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“Former President Hamid Karzai condemned AT Monitoring Desk vene an economic conference in shell-firing in Wardak” groups at the first round of peace stan is the center or capital of the He said the presence of 10,000 Berlin within next six months to talks. The American politician said groups – whether they are Taliban US troops in Afghanistan can ac- KABUL: Afghanistan Investment encourage foreign investors to in- AT Monitoring Desk the Afghan government has had a or Haqqani. There is no doubt that celerate the training and equipment Support Agency (AISA) said that vest in Afghanistan and find mar- number of problems over the last Pakistani generals were present at process of Afghan security forces. KABUL: The Ministry of De- economic conference on Afghani- ket for Afghanistan’s agricultural year and that it has had to work the [the peace talks] session which Khalilzad, who was born in stan, which is going to be held in fense (MoD) has assigned a com- hard to gain public trust. "This was held with the Taliban and Afghanistan, was U.S envoy to products in Germany. According mission to investigate the recent Berlin, will encourage foreign in- to a survey, investment in Afghan- shows the lack of a system and a Haqqani network leaders." He Kabul but is currently a counselor vestors to invest in Afghanistan. incident of mortar shell firing in work plan in the government. We went on to say: "Regarding Daesh, at the Center for Strategic and In- istan has dropped by 26 percent Maidan Wardak province that led hope that lessons are learned from it is clear which country is mostly ternational Studies (CSIS) and pres- Deputy Head of the AISA, this year. In the meantime, the Af- to killing of 10 civilians and in- Muhammad Ebrahim Shams, told ghanistan Chambers of Commerce mistakes made in Kunduz war and supporting the group and on the ident of Khalilzad Associates, an Azadi Radio that the conference jured six others. According to re- ormer US Ambassador to Af that the mistakes are not repeat- part of Taliban and Haqqani Net- international business consulting and Industries (ACCI) said that ports, mortar shells fired by Af- ghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad ed," he said. "No doubt, without work we can say surely that Paki- firm based in Washington, DC. will assess investment opportu- the government and private sec- ghan security forces hit a play- said Pakistan has always used the help of Pakistan, the [terror- stan is their [Taliban's] support- He was the United States nities in Afghanistan. He said that tor should inform foreign busi- F German and other international nessmen about investment oppor- ground in Sayed Abad district of the Taliban and Haqqani Network ist] groups would not have the er." Khalilzad stressed the need to Ambassador to the United Nations the province killed 10 civilians and in its foreign policy and that it ability to operate in Afghanistan establish transparency in the gov- under President George W. Bush investors should be assured of a tunities in Afghanistan. wounded six others. Most of the gives refuge to extremist groups. in ways that they are doing now ernment and said U.S President and has been involved with U.S peaceful environment for invest- Khanjan Alokozai, the depu- victims of the incident were teen- Speaking to TOLOnews, and they would not have been able Barak Obama's new strategy has policy makers at the White House, ment in Afghanistan. “The gov- ty head of the ACCI, said that agers. A spokesman for the MoD, Khalilzad said Pakistani generals to threaten Afghanistan as much created more optimism in winning State Department and Pentagon ernment should show its commit- despite insecurity the main con- Dawlat Waziri, told Azadi Radio sat beside leaders of insurgent as they do," Khalilzad said. "Paki- the war on terror in Afghanistan. since the mid-1980s. ments towards creating invest- cern of foreign investors is wide- on Saturday that the commission ment opportunities in the coun- spread corruption. “The govern- is responsible to probe into the try,” he added. This comes at a ment should ensure security for incident. “The acting Minister of time that recently President foreign investors and it should fight Defense, Masoom Stankzai, have Ashraf Ghani met with the Ger- against corruption,” he added. assigned the commission to inves- man Minister for Economic Co- Alokozai said that strict invest- tigate the incident and bring the operation and Development, ment laws also discourage foreign culprits to book,” he added. Ex- where the two sides agreed to con- investment in Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai in a state- ment issued on Saturday strongly condemned the mortar attack. He said that killing innocent civilians was in sharp contrast with Islam- ic instructions. Karzai urged war- ring sides to practice more caution to avoid civilian casualties. Hamid Zarqavi, Abu Umar and the cur- Karzai extended his condolences rent IS chief, Abu Bakar Al Bagh- to the bereaved families and prayed dadi Al Hussaini. Baghdadi claims or quick recovery of the wound- himself from the origin of Banu ed. Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House Hasham through Hazrat Imam of the parliament) in its plenary Hassan, the grandson of Prophet session also slammed the mortar Muhammad (PBUH). On such shell firing and urged the govern- grounds, through his latest letter, ment to investigate the incident. Al Zawahiri directed Baghdadi for The Second Deputy Speaker of the By Ali Jan Khan the IS allegiance to Al Qaeda. Wolesi Jirga Nazir Ahmad Ah- Baghdadi was also suggested madzai, who was chairing the ses- KABUL: Claiming Al Qaeda’s by Al Qaeda present chief to re- sion, strongly condemned the in- ownership over Islamic States ( frain his fighters and members cident. He assigned the internal IS) also called as Daesh, Dr. Aim- from heinous criminal and violent security commission of the house an Al Zwahiri said, “IS is an affil- acts as it is damaging image of all to launch probe into the incident. iated body of Al Qaeda and di- Islamic organizations. Al Zawahiri Sherwali Wardak, a lawmaker of rected its chief Abu Bakar Bagh- has, however, addressed or men- the province, said those responsi- dadi for an allegiance.”Dr. Aiman tioned the IS fighters and com- ble for the attack want to create Al Zawahi has made the claim and manders as “Mujahideen.” Bagh- differences among Afghans. asked Abu Bakar Baghdadi for IS dadi was further suggested to hold allegiance to Al Qaeda, through a him and his supporters back from booklet appeared in both Pushto solo flight and insisted they must KABUL: A huge blaze that swept ing. Sponge shoes and sandals are ary materials were partially Syed Habibullah and Mir Alam and Darri languages. The 34-pag- join the Al Qaeda, which is the into a marketplace in central capi- sold at the market. Despite timely torched. Rahimi said the fire was markets, selling shoes, stationery es booklet, seems to be published supreme body of Muslims from tal Kabul was finally extinguished arrival of the firefighters, the fire put out and only some parts of and turbans. Columns of thick in black markets, most probably all over the world, fighting against on Saturday, but gutted a large could not be controlled immediate- underground area of the market smoke and flames rose from the in Peshawar whereas almost Af- what he called American imperi- number of shops and caused heavy ly because of inflammable goods was in flames which would be si- site. Flames could be seen several ghan resistance forces are getting alist rulers and their allies. losses to traders, an official said. in the market, Rahim said, adding lenced soon. He said 80 shops kilometres from the site. printing facilities for its propa- Similarly, Al Qaeda’s current Maj. Gen. Abdur Rahman Ra- that the lack of standard roads in were torched in Zardad market. A guard at Zardad market, ganda based magazines and news- chief Dr. Aiman Al Zawahiri, himi, the Asmayee Zone police the area also led to a delay in dous- Eyewitnesses said some shops in Mohammad Ishaq, told Pajhwok letters since long. The booklet through a latest letter addressed commander, told reporters the fire ing the fire. He said the fire had Miralam market selling shoes, san- Afghan News the blaze -- caused comprises letters, exchanged be- to Abu Babakar Baghadi, has erupted as a result of an electric spread from Zardad market to a dals and raisins were also gutted. by an electric short-circuit -- en- tween Al Qaeda top leaders in- asked for an end to internal rifts short-circuit in Haji Zardad mar- nearby market called Sayed The exact losses are yet to be gulfed the two other markets as cluding Osama bin Laden, Dr. Aim- and hostilities amongst the ranks ket at about 10:30am this morn- Habibullah market where station- known. The fire engulfed Zardad, well. (Pajhwok) an Al Zawahiri, Abu Massab Al of Islamic groups. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A military helicopter transferred wounded supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor, from Quetta to Karachi city of KUNDUZ CITY: Cracks have $30 million, provided by the Unit- urging Transport MinisterMo- tionof the urban master plan, fer a huge loss, businessman Ab- Pakistan for treatment, local me- appeared in the Sher Khan dry ed States. A pillar of the bridge hammadullah Batash to take nec- town construction, security situ- dul Razzaq told Pajhwok Afghan dia reported on Saturday. Kabul port bridge as a result of a recent cracked due to the 7.7 magnitude essary measures. The minister has ation and traders’ problems were News. “Before the construction News, a private news channel, earthquake, prompting traders earthquake that killed and injured visited the bridge, pledgingall pos- other major problems facing the of the bridge, we would shift our quoted a source saying that a mil- and customs officials to ask the more than 556 people last month, sible cooperation. Batash, who led dry port, he said, promising to goods through boats.At times, the KABUL: Mullah Haibatullah has itary helicopter transferred Akhtar government for urgent repairs. The said the customs director at the a delegation that heard problems share them with senior officials in boat would sunk and inflict loss- been nominated as new Taliban Mansoor to a hospital in Karachi 670-metre long and 11-metre wide Sher Khan port. If the bridge was of the port officials, called lack of Kabul. If the bridge, playing a cru- es on us. But that problem was supreme leader after the killing of for medical treatment. The source bridge on Amu River, linking Af- not repaired urgently, the link be- land for municipality a branch of cial role in boosting business ac- resolved seven years ago with the Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, says a which was not identified by the ghanistan with Tajikistan, was tween Afghanistan and Central Da Afghanistan Bank branch as tivities in the province, was not construction of the bridge,” he source close to the militant move- Kabul News, said that the Taliban constructedat a cost of more than Asia would be cut, he warned, big challenges. Non-implementa- construction, traders would suf- concluded. (Pajhwok) ment. Mansoor was reportedly leaders had gathered in the resi- killed during a shootout between dence of Mullah Abdullah Sarhadi Taliban leaders during a meeting in Quetta, when fighters of the in Quetta last week. But the out- Taliban splinter group led by Helmand power, transport departments’ income surges lawed movement has rejected the Mullah Rasool hurled a grenade claim as fabricated. The firefight into the house. The attack led to rector Abdul Ghafor Tokhi on Sat- where families had failed to pay that took place in Kachlak has killing of Mullah Sarhadi and in- urday held a joint press confer- their electricity bills. He named the been confirmed by the first-vice jured several other key Taliban ence giving reasons behind the in- Emergency-run hospital, the cen- president’s spokesman, Sultan MAIMANA: Fresh clashes have information about casualties in creased revenues. Qani said the tral prison and some other depart- leaders including Mullah Akhtar erupted between Taliban and se- Qaisar and Ghormach. So far, six Faizi. Taliban official Mullah Ab- Mansoor. The major faction of the electricity department’s revenue ments which had been refusing to dullah Sarhadi, a former governor, Taliban led by Mullah Akhtar curity forces in northwestern Taliban have been killed and a doz- surged at a time when a large num- pay arrears under the pretext that and five others were also killed in Mansoor, succeeded in killing Faryab provinces, with each side en others wounded during the of- ber of residents and government they lacked sufficient budget. He the gunfire exchange. Requesting Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, a lead- claiming to have inflicted casual- fensive in Pashtunkot. offices defaulted on power bills. said a total of 120 million afghanis not to be named, the source told er of the splinter group, in Zabul ties on the other. A string of fire- Rahmatullah Qaisari, the admin- He also said despite problems like was unpaid by common people and Pajhwok Afghan News Haibatul- province. The Afghan government fights took place in Ghormach, istrative chief of Qaisar district, insecurity and sometimes snap- government departments. He said lah had been appointed Mullah recently said that the Taliban su- Qaisar and Pashtunkot districts of said four militants and a soldier ping of electricity cables between common people owed 45 million Mansoor’s successor at an emer- preme leader was seriously in- the province over the past 24 had been killed during a clash in LASHKARGAH: The revenues the Kajaki hydropower plant and afghanis and government depart- gency meeting attended by senior jured. Some sources even con- hours, an Afghan National Army Konjak area. One ambulance was of the electricity and transport Lashkargah, the provincial capi- ments owed the rest. Qani said they militant leaders. He said the Tali- firmed that Akhtar Mansoor has (ANA) official said. Mohammad torched by the rebels. But Qari departments of southern Helmand tal, so far 266 million afghanis had had sent official letters to default- ban had informed all shadow gov- succumbed to his injuries. The Reza Rezaee, commander of Wakeel, posing as Taliban com- province have increased as com- been collected in revenue since the ers, but there had been no response. ernors, district chiefs and military Taliban militants have constantly ANA’s 209th Shaheen Corps, told mander in the district, claimed his pared to past years due to im- beginning of this solar year. The He said the number of consumers commanders that Mansoor would rejected the reports. However, the Pajhwok Afghan News two fight- men had killed nine security per- provement in the departments’ official said the returns showed a was 19,000 who were supplied take up to eight months to recov- insurgent group is yet to release a ers had been killed and four sonnel and wounded 19 others. affairs, officials say. Breshna 35 percent increase over last year’s electricity from the Kajaki and ery from his injuries, and that video of their supreme leader to wounded during an ongoing oper- Only one insurgents had been (electricity) department head Eng. figures. Qani said they had dis- Greshk dams and diesel-run gener- Haibatullah would serve as acting confirm he is healthy. ation in Pashtunkot. He had no killed, he said. (Pajhwok) Nasrulllah Qani and transport di- connected power supply to areas ators in Lashkargah. (Pajhwok) Taliban leader. (Pajhwok)

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71.50 70.00 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 30 pc boost in Balkh agricultural yield, says official northern provinces. He linked the boost to the provision of agricul- tural inputs such as improved wheat seeds, establishment of he Taliban has denounced thousands of orchards and other NATO’s decision to extend facilities for growers. Shams esti- Tits mission in Afghanistan mated the increaseat 30 percent by keeping 12,000 troops through in 2015 over the past previous 2016 and continuing military fi- years, saying they had purchased nancial assistance to the Kabul 9,000 tonnes of wheat from farm- government through 2020. ers to be stocked for use in emer- In a statement gency situations in the province. issued Wednesday, the Islamist Thedepartment has also started insurgency reiterated its resolve distribution of 380 tonnes of to continue the Taliban-led “jihad” wheat seeds across the province against what it calls the country’s MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The agri- besides establishing orchards over “occupation” until the last foreign cultural yield of northern Balkh 6,000 hectares of land in Balkh. soldier leaves Afghanistan. province has increased by 30 per- They had launched work on the “The Islamic Emirate (the cent, over the past few years, an construction of cold storage facil- Taliban) strongly condemns the official said on Saturday. In an ex- ities, fruit-processing facilities NATO decision to continue the clusive interview, Director of Ag- and improved seed varietynurs- war in Afghanistan. It will add to ricultureKatib Shams told Pajh- eries, he said, urging the govern- problems facing Afghans and fur- wok Afghan News the agricultur- ment to pay more attention to the ther destabilize the region, waste al yield had gone up in several vital sector. (Pajhwok) opportunities and discredit the NATO itself,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. Fighting not over for US NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the alliance will pledge approximate- F-16 p ilot s in Afgh an ist an ly 12,000 troops as part of its Afghan Resolute Support mis- sion. He made t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t i n Brussels after NATO foreign min- isters endorsed the decision. Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani welcomed the extension, saying it will help Af- ghanistan grow as a stable, pros- perous and democratic country. “In spite of many challenges we face, Afghanistan has done much better than expected. As we reach the end of this decisive year we can say with great confidence American F-16 fighter pilots de- ping up of the combat mission, the that our common enemy has been Kunduz chief of police, Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh, left, talks to U.S. and Afghan special forces in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan ployed to Afghanistan say their over-watch and close-air support psychologically defeated,” said mission hasn’t changed in the last job used to be shared between Rabbani. Other than the brief fall around 13,000 troops in Afghani- constitution and renounce ties onciliation process,” he said. after talks with Sharif, the Afghan year, even though the internation- units of F-15 Strike Eagles and A- of the northern city of Kunduz to stan to train and advise local se- with terrorist groups. Afghan President Ashraf president said he was considering al military force here has transi- 10 Warthogs. Now, it falls on a sin- the Taliban in September, Rabbani curity forces. He particularly underscored Ghani held talks with Pakistani an invitation to attend next tioned to a more advisory role. gle squadron of F-16s. Crews say said Afghan national security forc- But the drawdown of foreign the need for “sincere” commit- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ear- week’s Heart of Asia conference The coalition might have de- they’ve adjusted the aircraft’s dai- es have successfully defended the forces has emboldened the resur- ment and support from neighbor- lier this week on the sidelines of in Pakistan where regional coun- clared that it ended the combat ly armament accordingly, so each rest of the country without any gent Taliban, which have inflicted ing Pakistan for the peace process the U.N. climate change confer- tries discuss efforts to promote mission in 2015, but the pilots pilot has weapons for different direct international support dur- heavy casualties on Afghan forc- to succeed. ence in Paris, breaking months of political and economic stability in from the 388th Fighter Wing’s kinds of air strikes For quickly ing this fighting season. The Unit- es and have made territorial gains “The recent meeting that took deadlock in bilateral ties. Afghanistan. 421st Fighter Squadron are still moving targets, each F-16 typical- ed States and its allies invaded in remote areas. The insurgent ad- place in Paris between the leaders The two leaders agreed to re- It is not known whether flying round-the-clock patrols, and ly carries under its wing one Afghanistan in 2001 after the Sep- vances prompted the United of the two countries, we hope that new efforts to seek a negotiated Ghani formally asked Sharif they are still dropping bombs on AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground tember 11 al-Qaida-plotted ter- States in mid-October to slow as a result of this, and the upcom- settlement to the Afghan war. Lead- to facilitate talks with the Taliban. the enemy. The airstrikes, which missile, which can be guided by rorist attacks to punish the Tali- down its own military withdraw- ing conference, the Heart of Asia ers in Afghanistan allege that When asked whether he will trust reached a 10-month high in Octo- television, infrared or lasers. Un- ban for sheltering the terrorist net- al. Foreign Minister Rabbani said on December 9 will be an oppor- the Taliban insurgency is another Islamabad-mediated ber — are seen as vital to stopping der the other wing are two 500- work on its soil. NATO took over that Kabul is open to peace and tunity to discuss that…Without directed, equipped and trained in peace process, the Afghan presi- insurgents from overrunning vul- pound GBU-54 GPS- and laser- command of the counter-terrorism reconciliation talks with Taliban the support of Pakistan it would Pakistan, charges Islamabad re- dent said: ”Pakistan can be a bro- nerable areas around the country guided bombs. That’s on top of operation in 2003 but ended the members who are willing be difficult that we would make jects. ker. The trust needs to be earned.” as Afghan forces struggle to con- 500 20 mm rounds fired from a combat mission last year, leaving to negotiate, recognize the Afghan any progress in the peace and rec- Speaking on French television (RFE/RL) tain a growing insurgency. multibarreled cannon, usually “For the Air Force, in many enough for two short but deadly ways, the mission hasn’t changed,” bursts, pilots say. The aircraft also said Capt. Bryan Bouchard, usually carry external fuel tanks In Ber lin , ad ver t isin g Afgh an ist an spokesman for the 455th Air Ex- for additional range, and an ad- peditionary Wing at Bagram. vanced targeting pod for identify- “We’re still here to support the ing targets and guiding weapons. Security was high around Berlin's Ghani's presidency, Afghanistan ists in the Adlon, where he was October. Germany though, has stay", he said in Berlin. Country guys on the ground with whatever The war on the ground in "very luxury Adlon hotel close to the continues to be wracked by a re- speaking by invitation of the Ger- made it clear that they are unwill- of opportunities "We are not a they need.” different" now, said F-16 pilot city's iconic Brandenburg Gate on surgence in Taliban attacks, whom man Körber-Foundation. ing to accept all applicants from country of beggars", Ghani said. One month ago, the F-16s ar- Capt. Jay "Fast" Doerfler, who Thursday afternoon: Several po- they have been battling for years. Afghanistan's forced "had paid a Afghanistan and that those who Indeed, he tried to paint his coun- rived at Bagram from Hill Air Force previously deployed to Bagram in licemen patroled outside the en- A round of peace talks moderated very high price" in the fight against are rejected will have to leave, try as one of opportunities, point- Base, Utah, to take up position as 2011 with a surveillance aircraft trance, while inside two security by Pakistan broke down earlier this terrorism, he added. Ashraf Ghani pointing to the existence of what ing to its vast cache of natural re- the only fighter unit in the coun- unit. "There is a much larger Af- guards led a sniffer dog under the year due to a change of leadership on Conflict Zone Coupled with it calls "safe zones", that is parts sources, including rare minerals try. Members of the unit, known ghan presence now," said the 33- hotel's glittering chandeliers in among the Taliban. The reported economic uncertainty and wide- of the country with lower levels and copper, and a potential energy as the “Black Widows,” say year-old native of Georgetown, preparation for Ashraf Ghani's shooting of Taliban leader Mullah spread corruptions, many Afghans of insecurity. "We will have to de- hub across the region. Afghanistan, they’re regularly called upon to Texas. "But almost every mission visit. The Afghan President, a Co- Mansoor this week is also likely are turning their back on the coun- port people to Afghanistan", Ger- he said, "was a work in progress." provide close-air support to troops we do is supporting both Afghan lumbia University graduate and to hinder efforts to revive the peace try: More than 140,000 have fled man Chancellor Angela Merkel So far, he has yet to persuade still fighting desperate battles with and coalition troops." Reports former World Bank employee who talks. The Taliban though, Ghani their home, many heading to Eu- told journalists at a joint press con- his country's citizens to remain: Taliban and other insurgent groups. from the ground indicate the pres- returned to Afghanistan in 2001 af- vowed, "are not about to take rope, and in particular to Ger- ference with Ghani in Berlin on According to media reports, they “Whether we’re supporting ence of the American aircraft makes ter 25 years in exile, took power a power in Afghanistan." IS-linked many, where they now make up Tuesday. Ghani, too, has repeat- continue to queue up in large num- the Afghan army or our guys on a difference, Doerfler said. "It’s year ago. Now, he was in Berlin groups gaining ground "We are deal- the biggest group of asylum seek- edly begged his countrymen to ber outside Afghanistan's only the ground just depends on the great to hear how our help increas- for political talks with the govern- ing with fast-replicating move- ers after Syrians. According to stay: "We are a resilient people. passport office in Kabul every day, day,” said F-16 pilot Capt. James es the Afghans’ confidence. I think ment aimed at stemming the flow ments", Ghani told an audience German authorities, some 31,000 For 30,000 that have left there are waiting for their turn to a pass- “Face” Collins, 32, a native of Fair- they feel relief knowing someone of refugees into Europe. A year into made up of diplomats and journal- Afghans arrived this year through 30 million who are determined to port and a way out of the country. banks, Alaska. In the fighter pilot is there backing them up." That tradition, fliers with the 421st each backup has become more limited have their own call sign. as the United States seeks to extri- At least two F-16s, and often cate itself from the war in Afghan- more, are in the air over Afghani- istan. Afghan troops regularly com- stan 24 hours a day, seven days a plain that the nascent Afghan air week. Several more aircraft sit fu- force isn’t up to the task of pro- eled and armed on Bagram’s tar- viding close air support, which can mac at all times, ready to be in the often be a deciding factor in bat- air in a matter of minutes. tles. The U.S. footprint has dwin- While the majority of missions dled drastically from the height of are uneventful and involve noth- operations in 2011. That year, Air ing more than hours of bottom- Force aircraft flew more than numbing flying in a cramped cock- 34,500 close-air support sorties, pit, the F-16 pilots are regularly deploying weapons on 2,678 of involved with everything from those missions. In 2015, as of Oc- low-flying “show-of-force” mis- tober, the numbers dropped to In Afghanistan, education begins lence and conflict were not perva- tains in a country that is already sions to dropping bombs and straf- about 3,800 such sorties, with 363 at home. sive, but not too old to believe that landlocked, Bamiyan is one of the ing ground targets. weapons being deployed. Still, the That is the message of Saber Afghanistan's future is something most deprived provinces in Af- The 421st’s predecessor — level of American involvement has Hussaini, a 35-year-old author and different. Facebook user Saeid ghanistan. All the universities the 555th Expeditionary Fighter gradually creeped up, as aircraft storyteller who has been on his Madadi praised Saber, referenc- across the country are woefully Squadron out of Aviano, Italy — released 211 in October, a 83 per- bike for more than a month, dis- ing the words of a popular poem: underfunded, with only $1,000 were called in to provide close-air cent increase from the previous tributing volumes of children's In the morning, I woke up to this available for books at each. support on more than 70 missions month and the most of any month books in villages where there is a news. I smiled. “Bamiyan is a Bamiyan University seems during which troops came under this year, according to U.S. Air demand for reading materials and a world of miracles.” Zainab Kari- somehow to have suffered doubly. ground fire. While it is not clear Forces Central Command figures. program of learning that local gov- mi's story Saber Hussaini, of Yet despite its poverty the prov- how many of those ground battles The spike in October is largely due ernment cannot satisfy. course, is far from the only hero ince is number one in terms of pro- involved coalition troops, the rules to a series of heavy strikes on Al- Don't expect to read Saber's increasing access to education in viding access to education for boys of engagement call for an Ameri- Qaida training camps in Kandahar. story on CNN, or even mainstream Afghanistan. Zainab Karimi, a 50- and girls. can to be on the ground to direct The F-16s at Bagram aren’t the media in Afghanistan, however. year-old woman that also hails Students in Bamiyan are very any air support, Bouchard said. only American aircraft in combat Positive stories about the from Bamiyan province has taught active, with students at Bamiyan “When Afghan forces request in Afghanistan. The 455th oper- country of 30 million people do 500 women to read and write over State University speaking out reg- support, the request is vetted ates MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 not sell, leaving worthy tales un- the last five years at her own ex- ularly against poor conditions through the proper channels. Then Predator drones from air bases in fairly ignored and a country mis- pense. As an adult, Zainab joined there. we fly close-air support missions Kandahar and Jalalabad. The U.S. represented. Yet there are still in- literacy courses that enabled her In 2013, they held a demon- to keep Americans safe and, in lim- Army fields AH-64 Apache attack dividuals and organizations who, to pursue her education until 12th stration to draw attention to the ited circumstances, to prevent det- helicopters. Air Force special op- no matter the violence and war, are Saber Hussaini decided to dis- tic pistols and other time-wasting grade. She then turned teacher, de- degraded state of the students’ rimental strategic effects to the erations units fly AC-130 gun- committed to working hard for a tribute his 200 volumes of chil- toys. termined to teach in the villages of dormitory. More recently, in early [Afghan forces],” he said. ships, including the one involved brighter, more peaceful future. dren's books to schoolchildren in Saber now plans to expand the her region until illiteracy was erad- April, they went on strike, pro- When an airstrike is approved, in the deadly strike on a Doctors In late October, Saber Hus- his free time in order to respond number of services he offers and icated. testing the unfair distribution of a U.S. Joint Terminal Attack Con- Without Borders hospital in Kun- saini, a 35-year-old author and sto- symbolically to the unquenchable open a children’s foundation in Zainab's teen years coincided the higher education budget, which troller, or JTAC, must be on the duz in October. And other U.S. ryteller, initiated a mobile library thirst to read in cut-off Bamiyan. Bamiyan. with incessant war in Afghanistan. they argued disadvantages Bamiy- ground to coordinate the strike, he government agencies, such as the covering five villages a day in cen- Saber’s mobile-library, with a Saber represents a war-weary Teaching hundreds of women of an. On both occasions the govern- said. Central Intelligence Agency, oper- tral Bamiyan, a mostly Hazara- rough capacity of fifteen books, generation that hungers and strives her age, she keenly proves that war ment ignored them. But they have U.S. aircraft can be involved ate drones beyond those of the reg- populated province in the middle quickly attracted many children. for education and finds his ideal in cannot crush the human will to become used to that. In Afghani- in supporting both the NATO-led ular Air Force. The missions re- of Afghanistan where the smatter- Soon the story books and the books the book and the pen. learn. stan, the right to an education is training mission and the U.S.-led main risky for the American air- ing of poorly stocked libraries does of illustrations he carried on the People of his age are too young Believe in Bamiyan not a right you are born with. It is counterterrorism operations, but men, and those dangers are always not include a single children's book. back of his bicycle substituted plas- to have known a time where vio- Hemmed in by majestic moun- a right you struggle and fight for. the lines between the two missions in the back of the pilots’ minds. In often blur. American airpower has October, for instance, small-arms been credited with helping stop fire hit an F-16’s stabilizer and Pen tago n bo ught itself $ 150 m in un n ecessary luxury ho m es in Afghan istan , w atchdo g says Taliban offensives in heavy fight- damaged one of the munitions dur- ing in Helmand, Kunduz, and oth- ing a mission in eastern Afghani- ..P12 “Our goal was to get busi- Afghanistan themselves without hours), business office space to on base” and that this “enables ment to Afghanistan. Answers are er provinces. And while an errant stan, forcing the pilot to jettison nesses running and to encourage needing military support.” include all equipment necessary to execution of innovative and high- expected by Dec. 11, the letter said. special operations attack on a Kun- fuel tanks and weapons before safe- private investors and corporations SIGAR also questioned the conduct business operations (com- potential-impact projects requir- At least one senator was trou- duz hospital cast an unflattering ly landing. On every mission, sup- from outside of Afghanistan to task force’s spending of $57 mil- puters, printers, phones, scanners, ing “in-the-field oversight and bled by the letter released on Thurs- light on U.S. strikes and raised port crews make sure the pilots engage in the country either as trad- lion from 2010 to 2014 on private desks and chairs), housekeeping, management,” according to the let- day. “I hope this inquiry is the questions about the rules that gov- are carrying radios and other emer- ing partners or as investors,” Brin- armed-support contractors to pro- maintenance, grounds and cultural ter. beginning of much more insight into ern their use, Afghan officials have gency equipment strapped to their kley explained in a book he pub- tect the employees, senior busi- advisers and translators,” SIGAR Suggesting that little cost-ben- how this task force operated,” said continued to make calls for air sup- flight suit. Most pilots remove lished in 2014, having declined to nessmen and guests and ease their said. efit analysis was performed in ad- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, port. "America has better technol- extra patches from their uniforms speak with SIGAR auditors. mobility in a dangerous environ- Such independent arrange- vance of the arrangements, Sopko chairman of the Judiciary Commit- ogy, and with just one bomb they before missions, so as not to pro- “Wherever possible, we avoided ment. That included “secure low- ments cause friction with the State asked Carter to produce any such tee. “So far, the Defense Depart- can kill many more Taliban," said vide extra information in case they depending on the military. We profile transportation … [Voice Department, the report noted. analysis that exists, to explain ment hasn’t been forthcoming with Sgt. Mohammed Sangin, an Afghan are captured on the ground. were part of their mission … but over Internet Protocol] communi- Consultants retained by the task whether the task force was autho- task force documents. The con- army soldier fighting in Nangarhar "We know the Talban don’t we avoided living on military bases cations capabilities, on-site laun- force justified the expenditures by rized to conduct business in this cerns raised in SIGAR’s letter Province. "But now, they do not usually follow the Geneva Con- whenever possible. The goal was dry service, on-site food and meal saying personnel “can meet with unusual manner, and to provide don’t inspire confidence that the come as often. Why not? The war ventions," Collins explained. to show private companies that service (with light snacks and wa- local [private sector] leaders, offi- details on how much success the task force took care with spend- is not gone." Prior to the wrap- [email protected] they could set up operations in ter/tea/coffee/sodas available 24 cials and investors in the field, not task force had in attracting invest- ing.” 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Pakistan's powerful spy agency - legedly worked as the link between sparked major criticism among the vented the Taliban in general from Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) re- the two commanders. group's loyalists. This is widely announcing allegiance to Mullah portedly sheltered key Taliban Based on the reports, Mullah seen to have been the catalyst to Mansour, said sources. leaders, including the group's re- Omar had been put into isolation the current friction between the The division within the Tali- clusive leader Mullah Omar, fol- by Mullah Mansour and even close two groups. "Several foreign intel- ban leadership reportedly grew lowing the U.S's military interven- relatives of the reclusive leader ligence services planned to create further after Mullah Mansour an- tion in Afghanistan in 2001, gov- were not able to see him without friction and disunity between the nounced himself as successor to ernment sources have confirmed. first getting permission from Mul- Taliban and these spy agencies ex- Mullah Omar without seeking the In the second part of TOLO- lah Mansour. Loyalists to Mullah tended efforts in recent months to vote from the Quetta Shura. news' documentary on the Taliban, Omar believe that he was suffer- accomplish the task. The role of Many within the group have government sources spoke on con- ing from depression during his last foreign intelligence agencies and accused Mullah Mansour of cor- EMERGENCY dition of anonymity on Mullah days – this because of his isola- ethnic issues within the Taliban ruption, having ties with Iran's Is- Mansour's rise to power. tion. finally split them," former Taliban lamic Revolutionary Guard Corp CALLS According to them, reports Sources said it is also believed deputy minister of mines Hassan (IRGC) and especially ties with indicate that Mullah Omar was that Mullah Mansour hid Mullah Haqyar said in reference to the di- the Pakistani intelligence service, Police initially sheltered in an ISI safe Omar's death for two years and vided insurgent group. Sidelining said the sources. Critics have even house in Chawni area of Quetta that only two other top Taliban Mullah Omar and then hiding his called him an ISI puppet. city, the capital of Baluchistan figures were aware of his demise. death; accusations against Mullah On the other hand, Taliban 100 - 119 province. However, later on, ISI These included former Taliban su- Mansour about the detention of fighters loyal to Mullah Mansour moved him to Karachi, Islamabad preme court chief Sheikh Haibat- Mullah Beradar Akhund, deputy also lodged complaints against him, and Lahore. ullah and the link person Azizul- of Mullah Omar by Pakistani forc- accusing him of having links to Hospitals During his time in Pakistan, the lah. After news broke of Mullah es; the reported murder of Mullah Daesh. only person Mullah Omar was al- Omar having died two years earli- Dadullah, Mullah Raqeeb and "A third Taliban faction has yet prised of Maulavi Abdul Jalil, ister of foreign affairs including FMIC Hospital legedly in contact with was cur- er, Mullah Mansour quickly or- Mullah Obaidullah and a failed as- to announce its existence. But this former deputy foreign minister of Mullah Abdul Razqa ... [a faction Behind Kabul Medical rent Taliban leader Mullah Akhter dered the dismissal of the head of sassination attempt on Mutasim faction will be mostly political, and Taliban, Mullah Hassan Rahmani, that] maintains major influence Mansour - along with one other the military commission of Tali- Agha Jan in Karachi are apparent- ideologically it would be the most former governor of Kandahar, among Taliban," military analyst University: person named Azizullah – who al- ban - a decision that reportedly ly fundamental issues that pre- stable faction of the Taliban com- Mullah Hassan Babur, former min- Jawed Kohistani said. 0202500200-+93793275595

Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital President orders probe into Pule Bagh-e- Umomi deadly shelling in Wardak 070263672 Co n ditio n s o f Afgh an re fu ge e s co n tin u e to w o rs e n a ye ar afte r th e de adly attack o n a s ch o o l in Pe s h aw ar. KABUL: Present Ashraf Ghani on Administrative Affairs to provide deadly 2014 attack on a school in Saturdayordered a thoroughgoing assistances to the victims’ fami- Khairkhana Hospital Peshawar. [Fatima Faizi/Al investigation into civilian killings lies. He appointed a team led by 0799-321007 Jazeera] in the central province of Maidan the Ministry of Defence to probe The numbers are expected to Wardak province. the shelling and submit its find- 2401352 rise if Pakistan fails to agree to ex- At least 12 people, including ings to the Presidential Palace as tend the validity of the Proof of children, were killed and another soon as possible. Registration (PoR) card, which will six wounded on Friday when a Anyone found guilty of caus- Indira Gandhi Children expire at the end of this month. mortar shell, allegedly fired by ing the civilian casualties would The card recognises their sta- Afghan National Army (ANA) be referred to judicial organs, Hospital, Wazir Akbar tus as "Afghan citizen temporarily troops, hit a mosque in Syedabad Ghani promised, offering his con- residing in Pakistan". district. dolences to the bereaved families Khan, Kabul 2301372 "There should be immediate Deeply concerned over the and praying for the swift recov- steps taken to ensure no mistreat- civilian casualties, Ghani ordered eryof the injured. ment, torture or detention of Af- relevantauthorities to investigate Meanwhile, the Ministry of Ibn-e- Seena ghans occurs in Pakistan. Afghans the incident and provide the best Defence also offered its condo- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul who are registered cannot be asked possible medical treatment for the lences to the victims’ families, to leave unless until the end of this injured, a statement from his of- promising the perpetrators would 2100359 month," Ijaz told Al Jazeera. fice said. be brought to justice after being "All Afghan refugees should Ghani directed the Office of identified. (Pajhwok) have the right to appeal against a Wazir Akbar Khan decision to be deported and receive Hospital legal assistance if they fear perse- cution or other serious harm in Af- 2301741, 2301743 ghanistan." More than 100,000 people were newly displaced within Af- Ali Abad ghanistan this year, raising their More than 100,000 people were newly displaced within Afghanistan this year. [Fatima Faizi/ Al Jazeera] number nationwide to nearly one Shahrara, Kabul million. AT Monitoring Desk people will learn much from such 2100439 Sher Mohammed finds himself in started flooding the camps that for the past three decades and some Dreams of return events. He said one day volun- makeshift camp in Kabul with his were set up for internally displaced even more and we have people Rahim Khan Rahimi lived in KABUL: Observing the Interna- teers can change the environment six children a year after the 2014 persons in Afghanistan who fled who have not been to Afghanistan Peshawar and had valid refugee tional Volunteer Day in the capi- for years. Malalai Maternity attack on the army-run school in the war between the Taliban and at all," Saroop Ijaz, a lawyer and documents but was still forced to tal Kabul on Saturday, over 200 The Deputy Minister of Peshawar. the Western forces in their home- Pakistan researcher for Human leave to Afghanistan. hundreds of youth volunteers took Youth Affairs, Kamal Sadat, ap- Hospital Mohammed, like many other towns. Rights Watch told Al Jazeera. He still dreams to return back part in cleaning two major parks preciated the effort of the youth 2201377/ 2301743 Afghan refugees in Pakistan, was The Char Rahi Qanbar camp "Life has become really diffi- to Pakistan. and planting trees in the Ahmad and said that youths are the change forced to leave the country after is home to over a thousand IDP cult for Afghans living in Pakistan. "I am living here in these camps Shah Baba Maina—(a township and future of the country. “The living there for more than a decade. families [Fatima Faizi/Al Jazeera] Afghans are left with no choice but where we barely even get food to on the outskirt of the Kabul city). International Volunteer Day was Banks "I've lived and worked in Pa- Tehreek-e-Taliban attacked the to leave. If you take away eat. I knew many people in Paki- The campaign by Ahmad Shah a great opportunity to work to- kistan for more than 15 years now. Army Public School in Peshawar someone's business or someone's stan, made friends there, went to Baba Maina Youth Society was gether to rebuild public places Da Afghanistan Bank I got married there and my chil- on December 16, 2014, killing over job what options are they left school there as well. How will I assisted by The United Nations where everyone respite from bore- dren were born there too," 143 people, including 132 children. with? build everything from scratch Development Programme dom and children can play in a 2100302, 2100303 Mohammed told Al Jazeera. The Pakistani government an- "This was just a political re- here?" he told Al Jazeera. (UNDP) with the collaboration of healthy environment,” said Mu- "But now, here I am living in a nounced an anti-terrorism plan that sponse to the school tragedy. Af- "Even after living for years in the National Environment Protec- habatullah Sherzad, the director of Kabul Bank camp with no future for me and formulated 20-point agenda which ghan returnees are now in dire need Pakistan, I was harassed, threat- tion Agency. the Ahmad Shah Baba Youth So- my children. Peshawar was my included 'Registration and Repa- of help and support. They have ened and kicked out of the coun- The youths cleaned up two ciety. UNDP Director in Afghan- 222666, 070285285 home. I lived there almost all my triation of Afghan Refugees' in Pa- no source of income and they can- try. But even now, I would go back major parks and planted some 200 istan Douglas Keh said that activ- life. Why are we getting punished kistan by the end of 2015. not go back to their hometowns as to Pakistan if I could. It was my saplings and sowed grass seeds ities led by youths should remind Azizi Bank for the crime we never commit- Since then, incidents of police they barely know anyone there." home." under “greenery is life” drive. The all of us that Afghanistan’s future 0799 700900 ted?" abuses against Afghans reportedly According to International More than 100,000 people volunteers also encouraged civil- is brighter. He furthered that the The camp situated in Charrahi skyrocketed prompting Afghans Organisation for Migration were newly displaced within Af- ians to keep their streets clean in UNDP will always support such Pashtany Bank Qanbar, west of Kabul, has more to return to war-torn Afghanistan, (IOM), more than 90,000 refugees ghanistan this year. [Fatima Faizi/ order to ensure a clean environ- campaigns to combine the power than a thousand families living in according to Human Rights Watch. returned back to Afghanistan this Al Jazeera] ment. of the youth and selfless volun- 2102908, 2103868 mud houses and tents who are Af- "The level of abuse on Afghan year, six times the number during Follow Shereena Qazi on Twit- Deputy Director-General of teerism. The volunteers also ghan returnees from Pakistan and refugees has increased significantly the same period last year. ter: @ShereenaQazi National Enviroment Protection played and enjoyed a cricket Air Services internally displaced persons. after the attack on school in Afghan returnees' condition Additional reporting by Agency Wali Modaqiq, appreci- match between two local teams in Maryam Mehtar in Kabul The returnees from Pakistan Peshawar. Many lived in Pakistan continue to worsen a year after the ated the campaign and said that on one of the parks. Safi Airways Municipality trucks. However, he Zwahiri nudges acknowledged the theft of fuels by 020 22 22 222 Daesh’s chief to . . . Garbage heaps irk citizens; KM blamed for neglect truck drivers. He added that GPS system has been introduced to keep Ariana ..P1 The Al Qaeda has published ..P12 Oil embezzlement by driv- the city for garbage, which is being collecting taxes for this purpose,” no concern”, he said. Reportedly a tab on truck drivers in order to a brief booklet about its top lead- ers has been reported in media. collected and buried in the Gazak, a he said. Abdullah, a residence of drivers of KM steal 40 liters of oil prevent fuel theft. He said that gar- 020-2100270 ers including Osama bin Laden, Instead of carrying out their re- 30- kilometer area on the outskirt Sahra-e-Shamali, northern part of on daily basis. An employer who bage are piling up in parts of the Dr. Aiman Al Zawahiri and Sheikh sponsibilities in dutiful manner, of the capital. “Yet still we face the capital, said that heaps of gar- did not want his name to be pub- city because many drivers have left Haris bin Ghazi Al Nazari point officials of the Kabul Municipal- challenges as containers proved in- bage are seen along main roads. “The lished said that he sought jobs as a their jobs after GPS system was Kam Air of views about the IS. The book- ity blamed citizens for non-coop- effective because there has been a stinking smell by the heaps of gar- driver in the cleaning department of introduced. “The drivers used to let comprises, letters addressed eration. The officials said they steadiest increase in garbage,” he bage is highly annoying particular- Kabul Municipality. Soon after ap- submit forged reports of their duty,” 0799974422 by OBL, Dr. Zawahiri and other cannot clean the 4700 tones gar- said. Citizens complain that heaps ly when you eat,” he said. “I usual- plying for the job I found the salary he said. The mayor added that 35 top Al Qaeda leaders to their bage produced on daily basis with are garbage were mounting in al- ly get cold and flu by the smell emit- was low and the drivers used to to 37 percent of the fuels were sto- Hotels counterparts from IS from time 3700 personnel. “This is near to most all parts of the city. Heaps of ted by the garbage,” he said. “We steal. “I did not want to earn mon- len by the drivers. “Lack of coop- to time. The booklet also compris- impossibility to clean up the city garbage in premises of Parwan-e- have been paying for cleanliness ey through stealing the fuels,” he eration by public, sparse person- Safi Landmark es some points, raised during dis- of a five –million population,” sih square and market square be- services while Kabul Municipality said. “Most of the truck drivers nel, population explosion, and some cussion. Through this booklet, Dr. they said. Former Kabul mayor sides are a constant cause of an- is unconcerned,” he lamented. steal 40 liters of fuel from the trucks other challenges made it difficult to Al Zawahiri has mentioned both Muhammad Yonus Nawandesh noyance to the residents this part Akhtar Muhammad a residence of of cleaning department,” he said. keep the entire city clean,” he said. 020-2203131 Osama Bin Laden and Sheikh was summoning by senate in of the city. A resident of Parwan-e- sixth district said that garbage heaps Mayor of Kabul Abdul Ahad Wa- He said that citizens unload con- Haris Bin Ghazi Al Nazari as ERENA dead. Ironically nothing has been 2013 where said revenues of Kabul sih, Abdul Majeed said the heaps are seen by the sides of the roads. hid in an interview to Afghanistan struction materials and tires on S mentioned in the booklet about Municipality has surged to $90 of garbage have been frustrating the “Packs of stray dogs are also seen Times vowed garbage will be col- drainages and streets and roads, Tehrik-e-Taliban Afghanistan also million from $30 million. The dwellers of the area. “Kabul Mu- busy in searching for stale foods lected from many areas in the capi- which obstructs cleaning services. 0799654000 called as Islamic Emirate of Af- Ministry of Public Health said nicipality must take some stronger thrown on the heaps. The garbage tal. He vowed the city will be cleaned “Kabul Municipality collects 4500 ghanistan or its founder Mullah that around 3000 containers have measures keep the city clean be- has turned the face of the city ugly within one week in a campaign by tons of garbage from the capital on Mohammad Omar Akhund. been installed in different parts of cause the municipality has been while concerned departments have the 302 private sectors and Kabul daily basis,” he said. New Rumi Restaurant 0776351347 Latest pictures show Isil training camp in Afghanistan Internet Services The images show masked terrorists training near Afghanistan’s mountainous border with Pakistan UA Telecom 0796701701 / 0796702702 Hooded terrorists pose with hand- Advertisement for Enlistment guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. They wear camouflage Reference no. and date Brac/proc/00001/16December 03, 2015 Exchange Rate print and the black flag of jihad flies in the background. 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(The Telegraph) 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES No meeting with US India's rise over dirty technologies envoy over California is in US interest: Barack Obama sure that people have incentives to work with us," he added. shooter's links to Lal For the past few months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been seeking "climate justice" arguing that India was a victim of Masjid: Pak PM House global warming and is not respon- sible for the pollutants and mas- Malik, and Islamabad's Lal Masjid, sive development based on fossil to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fuel. in London. Having an ambitious path to Earlier, it was reported by the development, India has been seek- Los Angeles chapter of CAIR ing from the developed world ac- (Council of American Islamic Re- cess to the environmental friendly lations) that Tashfeen Malik was technologies and funding for that. of Pakistani origin. The developed world so far has Malik had been married to Fa- been reluctant to offer technolo- rook – the second shooter – for gies that can help India meet its two years. The couple had a six- developmental goals in an environ- month-old baby girl, claimed ment friendly way. CAIR. During the interview, Obama Malik had also pledged alle- indicated that the US is willing to giance to the militant Islamic State's address India's need of environ- (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi mental friendly technologies. using a separate Facebook account, "We already are involved in all according to US officials. kinds of programs to help coun- Federal Bureau of Investigation tries develop their energy strate- (FBI) agents have taken charge of gies, to develop adaptations to ris- the investigation of the mass shoot- ing seas or drought or improve ag- ing in San Bernardino and were riculture. So there are a bunch of combing through evidence. streams of money that we already Law enforcement officials provide various countries," he said, quoted earlier by the The New without specifically mentioning York Times said the FBI was treat- WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has said that it is in US interest to offer India with technologies India. ing the shooting as a potential ter- that will allow them to leapfrog over dirty technologies and achieve developmental goals in an environmental "And part of our job coming rorist act. friendly way. Obama's remarks in an interview to the CBS news early this week assumes significance as out of Paris is going to be make Malik, with her husband Syed countries are literally burning midnight oil in Paris to arrive at an agreement which not only address challenges sure that we adapt our foreign aid Rizwan Farook, opened fire on a posed by climate change, but also India's developmental needs. "It is in our interest to help them (India) approaches so that we're also help- banquet at a social services centre develop. Because they're not going to say, okay, we're just going to stay poor -- they're going to want cars and ing countries grow while not pol- for the disabled in San Bernardino, refrigerators and air conditioning, just like we have," said Obama. "It's in our interest to say to them, here's luting," he said. California, killing 14 people and technologies that can allow you to leapfrog over the dirty technologies; do it in a cleaner, smarter way," he "And this is in our interest. seriously wounding more than a said. "We do that not out of charity; we do it because -- here's one thing you can't do. You can't build a wall to Keep in mind that -- let's take a dozen others. the atmosphere. You can't build a border wall when it comes to carbon emissions or global temperatures or the ountry like India that's got over a The duo were dressed in black oceans," obama said. "And so this is one of those things where we're all in it together and we've got to make billion people," he added. military-style gear and carried as- sault weapons and semi-automat- ic handguns when they raided the party where about 80 people had gathered shortly before lunchtime. Authorities identified the vic- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sat- A statement released by the tims as six women and eight men urday denied reports in interna- Prime Minister's House said news ranging in age from 26 to 60. tional and local media claiming that reports regarding the meeting of a The couple were shot dead lat- officials from the United States special US envoy with Prime Min- er in the day in a shoot out with (US) had a meeting with Prime ister Nawaz Sharif in London to law-enforcement officials. Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding discuss the California tragedy are The attack was the deadliest the alleged link between Tashfeen 'baseless' and 'incorrect.' mass shooting in the US since the Malik - the female shooter in the Reports had claimed that US 2012 assault on an elementary California rampage - and Lal Masjid officials had delivered a message school in Connecticut that left 26 and its cleric. regarding the alleged link between people dead, including 20 children. India’s security agencies are closely monitor- ra frontier, MF Farooqui, recently gration, human trafficking, ing the movement along the Bangladesh and said in Agartala that India’s north- Phensedyl smuggling and cattle Pakistan borders amid the growing threat eastern states had not yet come smuggling, the officials said. posed by global terror outfit Islamic State (IS). under IS threat. “The earlier stand of not retal- “IS has posed a big security challenge. We are “We are safe and secure. There iating to the attacks of infiltrators conscious, alert, well-equipped and closely is no presence of IS in the region has led to casualties of our troops,” monitoring to check any infiltration into the (northeast)," Farooqui said. Indi- BSF chief Pathak said. country from across the border,” DK Pathak, an states of West Bengal and As- “Non-lethal strategy can’t be Director General of Border Security Force told sam have already witnessed the used at the cost of casualties of bdnews24.com . According to official statis- presence of Jama’atul Mujahideen our men. We try to follow non- tics, India has recorded an increase in the inci- Bangladesh (JMB). lethal means as far as possible, but dentsof infiltration this year in comparison to Senior officials at the BSF not beyond a limit and this strate- the previous year. India’s prime border-guard- headquarters in New Delhi have gy has reduced injury and casual- ing agency has foiled 62 infiltration attempts said the force has adopted an ag- ty rates of our troops,” he assert- from across the border this year, up from 48 gressive strategy to combat infil- ed. cases recorded in 2014. “There has been a des- tration. The BSF also seized 78 arms perate bid to infiltrate from across the border, Besides mapping sensitive and 2860 ammunitions from along which we have prevented successfully,” Border Outposts, a special joint the Bangladesh and Pakistan bor- Pathak said. Of late, Indian intelligence agen- task force has been set up with der until October this year. cies are also working to find evidence of the IS Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) India shares 2289 km of inter- and Bangladesh-based Islamic outfits joining to check smuggling of fake Indian national border with Pakistan and forces. An Inspector General of BSF’s Tripu- currency notes (FICN), illegal mi- 4096 km frontier with Bangladesh. 10 injured in Deportees’ rights should be protected, says Nisar ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister friendly relations with Germany About the new policy for IN- Ms Lepel said Germany valued its 19 to enter Pakistan. After con- Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has and wanted to further strengthen GOs, the interior minister said it ties with Pakistan and the govern- ducting a thorough investigation on bomb blasts at stressed the need for protecting the these in all possible areas for mu- was aimed at strengthening the ment and people of Germany were the basis of their documentation, basic human rights of Pakistani tual benefit of the two countries. government-INGOs partnership. keen to strengthen their bonds with the agency had released four and deportees from European coun- While acknowledging Germany’s It was encouraging to see that a the government and people of Pa- decided to register the case against tries. support for socio-economic devel- large number of INGOs were ap- kistan. CASE AGAINST DE- the 15 others and their agents un- Hindu temple He was talking to German opment of the country, he assured plying for registration with the PORTEES: Meanwhile, the Fed- der the law of the land, a senior Ambassador in Pakistan Ina Lepel the German envoy of all possible government under the new policy, eral Investigation Agency (FIA) FIA official told APP on Friday. at the Punjab House on Friday. help in her efforts to cement Pak- he added. The German ambassa- has decided to register a case He said FIA had been directed to in Bangladesh Pakistan-German relations, bilat- German equation during her ten- dor praised the efforts of against 15 migrants who were de- arrest the agents, most of whom eral cooperation, the Pak-EU agree- ure. Chaudhry Nisar for streamlining ported from Greece on Thursday. hail from Peshawar, Gujranwala, ment on readmission of migrants, The German ambassador the working of INGOs in the coun- They were among the 49 depor- Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin. The a new policy for international praised the interior minister’s try and expressed the hope that tees aboard a chartered flight which official said that over the past 13 NGOs and the regional situation stance on the issue of deportees his ministry would continue to landed at the Benazir Bhutto In- days the FIA had arrested 234 hu- came under discussion at the meet- and said the two countries might provide all possible assistance to ternational Airport. The FIA found man smugglers, including 48 pro- ing. also explore the possibility of a the INGOs in their mission to 30 of them to have been illegally claimed offenders and four most Referring to the readmission separate protocol on the matter. serve people in various sectors. deported from Greece and allowed wanted human traffickers. agreement, the interior minister said Pakistan’s stance vis-à-vis the issue of deportees was that the parties concerned followed inter- UN adopts Bangladesh-sponsored national laws and protected the basic human rights of the depor- tees. Take a look: 30 deportees from resolution on “culture of peace” Greece sent back after being held at Islamabad airport United Nations has adopted a “We are committed to ensur- Bangladesh-sponsored resolution ing that the people involved in vi- on “culture of peace”, as it has done olating immigration laws of Paki- in the previous years. stan or any other country and their Bangladesh’s Permanent Rep- facilitators are brought to book,” resentative to the UN Masud Bin he added. Momen introduced on Thursday Chaudhry Nisar said the gov- the resolution that emphasised on ernment acknowledged the concern the importance of a “culture of expressed by the European Union peace” to deal with growing ter- over the issue of illegal migrants rorism and intolerance worldwide. and was launching a crackdown on The resolution was adopted human smugglers within and out- unanimously without any voting. side the country to curb illegal This resolution based on Prime movement of people to European Minister Sheikh Hasina’s vision of countries. peace has been adopted by the UN FIA decides to register case with majority support since 1999. against 15 migrants sent back from But this was the first time the res- DHAKA: Unidentified attackers try. Greece olution was passed without any hurled three homemade bombs on No group immediately claimed He said that under a new pro- voting and supported by 93 mem- the premises of a Hindu temple in responsibility for Saturday's at- cedure, the deportees were being ber nations. northern Bangladesh during a dra- tack. Police have detained six men interrogated to track down the Permanent representatives of ma performance early Saturday, for questioning in connection with agents who had sent them abroad, 20 countries spoke in support of injuring 10 people, police said. the blasts, Amin said. adding that hundreds of human the resolution. The incident occurred while an Six of the injured were being smugglers, including most wanted Momen said the implementa- open-air performance was being treated at a nearby hospital. Four human traffickers and proclaimed tion of this resolution would help staged outside the Kantajir temple others sustained less serious inju- offenders, had been arrested in re- increase compassion in the world. during an annual fair in Dinajpur ries. cent days on the basis of informa- “Hatred among people and wars district, said Ruhul Amin, the lo- Mizanur Rahman, another se- tion provided by the deportees. will be reduced. Mutual respect cal police chief. nior police official, said investiga- The minister said he would and love will become stronger. This In recent months, Bangladesh tors were trying to determine the soon invite all European ambassa- will establish peace in the world.” has experienced a series of attacks motive for the attack. dors to deliberate on strengthen- After Bangladesh introduced on secular bloggers, foreigners and Previous attacks this year have ing Pak-EU cooperation, especial- the resolution on “culture of minority groups amid concerns been claimed by local Islamist rad- ly in the area of security and deal- peace” in 1999, 2001-2010 was President of the United Nations General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft in his inaugural address appre- that religious extremism is on the ical groups and the Islamic State ing with issues of mutual concern. observed across the world as a ciated the role of the Bangladesh’s Permanent Mission to the UN and stated that the promotion of culture rise in the Muslim-majority coun- group. He said Pakistan valued its “decade of culture of peace.” of peace has assumed more importance now in confronting terrorism and growing intolerance. 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Russia bombs nearly 1,500 30,000 hit the Syrian streets in S-Korea anti-govt rally targets, oil fields: Military Tens of thousands of protest- Moscow : Russian airforce has ers marched in the South Ko- struck nearly 1,500 targets all over rean capital on Saturday accus- The United States is organizing a “that will consolidate and stream- Syria over the past nine days, the ing President Park Geun-Hye military said, its bombers now fly- of pushing pro-businesses la- summit of finance ministers from line the council’s recent efforts on U.N. Security Council nations ISIL financing, as well as include ing under cover of strategic fighter bour laws and attacking per- jets following the downing of a sonal and political freedoms. aimed at strengthening global ef- new steps to make the sanctions forts to combat “the financing of more effective.” She stressed Fri- plane by Turkey last week. The march was organised by Defence ministry spokesman labour, farmer and civic groups terrorism” — especially methods day that “the United States is fo- used by ISIS militants. cused on using every tool in its Igor Konashenkov said in a brief- opposing what they call the ing that the Russian air contingent president's effort to glorify her The U.S. Mission to the U.N. toolbox to defeat ISIL.” said Friday that Treasury Secre- Russia has also circulated a carried out 431 sorties and bombed father's authoritarian rule. 1458 targets in several regions of An estimated crowd of tary Jacob Lew will chair the Dec. draft resolution aimed at tighten- 17 meeting which will adopt a new ing the U.N. crackdown on the fi- Syria, without mentioning wheth- 30,000 people - many wearing er any of them were affiliated with masks in defiance of Park's call resolution on the sanctions regime nancing of IS and other extremist against al-Qaeda and the ISIS, fo- groups. the Islamic State jihadist group. for a ban on masking-wearing Among the targets was a "com- during demonstrations - cused on the growing ISIS threat. The Security Council adopted Lew said cutting ISIS off from a Russian-sponsored resolution on mand post" near the town of Kh- marched through the city cen- naifess in the Homs region, and a tre en masse. Demonstrators the international financial system Feb. 12 which is aimed at halting and disrupting its financing “are illicit oil sales, trading in antiqui- "large ammunitions stockpile" near carried signs and banners with Morek in Hama region, which was slogans that included "Park critical to effectively combatting ties, and ransom payments for this violent militant group.” hostages that are key methods used captured from the Syrian army in Geun-hye step down" and early November. "Stop regressive changes to la- “A united international front by militant groups to finance their is vital to achieve that goal, and operations. The airstrikes also "destroyed bour laws." Park's administra- a large militant base" at a strategic tion is facing mounting resent- this meeting marks an important Power said the new Russian step in coordinating our efforts,” effort is focused on the same thing location near Kassab in Latakia ment over a range of issues, in- region, leading to Syrian army "tak- cluding her plan to impose new he said in a statement. the U.S. is focused on and ex- U.S. Ambassador Samantha pressed guarded optimism that ing the high ground," the ministry history textbooks on schools, said. In Hama region, the airstrikes to further open the agricultur- Power said Tuesday that the U.S. U.S. and Russian ideas can be meld- is working on a draft resolution ed into a resolution. "liquidated" several field com- al market, and reform the la- manders near rebel-held Latamina, bour market by making the dis- and bombed several strategic high- missal of workers easier and ground locations, including Hazm cutting wages for older work- Half of Yemen 'one step away' from famine: UN al-Abyad. ers. An estimated crowd of Some 40 large trucks and cis- 30,000 people marched The United Nations food agency 14.4 million people of the coun- supported by coalition air strikes the country since then, nearly half anything, food, clothes, mattress- terns "used to transport oil" were through the city centre in Seoul has warned that food supplies in try's 23 million are food insecure, - clash with Iran-backed Houthi of them civilians. es," a displaced Yemeni, Moham- destroyed during strikes on two on Saturday [Ahn Young-joon/ Yemen are deteriorating quickly struggling to get enough food to rebels for control of the strategi- "I appeal to all people of good ed Ahmed Hassan, told the Reu- groups of vehicles near Aleppo and AP] "President Park, Don't try and the country is at risk of slip- live a healthy life. cally located city, seen as a gate- will. Look at these displaced peo- ters news agency. "People here Raqqa, while elsewhere 12 oil to turn South Korea's national ping into famine. That includes 7.6 million peo- way between south Yemen and the ple. They are your brothers from have nothing. They don't even have pumping stations and eight oil history into your family's pri- Ten out of Yemen's 22 gover- ple in desperate need of food as- capital. The UN says more than Yemen. You must look at them and anything to sleep on. They sleep fields were targeted. vate history," said a banner norates were now classified as fac- sistance. "It's a country that can- 5,700 people have been killed in consider them. Help them with on the ground," Hassan said. Moscow is at loggerheads with carried by a female student at ing food insecurity at "emergen- not take any further shock," Abeer Ankara following the downing of a rally outside City Hall. The cy" levels, which is one step be- Etefa, the WFP's spokesperson for its warplane over the Syria-Turk- march began on the same low famine, the World Food Pro- the Middle East region, told Al ish border on December 24. The streets where a demonstration gramme (WFP) said on Friday. Jazeera. incident caused Russia to send Su- three weeks earlier drew about "Clearly, Yemen is one of the "It's a very serious situation. 30 fighters to give cover to its 70,000 people, the largest ral- hardest place in the world today We are doing our best so that we bombers on "all runs" during re- ly the capital, Seoul, had seen to work - massive security con- don't see a deterioration of the sit- cent days. in a decade. cerns, escalation in the fighting, and uation that's already extremely Moscow has accused the Turk- the violence across the country," compromised." 'People have noth- ish leadership of participating in Morocco jails 11 Matthew Hollingworth, WFP's ing' Since March, an Arab coali- the smuggling of oil from IS-con- deputy regional director, said in the tion led by Saudi Arabia has con- trolled territory. for ‘terror’ capital, Sanaa. ducted air strikes in Yemen in an Last week President Vladimir offences Starvation in Yemen: 'We are effort to curb the expansion of the Putin said after meeting French hoping just to survive' "We are do- country's Houthi rebels, who have counterpart Francois Hollande A court has sentenced 11 Mo- ing well, we are improving our fought government forces for con- that the two agreed to "exchange roccans to prison terms ranging reach and getting to more people trol of the country. The conflict information" about the location of from two to seven years for every month, but clearly with half has sparked a massive humanitar- jihadists and indicated that he their involvement in “cases re- of the country now just one step ian crisis. More than 1.5 million would avoid targeting the "healthy lated to terrorism”, the official away from famine, we need the people have been displaced, and part of the opposition" in Syria. Moroccan news agency MAP international community to really many more are struggling to access However the defence ministry reported Friday. come behind us and support us, the basic necessities, including gave no detail Friday in its briefing The 11, convicted on particularly over the next few food, water and fuel. Battles have on what groups it has bombed since Thursday, were accused of months," he added. According to been going on for weeks in and December 26, as it enters the third “having formed a gang to pre- the UN's 2016 Humanitarian around Taiz as forces loyal to Pres- month of its air campaign to help pare and commit terrorist acts... Needs Overview in November, ident Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi - government troops in Syria. and undermine public order” and “raising funds to finance terrorist acts”, MAP said. Over the past few weeks, the authorities have announced the uncovering of a number of “terrorist cells” whose members were allegedly linked to the mil- itant ISIS group. Last year, Morocco intro- duced new security legislation under which dozens of prison Iraq calls on Turkey to “immedi- sentences have since been hand- ately” withdraw forces, including ed down for offences related to tanks and artillery, it has deployed “terrorism”. in the country’s north without Baghdad’s consent, the premier’s Three killed in office said on Saturday. “The Iraqi authorities call on Lebanon as militant Turkey to... immediately withdraw from Iraqi territory,” the statement blows himself up said. “We have confirmation that Turkish forces, numbering about during raid one armoured regiment with a number of tanks and artillery, en- A suspected Islamist militant tered Iraqi territory... allegedly to and two members of his fam- train Iraqi groups, without a re- ily were killed in northern quest or authorisation from Iraqi Lebanon on Saturday, after the federal authorities,” it said. man blew himself up during The deployment “is consid- an army raid on his home, se- ered a serious violation of Iraqi curity and medical sources sovereignty,” it added. said. Turkish media reported that It was the latest in a se- around 150 Turkish soldiers ries of arrest raids across the backed by 20 to 25 tanks had been sent by road to the Bashiqa area country since two suicide northeast of Mosul, the city that talion with a number of tanks and speculate. The camp is used by a of Turkish soldiers to northern Iraq bomb blasts claimed by Islam- is ISIS’ main hub in Iraq. cannons” had entered its territory force called Hashid Watani (nation- but that the move is not part of ic State of Iraq and Syria Peshmerga forces from Iraq’s near Mosul without request or al mobilization), which is made up the U.S.-led coalition’s activities. group (ISIS) killed 44 people autonomous Kurdish region are permission from Baghdad author- of mainly Sunni Arab former Iraqi Peshmerga Another senior Turk- in a crowded commercial and deployed in the area, and Turkey’s ities. It called on the forces to leave police and volunteers from Mo- ish official said the soldiers in the residential area of Beirut last Anatolia news agency said the immediately. sul. It was formed by former gov- region were there to train Kurdish month. troops were there to train them. In a separate statement flashed ernor Atheel al-Nujaifi, who is close Peshmerga fighters. Turkey has The raid took place in the Turkish troops in Iraq on state TV, the Iraqi foreign min- to Turkey. There was already a close relations with the Kurdish town of Deir Ammar, north- Several hundred Turkish sol- istry called the Turkish activity small number of Turkish trainers autonomous zone of northern Iraq, east of the city of Tripoli. The There is an increasing risk of Lib- with groups of competing militias diers have been deployed to pro- “an incursion” and rejected any there before this latest deployment though it views Syrian Kurdish explosion killed the wife and ya becoming a haven for combat- since the overthrow and death of vide training for Iraqi troops in an military operation that was not “Our soldiers are already in groups across the border as hos- mother of the suspect, who ants from ISIS, even as western dictator Muammar Qaddafi in area near the northern Iraqi city of coordinated with the federal gov- Iraq. A battalion of soldiers has tile to its interests. “This is part was named as Mohammed nations target the extremist mili- 2011 has allowed ISIS to build in- Mosul, which is under ISIS con- ernment. A senior Kurdish military gone there. Training was already of the fight against Daesh (ISIS),” Hamzeh, a security source tant group in Iraq and Syria, the fluence, notably in Qaddafi’s trol, a Turkish security source told officer based on the Bashiqa front being given in that region for the he said, adding that there were said. French defense minister warned in coastal home town of Sirte, east of Reuters on Friday. line, north of Mosul, said addition- last two to three years. This is a around 20 armored vehicles accom- At least 10 others were comments published earlier in the Tripoli. And there are widespread ISIS militants overran Mosul, al Turkish trainers had arrived at a part of that training,” one senior panying them as protection. wounded, including four se- week. fears the group could exploit tribal a city of more than one million camp in the area overnight on Turkish official said. ISIS overran swathes of terri- curity personnel. A security “We see foreign jihadists ar- conflicts further into Africa. people, in June 2014, but a much Thursday escorted by a Turkish In Washington, two U.S. de- tory north and west of Baghdad source said Hamzeh was part riving in the region of Syrte (north- Recognizing ISIS’ increasing anticipated counter-offensive by protection force. fense officials said on Friday that last year, and Iraqi forces backed of a group that had pledged ern Libya) who, if our operations Libyan reach, Le Drian said he Iraqi forces has been repeatedly He said he was not aware of the United States was aware of by U.S.-led air strikes are battling allegiance to ISIS. in Syria and Iraq succeed in reduc- feared that ultimately the group postponed because they are in- the size of the force and refused to Turkey’s deployment of hundreds to drive the militants back. A Lebanese court charged ing the territorial reach of Daesh could form one half of a double- volved in fighting elsewhere. 26 people last week with be- (ISIS) could tomorrow be more edged militant challenge in conjunc- “Turkish soldiers have reached longing to ISIS, 23 of whom numerous,” defense minister Jean- tion with Boko Haram, which the Mosul Bashiqa region. They Iraqi president says Turkish deployment were directly linked to the Yves Le Drian told the Jeune Af- pledged allegiance to their fellow are there as part of routine training Beirut bombings, which tar- rique weekly. militants in March and which has exercises. One battalion has crossed inside Iraq violates international law geted a Shi'ite Muslim suburb. Le Drian ruled out military in- been bringing terror to Nigeria, into the region,” the source said, The Syrian civil war tervention in Libya but warned the Niger, Chad and Cameroon. declining to say exactly how many BAGHDAD : Iraqi President necessary measures "to preserve tani (national mobilization), across the border has spilled West had to try to foster Libyan “There is a major risk of a link soldiers had been deployed. Fouad Massoum on Saturday the country's sovereignty and in- which is made up of mainly Sun- over into its smaller neighbor unity in the face of such a threat. being forged with Boko Haram,” He said troops had already called the deployment of several dependence". ni Arab former Iraqi police and on a number of occasions, with “It is a major risk and that’s said Le Drian, urging Libya’s rival been in Iraqi Kurdistan and had hundred Turkish troops inside Iraq Islamic State militants overran volunteers from Mosul. Sunni extremist bombings why there absolutely must be un- administrations to make common moved to Mosul accompanied by near the northern city of Mosul "a Mosul in June 2014. A much an- The United States was aware against Shi'ites, clashes be- derstanding between the Libyans,” cause while urging neighbors Alge- armored vehicles, in a move which violation of international norms ticipated counter-offensive by Ira- of Turkey's deployment of hun- tween gunmen who support said Le Drian. ria and Egypt to work diplomatic coalition countries targeting ISIS and law". qi forces has been repeatedly post- dreds of Turkish soldiers to opposing sides in Syria, as Analysts believe Libya would channels to that effect. were aware of. A Turkish security source said on poned because they are tied down northern Iraq but the move is not well as between the army and present a less hospitable environ- But Le Drian insisted that Video released on the website Friday the forces would provide in fighting elsewhere. part of the U.S.-led coalition's ac- Islamists. ment for ISIS than Syria and Iraq. France would not countenance of Turkey’s pro-government Yeni training for Iraqi troops near Mo- A senior Kurdish military of- tivities, according to defense of- Al Qaeda's Syria wing on But Tripoli is hampered in military action at least while the Safak newspaper showed flatbed sul, which is controlled by Islamic ficer based north of Mosul told ficials in Washington. Tuesday freed 16 Lebanese presenting a united front as rival Libyans are divided among them- trucks carrying armored vehicles State. Iraq's prime minister and for- Reuters that additional Turkish Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Mus- along a road at night, describing security personnel it had held governments compete for power - selves. eign ministry have called for Tur- trainers had arrived at a camp in lim armed groups have pledged since August 2014 after it and a militia alliance including militants “That’s not on the agenda. One them as a convoy accompanying the Turkish troops to Bashiqa. ‘An key to withdraw its forces. In an the area overnight on Thursday to fight a planned deployment of Islamic State briefly overran that overran Tripoli in August cannot release the Libyans from online statement, escorted by a Turkish protection U.S. forces to the country. 2014, and the internationally rec- their responsibilities by suggest- incursion’ A statement from the the border town of Arsal, in Massoum also called on Turkey force. A small number of Turkish Turkey has in recent months ognized administration that fled to ing there might one day be an in- Iraqi prime minister’s media office return for the release of jailed to withdraw the troops and asked trainers was already at the camp been bombing Kurdish militant Islamists. eastern Libya. tervention. They must find solu- confirmed that Turkish troops The current chaos in Libya tions themselves.” numbering “around one armed bat- Iraq's Foreign Ministry to take the to train a force called Hashid Wa- positions in northern Iraq. 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion A generation of delay: Climate AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir policy is 20 years behind Phone No: +93-772364666 By Bruce Melton today; carbon dioxide levels will can Physical Society in 2011 warming and cooling gases and E-mail: [email protected] reach 1,190 parts per million by claimed that direct air capture was mechanisms. (Counterintuitively, The perceived debate on climate 2100 without action - we need to infeasible because of costs. The only warming gases in the long- Email: [email protected] change has discredited traditional remove over twice as much carbon report did not speculate on the re- term time frame are included in climate science communications to dioxide as we emit every year. cent science about new direct air current legacy policy). A lot of this www.afghanistantimes.af such an extent that we are just now These amounts are four to six times capture technologies, citing that science revolves around what are implementing policies developed greater than those put forth by the there was insufficient evidence to called dynamic atmospheric ef- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi during the Kyoto Protocol era that Clean Power Plan. evaluate and instead evaluated fects, including the effects of the began in 1992. New climate sci- How in the world are we going World War II-era technology. That global cooling pollutant sulfur. Advisory editorial board ence knowledge is simply not mak- to do this? To start with, we must the co-chair of this study was “a It turns out that sulfur in the ing it out of academia and into pub- ensure that we begin to limit car- distinguished adviser within Brit- atmosphere, in the form of sul- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, lic policy. One of the biggest ex- bon dioxide emissions as much as ish Petroleum [BP] Refining and fates, is a strong global cooling Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal amples is the 2013 Intergovern- possible through changes in our en- Marketing’s Research and Technol- pollutant with a short life span. mental Panel on Climate Change ergy sources, agricultural tech- ogy department” is a concept that The sulfur (sulfates) comes from Graphic-Designers: (IPCC) report telling us strong niques and REDD (reforestation), bears thought. fossil carbon dioxide in coal, oil and negative emissions (removing more as well as through many more Because the American Physi- gas. The IPCC says that over half Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari carbon dioxide from the atmo- smaller adjustments, such as using cal Society report was a hot topic of warming that should have al- Marketing & Advertising: sphere than we emit every year) more efficient light bulbs, buying in the news cycle, media every- ready occurred today has been are now required. locally, limiting packaging, carpool- where picked up on it and the dam- masked by sulfate emissions (one Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Emissions reductions alone, ing and showering with a friend. age was done. The fact that the of the main ingredients in smog), Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan like from Kyoto-era legacy policy This next bit is important: American Physical Society did not which are mostly from burning currently being implemented, are Everything we know how to do evaluate the new technologies did coal. Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 four to six times less than what are combined is not enough to equal not escape the third-most presti- Why don’t we all know about Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press needed to prevent catastrophic cli- strong negative emissions. Direct- gious scientific journal in the world, this? Don’t put all the blame for mate change. Not only does the ly removing carbon dioxide from Nature, which published a rebut- the education failure on the climate IPCC suggest more treatment of the atmosphere is the only thing tal to the report, making the sig- change counter-movement. Argu- greenhouse gases, but also, new we know of that can create strong nificant omission clear. ments about why strong negative The constitution says discoveries about global cooling negative emissions. However, the news cycle had emissions and direct air capture are pollutants and net warming reveal The climate change counter- already run its course, and the truly economically feasible are a that legacy policy based on warm- movement’s enhancement of the Nature rebuttal didn’t make the bit of rocket science, after all. This ing pollutants alone may create perceived debate has wrongly per- headlines. As in the public conver- science is very difficult to com- more warming than doing nothing. suaded the public that direct air sations around smoking, acid rain municate without the confounding Article 82 And the solutions? They are no capture of carbon dioxide is eco- and ozone-depleting chemicals, the influence from the climate change The National Assembly consists of two houses: House of People and House of more expensive than the cost of nomically infeasible. However, fairness bias of the media had done counter-movement. Elders. No individual shall be a member of both houses at the same time. sick days in the United States ev- direct air capture technologies ex- its job. The news cycle ended and In 2009, work from NASA, ery year. New education and com- ist today that can remove 50 parts reporting of the truth never made Columbia University, University munications techniques must be per million of carbon dioxide from into the news. It took years to de- of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, the developed to better communicate the atmosphere for $21 trillion at cades for the truth to be revealed Environmental Defense Fund and the latest science to policy makers $200 per ton and basically end the on these other issues, and it may Berkeley told us that oil warms and the public. climate pollution challenge for a take a generation to shift the cli- more than coal in the critical time Since just a few years before generation. Is this economically mate change debate. frame of a few decades (because the Kyoto Protocol was born, our infeasible? No, not by a long shot. Racing Against Time global cooling sulfates are short- civilization has emitted as much It is no different than what Amer- Nevertheless, it is likely that lived) and that air travel actually greenhouse gas pollution as we did icans spent on health care in the direct air capture will still be in- cools Earth (because of where the in the previous 230 years, but the decade prior to the implementa- corporated into the fabric of our sulfates are emitted) instead of it amount of carbon dioxide emis- tion of the Affordable Care Act. industrial machine sooner rather being one of the worst mechanisms sions reductions under the Clean Moreover, the cost of these than later. Why? Because a mean- of warming known, as is common- Power Plan enacted by the US En- technologies will inevitably fall. No ingful price on carbon has arrived ly thought. Global warming pol- vironmental Protection Agency in surprise here; new technologies with the Clean Power Plan. It’s lutants are still important and in July 2015 occur 18 years after com- (cell phones, computers, micro- quite possible that the fossil-fuel- longer time frames, carbon dioxide mitments from the Kyoto Proto- wave ovens, big-screen televisions) industrial complex - which includes warming is still dominant. But im- Local media reported Saturday about treatment of Mullah Mansoor in a Karachi col. In addition, the Obama admin- typical see costs plummet upon energy generation and everything pacts likely increase nonlinearly istration’s current climate commit- full industrialization. The research else that uses fossil fuels to make with temperature. Therefore, any hospital, the port city of Pakistan. Though the reports could not be confirmed inde- ments for 2050 are 30 years be- says we should to expect to spend things - itself will actually get us warming at all increases risks, es- pendently but had sent a wave of suspicion over motives of Pakistan. The so-called hind the Kyoto requirements for $20 per ton, or less than $2.1 tril- out of this mess, and it will not be pecially the risks from abrupt 2020. lion to remove 50 parts per mil- because we make it extinct. When changes. Taliban’s commander-in-chief Mullah Muhammad Akhtar Mansoor has been in the The 2013 IPCC has acknowl- lion of carbon dioxide (less than we put a meaningful price on cli- That policy lags behind both headlines after the death reports of Mullah Omar, because his appointment as the edged this great disconnection be- total global life insurance premi- mate pollution, as the Clean Pow- science and public understanding new emir stirred controversies. This time he has been in headlines yet in a different tween climate science and current ums in 2014). er Plan does, the new direct air cap- is not new, but over 20 years of policy with a clear and unambigu- How has the climate change ture technologies will likely be delay - continuing alongside cata- way. It is reported that he has been killed. Other reports suggest he was injured. It ous statement of fact: “A large frac- counter-movement so badly im- launched by the fossil-fuel-indus- strophic risks that likely increase has been confirmed by the Afghan government that Akhtar Mansoor received inju- tion of climate change is largely ir- peded the transfer of knowledge trial complex because they are nonlinearly - have made things reversible on human time scales, from academia to the rest of us? cheaper than removing carbon di- much worse. But the most signifi- ries during infighting in Quetta city of Balochistan. The militant group denied the unless net anthropogenic carbon Most significantly, they have en- oxide from smokestack emissions cant disconnect between climate reports and bragged they will soon release an audio message of Mullah Mansour to dioxide emissions were strongly hanced the “fairness bias” in the with current technology. science and public perception has confirm he is alive. negative over a sustained media. Mountains of propaganda We have seen this happen be- to do with solutions. period.” In other words, we have are telling us that climate change is fore. When sulfur cap-and-trade For the astonishing cost of The report had made the situation a mix of murkiness and somehow hope and to remove more carbon dioxide not real (the warming hiatus is a regulations went into effect in the what we spend on advertising clarity about the new policy of Pakistan regarding militancy in Afghanistan and Af- from the sky every year than we good example), and that climate mid-1990s, it was widely under- across the planet every year ($500 ghan-owned peace process. If Mullah Mansoor was killed under the nose of Paki- emit. Emissions reductions alone scientists are corrupt (emailgate). stood that energy generators (coal billion), in a matter of years, we are not nearly enough. Even though the science and facts plants mostly) would all install could rapidly industrialize direct stani military establishment and by his comrades then for sure there will be shift of The 2013 IPCC did not define tell completely different stories scrubbers on their smokestacks to air capture once the fossil-fuel-in- power from the Taliban to Haqqani Network. The insurgent network is in the good how much “strong” meant. Re- from those being told by the cli- treat sulfur pollution. dustrial complex seeds the indus- search findings were not robust mate change counter-movement, Instead, industry switched to trialization. In another five years, books of Pakistani policymakers and remained most active in Afghanistan. The net- enough at the time. New work the heavy influence of that “move- a little-known but more economi- it could be possible to do the un- work is not only a headache for the Afghan government but for the US authorities as from the French National Center ment” in our society means that cal solution: low-sulfur, Western imaginable and end the climate pol- well because it attacked the US forces several times. Haqqanis also attacked Indian for Scientific Research, Japan’s their “side” of the story is often coal. Once the fossil-fuel-industri- lution problem for good by sim- Agency for Marine-Earth Science reported by the mainstream media al complex industrializes direct air ply removing carbon dioxide from installations. This network is also involved in kidnapping of affluent Afghans. The and Technology and the Met Of- equally to the rest of the story. capture technology, it will be a the atmosphere. militant network kidnaps people to finance its terror activities—a method that has fice in the UK reveals our future This fairness bias has its roots in matter of little consequence to find The challenge is the time been quite popular in Pakistan—even the notion of involvement of the covert secret path. law, the equal-time rule and the the money to make meaningful re- frame. To make this happen, cli- For the best-case scenario, to fairness doctrine that sought to ductions of carbon dioxide from the mate pollution needs to be treated services of Pakistan cannot be rejected given that black money that is spent in terror limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius achieve fairness in media report- atmosphere. The lack of success- as the most important global issue activities. while limiting carbon dioxide emis- ing of issue-based topics. ful communications from aca- we have ever seen, and the only sions to 390 parts per million (to- The media literally cannot tell demia, however, is much broader way for that to happen is for more Moreover, the Haqqani Network is not only well-known for the command struc- day it’s 400 parts per million), we whose science or “opinion” is real; than simply the amount of carbon of us to get involved personally. ture, attacks on Afghan and foreign forces but for anti-Indian approach as well. need to remove all the carbon di- they report each “side” of the sto- dioxide we need to remove from We need to treat climate pol- Therefore, Pakistan sees more opportunities in Haqqani Network. Shift of power to oxide that we emit every year, plus ry as if it were an issue based on the atmosphere. lution - using economical new tech- one-third more. For the worst-case opinion. In the last five or six years, nologies far cheaper than in the the Haqqanis would make them more dreadful for Kabul and loyal servants to Is- scenario - and we are basically Perhaps in part due to this fair- new research has finally allowed past - before it is too late.— lamabad. This has been one aspect of the news but the other aspect had been straddling the worst-case scenario ness bias, a report by the Ameri- us to evaluate all (Truthout) ignored by Afghan authorities and mainstream media. That is why the Pakistani gov- ernment is silent. It does not matter for Afghans if Mullah Mansoor is killed or injured because they are concerned about the place where the incident took place. We are ignoring this point. For the past several months, many Pakistani officials claimed that they are not supporting anti-Afghanistan elements. They also say that Pakistan was ready to support President Ashraf Ghani in resuming the peace talks with the insur- gents. But, the recent development had proved that Pakistan is actively supporting Insecurity the insurgents and would not help the Afghan-owned peace process. They had grown and supported the Taliban and Haqqani Network as a strategic asset. Militants are trained in Pakistan. We shall not pin hopes on the recent meeting between President Ghani and Nawaz Sharif. Since it is clear that Mullah Omar and Mullah Mansoor lived in Pakistan, thus, the Afghan government should mount pres- sure on Islamabad to dismantle militant networks, as talks have yielded no results so far. The pressure could be mounted through improved relations with other regional countries, especially India. New Delhi had helped Kabul in tough times. When Paki- stan is sending terrorists against Afghan security forces, India is providing us scholar- ships, money for reconstruction and military support to fight the militants. 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By Abdulrahman al-Rashed whom shall govern them According to the Iranian through the ballot box, but the plan to manage several trou- You will hear it a lot during the amendments continued under bled Arab countries, the quota coming days: “the quota sys- the Houthis’ threats to be system was not supposed to tem is the solution” for Yemen, granted quotas in the govern- pass under the pretext of being Syria and Bahrain. ment. an alternative to the chaos, be- Iran has begun to promote If we look at the quota sys- cause it will lay the foundations the idea of this controversial tem in Iraq, we find that the lat- of confusion for decades. It will political sectarian regime, so ter has become like Lebanon; fertilize the soil for long-term that it can pave the way for its the president of the republic is tensions and civil wars. There interventions and influence on merely a decor. The three vice- are alternative options, such as the decisions of these coun- presidents and three vice-prime the adoption of a federal sys- tries within its project to domi- ministers are also accessories tem, and the reduction of the nate the region. It is not a new claiming to represent the coun- central government without re- idea – it is a duplicate of the try’s ethnic and sectarian com- sorting to dividing society into Lebanese and Iraqi models that ponents. Even the prime minis- sectarian and ethnic groups. Iran dominates today. ter, the first executive position, This article was first pub- Many Iranian officials tack- has become hostage of Iranian lished in Asharq al-Awsat on led this issue; I even heard one influence through the quota Dec. 4, 2015. of them giving more details system tools. Similarly to the Abdulrahman al-Rashed is about it. He said: “You want a Lebanese Hezbollah, an Iraqi the former General Manager of solution in Syria? Why don’t political team decided to build Al Arabiya News Channel. A we give all the communities and the ‘Popular Mobilization Forc- veteran and internationally ac- parties in Syria fixed quotas in es’, a militia that controls the claimed journalist, he is a former governance; Sunnis, Alawites, country, with the army a mere editor-in-chief of the London- Druze, Christians, Shiites, subdivision of it. based leading Arab daily Kurds and Turkmen, and thus This is what Iran has sought Asharq al-Awsat, where he still Sunnis will have the parliamen- to do in Yemen when it backed regularly writes a political col- tary majority? We have to do the ‘Ansar Allah’ Houthi mili- umn. He has also served as the the same thing in Yemen, and tias, which took over the army editor of Asharq al-Awsat’s other countries in the region.” support the claim. thetic to Turkey's position. starve last year. weapon stores, and tried to sister publication, al-Majalla. By Martin Jay One of those who were sitting Actually it isn't. And Tur- This might be a blip as the They are those same amend the constitution grant- Throughout his career, Rashed next to me hummed: “Ah, he The Rubik's Cube of the Syr- key argues that the border so-called regional experts, "moderate" Sunnis, many ing itself fixed shares in the has interviewed several world means Bahrain”. Of course, we ian war just got more com- is impossible to simply close, cosily nested in their airless originating from the Syrian government, and for this pur- leaders, with his articles garner- all know that he indirectly plicated. A week or so after while the smuggling is be- offices in Washington, Lon- army, who had to resort to pose, it took President Hadi as ing worldwide recognition, and pointed to Bahrain, although military analysts mulled the yond the reach of Ankara to don, and Paris, were caught selling information about a hostage in his home in San- he has successfully led Al Ara- we know that there is no war idea of the crowded skies control. In fact, if Putin's off-guard. Westerners to ISIL for aa. This comedy stopped only biya to the highly regarded, over the rule like in Yemen, Syria there - and as the British claims of Turkey backing A NATO country down- $50,000 simply to function. when Saudi Arabia launched its thriving and influential position and Iraq, but there are hubs of Prime Minister David Cam- ISIL are based on the diesel ing a Russian jet was shock- It is not the priority of war there. it is in today. eron just got the nod from smuggling, then even the ing - you have to go back 63 Russia to destroy ISIL at the protest in Bahrain that can parliament to start bombing harshest critic of Erdogan years to see such an incident moment as that same group emerge in any other country, the Islamic State of Iraq and could counter that the Rus- - so Putin's wrath made big is fighting Assad's opposition including Iran itself. the Levant (ISIL) in Syria - sian bear doesn't really have news. Many UK tabloid ed- groups. And anyway, de- After decades of practice, the world was captivated by any legitimate case to argue. itors went with "World War stroying ISIL is a Western it is now obvious that the quo- a NATO member, Turkey, Sensationalism III" with a picture of Putin foible to which Putin will not ta system is a lousy model of shooting down a Russian jet It's a low hanging fruit in looking like a man about to adhere. governance. after it allegedly that the terms of geopolitical spats to break all of your knuckles Yet, while Russian jets hit As for the reason why we rush to reject the idea as long plane had breached Turkish accuse Turkey of this as it for merely looking at his Assad's opposition fighters, By Hisham Melhem and the United States, Google and is a convenient notion which daughter's hemline. ISIL wins small, but impor- as it satisfies the majority of the airspace. In wars, generals deploy their Twitter on the other, for the hearts That one incident might many would believe, simply But Obama hit the nail on tant victories elsewhere, like troubled countries, it is be- and minds of the Jihadi ‘fence-sit- cause sectarian quotas are the phalanxes to defeat their enemies cost Turkish President Re- because ISIL is fighting Tur- the head when he said on in Aleppo this week. Russia and control physical space, while ters’. The results so far have been basis and essence of chaos, political leaders invoke ideas, ide- limited at best. In their book ‘ISIS, cep Tayyip Erdogan dearly. key's two foes in the coun- Tuesday that "Putin must does not want ISIL to be the State of Terror’, Jessica Stern After consolidating his pow- try: the Assad regime and the now understand that there destroyed in Syria as Putin although the case does not als, and excuses to legitimize and apply to Malaysia and the Neth- explain a state’s use of force. and J.M. Berger give a gripping er at home following recent Kurds. will be no military solution in fears many of the mercenar- Battles are won, and wars are account of a movement that is “re- re-elections, many Turks Russia does not want [the] Syrian civil war" - on ies from the West will head erlands because they live in dif- writing the playbook of extrem- ferent regional conditions. decided by the clanging of the were jubilant last week about ISIL to be destroyed in Syr- the same day that Russian to Chechnya. The West swords, not the exchange of ism” through “a daring experiment The Taif Agreement words. Proponents of “wars of in the power of horror, but also in his "super power" machis- ia as Putin fears many of the reports of a second airbase doesn't want ISIL to be de- the marketing of utopia”. mercenaries from the West in Syria emerged. stroyed as it will legitimise Some may argue and say ideas” claim that the West won mo. the Cold War by the sheer power Stern and Berger have written But the reaction so far will head to Chechnya. The The problem is Obama Assad's stature. And Turkey that the Taif Agreement, which the definitive analysis of ISIS’ cre- was signed in Saudi Arabia to of its values and liberal ideology. from Russian President West doesn't want ISIL to and Putin have different doesn't want ISIL to be They tend to forget that during ative cutting-edge propaganda, and end the Civil War in Lebanon, the Cold War, bloody wars were unprecedented manipulation of Vladimir Putin has been be destroyed as it will legiti- ideas about a solution, al- weakened as this would social media. They devoted almost measured and aimed at hit- mise Assad's stature. And though neither of them real- strengthen the Kurds. is the mother of quota systems. fought between the U.S. and So- That gave the presidency of the viet Union through their proxies, a third of their book to the epic ting Erdogan where it hurts. Turkey doesn't want ISIL to ly wants ISIL out of the pic- Assad's presidency is the and that the Soviet Empire col- struggle between ISIS and the U.S. Exports from Turkey to be weakened as this would ture. If they did, then they core issue that unites them republic to the Christians, the and its allies for primacy in the premiership to the Sunnis and lapsed because of its military over- Russia are already being strengthen the Kurds. would simply work out a all despite the horrific Paris reach, and relative primitiveness virtual world. Every time an ISIS the parliament presidency to of its economy. Twitter account is suspended oth- blocked (mainly agricultural And with US President plan to cut off the region bombings, which has just ers spring up; the authors estimat- Barack Obama's mojo in the (Turkey) from cross border pushed Western leaders the Shiites. Of course wars of ideas and products) and a Russian ideological and cultural competi- ed that “at least 45,000 pro-ISIS tourism boycott on the coun- region now a museum piece trade, and oil exports (via Francois Hollande and Cam- While the agreement was accounts were online between Sep- signed in the Saudi city of Taif, tions are an integral part of the try is under way, following as no real US foreign policy Iraqi Kurdistan), the latter eron deeper into a vortex of history of warfare, but given the tember and November 2014, along it was the outcome of a collec- revolutionary changes brought with thousands more pro-ISIS bot Putin's call for all Russians is present; it's easy for Rus- making their way to Israel. blinded dogma that Assad is and spam accounts”. to leave Turkey and cancel sia to manipulate the West- Conflicting interests the architect of ISIL. tive dialogue between the bel- about by social media, the inter- ligerent parties and was not a net and an increasingly networked There are limits to what the planned vacations there. ern media who are used to Yet journalists, once Martin Jay is a Beirut- and globalized world, some are United States Government can do Can Turkey and Russia off-the-record briefings again, have been cleverly based foreign reporter with Saudi decision. Moreover, the to “un-sell” ISIS to those young quota system had always ex- tempted to make the false claim resolve their dispute? from government aides who skirted away from what is more than 25 years of ex- that the war of ideas is as – or impressionistic would-be Muslim isted in the Lebanese regime even more – important as the war volunteers in the West who are And the public accusa- spoon-feed them their diet of probably boring copy - the perience in Africa, the Mid- convinced by the slick propagan- other convenient half-truths. diesel oil smuggling. If we dle East and Europe. He is that was present 50 years be- of arms. For more than a year now tions from Putin that Turkey an intense debate has ensued da of ISIS, and the idea that wag- is funding ISIL have been The lesson about the are to believe Pentagon in- the founding editor of An- fore the Taif Agreement, with ing Jihad is an act of cleansing one’s the same presidencies’ restruc- among scholars, historians and resonating throughout the downing of the Russian jet telligence, 90 percent of Pu- Nahar. politicians concerning the role and sins, or an act of rebellion – against turing but with different parlia- efficacy of ideas in the current one’s status quo, family and soci- region with Erdogan silenc- is how sloppy journalism be- tin's bombing has hit Assad's The views expressed in ety – and to seek a ‘winning’ iden- ing any journalists who dare came the order of the day opposition fighters - those this article are the author's ment seat quotas. wars of arms against ISIS, partic- We should not forget that ularly the limited campaign that tity. Conversely, the hardened Is- to suggest that the diesel oil and how most Western me- same fighters whom, we own and do not necessarily the United States and its allies lamists in ISIS who come from being smuggled across the dia outlets turned on Erdogan should remember, the US reflect Al Jazeera's editorial Taif was just a temporary Western countries – some of them project to stop the bleeding, have been waging against the fake border is the smoking gun to and were not at all sympa- stopped funding and let policy. caliphate. misfits, petty criminals and former and a passage to move to a It is very doubtful that the prisoners – are immune to U.S. better permanent regime. Hafez U.S. and its allies can mount an entreaties. If an effective counter effective strategy to undermine narrative is to be developed against al-Assad’s regime disrupted the ISIS, it should be Arab or Muslim. development of the Lebanese ISIS’s narrative and reputation, LETTER TO THE EDITOR without a simultaneous limited It is very doubtful that the U.S. governance project: He op- land campaign. and its allies can mount an effec- pressed the Lebanese state and Since the 9/11 attacks in tive strategy to undermine ISIS’s controlled it through his local 2001, the U.S. has invested large narrative and reputation, without sums of money, exerted huge ef- a simultaneous limited land cam- intelligence agents; he killed paign. Muslim history is replete and marginalized all those forts and established special bod- ies to wage a war of ideas against with pretend Caliphs, fake Mah- whom dared to challenge him al-Qaeda and its branches and dis and false Prophets; some of and thought of changing the tentacles, to discredit the group’s them were dismissed out of hand, but others acted on their danger- Kabul has become a city with dusty and polluted air and destroyed roads. Life has become difficult for those who walk to their offices and political system. ideological appeal, to ‘sell’ the U.S. and its liberal democracy as ous visions. Their actions and nar- workplaces on a daily basis. The street from 500Faimly area of Kabul to Market Roundabout is full of dusty and destroyed roads which A lousy model ratives were not challenged by produce tons of dust and polluted air every day. an antidote to al-Qaeda, and to After decades of practice, cut it down to size and humiliate counter narratives, but by crush- I travel in this path every day. I am well aware of the fact that polluted and dusty air creates several health problems. Today I am suffering ing military force. ISIS is bound to from ‘red eye’ which is the product of the polluted air in my city. Thousands of other citizens have been affected and are still suffering from it is now obvious that the quo- it, as a first step to denying it ta system is a lousy model of volunteers and funds. It was awk- face a similar fate. Hisham Mel- several health problems due t the contaminated air in Kabul. In some parts of the city, people take waste of streams and throw them on roadside hem is a columnist and analyst for which contaminate the air after it becomes dry. governance and should be ward, not to say painful in those days to watch otherwise intelli- Al Arabiya News Channel in Wash- Once again, the Kabul Municipality is highly requested to pay proper attention towards this issue. It is a really avoided. If it were to be applied ington, DC. Melhem has inter- important matter. The president should appoint the new mayor as soon as possible. Please help the city become clean and gent U.S. officials bandying and in Yemen tomorrow, it would marketing the United States to the viewed many American and inter- pollution-free, or else we will witness more health problems among our citizens. national public figures, including Firoz Lalazar, Khairkhana, Kabul divide Yemeni people forever, Muslim world as a ‘brand’, with the support of slick Madison Presidents Barack Obama and and external forces like Iran will George W. Bush, Secretaries of Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and use it to influence and mess up Avenue experts. Needless to say, address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] the ‘brand’ remained on the State Hillary Clinton and John from the outside and will try to shelves, and did not sell well. Kerry, Secretary of Defense Rob- guide the decisions of Yemen. Marketing a utopia ert Gates, and Chairman of the What is the interest of Ye- In the war of ideas with ISIS, Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike the United States has established Mullen, among others. He is also menis in the sharing of seats the correspondent for Annahar, the according to their religious be- the Center for Strategic Counter- Disclaimer: terrorism Communications to en- leading Lebanese daily. For four longing? Actually, there is gage the sophisticated ‘electronic years he hosted “Across the The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) none. The first idea on which brigades’ that ISIS employs. Bat- Ocean,” a weekly current affairs was built the reconciliation, af- tles are raging in the virtual world program on U.S.-Arab relations for and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. between ISIS and its thousands Al Arabiya. Follow him on Twit- ter the uprising of the Yemeni ter: @hisham_melhem street, was that Yemenis decide of online volunteers on one side, 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Hop e an d uncertainty in Ven ezu ela ah ead of vot e More than 460 people have been gunned down in 2015 in the United States after latest rampage in California kills 14. un violence in the United The m em o r y o f H ug o Cha v ez lo o m s la r g e States is unparalleled around the globe and has a s Ven ez uela n s p r ep a r e t o g o t o t he p o lls in become the norm rather a v o t e t ha t co uld d en t cha v is m o . than rare, President Barack Obama said after the latest attack in Cali- fornia killed 14 people. "We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world," Obama told CBS News in a televised interview after Thursday's shooting. He also renewed a call for stricter gun laws to curb the preva- lence of attacks in the country, which he said lack basic measures to enforce background checks on those seeking to buy firearms. Obama urges tougher gun con- trol measures "We should come together in a bipartisan basis and every level of government to make these [attacks] rare as opposed to normal…because it does not hap- pen in the same frequency in other countries," said Obama. According to a website that tracks gun violence in the US, this year there have been an average of more than one mass shooting - which claimed four or more casu- alties - per day throughout the country. A total of 462 people have been Yemen [11], and France [10]", the between firearm ownership and jection are major causes of But Newman noted there was killed and 1,314 others wounded report said. the country’s revolutionary and shootings by young people. hope that the public can push for in such attacks so far in 2015, it Even though the US had less frontier history. Social strains READ MORE: Mass shooting in political change and the tightening said. than 5 percent of the world's popu- Lankford's report "Mass Shooters, US revives debate on mental ill- of gun laws. Earlier this year, a report - lation, about 31 percent of mass Firearms, and Social Strains: A ness "For these massacres, the mo- US citizens can make a differ- which claims to be the first in- shootings worldwide took place in Global Analysis of an Exception- tivations are attention, changing the ence "by ignoring the NRA and On Sunday, as Venezuelans vote tional sounds of Venezuela, the depth analysis of the US' "excep- the country, it added. ally American Problem" also cited public definition of a young man's forcing politicians to pay attention in parliamentary elections, there is Great Patriotic Pole candidates tional" propensity for mass "Behavioural differences be- numerous studies that linked the personality from 'loser' to 'anti- to the will of the people, who a real chance that, for the first time took to the stage. shootings in comparison to the rest tween offenders who attacked in country’s high societal pressures hero', and the desire to be incorpo- strongly favour gun control", she in 16 years, chavismo - the politi- Maduro addressed the crowd. of the world - found that histori- the US and elsewhere suggest that to the public attacks. Perpetrators rated into groups that prize manly said. cal ideology espoused by the late "I ask the people to be most loyal cally the country had seen a dis- the exceptional nature of America's often target strangers who they behaviour that is linked to vio- However, Glenn Muschert - a President Hugo Chavez and con- to the legacy of Hugo Chavez," he proportionate number of such at- mass shooter problem may be at- view represent systems that have lence," Newman said. She added sociology professor at Miami Uni- tinued by his successor, President said. tacks, "especially at school and tributable to its national gun cul- mistreated them. The report that mental illnesses "play a role versity who co-authored "Re- Nicolas Maduro - could lose its References to the late leader workplace settings". ture, social strains and social pre- quoted Robert Merton, the late in creating a psychological filter sponding to School Violence: Con- grip on the Venezuelan National filled speeches, songs and cam- The report by Adam Lankford mium on fame," the report said. prominent sociologist, who once that exaggerates slights of rejection fronting the Columbine Effect" - Assembly. paign posters. - a criminal justice professor at the "The results showed a statis- said: "The American stress on pe- - something experienced by mil- said the sheer number of firearms On Thursday, each side held His popularity today contin- University of Alabama and author tically significant association be- cuniary success and ambitiousness lions of young people - but most in the US, about 300 million, meant the closing events of their cam- ues to tower over that of his suc- of "The Myth of Martyrdom: tween national firearm ownership for all thus invites exaggerated anxi- of whom learn to slough it off". that tougher gun control measures paigns - at opposite ends of the cessor, whose had, according to What Really Drives Suicide Bomb- rates and the number of shooters eties, hostilities, neuroses and an- "But we must clear that even and background checks would capital, Caracas. polls, fallen to around 20 percent ers, Rampage Shooters and Other per country." tisocial behavior." The report con- though shooters are generally men- probably not be effective enough. In the west of the city, the earlier this year. Self-Destructive Killers" - was In a 2007 comparative study cluded: "Those who experience tally ill, the mentally ill do not de- He underlined the need for Great Patriotic Pole, an electoral And this is one of the reasons presented in August at an annual of 178 countries, the Switzerland- strain but lack the skills or social velop into shooters at a dispro- "taking concrete steps to deal with alliance that brings together the why political consultant Edgar conference for the American So- based Small Arms Survey reported support to effectively cope may portionate level." mental illnesses" and the "building ruling United Socialist Party of Gutierrez believes that the oppo- ciological Association based in that the US ranks first in the num- suffer frustration, humiliation, Hope for change of social capital among communi- Venezuela and other parties that sition, despite seemingly meeting Washington DC. ber of civilians who own guns - at anxiety, or rage. As a result, they Al Jazeera World - Guns in ties and within organisations". are close to the government, all the criteria for failure, might just READ MORE: US police a rate of 88.8 firearms per 100 may turn to criminal behaviour to Switzerland Newman blamed the Those initiatives "would lead marked the occasion with Venezu- be successful. probe motive of California mass people. escape the strain - or seek revenge country's lax gun laws on the Na- to less violence, as individuals are elan folk music. "They barely have financing, shooting Yemen ranked second with against its source." Katherine tional Rifle Association lobby's more likely to receive support in In the east, the Bureau of the they have no spaces in which to From 1966 to 2012, "the US 54.8 firearms per 100 people. Newman - a sociologist at the Uni- "very powerful" ties with Repub- such environments and also there National Unit, a bloc of opposi- communicate, they have had by far the most public mass Political scientist Robert versity of Massachusetts who co- lican officials and many Democrats is a strengthening of collective ef- tion parties, closed their campaign organisational problems and key shooters of any country, with 90 Spitzer has said US "gun culture" authored the book "Rampage: The from the country's south. "It [the ficacy, which is the ability to con- to the rhythm of pop and rock mu- leaders are imprisoned," he said. offenders. Only four other coun- dates back to the proliferation of Social Roots of School Shootings" NRA] spends an enormous trol deviance through informal sic. "Still, they have more chances of tries even reached double-digits: the arms in the early days of the na- - told Al Jazeera that mental ill- amount of money to keep politi- means," Muschert told Al Jazeera. The speeches may have been winning." Philippines [18], Russia [15], tion, and reflects the connection nesses compounded by social re- cians in line," she said. Al Jazeera different, but the crowds gathered And this is, in part, because at each site shared similar feelings: "the ruling party is going into the hope, uncertainty and expectation. election with its worst levels of 'Remembering Chavez' popularity and without its funda- Fans featuring the face of Hugo mental leader, Chavez." Chavez, the late Venezuelan leader, 'I cannot take more of this' Psych ological fir st aid : Migr an t for sale during the ruling party's Opposition supporters wait closing campaign rally in Caracas for the closing rally of its campaign [Alejandro Cegarra/Al Jazeera] to begin in Caracas [Alejandro t r au m a d em an d s alt er n at ive t h er ap ies "I feel like it's going to be close, Cegarra/Al Jazeera] it is very even. But I want the revo- In the eastern part of the city, Europe’s migrant crisis is forcing mad,” said Barbieri. “What I hope Lancet in 2005 of 20 studies look- less as he tells of being imprisoned sults with a technique known as lution to win. That's why I'm Ana Correa waved a yellow flag. the advancement of new psycho- to do is first of all is listen. When ing at mental illness among 7,000 and torture. His wife says he Intercultural Psychotherapy. here," said Edgar Gonzalez, who "I want change. I want to see logical therapies that go beyond they can feel they’re in a protected refugees resettled in Western coun- wakes up crying in the night, can’t With its roots in the develop- wore a red shirt featuring a well- my country move forward. I can- existing treatments to help victims place, they can start talking about tries, found they were about 10 work, and can become angry and ment of cross-cultural psychiatry known drawing of Chavez's eyes. not take more of this government," not of one traumatic event, but of their trauma.” times more likely than the general unpredictable when people make of the 1970s, the treatment was Singing and moving to the mu- she said. multiple traumas such as rape, war A refugee girl cries after pass- population to have PTSD. It con- comments in the street. refined in the past decade to focus sic, he spoke of the continued im- She is tired of queues and in- and torture. ing through a Greek police cordon cluded: “Tens of thousands of refu- He doesn’t want to give his on refugees. It aims to rebuild psy- portance of Chavez, who died security. But she also feels uncer- Among the hundreds of thou- before crossing the Greek- gees and former refugees resettled name, or details of what his jailers chological resilience and, Alayarian from cancer in March 2013, to the tain about what will happen on De- sands of people fleeing Syria, Af- Macedonian border near the vil- in western countries probably have did to him, but he hopes staff at says, is relevant for migrants cur- Venezuelan people. He is the "heart cember 6. ghanistan and other war-torn ar- lage of Idomeni. (Reuters) post-traumatic stress disorder.” the center can help. rently coming to Europe, particu- of the people", he said. "We're used to losing. Hope- eas, significant numbers are likely Some refugees lose the ability While refugees are not a new The therapists here work in 14 larly the young. "I am here because of him, be- fully not this time," she said. to have severe psychiatric ill- to trust or form positive relation- phenomenon, it is only in about languages - including Arabic, Farsi, “It’s really important for us cause of his memory, because "It seems the Unity Table [the nesses, including complex Post- ships, according to experts at the the past decade that psychologists French, Spanish and Turkish - to to bring in young refugees who have [Maduro, the current president] is opposition bloc] will win, but we Traumatic Stress Disorder Helen Bamber Foundation, a Brit- have refined approaches specifi- help patients like the Syrian refu- suffered psychologically but don’t not the same." must be cautious," explained (PTSD), according to studies in ish charity that supports survi- cally for them, partly because the gee deal with issues of cultural have the willingness to seek psy- A man stands in the crowd Nicmer Evans, a political analyst. peer-reviewed scientific journals. vors of human rights violations. international response has focused alienation, social isolation, anxiety chological help,” she said. during the closing rally of the rul- "If it wins, it won't be because PTSD plagues sufferers with This makes treatment more dif- on such needs as food, clothing and and depression. Over the last year, the center - ing party [Alejandro Cegarra/Al of its success, or [because] of its flashbacks and panic attacks, and ficult, but also more critical if refu- shelter. The center’s clinical director, funded in part by charitable dona- Jazeera] candidates, but because of the fail- can render them sleepless, emo- gees are to have a chance of a new Alienation, anxiety Aida Alayarian, doesn’t use NET, tions and in part by local govern- A few metres away, Damelis ures of the people within govern- tionally volatile and less likely to life and their host countries are to In an old piano factory that saying she prefers to avoid expos- ment grant - has been seeing about Isturiz is wearing a shirt from the ment." be able to settle into a new home. successfully integrate them, says has become the Refugee Therapy ing her patients to painful memo- 50 patients a week. She says October 2012 presidential cam- A couple dances during an op- A migrant waits to disembark Mina Fazel, a refugee mental health Centre in north London, a 44-year- ries and instead wants to focus on around 90 percent of her patients paign - the last in which Chavez position rally in Caracas from a Coast Guard ship in the specialist at Oxford University. old Syrian man wrings his hands, overcoming present fears and anxi- meet the diagnostic criteria for participated. He is feeling optimis- [Alejandro Cegarra/Al Jazeera] Sicilian harbour of Messina, Italy. A review published in The his desperate eyes darting and rest- eties. She says she sees better re- PTSD. tic. Ramon, who preferred not to (Reuters) "I'm sure that on Sunday we give his last name, stood away from Deploying mainstream thera- will have a complete victory. The the bustle. He said he felt weari- pies designed for victims of single- revolution is here to stay." ness and discontent. event trauma in stable, well-funded The opposition will not win, "No one can stand this eco- settings - such as returning soldiers he said, because the "people will nomic crisis any more," he added. or car crash survivors - will not vote with [their] conscience". In the past year, Venezuela has tackle this migrant mental health "The mobilisation on the street suffered shortages of commodities crisis effectively, specialists say. is tangible. That the revolutionary such as rice, maize flour, toilet So therapists in Europe are forces are a mass mobilisation of paper and shampoo. honing their skills in relatively new, the people with all the revolution's The government attributes it refugee-focused psychological candidates is palpable," said to an "economic war" waged by techniques such as Narrative Ex- Alberto Aranguibel, a political sci- businesses and those on the right. posure Therapy and Intercultural entist and supporter of the ruling The opposition blames it on gov- Psychotherapy. party. ernment inefficiency. Italian psychotherapist "The opposition is very poor, Now Venezuelans are waiting Aurelia Barbieri is one of a hand- meagre, even if they are referred to to see whether frustration with ful of volunteer mental health ex- as as a national call. Not even they such economic hardships or the en- perts on Europe’s front line. can explain why people do not go during appeal of chavismo will win Working with charity [out on to the streets for them]." out on Sunday. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) A group of government sup- An opposition supporter in makeshift arrival camps in Sic- porters gather in front of a Chavez grips a crucifix as she listens to a ily, she gives what she calls “psy- doll during the closing rally speech at an opposition rally chological first aid” to migrants [Alejandro Cegarra/Al Jazeera] [Alejandro Cegarra/Al Jazeera] arriving after months or years mak- Accompanied by the tradi- Al Jazeera ing their escape through the desert, through Libya, across the sea. “They often say they have been imprisoned, beaten all day long, shot at, or scalded with boil- ing water. They’ve been treated like beasts,” she said in a telephone interview. Terrifying flashbacks Almost half of 23 refugees as- sessed by doctors in Dresden, Germany met the diagnosis for PTSD, according to research pub- lished in the Nature journal Mo- lecular Psychiatry in November. In Sicily’s Ragusa province, MSF says screening showed al- most 40 percent of those suffering mental health effects had PTSD. “They have terrifying flash- A r efu g ee g ir l cr ies a ft er p a s s in g t hr o u g h a Gr eek p o lice co r d o n b efo r e cr o s s in g t he Gr eek -M a ced o n ia n backs. They think they’re going b o r d er n ea r t he v illa g e o f Id o m en i. (R eu t er s ) 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Sau d i Ar ab ia r ead y t o coop er at e for oil st ab ilit y

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi Al Arabiya News Channel, al-Nai- crease in demand as it will be with mi said producers from the Gulf said that Saudi Arabia is ready to mi highlighted two proposals dis- no follow-up committees. The sec- are committed to meeting global cooperate with members of the cussed at OPEC’s headquarters in ond proposal is coming from Ven- customers’ demands and will not Organization of Petroleum Export- Vienna to curb global oil gluts. ezuela and suggests increasing the oversaturate the market. ing Countries (OPEC) and non- The first is from the meeting’s collective output ceiling to 30 mil- Naimi also added that growing BRUSSELS: The EU and Vietnam two-way trade has grown three- (Asean), which includes Vietnam OPEC countries to attain market president and is “easy to be im- lion barrels per day to maintain a global demand could absorb an ex- signed a free trade deal that re- fold to 28 billion euros (about and Singapore, she said. stability seeing that oil prices will plemented” according to the min- share market, but it will require pected jump in global production moves nearly all tariffs between $30bn) in the last 10 years. “Our ultimate goal is to have likely improve in the near future. ister. The proposal suggests the forming committees and follow- and that the market was open to Europe and one of the world’s last The EU and Vietnam in Au- a region-to-region agreement,” the In an exclusive interview with distribution of the quantitative in- up. In a previous statement al-Nai- everyone. communist states. gust reached an agreement in prin- former Swedish politician said in “Today’s signature is not the ciple and only had a few legal August. The EU is holding sepa- end of our relations but the begin- hurdles to overcome to finalise the rate talks with two other Asean ning of far more ambitious ties. The deal. In a statement, EU Trade members, Malaysia and Thai- Wall Street jumps, dollar EU and Vietnam can do great things Commissioner Cecilia land, to secure similar free trade Ch in a join s together,” said EU Commission Malmstroem called the deal “a new agreements. gains after US jobs report head Jean-Claude Juncker after model for trade policy with devel- The agreement is the first talks with Vietnamese Prime Min- oping countries”. that the EU has concluded with a ister Nguyen Tan Dung. The agreement, which follows developing country and will re- IMF cu r r en cy The agreement followed two a similar one with Singapore last move more than 99 per cent of and a half years of intense negotia- year, was a milestone in EU ties tariffs on goods traded between tions between the 28-nation Euro- with the 10-member Association the two economies over a period b ask et : Wh y pean Union and Vietnam, whose of Southeast Asian Nations of up to seven years. it m at t er s

NEW YORK: Stocks on Wall cent, to 2,091.69 and the Nasdaq Street rallied on Friday after strong Composite (.IXIC) added 104.74 jobs data made it almost certain points, or 2.08 percent, to 5,142.27. the Federal Reserve would raise Less-than-expected tweaks to the interest rates in two weeks, while European Central Bank's stimulus a surprise move by major oil ex- package on Thursday sent markets porters to keep pumping near- into a tailspin but will make it eas- record output pushed crude pric- ier for the Fed to raise rates, said nnovation boot camps, social dozen North Korean government success. North Korea also isn't es down. The dollar rose, gold Omar Aguilar, chief investment of- media marketing, chief tech officials and business people have very good about making clear its climbed about 2 percent and base ficer of equities at Charles Schwab nology officers. These are been doing a "mini-MBA" in Sin- plans for the zones, or making metals, including copper, gained Investment Management. The euro, hardly the kinds of words ex- gapore through Choson Exchange, plans at all, Abrahamian and after the U.S. jobs report for No- which gained 3 percent on Thurs- pected from North Koreans. learning about everything from ac- Melvin wrote. But after three vember paved the way for the Fed day, will ease the impact of a strong After all, business develop- counting and marketing to human months in Singapore, the North to raise rates for the first time in dollar on U.S. corporate earnings, ment in that resolutely communist resources and integrated planning. Koreans who attended Choson BEIJING: The addition of China's JP Morgan economist Haibin nearly a decade at a two-day meet- and should help bolster equity mar- country is still very much top- They listened to guest lecturers Exchange's "mini MBA" were talk- yuan to the select basket of cur- Zhu said yuan holdings might rise ing that ends Dec. 16. The U.S. kets, he said. "I can see from now down and dictated by the needs of from global consultancies, had les- ing the talk. The Washington Post rencies used as a yardstick by the to 5pc of global reserves, or about economy created 211,000 jobs in until the end of the year moderate the state rather than by the mar- sons with titles such as "Three attended North Koreans' final pre- International Monetary Fund $350 billion, over five years. November, the U.S. Labor Depart- gains, growing into a nice steady ket. Plus, there's no social media. problems that can kill your start- sentations, complete with Power- (IMF) is a sign, experts say, that That might encourage more use ment said. September and Octo- pace," Aguilar said. European Almost no technology. And little up," and visited companies in Sin- Point slide shows, photos of Steve the yuan may one day become as of yuan for trade and investment. ber data was revised to show shares ended lower, with oil stocks room for creativity. gapore and Malaysia, both of Jobs and fluent English. Although recognisable as the dollar or euro. "Longer term, this is a huge step," 35,000 more jobs than previously (.SXEP) falling almost 2 percent on But North Korea is very ten- which North Koreans can visit the presentations all revolved Adding the yuan alongside the said Stephen Innes, chief trader for reported. "The numbers did not the news from the OPEC meeting tatively toying with some capital- visa-free. around state-related businesses, it dollar, euro, pound and yen is a the currency firm OANDA in disappoint. We cleared the last in Vienna. The pan-European FT- ist ideas, setting up about 20 spe- All of the North Koreans were was clear that the North Koreans symbolic victory for Beijing. It re- Singapore. hurdle for a rate increase," said SEurofirst 300 index (.FTEU3) fell cial economic zones around the from state-affiliated institutions or had taken on board many of the flects the rising importance of the "Once investors become more Chris Gaffney, president of Ever- 0.34 percent to its lowest level in country, allowing farmers to keep ministries, and all had been select- new concepts they had learned world's second-largest economy comfortable with Chinese markets, Bank World Markets in St. Louis. almost three weeks. Brent crude oil and sell more of their produce, and ed by the regime in Pyongyang to during their lessons in Singapore - and is an endorsement of gradual especially if they continue to U.S. stocks jumped more than 2 futures (LCOc1) settled down 84 tolerating more nascent activity in participate in this course. from the need to use anecdotes to Chinese moves toward making the progress with opening policies and percent, with the Dow industrials cents to $43.00 a barrel. U.S. crude the jangmadang, or local markets, The course took place as North give their pitches a real-life feel to currency freely traded. make the same strides they did over and the S&P 500 posting their big- futures (CLc1) dropped $1.11 to around the country. Korea is promoting special eco- exploiting their "unfair advantag- Currency traders and econo- the past year, international mar- gest gains in three months. All 10 settle at $39.97 a barrel, just below Although the United States is nomic zones for more market-ori- es" and using start-ups to "incu- mists see the change as encourage- kets will really embrace Chinese major S&P 500 sectors climbed ex- the key price level of $40 that has resolutely not engaging with North ented experimentation. Although bate" their ideas. Kim, head of the ment to Beijing to make faster capital markets." cept the energy index (.SPNY), been a major battleground for trad- Korea on any level, a handful of these zones are still very tentative technology and trade research de- progress on promises to make the Economists say the IMF de- which fell after the Organization ers. Spot gold (XAU=) rose as countries, particularly in Asia, are and not making much progress, partment at the State Academy of yuan "freely tradeable" and open cision could encourage Chinese of the Petroleum Exporting Coun- much as 2.5 percent to its highest taking the polar opposite ap- and North Korea is not exactly Sciences, laid out a plan for a busi- its financial system. leaders to further relax controls on tries failed to cap near-record out- in almost three weeks at $1,088.70 proach. Singapore is chief among sending positive signals to foreign ness incubator in conjunction with The IMF added the yuan to the yuan. The ruling Communist put. Stocks rallied in a sign inves- an ounce, and was trading at them, encouraging engagement with investors, the special zones are the Unjong high tech development the basket of currencies used to Party's latest five-year develop- tors are taking their cue from eco- $1,086.15. North Korea and North Koreans being steadily promoted by the zone. (The Washington Post was calculate the value of Special Draw- ment plan says the yuan will be nomic performance instead of cen- The dollar (JPY=) was last up in the hope of prodding their ten- regime. allowed to attend the presentations ing Rights, a notional currency "freely tradeable and freely usable" tral bank monetary policy. "We're 0.57 percent at 123.16 yen, while tative economic reforms and less- Andray Abrahamian of Cho- on the condition that it did not used as the standard for dealing by 2020. going to see the market focussed the euro (EUR=) slid 0.62 percent ening the gap between the closed son Exchange, together with a spe- print the North Koreans' full with its member governments. The surprise August introduc- on what the U.S. economy is do- against the dollar to $1.0870. The state and the outside world. cialist on the North Korea econo- names.) That came after IMF staff con- tion of a new mechanism for set- ing, rather than Fed policy," said dollar index (.DXY), which mea- The Singaporean NGO Cho- my, Curtis Melvin, recently wrote A colleague had an idea: They cluded in a Nov 13 report that the ting the government-controlled ex- Brad McMillan, chief investment sures the greenback against a bas- son Exchange, run by former man- that Pyongyang has little to show needed a computer-to-plate facili- yuan was "freely usable", mean- change rate led to a 3.5pc devalua- officer at Commonwealth Finan- ket of six major rivals, was last up agement consultant Geoffrey See, for even the four highest-priority ty for use in the printing industry ing widely used for international tion. But the country's top eco- cial Network in Waltham, Massa- 0.73 percent at 98.337 (.DXY). The has been training North Koreans zones. Although North Korea's to enable them to print magazines transactions and widely traded in nomic official, Premier Li Keqiang, chusetts. MSCI's all-country gap between 10-year U.S. and Ger- in skills that will come in handy in "serious financial and reputational and books more easily. But be- foreign exchange markets. said in September that there were world stock index gained 0.8 per- man bond yields narrowed to its a market economy. Since 2007, it challenges" to attracting foreign cause such products contain large The IMF created SDRs in the no plans for further declines. cent. The Dow Jones industrial av- tightest in more than a month on has trained 759 people in North investment are a huge problem, lasers, they are banned from being 1960s as a possible international Some traders worry Beijing erage (.DJI) closed up 369.96 Friday as investors bet that a di- Korea and 65 in Singapore. We they wrote in a paper on 38 North, exported to North Korea under currency, but they failed to gain might devalue once it achieved its points, or 2.12 percent, to vergence in monetary policy be- wrote about their training for IT a Washington-based website de- sanctions that prohibit "dual use" wider acceptance. goal of being added to the IMF 17,847.63. The S&P 500 (.SPX) tween the Fed and the ECB may be specialists back in March. voted to North Korea, these issues products that have both civilian Until 1980, the basket was 16 basket. But others say Chinese gained 42.07 points, or 2.05 per- less stark than previously thought. For the past three months, a are not the only impediment to and military applications. currencies including Iran and South leaders want to be seen as reliable. Africa but that was reduced. The yuan's addition is "an en- Following the global financial dorsement as an international cur- Samsung execs investigated crisis, Beijing called in March 2009 rency," said Chen Kang, chief bond UK ser vices gr ow in g at for creation of a new currency, analyst for SWS Research Co. in possibly based on the SDR, to re- Shanghai. for possible insider trading duce reliance on dollars but failed "That will encourage China to en cou r agin g r at e for econ om y to attract support. adopt more measures toward ac- vestigation. In a statement, Sam- China is the second-biggest celerating the process of the open- sung described the investigation as economy after the United States ing of its foreign exchange markets Growth in purchasing managers’ index, a guide to health of service sector, being in its “early stage.” The Cheil and the biggest trader. The yuan is and capital markets." The yuan's has been a key engine of Britain’s economic recovery, say analysts Industries and Samsung C&T deal the No 4 currency for global trade, government-set exchange rate still was contested by some sharehold- accounting for about 2.5 per cent follows the dollar despite the new Britain’s key services sector con- spring, may be reversed in the final ers of Samsung C&T who ques- of the total, according to SWIFT, mechanism for setting its value. tinued to expand at a healthy pace three months of 2015. “The im- tioned its fairness. Samsung C&T the organisation for interbank fi- For now, that makes the yuan a in November, according to a provement in the report on services narrowly won a shareholder vote nancial transfers. dollar in disguise, according to closely watched survey. The pur- in November reinforces our view in July, allowing the transaction to Beijing controls the flow of Derek Scissors of the American South Korea’s financial regulator go ahead. The combined entity has chasing managers’ index, compiled that the economy will reverse its said on Friday it is investigating money into and out of its economy Enterprise Institute in Washington. by the Chartered Institute of Pur- temporary slowdown seen in Q3, Samsung Electronics’ vice chair- possible insider trading by Sam- man Lee Jae-yong as the majority but has encouraged the use of the Until the yuan is allowed to chasing and Supply, rose for the offsetting the slowing in the manu- sung executives related to a con- yuan abroad, especially for trade, trade freely, the IMF decision will second consecutive month, from facturing and construction sectors,” shareholder giving him effective tentious takeover deal. Kim Hong- control of its 4 percent stake in which helps Chinese exporters by "increase the dollar's importance," 54.9 in October to 55.9 – the fast- said Ruth Miller, UK economist at sik, director of the capital markets eliminating the cost and risk of said Scissors in an email. "Those est growth since July, and well Capital Economics. Stepping back The service industry, including hair- Samsung Electronics, the Samsung dressers, has been key to the UK investigation unit at the Financial conglomerate’s crown jewel. The volatile exchange rates. governments or investors hoping above the 50 mark that signals ex- from volatility, both the official in- Services Commission, said South Since 2009, China has signed for a dilution of dollar dominance pansion in the sector. With manu- dex of services and the PMI have economy’s revival, say commenta- most outspoken opponent of the tors. Photograph: Jon Super Korea’s stock exchange reported deal was U.S. hedge fund Elliott currency swap agreements with for portfolio diversification or po- facturing and construction growth shown a gradual weakening in ser- the suspected insider trading or central banks in Britain, Brazil, litical reasons are getting exactly about when to tighten policy is Associates, which eventually lost faltering, the services sector, which vices growth over the past year. share manipulation. South Korea’s its legal fight to stop Samsung Canada, Indonesia, South Korea the opposite." The SDR, or Spe- includes everything from hairdress- CIPS services Photograph: CIPS/ likely to come into “sharper re- Yonhap News reported that nine lief” around the turn of the year. from combining the two compa- and other countries. cial Drawing Right, plays an influ- ers to management consultants, has Markit Williamson said that com- Samsung executives purchased as nies. Branches of Chinese state- ential role in global finance, help- been a key engine of Britain’s eco- bining survey results from different Howard Archer, of IHS Global In- much as 50 billion won ($43 mil- Elliott argued the takeover unfair- owned banks in Britain, Australia, ing governments protect their fi- nomic recovery. Chris Williamson, sectors of the economy suggested sight, said: “The improved Novem- lion) of Cheil Industries stock be- ly benefited Samsung’s founding Germany, Switzerland, Russia, nancial reserves against global cur- chief economist at the data pro- GDP growth would bounce back, ber services survey reinforces our fore Samsung announced a deal to family and other shareholders in France and Singapore have received rency fluctuations. It is also used vider Markit, which compiles the to 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Evi- belief that the Bank of England is combine Cheil and another Sam- Cheil at the cost of shareholders in authorisation to take deposits or as the basis of loans from the IMF's survey, said the reading suggested dence that the slowdown in the third more likely than not to raise inter- sung company in May. Shares of Samsung C&T. settle trade-related transactions in crucial crisis-lending facilities. the UK “continues to enjoy the quarter was temporary is likely to est rates from 0.50% to 0.75% Cheil, which has members of Sam- The fight between Elliott and Sam- yuan. While not a true currency it- ‘Goldilocks’ scenario of solid eco- strengthen the argument of anti-in- sometime in the first half of 2016, sung’s founding Lee family as ma- sung drew international attention The SDR has no direct link to self - there are no SDR coins or nomic growth and low inflation.” flation hawks on the Bank of most probably in May.” However, jority shareholders, surged after the as Samsung’s all-out campaign was financial markets or private busi- banknotes - the IMF uses it to cal- City analysts said the strong sur- England’s monetary policy, who the PMI survey also pointed to announcement. Kim said the inves- at one point criticized by Jewish ness. Over time, the IMF decision culate its loans to needy countries, vey reading suggested that a slow- believe interest rates should rise weak pricing power among services tigation was related to the deal but organizations for depicting Elliott’s might prompt central banks to and to set the interest rates on down in GDP growth, to 0.5% in soon. Mark Carney, the Bank’s gov- firms, which suggests there is little declined to discuss other details founder as a ravenous, big-beaked hold more reserves in yuan. those loans. the third quarter from 0.7% in the ernor, has suggested the decision inflationary pressure building up. because the matter was under in- vulture. 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

LOS ANGELES: The father of a mainstream, with future full of deceased producer and friend of possibility When Jackson was Michael Jackson has sued the late arrested and charged with child King of Pop’s estate. He has molestation in 2003, Raju is said The big fat Pakistani wedding Sadly, not all of Day 2’s fash- inated by silhouettes that had been two of the showstoppers of the HUM Network as the official me- claimed that he’s been denied the to have stayed loyal to his friend dominated the second day of Fash- ion offerings were exciting. As seen umpteen times before, ‘safe’ night Ahsan Khan (R) and Hareem dia sponsor for the PFDC L’Oreal opportunity to make a tribute film and business partner. ion Pakistan Week’s Winter Fes- those of us who frequent the fash- colour palettes and designs that Farooq (M) were two of the show- Paris Bridal Week and now it has for Jackson under a contract his After the scandal subsided, tive. Weddings are, after all, the be ion week circuit know all too well, were content toeing ‘pretty’ lines stoppers of the night Speaking of done the same with FPW. Coming son had with the singer. Jackson is said to have wanted to all and end all of winter festivities bridal bling can go awry so easily. rather than aim for the cutting- Urdu1, the channel is exuberantly back to the celebrities on the run- Sharad Chandra Patel, whose make a film dedicated to his fans in the country. Had FPW taken Motifs and pearls drooped and edge. The artistry and passion was trying to make a mark, hosting an way, the Diyar-e-Dil couple Os- son Raju Patel has produced films who stood by him during the place earlier, perhaps some of the dropped onto the runway in a cer- missing and in an effort to be mar- elaborate star-studded brunch at man Khalid Butt and Maya Ali like Bachelor Party and The Jun- controversy, and a 2005 contract designers could have taken on or- tain showcase; in others, colours ket-friendly, fashion lost its verve. Café Flo, having its logo splattered walked the catwalk while Zeb Ban- gle Book, filed a lawsuit on Thurs- signed three months before Raju ders for formals and cashed in on clashed and cutwork meshed un- We did love the celebrity show- generously down the red carpet and gash sang for Wardha Saleem’s day at Los Angeles Superior Court died provided that he and Jack- the current wedding season. This comfortably with texture and ev- stoppers, though. They break the sometimes plugging in promotion- show. Ahsan Khan was flanked by to enforce a creditor’s claim that son would make Messages to is a long-hackneyed crib, though ery embroidery under the sun was ennui, allow us to have occasional al video clips in between fashion not one, but two brides for Nida was rejected by the Jackson es- Michael, a tribute to Michael and — the council has its many rea- seen as some of fashion’s hottest ‘fan’ moments and they’re going shows. Fashion, apparently, is Azwer and Hareem Farooque took tate. According to The Hollywood his loyal fans. In the six years sons for showing when it wants to names fumbled and faltered. to have the TV audience in rap- what might just make the channel to the runway for FnkAsia. Deep- Reporter, Sharad alleged that his since Jackson died, Sharad has show and really, the delay can be Unfathomably, designers just tures once FPW is aired by official gain a savvier image, expanding its ak Perwani had Zoe Viccaji sing son, who died of cancer in 2005, been trying to get access to Jack- overlooked as long as the catwalk don’t seem to be interested in push- media sponsor Urdu1. Ahsan Khan audience beyond fans of Turkish live, followed by showstoppers had a film company with Jackson son’s music and personal effects showcases exciting fashion. ing the envelope. Day 2 was dom- (R) and Hareem Farooq (M) were soaps. Last month, Urdu1 replaced Sana Bucha and Wiqar Ali Khan. called Neverland Entertainment in order to make the film, but has and that a 2002 contract provides been reportedly shut out by es- that all proceeds from their films tate executors John Branca and Is Deepika Padukone in Vin Diesel’s next film? Courteney Cox, Johnny will be split 50-50. Holograms go John McClain. McDaid call off engagement Adele has no grudge against Phil Collins

Deepika Padukone's fans were de- tagged F&F main man Vin Diesel, treme sports enthusiast, stuntman Actress Courteney Cox has ended dulging in public display of affec- lighted when it was rumoured that has sparked rumours that she may and rebellious athlete-turned-reluc- her engagement with rocker tion in September. On Twitter, the she'll be the Fast & Furious gal in be cast in another film of Vin Die- tant spy for the National Security Johnny McDaid, whom she was "Cougar Town" star shared a pho- the seventh installment of the fran- sel's, XXX — Xander Cage Re- Agency who is sent on one dan- engaged with for about 17 months. tograph in which they are seen Singer Adele has buried the hatch- Adele now claims that the chise. But that didn't materialise. turns. Rumour has it that Deepika gerous mission after the other. According to tmz.com, the embracing each other. et and moved on from the incident reason the track didn't make the Also read: Deepika Padukone has already auditioned for the role, While we wait for the confir- former "Friends" star broke up It would have been the first when Phil Collins called her a "slip- cut was because she wasn't is no more Fast and Furious reports Times of India. mation (or debunking) of this ru- with the Snow Patrol member marriage for McDaid and the sec- pery little fish". She says there is "ready" and was prioritising look- But it looks like her Holly- XXX — Xander Cage Returns mour, Deepika's film Tamasha is shortly before Thanksgiving. ond for Cox. no bad blood between them. ing after her three-year-old son wood breakthrough may finally is the third installment in the XXX running in theatres and her upcom- McDaid proposed to Cox in The actress was previously Adele denied snubbing Collins Angelo with husband Simon Ko- happen: This Instagram post of series, which stars Vin Diesel as ing film Bajirao Mastani hits June 2014 after six months of dat- married to actor David Arquette. for her album "25" after he called necki. "I think he interpreted it Deepika's, where she has also Xander Cage, a thrill seeking ex- screens on December 18. ing. The couple was last seen in- They divorced in 2013. her a "slippery little fish". Collins that I decided I didn't want to remarks came after Adele appar- work with him, but actually I ently dropped their collaboration, decided I didn't want to write a reports femalefirst.co.uk. record, period, at that point. But Movie Review: ‘Hate Story 3’ The "Hello" hitmaker worked yeah, there's no bad blood there, with Collins last year, before she or certainly not on my half," the officially began recording her Rollingstone Magazine quoted record-breaking third LP. the 27-year-old as saying. Brad Pitt, George Clooney 'competitive' with each other

Cast: Sharman Joshi, Zareen Khan, reen Khan). Their idyllic life is Karan Singh Grover, Daisy Shah slowly and steadily shattered by Director: Vishal Pandya another businessman Saurav Sing- Rating: ** hania (Karan Singh Grover). In This film is touted as an erotic their first meeting Singhania makes thriller... If your idea of erotica is an 'indecent proposal' to Aditya, seeing Zarine Khan in various stag- and thus begins the hate story be- es of undressing or Karan Singh tween the two men. Kaya (Daisy Grover's biceps that show more Shah), is Diwan's employee and is emotions than his face or a Daisy used as a pawn in the whole game Shah getting in and out of the pool of oneupmanship between Aditya in tacky sets of swimwear, then and Singhania. The story takes sev- The life of Bollywood superstar he is? This book delves into Sal- Khan’s party His recent films in- Brad Pitt says he and actor George Michael Lewis and I got tight on this one's for you. However, must eral thrilling twists and turns and Salman Khan has always been an man’s family lineage and his per- clude Dabangg, Kick and Bajrangi Clooney tend to get competitive 'Moneyball'`, the Vulture magazine tell you that the 'erotica' part is manages to keep your curiosity till open book, yet there are so many sonal history to reveal interesting Bhaijaan, which made their way with each other in terms of work. quoted Pitt as saying. limited to the intermittent songs the very end. Dialogues in this film pages that still need to be read. The vignettes and unknown facts about to the 100 crore club. His latest With both actors having their Pitt also revealed that he often that come and go as if once in a are written clearly with one solid time has finally arrived when you the enigmatic and immensely pop- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo has also own production houses, Pitt says has to take on a role in movies he while the director (Vishal Pandya) instruction, cram in all the jargons will get to know him up close and ular superstar, and will help his become a record-breaking hit. The that both often find themselves produces in order to get them fi- realises that he has to heat up of business world, to make the personal. His first-ever biography many fans understand what Being actor’s personal life has always bidding against each other on nanced. things to justify the genre the film characters look all important and is slated to release on his birthday Salman is all about,” the publisher been under media scrutiny. Despite books they want to adapt into "These kinds of movies are is supposed to belong to. In his hmm...businesslike. Unfortunate- later this month, said publisher said. Salman made his debut with making some controversial head- movies, including Pitt's latest hard to make. The studios don't book, erotic is obviously defined ly, those very dialogues and ama- Penguin India in a statement, re- a supporting role in 1988 in the lines, Salman continued (and still project `The Big Short`, reports want to make them because it as the camera moving in and out of teurish execution makes the char- ports The Times of India. The film Biwi Ho To Aisi. Following continues) with his philanthropic femalefirst.co.uk. doesn't fit the business model any- the ladies' bosom and crotch areas acters look more caricaturish than personal life and family lineage of which he bagged the lead role in work through his non-profit char- "In all fairness, he (Clooney) more. It's complicated material, it's or the gents' shirtless torso mov- believable. Sharman Joshi, other- the actor, who will turn 50 on De- 1989 blockbuster Maine Pyar itable organisation, Being Human. outbid me on 'Argo'. But, yeah, it a gamble. They need some guaran- ing up and down on the woman's wise a decent actor, walks around cember 27, will be unveiled in the Kiya. Since then, Salman has been Salman Khan fan commits suicide can get competitive. We do natu- tee with marquee. So often I jump body under layers of bedsheets. with a stiff air about him as if he book titled Being Salman. Salman on a roll, delivering numerous hits following scuffle over PRDP tick- rally have a lot of the same tastes in and take a part first because I The story is about this ultra rich himself was not sure if he could Khan responds to SRK ‘Pakistani and making him one of the most ets The book has been penned by and interests. With 'The Big Short', love the project, and I gotta get in businessman Aditya Dewan (Shar- carry off a successful, smart busi- agent’ comments “Who is the real bankable stars in Bollywood. Delhi-based journalist Jasim Khan. I think maybe we got the upper to make sure it gets made,` he add- man Joshi) and his wife, Siya (Za- nessman's role. Salman Khan? Why is he the way Shoaib Akhtar spotted at Salman We can’t wait till it hits stores! hand at auction because author ed. 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. SUNDAY . DECEMBER 06, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Arsene Wenger says Arsenal’s Alexis ‘In dian go vt set to reject BCCI plea Sanchez could have been killed at Norwich fo r Pakistan series’

ISLAMABAD: The chances of a emerged as a possible venue for bilateral series between India and Pakistan’s ‘home’ series but the Pakistan have taken a hit as reports Indian government has poured cold are rife that the Indian government water over BCCI’s intentions. has raised an objection to it and is Even Sarbananda Sonowal, the set to reject the Board of Control sports minister, had thrown his for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) plea weight behind BCCI’s hope to for the same. have an India-Pakistan series, say- “The government has given us ing the board needs to be support- an indication that public sentiment ed. “We play Pakistan in the World at the moment is not in favour [of Cup. We played them in the 2015 the series]. Also, there are only a World Cup, will play them next few days left for the proposed se- year in the Asia Cup. Then will ries to start [in the latter half of again play them in the month of December]. If the government March in the World T20. So when wanted us to play, we would have you play them in a multinational received clearance long time ago. tournament in world events, then So, I don’t think this series is hap- what stops you from playing them pening,” a BCCI official was quot- in a bilateral series? So that’s the Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal Sanchez was struggling with Sanchez being pushed into the to blame me I'm okay with it." period come thick and fast but ed as saying by the Hindustan question we have to answer,” forward Alexis Sanchez could have his hamstring after the Champions camera area as a potential reason Bennett tweeted after the Wenger is adamant he will not rush Times on Friday. After a lot of de- Anurag Thakur, the BCCI secre- been "killed" when he landed in a League victory over Dinamo for this latest blow and feels it match to give his side of the inci- back any of his missing players to bate and discussion, Sri Lanka tary, was quoted as saying. Carrow Road camera pit against Zagreb, but Wenger said all of the could have been worse for the dent, writing: "Genuinely was try- fill holes in his side. Norwich last weekend. club's medical tests showed he was former Barcelona man. "First of all ing to stop not push Sanchez just "I will not take that gamble," Sanchez landed heavily in the in peak fitness to start the game. it's dangerous to have a camera to clear that up." he added. "A player who comes cameraman's area on the touchline Arsene Wenger says he is yet to there," Wenger said. "He could have With a number of players still back goes always through a period after tangling with Canaries de- discover the full extent of Alexis killed him. "Secondly, he [Bennett] absent, the timely return of Theo where the reconstruction of the fender Ryan Bennett during an in- Sanchez's hamstring problem Ar- didn't need to push him like he did. Walcott will boost Wenger's op- muscle takes longer than the time cident in the first half and was lat- sene Wenger says he is yet to dis- I think the camera position was tions for Saturday's visit of Sun- where they don't play. er forced off with a hamstring in- cover the full extent of Alexis absolutely dangerous. "When he derland. "There is always a risk when a jury. With Sanchez now likely to Sanchez's hamstring problem was pushed into the boards on the Alexis Sanchez picked up a player has been out for five weeks be sidelined for a number of weeks, While the Frenchman said he is side of the field that did not shock hamstring injury against Norwich that in the first two or three weeks Wenger defended his decision to happy to take the blame for the anybody. That injury can come Alexis Sanchez picked up a he has a recurrence of the injury play the 26-year-old in the 1-1 number of injuries being accrued from that as well. I'm not expert hamstring injury against Norwich because nobody can tell you the draw last Sunday. by his squad, he also pointed to enough to know but if you want The fixtures over the festive risk doesn't exist." Deon t ay Wild er says h e w as n ot su r p r ised by Tyson Fu r y's su ccess

not surprised I actually predicted being stripped of his IBF belt it. I said if he took the fight seri- looms large. Wilder has sympathy ously he would have a great per- for the new champion. Deontay centage chance of winning. Klitsch- Wilder has escalated his war of ko is getting older and he was used words with Tyson Fury He said: to fighting smaller fighters and he "They are not giving Fury enough got out of his comfort zone, and time to prepare. The man has just the teaching of Emanuel Steward, won the belts man, I feel they and he got into a new style of should give him a chance to enjoy clinching and holding and he wasn't it but they are rushing him and I used to it. Tyson Fury is concen- don't think that is fair to him. "At The Japan Warriors slipped to a Marat Safin by the same scoreline trating on Klitschko - not Wilder the end of the day I will unify the third consecutive defeat in the In- before Nara surprisingly earned the Tyson Fury is concentrating on Kl- division and bring all the belts back ternational Premier Tennis League, Warriors' only win against world itschko - not Wilder "But he was to America. Now all the mandato- losing four out of five legs against No 1 Williams. The Indian Aces fighting two men in there that night; rys want to fight Fury rather than the Philippine Mavericks. The had earlier defeated the Singapore he was not only fighting Fury he come to me. I want to be the part Mavericks romped to a 28-24 vic- Slammers 27-22 as Ivan Dodig se- was fighting the man with the cane and look the part. When it is time tory in Kobe, Japan, to condemn cured a surprise win over Nick and the glasses, the one who looks for me to come and collect, they the host side to another outing Kyrgios in the final leg. Kurumi around at your career and when are coming back to America I prom- without their debut win in the tour- Nara defeated Serena Williams but the time comes he comes - and ise you that." Wilder has wel- nament. Kurumi Nara, the world it was too late for the Warriors that's Father Time. You could see comed the news that his former No 81, was the Warriors' only win- Kurumi Nara defeated Serena Wil- he was trying to get off punches sparring partner David Haye is ner on Friday as she impressively liams but it was too late for the but his mind was saying one thing returning to the ring, and believes downed Serena Williams 6-4. Ar- Warriors and his body was saying some- it can only be for the good of the senal, Leicester and Man Utd all The world No 87 defeated thing else. I think Father Time is sport - and fight fans. He said: "I to win (Was 7/2 NOW 11/2)11/2 Kyrgios 6-3 after the same two men knocking at his door." In a further had a lot of great moments with Bet now£10 completely free But played out the same scoreline in Deontay Wilder says he was not Fury in the wake of the British match with Klitschko next sum- twist, heavyweight contender Vy- David Haye. He is a great guy and the Mavericks had already reeled the mixed doubles. The Slammers suprised by Tyson Fury's victory fighter's stunning success in Dus- mer. Deontay Wilder said he is look- acheslav "Czar" Glazkov has a great person and I hear he is com- off four straight legs - taking the had won the first two legs through over Wladimir Klitschko but in- seldorf, which saw him snatch the ing to collect all the heavyweight passed on a January 16 shot ing back. I think he will create in- mixed doubles, men's doubles then Carlos Moya and Karolina Plisk- sists he is still convinced he can WBA, WBO and IBF belts. The belts no matter who has them. against Wilder and instead chosen terest and excitement for the the men's singles when Milos Ra- ova. Friday's results leave the UAE take the belts from the new cham- pair traded insults on social media Deontay Wilder said he is looking to pursue a mandatory IBF title heavyweight division for the fans. onic defeated Kei Nishikori 6-5. Royals top of the group with the pion. WBC champion Wilder (35- and Fury has said he is unlikely to to collect all the heavyweight belts shot against Fury, a move which After his fight (against Mark De Mark Philippoussis then edged Aces second. 0-KO34) - known as 'The Bronze be drawn to fight Wilder, instead no matter who has them. Wilder has angered the new British cham- Mori) we will see what develops. Bomber' - was quick to call out focusing his attentions on a re- told Sky Sports News HQ: "I was pion's camp, as the threat of Fury I hope he can deliver the goods." Elite League: Ins and outs A l ex H a mmo n d : Fr oom e h op es d at a silen ces cr it ics L et 's Ro q u e!

Another week of the off season Grand Prix, not looking out of place has passed and another three sides up against the world's elite. Van have completed their line-ups for Straaten said: "We are delighted to 2016. Belle Vue Aces, Poole Pi- welcome Sam to Monmore Green rates and Wolverhampton Wolves at the second time of asking. He Sky Sports News presenter Alex Well, I wouldn't be backing are all set for the new Elite League agreed to join us three years ago, Hammond answers the questions anything until after the Christmas season having filled the remaining but he missed out on British racing as we look ahead to another fasci- racing period, so I'll reserve judge- positions in their sides this week. that year - now we have our man. I nating weekend of racing. ment. But, I won't be writing off Wolves completed the double sign- believe he's got plenty of ability, Smad Place ran away with the my old pal Cole Harden just yet. ing of Jacob Thorssell and Sam he never gives up and I'm certain he Hennessy Gold Cup in a manner On better ground he will be a dif- Chris Froome has released physi- substance that isn't known of yet. which were published by Esquire Masters. Thorssell returns to will prove popular with the Wolver- reminiscent of another grey Desert ferent proposition, but you can't ological data he hopes "stand the "I know my results will stand the magazine on Thursday evening. A Monmore Green having rode in hampton fans." Stars secured the Orchid but do you think he can knock Thistlecrack. Colin Tiz- test of time" having been accused test of time, that 10, 15 years down separate scientific paper is also to what was a difficult season for the services of exciting British young- emulate 'Dessie' in winning the zard's seven year old needed to of not riding clean at the Tour de the line people won't say, 'Ah, so be published. Froome's VO2 max club in 2015 and is only the sec- ster Robert Lambert for a third sea- Cheltenham Gold Cup? improve to win and improve he France. The 30-year-old was sub- that was his secret.' There isn't a - the maximum volume of oxygen ond member of that side to be giv- son in a row. Still just 17 years old, Alan King isn't definitely tar- did. He has strengthened up and ject to innuendo and scrutiny dur- secret." Esquire has published that an athlete can use, measured en a spot for the new campaign. Lambert is one of the biggest pros- geting the Gold Cup with his fly- has now won five of his 10 starts; ing the summer, doused with urine three sets of data online with the in millilitres per kilogramme of Club owner Chris Van Straaten pects in speedway and he repre- ing grey. He will be entered in the he's the real deal. He's now the same and called a doper while on his way first set from 2007, the second body weight per minute (ml/kg/ said: ""The return of Jacob is pleas- sented Great Britain in last year's Ryanair and his performance on price as Cole Harden (9/1 with Sky to claiming a second yellow jer- from this year's Tour and the third min) - was recorded as 84.6. At his ing, although I must say it was a World Cup. Owner Buster Chap- Trials Day at Cheltenham in Janu- Bet) for the World Hurdle. Saphir sey. Scientists are reporting the from August's independent tests. Tour-winning weight it would cor- tough call between him and Ricky man said: "There is no doubt that ary will show the Barbury Castle Du Rheu is still a young horse, but two-time Tour de France winner's The climate of suspicion is a re- relate to 88.2. The general popula- Wells. Ricky was in brilliant form Robert has what it takes to be a handler which way he should be he made a jumping error in the performance in laboratory tests sult of cycling's dark history, a tion has a VO2 max of 35 to 40, around Monmore on occasions but top rider in the sport and we are going at the festival. The Gold Cup Hennessy and his Gold Cup aspi- was at the upper limits for hu- spectre of doping including the with highly trained individuals in I think we both realise a season delighted he is coming back to ride looks like it will be a hot race come rations are put on hold for another mans, but Froome is happy to at fraud of Lance Armstrong, who the 50s and 60s. A few athletes away from Wolverhampton could for us. Robert is an entertainer and March time and if he runs in the season. He is held in the highest least try to answer his critics, giv- won seven Tour titles from 1999 have been measured in the 90s, in- do him good. I'm very confident that's what the supporters love to Blue Riband he could well be tak- regard by Paul Nicholls and was en cycling's past. Bet now£10 to 2005 aided by the use of per- cluding three-time Tour winner he will find another team place. see every week. We want to have a en on up front by Coneygree, but smart when reverting to hurdles completely free The Team Sky rid- formance-enhancing drugs. Greg LeMond. Jacob wants to improve and I be- team next year that will give the both have to get there yet. last season, so he is a leading play- er told Esquire: "Questions do need Froome's Team Sky squad released Phillip Bell, a senior sports lieve there's a lot more to come from fans exciting action every week and Paul Nicholls has announced er in the stayers' division once to be asked. As long as the ques- performance data during the Tour, scientist at GSK, said Froome's him in 2016." Masters is a signing he will play a part in that with his that Saphir Du Rheu will be aimed again. He's 10/1 for the World Hur- tions are fair, I'm happy to answer relating to the commanding win on values were "close to what we be- that will excite the Wolves faithful ruthless style and determination to at the World Hurdle after 'only' fin- dle, a race he was second in last them. "What gets my back up is stage 10 to La Pierre Saint Martin, lieve are the upper limits for VO2 and he joins the club having spent win." The Aces were the next team ishing fifth at Newbury while season. At this stage the plan is to when those questions turn into in a bid to quell suspicion, but his peak in humans." the previous season with Leices- to complete their line-up for 2016. Thistlecrack put down a marker go chasing again at Aintree in the straightforward accusations. I critics would not be convinced. The Froome's peak power and sus- ter Lions in what was an injury The Manchester club welcome on the same card. Would you be spring. It's been a good week for know what I've done to get here. Kenya-born Briton agreed to un- tained power, which he should be interrupted campaign. Masters back two of last year's successful backing either of that pair to win the novice chasers with the likes I'm the only one who can really dergo independent testing, which able to manage for a period of 20 won the Premier League title with team with the return of seven times at Cheltenham in March or has of No More Heroes, Three Mus- say 100 per cent that I'm clean. "I took place at GlaxoSmithKline's to 40 minutes, were also measured, Edinburgh Monarchs in 2015 and British champion Scott Nicholls something else in the staying divi- keteers, Native River, Douvan and haven't broken the rules. I haven't human performance laboratory in at 525 watts and 419 watts, re- showed his class when he appeared and exciting young Australian rider sion caught your eye? Shaneshill all winning. cheated. I haven't taken any secret London in August, the results of spectively. as a Wildcard in the Australian Max Fricke. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Twenty percent of a special task revelation from the Special Inspec- food service are routinely provid- tractor provided “personnel with choices and three side order choic- force's budget went to things like tor General for Afghanistan Recon- ed at little or no extra charge to queen-size beds in certain rooms, es, as well as three-course meals queen-sized beds and private se- struction came in a Nov. 25 letter D)D organizations, it appears that a flat-screen TV in each room that for ‘special events.’ ” The decision curity guards rather than far cheap- to Defense Secretary Ash Carter taxpayers would have saved tens was 27 inches or larger, a DVD not to live on U.S. military bases er stays on a military base, a new just weeks after the unit—disband- of millions of dollars,” wrote In- player in each room, a mini refrig- in Afghanistan, the letter suggest- report alleges. A Defense Depart- ed in March—was found to have spector General John Sopko. His erator in each room, and an ‘inves- ed, was made by Paul Brinkley, a ment task force working to devel- spent $43 million on a nonfunc- staff estimated that housing just tor villa’ that had ‘upgraded furni- former deputy undersecretary of op war-torn Afghanistan spent tioning gas station in that country. 10 of the task force employees – ture’ and ‘western-style hotel ac- Defense and the first director of $150 million, or 20 percent of its If employees of the $800 million about the number that occupied commodations,’ SIGAR said. “In the task force. Brinkley, a former budget, on luxurious housing and Task Force for Business and Sta- the luxury villas, according to terms of food, the contractor was Silicon Valley engineer, is now chief private security guards rather than bility Operations “had instead former task force officials – at the required to provide service that executive officer of North Ameri- housing employees at military in- lived at DOD facilities in Afghan- U.S. embassy compound would was ‘at least 3 stars,’ with each ca Western Asia Holdings, a hotel stallations, a watchdog found. The istan, where housing, security and have saved $1.8 million. One con- meal containing at least two entrée industry investment fund. ...P2 AFGHAN REFUGEES: Ghani goes along with Sweden Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi sources. Health experts believe By Akhtar M.Nikzad that garbage and bad smell also AT Monitoring Desk without families and would create KABUL: Everyday a huge cause cancer and other infectious serious problems for both coun- KABUL: Ministry of Rural Re- amount of waste is produced in diseases. According to official fig- KABUL: During his meeting with tries. Löfven said that this year habilitation Development Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul. ures annually 20,000 persons get the Swedish Prime Minister the Sweden have received more than (MRRD) signed 74 development As the city lacks trash containers cancer and 16,000 of them die. In- other day in Sweden, President 20,000 Afghan asylum-seekers. He projects worth approximately $ in congested areas and proper sufficient number of sweepers and Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said said that efforts are underway to 229 million with Community De- waste management system, there- poor facilities with the municipal- that those Afghan asylum-seekers identify those who are not permit- velopment Councils (CDCs), here fore, these wastes are dumped ity are the major impediments. who are not accepted by the ted to live in Sweden would be re- on Saturday. Funded by Asian beside the roads, streets, foot- However, no action is insight in Swedish government would be patriated. The Swedish Prime Development Bank and Afghani- paths and in public places. How- this regard. Ten years ago the rel- repatriated. Issue of the Afghan Minister reiterated to have good stan Development Budget, the ever, the locals have built an im- evant officials termed low capac- illegal immigrants has been on the relationships with Afghanistan. He uplift projects will cover Balkh, munity system to tolerate this ity of the cleaning department as agenda of President Ghani during said that his country announced Smangan, Baghlan, Badakhshan, unbearable situation because they one of main challenges to keep the his official trip to the European over one billion US dollars aids are not complaining or protesting. Panshir, Ghor, Bamyan, Logar, city clean, but no steps were tak- countries. “We have agreed that from 2015 up to 2024 which is Laghman, Takhar, Paktika, Jaw- That’s why the garbage has en. For the residents it is not a this issue is from both sides, the likely to be spent on developmen- become a stinking problem in the good excuse because the Kabul zjan, Kunar,Nuristan, Wardak, main factors of immigration is tal projects. The two countries Daikundi, Sar-e Pul and Kabul capital city. The authorities have Municipality (KM) collects mil- poverty, low knowledge, and dis- have also signed some cooperation turned a blind eye. There is not a lions of Afghanis in taxes from the provinces. Nasir Ahamad Dura- trusts, we will review the issues, agreements which include human ni, Minister of MRRD signing the vide around 80,140 days for earn- ered ten sectors. Nearly 12337 single place, except posh areas citizens against the services— based on the information part of rights protection, especially the where the top officials live, that which it barely provides. Tens of agreement with delegation of CDC ing livelihood from the project by uplift projects have been already the Afghans whom were living in rights of the women, and full sup- labor. “The Regional Program of accomplished in all the 34 prov- one could visit without seeing the trucks along with a heavy squad the third country have come to port of Sweden for the democracy said the projects signed, include, piles of garbage and smelling the of sweepers are at the service of construction of retaining walls, ir- the MRRD has signed around 221 inces of the country,” Durani said. Sweden, what we have agreed to system in Afghanistan, he added. infrastructure projects worth He touched upon the consump- order that cause nausea. Besides the cleaning department of the begin talks to find best results for The Sweden Prime Minister reas- rigation canals, water reserves, the houses, apartments, shops, municipality. However, there is no roads, bridges and culverts. Dur- $US705 million,” he said. tion of developmental budgets and the issue,” Ariana News quoted serted its country’s support on “MRRD has signed around 5192 said the government has ear- markets, vegetable bazaars, gro- decrease in the pile of garbage, President Ghani. Swedish Prime restoring security and stability in rani said that by implementation cery stores and meat markets, the scattered in every part of the city. of these projects 149,779 people development projects worth $136 marked $389 million for uplift and garbage is pretty much every- Minister Stefan Löfven said that Afghanistan and intending to ex- If cleanliness is taken as a condi- immigrants who are coming from tend its troops stay under the “Res- will benefit in rural Afghanistan million in the outgoing year. The the ministry has spent $272.3 where. In almost all parts of the tion for a capital city, then Kabul from the projects. He also pro- projects were implemented cov- million. city, it is piled high in empty logs city will lose its status because Afghanistan are underage and olute Support” mission. and on the roadsides. People liv- the city presents a disheartening ing or doing business on bank of scene. Even in one kilometer ra- the Kabul River are putting gar- dius of the municipality’s clean- bage in the river. The river was ing department there is a market once famous for its beauty and in Parwan-e-She area where huge purity. The wastes not only at- pile of trash dominates scene. tract scavengers but stray dogs as Officials concerned have Hazrat Husain Mashreqiwal told killed and four others wounded in urday confirming the killing of 33 police will be deployed in Shedil well. The piles are major source pledged several times to hire ser- AT News Report of diseases transmission and vices of a private company to Afghanistan Times that Afghan the joint crackdown aimed at Daesh militants in Nangarhar and Abdulkhil area near Durand blocking of drainages. This is the keep the city clean and recycling KABUL: At least 33 Daesh fight- national police (ANP) in collabo- clearing the terrorist-infested ar- province. Line in order to prevent enemy reason that Kabul presents a scene the garbage recycled, however, not ers have been killed and four oth- ration with Afghan national army eas in Nangarhar,” he said. “The The statement said the joint influence in the area, added the of a flooded island when it rains. practical steps have been taken so ers wounded, in a joint operation (ANA) and National Directorate ground forces were backed by aeri- operation was supported by lo- release. It merits mention that Lives of the residents are at stake far. Embezzlement and corruption by security forces, national direc- of Security (NDS) conducted a al support,” he said. Mashreqiw- cals as they cannot tolerate ter- military operations have been go- but the government is looking at in Kabul Municipality have been torate of security and police, in joint operation against Daesh in al added that Afghan forces didn’t rorism thriving in their region. ing on in different parts of the the sky; otherwise, it would have considered as responsible for the Achin district of eastern Nangar- Karakani and Terelai areas of suffer any casualties. MoD plans to establish secu- eastern Nangarhar province, which dealt with the problem which does neglect in cleaning services in the har province that lasted 24 hours. Achine district of Nangarhar prov- The Ministry of Defense rity check posts where Afghan borders Pakistan. Achin district is not consume much time and re- capital city. ...P3 Nangarhar police spokesman ince. “33 Daesh terrorists were (MoD) issued a statement on Sat- local police (ALP) and border believed to be infested by Daesh. 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.