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Afghan peace process: Karzai leaves for China to attend conference KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani al consensus, and a region with the “just one component” of a wider AT News Report has promised to “bury” Daesh inheritance of previous animosities war that also encompassed Paki- (also known as the Islamic State) and short-sighted behaviour is some- stan. “The problems... are interre- KABUL: The former president militant group, whose local off- thing that is going to require effort lated [and] cannot be solved by use Hamid Karzai on Monday flew shoot has clashed with government and focus.” The US state department of force in one country. He sug- to China to attend a conference forces and Taliban fighters. In a said last week that it had designated gested Pakistan should take action on the Afghan peace process, his BBC interview, Mr Ghani said the IS offshoot in Afghanistan as a against Taliban groups that did not office said in a media statement. Daesh (IS) was “not an Afghan terrorist organisation. It said the agree to talks. “We need to see that According to the statement issued phenomenon” and its atrocities had group had formed in January last we have common interests and we here, the ex-president was invit- “alienated the people”. “Afghans year and was made up of former need to act together to preserve ed by the Shanghai Institute for are now motivated by revenge,” he members of the Pakistani Taliban and the state system and consolidate International Studies to attend the said. “They [IS] have confronted Afghan Taliban. In other comments, it,” he said. Asked what message conference on Afghan peace pro- the wrong people.” Mr Ghani also Mr Ghani warned that if peace talks he had for Afghan migrants arriv- cess. Accepting the invitation, called for anti-IS action at regional with the Taliban did not start by April ing in Europe, Mr Ghani said: Hamid Karzai left for China. The and international level. “There is the conflict would intensify, with “What I say to them is that you former president of Afghanistan will address the conference on the no denial that we are dealing with consequences across the region. have no future in Europe. Europe Afghan reconciliation drive. Ha- very significant risks,” he said, “Time is not a friend,” he said. “We is shutting down its borders. mid Karzai is accompanied by the during a visit to the World Eco- all understand that February and “You’ve just had an interview with former national security advisor nomic Forum in the Swiss ski re- March are crucial.” The Afghan pres- the French prime minister - broad- Rangin Dadfar Spanta and former sort of Davos. “A lot of my diplo- ident said observers should under- cast that to them. The future is culture minister of the country macy has been to create the region- stand that the war in his country was Afghanistan.”(BBC) Karim Khurram. On January 23- 24, Pugwash, the Canadian No- bel Peace Award-wining NGO, organized an unofficial dialogue China considers larger role in Afghan peace process on the Afghan peace process in Doha. The event was also attend- BEIJING: As a bloody offensive even in the capital. Afghanistan ed by the Taliban representatives. by the Taliban spreads in Afghan- shares a border with China, so in istan and with American combat this case China must get involved operations there officially ended, to promote the talks and to secure Afghan-Tajik anxious Chinese leaders find them- the stability in the region.” Yet if selves under pressure to take a China is to play a productive role trade plummets more active role in the long-stalled in peace talks with the Taliban, the DUSHANBE: Deterioration of sit- peace process, according to schol- officials and scholars say, it will uation in Afghanistan has affected ars and current and former diplo- have to convince its ally Pakistan transit of goods into Tajikistan mats. For observers of Chinese di- that an Afghanistan at peace and through the Afghan territory, Abd- KABUL : A two-day meeting on tion within a framework of legiti- plomacy, that kind of commitment engaged politically and economi- ufattoh Ghoib, the head of the Cus- peace and stability in Afghanistan macy established by an appropri- is surprising since China often tries cally with all regional powers, in- toms Service under the Government in Doha has called for an immediate ate constitution. Foreign troops to take a hands-off approach in cluding India, is in Pakistan’s in- of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dus- end to military confrontation mus- must eventually leave Afghanistan. regions and nations at war. “The terests. The Afghan foreign minis- hanbe on January 25 “Over the last tvia political cooperation within a 3. Some participants believe that big backdrop is that the United ter, Salahuddin Rabbani, begins an three months of last year, transit of legitimate framework. Organised by the Constitution should be amend- States will have withdrawn most official four-day visit in Beijing on goods into Tajikistan through the the Canadian Nobel Peace Award- ed, while others believe that the of its troops from Afghanistan with Monday, and the topic of bringing Afghan territory has practically winning NGO Pugwash, the non- constitution should be substantial- the antiterrorism mission unfin- Afghanistan’s warring factions to been stopped,” Ghoib said, noting official event on January 23-24 was ly rewritten. Concrete proposals ished, which is leaving the coun- the negotiating table is expected to that unstable situation in the neigh- attended by approximately 55 par- should be discussed in detail in try a mess,” said Du Youkang, who be the priority in his meetings with boring country is continuing to af- ticipants, who discussed the shared future meetings. 4. Outside forces worked in Islamabad, Pakistan, as Chinese leaders. Mr. Rabbani’s China’s engagement is that a stable Afghanistan could become a critical fect transit of goods into Tajikistan. goal of peace and reconciliation. All should not control the politics of a diplomat and is now the director trip signals that China has a stake transportation hub and market for Chinese goods, and, eventually, an- According to him, the daily number participants expressed appreciation Afghanistan. Instead, internation- of the South Asia Studies Center in the resumption of peace talks, other investment opportunity for President Xi Jinping’s grand econom- of vehicles loaded with transit goods for the government of Qatar for al- al technical, economic and cultural ic plans for Central Asia. Yet security concerns loom alongside the for Tajikistan crossing the Afghan- at Fudan University in Shanghai. which are still at an early stage and Tajik border has decreased from 20 lowing the meeting to take place and cooperation should be promoted. “Bombings have never stopped, stalled months ago. One reason for economic motive. (New York Times) providing support in this regard. 5. The freedom for all parties to to 3. There was a consensus that these discuss the path to peace needs to meetings should continue on a reg- be ensured from now on. The high- ular basis. Discussions showed that est priority in this regard is en- there were many shared concerns, abling all sides to sit together. SEVEN KILLED, 5 INJURED areas of commonality that can cre- Blacklists should be eliminated and ate opportunities for progress. Giv- freedom of movement should be en below is an 18-point statement guaranteed. Visas should be facili- IN KANDAHAR ATTACK issued by the Pugwash secretary- tated for those to attend such dis- general: 1. Peace is an urgent need. cussions. All agreed that the Tali- AT News Report ghanistan Times. He said that two Decades of war that have been im- ban should have an office and an policemen were also “martyred” ANA strengthened KABUL: Seven people were killed and five others were injured in the posed on Afghanistan, have had a address. 6. To foster dialogue Monday and five other injured to fight militants: devastating impact on all Afghans. among all parties, some partici- gun battle withthe Taliban fight- when a group of Taliban fightersat- ers. The injured policemen were People are waiting impatiently for pants invoked Afghanistan’s long- tacked a police outpost in south- US official peace. If progress is not made soon, established tradition of the Jirga. shifted to hospital and were in ern Kandahar province, a provin- good health condition, he said. A AT Monitoring Desk many fear the country may face A peace Jirga of credible, impartial cial official said. The attack took other threats that might further com- Afghans could be convened, per- Taliban spokesman claimed their KABUL: The head of public af- place in the Spin Boldak district, fighters wearing suicide vests en- plicate the process. 2. Military con- haps drawn from participants at bordering Baluchistan province of fairs for the US-NATO mission tered a police building after killing Wilson Shoffner on Monday said frontation must end. The sovereign- this conference. Other institutions, Pakistan. The fiveattackers tried to ty of Afghanistan and the desired such as Pugwash, could also pro- seven policemenat the entrance. that Afghan National Army (ANA) enter the outpost after they killed Provincial officials rejected Tali- which is being engaged in a fierce peace and stability will ultimately vide a forum, but Afghans must the guard at the entrance, said Zia be achieved via political coopera- lead...P2 ban’s claim. Spin Boldak district battle with the Taliban in southern Durrani, spokesman for the pro- is located on border to with Quet- Helmand province, have been “re- vincial police. “The police prevent- ta city, where Taliban have strong built” to face the enemy with re- ANGOOR ADA ed their advancement.” “All of the presence and their leadership coun- silience and senior ANA officials attackers were shot dead by the cil is also based there.The militants are being substituted. “Afghan RESIDENTS 32 drug police before they could detonate army corps in Helmand is facing manage their affairs in Afghan war major restructuring and leadership their explosives,”Durrani told Af- from there. ‘FORCED’ TO runners changes as several key command- By Farhad Naibkhel dia and security committee to dis- GET PAKISTANI ers are being replaced and that cuss csecurity challenges despite 7 terrorists arrested in Logar helped rebuilt Afghan troops to KABUL: The Afghanistan Radio- a six-month long,” he said. He battle Taliban insurgents in the ID CARDS arrested AT News Report Television Union (ARTU) on demanded the government to con- province,” Shoffner told The As- Monday strongly condemned the sider the media as national values SHARANA : Officials and some AT News Report 46 land-grabbers in sociated Press. Motives behind KABUL: The National Director- attack on Kabora production staff, and have a united stance in this residents of southeastern Paktika Nangarhar referred to the replacement of Afghan army’s asking the government to form a regard. Pointing to the “irrespon- province claim Pakistani forces KABUL: Police have detained 32 ate of Security (NDS) said its op- 215 Maiwand Corps “”are a com- have occupied farmland and for- smugglers of drug and alcohol in eratives arrested seven terrorists prosecutors bination of incompetence, corrup- special unit for ensuring media se- sible remarks” by a member of ests near the Durand Line and have different provinces, the Criminal in the southeastern Logar province. tion and ineffectiveness,” Shoffner curity across the country. “The parliament Huma Sultani regard- Justice Task Force said Monday. JALALABAD : Forty-six peo- media outlets call on the govern- ing the attack on the TV staff, been asking local residents to get “Intelligence operatives arrested ple detained on land-grabbing said. The corps’ commander has Pakistani ID cards if wanted to “Police identified and arrested the the rebels in a joint operation with been replaced along with “some bri- ment to establish a special police Komail said: “We sent letters to smugglers in Kabul, Herat, Uruz- charges have been referred to the unit to ensure their security National Directorate of Security, return to their areas. The Pakistani national army and police in Azra attorney general office (AGO) in gade commanders and some key forces have been trying to force gan, Zabul, Parwan, Helmand, district,” it said in a statement. corps staff up to full colonel lev- throughout the country,” said head Attorney General office and par- Nangarhar, Faryab, Paktia, Kapisa, eastern Nangarhar province, offi- of the union Ahmad Komail. The liament to prosecute the issue.” Barmal and Shkin districts’ resi- Three caches of ammunitions were cials said on Monday. Attaullah el,” he added. Defense Ministry dents into getting Pakistani identi- Logar, Kunduz, Jawzjan and Sa- seized in the district, in which a here confirmed the changes in Hel- request comes after seven employ- Sultani reportedly praised the ty cards near the Angoor Ada bor- mangan provinces,” it said in a Khogyani, the governor’s spokes- mand troops, saying a veteran ees of the Tolo TV were killed in a bomber as a “martyr” and called statement. “More than 168 kilo- large number of AK47 machine man, told Pajhwok Afghan News der with Pakistan, a resident of the guns, 82mm mortar shells, M16 army Gen. Moeen Faqiri was ap- suicide attack last week in Kabul. the killed TV employees as the area, Sadiq, told Pajhwok Afghan grams of heroin, 354 kilograms of efforts had been stepped to re- pointed to lead the corps and took Komail mentioned the govern- opium, 5.5 tons of cannabis, five rifles, 22 rocket launchers, land- “bastard” in her Facebook page. News. “Pakistani forces have oc- claim the lands grabbed by some over two months ago. According ment’s “good efforts” in protection Head of Watan TV channel Abdul cupied lands and forests of people tons of chemicals and 3,500 liters mines and grenades were found individuals in different parts of to the ministry’s spokesman Gen. of alcohol were seized in the oper- and confiscated, the statement of journalists, saying but unfortu- Majeed Moquri requested the in order to issue them ID cards. the province. He said around Dawlat Waziri, the task force com- nately, some neglects cause terror- media outlets to set their broad- They force people to get the ID ations.” 63 smugglers were arrest- said. The seized ammunition were 2,000 acres of land in Nangarhar manders have also been rotated and ist attacks on them. “We failed to casting based on the national and cards to be allowed to come to their ed and introduced to judicial or- used for killing the innocent peo- had been taken back from illegal replaced. “In the near future, the areas and find market for their pine gans in December 2015, according ple in the province, added the state- army units will have new com- reach an agreement with the Securi- Islamic values to keep public sup- occupants and 46 individuals de- ty Council to establish a joint me- port. fruits,” he said, adding the area to the Criminal Justice Task Force. ment. tained. (Pajhwok) manders there.” people had so far no intention to get Pakistani ID cards. “Over the past few years, I have been brin- ing in goods from Pakistan in my vehicle, but recently the forces told us to get Pakistani ID cards other- wise they would not let us com- mute,” a driver at the Angoor Ada AMSTERDAM: A “race to the implemented measures limiting applying for asylum on the conti- area, Obaidullah, said. A member bottom” on asylum policy among family reunification rights that nent. The proportion of children of the provincial council, Naimat- European Union countries is expos- risked separating children from rose from 26 percent in 2014 to 29 ullah Babari, confirmed the claims, ing more than 360,000 child mi- their parents after they had sur- percent last year, the report said. saying if the Afghan government grants to greater risk of harm as the vived perilous journeys. “It seems Many were minors without their did nothing, the people of Barmal bloc struggles to cope with a surge as if European countries are in a parents. In Sweden alone, 35,000 and Shkin districts would be of refugees, rights watchdogs said contest to win the title of ‘least unaccompanied children request- obliged to get the Pakistani ID on Monday. European children’s willing to accept asylum seekers’,” ed asylum in 2015. European lead- cards. The civil society coordina- agencies issued the warning in a re- said the report from the European ers meeting in the Netherlands, tion centre head, Yaqub Khan port released in Amsterdam, where Network of Ombudspersons for which holds the rotating Europe- Manzoor, said the Pakistani forc- the EU’s interior ministers were Children, which represents 41 in- an Union presidency, are under es were forcing people to get Paki- meeting to discuss how to deal with dependent children’s rights insti- pressure to balance the need to of- stan nationality, but the Afghan the influx of people fleeing war in tutions in 34 European countries. fer humanitarian shelter with wide- government was yet to take any Africa and the Middle East. One of Last year migrant flows to Europe spread public opposition to admit- step to resolve the issue. the main concerns is that EU coun- reached their highest level since ting large numbers of newcomers. (Pajhwok) tries, from Sweden to Britain, have World War Two, with 1.2 million (Reuters) 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Taliban control 300 Kunduz schools...... P12A resident of Chahar Dara confined to K unduz, but the issue district, who requested not to be was common in all provinces of named, said the rebels had devot- the country, he observed, saying ed a specific time to training stu- the government had to provide a dents on how to use different kinds better environment for students. of weapons at Basos School. “Even Students await stability Although small children there can handle all some schools were closed due to manner of weapons,” the source insecurity, they continued with said, adding the militants awarded their studies by going to other prizes to the students singing schools, said Abdul Malik, an songs in praise of Taliban. The eighth-grade student. Enrolled at rebels could only force schoolchil- the Abdul Fatah School in Chaha- dren and teachers into complying rdara district, he appeared in the with their orders, he commented. annual exams elsewhere. He asked Abdul Qadir, hailing from the the government to ensure the se- Aqtash area of Khanabad district, curity of schools and keep stu- disclosed a teacher was fired by dents from running into a similar the fighters staying away from his situation in the future. Meanwhile, Now let’s go to solutions. duty for a few days. Qadir, whose some students complained they It is said that countries don’t has three school-going children, had been deprived of education. chose their neighbors. It may be said the Taliban had directed stu- Syed Yasin, a student of ninth class true elsewhere. Remember, up un- dents to come to school in time if at Damshakh School in Chardara til 1991 we had one neighbor in they did not want to be marked said the Taliban had warned all the north, the mighty Soviet absent. Aqtash is a vast area, con- people of the area not to send their Union. Let me sing two lines from taining 80 villages. It was recently children to school. Despite their the (former) Soviet Union’s Na- upgraded to the status of district strong urge to continue their stud- tional Anthem. Sorry for my bro- in line with a presidential decree. ies, more than 200 students have ken Russian though, “Soyuz The acting governor warned school been deprived of education, wait- Nerushimy respulic Svobodnykh students would swell militant ing for the early return of stability [Unbreakable union of free repub- ranks if the province was not to the insecure area. Their schools lics] Yediny, mogouchy, Sovetsky cleared of the Taliban. Some resi- had been partially destroyed in Soyuz [The United, the Mighty dents claimed the fighters had im- recent years, he said, while asking Soviet Union]”. posed their own syllabus on the government to conduct clear- It doesn’t exist today. We have schools. The subject called Culture ing operations against the mili- three neighbors in the north of us. and Life Experiences has been re- tants. Anti-corruption struggle We should not weaken ourselves placed by Taliban-written Education officials claim curbing to the point of break. It won’t be book Islamic Emirate. But the Tal- corruption in the department, but beneficial to any party. It will be iban rejected the allegations they residents of the province allege disaster and catastrophic. Let’s not are recruiting students from teacher posts have been sold over invest on divisions. Let’s invest on schools under their control. The the past few years. “My daughter unity and harmony. group’s spokesman Zabihullah has done BA in e ucation. This Perhaps not well enough, but Mujahid said: “We lay an empha- year, I tried to find her a job in a we do understand Pakistan’s anxi- sis on students’ arrival at schools school. I literally toiled for months, ety and concerns about regional in time and getting healthy educa- but could not find any job for her,” issues. India has built a magnifi- tion. “It’s their time to acquire ed- a government employee said on cent parliament building for Af- ucation. Their recruitment is for- condition of anonymity. The ap- ghanistan. Our 34 provincial coun- bidden based on Sharia law and pointing authorities sought 60,000 cils don’t have good and perma- conventionally.” He verified Tali- afghanis in backhander from him, nent structures. Pakistan is most ban’s interference in schools where but he could not afford to pay that welcome to build 34 mini-parlia- teachers remained absent habitu- big an amount. Regretting the sor- ments (for provincial councils). ally or paid no attention to the ry state of affairs, he said many KABUL: The former chief of the It is unfortunate that Pakistan the Taliban for the sole purpose of country. We decide where to put India trains our police and education of children. “Teachers applicants did not have the re- National Directorate of Security is at war with Afghanistan. You dominating Kabul’s foreign policy his posters and portraits. Can you army officers. Pakistan has asked are first motivated to come to quired connections. Over the past (NDS) said that Pakistan was not may right away say that is not true and security posture. imagine Pakistan even trying to to do the same. So some cadets schools in time. If they don’t lis- three years, the ordinary mortals respecting territorial integrity of and it is false. You may be right, I will be more than glad to dictate who should be our heroes have been sent for training to Pa- ten, they are warned. And if they have been in the dark about teach- Afghanistan. but need to prove us wrong. We share with you index of the refer- and who should not? kistan. All Afghans are very sensi- ignore warning, we sack them,” he er vacancies in the education de- In his speech at the fourth need to prove that Pakistan is not ences, a lot of it from Pakistan, in You may have a valid and le- tive on the issue of security and clarified. The teachers employed partment, according to the man, round of the Afghanistan-Pakistan at war with Afghanistan and the support of my argument. There gitimate counter—argument to military ties with Pakistan for one in violation of merit were unac- who asked the ministry to make Bilateral Dialogue held here on Sat- Afghans are wrong. Let’s prove it. used to be only one writer, Ahmed mine. You may say Afghanistan is simple reason. They ask, please ceptable to them, he continued. appointments on the basis of an urday, Amrullah Saleh said that last Some may think it is a myth, some Rashid, revealing certain things on a multi-ethnic country and if a spe- stop training Haqqani Network, Mujahid vowed to interfere in open competition. Meanwhile, the month the ex-president of Pakistan may call it a misconception and a Pakistan’s not so hidden hand in cific group, we may all suspect Lashkare-e-Tayeba, Jaish-e-Mo- schools where students were acting director of education admit- Pervez Musharraf singled out a perception, but for majority it is a our internal affairs. However, by which one, is unhappy then Paki- hammad, Quetta Shura, and bring taught subjects that were in con- ted there had been problems in the specific constituency in Afghani- reality. I am part of that majority. now there are too many Ahmed stan has to come in and do some- an end to the recognition of the flict with the Shariah. For exam- department, but since his takeover, stan as being enemies of Pakistan. Today, that theme is the belief Rashids whispering their frustra- thing. Is there a non multi-ethnic Taliban government in exile in Quet- ple, he said, teaching music was a campaign had been launched to In an interview with the BBC, of every single Afghan including tions with us. The small under- country in the entire world? Is there ta then no door in Afghanistan will not was violative of Sharia. Ver- banish corruption. He said they Musharraf accused a specific eth- the Taliban detainees and their ground civil society in Pakistan a single ethnic country in the world be blocked or closed for you. The sion of education department The had conducted an open-merit test nic group and some political splinter groups. There are of shares our frustration and fed up that we are unaware of? By virtue logic of Afghans is strong “you acting director of education reject- featuring by more than 2,000 can- groups of being anti-Pakistan. course the niceties of cultural ex- with double dealings and double of the same argument, don’t you can’t hold two water melons in one ed as baseless claims about the clo- didates for teacher vacancies. The The following is transcript of changes, people to people relations standards. think Pakistan gives us the right to hand”. Either you shall be with sure of schools. Not a single result would be declared soon, the his speech. and diplomatic engagements but Well, there is an argument in side with Pakistani ethnic groups, Afghan National Army or with the schools was shut and the educa- official promised. “With the intro- Assalamu Alaikum. Good af- none have created an alternative Pakistan. They say we supported exploit grievances, and create divi- Haqqani network. tion process was going on smooth- duction of merit, many educated ternoon ladies and gentlemen. reality or a super perception to the Afghans to evict the Soviets sions, hate, sectarian factions and For Pakistan to exert pressure ly, he insisted. Students of five people will get jobs on the one Afghanistan–Pakistan rela- undermine the negative. This war from their soil, we sheltered the violence? In countries with low on us, to gain passing control over schools that were destroyed in re- hand and corruption will be con- tions: Myths, perceptions and re- is unfortunate. It is avoidable. It is refugees, we made Pakistan sec- economy it is not a rocket science certain sway of land in Afghani- cent clashes are going to nearby tained to a large extent on the oth- alities. unnecessary and not needed. We ond home of the Afghans and at to do any of these. We are all vul- stan is easy. Others have also tried schools. They had appeared with- er,” he remarked. He asked the peo- Let me quote the wise, trea- are the weak party. We have not the end Afghanistan is friendlier to nerable to it. So the solution is lets to gain our land and stop our out any major problems in their ple if any of the education employ- sured universal son of my coun- started it. We are the victims. We India than to us. They may call it show respect to each other’s na- hearts. It has not worked. How- annual exams, the official main- ees ask for bribe, they should con- try, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, are burning every day. Afghan betrayal. I read twits from tional flags and not recognize par- ever, if Pakistan wants to win tained. Jamhuriat High School, tact him to refer the officials to who said: “Your task is not to seek There is a wise Afghan prov- Pakistan are constantly calling us ty and ethnic flags at the same time. hearts and minds of the Afghan Ashqari Middle School and Hamid judiciary departments. School se- for love, but merely to seek and erb, “If you can untie a knot with back stabbers. Is that true? Are Let me look at the other angle people, please open up Karachi Agha Primary Schools have been curity councils According to edu- find all the barriers within your- your hand don’t use your teeth”. we closer and friendlier to India of Pakistan’s official policy. Al- port for trade and transit. On Sep- destroyed in Kunduz City as re- cation officials, councils for pro- self that you have built against it.” Let’s suppose Pakistan needs to than to Pakistan? Or is this the though, I have not come across the tember 3-4, 2015, I was a speaker sult of the fighting. A girls’ high tecting schools have been set up in Let me warmly welcome our untie a knot in its relationship with view of a few in this country, in definition for unofficial policy to in a track 2 conference in Istanbul. school and a Quran memorisation the provincial capital and districts guests from outside Afghanistan— Afghanistan, it can be done through my country? Cynical analysts may this date, but I know what covert Former high officials from Paki- centre for females in Dasht-i-Ar- of Kunduz. They are responsible from Pakistan and India. I greet State-to-State dialogue. That in our call it the work of Indian intelli- policy means. Last year Pakistan stan like Foreign Secretary Na- chi district were also ruined. Some for providing security for schools. them in traditional Pashto slogan view will be the most dignified gence in Afghanistan. We have been was kind and gracious to arrange jmuddin Shaikh, General Ehsanul of the schools were situated in A member of the council in Kha- “har kala rashay” (You are always way. That will take both nations hearing that narrative for many talks between representative of the Haq and General Durani were Taliban-dominated areas, but trib- nabad district, Abdul Saboor, said welcome). You are welcome any- to glory, unity and friendship. In- years now. They have given it other Afghan government and the Tali- there. They said, Karachi will be al elders were in contact with the the body was set up a year back. time and all the time. volving the non-state actors and titles too. ban leaders in Murree, near Islam- half open, limited open for Afghan- rebels to allow the payment of sal- All members of the council are But, I just want to add some exerting pressure through proxies While, I echo the analysis that abad. The Taliban guys were rep- istan for as long as India and Paki- aries to teachers and avoid ham- bound to share problems of the humor into to my welcome to our makes it difficult and complicat- we are friendlier and close to India resenting the political and military stan do not resolve their problems. pering the delivery of books and schools with the education depart- Pakistani guests—you are always ed. It will be like untying a knot of but I want to highlight why. It is wings of the group. Right. Three Please de-couple your Afghan pol- other scholastic materials, the di- ment and protect them from mili- welcome if you come for business, several tight folds with the teeth because as I said in the beginning days ago, the spokesperson of the icy from that of India. Deal with rector added. Insecurity was not tant attacks. (Pajhwok) cultural programs, commerce, without using the hands. Impossi- of presentation, there is a Pashto same group took responsibility for us independently of your India sightseeing, research, bilateral ties ble! proverb which says, “We with massacre of the Tolo TV employ- centric concerns. and tourism. But, never again for Over the years, I have had so love will accompany you to hell, ees who were journalists. They Afghanistan is not a breakable Jihad. many pleasant and unpleasant con- but with force not event to the claimed responsibility for massa- country. There is nothing to break Doha meeting calls... I also sincerely thank the Af- versations with high-ranking offi- heaven.” Pushing us into doing cre of 80 civilians in Shah Shaheed here. Our nationhood is a matter ghan Institute for Strategic Stud- cials of Pakistan including former things won’t work”. area of Kabul last year and they of our gene. It is in our blood. Our ...P1 It was pointed out that the There is the need to address the ies under the wise leadership of diplomats, military officers and There are delegates from India claimed responsibility for mass roots as a nation, our foundation Doha dialogue and its follow-ups devastation to society from past Dr. Moradian for this initiative. some journalists and writers. here and they can speak on behalf loot, mass killing and mass rape as a state don’t stand on sectarian, do not interfere with the current decades. Drugs, high unemploy- Moradian in Farsi (Persian) means There are so many commonalities of their country. The reason I am that took place Kunduz in Sep- ideological bedrocks. We are not a quadrilateral talks. 7. A ceasefire ment and corruption have all tak- a person of aims. I am sure he is. and shared values between the two bringing it up is simple. We are vic- tember 2015 too. I led the fact find- concept. Afghanistan is not an idea. should be part of negotiations. 8. en a high toll on Afghan society. I also extend my thanks and nations, but there is an axe, a very tims of Pakistan’s India centric ing mission for Kunduz disaster. No matter how poor, destitute, in The protection of civilians and an Gains that have been made in terms gratitude to Pakistan Regional sharp axe which is constantly cut- policy and strategy. Don’t we all think, especially pain, this nation is. We will remain end to civilian casualties are shared of increased life expectancy, in- Peace Institute under wise leader- ting us apart. That axe is the mil- India in Afghanistan has engen- delegates from Pakistan that it is goals and high priorities. The re- creased access to health and edu- a nation. The best way to have us cent increase in civilian casualty cation, and improvements to the ship of Raoof Hassan. itary, intelligence and security dered and formulated a simple pol- so logical and also an act of friend- is to work with us. Do not dictate rates, including the heavy toll on economic structures should be Honorable delegates, at times mindset and establishment in Pa- icy. India works with the Afghan ship that Pakistan make a gesture, us. Our infrastructure is already children and women, was noted. maintained. 16. Threats to society or more often Pakistan media, kistan. They are setting the agen- government, respects Afghan in- arrest them and hand them over to broken by bombs, suicide attacks All sides should ensure account- from remnants of war, including commentators or interlocutors that da. stitutions, doesn’t support or pro- Kabul for the latest crime they and Taliban barbarism. Our will is ability and the prosecution of abus- unexploded ordnance, must be ad- we have had the pleasure and For Afghans the jihad ended in mote factionalism. India is a friend have committed in which dozens unbreakable. No need for me to re- es. 9. Constitutional issues are of dressed. 17. All sides share the de- chance to meet in conferences, 1992. Unfortunately, for Pakistan of the Afghan people, whoever have been killed and injured. This sing the national anthem of the primary concern and need to be sire for future engagement with the multilateral forums or bilateral ex- the anti-Afghan and anti-Kabul ji- they are, whatever they are. In re- simple police action by Pakistan Soviet Union. discussed in specific detail. Af- outside world, and welcome friend- changes, would unfairly and un- had still continues. Twenty-four turn, we are reciprocating the will create a completely new hori- There is the issue of the Du- ghanistan should have an Islamic ship and cooperation with the in- foundedly accuse me or other rep- years on– the mainstream litera- friendship with friendship. zon for relations and harmony be- rand Line too. It has become a hot government. According to some ternational community based on resentatives from Afghanistan of ture of Pakistan’s policy on Af- As late as last month, former tween the two countries. issue in these days again. Since participants, the present consti- mutual respect. Support from the being Pakistan-bashing analysts, ghanistan is jihad, militancy, inclu- President of Pakistan General Per- I am sure that you have a 1948 Pakistan has played victim tution needs to be changed, pro- international community in help- blinded by the past and oblivious sion of anti-Afghanistan groups vez Musharraf singled out a spe- counter-argument to this. Prime by portraying Afghanistan as an vided that it be based on Islam and ing to build up Afghanistan, includ- to the present realities. into the system through extra-con- cific constituency in Afghanistan Minister Nawaz Sharif while vis- adventurist claimant of its territo- enforce national sovereignty. A ing its roads and schools, will be Today, I neither carry the stitutional ways. as being enemies of Pakistan. In an iting Washington in 2015 said, “We ry. Before any meaningful negoti- fundamental concern is that any welcomed by all sides. 18. Partic- badge nor the hat of Northern Alli- Last summer, under the very interview with the BBC Persian can’t kill the Taliban and also try ations, talks, track one or track 2 constitution should ensure there ipants expressed the strong desire ance in this conference as that en- watchful eyes of Pakistan’s secu- he accused a specific ethnic group, to bring them to the table at the dialogues on that issue, Pakistan will be no monopoly of power and of continuing the series of meet- tity no longer exists. The new re- rity establishment, state-style some political groups, this valley same time.” He is absolutely right. no discrimination against people ings like the two recent Pugwash must stop weakening us in order with different religions and back- meetings in Doha. But the Afghan ality in Afghanistan is a pan Af- mourning ceremonies were held for or that province, this Afghan or Our question is when was the last to gain concession. A weak Afghan grounds. 10. It was noted that government said it “does not rec- ghan sentiment, a strong sense of Mullah Omar in every single Paki- that Afghan for being anti-Pakistan. time you ever killed a Taliban (lead- state, an unstable Afghan state will peace can create a better environ- ognise the Islmaic Emirates of Tal- nationhood, a strong sense of at- stani city and town. Seminaries are How shall we as Afghans interpret er)? I mean the Afghan Taliban. Of never ever be able to talk about it. ment for economic development, iban” and the legitimate and demo- tachment and loyalty to the State collecting donations for what they that statement? Simple, it shows course Pakistan loves to kill scores Only a strong and stable Afghani- which will benefit all the people cratically-elected government of system which I entirely share and call Afghan jihad. It is a common Pakistan is not respecting the ter- of the Pakistani Taliban, the TTP. stan can discuss the eventual fate of Afghanistan. The role of civil Afghanistan “is the Islamic Repub- adhere to. I am here as a citizen of scene in Pakistan from FATA to ritorial integrity of Afghanistan. It We love to kill them too. Howev- of the Durand Line. So some may society, freedom of expression, lic serving the people under the Afghanistan with a pan Afghan Clifton in Karachi. shows Pakistan’s policy vis-a-vis er, in Pakistan’s view, for Taliban, say instead of letting a strong Af- and education according to Islam- constitution”. Syed Zafar Hashemi, heart, pride and feeling. I feel safe Why there was and still is so Afghanistan is geographically se- the road to heaven goes through ghanistan, let’s talk about the Du- ic principles in achieving these deputy spokesman for President and credible to say what I say here much attachment to Mullah Omar? lective, politically selective, eth- Kabul and the road to hell goes rand Line, let’s keep it weak for- goals was agreed. 11. The activi- Ashraf Ghani, told Pajhwok Af- is the dominant, prevalent feeling Will Pakistani political parties do nically selective and culturally se- through Islamabad. ever. That is also a pipedream and ties that are performed under the ghan News the government was and sentiment in Afghanistan. the same thing if Karzai, Ashraf lective. Well, counter-argument That is what Maulana Fazel- an illusion. Syria had a strong army name of Daesh in Afghanistan are open to talks with Taliban groups I sincerely believe that it is Ghani, Dr. Abdullah or I die “mys- implies and says General Mush- ur Rehman and Maulana Samiul a few years back. It had troops in a foreign phenomenon and are re- and ready to discuss their issues, time we should listen to each oth- teriously” tomorrow and our death arraf is a former president and Haq, both members and affiliates Lebanon. jected by the Afghan people. 12. but preconditions from the insur- er with attention and without put- is revealed two years later? doesn’t represent the official pol- of the deep state in Pakistan, keep It struggles to defend Dam- All emphasize the need to uphold gents were unacceptable. He said ting ourselves in defensive mood, Perhaps not. Perhaps, we are icy of Islamabad any longer. saying and preaching. It is double ascus now that is not even possi- the rights of women, and to end the international troop presence in instantly. Anti each other should already branded enemies of Paki- My reaction will be standard, naked and open. Recent- ble without Russian and Iranian violence against women. Some be- Afghanistan was based on an agree- not be our default status. There stan which we are not. Pakistan hummmmmm. ly, I wasted my time and read lieve these points need to be very ment with the Afghans through the help. Counting on bombs, bullets, clearly defined, and in particular consultative Loya Jirga, whose may be flaws in perceptions, but a may right away say after 1992 it Let’s recall that the same was Maulana Samiul Haq’s book. It is missiles and tanks is not a solid to provide guarantees regarding decision had been approved by the sincere dialogue can shape the new was division within the Afghan his argument even when he was Fatwa book for killing of Afghans. calculation. Europeans fought each women’s rights. There should be UN Security Council. He said the pleasant realties. I seek forgiveness Mujahedeen that led to civil war holding the highest office in Paki- Simple. Maulanas from Pakistan, other for centuries. The game of increased accountability for human status of international forces in in advance if any of my comments and destruction of Kabul. They stan. We have never paid attention, most of the time with tacit en- domination came to an end when rights abuses. 13. Health and edu- Afghanistan was legal under the cause inconvenience. The recipe may say Pakistan tried its best to complained or even noticed post- dorsement of the deep state, talk cooperation, harmony and eco- cation issues are a priority inde- Bilateral Security Agreement and the menu of Afghan hospitali- facilitate talks and bring about uni- ers to think which Pakistani leader as if they have come from a fresh nomic cooperation become the pendent of the various political (BSA) with the US and SOFA with ty don’t have the items of frank- ty amongst the Afghans. We have is of what size and where to put. visit to heaven, where Afghan Tal- dominant theme and the dominant positions. 14. Protection of pub- NATO. Should the war end and ness and openness in it. But I want heard all of that narrative. But the Pakistan has time and again object- iban continue to have feast and factor. We can learn from them. We lic properties such as schools, terrorist activities and violence to break that tradition in order to reality, supported by massive ed why Shaheed Ahamd Shah party and TTP burn in never end- have good and bad lessons before medical facilities, and the coun- against Afghan civilians come to make maximum use of this oppor- amount of research and evidence, Masoud’s posters are in Kabul. ing fire of hell. This is in reality us. It is upto us. Let’s make histo- try’s infrastructure is essential. an end, there would be no need for tunity for the good of both nations is that Pakistan never stopped Laughable. Because he is the son ridiculing of the concept of after- ry. People who commit crimes against foreign troops to stay in Afghani- and our peoples. supporting Hekmatyar and later on of this soil. It is Afghanistan—his life in Islam. Regards them should be prosecuted. 15. stan, he argued. 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES DISABLED, MARTYRS’ RELATIVES IN BALKH NOT PAID FOR

TWO YEARS KABUL : Fruits of Afghanistan were put in the exhibition of foods MAZAR-I-SHARIF : The gov- and agricultural products in the ernment of northern Balkh prov- International Green Week Berlin, ince has failed to provide families the Ministry of Agriculture, Irri- of martyrs and special people fi- gation and Livestock (MAIL) said nancial support over the past two on Monday. years. Afghanistan has showcased its They were to be paid 20 mil- fresh and dried fruits, including lion afghanis by the Labour, So- pistachio, almond, pine, sesame, cial, Martyr and Disabled Affairs pulses, raisin, pomegranates and Department over the past 24 grapes at the world’s biggest fair EMERGENCY months, the impoverished house- in Berlin, a statement from the holds said. ministry said. CALLS For the past two years, at In 26 exhibition halls, about least 70 disabled people and 814 1,500 national and international Police family members of martyrs have traders from 70 countries present- not received their stipends in Balkh ed typical regional produce and province. services from Jan. 14to Jan 24, 100 - 119 Pari, a 30 years old woman 2016. Afghan products attracted who lost her husband to the war, many visitors, especially Germans, told Pajhwok Afghan News she had the statement added. Hospitals not been paid her monthly stipend Agriculture Minister Asadul- for the past two years. lah Zameer also participated in the FMIC Hospital She said her children had lost expo and facilitated the signing of Behind Kabul Medical the cheque, but despite many re- some contracts with traders on the University: quests and production of the req- export of pistachio, almond, rai- uisite documents, the department son, dried mulberry, saffron and 0202500200-+93793275595 concerned had not yet addressed woolen shawls. her problem. Khan Jan Alokozai, deputy Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Nazar Mohammad (46), a res- head of the Afghanistan Chamber ident of Mazar-I-Sharif who lost of Commerce and Industries exports.Afghanistan’s annual ex- The International Green Week The exhibitors present agricultur- Visitors can sample international Pule Bagh-e- Umomi his leg to a roadside bombing, also (ACCI), welcomed such fairs and ports stand at more than $500 mil- Berlin is one of the oldest fairs held al products from all over the world cuisine and stock up on treats to 070263672 complained of non-payment of contracts to promote lion and imports at $8 billion. annually in the German capital. to visitors and the public alike. take home. (Pajhwok) salary for the past two years. “I come once every three days Khairkhana Hospital to the Labour, Social, Martyr and Baghlan military Disabled Affairs Department, but 4,500 families find access to drinking, irrigation water 0799-321007 the officials concerned have been operation delayed SAR-I-PUL : Drinking and irriga- while happy over the implementation of the schemes. Sar-i-Pul Governor Mohammad Zahir thanked the 2401352 subjecting me to delaying tactics tion water problem of 4,500 fami- Dutch government for the assistance and asked the district residents to keep care of the projects’ maintenance. day,” he alleged, saying he could A number of Baghlan provincial lies has been resolved with the dig- not afford to pay the transport fare. council members said Monday that ging out of a spring and the con- Indira Gandhi Children Mohammad accused the de- a military operation to clear some struction of an eight-kilomentre partment employees of taking parts of Pul-e-Khumri city of the water canal in northern Sar-i-Pul Rocket hits FICA bank building in Parwan Hospital, Wazir Akbar bribes from them some years ago. Taliban has been delayed due to province, officials said on Mon- Khan, Kabul 2301372 But several months ago, they day. The schemes were executed CHARIKAR : A rocket hit the officials about the rocket attack but sibility for the attack. stopped the illegal practice. unknown reasons. The provincial building of Foundation for Inter- police did not allow him. (Pajhwok) council members also said that the at a total cost of $130,000 donat- Meanwhile, the relevant offi- ed by Holland, the provincial rural national Community Assistance FICA, a non-profit microfi- Ibn-e- Seena cials confirmed their failureto re- Taliban will establish their bases Bank (FICA)’s branch in central nance organisation, has been pro- in the province if the operation is rehabilitation and development di- lease 20 million afghani payable to rector, Eng. Ahmad Javed, told Parwan province, an official said viding loans to the poor over the Pul-e-Artan, Kabul war-affected people. They said the not launched soon. "The Taliban on Monday. past seven years in the province. representatives came to the pro- Pajhwok Afghan News. The drink- 2100359 process had been delayed for mul- ing and irrigation water facilities Police chief Mohammad Za- The rocket strike shattered win- tiple reasons. vincial council and asked the mem- man Mamozai told Pajhwok Af- dowpanes of the bank and shops bers to prevent government from covered 4500 families in 10 villag- The department’s acting direc- es of the Siyad district, he said. ghan News the rocket struck the in the vicinity. Wazir Akbar Khan tor, Matiullah Matin, said 11,500 launching the military operation in FICA building at around 11:00pm Earlier, the Agha Khan Bank, Due to the lack of water in sum- Hospital relatives of martyrs registered with the province. Now, there are a num- mer seasons, inhabitants of the dis- on Sunday night, but caused no which also provides loans to peo- his office were paid annually. ber of individuals inside govern- trict would purchase drinking wa- causalities. ple, was hit by a rocket but there 2301741, 2301743 He added 3,000-3,500 people ment that help them [the Taliban]. ter from other areas, a resident of A Pajhwok Afghan News re- were no causalities in the incident. with disability and 7,000-8,000 kin These figures should be recog- the district, Faiz Mohammad, said, porter tried to talk to the bank There was no claim of respon- of martyrs registered with his de- nized," said Baghlan provincial Ali Abad partment received their payments council member Zarif Zarif. But Shahrara, Kabul annually. government has another view on 15 rebels, 2 However, Matin admitted 814 the issue. "The president along policemen killed in 2100439 relatives of martyred and 70 dis- with the National Security Coun- abled people were yet to receive cil (NSC) will take a decision on Badakhshan fight their stipends. where to conduct military opera- FAIZABAD : At least 15 Taliban Malalai Maternity He linked the non-payment to tions," said President Ashraf militants and two policemen have KABUL : Kabul University stu- Khan as the real hero in Pakhtun norant, he alleged, saying every Hospital the recipients’ failure to visit the Ghani's deputy spokesman, Sayed been killed during an operation in department, get registered or prob- dents and civil society members history. The attack on the univer- conscious Afghan must condemn 2201377/ 2301743 Zafar Hashemi. Meanwhile, some the Tagab district of northeastern have vehemently condemned the sity was an attack on Afghan his- the attack on BKU. lems in their documents. Badakhshan province, officials said Matin explained they had not local residents said the Taliban is attack on the Bacha Khan Univer- tory and culture, he commented, Writer and civil society activ- preparing for conflict in different on Monday. Ahmad Naveed Fro- sity in the Charsadda district of demanding the prosecution of the ist, Abaseen Baryaal, said since paidthe registered individuals for tan, the governor’s spokesman, told Banks two years, because the Ministry parts of the province. "They [the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assailants. terrorism could not flourish in an Pajhwok Afghan News the opera- province. On January 20, when the Journalist Zafar Karimi called educated society, the extremists of Labour, Social, Martyr and Dis- Taliban] have dug trenches in parts tion by the Afghan National Army Da Afghanistan Bank abled Affairs was yet to give them of Dand-e-Ghori and are ready to Bacha Khan University came un- for an all-out offensive against the had started attacking modern edu- (ANA), police and intelligence der attack from the Taliban insur- terrorists. “It is unfortunate that cation. He saw powerful hands 2100302, 2100303 the go-ahead. The database for reg- move forward," said Ajmal, a local personnel continued for 48 hours. istering disabled and families of police force member. He said three militant command- gents, 21 people were killed and after more than three decades of behind the heinous act. martyrswas created last year. However, the Defense Minis- ers — Talaha, Abdul Basit and more than 30 others injured, some war, we are still looking for peace. He blamed Pakistan-spon- Bakhtar Bank Most of those who did not receive try spokesman Dawlat Waziri Mahmood — were among the 15 seriously. The war has proved disastrous for sored terrorists for the assault, re- 0776777000 payments had problems in their spoke out about launching a large- militants killed. However, Taliban In a show of solidarity with the Afghans.” jecting as ridiculous Islamabad’s documents, the director conclud- scale military offensive against the claimed the people killed in the their Pakistani counterparts, stu- The militants had started tar- claim that the attack was plotted Azizi Bank ed. (Pajhwok) Taliban in Baghlan province. operation were civilians. Frotan dents, teachers, journalists and civ- geting educational institutions to in Afghanistan and handled from confirmed two policemen were il society members gathered in front keep Pashtun backwards and ig- there. (Pajhwok) 0799 700900 also killed and 10 others wounded of the Kabul University gate and Pashtany Bank during the offensive. He added the held a candlelight vigil in the mem- Tagab had been cleared and the ory of victims. 2102908, 2103868 militants pushed to Yamgan dis- The participants, holding plac- trict. “We plan to launch a clearing ards, chanted slogans against the Air Services operation soon in Yamgan, Warduj attack. The placards were inscribed and Jurm districts,” he with slogans “Bacha Khan is the continued.Yamgan and Warduj dis- only symbol of peace in the re- Safi Airways tricts had been overrun by the Tal- gion”…… “I am Hamid Hussain” 020 22 22 222 iban earlier. Parts of Jurm are un- and “There are no good or bad Tal- der militants’control. Ahmad Jav- iban”. id, a provincial council member and One civil society member, Ariana resident of Jurm, said the opera- Noorullah Nawai, said: “I feel deep 020-2100270 tions had been effective because sorrow for the victims. It is really heavy snowfall had blocked exit shocking. We must come out points for the fighters. He urged against this barbaric act and con- Kam Air the government to accelerate the demn it. “We are proud of Bacha 0799974422 offensive to purge the entire prov- Khan’s philosophy of non-vio- ince of insurgents. After the snow lence.” melted, he argued, the guerrillas A Pashto department student, Hotels would be able to leave the prov- Amin Pacha, also hailed Bacha ince easily. (Pajhwok) Safi Landmark 020-2203131 SERENA 0799654000 New Rumi Restaurant 0776351347 MAZAR-I-SHARIF : The ad- of 10 million afghanis. their complaints against the ALP the poppy cultivation but he also ministrative head for Sholgara dis- The official said hundreds of personnel, legal action would be did not explicitly confirm the is- Internet Services trict of northern Balkh province welfare projects had been complet- surely taken. sue. on Sunday said a lack of electrici- ed in 120 villages of the district Abid confirmed some power- “We are concerned about pop- UA Telecom ty and farmers’ return to poppy through 110 development councils ful individuals had occupied graz- py cultivation. We have held meet- 0796701701 / 0796702702 crop cultivation were two big under the National Solidarity Pro- ing lands belonging to Kuchi ings with farmers and tribal elders problems in the town. gramme (NSP). tribesmen, but did not go into de- in this regard, but we are yet to see Exchange Rate FEROZKOH: Prisoners in the enough money from the shady Sirajuddin Abid told Pajhwok Though the district chief called tails. Residents said powerful in- the crop standing in fields.” central jail of western Ghor prov- business. Afghan News during an interview as beneficial the creation of the dividuals had occupied many According to Abid, there are Purchase: ince have gone on hunger strike, Abdul Aziz, an inmate, said the that Sholgara had been one of in- ALP force in area of security, but meadows and their repeated com- 50 schools in the district, in which warning their protest would con- prisoners had been deprived of secure districts of Balkh in the some residents did not agree with plaints in this regard fell on deaf 34000 students both boys and girls tinue until their problems were their due rights. He complained of past, but now the security situa- him. ears. A Kuchi tribesman, Sarkhel are enrolled. One US$ = resolved. Through telephonic the poor quality of food and their tion in the town had considerably Residents of Gangora and Niaq Arab Khan, said more than 25,000 Of the schools, 18 have no 68.59Afs conversations, the prisoners told harsh living conditions. improved. areas accused the local police of acres of grazing lands belonging to buildings and some are faced with Pajhwok Afghan News jail staff But the prison chief rejected In this regard, he said the re- intimidating residents and taking Kuchi tribe had been grabbed by the shortage of professional teach- One Pound Sterling= misbehaved with inmates after the the allegations as baseless. Col. construction of the Sholgara- bribes under various pretexts. powerful individuals in Bahram ers. 74.22Afs news about the supply of drugs Abdul Basir Saeedi insisted there Mazar-i-Sharif highway, imple- A resident of Gangora area, Gor, Bahram Shah, Yak Kundah, About health facilities, the of- One Euro = inside the facility was leaked. was no problem with food or oth- mentation of development Mohammad Juma, told Pajhwok Sad Mesh and Aqsa areas of the ficial said there were 11 heath cen- Officials had snatched radio er facilities provided for prison- projects and the creation of an Afghan News that the ALP de- district. He said they had moved tres in the district and called for 99.46Afs and telephone sets from the pris- ers. Afghan Local Police (ALP) force ployment had overcome Taliban’s courts against the powerful land- construction work on a 50-bed 1000 Pak Rs = oners, fearing some of the inmates However, he acknowledged a contributed to the improvement threat, but the force sometimes grabbers, but there had been no hospital in the district centre to be 636Afs might have talked to human rights shortage of wood and other items in security situation. created problems for local resi- verdicts for the last few years. The expedited. campaigners, they complained. required for heating rooms. He said He said previously people dents. district chief confirmed the occu- He said construction work on Sale: Earlier, the head of the reha- the prison administration provid- would complain about armed rob- He alleged the ALP personnel pation of grazing lands by power- the hospital was launched two One US$ = bilitation department at Ghor Civil ed 10 kilograms of wood to each beries on the road between Shol- used to arrest people over petty ful individuals and said serious ef- years ago and so far 60 percent 74.82 Afs Hospital had claimed the illicit inmate every 24 hours. gara and Mazar-i-Sharif, the pro- issues, fabricate charges against forts were underway to reclaim the had been completed and the rest substances were to prisoners with Over 200 people, including 55 vincial capital, but the issue had them and demand money in return swaths. After a break lasting five should be completed soon. One Pound Sterling= the connivance of the authorities. women, are being held in the Ghor been resolved with the reconstruc- for their release. years, farmers in Balkh have re- Satisfied with the security sit- 74.82Afs The prisoners supported the central jail on a variety of criminal tion of the road. But the district chief said he turned to cultivating poppy crop uation, the district chief said the One Euro= claim, saying the officials con- charges. They complain of im- He said reconstruction of a 28 had not yet received any com- in their fields in various districts, lack of electricity remained the 99.91 Afs cerned were involved in the trans- proper staff behaviour and lack of kilometres portion of the highway plaints against the ALP force. He including Sholgara. major problem. fer of drugs because they earned facilities. (Pajhwok) would be completed soon at a cost said if common people registered Sirajuddin Abid did not rule out (Pajhwok) 1000 Pak Rs= 644Afs 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Pakistan's powerful army chief says to step means the lines are blurring be- tween civilian and military satel- down when lites," said Trevor Hollingsbee, a retired naval intelligence analyst term ends with Britain's Defense Ministry. "In some cases, the imagery from ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's influ- a modern civilian satellite is good ential army chief on Monday said enough for military use." he would step down at the end of Sophisticated military re- his three-year term in November, connaissance satellites can be used the military's public relations wing to capture military signals and said, breaking a precedent of mili- communications, as well as de- tary leaders seeking to extend their tailed photographs of objects on terms. land, capturing detail to less than a General Raheel Sharif is con- meter, Koh and other experts said. sidered by many to be Pakistan's The tracking station will be the most powerful man. first such foreign facility in Viet- Since he took office in 2013, nam and follows other agreements the army has launched aerial and between Hanoi and New Delhi that ground assaults against Islamist have cemented security ties. insurgent strongholds near the Af- India has extended a $100 mil- ghan border in the northwest, earn- lion credit line for Hanoi to buy ing the military broad support patrol boats and is training Viet- from a Pakistani population tired namese submariners in India while of militant violence. Hanoi has granted oil exploration Critics say the crackdown has blocks to India in waters off Viet- been selective, going after some nam that are disputed with China. militant groups, but leaving others Under Prime Minister intact. Narendra Modi, India has shown Elements of Pakistan's army a greater willingness to step up have in the past been accused of security ties with countries such tacitly supporting Islamist armed as Vietnam, overriding concerns groups that launch attacks in Af- this would upset China, military ghanistan and India as a way to officials said. pressure both neighbors. "You want to engage Viet- The general has thrown his NEW DELHI: India will set up a purposes. Chi Minh City to monitor Indian that Vietnam can use in return for interest, security experts said. nam in every sphere. The reason support behind elected Prime satellite tracking and imaging cen- Hanoi especially has been satellite launches, the Indian offi- granting India the tracking site, said Another Indian official said is obvious - China," said retired Minister Nawaz Sharif during anti- ter in southern Vietnam that will looking for advanced intelligence, cials said. Indian media put the cost an Indian government official con- New Delhi would also have access Indian Air Force group captain government protests, while at the give Hanoi access to pictures from surveillance and reconnaissance at around $23 million. nected with the space program. to the imagery. Ajay Lele at the New Delhi-based same time solidifying the military's Indian earth observation satellites technologies as tensions rise with India, whose 54-year-old space "This is a sort of quid pro China's Defense Ministry said Institute for Defense Studies and hold over national security and that cover the region, including China over the disputed South program is accelerating, with one quo which will enable Vietnam to the proposed tracking station Analyses. foreign policy. China and the South China Sea, China Sea, they said. satellite launch scheduled every receive IRS (Indian remote sens- wasn't a military issue. The Chi- Both India and Vietnam are also General Sharif has also presid- Indian officials said. "In military terms, this month, has ground stations in the ing) pictures directly, that is, with- nese Foreign Ministry had no im- modernizing their militaries in the ed over a security crackdown in The move, which could irritate move could be quite significant," Andaman and Nicobar islands, out asking India," said the official, mediate comment. face of Beijing's growing assertive- Karachi, the country's largest city, Beijing, deepens ties between In- said Collin Koh, a marine security Brunei, Biak in eastern Indonesia who declined to be identified be- Vietnam launched its first ness, having separately fought which has sharply reduced mur- dia and Vietnam, who both have expert at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam and Mauritius that track its satel- cause he was not authorized to earth observation satellite in 2013, wars with China in past decades. der rates but drawn protests from long-running territorial disputes School of International Studies. "It lites in the initial stages of flight. speak to the media. but Koh said it was not thought to Australian-based scholar opposition politicians who say with China. looks like a win-win for both sides, The Vietnam facility will bol- "Obviously it will include produce particularly high resolu- Carl Thayer, who has studied Viet- their activists have been targeted. While billed as a civilian facil- filling significant holes for the Viet- ster those capabilities, said parts of China of interest to Viet- tion images. nam's military since the late 1960s, Under his watch, the military ity - earth observation satellites namese and expanding the range for Deviprasad Karnik, an ISRO nam." Chinese coastal naval bases, Security experts said Vietnam said the satellite tracking facility has been given authority to try ci- have agricultural, scientific and the Indians." spokesman. the operations of its coastguard would likely seek real-time access showed both nations wanted to vilians suspected of terrorism in environmental applications - secu- The state-run Indian Space But unlike the other overseas and navy and its new man-made to images from the Indian satel- enhance security ties. secret military courts. rity experts said improved imag- Research Organization (ISRO) will stations, the facility will also be islands in the disputed Spratly ar- lites as well as training in imagery "Their interests are converg- General Sharif is said to have ing technology meant the pictures fund and set up the satellite track- equipped to receive images from chipelago of the South China Sea analysis, a specialized intelligence ing over China and the South Chi- been personally involved in efforts could also be used for military ing and data reception center in Ho India's earth observation satellites would be targets of Vietnamese field. "The advance of technology na Sea," he said. to bring the Afghan Taliban into peace talks with Afghanistan, though those efforts have stalled. Speculation that General Sharif 64 held for providing would seek to extend his tenure for another term was baseless, the army's public relations wing said in a series of tweets issued on financial help to terrorists Monday. ISLAMABAD: The Counter-Ter- "The Pakistan Army is a great rorism Department (CTD) has ar- institution. I don't believe in ex- rested 64 people in parts of the tension," he was quoted as saying. country under the National Action General Sharif's decision Plan for allegedly providing finan- would represent a win for demo- cial assistance to terrorists. cratic institutions, but raises ques- Forty-one such cases were re- tions on the future of campaigns ported in Punjab with 57 people against militants. No obvious can- involved. Fifty-one arrests have didate to succeed him has yet been made so far in the province. emerged. Country-wide data issued by General Sharif pledged that the ministry of interior and nar- efforts to combat terrorism "will cotics control on Sunday revealed continue with full vigor and re- solve" after he retired, the army what chance the prosecution had that of the total arrests made in Punjab, 14 suspects were under tweets said. of success in the case. Khaleda was Pakistan's past two military ordered to appear in court on investigation and 26 were chal- laned. chiefs had sought extensions of March 3. es were reported to the Counter Terrorism Department in which eight their terms instead of stepping Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, In Sindh, five people were ar- rested for their alleged involvement suspects were arrested. down, with General Pervez Mush- acting secretary general of the Some cases were registered in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan arraf staging a coup to topple BNP, dismissed the case as politi- in facilitating terrorists by provid- ing them financial assistance and since the start of NAP and 28 suspects were arrested for allegedly Nawaz Sharif during a previous cally motivated. providing shelter and meal to terrorists. term as prime minister. "This is nothing but a mock- in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa four cas- ery and its aim is to deter Khaleda from politics," he told reporters. "The intent of the government Sri Lanka: Fulfill Rights Council Call for Justice is to continue its repression of the The Sri Lankan government should ther manifestation of Sri Lanka’s given the shortcomings of domes- Truth, Justice, Reconciliation, and opposition by police, making con- fulfill its commitments to the Unit- commitment to implement the tic institutions to ensure impartial Non-recurrence, and an Office on frontational politics." He said ed Nations Human Rights Council provisions of the resolution, in a investigations and witness protec- Missing Persons. Progress on 17,000 opposition activists had by ensuring that foreign judges and manner that its objectives are tion, and the Sri Lankan govern- those commitments has been slow been arrested since 2014 and 3,000 prosecutors play a significant role shared by the people and all stake- ment’s failure to take meaningful and not wholly transparent. A task were still in jail. East Pakistan broke in the mandated accountability holders in the country, for their accountability measures since the force on consultations on the Hu- away to become independent Bang- mechanism for wartime abuses, benefit.” war ended in May 2009. The 2015 man Rights Council resolution has ladesh in 1971 after a war between Human Rights Watch said today. “The Sri Lankan government Human Rights Council resolution been established, but there is little India and Pakistan. About three On January 21, 2016, President sought international involvement affirms the importance of partici- public information about its man- DHAKA: Former Bangladesh Khaleda made last month about the million people were killed, accord- Maithripala Sirisena told the BBC, to ensure justice and accountabili- pation in a justice mechanism of date and terms of reference. Vic- Prime Minister Begum Khaleda 1971 war of independence were ing to official accounts. contrary to Sri Lanka’s council ty so there’s no excuse for back- “Commonwealth and other foreign tims and their representative Zia, head of the opposition Bang- seditious. She had said there were Hasina opened an inquiry into commitments, that he will “never tracking now,” said Brad Adams, judges … and authorized prosecu- groups have not been informed ladesh Nationalist Party, was or- "controversies" over the numbers crimes committed during the war agree to international involve- Asia director. “President Sirisena tors and investigators.” about the consultation, leaving dered on Monday to appear in who were killed. in 2010, paving the way for pros- ment,” saying “[w]e have more needs to understand that interna- The countries that worked so many feeling isolated and shut out court to answer the charge of sedi- He said the comment hurt him ecutions by a war crimes tribunal than enough specialists, experts tional participation in a war crimes closely with Sri Lanka at the Hu- from a process ostensibly intend- tion, a move her supporters said "as a patriot" and that as a citizen, that Islamists have denounced as and knowledgeable people in our tribunal was not a vague promise man Rights Council last year have ed to provide real justice to them. was driven by politics. he had a right to file the case. part of a campaign aimed at weak- country to solve our internal is- to the UN but a firm commitment a responsibility to ensure that this The recent statements by the pres- The case comes amid rising Politics in poverty-stricken ening the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami, sues." to the thousands of Sri Lankans important resolution will be prop- ident and prime minister, who said concerns over the growth of Islam- Bangladesh has for decades been a key ally of the BNP. Human Rights Council mem- who suffered during the country’s erly adopted. The real rights gains that all missing persons are pre- ist militancy in the Muslim-ma- marred by violent protests, nation- Four opposition politicians, ber and observer countries that long civil war.” made by the Sirisena administra- sumed dead, raise concerns that jority South Asian nation, which wide strikes and bickering between including three leaders of Jamaat- backed the consensus October President Sirisena’s statement tion will rapidly fade if the fami- consultations will merely be win- saw a string of deadly attacks on supporters of Khaleda and current e-Islami, have been convicted and 2015 resolution, should make clear comes just weeks before a sched- lies of wartime victims feel that dow dressing for a predetermined secular writers, minorities and for- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, executed since late 2013. that foreign participation in a war uled visit to the country by the their one hope for justice was outcome. “The countries that eigners last year. who have taken it in turns to lead The executions have come crimes tribunal was already decid- UN High Commissioner for Hu- dropped on the basis of political worked so closely with Sri Lanka It was filed by Momtaz Ud- the country. amidst a rise in Islamist militant ed by the council and is not sub- man Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hus- calculations. In line with its com- at the Human Rights Council last din Ahmad Mehdi, a lawyer with An affiliate BNP group called violence, with militant groups ject to renegotiation. After adop- sein. The high commissioner’s of- mitments, the government should year have a responsibility to en- the Bangladesh Supreme Court and for a countrywide protest for claiming the murder of two foreign- tion of the resolution, Sri Lanka fice released a report detailing war- be implementing its plans for a war sure that this important resolution a supporter of the ruling Awami Tuesday. ers and four secular writers and a told the council that it was pleased time abuses by both sides, calling crimes tribunal with international will be properly adopted,” Adams League. He said that remarks It was not immediately clear publisher last year. to join as a co-sponsor “as a fur- for a “hybrid” justice mechanism participation, a Commission for said.

India has signed a deal with France its ageing Soviet-era military and telligence cooperation. to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets, the deal is the fruition of years of "France and India are two great Indian Prime Minister Narendra negotiation, with India intent on democracies... therefore we are Modi said. buying 126 jets in total for an esti- prime targets for terrorists who The announcement about the mated cost of $12bn (£8.2bn). cannot abide liberty, democracy or inter-governmental agreement fol- Correspondents say this is one culture. We must therefore coop- lowed Mr Modi's talks with of the world's biggest defence deals. erate more on security," Mr Hol- French President Francois Hol- Mr Modi announced the pur- lande said on Sunday. lande in Delhi. chase of 36 Rafale jets from France On Monday, the two leaders Mr Modi said the two coun- last April. will lay a foundation stone at the tries would work to sort out fi- The two sides signed 13 agree- new headquarters of the Interna- nancial issues on the deal. ments on Monday, including those tional Solar Alliance, a 121-nation Mr Hollande is in India for on space cooperation, science and group launched by Mr Modi at the three days, and will be the chief technology and the renovation of Paris climate summit in Novem- guest at the country's Republic railway stations in India. ber to expand affordable solar pow- Day celebrations. The Reuters news agency er. "We have completed an inter- quoted Mr Hollande as saying that Mr Hollande landed in the governmental agreement for the the two sides also hoped to con- northern city of Chandigarh on purchase of 36 Rafales, with the clude agreement within a year on a Sunday where Mr Modi joined him exception of the financial aspects," French nuclear company building at official engagements and lauded Mr Modi said after meeting Mr six nuclear reactors for India. France's decision to invest $1bn Hollande. The two leaders also discussed every year in India in various sec- India is looking to modernise ways to increase security and in- tors. 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Moroccan Biden and Erdogan aim to ramp up ISIS fight trainee teachers The White House said Vice Pres- ident Joe Biden and Turkish protest over President Tayyip Erdogan dis- cussed ways to deepen cooper- ation in the fight against ISIS in a meeting on Saturday in Istan- grant cuts bul. Biden and Erdogan also talked about the “importance of de-escalating recent tensions between Turkey and Iraq in a manner that respects Iraqi sov- ereignty,” the White House said in a statement released on Sun- day. Israel air raid targets Gaza after rocket attack

The Israeli air force targeted a Hamas military training facili- ty in central Gaza overnight on Sunday in response to a rocket attack, the army said. A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip Sunday night and struck southern Israel with no reports of casualties or dam- age, the Israeli Defense Forces said on its official Twitter ac- count. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al- stressing that Iran knows what is the terrorism-supportive countries and method of dealing with its About 30 rockets, fired Jubeir has denied the existence of required from it and there will not listed by the United Nations and neighbors on the principle of good from the Palestinian enclave any Pakistani mediation between be mediation unless Iran responds several states other than the King- neighborliness and refrain from in- controlled by the Islamist group his country and Iran. The minister positively. Over 35 years, Iran has dom of Saudi Arabia. There are terference in the internal affairs of Hamas, have struck Israeli ter- told the media on the sidelines of adopted a hostile approach toward governmental agencies in Iran list- other countries so that the path ritory since the end of the Gaza the first ministerial session of the Arab countries by meddling in their ed as terrorist organizations. will be open to building better re- war in 2014, according to the Arab-India Cooperation Forum internal affairs, sowing sectarian There are also officials in Iran’s lations with its neighbors,” he said. Israeli army. that some countries had offered to strife and backing terrorism as con- security agencies wanted for their This article first appeared in Militant groups claiming mediate and communicate ideas firmed by numerous strong evi- involvement in terrorism. the Saudi Gazette on Jan. 25, ties with the ISIS militant group between Riyadh and Tehran, dences, al-Jubeir said. Iran is among “Iran should change its policy 2016. say they have been behind sev- Thousands of trainee teachers The New York-based Human eral rocket attacks in recent took to the streets of Morocco’s Rights Watch group said police months, but Israel holds Ha- capital on Sunday in protest at used force against demonstrators mas responsible for all such government decrees that would cut in several cities on January 7. incidents. Kerry seeks ‘clarity’ within grants and affect their job pros- “Moroccan police attacked pects. and beat peaceful teacher-trainee Representatives of the five protesters... causing dozens of in- An Australian major trade unions and youth ac- juries,” HRW said in a statement republic 'could 48 hours on Syria peace talks tivists joined the protesters who dated January 18. U.S. Secretary of State John Ker- gathered in central Rabat before “Some of the protesters had benefit Aborigines' ry on Monday said he hoped for marching towards the education serious head injuries that required “clarity” within 48 hours on the ministry and parliament, an AFP emergency medical attention,” it A leading Australian academic parameters of peace talks aimed at reporter said. added. and Aboriginal activist has sup- ending Syria’s five-year war. In July, the government adopt- On Sunday, police cordoned off ported a renewed campaign for Speaking in Laos, America’s ed a decree more than halving the streets in Rabat and erected secu- Australia to become a republic top diplomat said he has held a monthly grant for trainee teachers rity barricades around the royal if it recognises the sovereignty flurry of conversations with key from around 2,454 dirhams (228 palace which is near the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait parties including his French, Turk- euros) to 1,200 dirhams. ministry, witnesses said. Islander citizens and gives them ish, Russian and Saudi counter- A second decree stipulated that Protesters held placards accus- more political representation. parts. teacher trainees would no longer ing the prime minister and his in- Professor Jakelin Troy, the He has also spoken with U.N. automatically qualify for an edu- terior and education ministers of director of Aboriginal and Torres special envoy to Syria, Staffan de cation ministry job once their train- “tyranny”, and others urging “free- Strait Islander Research at the Mistura “to make sure everybody ing ends but would need first to sit dom, dignity and social justice”. University of Sydney, said she is on the same page” ahead of the an exam. Late Saturday, government "absolutely" supported the no- talks, which had been slated to The decrees have sparked a representatives met trade union tion of Australia becoming a re- begin on Monday but now appear wave of protests since October leaders to try to ease tensions but public but that any new sys- in doubt. “We are gonna have the with trainee teachers - who num- the government said it would not tem of governance should cor- meeting and they (the talks) are ber 10,000 nationwide - boycott- go back on its decisions, one teach- rectly recognise that Aboriginal gonna start, we will have clarity I ing lectures and demanding that the er who attended the meeting told Australians initially owned the hope within 24 hours, somewhere confidence-building measures,” he Representatives of the Syrian at the table to represent the oppo- government reverse its decisions. AFP. country. like that, 48, something pretty said, adding he felt “positive” over government and opposition had sition, appears to have delayed the The minimum monthly wage Last year thousands of medi- "A republic should include soon,” Kerry told reporters dur- the negotiations. been set to meet in Geneva on talks. in Morocco’s public sector is just cal students also took to the streets more representation in the par- ing a trip to Laos. “We are talking Kerry’s efforts are part of the Monday as part of a U.N.-en- U.N. envoy de Mistura was 280 euros, according to official fig- to protest against a bill that would liament and a set of rights equiv- about the modalities of the cease- biggest diplomatic push yet to re- dorsed 18-month peace plan. due to hold a news conference lat- ures, while the World Bank says make it mandatory for graduates alent to treaty rights enshrined fire, we are talking about the mo- solve a civil war that has ground But a dispute over whether er Monday in Geneva to discuss unemployment affects 30 percent to work in the civil service for two in law so that Aboriginal peo- dalities of humanitarian or other on for almost five years ago. armed groups should be able to sit preparations. of young people. years. ple don't have to continue fight- ing," Troy said. Push to stop tourists climbing Australia's most famous landmark Austra- lia remains a constitutional Haiti's anti-govt EU must support Turkey more monarchy and has been subject- ed to British rule since it was colonised upon the arrival of Britain's First Fleet in Sydney protests continue on refugees, says Mogherini Cove on January 26, 1788. The fleet's arrival date is widely cel- ANKARA : The European Union ebrated in the country with an for fifth day has to do more to support Turkey annual public holiday called in its work caring for refugees, the Australia Day, but many Ab- bloc's foreign policy chief Federi- original people mourn the occa- ca Mogherini said on Monday af- sion as "Invasion Day". On ter talks with Turkish officials. Monday, the eve of this year's Mogherini also said at a news holiday, almost all of the coun- conference in Ankara that it was try's state and federal political extremely important to begin the leaders released a declaration, transition process in Syria with organised by the Australian Re- better humanitarian conditions on publican Movement, that called the ground. for the country to become a re- She said she shared her con- public, which would replace the cerns with the Turkish foreign min- United Kingdom's Queen Eliz- ister and EU affairs minister about abeth II with an Australian head the situation in Turkey's mainly of state. The most recent refer- Kurdish southeast, where observ- endum for independence in the ers say more than 150 civilians country, in 1999, failed. 'Not dis- have been killed during security similar to Syria' Troy said that operations against militants, and there was a need to recognise urged a return to peace talks and a that Australia's Aborigines were ceasefire. the original owners of the coun- try and to acknowledge the "60,000 years of modern human management of this land". "Peo- ple don't realise that it looks this way because Aboriginal people crafted it this way, through burn- ing, cropping and harvesting, they crafted this country to a large degree." Troy compared what happened to Australian Protesters clashed with police in came first in the first round of vot- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Prime that such an attack will never take been linked to a beheading video in fessional and fortunately not as Aborigines since colonisation Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince as ing in October. The UN, interna- Minister Najib Razak said on place," he said. Syria. many people killed as it was clear with the war in Syria, as it was" thousands marched against Presi- tional election observers, and for- Monday that he will take every Since February last year, po- Sidney Jones, a security ana- the terrorists hoped - but massive a war of people against their dent Michel Martelly's govern- eign governments urged calm and step to keep Malaysians safe in lice foiled seven plots but attacks lyst, told Al Jazeera that ISIL is publicity and I think we need to own people, but there is a white ment on a day that was supposed dialogue among the country's feud- the face of mounting threats from could only be stopped with excel- eager to garner headlines. understand that it's that publicity history that never acknowledg- to see a vote to elect his replace- ing politicians to negotiate a solu- armed groups such as the Islamic lent intelligence gathering and pre- "We've seen one attack now in that turns the failure into a suc- es that there was a civil war in ment. Security forces used tear gas tion to the electoral impasse. State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). emptive operations, he said. Jakarta - fortunately not very pro- cess," said Jones. this country. "People were and stun grenades on Sunday to In a statement, Ban Ki-moon, Najib told an international con- Hundreds of Malaysians are slaughtered with massacres oc- disperse crowds. the UN secretary-general, ex- ference of ministers and anti-ter- feared to have travelled to Syria to curring right up to the middle of The demonstrations, the fifth pressed concern and pressed Hai- rorism officials that he would "not fight with ISIL. Of the 72 posi- the 20th century. Aboriginal day of anti-government protests tians to work towards a "peaceful allow Malaysia to be open to in- tively identified, eight have re- people were regarded as vermin, in the capital, saw markedly less completion of the electoral process filtration". The Conference on De- turned to the country. and, in some respects, still are," violence compared with previous without delay". radicalization and Countering Vio- On Sunday, police said a sus- she said. Inside Story: Accusa- days, in which protesters hurled Haiti's charter requires a new lent Extremism comes just 11 days pected seven-member ISIL cell had tions of racism in Australian stones and smashed windows. government to take power on Feb- after a deadly attack in Jakarta, In- been arrested in a three-day oper- football Including Australia's Last week, Haiti's presidential ruary 7, but election authorities say donesia, which killed eight people ation carried out across the coun- Aboriginal history in the nation- and legislative runoff election to there is no chance that the country - including the four attackers - and try. al education curriculum and choose Martelly's replacement will meet that deadline to pick a as concerns grow over the spread The suspects had allegedly re- making a commitment to pre- was put on hold indefinitely. new president - threatening a con- ISIL's ideology across Southeast ceived instructions to carry out serve Aboriginal and Torres Opposition candidate Jude stitutional crisis. Given the short Asia. attacks in Malaysia by Syria-based Strait Islander languages - of Celestin's refusal to participate in timeline, some form of interim gov- Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, ISIL members, including the Indo- which only 13 are now spoken the election over fraud allegations ernment is likely to be formed to who heads the Malaysian police's nesian Bahrun Naim, named as the daily from at least 250 known sparked anti-government protests oversee the election process, yet counterterrorism unit, told Al mastermind of the Jakarta attacks. languages - were also important and violence. Critics of Martelly it remains unclear how the frac- Jazeera it was impossible to pre- Police said the suspects were steps in recognising the sover- believe that he unfairly favoured tious country would settle on a vent every possible attack. also given orders by Muhammad eignty of Aborigines, she said. his chosen successor, Jovenel temporary solution until elections "No enforcement agency can Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, a known Moise, a banana exporter, who can be rescheduled. provide a 100 percent guarantee Malaysian ISIL recruiter, who had 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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In 2014 a group of social activ- Edwin Feulner applauded Ameri- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 unarmed black men than white be- and professors stand down and ists, We Charge Genocide (WCG), can Billionaire Richarad Mellon cause the slave system put a tar- dictating courses of action to make modeled off an earlier group of the Scaife saying, “Right -wing victo- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan get on their backs centuries ago that schools more representative of same name, brought racial injus- ries started more than twenty years has never been erased. Racism is minority students, racism in the tice to the United Nations and made ago when Dick Scaife had the vi- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 in America’s DNA. It is a system- nonprofit industry flies under the a formal charge of genocide against sion to see the need for a conser- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ic problem built into the American radar. As movements grow and the United States on the world vative intellectual movement in culture ever since black people seek funding, they often look to stage. In the ’50s the charges in- America.... These organizations were counted as chattel and fed elite foundations to pay their way. cluded lynching, police brutality built the intellectual case that was from a pig’s trough. Every Ameri- Andrea Smith of INCITE! and social and economic inequities. necessary before political leaders The constitution says can institution from prisons to Women of Color Against Violence, The 21st century WCG activists like Newt Gingrich could translate politics, from Yale to Mizzou is cautions against building move- were out of Chicago responding to their ideas into practical political Article 116 laced with the inextricable venom ments on the corporate dole. In the fact that in 2014 23 of 27 po- alternatives.” of the slave system. The Ameri- “The Revolution Will Not Be lice shooting victims were African Adam Jackson of LBS has the The judiciary shall be an independent organ of the state of the Islamic Republic can system is so infected with ra- Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit American. The case of Dominique right idea, creating a think tank to of Afghanistan. The judiciary shall be comprised of one Supreme Court, Courts cial injustice that even programs Industrial Complex,” she writes “Damo” Franklin ignited the orga- map a course while living in the of Appeal as well as Primary Courts whose organization and authority shall be funded to mitigate systemic social that a Ford Foundation grant of nization to action when he was community that he serves. In or- regulated by law. The Supreme Court shall be the highest judicial organ, heading and economic problems become US$100,000 was pulled from their Tasered to death after an alleged der to change racist institutions, fruit of the poisonous tree. 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Eisenhower. sance and colonial practices; mon- pockets to fund their trip. They protect the systems that they cre- Michelle Alexander in her ground- itor and control activism; divert raised over $21,000 from online ated. We should expect nothing breaking book, The New Jim Crow, public money into their own cof- donations of ordinary people to less.—(teleSUR) gave voice to the Prison Industrial Complex: prison for profit and the incarceration of more black peo- ple than were enslaved. Leaders of Syria’s humanitarian crisis: A a Beautiful Struggle CEO Adam Jackson in a recent interview had this to say about the Nonprofit priority, not an afterthought Industrial Complex as outlined in Daesh, also known as Islamic State, controls around a third of the book, “The Revolution Will Syria and Iraq. The terrorist group has displaced hundreds of Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non- By Brooklyn Middleton children are getting killed, who will monitored ceasefires – should Profit Industrial Complex.” It is a thousands of people in the Middle East. It has also destroyed compilation of essays from activ- Days ago, the United Nations Chil- enforce the basic humanitarian serve as an outline for broader hu- historical sites, beheaded people and slaved young girls and ists around the world: dren’s Fund (UNICEF) released a norms the world continues to call manitarian goals. “In the United States there is statement urging all parties in- for in Syria? “There is no practical reason children. Daesh evil tentacles in Afghanistan are seen in east- a structured system set up for volved to make renewed efforts to Reports suggest the upcoming they could not be implemented if white people to profiteer off of peace talks in Geneva have already there is the will to do so,” UNICEF ern Nangarhar, southern Zabul, Helmand and southwestern Farah the oppression of black folks,” he end the Syrian conflict and allevi- said. “We call it the Nonprofit In- ate the dire humanitarian crisis in been derailed by Russia attempt- noted. The upcoming talks should provinces. The fanatical terror group is searching for potential dustrial Complex. White corpora- the war-ravaged country. Signed by ing to dictate who should attend. seek to demonstrate this will and fighters in Ghazni, Logar and Kunar provinces. As per esti- tions make sure that their profits at least 120 humanitarian organi- It is worth noting that Moscow – should focus on how to best im- are not taxed because they put which serves only to prop up the plement the objectives the organi- mates, there are 3,000 Daesh fighters in the country, mostly in profits into nonprofits and foun- zations, the appeal called for sev- dations and typically they are just eral steps to be taken that would Assad regime and secure its rule – zation has outlined. It remains to Nangarhar. However, it has given tough time to the Taliban extensions of that corporation’s immediately address the suffering should have no influence over be seen whether the talks will even militants. The group is chasing Taliban leaders in Pakistan as social and political agenda... it’s “in the name of our shared human- which parties should join upcom- take place on Monday in Geneva about systemic inequality and op- ity.” There is not one sentence in ing negotiations and which should and, critically, whether or not the well. On Monday it claimed responsibility for the attack on an pression because it insures that be barred from doing so. Mean- most important parties will attend. you can’t institution build.” the statement that shouldn’t be Afghan Taliban leader, who was said to be a teacher in a sem- Adam Jackson is native to immediately heeded by the barbar- while, 48 hours before the talks Irrespective of whether they West Baltimore and leads an inde- ic Assad regime and its backers as were set to begin, the Syrian op- take place or not, previously inary in Peshawar. In an IED attack on Sunday, the Taliban pendent, community-based orga- well as all rebel groups. The state- position rightly pointed to the ab- adopted resolutions – including nization that accepts no funding surdity of expecting negotiations 2254 – should start to get enforced. leader and his guard were injured. from political entities, nonprofits ment comes as the conflict nears The terrorist group with its roots in the Middle East has or foundation. They target legisla- entering into its sixth year. Accord- to start, yet again, while massa- Possible long term solutions to the tive policy to bring about change. ing to Mercy Corps, half of the cres continue and previous agree- conflict can only be discussed and become a serious threat for the government and people of Af- According to Jackson, black peo- country’s pre-war population has ments are being ignored. But if the implemented once these past ghanistan. It had made lives of residents miserable in different ple have to build their own insti- been killed or forced to flee their latest round of talks do take place agreements start to be honored. tutions so that they can map an in the immediate term, they abso- Brooklyn Middleton is an agenda accountable to the commu- homes. European states have tight- districts of Nangarhar. Tired of the brutalities, the locals sup- nity they serve. Although the rac- ened their borders while Arab states lutely must focus on the concerns American Political and Security ported by an influential lawmaker had taken up weapons to ism in the Prison Industrial Com- need to do far more to tackle the outlined in the UNICEF appeal. It Risk Analyst currently based in plex is a familiar target for change, crisis. Reports suggest the Gene- is all but certain that the talks will New York City. She has previous- fight Daesh. Not long ago, they beheaded four Daesh fighters the NPIC gets little attention. fail to bring forth any long-term ly written about U.S. President The U.S. nonprofit sector of va talks have already been derailed in a tit for tat response. Situation was getting out of control, but 501c(3) tax-exempt organizations by Russia attempting to dictate solution to the conflict at this stage. Obama’s policy in Syria as well as the government launched military operations to appease the is a 1.3 trillion dollar industry. It is who should attend The U.S. and U.N. represen- Bashar al-Assad’s continued the world’s seventh largest econo- Over the last 72 hours, reports tatives should reset the agenda crimes against his own people. She locals. The government has been severely criticized for not my funding 1.5 million organiza- of at least 45 refugees – including during the negotiations and priori- recently finished her MA thesis on tions that range from art museums tize immediately to focus on end- Ayatollah Khomeini’s influence on launching the counter-Daesh operations on time. We often look to think tanks and social justice 17 children – drowning to death in at one side of the coin and ignore the other. Daesh emerged at a groups on the right and the left side the Aegean Sea emerged while doz- ing the suffering. The four de- the Palestinian Islamic Jihad mili- of the fence. ens of civilians were killed by Rus- mands presented by UNICEF – tant group, completing her Mas- time that the US-led coalition forces were about to end their At least 60 percent of non- sian strikes in eastern Syria. As that call for humanitarian organi- ter’s degree in Middle Eastern Stud- profits serve people of color, how- zations to be able to operate free- ies. You can follow her on Twitter combat operation in December 2014. Considering it an oppor- ever 30% of board members are scores of refugees continue to die tunity, the Taliban launched large-scale attacks in different ar- without a single minority repre- while trying to flee by boat and ly in all areas of need as well as for here: @BklynMiddleton. eas of the country to topple the government and announce its victory. Fortunately, dreams and hopes of the militant group were Unemployment shattered to the ground after facing humiliation at every battle. But, the Taliban has not ceased anti-state activities. Thus, the focus of the government was to eliminate them first. Hope that Daesh would be eliminated completely and soon. The grave has been dug for Daesh. The time has arrived to bury it. Presi- dent Ashraf Ghani’s policy in this regard is worth appreciat- ing. Talking to BBC, the president rightly pointed out that peo- ple want to take revenge and get rid of the terror outfit. The government has edge over Daesh because residents of Nangar- har are ready to be part of the battle and defeat the fanatic terror group. The president should take advantage of this and Degree accelerate the pace of counter-Daesh offensives. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. 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.

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By Mohamad Elmasry multi-billion dollar business Morsi's popularity on par with Egypt's January 25, 2011 upris- contract. Sisi's, and that about half of ing is history, and - depending The state has also un- Egyptians disapprove of the on how upcoming five-year an- leashed a fierce hyper-nation- 2013 military takeover. niversary protests play out - so alist propaganda campaign that ALSO READ: Revisiting may be the uprising's aspira- frames police and military as Egypt's 2013 military takeover tions for "bread, freedom, and victims, heroes and protectors. Sisi's government is clearly social justice". Egypt has also passed doz- concerned about upcoming Following the February ens of draconian laws, includ- protests planned for January By Mohammad Taqi 2011 ousting of dictator Hosni ing a law that criminalises pro- 25. An Egyptian security offi- The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Mubarak, Egypt entered into a tests. A new rubber-stamp par- cial told Reuters that the gov- may be down but it certainly is promising - albeit tenuous and liamenthas already pledged ernment has "taken several not out. Various factions of the loyalty to Sisi and the judiciary measures to ensure activists terrorist group have launched and difficult - democratic transition. claimed several deadly attacks in Although the old political or- has aided Sisi at nearly every don't have breathing space and Pakistan’s Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa der maintained its essential step. Judges have issued sev- are unable to gather". province in the past months. And character, several democratic eral mass death sentences, in- The government has re- January was no exception. On two elections and referendums, a cluding one sentence against cently arrested several dozen consecutive days, the TTP factions new constitution, and unprec- 529 people for the alleged kill- Facebook page administrators struck twice. First against a para- edented political inclusion and ing of a single policeman. for allegedly "inciting pro- military border force and then tar- participation threatened Egyptian President Abdel tests", and sent directives to geting the Bacha Khan University Egypt's 60-year military dicta- Fattah el-Sisi [EPA] Upcoming religious leaders to deliver ser- in Charsadda in Khyber-Pukh- anniversary protests mons about patriotism and se- tunkhwa’s agricultural heartland torship. The June 2012 election where Pushkalavati (the Lotus of a civilian president - the Sisi has successfully curity. The security forces have City), the capital of the ancient Muslim Brotherhood's Mo- crushed dissent in the short- also raided random homes to Gandhara empire, once stood. hamed Morsi - was a significant term, but it is doubtful that his check Facebook accounts for The attack on the ragtag para- achievement. brand of governance can com- signs of dissent. military border patrol barely reg- But Egypt's most deeply pletely subdue opposition in Sisi is likely safe for now, istered on the Pakistani media’s entrenched state institutions - the long-term. but for how long? History and radar but the university assault the military, police, judiciary, Harsh brands of authoritar- political science both suggest drew in political and military lead- and media - were never on- ianism tend to give rise to vio- that another uprising is a mat- ership to Ground Zero. Twenty- lent resistance. Perhaps unsur- ter of when, not if. two students and faculty died in board with the 2011 uprising. the assault on the institution that Each institution worked to de- prisingly, terrorist attacks have Mohamad Elmasry is an is named after one of the foremost rail the democratic transition, increased dramatically in the assistant professor in the De- torchbearers of non-violence in the aided at times by clumsy tran- Sisi era and Egypt is now an partment of Communications at 20th century, Khan Abdul Ghaf- eminence at home and abroad by No on-off switch for jihad gles like Bacha Khan or banished sitional governance by the ISIL recruiting ground. the University of North Ala- far Khan aka Bacha Khan. painting both Prime Minister Listening to the about 11- them from the educational and Muslim Brotherhood, the There are signs that Egyp- bama. The university’s guards and at Sharif and Ashraf Ghani as weak minute video released by the TTP public discourse. In 17 years of group that swept Egypt's 2011- tians are growing increasingly The views expressed in this least one student and a teacher leaders and divert attention from thug Umar Mansoor claiming the my education – 12 of them at a 2012 election season, and an discontent. Although the state article are the author's own and Hamid Hussain put up armed re- Pakistan army’s disastrous jihad- Bacha Khan University attack, it civilian school run by the Pakistan arguably anti-democratic liber- projects the president as uni- do not necessarily reflect Al sistance to stymie the terrorist at- ist policies and monumental fail- becomes abundantly clear that ji- Air Force – in Pakistan I was not versally popular, polls show Jazeera's editorial policy. tack or the losses could have been ures to contain the monsters it has hadist terror is Pakistan’s home- taught one single line about Bacha al opposition. much worse. Pakistani military created. The Pakistani military grown problem and a self-inflicted Khan and his monumental politi- UpFront - Arena: Is Egypt eventually neutralised the four at- leadership has claimed periodical- wound. Mansoor speaks Pashto cal struggle against the British and better off under Sisi? tackers. While the TTP’s main ly that the TTP rump is now holed in a dialect typical of Pakistani then the military dictators of Pa- On July 3, 2013 - and with spokesman denied involvement in up in Afghanistan’s eastern and urban. His diction and idiom are kistan. On the other hand, the the support of large anti-Morsi The repercussions the ghastly attack, the outfit’s north-eastern regions and has been completely free of any Afghan or Muslim warrior-kings like Mah- protests - the Egyptian military, splinter group led by Khalifa Umar calling for an Afghan campaign tribal area language influences. He mud Ghaznavi and Aurangzeb led by Defense Minister Abdel Mansoor claimed the attack in a against them. The idea seems to be seems to be a man who has not Alamgir filled the pages of our his- Fattah el-Sisi, carried out a mil- of nuclear deal on detailed video message. to create a false equivalence be- spent enough time outside Paki- tory books. The boys in my school itary coup, arresting Morsi and The Director General Inter- tween Pakistan’s well-thought- stan for his language to absorb any were divided in four houses named Services Public Relations, Lt Gen out, decades-old strategy of har- Afghan influence. His frame of ref- after the Muslim warriors Khalid assuming formal control of the Asim Saleem Bajwa, has held two bouring Afghan jihadists and the erence is quintessentially Pakistani bin Waleed, Tariq bin Ziyad, Mu- state. Roughly one year after Iran’s policies the coup, Sisi was elected pres- press conferences since the attack, ostensible presence of the TTP too. I know this how? Well, be- hammad bin Qasim and Salahud- By Raghida Dergham alleging that the attack was mas- elements, who escaped Pakistani cause his Pashto is no different din Ayyubi, while the girls were in ident in a sham election. Saudi-Iranian relations and region- terminded from Afghanistan and military operations, in the unruly than mine, and, like me, he grew the Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Now five years removed The lifting of international sanc- al balances. the attackers crossed through the Afghan frontier regions where up in the Pashtun heartland in Pa- Allama Muhammad Iqbal houses. from a democratic uprising, tions on the Islamic Republic of Leveler called oil Torkhum checkpoint on the Du- Kabul’s writ is skimpy at best. kistan. An anti-India or more specifically Egypt finds itself once again Iran passed as if it were a non- Saudi-Iranian relations are not rand Line, apparently after dup- It is a well-known fact that the According to media reports, anti-Hindu curriculum was taught mired in authoritarianism. Per- event. The U.N. Security Council currently in a phase of accord and ing the Pakistani security detail current TTP leader Mullah Faz- Umar Mansoor went to school in in the name of Pakistan Studies. I haps remarkably, the state has bestowed immediate legitimacy on reconciliation. Rather, I believe, there. The military spokesman said lullah had escaped the Pakistani Islamabad and then worked with shudder to think about the curric- the move in accordance with the escalation reigns supreme. The new the attackers were receiving phone operations in Swat. On the run his family in the port city of Kara- ulum of the madrassas that Umer managed to control public dis- content enough to prevent the nuclear deal it had stamped with common denominator between the calls from an Afghan mobile num- since, he has reportedly been in chi. The question is why did he Mansoor and his ilk might have its seal of compliance. two countries is being affected by ber during the attack. General Ba- and out of the areas straddling the take up arms against the Pakistani gone through. kind of mass protests that could Removing the freeze on Irani- the drop in oil prices to below $30 jwa later played an audio record- Durand Line. Scores of other jiha- state and the army, especially if The attack on the Bacha Khan put Sisi at risk. an assets means Tehran will ob- per barrel. ing of a phone call where a terror- dists similarly escaped the Paki- the latter too has a jihadist bend. University goes to show that there How has Sisi managed to tain around $150 billion automati- Some believe Riyadh is against ist leader is ostensibly calling a stani army’s Zarb-e-Azb opera- The answer simply is that once are legions of indoctrinated Paki- re-solidify an authoritarian or- cally, and up to $50 billion in prom- cutting production for reasons of Pakistani reporter to claim the at- tion in the North Waziristan tribal indoctrinated to conduct jihad, in- stanis who are willing to kill and der? How has he managed to ised investments over the next five national interests, and that there is tack. As he did not share the de- agency. In fact, not a single terror- dividuals like Umar Mansoor re- be killed in the name of religion subdue a motivated citizenry years. According to experts, this no need to cut production to ben- tails of which cellular towers the ist ringleader has been known to main ideologically hard-wired for and jihadism, supported logistical- that has, in the past, appeared would generate growth of up to 5 efit Russia and Iran. Others believe number was using during the call, have been captured in the Zarb-e- good. The niceties of Pakistani ar- ly by a larger network of fellow percent a year, rescuing the coun- one of the key reasons Riyadh in- it is hard to comment on the verac- Azb operation. Meanwhile, the my’s duplicitous policies, where travellers and even bigger hordes willing to die for freedom? Fi- nally, how long will he be able try from an economic crisis and sists on maintaining the same level ity of his claims, especially since identity of the more than 3,500 ji- it pretends to facilitate peace pro- who condone their brutal, relent- enabling it to pursue internal and of production is actually to under- Afghan-origin cellular SIM cards hadist cadres, whom the Pakistan cess between the Afghan Taliban less and violent jihadism. The at- to survive amid growing dis- external projects despite falling oil mine Iran and Russia economical- are used in tribal and some settled army claims to have killed, has not and the Kabul government while tackers were all Pakistanis as were content? Brute force prices. ly, to prevent them from having a areas of Pakistan rather common- been made public. continuing to host the new Tali- their accomplices. Unless the Pa- Sisi has governed Egypt Russia’s direct military inter- free hand in Syria. ly. Creating a false equivalence Analysts had been warning ban emir Mullah Akhtar Mansoor kistani army planners see the di- with a proverbial iron fist, in- vention in Syria has relieved Iran’s However, oil policies are not Nonetheless, the Pakistani that the fanfare in the run-up to in the Quetta suburb of Kuchlak, sastrous errors of their ways and timidating, jailing and killing budget, bearing in mind that most just about Saudi-Iranian relations military seems to have laid the the Zarb-e-Azb operation had giv- are lost on the rank and file jihad- decide to roll back both the theory dissenters and manufacturing of Tehran’s spending on regional or the new rivalry in the oil world blame for the Charsadda attack en jihadists ample warning to flee ists. They see even a tactical re- and practice of their jihadist enter- loyalty through fear. The po- expansion in recent years report- with the shale revolution in the squarely on Afghanistan’s door- and melt away into the popula- treat as the betrayal of their com- prise there will likely be more at- edly came from the Iraqi treasury United States. There are other fac- step as it has done on multiple tion. That several jihadists poten- mon jihadist cause. What seems tacks like the one on the Bacha lice, military, judiciary and me- dia have all played key roles. under former Prime Minister Nouri tors in play, including China’s occasions in the past. The Paki- tially crossed over into Afghani- lost on the Pakistani army plan- Khan University. The first step al-Maliki. slowdown and the spending by oil- stani Chief of Army Staff General stan was no surprise either. The ners is that the jihadist cadres nei- would be to realise “if you break Egypt's security forces, Now, after international sanc- producing countries on direct and Raheel Sharif again spent no time Pakistani military still sticks to its ther have an on-off switch nor do it, you own it”; blaming Afghani- embarrassed during the coun- tions are lifted, the Revolutionary proxy conflicts. in picking up the phone and call- dangerous definition of the “good” they conduct jihad only in the bank- stan for the Pakistan army’s sins try's 2011 uprising, seem to Guards (IRGC) will be able to re- Yet some oil experts believe ing Afghan president Dr Ashraf jihadists who fight against the Af- ers’ hours and take the weekends and dereliction may be a good ex- have taken one important les- sume their regional plans with a that the collapse in oil prices will Ghani directly. Whatever the ve- ghan government and India and the off. For the top echelons of the cuse but makes for horrible solu- son from their experiences - comfortable financial margin and push traditional foes to set their racity of the claims – which have “bad” jihadists who attack Paki- Pakistani army, jihadism may be tion to Pakistan’s terrorism conun- that the force they employed also fight the battle with the mod- differences aside and rescue their been swiftly rejected by the Af- stan. The problem is that the good, just another tool of prosecuting drum. The way Pakistan has to protect Mubarak wasn't erate camp with equal comfort. The economies. These experts say there ghan government – the general’s call the bad and the ugly jihadists con- foreign policy but for individuals dragged its feet on apprehending IRGC is the biggest winner, while is no escape from accord because was a curious move. sort together and share cadres, like Umar Mansoor it becomes the banned terrorist outfit Jaish-e- enough. Following the 2013 coup, the moderate camp led by Presi- this is what interests require. The The Pakistani COAS was not sanctuaries, recruiting grounds and both a vocation and a way of life. Muhmmad leader Masood Azhar dent Rowhani and foreign minis- margin of accord will not stop at only completely out of line in call- training facilities. Chances are that Decommissioning jihadists is who is blamed for the recent at- security forces arrested more ter Mohammad Javad Zarif, in oil prices but will probably include ing a foreign head of state, but in if the TTP elements are in Afghan- trickier than enlisting and unleash- tack on the Indian airbase at than 40,000 people and commit- partnership with former president outstanding political disputes in doing so he also trampled upon the istan, they are not exactly receiv- ing them. And it is not just because Pathankot, it seemed that despite ted several mass killings, kill- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, will be the region. civil-military relations in Pakistan. ing diplomatic protocol from the of their current motivation to fight the lip service to the contrary the ing more than 2,500 people in comfortable in the next month’s This logic may not apply to The call could have been initiated Kabul government but hanging out but also because of the ideological Pakistani brass has little or no de- all. elections thanks to the détente. the IRGC in Iran, however, be- by the civilian government of the with their Afghan Taliban counter- milieu that Pakistan has created sire to dismantle its jihadists prox- Following the 2013 coup, The Obama administration is cause its thinking is constrained by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, es- parts. It is time Pakistan realises over the decades to support its ji- ies. And now the way Pakistan is security forces arrested more wagering on Iranian economic pros- projects for regional dominance pecially since the premier was that it is not one bad fish but a hadist venture. For 68 years of its shifting blame for its jihadist blun- perity to empower the moderate and the “export” of the Islamic scheduled to meet the Afghan pres- rotten jihadist ecosystem, almost existence, Pakistan has either offi- der to Afghanistan just reinforces than 40,000 people and commit- ted several mass killings, kill- camp, which rarely defies the mul- revolution. The IRGC believes ident within hours in Davos, Swit- exclusively of its own making, that cially denigrated towering politi- the concern that it is still in no lah-led establishment in Tehran and that given that it was able to dou- zerland. General Raheel Sharif has inflicted such incredible mis- cal figures and champions of non- mood to correct its deadly course. ing more than 2,500 people in has hopes it would slow down ble down at the time of isolation clearly sought to assert his pre- ery on the whole region. violent and secular political strug- (Scroll.in) all. Iran’s plans for regional dominance and sanctions, it could do much The violence seems to have led by the IRGC hardliner camp. more after the sanctions have been worked - fear has reduced the There is need to think practi- lifted and money is flowing again. size and frequency of anti-coup cally on the impact of lifting of The IRGC could come down protests. Even when protests sanctions on regional conflicts and hard on moderate forces that want LETTER TO THE EDITOR the war against ISIS have been launched, security to focus on economic growth and forces have set up security However, these wagers will prosperity rather than military in- walls to prevent dissenters not materialize, at least not in the tervention, the creation of militias, near future. Thus, they will not and imposing costly dominance. from gathering in large squares, impact Iranian-Russian policy in The battle within The conflict and the government has effec- Syria in support of Assad. Nor, I in Iran between the moderates and tively banned television cov- believe, will they lead to the dis- the hardliners is not marginal, par- erage of marches. These mea- mantlement of Shiite militias in ticularly on the eve of the elections sures ensure that a spectacle - Syria and Iraq, or the wooing of scheduled for February 26. It the kind that galvanised the Sunni support that is crucial for would be crucial to slow down the defeating ISIS and similar groups Despite being well aware of too much challenges on the way to the unpredictable futures,a large number of families fleeing war and poverty, opposition in 2011 - doesn't unfreezing of Iranian assets and in both countries. paying handsome amounts to human traffickers to help them pass to Europe,. In a recent tragedy, a national handball team player, Aziz, left take place. investment projects, given what’s Hence, there is a need for think- Kabul along with his small but beautiful family including his breastfeeding son. They didn’t make through even entering to European countries. at stake. Instead, decision-makers The state has also used ing practically regarding the impact The whole family drowned in Greece Sea on their way from Turkey to Europe. This was not a single Afghan Family that drowned off but many such as U.S. Secretary of State forced disappearance and tor- of lifting of sanctions on regional others who lost their lives crossing the costs and being suffocated in containers. According to UN, nearly 160,000 Afghans had reached Europe John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign ture as methods of intimidation. conflicts and the war against ISIS. in 2015 throughdeadly routes, used by traffickers. In 2016 the number may increase. Most of the Asylum seekers are Minister Sergei Lavrov must take Amnesty International says If Washington has chosen not to young people. They are living in camps at least with peace but they have unpredictable futures there too. The government advantage of the Saudi and Iranian torture has been "rampant" undertake any action that could must work to restore peace, create job opportunities for the citizens, so no one to be compelled to leave the homeland for need for accord to ease their dis- undermine the new relationship deadly routes to Europe. Yousaf Hashmi, Shahrara, Kabul. since the coup, while more than putes practically and realistically, 300 cases of forced disappear- with Tehran, then the price to pay to the benefit of both Russia and Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and ance were documented over a is much higher than it will imagine, the US, who are also oil produc- address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] recent two-month period. and it might realize this only when ers. But if the U.S. and Russia have Rather than investigate po- it is too late. decided low oil prices are in their The new page in U.S.-Iranian interest in the years ahead, things lice and military abuses, the relations has become a reality that would be completely different, and state has appeased both enti- requires constructive scrutiny so there would be no need for spon- ties. Sisi has given multiple pay that this relationship would be soring Saudi-Iranian accord. In that Disclaimer: raises to military and police of- beneficial for both sides and the case, the Middle Eastern oil-pro- ficers; erected a statue honour- world. Caving in and complacen- ducing nations must think about The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) ing police at Cairo's Rabaa cy would otherwise be an invest- their options, whether in terms of Square, the site of the largest ment in the forces of Sunni and de-escalating proxy conflicts, or in and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. police-perpetrated massacre; Shiite extremism. Instead, there is terms of thinking to alternatives and awarded the military a now an opportunity for balance in to their reliance on oil. 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Deadly human trafficking Five years after the uprising, the solution to Egypt's political impasse may not be radical or revolutionary. business on In June 2010, Khaled Said, a young Mexico-US Egyptian citizen of Alexandria, was beaten to death by plain- border clothes police officers outside a local internet cafe. At the time, the ALTAR: One single road cuts Ministry of Interior said he died through drowsy Altar, an hour's of asphyxiation caused by swal- drive south of the American bor- lowing a bag of narcotics, but a der at Sasabe, Arizona. At first picture of Said's battered face be- glance, the town seems a sleepy gan circulating online. A Facebook outpost. But this look is deceiv- page titled We Are All Khaled Said ing. attracted hundreds of thousands of Foot soldiers of the drug car- followers and has been viewed as tels, young, tough-looking men on a catalyst for the 2011 revolution, bikes, patrol the blocks. Men in as it increased awareness of police pick-up trucks with fully tinted brutality under former President windows and no licence plates Hosni Mubarak's rule. On the five- drive up and down the one main year anniversary of the Egyptian road menacingly. uprising, Abdel Rahman Mansour, A migrant pulls his jacket over one of two administrators of the his head and trots into a shop. But page, spoke to Al Jazeera about a his attempt to make himself invis- key moment in the revolution. ible is of little use. No one gets in - Contrary to the dominant per- or out - of Altar without the per- ception, the decisive moment in the mission of the cartels. Egyptian revolution, in my view, The migrant hub predates January 25, the day mass "You can't trust anyone here," protests took over Tahrir Square. says Juan Díaz, a 38-year-old mi- Khaled Said's brutal murder at the grant who hopes to find work in hands of the police left many of us the US. He is a widower and fa- young men and women consumed ther of six children from the south- by anger and frustration in the days ern Mexican state of Chiapas, stay- that followed. We spent countless ing at a church-run shelter for mi- hours thinking about ways to chan- grants. The shelter offers a safe nel this anger, and the idea of a place to stay and a meal for mi- Facebook page that sheds light on grants who've undertaken a diffi- all cases of police brutality and cult and dangerous journey. torture was born out of those dis- After the US tightened border cussions. In June, we set up the security controls following the page, and in August 2010, we de- September 11, 2001 attacks, Altar cided to call for silent protests was transformed into a hub for across the country against police migrants seeking to enter the coun- torture. We wanted it to be silent try illegally through remote desert Youth Movement, but our Face- and in 2003, when protesters oc- At the beginning, people were made the revolution a success and Now, five years after the rev- routes. so as to not provoke the police book page stood out because no- cupied Tahrir Square to protest asking "Why Khaled Said?" since what made it work were those in- olution, I think the solution to and invite them to arrest us. At the In this small town the shops, body knew who was behind it. We against the US invasion of Iraq. he was not the first victim of po- visible citizens whose names we Egypt's political impasse may not exclusively geared towards mi- time, I was a student of mass com- chose to remain anonymous so as Personally, I have always be- lice torture. The simple answer to do not even know. necessarily be radical or revolution- munications at Mansoura Univer- grants, offer everything from "coy- to not get arrested, which could lieved that a revolution was bound this question is that Khaled Said I think there are radical differ- ary. I'm of the view that, eventual- otes" - as the human traffickers here sity. MY ARAB SPRING: Tuni- have caused our nascent protest to happen in Egypt, regardless of resembled many young men, and ences between 2010 and 2015, de- ly, Egypt's political forces will sit sia's revolution was a dream We are known - to camouflage, sand- movement to be aborted prema- what shape or form it was going to they can easily relate to him. Young spite the widespread police bru- at the negotiation table in what I coloured clothing and anti-snake- were so worried that people might turely - but also because we did take. men felt that what happened to tality and oppression. I think the call the "negotiations of the defeat- not respond to our calls and that bite kits. not want to be associated with any What made the revolution a Khaled could happen to them, so collective psyche of the Egyptian ed", meaning that in 2011, Mubar- But these days, the little town people might not show up in good political party or movement. So success and what made it work we insisted on focusing on Khaled people is waiting for a moment, an ak was defeated; in 2012, the mil- numbers. To our surprise, there plaza is no longer crowded. Local we opted out of the media atten- were those invisible citizens whose Said. We used to get solidarity let- opportunity, because you cannot itary establishment was briefly authorities and shop owners say was an overwhelming turnout, and tion. These silent protests turned names we do not even know. ters from many people. One wom- achieve success twice with the defeated; in 2013, the Muslim we were encouraged by such a re- up to 3,000 people once arrived out to be a rehearsal to January I was raised in a politicised an sent us an image of her yet-to- same tools, and I think this is a Brotherhood was defeated - and here every day from all over the sponse to call for another silent 25. On January 17, 2011, we family. My parents were members be-born baby and said she would good sign. The low turnout in the current leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, protest. Thousands of young men world in the hope of reaching their posted an event on Facebook call- of the Muslim Brotherhood, and I call him Khaled Said. last parliamentary elections is a will be defeated at some point. American dream. and women showed up in Cairo, ing for protests for "a revolution was also a member of the move- These ordinary people are reflection of people's understand- This will happen sooner or Mansoura and many other places Today, however, the flow of against poverty, torture and injus- ment until 2007, when I decided what I call the invisible actors. ing of what type of regime they later, when Sisi is viewed as a lia- people is reduced significantly. Yet across the country. This was the tice". We wanted primarily to mo- to leave. I was 18 at the time, and Nobody believed that there were are living under. bility to the state and no longer first time I realised that there was everyone here agrees that dangers bilise people against police torture, I decided to defect in protest at least 200,000 Egyptian young The low turnout was a silent serves whatever interests he was lurk at every corner for the few simmering discontent that was not and this is why we marked it for against the movement's first polit- men and women who could join or protest on the part of the Egyp- brought to serve. I do not agree being expressed politically, and migrants who take the risk to trav- January 25, which was National ical platform. This notion that work with the human rights move- tian people against the regime. that if Sisi is gone, another Sisi will el through this town. that this discontent was increas- Police Day. women and Copts were not, in the ment. Nobody knew they existed. When they see that the moment is come from the generals' ranks. ing, particularly among the young The drug cartels, locally re- In retrospect, the revolution Muslim Brotherhood platform, Those "invisible actors" were the ripe to defeat the police again, they So much has been invested in ferred to as "la mafia", control an men and women who were not did not happen in a vacuum; it ex- eligible to run for presidential elec- result of the political conditions will take to the streets to do so. manufacturing an image and an politicised but were part of a larg- extensive network of human traf- isted in the people's collective tions was not acceptable by a num- the country experienced. January 25 came about because icon out of Sisi, and that is not fickers and informants. They ex- er rights movement. After the psyche for a long time. There were ber of young men in the group, in- They were the core of the pro- people believed in their ability to likely to happen with any future Spring - Egypt: 5 Years On At the tort for money, kidnap and kill manifestations of the revolution in cluding myself. We met with Mo- test movement, and we managed achieve victory. This moment is president, even if they come from migrants at will. The locals think time, there were other voices of the bread uprising of January hamed Morsi to discuss the issue, to embrace them and represent yet to come, and waiting for it is army ranks. But again, no one at opposition against the Mubarak they have infiltrated the local 1977, and it was also reflected in but he insisted that this was the their interests. At the time, of not a mistake. The onus is on the this point can decide when the next branches of the police and govern- regime, like the Muslim Brother- the labour strikes, such as in the movement's political stand, so we course, we were not conscious of ordinary people who can make phase of the revolution will come hood, Kefaya and the April 6 ment structures. Mahalla textile factory in 2008, decided to defect. that fact, but in retrospect, what meaningful change. about, or what form it will take. The ongoing conflict over traf- ficking routes between two rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel, "Los Memos" and "Los Salazar", means that there is increased competition The mental scars of Vietnam's war veterans over the migrants that do arrive. A church in the town of Altar Le Van Nam still sees the soldiers tal health treatment in Vietnam is health infrastructure is plagued by outside mental hospitals. In 2009, in silence. through downtown, and state tele- provides temporary shelter for who died while fighting alongside rooted in a lack of understanding problems. One is a lack of ade- another study found that Vietnam's War veterans are no exception. vision showed documentaries glo- migrants en route to the US border him in the 1960s. on the part of doctors, health offi- quate funding, especially for pre- proportion of psychiatrists ranked The government is typically eager rifying Vietnam's wartime victories. [Axel Storen Weden/Al Jazeera] Most nights he lies awake in cials and the general public. "If you ventive care. below both Thailand's and China's. to publicise the lasting health ef- Veteran Le Van Nam, howev- Pay or be killed To cross the bed, gripped by visions of his fall- don't know about depression and The government spent just "The largest future challenge for fects of dioxin, the chemical in the er, said a few days after the parade Sasabe desert and go on to Arizo- en comrades beckoning him to join anxiety disorders - if you don't see over $3m in 2012 on mental health, the Vietnamese mental healthcare wartime defoliant Agent Orange that the military propaganda no na, migrants are told they must them in heaven. He cries out, trem- them as mental health - then you but most of that was devoted to field is to attract mental health that US planes sprayed across a longer interests him much. pay about $4,500 to the coyote, bling with fear, until his wife wakes don't have a system to respond," treatment of existing illnesses, workers," a team of international large swath of central and south In his modest, concrete home who is appointed by the cartels. him and calms him down. she says. "Mental healthcare is not Duong Quang Trung, the director researchers wrote in a 2011 paper Vietnam during the war. But veter- about 50km from Hanoi, the only They are also forced to pay an Nam, who fought for the yet a priority." of the Community Health and for the Journal of Asian Psychia- ans' quiet struggles with depres- framed pictures are of Nam's additional $700 in a separate "tax" North Vietnamese army, was par- It is difficult to quantify Viet- Development Institute, told the try. sion, anxiety and other mood dis- grandchildren. "They are the hap- to the criminal groups themselves. tially paralysed after a mortar nam's mental health burden. state-controlled newspaper Thanh Doctors and health analysts orders receive far less attention in piest thing in my life," he said. At the church-run shelter, there pierced his skull during a 1969 bat- The last official survey, com- Nien. And although social pro- say the main deterrent for young the state-controlled press. He has hidden his war medals were rumours that the week be- tle. The 76-year-old now has no pleted in 2003 by the National grammes are meant to help the doctors is low salaries. Vietnam's In October 2013, thousands of because thinking about the war fore, two Honduran migrants were function in his left arm or leg. And Psychiatric Hospital, estimated poor and most vulnerable to af- official news agency reported in Vietnamese flooded the streets of only upsets him, and he is disap- murdered after they took the fatal about once a month, he has a panic that 12 million people, or 14.9 ford treatment, many fall through October 2013 that mental health the capital to pay their respects to pointed that the government does decision to embark on the journey attack that requires hospitalisation percent of Vietnam's population, the cracks. doctors earn just $140 to $190 a General Vo Nguyen Giap, a mili- not provide more support for his north without paying. in the mental ward of a local hos- suffered from 10 common mental For example, most mentally ill month - about the same as the av- tary mastermind who played a key ongoing mental health expenses. Juan Díaz, the migrant from pital. His doctors typically give disorders - about the same rate as war veterans are entitled to some erage national wage across all sec- role in defeating both the French He recently went to the ministry the south of Mexico, is left with- him an anticonvulsant sedative that in other low- and middle-income degree of free medical treatment, tors. and American armies. Vietnam's of labour, invalids and social af- out any money after his long and helps break his mood. countries, according to Professor but some of them cannot afford to A national decree that took ef- leaders used the occasion as a way fairs to complain, he added. But perilous journey through the coun- The 4.5 million Vietnamese Harry Minas of the Melbourne travel to hospitals or pay the extra fect in September 2013 includes to promote nationalism at a time he does not expect anything to try. Now he has been offered to dong, or $211, that Nam receives School of Population and Global charges linked to hospitalisation, incentives for students to pursue when many blame the ruling Com- come of it. get over the border "mochilando" - every month in government dis- Health in Australia. according to Vietnamese health degrees in mental health. In the munist Party for corruption and This article first appeared in as a drug mule, carrying a back- ability payments covers about 70 But the survey omitted thou- blogs and reports in the state-con- meantime, many Vietnamese with economic mismanagement. Con- the November 2013 issue of the pack filled with at least 30kg of percent of his treatment and hos- sands of other disorders, and the trolled news media. mental illnesses continue to suffer voys of military trucks rolled Al Jazeera Magazine. marijuana. pitalisation costs, according to his results are now a decade old. That Even if the government is seri- But Díaz is hesitant and well son Bach. is a long time, researchers say, in a ous about mental health reform, aware of the stories about how His four children pitch in the country in which economic growth the current system is not designed migrants are killed once the mer- rest. "We're lucky that we have the and rural-to-urban migration have to accommodate a comprehensive chandise is delivered. "I'm afraid. money," says 33-year-old Bach, profound impacts on social cus- approach. There is no mental Every single day I try to come up who is an accountant in Hanoi. But toms and living standards. health law or comprehensive men- with something else. But if I don't Nam's treatment is entirely drug- Vietnam's mental health infra- tal health strategy in Vietnam, says send any money home soon, my based, and he receives no therapy structure Wounded veteran Le Van Dr Nguyen Mai Hien, the director children will die of hunger," he or counselling. Nam shows the 3cm head wound of the mental health programme at says, his eyes filled with tears. Lack of understanding he received during the Vietnam War. VVAF. Suffering in silence Decreased crossings Figures of the Veteran Lai Chan Chinh, 68, Nam, a former lieutenant in the Vietnamese veterans and number of those apprehended by sits on a bed in his room in the North Vietnamese army, is one of mourners form a long queue at the the US border patrol indicate that warehouse of a local cooperative an unknown number of veterans national funeral house for the fu- fewer and fewer migrants are risk- in Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam who suffer from mental illnesses neral procession of the late Gener- ing the crossing than in previous province. Chinh served in the in Vietnam. Experts say the coun- al Vo Nguyen Giap [Na Son Nguy- years. According to US Border North Vietnamese army from 1960 try's mental health system should en/Al Jazeera] Control data, from 1983 through to 1975. His relatives say he now take a more preventive and holis- Most mental healthcare servic- 2006, more than one million mi- suffers from paranoia related to his tic approach [Na Son Nguyen] es are administered either by the grants were detained trying to cross wartime experiences [Na Son [Daylife] ministry of health or the ministry the US-Mexico border. But the Nguyen/Al Jazeera] The government has taken of labour, invalids and social af- number has come down significant- There are at least 2.6 million some steps in recent years to ex- fairs, she adds, and there is limited ly in recent years, with only war veterans in Vietnam, but men- plore more holistic treatment pro- collaboration between them. The 337,117 apprehensions in 2015, tal health experts say it is impos- grammes and to broaden the scope first ministry mainly provides care the lowest since 1971. sible to know how many of them of mental disorders that are ad- through 34 psychiatric hospitals, Marc Rosenblum, deputy di- suffer from mental disorders be- dressed. while the latter focuses on 17 so- rector of the US immigration pro- cause the country lacks compre- For example, a national health cial protection centres and a na- gramme at the Migration Policy hensive epidemiological data on programme includes a communi- tionwide stipend programme for Institute, attributed this decrease mental illnesses. ty-based scheme. The ministry of the poor or severely disabled who to the stricter border security pol- But if the general population health has permitted a US nonprof- suffer from mental illnesses. icies in the US. And this decrease is any guide, the experts say, many it-making organisation, Vietnam According to VVAF, Vietnam's is having a significant effect on the veterans likely suffer from undi- Veterans of America Foundation mental health programme focuses small town that depends on the agnosed mood disorders that do not (VVAF), to establish community- mainly on schizophrenia and epi- commerce of migrants. The town's qualify as severe psychiatric prob- based mental health treatment pro- lepsy. mayor, Everardo Martinez, claims lems. And the veterans, like mil- grammes in two Vietnamese prov- Researchers say one of the big- that the extortion, kidnapping and lions of other civilians, would ben- inces. And in 2011, Prime Minis- gest obstacles to reform is a con- killing of migrants is not an issue efit from holistic treatment pro- ter Nguyen Tan Dung launched a spicuous lack of human resources. in Altar any more - contrary to grammes that include therapy, nine-year mental health project A 2006 World Health Organisation common belief [Axel Storen We- counselling and community-based worth $400m aimed partly at in- study found that there were just den/Al Jazeera] outreach. tegrating drug treatment with coun- 50 trained psychologists and four "Pretty much all the stores Le Hong Loan, a mental health selling, psychiatric counselling and occupational therapists in all of geared towards the migrants have expert at UNICEF's Hanoi office, other social services. Vietnam. There were 286 psychi- had to close.The same thing goes says the absence of holistic men- However, Vietnam's mental atrists, but none of them worked for the hotels and flophouses. 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Oil Christine Lagarde has a second Crude oil prices tumbled 4 hopes that other central banks prices meanwhile succumbed to term at the helm of the Interna- percent on persistent worries might take the same path. profit-taking after huge gains on tional Monetary Fund sewn up about oversupply and profit-tak- The market rout meanwhile Friday. Brent (LCOc1) fell more just days after nominations ing, reversing early gains. That fol- could throw the Fed off its course than $1 to $30.78 a barrel by 0850 opened, despite facing possible lowed a 10 percent surge on Fri- of gradual interest rate hikes. GMT. U.S. crude (CLc1) declined trial in France. day on short-covering and fuel de- "Attention will now turn to the $1.45 cents to $30.95 a barrel. The former French finance mand triggered by freezing weath- U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank "People are taking profits after a minister, regularly listed among the er in parts of the northern hemi- of Japan's latest policy decisions huge increase ... The other factor world's 10 most powerful wom- sphere. [O/R] later this week, with the main fo- would come from still having the en, used the annual World Econom- Still, with oil prices holding cus on the U.S. central bank in the market being in a bearish situation ic Forum meeting in the Swiss above $30 a barrel, world stock wake of last month's historic deci- where the market is oversup- Alps - an echo chamber for her markets remained above multi- sion to raise rates for the first time plied," said Daniel Ang, an invest- policy prescriptions - to announce year lows hit last week. in nine years," said Michael Hew- ment analyst at Phillip Futures. her candidacy and secure instant Risk aversion amid fears of a son, chief market analyst at CMC Elsewhere, Greek two-year gov- support from global movers and China-led global economic slow- Markets. ernment bond yields fell 9 basis shakers. In a gesture of cross-Chan- down and oil prices sinking to 13- The dip in European equity points to 13.48 percent nel entente, British finance minis- year lows have rocked global mar- markets contrasted with Asian (GR2YT=TWEB) and the stock ter George Osborne formally nom- kets this month. stocks , which rose 1.5 percent and market rose 1.3 percent (.ATG) inated the center-right Lagarde, 60, German business morale fell to moved further away from last after Standard & Poor's raised within minutes of the appointment an 11-month low in January, a sur- week's four-year low as oil prices Greece's rating to B- from CCC+ process opening. vey showed, suggesting growing rallied during the Asian session. on Friday. S&P said Greece is Endorsements quickly fol- concern among company execu- Shanghai stocks (.SSEC) add- broadly in compliance with the lowed from France, Germany and tives in Europe's largest economy ed 1 percent and Tokyo's Nikkei terms of its 86 billion euro finan- Italy, as well as unofficially from as emerging markets slow and fi- (.N225), which slumped to a one- cial support program after recapi- the United States, which holds a nancial markets get off to a jittery year low last week, rose 1.2 per- talising its banks and taking bud- blocking minority of votes on the start in 2016. c e n t . getary steps. IMF's board. More significantly, China, South Korea and Mexico signaled in Davos they would support Slow return Lagarde, ensuring there would be no joint move by the big emerging economies to try to wrest the IMF job from European hands, which of Iranian oil have held it since 1946. "Any rival candidacy would be just symbolic - to put down a mark- Volatility in financial markets since ers met in December, volatility has core inflation, measured by the movements since the FOMC vot- er for the next time," said a senior to global IMF source. "Everyone has cause the Federal Reserve last month increased in global financial mar- price index of personal consump- ed Dec. 16 to increase its bench- announced its first interest-rate kets. The Standard & Poor’s 500 tion expenditures, excluding food mark federal funds rate by a quar- to be happy with Lagarde. We increase in nearly a decade is hav- index has fallen about 9 percent, and energy, was expected to reach ter percentage point will knock 0.2 don't feel any counter wind." ing the same effect as four addi- while crude oil prices have 1.6 percent and the unemployment percentage point off GDP growth Whether out of diplomatic market seen courtesy or lack of concern, no tional quarter-point hikes, accord- dropped 11 percent. rate was seen declining to 4.7 per- this year and 0.3 percentage point ing to Morgan Stanley. Forecasts released after the cent. next year, and reduce core infla- government has so far questioned "Financial conditions have Federal Open Market Committee’s “The writing will be on the wall tion by 0.1 percentage point in whether she will be able to serve tightened materially -- by our esti- Dec. 15-16 meeting showed the for many of the forecasts Fed par- 2016 and 0.15 percentage point in out a second term without being mation the economic equivalent of median policy makers’ projection ticipants had turned in at the De- 2017. distracted by her legal troubles in four rate hikes," analysts led by for four additional rate increases cember meeting -- forecasts that Morgan Stanley predicts the France. Lagarde has said she will New York-based Morgan Stanley in 2016, based on their estimates seem increasingly implausible to FOMC will opt to leave rates un- appeal against a judge's order that Chief U.S. Economist Ellen Zent- for growth, inflation and unem- achieve,” the Morgan Stanley changed next week and may keep she stand trial in a case involving ner said in a note to clients on ployment. The FOMC next meets economists said. policy on hold at the committee’s alleged favors for a business ally Thursday. Jan. 26-27. More from Bloomberg.com: March 15-16 meeting as well. “The of then President Nicolas Sarkozy. More from Bloomberg.com: The median projection for Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to bar for an additional hike in March She denies wrongdoing and the Campaigner-in-Chief Bill Clinton growth in gross domestic product Keep Search Bar on iPhone seems insurmountable now,” the IMF board has expressed confi- Is Worried Since U.S. central bank- this year was 2.4 percent, while By their estimates, market economists said. dence in her at each stage of the legal procedure so far. Italian Fi- nance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan listed some of the reasons why Lagarde has earned such wide sup- port since she replaced disgraced French IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2011 after he was arrested in New York for sexual assault, charges that were later dropped. "She was able to use the Fund effectively to help solve difficult situations and crises, not just in Europe," he told Reuters in an in- terview in Davos, saying Lagarde should be allowed to continue her "terrific job". She kept the IMF involved in a series of financial rescues for euro zone countries, notably Greece, despite misgivings in less devel- oped states in Asia and Latin Amer- ica that had been subject to harsh- er IMF medicine in previous de- cades. Padoan cited her skill in shep- Western sanctions crippled Iran’s largest proven oil reserves in the herding through a reform of voting oil sector in the four years leading world has the ability to raise pro- rights in the global lender, agreed to 2016, losing around one million duction to meet its export targets. in 2010 but long held up by the barrels per day of oil exports and However, Iran’s plans might U.S. Congress, to give greater production. With major sanctions not materialize. On the demand weight to China and other emerg- lifted, more Persian crude will be side, the Chinese economic slow- ing economies. available this year, but the pace down is contributing to the emerg- She also built consensus for and scale at which it will return ing market deceleration. Global oil China's yuan to be added later this into the market is unclear, econo- demand is expected to be weak this year to the major reserve curren- mist at Asiya Investments Co said year, with IEA and OPEC project- cies used to calculate the Special Sunday. ing a deceleration in oil consump- Drawing Rights in which the IMF “In our view, the increase will tion for 2016. lends to its members. be slower than generally expect- On the supply front, Iran will "These are very important in- ed,” Camille Accad of Asiya said. also face difficulties. First, Iran is stitutional elements which Iranian officials have expressed still subject to a number of restric- their intention to increase the na- tions. Conducting US dollar trans- strengthen the IMF," Padoan said. tion’s crude exports, first by actions, dealing with the Iranian By working patiently in Wash- 500,000 barrels per day, and by Revolutionary Guard Corps, ington in support of IMF reform, another 500,000 by year-end. Iran which is heavily involved in the she has managed to overcome for is capable of producing the oil need- energy sector, and using American now frustration on other conti- ed to reach those targets. technology are still prohibited. nents at a carve-up in which the First, around twenty million Second, sanctions have deteriorat- United States has always nominat- barrels of crude oil are held in in- ed Iran’s upstream infrastructure, ed the head of the World Bank, and ventory, with half stored in tank- requiring massive investment in the Europe the head of the IMF. ers waiting to be shipped, accord- sector. Mexican central bank governor ing to EIA and IEA. This is the Iranians claim $100 billion of Augustin Carstens carried that equivalent of forty days of 500,000 investment is needed to bring oil torch when he ran against Lagarde barrels per day. production back to pre-sanction in 2011, but he has just been reap- Second, Iran will not be pres- levels, compared with Western es- pointed for six years and no such sured by OPEC due to its current timates of around $300 billion. challenge is in sight now. strategy of gaining market share. Finally, Iran requires the in- Spotting Lagarde sitting in the The likelihood of a joint OPEC vestments of international oil com- front row of his address to the decision to cut output is also low panies to develop its oil explora- WEF, U.S. Vice President Joe due to Iran’s rising tensions with tion and production technology. Biden joked that he should ask her KARACHI: Pakistan is expected as frontier, emerging, China and US EM between 1994 and 2008. How- funds will continue their invest- Saudi Arabia. Third, the agreement However, with oil prices at multi- for a loan, adding: "You're doing a to receive an inflow of up to $500 markets – to create balanced port- ever, the temporary closure of the ment in Pakistan as long as the with the West will release frozen year lows, energy firms’ earnings superb job." million in foreign portfolio invest- folios to generate maximum returns Karachi Stock Exchange in 2008 improving macro theme is intact,” Iranian assets, estimated to be are falling rapidly, forcing them to Her critics, who generally pre- ment should the MSCI reclassify while keeping in view their overall led MSCI to remove it from EM Ali said, adding that EM funds will worth between $10 and $20 bil- cut near-term capital expenditure. fer not to be quoted by name, ac- it as an emerging market in its up- risk appetite. and classify it as a “standalone also start investing in Pakistan lion annually until 2020. These IEA projects that, with the knowledge the former national coming annual review in May, says Ali’s comments follow sever- country index”. MSCI made Paki- post-reclassification. “If Paki- funds may be used to pay for help of foreign investment, Iran synchronized swimming team Next Capital CEO Najam Ali. al bouts of volatility on the Paki- stan a part of FM in May 2009 stan’s macro story improves fur- much-needed investment in the could reach a production capacity member's political skills as a nego- MSCI is a leading provider of stan Stock Exchange (PSX) that and it has remained as such since ther, we can expect a significantly sector. Fourth, Iran has improved of four million barrels per day by tiator and spokeswoman for the international investment decision were triggered by an unrelenting then. higher level of inflows.” Qatar and conditions for foreign firms plan- 2020. However, the current envi- IMF but say she is not an original support tools. Assets of more than foreign sell-off. Currently, six Pakistani com- UAE underwent an MSCI up- ning to invest in the country. ronment of low oil prices, geopo- economic thinker, unlike Strauss- $9.5 trillion are estimated to be In fact, foreign selling was one panies – Engro Corp, MCB Bank, grade recently. Both markets wit- The outdated buyback con- litical uncertainty and the outcome Kahn A trained lawyer, Lagarde benchmarked to MSCI indices of the main reasons for the flat Habib Bank, United Bank, OGDC nessed “dramatically positive im- tracting process is replaced by the of the US elections in November was an expert in antitrust and la- worldwide. performance of the PSX in 2015, and Fauji Fertilizers – meet the pacts” when their reclassification new Iran Petroleum Contract may affect the pace of foreign in- bor law and was elected to be the Investment portfolio: FDI as the net outflow of foreign in- size and liquidity criteria of MSCI to MSCI EM was announced in whereby foreign companies will be vestment into the country. first female chairman of U.S. law shrinks to $803.2m in 11MFY15 vestment amounted to $317.3 mil- for EM. A company must have May 2013, Ali said. “UAE saw a able to sign longer term, less risky, In spite of the lift of sanctions, firm Baker & McKenzie in 1999 Speaking to The Express Tri- lion. In contrast, there was a net market capitalisation of $1.3 bil- 40% re-rating in the price-to-earn- deals that would not require the the safer bet for Iran is to rely in before going into politics as bune last week, Ali said his con- inflow of $382.5 million in 2014, lion to be part of EM as opposed ings multiples between May 2013 contractor to hand over their oil the Asian powers, which never France's trade minister in 2005. versations with foreign fund man- resulting in a 33% rise in the bench- to $670 million for FM. Similarly, and May 2014 while the re-rating field work by the end of the project. stopped doing business there: Chi- She gave some inkling of what a agers show Pakistan should expect mark index. Investors’ confidence the EM requirement for minimum in Qatar over the same period was A conference in London in na and India maintained a strong second term might look like when “significantly better” investments in the stock market remains shaky, free float is $670 million as op- 45%,” he added. Currently 15 February will reveal more details trade partnership with Iran, while she spoke on a Davos panel on the after MSCI upgrades its status as most blue-chip shares continue posed to $52 million for FM. companies on the PSX have a mar- as Iranian officials plan to unveil a Chinese investments in upstream world economic outlook on Satur- from Frontier Market (FM) to to take a battering. Pakistan’s weight in the MSCI ket capitalisation of more than $1 number of oil and gas projects infrastructure in the last several day, smiling with embarrassment Emerging Market (EM). Three Pakistan companies FM Index is 8.9%. Its weight in billion. More companies will qual- worth more than $150 billion. years is expected to generate an when the moderator said to ap- Global institutional investors upgraded on investors’ radar the MSCI EM Index will be ap- ify for MSCI EM with better li- Overall, there are reasons to additional 200,000 barrels per day plause that she was a shoo-in for use different MSCI indices – such Pakistan was part of MSCI proximately 0.17%. “Most FM quidity and free float, he added. believe the country with the fourth by 2017. reappointment. 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Roped in as brand ambassador for BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO The talented actress, Taman- nah Bhatia who is currently busy with multiple commitments at work, be it shooting for her up- coming Tamil movie 'Dharma Du- rai' or the sequel of the blockbust- er movie 'Baahubali: The Beginning or endorsement shoots, the gor- geous actor is balancing it all! Amidst her pack schedule, the ac- tress doesn't fail to remove some time for the welfare of girl empow- erment. Being a girl she believes in taking the responsibility of creat- ing awareness and fight against this grave issue. Recently, the actress has been roped in as the brand ambassador of the campaign 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao', an initiative of Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological So- cieties of India (FOGSI). welfare and education of girl children especially in the rural ar- eas. The south beauty had flew especially to Agra, where the official announce- ment was made and a special meet and greet was also held. According to an insider, Tamannah was also seen spending some time and in- teracting with few underprivileged girls under this initiative. Rapper Iggy Azalea has revealed in a string of Twitter posts that she's not allowed to give the first "Digital Distortion" buzz single the proper Commenting about it the beau- awareness possible. Being a girl I place to live. visuals treatment. "Bad news update: My record label Virgin/EMI seems to feel the response to my viral record 'Zillon' wasn't good enough and I'm tiful diva, Tamannah Bhatia says, feel proud that I got this chance to Earlier Tamannah was the not allowed a video," Azalea wrote before defending the track and complaining about her record label's president Ted Cockle, reports aceshowbiz.com. I'm glad that I can contribute to contribute in encouraging woman brand ambassador of PETA's cam- "I felt like it was dope so, whatever. Ted Cockle doesn't want to see me shine. What can I say," she continued. "Anyhow i could say a lot, but I'll the national initiative of #beti- empowerment and fight against the paign 'Be a Bunny's Honey: Buy keep it mildly professional. Just wanted to let some of you guys asking know whats happening," she informed her fans. Her second album "Digital bachaobetipadhao by being FOG- injustice prevailing towards them. Cruelty-Free Cosmetics'. Distortion" currently has no release date, but is expected to arrive later this year. In another tweet she shared on Wednesday, she jokingly SI's brand ambassador. Girl educa- I am hoping that my contribution Well it seems this south beau- threatened to let everyone hear songs off the follow-up to 2014's "The New Classic". "If all else fails ill just drive around LA and play my new tion is a serious issue in our coun- would help us to eradicate this is- ty surely knows how to use her album really loudly every monday from 4-6 p.m. hahaha," she wrote. try and it needs the maximum sue and make our country a better star power at the right. Review: 'Airlift' - A salute to an Rumour mills suggest Anushka gaajal'. The film's storyline is in- Sharma has been signed for Priy- teresting and is being closely guard- unsung hero anka Chopra's debut Hindi produc- ed at the moment." tion venture We hear the film will be helmed After working together in by a new female face and will go Zoya Akhtar's 'Dil Dhadakne Do' on floors in December. last year, Priyanka Chopra and Anushka remained unavailable Anushka Sharma are apparently for comment while PC's spokes- ready to team up again. No, not as person denies the buzz, saying: co-stars. Anushka is believed to "For now, she will be producing have signed a film to be produced only regional films." by Priyanka's banner, Purple Peb- A source close to the her pro- ble Pictures. duction house, however, confirms Says a source, "She will play a the story and adds: "This will be cop in what will be Priyanka's first the first time an actress will be Hindi production. PC was sup- producing a film for her contem- posed to act in the film, but decid- porary. The pre-production work ed to just take credit as producer is underway and as soon as the since she will be seen as a police paper work is completed, an offi- officer in Prakash Jha's 'Jai Gan- cial announcement will be made." Yami Gautam masters the art of Horse "Airlift" is a human saga set in the backdrop of war-ravaged Kuwait in August 1990, when Saddam Hussein attacks and takes over Kuwait, rendering several thousand Indians homeless. How an otherwise shrewd Riding for and prosperous businessman named Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar) rises to the occasion and selflessly leads the rescue operations to Sanam Re! evacuate 1,70,000 Indians, forms the crux of this over two-hour long Yami Gautam is known to be a film. Akshay Kumar as Ranjit Katyal, the unsung hero, is sincere and perfectionist. So it did not come portrays the character credibly. He is a self-absorbed businessman as a surprise when the pretty ac- living in the lap of luxury one minute and a distraught family man the tor who has a love for animals de- next. With equal ease, he brings out the frustration and fears of a cided to master the art of Horse helpless Indian in Kuwait trying to help his fellow countrymen. Nim- Riding for her upcoming flick San- rat Kaur as his wife Amrita fails to leave an impact as she seems am Re. disconnected with her character and merely delivers her lines. The For the song "Gazab Ka Hain ensemble actors, with limited screen time, manage to leave an impact: Din" Yami and Pulkit are seen Purab Kohli as Ibrahim Durani is natural and convincing; Inaam-ul- riding horses in the mountains of haq as the greedy and opportunist Major Khalaf Bin Zayed of Bagh- Canada with effortless ease. How- dad with a quirky Middle East accent wows with his performance; ever, what one does not know is Prakash Belawadi as George Kutty is every inch the disciplined but the amount of effort it took to learn selfish old man in the Indian camp in Kuwait; and Kumud Mishra as a tough skill like Horse Riding over Sanjeev Kohli, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, a few days! Yami would wake up touches your heart with an honest performance of an Indian who as early as 5 am before shooting answers the call of duty. The film starts off on a sluggish note, with a and and train with the horses, even- fairly slow pace and minimal drama, but picks up post intermission tually she fell in love with the gen- and more than makes up for the dull first half with drama, action, tle animals and was even riding on emotion thrown in for good measure. The graph of the story is flat and horses as a break between shoots. lacks the peaks and troughs of a thriller. Furthermore, owing to the She would request the trainers predictability of the subject, there is no element of surprise for the to take her for long distance rides, viewer. It is only the performances and the human pathos that keeps gin beyond what was required for the viewer going. Priya Seth's cinematography of the war scenes and the shots. Yami has been an animal destruction is praiseworthy, as she recreates the anguish and fears of lover since she was a little girl and the stranded Indians, right before your eyes, enabling you to relive the chance of bonding with horses those moments. Raja Krishna Menon astutely wields the baton as a while at work was a dream come director. true for her! Alamgir to be immortalised in upcoming biopic starring Fawad Khan KARACHI: Pakistanis tend to the scene by revisiting his yester- “We as a nation tend to forget the have a very unique relationship year classic Keh Dena (in 2012). contributions of some of our greats with their heroes. While they leave It seems like the musician is now when they are no longer active no stone unturned in celebrating all set to be immortalized on cellu- within their fields,” he stated. achievements and performances of loid as a group of aspiring film- “Alamgir’s story is made for notables during their career, and makers set out to make a feature cinema – like how he came from lifetime, once they move away film centering on the life and time East Pakistan and then had to put from the spotlight they are imme- of the legendary singer. in the hard yards to make a name diately forgotten. Even though this is not the for himself. It’s a great story,” he The story of Alamgir is not first time that a biopic is being made added. Pop star Alamgir’s kidney any different – the artiste who was revolving around the life of a local removal surgery successful once considered the heartbeat of hero, the project will be a little dif- The movie which has been ti- the nation and is often regarded as ferent given its unique subject mat- tled Albela Rahi after one of Alam- its first ‘pop star’ was all but re- ter – retelling the story of Paki- gir’s most popular singles is ex- duced to a footnote in the coun- stan’s pioneer of pop music. pected to go on floors in May this try’s entertainment history follow- Stressing upon the need to re- year. While the project may still ing the arrival of the next genera- member and honour contributions be in its infancy, the producers tion of musicians. of the past greats, the film’s direc- have already managed to pull off a But the turn of the decade tor, Sultan Ghani told The Express major casting coup by roping in marked a revival of sorts for the Tribune that it was “high time” we Fawad Khan to essay the role of musician when he re-emerged onto started celebrating our own heroes. Alamgir. 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 . JANUARY 26, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Bernard Tomic planning to attack Danny Garcia Andy Murray in Australian Open clash sets up possible the same stage in Melbourne. Anderson blew Murray away at Flushing Meadows with an in- rematch with spired attacking performance, fir- ing down 25 aces and winning 41 of his 58 approaches to the net. Such an approach is risky Amir Khan after against Murray, who is arguably the best counter-attacking player in the world and Tomic accepts he will have to find the right balance. WBC win Murray earns last 16 spot Andy Murray produced an assertive display to reach the Aus- tralian Open fourth round "Andy loves playing players that attack. I don't think he likes players like John Isner and Ander- son," said the world No 17. "You have to take the ball to him, play aggressive, but not too aggressive, and rally at the right time. "Will I have a look at the Anderson match? Yeah, I was watching in New York when Anderson beat Murray in the fourth round of the US Open. "Also I look back and I have a good record against Anderson. I think it's three-love or four-love. Anything is possible now in this position. "I'm playing well. I feel so con- fident. On my day I can beat any- one." Bernard Tomic is drawing inspira- US Open last year as he prepares Murray's fourth round exit in and now Tomic, who has lost all We will bring you all the news, tion from Andy Murray's shock to face the Scot in the Australian New York was his first before a three of the pair's previous meet- views, reaction and opinion defeat to Kevin Anderson at the Open. Grand Slam quarter-final since 2010 ings, is planning another upset at throughout the Australian Open. New WBC welterweight champi- ever stopped him. He came to fight, on Danny Garcia said he wants to he was in shape. I'm taking noth- Elise Christie defends titles at European Short-Track Speed Skating Championships 'fight the best' after setting up a ing away from him. potential rematch with Amir Khan. "I was throwing my combina- Elise Christie successfully defend- storm to double gold on Garcia scored a unanimous tions, using my legs like my dad ed her 500m and 1500m titles at Saturday. points victory over Robert Guer- told me to do. I knew he was going the European Short-Track Speed The 1500m was her rero in Los Angeles on Saturday to come to fight. He's a rugged Skating Championships in Sochi first race and after easing night to secure the WBC crown warrior." While Garcia faces a man- on Saturday. the semi-finals, she timed vacated by the retirement of Floyd datory defence against Khan other Racing at the scene of her her late burst superbly in Mayweather Jr, with Khan the fights are possible as well, with Olympic disappointment in 2014, the final to cross the line mandatory challenger for the title. Guerrero immediately calling for a the Briton put her injury-hit pre- in 2:39.510 minutes ahead The 27-year-old stopped the rematch. season behind her to cruise to vic- of Dutch duo Jorien ter Bolton fighter in the fourth round "Not one person out there tory in both events. Mors and Suzanne Schult- in 2012 but his father and trainer, thought Danny won, but his team," The display was very encour- ing. Angel Garcia, recently insisted his Guerrero said. "I pressured him. I aging for the 25-year-old Sky Christie adopted sim- son has no desire to face Khan nailed him, busted his body up. I Academy Sports Scholar, who is ilar tactics in the 500m fi- again. out-jabbed him. building her form and fitness to- nal as she edged in front of However, after the win over "The crowd thought I won the wards the World Championships Netherlands' Lara van Guerrero, Garcia, who also holds fight. I thought I won the fight, in Seoul in March. Ruijven and France's Vero- the WBC light-welterweight belt, and I definitely want a rematch." With three World Cup medals nique Pierron to win gold said: "I want to fight the best. Meanwhile Mayweather, who already in the bag this season, the with a winning time of Danny Garcia never ducked any- retired last September after a 49-0 Scot revealed before her Russian 43.923 seconds. body. I'm back where I belong. I career, rejected any notion of a re- exploits that she was determined Fellow Briton Char- am now a two-division world turn to the sport as he watched to conquer her Sochi demons after lotte Gilmartin won the champion. from ringside. being penalised three times two 1500m B Final, while Jack "It was a great fight. I felt I "As of right now, I don't have years ago and crashing out at the Whelbourne was sixth in won the fight clearly and the judg- the urge to fight," Mayweather Winter Games. the men's 1500m final. es said the same thing. It was what said, avoiding a choice on who he And despite the added respon- All three have quali- I expected. I knew I would win at sees as his successor, adding: sibilities of being GB skipper, fied for the 1,000m, along least eight or nine rounds. "There's a lot of great talent out Christie was in cruise-control to with Farrell Treacy. "Guerrero is tough. No one has there." F1 testing: Paul John Degenkolb undergoes Ricard hosts two-day surgery after Giant-Alpecin crash wet-weather tyre test Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull in action as Paul Ricard sprinkler system put to use for Pirelli testing; Teams must run 2015 cars F1 in 2016 officially begins at the since Christmas after completing ulate rainy conditions to specific Paul Ricard circuit in France on some laps in the Scuderia's 2014 levels via what the track's website Monday with two days of wet car for simulator correlation pur- describes as its 'ultra-refined wa- tyre testing featuring Ferrari, Red poses at their Fiorano test track tering system'. Bull and McLaren. last week. As it turns out, showery con- Eight weeks after F1 cars were Although Mercedes are among ditions are forecast for the region last on track, at Pirelli's dry-weath- the teams absent from Paul Ricard, on Monday in any case. er tyre test in Abu Dhabi, a hand- the world champions are under- Testing runs from 8am to 4pm ful of drivers and teams return to stood to be comfortable about UK time on both days. action as preparations ramp up for missing the running as they con- Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and the new season. centrate on readying their new Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel are two Only three of F1's 11 teams 2016 car for the opening pre-sea- of five drivers in testing action are taking part at Paul Ricard, with son test at Barcelona on February across the two days Pirelli in control of the two-day 22. All teams are given access to F1 last staged artificial wet programme as the French track's Pirelli's end-of-test data in any running at the Jerez test in 2014, sprinkler system is put to use to case. Every race live in 2016 when the track was doused in rath- trial their 2016 wet-weather pro- Sky Sports F1 brings you ev- er less scientific fashion via a tank- totypes. ery race live in 2016. Fast and easy er. Teams must run their 2015 cars online upgrade - click here. Paul Ricard, which staged the and not new 2016 parts. The purpose of the two-day French GP on 14 occasions be- Red Bull and Ferrari are field- test is for Pirelli to test prototype tween 1971 and 1990, most recent- ing their race drivers, while reserve wet tyres for the forthcoming cam- ly hosted F1 testing in 2008. driver Stoffel Vandoorne is com- paign. The Paul Ricard circuit in 2016 winter testing proper, pleting both days for McLaren. Le Castellet, southern France is when the new cars will be intro- John Degenkolb has undergone tusions and abrasions across his and Sinkeldam suffered cuts and brothers and sisters. "Together, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has one of the most technologically duced, begins at Barcelona's Cir- surgery to repair a deep cut on his body," Haga's mother said in a Fa- bruises. "It has been a very tough and by standing by each other, the already got back behind the wheel advanced in the world and can sim- cuit de Catalunya on February 22. leg and revealed he almost lost a cebook post. "The doctor said it day for the team and the riders will team will come out of this stron- finger after he was involved in a was a very bad crash and he will need time to recover," said team ger than ever." The driver of the serious crash along with five of his be sore for weeks." chief executive Iwan Spekenbrink. car was an Englishwoman who was Giant-Alpecin team-mates in Spain German Walscheid is also like- "This team - riders, both men and on the wrong side of the road when on Saturday. ly to need surgery on a fractured women, and everyone in the or- the accident occurred, according to Degenkolb was riding with hand and tibia, while Ludvigsson ganisation - feels like a band of the emergency services. Warren Barguil, Chad Haga, Fre- drik Ludvigsson, Ramon Sinkel- dam and Max Walscheid near Calpe, on the east coast, when the group were in collision with a car coming in the opposite direction. Paris-Roubaix winner Degen- kolb also suffered a fractured fore- arm and a severe cut to his left in- dex finger, which was left hanging on by "the last corner of my hand". In a post on his Facebook page, Degenkolb added: "Given the circumstances, I am fine." Barguil, Haga, Ludvigsson, Sinkeldam and Walscheid were also taken to hospital in Alicante, and are in a stable condition. According to a team statement, France's Barguil suffered a frac- tured scaphoid that may require surgery. American Haga was airlifted to hospital and underwent success- ful surgery on neck and chin wounds with an orbital fracture to be treated later. "In addition to the serious in- juries, he also suffered many con- 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 . JANUARY 26. 2016-Dalwa 06, 1394 H.S Vol:X Issue No:178 Price: Afs.15

AT Monitoring Desk steps with Afghanistan in struggle nal and foreign policies. “The con- to terminate terrorism. “The ele- cept of ‘the Good Taliban and the KABUL: Pakistan’s Awami Nation- ments that stoked the fire of ter- Bad Taliban’ should be buried,” the al Party (ANP) called terrorism the rorism in border areas, should Pashtun nationalist leader demand- KUNDUZ CITY : Local officials lessons in a peaceful atmosphere. common threat to both Pakistan and know that they would not remain ed. He said that all political par- say more than 300 schools are un- Government’s concern Kunduz of- Afghanistan, urging Islamabad to safe either,” the ANP leader told ties should cooperate with joint der Taliban’s control in northern ficials explain of the 497 schools pave grounds for a joint “offensive” reporters the other day in Now- action with Islamabad and Kabul Kunduz province, where the in- in the province, more than 300 are with Kabul in a bid to eliminate ter- shera district of the Khyber Pakh- in fight against terrorism. Mean- surgents recruit students for fight- located in areas under Taliban’s rorism in the region. Calling the tunkhwa province. Hussain also while, he also asked the central ing. However, the militant group control. The fighters mark absent terrorists as enemies to the two coun- called Pakistani government to government of Pakistan to take vehemently denies recruiting the teachers and students who do tries, the party secretary general launch an operation against insur- practical steps towards assisting schoolchildren as fighters. It says not come in time. A long absence Mian Iftikhar Hussain emphasized gents in Punjab province and internal displaced people from the children’s recruitment as fighters may translate into a teacher’s sack- that Pakistan should take practical stressed the review on both inter- North Waziristan, a troubled area. is forbidden under Taliban’s poli- ing or a student’s rustication. Act- cy and the Islamic Shariah. Educa- ing Governor Hamdullah Danishi tion in the province was badly af- admitted the Taliban even influ- Jawzjan revenue fected during the siege of Kunduz enced transfers and employment 100 families displaced by surges; high tax City by Taliban militants for a few of teachers. Without giving details days. The strategic city, which fell of the areas under militant control, fighting in Aqcha district rates sparks to the rebels on September 25, he confirmed the rebels were ac- 2015, was recaptured by the secu- tive just one kilometre from Kun- SHIBERGHAN : Nearly 100 fam- tion. Public uprising commander resentment rity forces after a two-week clear- duz City. In parts of Imam Sahib, ilies were displaced by recent clash- Mohammad Yousuf, who was not SHIBERGHAN : The revenue of ing operation. In addition to huge Dasht-i-Archi, Qala-i-Zal, Khana- esthat inflicted casualties on mili- part of the offensive, was killed northern Jawzjan province has losses inflicted on the people and bad and Chahar Dara districts, the tants and security personnel in the by a Taliban-fired rocket. surged by more than 50 million damage done to government facili- guerrilla presence had been taking Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan- But a Taliban spokesman afghanis this year, but taxpayers ties, 150 schools were also closed. a heavy toll on education. province, officials said on Mon- claimed the fighters had killed 15 complainof rising duties. Education department spokesman man revealed. Maulvi Sirajuddin also torched. “We could not come “The Taliban train students day. The Afghan National Army security personnel, including mili- Shaheed and Hazrat Ali High to school during two weeks of (ANA), National Directorate of Se- tia commander Mohammad Jawzjan’s revenue target Abdul Basir Waziri told Pajhwok against the government and recruit fixed by the Ministry of Finance Afghan News thousands of boys Schools were hit by heavy weap- fighting. Even after our school re- them for fighting. Our elders curity (NDS), Public Order Police Yousuf, during clashes in the dis- and girls were enrolled in the ons fire. All important papers and opened, most of children stayed should make a decision on the is- and Afghan National Police (ANP) trict over the past two days. was 219 million afs, but the pro- schools closed. The schools have equipment there were burnt, he away because of security con- sue,” he demanded. Danishi re- swooped from three directions on According to Aqcha district vincial authorities collected more been reopened, but all important added. Sibghatullah, a student at cerns,” the students continued. vealed the militants were recruit- Aqcha two days ago. chiefBatoor, nearly 100 families than 270 million afs in 2015, the documents of the urban education the Hazrat Ali High School, blamed Sibghatullah requested the govern- ing students from Nangarhar and Police officer Col. Abdul Hafiz have been displaced to Shiberghan, revenue director said. department and five schools had the insurgents for setting alight ment to take effective measures to Kunduz provinces — a practice Khashi told Pajhwok Afghan News the capital of the province, and Mohammad Rassoul Anwari been torched during the fierce bat- equipment and documents. He al- improve the security situation in that must be stopped five fighters were killed and as Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of told Pajhwok Afghan News the tle for Kunduz City, the spokes- leged a madrassa (seminary) was the city so that students leant their forthwith...P2 many more injured in the opera- Balkh. (Pajhwok) income of his department was over 219 million afs in 2014 when Jawzjan failed to achieve the tar- Roadside bombings spike worries Herat people get of over 260 million afs. Pakistan police Most of the revenue was HERAT CITY : The provincial curring in Herat each month, but bomb, he claimed, saying the mili- ple for planting roadside bombs in collected from transport servic- council on Monday said it was 27 such blasts took place in a tants were trying to spread terror the district. He asked the govern- es, passports, telecommunica- detains scores of concerned about increasing road- month this time, he said. through such attacks. ment to provide jobs to the youth tion companies, court fines, pros- side bombings which mostly took Many of the planted mines had A resident of Shindand district to prevent them from being mis- ecution department, agriculture, the lives of civilians in western been recovered and defused by se- said on the condition of anonymi- used by the insurgents for their fuel and gas, shops, business and Herat province. During the past curity personnel, but some deto- ty that Taliban paid money to peo- nefarious designs. construction companies. Afghan migrants three months, on average 10 road- nated, he said. A shopkeeper in Shiberghan, side bombings occurred each In addition to the blasts, four Zaidullah, recalled that in 2014 while some of them were involved month, but this month the number people were gunned down during AT News Report in crimes there. they had paid 1,750 afs in annual of explosions soared to 27, the the past one month in Herat City, tax, but last year the tax was in- Pakistani police accelerated head of the provincial council’s Hadid said, blaming the increasing KABUL: Pakistan police have de- creased to 2,500 afs. tained more than 50 Afghan mi- detaining and deporting Afghan mi- security committee, Mihdi Hadid, insecurity on insufficient police grants since an army-run school told Pajhwok Afghan News. personnel stretched thin in differ- It was good for the govern- grants in a search operation in dif- ment to raise taxes and thereby ferent parts of the Khyber Pakh- came under terrorist attacks in “Taliban carried out nearly 50 ent parts of the province. tunkhwa province, Pakistani me- December 2014. group attacks on police check- Meanwhile, Herat police chief boost its revenue, but the hike dia reported Monday. Millions of Afghans started points and district headquarters in Brig. Gen. Abdul Majid Rozi said was not affordable for ordinary Pakistani security forces car- migration to the neighboring Iran Herat in September, October and police and intelligence officials had shopkeepers, whose business ried out raids in Karkhano Mar- and Pakistan after the country was November, but they changed the increased their efforts to arrest the was not that stable, he observed. ket, Ashnaghari and Qazi Qala, ar- invade by the then Soviet in 1979. tactics in December,” he said, add- perpetrators of roadside and mag- According to Anwari, the tax resting 159 people, including 55 About three million Afghans ing that the militants now used to netic bombings. was imposed in accordance with Afghans. Police have said that the are reportedly living in Pakistan, plant landmines on roads to target Some terrorist networks hired rules and regulations of the Min- detained Afghans were living in Pa- mostly in the border province of security forces. The three months poor people to plant roadside istry of Finance. (Pajhwok) kistan without legal documents, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. saw about 10 landmine blasts oc- bombs against 5000 afghanis per 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.