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AT Monitoring Desk 50 killed, 94 wounded 100 Taliban killed, wounded in attack on wedding in Hesarak party in Turkey AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forc- More than 50 people have been Tayyip Erdogan said "Daesh is the es killed and wounded around 100 killed and scores more wounded in likely perpetrator of the attack", Taliban insurgents including their an explosion at a wedding ceremo- using the Arabic name for ISIL. leaders after they (Taliban) con- ny in Turkey's southeastern prov- The suicide bomber who at- ducted a complex attack in Hesar- ince of Gaziantep, near the Syria tacked the wedding party was a ak district of eastern Nangarhar border. child between the ages of 12 and province, officials said on Sunday. The blast, which occurred at 14, Erdogan said. Taliban leader Naeem Khalid around 11pm local time on Satur- In comments shown live by was killed during fierce clashes in day in the Akdere neighbourhood broadcaster NTV, Erdogan also the district, the official said. of Sahin Bey district, was a "ter- confirmed that 51 people had died “The Afghan security forces ror attack", according to Ali Yer- in the blast, and 69 were wound- killed Taliban leader—Khalid when likaya, the governor of Gaziantep. ed. Seventeen of the injured were he was leading the coordinate at- Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's "heavily" wounded, Erdogan said. tack on the district aimed at cap- deputy prime minister, told NTV "Our country and our nation turing it,” provincial governor’s that the explosion appeared to have have again only one message to spokesman Ataullah Khogyani been caused by a suicide bomber. those who attack us: You will not said. A major city lying just 60km succeed!" he said. He added that Taliban insur- north of the Syrian border, Ga- Separately, Samil Tayyar, a gents received huge casualties dur- ziantep has become a hub for Syr- member of parliament from the ing fierce fighting. Without giving ians fleeing the civil war in their governing Justice and Develop- exact details, he said that around country. ment Party, pointed the finger at 100 insurgents were killed and wounded. KABUL: Delivering a speech at Situation in the Hesarak dis- the Institute of Peace and Conflict trict is under control, he said, add- Studies, New Delhi-based think GHANI, ABDULLAH EXPECTED TO ing that Taliban insurgents were tank, the former President Hamid pushed away from the district. Karzai said that war on terror has However, the Taliban terror- failed to discourage Pakistan from MEET WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS ist group did not pose any com- using terrorism and religious radi- As the rift between President The chief executive's deputy sources, the two leaders held a 30- ment into the matter so far. calism as tools against its immedi- On Saturday Nangarhar police ate neighbors. Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive spokesman Jawed Faisal said that minute meeting on Wednesday, Abdullah Abdullah enters its 10th it is difficult to overcome Afghan- where the chief executive dis- spokesman Hazrat Hussian Karzai said that the Islamic Mashriqiwal said that a large num- State or Daesh militants, who have day, sources said on Sunday that istan's challenges and address the cussed his demands with Ghani. the two leaders will meet for the public's demands without cooper- "President Ghani and Chief ber of insurgents including foreign- emerged as a new threat to Afghan- ers, suffered casualties after secu- istan, were finding support from a second time within the next few ation between the National Unity Executive Abdullah want to work- days to overcome their differenc- Government (NUG) leaders. ing side by side," Faisal added. rity forces repulsed Taliban’s com- ‘sinister agency’ from ‘across the plex attack on the Hesara district. border’. es. According to a number of A number of analysts mean- while criticized the NUG leaders The attack of Taliban is taking “We know that the Islamic place when Khanabad district of State (IS) in Afghanistan is made for the rift and called on the pres- ident and the chief executive to the northeastern of Kunduz prov- of foreign fighters. We know that ince were fallen to the Taliban on these fighters are being controlled work together and overcome their As well as refugees and oppo- ISIL, also known as ISIS, in re- current challenges. Saturday. However, the Afghan from across the border,” said sition activists, there have long marks on Twitter. security forces recaptured the dis- Karzai, asking big powers to dis- "Afghanistan will face prob- been fears it is home to a signifi- Sahin Bey district is said to lems not only in politics but also trict, but the fierce fighting between play greater coordination in deal- cant presence of sympathisers of have a large number of Kurdish Afghan security forces and Tali- ing with cross-border terror. in security and the economy if the the Islamic State of Iraq and the residents and reports indicate the rift between the two leaders con- ban left huge propriety losses to Karzai, who became the lead- Levant (ISIL) group. wedding too had a strong Kurdish the residents. er of Afghanistan following the tinues," said political commenta- Suicide bomber was 'a child' presence, raising speculation of overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, tor Abdul Ghayur. Turkish President Recep ISIL involvement. Aljazeera blamed the United States-backed According to a number of radicalization movements during sources, Ghani is expected to dis- the Cold War era for the troubles cuss Abdullah's demands during NUG leaders Khanabad recaptured, 38 facing South Asia and West Asia- their next meeting. Sources have North Africa. The fallout of radi- said the third meeting will be to should be honest, Taliban insurgents killed: Official reach an agreement. calization has been long term and By Mansoor Faizy has surrounded the entire region Tolo loyal to people: and spread to Iraq and Syria, he Masoud KABUL: The Afghan security forc- district) has border with two dis- said. Taliban splinter Head of the National Agenda of es recaptured the control of a stra- tricts of Takhar province—Ishka- “Pakistan is paying a price of Over 50 insurgents killed in the National Unity Government tegic Khanabad district from Tali- mish and Bangi, where the fall of the radicalization process that be- group appoints Ahmad Wali Masoud urged that ban in northern Kunduz province, the district was a great threat for gan in the anti-Soviet jihad. Just military operations National Unity Government lead- provincial official said on Sunday. these two provinces as well, Ta- last week, some of the most edu- AT News Report new leader ers are the responsible creating cri- “To retake the district which khar governor spokesman, Sanaul- cated people of Pakistan died in sis within the Afghanistan system, was fallen to the Taliban on Satur- lah Timory told Afghanistan an attack in Quetta. We, therefore, KABUL: More than 50 Taliban fighters were killed and 35 others were KHOST CITY: Mullah Abdul they need to be honest and loyal day, a joint operation on that day Times. are appealing to brothers in Paki- wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within Rauf Arafi has been appointed as and avoid ruling any politics (Saturday) carried by Afghan Na- “We carried operation against stan so that we can have a civi- the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense said in a new leader of a Taliban splinter against each other, implement the tional Army and Afghan Special Taliban insurgents from Taluqan statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national group, led by Mullah Rasoul, the lized relationship and show that police and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted oper- National Unity Government po- Police Force including security district where Takhar governor religion is for good purposes,” ations against insurgents in different areas of Nangarhar, Ghazni, Kan- group’s spokesman Mullah Abdul litical agreement to save the Af- forces from Takhar province, in Mohammad Yasin Zia was leading Karzai said. dahar, Zabul, Ghor, Badghis, Takhar, Baghlan, Kunduz and Helmand Rahman Niazi said on Saturday. ghans. which the district had retaken from the fight against them (Taliban), he Karzai said that cross-border provinces. “In these operations, more than 50 rebels were killed and 35 In a telephonic conversation, Meanwhile officials in chief the Taliban,” provincial police said. threats need to be confronted and others were injured,” the statement said. Security forces also arrested Niazai told Pajhwok Afghan News executive office have stated that spokesman Hejratullah Akbari told He added that security guards Afghanistan has been demanding five insurgents and handed over them to judicial organs for further inqui- Mullah Arafi had been appointed no progress has been made on the Afghanistan Times. of the governor including provin- for military equipment to deal with ry, it added. The military discovered and confiscated weapons and am- by a 13-member executive council second visit of the National Unity He added that it was late Sat- cial security forces were took part the threat. “But India told us that munition in the operations as well. “Unfortunately, 13 army soldiers of the group. He is a resident of Government leaders. urday evening that we retake the the operation. “We entered to it did not want to aggravate the were martyred in the operations.” On the other hand, police arrested the Spin Boldak district of Kanda- Head of the National Agenda district. “38 Taliban insurgents Khanabad district around 07:00 situation thereby meeting our de- Taliban shadow judge with 12 insurgents in Shenwari district of Parwan har province. of the National Unity Government were killed and more than 20 oth- PM Saturday, where the governor mand immediately,” said Karzai province, interior ministry said. Mohmmad Nader was involved to The breakaway group’s Ahmad Wali Masoud said,” Lead- ers received injuries during attack.” raised the Afghan flag over the different public prosecution of innocent people in the district, it said. spokesman said Arafi’s nomina- ers should be honest to people and However, he said that two soldiers Khanabad square.” After the col- lauding India’s patient policy on “The shadow judge had implemented Taliban’s unjustly and illegal desert Afghanistan. tion came after Mullah Rasoul’s get the commitments implement- were also killed during operation. lapse of the district, the Afghan court convicts cruelty over innocent people in the province.” Seven ed for the welfare of the Nation, in “There are many political lead- Taliban fighters were killed in a separate operation in three district of disappearance over the past few “Takhar security forces on National Army Deputy Chief of ers in Pakistan including Prime months. Supporters had no infor- order to get rid of the ongoing prob- Saturday conducted an operation Staff Gen. Murad Ali Murad also Faryab province. The fighter killed by Afghan security forces, after lems they need to implement the Minister Nawaz Sharif who want they attacked on check post in Pashtonkot, Almar and Grezwan dis- mation about his whereabouts, he to retake Khanabad district of arrived in Kunduz province. “My added. (Pajhwok) National Unity Government po- Kunduz province because it (the See P2 tricts in the province. litical agreement.” See P2

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76: 33 73: 53 MONDAY.AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 14 Taliban killed in Logar AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghan security forces killed at least 14 Taliban insur- gents after they (Taliban) attacked the Barak-i-Barack district of central Logar province, provincial official said on Sunday. District governor Mohammad Rahim Amin told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks on security posts near the district center and Tapi Khan, Chaltan and Ahmdak areas last night. “Taliban wanted to overrun the district center, but they (Taliban) were pushed back by security forces,” he said, adding that 14 attackers were killed and five other received injuries. Moreover, the governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh confirmed the fighting and the causalities. Taliban currently is engaged in fight with security forces in different provinces such as Helmand, Kun- duz, Nooristan, Nangarhar, Baghlan, Sar-i-Pul and the latest one the Logar. Though, the Afghan security forces are fighting them with strong intention, but at some extent it indicates that high-ranking military offi- cials in Kabul, is not paying much heed to the issue. The ministry of defense should carry a large-scale operation in every parts of the coun- try in order to suppress Taliban militants. Afghan security forces, fighting against militants in southern Helmand province, complain they are not compensated and even their simple problems are assigned to the backyard. These security forces have been fighting against the insur- gents in Babaji and Chah Anjir areas on the outskirts of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, for the past 10 months. Ewaz Gul, an Afghan Nation- al Army (ANA) soldier in the Bushran village of Babaji area, told Pajh- wok Afghan News the militants had built strongholds on the main road and occasionally launched attacks on them. South Korea contributes $2m for landmine clearance AT News Report KABUL: The Republic of Korea Afghanistan in 2013, South Ko- contributed two million dollars for rea’s generous contribution is a clearance of landmines and explo- clear demonstration of support for sive remnants of war to the Unit- this goal. ed Nations Mine Action Services He added that peace and secu- in Afghanistan. rity in Afghanistan cannot be fully This contribution would ben- achieved until all remnants of war efit an estimated 70,000 people liv- are removed. ing in proximity of contaminated Director of the Afghanistan areas, the contribution of South National Disaster Management Korea will fund the clearance of Mohammad ShafiqYosufi, Autor- contaminated areas prioritized in ity’s Directorate of Mine Action line with Afghanistan’s obligations Coordination (DMAC), the gov- under the Ottawa Anti-Personnel ernment’s administration for mine Mine Ban Treaty. action, welcomed the contribution. It include two clearance “The Government and people of projects would take place in Pak- Afghanistan are grateful to the tiya and Khost province, and re- Government and People of South lease an estimated total area of 1.41 Korea for the increased financial million square meters of land. assistance they have provided for Approximately 200.000 peo- the Mine Action Program of Af- ple receive risk education, includ- ghanistan. As a result of South ing 50,000 internally displaced Korea’s contribution, communities persons, who are particularly at will be safer. The funds will also Researchers have spotted the rare risk as they move through unfa- have a positive impact in the im- Bactrian deer (Cervus elaphus bac- miliar areas. The first secretary of plementation of socio economic trianus) in the wild in Afghanistan the Korean embassy in Kabul said activities and will help the Gov- for the first time in more than 40 that the clearance of landmines and ernment of Afghanistan to fulfill years. Until now, scientists had Afghanistan's first co-working space risk education efforts provided its obligations towards the mine feared that the dwindling species under this contribution would help action related international conven- had become extinct in the region, this post-conflict nation to con- tions”. In addition to funding grants after two major wars and years of solidate peace and rehabilitation. to UNMAS implementing part- 'Daftar' fuels startup dreams He added the Republic of Ko- ners, the contribution from the civil conflict. rea will stay committed to sup- Republic of Korea will enable ef- The last time the animals had Violence and war have been never time got thinking of launching some- Valley, Fatime says the same holds far from Suleman Fatimie. Born in thing similar in Afghanistan. true in Afghanistan as most star- porting humanitarian endeavor to fective coordination and quality been surveyed in the wild was dur- can also help startups with busi- eliminate the negative impact of management of the mine action ing the 1970s, and there were only Kabul in the 1980s, Fatimie's fam- "Renting and maintaining a decent tups looking for the co-working ness development, branding and ily had to migrate to Pakistan as office in Kabul is expensive, even space are tech and services driven. landmines and explosive remnant activities. It will also enable the around 120 individuals left in a marketing, accounting and finan- of war in Afghanistan. continuation of ongoing efforts to refugees when he was a year old though with the withdrawal of the Daftar is also supporting a cial management and graphics and small pocket in the northeast cor- due to the invasion of the Soviet. international troops rents have The UNMAS program man- transfer responsibility for these ner of Afghanistan. couple of novel ideas in the areas website development. "We lived in Peshawar, Paki- come down. Operational costs such of education and environment, but ager Jeffrey McMurdo said: “As functions from the United Nations That's the Takhar Province, The future: the Mine Action Program of Af- to the Government of Afghanistan, stan for over 10 years as refugees as Internet, decent office ameni- they are at a very early stage. According to World Bank, near Tajikistan, which was on the where I did most of my school- ties, electricity, security, etc. can The workings: ghanistan continues to work to- which aims to ensure the program’s border of the USSR during the So- with a GDP of $19.20 billion wards the deadline of a mine-free sustainability. ing," says Fatime. In the early days easily push your monthly bill to The basic package for a start- (2015), economic growth in- viet-Afghan War in the late 1970s, of the invasion, the Fatime family, $1200-1500, which for an entre- up to operate from Dafter starts creased only marginally from 1.3 and then was taken over by Muja- like many others, hoped there preneur or a startup is a big cost to at $175 a month and the pilot % in 2014 to an estimated 1.5 % in hedeen leaders in the '80s. would be a quick resolution, but digest. Therefore, we saw an op- phase has eight dedicated work- 2015. Domestic demand remains Khanabad recaptured, 38 "That area was not safe," one even after four decades, the bru- portunity and decided to launch stations. "Members of our co- weak, with no signs of a pick-up of the conservationists who re- tality and killings have not stopped. Daftar," says Fatime. working space 'DAFTAR' gets in private consumption and invest- Taliban insurgents killed . . . cently spotted the deer, Zalmai "We stayed in Pakistan hop- Fatime says the security situ- more than just a desk space. They ment, says the World Bank report Moheb from the University of ing that the situation will change ation is not ideal, but he believes benefit from an engaging environ- on Afghanistan. Startups and co- From P1 Massachusetts, told Joshua Rapp in Afghanistan and we will return the worst is behind. "Major cities ment, shared skills and resources, working spaces have a huge role to visit is to suppress the militants displaced as a result fierce fight- Learn from the Smithsonian. to our homeland. But, after the are relatively safe. Afghanistan of- an expanded network of profes- play if things are to get better. start of civil war in the early 90s fers plenty of business opportu- in this province,” he said. ing. The residents forced to leave "The Mujahedeen was fight- sional contacts, and sense of com- Fatimie says depending on that hope faded. My dad secured nities with higher than average re- munity. They will also receive pri- how the pilot phase turns out to He said that eliminating insur- their house and properties in or- ing the Soviet Union ... Because of a job with the World Health Orga- ward. Unfortunately, only bad gent group in the province is his der to safe their skin. this instability, every household ority access to our classes, work- be, he is planning to open another nization in Egypt and we moved news makes the news. The situa- shops, and other events organized top priority, adding, “Unfortu- An official in the provincial had a gun." branch of Daftar in a different part to Alexandria for a few years," says tion is not as bad as the media por- by/at ACE," says Fatimie. of Kabul city in the coming nately, the center of Qala-e-Zal Internal Displaced People (IDP) Researchers had feared the Fatimie. trays it to be. Creative thinking is "I heard about DAFTAR district fell to the militant on Sat- office Abdul Saboor told Afghani- worst, seeing as the deer's range months. He also plans to open Fatimie did his final years of required to turn potential oppor- through social Media and because smaller Daftar branches in Herat urday night, but will retake the dis- stan Times that several people was already so limited on the Af- school and a couple of college se- tunities into ideas and socially re- the price and facilities are very and Mazar-e-Sharif by the end of trict soon.” were displaced from Khanabad dis- ghanistan side of the border. mesters in Egypt before returning sponsible enterprises," says Fa- suitable for me I thought of ap- the year or the beginning of next “Taliban will be eliminated. trict, but he did not provide exact But an expedition in 2013 iden- to Peshawar to finish college. Af- timie. plying. Building my network with year. Only dead and weakened Taliban details. tified hoof prints and droppings ter months of convincing and Fatimie says aside from few other companies and improving Environment Watch Afghani- will have a place in Kunduz.” Hundreds of families in Kun- from the species, and eventually a pleading, Fatimie was able to per- rearrangements, it was relatively my communication skills have stan Society's Adab Shah says the At the same day (Saturday) duz province, especially from fleeting glimpse of a young female suade his parents to let him do his easy to set up the co-working been very helpful," says Hasib advantage of being by the side of Taliban insurgents attacked Ali Khanabad district fled to safer ar- deer. The team has just published MBA in the UK. space since it is within the ACE Tareen of iGraphics. many other organizations from dif- Abad another district of Kunduz eas. their results in the Deer Specialist Fate, however, had something premise. "The ACE premise al- Microsoft Afghanistan's, Part- ferent background meant is a huge province, but the Afghan security They escaped to the neighbor- forces repelled their (Taliban) at- ing Takhar province after Taliban Group newsletter of the Interna- different in store. On a cool Sep- ready has the necessary infrastruc- ner Channel Development Man- positive. "It is a brilliant working tember autumn day in London Fa- ture, be it security, office ameni- tack. insurgents captured the district. tional Union for the Conservation ager, Ahmad Naweed Ahmadzai space with a calm and friendly en- time's first class in MBA was cut ties, operational /technical support also operates out from DAFTAR vironment. Daftar is the unsur- Provincial officials said that A displace resident said when of Nature. short as planes struck the Twin and most importantly an eco-sys- Taliban launched a complex attack Taliban took control of the district, "It was a great feeling," said as Microsoft has an MoU with the passed spot to startup," says Towers in New York as terrorist tem to comfortably host a co- co-working space. "They needed on the district, but they (Taliban) the militants turned their houses Moheb. "Wow, we're going to con- Shah. Fatimie now feels the out- carried out the worst strike in the working space. But, if we were to to find a place for me and I came to side world has a great role to play were retaliated by Afghan securi- into stronghold and start firing to- firm the species here for the first US history. do it outside ACE premises the Daftar. It is a good place to work ty forces. ward security forces from there. time after 45 years. That will be a in nurturing the startup space and "9/11 coincidentally was the equation would be different," says from more of such co-working India can do a lot. "Building on the It is worth mentioning that After the Taliban captured the big thing for the wildlife in Afghan- first day of my University. We Fatimie. He adds that setting up a spaces are required for new busi- already existing good will between Khanabad district is very impor- district, we had to escape and reach istan." were sent home at around 12:30 co-working space outside ACE nesses to rise and for foreign com- the two countries, I strongly be- tant from strategic point of view to the secure place, se we came to While there hasn't been con- pm," says Fatimie. could easily cost around $25000 panies to come into Afghanistan," lieve that India's startup and in- because it connects Kunduz with Takhar province, a displaced resi- stant fighting in the Takhar Prov- Things change: to $30000. Currently Daftar hous- says Ahmadzai. vesting community can play a Takhar. The Taliban insurgents dent Aminuallah said. ince of Afghanistan, there's been Living and studying in London es four startups and Fatimie says Daftar package includes three major role in nurturing startups in have accelerated attacks in north- We are in dire condition, be- regular conflict with warlords and was an experience of a lifetime for the co-working space is in negoti- meeting rooms equipped with Afghanistan. Be it from the les- ern and southern provinces in a bid cause we escape the district with smugglers, and the arming of the Fatime and 9/11 meant the world ation with another three to join. multimedia tools, a quiet room, high sons learned, perspectives or pro- to capture strategic districts. two piece of cloths, the displace local population means that deer started paying serious attention to ACE also has a small start up fund/ - speed internet & IT trouble- viding ideas, linking ideas with Moreover, a large number of family said, asking the government people in Kunduz province were and Afghan people to help them. were often hunted for sport or food. the state of affairs in Afghanistan. micro venture fund to help the star- shooting, printing/scanning/photo- potential investors or developing "While I continued to do my MBA tups. Big marquee VCs and inves- The researchers aren't sure copying facilities, a small cafe serv- solutions, India can do a lot," says in London, Afghanistan started its tors are missing, which means no ing tea and coffee, a mini gym, bad- Fatimie. Indiatimes how many Bactrian deer are now transition in early 2002 with the Sequoia, Accel or Tiger, and it is living in Afghanistan, though they minton and volleyball courts and Karzai accuses Pakistan of backing support of the international com- mainly donor fundings for these security and administrative sup- note that they're limited to a re- munity. The moment I finished my startups. If tech startups are hot port. Afghan refugees: mote 280-square-kilometre flood- MBA, I returned to Kabul in Sep- in India and the likes of Silicon On request, Fatimie says ACE Daesh in Afghanistan plain that's cut off from roads by tember of 2003 and started my Pakistan’s apex . . . the Amu Darya River, and urgent- first job as an Investment Manag- From P12 From P1 ly need conservation to protect er with Afghanistan Investment them in future. Support Agency," says Fatime. “This state of affairs, the petition good relations with neighbors and tified terrorism as the single big- would agree with my request for gest challenge faced by the region- The good news is that the Bac- From 2003 to 2009 Fatime fears, will further inculcate a sense of hatred among refugees towards peace in our region,” Karzai was al countries and called for a united trian deer is also found in Kazakh- served in two government execu- tive agencies - Afghanistan Invest- Pakistan, the country which sacri- quoted by Indian media. fight to defeat it. stan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and ficed hugely for hosting millions Moreover, Karzai said that Karzai, who was president of Uzbekistan, and the global popu- ment Support Agency and the Ex- of Afghans over the past 30 years,” port Promotion Agency of Afghan- India is not engaged in any proxy Afghanistan from 2001-2014, said lation has increased from just 350 Dawn reported. war in Afghanistan and has been China has been a good neighbor to to 400 in the 1960s to around istan as Vice President and CEO According to the petition, the respectively. This was followed matter involves international issue sincerely carrying out reconstruc- Afghanistan and its military and 1,900 wild animals in 2011, thanks with stints in Harakat- -Afghani- and the subject of Article 40 of tion work there, but slammed Pa- security assistance to his country to local conservation efforts. stan Investment Climate Facility Pakistan’s Constitution which kistan for “encouraging” radicalism was very recent. At the same time, But the Afghanistan popula- and a transition to the private sec- emphasizes on strengthening and not containing terror groups he said that Afghanistan’s ties with tion has been mostly ignored due bonds with the Muslim countries. operating from its soil. China are not as deep as it is with tor in late 2011 by establishing the The petition named the cabi- to conflict in the region. Afghanistan Center for Excellence Karzai also appreciated Prime India. “But the overall relationship net and interior secretaries, KP Minister Narendra Modi for rais- between China and Afghanistan is The researchers hope that their (ACE) in 2012. chief secretary, inspectors general discovery that the Afghan deer are ACE now employs over 200 of police in Punjab and KP, Feder- ing the issue of Balochistan in his of course very good,” he added. still around and have outlasted Afghans and manages a bread shop al Investigation Agency’s director Independence Day address, say- Asked about criticism in some multiple local regimes to take their called Khanagi (introducing general and the commissioner for ing Afghanistan understands the quarters that India and Pakistan problems being faced by the peo- were engaged in a proxy war in his place the ultimate survivors will wholegrain/whole wheat breads) Afghan refugees in KP as respon- dents. ple of Pakistan’s southern prov- country, Karzai retorted by say- inspire people to protect them in that also serves Afghan delicacies. In March of 2016 ACE When asked what prompted ince. ing, “India is not engaging in any future - despite the fact that the him to file the constitutional peti- Karzai said, “The issue of proxy war in local political situation is still tu- launched the first of its kind co- tion on Afghan refugees, Advocate working space in Afghanistan Balochistan is something we un- Afghanistan...Training thousands multuous. Bhutta told Dawn that some of his derstand and therefore we appre- of Afghans is not a proxy war, it is "If you wait for one thing to called Daftar. friends from Peshawar had told him Starting up in the shadow of that due to harassment of refugees ciate the remarks of Prime Minis- empowerment.” be over to start, at that time you the gun: at the hands of the police and even ter Modi.” India has supplied four Mi25 may lose it," Moheb told the During a visit to a friend's co- some judicial officers, they were In an interactive session on helicopters to Afghanistan besides Smithsonian. working space in New York, Fa- selling their properties and vehi- “Regional Power Play and Rise of providing training to Afghan secu- sciencealert cles at cheap prices. Radicalism in Afghanistan”, he iden- rity forces. MONDAY.AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai spoke exclusively to The Sunday Guardian during his recent visit to Delhi. Excerpts:

Q. You had come here as President it. There were considerations of will do more. Q. The former Intelligence brothers and sisters in Pakistan, and even after. You came with a Pakistani sensitivity which we of Q. Should India start looking chief Rahmatullah Nabil who the common people who also suf- wishlist and your successors are course disagree with as Afghani- at engaging Afghanistan on fronts worked under you has come out fer unfortunately just like we do EMERGENCY doing the same. Is it time that In- stan is a sovereign country and it that are bigger concern for Afghan- with documents revealing ISI in- in Afghanistan, just like some do dia becomes bolder and decides to has the right to seek help from istan such as security? volvement in funding and carrying in India. We need to be clear and CALLS provide military hardware and wherever it can. Also, India had a A. Yes. Afghanistan’s securi- out attacks such as in Kabul air- blunt about this and seek solutions. Q. Mr Nabil has evidence and copters as has been an Afghan de- consideration of the US view on ty, stability and strength as a na- port and killing of Afghan leaders. those must have been provided to Police mand for long? that. But India did help Afghani- tion, as a state is a guarantee to a A. It’s all from across the bor- you when you were in office. Did A. India approached the issue stan some months ago with mili- less threatened, more stable, more der in our neighbourhood and ev- you take it up with the Americans, with caution and we understood tary helicopters and I hope India secure India. erybody knows that and so do our your partners in the region? 100 - 119 A. In fact, this was one of the issues we had with the US. We kept producing for the Americans Hospitals evidence coming from across our border. It became a serious issue FMIC Hospital of misunderstanding, rather dis- pute, between us and the US. They Behind Kabul Medical overlooked it. Q. How does one stop Paki- University: stan and terrorism that emanates 0202500200-+93793275595 from Pakistan? A. The Pakistani people suf- fer as much as the Afghans suffer. Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Just recently, we saw the attack in Quetta where lawyers were killed, Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Long before the mortar shell land- “Even if dozens die, they just where journalists were killed and I 070263672 ed, killing half of Ezzatullah quietly bury them — no protest, personally knew some of them. We call upon the government of Paki- Khan’s immediate family, their no complaints,” said Hayatullah stan, the establishment of Pakistan lives had turned into a cruel and Hayat, who took over duties as to seek a different path to relations Khairkhana Hospital extended race with death. Helmand’s governor about three with Afghanistan, India, Bang- Mr. Khan’s family, which for months ago. “People are so used ladesh. 0799-321007 years had farmed in Helmand to death here that it breaks your Q. Can that really happen if 2401352 Province, first barely survived a heart. They are like earth — you the ISI is not onboard with the oth- brutal drought. Then, the relent- hear not even a sigh from them.” ers in the region? A. So, to what effect and to less fighting between NATO forc- Over 15 years of war, about what consequence do they want a Indira Gandhi Children es and the Taliban uprooted the 22,000 families, totaling more than stable and good Pakistan. Do they family from its ancestral village in an estimated 130,000 people, have want peace and stability for the Hospital, Wazir Akbar the Kajaki District, forcing it from been displaced within Helmand, people of Pakistan or do they Khan, Kabul 2301372 neighborhood to neighborhood in many of them repeatedly, accord- want, by their actions, more suf- one of the most beaten-up regions ing to the Afghan Ministry of Ref- fering for the people of Pakistan because it’s not only Afghanistan of the Afghan war. Brothers, neph- ugees and Repatriation. But Mr. and India that are suffering, it’s Ibn-e- Seena ews, friends were lost along the Hayat said that the estimate was also the people of Pakistan. We way. very low, and that the actual num- want to have the best of relations Pul-e-Artan, Kabul About three years ago, Mr. ber could reach as many as 50,000 with them, but that will only come 2100359 Khan and his family finally set- families. when they reciprocate. tled in what they thought was a “Only due to the recent fight- Q. What do you make of PM refuge: a modest three-bedroom ing, in about two weeks, 3,000 to Modi’s speech from the ramparts Wazir Akbar Khan of Red Fort where for the first time mud house in the Chah-e-Anjir 4,000 families were displaced,” an Indian PM mentioned Hospital neighborhood, just outside Lash- Mr. Hayat said. “And we are talk- Balochistan? kar Gah, the provincial capital. His ing about 15 years.” A. We know what’s going on 2301741, 2301743 family was part of a steady flow Mr. Hayat said that before the in Balochistan and we suffer as of displaced Afghans toward the recent fighting, 140 schools were well. The Baloch people have suf- city, seeking shelter amid the heavy closed in the province, and that the fered at the hands of extremism and Ali Abad terrorism and their rights are vio- security presence there. number now probably reached sev- lated. We wish the Baloch to have Shahrara, Kabul Even as the rest of the prov- eral hundred. all that a human being deserves. A ince’s vast territory kept switch- As for casualties, there are no the most affected. The agency lists families like Mr. Khan’s, caught stan between 2005 and 2014, paid right to live, right to live in dignity, 2100439 ing hands, the population con- exact numbers of how many peo- 1,444 civilians killed or wounded between the warring sides, their an average of $2,985. The British, and have their human rights re- stantly trampled, Mr. Khan, who ple may have been killed or wound- across the southern provinces from pain is exacerbated by the fact that who settled nearly 5,000 claims of spected. is in his early 30s, felt relatively ed in Helmand Province through January to June this year alone. they rarely know exactly who damage and casualties, paid a little Q. Is the fact that India has Malalai Maternity safe for the first time in years, he the war. There are no ledgers or A visit to the Emergency Hos- killed their loved ones. “The fight- less than $4,000 per death. now mentioned Balochistan and Pakistan crossing a “red line”? Hospital said. master lists, just estimates and pital in Lashkar Gah, the pre-emi- ing was happening from both sides. If it was a Taliban mortar? A A. Afghanistan and India have 2201377/ 2301743 Then, last winter, the fighting private grief. nent war surgery center in the prov- It’s not clear whether the mortar spokesman for the insurgency said been reserved in their comments reached the gates of the provincial Mr. Khan, for one, had tallied ince, gives a glimpse of how the was the Taliban’s or the authori- its compensation for civilian casu- on Pakistan for a very long time. It capital. Mr. Khan’s neighbors be- his dearest losses in tattoos on his flow remains constant. In the first ties’,” Mr. Khan’s mother said. alties, taken care of by a newly was the Pakistani speakers who Banks gan packing up and leaving, one right arm: his brother Gran and his 18 days of August, the hospital “May God give them both their established commission, varied kept talking about Afghanistan and after the other, and he and his fam- friend Ghulam Sakhi. For the lat- registered about 250 wounded pa- due.” Mr. Khan said, “I don’t real- from case to case. A spokesman also on India. I hope they would understand that we live in the same Da Afghanistan Bank ily began contemplating yet an- est deaths, he doesn’t need tattoos. tients. “There were days when the ly know which side the mortar for the Helmand provincial admin- region, that eventually we need to other move, this time into Lashkar The scars, and his disability, are hospital received up to 37 patients came from, which would make it istration, Omar Zwak, said the talk about these issues. 2100302, 2100303 Gah. reminders enough. in 24 hours. One day, we had 26 so I could gather elders and go to government helped families “who Q. Is it time the international The day before they were to Figures from the United Na- people arrive within two hours,” them and say that such cruelty had lost a member or had one injured community came together about Bakhtar Bank leave, the mortar shell hit. About tions, which has systematically Vesna Nestorovic, the hospital’s been committed on me and my fam- and are poor and have no male human rights violations in Paki- eight months ago — he does not tracked civilian casualties in Af- medical coordinator, said about the ily.” breadwinner.” They get about $75 stan-occupied Kashmir or for that 0776777000 remember the exact date — Mr. ghanistan only since 2009, show recent uptick in fighting. “In re- What has been the value of an a month and some basic food matter Balochistan? A. Absolutely. Terrorism Azizi Bank Khan was sipping tea outside that southern Afghanistan, with cent days, we have had to put some Afghan life in Helmand, anyway? items, such as cooking oil, rice, should not be dealt with political- around 2 p.m. when the shell Helmand at the center of the fight- extra beds, just to make sure we The Americans, who made 1,630 sugar, beans and flour. ly, but from a human rights per- 0799 700900 slammed down in the center of the ing in the region, has been by far are ready to treat the people.” For condolence payments in Afghani- NYtimes spective. yard. It killed his father, Muham- Pashtany Bank mad Hashim, who was in his 60s; 2102908, 2103868 his 22-year-old brother, Raz Mu- hammad; his wife, also in her 20s; Refugee kids who fled Afghanistan live in squalid and his daughter Nazia, who was Air Services 4. “For six days, we lay there in Safi Airways the yard, and no one evacuated Calais 'Jungle' as they wait for Home Office to help us,” said Mr. Khan, who had been They are the refugee children the ment. door swings open. 020 22 22 222 knocked unconscious but found Government forgot. Steve BainbridgeProject Engi- They point at the tents where out what had happened from rela- Back in May, the Dubs neer Faizal Lalloo is hoping the two desperate refugee men wake them Ariana tives. amendment was passed by Par- spare bedrooms he has in his fam- by starting violent fights at night. Finally, when the fighting sub- liament, committing the Govern- ily home will soon be given up to Translator Ahmed, 24, himself an 020-2100270 sided a little, Red Cross volunteers ment to offering sanctuary “as young refugees Afghan refugee, explains: “They took Mr. Khan to the Emergency soon as possible” to vulnerable But, three months on the have knives. There are stabbings. Kam Air Hospital in Lashkar Gah, and the youngsters like these, torn apart Home Office refuses to answer. At night, Omar says he is being 0799974422 family’s dead were buried. He was from their families in the precari- They are wide-eyed cousins driven mad by fear. paralyzed from the waist down, ous flight from their war-torn aged nine and 10. Right now, they Adam GerrardHundreds of and was left with two daughters homelands. should be enjoying the last care- bedrooms across the UK made Hotels and a son, the oldest just 7 years Under humanitarian pressure, free weeks of the -holidays before ready to receive unaccompanied Safi Landmark old. These days, relatives move the Tories agreed to take in lone returning to school. minors still lie empty him on a stretcher. children who made it to Europe Instead they sit on the dirty The men have been here a long “We can’t take care of his and resettle them with foster car- floor of an ancient caravan, look- time. There is a risk of rape.” 020-2203131 stomach, or his medicine, or the ers. ing fearfully out across a hellhole The longer the boys stay here, orphans left for me,” said his moth- Yet today, hundreds of bed- in a strange land. the longer they are at risk of -traf- SERENA er, Khatira, who was away from rooms across the country made And they are entirely alone. ficking and abuse. home during the mortar strike, at- ready to receive unaccompanied Hunched on stained sheets on Faizal, 59, a project manager, 0799654000 tending the funeral of a nephew minors lie empty. And the fright- the floor where they sleep, Omar travelled to the squalid Jungle to nied children, without any family Tamsin Koumis, 24, of Safe who had been killed days earlier in ened children who desperately and Ali long for the family they meet Omar and Ali. in Britain, now living in the Jun- Passage, sits by a wall with a sign New Rumi Restaurant an explosion. need their comfort and safety are left behind. gle. Every night its residents – in- above her head, waiting for chil- “He feels my love for him has still living in dangerous refugee For eight months they have With tears in his eyes, he says: cluding the youngsters – attempt dren to come. She has toured the 0776351347 changed because he’s disabled camps abroad. waited here amid a seething sea of “These children are allowed to live to stow away in lorries and on camp distributing leaflets to make now,” she said. “But I’m doing All because the Home Office refugees, thousands of miles from alone, like this – I cannot believe trains, desperate to reach the UK. them aware of their asylum rights. Internet Services everything within my power — I has no system in place to ‘pro- the troubled Afghan village they it. Ali reveals: “We are always “I am the system,” she ad- UA Telecom just don’t have the ability to get cess’ them. fled when the Taliban stormed in. “Anything could happen to caught at the checkpoint. The po- mits, grimly, as a group of boys him the medicine.” The pledge to help fleeing chil- Adam GerrardMembers of them. There is no one to defend lice spray tear gas in our eyes.” aged 13 to 14 surround her. Then 0796701701 / 0796702702 The remnants of the family dren without families was won by Citizen UK and Safe Passage UK them. I have two empty rooms He and his cousin are among a small 10-year-old with tears have moved into the ruins of a his- Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, him- visit the jungle in Calais with lead- while these kids are left in this -thousands of children who have rolling down his cheeks arrives. Exchange Rate toric quarter within Lashkar Gah. self a Czech child refugee who fled ers of various London borough squalor, vulnerable. Yet there is no fled war-torn countries alone, sent He says he left Afghanistan nine Every time the fighting in Hel- Nazi persecution and arrived in councils who would like to relo- system in place to begin to give on ahead by desperate parents months ago. Purchase: mand has intensified, an annual the UK aged six. cate minors with foster carers in them asylum in the UK. Nothing.” hoping they will find protection Red Godfrey-Sagoo, Opera- occurrence since the departure of He pushed through an amend- their areas Faizal is not alone in his hor- in Europe. tions and Program Consultant for international combat troops, it ment to the Immigration Bill. But Now, sitting opposite them in ror. Also visiting the camp is a Ali explains: “Taliban were Safer Passage, explains: “The One US$ = grabs the headlines. News reports all his efforts seem to have been Calais’ notorious Jungle camp, is group of -councillors who say their killing people in our village with Dubs amendment came in May 67.19Afs remind people that the fall of such in vain. hope in the form of dad-of-two London boroughs are ready to of- Kalashnikovs. Everything was and it was assumed the Govern- One Pound Sterling= a strategic province, where thou- And leading charities and Faizal Lalloo. fer homes to unaccompanied chil- bombed. Our parents told us we ment would put in place a pro- sands of United States and British councils, waiting to help give these He is in the process of being dren – today. needed to leave.” cess, but there is no activity. We 86.62Afs forces fought years of tough bat- children homes have branded the approved as a foster carer by his Cllr Julian Bell, of Ealing, says: Under a regulation called Dub- are a band of 12 people. The Gov- One Euro = tles, would be a huge prize for the Government “criminal” for break- local council in Ealing, West Lon- “We could take 10 of these kids.” lin III, refugee children with a fam- ernment has not asked us to do 74.92Afs Taliban. The region’s vast opium ing its vow. don. His children are now grown- Stephen Cowan, of Hammer- ily member in Britain are now be- this – but we do not wait to be production, which the insurgents When the Sunday Mirror vis- up and he has two bedrooms he smith and Fulham, adds: “The ing granted asylum. Fifty-two asked. We will make lists and set 1000 Pak Rs = are already tapping into, could fur- ited the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee says he would happily give the two Government is totally failing them have arrived so far. up a meeting with France and 620Afs ther fuel their war machine. camp last week, we were told by forlorn boys. – it is criminal children are left in But charities on the ground in Britain to confirm what they will What goes mostly unmeasured refugee specialists Safe Passage But he can’t – because of what conditions like this.We are telling Calais do not know of a single un- do with them.” Sale: is the nonstop suffering inflicted UK there is still no Home Office has been labelled a “criminal” fail- them to give these kids to us but accompanied child who has been She agrees it is not an easy One US$ = on a people by 15 years of per- system in place to even begin ure by our -Government to keep they’re looking the other way.” relocated – and the Home Office process. Some refugees will clear- 67.39 Afs petual war. Numbers sometimes counting the children, let alone re- the pledge it made three months When Cllr Cowan asks shy will not comment. So Safe Passage, ly lie about their age. And to be One Pound Sterling= surface — thousands more dis- home them. ago to give sanctuary to unaccom- Omar what he wants, the young- working through Citizens UK, last eligible for relocation to the UK, placed, hundreds of wounded ar- A group of councillors also ar- panied refugee children in Europe- ster replies: “I just want a safe week took it upon themselves to children need to have been regis- 87.42Afs riving at the hospitals. But they rived to investigate why they have an camps. place to sleep”. make lists of children to present tered in Europe before March 20 One Euro= cannot fully gauge the cost to fam- not yet received their quota of Omar, nine, and Ali , 10, look Omar and Ali are among a to the French and British govern- – which is hard to prove. 75.52 Afs ilies forever changed, struggling to children under the Dubs amend- warily out as the lockless caravan group of at least 200 unaccompa- ments. Mirror 1000 Pak Rs= 628 cope with daily loss and indignity. MONDAY . AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES NSA USED MALWARE TO SPYON PAKISTANI CIVILIAN, MILITARY

LEADERSHIP: Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organi- sation (FETO), blamed for last REPORT month’s failed coup to topple Pres- ident Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, The United States' clandestine has “infiltrated” India, according National Security Agency (NSA) to Turkish Foreign Minister Mev- allegedly spied on top civil-mili- lut Cavusoglu. tary leadership in Pakistan using Asserting that FETO is “se- malware, The Intercept reported. cretive transnational criminal net- Malware SECONDDATE al- work” with presence around the legedly built by the NSA was used world, Cavusoglu said, “Unfortu- by agency hackers to breach "tar- nately, FETO has also infiltrated gets in Pakistan’s National Tele- India through associations and communications Corporation’s schools.” (NTC) VIP Division", which con- In an interview, after holding tained documents pertaining to talks with his Indian counterpart "the backbone of Pakistan’s Green Sushma Swaraj, the Turkish For- Line communications network" eign Minister also said, “I have al- used by "civilian and military lead- ready taken up this issue with my ership", according to an April 2013 counterpart.” presentation document obtained The visiting minister said, “In by The Intercept. all countries where FETO has a The file appears to be a 'top presence, we ask them to take im- secret' presentation originating mediate actions to remove them from the NSA's SigDev division. from their territories.” SECONDDATE is described Asked for a response to the as a tool that intercepts web re- Minister’s comments, External quests and redirects browsers on Affairs Ministry Spokesperson target computers to an NSA web Vikas Swarup said the Indian side server. The server then infects the is “sensitive” to Turkish concerns web requests with malware. and Indian security agencies were The malware server, also “looking into” Ankara’s demand known as FOXACID, has been for closure of associations con- described in earlier leaks made by nected with FETO which were former NSA contractor Edward carrying out illegal activities. Snowden. Asserting that terrorism, in all SECONDDATE, however, is its forms and manifestations con- just one method the NSA alleged- stitute a threat to India and Tur- ly uses to redirect a target's browser key, Cavusoglu said, “Therefore, to the FOXACID server. Others exchange of information regarding involve exploiting bugs in com- these threats and bilateral and mul- monly used email providers by tilateral cooperation and solidari- tary said that a clandestine faction support to our democratically as a fallout of the failed coup. Er- pressed concern over the situation bring about the much-needed po- sending spam or malicious links ty against terrorism is crucial.” led by FETO within the Turkish elected government by my Indian dogan had blamed US-based cleric in Syria, maintaining that his coun- litical transition in Syria. “This is that lead to the server, The Inter- “This is what both Turkey and Army attempted to stage a coup counterpart, External Affairs Min- Gulen for the attempted coup last try was directly impacted by ev- not only a prerequisite to end the cept said. India are focused on,” he said. on July 15 to overthrow the dem- ister Swaraj,” Cavusoglu added. month. Gulen currently lives in ery dynamic of the conflict there. conflict, it is also essential to ef- Another document obtained Talking about last month’s ocratically elected government. More than 240 people died self-imposed exile in the US. He also asked the internation- fectively fight terrorism,” the min- by The Intercept, an NSA Special coup attempt, the visiting digni- “We appreciate the prompt and over 1,500 others were injured The Turkish minister also ex- al community to work together to ister asserted. Source Operations division news- letter describes how agency soft- ware other than SECONDDATE was used to repeatedly direct tar- gets in Pakistan to the FOXACID servers to infect target computers. The Intercept confirmed the "authenticity" of the SECOND- DATE malware by means of a data leak reportedly made by Snowden. Snowden released a classified top-secret agency draft manual for implanting malware which in- structs NSA operators to track their use of a malware programme through a 16-character string - the same string which appears in the SECONDDATE code leaked by a The US ambassador in Dhaka ex- “I want to particularly spot- tive time at this conference. 2014 designated the area as the first group called ShadowBrokers. pects that Bangladesh will join ef- light the Safe Ocean Network – She also appreciated the steps marine protected area of Bang- ShadowBrokers last week an- forts, measures towards which which is a global initiative to Bangladesh has already taken to ladesh, restricting fishing and oth- nounced that SECONDDATE will be proposed at next month’s strengthen all aspects of the fight overcome the challenges of over- er offshore commercial activities was part of a group of NSA-built ‘Our Ocean’ conference in Wash- against illegal fishing, including fishing, marine pollution, and glo- there. 'cyber weapons' that it was auc- ington, to preserve oceans. detection, enforcement, and pros- bal climate change. The Dhaka Chamber of Com- tioning off. Marcia Bernicat said on Fri- ecution of those engage in illegal She particularly mentioned the merce & Industry (DCCI) organ- Although it is unclear how the day that the US wanted to act to- fishing,” she said at a seminar in “Swatch of No Ground,” a habitat ised the seminar on ‘new invest- code for the software leaked and gether with other countries through Dhaka. US Secretary of State John for endangered whales, dolphins, ment horizon: blue economy’. was obtained by ShadowBrokers, enhanced international coopera- Kerry will be hosting the third an- and a wide variety of other marine Prime Minister’s Adviser on En- The Intercept claims "the malware tion, information-sharing, and co- nual “Our Ocean” conference to life. ergy Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi is covered with NSA's virtual fin- ordinated action to ensure that il- bring together global experts on It is a 1738 square km area with Chowdhury was also present, gerprints and clearly originates legal fishing is eliminated and cre- marine conservation. Ambassador an average depth of 900 metres, among others. from the agency". ate the space for legal, economi- Bernicat said she was happy to located to the south of Dublachar Conservation and sustainable The ShadowBrokers auction cally and environmentally sustain- know that Bangladesh would be Island in the Bay of Bengal. use of oceans is a goal of the new of SECONDDATE is the first time able fishing activities. represented for the third consecu- The government on Oct 27, SDGs agenda for 2030. any full copies of NSA software have been made available to the public. "The person or persons who stole this information might have used them against us," Johns Hopkins University cryptogra- pher Matthew Green said on the dangers of such software becom- ing available to the public. Speaking to The Intercept, Green said that such exploits could be used to target anyone using a vulnerable router. "This is the As a growing power, India has a tion on the conflict in Syria and equivalent of leaving lockpicking role to play in meeting the chal- both leaders acknowledged that tools lying around a high school lenge of terrorism, Syrian President terrorism was a global problem, cafeteria. It’s worse, in fact, be- Bashar al-Assad has said as the two sources said. “As a growing pow- cause many of these exploits are countries agreed to upgrade their er, India has a role to play in meet- not available through any other security consultations. Assad ing the challenge of terrorism,” means, so they’re just now com- made the assertion during a meet- sources quoted Assad as saying. ing to the attention of the firewall ing with Minister of State for Ex- On his part, Akbar, during their and router manufacturers that need ternal Affairs M J Akbar when the meeting, said the age of destruc- to fix them, as well as the custom- latter called on him on Saturday tion should give way to the age of ers that are vulnerable." during his Syria visit. reconstruction in Syria. The Intercept has in the past “There was an agreement be- Assad also invited India to play published a number of reports tween both sides for further up- an active role in the reconstruction from documents released by grading security consultations,” of the Syrian economy. Both lead- Snowden. The site’s editors in- the sources said. However, the ers agreed that as secular nations, clude Glenn Greenwald, who won sources did not mention the level India and Syria believe in faith a Pulitzer Prize for his work in re- to which they have been upgraded equality. Akbar is currently on a porting on the whistleblower’s rev- to. During the meeting, Assad also nearly week-long visit to West Asia elations. welcomed India’s objective posi- from August 17.

ISLAMABAD: Information, would complete its constitutional ‘long live Pakistan’ slogans and by Broadcasting and National Heri- term. He said the people of Islamabad celebrating Independence Day with tage Minister and Senator Pervaiz had already heard Tahirul Qadri’s pre- full fervor. He remarked that Bugti Rashid on Saturday said there was dictions twice and have seen the re- would surely have heard those no mention of Prime Minister sults. Rashid recalled that Qadri had voices. Rashid added that the cin- Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in the foreseen during the previous govern- ema culture is seeing a revival in Panama Papers. The minister made ment’s tenure the end of the govern- Pakistan and people are being pro- these remarks at a news confer- ment by 2:30 am. However, the previ- vided with entertainment oppor- ence held at the Lok Virsa on Sat- ous government managed to complete tunities. Education and health are urday. Rashid said the elements its tenure. The minister dismissed the provincial subjects, according to predicting ‘something unusual’ in claims of Brahamdagh Bugti saying him, and the federal government is September would be hugely dis- that the youth in Balochistan had re- fulfilling its responsibilities by appointed as the government sponded to his statement by raising supporting the provinces. MONDAY . AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Duterte threatens to pull Philippines out of UN Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has denounced the UN Kurdish fighters advanced in the any bombing raids, the Observa- It said the government had re- after it called for an end to kill- flashpoint city of Hasaka in north- tory said. jected a Kurdish demand for pro- ings blamed on his war on drugs, east Syria after a Russian media- In an escalation of Syria’s five- regime militiamen to withdraw saying he might leave the organ- tion bid failed to halt clashes with year war, regime planes on from Hasaka, instead proposing isation and invite China and oth- pro-regime forces, a monitoring Wednesday bombarded positions that both sides disarm. ers to form a new one. group said Sunday. held by US-backed Kurdish forc- A senior regime source told Two UN human rights ex- The Syrian Observatory for es in the city fighting ISIS. AFP that Russian efforts at medi- perts last week urged the Philip- Human Rights and a military The unprecedented strikes ation continued into Sunday. pines to stop the extra-judicial source said the Kurds seized terri- prompted the US-led coalition to The regime and Kurdish forc- executions and killings that have tory across several neighborhoods scramble aircraft to protect its spe- es share a common enemy in ISIS, escalated since Duterte won the in the city’s south in violent clash- cial operations forces helping the but there have been growing ten- presidency on a promise to wipe es on Saturday night. Kurdish fighters. sions between them in Hasaka. out drugs. About 900 suspected The Britain-based Observato- Fighting between a pro-gov- In the northern province of drug traffickers have been killed ry said Kurds advanced in Zuhur, ernment militia and Kurdish forc- Aleppo, the scene of heavy clash- since he came to power after while a Kurdish military source es since Wednesday has left at least es all month between government winning the election on May 9. told AFP that they pushed forward 43 people dead including 27 civil- forces and rebels allied with extrem- Duterte on Sunday denied in Al-Nashwa and Ghweiran. ians, among them 11 children, ac- ists, 28 civilians were among 38 that the government was respon- A local journalist working for cording to the Observatory. people killed Saturday in strikes sible and - in a late night news AFP said he saw members of the Thousands of civilians have by the regime and its Russian al- conference in his home town, pro-government National Defense fled the city. Al-Masdar News, a lies, the Observatory said. Davao - said the deaths were not Forces militia retreating from Al- pro-regime website, said renewed More than 290,000 people the work of the police and invit- Nashwa. Regime aircraft flew over clashes broke out Saturday after have lost their lives since Syria’s ed UN experts to investigate the city early Sunday morning, the failure of mediation efforts in conflict erupted in March 2011, themselves. most of which is under Kurdish the neighboring city of Qamishli and millions have been forced to "I will prove to the world control, but without carrying out by a Russian military delegation. flee their homes. that you are a very stupid ex- pert," he said, urging them to count not just the number of drug-related deaths but also the innocent lives lost to drugs. He then launched an attack on the At least 10 killed in suicide car UN and its members - including by inference the Philippines' tra- ditionally close ally, the US - saying, it could not fulfil its own bomb attack in Somalia mandate but was "worrying At least 10 people were killed about the bones of criminals pil- when two suicide car bombers at- ing up". UpFront (Arena): Rod- tacked the local government head- rigo Duterte's drug war quarters in Somalia’s Galkayo "I do not want to insult you. town in the semi-autonomous But maybe we'll just have to de- Puntland region on Sunday, police cide to separate from the United said, and the militant al Shabaab Nations," he said. "Why do you group claimed the attack. have to listen to this stupid?" “We have confirmed 10 peo- Criticising the UN for not doing ple dead including civilians and enough to address hunger and security forces,” said Ali Ahmed, terrorism and for not being able a police officer. Witnesses and res- to do anything about Syria and idents said they heard two loud Iraq and allowing big powers to blasts in quick succession followed bomb villages and kill innocent by heavy gunfire. civilians, he said he would invite “There were two huge bombs. China and African nations to The first one was a truck bomb, form another global organisation. followed a minute or so (later) by another car bomb. My brother was DR Congo injured at the scene,” Halima Is- mail, a local resident, told Reuters. opposition Al Shabaab, which has been carrying out a series of deadly at- rejects talks over tacks in Somalia, said it was be- election hind the attack. “There were two suicide car bombs,” Abdiasis Abu Musab, the group’s spokesman for The Democratic Republic Con- military operations, told Reuters. go's main opposition alliance has rejected talks with the gov- ernment of President Joseph Kabila over elections that were due to have been held in No- vember but have been delayed, Iran released images of its first agreement on the nuclear program, and called for a general strike on domestically built long-range mis- Moscow re-authorized the deliv- Tuesday. The opposition wants sile defense system on Sunday, a ery of the S-300 system in a move Kabila to end his 15-year rule in project started when the country criticized by the United States and December as mandated by the was under international sanctions. Israel. constitution but authorities say Images released on multiple Iran’s army said in May that the vote cannot be held until at state news agencies showed Pres- it was now equipped with the S- London’s mayor has called on fel- least next July and the top court ident Hassan Rouhani and Minis- 300 system, though further parts low members of Britain’s opposi- said Kabila can stay in power ter of Defence Hossein Dehghan are due over the coming months. tion Labour Party to replace lead- until the election is held. standing in front of the new Bavar Rouhani also unveiled the first er Jeremy Corbyn, saying his fail- The strike call, issued on 373 missile defense system. Iranian-made fighter jet engine on ure to drum up support for Brit- Saturday, represents a signifi- The system was designed to Sunday, saying it was capable of ain remaining in the EU showed he cant escalation of opposition intercept cruise missiles, drones, flight at 50,000 feet. could not command the backing of action in a country where about combat aircraft and ballistic mis- “The Islamic republic is one voters. 40 demonstrators died in anti- siles, according to earlier state- of eight countries in the world who “Jeremy has already proved government protests over the ments by Dehghan. have mastered the technology to that he is unable to organize an ef- issue in January 2015. It is also It was intended to match the build these engines,” the president fective team and has failed to win a setback for Edem Kodjo, the Russian S-300 system, the deliv- said. the trust and respect of the British African Union mediator who ery of which was suspended in Dehghan added that Iran was people,” Sadiq Khan said in an ar- earlier said the way was open 2010 due to sanctions imposed now looking to develop seaborne ticle he wrote for Britain’s Observ- for all-party talks to begin on over Iran’s nuclear program. cruise missiles capable of super- er newspaper. Tuesday to secure agreement on “We did not intend to make an sonic speed. “I am afraid we simply cannot the election. "Opposition par- Iranian version of the S-300 -- we In 2015, shortly before the afford to go on like this.” ties call on the Congolese peo- wanted to build an Iranian system, conclusion of an international The Labour Party has been in ple to hold a dead city strike and we built it,” Dehghan told the agreement on Iran’s nuclear pro- turmoil since Britain’s June 23 [general strike] on Aug. 23," said IRNA news agency on Saturday. gramme, Moscow re-authorized vote to leave the European Union a statement on an opposition Rouhani said in a televised the delivery of the S-300 system and Corbyn, a veteran left-wing website. The opposition accus- speech that Iran’s military budget in a move criticized by the United member of parliament, has been es Kodjo of favouring the gov- had more than doubled compared States and Israel. challenged for the leadership by ernment and asked him to step with last year. Iran’s army said in May that fellow lawmaker Owen Smith. down. “If we are able to discuss with it was now equipped with the S- “I know from my own elec- world powers around the negoti- 300 system, though further parts tion – up against a nasty and divi- EU referendum. Why would things be different in a general election?” Khan said. Corbyn has denied allega- Gunmen in Egypt kill ating table, it is because of our na- are due over the coming months. sive Tory campaign – that if we tions from his critics that he failed to campaign strongly enough for Britain to stay in the EU. He is strong tional strength, because of our na- The new Bavar 373 has Iran’s are strong and clear enough in our favorite to win the leadership contest thanks to widespread support at grassroots level although Smith is informer, soldier at tional unity,” he said. first vertical launcher, using Sayad convictions, the message will get backed by most of Labour’s elected lawmakers. The outcome of the leadership election is expected on Sept. In 2015, shortly before the 3 missiles that were first tested in through to the public. That’s a test 24. Britain’s ruling Conservative Party changed its leader shortly after the referendum with Theresa May checkpoint north of conclusion of an international September 2014. that Jeremy totally failed in the replacing David Cameron, who campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU. Cairo Vietnam doubtful of Trans-Pacific Partnership sign-off Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Viet- I'll oppose it as president," Clin- nam, with its strong export-led ton said. Door open for China economy and potential for growth, If the US Congress does not is tipped to significantly benefit ratify the agreement, it will effec- from the Trans Pacific Partnership tively collapse. Gunmen killed an informer and (TPP). The country expects reve- If the TPP does not go ahead a soldier and injured five other nue to increase by as much as 50 happen, it could leave the door people, including two civilians, percent when tariffs apply under open for China to forge closer eco- in an attack at a police check- the 12-nation trade deal. nomic ties with some member na- point in the province of Men- "Vietnam wants to have an tions. In this region, that could oufia north of Cairo, the direc- open economy," says Tran Du undo a lot of President Barack tor of the ambulance services Lich, a former government trade Obama's so-called pivot to Asia. said on Sunday. adviser. "We have been integrating The US and China are vying Security forces are search- with international and regional for influence in the region, and Viet- ing for the men in that area, economies, with a number of free nam is a key factor. about 80 km (50 miles) north of trade agreements." Despite strained political re- Cairo, one security source said. However, the TPP is in doubt lations between Vietnam and Chi- Egypt's government is fac- due to opposition in the US. na, the two countries are big trad- ing an insurgency that has killed President Barack Obama has ing partners. hundreds of soldiers and police- been trying to push the deal China is not part of the TPP. men, mostly in northern Sinai, through before the end of his term If the pact fails, Vietnam may be- since mid-2013, when then- in January. come even more reliant on its army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi If he runs out of time, pros- neighbour to the north. ousted Islamist President Mo- pects for the deals success are dim- Analysts believe the Vietnam- hamed Mursi. mer because the two main candi- ese economy will continue to grow ISIS’s Egyptian affiliate, dates to replace him oppose the regardless. which calls itself Sinai Province, agreement. "TPP will be good for Vietnam, mainly operates out of the US presidential candidate Hil- but that doesn't mean the econo- northern Sinai Peninsula, which lary Clinton has voiced her oppo- my in the future depends on it," borders Israel, the Gaza Strip and sition to the trade pact during her says Lich, the former government the Suez Canal. campaign. "I will stop any trade adviser. Militants have also target- deal that kills jobs or holds down "We've ratified more than 10 ed security forces in central wages, including the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreements, and we are Cairo, its outskirts and elsewhere Partnership. I oppose it now, I'll a member of the World Trade Or- in the past few years. oppose it after the election, and ganization." MONDAY.AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] By Immanuel Ness In the 1980s, the economies that Global South. Profits are guaran- the workplace, employers can en- the margins of major cities, migrant Email: [email protected] had dominated the world in the teed through compliant national tirely control wage rates and the workers often lack the citizenship postwar era entered a period of far- ruling classes that seek to keep labor process: they can discipline rights and residency privileges en- reaching transition away from state wages down, prevent workers workers with impunity by avoid- joyed by those living in the region www.afghanistantimes.af participation to private sector from organizing into unions, and ing collective bargaining, seniority and are officially documented and Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi dominance. The conversion pro- frequently use armed police forc- systems and formal grievance pro- entitled to government services. cess was not uniform: in some cases es to put down unauthorized wild- cedures; and they can relinquish Spouses and families are prohibit- the shift to market control oc- cat strikes. social responsibility to workers ed from joining workers; no for- Advisory editorial board curred gradually through the with- EPZs provide a government while continuing to rely on the mal education is provided for chil- drawal of state subsidies for social partnership to ensure the abundant abundant reserve army that is un- dren; few rights to health care ser- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, welfare, and in other instances a availability of compliant low-wage able to survive in rural areas, and vices exist outside the factory; ca- radical shift away from public labor to foreign export production so is desperate for any paid work. sualization of the workforce allows Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal welfare was imposed all at once, firms. To achieve this objective In India’s industrial zones, the employers to dismiss workers at in what came to be known as shock EPZs must: career of an industrial worker may will for any reason, and set per- Graphic-Designer: therapy. • Draw in an oversupply not last more than five or six years, manent workers against an infor- In the Global South, where of low-wage workers and by the age of 25 workers are mal and temporary workforce; and Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi most states had limited social wel- • Support the capacity of considered old and replaceable. As young women are often subject to Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: fare nets, economic liberalization producers to exploit workers a consequence of the oversupply the highest level of exploitation as converged on privatization of state through the removal of labor regu- of labor and the relatively short informal and temporary workers. Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 production and market integration lations governing wages and work- working lives of these migrant la- Working-Class Militancy in into the global capitalist economy. ing conditions borers, capital depends on infor- the Global South Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan While twentieth-century industri- • Promote a union-free malization and job insecurity to The central issue confronting alization in the capitalist and so- environment to warrant continu- rotate workers out of the system. the development of a militant Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 cialist economies of the North typ- ity in low-wage labor and prevent Those workers who do have per- workers’ movement today is to Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ically took place in the context of the possibility of worker stoppag- manent positions are forced into identify and surmount the inequi- social welfare states, in the South, es and strikes that potentially in- precarious jobs, and in some cases ties arising out of the hierarchical massive industrialization was car- terrupt production. encouraged to return to the coun- system of international value ried out without provision for Thus the EPZs extract a high tryside. However, as Jan Breman transfer that inflects the global cap- healthcare, adequate food, child price from the working class of shows, urban informal work is be- italist order, which relies on the The constitution says care, housing, education, unem- developing countries in exchange coming the norm in South Asia, and super-exploitation of the working ployment insurance, and old age for the foreign currency revenues industrial workers cannot return to class in the Global South. The pensions for workers and their fam- that flow from manufacturing for survive in rural areas because the modern global system of produc- ilies. export. EPZs are managed by gov- commodification of land has de- tion and accumulation is shaped Article 109: Promoting Foreign Investment ernment and corporate-appointed stroyed their former way of life. by the historical dependence of for Export Production authorities to regulate the opera- Citizenship Rights and Living capitalism on global imperialism to Article One Hundred Nine: Proposals for amending elections law shall not be In manufacturing, foreign di- tion of the entire region. A prima- Conditions expand profitability, and by more included in the work agenda of the National Assembly during the last year of the rect investment (FDI) is concen- ry characteristic of the EPZ is to In the last decade industrial than 250 years of class struggles. trated in special zones such as spe- establish an environment that pro- workers in the Global South fre- A distinct feature of contemporary legislative term. cial enterprise zones (EPZs) where motes the development of infra- quently live in dormitories man- capitalism is the emergence of for- workers have few rights. Finance structure facilitating foreign invest- aged by contractors or regional eign capital investment in firms capital has become dominant over ment in logistics, including region- commissions established to deliv- that directly exploit land, resourc- production decisions, on the basis al and international transportation er basic services to migrant labor- es, technology and markets, but of criteria that have largely regu- networks, energy and power grids, ers. Arriving as newcomers in tran- also low-wage labor employed in lated wages and working condi- and that supports the development sient municipalities, most laborers the export-production industries tions. Finance capitalists profit by of social services and accommoda- have few social bonds with long- of the Global South. In the mines investing in contractors that pay tion for a compliant labor force to term residents, and more often are and mills of the Global South, the workers the lowest wages (in oth- work in the manufacturing indus- reliant on fellow workers from ru- disruptive and isolating working er words, super-exploitation). In- tries. ral areas and family members who conditions that produce alienation dustrial contractors are subservi- Police and security forces em- have accompanied them. As new and estrangement also activate mil- ent to foreign multinational inves- ployed to guard against crime in residential zones, SEZs are typi- itancy comparable to that, which tors: if they fail to meet profit ex- EPZs are also, more importantly, cally isolated from the political and has developed among low-wage pectations financiers withdraw used to prevent and impede work- social arena, and provide workers undocumented migrant workers support and shift to lower-cost er mobilization and organizing with few social contacts outside employed in major cities of the producers. Even in the mining and against foreign firms in the Global the workplaces and living quarters. Global North. petroleum industries, capital rein- South. The security apparatus in Although social isolation may Trade unions emerged in the fter the Pakistani government announced on November vests in new forms of extraction SEZs and in foreign firms includes preclude migrant worker contact twentieth century to represent a th when labor costs rise and threaten surveillance and CCTV systems to with trade unions and community Northern working class that has 15 as final deadline for repatriation of registered and profits. The threat of disinvest- monitor worker organizing and allies, it frequently creates stron- not survived into the present era. ment compels producers to re- identify rank-and-file leaders. ger links with fellow factory work- In the South most established trade unregistered Afghan refugees, there has been manifold structure their operations to low- Migration and Proletarianiza- ers, who are also exposed to con- unions are an inheritance from la- increase in the number of returnees. As many as 4,086 Afghans er costs and restore high levels of tion tinuous danger on the job and un- bor movements immersed in anti- profitability. The industrialization of Eu- der threat from replacement by colonial struggles, and have few returned home from Pakistan via Torkham in the past two days. Developing countries seek to rope and North America in the nine- new workers. Marx’s depiction of connections to the contemporary attract foreign capital by establish- teenth and twentieth centuries de- an alienated and estranged work- working class. Even ACFTU, the According to spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and ing separate governmental regions pended heavily on the availability force in the nineteenth century can Chinese labor federation, is a lega- and enclaves such as EPZs, fol- of migrant labor. European migrant be applied to the condition of work- cy from the past. An array of Repatriation, Islamuddin Jurat, among the returnees, 1,571 do lowing a model developed in Mex- laborers were employed in the ers in the Global South today: unions was formed, and these con- not possess ID cards. Currently, returnees with ID cards are ico and China in the 1980s, as a American garment, steel, auto and We have seen how this abso- tinued into the period of formal way of generating investment in electronic manufacturing industries, lute contradiction between the tech- independence, and have in various entitled to benefits such as cash assistance. The spokesman said manufacturing. In addition to pri- which largely excluded and mar- nical necessities of modern indus- ways defended the rights of work- vate local producers, labor contrac- ginalized Black, Mexican, Asian try, and the social character inher- ers. Like those in Western Europe, that those who are without the ID cards would be introduced to tors and real estate firms, the pri- and unfree workers. In a similar ent in its capitalistic form, dispels unions in the South were formed the international refugees’ organization in Jalalabad to receive mary beneficiaries of EPZs are manner, but to a far greater extent, all fixity and security in the situa- in periods of struggle and labor multinational brands that provide today’s industrialization in the tion of the laborer; how it constant- exploitation, often acting to op- cash assistance. specifications on production stan- Global South depends on laborers ly threatens, by taking away the pose colonialism and pave the way dards and designs for contractors. who migrate from rural regions into instruments of labor, to snatch for independence. Most existing Since the government and UNHCR know that many Afghan Profits are guaranteed by the low- industrial zones where they are from his hands his means of sub- labor configurations in the Global refugees in Pakistan are unregistered, therefore, they should fa- er production costs achieved often marginalized. sistence, and, by suppressing his South today are descended from through the great disparity be- Hiring migrant workers is a detail-function, to make him su- earlier worker mobilizations and cilitate the returnees without ID cards. Depriving them of cash tween wages available in EPZs in corporate strategy to increase the perfluous. We have seen, too, how have formed within party systems the South, and those prevalent in size of the reserve army of labor this antagonism vents its rage in that have defined the scope of trade assistance will be a historical injustice. Turning a blind eye to the North. By setting the price of and reduce wage rates. Migrant the creation of that monstrosity, activity and power in the postwar their problems will create serious challenges. In the near future goods, in most cases multinational workers are preferred because as an industrial reserve army, kept in era. These regimes delineate the brands can in effect set low wage newcomers they are not organized misery in order to be always at the limits of official trade unions and the number of returnees could double if Pakistan’s Supreme Court rates. Foreign brands typically into traditional trade unions, allow- disposal of capital; in the inces- reveal the boundaries for the ex- maintain agreements with contrac- ing employers to maintain author- sant human sacrifices from among pression and development of un- ruled out extending the deadline. A well-known Pakistani law- tors in several countries and re- itarian control over the workplace. the working-class, in the most reck- authorized working-class militan- yer, Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhutta, filed a constitutional petition in the gions, which provide multiple pro- The vast majority of workers in less squandering of labor-power cy. It is always an open question duction options in the event of la- new industrial zones are young and in the devastation caused by a whether existing labor unions can apex court to allow the refugees to say until December 2017. bor disputes between contractors people from rural areas who are social anarchy which turns every contain the concrete development and workers. unfamiliar with their rights and economic progress into a social of independent working-class or- His case against the Pakistani government is strong but the civil- Just like water, finance capital typically isolated from other calamity. ganizations. flows to the lowest level in the workers. As the dominant force in Living in new communities on ian and military establishments are stronger. If he wins the case To be continued it will be news for Afghan officials and refugees to rejoice. However, the ministry of refugees shall device its own com- prehensive plan to facilitate the returnees. Many returning Af- ghans have complained that their lands had been grabbed by influential people. They also complained about lack of basic facilities such as educate and healthcare services. In many areas including Kabul City, people are forced to drink contaminated water. Moreover, the cash package they are receiving is not suf- ficient to build a house. Keeping problems these problems in view, the government should give undivided attention to the challenges faced by the returnees. The officials should accelerate efforts to retake the lands allotted to the returnees but grabbed by influential people. It is duty of the government to provide shelter to the citizens. The townships for refugees should have all the required facili- ties such as potable water. As the child refugees in Pakistan have studied in Urdu and English medium schools, the government should direct the rele- vant ministry to draft a new curriculum for them. It will be diffi- cult for school, college and university students to adopt the ex- isting education system and pursue their studies which are most- ly in Dari and Pashto languages. Adjustment should not be sud- den and a burden on the young returnees. Government Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. MONDAY.AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES The hidden danger of big data Carlo Ratti and Dirk Helbing In game theory, the "price of anar- Examples of this abound. Con- ban infrastructure, from traffic chy" describes how individuals sider the familiar act of buying a lights and subway use to waste acting in their own self-interest book online through Amazon. disposal and energy delivery. within a larger system tend to re- Amazon has a mountain of infor- Many mayors worldwide are duce that larger system's efficien- mation about all of its users - from fascinated by the idea of a central cy. It is a ubiquitous phenomenon, their profiles to their search histo- control room, such as Rio de Jan- one that almost all of us confront, ries to the sentences they highlight eiro's IBM-designed operations byYousef Munayyer in some form, on a regular basis. in e-books - which it uses to pre- centre, where city managers can For example, if you are a city dict what they might want to buy respond to new information in real Two disaffected black athletes It was easier of course to the hands of white athletes fore that had been gathered to planner in charge of traffic man- next. time. from the United States put on a ridicule the pair, call them petu- representing apartheid South watch the football World Cup agement, there are two ways you As in all forms of centralised But with centralised algo- public display of petulance that lant, militant and whatever else Africa? Such instances were when an Israeli missile ended can address traffic flows in your artificial intelligence, past patterns rithms coming to manage every sparked one of the most un- than to think about their pro- limited by the fact that apart- the gathering and their lives. pleasant controversies in Olym- test and our society's complic- heid South Africa was actually It existed in the 8-year-old pics history and turned the ity in their grievances. banned from the Olympics from Palestinian girl in Hebron, who high drama of the games into How realistic is it to expect 1964 until the fall of the apart- perhaps one day a could be a theatre of the absurd." a global event to be entirely de- heid regime. cyclist representing a free Pal- That is how the Time Mag- tached from global politics? But still somehow the estine, until an Israeli soldier azine chose to describe the What is this 'Olympic spirit' that Olympic spirit was apolitical. forcefully took her bicycle now iconic scene of Tommie exists in a vacuum where the The US boycotted the games away, tossing it aside as she Smith and John Carlos raising hearts and minds of humans in 1980 over the Soviet Union's cried , all because she was near- black-gloved fists high while and their connections to the invasion of Afghanistan, but ing a neighbourhood street she standing atop the medal ped- political world suddenly go still somehow the Olympic spirit wasn't allowed on because she estal and refusing to look at the blank? was apolitical. isn't an 8-year old Jewish girl. American flag. I've thought about this ep- Israel today is running a It existed in 15-year-old The year, of course, was isode much over the last sev- settler-colonial apartheid re- Mahmoud Badran, who loved 1968. Months earlier, Martin eral days as the Olympics in gime that has turned millions Real Madrid and playing foot- Luther King Jr had been assas- Brazil take place. Much atten- of Palestinians into refugees, ball, and who was swimming sinated, and major riots took tion was paid to two incidents second-class citizens and with his cousins in a local pool place that year and in the years between Arab and Israeli ath- stateless peoples living under earlier this summer. Might he prior. letes. the jackboot of military occu- one day swim for gold for Pal- Nascent Civil Rights legis- In one, a Lebanese group pation. estine? Alas, his life was taken lation was still entering into ef- of athletes refused to share a It is wholeheartedly sup- on the way home from the pool fect, and in many parts of the bus with Israeli athletes, and ported by the same Western that night when an Israeli sol- country, Jim Crow and segre- in another, an Egyptian judoka states whose narratives derid- dier fired bullets - with no jus- gationist laws continued to ex- refused to shake hands with his ed acts of Arab protest against tification whatsoever - riddling ist either on the books or in Israeli competitor after a bout. Israel at the Olympics. the car he was in and injuring practice. In the Western media, the As a 1970s-era anti-apart- several others in the process. Inside Story - Are the Olym- Arabs were ridiculed for their heid poster campaigning to end I can understand the desire pics still relevant? stances. This was supposedly an all-white South African for sportsmanship and, as a Is history repeating itself? childish behaviour and did not cricket tour read: "If you could lover of sport myself, I appre-

city. Generally, a centralised, top- are used to forecast future ones. facet of society, data-driven tech- down approach - one that com- Amazon can look at the last 10 nocracy is threatening to over- prehends the entire system, iden- books you purchased and, with whelm innovation and democracy. tifies choke points, and makes increasing accuracy, suggest what This outcome should be avoid- changes to eliminate them - will be you might want to read next. ed at all costs. Decentralised deci- more efficient than simply letting A certain amount of random- sion-making is crucial for the en- individual drivers make their own ness in our lives allows for new richment of society. choices on the road, with the as- ideas or modes of thinking that Data-driven optimisation, sumption that these choices, on would otherwise be missed. conversely, derives solutions from aggregate, will lead to an accept- But here we should consider a predetermined paradigm, which, able outcome. what is lost when we reduce the in its current form, often excludes The first approach reduces the level of anarchy. The most mean- the transformational or counterin- cost of anarchy and makes better ingful book you should read after tuitive ideas that propel humanity use of all available information. those previous 10 is not one that forward. Inside Story - How safe is fits neatly into an established pat- A certain amount of random- your personal information on the tern, but rather one that surprises ness in our lives allows for new internet? or challenges you to look at the ideas or modes of thinking that The price of anarchy world in a different way. would otherwise be missed. The world today is awash in Contrary to the traffic-flow And, on a macro scale, it is data. In 2015, humankind produced scenario described above, opti- necessary for life itself. If nature as much information as was creat- mised suggestions - which often had used predictive algorithms that ed in all previous years of human amount to a self-fulfilling prophe- prevented random mutation in the civilisation. cy of your next purchase - might replication of DNA, our planet Every time we send a message, not be the best paradigm for on- would probably still be at the stage make a call or complete a transac- line book browsing. of a very optimised single-cell or- tion, we leave digital traces. We are Big data can multiply our op- ganism. quickly approaching what Italian tions while filtering out things we Decentralised decision-making writer Italo Calvino presciently don't want to see, but there is some- can create synergies between hu- called the "memory of the world": thing to be said for discovering that man and machine intelligence a full digital copy of our physical 11th book through pure serendip- through processes of natural and universe. ity. artificial co-evolution. As the internet expands into Threat to innovation and de- Distributed intelligence might new realms of physical space mocracy sometimes reduce efficiency in the through the internet of things, the What is true of book buying is short term, but it will ultimately But Smith and Carlos were fit with the spirit of sportsman- see their national sport, you ciate the ways in which it, as a price of anarchy will become a cru- also true for many other systems lead to a more creative, diverse and denounced. Ultimately, they ship. might be less keen to see their human language, can tran- cial metric in our society, and the that are being digitised, such as our resilient society. The price of an- were expelled from the games. There was little discussion cricket." The words appeared scend divides. What I cannot temptation to eliminate it with the cities and societies. archy is a price well worth paying How dare they, as an Interna- about the roots of the griev- above an image of an apartheid understand and cannot accept, power of big data analytics will Centralised municipal systems if we want to preserve innovation tional Olympics Committee ances or interpretations of the regime police officer clubbing however, is when there is out- grow stronger. now use algorithms to monitor ur- through serendipity. spokesperson put it then , events as political acts. One native blacks. Where is the rage over simple acts of pro- "breach the fundamental prin- particularly odious commenta- Olympic spirit in that? test without outrage, or even ciples of the Olympic spirit"? tor used the episodes to diag- The true Olympic spirit discussion, in those same con- How dare they? nose the "Arab mind" as dis- In Palestine, the Olympic versations about the reasons Why did Nasrallah History vindicated Smith eased. spirit exists in many hopeful behind those protests - the and Carlos. Today, as we have It's always political souls. But it has also often been mass denial of basic human vibrant movements in the US How realistic is it to expect snuffed out by the vicious pol- rights to millions of Palestin- demanding that black lives a global event to be entirely de- icies and actions of the Israeli ians. If that is your idea of the suggest peace with ISIS? must matter, it is easier to see tached from global politics? state. Olympic spirit, then it is a spirit Nadim Koteich why the outrage directed by the What is this "Olympic spirit" I'm sure the Olympic spirit I want no part of. I suspect, American mainstream towards that exists in a vacuum where existed in the Bakr boys, the though, as the test of time has When senior Hezbollah figure a free piece of land draped in mis- fading and Hezbollah might have Smith and Carlos for their pro- the hearts and minds of hu- four young children playing proven with Smith and Carlos, Mustafa Badreddine was killed in ery and civil strife. Gaza’s horrors to start retreating from Syria soon. test then should have been di- mans and their connections to football on a beach in Gaza be- that the day will come when Syria, the Lebanese party quoted are mostly linked to the chains of This is why Nasrallah has offered rected towards the heinous rac- the political world suddenly go fore they were annihilated by those who are more outraged him as saying: “I’ll return from Israeli politics from which Leba- reconciliation. He suggested that ism and institutional discrimi- blank? shelling from Israeli naval at the protest against Israel Syria either as a martyr or crowned non broke free. Baghdadi leave his weapons behind nation upon which their coun- I wondered, was there not ships. than they are at Israel's treat- with victory, or I won’t return at Shiite influence is fading and and embark on a reconciliation pro- try was built and continues to an instance where black Afri- It also existed in those Pal- ment of Palestinians will hang all.” He did not achieve victory in Hezbollah might have to start re- cess. Nasrallah also proposed an suffer from instead. can athletes refused to shake estinians who just weeks be- their heads in shame. Syria. treating from Syria soon. This is agreement to revive the decaying Nor will Hezbollah leader why Nasrallah has offered recon- Lebanese political system and ap- Hassan Nasrallah. Of all the fight- ciliation point Hariri as prime minister. ing undertaken by the Iran-backed Nasrallah is obsessed with Nasrallah paved the way for a militia, the Syrian conflict – par- portraying himself and his party potential understanding by re- LETTER TO THE EDITOR ticularly the battle for Aleppo – as all-time winners, an image rein- minding his supporters that has killed the largest number of its forced by allied media outlets and Hezbollah is above all a resistance leaders and fighters. Given his opportunistic, dreamy and con- movement. Since the start of the many achievements, Nasrallah fused elites in Lebanon and the Syrian crisis, Nasrallah’s last Security deterioration thought he was unstoppable. Arab world. speech was the longest one about Since the establishment of the national unity government security situation in the country is deteriorating on daily basis. Recently Taliban Unlike Hezbollah, Hamas has Reality check Israel, a topic almost absent from insurgents captured Khanabad district of Kunduz province. Thought the Afghan forces recaptured the district, but that does not mean that not achieved many victories However, in Aleppo specifi- his previous speeches. He used all the Taliban would not attack the district for the second time. Related officials should device a comprehensive security strategy in order not against Israel, though it has been cally and Syria generally, Nasral- possible arguments to highlight his to lose the district again. Heavy clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents are underway in different parts of the in multiple wars similar to the ones lah has lost his best fighters, in- victory, and more importantly to country. In northern and southern provinces of the country, the Taliban have launched a large-scale attacks to capture strategic districts. Hezbollah waged against Israel. cluding Badreddine. The Hezbol- reinstate the resistance’s main Time is ripe that the government should pay a serious look into the matter and realize that inside difference between national unity government leaders, cure nothing but to loss legitimacy at eyes of public. Putt difference and work for the national interests instead of Missiles were repeatedly fired lah leader would have never function in anticipation of an im- personal. Security situation of the country is like open book to all of us. Indefatigable efforts must be done to maintain security and stability against Israel, which responded thought that on the 10th anniver- minent change in the party’s posi- in the war-torn county. with total destruction. Then a po- sary of the July 2006 war with tion on Syria. Basir Bakhtari, Kabul, Afghanistan litical solution was reached, restor- Israel, he would be begging Al- It seems Nasrallah feels that ing the pre-war status quo. Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq the end of the Syrian adventure is Even when Israel unilaterally and Syria (ISIS) to make peace. near, whether his party leaves the withdrew from Gaza, Hamas did Since Russia got involved in battlefield or not. Syria will not not claim victory, like Hezbollah the Syrian war about a year ago, offer any victory at all. He is fully Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must did when Israel unilaterally with- the militias have just been the fuel aware that he will not leave the have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: drew from southern Lebanon. stoking the flames. Nasrallah battlefield the way he entered it. [email protected] Hezbollah wants to bury the would realize that sooner or later However, Sunnis who want re- memory of Israel’s retreat, an elec- and adopt a different rhetoric re- venge against Hezbollah outnum- toral move made by then-Prime garding the Sunnis in Syria and ber those who seek more reason- Minister Ehud Barak with enor- Lebanon. As such, he has asked to able solutions, because the party mous public support. make peace with Sunnis living in has a lot of blood on its hands in Disclaimer: As with the Gaza withdrawal, the Shiite sphere of influence, from Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. it was a unilateral Israeli political ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Before the battle for Aleppo, The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) decision, not a consequence of the to Lebanon’s former Prime Minis- Hezbollah’s motto was: “Either a and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. resistance, as Hezbollah claimed. ter Saad al-Hariri. martyr or a winner.” Now it seems Like Hamas, Hezbollah left behind However, Shiite influence is more like: “A martyr either way.” MONDAY.AUGUST 22 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The threats have come via emails, against Al Haq staff members have phone calls, and once with flow- been "directly connected" to their ers delivered directly to the front work at the ICC, according to door. Amnesty International. At the Amid months of sustained in- same time, leaflets misrepresent- timidation, harassment and threats, ing Al Haq's work - which featured Palestinian human rights defend- the organisation's name and logo ers are coming forward to de- and asked for donations in sup- nounce a campaign that they say port of refugees - were also dis- aims to "plant fear" into their ef- tributed to homes in The Hague, forts to hold Israel accountable for Jabarin said. human rights violations. In addition, Al Haq's interna- "This is a very organised and tional donors have received calls advanced campaign," said Shawan alleging that the organisation was Jabarin, director of Al Haq, a prom- being investigated for corruption, inent Ramallah-based Palestinian while faked internal emails told human rights organisation. staff members that the organisa- "The goal is to stop us [from] tion was having funding problems dealing actively with the [Interna- and that they should find new tional Criminal Court], cooperat- jobs, he said. ing actively with the ICC," Jabar- Dutch authorities have been in told Al Jazeera. "They want to investigating the Kiswanson case, plant fear on our side … when it but Al Haq did not have any infor- comes to accountability [and] mation about potential suspects when it comes to our advocacy for that or any of the other inci- work." dents. Earlier this month, Al Haq's "Israel is behind it," Jabarin researcher at the ICC, Nada alleged. "Criminals, all the time, Kiswanson, told the Dutch press they are afraid. When you start that she had received death threats searching and looking to identify and other intimidations for several them, they will become afraid. For months, including letters, emails them, it's easy to defeat politicians, and phone calls to her home and but it's not easy for them to defeat family members. A man phoned the human rights defenders." Kiswanson's family members in A spokesperson for the Israeli Sweden and, in heavily accented prime minister's office did not re- Arabic, told them she would "dis- spond to Al Jazeera's request for appear" if her work at the ICC comment on the allegations. Em- continued, Jabarin said. manuel Nahshon, a spokesperson Kiswanson also received a call for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign from a woman purporting to be Affairs, said in a curt email: "We from the Dutch Health Ministry, do not react to such preposterous Mezan said in a news release this involving death threats against one against Al Mezan staff while they be motivated by the fear of Israel vestment and sanctions (BDS) ac- who asked for her home address allegations." month that its workers have faced of our staff members, in particu- were working in Europe, with lo- being isolated internationally and tivists, and has launched a cam- to send her a survey and informa- Defending justice and looking "a protracted campaign of intimi- lar, and death threats against his cal police investigating threats in held accountable for its crimes paign against international aid tion about the Zika virus. Shortly for justice is not a job. We know dation, harassment and threats" family," said Nuriya Oswald, Al three separate countries. While the against Palestinians. The campaign groups that it alleges diverted funds thereafter, Kiswanson received that we will face difficulties, we since last year, including suspi- Mezan's international advocacy perpetrators have not been identi- "is an act of fear, first and fore- to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Death flowers at her door, a threatening will face challenges. And we are cious emails and Facebook mes- coordinator, noting that the email fied, the threats seem to be related most", Tartir told Al Jazeera, cit- threats against individuals work- note attached to them. Jabarin said ready. sages, along with calls to staff and threat contained recent images of to Al Mezan's accountability ing a wider pattern of Israeli in- ing at the ICC have intensified re- the delivery originated in Amster- Al Haq is not the only Pales- donors. the staff member's house taken at work, she said. Alaa Tartir, the timidation of activists and aid cently because that effort "is be- dam. tinian rights group to receive "Recently, the campaign close range. programme director at Al Shaba- groups. Israel recently announced coming more tangible [and] more Is BDS a threat to Israel? threats recently. against Al Mezan became much Oswald told Al Jazeera that ka, the Palestinian policy network, the creation of a special body to organisations are working togeth- Previous death threats levied Gaza-based organisation Al more serious, much more explicit, most of the threats were levied noted that such threats appear to identify and deport boycott, di- er", Tartir said. Al Jazeera Texas Muslims threatened amid Imam’s shooting death shakes increasing Islamophobia storied immigrant neighborhood Vincent Simon recalls feeling we won’t stand for it," he contin- neighbour hit and injured Khalid al security threats at the Demo- shocked when he flipped on the ues. "And there are me - and just Jabara’s mother, Haifa, with a car. cratic National Convention last Masjid Al Sahaabah mosque’s like plenty of other veterans here On August 13, a man shot and month. voicemail to hear a death threat in Watauga - that will stand up to killed Maulana Akonjee, a 55-year- "If you’re a Muslim and you from a man promising to behead your bulls**t." old imam, and Thara Uddin, his love America and freedom and you Muslim worshippers. Claiming to be "armed to the 64-year-old associate, as the two hate terror, stay here and help us Simon, a US military veteran teeth" and backed by fellow mili- walked along the sidewalk follow- win and make a future together, who converted to Islam some five tary veterans, the caller advocates ing afternoon prayers in the New we want you," Clinton said in his years ago, said that the small for "another Christian crusade" York City borough of Queens. address to the convention. mosque and its attendees are threat- and promises to "meet you on any In February 2015, three Mus- Pointing to a recent CAIR re- ened regularly, receiving three or battleground you want". lim university students - Deah port, which concluded that sever- four intimidating voicemails a week. "We will cut all of your heads Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Moham- al right-wing organisations spent At a time when rights groups off. Do you understand me? All of mad Abu-Salha and Razan Mo- more than $200 million promoting and analysts warn of growing vio- you," he says, ending the message. hammad Abu-Salha - were shot "fear and hatred" of Muslims be- lence against Muslims and of in- A police spokesperson did not and killed by a neighbour in Chap- tween 2008 and 2013, Esposito tense Islamophobic rhetoric among reply to Al Jazeera’s repeated re- el Hill, North Carolina. says Islamophobia is pervasive in mainstream politicians, the threat quests for a comment. According A report published in May by American media and political dis- of beheadings raised serious con- to local media reports, police and the Bridge Initiative, a research course. cerns. the Federal Bureau of Investiga- project at Georgetown Universi- The last decade has witnessed "This wasn’t the normal tion (FBI) are investigating the ty, found that Muslims were be- pervasive negative media coverage threat," said Simon, who is on the voicemail. tween six and nine times more like- of Muslims as well as an "incredi- mosque’s board and security com- 'All hell's breaking loose' ly to be attacked in 2015 than the ble explosion" of anti-Islam web- mittee. "The Muslim community is period following the September 11 sites and media figures, Esposito "This is a long, angry message feeling so threatened right now," attacks in 2001. said. with a definite 'I'm going to cut said Alia Salem, executive director The report documented ap- "But it’s become much more your heads off’ kind of thing'," he of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter proximately 180 incidents of anti- of a major thing with Trump and told Al Jazeera. of the Council on American Islam- Muslim violence from the time the recent Republican candidates," he "I don’t know if it’s the polit- ic Relations (CAIR) organisation. first presidential candidacy was told Al Jazeera. ical atmosphere or just whatever Salem said that politicians and announced in March 2015 until At the Masjid Al Sahaabah else is going on; but some people many law enforcement agencies May this year, including 12 kill- mosque in Texas, Simon and Kazi think it’s okay to do whatever they have been slow to support Mus- ings and 34 physical assaults. said they have received support want to do because there’s noth- lims at a time when they are facing After Trump called for the clo- from the local police and FBI fol- ing that’s going to be done for us." the growing threat of violence. sure of mosques in December 2015, lowing the beheading threat, as well Mujeeb Kazi, another member Everyday hostility towards the number of attacks against as an outpouring of solidarity and of the mosque's board who moved Muslims is "palpable", she said. Muslims "initially tripled with support from the local communi- from Pakistan to the US more than "All hell's breaking loose," Sa- nearly half of those attacks direct- ty. The gunman, police said, was His- ever-changing population. found hidden inside a wall in the two decades ago, believes the anti- lem told Al Jazeera. ed against mosques", the report Simon hits play on the voice- panic. His two victims were Bang- An Italian-American neighbor- suspect’s apartment. Muslim rhetoric of many politi- "We are getting a lot of sup- states. mail machine and a woman’s voice ladeshi Muslims, one an imam, hood for much of the 20th centu- He has pleaded not guilty. cians, and namely Republican Par- port from good people, which That month alone, perpetra- says: "I am so sorry you had to go shot without provocation on their ry, its most famous longtime resi- “As far as he’s concerned, he ty presidential candidate Donald gives us hope. But the people tors carried out at least 53 attacks through this, and I apologise on way home from their mosque. dent was the late Mafia boss John didn’t commit anything,” said his Trump, has given license to peo- should be supporting us - elected against Muslims, their places of behalf of Christians." A week after the double kill- Gotti. Jimmy Burke, the real-life lawyer, Michael Schwed. ple to threaten or attack Muslims. officials and law enforcement - are worship and their property, ac- Yet, Kazi said that the threat- ing, prosecutors haven’t been able mobster portrayed by Robert De The killing awakened memo- Trump to form committee 'on few and far between, lackluster, cording to the report. ening voicemails and other inci- to offer any theory explaining why Niro in “Goodfellas,” lived a short ries of similar deadly encounters radical Islam' as president lukewarm or nonexistent." 'Fear and hatred' dents have put the local Muslim the college janitor they charged walk from the shooting site. So did in Ozone Park. Two summers ago, "Even if he doesn’t win the Khalid Jabara, a 37-year-old John Esposito, director of the community on high alert. with the crime, Oscar Morel, the not-yet-famous Cyndi Lauper an Ozone Park resident with ties presidency, well, I think he has Lebanese-American man, was shot Bridge Initiative and professor of Some of the children in the would have singled out the two and Jack Kerouac. to a political party in Bangladesh, probably already done the damage dead on August 12 by a neighbour international affairs and Islamic community have also started ask- victims. Dramatic change came in the Nazmul Islam, was beaten to death to the community that was cohe- who reportedly harassed the slain studies at Georgetown Universi- ing questions, such as: "So, what Was it racial or religious ha- ‘70s with the arrival of a wave of by two Hispanic men just a few sive, tolerant, accepting. That has man's family on a regular basis, ty, said that it would be a mistake is next? Where are we going to tred? Or maybe a bubbling up of Hispanic newcomers, mostly from blocks from the spot where Akon- [been] damaged," Kazi told Al calling them "dirty Arabs", "filthy to place a unitary focus on Trump move? Are we going to go back? old tensions between immigrant Puerto Rico and the Dominican jee and Uddin were killed. And in Jazeera. Lebanese" and often inaccurately when confronting anti-Muslim vi- Are we going to move to Canada? groups in one of New York’s Republic. 2002, a bat-wielding group of teens On Monday, Trump an- referred to the Orthodox Christian olence and rhetoric. Or will we stay here?" evolving neighborhoods? Then, in the 1980s, came the killed Bangladeshi photojournalist nounced plans to introduce severe family as Muslims. Former President Bill Clinton, "Kids do worry about those The answer remains a mys- next cultural jolt with the arrival Mizanur Rahman after a day of immigration restrictions, including In a statement, Jabara's family husband of the Democratic presi- kind of things," Kazi said. tery, but people living in the of immigrants from Bangladesh. fistfights between Bangladeshi and an ideological test for Muslims and said police failed to act despite dential nominee Hillary Clinton, "We cannot ignore the history Ozone Park section of Queens, Danny Perez, 46, a school cus- Hispanic youths. Both incidents tourists. He has previously called years of repeated harassment, in- drew criticism when he linked that is being created." where the shooting took place, say todian who has lived in Ozone prompted rallies and calls for a for a complete freeze on Muslims cluding an incident in which the Muslims to "terrorism" and nation- Al Jazeera it shouldn’t be taken as evidence Park since he was 8, said that in more robust police presence in the entering the country and support- of a rift between the culturally di- the old days, the Bangladeshi and neighborhood now reeling again ed registering American Muslims verse groups that share its streets. Hispanic teenagers would get into from the latest violence. “That’s a in a database. “There’s tension now because fights, West Side Story-style. hate crime,” concluded Nurul 'Armed to the teeth' of what happened,” said Sumona “But it was a testosterone Hoque, a worshipper at Akonjee’s Masjid Al Sahaabah is located Kazi, 26, who was born in Bang- thing, I would say. I don’t really Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque. in Watauga, a small city near Fort ladesh but came to New York as a feel that it was hatred or racism,” “It’s not a robbery; the imam had Worth. The city has a population baby. She said she was confident said Perez, whose family is ethni- $1,000 in his pocket.” Some wor- of nearly 24,000 people and is that if the motive was hatred, it cally Puerto Rican. shippers have been demanding home to some 300 Muslims from was the hate of one person. And anyway, he said, all that stepped-up police protection — diverse backgrounds. “Our neighborhood — even if is a thing of the past. not out of fear of their own neigh- In the threatening voicemail the you’re Spanish, you’re Arabic, The Bangladeshis “are great bors, but of anyone who might mosque received, a man delivers you’re Muslim, you’re Guyanese, neighbors, hardworking people. harbor ill will toward Muslims. “9/ an angry tirade laden with racist, whatever — we’re a whole united Their kids are respectful. I’m glad 11 changed everything ... and now, homophobic and violent language. family, you know? If you’re in trou- they’re living here,” Perez said. it’s changing again in this election Addressing "all Muslims in ble, we’re going to go out for you,” “That was a freaking maniac, this campaign,” said Hoque, noting the that centre", the caller says: "If you she said. “There’s no hatred here. guy who killed the imam.” political climate has brought back think you are going to establish There’s no religious gang here. Morel, 35, was arrested the occasional prejudice on the street, Sharia law [Islamic jurisprudence] We’re all friendly.” day after the Aug. 13 attack and despite a generally friendly mood in my neighbourhood and this Located on the border with charged with shooting Imam Maul- in the neighborhood. “Some peo- country - in Texas - you are very Brooklyn, just west of Kennedy ana Alauddin Akonjee, 55, and his ple look at you like you came from wrong. Airport, Ozone Park has had its assistant at the mosque, Thara another planet. And they say, ‘Go "Islam is a violent religion, and bad and better times along with an Uddin, 64, with a revolver later back to your country!’” MONDAY.AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Lyft, Uber provide interesting economic truths from the ride sharing market Two interesting little economic truths from the ride sharing (or, if you prefer, alternative taxi) mar- ket. Lyft has explored selling itself and failed to find a buyer at an at- As presidential campaigns grind a Washington Post interview as cifically, he promised to “reduce tractive price. Which is an inter- on, we often learn more details having been “grown in a petri dish or eliminate some corporate loop- esting reminder that business is a about each candidate’s policy agen- at the Heritage Foundation.” holes” and cap the deductibility of comparative game, not an absolute da. But when it comes to Donald One can only wonder if the business interest expense. one. That’s why the idea of free Trump’s tax plan, we know far less new Trump will be as enthusiastic What do we have now? To use markets benefits the consumer so today than we did 10 months ago. about working with Ryan as last a technical tax term: bupkes. much of course – it’s not that be- Last September, Trump un- week’s version. And if not, as This is about all I could find ing good or good enough makes the veiled a relatively specific tax plan. seems likely, just what is the cur- about taxes on Trump’s campaign profits that allows a company to Today, that’s effectively been re- rent Trump tax plan? website. survive and thrive. It’s got to be placed byeight bullet points, only We knew pretty well what the Simplify taxes for everyone better than its competitors to have four of which are even remotely old one looked like. Like most can- and streamline deductions. Biggest a long term and independent fu- informative. Back in the day, when didate plans, Trump’s September tax reform since Reagan. ture. That’s why free marketry Soviet-era Russian apparatchiks 2015 blueprint left out lots of de- Lower taxes for everyone, drives up the consumer experience fell out of favor, they’d become tails. Still, it provided enough in- making raising a family more af- so swiftly. Then over at Uber non-persons and even be removed formation for the Tax Policy Cen- fordable for working families. we’ve got their continued drive from old group photos. That’s ter and others tomodel the plan and Reduce dramatically the in- toward driverless cars. Which one what’s happened to Trump’s tax for voters to get a pretty good sense come tax. commentator hilariously calls a plan from last September. It has of Trump’s tax agenda. We will simplify the income retreat from their obligations to been deleted from his website, It told us he’d set four indi- tax from 7 brackets to 3 brackets. employees. For it’s actually the photoshopped into oblivion. It is vidual tax rates (0-10-20-25 per- Exclude childcare expenses increasing pressure on Uber to be as if it never existed. cent) and defined the brackets. It from taxation. payroll tax. The plan is structured tion—a necessary step to limiting posals. I’ll let you know if we learn financially obliged to their drivers Even more perplexing is his proposed a generous new standard Limit taxation of business in- to benefit working and middle class tax sheltering when firms are al- more. which is driving the push for not relationship with the tax blueprint deduction, said he’d repeal the Al- come to 15% for every business. families, and more detail will be lowed full expensing of their in- For months, two well-known needing them. developed in June by House ternative Minimum Tax and the Make our corporate tax glo- rolled out soon after the plans other vestments. conservatives, Steve Moore and Lyft, the second-biggest ride- Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his estate tax, and that he’d tax invest- bally competitive and the United elements.” Where does this leave voters? Lawrence Kudlow, have been hailing company in the United States behind Uber, is grappling caucus. ment income at 20 percent. Final- States the most attractive place to Anything else? We could assume that, except for working on what they describe as Last week Trump campaign ly he said he’d cap the value of invest in the world. Trump’s speech last week at individual rate changes, the child- with those forces — but has found officials put out the word that he individual deductions, though he End the death tax. the Detroit Economic Club defined care subsidy, and expensing, the a revised Trump tax plan. Trump that its options are limited. was willing to build a new tax plan did not say how. This page describes only one his three individual tax rates at 12- rest of Trump’s plan remains in- recently named Moore a formal The company, which is based around that House GOP propos- Trump also told us business- of these proposals, the new child- 25-33 percent. He also supported tact. But we don’t know, and we economic adviser to the campaign. in San Francisco, has in recent al. But yesterday, the campaign es would pay a 15 percent rate. care subsidy. It says this: the House GOP plan to allow shouldn’t have to guess. Yet, all those promises of a months held talks or made ap- operatives who engineered that He promised to end deferral of U.S. “The child care exclusion will firms to immediately expense the Last week, the Trump cam- new plan all remain unfulfilled. proaches to sell itself to compa- rapprochement were effectively tax on business income earned be an above-the-line deduction. cost of capital investments. While paign promised it would provide And voters are left knowing almost nies including General Motors GM purged. And the campaign’s new abroad but retain the foreign tax Capped at the amount of average his original plan would have more details about its tax plan, but nothing about what a President +0.89%, Apple AAPL +0.25%, capped the deduction for interest did not say when. TPC has asked Google GOOGL -0.39%, Amazon, CEO, Breitbart Media Chairman credit and impose a one-time 10 care costs in state of residence for Trump would really do about tax- Stephen K. Bannon, is a sharp crit- percent tax on current unrepatri- age of child. Low-income taxpay- expense, he has been silent on the campaign to clarify his plan, Uber and Didi Chuxing, according ic of Ryan, whom he described in ated corporate earnings. Less spe- ers able to take deduction against whether he’d now end that deduc- as it does with all candidate pro- es. to a dozen people who spoke on the condition of anonymity be- cause the discussions were private. Saudia launch customer of One person said it was Lyft who was approached by interested par- Oversupply, global weakness remain ties. 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Excess sup- just as they did in the global iron vironment, in the form of weak Airlines’ most in-demand routes, an Airlines for becoming the launch not that someone can set up to long term: ply over demand, economic down- ore business. exports, low commodity prices, enabling the airline to generate ad- customer and operator of the supply something and then make The Perennial Problem of the turn in China and severe rivalry Slowdown in China capital outflows and currency de- ditional efficiencies while offering A330-300 Regional. We are con- a profit. They’ve got to be better Industry – Oversupply between mining giants will keep Demand in China, that alone valuation, adds to the woes of these its passengers an unprecedented vinced our most popular wide- than the alternatives to be able to Iron: The threat of oversup- iron ore prices in check. Weaken- accounts for a major portion of the economies. Moreover, geopolitical comfort level. body aircraft will play an instru- do so. And that’s what continual- ply continues to plague the indus- ing market prices of iron ore con- industrial metal demand, has undercurrents and internal tensions The A330-300 Regional also mental role in supporting the re- ly drives the manner in which of- try as major iron ore producers, tinue to hurt miners’ aggregate rev- slowed down due to the country’s remain a major concern for these represents the lowest-cost alter- gional network expansion of the ferings of goods and services get Rio Tinto plc (RIO – Analyst Re- enues and margins. tepid property market and weak- nations. native and easiest fleet addition due airline,” said Fouad Attar, manag- better and or cheaper to us. Sim- port) , BHP Billiton Limited (BHP Copper: The International er infrastructure investment Brazil and Russia have been to its high commonality with the ing director of Airbus Middle East. ply because every supplier has – Analyst Report) , Vale S.A Copper Study Group (ICSG) ex- growth. China’s economic growth struggling with their internal and A330s already operated by Saudi The A330-300 Regional is op- terriers at their heels trying to dis- (VALE – Analyst Report) and pects a deficit of around 130,000 has cast a shadow on investors’ structural issues, thereby leading Arabian Airlines. timized for missions up to 2,700 trupt that market position they Fortescue Metals Group Limited metric ton in 2016 as demand view of commodities demand and, to continually mute demand for Fast expanding Airbus fleet nm (five-hour flight) covering short have. So, there’s a process of con- ramped up production in recent growth outpaces the production as a result, brought down demand steel, going forward. The Brazil- Saleh Bin Nasser al-Jasser, di- to medium haul routes and offers tinusous improvement going on. years. They intend to continue ramp-up. Earlier, at its Apr 2015 for metals, leading to price weak- ian economy, with its escalating rector general Saudi Arabian Air- significant cost savings through a Driven by absolutely nothing more exploring for iron ore in Australia meeting, the ICSG had guided a ness. political uncertainty, caused a lines, said: “We are excited to wel- reduced operational weight of than a greed for profits and a dis- ignoring lower growth forecasts surplus of 230,000 tons for this The International Monetary 16.7% plunge in steel demand in come the first A330-300 Regional around 200 tons. The reduction in taste for losses, entirely true. But from China and weaker iron ore year. Fund raised its Chinese growth 2015, which is expected to drop to our fast expanding Airbus fleet. fuel burn per seat and maintenance the end result is to our benefit. prices, while optimistic about con- As per reports, the 20 copper forecast from 0.2% to 6.5% for this another 8.8% this year. It is a step forward in recognizing costs will result in an overall cost That promise of competition tinued strength in iron ore demand mining companies that account for year, and to 6.2% for 2017, citing A Stronger U.S. Dollar our commitment to a family of air- reduction of around 20 per cent is also why we have antitrust rules, over the long term. Hence, Austra- roughly 60% of global output, de- resilient domestic demand and the Base metals, as commodities, craft which has contributed im- compared with today’s long-range as we should do: lia, the world’s top exporter of iron livered a 5% rise in output in the recent growth stimulus measures move in opposite directions to the mensely to our market growth. The A330-300. Uber didn’t make a formal of- ore, will gear up for reinforcing its first half of 2016. They are expect- introduced in Beijing. However, the dollar. Both markets remain close- advantage of operating the new fer, said the people, who asked not shipments. ed to boost production to around predicted rate of growth remains ly linked to each other as every regional version of such a popular to be named because the discus- Rio Tinto had announced in 15% in the coming quarters. Free- well below 6.9% growth achieved turn in the dollar is either followed aircraft with proven operational sions were private. Uber had pre- April that its 2017 iron ore ship- port-McMoRan Inc.’s (FCX – in 2015. As per the IMF, a faster by, or coincides with, a turn in the flexibility and lowest cost per seat viously considered purchasing ments would be lower by about Analyst Report) Grasberg mine in slowdown in China could have a price of commodities. The means unbeatable economics for Lyft as far back as 2014, and the 20 million tons to fall to 350 mil- Indonesia and Cerro Verde opera- serious impact on trade, commod- strengthening of the dollar can lead our business and our customers.” two San Francisco companies have lion. Rio expects to ship 330 mil- tion in Peru, BHP Billiton Limit- ity prices and investor confidence, to a drop in industrial metals’ pric- Saudi Arabian Airlines will discussed the prospect informal- lion tons this year from its opera- ed’s (BHP – Analyst Report) Es- and lead to a more generalized slow- es. lease the A330-300 Regional fleet ly, one of the people said. Despite executives floating the $2 billion price tag, Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick has said privately that he would not sup- port such a deal because he believes it would face intense regulatory scrutiny, the person said. I would say that we almost certainly don’t want the two to merge so that threat of scrutiny sounds fine if it dissuades them from trying. But in more general terms that regulatory scrutiny means bureaucrats crawling all over Abdulah Al Sanousi enjoys the by Gulf visitors. It was built by a fluence they can have on our chil- ey to help get the economy back visitors and investors in Bosnia. Resort where Sanousi’s family has the company for months on end. breeze in the lush resort outside Kuwaiti investor and opened last dren if they stayed here.” on track and that the visitors only “The legalisation blocks a lot a property, does not see what all It’s possible that this high cost Sarajevo where his family bought year. Delicate balance come in the summer to escape the of money,” said Tariq Burjaq, ex- the fuss is about. even for deals which would go a flat to escape the summer heat at The number of visitors from Many Bosnians remember the heat at home. “I’m really wonder- ecutive director of the Kuwaiti “I don’t mind that Arabs are through deter those who would be home in Kuwait, one of thousands the United Arab Emirates surged Arab fighters who came during the ing why so many people are ques- Rawasi Real estate company, coming, I don’t know why people offering a deal that benefits us. of new Gulf buyers whose invest- to 13,000 in the first seven months 1992-1995 war to fight with Bos- tioning (Arab investments) rather which is building a 25 million euro are bothered with that. This is a Better perhaps if we have an ef- ment has polarized local opinion. of this year from 7,265 last year, nian Muslims against Serbs and than getting profit out of it... I find worth residential complex at the country where life is difficult, and fective merger decision system on They discovered mountainous according to hotel data from the Croats, bringing with them a strict- it really sad,” said Abdelal Mus- foot of Igman mountain, near Sa- we are looking forward to earning antitrust grounds. But also one Bosnia, where half the population Sarajevo tourist board. In 2010, er form of Islam which drew fol- tafa, general manager of Saudi- rajevo, with 246 housing units. more money,” Gostevicic said as that acts quickly and thoroughly is Muslim, after the Arab Spring there were only 65 visitors from lowers, some of whom fought in based HR Holidays travel agency. Mirsada Gostevcic who was visitors from the Gulf strolled along instead of taking months. which destabilized many tradition- the UAE. Syria and Iraq for ISIS. They want the state to im- selling honey and blackberry and improvised shop-stands where lo- On the other side of this same al holiday destinations such as Lib- Bosnia does not have a nation- At the end of the war, some prove legislation to encourage more raspberry juice near the Sarajevo cal farmers sold their produce. market we’ve Uber pushing ahead ya, Tunisia and Egypt. The trend al tourism authority and data on restaurants and cafes in the Otto- with trials of driverless vehicles. has picked up with more direct land purchases is patchy in the man-era old town of the capital This reaction amused me hugely: flights, new resorts and the end of Balkan country which has a frag- stopped serving alcohol and pork Will Driverless Cars Cure visa restrictions. mented government system. and residents say they have now Uber’s Labor Woes? Estate agents and local busi- Unofficial estimates put the disappeared from the menu in oth- The company’s early integra- nesses have welcomed the econom- total number of Arab tourists at er cafes which have started to do tion of self-driving cars, while in- ic boost. But in a secular country between 50,000-60,000 a year, the same. evitable, seems to be an attempt where many Muslims drink alco- with about a quarter buying prop- Esad Durakovic, a professor to shirk labor regulations and law- hol and wear European-style erty. of Arabic studies at the Universi- suits. Shirk just isn’t the right word clothing, the arrival of a Saudi-built The visitors bring much need- ty of Sarajevo, wrote in an editori- there. Get around, get over, sure, mall where no alcohol is sold and ed cast to the economy which has al for the Depo news portal last I’d accept either of those. For when the sight of burqas and traditional not recovered from the 1990s war. week property purchases by Gulf a company does automate a pro- Arab robes is worrying for some. But many local Muslims, who visitors could hurt a delicate reli- cess that’s exactly what it is try- “People from the Middle East pray only at mosques or at home, gious balance in Bosnia. ing to do. To get rid of the costs of come here because of the nature were shocked when a group of Arab “This is not about tourists employing labour. But to shirk is and good weather, and very cheap men dressed in traditional robes who come and go but about those to try to get rid of things you prices for property and other prayed outdoors at a popular who permanently stay on their should rightly be doing and there’s goods,” said 28-year old Sanousi, weekend resort near Sarajevo last property,” he said, saying that it no right at all insisting that a com- who works in the media industry year. Others have been upset by a could fuel a desire for secession pany must continue to employ in Kuwait. Saudi-funded mall that serves no among some Bosnian Serbs. people. The amusement comes “Many Muslims feel it’s a alcohol or pork. “They will not want to live in from the similar amusement about good place for them, they feel they “I’m not glad that they are “Muslimstan.” the minimum wage warriors. They are with their people, they feel coming,” said Amina, a Muslim Travel and real estate agents tell us that a higher price for la- comfortable here,” he said in the pharmacist from Sarajevo in her dismiss those concerns, saying the bour just won’t lead to more auto- gated resort that is inhabited mostly 50s. “I’m worried about what in- country should welcome the mon- mation. MONDAY . AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Fashion forward: Cool ways to wear culottes These retro stylish pants are finally back in fashion and that too, just in time for the summer. Trust us when we say hang up your figure-hugging skinnies and invest in a pair of culottes. As compiled from Cosmopolitan India, we’re bringing you three quick and easy ways to style this oh-so-flattering, wide- legged answer to our prayers. Well, if we go by the reports doing rounds in the grapevine then they suggest that Sohail who is all set to release his next directorial ven- ture Freaky Ali is trying to avoid the cameo of Big Brother Salman in his movie. But don't worry it has nothing to do with any unrest prevailing in the Khan-daan. Sohail directed Sallu Miyan in four films, the last being Jai Ho - the film that fetched him almost 200 crores at the domestic box of- fice. So why did he not think of Salman Khan in the lead when he decided on Freaky Ali? Well then here is the reason. As per Sohail, "Freaky Ali" is a simple film and Salman Khan is a larger than life star," he said. Moreover, if we take a looks at his choice of films recently, then Salman has excelled in roles where he isn't required to bash the bad guys. Both Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Sultan are the conspicuous exam- big film takes anywhere between 6 months to a year to reach the silver screen. We shot Freaky Ali in 45 days straight." The larger than life status ples of the same. In both these of Salman Khan and his films can be gauged by the fact that Tubelight will release in Eid 2017. Sohail also revealed that the Tubelight's director films, which did wonders at BO, Kabir Khan has been in pre-production since the release of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and the film has only just completed its first schedule in Ladakh. Salman has played the underdog. While justifying his stance Sohail even stated that, "I didn't want Salman to take the attention away from the film. So we have only used the Sohail further stated that, "A Salman Khan banner and the rest is all about the film and its lovable characters". 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Manasi Scott launched her solo album titled 'Manasi (The Ideal Woman)' with a LIVE concert followed by the formal launch. Manasi mesmerized the audience with her power-packed performance and among the audience were many well known faces which included Zaheer Khan, Malaika Arora, Kim Sharma, Tanisha Mukherjee, Vikas Bhalla, Suchitra Pillai, Arjun Khanna, Reshma & Sulaiman Merchant, Karanvir Bohra, Kushal Punjabi, Deepesh Sharma, Rj Hrishi Kay, Nishka Lulla and many others.

Kit Harington, who plays the role one of the safest people on Game of Thrones now. Maybe I shouldn’t say that. He could die next season, but I felt very safe this season. Because of Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, if I come back to life in episode two, it would be awful storytelling if you kill me in episode four. So I felt a bit cocky this season,” he said. says that at first, he found his re- turn to the show disappointing. Snow was killed off at the end of season five, and when Haring- ton was told he would be brought back from the dead, the actor had high hopes that the character would return a changed person, reports thewrap.com. This Game of Thrones bloop- er reel will leave you in fits of laugh- ter “I knew I was coming back to life, but I didn’t know if I’d come back as a changed person, as a vil- lain. So I couldn’t pre-plan any- thing, which was hard,” Harington said. “I got the scripts, and actual- ly, he comes back as himself, as the Jon that everyone knows. 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Dress able future because it would be “awful storytelling” to kill him off down at the weekend with Breton top and tan sandals. so soon after he was brought back These culottes will be a hardworking item in your to life. wardrobe! “Here’s the thing: I feel like MONDAY . AUGUST 22, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Barcelona agree to sell Claudio Bravo to Andy Murray eased into the final couple of matches and when I was of the ATP Tour Cincinnati Open in difficult situations I made good Manchester with a 6-3 6-3 win over Canada's choices." said Murray, twice a Milos Raonic. champion in Cincinnati and now Wimbledon and Olympic unbeaten since defeat to Novak City Games champion Murray clinched Djokovic in the French Open final his 22nd straight win, and 50th of in May. "That's helped keep the the year, against the man he beat matches shorter. If you're a bit to lift his third Grand Slam title lower on confidence, regardless of last month. how fresh you are, if you haven't Much like the rest of the week played loads of matches you make in the Ohio city, rain played a part bad decisions in those moments. in the early stages as play was "And because I've won a lot called after only four points had the last few months, that's some- been possible. thing that has been good, especial- But Murray returned in hun- ly this week for sure. I've needed gry mood and broke to lead 3-1, it to be because I haven't been feel- with a second break enough to se- ing perfect. I've managed to get cure the opening set as there were through the matches pretty well." no obvious signs of the shoulder On Raonic, he added: "I think and back issues that have affected he was trying to be aggressive. I him this week. Raonic failed to im- think he made maybe more mis- prove in the second set and a sin- takes than usual because of that. gle break, won from the only break "Maybe it appeared that he point he secured, was enough to was being more aggressive, but I see Murray through to the final, felt like he made more mistakes where he will face either Grigor because he was trying to be more Dimitrov or Marin Cilic. aggressive than usual. That's how Barcelona have announced an "I didn't get broken the last it felt to me." agreement to sell goalkeeper Clau- dio Bravo to Manchester City has been reached. Sky Sports' Spanish football expert Guillem Balague reported on Friday the clubs had agreed a fee and Bravo's family are insist- ing they are moving to Manches- ter. But he also disclosed that Bar- Josh Cobb blasted Northampton- ca boss Luis Enrique's pursuit of a shire to their second NatWest T20 replacement was holding up the Blast title in four years by hitting deal, and the Catalan club's techni- 80 from 48 balls in a four-wicket Lewis Hamilton says the prospect defence was all but over before it cal secretary Robert Fernandez has victory over Durham at Edgbas- suggested they are waiting to se- of 2017's rules overhaul shuffling had properly begun as the Woking ton. Cobb and Steelbacks skipper F1's pecking order means he and team slipped down the order as cure a new 'keeper before allowing Alex Wakely (43) rescued their side Bravo to move on. Mercedes have to make the most Brawn and Red Bull emerged as from 9-3 - semi-final hero Ben of this season, as he bids for a the sport's new pacesetters fol- Fernandez said on Barca's of- Duckett falling for four - with a ficial Twitter account after the 6-2 fourth world title. lowing a revamp of aero rules for stand of 120 as the 2013 champi- F1 teams are preparing for the 2009. thrashing of Real Betis on Satur- ons overhauled Durham's 153-8 day: "We have the beginning of an biggest changes to aerodynamic Brawn, then under the Honda with five balls to spare. regulations in recent years with name, and Red Bull had finished agreement with Manchester City Durham opener Keaton Jen- for Claudio Bravo. next season heralding cars which the previous season in ninth and nings (88 off 58) had earlier will be faster, look more aggres- seventh positions in the Construc- City's desire to sign Bravo has smashed the highest score in Fi- led to the imminent departure of sive and run on more durable ty- tors' Championship respectively. nals Day history, trumping the res. Ted Kravitz and Ant David- England No 1 Joe Hart from the totals of 86 managed by Darren Etihad Stadium, after more than 10 Mercedes have dominated the son look ahead to the rule and reg- Maddy for Leicestershire in 2006 sport since the last big rules over- ulation changes being made for the years at the club. and Craig Spearman for Glouces- Sky sources understand that haul in 2014, when the V6 hybrid 2017 season. tershire in 2007. Keaton Jennings engines were introduced, and one Five years later and Hamilton Hart wants to leave after being told posted the highest score seen at by new City manager Pep Guardi- of Hamilton or team-mate Nico was at Mercedes as the Brackley Finals Day But it was not enough Rosberg look certain to end this team usurped four-time champi- ola he does not yet know the kind to lift Jets to their first Blast tro- of tactical role he wants his goal- season as world champion, with ons Red Bull after the current hy- phy, with Cobb taking Steelbacks the team on course for a Construc- brid engine formula was intro- keeper to play. to the brink and Rob Keogh (16no Guardiola has played Willy tors' Championship hat-trick. duced. off 11) biffing the match-winning Hamilton leads the standings Teams have shifted their de- Caballero for City's two opening four as Northants avenged memo- victories of the Premier League by 19 points ahead of next week's velopment focus onto the 2017 ries of their defeat to Lancashire in season restart at Spa and says he cars at different points of this sea- season so far but has left the door last year's final. open for Hart to remain at the club will make sure he savours the re- son and Hamilton added: "Next Ben Stokes had sparkled early mainder of 2016. year is going to be interesting. and work hard to learn how to be on for Durham, the England man more influential in the team's build- "That definitely is a very good "I think we've got a great team clubbing three boundaries in four possibility [of the pack being shuf- and we'll continue it but it's a race up. But Hart is expected to depart balls off Rory Kleinveldt and an- once the arrival of Bravo is con- fled] but that puts even more em- of who started first and maybe other off Ben Sanderson following phasis on making sure that we uti- someone started first and hasn't firmed, with Sky sources told he the exit of Surrey-bound Mark is open to a move abroad. lise this," he said. done a good enough job. Stoneman (3). Sky F1's Martin Brundle ex- "Hopefully we've started in However, Stokes - who amines where the three-time world similar times and I hope we are smashed 56 from 36 balls in deep square at the start of the pen- fours and three sixes, playing the year is an unbelievable feeling. We Vuelta a Espana: champion now sits in the sport's still in the battle, I'm sure we will." Durham's semi-final triumph over pantheon ultimate over, although Scott aggressor and Wakely the support lost our little genius (Duckett) and Team Sky win Yorkshire - perished looking for Borthwick's ungainly 10 and Mark role. Wakely's run out in the 15th that probably set in a bit of panic "If it is the last year I want to another big hit, pulling Sanderson make sure that I maximise on it so Wood's final-over four lifted over, a ball after the umpires had but to contribute in a final [is great]. stage one team (3-31) to Keogh low at deep square Durham above 150. Cobb caught adjudged sub fielder Paul Cough- We have been missing key players there's no short cuts and there's no leg. Michael Richardson (4) and time trial rest really during the year. Jennings in the deep Wood then lin had failed to cleanly take a catch but the good thing about our team Jack Burnham (0) also fell within struck with his first ball, extra zip in the deep, gave Durham a sniff, is that someone always steps up "But you've got to enjoy it as the first eight overs, but Jennings, well. It's my 31st year in my life forcing Adam Rossington to edge with Northants requiring 25 from to take us over the line." whose previous best T20 total to Scott Borthwick at slip, before 31 balls at that point. Northamptonshire's Ben but it's my ninth year [in F1]. And was 42, pressed on to a 39-ball I'm enjoying driving more than ever Borthwick ran out Richard Levi Cobb feathered behind look- Duckett "When I walked off at 9- fifty. with the next delivery after Stokes ing to seal the win with a six, while 3 I knew we needed someone to so it's really important to enjoy it The left-hander held the in- because it's going quick." had got his hand to Cobb's clip into Steven Crook (0) was run out dur- play a special innings but Cobby nings together as Paul Collingwood the cordon. ing a frenetic finish, but Keogh trig- and Wakers were unbelievable - Hamilton has contrasting ex- (9) and Ryan Pringle (2) were periences of the effects of big reg- Duckett's lbw dismissal at the gered fervent Northants celebra- Cobby, in particular, was class. We caught off Sanderson, Pringle cour- start of the next over, Chris Rush- tions by smearing Arshad to the are so close as a team and every- ulation changes. F1 Gossip: Ric- tesy of a superb diving grab from ciardo's cheeky Lewis dig worth the bowler, left Northants mid-wicket fence. one knows what they need to do Cobb at extra-cover. in deep strife at 9-3 but Cobb and Man of the Match, Josh Cobb for us to win, people step up for After winning his first title Cobb pouched Jennings at with McLaren in 2008, his title Wakely rallied. Cobb, who hit 10 "To put things right from last us at different times." Chris Froome made significant ear- ly gains on rival Alberto Contador by helping Team Sky to victory on stage one's team time trial at the Vuelta a Espana. The British squad stopped the clock on a flat, 27.8km course in 30min 37sec, which was a fraction of a second faster than runners-up Movistar and six seconds ahead of third-placed Orica-BikeExchange. The result means Froome and Movistar's Nairo Quintana are lev- el on time, but fellow pre-race favourite Contador is already 52 Conor McGregor brilliantly won gor's willpower Diaz had success downs to maintain the fight on the punches which were accurate all "I'm not surprised, the king is "It's 1-1 - regroup, boy, we'll seconds adrift after his Tinkoff his rematch with Nate Diaz after in the third round that tested Conor feet where it suited him best. night. The fight went to the ground back," said McGregor. "The first do it again. This time at 155lbs. I team could only finish a disappoint- flooring him three times to claim a McGregor's willpower The fifth round was unchar- for the only time in the closing few rounds proved the class dif- came up to 170lbs, faced the big- ing eighth. majority decision. But McGregor's fitness was tered territory for both men but moments when Diaz finally ference. But that toughness and ger man, overcame adversity. You Of the other overall contend- The Irishman faced adversity much improved this time, and he McGregor had found a second dragged McGregor down, but it durability that he has crept back want this trilogy? It's on my ers, Orica-BikeExchange pair Es- like never before as Diaz, who won avoided a pair of fourth-round take- wind and continued landing body was too late. in the later rounds. terms, come back down to 155." teban Chaves and Simon Yates their first fight in March, tested sustained only minor losses to his endurance but McGregor had Froome and Quintana, but Steven enough in the tank to earn a repu- Kruijswijk's LottoNL-Jumbo team tation-enhancing verdict at UFC crossed the line 28 seconds down 202 at welterweight, a full 25lbs and Louis Meintjes' Lampre-Mer- above his regular weight class. ida finished 2min 8sec back in last McGregor put on a masterclass place. of mixing kicks with his trademark Peter Kennaugh was Team punches in the first two rounds Sky's first rider over the finish line until Diaz threatened a comeback, and will wear the race's leader's red which forced the UFC feather- jersey on Sunday's second stage. weight champion to show rugged- Team Sky were eight seconds ness that had never previously ahead of Movistar at the first in- been drawn from him. termediate time split, after 9.4km, McGregor began the fight by but the Spanish squad then cut frequently kicking Diaz's lead leg, their deficit to six seconds by the which served to unbalance the 18.2km checkpoint and looked to American, before a straight left have done enough to win when hand knocked him down heavily. they beat previous leaders Orica- Diaz was back on the canvas BikeExchange's finishing time. twice more in the early moments Their plight looked even bet- of the second round after straight ter when Froome became slightly left punches by McGregor, whose distanced by his Team Sky team- trash talk was conspicuous by its mates in the final 500m, but the absence. Tour de France winner dug deep With Diaz's leg bruised and his to catch back up and snatch stage face bloodied, he sensed McGre- victory by the smallest of margins. gor tiring in the middle rounds and Stage two takes the riders pushed him backwards in scenes 159km from Ourense to Baiona and reminiscent of their first fight. should end in a sprint. Find out Diaz had success in the third more about the route in our race round that tested Conor McGre- guide. MONDAY. AUGUST 22. 2016-Sunbula 01, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:29 Price: Afs.15

The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World When I suggested to Schwarz- AT Monitoring Desk kopf that Saddam needed to be viewed as a threat, his eyes wid- KABUL: A renowned Pakistani properties sold by Afghan refugees He said that through different partments were misusing state ened. Schwarzkopf was working lawyer, Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhutta, after January 1. sources he came to know that offi- machinery “to get undue advan- with senior leaders at the Penta- has filed a constitutional petition “The petition has named the cials at concerned government de- tage of this situation”. See P2 gon—including Chairman of the in Supreme Court of Pakistan cabinet and foreign affairs secre- Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell against the Number 15 deadline for taries, chief secretary of KP, the and Under Secretary of Defense repatriation of the Afghan refugees. inspectors general of KP and Pun- for Policy Paul Wolfowitz—to re- In the petition filed under Ar- jab police as well as the director orient CENTCOM’s contingency ticle 184 (3) of the Constitution, general of the Federal Investigation planning away from Soviet threats Bhutta requested the apex court Agency and the Afghan refugees toward potential regional flare- of the country to allow the refu- commissioner in KP as respon- ups. “I want you to do a project gees to stay in Pakistan till De- dents,” Dawn reported. on this right away,” he instructed. cember 2017. Advocate Bhutta urged the We organized a program at Advocate Bhutta has pleaded government to extend the repatri- RAND that included a detailed before the Supreme Court to stop ation date for another five years threat assessment focused on Iraq. police authorities, law enforcement for those Afghan refugees who Intelligence analyst Patrick Lang, agencies and even the judiciary have invested not less than Rs20 a longtime expert on Iraq, partici- members from buying houses and million. pated. By the end of July, Lang shops of the refugees at throw- He suggested the apex court was one of the few analysts argu- away prices. He asked the apex should direct relevant governmen- ing that Saddam was likely to in- court to order the Afghan refugees tal organizations to allow those vade Kuwait. Journalist Bob commissioner in Khyber Pakh- Afghan refugees who have immov- Woodward later praised our July tunkhwa (KP) province to main- able properties worth Rs10 mil- 1990 seminar as one of the few tain a complete record of those lion to extend their stay in the coun- accurate intelligence estimates re- officials who have bought the try by another two years. garding Saddam’s intentions to- ward Kuwait. ON THE EVE of Operation Desert Storm, Wolfowitz and his Taliban’s deputy, Scooter Libby, invited me NPC approves 20 to return to government as direc- judge tor of policy planning at the De- fense Department. detained, 12 The move to the pentagon, contracts worth afs 5.5b with its long hours was not popu- militants KABUL: The National Procure- Herat province’s Minarono area to was directed to approach a single lar with our son Alex who was sev- ment Commission (NPC) has ap- Naqra village and a 2.5km road and source in case of emergency or ben- en years old at the time. “I am proved 20 contracts worth 5.5 bil- two bridges between Argun and efit from strict bidding approach working at the pentagon, one of eliminated lion afghanis, the Presidential Pal- Gilan districts of Paktika province. in the new procurement process. the pillars of American power,” I KABUL: Afghan National Police ace said in a statement on Sunday. The contracts also included oil The meeting ordered cancelled the explained. (ANP) have arrested a Taliban The statement said the NPC procurement for the maintenance ministry’s capacity verification. He was not impressed. judge during an operation in the meeting that took place on Satur- of the Salang Tunnel. The meeting also approved Upset that I came home late Shinwari district of central Parwan day evening at the Presidential The contract for railroad and change in the timescale of the ad- and usually went to work on week- Alex regarded the new little scrap outgoing young man. province, the Ministry of Interior Palace was presided over by Pres- road construction at the Aqina port visory company’s contract for re- ends he now began to refer to my of humanity in the plexiglass crib The rapid defeat of Saddam’s (MoI) said on Sunday. ident Ashraf Ghani. was approved in principle under habilitation of the Greskh dam and place of employment as the “Stu- used by the maternity ward and armies opened a debate on how to A dozen militants were killed In 30 areas, 11 framework con- the condition that the existing ob- the power distribution network in pid pentagon of Idiotic Power.” suggested that we ought to wheel end the war. At first, Schwarzko- and 27 others wounded in a tracts concerning regional and cen- servations were to be addressed Greshk city, as proposed by Da You can be sure that years later, it out into the hallway. Why? Cher- pf, and then President Bush, an- counter-attack in northern Sar-i- tral security units, provincial po- and further explanation offered re- Afghanistan Bareshna Shirkat. when he was young Stanford grad- yl asked. “So people can admire nounced that the United States Pul province, a statement from lice headquarters, public order, garding the documents. The president ordered all min- uated lawyer doing an internship him,” Alex replied, in a tone of voice would not advance further into MoI said. The judge was identi- border police, special units, pub- The NPC rejected a contract istries and organization to pay se- at that very pentagon, I reminded indicating that this was surely ob- Iraq. Senior officials believed that fied as Mohammad Nadir. lic protection and fuel and food for about the construction of a 51km rious attention to development him of his words. vious, Sibling rivalry? No. it was the devastating defeat would lead In the meantime, police re- security forces under Ministry of road from northern Sar-i-Pul city projects during their implementa- In 1991, our second son, Max the founding moment of a mutual to a coup against Saddam. Yet by pelled Taliban’s attack on security Interior and airlifting of Army per- to Shiberghan, the capital of Jaw- tion. was born. Cheryl’s brother admiration society. Later during leaking statements to this effect, posts in the Sancharak district of sonnel were approved. zjan province, due to incomplete The meeting was attended by Charles took charge of Alex as we my increasingly long and frequent they only alleviated pressure on Sar-i-Pul province. Twelve mili- Other contracts approved legal standards. second vice-president Mohammad raced to Sibley Hospital for the absences, Alex would prove to be Saddam. Without the prospect of tants were killed and 27 others were about the construction of a The contract had been pro- Sarwar Danish, finance, justice, event, hosting him for a Chuck E. a loving and reliable support for further U.S. action against Iraq, wounded. Four ANP personnel 11.9km road from the second Banu posed by the Public Works Min- economy ministers and several Cheese pizza to distract him. The his younger brother. As for Max officers in the regime were less also sustained injuries. road in Baghlan province to An- istry. other officials. following morning, coming to view when his first word was “hi,” we willing to move against Saddam. darab district, a 7km road from The Public Works Ministry (Pajhwok) his brother for the very first time, (Pajhwok) understood that this was a very To be continued