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After being repelled from Nad-e- the insurgents. "Nearly 800 Tali- Ali district and parts of Lashkar- ban fighters took part in the attack gah, the provincial capital, the Tal- on Marjah over the past 24 hours," iban insurgents have moved to- he quoted a security official as wards Marjah district and seized saying. control of some areas. According to him, several fam- : and Turk- Embedded with security forc- ilies have evacuated Marjah after menistan have agreed to expand es, TOLOnews correspondent the insurgents started using their bilateral economic ties during their Tamim Hamid said heavy clashes homes as shields. fifth joint economic summit in broke out Friday between securi- "Only one person has left at Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital. ty forces and militants, our home while the rest have fled Finance Minister Eklil Haki- which resulted in collapse of parts to safe areas," a resident of Mar- mi, Energy and Water Minister Ali of Marjah and Haji Haidar areas to jah told TOLOnews. Ahmad Usmani, Transportation and Civil Aviation Minister Mo- hammadullah Batash and presi- dent s advisor on economic affairs Dr. Humayon Qayyumi repre- sented the Afghan delegation at the summit. Both sides signed some Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with regard to improv- ing ties in areas of agriculture, transportation and telecommuni- cations. Finance Ministry spokesman Ajmal Abdul Ra- himzai said one of the MOUs was AT News Report scholars. During my presidency about purchasing wheat from creating education opportunities Turkmenistan. He said the 6th KABUL: Founda- through different ways was some- joint economic summit would be tion named after the former Af- thing else while establishing this convened soon in which bilateral ghan President inaugurated on Sat- foundation to serve the children economic issues would be dis- urday in Kabul for the purpose to of the nation is something totally cussed in detail, including the pur- serve youth with educational fa- different, Karzai said. The foun- chase of wheat. Earlier, the two cilities in the country and abroad. dation will remain aloof from pol- countries had inked MOUs on The ex-President Hamid itics. It will serve youngsters in improved bilateral trade, economic Karzai said that this foundation the modern education. I had in relations, money-laundering, en- was totally aloof from politics as mind that we need such a founda- ergy, sports and information tech- it will remain absolutely an aca- tion because in our country it is nology. (Pajhwok) demic center to serve the youth the lack of education that is the across the country. Speaking at the mother of most of social, politi- inaugural ceremony he said that cal, cultural and economic evils, the foundation will follow goals he said. He said the lack of educa- of providing education facilities to tion has been affected medical ser- needy and talented youths at vices, science, technology, sociol- home and abroad, arranging semi- ogy and a number of other educa- patients leave for foreign. Today If we want to overcome our current to augment the struggle and pas- and make them enable to bring nars about renowned professors, tion-related subjects and fields we are backward. As a result, we challenges, we must advance in edu- sion of those students who made a laurels to the country in the field cultural figures, and religious whereas resultantly most of the compromise on too many things. cation, he said. Our objective is difference during the past 14 years of education, he said. P3...

PUL-I-KHUMRI: Protestors, demanding the shifting of Baghlan s capital to the Baghlan- i-Markazi district, blocked the Baghlan-Kunduz highway for a third day running on Saturday. Over the past two days, more than 200 people have blocked the busy highway in the Parchawah area of Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi youth, as most of the migrants need them, because the interna- participant of the campaign said Baghlan-i-Markazi district. But leave the country due to unem- tional community is gradually that his only goal is to convey the the road was reopened after inter- KABUL: A month long campaign, ployment and mounting insecuri- leaving Afghanistan and it is now message of youths Solution for This operation was successful in two terms. First, the vention from local officials. For entitled ESCAPE Faraar , ty. the duty of Afghans to work for unemployment and insecurity to enemies have suffered massive casualties and second, the the second time, they again closed launched on Saturday in Kabul to The campaign started from first prosperity of their country and the leaders of the National Unity civilians have not been harmed in this operation the road at 10:30am on Friday, encourage Afghans to avoid illegal November will include street countrymen. Member of YEP, Government (NUG). Zahra Sul- puttingcarpets on the highway migration to western countries. shows and public awareness pro- Humaira, told Afghanistan Times tani another campaigner asked the Nearly 50 members of newly- from Daesh soon. "We until 5pm. If their demand for The campaign was initiated by a grams on the risks of illegal migra- that the main objective of the international community to pro- emerged Daesh group have been will soon raise our na- shifting the provincial capital and number of civil society activists tions. Intercommunity and Jus- campaign is to encourage youths vide financial assistances to Af- killed in a wide-scale operation in tional flag on all valleys in Achin the university to the to the dis- in Kabul to encourage Afghans, tice Organization (IJO) and Youth to build their country instead of ghanistan to create jobs and im- Achin district in eastern Nangar- and that with the cooperation of trict centre were not met, the pro- particularly young generation, to Empowering and Promotion Or- seeking asylum in western coun- prove security. Insecurity, lack of har, officials said Saturday. our security forces," he said. Mean- testors warned of continued- avoid illegal migration to western ganization (YEP) are jointly run- tries . She also asked the govern- job opportunities and lack of trust The joint operation launched while, the provincial council mem- demonstrations. Deputy Gover- countries. Participants of the ini- ning the campaign. Participant of ment to improve security which on future are the main factors be- three days ago in Shidal village in bers of Nangarhar welcomed the norAbdul Qadeem Niazi told the- tiative called on the government the campaign stressed that the is the main demandof the people hind the mass-migrations of young which more than 30 other mem- operation and announced their full ma delegation had been sent to and international community to professional brains are escaping to live and work in a peaceful en- generation to foreign countries, bers of the group were wounded. support to the forces. "This oper- Kabul to share the issue with high- provide job opportunities for in such a time that the country vironment. Baryalai Zia, another said the campaigners. According to security officials, ation was successful in two terms. ranking officials, but his assurance the anti-Daesh offensive will con- First, the enemies have suffered cut little ice with the district peo- tinue until the last hideout of the massive casualties and second, the ple. For a third consecutive day Interpol assists Afghanistan group which has seized large cit- civilians have not been harmed in on Saturday, the resident blocked ies in Iraq and Syria is eliminat- this operation," provincial council the Kunduz-Baghlan highway, detain suspected killer in ed. In addition, the security forces member Zabihullah Zemarai said. pressing for their demand and ask- Interpol has assisted Afghanistan his maternal uncle s daughter with a destroyed a small base of Daesh They asked the security officials ing the central government to re- The National Directorate of Secu- Din has confessed to NDS during to detain a suspected killer in Iran. knife and escaped to Iran, says Brig- and lowered their flag. Daesh flag to extend the operation to other solve their problems. Baghlan-i- According to a statement released adier General Sayed Afandi, head of has been lowered ... and our forces districts of Nangarhar. Daesh have Markazi had been the capital of rity (NDS) Afghanistan s intelli- initial investigation that he played gence agency has arrested a Tali- key role in attack on Qaisar Dis- by the Ministry of Interior, Mo- INTERPOL s National Central Bu- are advancing to other hideouts of had a significant presence in Achin the province before it was shifted ban commander who was trying trict of Faryab province. As a re- hammad Dawoud had escaped to reau in Kabul, in a statement released Daesh," ANA commander Mo- over the past few months. How- to Pul-i-Khumri in 1989 when to escape to Quetta city of Paki- sult of the attack, Taliban took Iran after stabbing a girl to death in on Saturday. The press release adds hammad Nasim Sangin said. Prais- ever scores of senior Daesh com- Syed Jafar Naderi was the gover- stan after participating in heavy control of several areas in Qaisar Balkh province. Mohammad Da- that after efforts made by the Inter- ing the advances made by the forc- manders have been eliminated dur- nor of Baghlan during Dr. Najibul- clashes in Afghanistan. A statement District but they were pushed back woud S/O Mohammad Amin a res- pol of the Islamic Republic of Iran es, Achin's district governor Mo- ing special raids conducted by the lah s rule. Hundreds of cars full of released by NDS on Saturday by a military operation led by first ident of Quland Khalili village of the suspected killer was arrested and hammad Ghalib Mujahid assured National Directorate of Security passengers and loaded trucks were states that Sayed Mohammad-ud- vice-President Abdul Rashid Dos- Balkh s Sulgara District had killed handed over to Afghan side. the residents to clear their area (NDS) during the past six months. stranded on both ends of the high- Din alias Sadat was detained to- tum. During the operation, Gen. way that connects nine provinces gether with one of his companion Dostum escaped unharmed from a in the north with Kabul. during a special raid in western Taliban ambush in Qaisar District (Pajhwok) Herat province. Mohammad-ud- in mid August. (KP)

AT News Report affected people filled the pockets Safiullah Muslim, a lawmaker from ing to Afghanistan Times rejected of Badakhshan governor and law- Badakhshan, confirmed the allega- the allegations and said that the do- KABUL: A number of lawmak- makers, she alleged. She said that tions and said that the aid was mis- nated money was spent on a 300 ers claimed that the aid for land- only a small amount of the aid was used. Different national and inter- acres land to construct residential Kabul police have registered 73 Major General Abdul Rahman of the kidnappers. The arrested slide affected people in Argo dis- distributed on the affected peo- national organizations and foreign houses for displaced families and criminal cases including terrorism, Rahemi told reporters that among suspects also include people who trict of Badakhshan last year was ple in a symbolic move. Dwell- countries donated millions of dol- part of the aid money was spent kidnapping and robbery in last two the arrested suspects some are mem- were transporting weapons and us- misused. Nazefa Zaki, an MP ers of the landslide-hit areas told lars aid to the landslide affected on renting houses for the affected weeks. Kabul police chief said in a bers of the group that recently kid- ing illegal transmission sets. This from Kabul, said that the aid sent me that now they don t even have people in Badakhshan. However, people. Some 169 houses have press conference on Saturday that napped a child and demanded mon- comes as terrorist groups includ- to landslide-hit areas in Argo dis- shoes, she added. A landslide the aid was misused and didn t help been built for the displaced fami- 167 suspects have been rounded ey from his family. He said the child ing Taliban and Haqqani Network trict were misused and didn t help killed thousands of people in Ab- affected people, he said. Shah lies so far, he added. He said that up from different parts of the city was recovered and handed over to are trying to create more security the affected people. Millions of e-Barik area of Argo district of Waliullah Abed, the Governor of the landslide had destroyed 350 in connection with these crimes. his family without fulfilling demand challenges for security forces. dollars aid donated for landslide Badakhshan province in 2014. Badakhshan province, while talk- houses in the province last year.

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KABUL: The Ministry of Infor- Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi mation and Culture and the Min- istry of Borders and Tribal Af- KABUL: Commemorating the 8th fairs jointly arranged Fateha cere- anniversary of the 2007 Baghlan mony for the departed soul of the sugar factory bombing, the Wole- veteran si Jirga (WJ) Speaker Abdul Rauf (ANP) leader, Afzal Khan Lala, Ebrahimi asked the government to in Eidgah Mosque in Kabul on bring the perpetrators of the Thursday. The ceremony was at- Baghlan bombing to justice. tended by the former President At least 10 members of the Hamid Karzai, high-ranking offi- Wolesi Jirga and Meshrano Jirga cials, lawmakers, professors, cul- have been killed in bomb blasts tural figures, tribal elders, re- the eternal peace. Khan Lala is leave the valley. He had exerted and suicide attacks of parliament nowned writers and poets. Ha- considered as the emblem of re- indefatigable efforts for strength- so far. mid Karzai extended his condo- sistance, because when the Tali- ening unity among Afghans. Sayed Mustafa Kazemi along EMERGENCY lences to the family and friends of ban militants captured Swat, the Khan Lala passed away last with six other lawmakers was Afzal Khan Lala and prayed to Pashtun nationalist leader stood week on Sunday due to chronic killed in a suicide bomb attack in CALLS Allah Almighty to rest his soul in beside his people and refused to liver disease. He was 89-year old. northern Baghlan province in No- vember, 2007. A number of school Police students were also killed in sui- cide attack. The government has the re- 100 - 119 sponsibility to protect lawmak- ers, Ebrahimi said, however he called on the government to an- Hospitals nounce exact date of parliamenta- ry and district councils elections FMIC Hospital as soon as possible. Behind Kabul Medical Sayed Ali Kazemi, brother of Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, told the University: ceremony that the government has 0202500200-+93793275595 failed to bring the perpetrators of Afghan National Army troops accompany a VOA team, includ- culture dwells on respect to wom- the Baghlan bombing to justice. ing reporter Ayesha Tanzeem, to a police checkpoint in Achin, en, children and elderly and they The former and current govern- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital a district in eastern Afghanistan. (R. Sarwan/ VOA News) expect from others to respect ments failed to arrest the perpe- them too. He said that they must trators of the bombing and bring Pule Bagh-e- Umomi The so-called Islamic State group area like Achin, they would be dif- work together for peace and must them to book, he said. 070263672 had sprung up and gained ground ficult to find. And if I found one, not leave space for unrest. Khan He called on Wolesri Jirga in eastern Afghanistan s Nangar- I d risk having to interact with a led a 46-member delegation in- Speaker, Rauf Ebrahimi, to assign har province this year. News from local. That could blow our cover cluding parliamentarians, tribal a fact finding commission com- Khairkhana Hospital the area was spotty at best. No because I don t speak the local lan- elders and political leaders. prised of both houses to prompt one was sure who the militants guage, Pashto. So I drank as much The incumbent Afghan Presi- the government to start investiga- 0799-321007 were. Afghans? Foreigners? Dis- as possible the night before and re- dent Dr. and former tions into the bombing and other 2401352 gruntled Taliban? Where did they lied on chewing gum to quench my Afghan president Hamid Karzai serial killing cases. come from? What were they up thirst for most of the day, until we have expressed their grief over the to? What was the situation on the could reach safety. We also knew demise of Khan Lala. They termed ground? Locals seemed to be that the moment we took out our it a great loss for people of both Hamid Karzai Indira Gandhi Children scared and fleeing. Officials were camera or started talking to locals the neighbouring countries. In Hospital, Wazir Akbar hesitant to admit the extent of the about IS in Achin, our cloak of in- separate messages, they paid trib- Foundation . . . problem. A VOA colleague and I visibility would be gone, so we need- utes to the late Afzal Khan aka ..P1 The thousands of young- Khan, Kabul 2301372 decided to check things out for our- ed protection there and on the way Khan Lala, who according to them sters who were educated, training selves. With me were cameraman back. More security measures Sar- Our correspondent he said that his death was blow to was not only striving for unifica- and given jobs in the past 13 years Rahim Gul Sarwan and a local fix- wan, who has become somewhat of the nationalist movement and the tion of Afghans but had also waged are just a drop in the river, there Ibn-e- Seena er, whose identity I will not reveal a security expert himself after trav- PESHAWAR: Awami National void left by his demise cannot be a long struggle for peace restora- are too many others remaining to Pul-e-Artan, Kabul for security reasons. Complex eling and reporting from so many Party leader, Asfandyar Wali filled. Bacha Khan used to say tion and stability in the region. be educated, he said. The coun- planning The first step was plan- dangerous areas, knew the district Khan said that and Af- that violence creates hatred and Dr. Mohammad Ekram try needs from 10 to 60 more 2100359 ning days of it. We had plans, governor, Haji Ghalib. A former ghanistan shouldn t let its soils to non-violence ushers in love and it Khapalwak, Advisor to President years to be at par with other na- then back-up plans, then back-ups mujahid who had fought the Rus- be used against each other in or- is high time to see towards this on Tribal and Border Affairs read tions of the world in education. for the back-up plans, knowing full sians and then the Taliban, Ghalib der to bring a lasting peace to the philosophy of our great leader in the message of Afghan President To be there, we need to keep con- Wazir Akbar Khan well that most of those plans could had become a bit of a local media troubled region, which has been order to solve all these issues, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Haji Deen tinue supporting education, fall apart at any time. Not only celebrity for his bravery in taking bearing the brunt of unprecedent- Asfandyar said. He said that Mohammad has read the message Karzai said. During the past Hospital were we going to Nangarhar prov- on IS militants. He would provide ed violence. Addressing a homage- Hujra and Jirga held a prestigious of former President Hamid three decades when a deadliest war 2301741, 2301743 ince, the Islamic State (IS) mili- us security in Achin and escort us paying gathering held in the mem- place in the culture of Pakhthun Karzai. was imposed on us, others were tants hub, but we were going to back to the highway. VOA journal- ory of late Afzal Khan Lala at the nation and these institutes should Both of them have recalled advancing in education. Howev- Achin district, their stronghold. ist Ayesha Tanzeem visits a police residence of Haji Ghulam Ahmad be resuscitated. Addressing the memories with late Mohammad er, the game of death and destruc- Ali Abad Boys observe as VOA cameraman checkpoint in Afghanistan s Achin Bilour, and attended by a high level gathering, Engineer Muhammad Afzal Khan. Dr. Ashraf Ghani tion caused a heavy blow to Af- Rahim Gul Sarwan prepares to district with Colonel Jan Moham- Afghan delegation, ANP central Khan, Deputy Chief Executive through his message informed that ghanistan in all walks of life, and Shahrara, Kabul shoot video in Achin district in mad, left, a local Afghan National leader Asfandyar Wali Khan said and head of the Afghan delegation a day before his last breath, he the country remained one of the eastern Afghanistan. Boys observe Army commander, and Zabihullah that peace in Pakistan was not paid homage to the late Afzal had talked to Afzal Khan Lala most backward countries of the 2100439 as VOA cameraman Rahim Gul Zmaray, right, a Nangarhar provin- possible sans peace in Afghani- Khan Lala. He recalled that Afzal whereas Hamid Karzai through his world, he lamented. There is no Sarwan prepares to shoot video in cial council member. VOA journal- stan. He urged that Afghans Khan Lala worked for peace all message named Mohammad Afzal room for nepotism in the founda- Achin district in eastern Afghani- ist Ayesha Tanzeem visits a police should also consider this ground his life. Let me assure you that Khan as his elder and senior. tion. We are providing equal op- Malalai Maternity stan. IS was not our only prob- checkpoint in Afghanistan s Achin reality that peace in Afghanistan we, the government and people ANP leader Haji Ghulam Ah- portunities to talented Afghan stu- Hospital lem. Decades of conflict, a weak district with Colonel Jan Moham- too was linked to peace in Paki- of Afghanistan, stand with the be- mad Bilour, senator Ilyas Bilour, dents from across the country and government and security forces mad, left, a local Afghan National stan directly and it was a two- reaved family in this hour of grief Haroon Bilour, Sardar Hussain abroad, he vowed. The founda- 2201377/ 2301743 stretched thin as a snare drum Army commander, and Zabihullah way relationship. and sorrow, Khan said. He hoped Babak, Afrasyab Khattak and tion aims at serving the deserving combined with the presence of for- Zmaray, right, a Nangarhar provin- Paying rich tribute to the late his family will further the mission others were present on the occa- students in the fields of engineer- eigners seen as flush with cash cial council member. We got more nationalist leader Afzal Khan Lala, of Lala. He said that the Pakthun sion. ing, medical, science, economics, Banks have turned Afghanistan into a ha- security than we had expected. Zabi- and computer science, Karzai ven for criminals. Kidnappings for ullah Zmaray, a Nangarhar provin- said. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Da Afghanistan Bank ransom are a major concern. If you cial council member whom we had who was advisor to ex-President look like someone who has mon- interviewed, also agreed to accom- Hamid Karzai on national securi- 2100302, 2100303 ey, you are a target. If you look pany us to the district. He was an- ty affairs, is the advisor and chief like a foreigner, you are a bigger other of the few local leaders who executive of the Hamid Karzai Bakhtar Bank target. Other hazards, like roadside spoke up against IS in public, mak- Foundation. Spanta said the foun- bombs and suicide attacks, are ing him a target. Plus, he was an dation was a cultural and academ- 0776777000 more random and harder to miti- archetypal Afghan host and I was ic center and it is there to support Azizi Bank gate. But this is Afghanistan. You now his guest. He was not going to By Akhtar M.Nikzad commit brutal crimes and have fighter in Khak-e Afghan district those talented students who usu- can get hit by shrapnel on your take any chances, either with his took out residents of the district to prevent the militant group from ally come across challenges. The 0799 700900 way to a cafe, so you learn to cope life or mine. So, when we set out KABUL: A number of civil soci- from their houses. They urged launching coordinated attacks on foundation will serve deserving the government to target safe ha- Jaghori, Qarabagh, Malistan and students at home and abroad, he Pashtany Bank with the fear. We decided on a beat- for Achin, we found two armored ety activists and residents of said. The foundation believes in up Toyota Corolla, a staple in Af- cars and dozens of men in bullet- Ghazni and Zabul provinces on vens of Daesh in Zabul province Nahoor districts of Ghazni prov- Afghanism only and the selection 2102908, 2103868 ghanistan, as our transportation. proof vests and fully loaded AK- Saturday urged the government to and warned that if the government ince. Noor Jahan, a resident of criteria don t take tribalism, nep- No one would take a second look 47s waiting for us. On the road, we target the Islamic State (IS) mili- ignored the hideout of the mili- Zabul province said that the Tali- otism and any other affiliations at it. Then we needed another ve- were joined by Afghan National tants hideouts in Zabul province. tants in the district, they will cre- ban militants and Daesh fighters into account. Being an Afghan and Air Services hicle: the right cover story, with Army troops, men in armored They said that IS, also known as ate challenges for residents of both are hell-bent on creating ethnic a being a talented student is the fake IDs to match. We didn t want Humvees with rocket-propelled Daesh, have sanctuaries in Khak- Zabul and Ghazni provinces. differences among residents of criterion to qualify for the oppor- Safi Airways to reveal our identities to hotel staff grenades. Had I just been elected e-Afghan district of Zabul prov- Mohammdullah Farzan, a civil Ghazni and Zabul provinces. He tunities being served by the foun- or local police at checkpoints. president of the country? This was ince, from where they launch at- society activist said that the mili- said that the government has dation, he said. He said the source 020 22 22 222 Word of a visiting foreign journal- the most impressive VIP treatment tacks in Ghazni and other prov- tant group in Khak-e-Afghan dis- turned its blind eye towards the of funding is the remunerations of ist could spread quickly, perhaps I had ever received. But the entou- inces. Speaking at a press confer- trict has also mounted insecurity crimes that the Taliban militants former President Hamid Karzai s Ariana to an IS spy or criminals looking rage meant that our VOA team no ence, residents of the two prov- in Ghazni, Maidan Wardak, and are committing in Khak-e-Afghan lectures he had delivered in for- for targets. My South Asian looks longer was invisible. I couldn t help inces said the IS militants have Uruzgan provinces. He said Daesh district. Zabul is one of the vola- eign countries. The budget 020-2100270 helped. If I wore local clothing and but remember that some people in sought sanctuaries in Khak-e-Af- militants have created horror on tile provinces, where the Taliban doesn t suffice because serving kept my mouth shut, I could pass this region had been attacked by ghan district and they pose seri- Kabul-Kandahar highway. In their militants often block highways the youth in the field of education as Afghan. I put on an abaya, or their own guards. I quietly patted ous threat to residents of Ghazni first move the militants adducted and abduct passengers and gov- needs vast resources, he said. Kam Air long black robe, and kept my face my pockets for items I might need province as well as the passen- 31 civilians around eight months ernment employees. The Taliban Spanta called on the econom- 0799974422 covered most of the time with a if I had to make a run for it: tracker, gers who are travelling on Kabul- ago in the same district of Zabul destroyed a bridge that connects ically well-off people particular- hijab or a black scarf. Only my backup phone, emergency numbers; Kandahar highway. They said that province, he said. He called on Zabul and Ghazni provinces last ly the traders to support the Ha- eyes were visible. With my Afghan local currency. Unbeknownst to our militants control the district for the government to conduct a clear- week and blocked the highway for mid Karzai Foundation. Hotels cameraman and fixer, we could armed hosts, our local fixer was fol- the past nine years, where they ance operation against Daesh several hours. The foundation will also ob- pass as a local family. Jalabad as a lowing at a safe distance in another serve national academic and cul- Safi Landmark proving ground Our first stop was beat-up Corolla, different from the Ghani cancels tural days. It will hold commem- Nangarhar s capital, Jalalabad. We one we d used to travel to Jalala- Kabul Serena Hotel repair, oration programs in remembrance 020-2203131 picked a low-profile hotel, not a bad. In case of an ambush, he would controversial of leading Afghan academicians, place where foreigners or the be a phone call away. An Afghan culturists. These programs will SERENA wealthy stay, and asked for rooms National Army soldier and VOA project with Kabul maintenance support to have no political motives. The on the second floor. That would reporter Ayesha Tanzeem, left, wait Bank defaulter programs will only be for academ- give us time to respond in case of at a police checkpoint barrier in ic purposes, Spanta added. The 0799654000 an attack, but keep us close enough Achin, a district in eastern Afghan- After mounting criticism of gov- Shamsa Children Village former Minister of Information to the ground to be able to jump istan. An Afghan National Army ernment over a controversial hous- and Culture, Sayed Makhdom New Rumi Restaurant and run if we had to. Jalalabad is soldier and VOA reporter Ayesha ing scheme project, President Raheen, said that the people of much more conservative than the Tanzeem, left, wait at a police check- Ashraf Ghani on Saturday issued Afghanistan have borne unspeak- 0776351347 country's capital, Kabul. A wom- point barrier in Achin, a district in a decree invalidating the contract able troubles during the past 40 an standing in front of a camera, eastern Afghanistan. Dangerous recently signed with a bankrupt years. Those who made even a Internet Services even in an abaya, would stick out, road Achin is a dusty place. The debtor of Kabul Bank. Khalilullah little difference deserve huge ad- Frozi one of the main factors miration as making development UA Telecom so we couldn t do any street shots main road into the district leads behind the embezzlement of Kab- until the last day. We finished all through areas that have witnessed amid challenges is an enviable 0796701701 / 0796702702 ul Bank's over $900 million USD progress, however, challenges still indoor shooting first and planned fighting between IS and Taliban. was freed from prison on street shots that could be finished The driver told me that one bazaar exist, which marred academic de- Wednesday to inaugurate the velopment, which needs to be ad- Exchange Rate in less than 10 minutes, and then on the way was considered partic- "Smart City Township" project he dressed, Raheen said. He said left for Kabul right away. Through- ularly dangerous because militants signed with the Ministry of Ur- that Muslims across the world are Sell: out the drive, we watched our rear- sometimes throw grenades at mov- ban Development. At the inaugu- facing crises as they are hit by a view mirror to make sure no one ing cars. As we traveled to our final ral ceremony of the project worth vicious circle of poverty even they was following. VOA reporter Aye- destination the police checkpoint $900 million USD, the government are equipped with natural resourc- One US$ = sha Tanzeem, right, meets with a where the Afghan government s officials said the program was es including gold and oil. Toda tribal elder in Jalalabad, writ ended my fellow passengers aimed at helping the debtors to the western world look down on 64.55Afs Afghanistan. VOA reporter Aye- pointed out holes in the road where become able to repay their obliga- KABUL: Kabul Serena Hotel un- dren as normal a home life as pos- Muslims because they have re- One Pound Sterling= sha Tanzeem, right, meets with a explosive devices had recently tions. However after serious pres- der its SEED (Social Environmen- sible and currently has over 100 mained away from making 98.40Afs Shinwari tribal elder in Jalalabad, blown up vehicles. By this time, sures on the government, Ghani tal and Educational Development) children cared for by a staff of 12 progress in education and technol- Afghanistan. On to Achin But the we had left the armored cars behind eventually decreed the cancelation Programme provided repair, paint caregivers. Each child becomes ogy, he said. He said that accord- One Euro = trip to Achin proved even more and I was in an armored Humvee, of the contract. Based on a state- and maintenance support to part of a permanent family unit ing to Islam, those who know and nerve-racking. IS militants have es- clad in an abaya topped by a bullet- ment from presidential palace, Shamsa Children Village. with an adoptive mother and up 73.13Afs Ghani has also ordered a thorough don t know cannot be equals. Ex- tablished safehavens in the dis- proof vest. During the month of October to eight brothers and sisters of Advisor Niamatullah Shahrani 1000 Pak Rs = trict, from which they plan and As soon as we got out of the investigation of the contract signed 2015, Serena Gardner and Engi- varying ages. Each family has a with Frozi who was sentenced said that Islam and Quran exhort 618Afs mount attacks on surrounding ar- Humvee, we were told to duck and to 10 years in jail in a court verdict neering team visited Shamsa Chil- private home in the village de- Muslims on learning, but unfor- eas, capturing and beheading hun- run behind the checkpoint barriers. last November. Ghani has also dren Village and supported them signed to shelter and support the tunately we couldn t develop so- Buy: dreds of locals. They probably had Apparently, IS had long-range snip- upheld the court decisions against in landscaping, painting, plumb- family and children. Many of the cieties of knowledge and learning. One US$ = spies among the population. Our er rifles they had used to kill sol- the debtors of Kabul Bank, it add- ing, repairing and maintenance of children have experienced mental He called on Afghans to speed up 64.35 Afs plan was to be invisible as we ap- diers at that post. In the end, we ed. This comes after the launch of a residence building. or physical trauma. education activities. This is perti- proached. Be local. Be part of the got multiple stories and lived to tell project led to mounting criticism The Shamsa Children s Village www.shamsachildrenvillage.com nent to mention here that a num- One Pound Sterling= landscape. That included manag- them. We got a clearer picture of of government. Before the cancel- in Kabul was established at 2013 Keeping its tradition of giv- ber of universities and affluent 98.23Afs ing my bodily needs. Once we left the IS presence in the area, as well lation of the project, a number of and aims to protect and care for ing back to the community Kabul traders announced their support One Euro= our Jalalabad hotel, using the toi- as the group's brutal, repressive tac- members of Parliament on Satur- orphaned and abandoned children Serena Hotel will continue to sup- to the Hamid Karzai Foudantion let was not an option. Public toi- tics and how they re affecting local day accused the government of and vulnerable women in a per- port the needy children of Sham- and vowed they will keep sup- 72.53 Afs lets for women are rare in Afghan- people. Would I take the risk again? supporting criminals and corrupt manent family environment. sa Village under its SEED Pro- porting the foundation in the fu- 1000 Pak Rs= 610Afs istan anyway. In a mostly rural In a heartbeat. persons. The village aims to give chil- gramme. (Press Release) ture as well. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 08, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES UN expert warns

Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on against proposed Saturday said Pakistan’s anti-ter- rorism strategy is a “role model for others” and plays a ”pivotal role” in dealing with conventional NGO funding bill threats and non-state actors. Addressing the seventh Dubai International Air Chiefs Conference in Dubai, Aman asserted that Pa- kistan’s anti-terrorism strategy is not only vital in counter-acting threats, but also a role model for others, according to Radio Paki- stan. Pakistan Air Force denies Chi- na helped military acquire armed drones The air force has avoided col- lateral damage on many occasions in its many anti-terrorism opera- tions, the air chief marshal said. Earlier, the military was ranked as the 11th strongest military in the world, as per a Credit Suisse UN Special Rapporteur on the basis the progress made by NGOs report on globalisation. rights to freedom of peaceful as- in their projects. Ranked seven spots after In- sembly and of association Maina The Bureau would also have dia’s military, the report gave Pa- Kiai has urged parliamentarians in the authority to approve each ap- kistan a final military strength Bangladesh not to adopt the pro- pointment of foreign specialists score of 0.41. The report also re- posed Foreign Donations Regula- under foreign-funded projects, as vealed that Pakistan’s active per- tion Act. well as all trips abroad paid for sonnel number stands at 710,000 In a statement on Friday, ahead with foreign funding. and has it more weaponry than of the parliamentary debate on the Failure to comply with these , Australia, and . proposed bill, he said the act could provisions could lead to the can- “severely restrict” civil society cellation or suspension of an organisations’ access to funding NGO’s registration, the interrup- and “hinder their activities”. tion of the project, and a fine up to Pakistan's He also offered assistance to three times the amount of the for- We will send Ramzan back if Pakistan the government to help ensure that eign funding received. location key “the bill complies with internation- “Such governmental intrusion al human rights laws”. is totally unacceptable. The abili- is ready to accept him: Sushma Swaraj The draft Foreign Donations ty to seek, secure and use resourc- within Asia, (Voluntary Activities) Regulation es is essential to the very exist- Act is expected to be debated dur- ence and effective operations of Indian Minister for External Af- ing the next Parliament session any civil society organisation,” fairs Sushma Swaraj said on Satur- Aziz tells starting Sunday. said Kiai. day that is ready to send But Kiai says the bill is “deep- “Registered and unregistered Ramzan, a stranded boy in her ly worrying”. NGOs should be able to operate meeting of country, to Pakistan. “I urge the Parliament not to and function freely without prior The Indian minister said on adopt the Bill as its purpose clear- authorisation or other undue im- Twitter that her country’s high Asia-Europe ly violates the right to freedom of pediments,” he added. commissioner also met Ramzan’s association, and has a ricochet ef- Kiai says civil society is a cru- mother in Karachi and she was fect on the realisation of other hu- cial component for the promotion ministers willing to send the boy back if man rights, as well as on the deliv- and protection of human rights, LUXEMBOURG: Adviser to the “Pakistan is ready to accept Ram- ery of aid in a country prone to good governance and the rule of Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs zan”. On November 3, Indian High natural disasters”. law, as well as for contributing to Sartaj Aziz has said that Pakistan Commissioner to Pakistan TCA The statement was endorsed the provision of humanitarian as- provides a vital link between South Raghavan had offered Ramzan’s by the Special Rapporteur on the sistance. Asia and Central and West Asia, mother to visit her son in the neigh- situation of human rights defend- “Unduly restricting civil soci- as well as to Europe. Aziz spoke bouring country. ers, Michel Forst, and by the Spe- ety organisations’ access to re- of Pakistan's significance as he led Ramzan’s mother offered to cial Rapporteur on the promotion sources therefore not only has a the Pakistan delegation at the 12th visit India and protection of the right to free- detrimental impact on freedom of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of Sources in the Indian High dom of opinion and expression, association, but also deeply under- Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Commission had told The Express David Kaye. mines the civil, political, econom- that took place in Luxembourg on Tribune Raghavan met Razia be- The Special Rapporteurs are ic, social and cultural rights that November 5-6. In his address, gum in a hotel in Karachi, asking part of what is known as the Spe- these organisations seek to pro- Aziz highlighted several projects her to send the passport as the cial Procedures of the Human mote and protect,” he stressed. undertaken by Pakistan in coop- Indian authorities were willing to Rights Council. They are not UN Kiai, who hails from from , eration with regional states. He issue her the visa “any day, any staff and they serve as experts in was designated in May 2011 by referred to the China Pakistan Eco- time”. their individual capacity. the UN Human Rights Council as nomic Corridor (CPEC), the Turk- Born in Karachi, the 15-year- In his statement Maina Kiai the first Special Rapporteur on the menistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- old boy was separated forcibly noted that the proposed law rights to freedom of peaceful as- India (TAPI) gas pipeline, the from his mother in 2008 when his would, among other “problemat- sembly and of association. He has CASA-1000 and the Torkham- father took him to Bangladesh. ic” issues, compel NGOs seeking served as Executive Director of the Jalalabad road project. Aziz urged Two years later, he crossed the foreign funds to register with the International Council on Human ASEM members to strengthen Indian border in a bid to return to government-controlled NGO Af- Rights Policy, Chair of the Kenya connections between Asia and Eu- his mother back in Karachi. fairs Bureau, and obtain its approv- National Human Rights Commis- rope in the fields of education, sci- ‘Ammi don’t cry, I will come al for each project undertaken with sion, Africa Director of the Inter- ence and technology, trade, busi- back soon’ these resources. national Human Rights Law ness, security, culture and infra- After travelling through differ- handed over to a shelter home run by the Childline trust. In August, Razia came to know about her missing son The Bureau’s commissioners Group, and Africa Director of structure sectors as well as peo- ent states, and living on the streets, after her employer narrated a story of a Pakistani boy living in an Indian shelter home. Only last week did she would also review on a monthly Amnesty International. ple-to-people contacts. Speaking he was detained in Bhopal and speak to Ramzan after eight long years. at the session, the adviser apprised the meeting of Pakistan’s perspec- tive on important regional and in- ternational issues. He stressed the importance of an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process in Afghanistan and also urged the European Union to play a leading role in finding a durable solution to the Palestinian issue. Under- scoring the progress made by Pa- kistan in countering terrorism, he called for tackling the root causes of the scourge. Aziz also briefed WASHINGTON: China is a grow- so is India. Many, many countries who are doing things in the South EU High Representative for For- ing military power but countries are asking us to work with them, China Sea, reclaiming land, milita- eign Affairs Federica Mogherini on like India and Japan are also fol- because they want to be part of rising features, to hold that per- positive developments in Pakistan lowing through in the region by this regional architecture that keeps manently, all of them. We think during the past two years. Among increasing their defence rollout, the the peace, and we welcome all of everybody ought to just stop that, these, he referred to the "continu- US has said as it voiced concern them to include China," Carter said. and that these are things to be re- ing strengthening of the democrat- over Beijing's activities in the dis- As the US and China engaged solved diplomatically," he said. ic process", economic revival and puted South China Sea. in a standoff last week over an "I have certainly said, and will decisive action against terrorism. "China is a growing military American guided missile destroy- continue to demonstrate, that for The two sides agreed that these power in this region. That's natu- er in Chinese-claimed waters in the our part, the US will continue to developments will improve oppor- ral. It's a big country. It's a coun- South China Sea, Carter said there fly, sail and operate anywhere in- tunities for trade and investment try that's trying to develop itself is no question that the US has some ternational law permits -- South in Pakistan. The current level of economically," US Defence Secre- points of contention with China China Sea to the Arctic -- that's trade between Pakistan and Europe tary Ashton Carter said in re- and objections to things they're not going to change," Carter said. has crossed $11 billion, especially sponse to a question from an doing. The US move to send USS after Pakistan was granted GSP+ American soldier in Hawaii on his "We, as many countries out Lassen to the SCS brought angry status which has been effective way back from his Asia trip. here, are concerned about their ac- denunciations from China, which since January 2014. "It's not the only one. Japan is tivities in the South China Sea. said its sovereignty had been vio- increasing its defence rollout here, We've called on China and others lated and warned America not to Japan gifts 123 hybrid cars to Pak ISLAMABAD: A common com- pensable for successful socioeco- security aid In the last decade, the trol and terrorism investigation. In plaint from the country’s police nomic development in Pakistan, Government of Japan, through the addition, Japan has also previous- forces is the lack of fuel funds to and the Government of Japan re- Japan International Cooperation ly agreed to install scanning devic- pay for patrolling vehicles. While mains committed to improving the Agency (JICA), has provided es at three international airports the government has been unable to capabilities of Pakistani law en- training opportunities to around 45 and two international seaports in address the issue, the government forcement agencies.” Pakistani police officers in areas Pakistan, all of which are current- of a friendly East-Asian nation has Young, extraordinary and Pa- such as forensic science, drug con- ly under way. responded. kistani Ambassador Inomata also Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi hoped that the NPGA will pro- take "dangerous actions". In his remarks, the Defence Secretary reiterated that the presence of the US in the Inomata on Friday handed over 123 vide, “A good opportunity for region ensured peace for decades and this played a key role in the rise of China. "Look what's happened out Japanese-made hybrids vehicles to Pakistani people to realise the here. Japan rose and prospered from the ashes of World War II. Then Taiwan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, the Ministry of Interior. The Jap- positive environmental effects now China and India. "They're able to do that, to follow their own destiny, dream their own dreams, live their anese embassy said the total cost brought about by hybrid vehicles.” own lives, because of the environment of peace and stability, and that has been a very important measure of the vehicles is around 500 mil- Nisar reiterated the govern- underwritten by the role the . We intend to keep going back," he said. "That in a sentence is the lion Japanese Yen, or Rs435 mil- ment’s sincere gratitude for Japan’s rebalancing. You, right here, are the heart of that. So you're playing a role in history that you'll look back on lion. continued commitment to socio- later in your lives and recognise and be able to tell your children the value of," he said. Police try to curb crime in economic development in Paki- Karachi’s DHA with new station stan. Why hybrids? The cars are part of Japan’s Hybrid vehicles use less fuel Non-Project Grant Aid (NPGA) and emit less greenhouse emissions Bad weather caused helicopter to Pakistan, a government spon- as compared to conventional vehi- sored fund to “contribute to the cles. The hybrid police cars will promotion of socioeconomic de- not only to enable the police to crash in : US Marines velopment efforts in developing reduce daily fuel costs, but also to countries.” help address increasing environ- Kathmandu - Bad weather likely caused a US helicopter to crash in Nepal while on an aid mission to help The handover ceremony was mental challenges. victims of April's massive earthquake, killing 13 people, the United States Marine Corps said. The UH-1Y held at Islamabad Traffic Police Here is why I can’t trust the Huey helicopter was delivering relief supplies and evacuating injured quake victims to Kathmandu when it Headquarters, with Interior Min- police in Pakistan The vehicles are went missing on May 12, the same day a deadly aftershock hit the Himalayan nation. Six US Marines, two ister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan rep- widely used by Japanese police, Nepalese soldiers and five villagers died in the accident, the Marine Corps said Friday in a press release resenting Pakistan. government entities and public summarising the results of their investigation into the crash. After picking up injured civilians from northern Ambassador Inomata said, transport, while also gaining pop- Dolakha district, the crew decided to fly the most direct route to the capital, apparently to secure urgent “Security enhancement is indis- ularity among the public.Japanese medical aid, the investigation found. 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NOVEMBER 08, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Oppose Germany has Taiwan ‘Children massa- cred’ in South independence, Sudan battles 'no plans' to China's Xi says Dozens of children have been at historic killed in fighting in South Sudan, where battles rage de- limit Syrians’ meeting spite political deals to end al- most two years of civil war, SINGAPORE China and Taiwan the United Nations has said. must not let proponents of Tai- The U.N. said that fight- asylum rights wan's independence split them, ing in the northern battle- China's President Xi Jinping told ground state of Unity has "in- Taiwan's president on Saturday at tensified with grave conse- the first meeting between leaders quences for civilians" in recent of the two sides since China's civil weeks, adding that 40,000 war ended in 1949. people are also starving to Ma Ying-jeou, president of death. The report by the U.N. self-ruled, democratic Taiwan, Office for the Coordination of where anti-Beijing sentiment has Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) been rising ahead of elections, called released late Friday detailed for mutual respect for each other's killings in just one area of Uni- systems and said Taiwan people ty state during a two-week The Obama administration still has around the globe to transfer 53 el- A senior U.S. official told Re- were concerned about mainland period. It said that in the Leer time to close the Guantanamo Bay igible Guantanamo prisoners from uters “there is a very real possibil- missiles pointing their way. district of southern Unity, military prison before the presi- the facility in , White House ity” that the number of inmates at The talks, at a luxury hotel in which has swapped hands dent leaves office, the White spokesman Josh Earnest said, add- Guantanamo, now at 112, could the neutral venue of Singapore, last- multiple times between gov- House said ing that some transfers would take be reduced to less than a hundred ed less than an hour but were heavy ernment and rebel forces, at , adding that it is continuing to place by the end of the year. by the end of the year. with symbolism. least 80 civilians were killed work on transferring detainees from “Absolutely it’s still possible. “We’re aiming for this,” the The two leaders shook hands between October 4 to 22. Al- The German government assured day, without specifying when the the center. It’s still something that we are official said, but added that there and smiled in front of a mass of most three-quarters of those there had been no changes to its change in policy would be en- The United States is working working very hard to accomplish,” was no guarantee of hitting that journalists when they met, with killed were children -- at least refugee policy for Syrians, after the forced. The Frankfurter Allgemeine to reach agreement with countries Earnest said. milestone by Dec. 31. Xi wearing a red tie, the color of 57 killed in Leer -- while there interior minister said they would Zeitung (FAZ) had been first to the Communist Party, and Ma a were more than 50 cases of be given a lesser status that exclud- report that Europe’s top econo- blue one, the color of his National- rape being used as "a weapon ed family reunifications. my, which is expecting around one ist Party. of war", the report said. Both Government spokesman Stef- million asylum seekers this year, Moving into a meeting room, sides are accused of having fen Seibert said “a change” to the was considering a change in refu- Xi, speaking first and sitting op- perpetrated ethnic massacres, decision-making processes of the gee policy. “The Federal Office for posite Ma, said Chinese people on recruited and killed children Federal Office for Migration and Migration and Refugees has been the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and carried out widespread Refugees had “not yet taken ordered to only grant secondary had the ability and wisdom to rape, and forced dis- place”. Germany has to date main- protection for refugees from Syr- solve their own problems. placement of populations to tained an open-door policy for ia’s civil war,” the FAZ quoted an The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria The former hostages were ISIS has captured hundreds of "No force can pull us apart "cleanse" areas of their oppo- Syrians escaping their country’s interior ministry document as say- (ISIS) group on Saturday released among a group of 220 Assyrians hostages, including Christians from because we are brothers who are nents. Hunger experts from the bloodshed, giving them “primary ing. Following infighting in her left- 37 Syrian Christians, most of them captured by ISIS when they over- different sects, in territory it con- still connected by our flesh even if Integrated Food Security Phase protection” - the highest status for right “grand coalition” government women, who were among more ran parts of the Khabur region in trols in Syria and Iraq. our bones are broken, we are a fam- Classification (IPC) have refugees. Among other benefits, it on the migrant crisis, Chancellor than 200 people kidnapped more February. Elsewhere, the Britain-based ily in which blood is thicker than warned of a "concrete risk of includes a three-year residence per- Angela Merkel held talks with par- than eight months ago, an NGO Since then, a trickle of the pris- Observatory said the toll in Thurs- water," Xi said. famine" before the end of the mit and family reunification. ty leaders Thursday at which they said. oners have been released, with be- day’s air strikes on the town on In response, Ma said he was year if fighting continues and Germany “is sticking to the agreed on a raft of measures to The Assyrian Monitor for tween 140 and 150 believed to still Albu Kamal on the Syrian border determined to promote peace aid does not reach the hardest- practice currently in place”, Seib- bring more order to the record in- Human Rights said the group of be held by ISIS. with Iraq had risen to 49 people, across the Taiwan Strait and that hit areas. While some aid has ert said on Twitter. Seibert’s state- flux. Among the steps announced freed Assyrian Christians includ- The Assyrian Monitor said at least 31 of them civilians. relations should be based on sin- reached two districts in Unity ment came after Interior Minister at a joint press conference were ed 27 women and 10 men, most of the releases were the result of ne- The monitoring group had pre- cerity, wisdom and patience. "Both -- Buaw and Koch -- other ar- Thomas de Maiziere told German plans to speed up repatriations of them elderly. gotiations carried out by the viously said at least 22 people were sides should respect each other's eas are cut off. Some 3.9 mil- radio that Syrians would be given rejected asylum seekers from new They arrived on Saturday church, but other reports suggest killed in the strikes, but it was not values and way of life to ensure lion people are in critical need shorter residence permits and de- central hubs. Merkel and her part- morning in the town of Tal Tamr ISIS has been paid to free the hos- able to confirm who was behind mutual benefit and a win-win situ- of aid -- a third of the coun- nied the right to be reunited with ners did not speak publicly about in the Khabur region of Hasakeh tages. the attacks. ation across the straits," he said. try's population and a massive their families. “What we will do in any change in policy for Syrians. province in northeastern Syria, the Assyrians numbered about Russia, Syria’s government China's Nationalists, also 80 percent rise compared to future with the Syrians... is we will The FAZ cited official figures group said. 30,000 among Syria’s 1.2 million and a US-led coalition are all car- known as the Kuomintang the same period last year, the say to them: you will be given pro- showing that Germany had re- The releases were confirmed Christians before the country’s rying out air strikes on Syrian ter- (KMT), retreated to Taiwan after U.N. said. Civil war began in tection, but only what we call ‘sub- ceived 55,600 asylum applications by the Syrian Observatory for conflict began. They lived mostly ritory, sometimes operating in the losing the civil war to the Commu- December 2013 when Presi- sidiary protection’, meaning it is from Syrian citizens in August. Human Rights monitor, which said in 35 villages in Hasakeh. same areas. nists, who are still in charge in dent Salva Kiir accused his for a limited time, and without More than 38,600 were accepted, most of those freed were from other In February, ISIS overran many The Observatory said at least Beijing. The mainland has never re- former deputy Riek Machar family reunification,” De Maiziere with only 53 receiving subsidiary towns elsewhere in the Khabur of the villages, but Kurdish forces four of those killed in the raids on nounced the use of force to bring of planning a coup, setting off told Deutschlandradio earlier Fri- protection. region. later expelled them. the ISIS-held town were children. what it considers a breakaway a cycle of retaliatory killings province under its control. that have split the poverty- Speaking to reporters after the stricken, landlocked country talks, Ma said he hoped Xi could along ethnic lines. pay attention to China's missile deployment - the island has long Burundi leaders fretted about batteries pointed its warned to stop way - to which Xi replied that was not an issue about Taiwan, he said. inciting mass "I at least raised the issue, and violence told him that the Taiwanese peo- ple have questions and concerns about it, and hope he will treat it The international community Some 150 schools with more than closed following Boko Haram’s with importance," Ma said. has condemned Burundi's gov- 12,000 pupils have been forced to first attacks in the country in Feb- Zhang Zhijun, the head of Chi- ernment for inciting violence close due to the deadly attacks in ruary, with more following suit fol- na's Taiwan Affairs Office, said Xi amid a deteriorating security Niger’s southeast Diffa region, the lowing a recent surge in assaults told Ma that the biggest threat to situation in the country and United Nations said. by the Nigeria-based militant the peaceful development of rela- expressed alarm at a number of Most of the affected schools group, a local official told AFP. tions was pro-independence forc- apparent summary executions. are near Lake Chad and on the Thirteen people were killed es. "The compatriots on both sides President Pierre Nkurunziza banks of the Yobe River, which and three injured in an attack on should unite and firmly oppose it," has announced a Saturday dead- marks the border between Niger the Diffa village of Ala last week, Zhang said. The meeting comes line for people to hand over il- and Nigeria, the U.N.’s Office for local officials said. ahead of presidential and parlia- legal firearms or be treated as the Coordination of Humanitarian Niger’s government has been mentary elections on Taiwan which enemies of the state in a bid, Affairs (OCHA) said in a state- working with the U.N. and other the independence-leaning Demo- the government says, to stem ment. The agency said 151 schools partners on a plan intended to al- cratic Progressive Party (DPP) is months of violence and pro- with a total of 12,631 pupils had low children to go back to their favored to win, something Beijing tests over his election to a third closed due to “insecurity that has studies in safer locations by the is desperate to avoid. term in office this year. Critics sparked the absence of teachers end of November.Boko Haram has Speaking in Taiwan, DPP lead- have warned the move could and panic in the population”. carried out several bloody attacks er and presidential candidate Tsai "trigger widespread violence" “The pupils are now at camps in Diffa, as the army struggles to Ing-wen said she was disappoint- if security forces start search- for displaced people,” the agency contain the group’s regional ad- ed Ma made no direct mention of ing homes for weapons and said, adding that there are no vances. Cameroon, Chad and Ni- Taiwan's freedom and democracy. opposition figures. Activists schools at the camps. ger have formed a military alliance "We had expected President Ma and journalists targeted in Bu- Citing a source in Niger’s gov- with Nigeria and Benin to battle to talk about Taiwan's democracy, rundi's unrest UN spokesman ernment, OCHA also said that the militants, who this year de- freedom and the existence of the Stephane Dujarric said on Fri- 47,000 of Diffa’s 500,000 resi- clared allegiance to the ISIS. Republic of China," she said, in day that Secretary-General dents had been forced to flee their Boko Haram has been hit hard comments carried on Taiwan tele- Ban Ki-moon "is alarmed by homes since February, when Boko by the multinational offensive, los- vision stations, referring to Tai- the ongoing escalation of vio- Haram launched a string of deadly ing territory, but it has launched wan's official name. "More impor- lence". "He expresses grave attacks. Numerous local schools attacks and bombings in response. tantly, the Taiwan people's right concern that, in recent weeks, to choose freely. But he did not the discovery of the bodies of say a word of that." civilian victims, many appar- UK plane entering While bilateral trade, invest- ently summarily executed, has Despite Russian strikes, ment and tourism have blossomed become a regular occurrence in - particularly since Ma and his several neighbourhoods of Bu- Sharm ‘missed rocket KMT took power in 2008 - there jumbura," Dujarric said. Syrian rebels hold ground is deep suspicion on both sides and by 300m’ in August no progress has been made on any US police officers Despite a month of heavy batter- sort of political settlement. ing by Russian airstrikes, Syria's A British tourist plane heading in to land at the Egyptian resort of Sharm No agreements had been ex- arrested over fatal rebels have so far been able to fend el-Sheikh came within 1,000 feet (300 metres) of a missile in August, pected in what was seen as a high- shooting of boy off offensives by government forc- newspapers reported Saturday. The near-miss involved a Thomson Air- ly symbolic get-together in Sin- es trying to retake territory from ways plane carrying 189 passengers from London on August 23. British gapore, a largely ethnic Chinese city-state that has maintained good The head of Louisiana's state the rebel's heartland. The fierce authorities concluded it was not a “targeted attack.” The incident hap- fighting shows how even greater pened around two months before a Russian tourist plane leaving the ties with both for decades. police has announced that two Protocol problems loomed law enforcement officers have backing from Syrian President Red Sea resort plummeted from the sky into the Sinai Peninsula last Bashar al-Assad's international al- large for democratic Taiwan and been arrested over the fatal Saturday, killing all 224 people onboard. A spokesman for Britain’s autocratic China and the two ad- shooting of a six-year-old boy lies is not swiftly tipping the con- Department for Transport (DfT) said of the August near-miss: “We flict in his favor. dressed each other as "mister" to and the wounding of his father investigated the reported incident at the time and concluded that it was avoid using the word "president", earlier this week. Colonel Mike Assad's military has launched not a targeted attack and was likely to be connected to routine exercises assaults on severl fronts in the as neither officially recognizes the Edmonson said in a news con- being conducted by the Egyptian military in the area at the time.” The other as head of state. ference on Friday that the two north and northwest the past Daily Mail newspaper said the Thomson Airways pilot took evasive weeks, supported by Russian air- oush, commander of the 1,300- territory is now the heartland for Further underscoring China's officers were being booked on action and landed safely. Holidaymakers were not told about the inci- sensitivities, state television only charges of second-degree mur- strikes pummeling rebel positions strong Fursan al-Haq Brigade, told the rebels, a mix of moderate na- dent. “The pilot was in the cockpit and saw the rocket coming towards that government forces are trying The Associated Press, speaking in tionalist factions and others with showed Xi's comments live, cut- der and attempted second-de- the plane. He ordered the flight turn to the left to avoid the rocket, which ting away when Ma began to gree murder over Tuesday's to retake. Assad's troops have also the Turkish border city of Rey- hard-line Islamic ideologies. was about 1,000 feet away,” the tabloid quoted a source as saying. been backed by the tougher fight- hanli. The TOW rockets have been "There is a sort of competition speak, prompting a flurry of com- shooting in Marksville. Ed- “Another Thomson plane was also flying into (Sharm el-Sheikh) at the plaints on Chinese social media monson identified the two of- ers of Lebanon's Hezbollah guer- instrumental, he and other com- now among the factions to excel in same time and saw the rocket. “The crew were told the rocket was from rilla army and combat advisers from manders said. The United States defending the areas so none of them about censorship. It later showed ficers as Norris Greenhouse Jr an Egyptian military exercise, but with what has happened there is a lot a recording of Ma's opening re- and Derrick Stafford. State po- Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard — has been supplying the missiles to can get accused of being a traitor select rebel factions for months, for losing a strip of land," said Hadi of fear. The incident left staff petrified.” A Thomson spokesman said: marks. The meeting comes as Xi lice have been investigating the and top commanders from both “Thomson Airways can confirm that an event was reported by the crew Hezbollah and the Iranians have part of its program alongside Sau- Abdullah, an opposition activist hopes to cement his place among death of Jeremy Mardis, who of flight TOM 476 on August 23. “Upon landing into Sharm el-Sheikh, China's pantheon of great leaders was in a vehicle with his fa- been killed, a sign of the intensity di Arabia, and Qatar to who travels with the rebels to the boost the insurgency. Al-Bayoush, front lines to report on fighting. an initial assessment was conducted and the event was immediately and Ma, stepping down next year ther when pursuing officers of the battles. The rebels say they reported to the UK DfT in line with established protocol. “The DfT have been able to hold out because a defector from Assad's army, said "They come to the rescue of each due to term limits, tries to shape opened fire. Edmonson gave conducted a full investigation in conjunction with other UK government his legacy marred by growing anti- few details of what happened of support from their own allies: his fighters have a constantly re- other on their different turf." The plenished supply and use them fighting suggests the Russians may experts. “After reviewing the details of the case, the investigation con- Beijing feeling in Taiwan. While but said the investigation was An increasing flow of American cluded that there was no cause for concern and it was safe to continue anti-tank TOW missiles that have not only against tanks but also run into the same reality as the 13- China is laudatory, concerns have ongoing. Two other officers our flying programme to Sharm-el Sheikh.” Britain suspended flights to been raised in Taiwan, and on Sat- were involved in the incident. allowed their fighters to blunt at- against troop formations and oth- month-old American-led air cam- tempted advances by Assad's forc- er positions. "We fire 15 TOWs paign against ISIS in Syria: Air Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday after saying it feared a bomb may have urday a few hundred people took "He didn't deserve to die like brought down the Russian jet, with Moscow following suit on Friday. to the streets in Taipei to protest that, and that's what's impor- es. Despite more than 1,000 com- and we get 15 TOWs in return," power doesn't automatically trans- bat sorties by Russian aircraft hit- he said. The combination of Rus- late into victories on the ground. It The resort is a popular destination with British and Russian holiday- against the meeting. "Though he tant," Edmonson said at a said he won't sign any agreements news conference. Citing cam- ting more than 2,000 targets, gov- sian strikes and Assad's ground of- also points to how international makers, usually hosting some 20,000 Britons. Moscow said Saturday ernment forces' gains have been fensives have also rallied the mul- patrons have ensured each side can that it still has nearly 80,000 nationals in but there will be no there, the Ma-Xi meeting itself era footage of the incident, he shows there will definitely be some said: "I can tell you, it is the minimal. "We don't deny that the tiple rebel factions to defend north- keep fighting in a war grinding to- emergency evacuation, with tourists able to return at their own pace. airstrikes are effective, but they west Idlib province, which they ward the 5-year mark with more Thomson Airways has been repatriating Britons trying to return home discussions or negotiations which most disturbing thing I've seen, have not been approved of by Tai- and I'll leave it like that." (troops) will not advance on the wrested completely from govern- than 250,000 killed and millions following last weekend’s crash. The first such flights back to Britain ground," Lt. Col. Fares al-Bay- ment control over the spring. The displaced. landed on Friday. wan's people," said protester Sung Yun-chuan. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. 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www.afghanistantimes.af By Joseph Goldstein Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi KABUL, Afghanistan — Advisory editorial board The Doctors Without Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Borders hospital was among the most brightly lit buildings Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal in Kunduz on the night a cir- cling American gunship de- Graphic-Designers: stroyed it. Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari The rest of the northern Af- Marketing & Advertising: ghan city was mostly dark af- ter days of fighting between Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 the security forces Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan and Taliban militants. But the Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 hospital was keeping its lights on as doctors there were work- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ing, according to the group’s general director, Christopher Stokes. The constitution says Spread across the hospital roof was a large white and red Article 67: flag reading “Médecins Sans In case of resignation, impeachment or death of the President, as well as an incurable Frontières,” the group’s French illness impeding performance of duty, the First Vice-President shall assume authorities name. On the afternoon before and duties of the President. The President shall personally tender resignation to the the strike, the fighting in the National Assembly. Affirmation of an incurable illness shall be verified by an authoritative neighborhood had quieted medical team assigned by the Supreme Court. enough for staff members to safely climb to the roof and lay out the markers identifying the bling question hangs over the ban fighters in the area. Doc- none of the Taliban or govern- building to any military aircraft various investigations into the tors Without Borders has re- ment security forces were flying over. The group had also attack: Did someone intention- peatedly denied those claims. armed when they entered the sent the longitude and latitude ally decide to fire on the hospi- Since the attack on the hospital and, additionally, were coordinates of the hospital, for tal, whether because of the hospital, Afghan officials have no longer considered combat- years the most important trau- presence of suggested that it was justified, ants and were protected as a ma center in that part of wounded Taliban fighters there claiming that the complex had matter of international law be- northern Afghanistan, to the or for some other reason? become a Taliban stronghold in cause of their wounds and sub- United States military to remind As Mr. Stokes put it, “Did Kunduz after the militants sequent hospitalization. it where not to attack during the our hospital lose its protected seized the city in September. Military officials in Kabul fighting. status in the eyes of the mili- But hospital officials have have declined to answer ques- Despite all that, and the pro- tary forces engaged in this at- said that is untrue. As a neutral tions about the airstrike, say- tection afforded to war-zone tack, and if so, why?” hospital, the organization said ing answers will have to wait hospitals by theGeneva Con- The main hospital building, that it treats wounded patients while the military conducts its ventions, the hospital wasgut- the most clearly marked in the without regard to which side own investigations. One is a The threat posed by Daesh, at times was ignored by the government. And by the ted by an American military medical complex, received the they fight on. It enforces a strict joint NATO-Afghan inquiry, times the government started bracing itself to tackle the threat it had become mon- bombardment in the early hours brunt of the bombardment on no-weapons policy within the and the other is being conduct- of Oct. 3. The strikes occurred Oct. 3. The perimeter of the hospital. ed by the United States mili- strous. And now terror outfit has been a cause of unprecedented troubles, particu- over an hour and 15 minutes hospital was mostly spared, At the news conference, tary. larly in eastern . and killed 30 people, including suggesting that the main hos- Mr. Stokes described how the One section of the new Last month, the UN released a report that on the developments of Daesh in this patients on operating tables pital building was the specific organization received an email Doctors Without Borders re- war-wracked country. The report said the terror outfit has presence in almost 25 and the wounded in their beds target of the various aerial from an American military offi- port detailed frantic efforts dur- and wheelchairs. passes by the American Spe- cial in Washington two days ing the airstrikes by the group’s provinces. The report faced outright rejection from the ministry of interior. Yet it At a news conference in cial Operations AC-130, a gun- before the bombing inquiring staff members in Kunduz, Kab- doesn’t mean that Daesh has no presence at all or it is a threat which is not worth Kabul on Thursday, the inter- ship used by the military be- about a large number of Tali- ul, and New York to call and text worrying. If someone wants to know about what Daesh is and how it looks to live national medical organization cause of its ability to deliver ban “holed up” in the hospital their contacts in the United under its reign of terror, they need to make a single day visit to the Haska Mena, said that more than a month precise strikes on one spot over and about the safety of the States military and NATO to try after the attack the United an extended period of time. hospital’s staff. to get the attack halted. Achin and other parts of Nangarhar province. States military had yet to offer Debris after an airstrike by Mr. Stokes and colleagues The staff at the hospital After Nagarharis, now it is the turn of Zabul and Ghazni provinces, where the an explanation for why a clear- the American military in Kun- warned reporters against read- could hear the propellers of the footprints of Daesh can visible are seen. A number of civil society activists and ly marked hospital was struck, duz, Afghanistan, that killed 30 ing too much into the emailed gunship circling above, firing other than to say it had been people. CreditVictor J. Blue for question, however, saying that on the hospital in roughly 15 elders of Zabul and Ghazni provinces on Saturday called on the government to hit by mistake. the organization simply re- minute intervals, a total of five eliminate Daesh’s hideouts in the province. They said that Daesh has hideouts in “A mistake is quite hard to So far, the United States mil- sponded that the hospital was passes. Some staff members Khak-e-Afghan district of Zabul province. Ghaznavis say they are being attacked understand and believe at this itary has offered few details to full of patients, including civil- said several people fleeing the by Daesh from Zabul. They also say if the threat is not tackled effectively and stage,” Mr. Stokes said at the explain how the strikes hap- ians, members of the security central hospital during the at- news conference. The pened. forces and wounded Taliban tack came under fire as they immediately, Daesh will be a cause of troubled on Kabul-Kandahar highway. organization shared more de- After the airstrike, the mili- combatants. tried to reach different areas of Now that Daesh has emerged a second deadliest challenge in this country, the tails of the attack and renewed tary initially claimed the hospi- Two of those Taliban pa- the compound. government needs to utilize the support of Regional Anti Terror Structure (RATS) its call for an independent in- tal had been collateral damage tients might have been high- The first call to military con- of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as this multi-national and region- vestigation, which both the in a bombardment intended to ranking insurgents, based on tacts occurred at 2:19 a.m., and United States and Afghanistan protect American forces. the number of fighters who had the calls and texts continued al bloc has already vowed to increase its cooperation with the Afghan National have resisted so far. “From Later, offering little detail, escorted them to the hospital for an hour, more than a dozen Security Forces (ANSF) to prevent Daesh from expanding in the region. what we are seeing now, this the top American commander as well as the intense interest in all. They seemed to accom- When Daesh was making inroads in Afghanistan, American officials used to just action is illegal in the laws of in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. shown in their health by visi- plish little, according to a log war. You cannot do this. You Campbell changed that ac- tors, according to the group’s of the calls released by the point out where the terror network is making inroads, and didn’t take any steps to cannot bomb a hospital.” count. He said the bombard- report released on Thursday, group. In one response, a mili- curb the threat. As details continue to ment came in response to a re- detailing what the organization tary official with the American- When they observed that Daesh is taking roots uninterrupted, the United States emerge that suggest that the quest from Afghan forces for had learned from interviews led coalition texted back, “I’ll started targeting its terrorists in drone attacks. Though, international coalition troops military struck the target it in- an airstrike, claiming that they with staff members. do my best, praying for you tended to hit that day, a trou- had come under attack by Tali- The organization said that all.” (The New York Times) have wrapped up their combat mission. They already are withdrawing. Yes, a resid- ual force is staying behind to train Afghan security forces. However, the situation on ground tells that coalition troops must still be engaged in combat mission as given the geography and terrain of the country, it needs a larger army to contain the threat posed by the Taliban, Daesh and al-Qaeda remnants. Back in October, Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Maj. Bradelee Avots said the spread of Daesh into Afghanistan was a matter of deep concern. As Daesh threat is growing, the government looks a victim of strategy-bankruptcy knowing not clearly how to tackle this emerging threat. The ugly turn in the war comes as Daesh is spreading its wings and Afghanistan’s struggling national unity government remains without a minister of defense. Presi- dent Ashraf Ghani’s third nomination for the post has been rejected by the Parlia- ment. It means the government is not only a victim of strategy-bankruptcy but also a victim of shortage of competent candidates as since the rejection no other candi- date has been introduced to the parliament rather an acting defense minister is made work. Now the government must fully brace itself to subdue the threats posed by the Taliban and Daesh instead of being occupied by an inside war over seats alloca- tions. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. 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By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh without saying that the slogan plished through the will of one Israeli) policies in the region. strategy and tactic to repress does not mean death to the individual, even if that person The government created domestic oppositions or place Improving Western-Iran diplo- American nation.” is the Supreme Leader. The le- several hard-line institutions blame on Washington for do- matic relationships, the nucle- Although Iran continues to gitimacy of the system will con- (including Iran’s Revolutionary mestic economic mismanage- ar agreement, as well as new promote the slogan, its leaders' tinue to rely on those revolu- Guard Corps) and invested a ments. Nevertheless, “Death to venues of direct diplomatic efforts to minimize the negative tionary ideals. good chunk of its budget and America” does not necessarily communications between Irani- connotations of it are a sign of After the 1979 revolution, oil revenue in these institu- mean that Iranian-American an and U.S. high-level officials, gradually improving ties be- two key elements characterized tions. Over the past 30 years, ties are not improving. Despite the Afghans believe in a sys- have all raised expectations that By Ali Jan Khan tem and constitution. tween Tehran and Washington. the nature and identity of the the character of these institu- the slogan, Washington and perhaps the two countries con- U.S. Secretary of State John Islamic Republic: anti-Western tions and their political and Tehran are finding more shared At this moment, when cer- sidered enemies for so long Contrary to its pledges and tain regional and neighbouring Kerry previously asked Irani- values (particularly opposing economic monopoly was interests to cooperate togeth- commitments regarding help- countries are on a bid to get have put their mistrust aside an leaders to totally abandon U.S. policies in the Middle East) formed based on the anti-West- er on. ing resolution to long standing benefits of Afghan government and have embarked on a new the slogan. The question is and the religious backbone of ern values of the revolution. Dr. Majid Rafizadeh is an Afghan conflict and return of and nation compulsions, re- path. why the Islamic Republic does its society (Shiite theology). These hard-line institutions Iranian-American scholar, au- peace and stability in the al- sponsibility rest with the inter- But these expectations not cut out the slogan alto- The religious character of ensure the ironclad power of thor and U.S. foreign policy ready war stricken country, national community to come were somewhat shattered when gether? Won’t abandoning it the Iranian government was the Supreme Leader and he, in specialist. Rafizadeh is the pres- there seem visible contradiction forward for the safety and pro- this week an overwhelming in statements of high ranking tection of its trillion dollars, in- decrease tensions between formulated and spread through return, ensures their monopo- ident of the International Amer- majority of Iranian lawmakers Washington and Tehran and seminaries, changing school ly over social, political and eco- ican Council. He serves on the Pakistani officials. Sartaj Aziz, vested in reconstruction of war and parliamentarians stated Security Advisor to Pakistan’s ruined infrastructures. All are subsequently lead to improv- curriculums and imposing reli- nomic spectrums. board of Harvard International that the Islamic Republic will ing Iran’s legitimacy on the glo- gious laws with the constitu- The Supreme Leader, can- Review at Harvard University Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, in on the same page that destab- not abandon the inflammatory last two days made different lisation and weakening of Af- bal stage? Iran’s indispensible tion. The anti-Western charac- not, and will not, declare over- and Harvard International Re- statements. ghanistan is a serious threat to slogan of “Death to America”. dual identity Governments, ter of the Iranian government night that the slogan “Death to lations Council. He is a mem- On November 1st, 2015 Sar- global peace. Regional and In a joint statement released which normally emerge after was fossilized and strength- America” should be aban- ber of the Gulf 2000 Project at taj Aziz said that it was up to neighbouring countries should by Iran’s state news agency revolutions, and adopt revolu- ened through two elements: doned, because this will shat- Columbia University, School of the Afghan government wheth- gauge gravity of the situation IRNA, 192 members of Iran’s tionary ideals to define their Iran’s regional policies and its ter the foundations of his so- International and Public Affairs. er it wants to talk to them or as Pakistan’s continue med- 290-seat parliament declared: socio-political character and hard-line institutions (such as cial and political base (made up Previously he served as ambas- keeps combating. However, he dling in affairs of Afghanistan “The martyr-nurturing nation of their identity, will often find it the military, Basij, Sepah, Quds of the judiciary and hardline sador to the National Iranian- added that Pakistan will be in a could enable Al-Qaeda and IS Iran is not at all prepared to better position to facilitate dia- like forces to exploit the situa- almost impossible to subse- force, intelligence, judiciary, clerics, among others) as well American Council based in abandon the slogan of ‘Death quently unshackle themselves among others). Tehran’s re- as the military institutions Washington DC. He can be logues if the Afghan express its tion in favour of their own in- to America’ under the pretext willingness. A day later, he said from revolutionary principles gional policies of supporting which protect him. In addition, contacted at: terests. of a nuclear agreement.” atmosphere was not conducive The present situation is and alter their identity. Shiite proxies and allying itself the Islamic Republic has con- [email protected], for dialogues between Afghan quite different from the recent This means that “Death to This means that changing with U.S. rivals, pushed it to- veniently used its hostility to- or on Twitter: @MajidRafiza- government and Taliban. past. In the name of Arab America” will continue on Fri- the system can not be accom- wards scuttling American (and wards the U.S. as a powerful deh So far the Afghan govern- spring, worst kind of violence day prayers, protests, or spe- ment, especially President Dr. is in progress in Middle East cial holidays such as Novem- Ashraf Ghani and Chief Execu- since 2003. Similarly, in 80’s and ber 4 – the anniversary of the tive Dr. Abdullah have not yet 90’s, the USSR was in era of hostage crisis of 1977, a direct given a clear response but it disintegration and its succes- siege on the U.S. embassy in seems that their previous expe- sor Russian Federation was not Tehran. riences with Pakistan have in a position to play its role. But The Supreme Leader, can- made them too much meticu- now Russian Federation has not, and will not, declare over- lous. Contradictions in “words realized its responsibilities of and actions” on the part of Pa- helping the oppressed commu- night that the slogan “Death to kistan has become an estab- nities that are experiencing un- America” should be aban- lished belief in the aftermath of precedented aggression on the doned. latest statements of certain high basis of religious faiths and Dr. Majid Rafizadeh ranking figures, who remain beliefs. The Iranian parliament's occupants of important offices Many Arab rulers are silent move is a manifestation of the including the former military and carefully watching the sit- domestic political struggle, as dictator, Pervez Musharaf, and uation but internally they are well as Iran’s inflexible region- By Hisham Melhem others. All of them have con- unhappy. These rulers are feel- al policies. After the nuclear eager to ‘use force to get our way’ People are reluctant to apolo- degenerated further. Powell also firmed their soft-corner not only ing threats to their rule after in the Middle East and the latter gize and own their mistakes. Hard- chose not to fall on his sword when deal, the hardliners appear to ‘Finally, he [Brutus] spoke to Vol- of being an ‘arrogant fellow’ and er still is for people to be held it became clear that his testimony for the militants but even for becoming witnesses to the fate umnius himself in Greek, remind- al-Qaeda. They were waiting of Saddam Hussain in Iraq, Col. be on a roll as they send sig- full of ‘swagger’. In the interim morally and legally accountable. at the United Nations about Iraq’s ing him of their student life, and came the news of the passing of For leaders to apologize publicly, WMD program was bogus. Apol- for pulling US-led allied NATO Gaddafi in Libya and now of nals to the moderates that the begged him to grasp his sword hardliners are in charge, that the Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi opposi- to seek atonement or resign from ogies have become meaningless In troops out of Afghanistan. And Bashar-ul-Asad in Syria. In- with him and help him drive home tion leader in exile, who exaggerat- their positions because they failed recent years a strange culture of finally they confirmed such as- stead of helping like 90’s, al- nuclear deal does not mean to- the blow. And when Volumnius ed Iraq’s supposed arsenal of the institutions they represent is qualified apologies appeared. sociation by capturing Kunduz most all of these Arab monarchs tal rapprochement with the refused, and the rest likewise ... weapons of mass destruction and infinitely more difficult in part American officials, public figures for a brief time. are now trying to fuel crises “Great Satan,” and that the grasping with both hands the hilt was close to many U.S. lawmak- because of the legal and political and chairmen of powerful corpo- of his naked sword, he fell upon it Whatever might be claims and complications for Ameri- moderates should watch their ers and the darling of the neo-con- ramifications of their apologies. rations, when they give up their and justifications on the part cans in the region. And Rus- and died.’ The ghosts of Iraq are servatives in Washington who For a leader saying mea culpa initial resistance to issue apologies steps as they crossed a line haunting us again. In fact these wanted him to lead a liberated, pro- is very hard to do. No American for mistakes of judgements, turn of Pakistan before media and sian President Mr. Putin has when dealing with the U.S. The ghosts have been hovering over us global forums regarding its role also put on high alert his coun- American Iraq. Insincere and very President ever apologized for the and issue apologies that are laced toning-down of the slogan ever since that fateful violent en- late ‘apology’ Blair’s apology was war in Vietnam or for the invasions with many qualifications that they in Afghanistan affairs but in- try when the Afghan resistance counter on March 19, 2003 when a pre-emptive spin designed to of Panama, Afghanistan and Iraq. lose their meanings. Most of them ternally they are working on an elements have captured Kun- However, it is crucial to point the American invasion of Iraq be- out that that unlike in the past, address in part the so-called Moreover, no president or senior use the preferred form of neutral agenda, just to force the Af- duz province, bordering Tajiki- gan. Millions of Iraqis are still ex- Chilcot inquiry (named after Sir official was held legally account- apology; ‘mistakes were made’. ghan government for surren- stan. Iranian officials including the periencing the painful and chaotic John Chilcot) into the British role able for using force overseas and Rarely these apologies carry legal dering before its terms and con- Earlier in 80’s and 90’s Paki- Supreme Leader took their time reverberations of that transforma- in the Iraq war, and particularly very few resigned over principles. ramification. There is also the re- ditions. These terms and con- stan was enjoying association to tone down and provide an tive day, and hundreds of thou- Blair’s actions before the expected Former U.S. secretary of defense demptive and cathartic aspect of sands of Americans have been ditions are too much harmful to not only of the US but also of explanation of the true mean- damning findings are published. Robert McNamara, who was the apologies. When the financial or scarred by a war that refuses to The apology was hedged with architect of escalating the war in sexual transgressions of a promi- the very interests of Afghani- -led Islamic um- ing of “Death to America.” For end. In the span of few days some stan, therefore, it could be very mah. Now geo-strategic priori- qualifications; ‘I apologize for the Vietnam, spent the last years of nent politician, a major CEO, or a example, this week, according of the participants in that in that fact that the intelligence we re- his life beating his chest and apol- head of a church are exposed, they difficult for President Dr. ties have been changing. to The Associated Press, Aya- invasion forced us to reflect once ceived was wrong’ implying that ogizing repeatedly for his errors perform an impressive amount of Ashraf Ghani and his team to again on the folly of a war that Neighbouring Islamic Republic tollah Khamenei spoke to Ira- the fault is that of U.S. Intelligence of judgement during the war. The breast-beating asking for redemp- do so. of Iran is in a reconciliation pro- was supposed to end all the wars nian students in Tehran about agencies only. But, according to once powerful man was haunted tion and forgiveness, hoping to However, continue med- cess with the US. Turkey’s that Iraq went through ever since U.S. officials then, Blair was a very by his bloody blunders ‘We were reach the next stage of ‘moving dling in internal affairs of Af- strengthening Islamic democ- the slogan. Saddam Hussein blundered into enthusiastic warmonger. Blair also wrong, terribly wrong. We owe it on’. Americans like public cathar- ghanistan is not only causing racy has put at risk no other He said: “Your 'Death to the invasion of Iran in September apologized for ‘our mistake in our to future generations to explain sis, and are willing to give the sin- wide range unrest amongst the than Saudi Arabia. India is be- America’ slogan and the cries 1980.These ghosts have been hov- understanding of what would hap- why’. But, McNamara also opted ners a second chance. In most cas- ering over us ever since that fate- pen once you removed Saddam not to fall on his sword when he es these public rituals of seeking peace loving Afghans but it coming another regional eco- by the Iranian nation, have ful violent encounter on March 19, leads to wastage of billions and nomic typhoon with the help Hussein’. But, the smarmy unre- had the chance. redemption work. strong logical support behind 2003 when the American invasion constructed Blair said ‘I find it hard There were two significant res- In recent years some Ameri- trillion dollars, invested by glo- of the US and its Middle East them … Obviously by 'Death of Iraq began to apologize for removing Sadd- ignations in protest of the war in can presidents were forced to is- bal community after 9/11. To- aides. Chinese are becoming to America,’ we don't mean Former British Prime Minis- am’. Blair dismissed calls that he Vietnam during the presidency of sue public apologies for their fail- day’s Afghanistan is much neighbours of Middle East with ter Tony Blair offered a pre-emp- should stand trial as a war crimi- Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson’s ings, and the return of these apol- death to the American people. tive and very qualified apology for more different than that of 1988, making operation the Gawadar The American nation is just like nal, implying that the judgement first secretary of health, education ogies were impressive. In 1961, 1992 and 1996 as there exists a Fort of Pakistan. In such a situ- ‘mistakes in planning’ the war, and of history on ‘my crime’ will not and welfare, John Gardner resigned President John F. Kennedy took constitutional set up with a ation, Pakistan needs to think the rest of the nations. It ... former American President George be very harsh. because of his moral opposition responsibility for the ill-fated of centralized authority. Earlier, about drastic shifts in its poli- means death to U.S. policies Herbert Walker Bush lashed out But Blair came closer to the to the war; he even told Johnson the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. and its arrogance." at his son’s senior aides such as truth when he admitted that ‘there that he could not support his re- He famously said ‘there is an old Afghanistan was scattered and cies towards Afghanistan. former Vice President Dick lacking a system and an ac- The author is a Peshawar- In another message he reit- are elements of truth’ that the in- election. The second official to re- saying that victory has a hundred Cheney and former Secretary of vasion of Iraq had been the ‘prin- sign was deputy secretary of de- fathers and defeat is an orphan.’ ceptable authority. But despite based journalist and a guest terated that “The slogan ‘death Defense Donald Rumsfeld, accus- cipal cause’ of the rise of the Is- fense Cyrus Vance, who initially He assured the American people their divisions in different po- columnist for Afghanistan to America’ is backed by rea- ing the former of pushing for a lamic State (ISIS). Blair’s insincere supported the war, before he real- that he will not conceal his respon- litical ideologies and identity, Times. son and wisdom; and it goes ‘very hard line’ and of being too apology was many years late, and ized that it could not be won. But sibility ‘because I am the respon- instead of addressing a sincere apol- Vance is known more for his sec- sible officer of the government’. ogy to the people of Iraq, who bore ond resignation over a principle. Kennedy’s popularity after his the brunt of it, and to the British Vance served as President Jimmy mea culpa in fact soared. After the people in whose name he partici- Carter’s first secretary of State. Iran-Contra scandal rocked his ad- LETTER TO THE EDITOR pated in the invasion, he made his When the principled statesman ministration, President Ronald pro-forma gesture in an interview who strongly believed in diploma- Reagan took responsibility for his with CNN. Blair’s apology is a way cy realized that President Carter government’s illegal schemes. He of avoiding moral and legal respon- decided to accept the recommen- said: ‘now, what should happen sibility for the invasion, and cer- dation of his rival the National se- when you make a mistake is this: tainly not an attempt at atonement. curity advisor Zbigniew Brzezin- you take your knocks, you learn Ulema should raise voice against Blair is not the kind of a man who ski to use force to rescue the Amer- your lessons, and then move on. would fall on his sword. ican diplomats held hostage in Iran That’s the healthiest way to deal The rage of the Patriarch in 1980, he quietly submitted his with a problem...’ Reagan fully Taliban’s brutality In the twilight of a long life, resignation. Several days after the succeeded in ‘moving on’ beyond the Patriarch of the Bush family rescue mission failed tragically the the scandal. President Bill Clin- Afghan society is an Islamic society. Ulema or religious scholars are among important individuals of this society. They have former President George H. W. resignation was made public. Vance ton’s apology over his sexual tryst influence on people of our country, thus it is their duty to care for safety of our Muslim nation and should openly speak against Bush raised implicitly the uncom- was the second secretary of state with the intern Monica Lewinsky fortable question as to who is re- to resign his position over a prin- allowed him to dampen the frenzy brutalities of the Taliban militants. The ulema should also clearly tell people that the insurgent group’s attacks are in sharp sponsible for the invasion of Iraq. cipled opposition to force in the of those seeking his head, and like contrast with the Islamic instructions. The first President Bush, after di- twentieth century after William Kennedy and Reagan, his popu- The ulema should lend their support to our security forces who are rendering sacrifices to defend their recting his rage against his son’s Jennings Bryan who opposed larity remained high until the end country. They should organize gatherings to tell people about the true teachings of Islam. lieutenants, also threw some gen- America’s entry into the First of his tenure. No one falls on his Samad Ahamdi, Taimani, Kabul tle jabs at his son because of his World War in 1915. Vance was the sword anymore The George W. ‘hot rhetoric’ like his infamous last senior American official to re- Bush administration which ‘axes of evil’ speech, and he point- sign over a principled opposition launched the two longest wars in Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and edly said that final responsibility to the use of military force. In the American history is infamous for address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] for the faulty views of Cheney and run up to the invasion of Iraq, it living in denial of the human and Rumsfeld rests with Bush the sec- was believed that former deputy material wreckage it left behind in ond. But the Patriarch Bush, who secretary of state Richard Armit- Afghanistan and Iraq. No official stated these assessments in a new age had suggested to his friend and had the moral courage to fall on his biography, did not fault his son for boss former secretary of state Colin or her sword and resign or to seri- Disclaimer: the invasion which is still rattling Powell that they should resign, ously apologize to those Iraqis and the Bush dynasty, particularly the given Powell’s initial skepticism Americans who suffered mightily presidential campaign of the third about the claims of WMD in Iraq, because of the war, and no one The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) Bush who would be President, Jeb but that Powell, after mulling the showed genuine remorse, for the Bush who is still dogged by a war idea for few days decided against deceptions and the horrors visited and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. he cannot denounce nor embrace. it. His argument was that if they on many including those tortured Me saying Mea Culpa? had resigned, things could have in detention camps. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES The identity crisis in 's ruling party

We were never good at taking re- jection as a people, but as men, don’t even make it pass- ably human. They retaliate with counter accusations, and if that does not match the insult their de- ified egos faced, they resort to vi- The only success story of the sponsors. Instead of helping the party preserve its unity and consoli- olence. Sometimes even violence Arab Spring may be at risk if the date its leading position in the Tunisian political scene, these sponsors is insatiable, particularly when it ruling Nidaa Tounes party de- - whether in the neighbourhood, the Gulf or the West - seem to be comes to intimate relationships. In volves into smaller conflicting prioritising their own competing and conflicting agendas. Multan, a rejected suitor set the groups. The question now is no longer whether the ruling party will im- woman who said no to his roman- Rising internal struggles with- plode, but when will this happen - especially after the recent attempt tic advances on fire. He dosed So- in the party are seriously threat- by a group of 30 MPs to break away and form their own party. What nia Bibi, 20, in a flammable solu- ening its unity and its ability to will be the consequences of these developments on the new Tunisian tion and lit a match to her. An act remain in power. If Nidaa Tounes political setting, which promised to present us with the first genuine of barbarity that left half of her fails to overcome its internal rifts model of Arab democracy? body burned. What language can and survive as one party, the al- women employ to explain a no that ready fragile and controversial gov- spares men the ache and the re- erning coalition will not likely sur- sultant backlash? Also read: Vio- vive either. lence against women ‘most ram- Are the world’s pant’ in Punjab Suppose though Inside Story - Has the Arab that such a language was invented, Spring widened the Arab divide? the problem would still remain — The essence of the latest crisis many men do not recognise the within the ruling party is not new; big powers right of a woman to say no. Peri- rather, it has deep roots in the par- od. Our culture supports it Then ty's DNA. The secularist Nidaa women are getting married, their than achieving the perfectly circu- torical narrative. There is a clear their will. Almost like the witch Tounes was created primarily to consent is among the most down- lar roti. Women at the workplace right of refusal women are granted burning trials of the 1600s, these counter the domination of the Is- heading for a played aspects of the marriage. are constantly harassed though in Islam but it is downplayed with ghastly acts on women for express- lamist Ennahdha party. The more silent the nod, the physical advances, work pressure a ferocity. The stoning and the set- ing what is their command over The fear factor brought togeth- less obtrusive and the more lady- and excessively low remuneration. ting ablaze are indications that we their own lives is borne out of the er leftists and figures from Tuni- like. If she were sobbing instead of They have little or no recourse are no longer content with acting need to create a patriarchal social sia's old regime to form a new par- second Cold War? nodding, extra points for that! The without ruining their career pros- out like someone normally would order, where women don’t step out ty after Ennahdha won the first stakes are high, she is dolled up pects. Also read: How Pakistani – writing despondent poetry or in- of line. Thankfully, though not Recent confrontations in Ukraine, Syria and the South China Sea organisations don't want to deal dulging in masochistic drugs or quickly enough, that line is fading post-revolution election. and perfumed. Saying no is as un- Because post-revolution tran- suggest that the general alignment of big power interests and values imaginable as rejecting a 5-course with pregnant professionals Our obsessive prayers for the beloved in Pakistan. Pakistani women are that was celebrated after the Cold War, and through much of the TV and film culture is equally to to have a change of heart. Instead, receiving education and entering sitions are usually characterised by Michelin Star meal after the des- uncertainty and rapidly changing post-9/11 era, is giving way to something less harmonious. In foreign sert is served. Arundathi Roy apt- blame. Women are not just routine- the man is free to act out because the workforce now more than ever and security policies, there’s renewed talk of proxy wars, spy-swaps, ly called this phenomenon of doll- ly staked and harassed until they society recognises his passions, before. They have access to a freer circumstances, the fear factor can play a crucial role. Fear creates new deterrence and coercive spheres of influence. Added to that, sanc- ing up brides in South Asian cul- say yes because no means yes, but not hers. So great was the passion media and the Internet too; they tions and other politically driven controls on economic activity are ture: Polishing firewood. We glori- a slap to rattle them to love their of this 24-year-old man, who has have braver fathers, brothers and realities by temporarily blurring oppressor is pretty routine on our been taken into custody, that he husbands. These women are traditional contradictions - but again being imposed as a tool of world order. fy silent women and demonise the Are we moving back to a future of great-power rivalry? If so, rebels. This is perhaps why last shows. When was the last time we so wrathfully set on fire a living, speaking out despite the knowl- when it comes to delivering results watched a rejected man on our tele- breathing Sonia Bibi. We can be as- edge that sometimes they will end and building long-term and stable should we dust off the Cold War playbook, or rewrite it altogether? week in Kabul a woman was stoned International relations after the Cold War There are important differ- to death for fleeing a marriage she vision screens take it with grace sured, he will at least get a gentle up dead, not that most of the time institutions, those contradictions rejected with a suitor of her choice. and move on? slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, So- men will not have the choice of resurface. This is precisely the ences between international relations of the Cold War era and today. Our professional culture sup- And so does our prevalent so- nia Bibi has died. We can be as- resorting to violence. That is the type of crisis Nidaa Tounes is cur- Most obviously, ideological competition plays little or no role in ports it too. When men in power- cio-religious doctrine. Somehow sured, she was in excruciating an- kind of country Pakistan needs to rently facing. driving today’s great-power competition. Capitalism won and free ful positions approach their female the stories of empowered Muslim guish and misery in her last hours. be — a country where men learn After winning the 2014 par- trade replaced autocracy. Borders opened to allow free movement of subordinates, it is considered fair women have all been pushed back Perhaps, this is a world where that women are their equal and have liamentary and presidential elec- peoples, goods, investment and information. Military capabilities – game because she has already de- into the cervices of history and we women are only allowed to half the right to have desires that don’t both conventional and nuclear – were drawn down as peacekeeping are left with a male-dominated his- live — with their bodies and not include them. tions and emerging as the stron- termined that there is more to life gest party with 86 seats out of 217, and counter-insurgency operations, rather than great-power conflict, Nidaa Tounes found itself in a par- guided the new security doctrine, training and procurement. Techno- adoxical situation. The radical anti- logical innovation has changed and will continue to change the charac- Islamist political discourse around ter of war, including how and where they are fought. For those of us which its electoral campaign re- too young to remember mutually assured destruction, it is hard to US urged to free im m igran t volved - mobilising members and imagine any kind of political competition that would justify taking supporters across the country - on the risks and commitments demanded of previous generations by rapidly faded away, only to be re- the logic of collective defence. If those dark days are behind us, why placed by an opposite discourse. are so many of the rising economies increasing their military spend- fem ale hun ger strikers Instead of disposing of Ennah- ing? And why is so much of that spending going on material designed dha and reducing its influence, as for use against a great-power rival? If we’ve abandoned a world of the party leadership had promised, empires, self-contained economic blocs and administrative controls, Nidaa Tounes had to form a coali- in favour of a system of global free trade, why has power moved tion government in which the Is- from the World Trade Organization to regional institutions? Why is lamists took part. free expression via digital media increasingly threatened by state- This was an unexpected devel- sponsored programming, censorship, hacking and surveillance? If the opment that many in the party answer to these questions is “security”, we should see to it that the could not digest or tolerate, espe- application of such controls neither undermines the security benefits cially after the party's charismatic of interdependence nor produces new security dilemmas. Aspects of founding father, Beji Caid Esseb- today’s strategic competition resemble Cold War patterns, but there si, became president and left Nidaa are one or two important differences. First, our world is now more Tounes. The new leadership has multi-layered than multi-polar. The year 2014 has been described as been struggling to create harmony an annus horribilis, with a convergence of events subjecting the global and find common ground among system to a very public stress test. In hindsight, it can also be seen as its members. the year we had to face up to the power and leadership vacuum for The question now is no longer dealing with issues that have been growing over time and coalesced in whether the ruling party will im- 2014, perhaps amplified by technological innovation. The migration plode, but when will this happen and refugee crisis is a clear testament to the loss of state control and ... What will be the consequences the frailty of intergovernmental structures. State structure is chal- of these developments on the new lenged not just from outside, but also from below, aided by social Tunisian political setting, which media campaigns and a new hashtag-style democracy. Omnidirec- promised to present us with the tional pressure on the state encourages leaders to delay dealing with first genuine model of Arab democ- some of the risks coming out of the current reconfiguration of inter- racy? The ongoing crisis is certain- national relations. As a more diverse distribution of power is chang- ly a crisis of leadership and a strug- ing the relationship between great powers, strong powers that show gle for power, but it is also a crisis weak commitment find themselves challenged by materially weaker of identity, which the new party powers with stronger will. The second difference is the loss of con- has so far failed to shape. fidence in an assumption – which was at the heart of the Cold War – Contrary to some analyses that shared values provide a basis for alliance. In a process that is that have tended to focus on rival- accelerated and amplified by the pace of technological and digital ries between leading figures, the innovation, globalization has undermined the notion that “common” A rights group has urged US immi- "Their grievances are like the grim picture of life for women sub- they see others being sent back to values provide the coherence needed for collective security action. gration authorities to end "retalia- grievances we always hear about jected to gang and domestic vio- certain death," the source said. crisis within Nidaa Tounes is mul- tifaceted and complex. There might Mutual dependence in terms of deficit finance, energy and shared tory" measures against detainees in immigrant detention centres - lence, who are fleeing by the thou- "When you ask for asylum, you're challenges like climate change make a strategy of containment diffi- as an estimated 500 female undocu- bad food, belittling or abusive sands. Women fleeing those coun- basically saying your home coun- be a conflict between two ap- proaches to leadership, but this is cult, but a lack of shared values is preventing a more coordinated mented immigrants hold a hunger treatment by guards, poor medical tries endured "harrowing experi- try is unable or unwilling to pro- approach. A global paradox The world’s most powerful fleets ma- strike in a Texas for-profit deten- care," Cristina Parker, programmes ences of rape, assault, extortion tect you." only one side of the story. It would tion centre, in protest against the director at Grassroots Leadership, and threats by members of the T Don Hutto is one of more be erroneous and misleading to re- noeuver ever closer in the Pacific, accompanied by the shrill rhetoric facility's harsh conditions. told Al Jazeera. "But one thing that murderous street gangs", the than 22 for-profit immigrant de- duce the current crisis to a compe- of sovereignty and international law, but the interdependence of the Spotlight on Obama's immi- is very clear is that they are not UNHCR report concluded. In T tention centres run by private con- tition between an institutional ap- world’s economies erodes any gains to be made from a shooting war. gration policy Texas United For asking for anything other than to Don Hutto and similar facilities, tractors in Texas. Similar facilities proach, led by the party's secre- The disconnect between this growing economic interdependence and Families (TUFF), an umbrella be released - for their freedom," many of the women are unable to dot the map of the US. tary-general, Mohsen Marzouk, the bellicosity being displayed by some has been termed the Asian organisation of rights groups, called she said. "They came to our coun- access or afford legal counsel and The record number of depor- and a hereditary one, led by the Paradox, but it may apply more broadly. Europe, having largely on US Immigration and Customs try for protection, but we have put have to represent themselves in tations under President Barack president's son, Hafedh Caid Es- disarmed itself over the past two and a half decades, struggles to Enforcement (ICE) to halt "retali- them in this prison." As part of an their asylum cases, despite not Obama led the National Council sebsi. deploy sanctions in response to Russian moves because links in ation against women on hunger agreement with ICE, the detention speaking English fluently. The of La Raza advocacy group to deem Behind this apparent compe- energy and finance sectors are too strong. The search for an alterna- strike and that all women on hun- centre is run by Corrections Cor- situation is doubly difficult for im- him "deporter-in-chief". tition lies an ideological divide be- tive to armed conflict may intensify the geo-economic consequences ger strike are immediately re- poration of America (CCA), a pri- migrants who have been deported During the first five years of of renewed great-power rivalry, as the logic of mutually assured leased". TUFF says that at least vate prison contractor. The federal from the US in the past, said his presidency, Obama deported tween the leftist faction, which opposes any rapprochement be- destruction forces us to adopt other forms of coercion. Sanctions and two hunger strikers have been government pays CCA $150 a day Parker, explaining that they are more than two million people, ac- blocs will obstruct the flows of trade, technology transfer and inno- transferred to other detention cen- for each detainee, Parker said. T often detained for longer periods cording to the Department of tween Nidaa Tounes and Ennah- dha, and the so-called Destourian vation, calling into question the reliability of global supply chains, tres as a punitive measure, and six Don Hutto's spokesperson has and face a higher threshold for prov- Homeland Security. industrial partnerships and cross-holdings. Broadening the range of more are being prepared to be denied that a hunger strike is tak- ing their need to attain asylum. Congress has set a quota man- faction, which sees no alternative for the new political system to strategic commodities and dual-use technologies as a means of polit- moved to other facilities. ing place. Meanwhile, ICE released Speaking to Al Jazeera on the con- dating that ICE holds a minimum ical control poses new risks for industries that rely on the free market At least one woman was tem- a statement claiming that it "takes dition of anonymity, a member of of 34,000 immigrants in detention survive without the two parties porarily put in isolation last week, the health, safety and welfare of the community who has been vis- centres each day. working together. for global access to materials and customers. Meanwhile, an arms the group adds. The strike initially those in our care very seriously, iting the detainees for the last two For-profit detention centres There is also a rift between race in the R&D-intensive emerging technology field could draw bud- started with 27 women on Octo- and we continue to monitor the years, explained that "several of across the country have been hit those who own the funds and con- gets and brains away from other areas of innovation, public spending ber 27, says Grassroots Leader- situation". "Currently, no one at the women are extremely ill", as by a wave of hunger strikes in re- trol the party machinery and those and private investment. Under the sponsorship of proxy interests, ship, an Austin-based group that the T Don Hutto detention centre the hunger strike moves forward. cent weeks. who try to create new circles and localized conflicts could burn hotter, last longer and spread in unex- campaigns against for-profit deten- was identified as being on a hunger RELATED: Planned Parenthood Since October 30, more than networks of supporters to counter pected ways to endanger investments across a wide region. Despite tion centres. The women are strike or refusing to eat," said ICE. battle heats up after Texas raids 300 men are believed to be on hun- their influence. This rift has to be indications that we may be moving in this direction, fears of what it mostly from Central America - in- 'Certain death' Parker said that "I've met with people who are ger strike in another for-profit de- seen in light of the growing strug- would cost – in terms of both economic progress and conflict escala- cluding Guatemala, El Salvador and most of the detainees are from El escaping political and criminal vio- tention centre in Adelanto, Cali- gle over representation in the up- tion – are curtailing this trend, for now. However, history shows how Honduras - and are protesting Salvador, Guatemala and Hondu- lence, and others who are being fornia. coming congress. the world can drift into conflict on a naïve faith in the momentum of harsh conditions in the T Don ras, where female homicide rates denied asylum even though they At least 54 detained Southeast peace and a mirror-image of opponents’ “rational” calculations. A Hutto detention centre in Taylor, rank first, second, and seventh, re- are facing serious domestic vio- Asian immigrants held a week-long Finally, there is an external fac- tor: While the crisis within Nidaa general economic slowdown prompts protectionist measures, but a town 56 kilometres south of the spectively, in the world, according lence," the source said, adding that strike in a detention centre in El geographic blocs prove an insufficient substitute for global market Texas capital. RELATED: It's time to United Nations figures. In an many of the women have been in Paso, Texas. Tounes is primarily internal, it also reflects a much broader conflict mechanisms, triggering a lawless scramble for cheap resources and to legalise all undocumented im- October 2015 report, the UN refu- T Don Hutto for more than a year. Follow Patrick Strickland on captive markets, as seen in the 1930s. migrants gee agency (UNHCR) painted a "The women are scared, and Twitter: @P_Strickland_ between regional and international This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . NOVEBMER 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Surging US job growth lowers bar for two-way trade, investment, tech- nology transfer and joint ventures and encourage participation of en- trepreneurs in the other country’s Fed rate hike exhibitions. Speaking on the occasion, the commerce minister said South Korea had a lot to offer to Paki- stan in terms of trade facilitation and investment and hoped that the signing of the MoU would be help- ful in increasing bilateral trade. South Korea to spend $500m on development projects in Paki- stan “The government appreciates and encourages trade and invest- ment relationships among business communities of various countries, which is a good omen for promot- ing business activities.” The ambassador of Korea said absence of a free trade agreement and lack of proper understanding among trade bodies of the two countries were the major reasons for bilateral trade lagging behind its true potential. However, he said the MoU would hopefully facilitate coop- eration between the business com- munities leading to a better growth in bilateral trade. The ICCI chief said being a developed country, Korea could help Pakistan im- prove its economy. He said Ko- rea’s annual imports were about $500 billion and the MoU would help Pakistani businessmen in ex- ploring new opportunities for pro- moting trade. Strong growth in the number of ready near zero. Focus on education: Enhanced U.S. jobs last month bolstered the "The ability to offset spill- ties with South Korea stressed case for a December interest rate overs from adverse developments The KOIMA chairman said hike by the Federal Reserve, where in foreign economies with conven- 8,500 importers in Korea were officials had already begun to wor- tional policy is constrained, sug- members of the association and the ry the economy might eventually gesting greater caution than nor- ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad stan and South Korea. Song were also present. countries to explore new avenues MoU of cooperation would enable overheat without higher borrow- mal," she told a conference spon- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- ICCI President Atif Ikram Pakistan-Korea: Countries of business matchmaking and mu- them to enhance imports from Pa- ing costs. sored by the International Mone- try (ICCI) and the Korea Import- Sheikh and KOIMA Chairman reach consensus on FTA tual collaboration. kistan as prices of many products Employers outside of the farm- tary Fund. ers Association (KOIMA) on Fri- Taeyong Thomas Shin signed the Under the MoU, both sides They will take measures to could be quite competitive. ing sector added 271,000 jobs in Prior to Friday's report, pri- day signed a memorandum of un- MoU. Federal Commerce Minis- agreed to work for developing busi- foster friendship and understand- Earlier, KOIMA had ex- October, the most in 10 months, vate economists had said job gains derstanding (MoU) to promote ter Khurram Dastgir Khan and ness linkages and cooperation ing between private sectors of both pressed its willingness to import and the jobless rate fell to a 7-1/2- above 150,000 in October and trade cooperation between Paki- Korea Ambassador Jong Hwan among entrepreneurs of the two countries with an aim to promote copper from Pakistan. year low of 5.0 percent, the Labor November could be enough for the Department said on Friday. central bank to push rates higher Policymakers at the U.S. cen- next month. tral bank welcomed the data and Some Fed officials think the investors increased bets that the bar should be even lower, meaning BERLIN : Germany is subjecting that it gave false data on CO2 emis- Europe. VW in September admitted ones," Transport Minister Alex- would include tests on the road as first rate increase in more than nine a December rate increase is likely diesel vehicles including those from sions. In a deepening scandal, Volk- that it had cheated on diesel emis- ander Dobrindt told the Bild daily well as in the lab. "The tests will years will come next month. Fu- even if job growth in November foreign manufacturers to strict swagen on Tuesday said it had sions tests in the United States. "We in an interview published on Satur- therefore become more strict and tures markets shifted to show a 70 looks lackluster. checks, its transport minister said, understated the fuel consumption are currently carrying out strict day. Dobrindt said the European will more closely resemble the nor- percent probability of a Decem- A range of research at the cen- following Volkswagen's and carbon dioxide emissions of checks on diesel vehicles from other Union was working on tougher car mal driving behavior in road traf- ber rate hike, up from 58 percent tral bank suggests the Fed could (VOWG_p.DE) latest disclosure about 800,000 vehicles sold in manufacturers including foreign emissions tests for the future, which fic," he told the newspaper. before the report. feeling comfortable raising rates "We've indicated that condi- even if monthly job growth tions look like they could be right dropped to around 100,000 as long for an increase," Chicago Federal as other signals on the economy's Iranian carrier ‘purchased UK plane’ to fly elite troops to Syria Reserve Bank President Charles health do not flash warning signs. Evans told CNBC. "The real side Atlanta Fed President Dennis An Iranian airline last week bought The U.S. has known about the Syria militants and regime forces and allies. While Mahan Air is privately-owned, Tehran’s high level of of the economy is looking a lot Lockhart has said more than a UK-made plane for the delivery activities of Mahan Air as far back control over the country’s economy meant that the government “most likely knew about the transaction” and better." With a number of Fed of- 100,000 new jobs a month is of troops and arms to the Syrian as 2011, when the treasury depart- gave the go-ahead, the site reported. A State Department official told the site that it knew about the sale and ficials already saying they do not enough to outpace population regime, according to a report in the ment announced that the carrier was investigating the transaction. want or expect the jobless rate to growth, while Bullard has pinned International Business Times, in a would be sanctioned for its sup- fall much further, it would likely the number between 100,000 and violation of the nuclear accord port to the Quds Force. take a devastating blow in Novem- 125,000. Cleveland Fed President signed between the Islamic Repub- “Mahan Air’s close coordina- ber hiring or mayhem in financial Loretta Mester thinks job growth lic and world powers in July. tion with the Quds Force - secret- markets for a majority of policy- as low as 70,000 could keep the According to a report on the ly ferrying operatives, weapons makers to give up on their expec- jobless rate steady. U.S.-based news site, Mahan Air - and funds on its flights - reveals tation of a hike at their Dec. 15-16 These numbers are consider- one of Iran’s largest carriers with a yet another facet of the Islamic policy meeting. ably lower than was normal in past destination list which includes Revolutionary Guard Corps exten- A Reuters poll of top bond decades because the U.S. popula- London, Moscow and Tokyo - also sive infiltration of Iran’s commer- dealers showed a growing number tion is becoming increasingly eld- flies troops from the elite Quds cial sector to facilitate its support expected borrowing costs to go up erly, and the baby boom genera- Force of the powerful Revolution- for terrorism,” David Cohen, the next month, with 15 of 17 looking tion is now retiring in droves, slow- ary Guard to the Syrian capital U.S. under-secretary for terrorism for a hike. [FED/R] ing growth in the workforce. Damascus. and financial intelligence, said then "We are doing about as good Indeed, U.S. central bankers The deal struck in Vienna ear- a press briefing in Washington. as we could ever do," St. Louis Fed have been saying job creation lier this year by Iran and six world The site reported that two chief James Bullard said at an event needs to slow. Already, the medi- powers including the U.S. struck Mahan Air flights they had traced in St. Louis, adding that his eco- an view among Fed policymakers will see a lifting of punishing eco- from the capital Tehran and nomic models suggested the job- is that an unemployment rate be- nomic sanctions on Tehran in ex- Abadan, another city, took off at less rate was poised to drop to as low 4.9 percent would eventually change for limits on its nuclear pro- “unspecified times and without low as 4 percent. send inflation above their 2 per- gram. publicizing their destinations.” Fed Governor Lael Brainard, cent target. But the purchase of commer- After travelling over Syria, the however, stepped up calls for of- "The natural expectation is for cial jets for military purposes is flights land in Damascus, and then ficials to proceed with care given the pace of job growth to slow in against the terms of the agreement, sometimes then travel to the weakness overseas and the Fed's the months and quarters ahead. We according to senior officials and Northeastern city of al-Hasakah, lack of ammunition to respond to are expecting that to happen," lawyers quoted by the site. a known hotspot for fighting be- any possible renewed weakness at Bullard told Reuters in an inter- ‘Close coordination’ tween Islamic State of Iraq and home with benchmark rates al- view on Thursday. Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline in win for greens WASHINGTON : U.S. President coast. ger than any one project." Barack Obama on Friday rejected TransCanada first sought the TransCanada Chief Executive the proposed Keystone XL oil required presidential permit for the Russ Girling said the company pipeline from Canada in a victory cross-border section in 2008 but would review its options to po- for environmentalists who cam- the proposal provoked a wave of tentially file a new application for paigned against the project for environmental activism that turned a pipeline to bring oil sands crude more than seven years. Keystone XL into a rallying cry to the United States. "The pipeline would not make to fight climate change. Blocking "Today, misplaced symbolism a meaningful long-term contribu- Keystone became a litmus test of was chosen over merit and science, tion to our economy," Obama told the green movement's ability to rhetoric won out over reason," he a press conference. He said it hinder fossil fuel extraction in Can- said in a statement. would not reduce gasoline prices, ada's oil sands. A senior U.S. State Depart- and shipping "dirtier" crude from "This is a big win," said Bill ment official left open the possi- Canada would not increase U.S. McKibben, co-founder of the en- bility TransCanada could seek a energy security. vironmental group 350.org which different decision under another The denial of TransCanada helped make Keystone a symbol U.S. administration, telling report- Corp's more than 800,000 barrels of a movement to slow global oil ers: “for the State Department to per day project will make it more output. Obama's decision "is noth- reconsider the application at any difficult for producers to develop ing short of historic, and sets an time, the company would have to the province of Alberta's oil sands. important precedent that should reapply.” It could also put the United States send shockwaves through the fos- TransCanada had asked the in a stronger position at global cli- sil fuel industry." Obama administration on Monday mate talks that start in Paris on TransCanada and other oil to pause the review in a move seen Nov. 30 in which countries will aim companies said the pipeline would by many as an attempt to post- to reach a deal to slow global warm- have strengthened North American pone a decision until a new U.S. ing. energy security, created thousands president took over in 2017. Tran- U.S. Secretary of State John of construction jobs and helped sCanada shares fell 5.2 percent on Kerry, who determined the pipe- relieve a glut of oil. the Toronto stock exchange on Fri- line was not in the country's inter- But since 2008 the United day to C$42.90. est before Obama's final decision, States has experienced a domestic All the Democratic U.S. pres- said approving Keystone "would drilling boom which has boosted idential candidates, including front significantly undermine our abili- oil production 80 percent and con- runner Hillary Clinton, oppose the ty to continue leading the world in tributed to a slump in U.S. oil pric- pipeline while most Republican combating climate change." es from above $100 a barrel to candidates are in favor. Keystone XL would have about $44. Friday's rejection was a loss linked existing pipeline networks Newly sworn in Canadian for Republicans on Capitol Hill in Canada and the United States to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a who in January had made Key- decide on the pipeline, legislation Obama vetoed. Senator John Hoeven, a Republican of oil-producing North Dakota, said TransCanada would be bring crude from Alberta and North supporter of Keystone, voiced stone their top issue of the new able to challenge the decision under international trade agreements such as NAFTA or the World Trade Organization. Obama's decision will have a Dakota to refineries in Illinois and, disappointment but said the Can- Congress. They passed a bill that “chilling effect” on any company considering building energy infrastructure, which could leave the United States at risk in the long term of not eventually, the Gulf of Mexico ada-U.S. relationship "is much big- would have allowed Congress to having the pipelines it needs, Hoeven said in an interview. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Boxful of could-have- beens

Asim Raza’s Ho Mann Jahaan sounds almost like a promising box-office algorithm. As the film’s soundtrack, which has been put together by several artists, was recently released, The Express Tribune takes a look at the album and how it would fare with the lis- teners. Mann Ke Jahaan was the first we heard from the film’s mu- sic when its first look was out. Penned by director Asim Raza himself, the lyrical themes are or- dinary with random metaphors stringed together to formulate a coming-of-age anthem. Zebunnisa (Zeb) Bangash has done reason- ably well with the vocals, dwarf- ing all other components of the track. Dil Kare has the potential of a typical Atif Aslam song that makes things work for a film when all else fails. It is a simple, slightly hasty track that could have been improved given the credentials of Hollywood’s reigning queen An- the judge came in, this lovely guy, Sarmad Ghafoor, who helped gelina Jolie has revealed that she and at some point, Brad said, Gumby, Asadul Hafeez and Atif and husband, Hollywood star Brad ‘Shouldn’t we be standing up?’ put the song together. Asrar, be- Pitt, were married while they sat “The judge said, ‘No.’ Then sud- yond doubt, is a rare find who is at their desks working, reported denly we realised we were married, destined for greatness not far from Mirror. Jolie stated the nuptials in the most unceremonial way pos- being actualised. The prodigal ex- were carried out “in the most un- sible,” added Jolie. Talking about pressionism in his singing is one ceremonial way possible” in Cali- their union, she added: “It was just such characteristic that associates fornia before they jetted off to a nice thing. For me, the big mo- him with the school that produced for a second wedding. Talk- ment was when we signed the joint giants of Eastern music. Coke Stu- ing about the A list couple tying adoption papers for Maddox and dio served as the perfect foot-in- the knot, the 40-year-old, said: Zahara. That was a decision to par- the-door for him. As far as his sing- “One day I was in the edit room, ent together, to commit to being a ing is concerned, Shakar Wandaan and Brad was doing something and part of each other’s lives for the rest was a through-and-through winner an assistant said, ‘You have to sign of our lives.” “So marriage wasn’t from the show’s previous season some papers.’ So we came back close in comparison. In a way, it and here, too, the track serves as and between meetings we were was very casual,” concluded the the album’s hallmark. The Ho told, “Here’s your license.” Brad actress. Pitt finds Jolie ‘sexy’ as Mann Jahan version of Shakar Pitt and Angeline Jolie tour $39m director Just four days after their Wandaan is unshackled and all the mansion in Westminster Then ceremony at their Chateau Miraval more merrier. The product of someone said, ‘The judge is out- home in the village of Correns, Skipping out on the fashion week and Nauman Arfeen will be show- shawls and variations of wrap- digital prints or done-to-death and co, Ghar Nari, is side.’ We both said, ‘What do you France, in August, the couple were authentic and draws from the mean, the judge is outside?’ Then back at work. calendar where Autumn/Winter casing at the event. Nida Tapal’s arounds. Bridal-wear is also going beadwork on net or fifty shades of events are mainstays, Karachi’s Delphi also features in the line-up, to be dominating most of the col- pastel colored bridals that rendered specifications of high art. It gives Fashion Pakistan Council (FPC) a brand that shows sporadically lections. It has often been debated us colorblind at the PFDC L’Oreal no time to the listener to ease into has opted to host its fashion week but never fails to hit the mark. that FPC needs to separate out a Paris Bridal Week (PLBW) this the composition and the track in the tail-end of November. Nilofer Shahid has been roped in day – if not an entire fashion week October. Will FPW’s designer mon- plunges into the Khusruvian clas- Originally slotted to take place for the grand finale and Umer – to bridal design. Bunching to- tage rise to the challenge of present- sic almost immediately for the sake in early October, the event has now Sayeed makes a comeback to the gether ready-to-wear with angli- ing cutting-edge fashion or resort to of economy — an alien practice aptly been renamed ‘Winter/Fes- catwalk. One looks forward to cized luxe and shimmery bridals the mundane but retail-friendly? We with the school of . Ghar tive’. Better late than never – the newcomer Hisham Malik’s show. on the same platform can be very will see. “All designers showcasing Nari is brilliant and exceptionally designer line-up looks very prom- The designer won in the Bank confusing. Then again, with all and their formal-wear either in October uplifting. It is one song in the al- ising, boasting Karachi’s heavy- Alfalah Rising Talent category ear- sundry vying to latch onto the or November are targeting orders bum that will make many look for weights alongside two of the big- lier this year at the PFDC Sunsilk money-minting shaadi market, that they will fulfill in the coming a working download link. Sarak gest names in bridal fashion from Fashion Week and is going to be even most luxury-pret these days year. From that viewpoint, it Sarak is the tune that served as Mai Dhai’s license into the mainstream Lahore. Fashion week stalwarts venturing into bridals and formals emulates trousseau and bridal- doesn’t matter if FPW got post- and rightly so. The experimenta- Shehla Chatoor, Sania Maskatiya, at FPW. Obaid Sheikh is another wear. No doubt, Fashion Pakistan poned from its originally scheduled tion of folk with acoustic pop was Deepak Perwani, Ayesha relatively new name.Riven that Week (FPW) is going to be serving dates,” reasons Wardha. “Also, with fresh and convincingly workable. Hashwani, Wardha Saleem, Sana ‘Winter is coming’ – it’s already up considerable doses of bling, in- the winter party season right The song’s inclusion in the film Safinaz, Maheen Karim, Elan, Nida prematurely arrived in some parts tricate hand embroideries and cut- around the corner, this is the ideal adds to the soundtrack’s musical Azwer, FnkAsia, Zaheer Abbass, of the country – we’re expecting work detailings. Which is fine – as time to show luxury-pret that can diversity and may even add to its Zainab Chhotani, Faraz Manan the usual haul of coats, capes, long as we don’t see any hackneyed be purchased off-the-rack.” shelf life.

Supermodel Kate Moss says she even got a seal of approval from likes to make jam and has even some critics as British chef Jamie named it Kate's Sweet and Sticky. Oliver's children Poppy, 13, Dai- `I make jam and oh my god, it sy, 12, Petal, six, Buddy, five, think is so delicious. My signature jam it's "better" than their father's jam. is damson or quince and it's called Moss - who has 13-year-old Kate's Sweet and Sticky. I'm a do- daughter Lila - explained: "I gave it mestic goddess,` Moss said in a to Jamie Oliver and his kids texted joint interview with supermodel my kid the next day, saying: 'Oh, Cara Delevingne to HELLO! Mag- your mum's jam is really good, we azine, reports dailymail.co.uk. just had some and it's better than Moss's homemade spread has Dad's.' Take that Jamie Oliver." Selena Gomez obsessed with Amy Schumer Every time we think Priyanka People's Choice Awards' nomina- Awards is the only major award Chopra has fans impressed, she tion, in the category of Favourite show voted on entirely by the goes and outdoes herself. The Actress in a New TV Series, re- public for fan favourites in the en- former Miss World is blazing a trail ports NDTV. The other four nom- tertainment industry, from music as one of the first Indian leads in inees in the category are: Jamie Lee and television to movies. The Ba- her US TV series, , in Curtis, Emma Roberts, Marcia jirao Mastani actress has been which she plays a FBI agent turned Gay Harden and Lea Michelle. The nominated with some big names suspected terrorist Alex Parrish. show itself has also been nominat- of the industry and there's stiff As if that wasn't enough, the Bol- ed in the Favourite New TV Dra- competition. Here's hoping she lywood actress has bagged her first ma category. People's Choice wins!

Singer-actress Selena Gomez says Schumer, reports femalefirst. o.uk. she is obsessed with stand-up co- `I talk about her obsessively. I've median Amy Schumer. Gomez was tweeted her often. I try to imper- delighted to be asked to present sonate her and it doesn't really work,` Schumer with the Hollywood Gomez told the audience. `I actu- Comedy Award at Hollywood ally just met her so basically what Film Awards on Sunday, joking I'm saying is I'm really happy that that she didn't think she would clearly Jennifer Lawrence wasn't have been first choice but was still able to do this tonight because I love thrilled to share the stage with you,` she added. Justin Bieber taken off probation Singer Justin Bieber has been taken off probation after completing his full sentence for egging a neighbour's house. Actress Sienna Miller loves sport- reports femalefirs .co.uk. "I think The `Baby` hitmaker was not ing different hairstyles in her films, it's really important at this point in court on Monday to hear his and she says she wouldn't hesitate to look really different in every- lawyer set out proof that he had even if she had to shave off her thing that I do. I look at 'Foxcatch- completed 40 hours of community glossy hair for a role. er' to 'American Sniper' to this and labour -- the final term of his sen- "I'd do anything," Miller said. it's not the same persona. I think if tence for vandalism, reports Asked if she would shave her you're focused on longevity, which femalefirst.co.uk. In the probation head, she told vogue.co.uk: "Yep, I really am, and battling quite a report, a programme manager at a I really would! That's kind of the strong fashion perception, then in homeless shelter has praised the fun of it, I'm not attached to my my work that's really a place to 21-year-old - who was convicted hair which is why I've had 8,000 explore as much versatility as pos- Actors Anne Hathaway and Daniel will also star in the film, reports `The Modern Ocean` centers after egging a neighbour's house - different hairstyles." Her latest sible physically," she said. Radcliffe will join Keanu Reeves, variety.com. Carruth has previ- on the competition for valuable for his willingness to "get his hands release "Burnt" sees her playing a "Plus I always wanted to have Chloe Grace Moretz, Tom Hol- ously directed films like `Up- shipping routes, the search for the dirty" by performing maintenance and repay around $80,000 in dam- feisty sous chef with a shaved un- one of those fashion fringes - I just land, Asa Butterfield, Abraham stream Color`, which won the 2013 hidden cache of priceless material and janitorial work. As part of his ages to his neighbours. dercut and fashionable fringe. She don't think that I made it wide Attah and Jeff Goldblum to star in Special Jury Prize at Sundance, and and the powerful need for ven- sentence, Bieber was required to He has since moved away says it was important to change enough this time so I looked slight- director Shane Carruth's shipping `Primer`, which won the 2004 geance in a secretive world filled undertake the community service, from the gated community in her hair for the role because she ly 'The Secrets of Minh' in it!," drama `The Modern Ocean`. Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the with mysterious technologies and seek anger management counselling Calabasas, California. likes to look distinct in every film, she added. Apart from direction, Carruth Alfred P. Sloan Prize. bitter rivalries. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 08, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Bayern eye CL kn o cko uts after crushin g Arsen al Ge rm a n ch a m p io n s p u t five go a ls p a s t Ars e n a l; N e ym ar, Su are z take Barce lo n a clo s e to las t-16 .

ayern Munich dismantled Dinamo Zagreb who are third on Arsenal 5-1 in Champions three. Arsenal need to win their re- BLeague Group F after a sen- maining games and hope for a com- sational first-half performance to bination of results to maintain their close on the knockout stages with chances of reaching the last 16. two matches left. The Bavarians Elsewhere, a Neymar double and a struck three times in the first half clinical finish from Luis Suarez through Robert Lewandowski, handed Barcelona a comfortable 3- PARIS: A long season took its toll through the second set, but Isner naments in a row after playing a out but a risky forehand winner of the River Seine with a 6-3 7-5 Thomas Mueller and David Alaba 0 victory over BATE Borisov that on Roger Federer on Thursday as pushed him to another tiebreak, lot of tennis in Basel the week be- allowed him to save match point victory. to avenge their 2-0 loss in London put them on the verge of qualify- the Swiss was knocked out of the using his devastating serve to pre- fore... there's maybe a bit of a let- at 5-6 down in the second set tie- He dropped serve four times in the last month - their only defeat this ing for the last-16 for the 12th con- Paris Masters following a 7-6(3) vail in the deciders. Isner, who fired down after Basel.” Federer's de- break. Anderson, who served 20 second set but Simon could not season - and underline their title secutive season. 3-6 7-6(5) third-round defeat by down 27 aces, ended the contest feat was the first upset at Bercy aces, cracked in the final set as capitalise as Djokovic set up a aspirations. The Brazilian beat keeper big serving John Isner. The third- on his fourth match point with a after world number one Novak Nadal secured a meeting with quarter-final against Tomas Ber- Arjen Robben, making his first Sergei Chernik with his spot-kick seeded Swiss held serve through- service winner. Djokovic and second seed Andy fourth seed Stan Wawrinka after dych, who defeated local favou- appearance in the competition this after 30 minutes following a foul out but lost two tiebreaks against “It's tough to get out of the tour- Murray were joined by Rafa Nad- the Swiss eased past Serbian Vik- rite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-4. season after a long injury break, on substitute Munir El Haddadi his American opponent, who will nament not having lost your serve al in the quarter-finals. Nadal saved tor Troicki 6-4 7-5. Djokovic's Djokovic, however, will need to added a fourth soon after coming by Filip Mladenovic. Neymar was face Spain's David Ferrer in the but that's how it can go against a match point before subduing serve suffered a second-set mal- raise his game if he is to win a on in the 55th minute and Mueller the provider for Suarez who slot- quarter-finals. Federer, who won John,” the former world number South African Kevin Anderson 4- function against Gilles Simon but fourth title here as his possible fi- grabbed a late fifth. Bayern top the ted home into the corner after 60 the Basel title last Sunday, seemed one told reporters. “At the very 6 7-6(6) 6-2. The seventh seeded the Serb stayed on course for a nal opponent, Murray, looked in group on nine points. Injury-hit minutes. to be cruising after breezing end of the season, going two tour- Spaniard appeared to be on his way third consecutive title on the banks ominous form. Arsenal, woeful at the back and Suarez then crossed for toothless up front, pulled a goal Neymar to slide the ball home af- back through Olivier Giroud but ter 83 minutes. The pair have been FIFA elec- are bottom on three points after the driving force behind Barca in tions: 'Time their third loss. Olympiakos are the absence of the injured Lionel Brits o n to p o f the w o rld second in the group, also on nine Messi and now have 13 goals be- to look beyond following their 2-1 win over tween them from five games. Great Britain has underlined its Europe' status as one of the world's lead- Presidential candidate Tokyo ing cycling nations with a hugely successful 2015. British riders have Sexwale wants next chief to be won world titles and World Cups, from other regions as FIFA looks broken world records and tri- to restore tarnished image. umphed in marquee races. Here, in chronological order, we look back on an all-conquering year… Two came at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in March, in the C5 500m time trial and C5 3km pursuit, while two more fol- lowed at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in the summer, in the C5 road race and C5 time trial. Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott were crowned double world champions Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott came away with two sets of rainbow jerseys from Football's embattled governing the UCI Para-cycling Track World body needs to look for a new leader Championships after winning both beyond Europe at its Congress in the women's B 1km time trial and February, where FIFA's new presi- the women's B sprint. Neil Fachie dent is set to be elected, according (right) and Peter Mitchell (left) to presidential candidate, Tokyo picked up two world titles Neil Dowsett: UCI Hour Record holder Hour Record stood for only a The Union Jack was flying once Sexwale. Sepp Blatter is currently Fachie (right) and Peter Mitchell Britain's world-beating spree month, because Sir Bradley again when Chris Froome won the provisionally suspended for 90 (left) picked up two world titles continued when Alex Dowsett Wiggins smashed his effort by cov- Tour de France for the second time days along with vice president and Neil Fachie and Peter Mitchell ech- broke the iconic UCI Hour Record. ering 54.526km at the Lee Valley in July. His 1min 12sec triumph UEFA chief Michel Platini. oed the achievements of Thornhill The 27-year-old eclipsed Aus- VeloPark in London in June. It was over runner-up Nairo Quintana Sexwale, a South African business- and Scott by winning the men's B tralian Rohan Dennis' previous the second biggest record-breaking was the third time in four years man and politician, was confirmed 1km time trial and men's B sprint best mark with a distance of margin in the history of the event that a Briton had won the world's last month by FIFA as one of seven at the UCI Para-cycling Road 52.937km at the Manchester and largest since 1894. Chris biggest and most prestigious cycle candidates to run for president next World Championships. Alex Velodrome in May. Dowsett's UCI Froome: Tour de France winner race. February. Seven of the eight presi- dents to have headed FIFA have been from Europe and Sexwale, who is also an anti-apartheid ac- Kisner holds on under pressure No luck for Arod at Flemington KARACHI: Seasoned Pakistan points. Apart from Root, opener Mohammad Hafeez and Pakistan’s record-breaking bats- tivist and a former political pris- China's Li Haotong and Scotland's oner, wants the next one to be from veteran England paceman James man Younis Khan has slipped one Knox, who chose not to play the Anderson are the biggest achiev- place to sixth, his compatriot Asad a different region. Major sponsors final hole due to darkness after ear- of world football went too far when ers in the latest ICC Test player Shafiq has dropped one place to lier weather delays. "I played good rankings released on Friday. Hafeez 12th, another compatriot Azhar Ali they issued calls last month for the today," Kisner said. "The weather resignation of FIFA President has reason to be cheerful as his lost three places to 20th and was difficult but I hung in there contributions of 27 and 151 in the England’s veteran Ian Bell has fallen Sepp Blatter, according to Sexwale. and made some birdies coming in In response to the scandals, Coca- just-ended Sharjah Test helped him one place to 31st. Former Paki- to give myself a chance to be lead- vault four places to a career-best stan captain Shoaib Malik has hung Cola Co, McDonald's, Visa, and ing going into tomorrow. Knox will Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch 24th position. Hafeez had started up his boots in 67th batting and InBev, companies that have long have to play the 18th on his own the England series in 33rd posi- 44th bowling spots. Shoaib lost 15 linked their brand names to foot- on Sunday morning The final group tion and has gained nine places af- places in the batting chart after ball, have issued almost simulta- of Knox, Kisner and Branden ter earning 79 points during the scores of 38 and 0, but gained 57 neous statements in October, de- Grace were asked by a tournament course of the three-match rubber places after recording match fig- manding Blatter step down imme- official on the 18th tee if they in the UAE. Anderson returned fig- ures of 24.5-7-59-7 in Sharjah. wanted to play the par five, with ures of 4-17 and 2-52 for which he Pakistan captain Misbah-ul- diately in a strong push for change Arod beat only one rival as he fortably. Winning jockey Ben at the organisation. "These com- Grace making a birdie to finish 12 has earned 22 points, which, in Haq has retained his 10th position Kevin Kisner leads a tight under and Kisner a par as Knox trailed in behind the Kerrin McE- Melham, however, was hit with a turn, has put the right-armer along- in the batting chart but has steered panies have the right to speak. But leaderboard after a weather-af- voy-ridden Turn Me Loose in the 15-meeting suspension for allow- I think we should be very careful looked on. England's Ross Fisher side player of the series, Yasir Shah, his side second position in the ICC fected third round at the WGC- played his last eight holes in five Emirates Stakes at Flemington. ing Dandino to drift. Weir was also in second place. Yasir, the wrist- Test Championship. Pakistan last how far we go with sponsors ac- HSBC Champions, where tivism," Sexwale said. Sexwale under par to card a 65 and join Peter Chapple-Hyam's Arod on the scoresheet with Tuesday's spinner, earned 19 points after tak- achieved number-two spot under Spieth and Dustin Johnson have Spieth and his Ryder Cup partner was having his second run in Aus- history-making jockey Michelle ing seven wickets in the Sharjah Inzamam-ul-Haq in August 2006, praised, instead, a more muted moved in to contention. Spieth be- statement by sportswear com- Patrick Reed on 13 under, with the tralia after disappointing in the Cox Payne as Palentino won a Listed Test. The two bowlers are now immediately prior to losing the pany Adidas, which supported gan the day 10 shots off the pace American recovering from a double Plate but connections had voiced race for the duo. Chris Waller is equal on 846 rating points behind series in England. Pakistan very FIFA reforms efforts without call- but carded nine birdies and no bo- bogey on the fifth to shoot 68. concerns about the soft ground planning a return trip to Royal South Africa’s top-ranked Dale briefly enjoyed number-one posi- ing for Blatter's ousting. "I think geys to close to within three of the BMW PGA Champion Byeong prior to the race. Ascot after Delectation upset Steyn (905). Pakistan fast bowler tion under Imran Khan in 1988 and the time has come for us to look at lead, as Johnson posted a bogey- Hun An lies a further shot behind Craig Williams managed to get odds-on favourite Chautauqua in Rahat Ali has also gained five remained the second-ranked side the leadership beyond Europe," free 65 to get in to the tie for sec- after posting two eagles over his him in a good position at halfway the Darley Classic. Waller went places and is now on a career-high for much of the early 1990s. Third- Sexwale told reporters at the Se- ond at Sheshan International. But final three holes, with Bernd but with two furlongs to run Arod close with Brazen Beau in the Di- 36th position after contributing ranked Australia trail Pakistan by curing Sport conference in New it was halfway leader Kisner that Wiesberger alongside him despite emptied very quickly with Turn amond Jubilee this year and en- three wickets in Pakistan’s 127- a fraction of a point but will re- York City. "It's been in Europe for maintained his narrow advantage, his three-under 69 containing a Me Loose holding on in a blanket joyed it so much he has vowed to run win in Sharjah. In the ICC claim second position if they beat quite some time, and Europeans recovering from temporarily los- double-bogey sixth at the 16th. finish. Dandino, no stranger to Eu- return. "I want to take a horse to player rankings for Test batsmen, New Zealand 1-0 or better. In this should understand - I'm sure they ing his lead to Russell Knox by World No 3 Rory McIlroy was ropean racing, won the Group Ascot again," Waller told Australia captain Steve Smith has scenario, England will also move will, given how democratic they firing back-to-back birdies from the also left rueing a few missed Three Queen's Cup. Now trained www.racing.com. regained the number-one ranking ahead of New Zealand in fifth po- are - that it's time to give space to 15th to close an up-and-down 70. chances during his four-under 68, by Darren Weir, fresh from his "I had an amazing experience. and A.B. de Villiers of South Af- sition as the two sides are cur- other people who can show abil- Bet nowBet £5 get £20 free At 16 with the 26-year-old now heading Melbourne Cup success on Tues- I'd like to think that's what the in- rica has moved into second posi- rently locked on 99 points each. ity and strength in other regions of under par, Kisner holds a one-shot in to the final round eight shots day, the eight-year-old held off ternational people think when they tion as Joe Root has dropped two ICC Test Championship the world. lead over 2013 champion Johnson, adrift. 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