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KABUL: Members of the Wolesi torian and political analyst, Wa- Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament heedullah Mubariz, in the past sev- on Saturday decided to assign a eral Afghan presidents and politi- mixed parliamentarian and govern- cians have made tremendous ef- ment officials delegation to visit forts to regain their occupied lands and observe the outcome of the US across the Durand Line. “It is the biggest bomb attack in Nangarhar. need of the hour that Afghan gov- “A joint delegation from Par- ernment should take the issue on liament and government must be international forms to regain the formed and visit the area and cen- lost areas.” He added that this is ter of Daesh terrorist, which was our right to regain our historical targeted by US forces with the big- land and reunited with our people. gest bomb in Achin district of east- He furthered, “we repeatedly ern Nangarhar province,” said asked British government to hand Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga Abdul over documents regarding Durand Rauf Ibrahimi. Line, but we always received cold AT News Report for two years and did not do any- He said that the delegation shoulder.” “We have responsibil- thing against Daesh? Daesh for the must assess effect and side effects ity to raise sound voice for the KABUL: Former President Hamid first time emerged in 2015 in the of the airstrike and the casualties rights of Pashtuns and Baluch Karzai criticized the government eastern parts of Afghanistan.” in the site. across the line.” for allowing the US to drop its larg- Karzai added: “Does the US sees He insisted that parliamentar- est non-nuclear bomb on Afghani- Afghanistan this much valueless? ian must have judgment after re- AT News Report Hamid Karzai was also attended praised Faqir of Ipi for his strug- stan, calling it a “national treason”, Does Afghanistan lack of owner turn of delegation at the light of the gathering organized by Milli gle for the freedom of Pashtuns 28 insurgents adding that he was decisive to ex- this much that the US decides to reports, adding that “early discus- KABUL: The Milli Mehwar Par- Mehwar Party, in which he said, against British Empire and the then pel the US troops from Afghani- ty has said that there are some el- carry out atrocities?” He asked a sion regarding the attack is not at “if Afghanistan gives the territory Pakistan. He called Faqir of Ipi a killed in raids stan. “Afghanistan is witnessing question that what does the US do the interest of Wolesi Jirga. ements who are working under the of the other side of the line, Paki- real symbol of freedom and Pash- the test of deadliest US weapon. I sweet will of Pakistan to recog- AT News Report in Afghanistan? It has increased its We are representatives of those stan would have more demands in tunistan who was determined, im- am determined to stand against the presence here, but did it reach its Afghans, who are daily sacrifices nize the Durand Line as an official the future.” He furthered, “Paki- placable single adversary the Brit- KABUL: At least 28 militants US interests and aggressions in Af- border between Afghanistan and goals? He criticized the government of terrorism every hook across the stan’s ex-president Gen. Pervez ish Empire in India had to face have been killed and 19 others were ghanistan,” the former president for confirming the attack, saying country, he added. Pakistan, an issue which is very Musharraf has several time asked among its own subjects. Legal received injuries in different crack- addressed a meeting held Saturday sensitive among Afghan masses. the current government did not Another Lawmaker Esmatul- for recognition of Durand Line as experts said that Afghan leadership downs in the past 24 hours, secu- to discuss the Durand Line in the represent Afghan people and their lah Shinwari said that parliament Afghanistan has always opposed an international border between in that time was under direct and rity official said. In a press release national manner. Karzai called the to recognize it. Different incum- destiny. must send a delegation to Achin in the two states and as well to have indirect pressure by British Em- issued here, the Ministry of De- US aerial attack as a clear disgrace “If the government has let the US order to visit closely the area and bent and previous government of- control over Afghan foreign poli- pire to have the MoD, while ac- fense, (MoD), said that Afghan to the honors of Afghans. ficials including Afghan academics, carry out the attack, it is a national share outcome of the attack with cy.” However, Karzai said that he cording to international laws, bor- National Army (ANA) in collabo- “This is a disgrace to us and our treason,” Karzai said, adding that people. He said that although there intellectuals, youth, university rejected these demands. He fur- der recognition between the two ration with Afghan National Po- soil.” He called the Thursday at- students, and civil society mem- he didn’t recognize the “symbolic is report that no civilian harmed in ther went on saying that based on states could be based on free well. lice (ANP), and National Director- tack as pre-organized, carried out government” and would work to the incident, but there is financial bers on Saturday came under one historical documents, Durand Line Moreover, the party called on the ate of Security (NDS) personal as a genocide weapon test. roof, where they highlighted some expel the US from Afghanistan. loses. US forces Afghanistan con- is not a border rather it calls as a government to announce its clear have conducted joint operations “This attack was not only the vio- Regarding the Durand Line issue, ducted an airstrike against ISIS-K facts regarding Durand Line. Af- control of influence. Members of stands regarding ongoing fencing against insurgents in different ar- lation of our national integrity, but ghan historians, legal experts who Karzai said if Afghanistan gives the complex in Achin district Nangar- the Milli Mehwar believe there are and military installation of Paki- eas Nangarhar, Kapisa, Paktika, it was a violation of the environ- territory of the other side of the har province on Thursday and tar- have held debate over Durand Line, some Afghans who are dancing at stan along Durand Line. The mem- Maidanwardak, Khost, Kandahar, ment,” the ex-president said. “We have said that the Line agreement line, Pakistan would have more geted Daesh hideout by GBU43 the tones of Pakistan in a bid to bers also called on politicians to Urozgan, Badghis, Faryab, Kun- should ask why did the US wait demands in the future. the biggest un-nuclear bomb. Ac- is totally contradictory to the in- shaken national unity through restrain from giving irresponsible doz, Sar-e-Pul and Helmand prov- cording to report at least 94 Daesh ternational laws and norms, and propagating recognition of the line. remarks over Durand Line. Kab- inces, in which 28 militants were fighter including four commander this line has been imposed on Af- Khushal Ruhi, head of Milli Meh- ul university professor, Wadir Safi, killed and 19 others wounded. Two have been killed in airstrike in ghanistan. The Afghan people will war Party, said, “there are no valid said that there are no legal docu- insurgents were arrested and hand- Achin district on Thursday never accept this agreement be- documents regarding Durand Line ments to show Durand Line as an ed over to judicial organs for fur- evening. Hamza Abobaker, Hamid, cause this was memorandum of agreement, and those Afghans who international border, and MoD ther inquiry, the statement added. Mohammad Abrani and Hafiz understating which was took place think that all mischief is due to was occurred between the then Moreover, the Afghan security Saeed’s brother are the command- between Afghan and British gov- Durand Line issue, are living in government and British empire, forces also discovered and confis- ers who have been killed during ernment at a time when Pakistan imagination, and committing his- where Pakistan was not alive. cated weapons and ammunition attack as well. was not exist. Former President torical sins.” Furthermore, Ruhi “Now it holds no legitimacy.” His- belonging to the militants. AT Monitoring Desk propaganda agency on Saturday. 11 civilians killed “Security source to Amaq KABUL: Ninety-four Islamic agency denies any dead or wound- in Helmand blast State (IS) fighters, which is also ed from yesterday’s America strike known as Daesh terrorist group in Achin district’s Asadkhelo vil- AT Monitoring Desk have been killed in Thursday lage using a GBU-43/b,” the evening bombing of GBU43/B, by group’s self-styled news agency KABUL: At least eleven civilians, US forces in Achin district of east- including children, were killed in a said on social media accounts. ern Nangarhar province, an offi- Moreover, the US bombing Russia has hosted in four months port for efforts being made by the roadside blast in the Nawa district cial said on Saturday. of southern Helmand province, has been met with mixed reactions to push for political negotiations. Kabul government and the coun- Governor spokesman, Attaul- by Afghans. Some of Kabul resi- officials said on Saturday. Muham- lah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan The United States had been try's social and political circles mad Rasul Zazi, spokesman for dents believe that US forces had invited to take part in the consul- which are aimed at bringing peace th News that Daesh based situated step up efforts to fight insurgents, 215 Maiwand Military Corps, in the area was completely de- tations, but it refused the invita- to Afghanistan . The parties also told Pajhwok Afghan News that while some others believes it was tion. called upon Taliban leaders to aban- AT News Report the blast occurred in the Mullah stroyed in the world largest non- just a show off. "I think just to end it, we just don their activities aimed at using Abbas village of the district. He nuclear bomb strike. “Notorious “This is a good news for Af- felt that these talks - it was un- military force to resolve the con- KABUL: Alexander Mantytskiy, also informed that Afghan securi- Daesh commander were also ghan people that the US carried clear to us what the purpose was," flict and turn to building direct di- ambassador of Russian Federation ty forces had took control of the among killed rebel.” out such an attack to eliminate U.S. State Department spokesman alogue on the national reconcilia- to Kabul in a meeting with former area two days ago from Taliban He also informed that three Daesh, Taliban and other militant Moscow : Russia has offered to Mark Toner said earlier this week tion with the Afghan government," president Hamid Karzai, informed insurgents and area were contami- tunnels use by Daesh militant and outfits,” said Dorm Mohammad, host peace talks between the Gov- explaining Washington's absence. said the statement. "The . partici- him of the recent meeting held in nated with mines by the insur- reservoirs of weapons and other a Kabul resident. Another resident ernment of Afghanistan and the Tal- According to the Russian For- pants welcomed Russia's propos- Moscow on Afghanistan. gents. Confirming the blast that equipment were also destroyed in said that if America wants to stop eign Ministry, ways and means to al to provide a platform for the The meeting participated by killed eleven civilians, provincial the attack. the war in Afghanistan, peace iban, the Russian foreign ministry governor spokesman, Omar Zwak said after hosting diplomats from coordinate regional efforts for fa- intra-Afghan talks," the statement delegates from Iran, India, Pakistan The slain Daesh leaders’ broth- would come to the country with cilitating the process of national added. The participants also agreed said that Nawa district is not to- er Hamza and other commanders the regional countries for consul- and Russia, discussed ways to tally in the control of security forc- 24 hours. However, others said tations on the Afghan issue in reconciliation in Afghanistan and to continue consultations in the bring peace to Afghanistan. including Abubakar, Mohammad that US is not sincere in fight bringing peace there topped the Moscow format. Russia has been es. According to him, security forc- Abrani and other commanders had Moscow. “Karzai appreciated Russia for es are currently engaged in defus- against insurgency. “The US think "The third round of consulta- agenda. leading the regional initiative since its initiatives regarding peace and been eliminated in the US strike. of their own goals and the bomb- ing landmines planted by Taliban The provincial spokesman tions on the Afghan issue was at- The statement said the partic- the trilateral meeting between Chi- stability in Afghanistan,” his of- insurgents to avoid further casual- ing in reality was carried out against tended by representatives of Rus- ipants stressed that there was no na, Pakistan and Russia was held fice said Saturday in a statement. said that civilian received no casu- Russian,” Zahir, another resident ties. Nawa was one of the stable alties in the attack. sia, Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, military solution to the Afghan cri- in Moscow in late December last He said that Afghan problems district of Helmand province, but said. American has come here to Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyr- sis and the only way to resolve it year. The talks were expanded to solution is an Afghan matter, call- the security situation has deterio- Daesh, however, denied suf- test its weapons, another resident gyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan was by ensuring a national recon- six nations in February this year. ing war and weapon use for the rated after the Taliban insurgents fering casualties from the US mili- said. While some residents criti- and Uzbekistan," the Russian Tass ciliation using political methods in Kabul had opposed Russian pro- loss of Afghans. captured it. At the moment securi- tary’s largest non-nuclear bomb cized the move and condemned the news agency quoted a Foreign accordance with the United Na- posal during the February meeting Karzai expressed hope that ty forces have launched another which hit its mountain hideouts in US’s actions, saying foreign forc- Ministry statement, as saying. tions Security Council resolutions. to invite the Taliban to the April Moscow continue efforts in bring- operation to take full control of eastern Nangarhar province, read es should target insurgent strong- This was the third meeting "The parties reiterated their sup- 14 meeting. (ANI) ing peace to Afghanistan. the district. a statement from the Daesh Amaq holds outside the country. SUNDAY . APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Disabled immigrant detained in south St. Louis, faces deportation to Afghanistan

It appears dumping the massive bomb on war-ravaged Afghanistan had little to do with degrading Daesh, and was a message to deranged North Korea, as it girds for another nuclear test. hell was unleashed this week? (The In recent weeks, sloppy attrition was attributable to the strikes have killed civilians in Ye- intense U.S. air campaign — most- men and coalition allies in north- ly B-52 strikes, as many as 10 a ern Syria and Mosul. day in the first two weeks of this It appears dumping the month, according to The New MOAB on war-ravaged Afghani- York Times — that has been tar- stan had precious little to do with geting jihadists in Afghanistan.) degrading Daesh, and was more a concussive message to North Ko- An Afghan immigrant who has twice pleaded guilty to misde- If the intent was to put the rea, as that deranged regime girds lived here for more than 20 years meanor third-degree assault over fear of God in Daesh and weaken up for another nuclear test, possi- was detained outside his south St. separate incidents in 1996 and its resolve, there’s no evidence bly Saturday. Louis home on Monday — and 2002. And in 2009, he plead guilty they’ll turn tail and run. They live Pyongyang is intent on build- now faces a potentially "immi- to a 2007 felony charge for pos- to die. Helping them along only ing up its nuclear weapons stock. nent" deportation. session of a firearm while intoxi- ratchets up their martyrdom bona It’s believed to have about 20 nu- Mahir Mohammad, 53, is part cated and a misdemeanor charge for fides. And the kill-count is puny. clear devices in its silos, adding half of a family that built a life from possession of a defaced firearm — (A spokesperson for Nangarhar’s a dozen yearly, although not yet scratch in Missouri after leaving crimes that landed him in jail for governor yesterday pegged the capable of fitting a nuke into the Afghanistan. His nephews, Fa- six months. number of militants vaporized at nose cone of an intercontinental hime and Qayum Mohammad, are While noting Mohammad's 82.) ballistic missile capable of hitting the co-owners of the popular criminal record, the immigration No civilians were hurt. Afghan the U.S. mainland. Sameem Afghan Restaurant in the official tells RFT that Moham- commandos, according to several With the American aircraft car- Grove neighborhood. mad's 2007 felony plea actually reports, had been given notice that rier USS Carl Vinson U.S. and its A federal immigration official, came four years after an immigra- the MOAB was coming and pulled strike group (90 aircraft, 300 Tom- who spoke to Riverfront Times tion judge issued a deportation or- about two miles back from the ahawk cruise missiles) making 30- on background Friday, confirmed der against him. That action was drop point. knot progress towards waters off that Mohammad is being detained delayed for various reasons, the Former Afghan President Ha- the Korean Peninsula as a bristling in Florence, Arizona, "pending re- official said, including Moham- mid Karzai has been talking out of show of strength, the potential for moval from the United States of mad's extensive appeals and the both sides of his mouth for years. catastrophe, intended or not, es- America." The official would not general difficulty of obtaining trav- An Afghan policeman treats an injured comrade who was wounded during an operation against But his outrage over Thursday’s calates. divulge the exact date of the el documents from the Afghan gov- Islamic State militants in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April attack is not without merit. “This For the first time since the planned deportation, but confirms ernment. 14. U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern is not a war on terror, but the in- Cold War, probably never so much it is imminent. And while the Obama admin- Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the U.S. military, human and most brutal misuse of as the Cuban Missile Crisis, nu- And that could spell a death istration tended to defer deporta- Pentagon officials said. (RAHMAT GUL / AP) our country as a testing ground for clear war is, at least, conceivable. sentence for Mohammad. He is tions while appeals were still pend- new and dangerous weapons,” he We are dealing with two seri- disabled and suffers from liver ing, the immigration official noted wrote on Twitter. “It is on us, Af- ously un-hinged leaders here: problems, and his nephew Fahime that that the Immigration and Cus- As per the casualty numbers thus kill Osama bin Laden, who escaped largest non-nuclear ordnance in the ghans, to stop the U.S.A.” Trump and Kim Jong-Un. says that he recently underwent toms Enforcement is now follow- far provided by Afghanistan’s de- to the lawless tribal frontier of American arsenal (although the President Donald Trump The who-blinks-first confron- multiple surgeries and requires ing the instructions of Trump's fense ministry, the cost of taking Pakistan. Russians have apparently tested a promised a more aggressive war tation has ominous written all over "constant" monitoring and medi- executive order and the guidance 36 ISIS militants off the grid on So, more than 15 years later, bigger one) — explodes just above against jihadists. His administra- it. cation. No less dangerous is the issued by Homeland Security Sec- Thursday — blowing their lungs we’re back to where we were in the ground with massive force, tion hasn’t enumerated the ways Expecting China to exert sane possibility that someone will kill retary John F. Kelly, which which out of their mouths, as described the very early phase of the post- sending a pressure crunch across a and means. While Trump autho- influence over North Korea seems Mohammad out of retribution, instructs state and local law en- by one expert — stands at 9/11 war on terror, albeit with a vast blast radius. It spews no frag- rized — without the approval of the stuff of gossamer hopes. since two of his brothers served forcement to support the imple- $444,444 per kill. much more widely dispersed ene- mentation, but will turn bodies Congress (amidst heated debate I don’t expect Trump to re- alongside U.S. troops in Afghani- mentation of federal immigration I’ve no pity for the death cult my straddling at least three coun- anywhere in the vicinity inside- over whether he requires it, as his veal his hand. I do expect him to stan. policy "to the maximum extent of Daesh (also known as Islamic tries in the region, as conventional out. Really, there’s no underesti- immediate White House predeces- say something to the American "After he gets outside the air- permitted by law." State or ISIS), but this strikes me fighting formations, with franchis- mating the lethal imagination of sors also acted unilaterally) — last public, to the world, which might port, where is he going to go?" Family members says Mo- as stupidly wasteful from a cost- es, in cells small and large, across weapons contractors. Nor is the week’s Tomahawk strike on a Syr- instill a bit of confidence that he Fahime asks. The condition of the hammad was picked up without benefit analysis. Asia, the Horn of Africa, Europe MOAB the most effective bunker- ian air base in retaliation for the has a clue what he’s doing. country — which was recently hit warning. On Monday morning, af- The Hindenburg of bombs and even the Americas, if all it busting munitions, as other bombs regime’s apparent chemical attack Yesterday, Pyongyang threat- with the largest non-nuclear bomb ter Mohammad dropped off his dropped over a tunnel complex in takes to cause havoc is one in- penetrate deep into the ground, against civilians, Trump had, as of ened a “merciless response” to any ever dropped by U.S. military forc- daughter at their south city home, a remote mountainous region of spired acolyte. capable of scything through me- Friday, not said whether he per- US provocation, asserting the es — lacks basic services and med- a black SUV pulled up and dis- Nangarhar Province also took out That first-use GBU-43/B tres of concrete before exploding. sonally approved of Thursday’s country is ready to go to war, if ical infrastructure. gorged seven ICE agents. Moham- three large reinforced caves. Massive Ordnance Air Blast, a/k/a So, to what end was it de- bombing mission. that’s what Trump is bucking for. Mohammad's family is dis- mad's wife watched as agents hand- Essentially this was a replay the “mother of all bombs,” had a ployed, when according to Ameri- We do know this president has In a statement provided to CNN, traught. "He doesn't have any cuffed her husband, though Fahime — although contained to one day price tag of $16 million U.S. and a can military authorities the Islam- extended greater authority to mili- North Korean officials made a money on him," says Fahime "He’s says she managed to provide them and one mother of ordnance, rath- Pentagon development bill of $314 ic State’s fighters in Afghanistan tary commanders for military de- chilling vow that the “current grim unstable. Afghanistan doesn’t with Mohammad's medications er than 11 days and multiple strikes million. The generals say pshaw had already been reduced from an cisions. situation” justified a “self-defen- have hospitals where he could be before he was transported to a tem- — of the late December, 2001, as- to that. Its operational military estimated 2,000 to 3,000 spread I’m unsure which is more sive and pre-emptive strike capa- admitted." porary lockup. Fahime says he sault on Tora Bora, which recon- purpose, in this event, is baffling. across 11 districts a year ago to alarming: leaving it to the generals bilities with the nuclear force at In a Facebook post yesterday, last spoke with his uncle yester- figured the landscape, yet failed to The 22,000-pound monster — the about 800 in three districts before or to Trump. the core.” (THESTAR) Fahime blamed his uncle's detain- day. "He says there are altogether ment on the "mass deportation" seven Afghans that they have policies of President Trump. rounded up throughout the nation, Those policies, Fahime wrote, are and that they brought to the Ari- "severing and dismantling fami- zona facility. They have all been lies." Mohammad has been in the told they will be deported on the U.S. since 1995, says Fahime. Ac- 17th of this month." cording to online court records, he (RIVERFRONTTIMES)

KABUL : The price of petrol edged down while that of gold has in- creased during the outgoing week in the capital Kabul, market sourc- es said Saturday. Abdul Hadi, a worker at the KUNDUZ CITY : Police chief of by Hameedi said tens of police- Wazirabad Fuel Station, told Pajh- northern Kunduz province who men participated in the pro- wok Afghan News the price of one daily taught the interpretation of gramme every day. liter of petrol decreased from 45 Holy Quran to his personnel said Waisuddin Talash, crime Afghanis to 44 Afghanis while the police should have some Islamic branch director, said the partici- same quantity of diesel stayed sta- Haji Ghalib, governor of Bat-e-Kot pects while their vehicle was hit district of Nangarhar province on with an IED. He added that wound- knowledge besides physical train- pated in the Quran teaching ses- ble at 41afs. Saturday wounded in a roadside ed officials were taken to the Nan- ing. sion everyday and termed the step Ahmad Javed, a gas seller in bomb explosion in eastern Afghan- garhar regional hospital for treat- Brig. Gen. Abdul Hameed very positive. He said police could the Sixth Taimani Road area, said Hameedi told Pajhwok Afghan the price of a kilogram of gas stood istan. ment with some in critical condi- enhance their Islamic knowledge tions. No group has claimed the News he taught the holy Quran through participating in the pro- at 41afs. The price of gold in- Officials confirmed the inci- dent, adding that four people in- responsibility behind the attack so with interpretation to his person- gramme. (Pajhwok) creased. cluding the district governor, po- far. Previously, Haji Ghalib was the nel after noon prayers for 20 min- Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler lice chief, intelligence in charge and district governor of Achin where utes daily and the practice put in Timor Shahi area, said the price positive impact on the moral and of one gram of Arabian gold in- a security guard were wounded he fought for a long time with the after their vehicle hit a roadside Islamic State militants. U.S. forc- behavior of police force. creased from 2,250afs to 2,300afs bomb. Provincial governor spokes- es hit three tunnels of ISIS mili- The duties and responsibilities and the same quantity of the Rus- person, Attaullah Khogyani said tants in Achin district of Nangar- of police in the society demanded sia variety from 1,800afs to that the local officials were on their har late on Thursday with “Moth- that they should be furnished with 1,850afs. way to Jani Khail area of the dis- er of All Bombs”. knowledge and know what their He linked the hike in gold pric- trict in order to arrest some sus- (ATN) responsibilities were. es to its value in international mar- He added the purpose of kets. teaching them with the translation However, the prices of food and interpretation of Quran was items remain unchanged. to make them aware of Islamic Food Traders’ Union head, and the same amount of African stani rice for 1,900afs, a kilogram codes of conduct and other moral Fazal Rahman, said a 24.5 kilogram black tea 260afs, the same rates as of green tea for 270afs and the related issues. bag of Pakistani rice cost 1,750 last week’s. same quantity of African black tea He said armed militant groups afghanis, a 49kg bag of Pakistani Ahmad Sharif, who owns a for 290afs -- higher than whole- should know that incumbent gov- sugar 2,330afs, a 50kg sack of Ka- grocery store in Taimani neighbor- sale prices. According to the mon- ernment was Islamic and they were zakhstani flour 1,150afs and 16 li- hood, said a 49kg bag of Kazakh- eychangers’ union in Sara-i- fighting against an Islamic state and ters of Khurshid ghee 1,130afs, the stani flour sold for 1,210afs and Shahzada, one US dollar account- society and urged them to renounce same prices of last week’s. the same quantity of Pakistani sug- ed for 67.60afs and 1,000 Pakistani violence and join peace process. Haji Rahmatullah, a tea dealer ar for 2,420afs. rupees for 631afs against last Pajhwok reporter who took in Kabul Mandavi, said a kilogram He sold a 16-litr tin of ghee for week's rates of 67.30afs and part in the Quran teaching session of Madina green tea cost 240afs 1,200afs, a 24.5kg sack of Paki- 627afs. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

President Vladimir Putin hopes Russia, and now we added to this that Russia will never be forced to a quintet of Central Asian coun- deploy its Armed Forces and units tries, plus the United States,” Gon- in Tajikistan toward settlement charov added. efforts in neighboring Afghanistan, Taliban representatives were and believes that all of that coun- not invited and were represented EMERGENCY try’s problems will be resolved at the Moscow meeting by Paki- peacefully. stan, which had reportedly been CALLS “This is a very dangerous area authorized to outline the terms of for us all. We already know exam- the Islamists’ participation in the Police ples, tragic examples, when mili- peaceful resolution of the Afghan tants crossed the border from Af- crisis. “As for the United States, ghanistan. I am not talking here it continues to play a central role 100 - 119 about drug trafficking and crimi- in the ongoing peace process in Af- nals infiltrating our countries,” ghanistan, even though it doesn’t Putin told the Mir broadcaster in look like the Americans are too Hospitals an interview published Wednes- eager to resolve the Afghan prob- day. lem,” Pyotr Goncharov noted. FMIC Hospital Deputy foreign ministers of 12 Ahead of US Secretary of State Behind Kabul Medical countries were meeting in Moscow Rex Tillerson’s visit to Moscow, on Friday in an effort to build up Foreign Ministry spokeswoman University: genuine regional cooperation on Maria Zakharova said that “what 0202500200-+93793275595 facilitating the peace process in the US is going to do with Afghan- Afghanistan. istan remains anyone’s guess.” Putin: Russia Hopes Never to A combination of still images Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Use Forces in Tajikistan Over Af- taken from a video released by the Pule Bagh-e- Umomi ghanistan Crisis U.S. Department of Defense on 070263672 In an interview with Sputnik April 14, 2017 shows (clockwise) Dari, military and political analyst the explosion of a MOAB, or Pyotr Goncharov said that the mother of all bombs, when it Khairkhana Hospital countries that took part in the struck the Achin district of the east- Moscow conference are either part ern province of Nangarhar, Af- 0799-321007 of the Afghan crisis or are looking ghanistan US 'Mother of All Afghanistan. The nine-ton GBU- by terrorists. The GBU-43/B developed at the time of its cre- killed as a result of the bomb strike, 2401352 for ways to solve it. Bombs' Strike in Afghanistan Kills 43 bomb, dubbed "the Mother of Massive Ordnance Air Blast ation. The cost of a single MOAB The New York Times reported on “In February, Moscow orga- Over 80 Militants On Thursday, All Bombs," was dropped from a (MOAB) is a large-yield conven- is $16 million. This was the first Friday, citing Attaullah Khogyani, nized six-party consultations by the Pentagon used the largest non- MC-130 plane in Nangarhar prov- tional non-nuclear bomb which time the bomb, in service since a spokesman for the Nangarhar Indira Gandhi Children representatives of Afghanistan, nuclear bomb in its arsenal against ince, targeting underground facili- was considered to be the most 2003, was dropped in a combat provincial governor’s office. India, Iran, China, Pakistan and a large group of Daesh terrorists in ties and a system of tunnels used powerful non-nuclear weapon ever action. At least 82 militants were (SPUTNIKNEWS) Hospital, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul 2301372

ACB hires lawyer for Shahzad in anti-doping case Ibn-e- Seena 18 injured in Parwan Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Hotak told Pajhwok Afghan News the wicket-keeper batsman would travel to Dubai a long with his lawyer to defend his case. 2100359 Earlier, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that traffic mishap Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad has been CHARIKAR : Eighteen people, ment and the remaining 15 peo- Wazir Akbar Khan charged with an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping including women and children, ple were discharged from hospi- Hospital Code. were wounded in a traffic accident tal after treatment, he added. The sample Shahzad provided in an out-of-competition test, which on the Kabul-Parwan highway in Separately, four people were 2301741, 2301743 was conducted on 17 January 2017 at the ICC Academy in Dubai and central Parwan province on Satur- wounded when a corolla car col- analysed at the WADA-accredited laboratory in Salt Lake City, was day, officials said. lided with a truck in the same area found to contain the presence of Clenbuterol, a Prohibited Substance Parwan Traffic Director Mo- on Thursday night. (Pajhwok) Ali Abad which appears in Section 1.2 of the WADA Prohibited List (in the hammad Younis Pardesi told Pajh- Shahrara, Kabul category of other anabolic agents), a statement from the world cricket wok Afghan News the accident governing body said. happened at round 4:00am in Ra- 2100439 In accordance with the ICC Anti-Doping Code, pending the out- bat locality. come of the disciplinary process, Shahzad will be provisionally sus- He said a 304-bus crashed head pended, with such suspension coming into effect on 26 April 2017, on with Comaz vehicle leaving sev- Malalai Maternity unless he exercises his right to challenge the imposition of the provi- en wounded. But, Dr. Abdul Hospital sional suspension before such date. The matter would now be dealt Qasem Sangin, in charge of the lo- with in accordance with the process set down in the code, and until such cal hospital, said they received 18 2201377/ 2301743 time as the process is resolved, the ICC would make no further com- injured including three children, KABUL : The Afghanistan Crick- a lawyer to Shahzad in anti-dop- ment on this matter, the statement said. (Pajhwok) et Board (ACB) has said they hired ing case. ACB spokesman Farid four women, and 11 men. Banks The health conditions of three men were critical who had been Da Afghanistan Bank shifted to Kabul for better treat- 2100302, 2100303 Bakhtar Bank Azizi Bank gets 0776777000 Azizi Bank recognized at the 0799 700900 Diplomatic Night Pashtany Bank 2102908, 2103868 Awards in New Delhi Air Services Safi Airways 020 22 22 222 many innocent people and deteri- orate already disastrous situation in Afghanistan,' he believed. Ariana He said that by dropping such 020-2100270 huge bombs, terrorists or their sup- porters cannot be eliminated. He noted that the US has al- Kam Air ready done attempted operations 0799974422 in Afghanistan to fight Al-Qaada and Taliban but not only Afghani- stan but also Pakistan are still suf- Hotels fering from the menace of terror- Safi Landmark ism in the region. Defense and political analyst Lieutenant General Talat Masood 020-2203131 talking to IRNA, said it is wrong SERENA on part of the US to use such a Azizi Bank received an award for ister, Govt. of India in the pres- lethal bomb inside Afghanistan on its significant efforts in develop- ence of dignitaries from Afghani- the citizens because a large num- ing the banking culture in Afghan- stan, Ambassadors & Consular 0799654000 ber of innocent people could be istan from India Empire in New Generals from 11 nations. killed in such strikes. Delhi on 7th April at a glamorous Speaking on the occasion, HEs New Rumi Restaurant “I think President Trump was event. India Empire is a diplomat- the Deputy Minister of Women 0776351347 trying to test the bomb on humans ic magazine which cover the polit- Affairs & the Deputy Minister of which is shameful,” he said. ical, ambassadorial& consular di- Information & Culture, Islamic The analyst viewed that US aspora of all the countries having Republic of Afghanistan spoke Internet Services bombing would have serious con- its embassy or consular office in about the women empowerment UA Telecom India. The magazine also covers initiatives taken in the country and sequences because it will allow the 0796701701 / 0796702702 terrorists to get the sympathies of the various initiatives taken by in- also praised the efforts of Azizi locals by saying that how the stitutions across the globe that have Bank towards its achievement and Americans and Western world is an important contribution to the wished all the success. Exchange Rate inimical towards the people of country’s growth. Azizi Bank is the largest bank- Afghanistan. The award was received by ing group in Afghanistan having its Purchase: “It is very disappointing to the President and CEO of Azizi presence in 30 provinces of the use such a huge bomb on human Bank – Mr. Mohammad Salem country and is committed towards beings,” said the analyst. Omaid from Mr. Chaudhary Bi- world class banking experience to One US$ = Talat Masood went on to say render Singh, Senior Cabinet Min- its customers. (Press Release) 66.75Afs that such bombing will affect the One Pound Sterling= lives of the common people. “Yes, it targeted some terrorists, but we 80.87Afs have to see the overall impact and One Euro = how it will benefit in the long run 70.05Afs in order to reduce militancy in Af- Talking to IRNA separately they Former Pakistani Ambassador sons. ghanistan,” he said. 1000 Pak Rs = said that such moves by the US to Afghanistan, Rustam Shah Mo- “But I hope some independent To a question the expert said 611Afs cannot root out terrorism from the hmand said as far as the implica- agencies or groups may venture that some years back, the Ameri- country. The United States has tions of such bombing are con- into the area and collect informa- cans were successful in Afghani- Sale: dropped the 'mother of all cerned this must have caused a tion which will be very vital for stan as they installed their govern- One US$ = bombs'(MOAB), the largest non- collateral damage, damage to crops, the international community,” add- ment over there, but now for the 68.30 Afs nuclear bomb on a network of caves human beings and the effects ed the former ambassador. last two, three years situation of One Pound Sterling= and tunnels allegedly used by which will be there for a very long Rustam Shah Mohmand not- Afghanistan is declining and there 81.67Afs Daesh militant group in eastern time. The analyst viewed that it is ed that the problem is that Daesh is a lot of anarchy. “I feel that if Afghanistan, but the Pentagon more important to assess the harm elements are not residing in a sin- things continue like this, there will One Euro= spokesman Adam Stump did not and damage done to human beings gle camp but they are all over in be no peace and more areas will 72.50 Afs give detail of the damage caused which the Afghan authorities Afghanistan. fall into the hands of the militants,” 1000 Pak Rs= 631 by the bombing. would not disclose for obvious rea- “Also such bombings could kill he feared. (IRNA) SUNDAY . APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Indian science Sri Lanka needs a rubbish revamp, dump collapse says report kills 16

Authorities in Bangladesh have executed a top leader of a banned militant group and two accomplic- Heads of India’s top scientific, es for their involvement in a gre- administrative bodies have jointly nade attack against a British dip- conveyed to Prime Minister lomat at a popular Islamic shrine Narendra Modi that science in In- in 2004. dia needs a major revamp. The attack killed three people They have proposed an over- and wounded several others. The main target was then-British High arching science and technology At least 16 people, including four cracked. Black water started com- body that marries research and in- Commissioner Anwar Choudhury, who narrowly escaped. children, have died after a huge rub- ing in." dustry, and will report directly to bish dump collapsed on to their One official told the BBC the the Prime Minister. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Thursday that Harkat- homes in Sri Lanka. houses were buried in up to 25ft “The stature of Indian science The 300ft-high (91m) pile of (7.6m) of mud is a shadow of what it used to be ul Jihad chief Mufti Hannan and one accomplice were hanged at rotting debris had shifted after Emergency officials told the … because of decades of misguid- floods and a fire then collapsed on BBC that up to 20 people may ed interventions. We have lost self- Kashimpur Jail outside the capi- tal, Dhaka, late Wednesday. The Friday. remain buried in their houses, with confidence and ambition and the At least 40 homes on the edge the Sri Lankan army now co-ordi- ability to recognise excellence third man was executed in the northeastern district of Sylhet, also of the dump were destroyed, with nating the recovery. amongst our own. In a false sense four children aged between 11 and One disaster emergency offi- of egalitarianism, we often chose late Wednesday. The High Court and the Supreme Court had up- 15 killed. cial told AFP the death toll would the mediocre at every level,” said There had been concerns over have been higher had many people the report, which was vetted by held their death sentences given by a trial court in 2008 and the presi- the safety of the site in Colombo, not left their homes after the fire all the secretaries of India’s scien- with residents demanding it be at the dump, hours before the col- tific departments and seen by The dent rejected their clemency ap- peals. cleared. lapse. Hindu. ‘Harness goodwill’ The AFP news agency said The collapse occurred as many However scientists and sci- Harkatul Jihad wanted to in- troduce Sharia law in Bangladesh, about 800 tonnes of waste were people were marking Aluth Avu- ence in India command global added to the Meethotamulla dump rudda, or the Sinhalese New Year, “goodwill” as well as those of fel- a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people that is governed by every day, and that the government a major public holiday across Sri low Indians, and this was a “pos- had planned to remove it. Lanka. itive” and “a huge support sys- secular laws based on British com- mon law. The group has targeted ghanistan against the Soviets and expanded their grip in recent years pected members of Jumatul Mu- "We heard a massive sound. It Last month, a landslide at a tem” that ought to be harnessed, was like thunder," one resident, rubbish dump in the Ethiopian the report added. left-leaning cultural groups and ral- was injured there in 1990. He be- by targeting and killing atheist blog- jahedeen Bangladesh have been lies of the now-ruling Bangladesh came the top leader of the Harkat- gers, writers, and foreigners and killed in raids across the country. Kularathna, told the Reuters news capital, Addis Ababa, killed at least A major challenge in the fund- agency. "Tiles in our house got 113 people. (BBC) ing of science by the government Awami League led by Prime Min- ul Jihad in Bangladesh after his re- minority groups. Bangladesh has Authorities have blamed it for sev- was that though scientific depart- ister Sheikh Hasina. It is blamed turn to the country. The group was banned several radical Islamist eral recent attacks, including the ments were headed by scientists, for other attacks between 1999 and founded in Pakistan, where Han- groups in recent decades, but sev- siege at a restaurant in July that they were frequently not indepen- 2005 that claimed more than 100 nan studied previously. The lat- eral domestic militant groups have left 20 hostages, including 17 for- dent to take key decisions, such as lives. Hannan was one of the most est executions would help Bang- been active in recent years amid a eigners, dead and which was filling vacancies and deciding how dreaded radical Islamists in Bang- ladesh gain confidence in its fight crackdown by Hasina's govern- claimed by the Islamic State group. budgets to various projects within ladesh. He joined the war in Af- against radial Islamists who have ment. Since July, about 55 sus- (INDEPENDENT) a Ministry ought to be allotted. “…While Financial Advisers report to Secretaries of Depart- ments, in practice a structure of dual authority has effectively emerged, despite all good intentions…many very important decisions are in suspended anima- tion and a simple solution would be to put a timeline on decision- making,” the report emphasised in a section called ‘Ease of Doing Sci- ence.’ Financial Advisers are offic- ers deputed from the Union Fi- ISLAMABAD: In what appears panic mode under tough circum- alarming. Their internal talks (in compared to the aggressive state- nance Ministry. To realise India’s to be a move to realign its priority stances simply adds to the prob- the party) felt that since the Sharif ments the PML-N leaders were scientific ambitions, the science- ahead of the Supreme Court ver- lems,” said a PML-N leader. “This family knew something was com- making in public gatherings in the heads proposed a new authority dict in the Panamagate case, the comes with a price.” Panamagate ing, it was taking desperate mea- recent past while putting weight reporting to the Prime Minister. Nawaz government has decided to case verdict expected by mid-April sures. In this context, it was nec- behind Prime Minister Nawaz SPARK (Sustainable Progress shed its ‘aggressive’ posture and Even though the corruption scan- essary to counter this perception Sharif and his leadership. through Application of Research deal with its political repercus- dal remains to be the centre of the by getting things calm down a bit.” The PML-N’s new ‘cool and and Knowledge), as it is tentative- sions ‘moderately’. Sharif family and PML-N’s atten- Moreover, the PM’s planned calm’ policy has raised eyebrows ly called, will be a “nimble, em- Lately, the PML-N leadership tion, the ruling lot does not want countrywide visits, especially to in political circles. Yet, the party powered board and a quality staff.” appears to have switched focus to project this publicly – that it is Balochistan and Khyber-Pakh- insiders do not see anything ‘fishy’ The proposal was part of the re- from an aggressive political strate- feeling the heat of the Panama- tunkhwa, to mobilise public sup- with the revised plan. Another port jointly prepared by the heads gy to adopting a seemingly silent gate’s hype – which is the reason port, have been put on hold. Since source assigned to the N-League’s of all of India’s scientific depart- approach towards the mega cor- behind the change of policy, The the last few days, the party lead- team dealing with the Panama leaks ments including Atomic Energy, ruption scandal. Express Tribune has learnt. The ership is not organising any polit- scandal said the PML-N’s aggres- India and Sri Lanka will jointly pala Sirisena faces criticism from Space, Earth Sciences, Science and Till recently, the ruling party’s panic-driven decisions the party ical activity linked to attracting sive strategy regarding the mega Technology and Biotechnology. operate the oil storage facility at Opposition leaders over the gov- top command was all set to ac- had earlier taken – including a mass public support on the Panamagate. corruption scandal was allowing the strategic eastern port town of ernment's alleged plans to sell state While they submitted this to the tively counter the criticism before mobilisation campaign across the As part of the revised strategy, the PTI to cash in on the situation Prime Minister in January, the de- Trincomalee, Petroleum Minister assets. The criticisms are mainly it decided what party insiders be- country, workers’ conventions, and PML-N leaders – including Ayaz by politically exploiting the ruling Chandima Weerakkody said today. directed towards Sri Lanka-China tails of it haven’t yet been made lieve is a ‘go easy’ policy in deal- populist measures, etc., – may have Sadiq, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Abid party’s position. After PTI Chair- public. The report laid out a broad At least 73 of the 99 storage partnership to develop the south- ing with the issue. charged the political atmosphere Sher Ali and Muhammad Zubair – man Imran Khan made public tanks in Trincomalee is to be man- ern port of Hambantota. map on how India ought to pre- This change of plan, the party but they conveyed the wrong mes- have made media appearances in statements that trhe Panamagate pare itself to be among the top three aged under a new equity arrange- Former president Mahinda sources insist, aims at dispelling sage in the party ranks: that the recent days to contend that their verdict would set new course in ment between the two countries, Rajapaksa had recently said the countries in science and technolo- the impression suggestive of un- PML-N leadership knew “some- leadership would accept the SC’s Pakistan’s history by taking to task gy by 2030 and ensure that 10% Weerakkody said. To operate the government plans to give the Ham- ease in the PML-N’s ruling ranks thing is going to happen”, accord- decision on the Panamagate in let- the ‘corrupt’ ruling family, the 73 tanks "we will have the joint bantota port to China, and the Trin- of the top 100 leaders in scientific ahead of Supreme Court’s verdict ing to a source. ter and spirit and that the decision PML-N decided not to show “any- fields are Indians. (THEHINDU) venture running", Weerakkody comalee and the Jaffna ports to on the Panamagate. “Staying in the “The trickle down effect was “should be out soon”. This can be more signs of panic”, he said. said. Sri Lanka will have the own- India and the US respectively. ership of 10 more tanks while an- During last week's Cabinet other 14 will be handed to India on meeting, Prime Minister Ranil a long lease, he said. Wickremesinghe stressed the need The petroleum minister had to maintain good ties with India Nation must be united in condemning presented a Cabinet paper last year while negotiating with China. for the joint venture and he today Sri Lanka is said to owe China said negotiations were still under- about USD 8 billion for loans ob- way on the matter. tained by the Rajapaksa regime Mashal Khan's murder: PMNawaz He said the Indian interests in between 2005 and 2015. The the oil storage tanks date back to Sirisena government hopes to re- 2003 when the entire 99 operation- cover USD 1.2 billion by leasing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on killing video. Vigilantism &mob last rites the student's killing, even though police but there was nothing al tanks were given to Indian Oil the Hambantota port and the adja- Saturday afternoon issued a justice are indicative of regressive Nonetheless, the university the university's provost, Fayyaz against Islam," he told the prov- Corporation under an agreement. cent industrial park to be set up strongly-worded condemnation of & putrid mindset. Is that what we said it would investigate three stu- Ali Shah, said it had been issued ince's lawmakers. “Since the oc- Sri Lankan President Maithri- by China. (MONEYCONTROL) the lynching of a university stu- stand for? dents, including Mashal and Ab- after the lynching. currence of the incident, I have been dent in Mardan over allegations of "Images of brutal killing of two dullah, for alleged blasphemous However, Khyber in contact with the inspector gen- blasphemy. brothers in Sialkot years ago still activities and ordered them rusti- Pakhtun-khwa Chief Minister Per- eral of police; so far, no evidence "I am shocked and saddened haunts & now #MashalKhan. Do cated and banned from the pre- vez Khattak on Saturday told the has emerged to show that blasphe- by the senseless display of mob we want to be known as benighted mises of all campuses of the uni- KP assembly that no evidence had my was committed by the victim,” justice that resulted in the murder nation?" she added. versity. been found to suggest that Mashal he said, adding that such brutality of a young student, Mashal Khan, On April 13, Abdul Wali Khan The notification, dated April Khan had committed blasphemy. would not be tolerated. A judicial at Wali Khan University, Mardan," University, Mardan student 13, did not mention any details of "The mobile phone record of inquiry has been ordered into the the premier said. Mashal Khan, 23, was shot and the incident or a condemnation of the victim has been checked by the case. (DAWN) "The state will never tolerate beaten to death by a violent mob those who take the law in their on university premises. own hands," he warned. The mob had also wanted to He also ordered action against burn his body before police inter- New Delhi: Turkish President Re- between the two leaders. Turkey those found involved in the inci- vened, a senior police official had cep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a is not opposed to India’s NSG dent, directing police to arrest said. He had been accused of blas- two-day visit to India beginning membership but has been main- those who were responsible. phemy by fellow students. 30 April during which the two taining that the powerful bloc "The nation should stand unit- Another student, Abdullah, countries will explore ways to should come out with a system to ed to condemn this crime and to was beaten bloody before police strengthen anti-terror cooperation consider entry of the countries promote tolerance and rule of law managed to rescue him from his and deepen trade and investment which are not signatory to the in the society," the prime minister attackers. An eyewitness said he ties. Erdogan’s overnight visit Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty said. was accused of belonging to the comes barely days after a referen- (NPT), diplomatic officials said. "No father should have to send Ahmadi faith and forced to recite dum in Turkey on 16 April on Enhancing anti-terror cooperation his child off to be educated, with verses from the Holy Quran, then whether to change the country will be among the focus areas dur- the fear of having him return in a beaten savagely even though he from a parliamentary democracy ing Erdogen-Modi talks. After a coffin." repeatedly denied the accusation. to a executive structure led by the failed coup in July last year to top- The prime minister's daughter, No case had been filed against president. The Turkish president ple Erdogan, Turkey had blamed Maryam Nawaz, also tweeted re- the two students prior to the inci- will hold talks with Prime Minis- Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organi- garding the incident soon after the dent and police had not been in- ter Narendra Modi on 1 May on sation (FETO) for it and said the premier's statement, saying: vestigating the two on blasphemy key bilateral, regional and interna- outfit has “infiltrated” India. Call- "Shocked to see Mashal Khan kill- charges. tional issues of mutual interest. ing the FETO is “secretive tran- ing video. Vigilantism &mob jus- The mob instead seems to have With Turkey being a member of snational criminal network” with tice are indicative of regressive & been incited by rumours circulat- the Nuclear Suppliers Group presence around the world, Turk- putrid mindset. Is that what we ing among the university's student (NSG), the issue of India’s mem- ish foreign minister Mevlut Cavu- stand for?" body. Read more: Imam at Swabi bership bid of the elite group is soglu, during a visit here last year, Shocked to see Mashal Khan mosque refused to read Mashal's likely to figure during the talks had said “Unfortunately. SUNDAY . APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Flash floods kill at least 17 in northwest Iran At least 17 people have been killed and 20 missing in Iran's northwest after torrential rains triggered severe flooding, ac- cording to state media. Iran's state television on Saturday showed images of flooded houses and cars carried away by the surging water. "Rescue teams have found 17 dead bodies after flash floods Kim Jong-un oversees display of N-Korea military force triggered by heavy rains in the cities of Ajabshir and Azar- North Korea on Saturday dis- display were new types of inter- warning against the United States of a black limousine and saluting ies at Monterey, California, told this programme," said Pollack. shahr," Khalil Saei, director gen- played what appeared to be new continental ballistic missiles during the ceremony. his honour guard before walking the Reuters news agency. "Multiple SLBMs seems like a eral of crisis management in East long-range and submarine-based (ICBM), enclosed in canister Choe Ryong Hae - widely seen down a red carpet. "However, North Korea has a declaration of intent to advance the Azarbaijan province, was quot- missiles at a massive military pa- launchers mounted on the back of by analysts as North Korea's sec- He then walked up to a podi- habit of showing off new concepts programme". Al Jazeera's Craig ed as saying. rade celebrating the 105th birth trucks. North Korea's Pukkuksong ond most important official - said um and clapped with senior gov- in parades before they ever test or Leeson, reporting from Seoul, in Saei added that Red Cres- anniversary of the nation's found- submarine-launched ballistic mis- US President Donald Trump was ernment officials to address the launch them," Hanham said. "It is the South, said Kim Il-sung's birth- cent workers, air ambulances, ing president, Kim Il-sung. siles (SLBM) were also on parade. guilty of "creating a war situation" thousands of soldiers and a mas- still early days for these missile day, also known as the Day of the police and army forces have been The parade, attended by lead- It was the first time North Korea by dispatching US forces to the sive crowd taking part in the pa- designs". Joshua Pollack, editor of Sun, is a day for celebration in deployed to provide aid. er Kim Jong-un, saw thousands of had shown the missiles, which region. rade. the Washington-based Nonprolif- North Korea, but also a day for In September, at least 10 soldiers marching through the cap- have a range of more than 1,000km, "We will respond to an all-out The display suggested that eration Review, told Reuters that analysts to observe the military people were killed in flash flood- ital, Pyongyang. at a military parade. war with an all-out war and a nu- Pyongyang was working towards the display indicates North Korea parade. "What we've seen already ing in Tehran and Hormozgan North Korea blames US 'ag- As a nuclear-powered US air- clear war with our style of a nucle- a "new concept" of ICBM, Melis- is progressing with its plan to base is that it's a very large parade. We provinces. (Al Jazeera) gression' amid tension craft carrier group steamed to- ar attack," said Choe. State televi- sa Hanham, a senior research as- missiles on submarines, which are had expected it would possibly be Weapons analysts said they wards the Korean Peninsula, a top sion showed Kim, wearing a black sociate at the US-based Middle- hard to detect. the largest that they've held," our Arkansas believed some of the missiles on North Korean official issued a suit and white shirt, stepping out bury Institute of International Stud- "It suggests a commitment to correspondent said. (Al Jazeera) judge moves to block Erdogan Thousands of executions and Arkansas' already compromised opposition Syrians face plan to execute eight men by the end of the month has unravelled further, with a judge blocking the play last use of a lethal injection drug and eviction from the state's highest court grant- cards try, which holds the main execu- liament under the party's banner, that government changes have his- ing a stay to one of the inmates tive power in the current system campaign for "No". The AK Party trorically been far more frequent who had been scheduled to die. as the head of the cabinet. carries the whole "Yes" campaign, in Turkey than Western countries. Pulaski County Circuit before vote The "Yes" camp seeks sup- with very limited and separate "The fact that we had 48 govern- Lebanon camps Judge Wendell Griffen issued a port for what they say is a "more appearances from the MHP, the ments is not the expression of the temporary restraining order on ISTANBUL: Vehicles of rival cam- stable" and "secure" Turkey un- smallest of the four parties repre- strength of our democracy, but the Friday blocking the state from paigns wander the streets of Istan- der a new system. The "No" camp sented in the parliament. The two instability of it." "The governing using its supply of vecuronium bul as they blast their propaganda believes the changes will lead to a parties argue the new system will system's codes are stability and bromide, after a company said songs calling on Turkey's citizens "one-man rule" that will undermine prevent a return to fragile parlia- security," he said in another rally, it had sold the drug to the state to vote on their side in the upcom- Turkey's democratic institutions mentary coalitions at a time when adding that Turkey paid a great for medical purposes, not capi- ing referendum on April 16. and lead to arbitrary governance. the country is facing challenges price in the past due to lack of both. tal punishment. Only days left to the key vote, The constitutional changes are such as multiple security concerns, During the past few years, deadly Griffen's order effectively "Yes" and "No" camps campaign backed by Turkish President Re- an influx of refugees from Syria and bomb attacks claimed by or blamed halts the executions, which had at full speed in the 15 million meg- cep Tayyip Erdogan, the ruling the fallout from a failed coup, on Kurdish fighters groups and the dropped to six after Friday's alopolis in a last ditch effort to Justice and Development Party which led to an ongoing state of Islamic State of Iraq and the Le- state Supreme Court order convince Turks before they vote (AK Party) he founded and the far- emergency across the country. A vant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) blocking one execution and a fed- to accept or reject the proposed right Nationalist Action Party "Yes" vote in the referendum will killed hundreds of security forces eral judge halting another last constitutional changes that might (MHP), whose support at parlia- allow the president to assign min- and civilians. Security concerns week, unless it is reversed or the deeply change how Turkey is gov- ment was key to take the propos- isters as well as half the members were further emphasised when state finds a new supply of the erned. The proposed constitutional al to a public vote. The MHP has in the country's highest judicial some members of the Turkish army drug. With another chemical in amendments seek to transform been going through an internal frag- body [Umut Uras/Al Jazeera] 'Sta- dramatically tried to topple the the lethal injection mix expiring Turkey's political system into an mentation since their leadership bility and security' Erdogan said government last July in a failed at the end of the month, the Ar- executive presidential one, signifi- decided to back the proposed con- at a recent rally that Turkey's cur- coup until they faced strong resis- kansas Department of Correc- cantly empowering the top office, stitutional amendments. Various rent system has created many tance from the populace and the tion had issued an unprecedent- while abolishing the prime minis- senior MPs, who entered the par- short-lived governments, adding rest of the army. (Al Jazeera) ed execution schedule, with the first killing set for Monday. Legal battles had prevented any executions in the state in the Mexican last 12 years. The stay on Fri- day came in the case of Bruce Ward, 60, who was convicted of reporter murdering a convenience store clerk in Little Rock and sen- BEIRUT: Thousands of Syrian premises Talib Bizzazi, originally tenced to death in 1990. shot dead refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Val- a painter from Homs, is the man- Lawyers for all of the con- ley face displacement as a dead- ager of the camp, and lives several victs have asked a federal court line to evacuate their informal tent tents over from the Turan family. in Little Rock to block the exe- on Baja camps expires on Saturday. As camp leader, he received the cutions, arguing the state's rush Camp residents within a sev- word instructing all 600 inhabit- to the death chamber was un- en-kilometre radius of the Rayak ants to vacate their homes. constitutional and reckless. The California airbase were given five days to re- "Someone from the army called court has yet to issue a ruling on move their homes following an me and said, you have five days to the broader case. (Al Jazeera) eviction order delivered orally ear- get out of here," he says. "Then peninsula lier this week by the army. they came in person the next day, The move, reportedly taken just to make sure we heard." The Hacked files A veteran reporter covering the for "security" reasons, would rep- Salaam wa Makhaba camp, hold- police beat has been shot dead in resent the largest-ever eviction of ing about 75 white-faced tarp tents suggest NSA northeastern Mexico, his employ- Syrian refugees in Lebanon. packed wall-to-wall within a diz- It would cut a circular swath zying maze of alleys, is among the More than 2,000 asylum seekers Iuventa. have links with traffickers - a charge ers said, becoming the fourth jour- monitored nalist to be murdered in the coun- through one of the most densely luckier settlements contacted.The trying to reach Europe were "In 19 years of covering the they have fiercely denied. inhabited areas of camps in the army has simply instructed the Middle East plucked from the Mediterranean migration story, I have never ex- "How many people would try in six weeks. country, uprooting as many as Turan's and their neighbours to on Friday in a series of dramatic perienced anything like today," have crossed if we weren't there Maximino Rodriguez Palacios 11,000 people across at least 92 move 500m away, to a vacant po- banks rescues. said Reuters news agency photog- today, Frontex? Probably the same. "was shot and killed" outside a settlements. tato field owned by the same land- An Italian coastguard spokes- rapher Darrin Zammit Lupi, who How many would have died? Prob- store in La Paz on the Baja Cali- "We've been at it since six in lord. But for hundreds of Syrian Files released by the mysterious man said 19 rescue operations by was aboard the Phoenix. ably, many more," MSF said on fornia peninsula as he arrived in the morning, in the rain," says families with just hours remaining hacker "Shadow Brokers" on Fri- the coastguard or ships operated In one operation, it rescued 134 Twitter. "Where are Frontex boats his car at around noon (17:00 Alaa'a Turan, as he and his rela- on the clock, it's still unclear where day suggested the US National by non-governmental organisa- people, all from sub-Saharan coun- in a day like this?" it asked. "EU GMT) on Friday with his wife, tives rip piece after piece from the home will be next.Aid workers Security Agency (NSA) had pen- tions had saved a total of 2,074 ties, he said. states keep their blind eyes the Colectivo Pericu news website frame of a tent shelter they once warn of humanitarian catastrophe etrated the SWIFT banking net- people on 16 overcrowded rubber Friday's rescues come a day turned". MSF said in a tweet that said. built together in the Salaam wa as Lebanese Army threatens to work and monitored a number of dinghies and three small wooden after a shipwreck left at least 97 one teenager was found dead in a She was unharmed. Makhaba camp, on the outskirts begin demolition of camps [Bar- Middle East banks. boats. migrants feared drowned off the rubber boat whose passengers were The state prosecutor's office of Dalhamiyeh township. rett Limoges/Al Jazeera] [Al The files, according to com- One person was found dead, coast of Libya. rescued by its ship Aquarius. "In confirmed the 71-year-old's mur- For Turan and his family, this Jazeera] So far, more than 4,000 puter security analysts, also the spokesman said. According to the International 2017, the sea continues to be a der "from gunshot wounds", add- is their third forced displacement people have vacate their land since showed the NSA had found and The Doctors Without Borders Organisation for Migration, near- graveyard," it said. A very diffi- ing that investigators had obtained since they fled government shell- the order was issued earlier this (MSF) boats Prudence and Aquar- ly 32,000 asylum seekers arrived cult rescue today for the #Aquari- exploited numerous vulnerabili- shell casings that would be analy- ing in Homs five years ago. week. Most of them have tempo- ties in a range of Microsoft Win- ius rescued some 1,145 people in Europe by sea so far this year. us with one teenager found dead in "It's a shame. But if the gov- rarily moved into other informal from nine different dinghies in non- More than 650 have died or are a rubber boat. In 2017, the sea con- sed in a lab. dows products widely used on Mexico media battles impuni- ernment tells us to do something, camps around a few neighbouring computers around the world. stop operations. missing. tinues to be a graveyard. In one we do it. Nobody knows the rea- towns, or into smaller urban cen- The rest of the asylum seek- EU's border control agency, rescue operation by MOAS, des- ty - The Listening Post (Full) Analysts generally accepted Unknown attackers appeared son," he adds, shaking his head. tres such as Bar Elias, according to the leaked files came from the ers were picked up by the coast- Frontex, has accused donor-fund- perate refugees struggled to stay Residents were given five days data collected by local organisa- guard, the Phoenix - run by the ed vessels of doing more harm than afloat after they slid off their rub- to had used high-powered rifles in NSA. the attack, the website said. to remove their homes from the tions. (Al Jazeera) "The tools and exploits re- Maltese Migrant Offshore Aid Sta- good by sailing off Libya and act- ber boat off the coast of Libya. tion (MOAS) - the German NGO ing "like taxis", and Italian prose- Rescuers jumped into the water to "Colectivo Pericu rejects this leased today have been specifi- attack against a comrade," said a cally designed to target earlier Sea Eye and the German Jugend's cutors have suggested they may help them. (AL Jazeera) versions of Windows operating statement on the website. system," said security specialist "We demand that the authori- Pierluigi Paganini on the Securi- ties clarify this and many other ty Affairs website. crimes that continue to go unpun- They "suggest the NSA was ished and have left families shat- targeting the SWIFT banking tered by pain." system of several banks around Mexico ranks third in the the world". world for the number of journal- The SWIFT system is used ists killed, after Syria and Afghan- by banks to transfer trillions of istan, according to media rights dollars each day. group Reporters Without Borders. The files appear to indicate During his long career as a re- that the NSA had infiltrated two porter and columnist, Rodriguez Saudi forces repelled an attack led This resulted in the deaths of of SWIFT's service bureaus, in- made "very strong, very critical" by Houthis and militias allied to dozens of militias, in addition to cluding EastNets, which pro- ousted President Ali Abdullah the destruction of their military statements, RSF's Mexico repre- Saleh on Friday night. The militias equipment, namely missiles and vides technology services in the sentative Balbina Flores told the Middle East for the Belgium- attempted to head towards the weapons that were in their pos- AFP news agency. Saudi port village of Tuwal. session. based SWIFT and for individual Three other journalists cover- financial institutions. Via that Tuwal is a village in Jizan Prov- Meanwhile, in the province of ing organised crime in Mexico have ince, in south-western Saudi Ara- Dhahran - a city located in Saudi entry point the agency appears been killed since March 3 - in Chi- to have monitored transactions bia near the Yemeni border. Arabia’s Eastern Province – a huahua, Guerrero and Veracruz An Al Arabiya correspondent group of Houthi militias was killed involving several banks and fi- states, according to officials and nancial institutions in Kuwait, reported that “artillery fire from after attempting to plot an attack Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen media groups. In early April, news- Saudi forces managed to destroy on a Saudi surveillance center. and Qatar. SWIFT said in a state- paper Norte de Ciudad Juarez an- military vehicles belonging to the The coalition air force target- ment that the allegations involve nounced it would no longer pub- militias. Apache helicopters tar- ed them after being spotted by only its service bureaus and not lish after 27 years in existence be- geted the militants hiding behind Saudi reconnaissance teams that its own network. (Al Jazeera) cause of increasing insecurity. sand barriers that they used to pro- were monitoring the Saudi-Yeme- (Al Jazeera) tect themselves.” ni border. (Alarabiya) SUNDAY. APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Pakistan: Change of flags Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 A journey of nations beyond federalism E-mail: [email protected] and Power Development Authority commanders of India and Sindh dur- tial that Sindhi, Baloch, Siraiki and By Zulfiqar Shah – WAPDA) shifted to Lahore, the ing Second World War were punished Pashtun are given equal opportuni- Email: [email protected] capital of Punjab. Sindhi and Ben- because of being allies of Axis Forc- ties of employment in these depart- Mohammad Ali Jinnah (M. A. Jin- gali were the only indigenous lan- es. Germany, Japan, Afghanistan and ments. www.afghanistantimes.af nah), joined hands of Mohan Das guages that were having official Ottoman Empire supported Hur Meanwhile, Provincial Assem- Karamchand Gandhi (M.K. Gandhi) scripts and were the mode of educa- Army during Second World War; blies should be renamed with Legis- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi in the movement for the provincial tion in Sindh and East Pakistan. however, Hur Army was self suffi- lative Assemblies, having enhanced autonomy in united India during Writing and educating in Sindhi and cient in ammunition. legislative powers which must in- British Raj. Pakistan was realized Bengali was not only banned but also Today, previous Axis Forces clude the supervision of provincial Advisory editorial board formally as a viable idea after 1945. made a punishable offense. have allied with Allied Forces for borders, registration of internal mi- The idea of Pakistan, in fact, is A punishment was also an- instance US and UK alliance with gration from other provinces in Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, wrongly associated with Dr. Alama nounced on writing the names of Germany, Japan, and Turkey, and Pakistan, and binding National Data Iqbal. Dr. Iqbal basically toed the provinces anywhere including France. Mujtaba Rashidi, cousin of Base Authority’s (NADRA) powers Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir concept of amalgamation of united name-boards, houses, government Pir Pagara Ali Mardan Shah, was with certain and concerned legisla- Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhu- buildings, billboards, and postal ad- central leader of Jeay Sindh Qomi tion by the provincial legislative Graphic-Designers: wa (then NWFP), and Balochistan dresses. Assets of other provinces, Mahaz (JSQM) the largest freedom assemblies. into one Muslim majority state with- the largest from Sindh, in terms of movement political party and the Sindh and Balochistan Home Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada in India. monetary, land, culture and reser- second largest political party in Departments, as well as in the oth- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Dr. Iqbal died before the said to be voirs were practically handed over Sindh. ers, should be entitled to issue the Pakistan Resolution of March 23 – to Punjab province. When, Paki- Sindhi and Baloch, today, like directions and / or unavoidable notes Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 24, 1940. The Resolution was not stan was revert back again to feder- over the period of more than last for the naturalization process of mentioning word ‘Pakistan’; it was al statehood, after secession of East one century are not part of the foreigners. This will help resisting Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan also mentioning word ‘States’ for Pakistan into Bangladesh, these as- armed forces and services of colo- many issues including the free move- the provinces. Therefore, Pakistan sets were not given back to Sindh, nial Britain and their Pakistani con- ment of terrorists across the Paki- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 is post Second World War develop- Balochistan and Khyber Pakh- tinuity. Even the services and forc- stan. Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ment. Besides, those legislators, led tunkhuwa. Conspiracy was to the es that are created later on after de- Besides, Sindh and Balochistan by All India Muslim League (AIML) extent that Balochistan was asked parture of colonial Britain in 1947 Governments, along with others, Sindh leader G. M. Syed, who pre- to undo Sindhi language as mode of have been following the same foot- should be given liberty to engage sented and passed resolution from education in late 1960s, (until then ing. Sindh-Balochistan require the with the other countries even be- Sindh Legislative Assembly for a Sindhi was mode of education of exclusive participation in the Sindh yond the trade and business deals, The constitution says homeland of Muslim majority states Balochistan), and was asked to adopt and Balochistan Regiments, Paki- particularly in terms of culture, nat- of India (Pakistan) quit AIML with- Urdu mode education, in lieu of stan Rangers – Sindh, Frontier Con- ural disasters and similar matter if in a few years, and later on became which Lasbella Princely State was stabulary – Balochistan, Pakistan and when required accordingly. against creations of Pakistan. acceded to Balochistan, which his- Navy, ISI and Military Intelligence Almost seventeen districts of Article 123: Word ‘Pakistan’ was not used in the torically was Sindh. Sindhi today Sindh and Balochistan chapters, Punjab in Pakistan are ethno lin- Article One Hundred Twenty-Three: With respect to the provisions of this Constitu- Sindh Legislative Assembly’s reso- have no problem regarding Lasbella Pakistan Coast Guards — Sindh and guistically Punjabi. The remaining tion, statutes related to the formation, authority, as well as proceedings of courts and lution for separate homelands. G. for being in Balochistan. Sindh and Balochistan, Intelligence Bureau seventeen are Siraiki. Southern Sir- matters related to judges, shall be regulated by law. M. Syed, along with his associates, Baochistan are more than sister lands Sindh and Balochistan, equal partic- aki Punjab, due to legitimate con- also won the provincial elections of and have remained one country for ipation in the other formations and cerns of Sindh and Balochistan, 1946 in alliance with Indian Nation- centuries. corps of Pakistan Army and their should be appropriately and on the al Congress and formed government Sindh has deep concerns about equivalent in Pakistan Air Force, just bases be given the share within in Sindh. If seen in the context of territorial intrusions by Punjab Strategic Programs like nuclear and Punjab and the federation if and until turning Sndhi people in favour of through including Machko areas, a missiles. Besides, an equal partici- Siraiki demand for a separate prov- AIML; organizing it in the prov- Sindh territory strip into Punjab pation in Ministry of Foreign Af- ince is not materialized. ince; and conceiving, tabling and province. Sindh officially have been fairs, and federal layers of Ministry Chief Ministers of Sindh and lobbying for the so-called Pakistan and is demanding to stop Punjab of Interior, as well as other federal Balochistan, like other Chief Min- Resolution in Sindh Legislative As- Police and Pakistan Rangers – Pun- departments is required. isters of Provinces, be at least vir- sembly, G. M. Syed can validly be jab’s violation of territorial sover- Is it possible for Pakistan au- tually treated like Premiers (Prime said, if not claimed, the co-founder eignty of Sindh. thorities that in the conflict ridden Minister of the provinces) the sta- of Pakistan along with M. A. Jin- No police or military actions territories like Balochistan, the war- tus that was given to them by colo- nah. Meanwhile, according to the from the forces of Punjab should be ring parties like Balochistan Liber- nial Britain, which means turning Pakistan Studies text books in Pa- undertaken in Sindh. Besides, all the ation Army (BLA), Balochistan the posts of Governors into cere- kistan, when word ‘Pakistan’ was assets, including archeological trea- Republican Army (BRA) and monial, and Chief Ministers should used for a separate country in a pro- sures, should be returned back to Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) be considers practically Head of the test in London, it was tossed by Sindh without any delay in accor- may be engaged for negotiations and Federating Provinces / States. At the Ahmediya Punjabi Muslim youth. dance with the demands by the gov- after successful negotiations can same-times, like India, if not on the The 1946 Indian provincial elec- ernment and the people of Sindh. these outfits be submerged in patterns of UK where Scottish tions were a kind of referendum, in The treatment of Sindh com- Balochistan Regiment and other sec- Pound is a separate currency for which AIML lost to those who ear- batants of Second World War by tions of Pakistan Army? A propor- Scotland, the Commissionerates of lier presented the Pakistan Resolu- Pakistani authorities was a violation tionate participation in the Minis- Provinces should be established in tion from Sindh Legislative Assem- of United Nations instruments. Pa- try of Overseas Pakistani and Hu- Islamabad to formalized province- bly and later on went against it and kistani Armed Forces refusal to pro- man Resources Development and federation relations. also disassociated themselves from tect borders of Sindh during 1965 other similar sections of governance Besides, a few matters / areas AIML. War was also violation of federal are also demanded by the people of should be identified on which both here is no doubt that Afghanistan has been hit with several Pakistan, created on August 14, and international norms. Sindh and Balochistan. Besides, houses of parliaments as well as pro- 1947, was perceived to be a moder- Pakistani Armed Forces limited Sindh and Balochistan should be giv- vincial assemblies together may leg- bombs during four decades of war. But these bombs have ate secular Muslim federation by themselves to Punjab-India borders, en equal opportunities in overseas islate. never resulted into peace, and still the Afghan masses are des- Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Jinnah was particularly Lahore-Sialkot sectors, employments facilitated by over- At the same times, like India, a Kutchhi Sindhi, born in Jhirk town and even converted themselves into seas ministry. Sindh and Balochistan, along with perately looking toward peace and stability. On Thursday night, the of Thatta district; brought-up in Come Cozy against the Indian tanks At the same time, an exclusive others, should be allowed to legis- Karachi, educated in London in and to protect Punjab. Sindhi and Balochistani participa- late the exclusive matters for ex- United States has dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ (MoAB) the professionally was based in Mum- Elected by the democratic sys- tion in Customs, Ports, Shipping, ample like in Rajasthan state of In- largest non-nuclear bomb on a network of caves and tunnels alleged- bai. He was lawyer of Khan of Kalat, tem of Hur Jammat, Pir Pagara Police, Tax collections from the dia, barrage land cannot be purchased a King of Balochistan before cre- Syed Ali Mardan Shah became Pir Highways inclusive of provincial by those who haven’t got birth in ly used by Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist ation of Pakistan. Pagara, spiritual and political leader taxation rights on the highways that Rajasthan. And, like Kashmir, no group in eastern Nangarhar province. The Afghan officials have re- Pakistan Resolution of 1940 of Sindhi Hur. (Hur means free or run through Sindh and Balochistan, non-Kashimiri can purchase land in was violated for the first time when liberated persons. Hur Jammat a non-merger of Pakistani Armed Jamu and Kashmir in India. Even a vised the death toll from Thursday’s MoAB attack on Daesh hide- Pakistan was turned from a federa- means communion of free / Liber- Forces in the provincial departments Pandit of non-Kashmiri origin can- tion of the sovereign states / prov- ated person with hierarchy) Hur as well as a full stops to insertion not become the leader of religious outs to 92. US forces in Afghanistan said that the bomb was dropped inces, against the text and spirit of Jammat included the Second World from other provinces in Sindh and places. on a tunnel complex in Achin district of the province. Officially known 1940 Resolution, into a unitary War fighters named Hur Army / Balochistan departments is also re- By doing this, Pakistan would statehood and system through ‘One Force, was told in 1965 by Pakistan quired. Sindhi have been demanding be formally recognizing the sover- as a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast weapon, the MoAB Unit System’ on November 22, 1054 Army that military is unable to de- the existence of Dry Ports in Pun- eignty of federating provinces / unleashes 11 tons of explosives. It is true that Afghanistan wants to by the military regime. Until 1950s, fend Sindh – India borders, there- jab should be undone, and Sindhi and states within the federation. Until Sindh was giving financial aid to fore Pir Pagara, who was Supreme Baloch should be given exclusive and and unless, provincial sovereignty eliminate all form of terrorist outfits, but not at cost of losing sover- Punjab province and the central Commander of the Hur Army issued priority rights in the employment is not formally and practically rec- government of Pakistan, according command for the protection and of natural resources extracting com- ognized by Pakistan (centre), Sindh eignty. There is several other ways to fight these groups, instead of to available documents and data. defense of Sindh. Thus, Sindh pro- panies. The private entrepreneur in and Balochistan may not consider using such a big bomb that could jeopardize innocent lives, and also After imposing unitary system, ar- tected her borders in Pakistan with the provinces should be made bound the reviewing their will, demand and cheological treasury of Moen Jo India, without participation and help to employ locals, and permanent expression for freedom / secession. sustained heavy financial losses. However, dropping of this bomb Daro was shifted from Sindh to Pun- by Pakistan Army. Like Subhash residents of the provinces to the This means, if Self Rule inclusive of jab, in Lahore. Replicas of the orig- Chandra Bose, Pir Sabghatullah Shah greater extent. Sindhi, Baloch, Sir- territorial as well as peoples sover- has been met mixed reaction by ordinary Afghans and also politi- inal were left in Sindh. This hap- Rashidi father of Pir Pagara Syed aiki and Pashtun are under-repre- eignty within the federation is not cians. Using huge bombs is not a solution to terrorisms, instead can pened because, it was the formal Ali Mardan Shah, is buried to un- sented in central / federal civil ser- insured on above lines, Sindh and colonization of other provinces in known place. Pir Pagara Ali Mar- vices. The foreign services of Paki- Balochistan will, according to their cause severe damage to the lives of ordinary people. Such move by Pakistan by Punjab, which can be dan Shah was not allowed make the stan hardly have a Sindhi, Baloch, expressions and demands as of until US cannot root out terrorisms. Taking in view the capacity of the said internal colonization from fed- whereabouts public. Pir Pagara prob- Siraiki and Pashtun employees. Nine- 2016, will secede. eral perspective, because although ably is buried at either Astola or ty percent overseas employment Shah is a Sindhi refugee journal- bomb, which biggest in its form, would defiantly causes collateral Islamabad was the capital, Depart- Churno Island near Sindh- opportunities are being given to eth- ist, analyst and activist currently ments of Culture and Tourism as well Balochistan borders at Arabian Sea. nic Punjabi that hail from seven- staying in Delhi, India. damage, smash up crops, human beings and the effects which will be as Water and Power (called Water Bose and Pir Pagara, the supreme teen districts of Punjab. It is essen- www.zulfiqarshah.com there for a very longtime. US was once drooped bombs into hide- outs of the Taliban insurgents, and also killed several of them since 2001, but still Afghanistan suffering from the menace of terrorism, and the Taliban insurgents still at large. It is not so simple issue that US should escape with it easily. The government has to assign a probe team to visit the area were MoAB dropped. Such bombing could kill many innocent people, and would deteriorate already di- sastrous situation in the country. The MoAB was tested for the first time, but not in Syria, where Daesh threat is more than Afghanistan, but in eastern Nangarhar. If bomb was carried out only for examina- tion purposes, so it is a very shameful act, and US has to be triggered to court. Moreover, Afghan security official have already said that Daesh terrorist has defeated. So what was the need for this bomb? It is a show off rather than taking a bold step against Daesh terrorists. If big bombs were the solution to the Afghan conundrum, Afghanistan would have been the most secure place in the world. In reaction to this, former president lashed out at government and the US. Accord- ing to him, bombing is an insult to Afghanistan and the US is just using Daesh as an excuse, believing that bombing had been pre- planned to test a weapon of mass destruction. It is totally violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty and a violation of the environment. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. SUNDAY . APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Don’t underestimate Is rationality the cyberthreat from dawning on Syria, North Trump? Korea By Ruth Marcus

The question of the moment is what Is a Russia-NATO conflict in the making? to make of the normalization of By Dimitar Bechev President Trump. Not normaliza- tion in the way used by the Trump resistance — to argue against be- coming inured to unacceptable be- Dimitar Bechev is a Nonresident Senior Fel- havior. But normalization of Trump low at the Atlantic Council. in the usual sense of the term: that Trump is, if not behaving normally, at least adopting normal positions.

build-up of naval forces and coastal NATO is “no longer obsolete.” defences along with the deployment China was a currency manipulator of strategic bombers and advanced and would be branded as such in the Call it Cold War 2.0 or any other anti-aircraft missiles consolidated Trump administration; now, never name, it is beyond doubt that Russia Russian supremacy in the Black Sea. mind. Syria was not an American and the West are at a lowest point However, NATO is setting tripwires problem; now its behavior is Amer- in their relationship since the disso- and signalling to Putin that it will ica’s, and Trump’s, “responsibility,” lution of the Soviet Union in 1991. stand its ground and escalate in the and Bashar al-Assad is a “butcher.” The reset of ties that President event that Russia crosses the line. The Export-Import Bank, once bad, Donald Trump promised to usher in Rightly, many security experts are is now good; same, maybe, with Fed- is over before it even started, cut troubled that the standoff can get eral Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. out of hand. Russia has responded most always defeats defense. A strat- short by the scandal over Russian These about-faces represent, in part, By Ted Koppel interference in the US elections and to Western build-up by incursions in agem effectively employed against a Trump Tower-size version of the the US strikes against Bashar al-As- NATO airspace, harassing US and Google, Facebook As the Trump administration con- a large and cyber-conscious compa- realities that confront any new pres- sad's regime in Syria. After insisting allied ships and aircraft in both the ident. Campaign trail proclamations fronts the nuclear ambitions of ny could also be successfully direct- that US support for NATO is condi- Baltic and the Black Sea, kidnap- ed against critical U.S. infrastruc- yield to Oval Office sobriety. That’s North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and the tional on allies paying in their fair ping an Estonian border guard, oppose managing the not only to be expected — it should, toxic fallout from Bashar al-Assad’s ture. Then there is the intriguing share, Trump is now reassuring ev- launching snap exercises rehearsing case of the Syrian Electronic Army, for the most part, also be welcomed. chemical warfare against Syrian ci- eryone that the commitment is invasion or even a nuclear strike in Bill Clinton vowed to revoke trade vilians, it is worth remembering that which claimed responsibility for "ironclad". Michael Flynn is long the Baltic, and deploying nuclear- hacking into an Associated Press Internet. Except privileges with China because of its both dictators also command cyber- gone and Russia sceptics such as capable Iskander missiles in the human rights abuses; in office, he units. On the face of it, their im- Twitter account. On April 23, 2013, Defence Secretary James Mattis and Kaliningrad enclave tucked between that account put out an erroneous found himself renewing China’s pact is significantly less lethal, and National Security Adviser H R Mc- Lithuania and Poland. Russia has is- when they’re doing it most-favored-nation status, pro- they can easily be underestimated. tweet: “Breaking: Two Explosions Master set the tune. But can this sued blunt threats against Finland and in the White House and Barack claiming, “I think we have to see At the extreme, cyberattacks can low point in relations actually lead Sweden in case they abandon neu- our relations with China within a have a devastating impact. China, Obama is injured.” Within a matter to a direct conflict between Russia trality in favour of joining NATO. models. The digital giants have be- come central to how millions of broader context.” George W. Bush Russia and (it must be noted) the of minutes, AP issued a correction, and NATO? The war in Eastern It is pressuring Belarus to establish By David Chavern promised to usher in an era of “hum- United States have already planted by which time, however, $136 bil- Ukraine goes on underreported and an airbase on its soil. Under a night- Americans consume their news, and as these companies rely on consum- ble” foreign policy and to “stop cyber landmines within the control lion in equity market value had been Vladimir Putin ratchets up his rhet- mare scenario, a minor incident - extending our troops all around the systems that regulate each nation’s erased. The market recovered in such as civil unrest by Russians in an Google and Facebook are facing new ers’ ever-increasing appetites for oric. In a statement on 12 April, he news to capture their audiences, the world in nation-building missions.” infrastructure. The complexity of short order. A blog post by The Post pledged to fight back "colour revo- Estonian border town - might esca- competition to their online business models after President Trump signed business terms they dictate put in- You remember what happened the relationships among these three variously referred to the hack as lutions" in any of the post-Soviet late into an Eastern Ukraine-like next. Barack Obama criticized rival “both juvenile and easily fixed”; and a bill putting Internet service pro- tense stress on news industry eco- nations, however, makes it highly countries within the Russia-led Col- insurgency and, heaven forbid, pit nomics. For example, Google re- Hillary Clinton’s health-care pro- as “a surprisingly sophisticated bit NATO against Moscow into a di- viders on a path to being able to unlikely that any of them would lective Security Treaty Organisa- monetize online users the same way quires publishers to offer “First Click posal because “it forces everyone unleash its most powerful cyber- of cyber-espionage in pursuit of tion: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, rect military clash. Not to be easily to buy insurance,” then crafted a some childish vandalism.” More than these technology giants do. Next up Free” content, lest they be punished weapons on the others. It is notable Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. As ever, dismissed, these fears are in all like- is the threatened unwinding of the — with demoted content that plan with, yes, an individual man- that no such constraints exist be- likely, it was neither. In what may Russia is ready to cut deals with the lihood overblown. As Mark Galeot- date. Health care turned out to be have been an extraordinary coinci- Obama administration’s “net neu- doesn’t abide by the rules in search tween the United States and either West outside its "near abroad" but ti of the Institute of International trality” rules, which could put these results. Facebook’s “Instant Arti- complicated — perhaps not more Syria or North Korea. Neither walls dence, the attack came just at the insists that the latter should stay off Relations Prague noted, "Putin's than Obama knew, but more than time that the Obama White House companies in a double bind, because cles” allows articles to load faster in nor extreme vetting are of much limits. The vexing issue is where the calculation appears to be that the they could soon have to pay Inter- user news feeds, even with the new- he was willing to admit on the cam- use against cyberwarfare. It is an sent letters to Sen. John McCain (R- line is drawn separating the Russian scarier he seems, the more political paign trail. Ariz.) and then-Sen. Carl Levin (D- net service providers a metered rate ly announced changes and trials, but enormously flexible weapon system, from the Western spheres of influ- traction he has". The confrontation to move their content to custom- doesn’t allow a simple or direct way Indeed, Obama underwent the with a range from bothersome to Mich.) stating the following: “Be- ence. The three Baltic states fear with NATO wins points inside Rus- to subscribe to a publication. Mean- same transformation as Trump on cause of our concern about the de- ers’ screens. Google and Facebook devastating. It empowers the weak that they, too, could fall prey to sia where a majority sees the alli- will argue — as they did during our while, both companies pressure news- the Export-Import Bank, which as and exposes the vulnerabilities of teriorating situation in Syria, the Russian aggression. The traumatic ance as a threat. But Putin is not in fight on net neutrality in 2015 — rooms’ bottom lines by soaking up a candidate Obama derided as “little superpowers. The United States, president has made it clear that the memories of their annexation in a position to bully NATO in East- that ISPs should not be able to pri- online ad revenue. A study by Digi- more than a fund for corporate wel- because of its extraordinary depen- use of chemical weapons — or 1940 by the Soviets have left a deep ern Europe or indeed haggle with oritize and price the flow of online tal Content Next, a publishing trade fare.” Of course, Trump’s dizzying dence on the Internet, may be the transfer of chemical weapons to ter- imprint. Justifiably or not, the pres- the West using the standoff as a bar- content. The problem is that they group, found that major publishers string of policy pirouettes is differ- most vulnerable of all nations. Take, rorist groups — is a red line for the ence of Russian-speaking commu- gaining chip. The attention of the make the exact opposite argument with large digital operations earned ent from the evolving positions of for example, the cyber-tantrum that United States of America. The nities makes the Crimean precedent US and other major players in in their role as distributors of news only about 14 percent of their total his predecessors. None of them Kim allegedly inflicted on Sony Pic- Obama administration has commu- painfully relevant to Estonia and NATO is focused on Russia's moves content crucial to our democracy. revenue in the first half of last year flipped so much, so soon. That’s not tures Entertainment in 2014. Pre- nicated that message publicly and Latvia. Putin's calculation appears in Syria. In their assessment, they The two digital giants increase or from distribution platforms — and surprising. Trump’s learning curve dictably infuriated by the compa- privately to governments around to be that the scarier he seems, the have done enough to reassure the reduce users’ exposure to news con- most of that was from YouTube. is steeper. His attachment to any ny’s production of “The Interview,” the world, including the Assad re- more political traction he has. It is Eastern Europeans through en- tent based on whether publishers — Smaller news publishers get peanuts. particular position is especially flim- a comedy predicated on the planned gime.” hardly surprising that those nations hanced forward presence as well as such as the Wall Street Journal or This debate — as well as the spread sy because he lacks any coherent assassination of Kim by a pair of What may indeed have been a have cheered NATO's decision to the enlargement to Montenegro the Indianapolis Star — agree to of fake news and questions about worldview; his guiding ideology in- American TV journalists, the North clumsy, juvenile piece of childish upgrade its role, switching from "re- (whose accession was recently en- play by their rules. Those rules are digital companies’ responsibility in volves only the promotion of Korean leader appears to have ex- vandalism — that is, the phony AP assurance" to "enhanced forward dorsed by the US Senate). Russia is crafted to maximize the flow of ad- weeding out false content — seems Trump. tweet — could also have been a far presence", to use the alliance's lin- talking again to the Atlantic Alli- vertising revenue, not quality con- to be leading the tech giants into an And the ever-shifting cast of tacted his revenge by ordering the Trump whisperers — Jared Kushner takedown of Sony Pictures’ corpo- more sophisticated warning from go. Not only has NATO developed ance, after ties were frozen in March tent. Thought-provoking opinions increasingly fraught political land- Syria: President Bashar al-Assad contingency plans on how to coun- 2014. Last month, the Russian chief and commentary, in your inbox dai- scape. Media reporter Michael is up, Stephen K. Bannon is down rate computer system. It remained — means that what policy prevails inoperable for an extended period. drawing his own “red line.” A friend- teract a putative Russian invasion of staff General Valery Gerasimov ly. Proponents of net neutrality, Wolff observed that the Trump ad- ly reminder that if an easily discern- but also resolved to send in battal- was on the phone with General Petr including Google and Facebook, per- ministration and Republican-con- in a given week could be upended Budgets and executive and superstar with the next tweet. Even with a compensation packages were made ible and correctable hack into a ion-size battlegroups in each of the Pavel who heads NATO's Military suaded the Federal Communications trolled Congress are creating a Twitter account can produce a $136 three Baltic countries, as well as Po- Committee. There is a mechanism Commission to treat ISPs as “com- “uniquely dangerous moment” for weather vane, you won’t necessari- public. The hackers claimed they ly know which way the Trump wind had more than 100 terabytes of Sony billion plummet in equity market land. The deployment of the 4,000- in place to avoid unwanted crises mon carriers,” akin to traditional the digital industry as its “custom- value, it might be useful to consider strong contingent with contributions spiralling out of control. Russia will telephone companies. Under de- ers and employees demand that blows. So no one should count on Pictures data and warned the com- the current spate of Trump’s good pany against releasing the film. The what a more refined attack on the from 16 member states should be continue probing NATO to expose cades-old law, such entities are sub- companies swear ever-more anti- U.S. banking system could do. done by next month, with Germany the weak spots and the cracks in its ject to high levels of government Trump oaths.” Google and Facebook judgment to continue. Indeed, to call intimidation worked for several this past week one of good judgment weeks; then Sony Pictures, publicly Whatever the rationale, the in charge of the force in Lithuania, defences. But one should not forget regulation on price, access and oth- understand the burgeoning vulnera- Canada in Latvia, the United King- that it faces its own constraints. The er consumer issues, all in the name bility in their positions. Each has is to ignore concurrent events. chastened by First Amendment ad- Obama administration never took While our attention was focused on vocates and President Barack military action against Syria. As dom in Estonia and the United economic crisis besetting Russia has of the public good. Because of the teams to think through its relation- States in Poland. In parallel, already resulted in cuts of its defence elevated levels of regulation, ISPs ships with news content providers. Mellow Trump, Attorney General Obama for failing to uphold free- President Trump considers his op- Jeff Sessions was busy reviving a tions against Syria and North Ko- NATO's Warsaw Summit (July 2016) spending. The ambitious moderni- aren’t permitted to favor any con- Facebook brought on former CNN dom of speech, distributed the film anchor Campbell Brown to “help misguided war on drugs, dismantling to more than 300 theaters. rea, his advisers would do well to gave a green light to a "multina- sation programme of its arms forc- tent, regardless of consumer de- es is bound to slow down. Moscow mand. Now that Ajit Pai — who has news organizations and journalists consent decrees with police depart- The president’s personal en- remind him that cyberwarfare has a tional framework brigade" in Roma- nia, which is essentially a platform is already overstretched in Eastern said that net neutrality’s “days are work more closely and more effec- ments and cruelly ramping up de- gagement, as well as his warning that way of leveling the battlefield be- portations. Yet there are reasons to tween a second- or even third-rate for reinforced cooperation with Po- Ukraine and Syria. Last but not least, numbered” — has become chairman tively with Facebook.” Although the United States would “respond land, Bulgaria, Turkey, Canada, US, 2018 will be an election year for of the FCC, many think the agency welcome, such outreach won’t be exhale, ever so slightly. The func- proportionately” against North military power and the world’s un- tioning of the federal courts and the disputed military superpower. the Netherlands and Germany. What Putin who will certainly win but will will help ISPs reclaim the ability to enough. Newsrooms have always co- Korea at a time of its choosing, re- NATO is after is not necessarily struggle hard to demonstrate that set their own rules and “toggle” operated with Facebook — so much dysfunctioning of the legislative flected an understanding that the Not as alarming as the specter branch have worked, so far, to sty- of a North Korean intercontinental matching Russia's military capabili- popular enthusiasm for his leader- content based on revenue opportu- so that they have co-opted their attack had larger implications. Sony ship has not waned. Russia comes nity. News outlets, as creators of economic models. What’s really mie much of the Trump agenda. A ballistic missile armed with a nucle- ties along a vast territorial stretch president’s greatest powers, and Pictures had made enormous invest- from the Baltic to the Black Sea. In into the spotlight when it throws its high-quality (and expensive) news needed is a fair and sustainable split ments in cyber-protection, includ- ar warhead, nor as worrisome as therefore greatest threat, lie in the chemical or biological terrorism. But the north, the Atlantic Alliance will weight around in international pol- content, like a level playing field on the advertising income earned ing no fewer than 42 firewalls. The off breaking news and good report- arena of foreign affairs. Here, the easier to carry out and much more need a three-times greater force to itics but, in truth, the important sto- and have supported net neutrality. failure of that system underscored But it would be hypocritical for ing, not just more happy talk about troika of Defense Secretary Jim likely. repeal a direct attack. Russia has fur- ry is what goes on domestically in Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tiller- one of the fundamental rules of cy- thermore turned Crimea into a for- Russian society. Google and Facebook to be the fac- the importance of journalism. berwarfare: A determined offense al- (WP) es of this fight, given their business (Truthout) son and national security adviser tress, to use Putin's own words. The (Aljazeera) H.R. McMaster has emerged to present an effective brake on the mercurial president, especially com- forting as the North Korea threat looms. A White House with Micha- LETTER TO THE EDITOR How to fix airline overbooking el Flynn gone and Bannon neutered By Robert J. Samuelson sider a simple example. the safety mandate would remain is a better place, and the country is Suppose that the airline has but would not extend to passen- safer for it. Adults are in the (situa- 100 seats and has sold 104 tickets. gers bumped because of overbook- tion) room. And Trump, notwith- Hurdles for mechanizing Afghan agriculture Under Mankiw’s proposal, the air- ing. What we have here is a good standing the vastness of his policy line would have to offer passen- example of how government regu- ignorance and his evident distaste lations on bumping — adopted by for remedying that embarrassment, Almost 70 percent of Afghan population is engaged in agriculture sector. However, farmers in gers enough money so that four of them would decide to take the the Transportation Department is learning. He has moved from “I Afghanistan are faced with numerous challenges, including lack of modern missionary, lack of money or some combination of a — would further a free-market alone can fix it” to “Nobody knew proper irrigation system and most importantly lack of market for agricultural products. Due to free ticket and cash. Let’s assume solution: creating an auction sys- that health care could be so compli- these challenge Afghan farmers cannot make enough reward, as compared to the volume of efforts There are lots of public policy tem to balance the number of pas- cated.” Neither statement is true, problems that, even with the best that two passengers require $1,000 that they exert. plus a free ticket, a third accepts a sengers with the number of seats. but the second at least evinces a The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) should devise a special strategy of political goodwill, cannot be Making airlines pay more for over- dawning rationality. easily solved. They’re just inher- $1,200 buyout and the last sets a Likewise, Trump’s recounting to resolve the challenges. The ministry should import modern machinery and should organize price of $1,500. I would tweak booking would, almost certainly, training session for farmers to teach them new techniques of cultivation. It should also find market ently tough. Airline overbooking make them more careful in their of his conversation with Chinese is not one of them. As proposed Mankiw’s proposal by requiring President Xi Jinping, who seems to for agriculture products of Afghanistan. Another important point that I want to mention is that the that all the bumped passengers re- scheduling, while also more ade- by Harvard economist Greg Man- quately compensating inconve- have had more success than intelli- government should not rely in Pakistan’s port in Karachi for export of their products to interna- kiw on his blog, the solution is ceive the highest payment. In this gence briefers at getting the atten- tional markets, but should find alternative routes. case, it’s $1,500. (On this issue, nienced passengers. tion-impaired president to sit straightforward: Make the airlines (Newtimes) Sherzai Pathan, Khairkhana, Kabul pay when they overbook. When it’s not clear where Mankiw through a lecture on the region. “He they do, “they should fully bear stands.) So the airline’s total cost then went into the history of China the consequences. They should be would be $6,000, plus the cost of and Korea,” Trump told the Wall required [by government regula- vouchers for new tickets. I would Street Journal. “And Korea actually also put an upper limit for each used to be part of China. And after tion] to keep raising the offered listening for 10 minutes I realized Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must compensation until they get vol- passenger, calculated as some mul- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: tiple of a full ticket price, but it that not — it’s not so easy.” No, it unteers to give up their seats,” isn’t. Previous administrations [email protected] Mankiw writes. “If $800 does not would be high. This system would modify existing government regu- weren’t full of “stupid people mak- work, then try $1600 or $8000.” ing bad deals.” They were staffed, Mankiw adds, somewhat gratu- lations that the Wall Street Jour- nal’s travel columnist Scott Mc- for the most part, by smart people itously, that he’s “sure volunteers diligently navigating complex situ- will appear as the price rises.” Cartney characterizes as giving fli- ations. Disclaimer: Thought-provoking opinions and ers “few rights.” If asked to de- If that is beginning to dawn on commentary, in your inbox daily. plane, they must comply for safe- Trump, however belatedly, we The views and opinions expressed in the articles are The fundamental problem is ty reasons. Under certain circum- should be relieved. It is possible both those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or that the airlines have sold — or stances, bumped passengers are to resist the new normal and to give committed — more seats than entitled to vouchers and the cost thanks that, for now anyway, it is opinions of the Afghanistan Times. they have. The object is to buy of a hotel room. Under my pro- not far worse. back those nonexistent seats. Con- posal (and presumably Mankiw’s), (WP) SUNDAY.APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

North Korea has warned that they of China concerning the menace of are 'ready for war' if the United North Korea. North Korea is look- States attacks the region. ing for trouble. If China decides to More than 100 migrants At the moment, a US aircraft help, that would be great. If not, carrier group is heading for the we will solve the problem without country. The comments were made them! U.S.A. feared dead crossing by Choe Ryong-hae, who is be- I explained to the President of lieved to be the country's second China that a trade deal with the most powerful official. He said: U.S. will be far better for them if Mediterranean, 2,000 "We're prepared to respond to an they solve the North Korean prob- all-out war with an all-out war, lem! North Korea's official KCNA "We are ready to hit back with news agency quoted its military rescued nuclear attacks of our own style as saying in a statement: "Our against any nuclear attacks." toughest counteraction against the On Friday, China's Foreign US and its vassal forces will be Minister Wang Yi warned that taken in such a merciless manner 'conflict could break out at any as not to allow the aggressors to moment'. He added that if war oc- survive." The region unveiled what curred 'there could be no winner'. looks like new intercontinental Since President Trump took ballistic missiles (ICBM) at their office in January, tensions between Day of the Sun parade. This has Pyongyang and Washington have raised more concerns that they're reached an all time high. Trump looking to develop one that could isn't happy with the fact that Chi- attack the US. Melissa Hanham, a na hasn't done more to stop North senior research associate at the Korea's nuclear and missile pro- U.S.-based Middlebury Institute grammes. of International Studies at This is why the US is now Monterey, told Mail Online: looking to step in. I have great con- "North Korea has a habit of show- fidence that China will properly ing off new concepts in parades deal with North Korea. If they are before they ever test or launch unable to do so, the U.S., with its them, "It is still early days for More than 2,000 people were perienced anything like today." allies, will! U.S.A. Had a very good these missile designs." saved from the Mediterranean on The rescues come at a time call last night with the President (Ladbible) Friday (14 April) in a day of dra- when relationships between aid matic rescue operations. The mi- organisations and Frontex, the Eu- grants had been trying to cross ropean Border and Coast Guard from Libya into Italy in 16 rubber Agency, are fraught. Frontex has dinghies and three wooden boats, accused groups such as MSF of but encountered rough seas and acting "like taxis" for migrants and Some Turks fear the rise of a difficult conditions. colluding with Libyan smugglers. They were intercepted by the Aid groups deny the claims, stat- Italian Coast Guard and a handful ing that their work is the differ- dictatorship as a referendum of aid organisations before being ence between life and death. taken to safety in Italian ports. In a tweet directed at Forex, Videos from the rescues European Commission President nears to greatly expand showed women rejoicing with Jean-Claude Juncker and Europe- songs, but the day had a sombre an Council President Donald Tusk, underlying. More than 100 peo- MSF said: "How many people Erdogan’s powers ple are believed to have drowned would have crossed if we weren't and one teenager was found dead there today, Frontex? Probably the in a dinghy. "The sea continues to same. "How many would have Uzbekistan says it warned be a graveyard," charity Médecins died? Probably, many more." Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a A number of journalists have West about Stockholm tweet. According to the United Na- also come forward to defend the tions' High Commissioner for Ref- work of NGOs in the Mediterra- ugees (UNHCR), more than 30,200 nean, amid the accusations. truck attacker migrants and refugees have at- Zach Campbell, a journalist Uzbekistan had warned its West- “Islamic State” (aka IS, ISIL, ISIS tempted to reach Europe by cross- specialising in migration, said: ern partners about illegal activities or Daesh) terrorist group. While ing the Mediterranean Sea in 2017 "[Frontex Director Fabrice] Leg- of the terrorist detained in Stock- abroad, he used social networks to alone. At least 905 people have geri repeats the accusation that holm, said Uzbek Foreign Minis- call his compatriots in Uzbekistan died or gone missing in the same NGOs collude with smugglers. If ter Abdulaziz Kamilov at a meet- to illegal anti-state activities, spoke time. Frontex has evidence of collusion, ing with reporters. “Uzbekistan out against law enforcement bod- Darrin Zammit Lupi, a Reu- why don't they publish it? earlier gave information about Ra- ies of the country, and also called ters photographer who was present "The only evidence so far: one khmat Akilov, who committed the on Uzbeks to leave for Syria to during Friday's rescue operations, report leaked to the FT, [which is] terrorist attack in Stockholm, to participate in military operations said: "In 19 years of covering the badly sourced and full of errors." one of the Western partners to be on the IS side. Akilov was detained migration story, I have never ex- (Ibtimes) passed on to Sweden,” said Ka- on Apr. 7 in a northern Stockholm milov. He noted that law enforce- suburb hours after police say he ment agencies of Uzbekistan were hijacked a truck and plowed aware of Akilov’s illegal activity. through a pedestrian shopping After departing for Stockholm in street in central Stockholm, killing 2014, Akilov was recruited by the four and injuring 15. (Trend) As Turks prepare to vote in a ref- board game, rather than campaign- what they could do about it. Utko erendum that would greatly expand ing door-to-door for their cause. A Cakirozer, a former editor of the the powers of President Recep lot has to do with the fact Erdogan opposition daily Cumhuriyet, Azerbaijan to start Tayyip Erdogan, the advocates of scheduled the referendum during a who’s now one of six parliament the change are brimming with con- state of emergency dating from last members from Eskisehir, had gone diagnostic evaluation fidence while opponents say they July’s abortive military coup that to the “In Heavy Demand” coffee don’t know how to prevent the Erdogan blames on a Muslim cler- house to cheer on the “no” cam- of teachers in several advent of one-man rule. The pack- ic in U.S. exile. There is a psycho- paign. (Cakirozer was a Daniel age of 18 constitutional amend- logical problem. People believe no Pearl fellow at the Los Angeles districts from tomorrow ments up for a vote Sunday would matter whether they vote ‘yes’ or Times in 2008.) “There is a psy- replace parliamentary democracy ‘no’, that ‘yes’ will win. “Every- chological problem,” he said in an diagnostic evaluation of teachers Barda Olympic Sport Complex. with a “presidential government” one is scared,” said a student who interview. “People believe no mat- in the secondary schools in Agh- Teachers to participate in the eval- that puts most of the levers of asked to be identified only as Is- ter whether they vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’, dam, Fuzuli, Barda, Tartar, Beyla- uation may enter dq.edu.az web- What to make of the sudden jump ing ground for new and dangerous power in Erdogan’s hands. Law- met, 23. “If we went out on the that ‘yes’ will win.” He said he in "collateral damage" – i.e., the weapons," former Afghan Presi- gan, Lachin, Kalbajar, Khojavend site and get information about date makers would have little influence streets, we’d wind up in prison.” tries to counter that resignation by and Jabrayil districts. According to and place of the exams and check piling up of dead civilians in Syria, dent Hamid Karzai wrote in a se- on key decisions, and the judicia- He said he can’t even post his saying that the government won’t Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and ries of tweets. The MOAB is, per- Ministry of Education, the evalu- the accuracy of the information. ry would be even more subservi- views on Facebook, fearing the be able to steal the vote if observ- ation will be held in five days in (APA) Afghanistan, thanks to U.S. air- haps, the perfect weapon to sym- ent than it is currently. And Er- authorities would come down hard ers and the public keep a close strikes? Do the out-of-the-blue bolize Trump's braggadocio and dogan, already in power for 15 on his family. But he also blamed watch on the ballot boxes. But missile attacks against a Syrian air love for superlatives. More wor- years, would be able to run for two the opposition organizers. Even there’s nothing he can do about the base last Thursday and this week's ryingly, however, the MOAB more five-year terms when his cur- among referendum opponents, Er- wide sense of intimidation that deployment of a 21,600-pound, bombing, the Syria strike, and a OSCE launches green rent term ends in 2019. Eskisehir, dogan is seen as a “real leader” followed the government’s firing never-before-used "mother of all wave of intense airstrikes from the an industrial city of 800,000, is compared to Kemal Kilicdaroglu, of more than 110,000 civil servants bombs" in Afghanistan signal that Horn of Africa to South Asia seem technology workshops for located in central Anatolia, the the CHP leader. “We are talking to and the jailing of more than 50,000 the White House has given the to signal a president dazzled by heartland for Erdogan’s ruling Jus- the ‘yes’ people and trying to per- for allegedly supporting the put- green light for what Donald Trump his generals. Since taking office, it women entrepreneurs in tice and Development Party suade them,” said Yunus, 33, who sch. The opponents also had no promised in 2016 – "I would bomb appears that Trump's fallen under (AKP), but it’s controlled by the also feared reprisal if he gave his way to counter Erdogan’s severe the shit out of ISIS" – with little the spell of Secretary of Defense Kazakhstan opposition Republican People’s full name. But he added that CHP clampdown on the news media, regard for innocents caught in the Jim "Mad Dog" Mattis and Gen- Party (CHP). There’s been a spir- leadership should be “much more the arrests of journalists and the blasts? Based on the results of a eral H.R. McMaster, his national Some 25 women entrepreneurs operational aspects of drip irriga- ited, yet civil, debate here, judging active, much more effective.” The closing of dozens of news outlets lengthy string of attacks, beginning security adviser, giving them un- from rural areas of the Akmola tion, solar greenhouses, organic from the booths set up by “yes” two men and two young women, following the coup attempt. The just days after Trump took office precedented decision-making Region took part in the first in a agriculture, fertilizing with worms and “no” backers in the city cen- all medical students, agreed that “no” backers had no way to stop in January, it sure looks that way. power to utilize the might of the series of three OSCE-supported and a solar garden. Two follow-up ter, some next to each other. But in Turkey is on the eve of a dictator- Erdogan from taking full advantage Despite his bomb-ISIS out- U.S. armed forces with little or no training seminars on the applica- workshops will be held, also in a cafe near the university, the mood ship, with no checks and balances of the state apparatus as he cam- bursts, Trump ran a neo-isolation- White House oversight. "What I tion of green technologies in Arna- Arnasai, for women entrepreneurs was somber this week as oppo- on executive power. They said it paigned for the amendments, in- ist electoral campaign, repeatedly do is I authorize my military," sai, a village near Astana, on April from the rural areas of the Karagan- nents of the changes explained why could be like Germany in 1933, variably receiving more TV news slamming Hillary Clinton for her Trump said following the MOAB 13, said the OSCE. The event was da and Akmola Regions. The event they were sitting around tables when Adolf Hitler rose to power, coverage than Kilicdaroglu and oth- vote in favor of the 2003 invasion blast, according to the Military organized in close co-operation is part of the Programme Office’s playing Rummikub, a Turkish but they said they didn’t know er “no” campaigners. of Iraq. Thus, his startling bout of Times. "We have the greatest mil- with the Coalition for Green Econ- long-standing efforts to promote (Latimes) muscle-flexing is a sharp departure itary in the world, and they've omy and Global Development. green growth and sustainable de- from his America First posturing. done the job, as usual. We have Participants learned about the ap- velopment as well as support gen- The dropping of the GBU-43/B given them total authorization, and plication of green technologies in der mainstreaming. Massive Ordnance Air Blast that's what they're doing." In oth- rural areas. Discussions focused on (Akipress) PHILIPPINES: FOILED (MOAB) in eastern Afghanistan, er words, unlike President Obama, in the remote hills of Achin Dis- who micromanaged war, Trump trict in Nangarhar Province, un- has told the generals, Go do your leashed a weapon of staggering thing. Total authorization. "Frank- Russian-Tajik talks on ATTACK STAGED power, one widely described as the ly, that's why they've been so suc- largest non-nuclear explosive de- cessful lately," added Trump, not- vice in the entire American arse- ing the break with Obama's more air service suspended BY IS-LINKED nal. "The after-effect, the shock cautious approach. "If you look at The talks on air service between som for the access to this news wave, not only has physical ef- what's happened over the last eight Russia and Tajikistan have been article. Using your personal ac- fects but psychological effects," weeks and compare that really to suspended and will be resumed on count in AKIpress system please Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.), told what has happened over the last April 22, Deputy Transport Min- register or sign in to access this EXTREMISTS CNN. "This is not the war on ter- eight years, you'll see there is a ister Valery Okulov said Thursday, news article. You will receive fur- A foiled attack on a central Philip- ror but the inhuman and most bru- tremendous difference." reports TASS news agency... You ther instructions after you regis- pine resort island this week was a liceman, two villagers and at least tal misuse of our country as a test- (Rollingstone) are trying to access paid-for con- ter/sign in. kidnapping and bombing mission four militants, including key Abu tent on our website. We charge 190 (Akpress) by at least three extremist groups Sayyaf commander and spokes- affiliated with the Islamic State man Moammar Askali, were killed group in one of their most daring in the daylong siege Tuesday in a terror plots, security officials said hinterland village in Bohol's Ina- Al Qubaisi discusses cooperation Saturday. The Philippine military banga town. Military spokesman initially said that government forc- Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said with Chinese, Azeri envoys es, backed by airstrikes, success- combined military and police forc- Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, of parliamentary cooperation with fully detected and thwarted a kid- es thwarted in Bohol "major ter- Speaker of Federal National Coun- both countries. Al Qubaisi met in napping plot by Abu Sayyaf mili- rorist activities" by the militants, cil (FNC) has discussed at the two separate meetings with Ni tants in the island province of Bo- who were aiming to divert the mil- FNC headquarters - Abu Dhabi, Jian, Ambassador of China to the hol, a popular tourist destination itary's focus from intense offen- with Ambassadors of China and UAE and Dashqin Shikarov, Am- far from the militants' southern sives on the militants' jungle en- Azerbaijan, ways to strengthen bassador of Azerbaijan to the jungle bases. Three soldiers, a po- campments in southern Sulu prov- cooperation, especially in the area UAE. (BBC) ince and outlying islands. 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Treasury Department report backs away from Trump pledge to declare China a currency manipulator would refrain from that label, part- ly because he was working with China to rein in North Korea’s threatening actions. The report did call out China for past efforts to hold down the yuan’s value, saying this created a long-term “distortion” in the glo- bal trading system that “imposed significant and long-lasting hard- ship on American workers and companies.” The Treasury also warned that it will scrutinise Chi- na’s trade and currency practises very closely. “China will need to demon- strate that its lack of intervention to resist appreciation over the last three years represents a durable policy shift by letting the RMB (yuan) rise with market forces once appreciation pressures re- sume,” the report said. The Treasury did not alter its three major thresholds for identi- US President Donald Trump’s ad- Five other trading partners who exports cheaper. fying currency manipulation put ministration declined to name any were on last October’s monitoring Trump, who on the campaign in place last year by the Obama The Bank of Japan is expected to lem is it's not translating into high- that the recovery is gaining mo- major trading partner as a curren- list - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, trail blamed China for “stealing” administration: a bilateral trade offer a more upbeat view of the er prices,' one of the sources said, mentum, the sources said. The cy manipulator in a highly-antici- Germany and Switzerland - also US jobs and prosperity by cheap- surplus with the United States of economy at this month''s rate re- conceding that underlying inflation BOJ is also likely to offer a more pated report on Friday, confirm- remain on the list, ensuring that ening its currency, repeatedly US$20 billion or more; a global view than it did last month, as ro- remains 'surprisingly weak'. 'Ex- optimistic view on exports and ing a decision to back away from a the Treasury would apply extra promised to label the country as a current account surplus of more bust exports and factory output ports and output are gathering output than in March, when it said key Trump campaign promise to scrutiny to their foreign exchange currency manipulator on “day than 3 per cent of gross domestic support recovery in the world''s momentum,' another source said, they were 'picking up,' the sourc- slap such a label on China. The and economic policies. one” of a Trump administration - product, and persistent foreign third-largest economy. But the adding that a recent slew of posi- es said. The BOJ is widely expect- semi-annual US Treasury curren- The Treasury report recogn- a move that would require special exchange purchases equal to 2 per central bank will stress its resolve tive data has heightened the chance ed to keep monetary settings un- cy report did, however, keep Chi- ised what many analysts have said negotiations and could lead to pu- cent of GDP over 12 months. to maintain its massive monetary the BOJ will upgrade its economic changed at its two-day rate review na on a currency “monitoring list” over the past year, namely that nitive duties and other action. A No countries were determined stimulus, as the export-driven re- view. Last month, the BOJ said that ends April 27. At the meeting, despite a lower global current ac- China has recently intervened in man browses his phone near a bill- to have met all three of these crite- covery has yet to boost private Japan's economy is 'recovering it will also review its quarterly count surplus, citing China’s un- foreign exchange markets to prop board with the US currency dis- ria, but Japan, South Korea, Tai- consumption and inflation, the moderately as a trend.' The central projections and its assessment of usually large, bilateral trade sur- up the value of its yuan currency, played outside a bank in Beijing. wan, Germany and Switzerland all sources told Reuters. 'The econo- bank will likely remove the phrase economic and price developments. plus with the United States. not push it lower to make Chinese But he said on Wednesday that he met two of them. my is doing quite well. The prob- 'as a trend' to signal its confidence (Plenglish) (SCMP) North Korean war threat fears Rarest 50p coins Kuwait’sAlimtiaz spark selling spree acrossAsian revealed with raises $120m from markets as stocks fall, Yen rises some worth as HumanSoft stake sale much as £100

Kuwait’s Alimtiaz Investment deal, which cut the sharia-compli- Group has raised $120 million ant investment company’s stake from the sale of a 10 percent stake in HumanSoft to 10 percent, the in education provider HumanSoft parties said in a joint statement. Holding which it plans to reinvest, The buyers were institutional in- Chief Executive Nawaf Marefi told vestors including regional sovereign Reuters. It plans to use the money wealth funds and other funds. to invest in sectors including edu- HumanSoft establishes and cation, healthcare and real estate, manages private universities and Asian stocks were a sea of red yes- down 0.5 per cent to a five-month inate over the past week with the he said. colleges in Kuwait and internation- terday as investors panicked over low. The Hang Seng index in Hong ramifications of the US missile Citigroup and EFG Hermes ally. acted as joint bookrunners on the (Alarabiya) the threat of war with North Ko- Kong dropped 0.2 per cent, the strike on Syria still reverberating Since the launch of the new 12- achieve a premium of roughly 10 rea. The arrival of a US carrier Shanghai Composite fell 0.9 per and tensions around North Korea sided £1 coins British consumers to 12 times their face value or the group off the coast of the Korean cent and South Korean shares slid steadily building. The issues have been going through their wal- equivalent of £5 to £6. peninsula sent traders running for 0.6 per cent. around Syria are likely to settle lets to sort out the coins that are The next four rarest coins are the hills, pushing up the value of There are concerns the situa- down assuming US involvement worth far more than the value all from the 2012 Olympics – Foot- Saudi Arabia says the Japanese yen – traditionally tion might escalate today as North does not escalate, but North Ko- stamped on them. Now money ball, Triathlon, Judo and Wrestling. seen as a safe haven in times of Korea celebrates the birthday of rea is more risky.’ specialist website Change Check- The recent Beatrix Potter 50p strife. Earlier this week, it broke its first communist dictator, which The latest gyrations on stock er is advising customers to check coins capturing the hand-painted shortlists companies below ¥110 to the dollar for the may be marked by a nuclear weap- markets in Asia came after Donald their 50p coins carefully as well. style of Ms Potter's original illus- first time since November. ons test. Trump this week spooked the cur- Change Checker’s "Scarcity trations also rank highly. Jemima Stocks in Tokyo were hit by Shane Oliver, chief economist rency markets with a warning that Index" uses a combination of mint- Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin for its solar, wind conflict fears and the stronger cur- at investment firm AMP Capital, the dollar was ‘too strong’. age, collecting and swap data to rank sixth and seventh respective- rency, sending the Nikkei index said: ‘Geopolitics seemed to dom- (Dailymail) track which 50p coins currently in ly – based largely on high demand circulation are the most valuable. and their low level of ownership, projects A special 50p piece featuring although official mintages figures Kew Gardens is worth between by the Royal Mint have not yet £70 and £100 on eBay. This is be- been released. Earlier this year, BlackBerry wins $815m in cause the Royal Mint issued just Change Checker identified 24 of 210,000 of the commemorative the rarest £1 coins to have ever 50p coins to mark the 250th anni- circulated the UK with some of dispute with Qualcomm versary of the Royal Botanical them worth as much as £50 each. Gardens in 2011, which makes it Last year, a 2p coin sold for BlackBerry Ltd. says it has been the rarest, least owned and most almost £1,400 at auction because awarded $814.9 million in a bind- requested swap. Other 50p coins it was silver instead of the more ing interim arbitration decision in at the top of the index could also conventional copper. a dispute with Qualcomm Inc. (Independent) over royalty overpayments. The two companies agreed last year to arbitrate a disagreement regarding whether Qualcomm’s agreement to cap certain royalties applied to Transforming supply payments made by BlackBerry Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has 18. "The market response to the under a license agreement. shortlisted companies for its solar Kingdom's invitation to its first BlackBerry chief executive chains through and wind power projects, as part renewable energy projects has John Chen said Wednesday in a of its first round of the renewable been overwhelmingly positive, statement the two companies have energy initiative, the energy min- demonstrating market confidence a longstanding relationship and digitisation istry said on Monday. The minis- in our vast renewable energy po- continue to be valued partners. Qualcomm says while it does not agree with the decision, it is try added it would announce the tential and investment environ- BlackBerry says a final award in- binding and not appealable. next phase of its renewable energy ment," Saudi Energy Minister cluding interest and reasonable le- The San Diego-based chip maker says the decision is limited to projects in Riyadh on April 17- Khalid Al Falih said. gal fees will be issued after a hear- provisions unique to BlackBerry's license agreement with Qualcomm. (ArabNews) ing on May 30. (CNN) deficits and create unique opportunities? At the Institute for Manufac- Manufacturing firms are increasingly recognising the opportunities that digital technologies can provide both turing, we have conceptualised what a future digital supply chain might internally to their business and across the extended supply chains in which they operate. Dr Jag Srai discusses look like. As part of this we are breaking down digitisation possibilities how companies can evaluate these opportunities and take practical steps toward the digitisation of their into key areas or ‘scenarios’ to help companies understand the ways in operations and supply chains. Today’s technologies hold out an alluring possibility of a world in which the which digitalisation could impact their organisation. We have identified end-to-end supply chain is utterly transformed – highly connected, flexible, efficient, resilient and truly 10 future digital supply chain transformations (DSCT), summarised in responsive to customer needs. Each of these attributes sounds attractive, but put them together and you have the box below. What scenarios will benefit your company? By breaking a completely new way of doing business. down the digital supply chain into distinct but connected scenarios, One of the main challenges with developing a digital supply chain vision is evaluating the many potential against which companies can measure their performance and aspira- digital technology opportunities within a given operational context. Connecting previously discrete opera- tions, we have developed a powerful framework that will help manufac- tions and businesses, suppliers and customers, and evaluating new production technologies is complex turers develop their digital supply chain strategy and capabilities. The enough. Equally, there are many challenges and risks, not least the increasing skill gaps as technology devel- scenarios help to shape thinking on the most promising opportunities opments outpace our ability to embrace and implement. The opportunity space is therefore quite specific to and develop a more strategic approach to digitisation that is both deliv- each company. But how do you identify what areas in your supply chain will deliver the most value, eliminate erable and will create value for the company. SUNDAY . APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

PSFW 2017 Day 1: Telling tales through fashion

Angie fans, brace yourselves! supports. She finds acting shal- We might have got some sad low and wants to focus on the new for you… According to stuff in life that really matters,” the latest reports, the Holly- the source told Naughty Gos- wood actor and film-maker An- sip magazine. gelina Jolie is planning to retire If the reports are true, then from the industry, amid her on- it is likely that Maleficent 2 will going divorce from fellow A- be Angelina’s last film. lister Brad Pitt and custody It will be a sequel to Dis- battle they have been involved ney’s 2014 smash hit Malefi- in, says a source. cent and is slated to release The Maleficent star is appar- sometime within the next two ently done making movies and years. wants to focus on her six chil- Most recently, Angelina In all its glitz and glamour, the city of Lahore was once again host to the dren. has finished working on the 10th edition of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week (PSFW) 2017. The fashion “Angie is so over starring foreign language feature film extravaganza kicked off with A-list designers who showcased their lux- in films. She wants to write and First They Killed My Father: ury prêt collections. The fashion fraternity has taken forward the legacy direct but as far as acting is con- A Daughter of Cambodia of luxury prêt by amalgamating it with fresh techniques and cuts. From cerned, she has retired. Remembers, which will be re- soothing pastel hues to a bright array of colours, the ramp witnessed The next chapter of her life leased on video-streaming app Saba Will Priyanka models flaunting glamorous ensembles and dramatic silhouettes. will focus on her children and Netflix. HSY opened the fashion week with all the important causes she (Tribune) his luxury prêt collection titled Chopra’s Baywatch Paranoia. The line featured mens- Qamar wear and womenswear, drawing inspiration from the technology- team of Dwayne driven new generation and through fashion that spins a narrative on to skip the digital reality. Futuristic fring- Johnson, Zac ing, mechanised knits and indige- nous textures defined the core of Lux Efron come to India? this collection. The offerings com- prised woven silks and organza jackets, paired with palazzo pants and jumpsuits. A model interest- Style ingly sported a digital face of HSY on a cropped top. Misha’s collec- tion was a collaborative endeav- our to bring local weaving commu- Awards nities and the designer together, bringing back forgotten crafts such as the time-honed technique of in protest applique and hand-woven fabric. Models walked the runway in ul- Things tend to get more compli- tra-feminine long kurtas. Misha’s cated for the Lux Style Awards signature kaftans and mid-calf (LSAs) with every passing year. wide-legged separates were also If it is not the credibility of the spotted on the ramp. The one de- show that is being questioned, then sign that stood out most was the it is its script that becomes a point sari dress – a picture perfect com- of debate. Nowadays, people re- Actor Priyanka Chopra can’t wait about the rest of the team,” she bination of the modern and tradi- member the LSAs more for the con- to be back in India only to return added. The upcoming American ac- tional. It displayed the graceful- to the US again to set out on pro- tion-comedy film, featuring Priy- ness of a sari coupled with the ease troversies it generated than the zenith and glory it proomises. But motional trips for her Hollywood anka as the antagonist Victoria of a dress to live it up in style dur- debut Baywatch. Will the team Leeds, is based on the hugely pop- ing the long summer season. We like it or not, they are still talking about it. This time around, it’s Pa- come to India? She says it seems ular television series of the same loved the bright colour palette “very difficult”.Deepika Padukone name. Directed by Seth Gordon, it comprising hues of lime green, kistan’s very own diva-turned-in- credible-Bollywood-starlet Saba brought along Vin Diesel to pro- features actors like Dwayne purple, ivory and black. The trendy mote xXx: Return of the Xander Johnson and Zac Efron. After a footwear was from Miaasa. Qamar, who is talking about our Cage in India earlier this year. So, short trip of 10 days to India soon, most celebrated award show but one wonders if there is a chance Priyanka will have to rush back to Yaariyan actor Himansh she is not speaking in its favour. that the Baywatch team visits the fulfil her commitments to the Showcasing for the fourth time “Although I am nominated for country too. “I don’t know yet,” project. “I’ve to come back (to the at PSFW, the designer duo returned three different plays, I will not be Priyanka told IANS over phone US) again because I’ll be travelling with their signature designs, glitzy Kohli will overcome attending the LSAs as a protest,” from New York. for Baywatch,” she said. The ac- sequin work, oriental imagery and Qamar told The Express Tribune “It seems very difficult. I tor, whose Marathi film produc- a touch of retro interpreting chi- aquaphobia, learn cave in a telephonic conversation. don’t think we will be doing much. tion Ventilator has recently won noiserie with sporty elements. “They never bothered to honour We will be only doing one or two three National Film Awards, is Models sported sculpted cropped diving in Florida me during the past 12 years and countries when it comes to travel- looking forward to meet her friends tops, racer back-straps on the now that I have the Bollywood ling for Baywatch, but I don’t know and family members during her vis- front, sporty block-coloured pan- Actor Himansh Kohli, who made termined to overcome it,” says stamp, everyone is acknowledging yet what the marketing plan by it to India. Zac Efron’s Baywatch eling and embellished jackets. his debut in filmmaker Divya Ku- Himansh. The actor will be flying Paramount Pictures is. “But while character gets a wax statue. Will Generation presented Khadija me all of a sudden.” Qamar recent- I am in town, I will definitely do Priyanka Chopra get one too? mar Khosla’s Yaariyan (2014), be- to Florida in the last week of April, ly into the limelight when the trailer Rehman’s first showcase with a lieves in pushing his limits and try- where he will be trying cave div- as much as I can. I don’t know (Hindustan Times) collection that was a silent protest of her Bollywood debut Hindi ing out new things. Although the ing, underwater diving in water- Medium got released last week. In demanding to have Lahore’s most actor is a big fan of adventure filled caves. “Himansh has signed beloved festival back. The ramp the trailer, she delivers a notewor- sports, he suffers from aquapho- up for a personalised development thy performance, holding her own was the spectrum of colour, elon- bia, fear of water. However, Hi- programme in Florida, where he gated and structured silhouettes mansh feels it’s time to face this will be learning cave diving. He will opposite a seasoned actor like Ir- were inspired from the shape, con- fear and overcome it in the best be undergoing rigorous training and rfan Khan. In fact, in some parts, struction and patchwork of local- way possible. will also get a certificate once he Qamar manages to outdo him in ly made kites. Cropped tops, jack- “I am still a kid [at heart] when it completes the course. Earlier, Hi- terms of performance. Ever since ets and sarong shalwar hybrid comes to adventure sports. I am mansh has done river rafting, then, much of the Pakistani enter- were made out of sheer voile, or- always ready to face my fears and mountain climbing and many oth- tainment industry has been raving ganza, striped cotton, hand pleat- experience something new and er adventure sports,” says a about the Digest Writer star’s act- ed silks, poplin and cotton net. thrilling. I have had a fear of water source, close to him. ing skills. Interestingly most of the collec- since some time now, and I am de- (Tribune) Some would argue that it’s natural tion was detachable pieces of gar- for her performance in Hindi Me- ments, which allowed them to be dium to be applauded for she has worn inside out. Sania portrayed a made a name for herself in the strong take on intricate floral pat- world’s biggest film industry. To Qamar, however, it feels like hy- pocrisy, particularly on part of all the brands and award shows that are approaching her now. “I have been working in the Pakistani en- tertainment industry since 2004 Sanjay Dutt’s small and no brand or award show has ever approached me in all this time. terns, lively motives and breezy Now that I have come back from initiative for his clothes. Summer jackets, asymmet- India, every brand and every award Sanjay Dutt is known to have an rical blouses, high-waist jumpsuits, show is running after me. extremely strong bond with both slim-silhouetted gowns and gleam- It’s almost as if they just noticed parents! his parents. The actor through all ing, flowing pants were trans- my presence,” she stated. his phases has his father, legend- formed into uber chic and fluid sil- ary veteran actor Sunil Dutt's sup- We cannot comment on the nature port. The actor's mother again an houettes. We liked that the domi- Aamir Khan heads of offers and endorsements deals nant colour scheme was neutral exalted and iconic actress Nargis that are being made to Qamar post Dutt also shared a thick bond. while a myriad of colours such as Hindi Medium but one thing is for beige, crimson, and mint were in- to Beijing for China Although, after Sanjay lost his sure: as a society, and an audience, mother to cancer, Sunil Dutt fused here and there, adding a flir- Pakistanis do tend to wait until strongly felt the need to start up tatious touch to the collection. premiere of Dangal local artists have returned from an initiative which helped people Zonia’s collection was an amalgam- Bollywood to take them more se- suffering from the disease. In Nar- ation of a floral and mosaic line, Bollywood star Aamir Khan will Rs 385 crore at the Indian box of- gis's memory, Sunil started several inspired by work of Maalems of riously. attend the China premiere of his fice, is expected to resonate well Whether it is our fascination with foundations which proved to be a the Moroccan Berber, geometric blockbuster entertainer Dangal at in China too. Directed by Nitesh great helping hand for the one's in patterns, hand drawn rosettes and Indian films or the fact that we the Beijing International Film Fes- Tiwari, the movie portrays an in- underestimate our homegrown tal- need. Today Sanjay Dutt person- monochromatic stripes. The offer- tival, which begins on Sunday. spirational story of former Indian ent, we hope things change for the ally looks into the functioning of ings were a mix of waist cut dress- Aamir played former wrestler wrestler Mahavir Phogat, who the charity foundation which is lo- es, tops, silk dresses and pants Mahavir Singh Phogat in Dangal. trains his daughters Geeta and Bab- better for both Qamar and the cated across. The actor makes sure with a pop of neon to make it look Aamir is a popular Bollywood ita to become world-class wres- LSAs. that he adds every bit of aid in his off-beat and modish. Zonia has face in China, especially after the tlers. The 16th Lux Style Awards will capacity. While The actor's sisters emerged as a contemporary design- super success of his movie PK, The actor will be in China till take on April 19 and artists have looks into the operations aspect er who is conscious of a sustain- which minted a record of over Rs April 21. After visiting Beijing, he been nominated in 28 different cat- of it, the fundraising is essentially able design philosophy with fuss 100 crore with a release across will go to Shanghai and Chengdu, egories. looked after the actor. Sanjay is free, wearable fashion. 4,000 plus screens in the country. the capital of Sichuan province. (Santa Banta) actively involved in the daily work- (Tribune) Dangal, which made upwards of (Santa Banta) ings of same. (Santa Banta) SUNDAY.APRIL 16, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

been playing really good at home, but when we've played away we haven't really performed as well as we should have," Hernandez Hull striker Abel Hernandez's fu- ing and the club's owners, the Al- said. "We've been playing some ture remains uncertain after he con- lam family, appear to have put all good football at some points when firmed the club have not yet ap- contract talks on hold. When asked playing against big teams and now proached him for talks over an ex- if he had spoken to the club about we need to beat the direct teams, tended contract. Hernandez, a re- an extended deal, the 26-year-old like Stoke, and hopefully get away ported £16.8m target for Chinese said: "No not yet. I haven't talked with it. Super League side Beijing Guoan to the club yet, we haven't had a "We have a good chance to beat in January and linked with several meeting. "There were a lot of ru- Stoke this weekend. It would be Premier League clubs, said he was mours about China, but the club good to win away and get three focused solely on Hull's bid to es- never got an official offer for me. points and stay in the Premier cape relegation. The Tigers travel I'm calm, I have the manager to League, that would be good." Her- to Stoke on Saturday and the Uru- deal with, so there's nothing else nandez has scored only five goals guay international appears happy at the moment." Marco Silva wants this season with surgery to resolve to follow the lead of head coach a better return from Hull's away a hernia problem at the end of last Marco Silva, who revealed last games as the club look to improve year and a torn a hamstring in Feb- week that his own future would their chances of Premier League ruary restricting him to 26 appear- be resolved at the end of the sea- survival at Stoke on Saturday ances. That compares to his 24 son. New NOW TV customers: Hull recently climbed out of goals in the Championship during County Championship Division One: Yorkshire Grab a Month Pass and watch the the bottom three on the back of the previous campaign and the race for silverware hot-up for just their impressive home form under Uruguayan said he wanted to end £25. "Now, there's more impor- Silva, who signed a six-month deal a disappointing season with a youngster Ben Coad impresses again tant things than what's going to when he replaced Mike Phelan in flourish. happen with my future," said Her- January. But the Tigers have only "I'm feeling a lot better," he nandez. "I'm thinking about Hull won once away in the Premier added. "For a striker it's not good and what I want to do is help Hull League this season - at Swansea in to be injured and not being fit for stay in the Premier League." Hull, August - and another season in the the whole of the year, but I'm fit promoted back to the top flight top flight could hinge on them pick- and back on track again to be on last May, are two points above the ing up points from their remaining top form and get some goals in." drop zone with six games remain- three games on the road. "We've (Sky Sport) Luke Porter vs Berto: Shawn Donald Porter ready to follow earns Floyd Mayweather share of blueprint lead as Ian Poulter also shines Yorkshire youngster Ben Coad Shivnarine Chanderpaul impressed hugely impressive team bowling 84 as Middlesex tallied 290-6 produced another stirring display, on day one of Lancashire's game performance saw Essex skittle against Hampshire on day one at taking 4-47, as they reduced War- against Surrey at The Oval, strik- Somerset for 209 on the opening the Ageas Bowl. at RBC wickshire to 152-8 on day one of ing an unbeaten 85. The visitors day of their encounter in Taunton. Robson shared in a 105-run their Specsavers County Champi- had been in trouble at 67-5 in the The wickets were shared stand for the second wicket with onship Division One clash at Edg- morning session - Mark Footitt (3- among the attack - Ashar Zaidi tak- Stevie Eskinazi (82) as Middlesex Heritage baston. 90) again impressive, taking three ing 3-17, while Ravi Bopara (2- dominated the early exchanges, but Only 48.3 overs were possible on of those wickets - but Chander- 10), Simon Harmer (2-51) and Neil their hosts fought back with the Luke Donald produced a stunning a rainy Friday in the midlands, but paul led the Lancashire recovery. Wagner (2-78) finishing with two ball late in the day. chip-in for birdie at the final hole the 23-year-old Coad - who im- The 42-year-old put on an each. A spell of four wickets for just to earn a share of the halfway lead pressed with eight wickets in York- unbroken 172-run partnership for In reply, England's Alastair 49 runs in the final session saw at the RBC Heritage, while Ian shire's defeat to Hampshire to open the seventh wicket with Jordan Cook is not out on 39 overnight in Hampshire fight their way back Poulter goes into the weekend just the season - ripped through the Clarke (108no) - who brought up his first Championship game of the into the game ahead of the second two off the lead. Donald's grand- home side's top order. a swift century just before stumps season as Essex closed on 60-2. day. stand finish capped a four-under Veteran West Indian batsman - as Lancashire closed on 294-6. A Sam Robson top-scored with (BBC Sport) 67 which featured a number of sub- lime shots from around the greens Shawn Porter is ready to follow Month Pass and watch the race that atoned for an erratic long-game, the Floyd Mayweather blueprint for silverware hot-up for just £25. and the Harbour Town Links spe- in a bid to defeat Andre Berto and "So, we'll definitely pick our spots cialist joined Graham DeLaet at the secure a rematch with Keith Thur- where we want to box; where we Second Thought impresses on All-Weather top on 10 under par. Poulter is cur- man. Porter (26-2-1-KO16) will re- want to use the ring. But at any rently on a major medical exten- turn to the ring for the first time rate, through the entire fight, we sion and has two tournaments re- since suffering a unanimous points will control the action as well as Championships Finals Day maining to earn $145,000 or 118 decision loss to Thurman when he the ring." Porter returns to New FedExCup points to retain his takes on Berto (31-4-KO24) at the York less than 10 months after fail- Second Thought showed a smart change of gear to land the 32Red 3 Year inside and the gap has come. "I that have a turn of foot, but he's PGA Tour card, and the Ryder Barclays Center in New York next ing in his quest to dethrone WBA Old All-Weather Championships Conditions Stakes with something to knew he'd strengthened up going got one. "He took a bold route up Cup legend overcame a mid-round Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1HD world welterweight champion spare. The William Haggas-trained three-year-old was the 11-8 favou- to post. He's done well since his the straight, but he was right and blip to card a 68 and move into a from 2am. Thurman and become a two-time rite to complete his hat-trick following recent wins at Kempton and in last run and he's a horse that keeps the horse didn't let him down. The tie for third with Webb Simpson Mayweather produced a slick world champion. Despite being fo- the Spring Cup at this venue. He was being ridden along in the middle of improving. "He just does enough horse is doing very well physical- on eight under. DeLaet set the ear- performance on his way to claim- cused on the task in hand, the 29- the pack rounding the home turn, but really found his stride once switched when he gets to the front and hasn't ly at the moment. "The owner had ly clubhouse target after making a ing a wide points victory over Berto year-old admitted a rematch against wide and Robert Winston did not even have to resort to his whip to seal had a hard race today." Haggas, a large offer after the last race and stylish recovery from a sluggish in September 2015 - a fight which Thurman remains firmly on the a comfortable half-length success. Visionary followed him through to who plans to run Racing Post I asked him not to take it, not that start, the Canadian being one over proved to be the unbeaten Ameri- agenda. "I think finally being able finish second ahead of Tomily in third. Trophy winner Rivet in the Cra- it took much persuasion. If he was for seven holes before holing from can's last in the professional ranks to beat him, would be something Winston said: "It was a very rough race early on and we didn't get ven Stakes at Newmarket on successful here today he'd be aimed 15 feet for his first birdie of the - and left him with an unblemished on my résumé, in my legacy, that the position we wanted. I just had to take a chance and come down the Thursday, said: "It wasn't ideal. at the Jersey Stakes at Royal As- day at the eighth. New NOW TV 49-0 record. "Well, watching the would be remembered for a very Robert said it was a bit of a melee cot. "He has been on the go all win- customers: Grab a Month Pass and fight, I definitely admired, as any long time," Porter said. "He's a very early on and I think Ryan (Moore, ter so we will give him an easy watch the race for silverware hot- fight that Floyd Mayweather's in, good fighter, a very good defender on Dubai One) was lucky to stand time and build him up for the Jer- up for just £25. He then enjoyed a his boxing ability, but that was of his belt/belts, and I'm looking Katie Archibald wins up. sey. "He has won a Listed race and rare eagle-two at the par-four ninth something that was very effective forward to fighting him in a re- "Robert was cool after and the there are not many three-year-old when a perfect wedge from 109 against Andre Berto," Porter said. match." women’s omnium gold horse is doing well. I think he's only seven-furlong races." yards found the bottom of the cup, New NOW TV customers: Grab a (Sky Sport) pretty smart. I don't have many (Sky Sport) and DeLaet picked up further shots at 11 and 12 before parring home at UCI Track Cycling to complete a 67. Donald opened with three solid pars before knock- ing a smooth five-iron to seven feet World Championships at the 200-yard fourth and holing the chance for birdie, and he got up and down for another at the next and converted a precise ap- proach to six feet at the sixth to make it three in a row. His short game then bailed him out with clutch par saves at eight, nine and 10, although he could not avoid a dropped shot at the 11th follow- ing another wayward drive before he steadied himself with four cast- iron pars. The world No 96 played one of his "best ever" bunker es- Ronnie O'Sullivan will be out to capes from a plugged lie at the pen- ultimate hole, and Donald atoned for a poor approach to the last with win a sixth World Championship a brilliant pitch which landed on a We take a look back at the career of Ronnie O'Sullivan as 'The Rocket' downslope, gripped and dropped aims to join Steve Davis and Ray Reardon as a six-time World Champi- into the hole for an unlikely three. on at the Crucible. He's the most naturally gifted player of a generation Poulter, who is aware a tie for 12th Katie Archibald won Britain's first delight. "I was very close to being and the fans' favourite, so can the genius that is O'Sullivan add to his title or better would secure his playing gold medal of the Track Cycling done for," an exhausted Archibald haul at the iconic Crucible Theatre? The 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012 and privileges for the remainder of the World Championships in Hong said after her gold medal triumph. 2013 champion faces Gary Wilson, one of five tournament debutants season, started at the 10th and bird- Kong with a thrilling victory in the "I thought I wasn't going to fin- this year, in an all-English first-round clash. (CNN) ied 15 and 16 before he blocked women's omnium. Olympic gold ish at one point. I just needed to his approach to the 18th and took medallist Archibald went into the keep grinding and recover for the three to get down. The English- points race, the final event of the sprints. It came off in the end." It Australian Nick Kyrgios has con- ing out of the Masters Series event four-discipline omnium, neck and was Britain's third medal of the man then three-putted from 20 firmed he has delayed the start of in Monte Carlo which begins on feet on the first green, but he re- his clay-court campaign until Sunday. Although Kyrgios did not neck with Australia's Amy Cure championships after Elinor Bark- sponded with three birdies over the May. The 21-year-old made the give a reason for his withdrawal, it and she wasn't assured of victory er's scratch race silver on day one next four holes, including a superb announcement via his Twitter ac- is believed he is suffering from fa- until the final sprint. It was and Chris Latham's bronze in the 65-foot putt at the fifth, and he count on Good Friday. Unfortu- tigue following a busy start to the Archibald's second world title af- corresponding men's event on parred safely in to stay at eight nately I won't be competing in season. Last week he was part of ter the 2014 team pursuit success Thursday. under alongside former US Open Monaco as planned. I'm working an Australia team which beat the in Cali, Colombia. And she cele- Archibald missed last year's champion Simpson. Scotland's hard to be ready for Estoril which United States to reach the semi- brated succeeding last year's cham- Track World Championships in Russell Knox enjoyed a run of four will be my first clay court event. finals of the Davis Cup. The Can- pion Laura Trott - who is expect- London after falling off her motor- birdies in five holes early in his The news was not unexpected berra-born player will now con- ing her first child with six-time bike, but returned in time to claim round which. as it was reported earlier in the test the Estoril Open in Portugal Olympic gold medallist Jason Olympic gold in Rio last August. (Fox Sport) week that he was considering pull- which starts in May. Kenny - by punching the air in (Fox Sport) SUNDAY . APRIL 16. 2017-Hamal 27, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 253 Price: Afs.20