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Taliban kill 11 troops in Herat AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban militants in an armed ambush killed at least 11 Afghan National Army (ANA) CEO reacts angrily to the raid, asks NATO for explanation soldiers in which seven militants were also killed, in the western Herat province, officials said AT News Report Monday. The convoy of soldiers, made of pickup trucks, was at- KABUL: Hundreds of people tacked in Karukh district of west- protested on Monday against the ern Herat province yesterday US forces operation in Parwan province, which resulted in a huge morning, Ehsanullah Hayat, blast in an ammunition cache, leav- spokesman for the governor of the ing the residents in panic. Provin- province told Afghanistan Times. KABUL: Acknowledging that neg- of employees of the electronic ID cial police chief, Gen. Zaman Ministry of Defense in Kabul ligence was demonstrated in the department lost their jobs after Mamozai, said the American through a statement confirmed the distribution of electronic identity USAID and European Union (EU) troops raided a house of former incident and said seven militants cards, Chief Executive Officer suspended their funds to the de- jihadi commander, Ahmad Jan, in were also killed and five were in- (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah said he partment. The CEO expressed Bayan village of Charikar. The US jured the clash that lasted for sev- would take up the issue with the concerns about sacking of employ- troops discovered and blew an eral hours. Some of the soldiers president. Distribution of electron- ees and said that the he would dis- ammunition cache in Jan s house were also injured, military offi- ic ID cards is a joint project of cuss the issue with interior minis- which rocked the area. However, cials in Herat said without giving Ministries of Interior and Commu- ter. These 1,000 individuals want- no casualty was reported. A short exact details. nications and Information Tech- ed to stage demonstrations. But I gunfire exchange between Ameri- The Taliban launched its of- nology and the contract for the promised them the issue will be can soldiers and supporters of the fensive, named Azm (determina- project was inked five years ago. investigated and they will wait for jihadi leader was also reported. that why the foreign troops were against the jihadi leader. At a time lator said that the US troops were tion), in late April. Last week, a Abdullah said the project was a another week, he said. Four days Hundreds of supporters of still carrying the night raids de- when the Islamic State had made carrying out such raids deliberately coordinated Taliban attack on the national issue but regretted it was back the president met with rele- Ahmad Jan took to the road and spite ban. The US forces con- inroads in the country, such oper- in order to create insecurity in her Afghan parliament in Kabul end- neglected and the process could not vant Afghan officials and interna- blocked the Balkh-Kabul High- firmed the operation on June 29, ations of the foreign troops in province. Ms Sangeen said that ed with all the six gunmen killed be get momentum. tional donors, asking that a work- way for several hours. Vehicles saying that they had destroyed a Afghanistan could turn many house to house search was contin- by an army soldier, Essa Khan, He would take up the issue with ing plan be prepared and shared outnumbering the protestors were cache of ammunition that could against the government, the CEO ued uninterrupted in the province who became a new hero for the President Mohammad Ashraf with him in a week time about the waiting in queues to resume the have been used against the foreign said. Zakia Sangeen,member of which might turn Parwan into an nation. NATO s combat mission Ghani to identify weak areas in the pilot phase of electronic ID cards journey towards their destina- and Afghan troops. Chief Execu- the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) from Par- insecure province. I have voiced in Afghanistan formally ended in vital process. Last week, hundreds in Kabul. (Pajhwok) tions. They chanted slogans in fa- tive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Ab- wan province, said that the US concerns over the night raids by the December 2014 after 13 years and vor of their demands and against dullah said today that no one forces stationed in the Bagram had foreign troops, times and again, but most foreign forces left at that the US. The protesters shouting would be allowed to conspire bombarded the house of an influ- fallen on the deaf ears, she lament- time. Now all major security op- MoE awards contract for down with the US and death against the Mujahideen. He also ential individual last night.She said ed. The National Security Council erations against militants are be- to the foreign troops urged the asked for explanation from NATO that Ahmad Jan played key role and the parliament had to take ac- ing carried out by Afghan army National Unity Government to Resolute Supportofficials in or- in the fight against the Taliban and tion in this regard in order to pre- and police. Army and police say printing of 2.2m textbooks take notice of the issue and tell der to ensure that it was not a plot other militant groups. The legis- vent such kind of actions, she said. coming six months are vital for Afghan security forces in which to local publishers they will carry out more special Govt approves 3 soldiers dead as rebels operations to defeat the militants AT News Report books. Unfortunately, local pub- spring offensives. lishing houses don t have enough claim targeting ANA helicopter KABUL: The Ministry of Edu- capacity to publish all the seven new policy to tackle IS cation (MoE) awarded the con- million books, he added. He said Three militants tract for printing of 2.2 million that this a test for local publish- textbooks to several local publish- ing houses to prove their capaci- sternly, says Hashimi detained in Zabul ed. He said that to suppress IS, also ing houses. The ministry signed ty. According to the contract, the AT News Report AT News Report the contract with some 11 local publishing houses should print the known as Daesh, Afghan security publishing houses. The Minister books within 20 days. He added KABUL: The National Security forces have conducted several mili- KABUL: The National Director- of Education, Assadullah Hanif that instead of awarding the con- Council (NSC) has approved a tary operations across the country. ate of Security (NDS) on Mon- Balkhi, representatives of Den- tract through open bidding, the new policy to suppress the Is- In the meantime, the Deputy Chief day said that three terrorists were mark Embassy, the United Nations ministry granted the contract to lamic State (IS), said the Presiden- Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghan- arrested in southern Zabul prov- Children s Fund (UNICEF) and only local publishing houses. tial Palace. Sayed Zafar Hashimi, istan, Muhammad Khan, said that ince. According to a press state- the United States Agency for In- This move is aimed at enhancing the deputy spokesman for Presi- IS s presence is now a reality in Af- ment issued here, the NDS opera- ternational Development (US- the capacity of local publishing dent Ashraf Ghani, told reporters ghanistan. He said that the militant group has increased its activities in tives detained three terrorists, AID) were also present on the houses, he went on as saying. the other day that the militant KANDAHAR: Three Afghan with a heavy weapon, which caught identified as Khudadad, Asghar occasion. Balkhi said that they The Minister of Education appre- group is currently active in Farah, the northeastern provinces of Af- ghanistan. He added that the Tajiki- National Army (ANA) soldiers fire after emergency landing. Two Shah and Amir Shah during an currently need 42 million text- ciated the international communi- Nangarhar and Helmand province. operation in Shahr-e-Safa district books out of which the ministry ty for its support to education Foreigners are also among the IS stan is willing to cooperate with Af- were killed and as many wounded ANA soldiers went missing, he has decided to print seven million sector. fighters in Afghanistan, he add- ghanistan in fight against Daesh. when militants claimed targeting added. Samim Khpalwak, the gov- of Zabul. The detained terrorists ANA helicopter in southern Kan- ernor s spokesperson, rejected the were involved in different subver- dahar province, a security official killing of ANA soldiers or targeting sive activities including targeting said on Monday. A security offi- the helicopter but said the helicop- logistic convoys, planting road- Ulema call on warring parties to stop fighting during Ramadan cial wishing anonymity told Pa- ter had an emergency landing in the side landmines and armed ambush- By Farhad Naibkhel should engage in result-oriented jhwok Afghan News that the inci- area. Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, Taliban es on Zabul highways, added the reconciliation process in order to dent happened in Garmawak area spokesman, claimed targeting the statement. One AK-47 was also KABUL: Afghan Ulema (religious overcome the existing challenges. on Sunday afternoon. He said helicopter with all soldiers onboard recovered from the arrested the in- scholars) called for an immediate He said that no party could armed rebels hit the helicopters dead in the incident. (Pajhwok) surgents. halt to the fighting by all warring achieve targets through war, kill- parties during the holy month of ings, extremism and terror activi- Ramadan and urged them for hold- ties. Therefore, the parties shall ing real and honest dialogues. follow teachings of Islam and the Dawat Islamic Association of Af- methods of dialogues showed by lims shall be ahead than others hold for peace, but barriers in front ghanistan Ulema (DIAAU) orga- the religion to reconcile success- when it comes to peace process. of the peace process were never re- nized a gathering here in Kabul to fully. Closed door discussion un- While following the true religion moved by any party. To have a discuss religious scholars role in der the influence of some stranger of Islam, they shall give the peace real Islamic and stable society, the peace and stability in Afghanistan. will not lead to prosperity of the to others too, Hedayat added. parties to the conflict must take The one-day long conference was country. Demands and wishes of He said that Afghan as a nation public demands into account, he attended both by Sunni and Shiite public shall also be kept in view suffered much from civil wars and stressed. Maulvi Mohseni, a reli- Ulema. Urging the parties to the during the peace talks, he said. conflicts in the past decades, gious scholar, said that different war for ceasefire during Ramadan, He further said that peace and sta- which damaged all Islamic, eco- countries with expansionist agenda Chief of DIAAU, Sayed Abdul bility was not only the need of nomical and cultural values in the are turning the Muslim countries Hadi Hedayat, said that the mili- Afghanistan, but was also neces- country. The religious scholar fur- into colonies and responsible for the tant groups and the government sary for a stable world. Mus- ther added that efforts have been violence and conflicts in the region. NDS arrests Taliban shadow governor Security forces thwarted for Nangarhar Taliban's shadow governor for east- enemy s nefarious designs: MoD ern Nangarhar province has been KABUL: The spokesman of the have initiated military operation to al Army (ANA) soldiers had also arrested during a special operation Ministry of Defence (MoD) said get control of three districts which been killed in the operations, Waziri by the National Directorate of Se- that Afghan security forces boldly were not in government control. said. Sadiq Sadiqi said most insur- curity (NDS), officials said in a statement on Sunday night. In ad- thwarted several attempts of anti- Afghan security forces had started gents came from across the border dition, five other insurgents were state elements to capture some key military operation, he said, adding and the security forces had been us- also arrested along with the shad- districts of the county and the en- that at least 25 armed rebels had been ing all means to flush them out. Sadi- ow governor. The operation was emy failed to materialize its nefar- killed, 14 others were wounded and qi said that people still have illegal ious designs. Dawlat Waziri told a three others were apprehended in weapons in Afghanistan therefore launched in Dur Baba district of the A security worker brings money to a National Bank branch in Athens, Greece. Greece s European province where the Taliban shad- press conference along with Badakhshan, Kunduz, Ghazni, Nan- MoI had planned to devise a strate- spokesman of the Ministry of In- garhar, Kunar and Nuristan prov- gy to register the number of illegal partners shut the door on extending a credit lifeline to Athens, leaving the country facing a default that ow governor, Abdul Qahar was ar- could push it out of the euro and cause ripple effects across the European economy and beyond. rested, according to the statement. terior (MoI) Sadiq Sadiqi, that we ince. At least seven Afghan Nation- weapons and armed groups.

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JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Years after invasion, Education depts in Helmand, Zabul get buildings the US leaves a cultural LASHKARGAH/QALAT : Con- Mohammad Jan Rasoolyar, director education in Helmand, Rahimullah Ludin, director educa- Zabul Governor Anwar struction work on two projects for Helmand deputy governor, told said: We have constructed a build- tion in Zabul, said an administra- Ishaqzai said that education direc- education directorate have been Pajhwok Afghan News a two sto- ing for an institute which has been tive block had been constructed at torate needed several other such imprint on Afghanistan completed and the facilities have rey administrative building was illegally occupied by kiosks hold- a cost of 22.5 million Afghanis in projects and we will strive hard been handed over for formal use in constructed at a cost of around 9 ers. However, we have geared up 14 months period. The newly con- to improve the quality of educa- By Sudarsan Raghavan war and the repressive order of southern Helmand and Zabul prov- million Afghanis for education de- efforts in support of municipality structed building had three storey tion and security of the area. the Taliban, billions of American inces, officials said on Sunday. partment. Abdul Mateen Jaffar, to vacate the land. Meanwhile, and 33 rooms, the director added. (Pajhwok) KABUL: In a private room inside aid dollars have ushered in a new the Wiana Cafe, Mahmood Rezai class of capitalists, bold attitudes snapped his hands to an imagi- and a collective outspokenness. nary beat, mimicking the actions That outspokenness is most visi- of his favorite rap stars: Eminem, ble in Afghanistan s free-wheeling Afghanistan growing more receptive 50 Cent and Tupac. Under the independent media, largely creat- Taliban, Rezai s own lyrics ed by American funding. Under blistering critiques of social woes the Taliban, the press was shack- on women s rights, says British ambassador would have earned him a beat- led. Now, it s among the most lib- ing, or worse. Today, he is a testa- erated in the region, often unafraid ment to the subtler influences of to criticize government policies or the first time, Afghan lead them in a good light to meet these to detect rape. Diplomatically, the nearly 14-year-long American and expose wrongdoing. If these ers seem willing to make sin women and issue a statement about Pierce said, the UK lends techni- presence in Afghanistan. freedoms stop once again after the Fcere attempts to improve the girl s education. And even if the cal assistance to potential peace I love gangsta rap, said Americans leave, people will re- rights of women, according to the Taliban did that wholly cynically, talks, and lobbies for reform of the Rezai, wavy-haired and clean- member this period as a golden new British ambassador to Kabul. it s nevertheless a good sign, said Afghan legal system, which is of- shaven and wearing a big silver era for the freedom of speech and Speaking at her Kabul resi- Pierce. The Taliban s cautious ven- ten skewed against women. Pierce watch. It s like being in a desert, freedom of media, said Najibul- dence, where she took up her post ture into diplomatic waters follows was last in Kabul four years ago. so very free. How history will lah Amiri, chief editor of Salam in May, Karen Pierce said the Af- intensive efforts by the Afghan She said the city had developed remember America s longest war Watandar, a U.S.-funded network ghan government has taken bold president Ashraf Ghani to reboot dramatically since then, with wide- will be shaped by public debates of radio stations across the coun- and important steps towards rec- relations with Pakistan, long seen spread electricity, better food avail- over the United States failures try. Rezai, the rapper, practices onciliation with the Taliban fol- as a protector of the militant move- able and more economic activity. and successes and visible conse- another form of outspokenness. lowing the drawdown of foreign ment. Ghani and his wife Rula, an In her new capacity she stands quences such as the collapse of American rap and hip-hop lyrics troops last year. 'Farkhunda be- atypically outspoken Afghan first out as one of only three female the Taliban regime and the death inspire him, he said, because Af- longs to all of the women of Kab- lady, have been equally earnest western ambassadors appointed to of Osama bin Laden. But the U.S. ghan society faces many of the ul, of Afghanistan' | Frozan Ma- with regard to women s rights, said Afghanistan since 2001. After 15 engagement has also affected ur- same problems as in America. rofi Pierce sees peace and wom- Pierce. What the Ghanis have years of the international commu- ban Afghan society in indirect His own lyrics, in Dari, are about en s rights as inseparable. In her brought is that they re not afraid nity impressing upon Afghan lead- ways, seeping into its culture, lan- drug abuse, high unemployment, previous job as the UK s perma- to discuss the problems. I think ers the importance of equal partic- guage and attitudes. It can be seen child labor and violence against nent representative to the UN, she there was a little bit of a sense be- ipation in the labour force and pol- in the graffiti art that covers blast women. Through rap, we are walls in some neighborhoods and protesting against the inequalities spent two years trying to convince fore that, because the world had a itics, does she find that rate hypo- the Tom Cruise-style haircuts in Afghanistan, he added. Con- UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahi- very negative view of Afghanistan critical? It s a pity, but I don t sported by hip Afghan youth. It servative Afghans, however, chafe mi to find practical ways of in- and women s rights, it was better think it s hypocritical, she said. can be heard in the vernacular of at the new freedoms. Racy Turk- cluding women in peace efforts in not to discuss it, Pierce said. There s a global issue here with Afghan security guards after they ish soap operas and the country s Syria. It is fitting, then, that A security policy specialist, women getting to the top of any frisk visitors You re good to version of American Idol are Pierce s appointment to Kabul, Pierce s remit has included arms diplomatic service profession in go, buddy and the alternative seen as Western imports that di- where she succeeded Sir Richard control as well as peace processes their own country. Have the mil- American rock music that fills lute Afghanistan s centuries-old Stagg, should coincide with this in the Balkans. Immediately after lennium development goals em- Kabul s illegal underground bars. ethos. Fashionably dressed wom- year s 15th anniversary of UN the September 11 attacks in New powered women? | Liz Ford Pierce Resolution 1325, which urges York, she also worked on Afghan- agreed, however, that it was un- The U.S. influence can also be seen en, their uncovered faces glowing Karen Pierce, the British ambassador to Afghanistan, believes in the threads of handmade car- with makeup, are often derided as member states to increase the role istan while based in London. wise to lecture Afghans. Especial- of women in peace building. She The UK s military role in Af- ly if you re trying to influence and the Afghan government is sincere about improving the rights pets emblazoned with drones and un-Afghan or prostitutes. The of women. Photograph: UN Photo F-16 jets. Or in the indifference Americans are leaving behind a arrived only weeks after the Tali- ghanistan is limited to about 470 get the maximum number of peo- of Afghan elites, grown wealthy mess, said Idris, the shopkeeper ban expressed support for the troops who form part of Nato s ple to buy into a progressive agen- on American military contracts, at Bush Bazaar. They brought right of women to education and mission to train, advise and assist da Leading by example is one civil servant in the Treasury. male guests walk straight past her, calmly losing thousands of dol- Afghans living in the West here, work during informal talks in Qa- the Afghan security forces. The way. But I wouldn t say leading She said she doesn t worry assuming she was a spouse. lars in Texas hold em poker and together they are spreading tar with people close to the Af- first batch of UK-trained female by example is about ambassadors. that Afghan counterparts won t So then you ve got a dilem- games. Men socialize outside their foreign culture among Afghans. ghan government. Shortly after that cadets graduated from an officers Pierce is an anomaly not just in take her seriously because of her ma. Do you do something that stores with goods ranging from hair The television shows are spread- exchange, a Taliban delegation met academy in Kabul in June. Annual Kabul s diplomatic corps but also gender. Nevertheless, she has had might be culturally insensitive and and beauty products to military ing immoral values. Our culture with Afghan women s rights de- assistance from the UK Foreign in the UK foreign service. In the brushes with prejudice in a coun- step forward and stick your hand and tactical apparel at Kabul s has been changed. Nowhere is fenders in Oslo. I think it was a Office (FCO) and the Department 333-year history of the FCO, only try where so few women hold out and say I m the British am- Bush Bazaar, named after former this more apparent to Afghans sign of success for those of us in for International Development six women with children have leadership positions. When the em- bassador ? Or do you not do that President George W. Bush. (An- than with the rise of the ultra-rich, and outside Afghanistan who have also funds education and women s made it to director general level. bassymarked the Queen s birthday and risk that you will be ignored? drew Quilty/for The Washington created largely by U.S. military been pushing the women s agenda rights projects, including women s Pierce, as the mother of two sons, in June, Pierce and a few staff lined She tried both, and then went Post) I have personal freedom. I and aid contracts, and the rampant that the Taliban felt it would put shelters and a forensics laboratory is one of them. Her husband is a up to welcome guests, only to have for handshakes. can wear what I want, said corruption it has fueled. Around Samira Ahmadi, an employee at a Kabul, the signposts of the consulting firm. Now we can wealthy are everywhere: million- have mixed parties with boys and dollar mansions, opulent wed- girls, and we are going to picnics. dings and luxury cars. Hummers This was all unimaginable under are popular. The rich spend mon- the Taliban. Yet what was once ey at will in a country where the forbidden is unfolding under a average income is about $425 a cloud of history. Afghans remem- year. On a recent night, several Af- An audacious attack shows the need for a commitment ber the liberal 1970s, when wom- ghans and Westerners huddled in- to political reform as well as troops. en in Kabul wore miniskirts and side a house transformed into a jazz clubs were the rage. But those dim underground bar called the The audacious attack on the well- stand up to the Taliban. The at- freedoms had evaporated by the Venue. The song Getaway Car 1990s. The society is still mostly by the Los Angeles band Audio- protected Afghan parliamentary tack s delay of the vote may have conservative and tribal, many slave filtered through the room, building on June 23 demonstrates been just symbolic, but for many women remain subjugated, and followed later by a dose of Frank the Taliban s continued ability to Afghans frustrated with the slow centuries-old traditions rule. Even Sinatra. Conversation, over $5 strike dead in the heart of Kabul, rate of reform and stagnate econo- as they enjoy the new liberties, a cans of beer, turned to Kabul s An expansion of the group s operations in Afghanistan could threaten the fledgling mining industry. but more importantly also sug- my, it demonstrated just how question lingers among many Af- high-stakes, secret and illegal gests that the battle in Afghanistan shaky the government is. ghans: How long will they last? poker scene. In one cash game is just as much about politics as it The day of the attack was also Outside influences Over the past there was said to have been at least is about military forces. While the remarkable because technically it 5,000 years, Afghanistan s myri- $30,000 on the table. I know all ad invaders, from Genghis Khan those guys who play at that causalities from the attack were was supposed to be the end of the to Tamerlane to the Mughal dy- game, said an Afghan who spoke not as great as in other high profile legal term for this parliament. With nasties, have left indelible marks. with a laid-back California accent attacks in Kabul, the widely broad- parliamentary elections for this The nation s population is among after years of working with Amer- cast footage of the well attended year already pushed back, howev- the world s most ethnically di- icans as a consultant and interpret- session being interrupted by the er, Ghani had declared that they verse. In Zabul province are rem- er. He won $6,000 the last time he initial explosion and the highly would remain in their positions nants of a fortress built by Alex- played, he boasted. In a recent symbolic nature of the target was until a timeline for elections was ander the Great, and in Herat and game, whose participants asked meant to send a clear political mes- worked out. The attack highlight- Ghowr, ancient minarets erected not to be identified, an Afghan res- by Persian kings grace the land- taurant owner declared All in! sage. ed the questionable legal status of scape. In Kabul, the British cem- He shoved about $2,000 into the First of all, the timing of the the current parliament and Ghani s etery, which houses the graves of pot and quickly lost, bringing his attack is important. In recent days, struggles to bring all the different soldiers killed in the two Anglo- total losses for the evening to the Taliban have made significant political factions in the country Afghan wars of the 19th century, around $8,000. I don t care territorial gains in both the north into his coalition government. is a reminder of Britain s ill-fated about losing money, he said mat- and the south of the country. With the continued presence colonial experience. By the time ter-of-factly. I m here because I While informal peace talks have oc- of U.S. troops in the country and Soviet forces pulled out in 1989, love playing poker. He pulled out curred recently in Qatar and Nor- a widespread desire among the they had built apartment complex- a wad of $100 bills and bought in es, factories, universities and even for another $1,000. Facing the fu- way, progress has been limited. population to see an end to the a theater house that are still in use ture Part of this, some have suggested, fighting, there is still a real possi- today. America s contribution At the Wiana Cafe, six young is the Taliban s conviction that the bility for progress in terms of may prove to be more psycho- women and seven men huddled on central government is currently in reaching a peace agreement. This logical than anything else the cushions, smoking from hookahs Image Credit: Jerome Starkey a position of weakness. is likely to enable America to send silent reshaping of the psyche of and chatting. Couples held hands ccording to a recent Penta ue to prevent the government from $300 million annually since the fall Another aspect of recent fren- more troops home and to be able a society and its people, even as while others clapped to loud gon report, the Islamic monitoring 100 of 339 mining con- of the Taliban regime. Historical- zy of Taliban political and mili- to more effectively support Ghani they view their occupiers at once American pop tunes, acts that State s (IS) activities in Af- tracts. Meanwhile, international ly, Pakistan has been the largest with great expectations, suspicion A tary activity are the inroads that in his political and economic re- were both banned under the Tali- ghanistan remain exploratory, investors have backed out of sev- recipient of illegally mined Afghan ISIS has made over the past year. forms. and animosity. Steps away from ban. Underneath their Western pa- with limited recruiting efforts. Al- eral contracts or raised concerns minerals. Pakistan has no real in- a stadium where the Taliban once tina, though, they had existential With several key Taliban leaders Such an agreement, however, though the capabilities of the Is- over insecurity. Endemic corrup- centive to stymie the illicit trade defecting to the group, there is will be political, more than it will stoned people to death, teenage questions about what the United lamic State s recently minted Kho- tion and a lack of coordination be- of minerals such as chromite, as it skateboarders twist and fly off States will be remembered for. concern that ISIS represents a new be military. To take advantage of curved ramps in a cavernous gym. rasan Province may be limited, the tween various ministries and the ultimately benefits the country s With most U.S. forces departed, group is clearly attempting to gain Afghan National Security Forces construction and manufacturing source of funds and political legit- this moment when the likelihood Seventeen-year-old Farid Wahidi the country remains politically imacy that the Taliban has lost over of the Taliban negotiating may ac- rattled off the names of his he- dysfunctional and mired in con- a toehold in Afghanistan. IS has continue to leave Afghanistan s industries. dominated headlines in Afghan mines open to illegal activity. Khorasan Province s leader- the past years of protracted fight- tually be increasing, the Afghan roes: Rodney Mullen, Chris Cole flict, with the Taliban revitalized ing and civilian causalities. government needs to push forward and Tony Hawk all American and the Islamic State emerging. media for the past several weeks, Insecurity in remote provinc- ship is predominantly comprised professional skateboarders. And And in the minds of most Afghans, with multiple reports of the group es, particularly Nangarhar, has al- of former Tehrik-i-Taliban Paki- Despite the recent increase in with reforms that will make it both he wants to be just like them, from there s little evidence of the bil- clashing with Taliban fighters in ready caused a significant spike in stan members such as Hafez Saeed high profile attacks, all this sug- more unified and legitimate. This the knee pads and brown Vans lions the United States has spent Nangarhar and a Taliban letter illegal mining in recent months. Khan and Hafiz Dolat Khan. As gests instead, that this a key mo- includes electoral reforms follow- shoes he is wearing to his outsize on development projects. If warning IS to stay out of Afghan- Officials in Nangarhar told Pajh- such, they have longstanding ties ment to push for a political reso- ing last year s deeply flawed pres- ambitions. My dream is to go to Americans continue to support istan. There is speculation that the wok News Agency in January that to militants and smugglers on the lution to a conflict that increasing- idential election (a commission has the United States and win a skate- Afghans after their withdrawal, Afghan government is exaggerat- they fear all of the province s Pakistani side of the Durand Line, ly seems to have no military solu- been announced, but no real boarding tournament, just like the democracy and civil freedoms will ing the IS threat to draw increased mines will be looted if the insecu- which would allow them to trans- tion. progress made) and a constitution- ones sponsored by Red Bull, foreign aid, but the group s pres- rity persists. This year s Taliban fer illicit minerals across the po- be their legacy, said Ahmadi, the The attack on parliament, al convention to clarify the legal Wahidi said with a confident consulting firm employee. And if ence is undeniable, and the wors- spring offensive is the most po- rous border to vital shipping out- smile. I want to be as famous as they don t, the legacy that Amer- ening security situation could pave tent since 2011, and IS activity is lets. however, underscores the delica- status of the current coalition gov- Tony Hawk. In video stores icans are going to leave behind is the way for IS to enhance its oper- seemingly highest in Nangarhar. As Although there is no clear evi- cy of the political situation and the ernment. While most of this is the around Kabul, bootleg DVDs of war and mayhem, said Hadi, an ations such, the situation in Nangarhar dence to indicate that IS has begun need for political support from the work of Afghan politicians, inter- Hollywood films such as Furi- amateur actor who uses one name. The Islamic State s motives in will likely continue to deteriorate exploiting the country s lucrative international community. For national pressure on Ghani to con- ous 7 and Taken 3 are hot sell- They are not leaving anything Afghanistan remain ambiguous, in the next several months. mining industry, conditions are many Afghans the key element of tinue his agenda of political re- ers. So are Walt Disney cartoons, like what the Soviets left. With and it is unclear if the group is ca- While it is unlikely that IS will becoming more favorable as the the attack may have been the fact forms (and support for him against which parents use to teach their most U.S. military outposts pable of holding swaths of territo- seize control of large government security landscape continues to that President Ashraf Ghani s some of his warlord allies who children English. The American closed and fewer American sol- ry while battling Afghan National and corporate mines, as they did deteriorate. Illegal mining has long nominee for Minister of Defense, oppose these changes) will do military and aid lexicon has infil- diers and contractors around, few- Security Forces and the Taliban. with oil fields in Iraq and Syria, been a source of income for mili- trated Dari and Pashto, the lan- er stalls at Bush Bazaar are selling Masoom Stanekzai was due to be much to help. However, it is entirely possible illegal community-mined mineral tant groups across the country. voted on the day of the attack. The attack on parliament guages spoken by most Afghans. American products. They have that IS will seek to tap the coun- deposits are particularly vulnera- Given IS s propensity for exploit- Words such as funding, ID been replaced by goods from Chi- try s poorly monitored mining in- ble to exploitation. IS has a noted ing natural resources and their ex- Stanekzai, who is widely respect- showed the continued military card and contractares are now na, India and Dubai. Haji Tor Mu- dustry to fund their primary op- proclivity for tapping into local panding presence, it is easy to con- ed by various factions among the threat that the Taliban present, but widely used. At Bush Bazaar, hseini sighs when he looks at his erations in Iraq and Syria. Afghan- resource markets not typically ex- ceive that Afghanistan may be the Kabul elite and served previously also only further demonstrated the named after President George W., racks of unsold American goods: istan sits atop an estimated $3 tril- ploited by terrorist organizations. next frontier for funding their op- as head of Karzai s reconciliation fact that the response of the Af- shops sell Chinese-made knock- Pop-Tarts, Quaker oats, Heinz lion worth of mineral resources, For instance, IS seized control of erations elsewhere. With no clear efforts, is seen by many as a nom- ghan government and the interna- offs of U.S. military uniforms, barbecue sauce, Arizona iced tea, khaki trousers with thigh pock- Texas Pete hot sauce and Uncle ranging from copper and emeralds the Akashat Phosphate Mine in strategy in place, it is unlikely that inee who could combine military tional community that supports it, ets, gray U.S. Army T-shirts and Ben s long grain rice. He senses to rare earth metals. The majority Iraq s Al-Anbar province and ce- Afghanistan could prevent such and political efforts in attempts to must be a clear agenda of political Bushnell binoculars. When the the curtain drawing on an era, of the country s deposits are un- ment plants in Iraq and Syria. The financing activities in its more re- stabilize the country. reform. Noah Coburn is a profes- Soviets occupied Afghanistan, much like what happened more developed, abandoned awaiting illicit trade of gems such as emer- mote provinces. Either way, Af- The position of Minister of sor of political anthropology at people liked to look like the Rus- than two decades ago. Back then, new contracts, or mined by local alds and rubies or industrial min- ghanistan s mining industry and Defense, however, has been un- Bennington College and a Truman sians, said shopkeeper Moham- there was a Brezhnev Market, community members. erals such as copper and chromite economy will suffer with any ex- filled since Ghani s inauguration in National Security Fellow. He has mad Idris, 25, who regularly sells named after the Soviet leader, in On June 8, Minister of Mines is big business with decades-old pansion of IS operations. and Petroleum Daud Shah Saba smuggling routes from all corners Brian M. Perkins is a South September and was a point of de- conducted research on the ground out of black Oakley wraparound downtown Kabul, he said. It bate among the political elite in in Afghanistan since 2005 and sunglasses. Now, they want to closed soon after the Soviets left. told Afghan Members of Parlia- of Afghanistan. According to a re- and Central Asia Analyst for a po- look like American Special Forc- Perhaps all this will disappear, ment that the Islamic State poses port released in April by the Spe- litical risk consultancy and a Kabul. The fact that Ghani had not served as an election monitor there es. New freedoms After nearly a too, he said. Mohammad Sharif a grave threat to Afghanistan s cial Inspector General for Afghan- freelance journalist specializing in been able to fill it was widely seen in 2014. He is the author of Ba- quarter-century of communist contributed to this report. burgeoning mining sector. Saba stat- istan Reconstruction, illegal min- militancy, terrorism, and interna- as emblematic of his struggles to zaar Politics: Power and Pottery rule, the Soviet occupation, civil (The Washington Post) ed that security challenges contin- ing has cost Afghanistan at least tional development. create an effective government to in an Afghan Market Town. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES KABUL BANK SCANDAL: $437m Efforts for peace, stability of stolen money recovered to be stepped up, says Mangal

KABUL: Minister for Borders and Tribal Affairs Mohammad Gulab Mangal has said efforts have been stepped up to ensure greater peace and unity in the country. He expressed these views dur- ing signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tribes Coordination and Solidarity Cen- tre (TCSC) here in Kabul. Referring to the agreement, Mangal termed it vital for peace and stability in the country. He said that his ministry and the KABUL: Legal advisor to the pres- had chalked out a plan which gave en their salaries in advance. TCSC would work jointly to build ident, Abdul Ali Mohammadi, said the borrowers eight years to re- He warned these individuals peace, national unity, and talks to EMERGENCY $437 million of the total $987 mil- turn the loaned money. against disrespecting the court de- insurgents and arrangement of lo- lion money stolen from Kabul Bank Under the plan, the defaulters cision and refusing to pay the cal Jirga meetings to address prob- CALLS had been recovered, but $578 mil- had to remain committed to pay- amount, otherwise their names lems. lion remained unpaid. ing the money in installments. would be put on the exit control He said reorganization and Police After Kabul Bank, once the The advisor said Ghulam list and their properties seized. strengthening of locals council country s largest private lender, Daud Nasib, Gulbahar Habibi, Ta- President Ashraf Ghani soon after could contribute to the nascent plunged into a deep financial crisis hir Zahir, Anwar Jagdalak, Mah- taking oath reopened the Kabul peace process. With the coopera- 100 - 119 in 2010, the government injected mood Karzai, Haji Amrullah, Is- Bank scandal and called for a tion of TCSC and tribal council, try. Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, role of tribal elders was vial in bring- $825 million to overcome the cri- mail Ghazanfar and 12 others were prompt solution to the issue. every avenue would be explored head of the Bayat Tribe Council, ing peace to the war-torn country. sis. Muhammadi said the Cabinet among the barrowers who had tak- (Pajhwok) to build tangible peace in the coun- welcomed the MoU and said the (Pajhwok) Hospitals FMIC Hospital Dahla Dam project first Behind Kabul Medical Khost governor for harsh University: phase nears completion 0202500200-+93793275595 punishment to drug smugglers Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Pule Bagh-e- Umomi KHOST CITY: The governor of 070263672 southeastern Khost province Hukam Khan Habibi directed pro- vincial security and judicial organs Khairkhana Hospital to award severe punishment to drug smugglers and those doing il- 0799-321007 licit business. Habibi expressed 2401352 these views during a ceremony marking International Day against Drugs today in Khost City, the Indira Gandhi Children provincial capital. He directed se- curity organs particularly provin- Hospital, Wazir Akbar cial police chief to arrest drug smug- Khan, Kabul 2301372 glers and its workers and take them to judicial organs. The drug smug- glers and drug businessmen should Ibn-e- Seena be punished hard. I should not see KANDAHAR CITY: The first ly completing the first phase and their faces again in our communi- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul phase of Dahla dam project, the said the project would address ties, he said, adding that Ulama adopted strict measures against tion of narcotics in the province province Mohammad Nazir said 2100359 second largest in Afghanistan, has long-awaited desires of the peo- and tribal elders support was cru- drug smugglers and its sellers from had downed to zero from the past drug was widely used in Khost been more than 90 percent com- ple. The governor asked Eng Sher cial to mane anti-narcotics drive the past one month in Khost. Pro- few years. He said that drug smug- province. Anyone can find the pleted by a Turkish firm in south- Mohammad Ataee, the Helmand successful. Police chief Col. Fai- vincial counternarcotics director gling was also significantly de- drugs anywhere without any prob- Wazir Akbar Khan ern Kandahar province, an official and Arghandab River Authority zullah Ghairat said that they had Meerna Gul Taniwal said cultiva- creased. However, a resident of the lem, he added. (Pajhwok) of the construction company said directgor, to coordinate with the Hospital the other day. The Turkish com- Turkish company in desilting the 2301741, 2301743 pany initiated reconstruction of dam and developing a proposal to the dam two years ago. The lay a clean water supply pipeline project s first phase included the to Kandahar City. Ali Abad construction of small and large Raising the dam s walls by gates, valve house and a tunnel. eight meters and building six sup- Shahrara, Kabul In the second phase, the dam s porting dams would cost $308 2100439 walls would be raised by eight million out of which the Finance meters. USAID has spent around Ministry would provide $38 mil- $71 million on the project. Taiz lion and USAID the rest. Eng Sher Malalai Maternity Jan, the 77 Turkish Construction said the USAID had delayed the ASADABAD: The jail in eastern Quran by heart while some had he shares his skills of tailoring with sion (AIHRC) in eastern zone, ap- Hospital and Trading Company official, project since the Finance Minis- Kunar province has turned into a improved their Tajweed (Arabic other inmates. He said he sewed preciated facilities provided to in- held a meeting with Kandahar gov- try did not provide the promised learning center for inmates and pronunciation of reciting Quran) cloths of local people as well as mates and said that all prisoners 2201377/ 2301743 ernor Humayun Azizi and briefed amount. offering some sort of facilities to and 25 inmates had completed officials in jail. Col. Noor Rahman in Kunar jail received equal facili- him about 94 percent completion Raising the height of the dam prisoners as well, some of the in- Quran learning in last five months. Noor, a jail official, said inmates ties. She appreciated the jail offi- of the dam s first phase. He said is seen crucial to increasing the mates have said. Mosque, reli- Banks the remaining six percent works volume of available water, which gious seminary, learning center, play ground, clean drinking water Da Afghanistan Bank would be completed over the next has reduced to 300 million cubic and five bed hospital have made few days and then the second meters from 484 million cubic the jail different from other pris- 2100302, 2100303 phase would be initiated. The meters water. The dam will irri- ons in the country. Amir Moham- project would solve many issues gate Shah Wali Kot, Arghandab, mad is one of the inmates who Kabul Bank related to irrigation of agricultural Zheri, Panjwai, Maiwand, Dand has spent about 17 years in Pul-i- lands and orchards in the prov- and Daman districts and pave the Charkhi and Kunar jails. Moham- 222666, 070285285 ince. The governor appreciated the ground for producing 10 mega mad told Pajhwok Afghan News: company officials for successful- watts of electricity. (Pajhwok) I was arrested in Bati Kot dis- Azizi Bank trict and later shifted to Pul-i- 0799 700900 Charkhi jail where I remained for Complex nature of three years. I don t have anyone Pashtany Bank in my family who would visit and meet me in Pul-i-Charkhi. My son 2102908, 2103868 MUDA scandal can push is hardly 10 years old. He de- manded the authorities concerned Air Services PROBE INTO LENGTH: AGO to transfer him to Kunar jail where he remained for last two years. Comparing the atrocities of Pul-i- Safi Airways Charkhi jail, Kunar prison has more facilities and he feels like liv- 020 22 22 222 ing in home. I get all my rights here and I have learnt several pro- Ariana fessions like making toy cars for children and artificial flower mak- 020-2100270 ing which have become sources of income for my children, he nar- Kam Air rated. He added other inmates and his jail tenure had been reduced Ajmal, an inmate, has learnt car- were provided with all legal facili- cial for provision of health facili- 0799974422 several times with presidential pentery in his four years jail term ties and rights. Noor said around ties and had turned jails as learn- decrees. His jail had been reduced and later he has trained at least 235 inmates were in Jail out of ing centers. Kunar jail is situated, Hotels over three years and appreciated nine other inmates as carpenters which 97 were arrested under local in a mountainous region, around 6 authorities. Mohammad Sarwar, in Kunar jail. Ajmal said: I earn and foreign security threats, 40 oth- kilometers from Asadabad which Safi Landmark The Attorney General's Office khi. The MUD corruption case has another inmate in Kunar, remained good amount by making furniture ers were under investigation where have been reconstructed at a cost (AGO) said that the results of its become the largest and most pub- in jail for the last few years. He since the government provides as the remaining were arrested in of $1700,000 million on 2.5 acres investigation into the corruption licized corruption scandal for the said: The government has re- wood for making furniture. He other crimes. He confirmed the fa- of land by US troops. The jail ac- 020-2203131 scandal involving six Ministry of Afghan government since the Kab- duced 20 months of imprisonment saved at least 2,500 Afghanis by cilities provided to inmates in jail. commodates around 400 prison- Urban Development Affairs ul Bank case. The claims center on while I have spent around four making beds and around 180 Af- Noor mentioned that Kunar prison ers in its two storey buildings SERENA (MUDA) officials will be made six senior officials in the ministry years here in Kunar Jail. I have ghanis by making chair or table did not have separate block for which has a mosque, five bed hos- public within the next two weeks. who are accused of embezzling learnt Quran by heart during the which he sent to his family for women prisoners who were sent to pital, religious seminary, learning 0799654000 Basir Azizi, a spokesman for millions of dollars in funds meant period and I teach Quran to other their living. Ibrahim is a tailor in Nangarhar central jail. Sabrina Ha- center and a play ground as well the AGO, said they needed more for ministry projects. The Attor- inmates. He said most inmates the prison who has received medi, director of the Afghan Inde- as clean drinking water and elec- New Rumi Restaurant time to evaluate the issue as it was ney General's office took over the were illiterate but they had learnt equipments from government and pendent Human Rights Commis- tricity facilities. (Pajhwok) complex by nature. "We are work- case earlier this month in order to 0776351347 ing on the issue. The total amount pursue prosecutions. This came of money embezzled in the after Chief Executive Abdullah Internet Services MUDA projects will be revealed Abdullah assured the public last UA Telecom once our assessments are complet- month that justice will be served ed," he said. "There are lots of doc- and an example made for all other 0796701701 / 0796702702 uments and letters which need as- government employees when it sessment. We can say that the cor- comes to the repercussions of cor- Exchange Rate ruption level involves millions of ruption. "There is hope that by dollars." Meanwhile, the acting addressing these cases, corruption Purchase: head of the High Office of Over- will be prevented something that sight and Anti-Corruption was ignored over the past 13 (HOOAC), Ghulam Hussain Fa- years," he said. President Ashraf One US$ = khri, said serious corruption cases Ghani met with officials from the 60.60Afs should be investigated carefully Urban Development Ministry on and assessed properly. "Sufficient May 28, and issued suspensions One Pound Sterling= documents and evidence regarding for the following individuals: Ah- 93.98Afs An Afghan refugee family returns the cases must be collected. Court mad Shah Hemat, the head of the One Euro = must make firm decisions in regards central housing department; Mo- home via Torkham, Nangarhar. to the cases, in order to maintain hammad Amin, the head of the real Almost 50,000 Afghan families have 67.35Afs social justice. People are awaiting estate and accommodations depart- passed through Torkham, during the 1000 Pak Rs = past six months, double the amount of all practical results, an issue people ment; Ahmad Nawaz Bakhtyari, 582Afs are still not satisfied with," he said. the head of the housing enterprise refugees returning through the border A number of MPs say those who department; Gul Rahim Zyarmal, town in 2014, according to the Sale: are involved in corruption are de- the head of planning and project International Organization for Migration. One US$ = stroying Afghanistan, and called manager for the 5th Macrorayan; Last Friday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ant nio Guterres, called on 60.83 Afs for justice. "Those who have a Syed Amanullah Sadat, the head One Pound Sterling= hand in corruption, their hand is of the finance department; and the international community to redouble red with the blood of the Afghan Mohammad Amin Qane, the head its engagement with Afghanistan to help 94.87Afs people. Those who kill a person of the apartments and rentals de- bring an end to the world s largest and One Euro= they kill a person but those who partment. The six now stand ac- protracted refugee situation. (Photo: AP) 67.95 Afs commit corruption they kill all the cused of embezzling millions. 1000 Pak Rs= 590Afs nation," said Senator Farhad Sa- (TOLONews) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES PAT chief Tahirul Qadri arrives in Lahore Pressure is growing for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come

clean on the issues surrounding four female politicians. party, had showcased these four women as articulate, efficient and NEW DELHI: The first major cri- have been accused by the media of please," said Indian Finance Min- accused of having disbursed strong female leaders. But now sis to rock Indian Prime Minister helping Indian fugitive Lalit Modi ister Arun Jaitley. favours amounting to thousands of their continuance in office remains Narendra Modi's government in in his bid to get UK travel papers. Separately, Human Resource dollars of government funds with- vulnerable to decisions to be taken India has involved four women No government inquiry has been Development Minister Smriti Ira- out going through a tendering pro- by those at the helm of this male- leaders in his party. Pressure is ordered so far, nor have the wom- ni is also battling a legal case for cess. The rival Congress party feels dominated party. There is a cozy now growing for the ruling en leaders denied their proximity submitting false documentation that regardless of their gender, these club for men in Indian politics, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to to Lalit Modi. Of course I know about her educational qualifica- women leaders should be dis- while female politicians have still come clean on the issues surround- the family, said Raje. I have al- tions. The fiesty Irani, who fought missed until they can prove their to break the glass ceiling. Most of ing the female politicians. All four ways known them. I never made an election against the Congress innocence. They are ministers those made it to the top owe it to women leaders are gutsy politi- any bones about that, but I don t Party s Rahul Gandhi, has a rags- apart from being women, said their family connections, though cians who have battled odds to know what documents you peo- to-riches story that she proudly Congress Party spokesperson there are some who have fought occupy important offices in a ple are talking about. claims to be similar to the Indian Shobha Oza. They are ministers against all odds to make it. male-dominated society. Sushma Their defence has been weak Prime Minister. who have committed mistakes Whether it is an unhappy co- Swaraj is India s Foreign Minister but the ruling BJP is standing by The fourth woman politician and the law and the government incidence or the law of averages, and Vasundhara Raje is the Chief both leaders saying there is no rea- under fire is from the western In- should take action against them." the four BJP women politicians are Minister of the western Indian son for them to resign or be fired. dian state of Maharashtra. Panka- The BJP, which was often crit- in the media glare for all the wrong state of Rajasthan. Both leaders "There is nobody who is tainted, ja Munde, a state BJP minister, is icised for being a male-dominated reasons. LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Te- Earlier, the PAT chief arrived hreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri in Lahore after a time span of sev- asked on Monday the security in- en months abroad after he had Flash floods, landslides kill 23 Sri Lanka signs Article stitutions of the country to begin launched a gruelling movement a crackdown and nab those respon- against the government here, Ex- sible for the bloodshed in Model press News reported. of Agreement of the Town in the same way as Karachi Dr. Qadri arrived at Lahore s in southeastern Bangladesh is being purged of terrorism. Allama Iqbal International airport At least 23 people have died in district of Bandarban. Local po- cluding cyclones, droughts, floods Asian Infrastructure I call upon the responsible at 8:00am where he was received flash floods and landslides trig- lice official Habibur Rahman con- and earthquakes. India, Bangladesh officers of Rangers, those com- and felicitated by a large number gered by heavy rains that lashed firmed the toll to reporters after and China are most at risk from manding them and security insti- of his party workers and later es- southeastern Bangladesh, officials four more bodies were recovered river floods, with an increasing tutions of the country to begin an corted under high security to his Investment Bank said . Tens of thousands of people from a river on Sunday. Bangladesh number of people threatened be- BEIJING: Sri Lanka signed the China first proposed the AIIB operation against those who mer- residence in Model Town. An Ex- were marooned on higher ground - one of the world's most densely cause of climate change and eco- cilessly killed 14 people during press News screengrab The PAT article of agreement of the China- in 2014 with the aim of financing as flood waters submerged areas populated countries - is highly nomic growth in low-lying regions, initiated multilateral bank, Asian infrastructure. Many countries do Model Town clashes in Lahore, chief left London on Sunday at 2pm around Cox's Bazar and the hilly vulnerable to natural disasters, in- a study said in March. he said, addressing his workers and stayed in Dubai for a few Infrastructure Investment Bank at not have the capacity to fund the outside his residence in Model hours before leaving for Pakistan. the signing ceremony held in infrastructure upgrades they need. Town. PAT Supreme Council chair- Beijing, China. So far, 57 countries have agreed to Qadri alleged the plot of the man Hassan Mohiyuddinn Qadri Representatives from 57 Pro- join the AIIB. Sri Lanka, is a found- massacre was designed at PM on Sunday announced that Qadri spective Founding Members ing member of the AIIB. House and accused both PM will be arriving in Pakistan on June (PFMs) of the Asian Infrastruc- The Bank, which will be head- Nawaz and Punjab Chief Minister 29. ture Investment Bank (AIIB) gath- quartered in Beijing, will have au- Shahbaz Sharif for having a hand Dr Qadri had left Pakistan for ered Monday (June 29) in Beijing thorized capital of US$ 100 bil- in supervising the killing . United States last year on Decem- at a Signing Ceremony of the Bank's lion, and Asian countries will con- Further, Qadri said he does not ber 3, citing ill health as the reason Articles of Agreement at the Great tribute to up to 75 percent of the have faith in any joint investiga- for his departure. I will continue Hall of the People and 50 PFMs total capital. Each member will be tion team as such bodies consti- to fulfill my commitment until my signed the Articles, including Sri allocated a share of the quota based tuted by the incumbent govern- last breath, the PAT chief had said, Lanka. Australia was the first coun- on their economic size, according ment cannot deliver justice. dismissing widespread rumours try to sign the document. to the agreement. Only an independent Joint that he might not return. The Articles remain open for China, India and Russia are the Investigation Team can determine Qadri, who led his followers signing by the remaining 7 Prospec- three largest shareholders, taking a and name those responsible for the to lay siege to the parliament last tive Founding Members until the 30.34 percent, 8.52 percent, 6.66 mayhem. August, said that he wanted his end of 2015. percent stake, respectively. Their While thanking his supporters 900-page curriculum, containing The 60-article agreement spec- voting shares are calculated at 26.06 for welcoming him on his arrival theological and ideological argu- ified each member's share as well percent, 7.5 percent and 5.92 per- home, he vowed that the party will ments to undermine extremists, to as governance structure and poli- cent. continue its campaign until those be taught not just at mosques and cy-making mechanism of the bank, Japan and the US oppose the responsible for the chaos and Islamic institutions, but also at which is designed to finance infra- AIIB and have decided not to join bloodshed are brought to justice. schools across Britain. structure in Asia. at this time. India, Thailand sign Four militants killed in joint multiple agreements, operation near Lahore LAHORE: At least three suspect- ed terrorists were killed and a including DTAT fourth blew himself up during a Police and intelligence agencies BANGKOK: India and Thailand raid late on Sunday night at a house today signed a number of impor- in Imamia Colony near Lahore, a tant agreements, including the dou- police official told The Express ble taxation avoidance treaty, and Tribune on condition of anonymi- exchanged instruments of ratifica- ty. tion on the extradition treaty inked We had intelligence informa- in 2013, which provides for the tion about presence of suspected legal framework for seeking extra- militants in a house and when a dition of fugitive offenders. police party was sent there, the The tax treaty provides for the suspects opened fire at them, pro- framework to avoid double taxa- vincial home minister Shuja Khan- tion and prevention of fiscal eva- zada told AFP. sion with respect to taxes so as to Three militants were killed promote bilateral economic coop- and the fourth one blew himself eration. up and two others were wounded On the last day of her three- and captured, he added. day visit, External Affairs Minis- The group belongs to Te- ter Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the hreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Khan- 7th meeting of the India-Thailand zada. Further, the official said a Joint Commission for Bilateral large cache of arms, scores of rocket Cooperation. wanted for trial or for the imposi- rity agencies of the two countries, launchers and at least 20 kilo- has not taken charge of the district of Shaikhupura District located on Monday, praised the officers The extradition treaty signed tion or enforcement of any sen- officials said. grammes of explosive material was police as yet and was unaware of near Lahore on GT Road. and jawans who took part in the between the two countries in 2013 tence by one Contracting state and The two sides also signed a seized from the hideout. the operation. Punjab CM lauds successful successful operation and said The provides for the legal framework is found in the territory of the oth- Memorandum of Understanding A large scale terrorism bid in Police and Counter Terrorism operation Punjab Chief Minister law enforcing agencies bravely and for seeking extradition of fugitive er Contracting state. (MoU) on the Establishment of Lahore has been foiled after the Department force have cordoned Shahbaz Sharif has lauded the suc- courageously failed the evil designs offenders, including those involved The exchange of instruments Nalanda University. By signing successful operation in Ferozewa- off the vicinity and a search and cessful operation conducted by the of the terrorist. Meanwhile, Shu- in terrorism, transnational crimes, will help both the countries in ex- this agreement, Thailand joins other la, he added, sweep operation is underway in law enforcement agencies against jah Khanzada also appreciated the economic offences etc. pedited extradition of fugitives. East Asian Summit countries in the Recently appointed Sheikhu- the adjoining areas, including Imam- terrorists near Kala Shah Kaku in successful operation and said that The treaty provides for the This treaty will further strengthen establishment of Nalanda Univer- pura DPO, Suhail Zafar Chattha ia colony, Pathan colony and Ra- Lahore, Radio Pakistan reported. terrorists had planned a major at- extradition of any person, who is the relationship between the secu- sity in Bihar. told The Express Tribune that he heem colony. Ferozewala is a town Shahbaz, in a statement in Lahore tack for destruction at a large scale. System teeters on brink of collapse in Sindh, says PTI leader HYDERABAD: The Sindh orga- MQM of selling jobs instead of during Sahr and Iftar timings. niser of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-In- serving masses and said that 1,500 He said that PPP leadership saf, Dr Arif Alvi, has blamed over jobs were sold in Tando Ghulam delivered speeches against gas cess a thousand deaths from heatwave Hyder in one day and so in in the National Assembly but then on bad governance in Sindh where Qasimabad and Hyderabad rural voted in favour of it. Z.A. Bhutto corruption rules the roost and the talukas. was not corrupt while present system teeters on the brink of col- Dr Alvi said that people should PPP leaders were corrupt to the lapse . directly link the rate of rising hun- core, he said. Dr Alvi, who is visiting differ- ger and poverty in society with Dr Alvi supported the pow- ent parts of the province to organ- the business empires being estab- ers given to FIA to keep the ac- ise the party ahead of local bodies lished abroad by their unscrupu- cused in custody for 90 days for election, said at a press conference lous leaders. interrogation and said the BBC re- at the Hyderabad Press Club on He said that Karachi faced port had levelled some serious al- Sunday that he had received first- acute shortage of water where a legations which carried weight and hand knowledge during the past water tanker was being sold for must be looked into. three weeks he was visiting the Rs10,000 to Rs15,000 but no one He said the PTI had submit- interior of the province that all in- was ready to take responsibility. ted objections over delimitations stitutions of government stood de- It was so sad people were dy- and the party was being organised stroyed. ing from heatstroke, he said, add- at district, union council and ward The institutions had com- ing the government should have level. pletely lost the will and the capa- moved into action when the first NAWABSHAH: Dr Alvi has bility to resolve people s problems news of deaths of six people from said the PTI will field candidates because the officials were interest- heat was aired. in every ward and town in the lo- ed only in corruption. He could On the one hand, there was cal bodies elections in Sindh. state under oath that Sindh was extreme heat exacerbated by pro- Talking to party workers and the most corrupt province in the longed loadshedding while on the supporters here on Sunday, he said country, he said. other people were destined to con- that Asif Ali Zardari was not loyal He cited an example of corrup- sume brackish and contaminated to his own party and workers. tion saying Larkana was given water to get respite from heat, People of Sindh voted Zardari in Rs60 to Rs70 billion over the past which only worsened their condi- the name of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto four to five years in the name of tion and caused unprecedented and his daughter Benazir Bhutto special packages but all the mon- number of deaths, he said. but got nothing in return, he said. ey was siphoned off to Dubai He slammed the federal gov- He said that people were be- through launches and models. ernment for backing out of its com- ing deprived of their basic rights He accused both PPP and mitment to avoid loadshedding and there was corruption, jobless- ness, lawlessness and poverty throughout the province. He said that PTI would end injustice in Sindh and provide all facilities and rights to people. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Western officials Cameron urges fightback after Tunisia attack British Prime Minister David suggest Iran tries Cameron called for a fightback against extremism on Monday in response to a mass shooting in Tunisia that killed at least 38 peo- to wiggle out of ple including many British tour- ists. "To our shock and grief we nuclear pledges must add another word: resolve. Unshakeable resolve. We will stand up for our way of life," Cam- eron wrote in British newspaper the Daily Telegraph calling for "a response at home and abroad". "We must be stronger at stand- ing up for our values -- of peace, democracy, tolerance, freedom," Cameron wrote. "We must be more intolerant of intolerance -- reject- ing anyone whose views condone the Islamist extremist narrative and create the conditions for it to flour- ish." The number of British vic- tims may rise to more than 30 from the official toll of 15, the BBC re- ported Monday. Three Irish people, a Belgian, VIENNA: Iran is backtracking by the (Lausanne) parameters and a Portuguese and one German were from an interim nuclear agreement that's what we will of course mea- also killed when a gunman opened with world powers three months sure the Iranian side against," fire in the beach resort of Sousse ago, Western officials suggested on Frank-Walter Steinmeier told re- on Friday. Cameron called for ef- Sunday, as U.S. and Iranian offi- porters. Iranian nuclear chief Ali forts against online propaganda by cials said talks on a final accord Akbar Salehi said Iran was com- groups like ISIS, which claimed would likely run past a June 30 mitted to the Lausanne agreement. responsibility for the attack, but deadline. "If the other party also remains also said there was a need to Securing an historic agreement committed to the Lausanne agree- strengthen political institutions er term for IS. Carrying out such want people (to) believe. It's be- "evil" seen in attacks in Iraq, Ken- pathy with the victims and their would end a more than 12-year ment and avoids having excessive abroad. "We must also deal with it an attack during the holy month of tween the extremists who want ya, magazine offices in Paris and families. It was the worst loss of nuclear standoff between Iran and demands, a final deal is within at its source, in places like Syria, Ramadan was an "insult to all hatred to flourish and the rest of schools in Pakistan. British life in a terror attack since the West and open the door to sus- reach," Iran's Tasnim news agency Iraq and Libya, from where ISIL is Muslims worldwide", Cameron the world who want freedom to Flags were to be flown at half 52 people died in suicide bomb- pending sanctions that have crip- quoted Salehi as saying on Sun- peddling and plotting its death wrote. "This is not the war be- prosper." Cameron described the mast over Cameron's Downing ings on the London transport sys- pled Tehran's economy. It could day. A U.S. official, who spoke to cult," Cameron wrote, using anoth- tween Islam and the West that ISIL attack as another example of the Street office on Monday in sym- tem on July 7, 2005. also help ease the diplomatic iso- reporters on condition of lation for an Iran that has become anonymity, said Washington increasingly assertive across the was not bothered by Zarif's plan region. to return to Tehran overnight, say- Israel bars activist flotilla Rival Libya Highlighting how much work ing it was always expected that remains in the nuclear negotiations, ministers would come and go from British Foreign Minister Philip Vienna as the talks heated up. parliaments fail to Hammond said on arrival in Vien- "Zarif told the Secretary (of from reaching Gaza na that major challenges remained, State John Kerry) yesterday that including on the parameters al- he would be returning to Iran for a Israel said on Monday it had Navy to redirect the vessel in or- tilla had been led by a converted ready agreed in April in Lausanne, very short visit," a senior U.S. of- blocked a boat leading a four-ves- der to prevent breach of the naval fishing trawler called the 'Marianne endorse UN deal Switzerland. ficial said. Iranian media said Zarif sel protest flotilla of foreign activ- blockade" of Gaza. of Gothenburg', with about 50 ac- "There are a number of differ- would return on Monday. ists from reaching the Gaza Strip It said troops searched the tivists from 17 countries, includ- ent areas where we still have ma- An Iranian official told Reu- and forced the vessel to sail to an vessel in international waters and ing an Israeli Arab lawmaker. The jor differences of interpretation in ters that Zarif would "consult with Israeli port. then escorted it to Israel's south- activists said the boats had set sail detailing what was agreed in Lau- the leadership" over the talks in An Israeli military statement ern port of Ashdod. on June 27 with a cargo of solar sanne," Hammond told reporters. Vienna. French Foreign Minister said there was no violence in the The four-vessel flotilla was the panels intended to "help alleviate "There is going to have to be Laurent Fabius, who arrived in Vi- incident, in which troops boarded, latest in a series of protest voyag- the serious problem of electricity some give or take if we are to get enna on Saturday, left for New York searched and then forced the boat es across the Mediterranean in Gaza, as well as medical equip- this done in the next few days," he on Sunday and was expected to to sail to an Israeli port. against Israel's nine-year blockade ment" for the impoverished terri- said. "No deal is better than a bad return soon. Activists said the boat had a of Islamist Hamas-dominated tory, home to 1.7 million Palestin- deal." Kerry and Zarif have met re- few dozen Europeans, including Gaza, a Palestinian territory. One ians. Israeli Prime Minister Ben- Other Western officials echoed peatedly over the last two days. politicians, on board and had been of those incidents turned deadly jamin Netanyahu issued a state- Hammond's remarks, saying some Kerry also met on Sunday with headed for Gaza, the blockaded in 2010 when 10 Turkish activists ment congratulating troops for seiz- of the backtracking involved the the foreign ministers of France, Palestinian territory. were killed aboard a ship comman- ing the ship he said was involved mechanics of monitoring Iranian Germany, Britain in Vienna, along The Israeli statement early on deered by Israel in the Mediterra- in "a demonstration of hypocrisy" compliance with proposed limits with European Union foreign pol- Monday said that "after exhaust- nean Sea. An earlier statement by and support for Hamas, and said on nuclear activities. icy chief Federica Mogherini. ing all diplomatic channels the Is- the pro-Palestinian International Israel's actions were in accordance Delegations from Libya's rival par- The delegation from the Tri- "It feels like we haven t ad- Deputy ministers from Russia and raeli government ordered the Israeli Solidarity Movement said the flo- with international law. liaments headed home for consul- poli parliament complained it had vanced on the technical issues and China also joined. Zarif was also tations Monday after holding their not been consulted by U.N. medi- even gone back on some," a West- holding bilateral meetings with oth- first direct talks in months but fail- ators about changes they had made ern diplomat said on condition of er members of the six-nation group. ing to reach agreement on U.N. to an initial draft. anonymity. The United States, Israel and some proposals for a united government. "Three key points of the U.N. Another Western official traced Western nations fear that Iran has U.N. envoy Bernardino Leon draft agreement had been modified the apparent backtracking to a been trying to develop a nuclear had pressed the rival delegations without our consultation," delega- speech by Iranian Supreme Lead- weapons capability, but Tehran to endorse his proposals for a tion spokesman Ashoh Ashraf told er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last says its program is for peaceful merged administration to tackle a reporters. Another delegation week, in which he ruled out freez- purposes only. growing jihadist presence in the member, Mohamed Saleh al-Ma- ing sensitive nuclear work in the In November, the seven na- North African nation, which has khzoum, said they would consult country for a long time. tions involved in the talks set a cast a shadow over its neighbors, fellow lawmakers in Tripoli about "His speech last week seems late March deadline for a frame- especially Tunisia. the latest proposals on Monday. aimed at constraining (Iranian ne- work agreement, which they ulti- But despite holding their first The U.N. envoy had said on gotiators') flexibility in the last mately reached on April 2, and a face-to-face negotiations since Saturday that he was optimistic stretch of the talks, as he has done June 30 deadline for a comprehen- March, the opposing teams left the about the prospects for a deal. at a number of key intervals over sive deal. Moroccan talks venue without ini- Despite the difficulties, "I am con- the last two years," a Western dip- China's Vice Foreign Minister tializing the proposals as planned. vinced that we will achieve a just lomat told Reuters, citing an inter- Li Baodong was more upbeat about Plunged into chaos since the solution," Leon said. nal government intelligence assess- the state of the negotiations, say- overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi's A surge of jihadist violence ment of Khamenei's speech. ing that Iran and the six were "only regime in 2011, Libya has two par- across the region, including the kill- But he added that Khamenei's steps away from the finish line of liaments -- and two governments - ing of 38 people, most of them tendency to issue vague directives the marathon of Iran nuclear talks." - vying for power, one in Tripoli British tourists, at a Tunisian beach "could leave the negotiators with However, he added that there were and one in the eastern port city of resort on Friday, has prompted some limited room to play with still "a number of very hard issues" Tobruk, which is recognized by the mounting international pressure and to find creative solutions that to be resolved. international community. for a deal. could help wrap up the diplomat- Speaking after a cabinet meet- ic process." ing in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Min- The main differences are on the ister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of pace and timing of sanctions relief the biggest critics of the U.S. pol- Voting delays in Burundi after poll stations attacked for Iran and on the nature of mon- icy of engaging with Iran, said too itoring mechanisms to ensure Te- many concessions were being made Polling stations in Burundi's con- ing they will not be free and fair. She said there were delays re- thrown grenades and police are son of the commission of the AU, hran does not cheat on any agree- to Tehran. troversial parliamentary and local Burundian authorities have refused ported at several polling stations sorting things out. has said. Burundi opposition par- ment. "We see before our very eyes elections have officially opened, to delay the elections despite calls across the country, following vio- "When asked, people say all ties to boycott polls U.S. and European negotiators a stark retreat from the red lines with the climate tense after two from the international communi- lence. they want is politics out of the Police in Burundi said that sev- also want to ensure there is a mech- that the world powers set them- months of protests sparked by ty. "There aren't many people way and out of their lives, they eral polling centres were attacked anism for restoring sanctions if selves only recently, and public- President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa, re- here, I would say around 50. Sev- fear there could be potential for a overnight, with no damage caused Tehran fails to meet its commit- ly," said Netanyahu, whose coun- for a third term. porting from a polling station in eral polling stations were attacked lot of violence after the elections. to electoral materials. ments under any future accord. try is generally believed to have The polls opened at 6am local the capital Bujumbura, said the and there was gunfire overnight," Many people are crossing the bor- In a communique released on Germany's foreign minister the Middle East's only nuclear ar- time (04:00 GMT) on Monday. atmosphere was filled with fear and she said. der out of the country as we Sunday, Dlamini-Zuma said the told reporters that Iran had prom- senal. Some 3.8 million Burundians tension on Monday morning, with RELATED: Violence, targeted speak." "AU reiterates the imperative need ised to stick to the commitments "There is no reason to hasten are eligible to vote in the polls, many fearing a continuation of the killings consume Burundi protests The African Union (AU) will for dialogue and consensus for a it made in April. into signing this bad deal, which is which the opposition and civil so- violence that has marred the lead- "Polls will open late in many not observe the elections, Nkosa- lasting solution to the crisis in Bu- "We were told that Iran stands getting worse by the day." ciety groups are boycotting, claim- up to the elections. places because some people have zana Dlamini-Zuma, the chairper- rundi". Death sentence Yemen water crisis may be bigger problem than war for UAE woman The price of water is rising steep- wells, and that of petrol to run the exactly when the wells will dry up. Sanaa, the problem is not only that would be a major catastrophe," he in place. One solution would be to ly in Yemen, which may run out of trucks, has gone through the roof, Ghost city According to a report the city's aquifer could run dry at said. "While the war is going on, boost development in coastal ar- who killed US water for its 25 million people, Alwan said. by the U.N. Development Pro- any time, but also that the city is the water level in the aquifer is eas where water can be desalinat- experts say, adding to the misery "The well owners can barely gramme (UNDP), Yemen is with- hundreds of kilometres from the going down, so the (water) prob- ed, he said, and to transform the teacher caused by Arab air strikes and the afford to buy diesel on the black drawing almost 169 percent of its sea and has no alternative water lem may end up being bigger than rural economy by persuading farm- The woman who brutally mur- civil war ravaging one of the market because of the crazy pric- renewable water resources, mean- supply, Cosgrove said. "Eventu- the war." Alwan said the war had ers to stop growing khat, the prof- dered a US school teacher at a mall world's poorest and driest coun- es, sometimes around $100 for 20 ing that it is using water far faster ally they will end up with a ghost halted government efforts to draw itable but extremely thirsty plant in Abu Dhabi last year has been tries. An Arab military coalition litres of diesel," while petrol costs than it can replenish its supplies. city because a city with no source up a long-term plan to deal with Yemenis chew as a stimulant - if sentenced to death, according to has since late March been bomb- around $40 for 20 litres on the black The gap between the country's de- of drinking water, located far from Yemen's water problems, and there they could find higher-value alter- local media. Emirati citizen Alaa ing the Iran-backed Houthi militia market, he said. The only alterna- mand for and supply of water has any place where there is water - it was currently no emergency plan native crops. Bader Abdullah Al Hashem was on that has taken over much of the tive for water truck owners is to widened to 1.4 billion cubic me- Monday found guilty of stabbing country. queue for three to four days to buy tres per year as a result of one of Ibolya Ryan to death with a large The bombing is aimed at re- fuel more cheaply from petrol sta- the highest population growth knife in a toilet stall at the Reem storing Yemen's exiled president to tions, he said. rates in the world and people's ex- Island shopping mall last Decem- power, and the alliance's virtual In a country where more than tensive use of water, Alwan said. ber, The National reported. The 30-year-old was also found guilty blockade of Yemen's airspace and half the population lives on less "Estimates for the water storage of "creating a handmade bomb" she ports has cut off supplies of food than $2 a day, some simply can't in the Sanaa basin are unreliable," placed in front of an Egyptian- and fuel to the impoverished coun- afford to buy water at all. he said. "Although it is difficult American doctor's home, the news- try. Most of the gas-powered "Poor families in both urban and unpractical to tell people when paper said. The attacks took place pumps providing water are now and rural areas are absolutely un- the basin water is going to vanish, within hours of each other in the inoperable, and water from those able to purchase clean and safe it seems that the deadline will not UAE capital on December 1. that still work doesn't come cheap. water at such prices and therefore be that far away if the ongoing high Hashemi was arrested less than 48 "Ordinary Yemenis now pay more started to fetch water in cans on depletion rates continue." William hours later. Hashemi "was also than 30 percent of their income just their heads," Alwan said. Cosgrove, a water expert and found guilty of sending money to to get water in their houses, the In some cities and suburban former World Bank water resourc- al-Qaeda in Yemen, knowing the highest rate in the world," said areas, including the capital Sanaa es specialist for the Middle East, funds would be used in terrorist Abdulkhaleq Alwan, a senior ex- with its two million people, says much of the problem in Ye- acts," The National reported. The pert at Yemen's water and envi- wealthy residents pay water well men is caused by the illegal drilling ruling was made by the Federal ronment ministry. Prices have more owners and drivers to deliver wa- of wells. "The issue in Yemen is Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, than tripled since March, reaching ter for free to poor areas, where the same as the one that's creating which means it cannot be appealed. 10,000 Yemen rials ($47) for a four women and children, who are usu- problems in restoring peace there International media have been de- cubic metre tank of water, Alwan ally responsible for fetching wa- now: it's a tribal country, so de- nied access to her trial, which be- told the Thomson Reuters Foun- ter, can fill their containers. pending on who's the leader of the gan on March 23. Hashemi had re- dation from Sanaa. But as prices keep rising, Ye- tribe and whether they're allied portedly asked the court to pro- The price of water has risen menis may before long have to ac- with the government or not, the vide her with psychological help, so steeply because the price of die- cept that their water supply is run- law gets respected or it doesn't get saying she had "unreal vision- sel used to pump water from the ning out - though no one knows respected," he said. In the case of saware of her actions. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY .JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Use of unmanned US drones increases recruitment opportunities for the armed opposition in Afghanistan. Email: [email protected] caused increasing tensions between www.afghanistantimes.af Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president, and US officials. Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi So why has Afghanistan be- come the most heavily drone- Advisory editorial board bombed country in the world? What is the legal justification for Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, the US' drone mission in Afghani- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal stan when there is no mention of By Aimal Faizi drones in its Bilateral Security Graphic-Designers: Agreement (BSA) with the US? he use of unmanned US Since the establishment of the Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari drones in Afghanistan has Afghan national unity government Marketing & Advertising: stepped up since January. in Afghanistan, Ghani's govern- With the launch of the new US ment has given "American com- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 counterterrorism mission, Free- manders a freer hand on night raids ghan MPs and media reports, a US It is imperative that Ghani's Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan dom Sentinel, the ongoing and in- and air strikes", according to a re- drone strike in the Alisher district government shows ownership and tensifying drone campaign has re- cent New York Times report. of Khost province southeast of acts fully in accordance with the Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 portedly killed around 400 people Recent attacks show that drone Afghanistan, killed more than a national interests of the country Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press in Afghanistan over the last six operators are now authorised by dozen civilians, reportedly "mem- by reconsidering its stance vis-a- months. "eased" counterterrorism guide- bers of two families". vis the US drone war in Afghani- But insurgents are not the only lines, which permit them to hit a On the condition of anonymi- stan. ones being killed. target even without having "the ty, a government official in Khost As soon as possible, the Af- The constitution says Targeted drone attacks kill knowledge of the identities of the confirmed the killings to Pajhwok, ghan national security council must scores of civilians and armed op- individuals marked for death". an Afghan news agency. examine all the drone incidents position forces alike. These strikes Despite the US administra- The media office for foreign from the past six months and make violate Afghan sovereignty and in- tion's repeated announcements of troops in Kabul also confirmed the its investigation public. Afghans Article Five: ternational law, and severely un- the end of its combat mission, US attack with a routine addition that have the right to know how many Implementing the provisions of this constitution and other laws, defending dermine human rights while under- forces in Afghanistan now have "a "reports about civilian casualties of their country's men, women, and independence, national sovereignty, territorial integrity and attaining the security scoring the ongoing threat to civil- more aggressive range of military were being investigated". children die in these drone strikes. and defense capability of the country shall be the fundamental duties of the state. ian lives in Afghanistan. Yet, the operations" - mostly drone mis- As the Afghan national unity Their government should bring Afghan national unity government sions and special operations. government continues to keep si- this clarity to them. Additionally, remains silent on the issue. Several attacks a week lent and neglects to send any dele- the government should reach out Beyond the civilian casualties Focused in the south and east gation to investigate the incident, to the families of victims and pro- Editorial caused by these strikes, drones of the country, US drones are hit- Afghan MPs and the former Af- vide them with compensation. also fuel terrorism, increase anti- ting Afghanistan frequently, at a ghan president have "strongly con- As Ann Wright, the former government sentiment and, as a rate of one to several attacks ev- demned" the strike in Khost. American deputy ambassador in result, increase recruitment oppor- ery week. Nangarhar, Paktia, Pak- Ending the secrecy Afghanistan, put it, drone killings, tunities for the armed opposition tika, Kunar, Nuristan, Khost, It is time to end the secrecy on "because of the number of civilian Rift between NUGs leaders: in Afghanistan. Farah, Helmand, and Logar are all the matter. The Afghan govern- casualties", are "jeopardising US Extrajudicial killings provinces that have been targeted ment should conduct its own in- national security and creating large Afghan President Ashraf by US drone operations. vestigation and assessment of each numbers of people who despise A cause of distress Ghani's government must take se- According to international and drone incident. Now, as the US the United States". riously the issue of civilian casual- national media reports and the Bu- "war on terror" in Afghanistan in- The US administration and the It is high time for the two leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG), ties from US drone strikes and put reau of Investigative Journalism, creasingly becomes an open-end- Afghan government should take the to put their differences aside and explore ways to work together and steer an end to the extrajudicial killings civilian casualties are involved in ed conflict, reports suggest that the advice of former US and NATO of Afghans by the unmanned ma- most of these incidents, but these US will "maintain an aerial capac- forces commander in Afghanistan, the country forward in the right direction, because there is a flood of chal- chines of our so called "strategic go without any acknowledgement ity beyond 2017 ... to conduct air General Stanley McChrystal, who lenges and their differences are showing no signs of ending. partner". Over the past decade, US from the current Afghan govern- strikes". once rightly said: "For every inno- The entire nation has been feeling blue about their differences. Confi- drone missions in Afghanistan ment. More US drone strikes means cent person you kill, you create were unilateral. Unlike Pakistan, Some Afghan TV channels re- more civilian deaths for Afghani- 10 new enemies." dence of the nation is melting steadily and reputation of the government has the use of drones lacked the agree- port misleading and misinforming stan. These civilian casualties can Aimal Faizi is an Afghan jour- already dropped to subzero. Their differences have set the rumor mills churn- ment of the country's leadership. stories on the "effectiveness" and severely risk the Afghan national nalist and former spokesperson for The large number of civilian casu- the "role" of drones in Afghanistan. unity government's legitimacy and former Afghan president, Hamid ing while providing an opportunity to the people, who don t want peace and alties in drone and air strikes Early this month, according to Af- sustainability. Karzai from 2011-2014. development to thrive in the country, to spew different conspiracy theories. So why not to bury the hatchet? The schism is shrinking as Mohammad Khan Mohammad Khan, the First Deputy of CEO Abdullah Abdullah, said Sunday the NUG s leaders were close to reaching an agreement over the electoral reforms commission. Yet he added that disagreement between the Presi- dent and the Chief Executive was still something holding up the process. He said President Ashraf Ghani and the Chief Executive haven t reached an agreement just on one thing. And this is the head of the commission. What is worth appreciation is he looked confident as he said the much-awaited commission would start its work soon. The electoral reforms dispute widened when Abdullah Abdullah drew a line in the sand and said that the upcoming parliamentary elections must not be held unless substantial electoral reforms are introduced. Abdullah vocif- erously criticized weaknesses in the electoral system during his presiden- tial bid in 2014. The President doesn t say he will not reform the electoral system, but the problem is appointing people from the two camps President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. The special electoral reforms com- mission couldn t formally start its work on time because of the differences between the two leaders. Therefore, the reforms process pulled into differ- ent directions. The problem is both the leaders want future elections fully credible and the electoral system institutions and laws, need a sweeping reform and changes, yet the difference over pity matters is quite dismaying. The appar- The Afghan national security council must examine all the drone incidents from the past six months, writes Faizi [AFP] ent objective of the government looked to be is to implement electoral reform before the 2015 parliamentary elections, however, President Ghani extended the term of the current Parliament, which sparked debate over its legality. When the cause of objective is larger and sacred, differences can- not remain for longer, but when personal gains and egos intervene, even larger and sacred objectives started looking trivial. And unfortunately the same is happening. First, it was said the formation of the commission was delayed because of the delay in the formation of the cabinet, but now that the cabinet is almost complete, why the delay in making the commission functional? Not touching upon how their differences will affect the general publics confidence in the current political setup, even its implications have been felt on security situation. Since the start of the Taliban s Spring Offensive in April, the country has witnessed a steady rise in militancy where some of the districts in provinces, especially in the north, fell to the insurgents. Giv- en the current security situation, sagging confidence of the general public in the government, now it is up to the two leaders, whether they want to protect the country from sliding into a spiraling crisis or let the country descend into an irreparable chaos. 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A key Tajik figure announces his allegiance to the Islamic Six theories for why Washington keeps doing the same State, with some significant potential ramifications. thing over and over again and hoping for a different result. By William B. Farrell While it is impossible to know these audiences. This is not a new the imposition of strict migration the exact motivations of Khali- message; but this messenger is more regulations, there has already been sense, there s just no there they re killing in the first place. By Rosa Brooks The recent video appearance of mov s exodus from Tajikistan and compelling, given his resume. Un- a substantial repatriation of Tajiks. there: The State Department But maybe senior officials find Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, his emergence in Syria, his video- doubtedly, there is growing con- If this situation endures, not only To me, that s one of the un- doesn t always share important reasons to avoid reading such commander of Tajikistan s Interi- taped remarks and focus of ire on cern in the presidential palaces of will it have a catastrophic impact solved mysteries of the uni- information with the Defense reports. or Ministry Special Forces, an- the government of Tajik President Dushanbe, Tashkent, Bishkek, and on Tajikistan s household incomes verse, right up there with what Department, the Defense De- Taking such information nouncing his allegiance to Islamic Emomali Rahmon provide some Astana about the effect this will and GDP, the potential social up- is dark matter? and why do partment doesn t always share fully on board or grappling State, reminds us that grievances insight into the targeted audience have on recruitment to expand vi- heaval of a large and rapid influx of we yawn? Why do smart peo- important information with De- with the full implications of the do not necessarily resolve them- and potential impact of his actions olent jihad within their countries, people to Tajikistan will create the ple like Obama and his top ad- partment of Homeland Securi- recent rise in global terrorism selves when the attention of the and statement. Kalimov s opening and whether a percentage of the real possibility of instability in this visors continue to rely on ty, and the intelligence commu- would require senior offi- world shifts elsewhere some- greeting, peppered with the requi- 4,000 Central Asians already bat- country and region that sits along counterterrorism policies that nity generally doesn t share cials to admit (to themselves, times they expand and draw oth- site religious framing, serves to tle-hardened and fighting in Syria the northern border of Afghani- aren t working? important information with even if not to the general pub- ers in building to an unstable establish his credentials as a true may lead the charge. stan. I can think of a few possi- anyone. lic) that a counterterrorism moment. believer. His closing comments in The timing of this galvanizing A nose-diving economy and bilities.1. They know some- Within agencies, it s no dif- strategy centered on air power Not surprisingly, the story Tajik are largely directed towards message comes at a particularly large numbers of disgruntled young thing we don t. This is the most ferent. Central Command and targeted killings isn t work- that is captivating the internation- the young, poorly educated, non- volatile moment for a country al- people returning home at a moment generous hypothesis I can doesn t necessarily know what ing. Not fun. al media about Khalimov is that he Russia speaking foot soldiers of ready beset with issues. Though when a charismatic, overtly mod- come up with. Maybe there s Special Operations Command 5. They know, but don t was trained in the United States the Tajik armed services. The bulk the Pamir Mountains have earned erate, former insider is calling for secret intelligence information knows, and Africa Command care. and Russia in tactical operations of the twelve minute video, in Rus- Tajikistan the lofty moniker roof revolution should be worrisome not showing that, contrary to all may not know what either Perhaps I m still being too related to fighting terrorists; leav- sian, is aimed at the one million of the world, there are other less only to the president of Tajikistan appearances, al Qaeda, the Is- knows. Central Command generous. Maybe senior ad- ing the impression that somehow Tajiks who work abroad, primari- vaunted superlatives that describe and his Central Asian peers, but to lamic State, al-Shabab, Boko doesn t necessarily know what ministration officials know per- the U.S. and Russia missed a hid- ly in Russia, as well as other Rus- Tajikistan: The poorest of the the United States, Russia, and other Haram, and other major terror- Special Operations Command fectly well that their approach den radical in the cloak of a moder- sian speakers from across Central former Soviet Republics; the countries that share an interest in ist groups have all been fatally knows, and Africa Command to counterterrorism is failing, ate who now poses a threat to us. Asia. world s most significant transit ensuring that localized grievances weakened and peace on Earth may not know what either but simply have no incentive Yet the unpursued story of why a In words that are reminiscent route for illegal drugs; and the and revolt do not pave a path to is right around the corner. knows. Military intelligence to change it. successful 40-year-old senior of- of a 2011 statement by Jamâ at world s top recipient of remittanc- the expansion of global jihad. This Maybe. But not very likely. and surveillance assets are Why bother? In less than ficial chose to leave his post, coun- Ancâr Allah Tâjîkistân, Khalimov es as a share of GDP, at 42 per- situation is a potential tinderbox 2. We know something they concentrated in the Central two years, this administration try, and presumed privilege to fight points to crackdowns on average cent, primarily from the migrant that could be ignited by a knee- don t. Command area or responsibili- will be gone, and the next crew with the Islamic State in Syria Muslim citizens: Much of the vid- workers in Russia. Rahmon has jerk crackdown by any of the Cen- Back in 2003, many of us ty, leaving commanders else- will have to clean up the mess and more urgently the potential eo highlights the failure of gover- been in power since 1992, shrewd- tral Asian governments on per- were skeptical of the Bush ad- where with less ability to mon- which won t be easy, since ramifications of this event on sta- nance in Tajikistan, as evidenced ly navigating the Tajik civil war, ceived extremists or overtly devout ministration s claims about Ira- itor and understand what s go- no one has any magic solu- bility in Tajikistan and Central by restrictions pertaining to the integration of the United Tajik Muslims. If past is prologue in qi weapons of mass destruc- ing on. Meanwhile, the CIA s tions. In the meantime, politics Asia, are perhaps of greater im- hijab and other Muslim practices. Opposition into government struc- Central Asia, that match may soon tion, but told ourselves that shift toward paramilitary oper- trumps policy. The experts, an- portance. Khalimov is not from the Khalimov paints a picture of a tures, and deep chronic economic be taken out of the box. senior officials probably knew ations has left it less able to alysts, and pundits can yap all mountains and valleys of Rasht or Central Asia that should not be challenges. And through it all, he During the Tajik civil something we didn t. Not so, gain vital human intelligence. they want, but airstrikes and Badakhshan where the Mujahideen defined by nationalities or ethnic- has managed to quash viable op- war, William B. Farrell was sec- as it turned out. Internal and Put all this together, and you targeted killings scratch the of the 1990s Tajik civil war origi- ities: Our people and our nation position religious and secular onded by the United States Depart- external critics were ignored or get a situation in which U.S. itch to do something and look nated. He is from the capital city is Islam. and retain a virtual monopoly over ment of State to the Organization silenced, and everyone from officials can see millions of tough while doing it. The long- of Dushanbe. He served as part of And through this statement, leadership. He has used migrant for Security and Cooperation in Defense Secretary Donald trees, but almost no one can term efficacy of this approach the Presidential Guard during the Kalimov implicitly invites not only labor as a safety valve for not only Europe as Deputy Head of Mis- Rumsfeld to Secretary of State spot any forests. is immaterial. height of the inter-Tajik conflict Tajiks, but Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, and buffering the otherwise abysmal sion to Tajikistan where he played Colin Powell convinced them- Add to this the natural de- 6. They re just really con- and was already receiving training Kazakhs to imagine a change of economy with crucial remittance a substantive role in the peace ne- selves that dubious intelli- sire to bring good news rather flicted and confused. in Russia as the Tajik peace agree- leadership in their countries. As a money, but also by ensuring that gotiations. From 2001-2004, he gence was the gospel truth. than bad news to the boss It s definitely possible. In ment was being penned. He was whole, this video serves as an or- potential malcontents are produc- oversaw the United States Agency Had they paid more attention and combine it with a bureau- May 2013, Obama told an audi- not isolated from the center; rath- chestrated rallying cry for revolt tively busy outside the country s for International Development s to critics, the United States cratic culture that insists that ence at the National Defense er, he was deeply connected to it. in Tajikistan, specifically, and more borders. conflict mitigation programming might never have launched its everything be boiled down to University that counterterror- The assertion that religion is the broadly in Central Asia. Islam and However, with Russia s econ- across the five Central Asian coun- misguided war in Iraq the a few slides or a page of bullet ist drone strikes raise pro- sole cause of his alignment with the unifying banner of a caliphate omy severely weakened by the tries. He is currently a fellow at the same war that became an inspi- points before it goes to senior found questions and that the Islamic State is too simplistic to a governance structure that sings global decline in oil prices and a School of Policy and International ration and training ground for officials. Maybe, at the end of use of force must be seen as hold up to scrutiny. Certainly it a siren song of improvement over dramatically devalued ruble, Rus- Affairs at the University of Maine many of the terrorist leaders the day, Obama can t be ex- part of a larger discussion we appears to be an important con- the broken ones currently in place sia s appetite for Tajik migrant where he researches jihadi who continue to plague the re- pected to know whether his need to have about a compre- sideration for Khalimov; but doubt- in Central Asia is used as the workers has rapidly and signifi- organizations. (Courtesy: The gion today. The critics were approach to counterterrorism is hensive counterterrorism strat- ful that it is the proximate cause. galvanizing element for each of cantly decreased. Combined with Diplomat) right. succeeding or failing, because egy. In May 2014, he repeated There s no particular reason the structure and incentives of his commitment to having that to think that today s senior U.S. the players in his own govern- discussion and added, I also officials are any less prone to ment make it impossible for him believe we must be more trans- self-delusional groupthink. to know. parent about both the basis of Maybe they re trapped in their 4. They don t want to know. our counterterrorism actions own little bubble; maybe Maybe that s too gener- and the manner in which they they ve started to believe their ous. Bush used to boast that are carried out. When we own hype. he never read the newspaper. cannot explain our efforts clear- 3. They don t know what Maybe Obama has stopped ly and publicly, we face terror- By Rachel Ida Buff duced. Many other civil rights or- initiative to combat increased ac- against, divestment from, and sanc- they don t know. Or maybe they reading the news too. Or may- ist propaganda and interna- ganizations were forced to close tivism around the BDS movement tions against Israel. Effectively, don t and can t know that be he skips articles that look tional suspicion. In 1952, Abner Green leader of their doors amid the chilling effects on college campuses in the United this bill authorizes the State De- they don t know what the rest critical or negative and goes In September 2014, he ad- a civil rights group called the Amer- of McCarthyism. States. He says it s to protect Jew- partment to create a blacklist of of us know. Maybe no one straight to the sports section. mitted, We don t have a strat- ican Committee for the Protection In her acclaimed book, Eyes ish students from anti-Semitism. companies as well as individuals draws their attention to critical It will be many years before egy yet for dealing with the of the Foreign Born served six Off the Prize: The United Nations But all students have the right to that have adopted non-violent reports. Maybe the internal crit- current intelligence assess- rise of the Islamic State. A few months in prison for refusing to and the African American Strug- free speech, and advocacy and sanctions against Israel. ics of whom there are clear- ments are declassified, but so weeks ago, he amended this to cooperate with federal investiga- gle for Human Rights, 1944-1955, boycotting are constitutionally Current legislative proscrip- tors who were spying on progres- ly many censor themselves far, journalistic reports of leaked we don t yet have a complete Carol Anderson traces the ways protected activities. tions against the global BDS move- sive civil rights organizations. when they re around the pres- documents and comments by strategy. (Courtesy: Foreign that anti-communists cast oppo- Legislative activism against ment represent an assault on civil A longtime anti-racist activist ident and his inner circle. former officials suggest that Policy) nents of segregation as subversive. BDS has a similarly chilling effect, liberties. Suppressing BDS is, to and advocate for the rights of im- In order to survive in this climate, both on civil liberties and on glo- borrow a McCarthyist phrase, I sometimes think that the there s no shortage of internal Rosa Brooks is a law pro- migrants, Green was sentenced U.S. government is a giant ma- evidence that U.S. counterter- fessor at Georgetown Univer- rights advocacy organizations bal movements for human rights. simply un-American. In this case, under the McCarran Act of 1950, were forced to adopt a civil rights, Hitching their political wagons to it also advances the anti-egalitari- chine designed to prevent se- rorism policy is failing. Accord- sity and a Schwartz senior fel- which created a Subversive Ac- nior decision-makers from ev- ing to the BBC, leaked CIA re- low at the New America Foun- rather than human rights, frame- regressive free trade agreements an, pro-corporate agenda of free tivities Control Board to scruti- work. Anderson argues that the such as the Trans-Pacific Partner- trade. ery getting any useful informa- ports concluded that targeting dation. She served as a coun- nize the activities of organizations tion. For one thing, it s a vast killings of Taliban leaders were selor to the U.S. defense un- consequences of this shift ulti- ship Agreement, uncritically pro- By outlawing a key non-vio- and individuals suspected of asso- mately undermined the impact of Israel lobbyists like AIPAC have lent tactic for political change, the and sprawling bureaucracy, ineffective, for instance. Other dersecretary for policy from ciation with communism. civil rights victories, allowing for taken aim against companies that proscription against BDS adds to and the right hand is frequent- internal documents reportedly 2009 to 2011 and previously When Green was released from the persistence of profound racial comply with the global movement the potentially chilling impact that ly oblivious to the machina- acknowledge that U.S. officials served as a senior advisor at jail, he found the supporting mem- inequality long after the high wa- to boycott Israel and its illegal set- pacts like the TPP will have on tions of the left hand. In a are often uncertain whom the U.S. State Department. bership of the ACPFB greatly re- ter mark of the movement. tlements in the West Bank by mak- global movements for human This Cold War shift finds ing trade contingent on opposition rights. Free trade agreements many parallels in the contempo- to BDS. This is a decidedly Mc- work to delimit the power of grass- rary debate over foreign policy and Carthyist approach. roots movements for labor, envi- free trade. More than half a centu- The fast-track Trade Pro- ronmental, and human rights. ETTER TO THE EDITOR ry after Green s incarceration, motion Authority bill recently de- At the state level, meanwhile, public discussions about the rela- bated in Congress contains provi- there are reportedly 18 anti-BDS tionship between the United sions that would make discourag- bills underway. State legislatures States and Israel are impeded by ing BDS a central objective of U.S. in Indiana and Tennessee have allegations of bigotry and trade policy. The bill includes lan- passed anti-BDS resolutions, Dusty roads, polluted air disloyalty. Supporters of the Is- guage prohibiting state-sponsored while bills passed in South Caroli- raeli government in particular of- unsanctioned foreign boycotts na and Illinois and proposed in ten equate criticism of Israel with against Israel or compliance with Pennsylvania and New York Kabul has become a city with dusty and polluted air and destroyed roads. Life has become difficult for those who walk to their offices and anti-Semitism, narrowing the pos- the Arab League Boycott of Israel prohibit state entities from invest- workplaces on a daily basis. The street from 500Faimly area of Kabul to Market Roundabout is full of dusty and destroyed roads which produce sibilities for civil debate. by prospective trading partners. ing in companies that boycott Is- tons of dust and polluted air every day. I travel in this path every day. I am well aware of the fact that polluted and dusty air creates several health problems. Today I am suffering from red eye which is the product of the polluted air in my city. Thousands of other citizens have been affected This narrowing particularly Such proscriptions are likely to rael or its settlements. and are still suffering from several health problems due t the contaminated air in Kabul. In some parts of the city, people take waste of streams truncates progressive conversa- accompany any future version of In his work for the American and throw them on roadside which contaminate the air after it becomes dry. Once again, the Kabul Municipality is highly requested to pay tions around the global human the TPP and other pacts. Committee for the Protection of proper attention towards this issue. It is a really important matter. The president should appoint the new mayor as soon as rights activism represented by the The related Trade Facilitation the Foreign Born, Abner Green possible. Please help the city become clean and pollution-free, or else we will witness more health problems among our movement for Boycott, Divest- and Enforcement Act, versions of sought to defend a vision of hu- citizens. Firoz Lalazar, Khairkhana, Kabul ment, and Sanctions (BDS) of Is- which have now passed the House man rights that extended beyond rael to protest its militaristic poli- and Senate, also discourages the the borders maintained by nation Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer s name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] cies. Critics fume that the move- adoption of BDS tactics, asserting states. Similarly, the global BDS ment is anti-Semitic, much as FBI that among the principal U.S. movement opposes Israeli milita- Director J. Edgar Hoover worried trade negotiating objectives for rism and occupation, advocating that Martin Luther King Jr. s cri- trade agreements with foreign Palestinian human rights. This is a tique of racial segregation made him countries are to discourage actions strategy well worth consideration Disclaimer: anti-American. to boycott, divest from, or sanc- and open debate. Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire tion Israel. Further, in language Contemporary sanctions against The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) GOP super donor and staunch redolent of McCarthyism, the bill the BDS movement represent a supporter of Israeli Prime Minis- requires the President to report repressive response to this global and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. ter Benjamin Netanyahu, recently annually to Congress on political- vision of justice and decency. launched a Campus Maccabee ly motivated acts of boycott (Truth-out) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Iran nuclear deal tough sell for US Congress arachi has suffered severely Kfrom the extreme heatwave As the self-imposed June 30 deadline looms, world powers work to that spread fast during the last strike a nuclear deal with Iran. week and caused over a thousand fatalities. Heatwaves are typically defined as extended periods of hot- ter than average temperatures, al- though the precise timing and tem- perature differential varies region- ally. Extreme heat events are one possible consequence of climate change and there is a very real pos- sibility that the extent of the present heatwave is a result of human actions and the way Karachi is developing. It is interesting to note that while higher tempera- tures were documented in places such as Sukkur and Jacobabad, over 90 per cent of the deaths oc- As negotiators in Vienna push to debate and discussion on this is it curred in Karachi. Why so? complete the final terms of a nu- will have a definite effect on Amer- Urban settlements, due to their clear agreement with Iran, Presi- ican public opinion," Senator John specific land use and development dent Barack Obama faces a crucial McCain, the influential Republi- profiles, can generate unique local test at home - winning over a scep- can chairman of the Senate Armed conditions while interacting with tical and potentially troublesome Services Committee, told Al heat events. The most significant US Congress. Opposition from Jazeera. What the risk-averse of such effects in the context of Israel and lack of support from members of Congress must weigh climate change is known as the Saudi Arabia could help sink a deal is that if a nuclear agreement is ac- Urban Heat Island effect. in Congress if negotiators fail to cepted by the UN, US refusal to This phenomenon describes achieve ironclad rules preventing lift unilateral sanctions would ap- the warmth of the surfaces and at- Iran from developing a nuclear pear unreasonable, and the multi- mosphere that urban areas often bomb. Recent comments from Iran lateral sanctions regime that experience in comparison to the ru- suggest that will be a challenge. Iran brought Iran to the table would ral areas that surround them. nuclear talks differences remain on collapse. Regional concerns "If the Compared to rural areas, cities tend final deal At the same time, if Iran Americans drag their feet in lifting to have higher air and surface tem- succeeds in concluding a viable UN the sanctions, which looks likely peratures due to this very effect. agreement, continuing opposition given congressional interference, For the average city of one by the US Congress could leave the Europeans and the Asians have million people in a developed coun- the US isolated as major trading already said explicitly to the Irani- try, this phenomenon can cause air partners - the European Union and ans that 'If you play ball we will temperatures that are 1°C to 3°C China - move forward with sanc- play ball and we will keep our end higher than the city s surrounding tions relief. "No matter how good of the bargain,'" Alidad Mafinezam, areas. At night, when the effect is the agreement is, it is going to come president of the West Asia Coun- at its peak, temperature differences A man cools down with water at a mosque during a heatwave in Karachi on June, 2015. PHOTO: AFP under attack," Shibley Telhami, a cil and policy adviser to the Amer- can reach 12°C. By increasing professor at the University of ican Iranian Council, told Al temperatures, these urban heat is- Read: Blistering heatwave: In- including the elderly, very young, tive capacity. All of this happened high density zones in consultation Maryland told Al Jazeera. "It is Jazeera. Doubts among American land effects can aggravate the heat- quiry into blackouts begins as individuals with pre-existing in the case of Karachi s heatwave. with respective utility agencies, going to be a fight and this is what Jews about peace with Iran and related negative implications of cli- Nawaz prepares to fly into Karachi health conditions and the urban In Karachi, the heat generated keeping in view the general prin- the Obama administration is brac- the influential role of pro-Israel by traffic movement, with no regu- ciples of the master plan. ing for." Iran and negotiators for lobby groups in Congress, are also lation of vehicle maintenance and Read: Federal govt, K-Electric six world powers, the so-called points of major concern for the the predominant use of private ve- directly responsible for heat wave P5+1 - US, Russia, China, UK, Obama administration. Israeli hicles, air conditioning systems and deaths: Memon France, and Germany - are meet- Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- industrial emissions build on the A high density zone is de- ing in Vienna, Austria, to conclude yahu spoke about Iran during a heat being radiated from the build- scribed as an area designated un- more than two years of talks. The joint meeting of the United States ings and roads, further raising tem- der the Act for the construction of parties reached a framework for a Congress in the House chamber at peratures. high-rise buildings in the urban deal in Lausanne, Switzerland, on the US Capitol [Alex Wong/Getty Surface temperature mapping centres of the province. April 2. Getting an agreement ac- Images] Israeli Prime Minister is the best way to assess the like- While the development of a ceptable both to the White House Benjamin Netanyahu drew ap- lihood and intensity of the phe- high density zone is in itself some- and Congress may require last- plause from US lawmakers when nomenon. However, the available thing quite normal for a large ur- minute haggling, even brinkman- he spoke against a deal with Iran data on land surface temperatures ban settlement, the history and ship. Gaps remain between the in a controversial appearance be- in Karachi is inconclusive, owing practice of disregarding the relevant sides over future access by inter- fore Congress earlier this year. In to its random nature and not being social and environmental conse- national inspectors to suspect sites connection with Netanyahu's specific to determining urban heat quences and lack of transparency in Iran and how quickly sanctions speech, the American Israel Public island effect. Karachi has the po- of major urban development will be lifted. Iran's top leader Affairs Committee (AIPAC) sent tential of developing the typical projects in Karachi and in the prov- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a thousands of its members to lob- temperature profile of an urban ince generally has made the citi- formal address on June 23 that Iran by individual senators and repre- heat island, where temperatures zens wary of the likely adverse would not dismantle its nuclear sentatives against a deal. "If the rise from the rural fringe towards consequences should such a plan capability and wouldn't accept a Iranians do not agree to a regime the city centre. There is a strong be put into practice. ban on research and development that provides verification, inspec- relationship between the density Ill-planned urban growth, dis- over the next 10 years. His remarks tion, monitoring and snap-back of development and intensity of appearing green spaces and the lack followed approval by Iran's par- sanctions, then we should walk the urban heat island. of monitoring of industrial and traf- liament of a law prohibiting inter- away in my opinion," Martin In- Karachi s population is ex- fic emissions are just a few critical national inspections of military dyk, a senior foreign policy direc- pected to increase to 27.5 million factors contributing to the aggra- sites. Opinion: Death to America? tor at Brookings and a former am- by 2020. The population density vating heat profile of Karachi. Congressional opposition In Wash- bassador to Israel, advised mem- within the core of the city is on There is an urgent need to address ington, the Republican-led Con- bers of the Senate Foreign Rela- the rise and is projected to increase these concerns as climate change gress has already set up roadblocks, tions Committee recently. Speak- even further in the next decade or and global warming are realities no ramming through a law earlier this ing to a meeting of the American so. The provincial government of one can now afford to hide from. year that prevents Obama from lift- Jewish Committee in Washington mate change and impose costly Extreme heat events increase poor. The urban poor in developed Sindh has recently passed the The writer is an urban planner ing any US sanctions on Iran for on June 8, Deputy Secretary of energy demands on urban systems energy demand and affect water countries are especially at an in- Sindh High Density Development and runs a non-profit organisation 60 days after a deal while Con- State Tony Blinken sought to re- as they attempt to adapt to higher supply. Heatwaves are more likely creased risk from extreme heat Board Act, which sanctions the based in Karachi city focusing on gress reviews any agreement. Key assure his audience that Obama has temperatures. to impact vulnerable populations, events because of their low adap- board to identify and earmark the urban sustainability issues US lawmakers expect the talks in done more than any other US pres- Vienna to extend past the self-im- ident to support Israel's security posed June 30 deadline. Political and won't concede to Iran in the terms of a hastily worked out ar- end. "The United States continues rangement with the White House to believe that no deal is prefera- means Congress can't sink a deal ble to a bad deal," Blinken went on with Iran unless its terms are so to say. Winning US congressional weak that more than two-thirds of approval is further complicated by lawmakers vote against it. We rec- a perception that Iran is creating ognise that it's not just what the regional instability in Syria, Iraq, United States wants. It's whether Yemen and elsewhere. Lawmakers Iran will get to where we need them are troubled by the idea that reach- to get to. Ben Cardin, senator (D) ing a nuclear deal would amount to Burundi's protests move towards a dark chapter with night-time assassinations as protesters turn to grenades. "Most likely, House and Senate American acceptance of Iran's have the votes to disapprove the newfound regional influence. At Bujumbura, Burundi - Shrouded trouble," one told him. But rushed to the hospital and treated where. The grenade hit the small bar, is the state-controlled broadcaster, deal but not to override a presi- stake in the outcome is not just in darkness, with the journalists Nshimirimana ignored their advice. for shrapnel wounds. As the tem- known as Chez Didas, which was RTNB, which many believe white- dential veto," said Tom Z Collina, the nuclear deal, but whether and human rights monitors locked At around 9pm, as he walked peratures in the capital rise, police packed with Sunday evening drink- washes the problems as a mouth- policy director at the Ploughshares Obama can overturn the status quo in their homes and hotels, uniden- through the neighbourhood, a gang search vehicles with ever-increas- ers. At least three people were killed piece for the government. Reports Fund, an anti-nuclear weapons of American policy in the Middle tified men with machetes, stones, of anti-government men stoned ing scrutiny. It is difficult, if not with more than 30 injured. Nya- of attacks travel by WhatsApp or group. For now, Obama has the East to pursue a new opening with automatic rifles, and grenades mete and beat him to death. A few hours impossible, to know who is or- benda, who grew up an orphan, Facebook to the few who have support he needs from his own the Islamic republic. "What is re- out vengeance on their political later, another resident of Buterere, chestrating the attacks. A peace raced inside to find his brother, smartphones, phone calls or word party to continue with the talks. ally going on right now is the US opponents. A dark and disturbing 29-year-old Lin Gahimbare was activist working in Musaga, who Claver, and sister, Chantal, bleed- of mouth. On Friday, those in Cib- Democrats have signalled they will has been willing to contain Iran new chapter has begun in Burundi shot and killed by shadowy assail- asked to remain anonymous for his ing profusely. Later, at the hospi- itoke, a town on the western border support the president so long as politically, militarily in the region since police violently put down the ants inside his own house. His wife safety, said the protesters had no tal, he was sitting at Chantal's bed- with Congo, woke to news that the any agreement with Iran meets for 20 years," Gary Sick, a profes- street protests that denounced and daughter who were in the option but to turn to grenades. side when he was told his brother leader of the opposition party, key criteria, including so called sor of international affairs at Co- Burundi's President Pierre Nku- house survived. Because the pro- "Because the protests were had died. Chantal passed away a FRODEBU, Jean-Paul Ngendaku- "snap-back" sanctions which can lumbia University, told Al Jazeera. runziza's decision to run for a third tests were stopped by force, rath- stopped by force, rather than of few hours after that. Inter-commu- mana, had been killed and his wife be renewed quickly in the event of "What we are doing now is saying and, as protesters believe, uncon- er than of the protesters' own vo- the protesters' own volition, they nal violence is becoming wide- injured during the night in a machete violations. Both Democrats and we are no longer willing to do that. stitutional, term. They say the lition, they feel compelled to use feel compelled to use grenades. spread, with people being attacked attack. The week before, the leader Republicans warn a failure by the The real way to deal with Iran is decision violates the sacrosanct and killed, and families left grieving of the Imbonerakure in the nearby administration to win key safe- through engagement." RELATED: peace agreement that ended the 13- [Phil Moore/Al Jazeera] Another town of Bubanza was killed by a guards from Iran on inspections Obama to back Gulf allies against year civil war. Following a spate victim of the attack, 22-year-old grenade. RELATED: Political un- could undermine Obama's posi- any 'external attack' Those ten- of political violence that has killed Sylvie Niyonkuru, was walking rest turns deadly in Burundi In light tion. "I can't imagine a deal getting sions were reflected at Obama's more than 80 and injured over 400 past the bar with her guardian's baby of increasing tit-for-tat killings, IHS through the Congress that does not meeting with leaders of the Gulf people, key opposition parties are strapped to her back. A week later, Jane's Country Risk analysis has have anytime, anywhere inspec- Cooperation Council at Camp boycotting the controversial par- she is still in hospital, recovering flagged a ruling party victory in the tion requirements including mili- David in May. The US offered to liamentary election scheduled to from the shrapnel that had lodged parliamentary poll on Monday as a tary facilities," Senator Lindsey provide security assistance and take place on June 29. Burundi itself inside her abdomen. 'Trigger "likely trigger for civil war in Bu- Graham, a leading Republican, told weapons sales to counter Iran's students stranded in Bujumbura for civil war'? None of those admit- rundi". Jeremy Ciza, a 53-year-old Al Jazeera. "The notion that we destabilising activities. "The Sau- Hours of darkness The first few grenades. Peace activist The early Opposition leaders and civil soci- ted to Ngozi hospital have money farmer in a rural northern province wouldn't have inspections on mil- dis fear Iran and they see the im- hours after darkness falls on the mornings in the capital are post- ety have told them to be peaceful, to pay for their treatment. Burundi called Kayanza, knows little of these itary bases is just a non-starter," plications of an Iranian nuclear deal humid, low-rise lakeside city are mortems of the night before. Citi- but the protesters say they have is the second poorest country in the isolated incidents. But he can feel Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat, as undermining their interest," often punctuated by the sound of zens gather on roadsides to inspect no way to resist peacefully - they world according to the World Bank, the war is coming. There have been told Al Jazeera. "It's the covert Aaron David Miller, a Middle East gunfire and grenades. new dimples from bullets and gre- must do whatever it takes to be with a per capita GDP of just $271. fewer vehicles on the main road that path we are most concerned analyst at the Woodrow Wilson Ernest Nshimirimana, a 28- nades. The families of the dead, heard," said the peace activist. Dr Philbert Sendegeye, the medical crosses Kayanza, he said, so sales about," Kaine added. "We recogn- International Center for Scholars year-old supporter of the ruling usually one or two but sometimes North of the scorching capi- director at the hospital, said he was of charcoal and vegetables on the in Washington, told Al Jazeera. US ise that it's not just what the Unit- public opinion favours a diplomatic party, CNDD-FDD , was killed more, gather to weep around their tal, in the cool highlands close to "astounded" by the attack. "There roadside are down. With the deval- ed States wants. It's whether Iran agreement with Iran, according to as he returned home after attend- lost ones. Pick-up trucks or tuk- Rwanda, residents of Ngozi, the are no divisions here." The victims uation of the Burundian franc, and will get to where we need them to a series of polls taken since March. ing a political rally on the night of tuks, depending on the prosperity president's hometown and Burun- have no money to pay for their care, the supply chain blockages, prices get to," Senator Ben Cardin, a se- At the same time, many Ameri- June 25. Nshimirimana lived in of the departed, bear the bodies di's second-largest city, are reeling he said. "These people are poor. of staple foods such as potatoes nior Democrat who brokered White cans still view Iran as a threat, have Buterere, a neighbourhood domi- off to the morgue. Grenades of from the first grenade attack in re- They don't have the means to buy have risen threefold over the last House negotiations with Republi- doubts about whether diplomacy nated by supporters of well- protest Often, the grenade attacks cent memory. Pascal Nyabenda, a drugs. The hospital is providing the year, Ciza said. Children gather cans on the Iran deal, told Al will work, and want Congress to known opposition candidate and incur no fatalities. But, during the 22-year-old Imbonerakure, recalled care for free, but we're not supposed around him to listen, the close- Jazeera. Opponents in the US have a say in any agreement. "What former rebel fighter, Agathon late morning on June 25, an un- how on the evening of June 21 he to - so it's a loss for us," Sendegeye cropped hair on the heads patchy Congress will try to open up day- is driving American public opin- Rwasa. At the end of the campaign known man in a white Toyota Ca- stepped out of the bar where he said. Independent radio stations in and patterned due to malnutrition. light between what the US and its ion isn't really a love for the agree- rally, Nshimirimana's friends, also rina - a vehicle that is ubiquitous worked to collect empty bottles Burundi are all off-air, having been On Ciza's chest, every rib is visible. allies expect, and what Iran even- ment," Telhami said. "Their great- members of the ruling party's on the roads of Bujumbura - hurled from the street. Someone passing attacked by pro-government secu- "We have a saying in Kirundi," he tually agrees to. Iran's critics be- er worry is that failure of the talks youth league known as the Im- a grenade at workers unloading by threw a grenade which landed rity forces in the wake of the failed said of the local dialect. "When two lieve they can turn underlying scep- will lead to conflict. "The Ameri- bonerakure , warned him not to go goods on a pavement in the down- on the roof of the bar, sending hot, coup of May 13. The only national oxen fight, it's the grass that suf- ticism into outright opposition. can people really don't want an- home to Buterere. "There could be town area. Eight casualties were razor-edged shrapnel flying every- information source for Burundians fers." Al Jazeera "What will happen with extended other war." Al Jazeera This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Amid regional rivalry, two new Saudi airlines SET TO TAKE OFF THIS YEAR Saudi Arabia s airline industry is set for a shakeup with the launch of two new carriers this year fol- lowing a loosening of aviation reg- ulations, although poor business strategies and lack of attractiveness for investors could pose a threat, analysts say. With a young and fast-growing population of 27 mil- lion, more Saudis are flying today than in the last two decades. How- ever, that demand pool may not expand or be a mirror-image of what we see in the UAE, said Saj Ahmad, chief analyst at site Strategicaeroresearch.com, refer- ring to what industry experts see as the smaller Gulf state s case- study success story in civil avia- tion. Saudi Arabia is currently only served by the state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (also known as Saudia) - which just last week an- hub. Despite the kingdom s large decisions already made by Saudi nounced it would nearly double its domestic market, - which Will Gulf Airlines may clip its wings, fleet after inking a multi-billion Horton, a Hong Kong-based ana- the analyst said, notably its orders dollar leasing deal - and private lyst at the Centre for Aviation con- of the flop-selling Bombardier budget carrier Flynas. And until a sultancy describes as untapped CSeries, a narrow-body jet that is loosening of regulations last year, - not all attempts succeed. Sama, a trumped by Airbus and Boeing s foreign airlines were only allowed previous budget carrier which be- more popular alternatives in terms to fly in and out of the country, gan operations in 2007, shut down of range and passenger capacity. not within it. Now, two newcom- three years later failing to receive I honestly cannot see this entity ers are set to enter the market later investment. Yet will the two new surviving for long, Ahmad told Al this year, with one, the locally- entrants succeed? According to Arabiya News. Additional woes owned Saudi Gulf Airlines, target- Ahmad, newcomers to the market for Saudi Gulf Airlines could also ing the premium and internally- may find success but only if they lie in its lack of financial muscle LAHORE: The Chairman of the emergency meeting of Aptma s cost of doing business in the textile mills in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, based market segment and the oth- can adopt and maintain a sturdy that the Qatar Airways-funded al- All Pakistan Textile Mills Asso- general body has deliberated on the sector has gone through the roof and Lahore, Fai salabad Multan and er, Qatar Airways subsidiary al- business model. The Saudi mar- Maha and Saudia, and access rights ciation, Mr S.M. Tanveer, said on adverse circumstances and found the burden of incidental taxes, pro- Karachi had decided to close down Maha Airways attempting to rep- ket is indeed big enough to sup- up till now enjoyed exclusively by Sunday that the association had de- it unfeasible to incur losses by vincial cess, system inefficiencies operations and lay off millions of licate the success of UAE-based port new entrants, but as we know, the state-backed Saudia. Some, cided to voluntarily close down operating mills partially, Mr and the punitive withholding tax re- workers because they had nothing low-cost carriers Flydubai and Air not all participants are equal, he however, are more optimistic. the textile industry because of the Tanveer said in a statement. Ac- gime have added fuel to the fire. The to offer their international buyers Arabia. The budget carrier Al- said. Al-Maha Airways will suc- Horton said that while the king- losses it had been suffering. An cording to the Aptma chairman, the Aptma chairman said the owners of against the regional competitors. Maha - which is still seeking the ceed in Saudi if only because Fly- dom doubling its main carriers final go-ahead from the kingdoms' nas is a weak, fringe market player from two to four in the space of a regulatory authorities - is also ex- that hasn t really grown like a low year might seem daunting, oppor- pected to focus on international cost airline should, he added. But tunities will stem from the longer- Solar Impulse Ramadanomics: flights - and feeding Qatar s Doha questionable strategic business term market. plane departs for UAE car dealerships risky 120-hour flight ramp up Ramadan deals Got your eye on a gleaming new others simply copied the idea, Citroen and also want to visit snowballing into a competition to France for free? UAE residents see who gives the biggest offers, wishing to buy a car during this he added. This year, stock has Ramadan are spoiled for choice, as proven particularly hard to shift. dealerships offer raffles, 0% fi- Despite a strong dollar, and a weak nancing options and accessory euro and yen providing buoyancy upgrades to lure prospective buy- to consumers spending with ers to the showroom. While Islam s UAE s dollar-pegged dirham, and holiest month is often lamented by a bumper 2014, new car sales the business community as one of growth since January is reported- the most sluggish times of the year, ly in single digits. Every Ramadan, the country s car dealerships com- the UAE s car dealerships com- monly tempt customers with a raft monly tempt customers with a raft of special discounts and promo- of special discounts and promo- tions to shift stock. While it is un- tions to shift stock (File photo: clear how the trend of Ramadan AP) However, Chowdhury claims deals started, the annual discounts his site has seen an unusually high have certainly become an annual spike in traffic during Ramadan, tradition here now, said Mash- suggesting that some prospective fique Chowdhury, the editor of consumers have been waiting for The Joetsu region in West coast of Japan is pictured by Swiss pilot UAE-based motoring site the month to buy. We suspect Iran plans to raise its stake in the sides say major obstacles remain. equal and consecutive install- Borschberg in the cockpit of the Solar Impulse 2 plane during the DriveArabia. It s possible that there will be a steep drop-off in International Islamic Trade Fi- The ITFC's annual general as- ments. The first installment is due 7th leg of the round the world trip. (Reuters) long ago, a dealership or two had car sales right after Eid [the holi- nance Corp (ITFC), becoming its sembly this month approved an in six months time, but Iran could come up with the idea of gener- day marking the end of Ramadan], third largest shareholder, as it pre- increase of Iran's subscription by opt to pay any or all of the install- A solar-powered plane attempting reach Hawaii," the press team said ous offers during Ramadan, and he said. pares for a possible easing of sanc- 8,500 shares, a resolution by the ments before the due date. to circumnavigate the globe with- in an email to journalists. tions on its foreign trade in ex- body said. Its annual report says Islamic trade finance still out fuel took off from Japan early The Solar Impulse originally change for curbing its nuclear pro- each share is worth $10,000, im- serves only a tiny fraction of glo- Monday after an unscheduled, left Nanjing, China, for Hawaii, but gramme. The Jeddah-based ITFC plying Iran would pay $85 million bal trade, partly because Islamic month-long stop. diverted to Japan on June 1 be- promotes Islamic trade financing, to lift its stake. banks are relatively small and lack The Solar Impulse 2 departed cause of unfavorable weather which follows religious principles At the end of 2013, Iran's sub- the expertise and large international around 3 a.m. from an airport in ahead. It has been waiting for the such as a ban on interest pay- scription was just $1.92 million, networks of mainstream Western Nagoya in central Japan. The plane right conditions to depart. ments. With 56 shareholders in- which made it the 22nd largest banks. with one pilot is attempting a 120- The flight over the Pacific to cluding about 31 member coun- shareholder in the ITFC, behind The ITFC approved transac- hour flight to Hawaii, the longest Hawaii is risky because there is no tries, it extends direct financing and Bangladesh and just ahead of Bahr- tions worth $5.2 billion in 2014, leg of its journey so far. place to land in an emergency. cooperates with other providers to ain, according to the latest data on up from $3.4 billion in 2013, with The plane requires the right The Solar Impulse 2 is pow- support sharia-compliant trade. the body's website. over three-quarters of the money weather conditions, and organiz- ered by more than 17,000 solar cells A bigger role in the ITFC could At present, the Islamic Devel- going to finance trade in the ener- ers were withholding an official on its wings that recharge its bat- help Iran rebuild its international opment Bank is the largest share- gy sector. announcement of the takeoff until teries, enabling it to fly. trading links if the sanctions are holder in the ITFC with a stake Since its inception in 2008, the they are sure the flight can contin- The project is meant to dem- eased. This depends on whether worth $266 million; Saudi Arabia ITFC has extended $594 million ue. "A formal communiqué will be onstrate the potential of improved negotiations between Tehran and holds second spot at $120 million. worth of financing approvals for issued once Solar Impulse has energy efficiency and clean pow- world powers can reach agreement The ITFC has total paid-up capi- Iran, all of that before 2012, when passed the Point of No Return and er, though solar-powered air trav- on its disputed nuclear programme. tal of $701.9 million. the sanctions were tightened and that we know that the Pilot André el is not yet commercially practi- An agreement looks possible as The ITFC resolution said Iran effectively froze Tehran out of the Borschberg is on a safe track to cal. soon as this week, although both would increase its stake via three global banking system. Greece in shock as banks shut The world is defenseless against after creditor talks break down the next financial crisis, warns BIS reeks woke up to shuttered Economics Commissioner Pierre splashed pictures of long lines out- Monetary policymakers have run out of room to fight the next crisis with interest rates unable to go lower, the BIS warns banks, closed cash ma Moscovici. He said a new offer was side cash machines on their front Gchines and a climate of ru- forthcoming and that the two sides page. The Nafetemporiki daily The world will be unable to fight weakening their balance sheets and mors and conspiracy theories on were "only a few centimeters" away headlined Monday's edition "Dra- the next global financial crash as their ability to lend. And the con- Monday as a breakdown in talks from a deal. European bank shares matic hours" while the Ta Nea dai- central banks have used up their tinued misallocation of resources between Athens and its creditors fell sharply on Monday. Top banks ly simply said: "When will the ammunition trying to tackle the last during busts prompted by central plunged the country deep into cri- in Spain, France and Germany were banks open". The conservative- crises, the Bank of International banks s rock-bottom interest rates sis. After receiving no extra emer- down more than 6 percent as the leaning Eleftheros Typos newspa- Settlements has warned. The so- has also hammered productivity gency funding for Greek lenders risk of a spillover to banks in other per accused Tsipras of announcing called central bank of central banks growth, the BIS said, as a pro- from the European Central Bank, peripheral euro zone countries the referendum as a ruse to tip the launched a scatching critique of glo- longed reliance on debt had been Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spooked investors. The Greek gov- country into early elections in the bal monetary policy in its annual used in its place. Economic mis- sombrely announced capital con- ernment will keep banks shut at least hopes of winning them. "Mr report. The BIS claimed that cen- management has hampered pro- trols in a televised address on Sun- until after July 5, the date of the Tsipras's decision to call a referen- tral banks have backed themselves ductivity growth This problem is day night to prevent banks from referendum, and withdrawals from dum and a possible euro exit con- into a corner after repeatedly cut- compounded as the world s popu- collapsing under the weight of mass automated teller machines -- which stitutes a premeditated crime," it ting interest rates to shore up their lations continue to age, the withdrawals. Greece has less than are shut on Monday -- will be limit- said in an editorial. "It is clear that economies. These low interest organisation warned, making debt 48 hours to pay back 1.6 billion ed to 60 euros a day when they re- Mr Tsipras has lost the trust of cit- rates have in turn fuelled economic burdens harder to bear. Yet politi- euros ($1.77 billion) of Internation- open on Tuesday. The stock ex- izens. That's obvious from the booms, encouraging excessive risk cians have relied too much on tem- al Monetary Fund loans, and a de- change will also stay shut. After queues at ATMs and petrol sta- taking. Booms have then turned to jurisdictions, monetary policy is configuration of very low rates is porary growth boosts by using fault would set in train events that months of wrangling, Greece's ex- tions, and it will become obvious at busts, which policymakers have re- already testing its outer limits, to neither inevitable, nor does it rep- debt, rather than making painful could lead to the country's exit from asperated European partners have next Sunday's ballot." As rumors sponded to with even lower rates. the point of stretching the bound- resent a new equilibrium, he said. choices, said the BIS. Mr Caruana the euro currency bloc. But after put the blame for the crisis square- flew about, dozens of pensioners Claudio Borio, head of the aries of the unthinkable, the BIS Mr Caruana said that interest rate said that during booms, workers Tsipras angered Greece's interna- ly on Tsipras's shoulders. The cred- queued outside at least two offices organisation s monetary and eco- said. Policymakers in the hikes should be welcomed , as and capital are shifted to slow- tional lenders by announcing a snap itors wanted Greece to cut pensions of the National Bank of Greece nomic department, said: Persis- eurozone, Denmark, Sweden and global economies have started to growing sectors, with a long-last- referendum next Sunday on the and raise taxes in ways that Tsipras (NBGr.AT) on Monday after hear- tent exceptionally low rates reflect Switzerland have taken their inter- grow at close to their historical ing negative impact on produc- terms of a cash-for-reforms deal, has long argued would deepen one ing they could withdraw pensions the central banks and market par- est rates below zero in an attempt averages, and a slump in oil prices tivity growth. Misallocated hopes of a last-minute break- of the worst economic crises of from some branches. They were ticipants response to the unusu- to support their economies, con- has provided the global economy labour needs to move from these through are fading fast. Greeks re- modern times in a country where a turned away, Reuters photogra- ally weak post-crisis recovery as tributing to a decline in bond yields. with a boost. Fed primed to raise sectors to other parts of the acted with a mixture of disbelief quarter of the workforce is already phers said. "I've worked all my life, they fumble in the dark in search The decline of bond yields into rates as the US engine roars back economy, he said. The BIS said and fear. "I can't believe it," said unemployed. As Tsipras announced only to wake up one morning to a of new certainties. Rather than negative territory is the "most un- into life Pay growth surge could that the current turmoil in Greece Athens resident Evgenia Gekou, the emergency measures late on Sun- disaster like this," said one shop just reflecting the current weak- usual development" of the last year force Bank of England to raise in- typified the kind of toxic mix of 50, on her way to work. "I keep day, there were long queues outside owner, who was there to collect his ness, they may in part have con- Extraordinarily low interest rates terest rates The BIS report de- private and public debt being used thinking we will wake up tomor- ATMs and petrol stations as peo- wife's pension. Despite the finan- tributed to it by fuelling costly fi- are not a new equilibrium said scribed the threat of a new bust in as a solution to economic prob- row and everything will be OK. ple raced to take out cash before it cial shock, parts of daily life went nancial booms and busts and de- Jaime Caruana, general manager of advanced economies as a main lems, rather than making the proper I'm trying hard not to worry." Eu- was too late. "I've got five euros in on as normal, with shops, pharma- laying adjustment. The result is the BIS, rejecting the theory of so- risk , with many reaching the top commitment to badly needed ropean officials sent confusing sig- my pocket, I thought I would try cies and supermarkets in the city too much debt, too little growth called secular stagnation which of the economic cycle. The econo- structural reforms. Mr Caruana nals about their next move. A my luck here for some money. The opening and Greeks meeting to dis- and too low interest rates. "In some economists blame for the mies worst hit by the last crisis said that policymakers must now spokesman for the European Com- queues in my neighborhood were cuss their country's fate at cafes and short, low rates beget lower rates." continued decline in global lending are now suffering the costs of per- focus on the supply side of the mission told French radio that too long yesterday," said plumber restaurants. Tourists gathered as The BIS warned that interest rates rates. True, there may be secular sistent ultra-low rates, the economy, introducing the right re- Brussels would not make any new Yannis Kalaizakis, 58, outside an usual to watch the changing of the have now been so low for so long forces that put downward pres- organisation said, which could in- forms, rather than continue to lean proposals on Monday, appearing empty cash machine in central Ath- presidential guard outside parlia- that central banks are unequipped sure on equilibrium interest rates flict serious damage on the finan- on debt which will inevitably un- to contradict comments by EU ens on Monday. Newspapers ment. to fight the next crises. In some [but] we argue that the current cial system , sapping banks and dermine growth. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Rani of Jhansi biopic: Will Kangana Ranaut clash against Hugh Grant?

Harry Potter play to open For Kangana Ranaut, Rani is a dey) hopes to cast Grant as the ic, this will be his second Indian name that's stuck. After her turns Rani's nemesis General Hugh film. Back in 1988, he starred in as Revolver Rani and the unfor- Rose. Rani of Jhansi, whose real La Nuit Bengali, opposite Supriya in the gettable Rani from Queen, she is name was Rani Lakshmibai, was Pathak, Shabana Azmi and Soumi- now rumoured to have been roped a prominent figure during the 1857 tra Chatterjee. That film was in for the Rani of Jhansi biopic. War of Independence. Rani de- based on Romanian writer Mir- West End What's more, she may be starring fended Jhansi against the forces cea Eliade's semi-autobiographical opposite British actor Hugh of the General who stormed the account of a fabled relationship A new play called `Harry Potter Grant! According to NDTV, di- city in April 1858. with Bengali author Maitreyi and The Cursed Child` will open rector Ketan Mehta (Mangal Pan- If Grant signs on to the biop- Devi. at London's Palace Theatre in summer next year with tickets going on sale this autumn. The stage show will debut at Learn from kids how the Palace Theatre in the heart of London in summer 2016, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The show will follow the lives KARACHI: In the mid-90s Stan- vision serials, he shared an excel- to end up becoming a creative to settle rows, strengthen ties of the boy wizard's doomed par- ley Kubrick sought the help of lent rapport with her and didn t hotchpotch. But Kashmiri be- ents, Lily and James Potter, and several writers and directors in an have any second thoughts about lieves otherwise; noting how two co-author Laurie Kramer, profes- their death at the hands of Lord attempt to bring his dream project, joining the film. He took the next heads (in this case five) are better sor of applied family studies. The Voldermort, which results in a A.I. Artificial Intelligence, to life. flight to California to be a part of than one, At no point, the audi- study compared parents of sib- baby Harry being sent to live with Unfortunately for the legendary the crew and the rest as they ence would feel that more than one lings with a control group com- Lily's cruel sister Petunia Durs- filmmaker none of them were able say is history. Obviously there director has worked on it. That s posed of parents of non-partici- ley, her husband Vernon and their to materialise his project and it were a few nerves in becoming a the beauty of it. He said that both pants. Parents reported that the bullying son Dudley. lay dormant in development hell part of such a major project but of the directors, Asim Raza and intense negative emotions they The play has been penned by for a while until Steven Spielberg, all of those were settled down once Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, have add- experience when their children Potter author J.K. Rowling, Jack Kubrick s blue-eyed boy, entered I started filming, he said. Apart ed value to the film by translating fight were reduced as their chil- Thorne and John Tiffany, who will the picture. He was handed over from Momina and Haissam, Kash- their visions through the songs so dren learned to get along better. also be directing the show. the project that many believed to miri, was also accompanied by seamlessly that it wouldn t seem Read: Kids exposed to multiple While the cast is yet to be have been done-and-dusted. The Asim Raza, Sarmad Sultan out-of-sync at all. languages become better commu- announced, producers Sonia Fried- way Spielberg executed Kubrick s Khoosat as directors at particular Similarly, the director praised nicators Fathers tend to get more man and Colin Callender are said vision can only be described as a points in the film. He said that Momina, who is also the produc- involved with their kids when to be on the lookout for the leads cinematic miracle. Shehzad Kash- despite his late entry, he eased er, for simplifying his task as soon they are playing whereas moth- and informal auditions are cur- miri, one of the five directors to into the role of the director quite as he joined the crew. Momina ers tend to coach their children rently being held, reports the Daily have worked on Bin Roye, says smoothly. I ve previously had already worked on the char- more, Kramer said. Mail newspaper. that he found himself in a similar worked alongside Momina on acterisation and other aspects of Parents must look at how their parent. When children fight with Mothers appear to have in- The 49-year-old writer took situation when he walked into the many projects. Even with Huma- the production. So, when I became kids negotiate and resolve fights their siblings, they learn impor- corporated the skills their children to her Twitter page to announce film after Haissam Hussain left the yun Saeed and Mahira Khan. We a part of the team, things were so that they do the same to ce- tant lessons such as how to set- were taught into the way they the news but refused to reveal too director s chair for unknown rea- share a brilliant relationship. I already easier for me as I knew ment the relationship even stron- tle, negotiate and compromise. manage their own emotions. In much about the play for fear of sons. Almost five per cent of the know Mahira from Humsafar for the plan of execution. Kashmiri ger, says new study. According to They begin to see conflict as a contrast, fathers who noticed spoiling the story. film had been shot and I remem- which I was a director of photog- has also worked as a cinematogra- a study led by an Indian-origin re- problem they can solve, said lead more warmth between their chil- "I'm very excited to confirm ber receiving a call from Momina raphy (DP) and I ve also worked pher for almost a decade-and-a- searcher, several parents, espe- study author Niyantri Ravindran dren following the program were today that a new play called Har- Duraid asking me to come on extensively with Humayun half. His experience working as a cially mothers, use how their kids from University of Illinois. This better able to manage their nega- ry Potter and the #CursedChild board for the project, he told The throughout my career, he said. DP seems to have helped in cap- are getting along as a barometer is true even though virtually all tive emotions when their children will be opening in London next Express Tribune. Having worked With the contributions of the host turing some of the most scenic for how well they are doing as a siblings have some conflict, said did squabble. year,` she tweeted. extensively with Momina on tele- of directors in the film, it s likely landscapes on celluloid. Never too much of Tooba

Singer Selena Gomez says her star friend Taylor Swift will not be a good roommate for her because she thinks the latter "likes her personal space". Gomez opened up during an interview for "Shoboy in the Morning" on Thursday and shared that she would love to move to New York City and get close to Swift, reports aceshowbiz.com. As Swift lives in New York, host Shoboy asked Gomez whether she would join her friend. "I want to...Honestly, I do," Gomez said. However, she won't likely move to the city anytime soon as she said: "But because I purchased my house last year, I thought I should enjoy that in LA. But it's crazy, there's been pull, some- thing's pulling on my heart to come here (New York) for a little bit, but I just don't know when I'm Shradha going to take the step and do it." When she was asked where she would reside if she moved to finds LAHORE: Acting is a road oft- try. I m back in Pakistan now the city, she said: "Probably close traversed by those who are part and the industry, and will contin- to Taylor...because I would be a new of the modelling industry. Where ue working, she states. Although nervous and would not know any- around her." However, when asked whether the two would be good roommates, Gomez admitted: "No, I Mehreen Syed forayed into film Tooba has been walking local body, and I'd just want to be don't think so...I think she also likes her personal space." with Chambaili, Aamna Ilyas had ramps for a while, her fans have admirer? a good run with her role in Zinda felt her absence at some recent Bhaag. But for ace model Tooba shows. She shares that this is sim- Chase is on! Hrithik hraddha Kapoor has been re Siddiqui, acting isn t a new flame. ply because she has become more Kanye West always ceiving praise and accolades Known for her roles in television selective about what shows she Sfor her performance in her dramas Noor Bano and Vasal, she will walk in. I ll only do exclu- not far behind from SRK, recent release, ABCD 2 from au- is soon going to be seen on the sive fashion weeks now, the last SPEAKS TRUTH diences at large and also from peo- silver screen. The Express Tri- of which was Pakistan Sunsilk Salman and Aamir ple from the industry. bune talks to Tooba to explore Fashion Week and Telenor Fash- Rapper Kanye West doesn't care But in the midst of all these what tricks she has up her sleeve. ion Pakistan Week 2015. Tooba, if his truthful opinions make him phone calls and messages, there is Tooba reveals that she will be who began her modelling career in unpopular, and thinks too many Hrithik Roshan has got over 10 ging site Twitter. The 41-year-old one conversation that the actress seen in the song Jannan Jannan Islamabad in 2001 with a charity stars put money first. million followers on micro-blog- actor thanked his fans for being holds very close to heart; her con- from Yasir Nawaz s upcoming film fashion show for Tariq Amin, ul- The `All Day` rapper has hit his inspiration. versation with Aditya Chopra's. Wrong Number. The song is slat- timately moved to Karachi to con- out at stars who put money first "Oye! I crossed 10 The producer had a brief chat ed for release later this week. Of tinue with further projects. I was and insists he will always give his mil. Just realised. How with her after he watched the film her stint in the film, she says, I extremely ambitious and willing honest opinion no matter what it wonderful. Thanks and expressed to her how he loved will make a special appearance in to shift if that s what it took, she makes people think of him, re- guys, u all r my biggest her in the film. the romantic number opposite admits. She recently travelled to ports femalefirst.co.uk. inspiration n my deep- The actress has put in months Danish Taimoor, who s the lead Turkey along with other members "I just think there's a lot of est reason 2 be n serve and months of hard work into the actor in the film. The song is a of the film fraternity for the launch celebrities that are completely at my best ," he tweet- film and the entire journey is very filmi one that will feature Tooba of a new Pakistani channel in the controlled by their finances. You ed on Saturday. special for her. in a glamorous look but is medio- country. They took the trip to could literally tap them on the The "Bang Bang" Even Karan Johar and Sajid cre, both in terms of lyrics and appear on Maria Wasti s morning wrist and say they lost five dol- actor is currently Nadiadwala (with whom she has picturisation. The model-actor show Sunrise from Turkey, which lars and they'll fall to the floor and shooting for Ashutosh her next) shared words of praise shares she will take up a couple will be one of the key programmes beg for at least four of the dollars Gowariker's epic ad- with the actress which only made of films this year, which will be on the channel. Of her experience, back. venture-romance "Mo- her feel satisfied as their word car- officially announced soon. You ll Tooba states, It was great fun "So when people expect a ce- henjo Daro" opposite ries a lot of weight given the years probably see me on the big screen being there with everyone. lebrity to do or say anything actress Pooja Hegde, of experience they have. When she over the small screen, she states. Tooba seems thrilled to share you're talking to the wrong group who makes her debut received words of praise and pos- After a short hiatus, during her travelling experiences over the of people. They won't use their in tinsel town with the itive feedback from Aditya Chop- which she moved to Dubai, she years and how she has built life- voice for the people. They'll only film. ra, whom she always considers has managed to maintain a pres- long friendships in the industry. use their voice for money,` he said. Hrithik is behind her mentor, she was very happy. ence in the local fashion scene. I ve worked with everyone, from West believes someone has to megastar Amitabh He was the one who believed in Although acting was always a Ather Shahzad to Khawar Riaz, be daring enough to tell the truth. Bachchan, who has her talent and he has seen her grow part of me, I d call myself a mod- and am not inclined towards stick- "Print it as loud, as f*****g 15.5 million fans, Shah tremendously. Shraddha shares, el first, says Tooba. Contrary to ing to a particular clan, she says. loud, as you want to. Print it. And Rukh Khan, who has "Adi sir's opinion is something I popular belief, Tooba feels her The industry has progressed over I don't care what parties I don't er it needs to be addressed, be- 13.8 million, Salman always cherish. Words of praise marriage, now four-years-old, the past few years since the me- get invited to afterwards. Ninety cause the world is broken. Some- Khan, who has 12.6 coming from him is one of the big- didn t affect her career and that it dia has evolved. There are a lot of per cent of celebrities only use body's got to be crazy enough to million and Aamir gest rewards that I could get. In- was just her move abroad that new things that have emerged to their voice for the purpose of put themselves and their wellbe- Khan, who enjoys 13.3 fact I even had a conversation with didn t allow her to be actively in- the fore now and I m slowly get- making money for themselves. ing on the line for truth. Some- million followers on the Sajid sir and Karan sir. They have volved in the entertainment indus- ting used to them. "I'll address (politics) howev- body's gotta do it,` he added. website. all been so kind." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Djokovic, Serena, Sharapova France hold Pakistan to 2- STAR ON WIMBLEDON FIRST DAY 2 draw in HWL semi-finals

Pakistan hopes of finishing sec- Bleus gifted their opponents a in Pool B in the cross-over quar- ond in Pool A were dashed by a penalty stroke in the first quarter. ter-finals. France played well but spirited France side as the teams But it was France which lead we were quite sloppy. I think in played out a 2-2 draw on day 8 of the match twice thanks to goals the whole of the game we had too LONDON: Novak Djokovic, Ser- the 2009 French Open and the back in 1998, starts against 33- year. The 33-year-old American the Hockey World League Semi- by Simon Martin Brisac and many chanced that we missed, ena Williams and Maria Sharapo- Serb has won the last five on the year-old Finn Jarkko Nieminen, a also won the US Open to end 2014 finals in Antwerp, Belgium, on Charles Masson. said Greenshirts captain Imran va take centre stage as Wimble- spin, including a straight sets vic- quarter-finalist nine years ago. on a high and is heavy favourite Sunday. Pakistan restored the parity after the match. We will learn don gets underway on Monday tory in the US Open fourth round Women's top seed Serena Will- to continue that dominant run by Pakistan had only themselves through goals from Waqas Sharif from our mistakes and plan for while Lleyton Hewitt hopes for a last year. But the champion is wary iams, the five time champion and taking the Wimbledon title for the to blame for not closing out the and Mohammad Dilber but it was the quarter-final. long goodbye on his 17th and fi- of the potential pitfalls as he bidding for a calendar Grand Slam, sixth time. Personally it doesn't game, the Greenshirts missing a game which they really should The Hockey World League nal appearance at the All England opens play on Centre Court at gets her 16th Wimbledon started make it feel any different, which I several opportunities in front of have won. Pakistan finished the Semi-finals, a qualification tour- Club. World number one, top seed 1200GMT. When you see on Court One against Russia's think is a good thing because I goal. Captain Mohammad Imran pool phase in third place and will nament for the 2016 Rio Olym- and defending champion Djokov- Kohlschreiber in the first round, Magarita Gasparyan, the world don't feel any pressure to win all missed from the spot after Les face the team that finished second pic Games, kick off from July 1. ic plays his first tournament since you don't look any further in the number 113. Moscow native Gas- four, said Williams. Stan Wawrinka ended his latest bid draw, said eight-time major win- paryan has only appeared in the Sharapova, the 2004 champi- to win a French Open and com- ner Djokovic. A victory for the main draw of a Grand Slam once on, has only got beyond the plete a career Grand Slam in Paris Serb could give him a second round losing in the first round at the fourth round once in the last eight three weeks ago. The Serb, who match-up against 2002 champion French Open this year. She has years. The fourth seeded Russian was also Wimbledon champion in Hewitt, the last man outside of also yet to win a match on the is second-up on Centre Court 2011, has never lost in the first the big four of Djokovic, Roger main WTA Tour in four years as a against Britain's Australian-born round at the tournament but he Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy professional. Williams has swept Johanna Konta, the world num- faces a tough opener against world Murray to win the Wimbledon to Australian and French Open tri- ber 146. The 24-year-old Konta, number 33 Philipp Kohlschreiber title. Hewitt, 34, will be playing umphs over the last six months who showed her grass-court cre- who made the quarter-finals in the All England Club for the final and the world number one returns dentials with a run to the quarter- 2012. Djokovic holds a 6-1 career time before retirement after next to the All England Club within two finals in Eastbourne last week, has advantage over the 31-year-old year's Australian Open. The major titles of becoming the first played three first rounds at Wim- German. Kohlschreiber's only former world number one, who woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 bledon, losing on all three occa- victory against Djokovic came at made his All England Club debut to claim the four top titles in one sions. Liverpool set to Bradley saved sign up Clyne by the bell Timothy Bradley ended Jessie 115-112, 116-112 and 117-111 Vargas' unbeaten record amid con- verdict. troversy to claim the interim All I needed was one more WBO welterweight title on Sat- shot. Those seven seconds cost urday night. Bradley claimed a me the fight, said Vargas, who unanimous decision on the judg- also demanded a rematch. es' scorecards in Carson, Califor- Bradley suggested a second nia, but only after the fight ended fight could be possible but denied in a controversial manner. Veteran he was in trouble and insisted he referee Pat Russell prematurely would have made it to the final Team Sky's Pete Kennaugh celebrates back-to-back British titles wades in and holds back Vargas bell. I got hit by a hard shot, believing he has heard the final bell said Bradley, who had dominated Team Sky's Pete Kennaugh suc- Sanchez to Score and Chile to Win and all my white accessories. It to the 12-rounder Veteran referee the fight until the final 15 sec- cessfully retained his British in 90 Mins9/4 Bet nowBet £5 get means a lot to me." Pat Russell prematurely wades in onds. I knew where I was at all Championships road race title on £20 free Kennaugh paid tribute to Cav- and holds back Vargas believing times. Bradley claimed a contro- Sunday after fighting off the chal- Cavendish kept pace with endish. he has heard the final bell to the versial decision over Manny Pac- lenge of fellow Isle of Man rider Kennaugh, only for the defending "I think it goes to show he's 12-rounder The eventual winner quiao in 2009 but was outclassed Mark Cavendish in Lincoln. champion to dramatically claim not all about being a sprinter and appeared to be in trouble after in the rematch three years later Cavendish, the 2013 winner victory on the final climb. getting dropped off at 200 metres being hit by an overhand right Bradley claimed a controversial in Glasgow, was well to the fore Team Sky's Ian Stannard was to go," he added. when the referee stopped the con- decision over Manny Pacquiao in throughout the 200.5km race, third ahead of Luke Rowe. "He's as strong as anybody test with several seconds still re- 2009 but was outclassed in the which featured nine ascents of the Kennaugh said: "The atmo- else so hats off to Cav and I'm maining having thought he had rematch three years later Bradley steep Michaelgate climb to the fin- sphere around here was incredi- sure he'll have the jersey again heard the final bell, denying Var- was previously gifted a decision ish between Lincoln Cathedral ble and something that I'll never another year." gas the chance to claim a late in his first fight with Manny Pac- and the castle. forget. [It was] one of the hardest Cavendish said: "I'm super knockout. Vargas climbs onto the quiao, but the Filipino set the The uphill finish against a de- races of my career. happy, happy with my form, hap- ropes to celebrate after mistaken- record straight in their rematch. termined Team Sky trio counted "From three kilometres in, py with a medal here." ly believing he has stopped fel- The victory saw Bradley extend- against Cavendish, the 25-time when we split it in the crosswinds, Lizzie Armitstead earlier won low American Bradley Vargas ed his fight record to 31-1-1 while Tour de France stage winner who it was on all day, you were con- the women's title for a third time climbs onto the ropes to celebrate Vargas suffered his first defeat af- proved he was far more than a stantly on the pedals without re- with a breakaway victory before England full-back Nathaniel Clyne He played the full 90 minutes sprinter to claim a battling run- alising. "I'm over the moon just to Kennaugh prevailed in the men's is expected to sign for Liverpool in a 3-1 European Qualifier victo- ners-up spot. ChilevPeru Alexis stay in white with my white bike race. from Southampton on Monday, ry over Slovenia this month, and according to Sky sources. has gone on to make four interna- Clyne, 24, will return from tional appearances. holiday to sign a five-year deal, Liverpool have been swift in US Senior Open: Jeff Maggert subject to him successfully pass- their transfer dealings so far in the ing a medical.The transfer will be current window, landing striker worth an initial £12.5m up-front Danny Ings, midfielder James takes two-shot win; Colin to the Saints with additional pay- Milner and goalkeeper Adam ments, based on certain conditions Bogdan on free transfers as well that would eventually be met by as young Brazilian attacker Rob- Montgomerie finishes second the player, to add up to a total of erto Firmino from Hoffenheim for £15m. Alexis Sanchez to Score £21.3m and defender Joe Gomez, and Chile to Win in 90 Mins9/4 for £3.5m, from Charlton. Bet nowBet £5 get £20 free They also signed three play- Clyne moved to St Mary's ers from Southampton last sum- after mistakenly believing he has ter 26 straight victories. An inter- from Crystal Palace in 2012 and mer; Rickie Lambert, Adam Lalla- stopped fellow American Bradley im version of the title was at stake made 41 appearances for Ronald na and Dejan Lovren and are bring- Vargas celebrated, thinking he had with Floyd Mayweather being the Koeman s team last season, earn- ing in Clyne to replace Glen forced a stoppage, but instead the WBO's current king at welter- ing his first England cap in No- Johnson, whose contract has ex- fight went to the cards with Brad- weight, recently defending his vember. pired. ley declared the winner with a crown against Pacquiao. Diamondsandrubies sparkles for AIDAN O'BRIEN AT THE CURRAGH Diamondsandrubies held off the the challenge of the Qipco 1000 fourth to Qualify. There was just Epsom finishes a horse and some- late challenges of Legatissimo and Guineas winner to claim the a short head between the pair, with times the good horses thrive on it. Ribbons to win the Sea The Stars Group One spoils. Diamondsan- the James Fanshawe-trained Rib- She's obviously good. "We Pretty Polly Stakes at the Cur- drubies (8-1) was reversing In- bons close behind in third under thought she'd stay and I jumped ragh on Sunday. The Aidan vestec Oaks form with Legatissi- Frankie Dettori. Heffernan said: and she landed in front and I was O'Brien-trained filly made all un- mo, having finished two places "I rode her in Epsom and it didn't happy enough to go along with it. der Seamie Heffernan and just held behind that filly at Epsom when really swing my way. Sometimes I knew they (the challengers) were coming. I knew where the line Jeff Maggert: Equalled his lowest score of the week with a final round 65 was. "I was a bit unlucky at Ep- som. Aidan trains them to progress Colin Montgomerie was unable to gomerie was unable to make fur- at the first, but posted four bo- from run to run and today she was defend his US Senior Open title, ther progress over the closing geys in a two-under 68 to end the at her best, so hopefully there will having to settle for second as Jeff holes. Despite dropping a shot at week tied third alongside Grant be more improvement." Diamond- Maggert claimed a two-shot vic- the 16th and finding the bunker at Waite. 65-year-old Tom Watson sandrubies, who had also im- tory in Sacramento. Beginning the the last, Maggert saved par at the closed an impressive week five pressed when winning the final round one stroke back, the last to give the 51-year-old a sec- shots off the pace, one adrift of Cheshire Oaks, will now go for Scot, who beat Gene Sauers in a ond senior major title of the year. Billy Andrade after the American the Darley Irish Oaks on July 18. three-hole play-off last year, made Colin Montgomerie: Narrowly carded the lowest round of the O'Brien said of his filly, who had three birdies on the front nine on missing out on a fourth senior week. A front nine 39 from Miguel been badly hampered a furlong and his way to a blemish-free 66. As major title. Colin Montgomerie: Angel Jimenez left the Spaniard a half out at Epsom: "She was very overnight joint-leader Maggert Narrowly missing out on a fourth one under for the week, while Ian unlucky at Epsom and was prob- made a lightening start by open- senior major title. Bernhard Langer Woosnam posted four bogeys in ably the most inconvenienced by ing with three successive gains on had moved top of the leaderboard the space of six holes in a final the whole thing. his way to a six-under 65, Mont- after draining a 35-foot eagle putt round 73. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . JUNE 30 . 2015-Saratan 09, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:324 Price: Afs.15

Body to Kandahar bank resolve Kuchi-Hazara manager returns tribes dispute with stolen money resumes work laiming to save millions of ment worth millions of afghanis ed. He added some of the local to the attorney s office. We have afghanis, provincial council and stopped them. Referring to residents did not want construc- given a lot of attention to the edu- MAIDAN SHAHAR: The com- head in eastern Nuristan construction of a 21-kilometre tion of roads in these areas and cation sector. Sometime back in mission tasked to settle the long- C province on Monday said pre- road connecting Mandol and Doab the problems were resolved after Noorgam district, we referred the standing Kuchi-Hazara tribes dis- venting and thwarting corruption districts, he said: The contract intervening by the provincial education department head to the pute in central Maidan Wardak in many development projects. of the road had been given to the council. We spoke to the local attorney s office. He would direct- province is set to resume work In addition, detaining a num- fourth person. We suspended the people about the values of the ly enroll some students to 12th formally from today (Monday), ber of education department em- contract and gave it back to the roads, convincing them that they class and without exams they officials say. ployees for alleged fraud and re- second person. Earlier, the price needed the constructions. would get graduation certificates, President Mohammad Ashraf solving disputes among tribes are of the construction was estimat- Nuristani said they had to sus- he alleged. According to Nuristani, Ghani had earlier assured officials of Wardak province that the com- among other achievements of the ed at 236 million afghanis, but now pend construction work on Pesh- more than 80 per cent of the mission to arbitrate between the council. Eng. Saeedullah Nuristani, it will be only 170 million afgha- gal-Osham road due to existence schools in the province did not two warring tribes would start provincial council head, told Pa- nis. In Wama district we found of many technical issues. After have buildings, the teachers were work immediately. jhwok Afghan News after evalu- embezzlement in a 7.5 kilometres resolving the issues, he said, the not well-qualified and the quality Governor Hayatullah Hayat ating development projects they road where they planned to con- construction would resume. Re- of the education was very low. He told Pajhwok Afghan News that have prevented graft from tens of struct it against the approved de- garding anomalies in education said the council had managed to he shared the two tribes dispute the projects. After monitoring sign. Now work on the road is sector, he said education head of resolve many tribal differences with the president through video and evaluating some of the ongoing and it s being construct- Kamdesh district was misusing among residents that had come conference today s morning. projects we unearthed embezzle- ed in line with the design, he add- teachers wages and were referred close to armed clashes. (Pajhwok) KANDAHAR CITY: The central cused, all in jail now. Agha said He thoroughly briefed the bank official, who stole 76 mil- some of the detained persons were president regarding the scuffle lion afghanis from the bank s Spin innocent and he apologized to between the tribes and urged the Germany to help build 76-bed Boldak branch in southern Kan- them. Police have been investigat- president that the delegation Iran talks to dahar province and fled to Paki- ing the incident over the past few should start work forthwith to HOSPITAL IN BADAKHSHAN stan, has returned the money to months. Kandahar crime branch settle the issue. FAIZABAD: Construction work resident would no more transfer their the authorities. Da Afghanistan police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Ra- Hayat said he demanded the miss deadline: US on a 76-bed hospital began in patients to capital Kabul and other (central) Bank branch manager him said the bank manager had president to deploy Afghan secu- northeastern Badakhshan prov- provinces. He said construction of Syed Ahmad Agha committed the returned to Kandahar on his own rity forces in parts of the prov- ince on Monday, an official said. another 200-bed hospital which was act with the help of co-workers free will with the stolen money. ince to avoid any clash in future The two storey health facility was ready for inauguration was also com- and fled to Pakistan with the mon- He said police were investi- between the two tribes. being constructed by the govern- pleted by the government of Ger- ey about four months ago. After gation Agha s claim that he want- Earlier, in a clash between the ment of German at a cost of many. It had gynecology unit, sur- hectic efforts by local officials, the ed to save the money from being tribes, the death toll has reached $3.5million near the old Faizabad gery, tuberculoses, ear and eye de- manager brought back the money looted. He said seven people had two, with as many sustaining in- hospital. Eng. Mohammad Hum- partments. Back in 2002, the Unit- and handed over it to the authori- been arrested in connection with juries. That clash erupted over ayun, in charge of the Agha Khan ed Nations International Children s ties. He pleaded guilty and said the theft. Central bank southern ownership of lands erupted in Group project development, said Fund (UNICEF), revealed that in ev- he wanted to save the money from zone treasury chief Noor Moham- Seyah Sang area of the Behsud-1 the hospital would be construct- ery100,000 birth cases, 6,540 chil- being misappropriated. He said mad told reporters all the stolen ed on modern bases which would district two days ago. dren lost their lives in Badakhshan. after contacts with the Kandahar money had been returned. Not have every facility including gas, However, the number of mothers and Attaullah Khogyani, the gov- heater and air conditioned system. police chief, he returned to Kan- only seven persons have been de- ernor s spokesperson, had told child lost had now declined to 237 Dr. Noor Mohammad Khawari, with the establishment of clinics and dahar and handed over the money tained in connection with the act one Hazara man and one Kuchi to the government. He called for but the zonal chief has also been Negotiators in Vienna for make-or- given the date, and the fact that we director public health, said with promotion of awareness among res- tribesman had been killed so far the construction of the hospital idents. (Pajhwok) justice with him and other co-ac- suspended. (Pajhwok) during the clash that left one each break nuclear talks with Iran are still have more work to do, minis- from the sides wounded. all "planning to stay past" a June ters coming and going, which is a good Some days back, dozens of 30 deadline to reach a deal, a US thing if they need to go back to cap- Hazara elders met the governor and official said Sunday, echoing com- itals and get more guidance, the par- US company to get air traffic control contract called for the president-nominat- ments from Iran. The official also ties are planning to remain in Vienna ed commission to initiate its in- stressed the US team was not con- continually working past June 30th The head of Afghanistan Civil Avi- will kick in within the next few has to sign the contract estimat- The airspace has been man- vestigations into the conflict as cerned that Iranian Foreign Minis- to keep negotiating," the official said. ation Authority Captain Moham- months. The company, Readiness ed to be worth $47 million USD, aged by the U.S.-led international ter Mohammad Javad Zarif was But the official said global powers mad Zahir said the other day that Management Support (RMS), a said Zahir. This is considerably less military coalition or foreign com- soon as possible. returning to Tehran for the day, as were still focused on getting a deal Murad Ali, a Hazara commu- a decision has been taken to award Kansas, U.S based company, still than what was paid in the past, he panies paid by donor countries talks to curb Iran's nuclear pro- within this round of negotiations in a U.S company the rights to joint- added. He said the cost of this will since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. nity leader, said the conflict be- gramme reach a climax. "We've al- Vienna, adding "no-one is talking tween the two tribes in Behsud-1 ly manage the country's air traffic be covered by the Afghanistan gov- Mohammad Qassim ways said ministers may need to about some kind of long term exten- control for two years along with ernment. Wafayezada from the Afghan Civ- district could escalate and lead to go back and forth" to consult with sion." US Secretary of State John huge casualties any time. their capitals, the official told re- Kerry, who is still walking in crutches the civil aviation authority. An Afghan aviation official il Aviation Authority said that the The president had nominated porters, adding "that's a good after breaking his leg in a cycling ac- According to Zahir, it has been meanwhile, told AP a few days ago extension, which is to last till mid- a 75-member commission to re- thing." "We've said that these talks cident in late May, was not planning agreed to give the contract to the that the United States will contin- September, will allow for a smooth solve the dispute dating back to could go beyond June 30th for a to return to Washington, but speaks American company. "It will joint- ue to manage Afghan airspace and transition. Wafayezada says that the 18th century over Afghanistan few days if we need some addi- daily with President Barack Obama ly monitor the air traffic with Af- air-traffic control for another two- "there is nothing to be worried over central lands between the two tional time," the senior adminis- by phone to brief him on the state of ghanistan civil aviation authority," and-a-half months after its current for now or the next two years." communities. (Pajhwok) tration official said. "I think just the negotiations. he said. It is believed the contract contract expires at the end of June. 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