a Mas- to be explained as it does not cor- ao. However, as Fitzsimmons have nothing to do with climbs that this gap (before the Tour started) notes, Showtime is a wholly- are coming." because the first week wasn't ters away from collecting them all respond with reality". and becoming this generation's "Iker is leaving us because that owned subsidiary of the CBS Cor- The first of those will be Tues- easy," he said. poration, so moving a fight to day's hors category finish at La "Although it's true that the Greg Norman. Norman, however, was his wish," Perez said, adding got two majors, albeit before the that the club were looking to orga- broadcast television was always Pierre-Saint Martin -- a 15.3km cobbles weren't as difficult as I considered a possibility. climb at an average gradient of 7.4 thought. scar tissue had built too much. Can nise a farewell friendly match for Johnson overcome what he's left him, possibly against Porto. CBS recently brought live box- percent, which is much more to "I got over them well with the ing back to the network with "Pre- Quintana's liking. help of the team who kept me on the green, in the rough, out of "Nobody from Real Madrid bounds or in phantom bunkers and asked him to leave the club. You mier Boxing Champions" a program "It's a fairly consistent climb, calm." scheduled to air eight live boxing finally win a major? have to look after your legends and He seems to think so. Iker is one." matches in 2015. Adding a May- weather bout to that package "I was happy with the way I would be a huge step toward get- played and the way I handled ting the program on the national myself coming down the last few radar, and it just so happens that holes," Johnson said Monday at CBS has no college football games St. Andrews. "I thought I hit the scheduled for that night. shots that I was supposed to hit. I There is also the Les Moonves did everything I was supposed to. factor. It was the CBS chairman It wasn't too difficult to get over who helped seal the deal on the it. Obviously I was a little disap- Mayweather-Pacquiao fight when pointed I didn't get the job done, it was still up in the air. but I was definitely happy with Still, putting the fight on free the way I played." TV would almost certainly be a Johnson didn't sulk too long huge financial gamble for the net- after his Chambers Bay disap- work. pointment. For better or worse, With the Mayweather-Pacqui- he's not the type to dwell on many ao fight generating more than $550 things. He jetted out of the Taco- million in revenue and with May- ma area, skipping the trophy cere- weather's share somewhere in the mony, and went to Idaho to spend neighborhood of $210 million, he time with his fiancee Paulina is still going to want a big pay day Gretzky, their son Tatum and her as if the fight were being shown on family. PPV. Even if Mayweather's next The U.S. Open loss stung; it fight is against a lesser opponent, was obvious from Johnson's it can be argued that any May- choice of words on Monday. weather fight would still be one of However, at 30, Johnson is argu- the top 5-10 PPV fights of all time ably hitting the prime of his golf- due to the momentum of the May- ing life. He's finished in the top 10 Pac fight alone. in four of his last six major starts. With a PPV fight, the boxers Johnson doesn't view his litany get a percentage of the revenue af- close calls, particularly of late, as ter-the-fact. With a fight on broad- a source of frustration. cast TV, CBS will have to commit "I think it's very good, very to a payment for Mayweather positive," he said. "It gives me the based on what they expect in ad confidence to know I have what it revenue. takes to win." Will CBS be willing to commit He added, "I think every situ- $50 million to Mayweather based ation you can learn from, it just on the sales of commercials? depends on the way you want to While the Super Bowl can sell look at it. I try to look at them all a 30-second TV ad for $4.2 mil- as learning opportunities. Each one lion, most of the top sporting helps me get closer to actually get- events charge somewhere in the ting a major." $400,000-750,000 range per 30 So, what are Johnson's chanc- seconds. That is a lot of commer- es of doing just that? cials that would need to be sold Johnson isn't a good putter, just to cover Mayweather's share and it didn't take the U.S. Open to of the proceeds. show that. George Karl says he s very confident he can repair relationship with DeMarcus Cousins DeMarcus Cousins and George guys that love to compete. Cousins traded. Cousins respond- ed to be traded, too," a source close Karl finally shook hands during the "Sometimes, that doesn't work ed by tweeting out an emoji of a to the situation said. Cousins de- Sacramento Kings' summer league the first time you hang around. snake in the grass. A day later, Karl clined comment when asked about game on Monday night. It was a But you have to take your time to said Cousins was the Kings' best Karl by Yahoo Sports on Sunday start, but there is a lot more work make it work. I'm very confident player but the franchise needed him and simply said he was "straight" to be done to repair the relation- to make it work." to be "committed and dedicated to [good]. New Kings general manag- ship between the Kings' All-Star Karl was given a four-year, $14 being in Sacramento." er Vlade Divac told Yahoo Sports center and their coach before next million deal to coach the Kings on Kings owner Vivek Ranadive that he expects Karl to be the coach season. Feb. 8. Days later, Cousins made was so upset with Karl that he when next season begins. When "I just said hello to him this his first NBA All-Star appearance. seriously considering firing him, a asked what he needed to do to re- afternoon," Karl told Yahoo Karl had an 11-19 record coaching league source said. Cousins want- connect with Cousins, Karl told Sports. "I don't think it's some- the Kings last season. ed to be traded before the draft, a Yahoo Sports: "Communicate. Get thing we have to rush through. You The rift between Cousins and source told Yahoo Sports, but no everything honest. Come to what- got two guys that are very frus- Karl grew after Yahoo Sports' Adri- deal was consummated. ever you want to say, an agree- trated with losing, two guys that an Wojnarowski reported before "Cousins felt like if Karl want- ment on what he wants from me Novak Djokovic are somewhat stubborn and two the NBA draft that Karl wanted ed [him] to be traded then he want- and what I want from him. 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Unemployment, easy access to drug main factors behind return to addiction: Report By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) in a report re- leased on Tuesday said that un- employment and easy access to drugs are the main factors behind return of people to addiction after rehabilitation. At least 465 people in 39 ad- dicts rehabilitation centers have been interviewed in Kabul, Kan- dahar, Herat, Balkh, Badakhshan and Nangarhar provinces during the survey. The Minister of also not equipped with the neces- centers are currently active across Counter Narcotics, Salamat Azi- sary equipments. The ministry the country, which can rehabilitate mi, said that after the rehabilita- will enroll all the rehabilitated peo- around one percent of the addicts. tion, 22 percent of people have ple in the training centers without It is pertained to mention that been pushed back into drug addic- any entrance exam, he added. even in the capital city of Kabul, tion by unemployment, 19 percent According to report, the num- people have easy access to drugs. by friendship with addicts and 16 ber of drug addicts has increased Pul-e- Sokhta, Jangalak, Qal-e-Za- percent by easy access to drugs. to three million people in Afghan- mankhan are the well-known plac- Speaking at the function, she istan and over 108 rehabilitation es for selling of drug. said that 55 percent of the inter- viewed people responded that they returned back into use of drug Afghan forces going through in the first 90 days after treatment. Major world powers and Iran have Iran and major powers agreed would not necessarily be granted She said that 44 percent of the in- difficult time: Pentagon 14 fighters killed in formally concluded a historic deal on a mechanism under which the and even if so, could be delayed, a terviewed addicts had been reha- clashes between ISIS, aimed at ensuring that Iran does U.N. nuclear watchdog Interna- condition that critics of the deal bilitated several times. AT Monitoring Desk not obtain the nuclear bomb, the tional Atomic Energy Agency are sure to seize on as possibly Taliban in Nangarhar Findings of the survey shows KABUL: Considering the Taliban as they once were, she said. EU's foreign policy chief Federica could get access to suspect nucle- giving Tehran time to cover any that 52 percent (244 people) of insurgents as no longer an existen- She further said that Afghan Mogherini announced Tuesday. ar sites in Iran within 24 days, the sign of non-compliance with its AT News Report the 465 addicts were illiterate, 20 tial threat to the government, a top forces were going through difficult "Iran Talks done. We have the text of the Iran nuclear agreement commitments. percent of them had basic educa- Pentagon official has said that this times and experiencing high casual- agreement," she said in a tweet, said. year the Afghan security forces are KABUL: At least 14 militants tion, 6 percent had med-level edu- ty rates. And most of the casualties shortly after a final plenary ses- Iran will also be allowed to cation, six percent were high school struggling with a very difficult envi- were taking place in remote areas have been killed during clashes be- sion of foreign ministers from the conduct research and development ronment as fighting intensified in tween the Taliban and ISIS in east- Security tightened graduates, and the remaining four of the country, she added. so-called P5+1 and Iran ended in (R&D) with uranium for advanced percent of them were holding bach- the country. She said that when Afghan forc- ern Nangarhar province. Vienna. centrifuges during the first 10 years Speaking at a Center for Strate- es are going after Taliban to clear A press statement issued by in Kabul ahead elor degrees. gic and International Studies in Iranian President Hassan of a nuclear agreement with major The minister highlighted that area from their presence, they have Nangarhar police here on Tuesday Rowhani said the nuclear deal will powers, according to the text of Washington, the US Undersecretary much lower casualty rates and it s said that nine militants were killed of Eid the survey was aimed at finding of Defense for Policy, Christine E. the Taliban insurgents that sustained open "new horizons" now that the deal posted on the Russian for- reasons for return of people to drug in Sholana area of Chaparhar dis- "this unnecessary crisis" has been eign ministry website. KABUL: The Kabul police chief Wormuth, said as the Afghan Na- heavy casualties. trict and five others were killed in on Tuesday said extraordinary se- addiction after rehabilitation. tional Security Forces responsible to resolved. "Iran will continue to conduct The MoCN in collaboration maintain peace and security at the Momand village of Achin district In a message on his Twitter enrichment R&D in a manner that curity measures had been put in President joins in clashes between fighters of two place in and around capital Kabul with other related organs will strive country, the Spring Offensive of the account, Rowhani said the suc- does not accumulate enriched ura- to ensure that the Eidul Fitr cele- hard to overcome the challenges, Taliban insurgents is a test of secu- prayers for durable terrorist groups. cessful talks had shown "construc- nium," the text of the agreement A statement didn t mention the brations passed off peacefully. leading to drug addiction, she add- rity forces strength. tive engagement works." said. Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahi- ed. Afghan forces are absorbing peace in country name of the terrorist groups; how- There can now be "a focus on Nuclear inspections mi, told journalists strict security She insisted that devising new the blows this fighting season, be- KABUL: President Mohammad ever, an official on condition of shared challenges", he added. Iran's The deal is said to allow U.N. measures had been adopted in co- cause the Taliban insurgents have anonymity said that the groups policies to cope with the issue will Ashraf Ghani has joined final part foreign minister hailed the nuclear inspectors to press for visits to ordination with the Ministry of be on top priority of the ministry resorted to the hit and run attack were the Taliban and ISIS. accord with world powers as "a Iran s military sites as part of their Defence (MoD) and the National tactics, Wormuth said. of Quran recitation ceremony and According to reports clashes in its 100-day action plan. prayed for durable peace, stabili- historic moment" but acknowl- monitoring duties a compromise Directorate of Security (NDS). Deputy of Ministry of Labor The Taliban insurgent has been have intensified between the Tali- edged the deal was "not perfect". between Washington and Tehran. Security forces are working making efforts to undermine the writ ty and prosperity in the country, ban and ISIS fighters in Nangarhar day and night to thwart any unto- and Social Affairs (MoLSA), Wa- of the government through launch- "I believe this is a historic Iranian media rejected such a de- sel Noor Mohmand, said that the a statement from the Presidential province recently. Tens of mili- moment. We are reaching an agree- mand earlier today. ward incident during the religious ing high-profile attacks, she said. Palace says on Tuesday. tants, related to both sides, have festival. People need not to worry ministry had the plan to establish However, the victims are mostly ment that is not perfect for any- "All the hard work has paid vocational training complexes for The president, it said regular- been killed in the fighting so far. body but it is what we could ac- off and we sealed a deal. God bless about security and they should innocent civilians, she added. Based on information provid- enjoy Eid, he added. drug addicts across the country but A few of the commander I ly took part in Tarawih prayers in complish and it is an important our people," one diplomat told However, he said people s co- due to lack of budget, it could build talked told me the whole concept the p. After the end of the Tarawih ed by security organizations, foot- achievement for all of us," Moham- Reuters on condition of anonymi- prints of ISIS have been seen in operation with security forces was only one vocational center in Hel- of a fighting season may not really payers, the participants prayed for mad Javad Zarif said at a final min- ty. A second Iranian official con- necessary and should contact po- mand province. have the same meaning it used to. lasting peace and prosperity in Helmand, Farah and Nangarhar isterial meeting between Iran and firmed the agreement. lice in special circumstances. He said that even this one is The periods of fighting are not con- Afghanistan. provinces. six world powers in Vienna. But access at will to any site strained to a point on the calendar 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.