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Leishmaniasis www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimeswww.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes Ruins Afghan TUESDAY. JULY 19. 2016 -Saratan 29, 1395 HS Women’s Lives Sitting in the government-run mosquito nets, but when we ask Leishmaniasis Treatment Centre in them to bring mosquito nets for us Khost, 22-year-old Rahima cov- from the city, they don’t accept ered her hand with her scarf. our requests. They don’t value our A combination of airstrikes and a She said that she was sick of being stared at and insulted because rights and we spend the whole Taliban apparently still adapting summer without mosquito nets.” to its new leader Mullah Haibatul- of the open sore on her hand, a Shapeary added that most peo- lah Akhundzada has given a lift to sign of leishmaniosis infection. Afghan forces that had braced for “I have hidden my hand be- ple were ill-informed about the dis- heavy fighting at the start of sum- cause people are horrible to me,” ease, assuming that it was trans- mer. Rahima said, explaining that she mitted by contact with an infected After 15 years of war, nobody was poor and lived in a village. person. believes a lull in fighting seen over She knew little about leishma- “But doctors have told me that the past few weeks is a decisive niasis apart from the fact that it this disease is transmitted to a hu- shift in the conflict. Officials even was transmitted to human beings man being by a fly. If people knew admit to some surprise at the prob- by a kind of fly. this, they wouldn’t hate an infect- 58 insurgents lems facing the Taliban, which “In the past, medicine and ed person so much and wouldn’t launched its annual spring offen- mosquito nets were distributed free laugh at him or her.” killed in sive in April promising major at- by government and some organi- Mangal said that public aware- tacks across the country. sations, but now we have to pay ness was indeed vital and that they raids: MoD The insurgents started their for them,” Rahima continued. ”I had made great efforts to spread spring offensive in April with a come from a big family and when information on the disease via the AT News Report major push to take Kunduz, the we tell our men that we need mos- media. Progress was still slow, es- strategic northern city its fighters quito nets, they say that we don’t extremists including Arab, Russian, KABUL: At least fifty-eight Tal- pecially when it came to practical Tajikistani and Chechens rebels iban insurgents were killed and briefly seized last year. A bumper have money because every mos- resources. opium crop promised to swell the quito net costs 10 dollars.” among Daesh fighters in the prov- 28 others wounded in different “We don’t have the resources ince. Recently, during his visit to crackdowns conducted by the coffers of the insurgents who con- Leishmaniasis is a parasitic to buy mosquito nets for all the trol much of the trade, allowing disease tramsitted by sandflies. Its the province, National Security Afghan security forces within cutaneous form results in a rash residents of Khost. The popula- Advisor, Mohammad Hanif At- past 24 hours, security officials them to pay for more fighters and tion of Khost has been estimated equipment. that turns into a painful ulcer. Even mar, told newsmen that most of said on Monday. In a press re- after this sore heals, whch usually at around 160,000. If we provide a the Daesh fighters are holding Pa- lease issued here, the Ministry But the assault on Kunduz AT News Report ments recovered from Daesh in- proves that most of Daesh loyal- Tajikistani insurgents are also trainingthey should be prepared to city was beaten back and fighting takes between a few months to a mosquito net for every two per- kistani citizenship. It is worth of Defense (MoD), said that Af- year and-a-half, it leaves an ugly sons, we have to distribute 80,000 surgents revealed they had come ist fighters are from Orakzai Agen- among Daesh fighters, who after carry out subversive activities in mentioning that militants loyal to ghan NationalArmy (ANA) in has eased in other key regions in- KABUL: Majority of fighters loy- from Pakistan to fight under the cy of Pakistan,”Nangarhar Pro- receiving military training in Paki- Afghanistan, particularly in Nan- cluding the southern province of scar. nets. So we don’t have the ability Daesh fighters attacked and collaboration with Afghan Na- to do so unless international or- al to Daesh militants operating in Name of Islamic State terrorist vincial Spokesman, Attaullah Kho- stan dispatched to Nangarhar for garhar province. Recently media torched houses of locals in Kot Helmand, where government forc- If left untreated, certain forms Kot district of eastern Nangarhar tionalPolice (ANP) and National of the disease lead to prolonged ganisations help us.” group, provincial officials said. gianai told Radio Azadi. He said terrorist activities, he added. He outlets reportedthat Nangarhar district of Nangarhar province. Directorate of Security (NDS) es were holding on in a few district province are Pakistani nationals “Documents and witnesses found that our intelligence reports also stated that insurgents from differ- officials,said that 30 percent area centres after heavy fighting in the fever and weakness. More serious Officials at Khost’s depart- Tens of civilians including women operatives haveconducted a joint ment of health said that they were and receiving command from Pa- from killed or detained Daesh fight- revealed that most of the Pakista- ent countries like Tajikistan’s citi- of Kot district was under control and children were killed and hun- winter. visceral leishmaniasis, also known kistan’s Intelligence Service (ISI), operations against insurgents in as kala azar, is almost always fa- also concerned about the spread ers during Afghan security forces nicitizens are fighting under Daesh zens traveling to Pakistan to en- ofDaesh fighters. The report also dreds of family displaced in the different areas of Nangarhar, A Taliban drive to cut off the provincial officials said. Docu- raids in Achin and Kot districts, Flag in Kot and Achin districts. roll in Daesh and after military pointing to the presence of foreign main highway linking the south- tal. of leishmaniasis in the province. area during attack. Ghazni, Paktika, Logar, Zabul, ern provinces of Uruzgan and Mohammad Gulab Mangal, Gul Ahmad Shah Lakanwal, Badghis, Samangan, Jawzjan, Ta- Kandahar, which led to fierce fight- head of the Leishmaniasis Treat- head of the department for infec- khar, Kunduz and Helmand prov- ing in May, was also quelled and ment Centre, said that incidences tious disease control, said that the inces. “In which 58 rebels in- only in small groups of 10 or 15. threaten many provincial areas, plex attacks against 11 last year. in some areas Daesh militants deployed to northern provinces: Wolesi Jirga Afghan government forces backed of the disease were growing in the ministry wanted international sup- cluding one Taliban local com- "The Taliban are no longer in a they do not appear to have made Afghan and Western security Taliban commanders reject by U.S. air power have gone on southeastern province. The sand- port to distribute leishmaniasis mander were killed and 28 others position to attack in large num- substantial gains. officials believe the Taliban may such an assessment however and flies that carry the disease mainly AT News Report al to Daesh terrorists in Nangarhar ter receiving telephone call from deputy speaker stressed that it is the attack in Kandahar. medicine in all Khost’s district province, therefore, Daesh fight- government officials. “As if they impossible for the government to received injuries,” the statement Haibatullah, a hardline cleric bers," he said. "It was clear from the outset also be facing financial problems dismiss suggestions of leadership live in the cracks of walls and barns, said. Furthermore, the statement Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, that they wanted to seize a pro- that have limited the effectiveness problems. health clinics as well as to hire more KABUL: First Deputy Speaker of ers were deployed in northern were secret agents among mili- eliminate Daesh insurgents, add- who took over after his predeces- and treated mosquito nets were an personnel. Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of said that ANA arrested ten insur- spokesman for the NATO-led vincial capital as well as multiple of their fighters. "Our struggle is mainly on re- important part of preventing its Badakhshan province. “Daeshter- tants,” he said referring to the re- ing that Daesh wasimposedas a sor Mullah Mohammad Akhtar “We have a plan to distribute Parliament Abdul ZahirQadir said rorists are still active in Nangarhar lease of Daesh fighters. He accused dangerous project against Afghan- gents, handing them to the judi- Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone Resolute Support mission, said district capitals and they have not In particular, the fact that ligious values and whoever com- spread. This also meant that wom- cial organs for further there was "cautious optimism" done that," Cleveland said. Haibatullah is a member of the mands, we obey them and respect 110,000 mosquito nets to prevent that due to government negligence, province,they carry outnoticeable high security officials for negli- istan. strike in May, is respected in the en were more vulnerable to infec- Daesh militants have been de- inquiry.”Weapons and ammuni- amid signs the Afghan army had Interior ministry figures sup- Noorzai tribe, rather than Man- them," said Mullah Shaheen San- tion, Mangal continued. leishmaniasis and malaria,” he said, battles, while previously they were gence over rooting out Daesh mil- “If the government eradicate movement for his religious creden- adding that Kabul also needed to ployed in northern Badakhshan launched underground attacks itants, and called on other MPs to Daesh insurgents within next three tion were also discovered and tials. But Afghan and Western of- improved over the winter as well port the impression of a less ac- sour's Ishaqzai tribe believed to garmal, a senior Taliban command- “Most of our patients are as at the impact of the U.S. air- tive Taliban in recent weeks, but control much of the opium trade, er in eastern Afghanistan. "All lead- address the local health depart- province. “If the government fur- only” he asserted. He highlighted summon security officials for months, I am ready to resin and confiscated in the ficials say he does not appear to women because men don’t value ther remains inattentive, the mili- have Mansour's administrative strikes in recent weeks. officials stress the change is rela- has made it harder to control the ers cannot be the same, some have women very much, they don’t buy ment’s lack of both medicine and that so far one thousands of his- weak performances. Recently Pres- the government cansend me behind "It could change tomorrow, tive and heavy fighting continues flow of drug money from Helmand military expertise, others are bet- staff. tants start targeting people,” Qa- fightersarefighting Daesh militan- ident Ghani during his visit to Jala- bars” Qadir added. Earlier,officials 122 rebels ability. them mosquito nets, and another dir said. Speaking at the plenary At the same time, the move- but at this point we believe that in many regions. and other areas, they say. ter in politics." reason is that women mostly work Even the less serious cutane- tsin the province, but government labad the capital city of Nangarhar in the Ministry of Defense, said including 2 the Afghans are successfully on the Since the start of the Persian According to an Afghan secu- He said there were proper tax- ous form of the disease can have session of the parliament on Mon- does not support them with mili- province, ordered security forces that Daesh insurgents lost their ment's wider leadership has suf- where Leishmania flies live,” he day, Qadir claimed that military fered, with 45 senior figures, in- offence," he said. new year on March 21, the Tali- rity report seen by Reuters, many ation systems in place but added: said. “For example, women clean severe social effects. taryequipment as it do to the local to suppress Daesh insurgents from influence in the country, and un- commanders join Earlier this year, coalition of- ban have conducted 1,024 attacks, mid-level Taliban commanders are "Our soldiers do not fight for wag- In Pashtun society, people of- raids by state security forces were- police. He alleged that local police every nook and corner of the coun- able to stand against Afghan secu- cluding key commanders in Hel- houses, barns and ruined buildings inconsiderable against fighters loy- peace process mand, Ghazni, Kunduz and Kan- ficials estimated the Taliban con- compared with 1,309 in the same no longer sending opium levies di- es but for Allah." where the flies bite them.” ten taunt each other and laugh at freeing detained Daesh fighters af- try within next few weeks. First rity forces. dahar killed over the past six trolled as much as six percent of period last year, according to inte- rectly to the leadership council (Additional reporting by Mir- Shapeary, a woman receiving shortcomings and flaws. This is Afghan territory but threatened up rior ministry figures. Bomb blasts since the death of Mansour and wais Harooni and Josh Smith; Ed- AIBAK : More than 120 months, according to information treatment at the centre, agreed. especially prevalent among wom- SUDDEN SPIKE IN militants,including two command- from the interior ministry. to a third of the country. were down at 599 compared to 948 infighting over drug revenue has iting by Tom Heneghan) “Men don’t listen to us,” she en, and those who bear the marks Kabul Municipality starts ers, have joined the reconciliation "Last year, we were more in However while they still last year and there were four com- become an almost daily occurrence in.reuters. told IWPR. “They themselves use of leishmaniasis on their faces and CRIME CONCERNS process in the Dara-i-Sauf Payeen active defence mode and the ene- hands usually avoid participating district of northern Samangan mies were attacking us, but this in communal life. iwpr.net KABUL CITIZENS demolishing of illegal constructions province,an official said on Mon- year we are after them," said Inte- day. Provincial police chief, Lt. rior Ministry spokesman Sediq At least six people have been killed AT News Report “Kabul Municipality is com- Earlier,acting head of Kabul Gen. Mohammad Baqer Masood, Sediqqi. Afghan forces adopt aggressive mode MAILTO in the Khairkhana area PD15 of mitted to continue destruction pro- Municipality warned all yielders said 122 insurgents surrendered With U.S. commanders free to Kabul over the past three days KABUL: The Kabul Municipali- cess of the illegal constructions to pay their debts, within next one after security forces launched a IMPLEMENT 12 amid indications of a rise in crime ty on Monday started demolish- with cooperation of Kabul police,” week, otherwise the municipality massive counterinsurgency oper- step up air strikes against the Tal- AT News Report tolast year. “Last year we regis- iban since President Barack Obama incidents in recent weeks. ing of illegal and unapproved con- the statement added. would close their shops. ation in the district. He identified AGRICULTURE... tered around 28 polio cases, where In the most recent incident on struction in the 11 jurisdictions of the militant commanders as Mo- gave them broader powers in June, as over 100 militants killed in 3 days KABUL: The foundation stone ...P1He added that the schemes in- so far 6 cases were reported. Four Monday, an army officer killed his Kabul city. hammad Ibrahim and Faisal,who operations are being conducted of a new building for urgent op- polio cases reported from Kunar, "almost daily", the top NATO cluded saffron project, livestock nephew in Khairkhana, Kabul. In a statement issued here, TRAVELERS PRAISE REFORMS shunned violence along with KABUL:Afghan security forces ince, the former stronghold of Tal- and Kot districts of the eastern Mohammad Nabi, the attack which thorized top American military erative center to eliminate infec- one from Helmand and one from Relatives of the victim said the Kabul Municipality said that with scores of its fighters in Zerkai. commander Gen. John Nicholson have obviously adopted an aggres- iban outfit in south Afghanistan on Nangarhar province as the U.S. begun at early morning has left five commander General John Nechol- clinic in Kalakan, irrigation canals tious polio disease was laid down anddams in different districts of Kandahar provinces” the minister security forces have failed to main- cooperation of Kabul police, the IN PASSPORT DEPARTMENT Masood claimed Maqsood, Leba- said last week. sive position against anti-govern- Sunday. unmanned planes, according to people including four armed insur- son, the commander of NATO-led in a ceremony in capital Kabul added. He termed construction of bi, Zerkai, Chakabi and Toqsen Afghanistan's own special forc- Kabul. tain law-and-order in the city. They municipality started destruction The passport department's new ability to process passports between ment militants as more than 100 Similar strikes against the mil- provincial government spokesman gents and a police dead. Resolute Support forces in Af- on Monday, health officials said. the urgent operative center as an- expressed concerns about the sit- of illegal buildings in the areas rel- areas had been cleared. The areas es and its fledgling airforce, includ- armed insurgents have been killed itants a day earlier also left 12 Tal- Ataullah Khogyani, chased and He also warned that the dis- ghanistan, to mount pressure on “15 saffron probationary The center is going to be built two and three days – instead of the more than 20 days in the past – has were previously controlled by the ing eight A-29 jets, have also farms will be established,” he said, other significant achievements for uation. evant to eleven jurisdictions. mostly by air strikes since Satur- iban fighters dead in the southern pounded their hideouts over the trict would collapse if the central militants. in enclosure of Wazir Moham- health sectors, and hoped this ad- been welcomed by Afghan travelers. Nearly 2,000 people apply for militants. He added some insur- played a growing role in hitting the adding that animal disease woul- "Disorder has reached its peak. Several newly built construc- passports on a daily basis. Now reforms and improvements in the day, according to officials. Helmand province, according to weekend. Both the Taliban and Is- government fails to send reinforce- However, Taliban spokesman mad Akbar Khan Hospital in 400 ministration could play an effec- tions were demolished by Kabul gents currently lived in the strate- Taliban forces and chains of com- dalso be controlled through imple- People cannot go out of their hous- leadership of the Kabul Passport Department has made it much easier gic mountainous regions ofDara-i- Warplanes, specially un- officials. Afghan forces using air- lamic State groups have speeded ment in the district bordering Tajiki- Zabihullah Majahid has down- square meter of land. The center tive role for improvement of health es at night. We want law-and-or- Municipality workers, the state- mand. manned drones, have proved very craft had also targeted and killed up their activities against govern- stan. played the U.S. decisions and in mentation of these projects. would be utilized for urgent po- to process and receive a passport. Mateen Sarfraz, deputy chief of the Jamalak, Zedori and Daikundi dis- The Taliban have been scorn- He stated that afterdam con- services in the country. der in the city," said Shah Agha, ment said, adding that workers also lethal and effective in targeting 29 Taliban fighters in the western ment interests over the past cou- The Taliban outfit, according contact with media vowed that the lio cases and would conducted The center would be con- technical department, said he has solved all demands from applicants. tricts. The offensive will continue ful of claims of coalition success, struction, farmers would be able brother of the victim. prevented constructions of sever- "We try not to delay the process. Further delays will only pave the until these areas are cleared. Taliban and Islamic State (IS) Badghis province on Saturday. Air ple of months. to its spokesman Zabihullah Ma- Taliban would continue resistance treatment campaigns against po- structed at cost of $2.6 million by (ToloNews) al buildings in the area. issuing a statement last week dis- groups who are using the guerrilla raids against insurgents had killed Taliban militants in the latest jahid, also attacked Khash district against U.S. and allied forces in to manage water in a better man- lio disease in various parts of the ground for corruption," said Sarfraz. (ToloNews) (Pajhwok) missing the "futile" change to U.S. ner, and also preventwater wast- financial support of Billand Melin- war in Afghanistan. five militants loyal to the notori- offensive against government in- in the northern Badakhshan prov- Afghanistan. country. da Gates Foundation. rules of engagement. In the latest air strikes against ous Haqqani network in the east- terests attacked the headquarters ince late Sunday and had captured Meanwhile, Afghan Interior age in their farms. In the ceremony, Firozuddin But Mohammad Rasoul The ministry would run dif- The center is estimated to be militants, 16 Taliban fighters were ern Khost province on Saturday. of Qala-e-Zal district in the north- some areas. Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediq- Firoz, Public Health Minister build in four stories with all neces- Zazai, spokesman for the 215th killed as warplanes pounded their Similarly, 23 fighters loyal to ern Kunduz province Monday Pentagon chief Ash Carter dur- qi had said recently that Afghan ferent agriculture and livestock told newsmen that polio cases Maiwand army corps in Helmand, projects, in order to improve agri- sary equipment. Itwould finish at positions in Sangin and Marja dis- the ultra-extremist Islamic State morning sparking a fierce battle. ing his recent visit to Afghanistan security forces have been pursu- have been declined comparing the end of October. said insurgents were avoiding large tricts of the volatile Helmand prov- (IS) group were killed in Nazian According to police official said the U.S. government has au- ing the enemies this year. culture products across the coun- formations and were patrolling try, he added. MAILTOIMPLEMENT 12 Pakistan to discuss blocking mobile signals from Afghanistan to control terrorist activities AGRICULTUREPROJECTSINKABUL Pakistan has decided to take up turnouts as Afghanistan continues the issue of spillover effects of to ignore a Memorandum of Un- mobile signals coming from Af- derstanding sent to Kabul in this ghanistan at the upcoming Round- regard. table International Conference to In their continuing efforts to be held in Islamabad from July 18th curb terrorist activity, Chairman – July 22nd. Pakistan Telecommunication Pakistan has long been trying Authority(PTA), Dr. Ismail Shah to block mobile signals from Af- said: ghanistan in order to control ter- “Yes, we will raise the issue of rorist activity. The PTA has spillover effects of mobile signals blocked several Afghani SIMs af- in the bordering areas with Afghan- ter they were linked to suspicious istan during the upcoming interna- activities in the country. Howev- tional conference of regulators in er, those SIMs still work along the which representatives of 23 coun- AT News Report velopment project,” Agriculture Pak-Afghan border due to the sp- tries belonging to Asia Pacific will Minister Assadullah Zamir said. illover effect of mobile signals. participate.” KABUL:The Ministry of Agri- He said that the aim of these Following the Peshawar APS Representatives from several culture Irrigation and Livestock projects are to provide further fa- Massacre, PTA raised concerns countries of the region will be at- (MAIL) on Monday said that it cilities for the farmers, as well as that Afghan telecom companies tending the conference including will implement 12 agriculture and improving agriculture and live- should block their signals along the China, India, Iran, Afghanistan, livestock projects in Kabul. stock products in Kabul. border. Bangladesh and others. Asia-Pacific Regulators Roundtable for the first time in Pakistan. The conference will serve as a platform for telecommunication/ICT regulators in the region that fosters dynamic and “The projects would be im- “Execution of these projects There have been no optimistic PTA is also organizing the strategic discussions, sharing information, relevant experiences, and practices. plemented in Kabul, and its 14 would provide direct or indirect districts at a total cost of 24 mil- jobs for over 13,000 people includ- lion Afs, funded by ministry de- ing farmers.”...P2 Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan rally outside the White House in Washington, D.C.

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77: 06 74: 86 TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Leishmaniasis Ruins Afghan Women’s Lives Sitting in the government-run mosquito nets, but when we ask Leishmaniasis Treatment Centre in them to bring mosquito nets for us Khost, 22-year-old Rahima cov- from the city, they don’t accept ered her hand with her scarf. our requests. They don’t value our A combination of airstrikes and a She said that she was sick of being stared at and insulted because rights and we spend the whole Taliban apparently still adapting summer without mosquito nets.” to its new leader Mullah Haibatul- of the open sore on her hand, a Shapeary added that most peo- lah Akhundzada has given a lift to sign of leishmaniosis infection. Afghan forces that had braced for “I have hidden my hand be- ple were ill-informed about the dis- heavy fighting at the start of sum- cause people are horrible to me,” ease, assuming that it was trans- mer. Rahima said, explaining that she mitted by contact with an infected After 15 years of war, nobody was poor and lived in a village. person. believes a lull in fighting seen over She knew little about leishma- “But doctors have told me that the past few weeks is a decisive niasis apart from the fact that it this disease is transmitted to a hu- shift in the conflict. Officials even was transmitted to human beings man being by a fly. If people knew admit to some surprise at the prob- by a kind of fly. this, they wouldn’t hate an infect- lems facing the Taliban, which “In the past, medicine and ed person so much and wouldn’t launched its annual spring offen- mosquito nets were distributed free laugh at him or her.” sive in April promising major at- by government and some organi- Mangal said that public aware- tacks across the country. sations, but now we have to pay ness was indeed vital and that they The insurgents started their for them,” Rahima continued. ”I had made great efforts to spread spring offensive in April with a come from a big family and when information on the disease via the major push to take Kunduz, the we tell our men that we need mos- media. Progress was still slow, es- strategic northern city its fighters quito nets, they say that we don’t pecially when it came to practical briefly seized last year. A bumper have money because every mos- resources. opium crop promised to swell the quito net costs 10 dollars.” “We don’t have the resources coffers of the insurgents who con- Leishmaniasis is a parasitic to buy mosquito nets for all the disease tramsitted by sandflies. Its trol much of the trade, allowing residents of Khost. The popula- them to pay for more fighters and cutaneous form results in a rash that turns into a painful ulcer. Even tion of Khost has been estimated equipment. at around 160,000. If we provide a But the assault on Kunduz after this sore heals, whch usually city was beaten back and fighting takes between a few months to a mosquito net for every two per- has eased in other key regions in- year and-a-half, it leaves an ugly sons, we have to distribute 80,000 cluding the southern province of scar. nets. So we don’t have the ability Helmand, where government forc- If left untreated, certain forms to do so unless international or- es were holding on in a few district of the disease lead to prolonged ganisations help us.” centres after heavy fighting in the fever and weakness. More serious Officials at Khost’s depart- winter. visceral leishmaniasis, also known ment of health said that they were A Taliban drive to cut off the as kala azar, is almost always fa- also concerned about the spread main highway linking the south- tal. of leishmaniasis in the province. ern provinces of Uruzgan and Mohammad Gulab Mangal, Gul Ahmad Shah Lakanwal, Kandahar, which led to fierce fight- head of the Leishmaniasis Treat- head of the department for infec- ing in May, was also quelled and ment Centre, said that incidences tious disease control, said that the only in small groups of 10 or 15. threaten many provincial areas, plex attacks against 11 last year. in some areas Afghan government forces backed of the disease were growing in the ministry wanted international sup- by U.S. air power have gone on "The Taliban are no longer in a they do not appear to have made Afghan and Western security Taliban commanders reject southeastern province. The sand- position to attack in large num- substantial gains. officials believe the Taliban may such an assessment however and port to distribute leishmaniasis the attack in Kandahar. flies that carry the disease mainly medicine in all Khost’s district Haibatullah, a hardline cleric bers," he said. "It was clear from the outset also be facing financial problems dismiss suggestions of leadership live in the cracks of walls and barns, Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, that they wanted to seize a pro- that have limited the effectiveness problems. health clinics as well as to hire more who took over after his predeces- and treated mosquito nets were an personnel. sor Mullah Mohammad Akhtar spokesman for the NATO-led vincial capital as well as multiple of their fighters. "Our struggle is mainly on re- important part of preventing its Resolute Support mission, said district capitals and they have not In particular, the fact that ligious values and whoever com- “We have a plan to distribute Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone spread. This also meant that wom- 110,000 mosquito nets to prevent there was "cautious optimism" done that," Cleveland said. Haibatullah is a member of the mands, we obey them and respect en were more vulnerable to infec- strike in May, is respected in the leishmaniasis and malaria,” he said, movement for his religious creden- amid signs the Afghan army had Interior ministry figures sup- Noorzai tribe, rather than Man- them," said Mullah Shaheen San- tion, Mangal continued. improved over the winter as well port the impression of a less ac- sour's Ishaqzai tribe believed to garmal, a senior Taliban command- “Most of our patients are adding that Kabul also needed to tials. But Afghan and Western of- address the local health depart- ficials say he does not appear to as at the impact of the U.S. air- tive Taliban in recent weeks, but control much of the opium trade, er in eastern Afghanistan. "All lead- women because men don’t value have Mansour's administrative strikes in recent weeks. officials stress the change is rela- has made it harder to control the ers cannot be the same, some have women very much, they don’t buy ment’s lack of both medicine and ability. "It could change tomorrow, tive and heavy fighting continues flow of drug money from Helmand military expertise, others are bet- them mosquito nets, and another staff. At the same time, the move- but at this point we believe that in many regions. and other areas, they say. ter in politics." reason is that women mostly work Even the less serious cutane- ment's wider leadership has suf- the Afghans are successfully on the Since the start of the Persian According to an Afghan secu- He said there were proper tax- where Leishmania flies live,” he ous form of the disease can have fered, with 45 senior figures, in- offence," he said. new year on March 21, the Tali- rity report seen by Reuters, many ation systems in place but added: said. “For example, women clean severe social effects. cluding key commanders in Hel- Earlier this year, coalition of- ban have conducted 1,024 attacks, mid-level Taliban commanders are "Our soldiers do not fight for wag- houses, barns and ruined buildings In Pashtun society, people of- mand, Ghazni, Kunduz and Kan- ficials estimated the Taliban con- compared with 1,309 in the same no longer sending opium levies di- es but for Allah." where the flies bite them.” ten taunt each other and laugh at dahar killed over the past six trolled as much as six percent of period last year, according to inte- rectly to the leadership council (Additional reporting by Mir- Shapeary, a woman receiving shortcomings and flaws. This is months, according to information Afghan territory but threatened up rior ministry figures. Bomb blasts since the death of Mansour and wais Harooni and Josh Smith; Ed- treatment at the centre, agreed. especially prevalent among wom- from the interior ministry. to a third of the country. were down at 599 compared to 948 infighting over drug revenue has iting by Tom Heneghan) “Men don’t listen to us,” she en, and those who bear the marks "Last year, we were more in However while they still last year and there were four com- become an almost daily occurrence in.reuters. told IWPR. “They themselves use of leishmaniasis on their faces and active defence mode and the ene- hands usually avoid participating mies were attacking us, but this in communal life. iwpr.net year we are after them," said Inte- rior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi. Afghan forces adopt aggressive mode MAILTO With U.S. commanders free to step up air strikes against the Tal- IMPLEMENT 12 iban since President Barack Obama AGRICULTURE... gave them broader powers in June, as over 100 militants killed in 3 days operations are being conducted ...P1He added that the schemes in- "almost daily", the top NATO KABUL:Afghan security forces ince, the former stronghold of Tal- and Kot districts of the eastern Mohammad Nabi, the attack which thorized top American military cluded saffron project, livestock commander Gen. John Nicholson have obviously adopted an aggres- iban outfit in south Afghanistan on Nangarhar province as the U.S. begun at early morning has left five commander General John Nechol- clinic in Kalakan, irrigation canals said last week. sive position against anti-govern- Sunday. unmanned planes, according to people including four armed insur- son, the commander of NATO-led anddams in different districts of Afghanistan's own special forc- ment militants as more than 100 Similar strikes against the mil- provincial government spokesman gents and a police dead. Resolute Support forces in Af- Kabul. es and its fledgling airforce, includ- armed insurgents have been killed itants a day earlier also left 12 Tal- Ataullah Khogyani, chased and He also warned that the dis- ghanistan, to mount pressure on “15 saffron probationary ing eight A-29 jets, have also mostly by air strikes since Satur- iban fighters dead in the southern pounded their hideouts over the trict would collapse if the central militants. farms will be established,” he said, played a growing role in hitting the day, according to officials. Helmand province, according to weekend. Both the Taliban and Is- government fails to send reinforce- However, Taliban spokesman adding that animal disease woul- Taliban forces and chains of com- Warplanes, specially un- officials. Afghan forces using air- lamic State groups have speeded ment in the district bordering Tajiki- Zabihullah Majahid has down- dalso be controlled through imple- mand. manned drones, have proved very craft had also targeted and killed up their activities against govern- stan. played the U.S. decisions and in mentation of these projects. The Taliban have been scorn- lethal and effective in targeting 29 Taliban fighters in the western ment interests over the past cou- The Taliban outfit, according contact with media vowed that the He stated that afterdam con- ful of claims of coalition success, Taliban and Islamic State (IS) Badghis province on Saturday. Air ple of months. to its spokesman Zabihullah Ma- Taliban would continue resistance struction, farmers would be able issuing a statement last week dis- groups who are using the guerrilla raids against insurgents had killed Taliban militants in the latest jahid, also attacked Khash district against U.S. and allied forces in to manage water in a better man- missing the "futile" change to U.S. war in Afghanistan. five militants loyal to the notori- offensive against government in- in the northern Badakhshan prov- Afghanistan. ner, and also preventwater wast- rules of engagement. In the latest air strikes against ous Haqqani network in the east- terests attacked the headquarters ince late Sunday and had captured Meanwhile, Afghan Interior age in their farms. But Mohammad Rasoul militants, 16 Taliban fighters were ern Khost province on Saturday. of Qala-e-Zal district in the north- some areas. Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediq- The ministry would run dif- Zazai, spokesman for the 215th killed as warplanes pounded their Similarly, 23 fighters loyal to ern Kunduz province Monday Pentagon chief Ash Carter dur- qi had said recently that Afghan ferent agriculture and livestock Maiwand army corps in Helmand, positions in Sangin and Marja dis- the ultra-extremist Islamic State morning sparking a fierce battle. ing his recent visit to Afghanistan security forces have been pursu- projects, in order to improve agri- said insurgents were avoiding large tricts of the volatile Helmand prov- (IS) group were killed in Nazian According to police official said the U.S. government has au- ing the enemies this year. culture products across the coun- formations and were patrolling try, he added. Pakistan to discuss blocking mobile signals from Afghanistan to control terrorist activities Pakistan has decided to take up turnouts as Afghanistan continues the issue of spillover effects of to ignore a Memorandum of Un- mobile signals coming from Af- derstanding sent to Kabul in this ghanistan at the upcoming Round- regard. table International Conference to In their continuing efforts to be held in Islamabad from July 18th curb terrorist activity, Chairman – July 22nd. Pakistan Telecommunication Pakistan has long been trying Authority(PTA), Dr. Ismail Shah to block mobile signals from Af- said: ghanistan in order to control ter- “Yes, we will raise the issue of rorist activity. The PTA has spillover effects of mobile signals blocked several Afghani SIMs af- in the bordering areas with Afghan- ter they were linked to suspicious istan during the upcoming interna- activities in the country. Howev- tional conference of regulators in er, those SIMs still work along the which representatives of 23 coun- Pak-Afghan border due to the sp- tries belonging to Asia Pacific will illover effect of mobile signals. participate.” Following the Peshawar APS Representatives from several Massacre, PTA raised concerns countries of the region will be at- that Afghan telecom companies tending the conference including should block their signals along the China, India, Iran, Afghanistan, border. Bangladesh and others. Asia-Pacific Regulators Roundtable for the first time in Pakistan. The conference will serve as a platform for telecommunication/ICT regulators in the region that fosters dynamic and There have been no optimistic PTA is also organizing the strategic discussions, sharing information, relevant experiences, and practices. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

With at least 20% of Afghanistan still in the hands of a resurgent Taliban, the longest war in Ameri- can history is far from over. Last week, President Barack Obama announced he would prolong the nation’s presence into the country well into 2017 with 8,400 troops expected to remain by the time he leaves office. The news didn’t make front pages, but for Andrew Quilty, who’s been photographing the con- flict from Kabul for the past three years, the world’s attention is es- sential. “Despite arguably good EMERGENCY intentions, the 14-year internation- al intervention in Afghanistan has CALLS been largely disastrous for all in- volved,” he tells TIME. “The in- Police ternational community shouldn’t be allowed to just walk away and forget Afghanistan.” 100 - 119 Quilty, who hails from Aus- tralia, one of the many countries that joined Operation Enduring Hospitals Freedom in 2001, feels “somewhat responsible,” he says, for pushing FMIC Hospital out information to the world. In Behind Kabul Medical recent weeks, he’s visited some of Afghanistan’s more unstable re- University: gions, including Helmand. 0202500200-+93793275595 Ahead of a retrospective of his work from Afghanistan that will go on show at the Visa pour l’Image Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital festival [the exhibition is curated Pule Bagh-e- Umomi by the writer of this article] in Sep- 070263672 tember, Quilty explains why he’s committed to this story. Olivier Laurent: Why go back Khairkhana Hospital to Helmand considering the secu- rity situation? 0799-321007 Andrew Quilty: In Afghani- 2401352 stan, come spring, attention invari- ably turns to the south; particu- larly Helmand — one of the Tali- Indira Gandhi Children ban’s firmest strongholds. That being the case it’s no coincidence Hospital, Wazir Akbar that Helmand is also home to the Khan, Kabul 2301372 world’s largest opium crop, the Young boys climb a broken-down Ferris Wheel in order to give a friend a quarter of a revolution lucrative harvest of which comes during April each year. Following ride, in a dilapidated playground in the capital of Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah. Ibn-e- Seena the harvest comes the Taliban’s inevitable “spring offensive” and Pul-e-Artan, Kabul the ensuing fighting season. The Afghanistan timing is isn’t arbitrary. It coin- 2100359 cides with the thick vegetation af- lead series 70 displaced families return to forded by spring, and a freshly Wazir Akbar Khan bulging war-chest. The first two times I visited against Hospital this Spring were spent with writer Parachinar from Afghanistan 2301741, 2301743 colleagues (also my housemates in Ireland after Kabul) traveling to several front- PESHAWAR : More than 40 hous- lines within an hour or two of Lash- comfortable es, vacated by Afghan citizens, Ali Abad kar Gah, Helmand’s capital. With have been razed by the local ad- Shahrara, Kabul attrition and desertion rates as high win ministration in various areas of as 30% among Afghan security Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber 2100439 forces, we wanted to see what life Ireland will head into Tuesday’s tribal region, an official said. was really like for the soldiers final one-day international against Afghan refugees had left the manning these frontlines in the Afghanistan houses in Khan Kalai (village) af- Malalai Maternity requiring vic- country’s most hotly contested ter they were given a deadline of Hospital province. Secondly, we wanted to tory to level three days, Malagori area admin- gauge how vulnerable Lashkar Gah the series after istrator Shahkeel Burkitold said. 2201377/ 2301743 was. After a major Taliban offen- suffering a 79- At least 39 families had already sive in December 2015 that had run defeat at left for Afghanistan, he said, add- government forces fighting from the Stormont. ing 43 vacant houses were demol- Banks city gates, many were predicting The tour- ished by the security personnel on its fall come spring. ists recovered Sunday. Notices have been served Da Afghanistan Bank It was during these trips that I from 90-5 af- on Afghan citizens to vacate their 2100302, 2100303 was struck by just how close some ter 25 overs to houses in different parts of the post a com- of the frontlines were to the capi- agency, include Jamrud, Shahkas, Bakhtar Bank tal, and how regularly fighting petitive total Jaba and Ghundai. would erupt. While few military of 229-7, with Elsewhere in the northwest, at 0776777000 commanders would allow us to Mohammed least 70 displaced families returned stay overnight (when most of the Nabi (50) and to Parachinar from Afghanistan. Azizi Bank fighting occurs), from the hotel din- Rashid Khan (60), who was The households had migrated to 0799 700900 ing room (where we’re often the dropped twice, leading the late re- Afghanistan due to a military op- only guests) we’d see tracer rounds sistance. eration in North Waziristan. The Pashtany Bank The Irish run chase, however, arc above the horizon and hear the families returned to Kurram 2102908, 2103868 thump of artillery and mortars never really got going once key through the Kharlachi, Shaheedano from areas we’d been hours earli- man Ed Joyce was controversially Dand border areas and arrived in er, sometimes less than a half hour run out for 12. Bannu district. (Pajhwok) Air Services drive away. Yet — at least on the The Sussex opener stopped surface — Lashkar Gah’s residents midway down the wicket believ- Safi Airways appeared to be oblivious. ing that his shot had clearly reached I think it’s a common miscon- the boundary rope, but Nabi and 020 22 22 222 ception about war zones — that Khan combined to return the ball from the deep and bowler Yamin Kilft port connecting all there is is war. In Lashkar Gah, Ariana while the war has harmed the econ- Ahmadzai completed the run out. omy — resulting in an uptick in A lengthy delay ensued, with 020-2100270 crime — and a generally diminished the umpires eventually taking the quality of life, bakeries still open word of the fielder and sending Afghanistan-Turkmenistan Kam Air before dawn, children continue Joyce on his way. going to school and boys play Ireland swiftly slumped to 67- 0799974422 sports on dusty fields each after- 4 before Kevin O’Brien (34) and noon. Even with the war on its Paul Stirling (31) shared a 63-run re-opens: Balkh local officials Hotels doorstep, as clichéd as it sounds, stand that forced their side back into the game. life goes on. But it’s not quite as Head of the Technical and sectari- Safi Landmark simple as that. But after both fell in quick succession, the Afghans tore an in department of commerce and Olivier Laurent: What’s the industry in Balkh province sated 020-2203131 situation there? Why is it impor- through the tail, eventually bun- dling the hosts out for just 150 that studies over reopening of the tant to document what’s happen- joint port called Kilft which con- SERENA ing in Afghanistan in general and with nine overs to spare. 17-year-old spinner Khan nects Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Helmand in particular? began. 0799654000 Andrew Quilty: Like much of completed a memorable personal performance by claiming a career- The local officials in Balkh the country, Helmand is becoming province also urged that reopen- New Rumi Restaurant increasingly risky to travel to, es- best 4-21 from his eight overs, while Ahmadzai (1-23) bagged the ing of the following port will boost pecially outside the provincial the economy and it will grow the 0776351347 capital. This, combined with the vital wicket of the big-hitting O’Brien. exchanging of mutual goods in be- gradual decrease in interest in Af- tween the two countries. Internet Services ghanistan, means that very few Ireland skipper William Por- terfield refused to be drawn into Kilft port is located in the west journalists are traveling outside of Balkh province and 90 kilo meter UA Telecom Kabul, to places like Helmand, the run-out controversy, instead 0796701701 / 0796702702 identifying dropped catches as the away from the state, the following even compared to one or two years port was inaugurated when Daud ago. There are a number of reasons main reason for his side’s defeat. “We ran past each other, he Khan was the king of Afghanistan Exchange Rate for this, but the main one, I be- and mostly the main goods which 3 Afghans arrested for killing lieve, is that news organizations (Joyce) said he pretty much saw him (Nabi) pass the rope, flick it had been exchanged was gas. rarely think the demand for infor- The following decision was Purchase: mation from these places justifies back,” he said. “The fielder comes back and says he didn’t. “I don’t made when the Turkmenistan 16-year-old fellow refugee in Greece the risk of commissioning report- Ambassador has visited Balkh One US$ = ing anymore. know what footage is out there of this. “The umpires said they are province over the transferring of At least three Afghan refugees have 68.32Afs On the one hand, I understand the gas pipe line called TAPI been arrested in connection to the that the proximity/empathy scale going on his word and this is as far One Pound Sterling= as it goes for me. “Just under 200 project. murder of a 16-year-old fellow ref- that news organizations work off Head of the technical and sec- ugee in France, it has been report- 91.86Afs no longer warrants the risks that, on that pitch would have been about par. “I think that, putting tarian department of commerce and ed. One Euro = in the case of Afghanistan, were industry of Balkh Zabiullah Akha- The incident reportedly took routinely taken when over 100,000 those couple of chances down… 75.52Afs you’re probably looking at 175- tari said,” re-opening of the fol- place at a open hospitality center American soldiers were here. On lowing port will impact positive- in Elliniko, a suburb Athens, the 1000 Pak Rs = the other hand, having been in Af- 180 (if those catches were taken), which I think is pretty chaseable ly over all the goods, specially over capital city of Greece. 642Afs ghanistan a few years now, I feel the gas and oil.” The suspects have been iden- somewhat responsible for push- regardless of the pitch. “We’ve dropped catches a couple of times He also said,” The following tified as 18, 23, and 37-year-old Sale: ing out information so that the in- port will create 10000 jobs oppor- Afghan refugees and are due to face the 18-year-old suspect and his week on Thursday, after rushing One US$ = ternational community doesn’t now in games where we’ve been 23-year-old brother lead a group to protect the 19-year-old Afghan just a wicket or two behind. It was tunities for the local residents of charges for attempted murder 68.52 Afs forget about it. Despite arguably the area.” Reopening of the follow- against two other Afghans, aged who harassed and assaulted other who was being assaulted by the good intentions, the 14-year inter- difficult to claw back from there.” refugees at the camp with knives three suspects and their gang. One Pound Sterling= The result handed the Afghans a ing port comes after that Afghani- 19 and 31 respectively. national intervention in Afghani- stan recently has signed a tripar- The police is also searching for and bats, in order to gain the ‘up- This comes as hundreds of 91.66Afs stan has been largely disastrous for 2-1 lead in the series ahead of Tues- per hand’. thousands of Afghan refugees are day’s final game, after which Ire- tite memorandum of understand- accomplices, local newspaper, TO One Euro= all involved. The international ing in between India, Afghanistan BHMA reported, citing police re- The 16-year-old refugee was stranded in Greece and other parts 76.12 Afs community shouldn’t be allowed land will switch their attentions to killed after being stabbed during an of Europe amid a refugee crisis in next month’s two ODI internation- and Iran on opening of Chabar ports. 1000 Pak Rs= 650 to just walk away and forget Af- port. ariananews The report further added that altercation at the Elliniko camp last Europe. (KP) ghanistan. als against Pakistan at Malahide. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Bangladesh indicts 41 on murder charges in 2013 factory fall DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on gather as rescuers look for survi- Department said the change from Monday indicted 41 people for vors and victims at the site of a culpable homicide charges came murder in the deaths of more than building that collapsed a day earli- after the investigation found that 1,100 people in the collapse of a er, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bang- Rana, his staff and the management building that housed five garment ladesh. A Bangladesh court on of the five factories had forced the factories and became known as the Monday, July 18, 2016, indicted workers to enter the building the country's worst industrial disas- 41 people for murder in the 2013 day of the collapse despite their ter. deaths of more than 1,100 people unwillingness to work after the Investigators initially said in the collapse of a building that building had developed major those accused of wrongdoing in the housed five garment factories out- cracks a day before. 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza side the capital. (AP Photo/ The collapse highlighted the building would be charged with A.M.Ahad, File) grim conditions in Bangladesh's culpable homicide, which carries a Another seven who abscond- garment industry. maximum punishment of seven ed will be tried in absentia, said Low wages in the South Asian years in jail. But they later changed Mizanur Rahman, a public prose- country have led global brands and the charges to murder due to the cutor. District Judge S.M. Kuddus retailers to prefer Bangladesh over gravity of the disaster. Zaman announced their trial will China, the leading apparel export- Masud Rana, who owned the begin Sept. 18. er in the world. Bangladesh has the building outside Dhaka, and 33 Those found guilty of murder world's second-largest garment in- other people pleaded not guilty could face the death penalty as a dustry with nearly 4,000 factories when the charges against them police report submitted to the employing about 4 million work- were read out in court. court called the deaths a "mass kill- ers, mostly women. Almost one-third (31 per cent) of only 3.1 per cent of the total pop- FILE - In this April 25, 2013, ing." About 2,500 people were in- The building collapse triggered those who claimed to be allopath- ulation. Similarly, West Bengal had file photo, Bangladeshi people jured in the April 2013 disaster. uproar at home and abroad, with a ic doctors in 2001 were educated 30.6 per cent of all homoeopathic gather as rescuers look for survi- The defendants include Rana's call for reforms in a sector that only up to the secondary school doctors in the country but only There has been outrage in India low-caste Dalit (formerly known vors and victims at the site of a parents and the owners of the five helps Bangladesh earn more than level and 57 per cent did not have 7.8% of the population. Better-off after a student was allegedly gang- as untouchables) family, told a tele- building that collapsed a da... factories housed in the building. $20 billion a year from exports, any medical qualification, a recent States seemed to afford more doc- raped by five men who had also vision channel. FILE - In this April 25, 2013, Investigators from Bang- mainly to the United States and WHO report found, ringing the tors plus nurses per capita, the raped her three years ago. "I have no idea where they took file photo, Bangladeshi people ladesh's Criminal Investigation Europe. alarm bells on India’s healthcare study noted. Police are yet to make any ar- me. My attackers were the same workforce. District-wise, the inequalities rests although the 21-year-old was five men," she said. The situation was far worse in were massive. The density of allo- attacked last week in Rohtak town Her family has alleged that the rural India, where just 18.8 per cent pathic doctors with any level of in the northern state of Haryana. attackers had been putting pres- of allopathic doctors had a medi- education in the lowest 30 dis- She had been pursuing a case sure on them to settle the case and cal qualification, the study titled tricts — half of which were in in court against the five men, when were punishing the woman for ‘The Health Workforce in India’, north-eastern States and the other she was attacked on Wednesday. pursuing it in court. published in June 2016, revealed. in central States — was a little over The woman said she was A local police official Garima, Speaking to The Hindu, Dr. 9.4 per lakh of the population forced inside a car and the men tried who uses only one name, told re- Reena Nayyar, Secretary of the whereas, in the highest 30 districts, to strangle her. porters that they had registered a Medical Council of India (MCI), it was 159 per lakh of population, She was seriously injured and complaint and a team had been sent said, “I don’t think this report has it said. left for dead in the bushes. A pass- to Bhiwani to look for the accused officially come to the MCI yet. In the case of dentists, the sit- erby saw her and took her to the men. Meanwhile, angry protests But in general, any person prac- uation was even worse. The na- hospital. 'Very afraid' have been held in Rohtak, demand- tising allopathic medicine who does tional density of dentists was ex- The woman was first assault- ing immediate arrest of the accused not have a registered medical qual- tremely low at 2.4 per lakh popu- ed in 2013 in Bhiwani town. men. ification comes under quackery.” lation, with 58 (of the total 593) Her family has alleged that Rape and gender crimes have Interestingly, female healthcare districts having no dentists at all they had moved to Rohtak after been in the spotlight in India in workers – 38 per cent of the total in 2001. In fact, 175 districts (30 they were threatened by the ac- recent years after the brutal gang – were found to be more educated per cent) had no dentists with a cused who have been out on bail. rape and murder of a student in and medically qualified than their medical qualification. "I was leaving the college when 2012 in Delhi. male counterparts. “The proposed study would I saw them. They were the same In response, tough new anti- For instance, among allopath- provide an extremely valuable five men. I was very afraid. They rape laws were introduced in the ic doctors, 67 per cent of females benchmark even if only for 2001,” forced me inside the car. They tried country. However, brutal sexual had a medical qualification com- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former to strangulate me. They said they attacks against women and children pared to 38 per cent of males. Deputy Chairman of the Planning would kill my father and brother," continue to be reported across the The data for each district in Commission (now NITI Aayog) the woman, who is from a poor country . the country from the 2001 census noted in the preface to the report. were specially extracted for this While presenting this study to the study, which provided a compre- then PM Manmohan Singh, he hensive picture of health workers mentioned that all doctors did not in each district. need to have an MBBS degree. Researchers hoped that a sim- “In the period between 2005 Wang Yi’s visit boosts China-Sri ilar study was repeated with data and 2009, there was a major ex- from Census 2011, which was not pansion of both public education yet available. in medical, nursing and allied The study revealed that the schools in most States, by as much Lanka ties, sparks concern in India density of all doctors — allopath- as 500 per cent in some cases. So ic, ayurvedic, homoeopathic and the situation would have changed COLOMBO : China, Sri Lanka’s Chinese official to visit Sri Lanka who initially gave China a cold tinue to move forward. initiative, as it is in line with the unani — at the national level was dramatically. There was also a pri- biggest donor of foreign aid this under Sirisena’s administration. shoulder, finally had no choice but During his visit, Yi also cam- government’s initiatives to make 80 doctors per lakh population vate expansion,” said T. Sundarara- year, has assured its ‘fullest coop- During the meeting, Yi appre- to reach out to Beijing for funds. paigned for Sri Lanka’s support for Sri Lanka the hub of the Indian compared to 130 in China. man, Dean of the School of Health eration’ to develop the South ciated Colombo’s approval for re- During the meeting with Yi, the ‘21st Century Maritime Silk Ocean trade, a position it occupied Ignoring those who don’t have Systems at the Tata Institute of Asian island nation amidst increas- sumption of the $1.5-billion port Sirisena welcomed increased in- Road.’ He said Sri Lanka could be in the ancient past. We discussed a medical qualification, the num- Social Sciences. ing concern by India. city project in Sri Lanka which was vestments from China’s public and an important partner in the initia- the 21st Century Maritime Silk ber for India fell to 36 doctors per Tackling quacks China and Lanka FMs meet suspended soon after Sirisena and private sectors. He also empha- tive, taking into account its strate- Road for greater economic coop- lakh population. As for nurses and There have been no attempts China’s Foreign Minister Wang Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes- sized the need for both countries gic location in the region. eration, which is viewed as a road midwives, India had 61 workers on the part of the government to Yi (L) greeted by Sri Lankan For- inghe took office in 2015 citing to work together for mutual bene- “Through joint construction of of friendship, economic coopera- per lakh population compared to curb quackery, said Dr. A.V. Jay- eign Minister Mangala Samarawe- environmental concerns and pro- fits. Addressing the media in Co- the Maritime Silk Road, China is tion, socio and cultural exchange 96 in China. The number reduced akrishnan, Chairman of the Stand- era during Wang’s recent Sri Lanka cedural irregularities. lombo, Chinese Foreign Ministry willing to help Sri Lanka realize its and connectivity.” tenfold to 6 per lakh population, ing Committee on Anti-Quackery visit During a recent meeting with The project, which kicked off spokesperson Lu Kang said: “I development vision and help it Sri Lankan leaders and the vis- if only those with a medical quali- set up by the Indian Medical As- Sri Lankan President Maithripala in 2014 during former president want to stress that in its pursuit become the future shipping, logis- iting Chinese Foreign Minister also fication were considered. sociation. Sirisena, China’s Foreign Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s term, was, of development, Sri Lanka can tics and even financial center in the decided to conduct regular high lev- Health workers “It is a well-known fact that Wang Yi pledged his government’s however, granted approval by the count on China as the most sin- Indian Ocean,” Yi said. el interactions which will pave the The study found substantial in many States, quacks are operat- continued assistance to help de- current administration early this cere and reliable partner for coop- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister way for a stronger relationship variation in the density of health ing in large numbers. Laws are so velop the country. year after the government’s failure eration.” Kang also noted that re- Mangala Samaraweera said his gov- between the two countries. Sri workers across States and districts. weak that even if the frauds are Yi, who was on a three-day to bring in substantial foreign in- gardless of the changing interna- ernment will support the initiative. Lanka is also in discussion with For instance, Kerala had 38.4 per caught, they get bail on the fol- official visit that concluded on July vestments. tional situation, China and Sri Lan- Samaraweera said: “Sri Lanka China to sign a free trade agree- cent of the country’s medically lowing day and start practising 10, was the first highest ranking Sirisena and Wickremesinghe, ka’s strategic partnership will con- reiterated its participation in this ment. qualified nurses but constituted again,” he told The Hindu.

ISLAMABAD: Amid calls for (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill stern punishment to people in- 2015, initially piloted by former volved in the so-called honour kill- senator of the Pakistan People’s ings after the murder of model Party Sughra Imam as private Qandeel Baloch, a special parlia- members’ bills, were passed by the mentary committee is scheduled to Senate some two years ago. meet on Thursday to take up two But the government failed to pro-women bills that were adopt- get the bills passed by the Nation- ed by the Senate but lapsed due to al Assembly within the stipulated government failure to get them 90 days and consequently had to passed from the National Assem- bring them on the agenda of a joint bly within the stipulated time. sitting of parliament, which had The committee, headed by actually been planned to get the Law Minister Zahid Hamid, had PIA conversion bill passed. to defer consideration of the anti- The first bill aims at prevent- honour killing and anti-rape bills ing killing of women in the name at a meeting on March 29 after of honour by making the crime a opposition from religious parties, non-compoundable offence and the particularly Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam other seeks to make DNA test a (Fazl). compulsory part of procedure in The 10-member bipartisan investigation into rape cases. Committee of the Joint Sitting on Defending the bills in the com- Bills had been constituted by Na- mittee’s meeting, PPP’s Farhatul- tional Assembly Speaker Ayaz lah Babar had said that murders in Sadiq to review the drafts of six the name of honour had largely bills, including the controversial gone unpunished because in most PIA conversion bill, which was lat- cases both the accused and the vic- er passed with consensus after the tim had the same guardian (wali) government agreed to include in it who promptly pardoned the ac- amendments suggested by the op- cused. The bill, he said, sought to position. remove a major lacuna in the law Raising objections to the two by making honour killing a non- bills, JUI-F Senator Maulana Ataur compoundable offence. Rehman, who is the brother of the Meanwhile, condemning the party chief Maulana Fazlur Reh- murder of Qandeel Baloch, PPP man, had said some clauses of the Co-Chairman Asif Zardari has bills were in conflict with religious called for early adoption of the law tenets and called for referring the against honour killing. two drafts to the Council of Is- “Every time a woman is mur- lamic Ideology to seek its opinion. dered in the name of honour, the The Anti-Honour Killings state looks the other way,” he said Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) in a statement issued by the par- Bill 2015 and the Anti-Rape Laws ty’s media office here on Sunday. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Israel fires missiles at Syrian drone Israel on Sunday fired missiles towards an unmanned drone that entered Israeli-controlled air- space from Syria and it turned back, the military said in a state- Thirty Turkish governors and more government. "In democracies, de- aimed at obtaining European Union ment. than 50 high-ranking civil servants cisions are made based on what the membership. “Two Patriot air defense have been removed from their people say. I think our government Reinstatement would create missiles were fired towards a posts, broadcaster CNN Turk re- will speak with the opposition and further issues between the EU and drone which infiltrated Israeli ported on Monday, following in come to a decision," he said, react- Ankara in the already stalled mem- airspace in the central Golan the wake of Friday's coup attempt. ing to crowds in Istanbul calling bership talks. Heights. The drone returned to News channels also reported for capital punishment. "We can- Erdogan repeated calls for the Syria,” the Israeli army said. the number of police removed from not delay this anymore because in United States to extradite Fethul- A military spokeswoman duty stood at 8,777, amid what is this country, those who launch a lah Gulen, blaming the coup on the said there were no known casu- seen as a purge of state structures. coup will have to pay the price for US-based Islamic preacher and his alties. Turkey also detained a total it," he told supporters after attend- followers, which he describes as a Israel has often responded of 103 generals and admirals, state ing funerals for the putsch victims. terrorist organization. to errant mortar fire from the media said. In the aftermath of Friday's Gulen condemned the military civil war in neighboring Syria on The top military figures have foiled coup, there have been fre- uprising "in the strongest terms" the Israeli-controlled Golan been detained in sweeps across the quent calls from thousands of Er- in a rare interview with reporters Heights with tank and mortar country after Friday's attempted dogan supporters for capital pun- in Pennsylvania and rejected charg- shells and with air strikes, but putsch, the agency added, in what ishment to make a return. es of being the coup mastermind, the use of Patriot anti-aircraft appears to be a major purge of the Turkish supporters are silhou- suggesting Erdogan may have interceptor missiles is unusual. armed forces. They are now being etted against a screen showing Pres- staged it himself. A Syrian rebel source in the taken to courts to decide on re- ident Tayyip Erdogan during a Erdogan earlier broken down area said the Syrian army had manding them in custody. pro-government demonstration in in tears at the funeral of his long- launched a rare air raid on al- Erdogan said on Sunday that Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2016. time friend Erol Olcak and his 16- Shajara village along the Jorda- Turkey would consider reinstat- (Reuters) year-old son who were shot dead nian border. The village, which ing the death penalty after the Turkey abolished the death on Friday on the Bosphorus is also close to the Israeli fron- failed attempt to overthrow his penalty in 2004 under reforms bridge. tier, is held by the Shuhada al- Yarmouk group, who are thought to be ISIS affiliates. Though formally neutral on the civil war, Israel has fre- quently pledged to prevent ship- Six richest ments of advanced weaponry to ’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, whose fighters have been allied with Syrian President nations 'host Bashar al-Assad. Two months ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Powerful Shiite Muslim cleric run umbrella, and maintains a pres- said Israel had launched dozens Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his ence in the capital and several oth- of strikes in Syria. followers on Sunday to target US er cities. just 9 percent The Golan Heights is a stra- troops deploying to Iraq as part Sadr, who commands the loy- tegic plateau that Israel captured of the military campaign against alty of tens of thousands of sup- from Syria in the 1967 Middle ISIS. porters, is also leading a protest East, and annexed in a move that US Defense Secretary Ash movement that saw demonstrators Carter said on Monday the Penta- storm Baghdad's heavily fortified of refugees' has not won international rec- ognition. gon would dispatch 560 addition- Green Zone government district al troops to help Iraqi forces re- twice this year, hampering parlia- take the northern city of Mosul in ment for weeks. an offensive planned for later this The new troop deployment, Suspects in Saudi year. Sadr, who rose to prominence which is expected to happen within embassy attack when his Mahdi Army battled US weeks, would raise the number of troops after the 2003 invasion, US forces in Iraq to around 4,650, appear in Tehran posted the comments on his offi- far below the peak of about cial website after a follower asked 170,000 reached during the nearly court for his response to the announce- nine-year occupation. Nine people accused of storm- ment. Other Shiite militias, particu- ing Saudi diplomatic missions "They are a target for us," Sadr larly those backed by Iran, have in Iran in January appeared in a said, without offering details. made similar pledges to attack US Tehran court on Monday, Fars The Mahdi Army was dis- soldiers in the past year, but the news agency reported, weeks banded in 2008, replaced by the only casualties since American forc- after President Hassan Rowhani Peace Brigades, which helped push es returned to Iraq to battle ISIS urged the judiciary to take ac- back Islamic State from near Bagh- two years ago have come at the tion. dad in 2014 under a government- hands of the Sunni militant group. The suspects are accused of “disturbing the public order and damaging embassy buildings”, according to the state media. Twelve other suspects were absent in the first hearing, ac- cording to Fars. The six richest countries - which two major summits about refugees Saudi Arabia cut diplomat- make up more than half the global and so-called economic migrants in ic relations with Iran after pro- economy - host less than nine per- the US in September. testers attacked the kingdom’s cent of the world's refugees, an aid 'It is shameful' embassy in Tehran and consu- group has said. "It is shameful so many gov- late in Mashhad. The United States, China, Ja- ernments are turning their backs The Iranian government The head of Libya’s unity govern- goal of the meeting was to create pan, Germany, France and the on the suffering of millions of vul- promptly condemned the attack ment on Sunday urged his coun- “a unified Libyan army under the United Kingdom hosted 2.1 mil- nerable people who have fled their and Rowhani asked the judicia- trymen to close ranks to overcome command of the presidential coun- lion refugees and asylum seekers homes and are often risking their ry to punish the protesters and political divisions in a country cil”. “Libya cannot be united as last year - just 8.88 percent of the lives to reach safety," Winnie By- to halt embassy attacks, which wracked by the threat of extrem- long as it has several armies,” he global total, the report from the anyima, the executive director of have recurred throughout the ists. Prime minister-designate said, according to an Arabic trans- Britain-based Oxfam said. Oxfam, said. Islamic Republic 37-year histo- Fayez al-Sarraj spoke to reporters lation of his remarks. Poorer countries, in contrast, "Poorer countries are shoulder- ry and often complicated its after a day of UN-hosted talks fo- The meeting also touched on have accommodated most of those ing the duty of protecting refugees foreign policy. cused on creating a “unified” army humanitarian issues. looking for save havens, Oxfam when it should be a shared respon- Iranian demonstrators at- in the oil-rich North African coun- the overthrow of veteran dic- said. sibility, but many richer countries tacked the embassy of the Unit- try. tator Moamer Qaddafi in 2011. "Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, are doing next to nothing." ed States in 1979, Kuwait in The United Nations brokered Forces loyal to the unity gov- Lebanon, South Africa as well as An unprecedented 65 million 1987, Saudi Arabia in 1988, late last year a power-sharing deal ernment are fighting to drive ISIS the Occupied Palestinian Territo- people from around the world have Denmark in 2006 and Britain in to form a Government of National out of the extremists’ coastal ry host over 50 percent of the been forced to flee their homes 2011 - most of which have led Accord (GNA) but the Sarraj gov- stronghold of Sirte. world’s refugees and asylum seek- because of conflict, persecution to a breach in diplomatic rela- ernment is still struggling to assert The two-month battle has ers but account for under two per- and violence, the report said. tions. its authority. killed around 250 pro-GNA fight- cent of the world’s economy," it More than a third of them are None of the attackers in “We call again on all the chil- ers and wounded more than 1,400, said. refugees and asylum seekers, Ox- those incidents were convicted. dren of the country who have not according to medical sources at the "While Germany has recently fam said, and the remainder have yet joined us to place the nation’s unity forces’ command centre. welcomed far more refugees than had to move within their own coun- interests before any other consid- The GNA arrived in the capi- the other of the wealthiest nations, tries. "Too many people who have US-EU partnership eration,” Sarraj said in Tunis. tal three months ago, but it has not there still remains a major gap with taken treacherous journeys to ‘unbreakable,’ Kerry On Saturday, the head of the been endorsed by Libya’s elected poorer countries providing the vast reach safety end up living in de- UN’s support mission in Libya, parliament, while a rival political majority of safe havens for refu- grading situations littered with says after meeting Martin Kobler, said that “all Lib- authority based in the country’s “I want to meet General Haftar, to see and understand his position. gees." abuse, hostility and discrimina- ya’s problems today are tied up to far east has refused to cede power. I contact him every week to arrange a meeting, but so far he has refused,” Oxfam called on governments tion, and too few governments are Boris the security issue”. A controversial general, Khal- Kobler said.The two-month battle has killed around 250 pro-GNA fight- to host more refugees and to give doing anywhere near enough to Speaking after the talks in the ifa Haftar, controls forces loyal to ers and wounded more than 1,400, according to medical sources at the more help to countries sheltering help or protect them," Byanyima Tunisian capital, Kobler said the this authority. unity forces’ command centre. the majority of them - ahead of said. Morocco wants to rejoin African Union ‘family’ Morocco wants to rejoin the Afri- club, "it never quit Africa", King can Union, 32 years after quitting Mohammed said in his message to the bloc in protest at its decision AU leaders as they began a two- to accept Western Sahara as a mem- day meeting in the Rwandan capi- ber, King Mohammed VI said Sun- tal. day. "Through this historic act and Morocco maintains that West- return, Morocco wants to work ern Sahara, a former Spanish colo- within the AU to transcend divi- The United States' alliance with ny, is an integral part of the king- sions," he added. the European Union is "un- dom even though local Sahrawi In 1991, the United Nations breakable," US Secretary of people led by the Polisario Front brokered a ceasefire between Mo- State John Kerry said after meet- have long campaigned for the right roccan troops and Sahrawi rebels ing EU foreign ministers in Brus- to self-determination. of the Algerian-backed indepen- sels on Monday. "For a long time our friends dence movement the Polisario "The US-EU partnership is have been asking us to return to Front but a promised referendum strong," he told a news confer- them, so that Morocco can take to settle the status of the desert ence. "Strong today, will remain up its natural place within its in- territory has yet to materialise. strong in the future. It is ensur- stitutional family. The moment has Earlier this year Morocco ex- ing and it is unbreakable." now come," the monarch said in a pelled several UN staff members Recalling a weekend visit to message sent to an AU summit tak- who were part of the MINURSO a World War Two US military ing place in Kigali, the MAP Mo- mission in Western Sahara in an- cemetery in Luxembourg and the roccan news agency reported. gry retaliation over UN Secretary US contribution to liberating Morocco has occupied the General Ban Ki-moon's use of the Europe, he said cooperation was sparsely populated Western Saha- term "occupation" to describe the as intense now as it has ever been ra area since 1975 in a move that status of the territory. and that all sides, including Brit- was not recognized by the inter- In his address to the African ish Foreign Secretary Boris national community. Union, King Mohammed urged the Johnson, were determined to Morocco quit the AU in pro- bloc to rethink its position on the have as smooth a transition in test in 1984 when the Sahrawi Arab "phantom state" of Western Saha- the relationships as possible as Democratic Republic (SADR) was ra, saying that a political solution tion of a pseudo state is hard for the Moroccan people to accept," he said. The SADR is not a member of the UN or the Arab League, the king went Britain moves to leave the EU. admitted as a member. was being worked on under the on to note, adding that "at least 34 countries" do not recognise it. "On the Sahara issue, institutional Africa can no longer bear the burden of a But although Morocco left the auspices of the UN. "The recogni- historical error and a cumbersome legacy," the monarch said. Morocco's return to the AU would need to be validated by a vote. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Article 80: Article Eighty: During their tour of duty, the Ministers shall not use their positions for linguistic, sectarian, tribal, religious or partisan purposes. By Richard Giragosian health reasons. tention and questionable that tragic episode. Although the gunmen may moves by the Armenian author- This absence of any military Early in the pre-dawn hours of have genuinely expected some ities against the opposition role in Armenian politics also Sunday morning, a small group sort of popular support, they group's leader tended to under- greatly diminishes any risk of a of well-armed gunmen stormed were quickly disappointed. cut the standing of the govern- coordinated coup d'etat. a local police station in Yere- Moreover, the incident and the ment. Even the forced resignation van, forcibly taking several lack of any popular reaction Policemen block a street af- of the country's first President, police officers hostage. only confirmed the marginal ter a group of armed men seized Levon Ter-Petrosyan, was a After an initial assault on standing of this radical fringe a police station along with an constitutional crisis which the the first day by police seeking group within Armenian society. unknown number of hostages country successfully over- to retake the police station and Yet, this hostage standoff [Reuters] came, rather than a trigger for Water management rescue the hostages failed, the was serious, for two reasons. And a demonstrable "polit- outright civil war or domestic crisis quickly turned into a First, this particular police sta- ical paranoia" within the coun- discord. standoff. tion was targeted for a reason - try's ruling elite has only fos- A third factor revealing the The crisis also rapidly es- as one of the largest deposito- tered an inherently dangerous broader implications from this problem calated as a senior police offic- ries of police weapons in the record of overreaction by the crisis is the political context. er was killed and several capital, with an onsite arsenal police, with the targeting of far Notably, the silence and pas- At a time when the potable water is more needed in the world, the precious wounded, including at least that was seized by the attack- too many civic activists and sivity of the country's tradi- three critically, in the failed as- ers. political opponents well be- tional opposition parties only waters flow from Afghanistan freely to the neighboring countries. sault. This absence of any military yond any real threat. magnifies their place as largely Thousands of acres of agricultural lands are destroyed or damaged an- The gunmen, comprising role in Armenian politics also Yet, the criminal actions by discredited and popularly dis- members and supporters of a greatly diminishes any risk of a this group have only reinforced missed forces on the Armenian nually in the spring floods across Afghanistan, particularly in the central, small, fringe, yet radical, politi- coordinated coup d'etat. the Armenian government's political landscape. north, east and west north provinces. Human casualties are other calamity cal opposition organisation Second, the gunmen were position, helping to bolster and Rather, the emergence of known for its hard-line policies veterans of the Karabakh war, even justify its crackdown on new opposition forces was of this natural disaster. over the Nagorno-Karabakh with little to lose and with ex- this fringe group. only confirmed in the move by The flood makes a border problem as well, as it damages the Afghani- conflict, demanded the imme- tensive experience in handling But the deeply rooted po- opposition parliamentarian Ni- diate release of their jailed lead- the weapons at their disposal. litical issues of entrenched cor- kol Pashinyan - one of the lead- stan side of the Oxus river banks which are located lower than the river. er and called for the resigna- And after an initial police ruption, a record of falsified elec- ers of the "Civil Contract" po- People in the provinces of Kunduz, Balkh, Jawzjan and Faryab say they tion of incumbent President assault to retake the police sta- tions and a general perception litical party - who was the only Serzh Sarkisian. tion on the first day failed, the of an "arrogance of power", person accepted by all sides as lose their farmlands due to the flash floods every year. Apart from the In addition to demanding gunmen were better prepared, defined by a political elite com- an interlocutor during this cri- damage of the locals’ properties, the disaster removes parts of our territo- the release of their leader, Jirair and strengthened their posi- mitted to ruling but not gov- sis. Sefilian, who remains in custo- tions, using the hostages as erning the country, are also Pashinyan was able to ry. That is a chronic problem and the governments have paid less attention dy following his arrest on human shields, making any res- symptomatic of the more sig- open personal negotiations for the solution. The governments actually neglect the border issues which weapons charges in June, the cue operation especially diffi- nificant political backdrop to with the hostage takers, seek- gunmen also defended their act cult. this crisis. ing to persuade them of the fu- are very important and we can overcome in not a long time and with a light as a preliminary move to a na- And with police snipers No military threat tility of their actions and urg- budget. The Central Asian countries bordering Afghanistan advance their tionwide "rebellion", although and special police paramilitary A second deeper implica- ing them to surrender. with no sign of popular sup- units deployed to surround the tion stems from what did not Thus, as the course of this soils by building retaining walls along the Oxus, claiming that they share port or political standing. building, the risk of further occur. More specifically, unlike crisis demonstrates, the violent half of the river, while the southern and lower part of the Oxus loses soil. A hostage standoff deaths in any renewed assault its neighbours, Armenia enjoys act of hostage-taking is not More than a dozen people was seen, at least in the first 24 a fairly impressive degree of only a manifestation of signifi- These waters are wasted at a time while the world in general and the seized the police station, tak- hours, as an unacceptable risk. stable civil-military relations, cant discontent within region in particular are facing water problem. The mountainous Afghani- ing hostage several police of- The deeper implications with no record of any involve- Armenia, but also confirms ficers, including the deputy Aside from the radical, yet ment in politics by the army. the reality that the risk of a stan is the source of water to its south-eastern and western neighbors and head of the national police, amateur, nature of this crisis, Although in the country's coup d'etat in Armenia is only is generously granting it to them as people at home face the shortage of Vartan Yeghiazarian, and Yere- there are several deeper, more violent post-election crisis of more remote and unlikely. potable water. van's deputy police chief, Valeri significant implications, how- March 2008, in which unarmed Richard Giragosian is the Osipian. ever. demonstrators were killed in founding director of the Re- Afghanistan can earn great amounts from its flowing waters if the gov- The two senior police offi- First, although the takeover clashes with the police, former gional Studies Center, an inde- ernments manage them correctly. We are spending millions of dollars to cials were reportedly taken hos- of the police station is in itself President pendent think-tank in Yerevan, tage, willingly or involuntarily, a criminal act of desperation, Robert Kocharian de- Armenia. our neighbors for the electricity, while we can produce it at home. Tajiki- after coming to the scene to there are undeniable political ployed special military units The views expressed in this stan and Uzbekistan also produce hydroelectricity. negotiate with the group. One overtones to the crisis. from Nagorno-Karabakh, with article are the author's own and police hostage was subse- The now commonly used no significant involvement of do not necessarily reflect Al Our authorities should realize this fact that this country belongs to their quently released, reportedly for and abused use of pre-trial de- the Armenian armed forces in Jazeera's editorial policy. ancestors, it belongs to them and to their offspring. The people whom they are ruling are their brothers and sisters. So, they have the responsibil- ity to serve their country and their brothers and sisters. We can supply the water to the neighboring countries but we should give priority to our own people. Water that people in the country do not need, should be let go abroad. We must have electricity, our farmlands Illegal armed people must be irrigated and every Afghan must have access to drinkable water. Two ministries are the in charges of water affairs, but unfortunately, none of them is interested to work and they are just ‘policy-makers’ as they themselves say. The neighbors enjoy millions of cubic-meter waters from Afghanistan, but they appreciate Afghans with bullets and terrorism. The government is demanded to stop water generosity to the neighbor- ing countries at a time when the world is going to face a new challenge – potable water – problem. A certain water management is needed to be car- ried out based on which we can use our waters and can export the surplus to the neighboring nations. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTANTIMES Pressure m o un ts in Aleppo after supply lin e cut Since go vern m ent fo rces clo sed o ff Castello Ro ad, supplies have dw indled and prices have skyro cketed. Aleppo, Syria: Castello Road is the city. Meanwhile, fierce fight- closed," said Christy Delafield, a rebel-held eastern Aleppo's lifeline. ing continues throughout the area. senior global communications of- As the only supply route into "The current impact of the block- ficer with Mercy Corps, one of the embattled part of Syria's larg- ade lies in the empty streets and the most prominent aid organisa- est city, it plays a crucial role in the empty vegetable stalls," inde- tions operating inside Syria. By Morwari Zafar ensuring that residents of Aleppo, pendent journalist Abd Alkader Delafield echoed Aleppo resi- who are largely dependent on out- Habak told Al Jazeera. "Prices have dents' concerns about the increas- On a day dedicated to liberty, side aid, can receive food, medical risen by 300 percent, which is af- es in prices for basic goods since equality, and fraternity, France items and other essentials. fecting people who already don't the road was closed. "The prices reeled against yet another ter- Why is Castello Road impor- work or may have low incomes," of rice, sugar, flour, bread and oth- rorist attack. tant for residents of Syria's Alep- Habak said. "Castello Road is the er staple foods have increased, and po? But after government forces city's artery, and its cut-off ended some staple foods are not avail- The barbarity of a lorry driv- recently cut off the route and at- food and medical supplies … Peo- able. There's also a limited avail- en into a crowd of fireworks tempts by opposition fighters to ple are fighting over loaves of bread ability of fresh vegetables, if there spectators in Nice punctuated reopen it failed, residents of Alep- to feed their families now." Cas- are any at all," she told Al Jazeera, an otherwise uneventful nine po have found themselves under tello Road is the city's artery, and noting that Mercy Corps had months since the November increasing pressure. "Castello Road its cut-off ended food and medical stockpiled food, medical supplies 2015 attacks in Paris. is important because it's the only supplies … People are fighting over and other aid in the city for situa- way to get food into the city, and loaves of bread to feed their fami- tions like this - but it will not last It was a bitter reminder that there are no good work opportu- lies now. Abd Alkader Habak, in- for ever. "We're calling on all par- violent extremism is an unfor- nities," local merchant Ahmed dependent journalist The situation ties to allow humanitarian aid to tunate fixture. To counter it, Hamsho told Al Jazeera. has been compounded by the fact come in," Delafield said, stressing society should focus on culti- Hamsho and other residents of that Aleppo lacked a strong agri- the need for a long-term cessation vating understanding and em- eastern Aleppo have complained cultural economy even before the of hostilities in Syria and protec- of predatory price hikes since the war, and there has been significant tion for aid workers. "There have pathy - not peace. Peace is elu- access road was cut off. "The pric- damage to this sector since Syria's been brief ceasefires, but they're sive because peace is unlikely. es rose because of insufficient sup- civil war broke out in 2011. not helpful. We need something Nice attack: Authorities in- plies and the monopoly sellers Delivering aid throughout Syria predictable and longer." ByAndrew Mitrovica Brussels and Eastern Europe, lars' worth of weaponised mili- vestigate Mohamed Bouhlel's have on food. They're taking ad- was already extremely challenging, The ceasefire observed for Eid cance to both government and rebel towards that goal. in eastern Aleppo do so out of a continue to brave the bombs, price all the while eager to establish tary vehicles to that exemplar background divorced from the human com- for governments and organisa- and ultimately, a tragic end for vantage of the siege and selling at but the government's cut-off of al-Fitr, the feast marking the end forces is clear. For Syrian Presi- For rebel forces, a supply commitment to the Syrian upris- hikes and shortages that now con- If much of the international his tough, uncompromising of human rights and civil liber- ponent. tions to constitute complacent the 49 people killed and 53 peo- press is to be believed, Cana- The exclusionary rhetoric obscene prices," Hamsho said. Castello Road has made distribut- of the Islamic holy month of Ra- dent Bashar al-Assad, who vowed route to and from eastern Aleppo ing, ties to rebel groups, or attach- stitute daily life in eastern Alep- Cold War warrior credentials ties, Saudi Arabia, Trudeau ap- Conflicts around the world Humans are considered in subjects. ple wounded. "We have no control over this." ing humanitarian aid to eastern madan, ended last week as govern- to "liberate every inch of Syria" in is crucial to ensuring the survival ment to their homes. Hamsho has po. da's new prime minister, Justin with his NATO colleagues. proved it. READ MORE: Here is what Aleppo nearly impossible, aid ment planes struck rebel positions a June speech to parliament, tak- of residents and to maintaining the lived in Aleppo most of his life, "The thing I fear the most is arise from the perception of dif- attempts to predict behaviour Donald Trump has preyed Although he most likely Trudeau, is a walking, talking Without any debate, let The prime minister has in- and pre-empt threats; an ap- upon the fears of Americans, suffered from some sort of school is like in Syria's Aleppo workers say. "Since mid-May, it's near Aleppo. ing the entirety of Syria's prewar system of government and soci- but says the economic situation is hunger for the children," Habak mixture of John F Kennedy and ferences. They may be politi- Prices of staple foods, gas and oth- been nearly impossible to get in READ MORE: Medicine in economic and cultural hub would ety they have set up outside of so bad that he will leave as soon as said. "It's a very difficult situation alone the approval by Canada's sisted that he reluctantly gave cal in practice, but they relate proach that negates the dy- who believe that United States' pathological psychological er products have skyrocketed as [to Aleppo]. The last few weeks, Aleppo, the world's 'most danger- be huge, and control of its last en- Assad's control. the road opens up. for them." Martin Luther King, with a dose parliament, Trudeau unilateral- the green light to the contro- to something far more intrinsic namic nature of human societ- national security hangs by a disorder, his cold-blooded aid organisations struggle to reach [Castello Road] looks completely ous city' Castello Road's signifi- try and exit point is a key step Many of those who still live In the meantime, residents will Al Jazeera of Brad Pitt for good measure. ly announced the dispatch of a versial sale for a variety of rea- ies. thread - one under assault from mass murdering is a reminder Trudeau is the attractive, in nature. contingent of Canadian troops, sons. First, he said, Canada had Finding differences, rather Disciplines such as the so- "others" who are not Ameri- of what people are capable telegenic eldest son of Pierre fighter jets and other military to keep its "word". Then, than similarities, is a window cial sciences, however, inspire can-born, English-speaking, when they lack understanding, Trudeau, the long deceased hardware to Latvia to blunt Trudeau tacked and claimed approaches to problems that Christian Caucasians. support, and a sense of com- former Canadian prime minister, into the evolutionary strategies Fethullah Gulen : Who is the cleric what his media allies have de- that Canada's "brand" would be that allowed early humans to remain faithful to people - the Urging the unity of commu- munity - in Mateen's case, he Prakash Kaur Bibi: who also cut a swashbuckling scribed as Russian "aggres- damaged and the country la- identify potential dangers and one constant amid a variety of nities based on exclusion rath- attempted to secure the latter image on the global stage. sion". belled a "banana republic" if he social, political, and environ- er than inclusion will have last- by pledging support to the Is- Like his father, Justin ensure their survival. bein g blam ed fo r Turkey co up bid? Not surprisingly, Trudeau's did a volte face. It would be an effective mental issues. ing adverse effects. lamic State of Iraq and the Le- Trudeau is adept at satisfying "assertiveness" was almost This exculpatory line of rea- strategy if humans still encoun- When investigating the Such politics instigate sus- vant. Rescuin g In dia’s The movement of the US-based interview with the AP early this ment of abusing a visa program to the thirst of the establishment universally applauded by the soning belies the fact, of tered sabre-tooth tigers. But draw of violent extremism, for picions that stifle the ethical The roots of some of the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen has year, Aslandogan, of the Alliance import large numbers of Turkish media for pretty pictures and same crowd of unrepentant, course, that by selling arma- denied any involvement in the for Shared Values, said: "(Gulen) teachers and violating state and they don't; they encounter example, governments tend to imagination. The more people problems countenanced by the exploiting, these days, social war-happy, Neo-con pundits ments to a nation well-known each other. focus on the processes that are judged, forced out, and de- world today are complex, but Turkish military coup attempt. said that the United States has a federal laws by paying them more media to cultivate an image of who previously celebrated the for its documented human The Alliance for Shared Val- long tradition of democracy and than American teachers. The exclusionary rhetoric enable recruitment. humanised, the more they be- not all that complicated. aban do n ed girls ues says "we condemn any mili- rule of law. ... They will see that The complaint also asserted a vibrant, progressive, open- calamitous invasion of Iraq with rights violations, including of debates on immigration, What they overlook is that come embittered and unfeeling. Individuals and states can tary intervention in (the) domes- these are politically oriented charg- that the network, Harmony Pub- minded leader who is intent on such giddy enthusiasm. summary executions by be- which will surely ensue in the "violent extremism" is not a The pressure to conform avoid falling into a Hobbesian For the abandoned babies rescued from death on the streets tic politics of Turkey." es, and they will not allow Erdogan lic Schools, skirts competitive bid- breaking from the destructive, It appears that diplomacy heading, Canada's vaunted wake of the Bastille Day attack, thing in and of itself - it is a Take, for instance, Omar trap by suspending fear and Turkish President Recep to spread his ambition into the ding rules to award contracts to reactionary past. has, once again, been foolish- "brand" has indeed been sul- is evidence enough of growing choice enacted by human be- Mateen - the gunman who tar- judgment, and creating a basis of Jalandhar, Unique Home provides shelter and a family. Tayyip Erdogan has launched a United States." What's the status Turkish vendors. Harmony has What Canadians and the ly dismissed in favour of dan- lied. broad campaign against Gulen's of legal claims against Gulen in the denounced the complaint as polit- social divisions. ings. It is not the act of extrem- geted the homosexual commu- of trust and understanding world can expect from gerously bellicose posturing Trudeau is Canada's arms- ism or the medium of radicali- nity at a gay nightclub in Flor- through sincere interactions. movement in Turkey and abroad. US? Last month, a lawyer repre- ically motivated and without mer- Trudeau? The polarity stems from an The Erdogan regime has car- senting the Turkish government it. on a continent all too familiar dealer-in-chief, just with a more "us" versus "them" binary that sation, but the individual that ida last month. However, especially in the ried out a purge of civil servants said he would continue exposing In a statement Friday, the Al- With the aid of his equally with the disastrous human con- inviting smile. allows individuals to cast judg- begs understanding. Born to a socially conser- realm of domestic and interna- suspected of ties to the movement, Gulen's "unlawful conduct" one liance for Shared Values said: "For media-savvy political confi- sequences of war. Finally, Trudeau's over- ments while maintaining a Dehumanisation is a choice. vative, religious family, Mateen tional politics, people would seized businesses and closed some day after a federal judge in Scran- more than 40 years, Fethullah dantes, Trudeau - and his cab- In any event, Trudeau fol- arching view of the grinding, sense of superiority and enti- Calling a police officer a "pig" repressed his homosexuality rather be insular and paranoid media organizations. Gulen has ton, Pennsylvania, dismissed his Gulen and Hizmet participants inet colleagues - enjoy taking lowed up his troop announce- lethal Israeli occupation of Gaza been charged criminally with plot- Turkish Islamic preacher lawsuit against the cleric. "Despite have advocated for, and demon- tlement. And it is this polarity or reducing any population to for fear of being alienated for than being objective, sincere, and sharing online an endless ment with a trip to Ukraine and the West Bank, mirrors a "threat" not only perpetuates deviating from the norm. and risk being wrong. ting to overthrow the government, Fethullah Gulen the outcome of this ruling, a very strated their commitment to, peace stream of selfies with a legion and the tension it generates and was placed on trial in absentia clear message has been sent to and democracy. We have consis- where he was photographed, Harper's cynical, myopic ap- that staves off peace. stereotypes, it does nothing to Compound his issues with The basic principle of hav- in Turkey earlier this year. er, Fethullah Gulen gained notice Gulen and his co-conspirators in tently denounced military inter- of "ordinary" Canadians, in- with his son in tow, visiting the proach to the inhumane plight Dehumanisation is a choice. temper discontent. the fact that he was part of the ing an ethical imagination is an A lawyer for the Turkish gov- in Turkey some 50 years ago, pro- the Poconos: the days of impuni- ventions in domestic politics. cluding little, adorable children, 200 Canadian military trainers of Palestinians. Simply put, in Seeking comfort in the in- Afghan diaspora in the US, honest pursuit of understand- ernment, Robert Amsterdam, said moting a philosophy that blended ty are numbered, and your unlaw- These are core values of Hizmet as well as his youthful athleti- Calling a police officer a 'pig' or deployed there by his Conser- Trudeau's geopolitical calcu- reducing any population to a sularity of bias and hearsay where tight community net- ing and tolerance; of recognis- that "there are indications of di- a mystical form of Islam with ful conduct will be brought to participants. We condemn any cism, and, perhaps most fa- vative predecessor and meet- lus, Palestinians don’t count. rect involvement" in the coup at- staunch advocacy of democracy, light," lawyer Robert Amsterdam military intervention in domestic 'threat' not only perpetuates makes it easier to treat others works and the pretence of keep- ing and mitigating personal bi- tempt by Fethullah Gulen. He said education, science and interfaith said. The suit contended Gulen politics of Turkey. Events on the mously, while wearing his ing with Ukrainian President They didn't count when with indifference - specifically ing up appearances often de- ases, and simply but sincerely quirky, often patriotic-themed stereotypes, it does nothing to he and his firm "have attempted dialogue. Supporters started 1,000 ordered sympathetic police, pros- ground are moving quickly and it Petro Poroshenko. Trudeau, as Liberal party lead- temper discontent. people with whom we would fine self-presentation. being kind. repeatedly to warn the US gov- schools in more than 100 countries, ecutors and judges in Turkey to would be irresponsible for us to socks. Justin Trudeau and his son er, said nothing, beyond the In a talk at Oxford Universi- like to believe we do not share Particularly where percep- It may sound terrifically fac- ernment of the threat posed" by including about 150 taxpayer- target members of a rival spiritual speculate on them. We remain con- The result: Canada and the Xavier lay flowers at a monu- usual bromides, during the ty entitled "Encountering Oth- similarities in values and digni- tions of class matter, one's val- ile. But it is humanity's one le- Gulen and his movement. Accord- funded charter schools throughout movement critical of his teachings. cerned about the safety and secu- world are beguiled by this mod- ment to the victims of the Great summer of 2014 while thou- ing to Turkish intelligence sourc- the US In Turkey, they have run US District Judge Robert Mariani rity of Turkish citizens and those ers" anthropologist Henrietta ty. A police officer stands in ues and comportment are re- gitimate hope against blood- ern-day, seemingly enlight- Famine in Kiev, Ukraine [EPA] sands of Palestinian children, Moore offered a simple but front of flowers and candles on flections of his/her upbringing shed over differences by peo- es, he said, "there are signs that universities, hospitals, charities, a ruled the claims did not belong in in Turkey right now. Comments ened, prince. Invoking former Prime Min- women and men were killed, JALANDHAR, PUNJAB: Situat- neglect that they face right after or a career, they adjust well to life Gulen is working closely with cer- bank and a large media empire with US courts. by pro-Erdogan circles about the pragmatic solution to the dis- the Promenade des Anglais and a commentary on the sta- ple who bleed the same. tain members of military leader- newspapers and radio and TV sta- What about the schools? movement are highly irresponsi- Beyond the pictures ister Harper’s signature, 1950s maimed, traumatised and left where a lorry crashed into the tus of the household. Morwari Zafar is an inter- ed on a dusty lane in the city of birth," explains Satnam Singh, an outside Unique Home. But looks, as we know, can cord around the world today. Jalandhar, the greyish-brown elderly man who has been volun- A day at Unique Home ship against the elected civilian tions. Some of the US schools have ble." style rhetoric, Trudeau reas- homeless during Israel's inva- She urged that amid a de- crowd during the Bastille Day For Mateen, the pressure to national security consultant abode with five rooms and a small teering at the home since the be- There are house rules and rou- government." The president of a Turkish President Recip Tayy- been investigated by the FBI amid What are Gulen's days like? An be deceptive. Peer beyond the sured his hosts that: "We are sion of Gaza. celebrations [EPA] conform to conservative social and a PhD candidate in anthro- group that promotes Gulen's ideas, ip Erdogan has long accused Gulen allegations of financial mismanage- AP reporter was given a tour of oh-so-endearing pictures, and sire to find differences, people courtyard, Unique Home for Girls, ginning. Once the babies reach tines that the children follow, as in giving significant support to And he hasn't said a word must use their "ethical imagi- Faulty assumptions over- norms for his family's sake in pology at the University of is home to 60 sisters and their Unique Home after the hospital, all families. Everyone wakes up at the New York-based Alliance for of plotting to overthrow the offi- ment and visa fraud. One of the Gulen's Pennsylvania compound you will quickly discern that the Ukrainian military to be able since becoming prime minister mother, Prakash Kaur Bibi. Bibi and her team of older girls 5:30am, with the older girls help- Shared Values, denied the charges. cially secular government from a most explosive claims is that the this year but was unable to see or nation" - the very human ca- ride good judgment, just as fear conjunction with the Afghan Oxford. Y. Alp Aslandogan told The Asso- gated 26-acre compound in Penn- schools are importing Turkish interview him. He spends hours a when it comes to international to be more effective in defend- last October. In fact, like Harp- pacity to empathise and envi- disables the courage to do the community's reticence about The views expressed in this For those who live here - tod- nurse the babies back to health ing the younger children to get affairs and politics, Trudeau is ing and reclaiming Ukrainian er, Trudeau is vehemently op- dlers learning to take their first with diligent care. Unique Home ready for school. After a quick ciated Press "we categorically deny sylvania's Pocono Mountains. teachers to identify impressionable day in prayer and meditation and sion one's self in another's right thing. sexuality - and general ho- article are the author's own and steps, bright-eyed schoolgirls with has since installed a cradle outside breakfast, everyone is off for their such accusations and find them to Gulen is rarely seen in public and students and indoctrinate them into goes out rarely, mostly to see doc- - like his nasty, obdurate pre- territory." posed to the BDS movement be highly irresponsible." Earlier in has been put on trial in absentia at Gulen's movement, sometimes tors for ailments that include heart place. Fearmongering, as a result, mophobia - contributed to his do not necessarily reflect Al well-oiled plaits and young wom- the house, "so parents can leave lessons, and this is when Bibi at- decessor, Stephen Harper - a With that, Trudeau's bona and he unquestionably sup- has become an effective tactic anger, sense of inadequacy, Jazeera's editorial policy. the evening, the alliance said, "we least three times. The US has called Hizmet, Turkish for "ser- disease and diabetes, according to card-carrying member of the An ethical imagination al- en at the threshold of adulthood, their baby girls directly with us tends to the numerous chores that fides as a steadfast, Cold War ports the Israeli government led lows people to objectively un- the Unique Home is much more instead of leaving them out to die," go into running a large household. condemn any military intervention shown little inclination to send vice." In May, a complaint filed Aslandogan. Gulen's living quar- old-boys' club, fundamentally soldier was confirmed. I'm sure by the imperious Benjamin Net- than just a home for abandoned says Singh. Times were tough in From buying produce and grocery in (the) domestic politics of Tur- Gulen back to Turkey. The Jus- with Texas education officials ac- ters are lined with books on shelves derstand human beings and, key." Who is Fethullah Gulen? tice Department has declined to cused a network of charter schools that also hold jars filled with soil devoted to the old way of do- Harper was pleased and, no anyahu. girls. This is the only family that's the beginning, with insufficient items for meals, to shopping for ing things. above all, being human. ever wanted them, and Bibi, the space and funds to even meet their uniforms and dresses, Bibi relish- Trained as an imam, or prayer lead- comment on Gulen's case. In an associated with the Gulen move- from various regions of Turkey. doubt, a little chagrined that the I hardly think Trudeau has In the impetus to classify "mamma" they've never had. day-to-day needs. "Initially, peo- es these chores. After all this, she Turns out, like many other "liberal" politician who sound- plans to visit Gaza anytime and label people, it is worth a "Hello! Ki haal hai?" - how are ple from the neighbourhood would has energy left over to supervise media-manufactured portraits ly defeated him, was now par- soon to express his solidarity pause to think about what hap- you? - welcomes six-year-old Zain- donate a few grocery items to the construction of the new home of Western politicians, the pop- roting his combative attitude with its besieged people since ab in Punjabi. She envelops visi- Prakash and the girls. There wasn't that's being built a short distance pens when we suspend bias ular and agreeable caricature of towards Russia to the hack- that would surely mean fatally and judgment: we begin to un- tors in bear hugs and plops herself always enough to eat three square away on a three-acre plot of land. Iran ian jails w ithho ldin g priso n ers’ Trudeau being promoted at neyed letter. jeopardising his coveted status down next them, wanting to know meals a day," tells Singh. But slow- The home was purchased through home and abroad is a neoliber- derstand the other. We begin more about the strangers who've ly more people came to know the fundraising efforts of the trust. Still, the instructive similar- as a worldwide mainstream me- to perceive similarities that de- just stepped into her home. "All about the home and help from In their current five-room living al mirage. ities between Canada's new dia darling and his new-found fine human universals. We be- By Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor sponsibility for the deaths of Iran’s sphere of influence. Togeth- m edical care: Am n esty In tern atio n al Turns out, like many other 400,000 Syrians is of secondary er with Russia, Iran is succeeding of them are my daughters and I'd well-wishers began to trickle in. quarters, the girls share three boss and the recently depart- membership in the old boys' gin to see a reflection of our- I am beginning to smell something trade my life for theirs in a heart- Not long after, in 1993, well-wish- rooms between themselves and use media-manufactured portraits importance. in cleansing Syria of a major Sunni ed old boss extend well beyond club. selves. nasty cooking, which if I am cor- beat," says Bibi, who was herself ers formed the Bhai Ghanayya Ji the other two as an office and din- of Western politicians, the pop- Latvia and Ukraine. Andrew Mitrovica is an Unwelcome alliance? presence, a strategy now being rub- abandoned by her biological par- Charitable Trust to help to run the ing area. Once the girls are back, Negating our dynamic na- rect would amount to a betrayal Meanwhile, the White House ber-stamped by the United States ular and agreeable caricature of Early in his tenure as prime award-winning investigative of the Syrian people’s aspirations ents and grew up in another home Unique Home for Girls, and en- they dive into a hot lunch of cha- Trudeau being promoted at ture is courting Moscow in the hope of and other Western countries. for girls in the city. In a state, sure the welfare of the baby girls pati, rice and curry which Bibi has minister, Trudeau could have reporter and journalism instruc- Too often, politicians and and those who have fought val- forging a military alliance to evis- Refugees where the birth of baby boys is who came into this home. The main prepared, and then get ready for home and abroad is a neoliber- made a big break from Harper, tor. The views expressed in this iantly for their freedom. Wash- cerate al-Qaeda’s Syrian offshoot Those millions of refugees in policymakers conceptualise ington and its allies seem to be met with jubilation and the birth Trustee of the home is Bibi, while the tutors who come in the evening al mirage. but, predictably, he didn't. Rath- article are the author's own and world events as parts of pro- Jabhat al-Nusra – described by the Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt of baby girls with angst, Bibi wants the other members of the trust in- to help with extra lessons and This past week, for exam- taking the line: “If you can’t beat er than nixing a Harper-negoti- do not necessarily reflect Al cesses and systems that are Washington Post as the most suc- and Iraq will find their dreams of to give girls a fair chance at life clude doctors and businessmen homework. "Once we move to our ple, Trudeau has been visiting ated deal to sell billions of dol- Jazeera's editorial policy. them, join them.” cessful rebel force against the re- returning home shattered. The mil- through her work. READ MORE: who live and work in Jalandhar. new quarters, the girls will have Confronted with economic gime – and other extremist groups. lion-plus refugees in Europe have India's 'dark holes' where millions The trust helps to manage the plenty of space to play and run woes and terrorist attacks, Anka- Terrorists should have no place discovered they are unwanted, of girls disappear 'The girls here funding of the home as well as en- around after their evening lessons," ra is in the mood to forgive and in Syria or anywhere else. How- mistrusted and feared. Many who grow up like they're in a family,' gage in fundraising that provides says Bibi. She plans to start a home forget. It bent over backward to ever, while I have nothing against were joyous upon arrival in Ger- says Bibi [Photo courtesy of for daily needs. for mentally challenged children on restore relations with Moscow, Unique Home for Girls] READ MORE: Female foeti- the new premises. The girls travel a US-Russian bombing campaign many are heartbroken to find there LETTER TO THE EDITOR which were cut following Tur- in principle, its prime target should is no prospect of their families Her life's work Dressed in a cide, India's 'ticking bomb' Career in pursuit of outdoor fun during key’s downing of a Russian war- simple beige tunic and loose pants, and family Bibi with the team of summer holidays [Photo courtesy be regime forces, whose bombs being permitted to join them. plane. have reduced entire neighborhoods Turkey is mulling offering cit- with a white headscarf over her workers who help run the home of Unique Home for Girls] Although Ankara swore not turbaned head, Bibi tells about her [Photo courtesy of Unique Home Weekends are for playing, with to blood-soaked rubble. If this izenship to 300,000 wealthy, high- life's work. It was her own child- for Girls] In a yearly tradition of treats and outings planned for the to re-establish relations with Is- partnership gets off the ground, it ly-educated or skilled Syrians. hood of abandonment that inspired festivities, the family celebrates girls. From fast-food joints around rael unless the blockade of Gaza will benefit Assad. This month, he Others, particularly the best and her to create a home for abandoned the birthdays of the girls with a town to fancy restaurants that was lifted, it has made up with said the United States was not brightest, are being resettled in the Stop violence against women Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- babies. She wanted to establish a gigantic 100kg cake. "Since we serve up authentic Punjabi food, Syria’s enemy, and Western coun- West, where they might be treated proper home where they'd feel don't know their actual birthdays, Bibi, like any mother, likes to in- Pr iso n er o f co n scien ce Sa eed H o ssein za d eh, a child r en ’s r ig ht s a ct iv ist sen t en ced yahu following a six-year dispute tries deal with Syria “through back as second-class citizens and objects loved and cherished, and be given April 24 is everyone's birthday," dulge her daughters and takes them over Israel’s storming of a Turk- channels.” of hate for far-right groups. They everything they needed to grow up Bibi explains. "It's the day we cel- where they request to go. During t o fiv e y ea r s in p r iso n fo r his p ea ceful a ct iv ism . (Am n est y In t er n a t io n a l) Recently a pregnant 14 years old girl, who was going by single name like several other Afghans, Zahra, was set alight by her husband’s family, ish vessel out to break the siege. It is notable that US Secretary are the lifeblood of Syria’s future. to be responsible members of so- ebrate them." "Don't abandon your the summer holidays they go to and she died in Isteqlal hospital in Kabul, after doctors failed to save her. I was shocked to hear of a of State John Kerry no longer in- Syrians are a proud people. ciety. "[God] put the seed of this daughters; not everyone is lucky the hills outside the city - an annu- The tragedy took place in Ghor province, where she was given as a bad, a deadly practice where girls and women are given to settle a third about-face in the offing. sists that Assad must step down, Their greatest wish is to go home dream in [my head]," says Bibi. enough to reach the Unique al tradition to which everyone Iranian officials are “callously toy- forced “confessions” or statements timidation or to extract a forced peatedly hit her head against the Turkish Prime Minister Binali ing with the lives” of prisoners of of “repentance” from them. ‘confession’, it constitutes tor- wall, fracturing her skull causing a dispute between families. The murder of Zahra is a worse example of this evil practice. Why people are silence over this practice. Why they and President Barack Obama’s de- to resume their lives. They did not She was just 24 in 1993 when she Home," reads a message on the looks forward. Despite the many don’t take the issue seriously. Government should spare no efforts to put a full stop to this evil act, which is not only against women’s right Yildirim said the government was mands have lost their vigour. Sus- choose to be refugees. They are started the Unique Home from a Unique Home website . The chil- challenges and the magnitude of the conscience and other political pris- “In Iran a prisoner’s health is ture,” he added brain hemorrhage and vision im- oners by denying them adequate routinely taken hostage by the au- The report details 18 appall- pairment. but also against all human principles. Women are not toy to be given to others as a bad. considering mending fences with picions that the Obama adminis- treated not as human beings but as single room. dren who come through the por- task, Bibi keeps her unwavering the Syrian regime. “It’s our great- For the past 23 years, she has tals of Bibi's home are indeed for- faith. "God always finds a way to medical care, putting them at grave thorities, who recklessly ignore the ing cases of prisoners who have She urgently needs an eye op- Those people involved in Zahra’s killing must be brought to the book. It is crystal clear that she was a victim of domestic violence from tration has gone soft on the regime statistics. It is not their fault they risk of death, permanent disabili- medical needs of those in custody. been denied medical care in some eration but the authorities have the day she was given as a bad. The related organs should leave no stone unturned to end bad practice in Afghanistan and est and irrevocable goal: develop- are gaining traction. are reduced to subsisting often in been rescuing barely alive baby girls tunate. Each little girl receives, provide for us," she says. Over the ing good relations with Syria and abandoned at birth by their bio- among other necessities, a good years, more and more people have ty or other irreversible damage to Denying medical care to political form and are at risk of suffering repeatedly refused to authorize her free the Afghan girls and women from this miseries. The question is whether Wash- dire conditions, lacking schooling their health, according to a new prisoners is cruel and utterly inde- permanent damage to their health. transfer to a hospital. Intelligence Mina Ahmadzai, Kabul Afghanistan Iraq,” he said. ington, Ankara and Moscow are for their children and anything oth- logical parents. Wrapped in plas- education. All the girls attend the come to know about Bibi's work. “We normalized relations tic bags or threadbare blankets, best schools in the area and some The Unique Home now gets help report by Amnesty International fensible,” said Philip Luther, Di- Treatment withheld to extract officers have told her she would new partners in what I consider to er than basic medical care. Genera- these newborn babies are left out of the brighter ones are even sent from well-to-do Punjabis in the published on Monday. rector of Amnesty International’s ‘confessions’ first have to provide “confes- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must with Russia and Israel. I’m sure be nothing short of a crime. If main- tions have been traumatized, and to die on train tracks and rubbish to top-notch boarding schools. One city, but also from a large network The report, titled: Health tak- Middle East and North Africa Pro- Jalalian is at risk of going blind sions.” have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: we’ll normalize relations with ly Sunni opposition forces feel their children will always struggle bins, next to busy roads and in the of the senior girls, Sheeba, has gone of well-wishers across the coun- en hostage: Cruel denial of medical gramme. because her treatment has been “They said that if she did so, [email protected] Syria as well. For the fight against there is a conspiracy afoot to bol- to erase the scars etched in their middle of paddy fields. Little Zain- on to study medicine in the UK, try and the world, Bibi says. In a care in Iran’s prisons, provides the Reports documents prison withheld. (Amnesty Internation- they would not only reduce her terrorism to succeed, stability ster Assad, they will lose heart. memories. Failure The so-called ab was found wrapped in a black while Lucy, a young woman in her few months, she will be moving grim reality of health care in the administrations deliberately pre- al) Of the many documented cas- sentence but also take her to a doc- needs to return to Syria and Iraq.” country’s prisons. vent access to adequate medical es, Zeynab Jalalian’s story stands tor,” her sister, Deniz Jalalian, told Why should they sacrifice their international community has failed plastic bag and dumped in the gar- early 20s, is close to completing into a new home with her daugh- Yildirim did later clarify that Syr- lives for a lost cause? Facing retri- to end the conflict. The big pow- bage bin. The six-year-old with her master's degree in education. ters - a three-storey bungalow with It documents strong evidence care to extract forced ‘confessions’. out. She is an Iranian Kurdish wom- Amnesty International. ian President Bashar al-Assad that the judiciary, in particular the (File photo: Reuters) an serving a life sentence in con- “Making medical care condi- bution, their only option would be ers have been impotent to stop it. hazel eyes has Down's syndrome. For the young women who light-filled rooms and landscaped would have to step down as a to flee with their families to find a The result is the creation of a tick- Most of the babies are very ill choose not to pursue higher edu- gardens overlooking rolling fields. Office of the Prosecutor, and pris- “Prisoners’ access to health nection with her alleged member- tional on obtaining a statement of Disclaimer: prerequisite to normalization. on administrations deliberately care is a right enshrined in both ship of a Kurdish opposition ‘repentance’ or a ‘confession’ is not safe haven. I hope I am wrong, but ing time bomb, another Palestin- when Bibi finds them, and the first cation or a career but would rather It's a haven for children, with Now that terrorists, once if Assad remains in power Syria’s ian-style diaspora on a far greater thing she does is rush them to the get married and make a family, the plenty of space for everyone as prevent access to adequate medi- international and Iranian law. When group. only a shameful exploitation of a cal care, in many cases as an inten- depriving a prisoner of medical Jalalian is at risk of going blind prisoner’s poor health but also a The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) cared for in Turkey’s hospitals Sunni population will be reduced scale and with far greater conse- local hospital for much-needed home helps in finding good suit- well as separate family suites for “for humanitarian reasons,” are medical care. "These children take ors. "We take care to find a good Bibi's married daughters, who vis- tional act of cruelty intended to care causes severe pain or suffer- because her treatment has been clear violation of the absolute pro- further than it has already been. quences. The Palestinians never re- intimidate, punish or humiliate ing and it is intentionally done for withheld. Her family believe she hibition of torture and other ill- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. biting the hand that treated their Like Iraq, it will fall under Shiite linquished their identity or soil. much longer to meet their growth match," says Singh, adding that it her often. brethren, the Assad regime’s re- milestones because of the severe whether the girls choose marriage Al Jazeera political prisoners, or to extract purposes such as punishment, in- was injured when interrogators re- treatment,” said Luther. domination and be subsumed into Neither will Syrians. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Pressure m o un ts in Aleppo after supply lin e cut Since go vern m ent fo rces clo sed o ff Castello Ro ad, supplies have dw indled and prices have skyro cketed. Aleppo, Syria: Castello Road is the city. Meanwhile, fierce fight- closed," said Christy Delafield, a rebel-held eastern Aleppo's lifeline. ing continues throughout the area. senior global communications of- As the only supply route into "The current impact of the block- ficer with Mercy Corps, one of the embattled part of Syria's larg- ade lies in the empty streets and the most prominent aid organisa- est city, it plays a crucial role in the empty vegetable stalls," inde- tions operating inside Syria. ensuring that residents of Aleppo, pendent journalist Abd Alkader Delafield echoed Aleppo resi- who are largely dependent on out- Habak told Al Jazeera. "Prices have dents' concerns about the increas- side aid, can receive food, medical risen by 300 percent, which is af- es in prices for basic goods since items and other essentials. fecting people who already don't the road was closed. "The prices Why is Castello Road impor- work or may have low incomes," of rice, sugar, flour, bread and oth- tant for residents of Syria's Alep- Habak said. "Castello Road is the er staple foods have increased, and po? But after government forces city's artery, and its cut-off ended some staple foods are not avail- recently cut off the route and at- food and medical supplies … Peo- able. There's also a limited avail- tempts by opposition fighters to ple are fighting over loaves of bread ability of fresh vegetables, if there reopen it failed, residents of Alep- to feed their families now." Cas- are any at all," she told Al Jazeera, po have found themselves under tello Road is the city's artery, and noting that Mercy Corps had increasing pressure. "Castello Road its cut-off ended food and medical stockpiled food, medical supplies is important because it's the only supplies … People are fighting over and other aid in the city for situa- way to get food into the city, and loaves of bread to feed their fami- tions like this - but it will not last there are no good work opportu- lies now. Abd Alkader Habak, in- for ever. "We're calling on all par- nities," local merchant Ahmed dependent journalist The situation ties to allow humanitarian aid to Hamsho told Al Jazeera. has been compounded by the fact come in," Delafield said, stressing Hamsho and other residents of that Aleppo lacked a strong agri- the need for a long-term cessation eastern Aleppo have complained cultural economy even before the of hostilities in Syria and protec- of predatory price hikes since the war, and there has been significant tion for aid workers. "There have access road was cut off. "The pric- damage to this sector since Syria's been brief ceasefires, but they're es rose because of insufficient sup- civil war broke out in 2011. not helpful. We need something plies and the monopoly sellers Delivering aid throughout Syria predictable and longer." have on food. They're taking ad- was already extremely challenging, The ceasefire observed for Eid cance to both government and rebel towards that goal. in eastern Aleppo do so out of a continue to brave the bombs, price vantage of the siege and selling at but the government's cut-off of al-Fitr, the feast marking the end forces is clear. For Syrian Presi- For rebel forces, a supply commitment to the Syrian upris- hikes and shortages that now con- obscene prices," Hamsho said. Castello Road has made distribut- of the Islamic holy month of Ra- dent Bashar al-Assad, who vowed route to and from eastern Aleppo ing, ties to rebel groups, or attach- stitute daily life in eastern Alep- "We have no control over this." ing humanitarian aid to eastern madan, ended last week as govern- to "liberate every inch of Syria" in is crucial to ensuring the survival ment to their homes. Hamsho has po. READ MORE: Here is what Aleppo nearly impossible, aid ment planes struck rebel positions a June speech to parliament, tak- of residents and to maintaining the lived in Aleppo most of his life, "The thing I fear the most is school is like in Syria's Aleppo workers say. "Since mid-May, it's near Aleppo. ing the entirety of Syria's prewar system of government and soci- but says the economic situation is hunger for the children," Habak Prices of staple foods, gas and oth- been nearly impossible to get in READ MORE: Medicine in economic and cultural hub would ety they have set up outside of so bad that he will leave as soon as said. "It's a very difficult situation er products have skyrocketed as [to Aleppo]. The last few weeks, Aleppo, the world's 'most danger- be huge, and control of its last en- Assad's control. the road opens up. for them." aid organisations struggle to reach [Castello Road] looks completely ous city' Castello Road's signifi- try and exit point is a key step Many of those who still live In the meantime, residents will Al Jazeera Prakash Kaur Bibi: Fethullah Gulen : Who is the cleric bein g blam ed fo r Turkey co up bid? Rescuin g In dia’s The movement of the US-based interview with the AP early this ment of abusing a visa program to Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen has year, Aslandogan, of the Alliance import large numbers of Turkish denied any involvement in the for Shared Values, said: "(Gulen) teachers and violating state and Turkish military coup attempt. said that the United States has a federal laws by paying them more The Alliance for Shared Val- long tradition of democracy and than American teachers. aban do n ed girls ues says "we condemn any mili- rule of law. ... They will see that The complaint also asserted tary intervention in (the) domes- these are politically oriented charg- that the network, Harmony Pub- For the abandoned babies rescued from death on the streets tic politics of Turkey." es, and they will not allow Erdogan lic Schools, skirts competitive bid- Turkish President Recep to spread his ambition into the ding rules to award contracts to of Jalandhar, Unique Home provides shelter and a family. Tayyip Erdogan has launched a United States." What's the status Turkish vendors. Harmony has broad campaign against Gulen's of legal claims against Gulen in the denounced the complaint as polit- movement in Turkey and abroad. US? Last month, a lawyer repre- ically motivated and without mer- The Erdogan regime has car- senting the Turkish government it. ried out a purge of civil servants said he would continue exposing In a statement Friday, the Al- suspected of ties to the movement, Gulen's "unlawful conduct" one liance for Shared Values said: "For seized businesses and closed some day after a federal judge in Scran- more than 40 years, Fethullah media organizations. Gulen has ton, Pennsylvania, dismissed his Gulen and Hizmet participants been charged criminally with plot- Turkish Islamic preacher lawsuit against the cleric. "Despite have advocated for, and demon- ting to overthrow the government, Fethullah Gulen the outcome of this ruling, a very strated their commitment to, peace and was placed on trial in absentia clear message has been sent to and democracy. We have consis- in Turkey earlier this year. er, Fethullah Gulen gained notice Gulen and his co-conspirators in tently denounced military inter- A lawyer for the Turkish gov- in Turkey some 50 years ago, pro- the Poconos: the days of impuni- ventions in domestic politics. ernment, Robert Amsterdam, said moting a philosophy that blended ty are numbered, and your unlaw- These are core values of Hizmet that "there are indications of di- a mystical form of Islam with ful conduct will be brought to participants. We condemn any rect involvement" in the coup at- staunch advocacy of democracy, light," lawyer Robert Amsterdam military intervention in domestic tempt by Fethullah Gulen. He said education, science and interfaith said. The suit contended Gulen politics of Turkey. Events on the he and his firm "have attempted dialogue. Supporters started 1,000 ordered sympathetic police, pros- ground are moving quickly and it repeatedly to warn the US gov- schools in more than 100 countries, ecutors and judges in Turkey to would be irresponsible for us to ernment of the threat posed" by including about 150 taxpayer- target members of a rival spiritual speculate on them. We remain con- Gulen and his movement. Accord- funded charter schools throughout movement critical of his teachings. cerned about the safety and secu- ing to Turkish intelligence sourc- the US In Turkey, they have run US District Judge Robert Mariani rity of Turkish citizens and those es, he said, "there are signs that universities, hospitals, charities, a ruled the claims did not belong in in Turkey right now. Comments JALANDHAR, PUNJAB: Situat- neglect that they face right after or a career, they adjust well to life Gulen is working closely with cer- bank and a large media empire with US courts. by pro-Erdogan circles about the ed on a dusty lane in the city of birth," explains Satnam Singh, an outside Unique Home. tain members of military leader- newspapers and radio and TV sta- What about the schools? movement are highly irresponsi- Jalandhar, the greyish-brown elderly man who has been volun- A day at Unique Home ship against the elected civilian tions. Some of the US schools have ble." abode with five rooms and a small teering at the home since the be- There are house rules and rou- government." The president of a Turkish President Recip Tayy- been investigated by the FBI amid What are Gulen's days like? An courtyard, Unique Home for Girls, ginning. Once the babies reach tines that the children follow, as in group that promotes Gulen's ideas, ip Erdogan has long accused Gulen allegations of financial mismanage- AP reporter was given a tour of is home to 60 sisters and their Unique Home after the hospital, all families. Everyone wakes up at the New York-based Alliance for of plotting to overthrow the offi- ment and visa fraud. One of the Gulen's Pennsylvania compound mother, Prakash Kaur Bibi. Bibi and her team of older girls 5:30am, with the older girls help- Shared Values, denied the charges. cially secular government from a most explosive claims is that the this year but was unable to see or For those who live here - tod- nurse the babies back to health ing the younger children to get Y. Alp Aslandogan told The Asso- gated 26-acre compound in Penn- schools are importing Turkish interview him. He spends hours a dlers learning to take their first with diligent care. Unique Home ready for school. After a quick ciated Press "we categorically deny sylvania's Pocono Mountains. teachers to identify impressionable day in prayer and meditation and steps, bright-eyed schoolgirls with has since installed a cradle outside breakfast, everyone is off for their such accusations and find them to Gulen is rarely seen in public and students and indoctrinate them into goes out rarely, mostly to see doc- well-oiled plaits and young wom- the house, "so parents can leave lessons, and this is when Bibi at- be highly irresponsible." Earlier in has been put on trial in absentia at Gulen's movement, sometimes tors for ailments that include heart en at the threshold of adulthood, their baby girls directly with us tends to the numerous chores that the evening, the alliance said, "we least three times. The US has called Hizmet, Turkish for "ser- disease and diabetes, according to the Unique Home is much more instead of leaving them out to die," go into running a large household. condemn any military intervention shown little inclination to send vice." In May, a complaint filed Aslandogan. Gulen's living quar- than just a home for abandoned says Singh. Times were tough in From buying produce and grocery in (the) domestic politics of Tur- Gulen back to Turkey. The Jus- with Texas education officials ac- ters are lined with books on shelves girls. This is the only family that's the beginning, with insufficient items for meals, to shopping for key." Who is Fethullah Gulen? tice Department has declined to cused a network of charter schools that also hold jars filled with soil ever wanted them, and Bibi, the space and funds to even meet their uniforms and dresses, Bibi relish- Trained as an imam, or prayer lead- comment on Gulen's case. In an associated with the Gulen move- from various regions of Turkey. "mamma" they've never had. day-to-day needs. "Initially, peo- es these chores. After all this, she "Hello! Ki haal hai?" - how are ple from the neighbourhood would has energy left over to supervise you? - welcomes six-year-old Zain- donate a few grocery items to the construction of the new home ab in Punjabi. She envelops visi- Prakash and the girls. There wasn't that's being built a short distance tors in bear hugs and plops herself always enough to eat three square away on a three-acre plot of land. Iran ian jails w ithho ldin g priso n ers’ down next them, wanting to know meals a day," tells Singh. But slow- The home was purchased through more about the strangers who've ly more people came to know the fundraising efforts of the trust. just stepped into her home. "All about the home and help from In their current five-room living m edical care: Am n esty In tern atio n al of them are my daughters and I'd well-wishers began to trickle in. quarters, the girls share three trade my life for theirs in a heart- Not long after, in 1993, well-wish- rooms between themselves and use beat," says Bibi, who was herself ers formed the Bhai Ghanayya Ji the other two as an office and din- abandoned by her biological par- Charitable Trust to help to run the ing area. Once the girls are back, ents and grew up in another home Unique Home for Girls, and en- they dive into a hot lunch of cha- for girls in the city. In a state, sure the welfare of the baby girls pati, rice and curry which Bibi has where the birth of baby boys is who came into this home. The main prepared, and then get ready for met with jubilation and the birth Trustee of the home is Bibi, while the tutors who come in the evening of baby girls with angst, Bibi wants the other members of the trust in- to help with extra lessons and to give girls a fair chance at life clude doctors and businessmen homework. "Once we move to our through her work. READ MORE: who live and work in Jalandhar. new quarters, the girls will have India's 'dark holes' where millions The trust helps to manage the plenty of space to play and run of girls disappear 'The girls here funding of the home as well as en- around after their evening lessons," grow up like they're in a family,' gage in fundraising that provides says Bibi. She plans to start a home says Bibi [Photo courtesy of for daily needs. for mentally challenged children on Unique Home for Girls] READ MORE: Female foeti- the new premises. The girls travel Her life's work Dressed in a cide, India's 'ticking bomb' Career in pursuit of outdoor fun during simple beige tunic and loose pants, and family Bibi with the team of summer holidays [Photo courtesy with a white headscarf over her workers who help run the home of Unique Home for Girls] turbaned head, Bibi tells about her [Photo courtesy of Unique Home Weekends are for playing, with life's work. It was her own child- for Girls] In a yearly tradition of treats and outings planned for the hood of abandonment that inspired festivities, the family celebrates girls. From fast-food joints around her to create a home for abandoned the birthdays of the girls with a town to fancy restaurants that babies. She wanted to establish a gigantic 100kg cake. "Since we serve up authentic Punjabi food, proper home where they'd feel don't know their actual birthdays, Bibi, like any mother, likes to in- Pr iso n er o f co n scien ce Sa eed H o ssein za d eh, a child r en ’s r ig ht s a ct iv ist sen t en ced loved and cherished, and be given April 24 is everyone's birthday," dulge her daughters and takes them everything they needed to grow up Bibi explains. "It's the day we cel- where they request to go. During t o fiv e y ea r s in p r iso n fo r his p ea ceful a ct iv ism . (Am n est y In t er n a t io n a l) to be responsible members of so- ebrate them." "Don't abandon your the summer holidays they go to ciety. "[God] put the seed of this daughters; not everyone is lucky the hills outside the city - an annu- dream in [my head]," says Bibi. enough to reach the Unique al tradition to which everyone Iranian officials are “callously toy- forced “confessions” or statements timidation or to extract a forced peatedly hit her head against the She was just 24 in 1993 when she Home," reads a message on the looks forward. Despite the many ing with the lives” of prisoners of of “repentance” from them. ‘confession’, it constitutes tor- wall, fracturing her skull causing a started the Unique Home from a Unique Home website . The chil- challenges and the magnitude of the conscience and other political pris- “In Iran a prisoner’s health is ture,” he added brain hemorrhage and vision im- single room. dren who come through the por- task, Bibi keeps her unwavering oners by denying them adequate routinely taken hostage by the au- The report details 18 appall- pairment. For the past 23 years, she has tals of Bibi's home are indeed for- faith. "God always finds a way to medical care, putting them at grave thorities, who recklessly ignore the ing cases of prisoners who have She urgently needs an eye op- been rescuing barely alive baby girls tunate. Each little girl receives, provide for us," she says. Over the risk of death, permanent disabili- medical needs of those in custody. been denied medical care in some eration but the authorities have abandoned at birth by their bio- among other necessities, a good years, more and more people have ty or other irreversible damage to Denying medical care to political form and are at risk of suffering repeatedly refused to authorize her logical parents. Wrapped in plas- education. All the girls attend the come to know about Bibi's work. their health, according to a new prisoners is cruel and utterly inde- permanent damage to their health. transfer to a hospital. Intelligence tic bags or threadbare blankets, best schools in the area and some The Unique Home now gets help report by Amnesty International fensible,” said Philip Luther, Di- Treatment withheld to extract officers have told her she would these newborn babies are left out of the brighter ones are even sent from well-to-do Punjabis in the published on Monday. rector of Amnesty International’s ‘confessions’ first have to provide “confes- to die on train tracks and rubbish to top-notch boarding schools. One city, but also from a large network The report, titled: Health tak- Middle East and North Africa Pro- Jalalian is at risk of going blind sions.” bins, next to busy roads and in the of the senior girls, Sheeba, has gone of well-wishers across the coun- en hostage: Cruel denial of medical gramme. because her treatment has been “They said that if she did so, middle of paddy fields. Little Zain- on to study medicine in the UK, try and the world, Bibi says. In a care in Iran’s prisons, provides the Reports documents prison withheld. (Amnesty Internation- they would not only reduce her ab was found wrapped in a black while Lucy, a young woman in her few months, she will be moving grim reality of health care in the administrations deliberately pre- al) Of the many documented cas- sentence but also take her to a doc- plastic bag and dumped in the gar- early 20s, is close to completing into a new home with her daugh- country’s prisons. vent access to adequate medical es, Zeynab Jalalian’s story stands tor,” her sister, Deniz Jalalian, told bage bin. The six-year-old with her master's degree in education. ters - a three-storey bungalow with It documents strong evidence care to extract forced ‘confessions’. out. She is an Iranian Kurdish wom- Amnesty International. hazel eyes has Down's syndrome. For the young women who light-filled rooms and landscaped that the judiciary, in particular the (File photo: Reuters) an serving a life sentence in con- “Making medical care condi- Most of the babies are very ill choose not to pursue higher edu- gardens overlooking rolling fields. Office of the Prosecutor, and pris- “Prisoners’ access to health nection with her alleged member- tional on obtaining a statement of when Bibi finds them, and the first cation or a career but would rather It's a haven for children, with on administrations deliberately care is a right enshrined in both ship of a Kurdish opposition ‘repentance’ or a ‘confession’ is not thing she does is rush them to the get married and make a family, the plenty of space for everyone as prevent access to adequate medi- international and Iranian law. When group. only a shameful exploitation of a local hospital for much-needed home helps in finding good suit- well as separate family suites for cal care, in many cases as an inten- depriving a prisoner of medical Jalalian is at risk of going blind prisoner’s poor health but also a medical care. "These children take ors. "We take care to find a good Bibi's married daughters, who vis- tional act of cruelty intended to care causes severe pain or suffer- because her treatment has been clear violation of the absolute pro- much longer to meet their growth match," says Singh, adding that it her often. intimidate, punish or humiliate ing and it is intentionally done for withheld. Her family believe she hibition of torture and other ill- milestones because of the severe whether the girls choose marriage Al Jazeera political prisoners, or to extract purposes such as punishment, in- was injured when interrogators re- treatment,” said Luther. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 TUESDAY . 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Brand China’s behind ‘Sultan’ challenges costumes are not fo rays in to the same Pakistan as Japan’s Kingdom.” NEW DELHI: According to Indi- The British Prime Minister – they’re an designer Anita Dongre, the bridal who has said that she will make look is not about going over the Brexit “a success”also asked inter- worse top anymore. She shared that Review: national trade secretary, Liam Fox, nowadays women prefer to wear to start exploring options on this Open a newspaper nowadays and traditional outfits with a casual ‘Great Grand front. you’re bound to find comparisons edge to them. “Today, young Indi- Fox said on Sunday that he of China with early-1990s Japan: an girls like to wear traditional out- was aiming for a Brexit date of Jan- growth slowing, monetary stimu- fits with a casual edge. We do a lot Masti’ - Adult uary 1, 2019, as London made lus leading to bad debts and finan- of printed lehengas with pockets,” overtures towards Australia and cial bubbles, demographics head- Dongre said in an email interview. humour Canada. ing inexorably towards a popula- “Even if you are all decked up as a Speaking to Sunday Times , tion that won’t match the required bride, your personal style should overload he said: “That's the date I'm work- long-term repairs. The similarities always shine through. It’s not ing to, which could be brought for- seem apt, but two salient differ- about doing an over-the-top look ward if necessary.” ences also exist. One could make it anymore.” The designer, who is The international trade secre- harder for China to sustain export not only a celebrated name in the tary also revealed that he had growth; the other makes the need Indian fashion industry but also a opened talks with Canada on Fri- for a solution more urgent than it successful entrepreneur, believes day. He was reported to be head- was in Japan. Both aggravate the LAHORE: The marriage of cine- that a bride must look like herself ing to the United States next week. challenges facing China’s leaders. ma and fashion is an old concept on her big day. “She should look Meanwhile, Britain's Brexit Post-war Japanese companies but no one saw its true potential like herself, but just more beauti- minister said the country will keep competed largely on quality and the way Aditya Chopra of Yash ful on her special day. She should access to the European single mar- had built global brands that con- Raj Films (YRF) and Sanya Dhir feel like a princess, light on her feet, ket after it leaves the European sumers sought by the time Japan of KBSH did; perhaps, no one else who dances at her own wedding”. Union but that the question is slowed. Chinese companies com- had behind them the two veritable As a prelude to the Vogue Wed- These dialogues in the film are whether tariffs will be imposed on pete primarily on cost; the attrac- empires that they do. ding Show 2016, which will be held inane, and so is the film. But then, goods and services. tiveness of their products are of- While YRF has been the fore- in Delhi next month, Dongre will that is what "Great Grand Masti" “It will keep its access, but ten largely based on lower prices. runner in Indian cinema, Dhir has be showcasing her bridal collection is all about. A silly, frivolous film. whether it keeps tariff-free access And when Japan’s economy leveraged her family business at the event titled ‘Vogue Bridal Constructed on the familiar is the issue and I think yes, that is stalled, its homogeneous society based on reviving lost Indian crafts. Studio with Anita Dongre’ at the template of the "Masti" series, what we are aiming for,” Brexit was better suited, culturally and Their dream culminated into the Kemp’s corner in Mumbai next "Great Grand Masti" is shades Secretary David Davis told Sky economically, to “keep pedalling”, brand Diva’ni and after three suc- week. Bollywood actor Yami better than its previous edition, News on Sunday. as they said, even if they weren’t cessful years in India, they are set Gautam will be walking the ramp "Grand Masti" which released in Exposing the uncertainties un- making progress into the winds of to bring their store to Lahore later as the showstopper for the event. September 2013. What makes this leashed by Brexit, the minister in a new economic reality. The same this month. The three-day long Vogue Wedding adult comedy notches better, is the charge of negotiating the divorce can hardly be said for mainland Diva’ni’s work in Sultan can Show will start from August 5 at fact that it is a much more tolera- said on Sunday that most EU citi- China, a diverse mix of cultures, be seen in Anushka Sharma’s look the Taj Palace Hotel. Talking about ble film than its prequel. zens in Britain when it leaves the economic orthodoxies, and haves for a wedding scene. “Knowing the Vogue Wedding Show 2016, Wrapped in horror tropes, this and have-nots, all not long re- edition once again deals with the bloc will be able to stay - but some that she’s from Haryana and a Dongre said, “The Vogue Wedding might have to leave. moved from decades of civil strife. Muslim in the film, we styled a Show is on our annual calendar to three sex-starved friends; Meet In fact, one of the biggest challenges (Vivek Oberoi), Amar Saxena Brexit Secretary David Davis look especially for her in complete start the wedding season. It is the dismissed suggestions that the es- facing China seems to be getting contrast to her look in the rest of only time that prospective brides (Riteish Deshmukh) and Prem top leaders to agree on what to do. (Aftab Shivdasani). Their sexa- timated 3 million EU nationals now the movie, where she’s playing a can personally meet me. I look for- Prim e Min is te r Th e re s a May s aid s h e s po ke w ith Au s tralian co u n te rpart Malco lm Tu rn bu ll, w h o e xpre s s e d a de s ire fo r a living in Britain might be forced to Japan’s post-war recovery wrestler,” Dhir, the brand’s cre- ward to interacting with them.” pades form the crux of the tale. was driven at first by a combina- The narrative begins with their free trade deal w ith Britain as so o n as po ssible. (Shuttersto ck) leave, telling Sky News that “I ative director, told The Express According to her, in India, couture want to see a generous settlement tion of cheap exports, helped by a Tribune. Ranveer Singh bursts into is basically bridal couture. Dongre predicament of what leads them cheap yen, and a focus on heavy to being sex-starved. The trio then The British government is seeking counterpart Malcolm Turnbull, new trade arrangements until it showed leaving the European cussion with the prime minister for the people here already. They a dance while watching Sultan in feels lehengas and saris are here to didn't seek this circumstance - we industries like energy, steel, ship- Paris he ensemble is an ivory co- stay, as designers keep reinvent- make their way to Dhudhwari, a to reassure Britons that the UK who expressed a desire for a free actually leaves the EU. Union could work for Britain.” about that and we look forward to building and chemicals. But qual- remote village, where they dream can build strong and profitable trade deal with Britain as soon as Turnbull told her that he was Turnbull said: “We did discuss discussions between my trade did.” But he said if there is a surge loured handcrafted traditional chi- ing them. “Designers are getting of new immigrants trying to “beat ity was always present. In 1950, kankaari dress, embellished with more lavish with Indian craftsman- of a village full of buxom women. trade ties outside the EU, with possible. “It is very encouraging keen to “open up trading between a free-trade agreement ... Clearly minister and his counterpart. an American, William Deming, The village also happens to house Australia showing keen interest in that one of our closest international the two countries as a matter of our free-trade arrangements with “We need to get moving on that the deadline” flood into Britain zardozi and elements of kundan, ship; the traditional weaves, gota before it leaves the EU, the Con- brought his quality control exper- gota, dapka and naqshi. While it is patti, zardozi and heirloom crafts,” Amar's ancestral haveli, which he forging a fresh post-Brexit deal. partners is already seeking to es- urgency.” the United Kingdom are with the quickly ... Australia has been a great tise to Japan, where leaders plans to sell. When they land in Prime Minister Theresa May tablish just such a deal,” she said, May described the call “as European community. beneficiary of free trade and open servative government may have to from Diva’ni’s ‘Lafz’ collection, she said. While there is a percep- set a cutoff date. adopted it wholesale and initiated which is on offer at their stores in tion that when it comes to grooms, the village, they exclaim, "Let's said she spoke with Australian although Britain can’'t make any very encouraging and insisted it “I have had a constructive dis- markets and so has the United a national quality award, named for India, Dhir shared looks created for there is not much one can experi- milk this opportunity guys!" him, in 1951. By the ’80s, Japan’s films generally do not make it to ment with, Dongre has a different But they are warned by the manufacturers were famous glo- retail. Besides working for films, opinion. She feels Indian men are a village headman, Ramse (Sudesh bally for their innovative, high- the brand also does bridal couture, lot more open to experimenting Lehri) that the palatial house that Slow ing China hom e price rises add to doubts about econom y quality products. They still are. retail and celebrity styling. How- with their looks today. “Comfort they plan to visit, is haunted. Not A woman is reflected on a ever, when the store opens in and casualness still remain a prior- heeding his advice, the three Home price rises in China slowed from a year earlier, an official sur- tional Bureau of Statistics (NBS). all of the weakness is smaller cit- been weighed down by weak de- vestment was up only 3.5 percent screen showing Toyota Motor Lahore, they will only be intro- ity though. Stitched dhotis paired friends enter the house and meet in June for a second straight vey showed on Monday, acceler- "We continue to expect the ies. mand at home and abroad, cooling from a year ago, according to Reu- Corp's Prius hybrid car at the ducing bridal couture, with plans with long kurtas, bandhgalas, shirts the legendary nymphomaniac spir- month, adding to fears that a con- ating from a 6.9 percent rise in property rebound to subside and Industrial cities Tangshan, Jin- investment and excess industrial ters calculations, compared with company's showroom in Tokyo. of rolling out other elements grad- and bandis … Each silhouette can an.” Having recently roped in Ka- to the clothing line, but fashion brand message. We are mindful of brand. Having said that, I don’t it Ragini aka Sabri (Urvashi Rau- struction-led rebound in the econ- May. property investment growth to fall zhou and Baotou went from gains capacity. 6.6 percent in May. Photo: Reuters ually. In India, where they have a be a part of the groom’s wardrobe,” reena Kapoor-Khan as a muse for does not necessarily need a Bolly- the celebrities we collaborate with, think that fashion cannot work tela), who haunts it. omy may not be sustainable. To be sure, some of the big- in the second half of the year," to declines month-on-month in But there are increasing signs Policymakers are facing a When it comes to economic firm base, Dhir added they curate stated Dongre. “When styled well, her brand, the ace fashion designer wood face to work. “Celebrities mindful of their reach, aura and the without a Bollywood face,” Don- How the trio get out of the The property market is a key gest cities showed eye-popping economists at Nomura said in a June. of fatigue in the nine-month-old tough balancing act. The concern challenges, is China more like 1990 looks for celebrities for their per- they look modern yet very Indi- believes celebrities add star power are a vehicle to communicate the value that they will add to the gre concluded. spirit's clutches is what keeps you driver of the world's second-larg- gains on a yearly basis, with pric- note, predicting sales would stabi- First-tier cities maintained re- property rally, raising concerns is that tighter mortgage rules in the Japan than 1997 Thailand? sonal wardrobes. “They end up hooked. Tushar Hiranandani's sto- est economy and a robust recov- es in the southern boomtown of lize and a large glut of unsold homes cent rapid price rises, with Shen- about both the economic outlook largest cities have not cooled pric- Take automobiles. While De- investing in pure platinum and pure ry is simple and uncomplicated. ery in home prices and sales gave a Shenzhen up 46.7 percent and would keep pressure on prices in zhen and Shanghai rising 2.0 per- and banks' heavy exposure to es enough, while fragile markets in troit was tweaking the size of fins gold weaves as Diva’ni is the only The plot is predictably formulaic, stronger-than-expected boost to Shanghai up 27.7 percent. some areas. cent and 2.6, respectively, on a mortgage lending. secondary cities that are beset by on Cadillacs, Japanese engineers brand in India that certifies the zari Ice Age Collision Course review: Sw ift, Hiddleston to but it is the situations along with activity in the first half of the year. Gains on a monthly basis con- Central bank official says Chi- monthly basis, faster than in May. Growth in investment in Chi- oversupply likely need more stim- were lowering production costs of used.” Speaking about the brand, the inane yet perky dialogues by vehicles that were reliable, pleas- Madhur Sharma that make the film But slowing price growth in tinued to slow, however, as cities na has room to increase fiscal def- That could raise the risk of further na's real estate sector slowed in ulus to keep prices from sliding she added, “Every actor in India smaller cities and cooling proper- tightened policies amid fears of a icit to 5 percent of GDP: paper property cooling measures in some first half to 6.1 percent, down from again. ing to the senses and economical. says that you are not a heroine until Please, make this series extinct, ASAP flaunt their love on Ellen endurable. The dialogues packed Distribution complemented prod- with innuendoes, double entendres ty investment show the bounce housing price bubble. As such, our long-term view areas. 7 percent in Jan-May, presenting After the investment data on you are part of a YRF movie. They may already be fading, raising the The monthly rise slowed of a gradual (economic) slowdown The recovery in China's prop- a challenge for policymakers who Friday, economists at ANZ said uct. American consumers were de- believe this because Yash ji be- that can honestly qualify as watch- and rhymes are poetry to the ears, lighted to learn they could buy a able - him and a weasel Neil de- DeGeneres show? except that these lines are profuse- risk of weaker economic growth in slightly to 0.8 percent in June, eas- remains unchanged." erty market and a government in- need the critical sector to maintain that China's property-led recov- lieved women are God’s most coming months. ing from 0.9 percent in May, ac- Prices stalled or fell on a frastructure building spree in re- growth without creating a price ery was over, which could pose car without haggling and have it beautiful creation so it was his duty Grasse Tyson. But now, instead ly loaded with adult humour, that's serviced without being cheated. of appreciating it for the mildly neither crass nor profound. Home prices in China's 70 cording to a Reuters calculation monthly basis in 15 cities in June, cent months have helped shore up bubble. further risks to the economy in the to present them beautifully on major cities rose 7.3 percent in June based on data issued by the Na- compared to 10 cities in May, with growth in economy, which has For June alone, property in- second half of the year. Japanese autos’ US market share screen. The inspiration for the funny running gag that it is, I can On the performance front, the rose steadily, even as the yen went brand comes from his vision and only feel sorry for them for having trio of Vivek, Riteish and Aftab, from 300-something to 80-some- not literally his films.” Box office: to rely on it so pathetically. Read excel with their impeccable comic The Secret Life of Pets review: thing per dollar. Americans wanted ‘Sultan’ gets biggest Eid opening timing. They are consistently bril- Indian economy on track their Toyotas and Hondas. They in Pakistan’s history The brand is Toy Story reborn … with cuddly liant with their act. But the issue animals ‘But it’s only a children’s also wanted their Sonys, not known to recreate Bollywood is, that this being their third edi- Ban k o f Can ada sen ds Panasonics and Nikons. looks, but is inspired by the gran- movie, dude! Does it really need tion, there is nothing extra-ordi- to meet projected growth to be all that great if it gives a few When a political backlash hit deur and the scale of the canvas of narily different that they offer. from Japan’s trade surplus, Japa- cinema. “People sometimes expect kids some laughs?’ I hear you pro- Their traits are uninteresting and target of 7.4pc in FY17: ADB test. Firstly, it doesn’t. It’s not nese auto manufacturers moved to see the same dress Kajol wore predictably boring. Their wives assembly to the US, answering the even slightly funny – for kids, essayed by Mishti, Pooja Bose and m ixed m essage o n eco n o m y in Dilwale Dhulania Le Jayegay but complaint they were taking Ameri- adults, dogs, anyone. Secondly, we Shraddha Das, are as insignificant that is not what we do.” Since glam- The Canadian economy will final- ing.” The sharp rise in housing tive that nothing’s happened, and of Canada will not raise interest can jobs by making American jobs, our has been such an essential part should all remind ourselves that we as their characters. Urvashi Rau- live in a post Pixar world, a world ly pick up steam in the second half prices in these two markets are not yet what you see is actually seven rates any time soon. “I think it’s a transferring technology along the of YRF films, we expect the brand Talking about Ice Age: Collision mal Activities and the Final Desti- tela with two songs and a well- way. Businesses from all over made in which animated films can get etched character has her on screen of this year, the Bank of Canada justified by economic fundamen- or eight years of recovery. A slow relatively firm signal that the bank to live up to the fashion legacy that Course is not as easy as it should nations – which are all, thankfully, says, attributing its optimism to a tals, he said. “For us, therefore, recovery for sure, but one that’s is going to be on the sidelines for their way to study Japanese meth- the production company has cre- ideally be. On one hand, it would over – Ice Age continues with the nominated for Best Picture Oscars moments to shine. Sanjay Mishra - for all that is worth - and answer climb in exports that are expected that there could be a period of ei- been steady.” At the same time, the foreseeable future,” Mr. Exar- ods at the first plant, a 1984 ated. be best for everyone if I, without inevitability of that long overdue Days after British actor Tom Hid- a source told The Daily Star, re- as Antakshri Baba, the conman Toyota-GM joint venture at a wasting any time, were to tell you apocalypse that refuses to show all of life’s most troubling philo- who uses film songs to convey his to shoot past levels not seen since ther flat or declining prices in a however, the bank lowered its fore- hos said. “I don’t think they Flitz Fashion is Diva’ni’s part- dleston said his relationship with ports mirror.co.uk. A Taylor Swift before the 2008 recession. Bank market like Vancouver, that risk is cast for economic growth this year would insert such explicit language shuttered GM factory in Fremont, ner brand in Pakistan, one that pre- – and you, equally efficient, were up and wipe these creatures out sophical problems. Blue Sky Stu- singer Taylor Swift is not ‘a pub- representative has denied that there messages to his devotees and Usha dios has lost all rights to casually of Canada Governor Stephen rising but not really quantifiable,” partly because export figures did in there had they not been wanting California. Business schools added viously partnered with Feeha Jam- to agree - that it is an unbearably once and for all. In this one - the licity stunt’, they will soon ap- is any truth in the story, the re- Nadkarni as Amar's mother-in-law quality to their curricula. Books bad movie. It would solve all our record-breaking fifth time we must brush off mediocrity – or in this are trite and wasted. • Poloz’s upbeat tone on Wednes- he said. “It’s clearly rising.” The not meet expectations. The cen- to highlight that this is an area of shed for her first lawn collection pear as a couple for their first TV port added. See pics: Tom and Tay- day surprised some economists, bank’s optimism about the second tral bank announced, as expected, concern for them.” Bank of Cana- flooded bookstores. President earlier this year. It is evident that problems and cure all our pain if I endure Sid, Manny and Diego as case, pure awfulness – because it interview. RFeports claim that the lor holidaying in Rome “Taylor is Sreyas Talpade in a cameo as is a ‘kids’ movie’. Ice Age: Colli- given that the bank lowered its fore- half of the year stems partly from that it will keep its overnight in- da senior deputy Governor Caro- Ronald Reagan announced a na- Flitz CEO Shakil Zindani knows were to simply dismiss it as a ter- they burp, fart, sneeze and snore couple will be seen on Ellen De- already the highest paid star in the the gigolo in a cowboy gear con- tional quality award in 1987, help- rible, horrible, no good, very bad through one slapstick gag after an- sion Course can potentially have a tributes nothing by way of per- cast for economic growth for the signs of strength in the U.S. econ- terest rate at 0.5 per cent. That lyn Wilkins reiterated the bank’s potential where he sees it. He Generes show. Tom and Taylor industry, and Tom’s acting career full year as it released its quarterly omy, which would help growth in decision came the day before the position outlined in last month’s ing institutionalise a movement hopes that Diva’ni will also show- experience that I would never, ever, other – a meteor is headed towards similar effect on kids as raising have been spending time together is on a massive upward trajectory. formance. On the technical front, them exclusively on 10 hours of Monetary Policy Report. Brexit Canada. But Mr. Poloz cautioned Bank of England announces wheth- Financial System Review that the that swept over American business. case a reflection of the common under any circumstance or through their homes, promising to obliter- and were spotted holidaying at The simple truth is that Taylor is the film is radiantly mounted with I spent several years on the front any vengeful temptation wish on ate all that they know and love. TV, 2 litres of soda, one block of good production values. The cam- has furthered investment uncer- that there is considerable uncertain- er it will cut interest rates below housing price growth rates are out- heritage shared by India and Paki- places in Rome and Australia. He in love and, as well as showing off tainty, Poloz says (The Globe and ty in the global outlook because of 0.5 per cent, with economists di- pacing fundamentals and are un- lines of this. The benefits to Ameri- stan, with regards to culture, fash- my worst enemy. But no such luck. Like Scrat and cheese and unlimited, unrestricted also attended a party at her house her new man to her fans, she feels era work is standard that is expect- Internet per day might. Making ed from a good production house. Mail) His message was decidedly factors such as Britain voting to vided on whether that move will sustainable. Derek Holt, vice-pres- can industry proved real and du- ion and Bollywood. But then, what be the differ- his Sisyphean quest for that elu- in Rhode Island on July 4 where a friendly interviewer like Ellen rable. ence between me and Ice Age: Col- sive acorn, the Ice Age series teas- them watch it is abuse. It’s noisy, The unwarranted animation used mixed: Exports are recovering but exit the European Union, and the come now or later, probably in ident of Scotiabank Economics, At the Sultan screening, Dhir he was seen wearing an ‘I heart could really help boost their stand- NEW DELHI: The Indian econo- ADB said in India, the pick- are still disappointing; the U.S. U.S. election. He also addressed August. The Bank of Canada has said the Bank of Canada’s warning China Inc hasn’t quite cap- shared that the brand was launched lision Course... es us with the tantalising possibil- crass, plotless, ugly, and a com- TS’ t-shirt. US singer Taylor Swift ing as power couple, as well as in the flashback scene is poorly plete waste of all the talent in- executed. The songs; "Where are my has shrugged off global head- up in inflation was driven entirely economy is showing signs of the major shift taking place in the repeatedly issued statements about on vulnerabilities in Vancouver and tured Western imagination the on September 27, 2013 for a spe- Read other movie reviews here ity of an apocalyptic event ridding (L) and British actor Tom Hid- Tom’s Hollywood career,” the same way. While the perception Before we get into the finer aspects us of it, only to pull a fast one, and volved. It seems like ages ago that you, mujhe tayar karke?" and "I winds and is on track to meet its by food prices, while fuel infla- strength, but business investment Canadian economy as it relies less the housing market, but Wednes- Toronto indicates that there will cial reason. “Diva’ni officially dleston arrive at Gold Coast air- source added. projected growth target of 7.4% in tion eased marginally and core in- of Japanese products progressed launched on this day because that of this spectacularly awful movie, return, smirkier, stupider and more this franchise used to be marginal- port in Australia, July 8. (REU- The couple has remained qui- wanna tera ishq, ishq" are racy and is weaker, both at home and in the on commodities and more on non- day’s warning marks the first time be a prolonged pause of the inter- ly enjoyable. But look at what typically buoyant. They mesh 2016-17, supported by brisk con- flation remained largely unchanged. United States. Mr. Poloz also is- energy exports. “The export recov- it cited elevated risks in Vancou- est rate. “The impact of the Bank from “cheap” to “wow!” over a is Yash ji’s birthday. Since the idea let us ponder this, together, if you cynical. It’s been five films, and TERS) The “Shake it off” singer is et about their romance, since pho- couple of decades, the perception for it was conceived by him when will: Could there be a more point- once again, the lovelorn Scrat, and we’ve fuelled: Hashtag jokes and hoping to “boost” their power tographs of them cosying up to- well into the tale, but they do not sumer spending and an uptick in In June, retail inflation marginally sued another warning about the ery is alive and well,” Mr. Poloz ver and Toronto in its interest-rate of Canada’s rate cut, and also glo- racist caricatures, fart noises and add any extra flavour to the narra- the rural economy, the Asian De- inched up to 5.77% from 5.76%. hottest housing markets in the told a news conference in Ottawa, statement. CIBC economist Nick bal bond market developments, of Chinese products progressed he was alive, we wanted to launch less film franchise than Ice Age? his Wile E Coyote-style hijinks re- couple status in a tell-all chat with gether and kissing on Rhode Island from “cheap” to “what happened it on his special day.” Unlike all the Saws and Paranor- main the only parts of this movie Wanda Sykes’ screeching. tive. velopment Bank (ADB) said on Growth in Asia and the Pacif- country, saying financial vulnera- describing the “impressive” climb Exarhos said the stronger language has been to add further heat to Ca- popular TV host Ellen DeGeneres, stunned fans. Monday. ic’s developing economies for 2016 bilities, particularly in Vancouver in exports since the 2008 reces- regarding housing risks in those nadian housing markets,” Mr. Holt to my job?” Chinese shoppers The Indian economy grew at 7.6% and 2017 are expected to remain and Toronto, are “elevated and ris- sion. “You kind of have this narra- two markets signals that the Bank said. coming home from Japan and Hong in 2015-16 and the government solid as firm performances from Kong laden with everything from My dad wanted me to be a cricketer:Salman Khan expects it to expand at above 8% South Asia, East Asia and South- rice cookers to baby formula punc- Star Wars secrecy can be ‘annoying in 2016-17. In a supplement to its east Asia help offset softness from ture the perception about quality. cricket practice at 5:30 in the morn- Asian Development Outlook re- the US economy, ADB said. How- Even basics like food safety and ing. This life is as it is difficult for leased in March, ADB said, as ever, the multilateral bank trimmed Sin g a p o r e eco n o m y g r o w s 2.2p c in Q2, pharmaceuticals often don’t meet me, cricket would have been very measured by the purchasing man- its growth forecast for developing minimum standards. difficult,” Salman said. and intrusive’, says Mark Hamill agers’ index, India’s manufacturing countries in 2016 to 5.6% from The construction sector grew Because much of China’s Read: Sultan review: Salman steadily inched up over the first 5.7% projected earlier. in lin e w it h exp ect a t io n s by 2.7 per cent, easing from the “miracle” came simply from Khan puts up a performance like ctor Mark Hamill, who that get shredded every day,” he quarter (April-June) of 2016-17, “Although the Brexit vote has 4.5 per cent growth recorded in the mobilising a massive low-cost never before will reprise his role as said. Read: How Star Wars is trans- reaching 51.7 in June as new or- affected developing Asia’s curren- SINGAPORE: The Singapore previous quarter. The moderation labour force, moving production to Read: In numbers and graphs: Luke Skywalker in the porting a small Irish town into an- ders proliferated. “However, ac- cy and stock markets, its impact economy grew 2.2 per cent on a in growth was largely due to a slow- the West won’t help. And there’s The rise and fall of Salman Khan’s sequel to Star Wars: The other galaxy “I’m in the elderly re- tual industrial production suffered on the real economy in the short year-on-year basis in the second down in private sector construc- not only no movement among US films Force Awakens, reveals he is con- cluse stage of my career, I have to a small contraction, dragged down term is expected to be small,” said quarter, marginally higher than the tion activities, the ministry said. businesses to study Chinese busi- The actor was speaking at the tractually forbidden from divulg- write cartoons in the margins to by a larger contraction in manu- Shang-Jin Wei, ADB’s chief econ- 2.1 per cent expansion in the pre- On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the nesses, there’s a sense that they launch of tennis star Sania Mir- ing anything about the movie. make me remember these lines. facturing output,” it added. omist. “However, in light of the vious quarter and in line with ana- sector expanded at an annualised might find their own tech, stolen, za’s autobiography Ace Against “It can be annoying and intru- Need a script you can write on and After a weak start, the mon- tepid growth prospects in the ma- lysts’ expectations, according to rate of 0.6 per cent, lower than the if they did. Beijing’s recent pro- Odds. sive,” he said. “You get call sheets, take home and look and read! So soon picked up in mid-June and jor industrial economies, policy advance estimates from the Min- 3.5 per cent expansion in the pre- pensity towards confrontational The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star said there’s no names, everybody’s got they let me have one scene, and I overcame early rain deficit by the makers should remain vigilant and istry of Trade and Industry (MTI) ceding quarter. talk won’t help either. Japan was he used to play cricket fairly well a number! You’re number 11. keep it on my person.” first week of July, ADB said. “The be prepared to respond to external on Thursday (Jul 14). Growth in the services-pro- a staunch ally through the cold war. but the day his father came to see You’re 33. You’re looking at the Read:?Prince William and Harry improved monsoon encouraged shocks to ensure growth in the re- On a quarter-on-quarter, sea- ducing industries came in at 1.7 per Beijing talks like another cold war him, he intentionally gave a bad call sheets wondering who’s work- visit the Star Wars sets, hug Chew more planting of rice, pulses and gion remains robust,” he said in a sonally adjusted and annualised cent, the same pace of growth as is coming. performance. “Salim Durani was ing today, and it’s like, ‘Oh, I loved ie Read:?Has the title for the ‘dark- sugarcane into July. There are some statement. basis, the economy expanded 0.8 in the previous quarter. Growth But Beijing has to do some- hired to be my coach. First day, he 22’s work. She’s twice as good as er’ Star Wars Episode VIII been signs of an uptick in rural demand ADB said in East Asia, de- per cent, an improvement from the was driven mainly by wholesale thing soon to revive the Chinese saw me play, I played very well. 11.’” Hamill, 64, said his advanc- leaked? in anticipation of good monsoon spite muted activity in Hong 0.2 per cent growth in the first and retail trade, and the transpor- Dream. While 25 years after the Second day, I did really well so he ing age has also made it more diffi- Hamill’s fellow franchise vet- and a rural-oriented government Kong, China and the Republic of quarter. tation and storage sector. economy stalled, life is still pretty Within the retail trade sector, Superstar Salman Khan says his rani was hired as his coach and he called my father the third day and cult to remember his lines as cast eran Carrie Fisher and The Force budget. Reforms like the passage Korea, China is on track to meet The figures were in line with good in rich Japan, the same can’t father Salim Khan wanted to see told his father that the actor had a said your son has got a very bright members are banned from taking Awaken stars Daisy Ridley and of the Bankruptcy Code, which its projected growth of 6.5% in analysts' forecasts, with econo- panded by 0.8 per cent on a year- electronics clusters, MTI said. On growth was supported by strong be said about China, whose him play cricket for the country. bright future in the field. “My dad future. That is the day I realised, scripts home, reported Contact- Oscar Isaac will also return for the creates time-bound processes for 2016. “To support its targets, the mists in a Reuters poll predicting on-year basis, a reversal from the a quarter-on-quarter basis, the sec- motor vehicle sales. On a quarter- economy is just about a fifth of Salman, who played a wres- wanted me to play cricket. That my father came to see me play.. so music. Watch: Luke Skywalker an- highly-anticipated Episode VIII, resolving corporate insolvency, PRC (People’s Republic of Chi- a 2.2 per cent year-on-year growth 0.5 per cent decline in the previ- tor grew at an annualised rate of ly basis, the industry grew by 0.5 Japan’s on a per-capita basis. The tler in his latest film Sultan, said could have happened easily but I I should play really badly,” the 50- nounces Star Wars Episode VIII, which will arrive in US theatres in and the easing of rules governing na) government is expected to con- and a 0.9 per cent growth on a quar- ous quarter. Growth was support- 0.3 per cent, following the 18.4 per per cent, reversing the 4.8 per cent poor in Japan don’t have electronic former Indian cricketer Salim Du- just didn’t see myself going for year-old actor said. makes our day “I understand why they’re doing it, but it can get real- ly out of control with the pages 2017. foreign direct investment are like- tinue using fiscal and monetary terly basis. ed by an increase in the output of cent growth in the preceding quar- contraction in the preceding quar- toilet seats; the poor in China don’t ly to facilitate business,” it added. stimulus measures,” it added. The manufacturing sector ex- the biomedical manufacturing and ter. ter. have toilets. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Brand behind ‘Sultan’ costumes fo rays in to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: According to Indi- an designer Anita Dongre, the bridal look is not about going over the top anymore. She shared that Review: nowadays women prefer to wear traditional outfits with a casual edge to them. “Today, young Indi- ‘Great Grand an girls like to wear traditional out- fits with a casual edge. We do a lot Masti’ - Adult of printed lehengas with pockets,” Dongre said in an email interview. humour “Even if you are all decked up as a bride, your personal style should always shine through. It’s not overload about doing an over-the-top look anymore.” The designer, who is not only a celebrated name in the Indian fashion industry but also a successful entrepreneur, believes LAHORE: The marriage of cine- that a bride must look like herself ma and fashion is an old concept on her big day. “She should look but no one saw its true potential like herself, but just more beauti- the way Aditya Chopra of Yash ful on her special day. She should Raj Films (YRF) and Sanya Dhir feel like a princess, light on her feet, of KBSH did; perhaps, no one else who dances at her own wedding”. had behind them the two veritable As a prelude to the Vogue Wed- These dialogues in the film are empires that they do. ding Show 2016, which will be held inane, and so is the film. But then, While YRF has been the fore- in Delhi next month, Dongre will that is what "Great Grand Masti" runner in Indian cinema, Dhir has be showcasing her bridal collection is all about. A silly, frivolous film. leveraged her family business at the event titled ‘Vogue Bridal Constructed on the familiar based on reviving lost Indian crafts. Studio with Anita Dongre’ at the template of the "Masti" series, Their dream culminated into the Kemp’s corner in Mumbai next "Great Grand Masti" is shades brand Diva’ni and after three suc- week. Bollywood actor Yami better than its previous edition, cessful years in India, they are set Gautam will be walking the ramp "Grand Masti" which released in to bring their store to Lahore later as the showstopper for the event. September 2013. What makes this this month. The three-day long Vogue Wedding adult comedy notches better, is the Diva’ni’s work in Sultan can Show will start from August 5 at fact that it is a much more tolera- be seen in Anushka Sharma’s look the Taj Palace Hotel. Talking about ble film than its prequel. for a wedding scene. “Knowing the Vogue Wedding Show 2016, Wrapped in horror tropes, this that she’s from Haryana and a Dongre said, “The Vogue Wedding edition once again deals with the Muslim in the film, we styled a Show is on our annual calendar to three sex-starved friends; Meet look especially for her in complete start the wedding season. It is the (Vivek Oberoi), Amar Saxena contrast to her look in the rest of only time that prospective brides (Riteish Deshmukh) and Prem the movie, where she’s playing a can personally meet me. I look for- (Aftab Shivdasani). Their sexa- wrestler,” Dhir, the brand’s cre- ward to interacting with them.” pades form the crux of the tale. ative director, told The Express According to her, in India, couture The narrative begins with their Tribune. Ranveer Singh bursts into is basically bridal couture. Dongre predicament of what leads them a dance while watching Sultan in feels lehengas and saris are here to to being sex-starved. The trio then Paris he ensemble is an ivory co- stay, as designers keep reinvent- make their way to Dhudhwari, a loured handcrafted traditional chi- ing them. “Designers are getting remote village, where they dream kankaari dress, embellished with more lavish with Indian craftsman- of a village full of buxom women. zardozi and elements of kundan, ship; the traditional weaves, gota The village also happens to house gota, dapka and naqshi. While it is patti, zardozi and heirloom crafts,” Amar's ancestral haveli, which he from Diva’ni’s ‘Lafz’ collection, she said. While there is a percep- plans to sell. When they land in which is on offer at their stores in tion that when it comes to grooms, the village, they exclaim, "Let's India, Dhir shared looks created for there is not much one can experi- milk this opportunity guys!" films generally do not make it to ment with, Dongre has a different But they are warned by the retail. Besides working for films, opinion. She feels Indian men are a village headman, Ramse (Sudesh the brand also does bridal couture, lot more open to experimenting Lehri) that the palatial house that retail and celebrity styling. How- with their looks today. “Comfort they plan to visit, is haunted. Not ever, when the store opens in and casualness still remain a prior- heeding his advice, the three Lahore, they will only be intro- ity though. Stitched dhotis paired friends enter the house and meet ducing bridal couture, with plans with long kurtas, bandhgalas, shirts the legendary nymphomaniac spir- of rolling out other elements grad- and bandis … Each silhouette can an.” Having recently roped in Ka- to the clothing line, but fashion brand message. We are mindful of brand. Having said that, I don’t it Ragini aka Sabri (Urvashi Rau- ually. In India, where they have a be a part of the groom’s wardrobe,” reena Kapoor-Khan as a muse for does not necessarily need a Bolly- the celebrities we collaborate with, think that fashion cannot work tela), who haunts it. firm base, Dhir added they curate stated Dongre. “When styled well, her brand, the ace fashion designer wood face to work. “Celebrities mindful of their reach, aura and the without a Bollywood face,” Don- How the trio get out of the looks for celebrities for their per- they look modern yet very Indi- believes celebrities add star power are a vehicle to communicate the value that they will add to the gre concluded. spirit's clutches is what keeps you sonal wardrobes. “They end up hooked. Tushar Hiranandani's sto- investing in pure platinum and pure ry is simple and uncomplicated. gold weaves as Diva’ni is the only The plot is predictably formulaic, brand in India that certifies the zari Ice Age Collision Course review: Sw ift, Hiddleston to but it is the situations along with used.” Speaking about the brand, the inane yet perky dialogues by she added, “Every actor in India Madhur Sharma that make the film says that you are not a heroine until Please, make this series extinct, ASAP flaunt their love on Ellen endurable. The dialogues packed you are part of a YRF movie. They with innuendoes, double entendres believe this because Yash ji be- that can honestly qualify as watch- DeGeneres show? and rhymes are poetry to the ears, lieved women are God’s most able - him and a weasel Neil de- except that these lines are profuse- beautiful creation so it was his duty Grasse Tyson. But now, instead ly loaded with adult humour, that's to present them beautifully on of appreciating it for the mildly neither crass nor profound. screen. The inspiration for the funny running gag that it is, I can On the performance front, the brand comes from his vision and only feel sorry for them for having trio of Vivek, Riteish and Aftab, not literally his films.” Box office: to rely on it so pathetically. Read excel with their impeccable comic ‘Sultan’ gets biggest Eid opening The Secret Life of Pets review: timing. They are consistently bril- in Pakistan’s history The brand is Toy Story reborn … with cuddly liant with their act. But the issue not known to recreate Bollywood animals ‘But it’s only a children’s is, that this being their third edi- looks, but is inspired by the gran- movie, dude! Does it really need tion, there is nothing extra-ordi- deur and the scale of the canvas of to be all that great if it gives a few narily different that they offer. cinema. “People sometimes expect kids some laughs?’ I hear you pro- Their traits are uninteresting and to see the same dress Kajol wore test. Firstly, it doesn’t. It’s not predictably boring. Their wives in Dilwale Dhulania Le Jayegay but even slightly funny – for kids, essayed by Mishti, Pooja Bose and that is not what we do.” Since glam- adults, dogs, anyone. Secondly, we Shraddha Das, are as insignificant our has been such an essential part should all remind ourselves that we as their characters. Urvashi Rau- of YRF films, we expect the brand Talking about Ice Age: Collision mal Activities and the Final Desti- live in a post Pixar world, a world tela with two songs and a well- to live up to the fashion legacy that Course is not as easy as it should nations – which are all, thankfully, in which animated films can get etched character has her on screen the production company has cre- ideally be. On one hand, it would over – Ice Age continues with the nominated for Best Picture Oscars moments to shine. Sanjay Mishra ated. be best for everyone if I, without inevitability of that long overdue - for all that is worth - and answer Days after British actor Tom Hid- a source told The Daily Star, re- as Antakshri Baba, the conman Flitz Fashion is Diva’ni’s part- wasting any time, were to tell you apocalypse that refuses to show all of life’s most troubling philo- dleston said his relationship with ports mirror.co.uk. A Taylor Swift who uses film songs to convey his ner brand in Pakistan, one that pre- – and you, equally efficient, were up and wipe these creatures out sophical problems. Blue Sky Stu- singer Taylor Swift is not ‘a pub- representative has denied that there messages to his devotees and Usha viously partnered with Feeha Jam- to agree - that it is an unbearably once and for all. In this one - the dios has lost all rights to casually licity stunt’, they will soon ap- is any truth in the story, the re- Nadkarni as Amar's mother-in-law shed for her first lawn collection bad movie. It would solve all our record-breaking fifth time we must brush off mediocrity – or in this pear as a couple for their first TV port added. See pics: Tom and Tay- are trite and wasted. • earlier this year. It is evident that problems and cure all our pain if I endure Sid, Manny and Diego as case, pure awfulness – because it interview. RFeports claim that the lor holidaying in Rome “Taylor is Sreyas Talpade in a cameo as Flitz CEO Shakil Zindani knows were to simply dismiss it as a ter- they burp, fart, sneeze and snore is a ‘kids’ movie’. Ice Age: Colli- couple will be seen on Ellen De- already the highest paid star in the the gigolo in a cowboy gear con- potential where he sees it. He rible, horrible, no good, very bad through one slapstick gag after an- sion Course can potentially have a Generes show. Tom and Taylor industry, and Tom’s acting career tributes nothing by way of per- hopes that Diva’ni will also show- experience that I would never, ever, other – a meteor is headed towards similar effect on kids as raising have been spending time together is on a massive upward trajectory. formance. On the technical front, case a reflection of the common under any circumstance or through their homes, promising to obliter- them exclusively on 10 hours of and were spotted holidaying at The simple truth is that Taylor is the film is radiantly mounted with heritage shared by India and Paki- any vengeful temptation wish on ate all that they know and love. TV, 2 litres of soda, one block of places in Rome and Australia. He in love and, as well as showing off good production values. The cam- stan, with regards to culture, fash- my worst enemy. But no such luck. Like Scrat and cheese and unlimited, unrestricted also attended a party at her house her new man to her fans, she feels era work is standard that is expect- ion and Bollywood. But then, what be the differ- his Sisyphean quest for that elu- Internet per day might. Making in Rhode Island on July 4 where a friendly interviewer like Ellen ed from a good production house. At the Sultan screening, Dhir ence between me and Ice Age: Col- sive acorn, the Ice Age series teas- them watch it is abuse. It’s noisy, he was seen wearing an ‘I heart could really help boost their stand- The unwarranted animation used shared that the brand was launched lision Course... es us with the tantalising possibil- crass, plotless, ugly, and a com- TS’ t-shirt. US singer Taylor Swift ing as power couple, as well as in the flashback scene is poorly on September 27, 2013 for a spe- Read other movie reviews here ity of an apocalyptic event ridding plete waste of all the talent in- (L) and British actor Tom Hid- Tom’s Hollywood career,” the executed. The songs; "Where are cial reason. “Diva’ni officially Before we get into the finer aspects us of it, only to pull a fast one, and volved. It seems like ages ago that dleston arrive at Gold Coast air- source added. you, mujhe tayar karke?" and "I launched on this day because that of this spectacularly awful movie, return, smirkier, stupider and more this franchise used to be marginal- port in Australia, July 8. (REU- The couple has remained qui- wanna tera ishq, ishq" are racy and is Yash ji’s birthday. Since the idea let us ponder this, together, if you cynical. It’s been five films, and ly enjoyable. But look at what TERS) The “Shake it off” singer is et about their romance, since pho- typically buoyant. They mesh for it was conceived by him when will: Could there be a more point- once again, the lovelorn Scrat, and we’ve fuelled: Hashtag jokes and hoping to “boost” their power tographs of them cosying up to- well into the tale, but they do not he was alive, we wanted to launch less film franchise than Ice Age? his Wile E Coyote-style hijinks re- racist caricatures, fart noises and couple status in a tell-all chat with gether and kissing on Rhode Island add any extra flavour to the narra- it on his special day.” Unlike all the Saws and Paranor- main the only parts of this movie Wanda Sykes’ screeching. popular TV host Ellen DeGeneres, stunned fans. tive. My dad wanted me to be a cricketer:Salman Khan Star Wars secrecy can be ‘annoying cricket practice at 5:30 in the morn- ing. This life is as it is difficult for me, cricket would have been very difficult,” Salman said. and intrusive’, says Mark Hamill Read: Sultan review: Salman Khan puts up a performance like ctor Mark Hamill, who that get shredded every day,” he never before will reprise his role as said. Read: How Star Wars is trans- Read: In numbers and graphs: Luke Skywalker in the porting a small Irish town into an- The rise and fall of Salman Khan’s sequel to Star Wars: The other galaxy “I’m in the elderly re- films Force Awakens, reveals he is con- cluse stage of my career, I have to The actor was speaking at the tractually forbidden from divulg- write cartoons in the margins to launch of tennis star Sania Mir- ing anything about the movie. make me remember these lines. za’s autobiography Ace Against “It can be annoying and intru- Need a script you can write on and Odds. sive,” he said. “You get call sheets, take home and look and read! So The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star said there’s no names, everybody’s got they let me have one scene, and I he used to play cricket fairly well a number! You’re number 11. keep it on my person.” but the day his father came to see You’re 33. You’re looking at the Read:?Prince William and Harry him, he intentionally gave a bad call sheets wondering who’s work- visit the Star Wars sets, hug Chew performance. “Salim Durani was ing today, and it’s like, ‘Oh, I loved ie Read:?Has the title for the ‘dark- hired to be my coach. First day, he 22’s work. She’s twice as good as er’ Star Wars Episode VIII been saw me play, I played very well. 11.’” Hamill, 64, said his advanc- leaked? Second day, I did really well so he ing age has also made it more diffi- Hamill’s fellow franchise vet- Superstar Salman Khan says his rani was hired as his coach and he called my father the third day and cult to remember his lines as cast eran Carrie Fisher and The Force father Salim Khan wanted to see told his father that the actor had a said your son has got a very bright members are banned from taking Awaken stars Daisy Ridley and him play cricket for the country. bright future in the field. “My dad future. That is the day I realised, scripts home, reported Contact- Oscar Isaac will also return for the Salman, who played a wres- wanted me to play cricket. That my father came to see me play.. so music. Watch: Luke Skywalker an- highly-anticipated Episode VIII, tler in his latest film Sultan, said could have happened easily but I I should play really badly,” the 50- nounces Star Wars Episode VIII, which will arrive in US theatres in former Indian cricketer Salim Du- just didn’t see myself going for year-old actor said. makes our day “I understand why they’re doing it, but it can get real- ly out of control with the pages 2017. TUESDAY . JULY 19, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

national Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Para- lympic Committee (IPC) to con- sider, under their respective Char- Murray tips ters, to decline entries, for Rio 2016, of all athletes submitted by Edmund for The World Anti-Doping Agency the Russian Olympic Committee (WADA) has recommended ban- (ROC) and the Russian Paralym- big things ning Russian athletes from the Rio pic Committee. Olympic Games. Professor Richard McLaren's The recommendation was a WADA report on Russia and response to a damning independent whether it operated a state-dictat- report produced by sports law ed doping system professor Richard McLaren which Professor Richard McLaren's revealed evidence of widespread WADA report on Russia and state-sponsored doping by Rus- whether it operated a state-dictat- sian athletes at the 2014 Sochi ed doping system "Furthermore, Olympics. any exceptional entry of a Rus- In addition, WADA says Rus- sian athlete should be considered sian government officials should by the IOC and IPC for participa- also be denied access to interna- tion under a neutral flag and in ac- tional competitions, including Rio cordance with very strict criteria. 2016. "WADA also recommends that Andy Murray has tipped Kyle A statement on the WADA Russian Government officials be Edmund to go right to the top of website said: "Accordingly, denied access to international com- the game after his Davis Cup he- WADA recommends to the Inter- petitions, including Rio 2016." roics against Serbia. The 21-year-old stepped into Murray's shoes for the weekend in Belgrade and rose to the chal- lenge superbly, beating Janko Tip- sarevic and then Dusan Lajovic to clinch victory for Great Britain. Leon Smith's side go through to a semi-final against Argentina in September, which Murray con- firmed he is set to play in. Alex- ander Bublik* 1 v 1 Daniele Spin- nato MATCH RESULT Alexander Bublik1/2000vsDaniele Spin- nato50/1 £10 Free Bet, No Deposit Needed Andy Murray has backed Edmund for big things Andy Mur- Brock Lesnar has been notified of Mark Hunt has threatened to ray has backed Edmund for big a potential doping violation con- quit UFC unless action is taken things The world No 2 has taken cerning a drugs test carried out pri- Hunt told MMA Fighting: Edmund under his wing and has or to his victorious UFC return. "The cheaters get a slap on the wrist seen him develop into one of the The former UFC heavyweight and walk off. What penalty or de- most exciting young talents in the champion and WWE star defeated terrent is there to make them think game. Mark Hunt at last weekend's UFC twice? Nothing. Murray said: "He is a lot bet- 200 in Las Vegas on his return to "And the [Nevada Athletic ter than a lot of people thought he was going to be, myself included. the Octagon after an absence of Commission], why should these There's no reason why he can't get almost five years. [expletive] get anything? They are right up to the top of the game. Lesnar, who earned a record not the ones who had to fight with "I still think there are some $2.5m purse for the points win, Lesnar or lose [to him]. I lost." things he can improve but he has has since been informed by the US Lesnar, who along with the big weapons, bigger than a lot of Anti-Doping Agency that he failed USADA and the UFC have de- the young guys that are ahead of an out-of-competition drug test clined to specify the substance of him. administered on June 28 and has the doping violation, was given "When he gets more experience protested his innocence. permission by the WWE to return and learns how to use them better, "We'll get to the bottom of to the UFC for one fight and is gets a little bit physically stron- this," Lesnar said in a statement to scheduled to return on Summer- ger, gets used to playing in atmo- the Associated Press. Slam against Randy Orton on Au- spheres like this more and more, Samoan Hunt, however, has gust 21. Interim light heavyweight he's going to go a long way. furiously hit out and demanded champion Jon Jones was pulled Edmund (middle) celebrates action as Lesnar is now the third from the main event of UFC 200 with Murray and other team-mates UFC opponent he has faced that four days before his bout when he after beating Serbia during the has been flagged for a doping vio- also received notice of a potential Davis Cup World Group quarter- final lation. Mark Hunt has threatened anti-doping violation. Jones and Edmund (middle) celebrates to quit UFC unless action is taken his camp have denied the allega- tions and raised concerns about the possibility of a tainted nutritional supplement causing the failure. Full Time Result Alashkert v Dinamo Tbilisi with Murray and other team-mates after beating Serbia during the Davis Cup World Group quarter- final Rivals are "It's impossible to say how far Pogba to Man Utd would be a step but the way that he plays on this surface - Lajovic has played in the dem o ralise d: Fro o m e fourth round of the French Open, and Kyle dominated that entire back, says Juventus boss Max Allegri match, and he's only going to get better, so on this surface in partic- Manchester United on a free trans- ular he'll have some great events in fer in 2012 Pogba, who was part the next 10 or 15 years and that's of the French team which reached really exciting." the final of Euro 2016 on home Edmund steers GB into semis soil, was also a mainstay in Alle- Great Britain reach Davis Cup gri's side which was beaten 3-1 by semi-finals with victory over Ser- Barcelona in the Champions bia League final in 2015. "I am calm Murray may not have played about the English rumours," Alle- in the tie but his effort in travelling gri told Gazzetta dello Sport. to Belgrade to support the team "Anyone who has the opportuni- undoubtedly made a difference and ty to leave Juventus has to con- the 29-year-old found himself sit- sider things very carefully, because ting in conditions more typical of right now Juve are among the top Chris Froome believes his Tour de tected y Wout Poels (right) on a Scottish summer on Sunday just four European clubs. France rivals are demoralised by stage 15 Froome was brilliantly seven days after his Wimbledon Allegri has suggested Pogba the strength of his Team Sky team- protected by Wout Poels (right) triumph. But persistent drizzle did could be taking a step back if he mates. Only Fabio Aru and Ro- on stage 15 "It must be quite de- not prevent the match starting on returns to Man Utd Allegri has sug- main Bardet could muster attacks moralising for other people to have time and Edmund, ranked 14 plac- gested Pogba could be taking a step on a mountainous 15th stage con- to think of attacking knowing this es above Lajovic at 67 in the world, back if he returns to Man Utd taining six categorised climbs, but calibre of riders will be chasing them dominated the first two sets, hold- "This is not a selling club that just both were chased down by the out- down." ing his nerve in the second in the lets its players go. Pogba belongs standing Wout Poels as Froome While his rivals waited, face of growing Serbian crowd sup- to Juve and at the end of the day comfortably retained his 1min Froome launched a provisional at- port before clinching the third in a he too will want to win another 47sec overall lead.Bauke Mollema, tack of his own on the final climb tie-break. Edmund is ranked at No Scudetto and hopefully the Cham- Adam Yates and Nairo Quintana - of stage 15 but decided not to con- 67 in the world Edmund is ranked pions League. who are second, third and fourth tinue with it in order to save his at No 67 in the world Murray said: Massimiliano Allegri has suggest- could be set to return this summer and has reminded Pogba that they "We have grown in terms of in the general classification - all strength for four back-to-back days "I thought he played great in both ed that Paul Pogba would be tak- in a world-record deal worth can offer the France midfielder the appeal and awareness of our own failed to put the yellow jersey un- in the Alps from Wednesday to of the matches. I thought today he ing a step back if he decides to leave £100m, with negotiations over a chance to win the Champions capabilities. So far our market this der pressure and Froome thinks it Saturday next week. Tour de dominated the whole match. The Juventus to return to Manchester potential deal understood to have League this season while United summer has been eight out of 10, is because they are too daunted. France standings Top 10s in the end got a little bit tight but he de- United. begun earlier this month. will compete in the Europa League. bringing in players of internation- Read how Chris Froome comfort- general, points, mountains and served the win clearly. He handled The 23-year-old left Old Traf- However, Allegri believes Ju- Pogba left Manchester United on al pedigree like Medhi Benatia, ably kept the yellow jersey on youth classifications He added: everything really well. ford on a free transfer in 2012 but ventus are in the European elite a free transfer in 2012 Pogba left Dani Alves and Miralem Pjanic.” stage 15 He said: "Coming to the "Obviously, Bardet tried his move "The level at the end of the Tour, I said I was in a very privi- at the top, but I had the feeling match was excellent, very few un- leged position because it was the that no one had the legs to make a forced errors from both of them. strongest team that Team Sky ever difference. Kyle was hitting a big ball the sent to the Tour. "I accelerated to know who whole way through. "It's a great H aw kbill m isses Kin g Geo rge at "With me, I have riders who would follow me and I saw Nairo win for the whole team actually would be leaders in other teams. Quintana on my wheel quite quick- away from home in Serbia, al- Wout Poels is a Liege-Bastogne- ly. "Maybe they are thinking of though they had some players Asco t fo r Juddm o n te In tern atio n al Liege winner. I'm so grateful and the Alps. For now I'm happy. I'm missing but we did as well, which fortunate to have team-mates like in a better situation than I expect- shows that there is some depth him. Froome was brilliantly pro- ed at this point." there as well, and Kyle did great." Stun n in g Sten so n w in s Open Henrik Stenson produced one of in the hunt for the title. The run- the most stunning final rounds in away leaders set the tone for the Open history and ended his long day over the first four holes, with a wait for a maiden major title after two-shot swing at the opener when getting the better of Phil Mickel- Stenson three-putted from the son in a memorable battle at The front of the green while Mickelson 145th Open. The vast crowds at converted an excellent pitch for Royal Troon were treated to a birdie to reclaim the lead. Stenson masterclass of golf by the leading took the lead at The Open after a pair that revived memories of the birdie at the world famous eighth "Duel in the Sun" between Tom hole at Royal Troon Stenson took Watson and Jack Nicklaus a few the lead at The Open after a birdie miles up the Ayrshire coast at Turn- at the world famous eighth hole at berry in 1977, and it was Stenson shot a final round 63 to win The Royal Troon But Stenson atoned who prevailed as a major record- Open, his first major champion- for his error with a 12-foot putt on equalling 63 gave him a three-shot ship victory, as he edged out Phil the second after Mickelson grazed victory on 20 under par a new Mickelson in a thrilling final round the edge of the hole with his chip, Hawkbill will bypass Saturday's ing his unbeaten run to six. 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FIRST LADY CALLS ON The Envoy:From Kabul to the NATION TO White House,My Journey UNITE AGAINST DRUG Through a Turbulent World ADDICTION They laughed but declined to ad- mit me without the fee. But I had more arguments. Anyway, I con- tinued, “Who said I am a man? Aren’t you jumping to conclusions just because of my beard?” this was even less persuasive to them. Eventually I paid up, never guess- ing that I was about to meet my Sima samar said,” Afghan Women future wife. I had noticed Cheryl are facing tough issues within their while I was delivering my perfor- scope of working, Police Generals mance at the entrance; she had been telling all the female police forces directly behind me in the line. She don’t you all have brothers, fathers The First Lady Rula Ghani on had smiled mildly at my shenani- to take care of you, I demand the Monday attended a ceremony that gans, and I confess that I was smit- Ministry of Interior Affairs to pro- celebrated the International Soli- ten when I first saw that smile, the vide necessary working safety for darity Day of Counter Narcotics, curly hair, and her purple suede the Afghan women working as where she urged the nation to unite miniskirt the favored style of dress police in Ministry of Interior Af- against drug addiction and support on campus at the time, even for fairs.” Head of Afghan Women awareness campaigns. the Arab girls. We danced for much Network Samira Hameedi said,” She said drug addiction dam- of the evening. However, when she Afghan Women still face problems, ages the society and that stern ac- mostly wanted to talk about a pa- Afghan women talents have been tion should be taken against this per she was writing on Arab na- ignored in most cases, most of the menace. "We all have the respon- tionalism and query me about the Afghan Women were recruited sibility to raise public awareness situation in my home country, I based on the political decisions of about the harms of the use of recognized that I was dealing with the National Unity Government drugs," she told the gathering. someone more formidable than her leaders.” The First Lady said she is miniskirt suggested. Cheryl was Meanwhile the policy and concerned about the increasing half European and half American. strategy Deputy of the Ministry drug addiction in the country and Her father had been a U.S. soldier of Interior Affairs Masoud Ahmad that the people should pay all their in World War II and had met her Azizi said,” We have prepared our efforts to enhance public aware- Austrian mother in occupied Vi- plan which avoids violence against ness about damages of this prac- enna. Once we started dating, we Women within the Ministry, and tice. This comes after the second typically had lunch together al- we also go forward based on the Vice President Mohammad Sarwar most every day on Bliss Street. Afghanistan National Action Plan Danish said on Sunday that the Movie tickets were very inexpen- Head of the Afghanistan Indepen- in front of Afghan Women in the and recruited 2880 Women in po- biggest source of funding for war sive, and the theaters on Hamra dent Human Rights Commission country. Officials in Ministry of lice queue, efforts are underway efforts is derived from drug-smug- Street were quit luxurious. So that Sima samar has stated that Afghan Interior Affairs have rejected her to build their capacity, from 580 gling by the insurgents. and weekend dances hosted by women who are working in Gov- statements saying we are imple- Afghan Women who received mil- He said that if drug smuggling student groups formed the bulk of ernmental institutions specially on menting the Afghanistan National itary training in Turkey 195 of was not curbed in Afghanistan, it our entertainment. And then there security departments don’t have Action Plan for Afghan women them were recruited as the corpo- would be difficult to attain long- was shopping. Cheryl loved to go working safety while performing within our Ministry. According to ral.” term peace and stability in the coun- shopping, whether for gaudy trin- to tote bags for a woman. My infat- port city of Saida. Cheryl loved to their duties. report published by the Afghan Afghan Government is obliged try. The Minister of Counter-Nar- kets in the souk, fresh loquat fruits uation won the day over my pride. travel and was tirelessly curious She has stated that if the Af- Women Network over Afghan to observe the United Nation Or- cotics Salamat Azimi also called for from the vendor stalls, or just gro- One of the great things about Beirut about people and places. She had ghanistan National Action Plan women situation in Afghanistan ganization resolution 1325 to wider public cooperation to com- ceries for her dorm room. I was was that many regional destinations no problem with the crowded, was implemented well now there Head of the Afghanistan Indepen- which focuses on Afghan Women bat the drug production and smug- happy for any excuse to spend were within easy reach. Cheryl and communal taxis with terrible shock would be no more issues standing dent Human Rights Commission peace and security. (ariananews) gling networks in the country. time with her, so I went along, even I traveled together to Damascus and absorbers that would take you for The Afghan government re- though I hated shopping. Accom- Aleppo. We went to Cairo and Mos- a bumpy ride all the way from cently launched a nation-wide anti- panying her regularly confronted cow on student tours organized by Beirut to Aleppo for a few dollars. TALIBAN ASSAULT PUSHED BACK IN BADAKHSHAN drug campaign. According to recent me with a dilemma. Obviously, I the university. We also traveled She also did not believe in resting. Faizabad City : Taliban militants spokesman of Badakhshan gover- ture the areas, which had been cap- figures, Afghanistan produced al- could not let her carry the shop- around Lebanon. On one trip, we The moment we arrived at what- attacked from several points on nor said BNA, more than 10 armed tured by insurgents in the district, most 75 percent of world's drugs ping bags—I had to be a gentle- saw the Alvin Ailey dance troupe ever low-budget, flea-bitten hos- Khash district, northern Badakhs- oppositions were killed and the source added. in 2015. The issue has been of man. However, if my fellow male perform against the splendid back- tel we could afford, she would be han province, which faced with full wounded during clashes with Af- The insurgents forced to flee major concern both to Afghanistan students, particularly the Afghans, drop of the historic ruins of Baal- ready to go and see the local desti- resistance of Afghan security forc- ghan security forces in the attack. from the battlefield and raise-up and its international partners. saw me doing so, I would be ridi- bek—the city that would later be- nations, mosques, forts, souks, and es. Also during the clashes Afghan to mountains, the source conclud- About 3.5 million Afghan are ad- culed. In their eyes, it was inap- come a Hezbollah stronghold. We other attractions that were on her Ahmad Naweed Farotan security forces succeeded to recap- ed. (BNA) dicted to drugs. (ToloNews) propriate for a proud Afghan male went to Tripoli and to the sparkling researched list. To be continued