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Court orders Nine security Gulzad forces killed company’s in Balkh property AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least nine security auctioned personnel have been killed in a roadside bomb blast during an op- KABUL : Bank-e-Millie Afghan eration against militants in the officials say Gulzad trade organi- northern Balkh province, said lo- zation owes $4.3 million to the cal official on Sunday. bank in loan and interest but the Provincial governor spokes- group says it has repaid the loan man, Munir Ahamd Farhad con- in line with the court’s decision. firmed the news, saying that sev- Documents of the three courts eral other security forces were also available with Pajhwok Afghan sustained injures in the overnight News show “Gulzad Shirkat un- bomb blast occurred in Chamtal der a 16-point protocol singed be- district. tween Millie bank chief Moham- He furthered that five insur- mad Daud and Gulzad company By Farhad Naibkhel not willing to cooperate or help report, Daesh fighters recently gent were also killed and dozen owner Mohammad Ashraf is bound others were received injuries in the to pay the loan with interest to KABUL: The Ministry of De- them,” he said. abducted dozens of women and fense (MoD) on Sunday said that According to him, currently girls in eastern Nangarhar prov- recent counter-terrorism operation the bank.” Under the protocol, the carried out by Afghan security forc- Millie bank issued $3.7 million at least 2,500 Islamic State (IS) Daesh fighters are active in east- ince, forcing them to marry its fighters, which is also known as ern Nangarhar and some parts of fighters. Daesh fighters are active es in the province. loan to the company which had to Prior to this, the National Di- return the money in three years Daesh terrorist have been killed in southern Zabul provinces. “Total in Kot and Achin district of Nan- the past one year. “Daesh has been number of ISIS-K fighters in Af- garhar province, where they strug- rectorate of Security (NDS) and against 12 percent interest in the Afghan military forces have con- first year, 13 percent interest in defeated in many provinces,” the ghanistan is not more than 400,” gling to recruit people in that area. ministry added. he claimed. Daesh militants also torched hun- ducted successful operations the second and 15 percent markup against Taliban insurgents. A fac- in the third year. The protocol Addressing a press conference He furthered, “anyone who dreds of houses in Nangarhar prov- in Kabul, MoD spokesman, Gen- pose threats to our national secu- ince in order to create fear among tory, used for making suicide vests, clause two says the company is sticky bombs and remote con- bound to submit the loan install- eral Dawlat Waziri told newsmen rity and harms the Afghans, is our people. Currently, the Afghan and that over 2,500 militants loyal to enemy, and would fight against US forces are regularly conducting trolled bombs was discovered and ments to the bank at the end of confiscated by NDS operatives. each month without any delay. The the Daesh terrorist group were them, no matter which group they counter-terrorism operations to killed during past solar year. belongs to, and what is the name root-out the loyalists of Daesh ter- Similarly, Taliban’s deputy intelli- protocol’s clause 9th says: “If the gence chief, Mirwais was arrested refund date expires and the bor- “Daesh or ISIS-K had big plan of their group.” rorists who are attempting to ex- and program in the country. The “We will put all our effort to pand foothold in the country. in an operation in Shirabad area of rower fails to clear the dues in a Dehdadi district of Balkh prov- period of one month, the bank has militants wanted to make Afghan- defeat anyone who harms people Daesh fighters’ footpath found istan as their massive hub. But and government of Afghanistan.” around two years ago in Helmand, ince. Shortly before midnight on the authority to invite bids for the November, a vehicle laden with borrower’s property and sell it to they were defeated in many prov- Daesh fighters are the cruelest and later expanded to Zabul, Farah inces, because Afghan people are terrorist group and according to and Nangarhar provinces. heavy explosives detonated in the recover the loan.” (Pajhwok) vicinity of the German Consulate in Mazar, capital city of Balkh province in which four civilians NATO blitz were killed and 128 sustained deep injuries, including 19 women and 38 children. More clearing opera- hits Taliban tion is the need of the hour to elim- meeting in inate insurgents for the country. Paktia, Iran expels Afghan senators are voicing con- sions.” Haseeb Kaleemzai, anoth- cerns over growing Russian-Amer- er legislator emphasized. 15 killed ican political tensions warn the The house of senate insists for 100,000 government to follow a neutral changes in Washington’s Afghan GARDEZ : At least 15 Taliban policy. The legislators say, if Af- policy, unless the security situa- militants have been killed in Afghan ghanistan shouldn’t adopt such a tion would deteriorate. NATO airstrikes in the Janikhel constructive policy in the region “We are deeply concerned of district of southeastern Paktia refugees last that would further escalate insta- our country to become another province, officials said on Sunday. bility in the country. Syria. The U.S. and its allies The governor’s spokesperson, solar year “Afghanistan must not become weren’t honest in Afghanistan and Abdullah Hasrat, told Pajhwok a victim of the world power rival- that’s why the government need Afghan News NATO forces car- HEART CITY : Iran forcibly ex- ries. The government should do its to implement wise policies to ried out the airstrikes in Kotki lo- pelled more than 100,000 Afghans best to adopt a neutral policy to avoid the country stuck with fur- cality last night, targeting a Tali- into western Herat province last save Afghanistan.” Hassan Hotak, ther crisis.” Senate vice speaker, ban meeting. At least 15 rebels solar year, local officials said on a senator highlighted. Izidyar emphasized. were killed and several others were Sunday. Ahmad Javid Naadem, “Russia consistently avoids The senators say, as for Af- wounded in the bombardment, he Herat’s refugees and repatriation cooperation with Afghan govern- ghanistan is fighting on the behalf added. director, told Pajhwok Afghan ment, blaming NATO and U.S. the whole region and the world The Taliban also confirmed the News in an interview that Iran start- forces for not being active in fight against terrorism, thus it’s highly airstrikes, with their spokesman ed forcibly deporting Afghan refu- with drugs dealers. We want the recommended to be paid honest Zabihullah Mujahid acknowledg- KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Sunday met a delegation from the gees through Nimroz port in late Russians to be good neighbors and attention for the country’s anti- ing the killing of only three fight- United States institution form peace, headed by Stephen Hadley. They discussed January. help us in counter terrorism mis- terrorism efforts. (ATN) ers. (Pajhwok) Afghanistan issues, bilateral relationships, peace and regional cooperation. Calling the Nimroz route as difficult for refugees to commute, he said: “In the past, Iran would expel 1,500 to 2,000 Afghan refu- gees annually with 70 percent of them from western provinces.” But last solar year, Iran de- KABUL : Visiting Afghan journal- stani people and government for into Afghan areas and detention of ported more than 100,000 Afghan ists have asked Pakistan to take hosting million of refugees for de- Sharbat Gula were some of Paki- refugees including 50 women and practical efforts toward restoration cades. “Millions of Afghans lived stan’s actions which led to deteri- 2,800 orphan children of cordial relations between the in Pakistan for years and had good oration of bilateral relation, be be- Besides that, 15,000 Afghan two neighbouring countries. memories of their stay here but the lieved. Another Afghan delegation refugees voluntary returned to their The views were expressed by recent steps taken by Islamabad member, Mohammad Hassan country from Iran last year, Naa- Afghan journalists during a meet- have put a negative impact on re- Haqyar, warned Pakistan would dem said. “Iran in the past would charge 50,000 Iranian rials from ing with Pakistan army spokesman lations between the two coun- be dubbed as an enemy state in Afghan energy and water ministry private sector interest in using that said in the meeting. The officials Gen. Asif Ghafoor in Rawalpindi. tries,” he noted. Afghan textbooks if relation be- each Afghan refugee family leav- officials say, within a 5 years energy, Afghanistan is using the in energy sector argue the private ing the country but the amount is Headed by Javed Hamim Kakar, Kakar said the closure of tween the two countries remained framework, the country will pro- minimum amount of that renew- sector to invest in the sector and the delegation thanked the Paki- boarder by Pakistan, rocket attacks strained. (Pajhwok) now increased to 500,000 rials duce 2k mg power with 500 mega- able energy. “If we invest in the the government would provide all which is unaffordable for majority watts will be produced through sector, not only we would become required facilities. Afghanistan cur- of the families,” he said. He said solar power plants. “We aim to self-sufficient in that area, but we rently imports a majority of its shortage of resources, troubled produce 5k megawatt electricity by would also find the exporting ca- required electricity from neighbor- route, security threats and high AUSsoldier killed in Nangarhar 2032. Practical steps have been pacity to countries surrounding.” ing countries which only serve 45 costs were main challenges the re- launched. We would implement Mohmmad Gul Khulmi, vice pres- percent of resident’s need for pow- AT Monitoring Desk Military Commander in Afghani- The killed soldier was a mem- turning Afghan refugees faced, par- that project by two phases. The ident for renewable energy union er. (ATN) ticularly children and women. Ali stan while commenting into the ber of US Special Forces team, tak- first phase is to produce 500 mega- KABUL: During the military op- Aqa Alizada, a resident who sold matter said, “On behalf of all of ing part with Afghan security forc- watt electricity by solar systems.” erations in eastern Nangarhar prov- all his belongings to live with his US forces in Afghanistan, I offer es in counter-terrorism operation, Mujtaba Haidari, Ministry’s re- ince against Taliban and Daesh family in Iran, said he traveled to our deepest condolences to the carried out against ISIS group in newable energy head informed re- militants, a US soldier has been family and friends of our fallen Nangarhar province. Iran for work, but he was forcibly died as a result of wounds, sus- porters in Kabul today. Afghani- deported by Iranian police last comrade.” He added, “We will al- However, the Afghan security stan has a full 300 sunny days. tained during the combat opera- ways remember our fallen comrades forces are successfully chasing the week. He traveled to Iran with his tions, said US military in a state- That capacity enables Afghanistan wife and four children about a year and commit ourselves to deliver on terrorist groups across the coun- to produce at least 222k megawatt ment. Gen. John W. Nicholson, US ago. (Pajhwok) their sacrifices.” try. solar energy. But, due to lack of MONDAY . APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

refrain to be granted the same ba- sic dignity given to animals, the birds are sometimes treated even better than family members. "We feed them everything we cannot afford to eat ourselves -- anar (pomegranates), kebab, grains, almonds, pistachios," said a 29- year-old rooster owner, request- ing anonymity. Training begins at an early age, with no expense spared to ensure that they win. The owner demonstrated to AFP how his roosters are made to jog to improve their lung capacity -- around the enclosure of a hen. Roosters, like men, who are other- wise clumsy tend to be more dis- ciplined around females, he joked. But fighting roosters rarely live past the age of three and many do not survive their first bout. Birds do not usually fight to the death, but they can be blinded and sometimes bloodied with fatal in- juries. "Cockfighting (is) illegal in many parts of the world, and if Afghanistan wants to be seen as a progressive nation, it should fol- low," Jason Baker, from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), told AFP. "What does it say about hu- mankind, when a stadium full of people is bursting with boisterous applause at the death of an inno- cent animal?" But it is unlikely to be prohib- ited in a country where the con- cept of animal welfare barely ex- ists. "Cockfighting is part of our culture," said Karim Langari, an elderly rooster owner. "Even un- An Afghan referee operates on an injured fighting rooster during a match in Kabul. (AFP photo) der the Taliban cockfighting hap- pened in secret locations." KABUL: A boisterous roar rule. But the gory bloodsport, a country wracked by poverty. Only birds of the same size Foul play is common and cock- sweeps through the crowd as a pair symbol of masculinity and virili- "People may not have food to and weight are paired against each fights can easily devolve into gun- of roosters spar in a sandy pit, ty, has since made a swift come- eat, but they come here to bet," other in a fight while the taped-on fights or knife fights amid disagree- their spurs kicking, wings flapping back as a popular winter pastime said spectator Muhammad Hu- spurs attached to their claws to ments between rival teams. and beaks pecking. in Afghanistan. mayoon, a private telecom com- inflict damage on opponents have With the owner's money and "Bizan! (Hit it)," one specta- Kabul's biggest amphitheatre pany operator. "I have seen very to be equally sharp. reputation at risk, even roosters tor barks in Dari. for cockfighting is tucked away poor people walking out rich." In between the bouts, owners who are too weak or badly injured "Bokoshesh! (Kill it)," hisses behind the bombed out ruins of the Escapism cradle roosters beneath woollen are pushed to fight. another. historic Darul Aman Palace, an But it is not just about money. shawls, their puny claws dangling Some matches are over quick- Cockfighting, known in Af- enduring symbol of the destruc- As rampant joblessness and a below, feeding them energy drinks ly when a bird takes fright. Afghanistan’s IPL export Moham- “And I am eagerly awaiting to ghanistan as 'Murgh Jangi', has the tion wreaked by decades of con- roiling conflict spur pessimism directly from an oral syringe. Back in the amphitheatre, the mad Nabi, who is currently play- meet Muttiah Muralitharan (SRH trappings of a gladiatorial contest. flict. Outside, opium addicts swad- about the future of the country, Others delicately swab their 29-year-old owner's rooster ing for Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor) to pick up a few tricks in Wings outstretched, the avian dled in wrinkled shawls crouch ancient bloodsports -- however injuries with moist sponges. Some flapped and collided with its rival, (SRH), said in a recent interview the art of off-spin,” he added. fighters tear into each other as bets along the walls. brutal -- offer a sense of beguiling perform improvised surgeries -- but soon ran away. His face that the national cricket team is Before this, Nabi’s head coach furiously exchange hands. Feath- Inside, there is tiered seating escapism. gluing together cracked beaks, scrunched in agony. ready to play Test cricket. in the national cricket team Lal- ers are shredded and blood is for two groups of rooster owners, From cockfighting to quail stitching together broken feathers "Nothing upsets me more than He also believes that cricket chand Rajput believes the gradual- drawn. bloodsport enthusiasts and impe- fighting to buzkashi -- polo with a and sucking out clotted blood when my rooster loses without a can be the binding force for peace ly-improving team from the war- In a few seconds, it is over. rious Godfather-like figures re- headless animal carcass -- Afghan- pooled in the necks of their fowls. fight," he said, vowing to cook the in Afghanistan given its populari- torn nation will be ready to play One bird collapses and half of the cording gambling bets in crumpled istan's violent pastimes are redo- Hawkers move through knots carcass of the losing bird. ty as the number one sport. Tests in another two-three years. baying crowd lets out a roar of tri- notebooks. lent in some ways of the tumult of people, selling boiled eggs and "It's not about money, it's “Conditions were very diffi- Spin sensation Rashid and umph. Shouts of "I bet double!" com- that the country has experienced dried beans with sprinklings of about pride." (This story has not cult when we started playing. But Nabi were picked up by SRH in Cockfighting, like all animal pete with "I bet triple!". Up to in four decades of war. salt. 'Not money but pride' been edited by NDTV staff and is they are a lot better now. There the IPL auction in February, a first fighting and gambling, was banned 200,000 Afghani ($3,000) can ex- But unlike war, cockfighting is In a country where women's auto-generated from a syndicated are very good facilities in some for Afghanistan cricket, Rajput under the Taliban's 1996-2001 change hands, a small fortune in a a contest of equals. groups voice a shockingly common feed.) (NDTV) centres like Kabul, Kandahar, and said: “These two guys playing in Jalalabad. The future really looks IPL is not just huge for them but bright,” Nabi told the Hindu news- for the entire country. It is hugely Uprising paper. motivating for their national team- “A lot of youngsters are tak- mates as well.” China’s steel silk road rolls on group ing up the game in a big way. There He told the Hindustan Times The railway station on the out- Another artery of the steel Silk is plenty of talent and this is a good that “both are world-class players skirts of Xi’an, the starting point Road has opened into Iran. In Feb- commander, augury for the sport and for the who will learn a lot by sharing the of the ancient Silk Road, is set amid ruary last year, the first train from country too,” he said. dressing room with some of the a sprawling complex where a large China steamed into Tehran, com- bodyguard “Afghanistan is ready for Test biggest names in world cricket. space is occupied by a sea of con- pleting the journey in 14 days, cricket especially after beating Going forward, I think the number tainers. From here, cargo is trans- whereas it takes 45 days to transit Zimbabwe at home and away. You will only grow (Afghans in IPL).” ported by a regular stream of trains cargo to the Iranian capital by sea. killed in can’t do that unless you play qual- Afghanistan has come a long that make their way into Central The railway connect can open the ity cricket,” he said. way since making their World T20 Asia and Europe. Plans are afoot Chinese market for a variety of Jawzjan clash Rashid Khan Arman and Nabi debut in 2010, having qualified for to connect Xi’an with south Asia cargo, from ornate Persian carpets SHABARGHAN : An uprising are the first Afghans to play in the the last 50-over World Cup in via a rail link. The trains are called to petrochemical products. Iran, as group commander and one of his year’s IPL. In his debut for SRH Australia and recently beat Ireland Chan’gan, the ancient name of an integral part of the SREB, can bodyguards were killed by Taliban last week, Rashid stood out, tak- across the three formats ODIs, T20 Xi’an. In a different age, Chang’an connect with Europe as well. But militants who overran four securi- ing two wickets for his IPL team. Internationals, First-Class in a se- was the capital of the Zhou, Qin, that would also mean modernising ty posts in Darzab district of SRH went on to beat Royal Chal- ries played at their adopted home Han and Tang dynasties. its 1,1000 km rail network, which northwestern Jawzjan province, lengers Bangalore by 35 runs. Nabi ground in Greater Noida in India. Earlier this month, a freight currently carries 36 million tonnes officials said on Sunday. Provin- however watched the match from Rajput, who was manager of train from Xi’an made its début of cargo and 26 million passengers cial Police Chief Brig. Gen. Rah- the bench. the Indian team when it won the towards Budapest, Hungary. In its every year. China would not mind matullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Following this match, Nabi inaugural World T20 in 2007, has 17-day journey — 30 days short- that, for its Fortune-500 behe- Afghan News uprising group com- told reporters: “We here to prove been Afghanistan’s head coach er than the previous sea and rail moths, such as the China Railway mander, Mohammad Zahir along that there is talent in Afghanistan. since June last year and considers route — it would first encounter Group, are on the lookout for new with is bodyguard were killed in Rashid’s performance was impor- the job his toughest challenge yet, the Alataw Pass. After crossing and lucrative business opportuni- Taliban ambush in Moghol village tant. It is a good start.” the Hindustan Times reported. this landmark in Xinjiang province, ties abroad. of the district late on Saturday He did tell Hindustan Times “That is exactly the reason it would enter the rolling steppes Xi’an is also in the fray for night. “Mohammad Zahir sup- after the match that Rashid had why I took it up. It is a life-chang- of Kazakhstan, en route Russia, establishing links with south Asia porters were unable to enter the been “nervous, the stadium was ing experience for me as well, to Belarus, Poland, the Czech Repub- on the SREB platform. Officials village and push the militants back as fierce fight was ongoing between packed and there were such big work with guys who have risen lic and Slovakia before reaching in the city say a train could be head- names around.” after a lot of struggle and are com- Hungary. ing, on an experimental basis, along Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces and the insurgents, the local police Both player meanwhile stood mitted to improve with every The train to Budapest is the the Kashgar to Gwadar China Pa- out during recent matches against game,” Rajput said. fourth edition of the China-Europe kistan Economic Corridor. That forces retreated from one security rail link. Earlier trains from Xi’an would mean virtually knocking on post following hours long gun bat- Ireland in Noida in India but Nabi “After taking over I realized have headed to Warsaw, Hamburg the doors of India. Xi’an has vi- tle,” he said. Turkistani said that is excited to be part of this year’s that I had to work a lot on the mind and Moscow. In turn, these trains brant cultural links of the Silk Road Zahir was helping an ALP com- IPL. “It is a fact that when my and fitness aspect. The batsmen are steeling the Ancient Silk Route, era with south Asia. The Wild mander, Hakim in fight against the name came up for auction, I was were always on fifth gear and used as part of the China- led trans-Eur- Goose Pagoda in the heart of the militants when faced with the Tal- nervous as some of the big names to throw their wicket away after asian Silk Road Economic Belt city continues to stand out as an iban ambush. He said that the air went unsold by then. But once getting a good start. They don’t (SREB). As the SREB project gath- emblem of Buddhist monk Xuan- force was asked to carry out a clear- Rashid and I were picked by SRH, do that anymore. They value their ers steam, new rail arteries are also zang’s epic journey from Nalanda. ing operation in Moghol village for we were delighted. It is a dream to wicket a lot more now. Fitness wise opening up, with an eye on Paki- The seventh century monument, elimination of the militants. On the play in the IPL,” said Nabi. also the boys have improved a lot stan, India, Iran and Afghanistan which has housed sutras and Bud- other hand, Darzab district admin- Nabi said for the two to be and that is showing in their game,” — the civilisation hubs of the an- dhist figurines brought by Xuan- istrative chief , Rahmatullah playing in the IPL meant a lot for he said. cient Silk Road. zang, is a powerful symbol of Chi- Hashar said that a total of four se- Afghanistan. He told the Hindustan Times Apart from Xi’an, Yiwu, the na’s cultural and spiritual connec- curity posts were exist in Darzab “The fan following is clearly that he has high hopes from the but all of them had been fallen to bustling coastal city in east China, tion with India. Road Economic Belt gathers steam, new rail arteries are opening up, growing,” he added. team and has no hesitation in call- with an eye on Pakistan, India, Iran and Afghanistan. (THEHINDU). militants. He said 300 Taliban and is also emerging as another start- As the China-led Eurasian Silk Daesh or so called Islamic State “I know it is very tough to get ing some of the players world- ing point of the steel Silk Road. A (IS) rebels jointly stormed securi- into the playing XI for SRH given class including the IPL debutants. train from Yiwu now heads to- ty posts in Darzab. The son of the very good bench strength. But, “I feel Rashid is one of the best wards Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghani- Tahir Yoldash, a notorious rebel whenever I get the chance, I am spinners in the world at the mo- stan’s commercial hub. The Yiwu- Terrorism, drugs snatch grapping commander was also seen fighting ready to prove myself,” Nabi said. ment. He is always accurate, bowls Mazar-e-Sharif journey takes alongside the militants. A Taliban “We don’t feel the pressure of a great googly and knows how to about 15 days. spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, being the only Afghan cricketer in vary his line and length. The young On the way lie Uzbekistan and all development opportunities claimed two policemen were killed action. Good performances by us boy has a bright future ahead of Kazakhstan, through which in Darzab and two others in Faiz- can help the sport in a big way and him. Nabi is another one who can threaded the famous Trans-Caspi- abad district during two separate I wish many more from my coun- fit into any international side along an Railway (TCR). The TCR wrote Over the last several decades of ity of the world and should be is a global threat and should joint- continued wars and insecurity, all fought together. ly be fought against. clashes with Taliban militants. try play in the next editions,” he with top-order batsman Rahmat a crucial chapter in the Great Game (PAJHWOK) said. Shah,” he said. (ToloNews) — the feverish competition be- opportunities of development had Praising the Singaporean lead- The US, while expressing deep tween imperial Britain and Rus- been lost and all provided grounds ership to have made effort in de- concern over Syria’s recent inci- sia, with India as the ultimate prize. for the region and the world would velopment of that country, the dent where an air raid releasing toxic The Chinese have also opened the undeniably be missed, unless the president said Afghanistan was gas on the insurgents’ held town port of Nantong, along the broad threat was jointly fought. still a hub to great opportunities leaving tens of people, including Yangtze river delta, as another As president of the Islamic of investment, which could be ex- children have been reportedly to point of transit for Afghanistan. Republic of Afghanistan, Moham- ploited in light of expertise, sills faint, choked and finally dead, but The first train to Afghanistan left mad Ashraf Ghani during his meet- and experiences of international in Afghanistan, not less than such Nantong last year. The outreach ing with his Singaporean counter- firms. shocking incidents, like growing part said: “Terrorism and drug But, as is clear continued inse- suicide attacks and explosions are by rail to Afghanistan may have We would like to inform the general public that a passport along with IPhone and Noka mobile have been lost security implications as well, as smuggling had threatened the re- curity has grabbed everything from taking place. gion’s and the worlds security, sta- Afghanistan, while the nefarious A firm plan to fight terrorism in April 4 in Kabul. I am Ikramullah Akbari living in Denmark since 18 years. Recently, I visited Afghanistan China gets increasingly involved in th bility and development,” undoubt- of terrorism and extremism in Afghanistan, is not less than with my family to see our relatives. On 4 April I attended a wedding ceremony of my relative in Majalel partnership with some of the re- Hotel in Kabul, in which in that night around 11:00 PM I lost my coat. I had my passport, IPhone and Nokia gional countries in its attempt to edly, both threats have contribut- shouldn’t be underestimated by what in the gulf countries, a plan ed to each other to endanger the the international community, par- shouldn’t be ignored by the inter- mobile in it. I humbly request if anyone find it please give me a call in this cell number: (0) 793366422 and becalm the restive Afghanistan. in returnee receive he/she prize. Train to Tehran welfare, development and tranquil- ticularly the US and its allies as it national community. MONDAY.APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Helmand officials accused of managing districts from Lashkargah Members of the Helmand provin- cial council on Saturday raised con- cerns over the number of district governors and other civil servants who have left their posts due to insecurity. The council members claim us at least 50 percent fortified flour. these government officials are in- We had also requested the same stead managing their districts from from Pakistan, but they never ac- the provincial capital Lashkargah. EMERGENCY cepted it,” Khan Jan Alokozay, They said if this situation con- deputy head of ACCI said. tinues it will have a negative im- CALLS A number of food importers pact on security as more and more AT News Report meanwhile welcomed the move people will turn to the Taliban to Police and said using fortified foods will resolve their problems. decrease health issues among Af- “Civil servants of those dis- ghans. tricts that are under Taliban con- 100 - 119 “If fortified foods are import- trol, are in Lashkargah city and ed into the country, it will be to they sign their attendance sheet Hospitals the benefit of our people,” said daily and receive salaries. There is Abdulwahid, a flour importer. no work and government does not FMIC Hospital “Currently, a lot of Kazakh- have control over these districts,” stan food has replaced that of Pa- Karim Atal, head of the council Behind Kabul Medical kistan at markets. We will import said. University: more Kazakhstan products if its “Six districts are under Tali- quality is better,” said Zahir, a food ban control, but the district gover- 0202500200-+93793275595 seller. According to statistics, Af- nors are on duty and receive sala- ghanistan needs six million tons of ries. This has created many chal- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital flour a year, and 50 percent of this lenges for the people, they have to is imported. go to Taliban to resolve their prob- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Owners of flour processing lems,” said Attaullah Afghan, 070263672 plants said however that instead member of the council. Kabul: Minister of Public Health of importing flour, government Helmand local officials mean- (MoPH) on Sunday said that, the should invest in the industry and while confirmed these claims by Khairkhana Hospital World Health Organization’s fortify its own flour. Food fortifi- the provincial council and said af- 0799-321007 (WHO) recent estimation cation is the addition of key vita- ter some parts of the province fell showed that more than a million min and minerals, such as iron, folic to the Taliban, a number of district 2401352 Afghans suffer from depressive acid, iodine, vitamin A, and zinc, governors and other government disorders and over 1.2 million to staple foods to improve their officials refused to resume work suffer from anxiety disorders in nutritional content and address a at their official offices. “We accept Indira Gandhi Children the country, actual figures are nutritional gap in a population. A that district governors do not work Hospital, Wazir Akbar likely to be much higher than safe and effective means of improv- in the districts that are under Tali- above-mentioned estimation. ing public health that has been used ban control. Despite this, civil ser- Khan, Kabul 2301372 Ferozuddin Feroz said that around the world since the 1920s, vants address villagers problems accurate data on depression and it provides a nutritional benefit from Lashkargah city,” Omar mental health disorders is not without requiring consumers to Zawak, spokesman of Helmand Ibn-e- Seena available in Afghanistan Afghanistan Chamber of Com- Afghanistan will be fortified. among Afghans. change eating habits or purchase governor said. Reports indicate Pul-e-Artan, Kabul The MoPH and WHO cele- merce and Industries (ACCI) offi- The ACCI welcomed this They said they had made the patterns. In the developing world, that Nawa, Khanshin, Dishu, Bagh- brating the World Health Day here cials on Saturday said Kazakhstan move and said it would mean the same request in the past to Paki- commonly fortified foods include ran, Musa Qala and Nowzad are 2100359 in Kabul today to increase aware- business owners have agreed to foodstuff would have added vita- stan, but their request had been staple products such as salt, maize completely out of government con- ness and mobilize action around ensure at least 50 percent of its mins and minerals – which will help ignored. flour, wheat flour, sugar, vegeta- trol and that Taliban are active in depression, a common mental wheat flour, salt and oil exports to combat various health problems “Kazakhstan has agreed to sell ble oil, and rice. (ToloNews) these districts. (ToloNews) Wazir Akbar Khan health disorder and the leading Hospital cause of ill health and disability worldwide. 2301741, 2301743 According to latest WHO estimates, more than 300 million Ali Abad people are living with depression globally, an increase of more than Shahrara, Kabul 18% between 2005 and 2015. Deputy Minister for provid- 2100439 ing health services of MoPH Feda Mohammad Paikan Said that: Malalai Maternity “Depression affects people of all ages but the risk of becoming de- A number of Afghan asylum seek- interpreters and employees,” said According to the Ministry of Ref- Hospital pressed is increased by multiple ers in Finland on Saturday protest- Sadiq Behroz, an Afghan migrant ugees and Repatriation, over 2,000 2201377/ 2301743 factors such as poverty, insecu- ed against the forced deportation in Finland. Afghan citizens have so far applied rity and conflict, unemployment, of Afghanistan refugees from the “Fortunately, a number of for asylum in Finland. “Germany physical illness, gender-based European country, urging the Finn- Finnish citizens have joined us in has not implemented the agree- Banks violence and drug use.” ish government to cancel Afghani- this sit in and they are helping us. ment. Few refugees have returned He said that depression caus- stan’s agreement on migrants with This protest continues for the past to Afghanistan. The agreement Da Afghanistan Bank es mental anguish and impacts the European Union (EU). 21 days and every day we witness mentions that a flight will land in 2100302, 2100303 people’s ability to carry out even The agreement between Af- new people who join us in this Kabul once in week which will car- the simplest daily tasks, with ghanistan and European Union - bid,” said Abdul Jalil Husaini, an- ry 50 people. It means that 200 sometimes devastating conse- Joint Way Forward - was signed other Afghan refugee. Reports in- people return in one month,” said Bakhtar Bank quences for relationships with last year to prevent irregular im- dicate that 55 percent of Afghan Islamuddin Jurat, spokesman for 0776777000 family and friends and the abili- migration. refugees in Germany have been giv- the Refugees and Repatriation ty to earn a living. “The United Nations released en asylum while the remaining 45 Ministry. Figures by the Afghan Azizi Bank “At worst, depression can a report on high civilian casualties percent would be deported to Af- ministry show that last year, 0799 700900 lead to suicide, now the second [in Afghanistan]. The migration ghanistan. German Chancellor An- 40,000 Afghans applied for asy- leading cause of death among 15- office in Finland accepts that there gela Merkel has supported the lum in Germany and 60,000 oth- Pashtany Bank 29-year-olds globally,” he added. are problems in accepting asylum forced deportation agreement of ers did the same in other European Deputy Minister said that cases because of unprofessional Afghan refugees from her country. nations. (ToloNews) 2102908, 2103868 the MoPH has recently trained over 700 professional psycholog- Air Services ical counselors and 101 special- ized mental health doctors. Azizi Bank receives twin Out of mentioned trained Safi Airways doctors, 300 are currently work- 020 22 22 222 ing in government-run health cen- distinctions in London ters, while the others are work- ing for different health NGOs, he Ariana noted. 020-2100270 He insisted that we need to fight the stigma and discrimina- tion associated with depression Kam Air and other mental health prob- 0799974422 lems and ensure all people have access to help when they need it. “Our campaign slogan for Hotels this year’s World Health Day is Safi Landmark ‘Let’s Talk’. For someone suf- Afghan government is forming fact- fore, no fact becomes clear,” said public,”Aziz Rafiee, executive di- fering from depression, talking to finding commissions after any Attiqullah Amarkhail a military rector at Afghan Civil Society Fo- a person they trust, whether it is deadly incident, but the commis- expert. rum said,” unfortunately these 020-2203131 a friend, family member or health sions rarely share their findings So far, multiple commissions commissions are hiding the biggest SERENA worker, is often the first step with the public that already sus- have been formed to investigate and obvious facts from the peo- towards treatment and recovery,” pect the commissions outcomes. some deadly incidents in the coun- ple.” But government officials say said Dr Richard Peeperkorn, It is believed that the commis- try including the fall of Kunduz, that the events need to be investi- 0799654000 WHO Country Representative. sions mission is to conceal the attack on the Enlightenment gated; therefore, it is difficult to “There is an urgent need for Azizi Bank have been awarded the professional subscribers including events truth and are given tasks to Movement, Kandahar guesthouse identify and prosecute the perpe- New Rumi Restaurant increased investment towards Best Retail Enterprise in Afghani- world’s leading companies, CEOs, acquit the perpetrators of bloody bombing and the recent attack on trators very soon. 0776351347 supporting mental health inter- stan by the Europe Business As- City Mayors, Scientists & Media. attacks. Kabul military hospital, but all “There is no way other than ventions in Afghanistan to ensure sembly Socrates Committee, Lon- Azizi Bank received the award “When a statesman cannot commissions have kept the result forming and investigating an inci- support is available for people don on the 28th of March 2017. for the Best Retail Bank in Afghan- provide a convincing answer to his of their findings unknown. dent through a commission,” Mujib Internet Services with mental health disorders. We Mr. Mohammad Salem Omaid, istan from the Wealth & Finance nation, he forgets everyone includ- “They cannot find any fact, Rahman Rahimi, spokesperson for UA Telecom ing his own organs and forms an- even if they find something they Chief Executive of the country need to treat mental health with President &CEO, Azizi Bank also International Magazine, London 0796701701 / 0796702702 the urgency it deserves,” he add- received the Manager of the Year for its outstanding contribution other unprofessional group; there- are concealing it from the admitted. (ATM) ed. Award from the Association. The towards the banking growth in According to report depres- Glamorous Queen Victorian Badge Afghanistan. The Trophy & the Exchange Rate sion is a common mental illness from the Socrates Committee was Certificate was collected by Mr. characterized by persistent sad- collected on behalf of Mr. Omaid Mohammad Osman Nowrozi, Purchase: ness and a loss of interest in ac- by Mr. Mohammad Osman Now- Vice President& Deputy CEO, tivities that people normally en- rozi, Vice President & Deputy Azizi Bank from the Editor in joy, accompanied by an inability CEO of the bank. Mr. Nowrozi Chief & Head of Wealth & Finance One US$ = to carry out daily activities, for also collected the Trophy for the International Magazine in Burton- 66.75Afs 14 days or longer. In addition, best enterprise and the certificates on- Trent, Staffordshire, United One Pound Sterling= people with depression normal- from the Chairman of the Europe Kingdom on 29th March 2017. ly have several of the following: Business Assembly and addressed The financial magazine will 80.87Afs a loss of energy; a change in ap- the august gathering. The event publish a cover page advertorial of One Euro = petite; sleeping more or less; anx- was held at the Institute of Direc- Mr. Mohammad Salem Omaid, 70.05Afs iety; reduced concentration; in- tors, London in the presence of President & CEO, Azizi Bank decisiveness; restlessness; feel- more than 200 distinguished guests which will broadcast the initiatives 1000 Pak Rs = ings of worthlessness, guilt, or from more than 60 countries from and achievements of Azizi Bank 611Afs hopelessness; and thoughts of Asia, Africa, Europe & the Amer- over the last one decade and its self-harm or suicide. icas. In addition to the above rec- future endeavors in Afghanistan Sale: WHO has identified strong ognition, Mr. Mohammad Salem and will reach to more than One US$ = links between depression and Omaid, CEO, Azizi Bank also re- 130,000 subscribers across the 68.30 Afs other non-communicable disor- ceived the membership badge & globe. Speaking on the course of One Pound Sterling= ders and diseases, Depression in- certificate of the International Club the interview with Mr. Nowrozi, 81.67Afs creases the risk of substance use of Leaders, Thames Valley Cham- the organizers have praised the ef- disorders and diseases such as ber of Commerce. Azizi Bank’s & forts of Azizi Bank towards wom- One Euro= diabetes and heart disease and it CEO’s profile will be published in en empowerment and corporate 72.50 Afs is also an important risk factor the Leaders Time Magazine which social responsibility initiatives. 1000 Pak Rs= 631 for suicide. will be sent to more than 50,000 (Press Release) MONDAY. 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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek- Hayatt hotel. e-Insaf (PTI) chairman seems to Naseem submitted that if the have joined the fray on One Con- Master Plan of the capital strictly It's said the intimacy of a relation- A major sticking point for the stitution Avenue, filing an appeal implemented, then most of the ship is the product of time spent Indians is labour mobility. before the Islamabad High Court developments which have taken with someone and compatibility They'd like to see Australia against cancellation of lease for the place in the city in recent years with them. Malcolm Turnbull ease restrictions on foreign work- under-construction building. would have to be reversed. In this hopes a day of one-on-one time ers, particularly in IT services, in Imran Khan and 27 other peo- regard, he pointed how Ninth Av- with the leader of the world's fast- exchange for opening up agricul- ple who had bought flats in the enue and Sector E-11 were not part est-growing economy will take tural markets. under-construction building on the of the Master Plan and neither were Australia's relationship with India But more than goods, India One Constitution Avenue meant Serena Hotel or the Centaurus to the next level. wants 'Australian brains' exported for a hotel has approached the Mall. “Why would the authority And the prime minister hopes to it - technology, ways to boost court through Barrister Farogh [CDA] produce relevant facts or his first official visit to the sub- agricultural productivity, logistics Naseem. documents confirming the amend- continent will give a big push to management, and education servic- A single bench of the IHC com- ment of scheme or Master Plan,” the growing business ties between es. Mr Turnbull's visit coincides prising Justice Athar Minallah had he stated in the petition. the nations. with a university and training sec- on March 3 issued a verdict up- On page 28 of the IHC judg- The two countries would ap- tor delegation led by Education holding the Capital Development ment, Naseem said that CDA said pear to be highly compatible with Minister Simon Birmingham. Authority (CDA)’s July 2016 de- that the plot of land on which the many common values as stable Australia views India's grow- cision of terminating the lease for building was being built was part democracies that are part of the ing economic clout - it's on track the building and sealing it for vio- of Zone IV under the Zoning Reg- commonwealth. to be the world's third largest econ- lating the terms of its lease. ulations. “This is incorrect,” he Mr Turnbull has previously omy by 2030 - as also translating One Constitution Avenue said, adding that the plot falls in said he wants to put a lot of effort into a bigger strategic reach. case: Flats built, sold were illegal Zone III of the city as per the reg- into the relationship with India, on Mr Modi is looking for new In the petition, Naseem has ulations. “On this ground alone the both political and economic lev- strategic partners to take India be- raised several points against the judgment is liable to be set aside,” els. He met Indian Prime Minister yond its involvement in the Non- IHC judgment. He has also claimed he contended, adding that Justice Narendra Modi on the sidelines of Aligned Movement. and without requisite permissions to suffer due to purported irregu- gle bench that the builder was com- that “the objective of the authori- Minallah had decided the case be- from the CDA. One Constitution larities by CDA. Noting that CDA mitted to building a third tower for the 2015 and 2016 G20 summits Australia sees this as an op- ty is to cancel the lease, which has yond the pleadings of the parties and now they'll get some serious portunity to not just refresh the Avenue case: Govt likely to keep could remove the builder, BNP the building which would be meant been done malafidely at the behest concerned. Further, Naseem said control of building, for now “Au- (Pvt) Ltd and substitute it with to house a hotel. He said that the face time in New Delhi. relationship but take it to an even of certain quarters, and to grant the that there was no evidence to show 'With converging political, deeper level. thority [CDA] is now taking this another entity as a lessee, Naseem builder was even ready to provide same [lease] to their blue-eyed where any illegality had been com- stance simply to usurp a valuable said that the rights of the allottees a guarantee of up to a billion ru- economic and strategic interests, There is anticipation on both ones.” Imran is among the 240 peo- mitted by the builder or if the we will use the meeting to sides a closer relationship that also project from builder [BNP would remain intact. Moreover, the pees. “Therefore, it cannot be in- ple, who had bought flats in the project had been built in contra- Group],” he said. The builder, lawyer pointed out how arguments ferred that a hotel was not being strengthen our relationship even draws on common values with building meant for the Grand vention to the building regulations further for the benefit of both na- South Africa - on the third corner Naseem contended, had been made had been presented before the sin- built,” he argued. (TRIBUNE) tions,' Mr Turnbull said ahead of of the Indian Ocean triangle - could his Sunday arrival in India. lead to a strong geopolitical bloc. Talks are expected to encom- Mr Turnbull's time in New How India's INS pass the political relationship, Delhi is attracting all the trappings China and Sri Lanka keep up bonhomie trade, strategic ties, international of an official state visit, including Tarkash, INS security issues, science and inno- a ceremonial welcome at the pres- vation, and energy. idential palace, wreath-laying at Mumbai helped India is Australia's fifth larg- Gandhi's memorial and a state ban- despite stalled talks on Hambantota port est trading partner, with two-way quet. In India's commercial heart China and Sri Lanka are keeping Holding Company (CMPort) for Chinese Navy in trade worth $19 billion in 2015/ of Mumbai, he will focus on cor- up bonhomie despite the stalled 99 years, the Sri Lankan govern- 16, but there is significant scope porate ties, meeting with business talks on the $1.4 billion Hamban- ment has now said that it will raise fighting off to expand. groups. tota port in South Sri Lanka. its stake to 40 percent after ten Legislation clearing the way for It's anticipated those meetings When Yu Zhengsheng, Chair- years following public protests pirate attack in uranium exports to India passed will include a catch-up with Adani, man of the Chinese People's Polit- over the deal which the Opposi- parliament at the end of 2016 and which is seeking to build Austra- ical Consultative Conference and tion described as a “sellout”. Gulf of Aden it's anticipated things will now lia's largest coal mine in Queen- the fourth most important leader The Sri Lankan Ministry of (PLA) in sanitising a ship hijacked move quickly on that front. sland. The $21.7 billion Carmichael in China, visited Sri Lanka this Ports does not want to give up its However, it's unlikely a bilat- project was approved in Decem- in the Gulf of Aden. According to week, he was pleasantly surprised ownership of the port to the pro- sources in the Indian Navy, INS eral trade deal will be sealed during ber but has faced serious opposi- to get a very warm reception. posed public-private joint venture Mr Turnbull's visit as talks have tion from environmental groups. Tarkash and INS Mumbai were “The warm hospitality I got company. It wants some earnings part of the operation. The Indian largely stalled since mid-2016. The federal government is con- was far beyond expectations,” Yu for itself to be written into the Last September, Trade Min- sidering a bid from Adani for a $1 Navy provided communication and publicly declared on Thursday. agreement. The Chinese have not air support to the PLA's naval di- ister Steve Ciobo said Australia billion concessional loan from its Yu had come on a two-day visit agreed to the proposed changes. was doing a 'stocktake' of the deal Northern Australia infrastructure vision which entered the ship to as head of an 80-member Chinese China and Sri Lanka was to sign an sanitise it. A distress call was re- the coalition has strongly focused fund to help build a rail line servic- business delegation and had met agreement on the port on April 7 Speaking at a reception given Speaker Jayasuriya described Chi- on for several years. ing the mine. (SKYNEWS) ceived from merchant vessel OS President Maithripala Sirisena and or 8, but this did not happen. Yu by the Speaker of the Sri Lankan na as Sri Lanka’s “all-weather 35 (Bulk carrier), which was at- Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes- Zhengsheng did not even visit parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, at friend” and thanked it for the help tacked and hijacked by pirates, on inghe to discuss the multi-billion Hambantota port during his two- whose invitation he had come to it rendered in safeguarding the sov- Saturday night. Indian Navy ships dollar China-funded projects in- day stay. However, from the re- Sri Lanka, Yu said that Sino-Sri ereignty and integrity of Sri Lanka INS Tarkash and INS Mumbai, cluding the Hambantota port and marks made by Yu Zhengsheng it Lankan relations were at a “new during the Separatist war. The on- which were passing through Gulf the Colombo Port City. is apparent that the Chinese are level” basically because China and going Chinese-built and funded in- of Aden, responded to the call and Bangladesh, While the US$ 1.4 billion Port willing to wait and be accommo- Sri Lanka “trust each other”. frastructure projects in the island rapidly moved towards the mer- City project has resumed after a dative because China needs the Yu recalled that Chinese Pres- nation stand as “monuments” for chant vessel. year of suspension by the Sri Lan- Hambantota port for its global One ident Xi Jinping’s dream is to build the friendship, he added. Besides Indian Navy's INS kan government on charges of cor- Belt One Road project. a “world community based on a Jayasuriya said that Sri Lanka Tarkash and INS Mumbai, the India sign 22 ruption, the Hambantota port The port is situated on the shared future” and that his global had had an abiding interest in be- PLA sent its ship Yulin, a multi- project is held up over the divi- main East-West shipping route and projects are meant to “bring peo- ing part of China’s 21 st. Century role frigate, to the Gulf of Aden. sion of stakes in a public-private has a depth of 17 meters which ple together.” China’s Ambassador Maritime Silk Road Project and the The Indian warships estab- sector joint venture to be estab- makes it the deepest in the Indian in Sri Lanka Yi Xianliang said that One Belt One Road project. The lished contact with the Captain of agreements, lished to run the port. sub-continental region. The Chi- Sino-Si Lankan relations have Chinese-built Colombo Financial the merchant vessel who along After initially agreeing to give nese are probably wanting the Sri “stood the test of time”, and the City would help Sri Lanka realise with the crew had locked them- 80 percent stake to the Chinese Lankans to settle their internal dis- “future is filled with expectations.” its goal of becoming a Financial selves in a strong room on board, company, China Merchant Ports putes first. The Sri Lankan parliament Hub, he said. (BDNEWS24) as per standard operating proce- memoranda of dure. Subsequently, the PLA ship reached the spot and some of its personnel went inside the mer- chant vessel as the Indian Navy understanding helicopter provided air cover for Knitting donations reach Nepal the operation. After the ship was KNITTED blankets and clothing with donations coming from for a certain amount of free freight ted, crocheted, collected and sewed successfully sanitised, both the made by people across Campaspe around the shire and the state. each year to transport donated squares together and donated yarn. Chinese and Indian navies thanked Shire are helping keep needy fam- After several months of goods Nepal, bypassing the noto- ‘‘You have shown someone on the each other for excellent coordina- ilies in Nepal warm. searching for economical and reli- riously expensive and corrupt cus- other side of world in desperate tion. The joint operation between About 140kg worth of blan- able ways to get the goods to Ne- toms system over there. need that they are cared for,’’ they the Indian and Chinese navies kets, children’s jumpers and baby pal, the teens found Cairns-based ‘‘We still have another batch said. ‘‘You have shown how ordi- comes amid tensions escalating rugs was recently delivered to the Som Tamang and wife Susan who of about about 30kg of blankets to nary people can achieve something between the two countries over small village of Batase and distrib- founded the organisation Friends send once they are completed.’’ extraordinary by working togeth- Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal uted to families who were affected of Himalayan Children. They thanked everyone who knit- er.’’ (RIVERINEHERALD) Pradesh. INS Tarkash is the fifth by an earthquake. ‘‘Som comes from the small Talwar-class frigate that was built And it was all thanks to Bam- village of Batase in Nepal, where in Russian, while INS Mumbai is awm’s Kaija Pedler, 17, and Wyu- the closest school is two hours’ a guided-missile destroyer that na’s Simon Pell, 16, who took up walk downhill and four to return was built at the Mazagon Dock in the Knit for Nepal project through uphill,’’ Simon said. Mumbai. Both INS Tarkash and their Rivergums (Echuca, Kyabram ‘‘Batase, like many other rural INS Mumbai were earlier part of and Rochester) Venturer Unit. villages, was badly affected by the the Operation Raahat which evac- The teens collected about 2015 earthquake.’’ uated Indian citizens from Yemen 6800 knitted squares (making 140 Som and Susan have an ar- in 2015 during military interven- blankets) over six months last year, rangement with Malaysian Airlines tion. (INDIATODAY)

Bangladesh and India have signed financing agreement for the con- 22 deals, with Prime Minister struction of 36 community clinics Sheikh Hasina and her Indian coun- in Bangladesh. terpart Narendra Modi heralding a >> An agreement between “golden era” in bilateral relations. both countries on establishing bor- Defence, civil nuclear cooper- der markets across the border was ation and cyber security are among signed. the agreements. Hasina and Modi >> The countries agreed to led the delegations of their two cooperate in the judicial sector. "The Kashimpur Jail authorities time imprisonment for their roles 2016. Hannan was also sentenced were killed. The HujiB militant 14 attacks, killing more than 100 countries to the official talks held The National Judicial Academy in have started the preparation, Muf- in the attack. The high court up- to death for the 2001 Ramna Bata- group was formed in 1992 and people in the pursuit of "estab- on Saturday in New Delhi. India and the Supreme Court of ti Hannan will be executed any- held the sentences in February mul bombing, in which 10 persons claims to have carried out at least lishing Shariah law in Bangladesh". Here are the salient points: Bangladesh inked a pact on train- time," the home minister said while >> Under a line of concessional ing and capacity building pro- talking to media at his secretariat credit for the third time, India will gramme for Bangladeshi judicial office here, the Dhaka Tribune re- lend Bangladesh $4.5 billion, bring- officers in India. ported. "There's no threat of mili- ing its funding for Bangladesh to >> The countries agreed to tant attack centering on the execu- more than $8 billion over the past cooperate for the peaceful use of tion of the militant leader," he add- six years. >> Both countries inked nuclear energy apart from reach- ed in reply to a query. On 21 a pact on the defence cooperation ing an arrangement between the March, the Supreme Court's Ap- framework apart from signing an Atomic Energy Regulatory Board pellate Division released the full agreement for extending a $500 India and Bangladesh. text of its verdict confirming the million line of credit for military >> The countries also agreed death penalties of Harkat-ul Jihad supplies. >> An agreement be- on an inter-agency agreement be- al-Islami Bangladesh (HujiB) lead- tween Defence Services Staff Col- tween Global Centre for Nuclear er Mufti Hannan and his two aides. lege in Tamil Nadu and Defence Energy Partnership, India and The culprits were sentenced to Services Command and Staff Col- Bangladesh Atomic Energy Com- death for the assassination attempt lege in Dhaka was signed on coop- mission on cooperation in nuclear on Anwar Choudhury, the then eration in strategic and operation- power plant projects in Bang- British High Commissioner to al studies. >> A deal between Na- ladesh. Bangladesh, during his visit to tional Defence College in Dhaka >> During the meeting, the Hazrat Shahjalal's shrine in Sylhet and National Defence College in Indian Computer Emergency Re- city on 21 May, 2004. The attack New Delhi was signed for enhanc- sponse Team and Bangladesh Gov- killed three persons and severely ing cooperation in national securi- ernment Computer Incident Re- injured Anwar. On 23 December, ty, development and strategic stud- sponse Team agreed to cooperate 2008, a Sylhet court sentenced the ies. >> Both countries agreed on a in cyber security. (BDNEWS24) trio to death and two others to life- MONDAY. APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Explosion hits Coptic church of Marjeres in Tanta

At least 21 people were killed in A political solution to the war in state, seemed to take a more pa- an explosion inside a church in Syria is not possible with Presi- tient stance with regard to Assad, the Egyptian Nile delta city of dent Bashar al-Assad in power, the saying on Saturday that the admin- Tanta, local media reports said. US ambassador to the UN has said istration's first priority is the de- There was no immediate in an apparent hardening of the feat of ISIL, also known as ISIS. claim of responsibility and the Trump administration's position. Once the threat from ISIL has cause of the blast was not yet Defeating the Islamic State of been reduced or eliminated, "I think known. Egypt's state television Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, we can turn our attention directly reported that at least 50 people pushing Iranian influence out of to stabilising the situation in Syr- were wounded in the blast. Syria, and the removal of Assad ia", Tillerson said in excerpts from The attack occurred in the are priorities for the US adminis- an interview on CBS's Face the Coptic church of Marjeres, also tration, Nikki Haley said in an in- Nation. He said the US is hopeful known as St George, which was terview to CNN, which will air in it can help bring parties together packed with worshippers mark- full on Sunday. to begin the process of hammering ing Palm Sunday, a Christian "We don't see a peaceful Syria out a political solution. feast commemorating the entry with Assad in there," she said. On the ground in Syria, mean- of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. The comments represented a while, fresh air strikes have target- The bombing was the latest in a departure from what Haley had ed the same town that was hit by series of assaults on Egypt's said before the US hit a Syrian air- the recent chemical attack, killing Christian minority, which makes base with 59 Tomahawk missiles at least 17 people, according to the up around 10 percent of the on Thursday in retaliation for what Syrian Observatory for Human population and has been repeat- it said was a chemical weapons Rights (SOHR). edly targeted by armed groups. attack by Assad's forces on Syrian It is not immediately clear who It comes just weeks before Pope civilians. was responsible for the strikes on Francis is due to visit Egypt. President Donald Trump or- Friday and Saturday in Khan CBC TV showed footage from dered the missile strike after watch- Sheikhoun, but only Russian and inside the church, where a large ing television images of infants Syrian aircraft have been bombing number of people gathered suffering from chemical weapons the rebel-held areas of Idlib prov- around what appeared to be life- injuries. "You pick and choose ince. Elsewhere in Syria, at least less, bloody bodies covered with your battles and when we're look- seven people were killed in air papers. A bombing at Cairo's ing at this, it's about changing up strikes in Eastern Ghouta, near the largest Coptic cathedral killed at priorities and our priority is no capital Damascus. least 25 people and wounded 49 longer to sit there and focus on Activist say chlorine gas was in December, many of them getting Assad out," Haley had said dropped, choking at least two peo- women and children, in the dead- on March 30, just days before doz- ple. This was also the site of chem- liest attack on Egypt's Christian ens of Syrian civilians died from ical attacks believed to have been minority in years. (BBC) chemical weapons injuries. carried out by the Syrian govern- Rex Tillerson, US secretary of ment, in 2013, that killed hundreds. More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict erupted in March 2011 with anti-government demonstrations. (Al Jazeera) Massive anti-Maduro Putin believes protests continue in Syrian army has no Venezuela chemical weapons Venezuelan police fired tear gas than making previously planned at anti-government protesters port visits to Australia, it said. The President of Russia regards on Saturday as demonstrations Deployed from San Diego to the US airstrikes on Syria as an act against President Nicolas Ma- the western Pacific since January of aggression against a sovereign duro continued in the capital 5, the Carl Vinson strike group has state delivered in violation Caracas. The protest came as participated in numerous exercis- of international law under a far- the crisis-hit country continues es with the Japan Maritime Self fetched pretext. The Syrian Army to be rocked by an increasingly Defence Force and Republic of has no chemical weapons. The fact tense power struggle between Korea Navy, various maritime se- of the destruction of all Syrian Maduro and the opposition. curity initiatives, and routine pa- chemical weapons’ stockpiles has Authorities on Friday trol operations in the South China been recorded and verified banned opposition leader Hen- Sea. The US decision comes close by the OPCW, a specialised UN rique Capriles from seeking of- on the heels of a US missile strike body. Vladimir Putin believes that fice for 15 years for alleged ad- on Syria that was widely interpret- complete disregard for factual in- ministrative irregularities as gov- ed as putting North Korea on no- formation about the use ernor of Miranda state, a posi- tice over its refusal to abandon its by terrorists of chemical weapons tion he has held since 2008. nuclear ambitions. drastically aggravates the situation. against this global evil, something The move, decried by his Missile quest This move by Washington that US President Donald Trump supporters and foreign govern- Earlier this month, North Ko- [the US airstrike on an air base declared as one of his main goals ments, followed last week's rea tested a liquid-fuelled Scud in Syria] has dealt a serious blow during his election campaign. short-lived Supreme Court de- missile which only travelled a frac- to Russian-US relations, which are Vladimir Putin regards the US cision to gut the opposition- tion of its range. This year North already in a poor state. Most im- strikes on Syria as an attempt controlled legislature of its last Korean officials, including leader portantly, this move will not bring to draw public attention away vestiges of power. Kim Jong-un, have repeatedly in- us closer to the ultimate goal from the numerous civilian casu- Venezuela has since wit- dicated an intercontinental ballis- of combatting international terror- alties in Iraq. nessed near daily protests, by The Pentagon says a group of US cent missile tests. region continues to be North Ko- tic missile test or something simi- ism but will instead create a major On Friday, the United States both supporters and opponents warships is headed to the western "US Pacific Command ordered rea, due to its reckless, irresponsi- lar could be coming, possibly as obstacle to the establishment launched Tomahawk cruise missiles of the government. Addressing Pacific Ocean to provide a physi- the Carl Vinson Strike Group north ble and destabilising programme of soon as April 15, the 105th birth- of an international counterterrorist at an air base in Homs Province a crowd before Saturday's dem- cal presence near the Korean Pen- as a prudent measure to maintain missile tests and pursuit of a nu- day of North Korea's founding coalition and to effective struggle in western Syria. onstration, which drew thou- insula. The strike group, called Carl readiness and presence in the West- clear weapons capability." president and celebrated annually sands, Capriles said "Nobody Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier ern Pacific," Commander Dave In a statement late on Satur- as the Day of the Sun. North Ko- can disqualify the Venezuelan and will make its way from Sin- Benham, spokesperson at US Pa- day, the US navy's Third Fleet said rea is on a quest to develop a long- people." Venezuela: Opposition gapore towards the Korean Penin- cific Command, told AFP news the strike group had been directed range missile capable of hitting the leader Henrique Capriles banned sula. The development comes in agency. North Korea fires ballistic to sail north, but it did not specify US mainland with a nuclear war- from office response to North Korea's "reck- missile in advance of Trump-Xi the destination. head, and has so far staged five As the most dominant fig- less, irresponsible" conduct, a US meeting The military vessels will op- nuclear tests, two of them last year. ure in the opposition over the navy official said, referring to re- "The number one threat in the erate in the western Pacific rather (|Al Jazeera) past decade, Capriles has been at the forefront of the protests, the most combative since a wave of anti-government unrest in 2014 that was blamed for doz- ens of deaths. USstrike is clearly aggression The two-time presidential candidate said on Friday the order stripping him of his abili- ty to run in future elections against a sovereign Syria: Russia only strengthens his resolve to resist on the streets. The United States conducted sion against a sovereign Syria. Ac- sion reached by the Organisation be expected. (Al Jazeera) strikes against Syrian government tions undertaken by the US today for the Prohibition of Chemical There is no doubt that the mil- troops in the early hours of April inflict further damage to the Rus- Weapons (OPCW). Over the re- itary action by the US is an at- 7, using chemical weapons attacks sia-US relations. cent years this organisation in- tempt to divert attention from the Police kill in Idlib Province as a pretext. Russia has expressed on nu- spected almost all the facilities situation in Mosul, where the cam- The US opted for a show of merous occasions that it was ready linked or possibly linked to Syr- paign carried out among others by suspected force, for military action against a to cooperate on resolving the most ia’s chemical weapons programme. US-led coalition has resulted in country fighting international ter- urgent issues the world is facing As for Idlib, the terrorists operat- hundreds of civilian casualties and fighters in rorism without taking the trouble today, and that fighting internation- ing there used to produce toxic land an escalating humanitarian disas- to get the facts straight. al terrorism was a top priority. mines intended for use in Syria and ter. East Java It is not the first time that the However, we will never agree to Iraq. These manufacturing facili- It is obvious that the cruise Thousands of Palestinian Author- Bethlehem-based Ma'an News US chooses an irresponsible ap- unsanctioned action against the le- ties were put out of operation in a missile attack was prepared in ad- ity (PA) employees have demon- Agency that the slashing salaries Police in Indonesia say they proach that aggravates problems gitimate Syrian government that military operation carried out by vance. Any expert understands that strated in Gaza City as protests would worsen Gaza's already have killed six suspected mem- the world is facing, and threatens has been waging an uncompromis- the Syrian air force. Washington’s decision on air continue against a PA decision to strangled economy. "This is an- bers of an armed group after a international security. The very ing war on international terrorism The US pretends that it does strikes predates the Idlib events, impose drastic salary cuts for its other siege added to the one already failed drive-by shooting target- presence of military personnel for a long time. not understand obvious things, which simply served as a pretext employees in Gaza. imposed by the Israeli occupa- ing officers in East Java. Frans from the US and other countries Seeking to justify military ac- turning a blind eye to the use of for a show of force. Demonstrators gathered in al- tion," he said. A cut in salaries is Barung Mangera, East Java Po- in Syria without consent from the tion Washington has totally dis- chemical weapons in Iraq, official- Russia suspends the Memo- Saraya square in central Gaza City likely to do serious harm to scores lice spokesperson, said that af- Syrian government or a UN Secu- torted what had happened in Idlib. ly confirmed by Baghdad. The US randum of Understanding on Pre- on Saturday in the largest protest of families in the besieged coastal ter a police chase on Saturday, rity Council mandate is an egre- The US could not have failed to refuses to believe the evidence pro- vention of Flight Safety Incidents since the 30 percent cut was an- enclave, which has some of the the six abandoned their vehicle gious and obvious violation of in- grasp the fact that the Syrian gov- vided by certified documents con- in the course of operations in Syr- nounced, calling on PA leaders like highest levels of unemployment in a village in the Tuban area, ternational law that cannot be jus- ernment troops did not use chem- firming the use of chemical weap- ia signed with the US. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah rates in the world. Protests began not far from the industrial city tified. While previous initiatives ical weapons there. Damascus sim- ons by terrorists in Aleppo. In We call on the UN Security and Finance Minister Shukri Bish- earlier this week after PA employ- of Surabaya, and attempted to of this kind were presented as ef- ply does not have them, as con- doing so, the US is abetting inter- Council to hold an emergency meet- ara to resign. "I have many finan- ees in Gaza received their salaries flee into a plantation where they forts to combat terrorism, now firmed a number of times by qual- national terrorism and making it ing to discuss the latest develop- cial commitments and without my for the month of March with a 30 were all killed in a second gun they are clearly an act of aggres- ified experts. This was the conclu- stronger. New WMD attacks can ments. salary, I'll go to jail," Rami Abu percent cut. Hamas, the hardline battle with police. "We tried to Abdu, a father of eight, told Al movement that runs the Gaza stop that vehicle, but the vehi- Jazeera. "My children are depen- Strip, has been at loggerheads with cle did not stop," Mangera said. dent on my income. If the presi- Abbas's Fatah party since the "By around 5pm we had immo- 'Bomb-like device' defused in downtown Oslo dent doesn't retract the decision, former seized the Strip in a near bilised all of them," he added, we will end up in jail because we civil war in 2007. Fatah runs the confirming that all six had died Police in the Norway have set off device was destroyed in a con- can't pay our debts," he said, re- West Bank, the other part of the during the incident. Those in the a controlled explosion of a "bomb- trolled explosion, news agency ferring to PA President Mahmoud occupied Palestinian territories vehicle "took out weapons and like device" found in a busy area in NTB reported citing police. shot at officers". A box of 9mm Abbas. Other protesters chanted: separated from Gaza by Israeli ter- Oslo's business district and also The noise suggested the device "Leave! Leave! Oh, Hamdallah!, ritory. After Hamas seized power, bullets was found in their vehi- arrested a suspect. might have contained explosives, cle, he said. Police were moni- Leave! Leave! Oh, Bishara!" The around 70,000 PA employees in No damage has reportedly Svein Arild Jorundland, police Ramallah-based PA government Gaza say they lost their posts, but toring the vehicle prior to the been caused by the device, which commander, said. attack, Mangera said, in connec- says it was forced to impose pay they were kept on its payroll nev- was found in a plastic bag near the The device appeared to be ca- cuts on its civil servants in the be- ertheless. Hamas set up its own tion with Friday's arrest of three city centre. pable of causing only a limited suspected members of the group sieged Gaza Strip because of Isra- parallel administration with The discovery led police to amount of damage, the police said. el's blockade and a drop in foreign 50,000 staff, whose salaries the PA Jemaah Anshorut Daulah evacuate people from bars and res- A man who might have been (JAD), who were allegedly plan- aid. Its employees in the occupied refuses to pay. In 2014, Fatah and taurants around an area near the carrying the device was detained West Bank faced no cuts. PA em- Hamas agreed to form a unity gov- ning an attack on a police sta- Groenland metro station on Satur- at the scene and taken in for ques- tion and had bought M16 ma- ployees at Saturday's rally called ernment that was meant to resolve day night. A loud blast was heard tioning. Police arrested a suspect on Abbas to form a unity govern- their dispute, but it has remained chine guns from the southern shortly after the arrival of Oslo's after the discovery of the explo- Philippines. (Al Jazeera) ment and treat residents in Gaza ineffective, with no real control in bomb squad, witnesses said. The sives . (Al Jazeera) as a priority. Tashon al-Astal told either territory. (Al Jazeera) MONDAY . APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 A journey of peoples that have witnessed crossroads of history E-mail: [email protected] By Zulfiqar Shah tory wrongly mentions that he was Pakistani Punjabi chose the parti- created out of Punjab Regiment of born in Karachi. When Jinnah had tion of pre-partition Punjab and British Indian Army; Air Force, Para- serious asthma attack, his sister Fa- withdrew their language as medium chute Wing, Sindh-Rifle (Pakistan Email: [email protected] Indus civilization ages seven thou- tima Jinnah took him to Karachi of education. If Punjabi speaking Rangers today), and British Navy, sand years. Pakistan is just seventy. for medical treatment. None re- part / districts of Punjab in Pakistan the armed forces of Pakistan were Sindh and Balochistan together are ceived him at Karachi airport ex- withdrew their language, why Sin- dominated by Punjabi Muslim sol- www.afghanistantimes.af the core of the Indus civilization cepting the driver of a Red Cross dhi, Baloch, Pashtun and Siraiki diers and officer with a few Hindko Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi that can be called Sindh civilization. ambulance sent by the Government. should pay a price for that? Hazara amongst them. Even the Each brick of Maher Garh, a 5000 The ambulance was not even hav- If Muslim is nationhood in Pa- Major General Wisal Mohammad, BC archeological site of Indus near ing adequate fuel. While heading for kistan, whose citizens would the officer British Indian Army and Air Advisory editorial board the adorable Bolan hills of the hospital, the ambulance sudden- Christians, Zoroastrians, Ahamadiya Martial Asghar Khan, officer Brit- Balochistan was sold out by Sardar ly stopped. The driver asked Fati- and Jews would be? If Muslim armed ish Indian Air Forces, who bombed Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Yar Mohaamad Rind to internation- ma Jinnah, sister of Jinnah, the forces of Islamic Republic of Paki- Sindh and participated offense on al archeological mafia. The same founder of Pakistan, please take care stan, for example, fight against the Sindhi by colonial Britain during the Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir was done by Al-Qaida and Taliban of Qaid-e-Azam (Great Leader—ti- Muslim armed forces of Islamic Re- Second World war, were promoted to get financial resources for their tle for Jinnah) until the fuel is ar- public of Iran and Afghanistan, to the posts of senior hierarchy of Graphic-Designers: terror networks. Sardar Yar Mo- ranged for ambulance. Jinnah whose killed soldiers would be mar- Pakistan Armed Forces. Since, Sin- hammad Rid, a Baloch tribal was giv- breathed his last in the ambulance tyrs? When the armies would chant dhi were not leading Sindh Intelli- Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada en protocol by the establishment of while on road. Jinnah, a Sindhi, no the war-warmer slogans like ‘Allah- gence during colonial Britain, which Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Pakistan. Why Pakistan has pre- doubt is the first Sindhi martyr in o-Akbar’ (God is great) from any of during the Second World War was ferred seventy years of oblivion Pakistan. the side, whose Allah (God) would led by British Army’s Colonel Yung, Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 over seven thousand years of maj- Fatima Jinnah, a Sindhi found- be great? Pakistan passport men- no Sindhi and Baloch was included esty? Silence can be the only an- ing figure of Pakistan and sister of tions ‘Pakistani’ in the column of in the Intelligence Bureau under Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan swer from their side. Is Pakistan on Mr.Jinnah, was termed a traitor and nationality. Why, then, obsolete Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan. the path of an unending anarchy of Indian agent by Pakistan Army song of two-nation theory be sung Later on they were not given spac- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 the State and society? Chief, President General Ayub Khan. on the both banks of Indus? es in the newly found Inter Services Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press Sindhi and Baloch love their Her official title in Pakistan was Nature of rule in colonial India; Intelligence (ISI) and Military In- identity. They are happy that their ‘Madar-e-Milat’ – mother of the international politics in the first half telligence (MI). identity is nurtured since seven thou- nation. She was the first Sindhi and of twentieth century; sudden con- Sovereignty of federating prov- sand years. Sindh gave identity to Pakistani that was dubbed an Indian cept of Pakistan after Second World ince is not recognized. Punjab pro- Pakistan. Sindh Legislative Assem- agent. When mother of the nation War; and the feudalist-cum-religion tects its borders with India through The constitution says bly passed the resolution of Paki- and founding figure of Pakistan is orientated composition as well as Pakistan Rangers-Punjab in which stan. Sindh took back its favour termed traitor and Indian agent by politics of AIML turned the newly Punjabi are majority. from Pakistan in 1946 provincial the Chief Chowkidar (head of secu- created Pakistan an inappropriate About seventeen districts of Article 118: elections of British India. Pakistan rity), Pakistan Army Chief, label- statehood that has not become as Punjab are ethnic Siraiki but they Article One Hundred Eighteen: Supreme Court members shall have the following qualifications: 1. At mongering All India Muslim League ing of Indian agents on the Sindhi, yet an inclusive, people-oriented and are not given adequate share in Pa- time of appointment the age of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and its members shall not be less (AIML) lost the elections of 1946 Baloch and others is meaningless. self-relying state internally and ex- kistan Rangers – Punjab. Pashtun than forty year. 2. Shall be a citizen of Afghanistan. 3. Shall have higher education in legal studies or Islamic in Sindh. Sindhi nationalists in alli- Jinnah was married to a Zoro- ternally. of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa (KP) pro- jurisprudence as well as expertise and adequate experience in the judicial system of Afghanistan. 4. Shall ance with Indian National Congress astrian girl, which never got con- Pakistan faced and is still fac- tect their borders with Afghanistan have good character as well as good reputation. 5. Shall not have been convicted, by a court, for crimes formed the government. After cre- verted to Islam. Jinnah was a Shi’ite ing serious constitutional crises, and China through Frontier Con- against humanity, crimes, or deprivation of civil rights. 6. Shall not be a member of any political party ation of Pakistan, the word and au- Khuwaja Ismaili. He in his first which is deeply rooted in the ab- stabulary – KP. A small number of during his term of duty. thorities of ‘legislative’ is omitted speech to Pakistanis termed citizens sence of the legitimate constitution Baloch and majority of Pashtun pro- from Sindh Legislative Assembly in of all religions equal to the state in until now. First two-decade long pe- tect Balochistan borders with Af- Pakistan. It is called Sindh Assem- Pakistan. He, in his speech to the riod of Pakistan was guided by Brit- ghanistan and Iran through Fron- bly today. Its sovereignty is intrud- Legislators in Pakistan in 1947, said ain Indian Act of 1935, in the light tier Constabulary – Balochistan. Pa- ed. that time and history would decide of Qaradad-e-Maqasid, an AIML kistan Navy and Pakistan Coast Pakistan was created on August whether the act of creating Paki- resolution adopted immediately af- Guards in Balochistan is Punjabi. 14, 1947 on the basis of Muslim stan was right or wrong. The speech ter creation of Pakistan. After the Punjabi protect Sindh border with nationhood in Indian Subcontinent, got published in Daily Republica, dismemberment of Pakistan in India through Pakistan Rangers – which was undone practically in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 14, 1971, the remaining country was Sindh. Pakistan Navy and Pakistan 1970s by turning East Pakistan into 2012, Opinion page. limited to Indus plains. A new con- Coast Guards in Sindh is Punjabi. Sin- Bangladesh on the ethnic-nation- It is important to mention here stitution was adopted in 1973, albe- dhi are nonexistent in Sind Regi- hood lines. There has been not con- that Mahatma Gandhi was killed by it by the same Parliament that was ment. Sind Regiment yet has to stitution of Pakistan made by a con- Nathu Ram Godse because Gandhi controversial because East Paki- change its name to ‘Sindh Regi- stitutional assembly; therefore Pa- was observing hunger strike against stan’s mandate was not accepted. In ment’. kistan remained under India Act of Nehru led Indian government be- accordance with the political prin- ‘H’ in the spelling of ‘Sind’ Reg- 1935 until 1950s. Pakistan adopted cause it was not handing over the ciples, practices and precedence, a iment has not been added as yet even AIML ‘Qarardad-e-Maqasid’ as partitioned treasury to Pakistan. non-constitutional parliament can- after eighteenth constitutional preamble and essence of all would Why Pakistan has not claimed Gan- not undertake the constitution mak- amendment which officially cor- erception is the way in which something is regarded, understood, or be constitution. This ‘Qarardad-e- dhi a martyr for Pakistan, if not of ing process. In the perspective of rects spell of Sindh. Baloch Regi- Maqasid’ led Pakistan towards Is- Pakistan. Gandhi wanted to visit federations and ethnically diverse ment hardly has recruited a few interpreted. Perception can be split into two processes. Firstly, pro lamic republic. Pakistan was not an Pakistan without a visa. He was nev- countries, particularly if the feder- Baloch very recently. Pakistan Ar- Islamic republic on August 14, 1947. er facilitated. No doubt, it was Khan ating states / provinces have histor- my’s other sections does not have cessing sensory input, which transforms these low-level information Until 1960s, judiciary and legal fra- of Kalat (King of Balochistan) who ical status of countryhood, a con- Sindhi, Baloch, and Siraiki and to to higher-level information. Secondly, processing which is connected with ternity in Pakistan were using Indi- as the ruler of independent and sov- stitutional elections are required certain extent Pashtun. Similarly an Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Pro- ereign Balochistan handed over which either have equal seats from Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) and a person’s concepts and expectations and selective mechanism that influ- cedure Code (CrPC) and other Indi- money and gold to Pakistan for run- the federating states / provinces or Military Intelligence (MI) do not ence perception. It is also taken as an awareness of something through the an laws. Although the All India Mus- ning its business. Balochistan was may undertake the constitutional have Sindhi and Baloch. Intelligence lim League (AIML) was rejected by freed by Britain as sovereign coun- process in association with central- agencies like Intelligence Bureau senses. Perception is also a process by which people translate sensory im- the popular Will of Sindhi in 1946 try in March 1947, five months provincial joint deliberations for the (IB) although have a little recruit- and Pakistan Resolution passed by before the creation of Pakistan and constitution making. ments of Sindhi and Baloch; how- pressions into a coherent and unified view of the world around us. Though Sindh Legislative Assembly was un- partition of India. History of federating provinc- ever Sindhi and Baloch are not ap- necessarily based on incomplete and unverified or unreliable information, done by Sindhi in the provincial elec- It is a fact that Sindhi, Baloch, es in Pakistan is peculiar to federal propriately represented in this third tions of 1946. Pashtun, and Siraiki ethnic nations issues. Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa powerful as well as civil intelligence perception is equated with reality for most practical purposes and guides The word ‘Pakistan’ was coined and Christians, Ahmadyas and Shia (N.W.F.P previously) led by Khan agency of Pakistan. by Chaudhry Zafar, a London based religions and sects are paying worst Ghaffar Khan, known as Bacha A true federal Pakistan would human behavior in general. Taking this into account wrong perception is student of Ahmadiya Muslim origin. price in Pakistan. Siraki still wait Khan, did not want to become part be only when Sindhi, Baloch, Siraiki coming with incorrect behavior. Good behavior creates good perception, The partition of Punjab and its be- for their recognition. Pakistani of Pakistan. Besides, N.W.F.P was and Pashtun are appropriately giv- coming Pakistan could only become manual passport is in English, Urdu leased out from Afghanistan for its en participation in the security re- bad behaviors gives birth to negative perception. As recently Afghan jour- possible when Punjab Legislative and Arabic languages. English is of- annexation with British India gime of Pakistan. It is important nalists from different media outlets visited Pakistan and discussed key is- Assembly passed resolution for the ficial language of Pakistan. Urdu is through a simple Durand Agree- like Punjabis, Sindhi, Baloch and Sir- partition of Punjab and India from lingua franca. There is no Arabian ment. Although the expiry of lease aiki have sovereign right to protect sues with Pakistani high-ranking officials, and they were asked to remove Punjab Legislative Assembly with territory in Pakistan. Why, then, and claims of Afghanistan on Khy- their international and provincial one vote majority given by a Chris- Arabic is published on Pakistani ber Pakhtunkhuwa have been the borders. wrong perception via focusing on good issues between the two countries. tian Punjabi. passports? Why not the national issues that need detailed discussion, A roadmap should be devised in Afghan media delegation visited the ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of Mohammad Ali Jinnah (M. A. languages of the provinces and his- Awami National Party (ANP) is which Sindhi, Baloch, Siraiki and Jinnah) was medically killed. He had torical lands are recognized as na- having Pashtun opinion on the his- Pashtun should be recruited in Paki- state and frontier regions, ministry of commerce, higher education com- acute asthma. His native town Jhirak tional languages? Sindhi, for exam- torical as well as contemporary stan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan mission (HEC), the headquarters of frontier constabulary, the national se- was having a Tuberculosis Sanitari- ple, is recognized a scheduled / na- matters. Punjab chose its own split / Air Force, Pakistan Coast Guard, Pa- um and was declared a human settle- tional language in India. USA Con- partition into two through Punjab kistan Rangers- Sindh, Frontier Con- curity division, and Inter-Services Public Relation, where the core point of ment suitable most in Sindh for the gress had also a decision for the de- Legislative Assembly Resolution. stabulary – Balochistan and Paki- rehabilitation of Tuberculosis and velopment of Sindhi language. No Sindh took part in the Second stan Rangers – Punjab. Besides, their the meeting was to eliminate wrong perception between the two states. Dur- asthma patients. Jinnah was sent to indigenous langue is declared national World War under the leadership of recruitment in ISI, MI, IB and FIA ing every meeting, the focal point was to remove mistrust, and also to wash Ziarat in Balochistan in high alti- language in Pakistan. In Pakistan, Pir Pagara Syed Sabghatullah Shah should also be initiated. tude mountains highly inappropri- the website of Sindh Government is Rashidi known as Soorihya Badshah. Shah is Sindhi refugee journal- away wrong precision. As it clear that wrong perception comes with incor- ate for Jinnah’s health. Jinnah in not allowed to carry Sindhi language. The combatants were kept in pris- ist, analyst and activist currently fact was born in a home on banks of Balochi, Pashto, Siraiki, Punjabi and ons and also some of them were staying in Delhi, India rect behavior, which Pakistan is at boiling point on that. There is no positive river Indus in Jhirak village of dis- other languages are not allowed to hanged after creation of Pakistan. www.zulfiqarshah.com things have so far done by Pakistan to show brotherhood with Afghanistan. trict Thatta; however Pakistan his- have their official scripts. In fact Since Pakistan Armed Forces were Recently, it shut down crossing points, in which Afghans were suffered a lot financially and emotionally. Afghan refugees living there were harassed and detained following series of attacks. Sharbat Gula, an Afghan woman who once appeared on the cover of National Geographic as a green-eyed 12- year-old girl has been arrested for living illegally in Pakistan under false Ext remist papers. After days of imprisonment, and indefatigable efforts by Afghan gov- ernment, she was freed and returned home. Moreover, Pakistan still playing double game and is not sincere in peace efforts and the country still sup- porting and harboring militancy. There are several issues that are enough for Afghans to have negative perception against Pakistan and that’s true based on ground realty. In every period of time, the government of Pakistan stood against central government. But Afghanistan has always wanted to have good relation with Pakistan. The visit of former president Hamid Karzai to Paki- stan more than 20 times during his presidency, and the visit of President Ashraf Ghani after assuming office is clear indication that Kabul holds strong intention of having good relation. But again the duplicity policy of Pakistan has frustrated Afghans. Taking in view these matters, the Afghan journalists asked Pakistan to take practical efforts toward restoration of cordial rela- tions between the two neighboring countries. Good behaviors would auto- matically eliminate wrong perception. Sans practical step, if Pakistan in- vites thousands of Afghans from different organizations would yield to no fruit and lead to nowhere. 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. MONDAY . APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Kevin Coval Resurrects The counter history in “a people’s propaganda history of Chicago” against the US strike By Bill Ayers portunity. Chicago is a collision of art and politics, oppression and lib- Bertolt Brecht opens his famous eration, workers and immigrants, on Syria note "To Posterity" by naming his activism and organizing, La Villita By Ignacio Gonzalez Bozzolasco political moment: "Indeed I live in and the Black Metropolis. Kevin BY Abdulrahman al-Rashed the dark ages! /A guileless word is an notes how lucky we are to be right absurdity. A smooth forehead beto- here, right now, wrapped in a histo- Ignacio Gonzalez Bozzolasco is a sociologist and professor at the Reactions from Tehran, Moscow kens/ A hard heart. He who laughs/ ry that has surprised us before and and Damascus to the US strike on Has not yet heard /The terrible tid- will surely surprise us again -- and he Catholic University of Asuncion. Syria were exactly as expected. ings." reminds us that we may just be the between 2003 and 2008, Cartes pro- They all issued statements con- Brecht observes that "…to agents of that surprise. posed to do that by changing the demning the strike against the speak of trees is almost a crime /For Here is Albert Parsons, one of constitution. These changes must be Shayrat military air base. The US it is a kind of silence about injus- the anarchists framed and hanged at On March 31 at approximately 7pm approved by both houses of Con- strike came in response to the Syr- tice!" and he urges his future readers the Haymarket as they mobilized in Asuncion, several hundred dem- gress and put to a vote in a popular ian regime’s mass murder of civil- ("You, who shall emerge from the workers in a fight for the 8-hour onstrators managed to break the referendum in order to be signed into ians using chemical gas on Friday flood /In which we are sinking") to day -- an event still marked around police cordon that protected the a law. All this requires an alliance of morning. speak not just of our weaknesses, the world as May Day. His last words building of the Paraguayan Congress. several political forces in a context Later that day, Russian, Iranian and but "Also of the dark time /That on the gallows: "Will I be allowed to Agitated by a police crackdown in which none of them has a major- Syrian media outlets and social net- brought them forth." speak, oh men of America? Let me hours earlier, protesters stormed the ity. This led to an agreement be- building and set it on fire. The po- working pages launched their pro- In a later poem he asked, "In speak! Let the voice of the people tween the Colorado Party, the paganda campaign via sharing fake the Dark Times will there be sing- be heard!" The trap was sprung, and lice chose not to intervene as flames Lugo-led Guasu Front (or "Broad engulfed the Congress. Hours later, news that questioned whether the ing?" His answer: "Yes, there will be the police, bowing low to the ruling Front" in the Guarani language), and Syrian regime was behind the tox- class, snapped his neck. But he was the police raided the headquarters one of the internal branches of the singing, singing about the Dark of the opposition Authentic Radi- ic gas attack in Idlib. They mar- Times." For all the years I've known not silenced. His widow, Lucy Par- PLRA, led by Senator Blas Llano. keted a narrative which stated that sons, outlived him by half a centu- cal Liberal Party (PLRA) in down- The last two are seeking to con- him, Kevin Coval has been singing town Asuncion without a court or- the opposition had shelled Khan the Dark Times, casting a healing ry, long enough for Studs Terkel to clude a new alliance between liberals hear her more than once speaking der and shot dead one of its youth Sheikhoun. light into the world, lifting up the ited a stable economy with good and progressives that replicates the Then they marketed another nar- to a crowd from a soap box at the activists. The excuse of the author- was nominated by the opposition as one that brought Lugo to the presi- unheard and the unseen, illuminat- ities was that some young men who their presidential candidate and won, macroeconomic indicators, but rative that claimed that the Syrian ing injustice, resistance, and alter- Bughouse Square. Studs told our son dency in 2008. The agreement everything he knew about Parsons participated in the riots had assault- promising to push through a much- growth was slowing down. He sought air force shelled “armed terrorist native possibilities. Kevin is never to pass a package of reforms fo- caused public discord and extreme when Zayd was writing his play about ed policemen and then hid in the needed land redistribution reform. polarisation swept the Paraguayan opposition-held areas” and the alone, and whenever you hear him party headquarters. Hundreds were Inside Story Americas - Paraguay: A cused on stimulating investments, strikes happened to hit a terrorist or read him you'll find a gathering the Haymarket, and Studs talked to promote the economic growth political scene. Many opposed the with Kevin for years about history detainees in the operation. Footage victory for corruption? But in 2012 constitutional changes pointing to depot containing chemical gases of students and mentors -- a chorus of the chaotic scenes from Asunci- Paraguay was hit by the right-wing and to generate greater security. But that resemble those previously of other dazzling poets -- and you'll and politics, writing and culture, the reforms did not bring the prom- the recent past when Stroessner was about art and the art of listening. on went viral on social media, put- wave that swept through Latin getting perpetually re-elected for 35 used by ISIS in Iraq. According to catch echoes of Chicago writers ting the spotlight on the small Lat- America and its president fell vic- ised results and a group opposing the gone by as well as intimations of a Kevin Coval deploys listening as a years. Public anger did not spill on this narrative, the opposition is the in American country of six million. tim to what some observers called a president within the Colorado Par- party that committed the crime of Chicago, and a world, that could be, method of research, and listening as ty started gaining ground. Midway to the streets until March 31, when a pedagogical gesture -- he embod- But what led to the escalation political coup - the second one in the Congress held a secret session possessing internationally prohib- but is not yet. Gwendolyn Brooks, of violence? the region following the removal of through his term, Cartes' approval Studs Terkel, Richard Wright, Nel- ies the spirit of teaching as the art ratings dropped remarkably low. He to pass the constitutional changes, ited chemical weapons. This sto- of seeing and hearing, of letting go, Paraguay emerged from three the president of Honduras in 2009. disregarding internal procedural ry however was only believed by son Algren, Angela Jackson, Haki decades of US-backed military dic- The PLRA, which initially backed faced two choices: to dominate the Madhubuti -- Kevin Coval is in the teaching that foregrounds students internal party process of choosing rules. In response, the branch of the those who support the Assad tatorship in 1989. In 1992 - three Lugo, colluded with the Colorado PLRA that did not support the tradition. and places them at center stage in years after Paraguayan dictator Al- his successor in the primaries or to camp. Then this propaganda pursuit of their own growth and Party and managed to impeach the changes, along with its youth wing With his new collection -- A fredo Stroessner was removed in a president through a Congress vote. generate political support for his re- amended its stance the next day in People's History of Chicago -- learning, teaching that nourishes the election and introduce the necessary mobilised its supporters and went out order to confront the new devel- coup - a new constitution was put in The excuse for the impeachment on to the streets. The police was Kevin resurrects our history and spark and agency that lives inside place which limited the presidency constitutional changes for that to opment represented in Arab reac- every young person. In "Boy Break- was a confrontation between land- instructed to crack down on the pro- brings this great American city to to one five-year term. Despite the less peasants who occupied land be possible. The president chose the tions welcoming the American life with all of its scars and bruises, ing Glass," Gwendolyn Brooks writes second option. The dispute over re- tests which encouraged more peo- strike on Syria. brutality of the military dictator- owned by a Colorado Party member ple to join them. In the aftermath its sparkling beauty, its broken nos- in the voice of a wayward youth: "I ship and the people's desire for po- and the police, which resulted in the election Cartes' idea to have the The Arab popular stance wel- es, cut lips, and contradictions in- shall create!/If not a note, a hole/ If president able to run for a second of the bloody clashes, the lower comed and thanked the move after litical change, Stroessner's Colorado death of 17 people. After the events chamber of the Congress was con- tact. His lyrical narrative is exuber- not an overture, a desecration." Party managed to win every elec- of 2012, the alliance between term was something that all presi- it had been angry from Trump’s ant and elegiac, poignant and ec- Kevin Coval is our own poet laure- dents who preceded him since the vened and the constitutional amend- administration due to reports ac- tion and retain power until 2008. Fernando Lugo, the PLRA and a ment process was temporarily halt- static in turn. Chicago, as John Dew- ate of notes and overtures, of fu- That year Fernando Lugo - a Cath- group of different leftist forces fell beginning of Paraguay's democracy cusing it of taking restrictive mea- ey noted over a century ago, is an tures worth having, of lives filled in 1989 have publicly supported. ed. On April 2, President Cartes in- olic priest who earned himself the apart, and the Colorado Party's vited all political forces to an open sures against Muslim refugees and every day dance of the dialectic -- a with hope. nickname "the bishop of the poor" Horacio Cartes easily won the 2013 Like the former President Nicanor travelers. frenzied meeting of chaos and op- (Truthout) Duarte Frutos, who was in power dialogue in order to "reach a politi- for his work in poor communities - presidential elections. Cartes inher- cal solution". In response, the op- In response to people’s joy position demanded the withdrawal and sense of victory, fake news of the draft amendment. The PLRA outlets claimed that the US strike eventually quit the negotiations, was a mere charade carried out in while the Colorado Party blocked a agreement with Russia. Forged Congress session trying to dismiss photos, which were published to When Xi Jinping met Donald Trump the amendment process. On Mon- show that the US strike narrative day both Cartes' supporters and the was false, showed some burnt air- By Richard Javad Heydarian showed that he was far from a paper opposition called for marches, and planes inside concrete bunkers that tiger, but more of a deceptively flam- confrontations are possible. The weren’t shelled. Other news re- boyant sphinx with many tricks up events of the coming days promise ports admitted that the strike hap- Richard Javad Heydarian is a specialist in Asian geopo- his sleeve. It is highly likely that to define the political future of Par- pened but said it was a failure and litical/economic affairs. the Syria bombing was part of an aguay. did not achieve any goals. elaborate plan by Trump to send a (Aljazeera) Psychology and defiance clear message to China that Wash- It’s true that influencing the ington is willing to go it alone and Syrian and regional public opinion unilaterally if and when necessary. The widely anticipated summit be- is an important part of the psy- As one veteran China watcher What chological war but it’s not what’s tween the world's two most power- eloquently put it, Trump's decisive ful men defied all earlier expecta- decisive. Military operations are and surprising Syria decision "will usually political acts. The Ameri- tions. Instead of a clash of titans, or force Chinese officials to reappraise World a newfound bromance between the a figure whom they had come to see can strike sent political messages protagonists, the world witnessed a as clownish and manageable". It is that are directed to the Syrian, Ira- surreal melange of fine dining with highly likely that the Syria bomb- nian and Russian governments. Tomahawk missiles flying into the ing was part of an elaborate plan by War I Messages to the Syrian public sky. The Syrian crisis managed partly Trump to send a clear message to opinion come in second. to overshadow the whole affair. China that Washington is willing to The strike, which destroyed a Shortly before his meeting with go it alone and unilaterally if and unleashed few jets and killed six military per- Chinese President Xi Jinping, Unit- when necessary. sonnel from the Syrian regime, will ed States President Donald Trump Icebreaker meeting shake the conviction of those who ordered his generals to punish Syr- This is particularly relevant in inAmerica support the regime so they don’t ia's Assad regime for an alleged chem- the case of North Korea, which has bet on it anymore. It will also pro- ical weapons attack against civilians. stepped up its provocative military By George F. Will vide a dose of hope to the opposi- It was one of those rare moments activities and is on the verge of ac- when the flamboyant American lead- tion following political disappoint- to disaffected blue-collar workers in (to avoid unnecessary conflict with quiring the capacity to launch nu- ne hundred years ago, two coal miner suspected of spying, was ments and military defeats during er decided to rely on deliberate and the very swing states, which handed the US). Walking a fine line when clear warheads into mainland Amer- events three days apart set stripped, marched through the low-key consultations with military this past phase. him the presidency, though not the dealing with a mercurial, larger-than- ica. Trump wants China to step up the 20th century’s trajecto- streets and hanged. The Post de- Once again, the Assad regime experts, rather than indulging in his popular vote. The past few weeks diplomatic pressure on and squeeze O life character such asTrump was no ry. On April 9, 1917, in Zurich, plored such “excesses” but applaud- has proven that it cannot change characteristic chutzpah and brava- haven't been good to Trump. Aside easy task. the North Korean regime econom- Vladimir Lenin boarded a train. Ger- ed the “healthful and wholesome do. But Trump and Xi had tough from historically low trust ratings, ically. But China fears the collapse its behavior and that it’s responsi- The art of no deal many expedited its passage en route awakening in the interior part of ble for the major relapse in Syria, and extensive discussions on a whole he has been reeling from back-to- During his presidential cam- of its ally, which could create a mas- to St. Petersburg — known as Len- the country.” Josef Hofer and his range of issues. It seems the super- back defeats, first on a series of con- paign, Trump lamented: "We're so sive humanitarian crisis, leave nu- ingrad from 1924 to 1991 — ex- two brothers were South Dakota regardless of whether the Iranians powers decided to agree to disagree troversial travel bans that were over- predictable. We're like bad checker clear and biological weapons unac- pecting him to exacerbate Russia’s Hutterites whose faith forbade any and Russians agree to its crimes for now, opting for a more institu- turned by courts, and later a health- players." Trump promised an "art counted for, and pave the way for convulsions, causing Russia’s with- involvement in war, including wear- Shelling al-Shayrat air base will not tionalised interaction to manage care bill that was rejected before of the deal" president, a tough ne- the creation of a powerful, unified drawal from World War I, allowing ing a military uniform. They were stop the aggression of the military areas of conflict, particularly on even reaching the congressional gotiator who will adopt an "Ameri- Korean peninsula allied with Wash- Germany to shift forces to the West- arrested in March 1918, and a week alliance in support of the regime in North Korea and trade, and expand floor. So he was desperate to score ca first" doctrine in his dealing with ington. However, the main bone of ern Front. Lenin boarded the train after the armistice they were sent Damascus and proof of that is that areas of cooperation. For Trump, some victory which he could bran- the world. In fairness, Trump man- contention between Trump, an ar- three days after the United States, to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Arriv- it resumed shelling civilians on Fri- China has been a favourite punch- dish on his Twitter account. On his aged to catch his Chinese counter- dent protectionist, and Xi, a reluc- responding to Germany’s unrestrict- ing at the military prison around day, in further defiance of every- ing bag to rally his Jacksonian base. part, Xi, who will confront a chal- parts by surprise. They planned a tant globalist, is America's balloon- ed submarine warfare and other prov- midnight, they stood naked for one. In fact, many would argue that lenging leadership reshuffle later this heavily choreographed affair, which ing trade deficit with China, ocations, declared war. Soon 2?mil- hours in a 17-degree November The US strike will not alter the pouncing on the Asian juggernaut year, was eager to bolster his own would have portrayed Xi as a sober, amounting to $347bn. Earlier, lion Americans would be in Europe. night. Then they were suspended was Trump's ultimate launching pad balance of power on ground. It’s credentials at home. He had to ex- dignified and affable co-equal of the Trump declared he wont' "allow They, and the promise of many naked from the bars of their cells, also unlikely that there will be new to the presidency. It allowed the hibit both toughness (to secure Chi- American president. Instead, they China to rape" America in trade re- more, compelled Germany to accept their feet barely touching the ground, controversial plutocrat to reach out American military strikes. na's national dignity) and flexibility had to revisit their assumptions lations, making it clear that his pol- an armistice at the 11th hour of the refusing to wear the uniforms left in The US ambassador to the UN about Trump completely. Trump icy is to make sure America "no 11th day of the 11th month of their cells. Fed only bread and wa- said the possibility of US’s mili- longer ha[s] massive trade deficits 1918. Thought-provoking opinions ter, after two weeks David Hofer and job losses". He has threatened tary intervention depends on the and commentary, in your inbox dai- was allowed to telegraph Josef’s wife, Syrian regime’s use of chemical to label China as a currency manip- ly. Monday night and the next two telling her that her husband was dy- ulator, review its non-market econ- nights, PBS’s “American Experi- ing. He died the morning after she weapons, and this is unlikely at LETTER TO THE EDITOR the time being. What’s new and omy status, and impose tariffs and ence” will present a six-hour docu- arrived. Prison guards mocked his punitive sanctions against Beijing. mentary, “The Great War.” Watch corpse by dressing it in a uniform. important is political positioning. Eager to head off a trade war, Xi it and wince. It covers familiar dip- The U.S. military was the world’s According to the Trump ad- offered Trump a series of "tweet- lomatic and military events, before 17th?largest in April 1917, smaller ministration’s statements, it seems Substandard healthcare centers in Kabul able" incentives, including massive and after America’s bloodiest bat- (less than 250,000) than Romania’s, that it has changed its stance and Chinese investments that could cre- tle, the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and smaller than Britain’s casualties decided to be a party in the Syrian There is no state-of-the-art healthcare centers in Afghanistan, as patients are going ate up to 700,000 jobs in America; in which American fatalities aver- in one battle. America’s military crisis, while in the past, it said it abroad to receive medical treatments. Afghan masses are suffering from one of the large-scale purchase of US-made air- aged 550 a day for 47?days. Wood- became a melting pot for a nation was only concerned in fighting ISIS craft from Boeing; and opening up row Wilson imposed and incited in which one-third of the popula- in Syria. worst healthcare system as they don’t have access to the basic medical care. On daily of automotive, agriculture and con- extraordinary repressions: “There tion had been born abroad or whose Therefore, Damascus and its bases more than hundreds of people are traveling abroad for treatment due to lack of sumer markets to US companies. are citizens of the United States .?.?. parents had been. Forty-three lan- allies have become far from that standardized facilities at home. There was neither a joint commu- born under other flags .?.?. who have guages were spoken in one Army victory they had announced. Un- The relevant Afghan official should take necessary measures to provide standard nique, nor a joint news conference. poured the poison of disloyalty into division raised in New York. One til a week ago, most regional and But both sides agreed to have a long- the very arteries of our national life. group was ineligible for melting: international powers announced or medical care for the Afghan masses here at home and free the Afghans from going term dialogue to manage their trade .?.?. Such creatures of passion, dis- Printed at the bottom of draft reg- and geopolitical differences. To im- conveyed their approval to the abroad for treatment. loyalty and anarchy must be crushed istration cards were these words: “If Syrian solution as per Moscow’s Asif Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan prove ties with Trump, China is like- out. .?.?. They are infinitely malig- person is of African descent, tear ly to expand sanctions on North nant, and the hand of our power off this corner.” The African Amer- desire thus leaving Assad in pow- Korea. It has already agreed to a should close over them.” His Com- icans from around the nation who er and ending the armed opposi- 100-day plan for trade talks, which mittee on Public Information joined New York’s 15th?National tion. However, the chemical attack will allow America to address its trade churned out domestic propaganda Guard Regiment, the Harlem Hell- and other attacks on civilian areas deficit with China. Trump expressed instructing the public how to detect fighters, included Leroy Johnston occured. This is in addition to the Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must his optimism over "a very, very pro-German sympathies. A 22-year- from Phillips County, Ark. He spent arrogant remarks of Syrian govern- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: great relationship" with Beijing and old Justice Department official nine months in French hospitals re- ment officials against other coun- [email protected] an "outstanding" one with Xi, who, named J. Edgar Hoover administered cuperating from wounds suffered in tries in the region. in turn, lauded the ability of both a program that photographed, fin- the Meuse-Argonne, then in 1919 Once again, the Assad regime sides to "arrive at many common gerprinted and interrogated 500,000 returned to an Arkansas seething has proven that it cannot change understandings" and "bear our great suspects. Local newspapers pub- with fears of an African American its behavior and that it’s responsi- historical responsibility" to devel- lished the names of people who were insurrection because a returning Af- ble for the major relapse in Syria, Disclaimer: op a stable great power relationship. not buying war bonds or otherwise rican American veteran had formed regardless of whether the Iranians By and large, the summit ended up supporting the war. People were fired a union of black sharecroppers. The and Russians agree to its crimes. as a surprisingly sober and admira- or ostracized for insufficient enthu- narrator of “The Great War” says This article was first published The views and opinions expressed in the articles are ble diplomatic icebreaker, holding siasm. The Espionage Act of 1917 that as groups of white men “roamed the promise of more institutiona- in Asharq Al-Awsat on April 9, those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or made it a crime to “collect, record, the countryside, killing hundreds of 2017. lised dialogue between the two most publish or communicate” informa- black people, a train pulled into the opinions of the Afghanistan Times. consequential powers of the centu- tion useful to the enemy. In Illinois, station. (Alarabiya) ry. (Aljazeera) Robert Prager, a German American (WP) MONDAY.APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Aside from all sorts of political forms in the Syrian theater possi- erability of the Russian air shield considerations, Chinese and Indi- bly influenced the US strategy of in Syria but not neutralize it com- an strategic planners will have to attack against the Assad regime. pletely. Thus the S-400’s deterrent assess carefully the strict military The USS Porter and USS Ross, function against aircraft sorties dimension of the missile strike that two Arleigh Burke-class destroy- appears to be confirmed by the Erdogan tells Russia the United States launched against ers stationed in the eastern Medi- military option chosen by the a government-controlled airbase in terranean, bombarded the Shayrat United States to punish Assad. Syria early on Friday. airbase in central Syria, which the Chinese and Indian generals will to reconsider China and India are both cli- Syrian Air Force used to launch be delighted with this outcome, ents of Russia’s arms industry, and suspected chemical attacks that which proves they have been right have bought a number of S-400 left dozens of civilians dead in to bet on the S-400 system for their long-range air defense missile sys- rebel-held Khan Shaykhun. respective air defenses. support for Assad tems. The Kremlin is a historical Though the Pentagon informed In particular, Delhi can reason- ally of Damascus and deployed the Russian military beforehand of ably be confident it will manage to batteries of this advanced missile the impending operation, the US undercut Beijing’s airborne capac- platform at the Khmeimim airbase military command decided to at- ities so as to gain aerial strategic near Latakia in western Syria after tack from a safe distance. Toma- parity in the Himalayan region, its intervention in support of Pres- hawk missiles have a range of where the two countries have long- ident Bashar al-Assad. 1,600km and their use in place of standing border disputes. On paper, the S-400 system strike aircraft was probably in- On the other hand, the barrage is designed to destroy aircraft, tended to minimize potential loss- of Tomahawks demonstrated the drones, and cruise and ballistic es caused by the very fast and pre- Pentagon’s capacity to perforate missiles up to 400 kilometers cise S-400 surface-to-air missiles. the Russian defenses in Syria, pos- away; it is also equipped with a Syria_Airstrike_Map-01 sibly showing the vulnerability of radar able to detect targets at a range This could mean that the Pen- the S-400 to low-flying missiles of 600km. Since its installation in tagon acknowledges the effective- with small radar cross-sections. Syrian territory, the action of West- ness of the S-400 against warplanes The S-400 radar probably de- Rouhani unveils ern and Turkish warplanes in sup- and the electronic jamming capa- tected the Tomahawk swarm but port of rebel forces has been limit- bilities of the US EA-18G Growl- the firing system apparently did ed. The presence of S-400 plat- er jets, which can weaken the op- not attempt to hit any missiles. It Iran’s new nuclear is now an open question whether Moscow’s military command in Syria deliberately opted not to achievements engage the US missiles once in- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan He stressed that whether the formed of the imminent attack or, on Saturday asked Russia to re- attack is chemical or not, nearly 1 in contrast, was unable to react. consider its support for the Syri- million victims have been killed in Rocket men rule the roost at the an regime following a chemical Syria, and that the world should moment, from THAAD to US weapons attack in Idlib earlier this act against all kind of civilian casu- Aegis to China's new Russian S- week and the U.S.’s military ac- alties, regardless of how they were 400s. Not much beats holding a tion in response. killed. few nukes in your deck. Image: “It is our hope that this will The president also empha- Steven Ansul, via Project Syndi- not be limited to the U.S. action,” sized the need to reinvigorate the cate. The Russian camp obvious- Erdogan said while speaking about pursuit for a political solution. "If ly leans toward the first scenario. responding to the Khan Shaykhun we say democracy, let's take this In Moscow’s view, the intercep- attack as well as the broader Syri- step," he said. Erdogan said while tion of US Tomahawks by the S- an conflict. there was good progress in the 400 system would have provoked “We hope that Russia gets in- Astana talks -- carried out in par- Azerbaijan opposition rally a dangerous escalation. The fact volved as well -- that at least they allel to the Geneva process -- to that, after the US strike, Moscow stop defending [Bashar al-] Assad,” reach a political agreement in Syr- is held in capital city announced its intention to Erdogan said. Erdogan said he wel- ia, "unfortunately it did not devel- strengthen the Syrian air defenses, comed Moscow's recent statement op as we wanted." On Friday, the Rally of the opposition National according to Turan news agency however, is a sign that the Russian President Hassan Rouhani has un- for the crushing and concentration that "unconditional support is not U.S. fired 59 Tomahawk missiles Council of Democratic Forces of of the country. Several thousand defense shield in war-torn Syria veiled two major nuclear achieve- of uranium stone in the east-cen- possible" to the Syrian regime. at a Syrian air base American offi- Azerbaijan is held in capital city people—primarily youth from needs some improvements. ments on the occasion of the 11th tral Yazd Province. Later in the day, "But let's speed it up," Erdogan cials believe was used to launch Baku. The event is taking place opposition parties as well as civil That said, all types of air de- anniversary of Iran’s National Rouhani delivered an address to said. "Let's get rid of this evil." the Khan Shaykhun attack that with the slogans, “No to monar- society activists—are taking part fense systems, including the S-400, Nuclear Technology Day. commemorate the occasion, hail- Erdogan said Syria "undoubtedly" killed at least 100 men, women, chy,” “No to corruption,” and in this rally. are still in large part untested as to The Iranian chief executive lift- ing that the country had led as has chemical weapons and it is and children and injured more than “Freedom to political prisoners,” (NEWS) whether they can resist multiple ed the curtain off the accomplish- many as 42 nuclear projects to- clearly known whose airplanes 500. It was the most horrific chem- missile attacks. India and China ments made by the Atomic Ener- wards fruition over the past year dropped the bombs on civilians "as ical weapons attack in the war-torn should take that into account while gy Organization of Iran, namely a on the solar calendar, which ended we have radar records". country since a similar attack in focusing on the reinforcement of stone centrifuge, and high temper- on March 20, 2017. The president also mentioned eastern Damascus in August 2013, Turkmenistan, Russia their own air and missile defenses. ature condensate pump. The He said nuclear technology is Turkish government statements WHO said. In this sense, the S-400’s mixed former product is used to analyze “a necessity for the country,” add- saying that the use of a nerve agent The Ghouta attack killed more performance in Syria against the samples gleaned from oil fields in ing Iran had opted for “the was detected during the treatment than 1,300 civilians, mostly wom- sign inter-parliamentary US Tomahawks should at least order to estimate the general geo- straightest and least costly direc- of chemical weapons attack vic- en and children, according to local raise some doubt in Delhi and logical conditions governing the tion to stabilize and continue to tims on the Turkey-Syria border and international human rights cooperation deal Beijing over the capabilities of this terrains. The latter product is used exercise its nuclear rights.” in the presence of World Health groups. Russian arms system. at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant He was referring to the diplo- Organization (WHO) experts. (Thepeninsulaqatar) Members of the Mejlis of Turk- menistan on the invitation of the (Atimes) in southern Iran. It has been man- matic efforts by the Iranian offi- menistan and the State Duma of Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turk- ufactured by domestic experts for cials, which led to the 2015 con- the Federal Assembly of the Rus- menistan. Vladimir Zhirinovsky the first time at a fourth of the in- clusion of a landmark nuclear ac- sian Federation signed a Memo- delivered a speech during the ternational price. Separately, the cord with the P5+1 group of coun- randum of Mutual Understanding sports congress "2017 Asian Indonesia: day witnessed the inauguration of ties, namely the US, Britain, UNICEF urges on development of inter-parlia- Games: international cooperation three nuclear centers: France, Russia, and China plus mentary cooperation in Avaza. in the name of peace and develop- Four A center for the production Germany. The ceremony of signing the ment" and was received by Presi- and development of nuclear medi- “Our artists of diplomacy Myanmar to release document took place on April 7 in dent of Turkmenistan Gurbangu- cine in the north-central Alborz drove home the slogan of ‘nuclear the framework of the visit of the ly Berdimuhamedov, the state Province; another designed to host energy is our obvious right’ on the delegation of the Liberal Democrat- news agency of Turkmenistan said. more industrial irradiation in the north- international arena,” he added. ic Party of Russia led by Vladimir (Akipress) western Qazvin Province; and one (Daily) detained Rohingya Zhirinovsky, who arrived in Turk- bodies recovered children Sweden identifies truck Brexit migration cap attack suspect as 39-year after landslides gets backing of former old Uzbekistan native UK Tory ministers The suspect in Stockholm’s dead- exclude this.” Read more: Swedish ly beer truck attack is a 39-year- PM calls deadly truck attack an Prominent U.K. Conservatives U.K. as part of any transitional old native of Uzbekistan who had ‘act of terror,’ police make one ar- backed a call to cap annual net mi- arrangements with the bloc after been on authorities’ radar previ- rest Eliason also said police found gration at 50,000 once Britain leaves March 2019. ously, Swedish officials said Sat- something in the truck that “could the European Union, underlining “Once we’ve got the deal, once urday. The prime minister urged be a bomb or an incendiary object, the pressure on Prime Minister we’ve agreed what the new rela- citizens to “get through this” and we are still investigating it.” Na- Theresa May to satisfy the euro- tionship will be for the future, it strolled through the streets of the tional Police Commissioner Dan skeptic wing of her party by re- will be necessary for there to be a capital to chat with residents. Eliasson speaks during a press con- stricting the influx of foreign work- period of time when businesses Swedes flew flags at half-staff Sat- ference on April 8, 2017, the day ers in any Brexit deal. A report by and governments are adjusting urday to commemorate the four after a hijacked beer truck plowed the Leave Means Leave pressure systems and so forth,” the premier people killed and 15 wounded into pedestrians in Stockholm and group published Sunday called for told reporters during a trip to the when the hijacked truck plowed crashed into a department store, the introduction of a system of Middle East last week. The Leave into a crowd of shoppers Friday killing four people and injuring 15 working visas with targets on num- Means Leave report, written by afternoon in Stockholm. Prime others. National Police Commis- bers arriving in the U.K. and a five- the U.K. Independence Party’s Minister Stefan Lofven declared sioner Dan Eliasson speaks during year freeze on unskilled immigra- former migration spokesman, Monday a national day of mourn- a press conference on April 8, Search and rescue teams have re- tion. Former Environment Secre- Steven Woolfe, suggests a work- ing, with a minute of silence at 2017, the day after a hijacked beer covered four more bodies from tary Owen Paterson and ex-De- ing visa should only be granted if The United Nations Children’s report. In a televised interview with noon. Sweden’s police chief said truck plowed into pedestrians in landslides on Indonesia's main is- fence Minister Gerald Howarth the applicant has an offer for a job Fund (UNICEF) has called for the British media last week, Suu Kyi authorities were confident they Stockholm and crashed into a de- land of Java, an official from Po- declared their support for the plan. with a minimum salary of 35,000 release of the Rohingya children expressed opposition to labeling had detained the man who carried partment store, killing four peo- norogo Disaster Management “We have to do more to ad- pounds ($43,000), private health detained by Myanmar’s govern- the ongoing crackdown against the out the attack. “There is nothing ple and injuring 15 Agency said on Sunday. dress the uncontrolled inflow of insurance and “satisfactory” sav- ment as part of a heavy-handed country’s Muslim minority group that tells us that we have the wrong others.Prosecutor Hans Ihrman "The condition of the bodies unskilled labor and –- in doing so – ings. crackdown on the Muslim minor- as ethnic cleansing despite wide- person,” Dan Eliason told a news said the suspect has not yet spo- can no longer be recognized," Set- - win back the trust of the British The pressure group has the ity group in Rakhine State. The spread reports of abuses against conference Saturday, but added he ken to authorities and could not yo Budiono, head of Emergency people,” Paterson said in an backing of a number of other prom- international body made the plea them. The crackdown was did not know whether others were confirm whether he was a legal res- Section of the Agency, was quoted emailed statement. “It is perfectly inent Tory euro-skeptics, includ- to Myanmar’s de facto leaderAung launched after a deadly attack on involved in the attack. “We cannot ident of Sweden. as saying by detik.com. Budiono possible to have a system that ing former Chancellor of the Ex- San Suu Kyi on Saturday after de- the country’s border guards on (Thestar) said the bodies which have been works for business, but returns us chequer Norman Lamont and ex- tailing the plight of around a doz- October 9, 2016 left nine police- recovered after more than seven to the net migration levels of the cabinet members Theresa Villiers, en minors being held in the men dead. The government blamed days of searching were taken to mid-1990s.” Recent comments by John Whittingdale and Peter Lil- Buthidaung prison in the restive the Rohingya for the assault. the nearest hospital for identifica- May suggest she may accept tem- ley. Rakhine. “There are some children There have been numerous ac- Davis Cup: Ramkumar tion by the DVI (Disaster Victim porary continued freedom of (Bloomberg) that are detained in prison, so those counts by eyewitnesses of sum- Identification) team. movement for EU workers to the are the cases that we’re raising,” mary executions, rapes, and arson National Mitigation Agency Justin Forsyth, the agency’s dep- attacks against Muslims since the puts India up 4-0 with said a total of 28 people have been uty executive director, said at the crackdown began. The military missing after the landslide, while end of a brief trip to the Southeast has blocked access to Rakhine and easy win over Fayziev the local agency said the figure Asian country. “Any child that’s banned journalists and aid work- might be up to 31. Search efforts detained is an issue for us.” ers from entering the zone. Ramkumar Ramanathan put India dispatching his rival 6-3, 6-2 in just will be carried out until April 15. “The reality is if you don’t The United Nations has on course for a clean-sweep against 67 minutes in the first reverse sin- Seasonal rains often cause flood- address these issues, particularly warned that the ongoing human Uzbekistan by outwitting Sanjar gles on the final day of the second ing and landslides in Indonesia, for these communities, then it will rights violations against the Ro- Fayziev to give the hosts a 4-0 lead round tie at the KSLTA stadium. which is comprised of a chain of come back to haunt them, which is hingya Muslims in Rakhine could in the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Left-handed Prajnesh Gunneswa- 17,000 islands where millions of partly what has happened,” For- be tantamount to “crimes against Cup tie, in Bengaluru on Sunday. ran will now take on Temur Is- people live in mountainous areas syth said. humanity.” Hundreds of people India's Ramkumar Ramnathan mailov and if he manages to win, it or flood-prone plains close to riv- Nearly 75,000 people have have been killed and tens of thou- serves against Uzbekistan's Sanjar will be India's first whitewash since ers. The agency said at least 1,985 fled from the Muslim-majority sands have been forced from their Fayziev during the first reverse February 2014 when they ham- disasters occurred during 2016, northern part of Rakhine to Bang- homes to live in squalid camps in singles match of Asia Oceania mered Chinese Taipei. Fayziev killing a total of 375 people -- the ladesh since Myanmar’s military dire conditions in Myanmar, Thai- Group 1 tie in Bengaluru on Sun- struggled to adjust to the bounce worst death toll in 10 years. launched a crackdown there in land, Malaysia, and Indonesia. dayRamkumar had no trouble in and speed of the court. (AP) thepeninsulaqatar October 2016, according to the UN (Presstv) MONDAY.APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Indian Railways: Rail Japan business mood track electrification brightens as recovery work gains traction broadens: BOJ tankan Japanese big manufacturers' busi- cloud the outlook. Automakers Railways have stepped up efforts to electrify ness confidence improved for a saw business conditions deterio- second straight quarter to hit a one- rating three months ahead, under- 4000 km route in the current fiscal, a quantum and-a-half year high in March, a scoring concerns over how jump from the last year's target of 2000 km. closely watched central bank sur- Trump's policies could affect glo- vey showed, a sign the benefits of bal trade. Still, the survey found an export-driven economic recov- big firms plan to increase capital ery were broadening. Service-sec- spending by 0.6 percent in the fis- tor sentiment improved for the cal year ending in March 2018, first time in six quarters and firms compared with a median market remained upbeat on their capital forecast for a 0.1 percent drop. expenditure plans, the Bank of Ja- "There has been talk about the pan's "tankan" survey showed, risks of protectionism, but so far offering hope the economic recov- Japanese companies are not tak- ery will gather momentum in com- ing any specific steps related to ing months. While separate PMI this," said Norio Miyagawa, se- data showed a slight slowdown in nior economist at Mizuho Securi- manufacturing activity in March, ties. "This tankan will reinforce ex- the upbeat tankan reinforces a dom- pectations that the BOJ is on hold inant market view the central for the time being. We certainly bank's next policy move would be don't see the need to ease or tight- to reduce rather than expand mon- en policy," he said. etary stimulus. With inflation expected to ac- "The tankan showed a bal- celerate later this year, a growing anced improvement in corporate number of analysts now predict Railways have stepped up efforts nior Railway Ministry official said. to electrify 4000 km route in the According to the action plan, current fiscal, a quantum jump from about 22,000 km route has to be the last year’s target of 2000 km. electrified by 2021. Further, to Pace of electrification has gained expedite electrification of railway traction as the railways has rolled lines in the country, various steps an action plan to drastically de- have been taken, which include crease the use of diesel in order to award of turn-key contracts and reduce energy cost and greenhouse better project monitoring mecha- gas emission. Currently, only 42 nism, he said. Jamaica reduced its oil import bill West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil nomic return, but not far beyond per cent of total track network is Railways has also enhanced by US$242 million ($30 billion) prices declined by 11.3 per cent to that level. Shale or clay-like rock electrified, rest section is operat- power of field units for award of last year, which helped to slash US$44.5 per barrel. Currently, oil that generates oil and gas changed ing on fossil fuel. Railways energy contracts including sanction of es- the trade deficit by nearly nine per prices are hovering around US49 a the energy outlook, creating the bill is touching about Rs 32,000 timates while increasing the num- cent, according to new data from barrel, still below the average 'shale revolution'. Gheit said that crore a year out of which diesel is ber of executing agencies from ex- Statin. Motorists are, however, US$100 a barrel for much of the the shale revolution added resourc- about Rs 20,000 crore. With elec- isting three to six by entrusting only partially benefiting from the decade. Last week, Fadel Gheit, a es to the global supply, which trification of major rail routes, the electrification works to new agen- price drop due to two sets of fuel noted oil analyst with US-based would reduce the world's reliance energy bill is likely to come down cies such as Indian Railway Con- taxes imposed in 2015 and 2017. investment firm Oppenheimer, on the oil cartel OPEC and would by Rs 10,000 crore. During the last struction Company, Rail India Oil imports categorised as told Jamaican securities dealers that therefore, mitigate against the re- three years (2014-2017) and for Technical and Economic Services mineral fuels fell by 20.6 per cent oil should trend towards US$60 turn of US$100 a barrel oil. The 2017-18, total number of 93 rail- and Power Grid Corporation of to US$935 million between Janu- and remain there for the foresee- Bank of Jamaica noted in its Fiscal way electrification projects con- India Limited. In order to reduce ary to December from $1.17 bil- able future. Stability Report released last week sentiment at manufacturers and the BOJ's next move would be to sisting 16,815 route kilometer at dependence on fossil fuels, rail- lion spent a year earlier, stated Sta- Gheit said that the growth in that one aspect aiding the 2016 service-sector firms," said Yuichi- start scaling back its massive mon- an estimated cost of Rs 17,165 ways has planned to source about tin. "This was due to lower im- US shale oil production and record price related to OPEC. ro Nagai, an economist at Barclays etary stimulus. While inflation re- crore have been included in the 1000 MW solar power as a part of ports of petroleum oils, Bunker C production by the members of "The moderation in the oil Securities. "Overall, the results mains well below the BOJ's 2 per- Budget. The pace of electrification the Solar Mission of Railways and grade fuel oil, automotive diesel oil, OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, have price trend reflected the anticipat- support the BOJ's rosy view on cent target, there were tentative has been increased from present about 200 MW of power from motor spirit (gasolene), propane, significantly reduced the returns to ed signed agreement among OPEC the economy." signs a steady economic recovery average of 1700 km route per an- wind mill power plants based on and butane," the data agency said. the sector. As a consequence, the members and other major produc- The headline index measuring could prompt companies to raise num to 4000 km in 2017-18, a se- techno commercial assessments. The overall trade deficit shrank sector will seek to go from its cur- ers to limit supply," stated the cen- big manufacturers' business senti- prices and wages. The tankan in- (Financialexpress) to US$3.55 billion for the calendar rent state of break-even at about tral bank. ment rose to plus 12 in March dices showed more companies felt year. During 2016, the average US$50 a barrel to making an eco- (Gleaner) from plus 10 three months ago, the prices of goods and services were tankan showed on Monday, fall- rising, in line with increases in raw ing short of market forecasts but material costs. Firms surveyed in Dubai exchange may marking the highest reading since the tankan also saw the job market December 2015. Service-sector tightening the most since 1992, sentiment also improved for the when Japan's economy was boom- launch gold contract first time in six quarters to hit a ing from an asset-inflated bubble. one-year high, on brightening busi- Companies' capacity usages ness prospects among retailers, continued to rise. An index mea- for retail investors hotels and restaurants. suring production capacity, which Japan's economy has shown falls when more firms report ca- signs of life in recent months, with pacity shortages, slid to levels last Saudi Aramco has raised $3 billion exports and factory output bene- seen in 1992, suggesting they will (11.25 billion riyals) in its debut fiting from a recovery in global ramp up capital spending ahead. sukuk issuance, sources familiar demand. Big companies expect BOJ officials have said they with the matter said on Wednes- conditions to worsen slightly in the will maintain the bank's massive day. The Islamic bond, part of a coming three months, as risks to stimulus until sustained rises in program to raise 37.5 billion riy- global trade such as Britain's deci- wages and strength in private con- als, is the oil giant’s first fundrais- sion to leave the European Union sumption keep inflation stably ing exercise aimed at diversifying and U.S. President Donald above 2 percent. revenues that have been hit by low Trump's protectionist statements (Reuters) global oil prices. The floating rate local currency sukuk has a seven- year maturity and offers 25 basis points over the six-month Saudi Arabian Interbank Offered Rate (SAIBOR). Dollar-sukuk soon Aramco’s debut deal is likely to be followed soon, possibly as early as next week, by a dollar- The Dubai Gold and Commodities used by several institutional inves- denominated Saudi sovereign Exchange (DGCX) said on Satur- tors since its launch in 2016, the sukuk with the same hybrid struc- PTA invites applications day it was considering whether to exchange said. ture proposed by the Aramco deal, launch a new spot gold contract The retail contract would be its prospectus showed. Aramco for one-platform designed to be used by retail in- fully backed by physical gold and did not immediately respond to a vestors and traders. held in electronic form with the request for comment. Aramco The DGCX signed a memo- option of physical redemption. started collecting orders for its de- mechanism randum of understanding with the This would attract a wider pool of but issuance on March 27, a docu- The Pakistan Telecommunication application. The application Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, investors and appeal to smaller, ment issued by banks leading the Authority (PTA) has invited ap- {platform} would also help peo- a body which facilitates commod- more risk-averse traders based in deal showed. The order books for plications from participants inter- ple to make payments to their dry ity trade flows through Dubai, and the region, the exchange said. the transaction should have closed ested in establishing an electronic cleaner, milk vendor, barber and National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah The DGCX also offers trade on April 9, according to the origi- platform that would enable mobile etc”. Transactions would definite- (Rakbank) to develop bullion in gold futures contracts and said nal timeline. But bookbuilding was bank accountholders to conduct ly have financial limitation and products such as the proposed re- late last year that it had obtained a extended by a day because some financial transactions across the caps, he said. The platform would tail spot gold contract. license from the Shanghai Gold accounts needed extra time to ob- country. The development of a help develop a formal economic The contract could be smaller Exchange to list Shanghai gold fu- tain internal approvals. Alinma In- single electronic platform removes system in the country. “The theme in size than the existing DGCX tures, which would be the first vestment, HSBC Saudi Arabia, existing barriers hindering a branch- of the App [platform] is to reduce Spot Gold contract, which requires yuan-denominated gold futures NCB Capital and Riyad Capital less bank accountholder (called transactions in hard cash and avoid physical delivery of one kilo- product offered outside China. were the coordinators of the Aram- wallet) at a particular mobile phone chances of money theft, he said. gramme gold bars and has been (Alarabiya) co deal, joined by GIB Capital. network to conduct financial trans- The licence winner would pay (Alarabiya) actions with accountholders on an initial fee of Rs1 million within other mobile phone networks and 15 days of the intimation letter at conventional bank branches. from the PTA to issue TPSP li- U.S. employers added just 98,000 jobs last month, the fewest in a year, “The licensee should be capable cence. The licensee shall pay the though the unemployment rate fell to a nearly 10-year low of 4.5 per- of switching and routing all inter- Annual License Fee to PTA, an cent. The rate fell because nearly a half-million more Americans report- Row with Iran over gas bank wallet-to-wallet and wallet to amount equivalent to 0.5% of the ed finding jobs, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists had bank account fund transfers,” reads licensee’s annual gross revenue expected a falloff in hiring in March after job gains in January and the Information Memorandum for from licensed services. Besides, it February had averaged a robust 218,000. Still, the drop was worse than field leads to India licence applicants. shall deliver PTA an uncondition- expected. In its report Friday, the government also revised down the job SBP Executive Director Syed al, irrevocable and continuing Per- growth for January and February by a combined 38,000. The sizable Samar Hasnain said the other day formance Bond worth Rs10 mil- gains in those months had been fueled partly by strong hiring in con- the platform would not only en- lion in shape of bank guarantees. struction, which occurred because of unseasonably warm winter weath- ‘threat’ to cut oil imports able people to carry out financial “In case any phased-roll-out obli- er. In March, construction companies added just 6,000 jobs, the fewest transactions via their smart- gation is not fulfilled, Performance in seven months. Retailers, suffering from the shift to online shopping, Iran’s oil minister dismissed India’s phones, but people having a sim- Bond proportionate to the roll-out slashed 30,000 jobs. Education and health care services added the few- decision to cut oil imports from ple feature phone could equally obligation not met shall be enchased est jobs for that category in 15 months. Tehran in 2017/18 by a fifth as a take advantage of the platform. by the Authority,” the Memoran- Oil hit a one-month high near $55 a barrel on Wednesday as a fall in US threat on Wednesday, in an escala- The award of the licence dum said. According to the latest crude inventories raised hopes OPEC-led supply cuts were clearing a tion of a dispute over a giant gas would help the State Bank of Pa- data, four mobile phone compa- glut, while an outage at the largest UK North Sea oilfield lent support. field contract. kistan achieve its goal of provid- nies in the country serve 137.09 US crude inventories fell by a more-than-expected 1.8 million barrels Sources familiar with the mat- ing 50% adult population access million customers. Almost 28%, or last week, American Petroleum Institute data showed on Tuesday. The ter told Reuters last week that In- to banks by 2020. It would also 38.26 million of them, are users of focus is now on whether the government’s supply report on Wednes- dian state refiners were going to help keep more mobile bank ac- 3G/4G mobile internet as on Janu- day confirms the decline. “Should it confirm that US crude stocks did cut oil imports from Iran, as New countholders activated going for- ary 31, 2017. All cellular mobile indeed fall for what would only be the second time this year, it will mark Delhi seeks to put pressure on ward. The Information Memoran- operators have active mobile bank- the start of a sustainedtightening in US crude supplies,” said Stephen Tehran to award the Farzad B gas dum reads 46% of the mobile ing arrangements with banks for Brennock of oil broker PVM. Global benchmark Brent crude had risen field to an Indian consortium. banking accounts (m-wallets) in the provision of m-banking servic- 63 cents to $54.80 a barrel by 1000 GMT. It reached $54.91 intraday, “India is one of our good cos- the country were inactive in the es known as Easy Paisa by Tele- the highest since March 8. US crude was up 56 cents at $51.59. Oil also tumers, but we cannot sign (a) con- third quarter of fiscal year 2016. nor, Time Pey by CM Pak, gained after an outage at the 180,000-barrels-per-day Buzzard field in tract under threat,” Bijan Zanga- The total number of m-wallets JazzCash by Mobilink/Jazz, U- the North Sea. Buzzard is the largest field contributing to Forties, the neh was quoted as saying by Iran’s sent (the) Indians a letter and told Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas stood at 16.9 million as on Sep- Paisa by Ufone and Mobile Paisa most important of the four crude streams underpinning Brent. “This ISNA news agency. “India’s cut of them we are keen to continue ne- investment arm of Indian explorer tember 30, 2016. The licence ap- by Warid. outage more than offsets the increase in oil production in Libya,” said oil imports from Iran will not cause gotiations, but under sensible con- Oil and Natural Gas Corp, discov- plicants have been named Third In addition to this, there are Carsten Fritsch of Commerzbank, referring to the recovery in output at any trouble to us as we have other ditions, not under threats.” India, ered Farzad B in the Farsi offshore Party Service Provider (TPSPs), other standalone banks offering Libya’s Sharara field. “Now, it seems that crude oil stocks have peaked buyers,” he added. Zanganeh said Iran’s biggest oil buyer after Chi- block in 2008. The consortium, which may be any firm from with- mobile banking services including at least and are starting to decline,” he added. despite an extension of deadlines, na, was among a handful of coun- which also includes Oil India and in the country or a foreign entity. Omni by United Bank Limited, An output cut from January 1 led by the Organization of the Petroleum India has not offered an accept- tries that continued to deal with Indian Oil Corp, could not obtain According to the central bank MCB Lite by MCB Bank, HBL Exporting Countries has helped Brent recover from a 12-year low near able proposal for the development the Tehran despite Western sanc- permission to develop the field due directorm, “people could pay their Express by Habib Bank Limited $27 last year, although rising US output and stubbornly high stocks of the gas field. “Their proposal tions over its nuclear program. A to Western sanctions, but those utility bills while firms could dis- and JCash by JS Bank. have limited the rally. was not profitable to Iran ... We consortium headed by ONGC sanctions were removed last year. burse salaries and pensions via that (Tribune) (AP) MONDAY . APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Awards are Did Aamir Khan really encouragement get Katrina Kaif’s scenes but they can’t dictate the films deleted from Dhoom 3? we make: Priyanka Chopra Ventilator, a Marathi film produced by Priyanka Chopra, won three awards at the 64th National Film Awards.

Her debut home production, Mar- guage comedy-drama directed by are barely a year old. Ventilator is of Ventilator she could relate to the athi movie Ventilator, has won three Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by director Rajesh Mapuskar’s first plot as her late father Ashok Chop- National awards and Priyanka Priyanka under her company Pur- Marathi film I am very happy for ra was going through a similar sit- Chopra says such honours are en- ple Pebble Pictures. The film won him. uation in real life. couraging but they don’t dictate three awards at the 64th National “When Rajesh first came to me “When Rajesh narrated me the the films she will be doing in fu- Film Awards — Best Director, he was saying he was finding it story I wanted to make it for my ture. I did not anticipate any award Best Editing and Best Sound Mix- difficult to get a producer for this father as he was on ventilator, the for any of the films I have made. I ing. Priyanka, 34, is more than hap- film as it has 115 actors in it and entire scene was pretty much like Aamir Khan surprised even his have been longer, but Aamir ap- important for Katrina’s character have never made films for awards py about winning the prestigious it’s a difficult film to make,” she the film. We laughed on that a bit. most loyal fans by signing direc- parently got some of her scenes growth in the film as it presented or acted in films for awards. Even- award as she is the only actor-pro- says. The film tells the story of a I am happy and proud the film has tor Vijay Krishna Acharya’s deleted from the film. A report in her narrating her backstory. Those tually I have always treated awards ducer in Bollywood to have won a joint family whose eldest and the won three awards and there is a Dhoom 3 as he was thought to be Bollywoodlife claims that the who have seen the film would re- as a sign of encouragement but they National award for her first film. most respected person goes into a sense of achievement for me, my more inclined towards artistic cin- makers shot more scenes and a member that Katrina’s character can’t dictate the films you make,” “I always like coming first. I am coma few days before the Ganesh company, my mother who is a ema. But he did Dhoom 3 and en- song with Katrina, but chopped takes a sudden entry and plays a Priyanka told PTI over phone from very excited about it (National Chaturthi festival . backbone of the company as she sured it turned out to be the big- them off on Aamir’s insistence. second fiddle to Khan. the US. award) as it’s my first Marathi film The actor says when the di- handles business and I handle the gest hit of 2013. Khan thought the song and the In fact, the song Katrina shot Ventilator is a Marathi lan- and as a production company we rector first narrated her the story creative (part).” Though Aamir Khan was the scenes were hampering the flow for, showed her doing acrobats for (Hindustan Times) biggest stakeholder in the film’s of the film. which she didn’t use any body- success, it wasn’t entirely due to Aamir, whose name often double. Given Katrina’s perfor- him as Dhoom 3 also featured Kat- pops up for thrusting his ‘creative mance in songs like Kamli and rina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan and decisions’ on filmmakers, decided Malang, it might be considered a Kriti Sanon develops Uday Chopra in important roles. to get an entire sequence featuring loss for the audiences. a fondness for Katrina’s role in the film would Katrina out of the film. This was (Tribune) Lucknowi sweets! Farhan Akhtar rubbishes Young actress Kriti Sanon has then. found a new indulgence that is her The schedule has resulted in go to on the cheat days of her diet. Kriti Sanon attuning her taste buds rumours of fight with Aditya The actress who was on an to the sweet delicacies of Lucknow extensive schedule in Lucknow for even today. So much so, that the her upcoming film Bareilly ki Bar- actress send in a special request to Roy Kapur with a pic fi, took the sweet route to satiate all in her known circuit visiting Honey Singh's fan are forever on her taste buds. On learning that Lucknow. their toes performing some heart Lucknow is known for its assort- Whenever possible, she makes touching gestures for the music ments of sweets, Kriti would binge sure to restore her supply of her sensation. The most recent ges- on local mithais every now and favourite barfi's from the city. ture having been exhibited by a (Santa Banta) group of college going students, with the boys and girls donning lockets with Honey Singh's initials inscribed on them. Honey Singh, the singing su- perstar is known for his distinc- tive style. A locket that forms his style statement has been notewor- thy in all his appearances. Imbib- ing the style, this group of college- goers not only opted to sport lock- ets a la Yo Yo Honey Singh but The reports of ugly spat between also had his inscribed on them. The Farhan Akhtar and Aditya Roy gesture is a heart-warming effort Kapur have been doing the rounds by the young fans, which will sure for a while now and the actor-film- leave Yo Yo Honey Singh smiling! maker shut down the rumours by Honey Singh's latest hit song posting a happy picture of them 'Dheere Dheere' broke all records on social media. There were re- by becoming first Indian song to ports that Farhan got miffed with cross the 200 million view mark Aditya’s closeness to Shraddha on Youtube. Kapoor and the duo got into a fight (Santa Banta) during the 30 years anniversary celebration of Vishesh Films. “And that, as they say, is that.. Sayani Gupta: Short RIP rumours. #lastnight #chill- times,” Farhan captioned the pho- Mahira beats to of him and Aditya smiling for films allow us to the camera. Shraddha Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar in Rock On 2. Alia and Deepika Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha experiment without Arjun Rampal Kapoor in Aashiqui 2. Shraddha and Aditya first to become top sparked dating rumours close to putting much at stake booked for allegedly the release of their blockbuster Aashiqui 2, while her budding ro- Actor Sayani Gupta , who will soon be seen in a short film titled Shame- grossing actor in 2017 mance with Farhan started mak- less, loves this medium. She says that such films are like a breath of assaulting a man? ing headlines after they collabo- fresh air, not only for the audience, but for the actors as well. rated on Rock On 2. “They give you the scope to experiment with something new and Looks like Arjun Rampal has land- suddenly threw a camera towards (Tribune) unconventional without putting too much at stake. It’s a great medium ed himself in legal trouble yet again. the audience, which hit me.” According to a report in Time “I don’t know why he threw of India, the model turned actor the camera. The incident took has been booked for assault as he place at around 3.30am. I have injured a man in a Delhi five-star complained, but the police have hotel. The actor allegedly snatched not taken any action. No FIR has the man’s camera and threw it at been registered till now,” he add- him, apparently injuring the man. ed. The Rock On star has not com- The actor was at a city five-star to mented on the matter till now. perform at a DJ night. On the work front, Arjun will The victim, Shobit told the next be seen in a biopic of gang- publication, “I went for a Satur- ster-turned-politician Arun Gaw- day night party. Arjun Rampal li, called Daddy. was playing the DJ console. He (Santa Banta)

Mahira Khan made her Bollywood Johny LLB 2 respectively. Dear debut with none other than King Indian media, don’t hate Mahira Khan himself in Raees. While the Khan just because she’s Pakistani to tell short stories which can have about this short film, which he was movie was not cleared by the Cen- The Ho Mann Jahan star beat a long lasting impact. Also, I feel it part of. He told me the story, and sor Board to screen in Pakistan, Bollywood ace actors such as Alia provides the right break for us as I was immediately hooked. Then I SRK-Mahira starrer did extreme- Bhatt with Badrinath Ki Dul- actors, since most of the time, we read the script and it was quite ly well worldwide. haniya and Deepika Padukone with are involved in long schedules for thrilling. Also, it was a perfect Therefore, when Bollywood her Hollywood debut, xXx: Return our feature films,” says Sayani, piece for two actors and I?had a Life went on to determine which of the Xander Cage takes fourth who has been part of films such as lot of scope for trying out some- actor did the best in the first quar- and fifth position in the list. Margarita with a Straw (2015), thing totally new and fun in the ter of 2017, Mahira beat the fa- However, she might not be able Parched (2016), Fan (2016) and film,” says Sayani. mous divas of Bollywood. to top the list for a long time due According to the report, the to the ban on Pakistani artists in Jolly LLB 2 (2017). Sayani has already shot for the Bol actor starrer, Raees, did excep- India. The actor will be seen along- film and is all praise for the direc- tionally well with minting over $21 Be it beginner’s luck or not, side her Margarita with a Straw tor Keith Gomes. She says, “I met million only in India. The huge box- her fans wait with bated breath to co-star Hussain Dalal in the short Keith and immediately loved him. office collection escalates Mahira see how this success translates film, Shameless. It was he who He is a great director and also an to the pinnacle. into more and better roles for Pa- convinced her to take on the short amazing guy. We shot over two The second and third position kistan’s leading female star. film. days in an apartment in Dadar in holders are Yami Gautam with (Tribune) “Hussain called me to tell me Mumbai and we had a great time.” Kaabil and Huma Qureshi with (Santa Banta) MONDAY.APRIL 10, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

CCD2 Review: Northamp- tonshire crush Glamorgan inside two days Ben Sanderson took four second- innings wickets as Northampton- shire claimed victory by an innings and 22 runs over Glamorgan in- side two days at Wantage Road. The hosts started their Specsav- ers County Championship season in the perfect fashion after extend- ing their lead to 209 runs in the morning session before dismissing Monaco extended their lead at the acted well to keep out efforts from before half-time. Lorient took con- hosts had been in free-fall with Glamorgan for 187 in their second top of Ligue 1 as Radamel Falcao's Karl Toko Ekambi and Famara trol when Sylvain Marveaux (49) eight defeats in nine games and no innings. Northants took until Au- second-half goal secured a 1-0 win Diedhiou with Monaco out of sorts pounced, and Benjamin Moukand- league win for two months, but gust to win a Championship match at Angers. Falcao was restored to before the break. jo struck after 73 and 80 minutes Maurice Dale struck after 11 min- last season but they got off the the Monaco starting line-up for the Leonardo Jardim's side im- to give the fast-improving visitors utes to ease Nancy nerves. Issair mark at the first attempt this time first time since the end of Febru- proved after the restart and Tie- a third straight win. Bordeaux Dia was also on target after 51 and around, succeeding in the opening ary after a hip injury and the Co- moue Bakayoko should have climbed above Marseille into fifth 65 minutes to take his season's tally game of the season for the first time lombian came up with the all-im- scored before Falcao latched onto spot by beating Metz 3-0. into double figures. Bastia boost- since 1995. Sanderson claimed two portant 61st-minute winner - his Nabil Dirar's pass to net the win- Brazilian striker Malcom re- ed their battle to beat the drop with wickets in his opening spell but it 17th goal in Ligue 1 this season - ner. Monaco survived a late scare warded early home pressure by a 2-1 win at Dijon - their first in was his probing effort after lunch after mid-table Angers had threat- when Jonathan Bamba's header sweeping Bordeaux ahead after 14 Ligue 1 since December 17. that caught the eye most. ened an upset. Monaco's victory struck a post six minutes from time. minutes. Valentin Vada then scored Enzo Crivelli (17) and Yannick Rory Kleinveldt again played took them four points clear of sec- Fourth-placed Lyon suffered twice within seven minutes of the Cahuzac (58) netted for Bastia, his part with three wickets to fin- ond-placed Nice, although Paris a surprise 4-1 home defeat to Lori- restart, the first from the penalty with Pierre Lees-Melou (29) re- ish with six in the match, while Saint-Germain could cut the gap ent as the bottom three in Ligue 1 spot and the second after good plying for a Dijon side who drop Nathan Buck rounded off a win- to three on Sunday when they play all won on a night of shocks. It work by Gaetan Laborde. Metz into the bottom three. Caen's rele- ning debut with the final scalp 11 at home to Guingamp. looked plain sailing for Lyon when also had full-back Benoit Assou- gation worries also increased with Angers had several chances to Memphis Depay set up Corentin Ekotto sent off in the fourth a 2-0 home defeat to Montpellier. open the scoring in the first half Tolisso to open the scoring after minute of stoppage time. Stephane Sessegnon (50) and but were thwarted by the excel- 28 minutes, but Lorient levelled Nancy moved out of the bot- Jonathan Ikone (88) scored sec- lence of Monaco goalkeeper through Majeed Waris' magnificent tom three with a comfortable 3-0 ond-half goals for Montpellier. Danijel Subasic. The Croatian re- right-footed strike three minutes home victory against Rennes. The (Sky Sport) Sergio Garcia has Liam Smith edges Liam Williams as ‘great chance’ cut eye costs Welshman WBO title to win Masters: Liam Williams failed to win the overs before the scheduled close. WBO's interim super-welter- Joe Denly's second half-century of weight title as a damaged eye saw the game and a four-wicket blast Butch Harmon by Mitch Claydon extended him pulled out after nine rounds against Liam Smith. A clash of Butch Harmon relishes a high-class to the range in the morning and you Kent's advantage over Gloucester- heads in the ninth contributed to leaderboard for the final round of work on it. This guy is due to win shire on day two in Canterbury. the damage which left Williams' the Masters and assesses Sergio a major. It's going to happen, but After hitting 62 in Kent's first right eye almost completely closed Garcia's hopes of claiming a long- is tomorrow going to be the day? innings, Denly followed with an as he headed back to the corner, awaited maiden major victory at He has a great chance. equally vital 59 as Kent reached though the Welshman appeared to Augusta. We're in for one of the Justin Rose has always been a 118-4 for an emphatic overall lead be cut before the contact. best closing Sunday's we've ever great ball striker, he always gives of 267 going into day three of the Williams was ahead by a point had at Augusta. There are so many himself a lot of opportunity and match. Batting for a second time on all three cards but visibly tir- guys who can win this and so many like Sergio he's not the best putter by Saturday's final session and ing, and trainer Gary Lockett called different scenarios you could bet in the world. It's going to be inter- having banked a 149-run lead, a halt, confirming a first defeat in on. I think he knows what he has esting when they're together to- Kent suffered an early blow when 18 professional contests for his to do to win tomorrow. This guy morrow on the back nine going for Daniel Bell-Drummond prodded man. The interim title remains va- is due to win a major. Masters victory. In the past we've indeterminately at one from Liam cant as Smith's failure to make If you were going to bet some seen them both miss a lot of those Norwell to be caught at third slip weight on Friday left him ineligi- money on who to win then it would little putts, so can they handle the with only three on the board. ble to reclaim a strap he held on a be hard to pick one guy, cause there pressure of making those tomor- Kent's second-wicket pairing permanent basis until September's so many in with a chance. I can't row? of Denly and Joe Weatherley set defeat to Canelo Alvarez. Smith wait for Sunday to get here. When you look down that lead- out their stall to bat time for an looked in danger of succumbing to I think Sergio Garcia has ma- erboard, everybody had forgotten hour, content to knock the shine a cut himself for much of the fight, tured tremendously, as you can about Adam Scott and he's a former off the new ball in the face of a a straight left in the third capping look back at his career and find Masters champions. Rickie Fowl- testing examination from the likes Williams' impressive start and closed in on a money-spinning ond half of the contest to claim a tory in a four-rounder against Ar- places where he had lost his head. er and Jordan Spieth are really close of David Payne, Chris Liddle, opening a nasty wound above his unification showdown after beat- 116-112, 120-108, 118-110 victo- gentine Virginia Noemi Carcamo. I think he knows what he has and I think they will both pull each Craig Miles and Norwell. With the opponent's right eye. The ringside ing Russian Petr Petrov on points ry on the judges' cards. Now Flana- The double Olympic champi- to do to win tomorrow. I like that other along. Lee Westwood and hard work seemingly done Weath- doctor took a look during the sev- to successfully defend his WBO gan will hope to land a high-pro- on was given every round of the the fact that he knew he didn't have Paul Casey are still in the mix, and erley, on 34, wastefully chased a enth but waved the fight on, and lightweight title for the fifth time file clash with either Ukrainian star flyweight contest by the referee his good stuff on Saturday. Every anybody within six or seven shots wide one from Norwell to edge to Smith's stamina was starting to at the Manchester Arena. Flana- Vasyl Lomachenko or Anthony and briefly threatened a stoppage now and then you find something has a chance. the keeper, but Denly dug deeper bring rewards by the time the end gan was given a good work-out by Crolla's recent conqueror, Jorge in the fourth. that gets you around and you go (Sky Sport) to post a second successive half- came after the pick of the rounds. his experienced Russian opponent Linares. Nicola Adams began her (Fox Sport) century off 92 balls and with eight Elsewhere, Terry Flanagan before coming on strong in the sec- pro career with a convincing vic- fours. Denly lost his skipper Sam Northeast for eight - off balance and aiming to leg he departed lbw Great Britain to Miles - then just before stumps the former England one-day bat were defeated threw the sink at one from Miles to snick to a jubilant Phil Mus- tard. Earlier, Kent mopped up sev- by France en mid-session Gloucestershire wickets for 60 runs to skittle the after losing visitors for 149 by tea for exactly half their first-day total. James Pat- three matches tinson starred with bat and ball for Nottinghamshire as they turned in a row the screw on Leicestershire at Grace Road. Great Britain’s defence of the The Australia international hit Davis Cup ended at the quarter- a first-class career best 89 not out, final stage after losing a third con- Yanworth showed stamina is his compiling a partnership of 122 secutive rubber to France on Sat- forte as he ground out a determined with Stuart Broad which swung the urday. The hosts' Nicolas Mahut Steve Cummings suffers success in the Ryanair Stayers Liv- match firmly in Nottinghamshire's and Julien Benneteau defeated erpool Hurdle. The seven-year-old favour, before picking up two Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot multiple injuries in Tour of cast aside any doubts about seeing quick wickets as the visitors laid 7-6 5-7 7-5 7-5 in Rouen, elimi- out the three-mile trip when stay- waste the Foxes' second innings. nating Great Britain without the the Basque Country crash ing on strongest of them all to lift Leicestershire closed the day need for two scheduled singles rub- the Grade One and atone for his on 51-6 in their second innings, still bers on Sunday. Champion Hurdle disappoint- trailing by 27 runs with four wick- Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund ment. Restrained near the back of ets remaining after Notts ended had previously lost singles match- the field early on by Barry Ger- their first innings with 329 runs. es on Friday, meaning Saturday's aghty, the 9-4 favourite was one Luke Fletcher (3-14) and Broad (1- doubles was a must-win for Great of four in with a live chance over 9) also claimed wickets as the hosts Britain but they were ultimately the penultimate flight. Over the stuttered on Saturday afternoon. unable to keep the quarter-final last four soon became three as the It was a remarkable turnaround alive into the final day. France, who Alan King-trained runner, togeth- in fortunes after Leicestershire's haven't won the Davis Cup in 16 er with Coral Cup winner Supa- ly." King said: "We were trying self a Grade One horse and he gets seamers, led by Ben Raine who fin- years, asserted their dominance sundae and Snow Falcon, pressed three miles today and it was a long three miles. "I know he's by Gali- ished with a career-best 6-66, had immediately on Saturday when on. As Geraghty asked for a maxi- run-in. I'm relieved more than any- leo but he has the stamp of a chas- bowled their side into the ascen- Mahut and Benneteau snatched mum response the JP McManus- thing, delighted with him. er and jumps hurdles so well that I dancy, reducing Notts to 167-7 by the opening set on a tie-break. owned gelding delivered, getting up "He won a Christmas Hurdle think he will go over fences. He mid-afternoon, still 84 behind on Across the entire tie, it was to deny Supasundae by a length and a Kingwell so we had to go to won't be going to Punchestown." first innings. France's seventh consecutive set with Snow Falcon a further three- the Champion Hurdle. I wasn't Power added: "He got very hot but (Cricket News) without Britain winning any. The Steve Cummings is likely to need doctor Jarrad van Zuydam said: quarters of a length away in third. confident today, but we got away he's fine and has gone to cool down. rot was stopped, albeit briefly, by surgery after suffering multiple "The scapular fracture extends into Geraghty said: "He kept going with it. "I think he will be even He's run a cracker." Snow Falcon's Britain's doubles team when Inglot injuries in a crash during the Tour the joint meaning that Steve will there. He bundled the third-last, I better over a fence and he will go trainer Noel Meade already has a struck a majestic lob to gain con- of the Basque Country. Cum- likely need surgery to ensure an just didn't want to commit as I novice chasing in the autumn." trip to Royal Ascot on his mind trol of the second set allowing mings, a stage winner at the Tour accurate reduction. "If all goes well, didn't want to land in front. He Jessica Harrington, trainer of for the third. He said: "He jumped Murray to serve his side onto the de France in 2015 and 2016, was we can expect to have him on a made a mess of it but recovered Supasundae, also expects her great and I thought he might do it score-board. It would prove to be forced to quit the race after a crash trainer in two weeks' time with a quickly and was good at the last charge to be making his mark in coming to the last. I think he en- Britain's finest moment of the on Thursday's fourth stage. gradual return as pain allows." two. "Maybe the (two-mile) trip novice chase company next term. joyed this track more than the ups quarter-final. Mahut, a former The Team Dimension Data Primoz Roglic of LottoNL- (found him out at Cheltenham), but She said: "He kicked the third-last and downs of Cheltenham. "He got world No 1 at doubles, showed his rider, 36, suffered a fractured col- Jumbo won Thursday's stage he is better than that. I would say out which must have taken some- into the race very easily today and class in the third set moments af- larbone, scapula and sternum in the thanks to a late breakaway and he probably slightly under per- thing out of him and Robert (Pow- will probably go to Punchestown, ter wasting a set point by forcing incident, which occurred with stands second overall behind Dav- formed. He got very warm before- er) just said he was a bit warm, but but the one I really want is the another advantage for France, around 30km remaining and took id De La Cruz (Quick-Step Floors) hand. "I think he's probably a mid- he pulled up grand. Ascot Stakes. which they took to go 2-1 ahead. out a number of other riders. Team with two stages remaining. dle-distance (horse) or stayer real- "This year he's proved him- (Sky Sport) MONDAY . APRIL 10. 2017-Hamal 21, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 247 Price: Afs.20

Merkel defends Germany’s deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers Chancellor Angela Merkel on Fri- day defended Germany’s stepped up deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, saying other Eu- funding Afghanistan’s elections,” ropean countries were doing the finance ministry spokesman Ajmal same in response to a large influx Abdul Rahimzai said. Meanwhile, of migrants since summer 2015. a number of MPs said the elector- Over a million migrants have al process is faced with other chal- flocked to Germany in the last two lenges besides its financial prob- years. Merkel, who initially em- lem. “It is important that the in- braced an open-door refugee poli- ternational community should see cy, has toughened her tone in re- how much motivation and will the cent months as she seeks a fourth Afghan government has to hold a term in a Sept. 24 election in which transparent election,” said Nahid the anti-immigrant Alternative for Farid, an MP from Herat. Germany party is expected to win “Delay in finance of the elec- seats. In December Germany be- tions will affect political stability, gan carrying out group deporta- the stability of democracy and civil tions of Afghans with the govern- society organizations. This will ment seeking to show it is tackling not have a good future if it pre- the high number of migrants by get- vails,” said Kamal Safi, an MP from ting rid of those who do not qual- Parwan. Meanwhile, member of ify as refugees. One third of those Election Watch Afghanistan sent back on the first flight were Habibullah Shinwari said the ab- criminals convicted of offences. sence of a budget for upcoming elec- In 2016, Afghans were the sec- tions would affect transparency. ond biggest group of asylum seek- “Our suggestion to the election ers in Germany after Syrians, ac- commission is that it follows mech- cording to data from the Federal anisms that lowers elections cost. AT News Report country.” Office for Migration and Refugees. We have shared our drafts with the “All other EU countries send KABUL: An International Cam- Expressing grievance over election commissions and govern- paign titled “Women for Change” symbolic and improper projects those who don’t have the right of ment in this respect ,” Shinwari residence back to Afghanistan,” has been kicked off on Sunday to for women in the past years, she The Ministry of Finance said Sat- district councils’ elections. Prima- “The share of election has been told TOLOnews. This comes af- foster women’s role in different said, “government and relevant Merkel said during an event at the urday government’s meetings with ry assessments by the Indepen- specified in the national budget. ter a report by TOLOnews indi- chancellery in Berlin with people aspects of the society and poli- organs must have clear intention the international community were dent Election Commission (IEC) We are working with the interna- cated that more than $1 billion tics. This campaign has been initi- as well as implement fundamental who help refugees. Merkel urged ongoing and they hoped donor reveals that the next parliamenta- tional community to finance the USD has been spent on Afghani- Afghanistan’s president: “Don’t ated by Humanitarian Assistance projects for improving of women countries would be ready to fund ry and district council elections remaining part. They [internation- stan’s elections since 2003. for Women and Children of Af- throughout the country. give the impression that (Afghans) the upcoming parliamentary and will cost about $120 million USD. al community] are committed to (ToloNews) can’t live in Afghanistan because ghanistan (HAWCA), Civil Soci- Still women and girls are not otherwise we’ll all be lost together ety and Human Rights Network safe in different part of the coun- and we won’t be able to find any- (CSHRN), Afghanistan Human try particularly in remote district body to fight the Taliban as part Rights Action and Mobilization and they can’t go school, so gov- of the Afghan army anymore.” Afghanistan’s stability: Iran seen as key player (AHRAM), COSPE and the Eu- ernment must put on top agenda Around 55 percent of Afghans are ropean Union. protecting of women and girls granted refugee status in Germany KABUL : Iran can play a key part called Iran's Chabahar port an im- and economic significance, com- due on April 14, the Central Asian “This campaign has been set across the country, he added. while 45 percent are not, Merkel in neighbouring Afghanistan’s po- portant port connecting Afghani- pletion of the Chabahar Port will nations will be the newest addi- off to boost up women’s partici- Another women’s activist Sina said. She added that the Afghan litical and economic stability in a stan to the open seas and thus sta- not only benefit Afghanistan, but tion to the existing lot of six. Rus- pation in different political and Hawa said that women’s challeng- government had itself said that variety of ways, an Indian expert bilising its economy. Previously, also Iran and India.” she remarked. sia’s invitation to the Central Asian social aspects in the country,” Di- es and violence against them in- those coming to Germany were has said. A research associate at the Bandar Abbas port provided Despite its exclusion from inter- republics derives from its own stra- rector of HAWCA, Najia Akrami creased day by day across the certainly not all the Afghans who the New Delhi-based think tank Afghanistan access to open seas. national negotiations on Afghani- tegic interest in the Caucuses apart said. country, so this campaign run to are in the greatest danger of vio- “Society for Policy, Chayanika Chabahar will link Afghanistan and stan, Iran along with India had al- from the obvious threat that the She added “through this we compel relevant organs to support lence or the poorest. “I can’t and Saxena said in interview on Sun- the Central Asian Caucuses to In- ways supported stability in the debilitating situation in Afghani- would call on the government and women in capital and provinces should not send the signal that day Iran had hosted millions of dia and other South Asian nations, Central Asian country, the analyst stan poses to them. “The US, on other related organs including in- throughout the country. Germany thinks the 29 million refugees from Afghanistan. At an- bypassing Pakistan, which has of- added. The invitation extended to the other hand, has refused to share ternational community to run She said that aforementioned Afghans … live in unacceptable other level, she told IRNA, the ten been blamed for aiding Taliban Iran to join the six-nation talks on the table of talks with these mem- projects to empower women” organizer will exert utmost efforts conditions and that you can’t sur- Gulf country was apparently part and impeding transit trade with the Afghanistan in Russia was also in- ber-nations, alleging instead of the across the country. to reach voice of voiceless women vive in Afghanistan. That’s the di- of the global coalition that was war-hit neighbour. “Connected dicative of Tehran’s rising influence involvement of the Russians in “The main focus would be laid to the government of Afghanistan lemma we’re in,” the conservative supporting the Afghan-led resis- further through land routes to Af- in the region, Saxena argued. 'With arming the Taliban insurgency,” the down over women education and as well as European community in chancellor said. (ATN) tance against the Taliban Saxena ghanistan and given its strategic another round of Russia-led talks researcher said. (Pajhwok) economic empowerment in the order to find solution. Paktika man undergoes hip surgery in India

MIHTARLAM : Seven Taliban Laghman governor’s spokes- militants have been killed and nine person, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajh- others wounded in an ongoing op- wok Afghan News that the opera- eration in eastern Laghman prov- tion codenamed ‘Almas 2’ was ince, officials said on Saturday. launched jointly by Afghan forces on Friday. He added that seven militants were killed, nine wounded and nine others were arrested during the offensive. The militants suffered casual- ties belonged to Taliban command- ers named Janat Gul and Marshali KABUL : Injured in a clash, a young man from who were involved in roadside southeastern Afghanistan has undergone a suc- bombs, killing innocent people and cessful hip replacement surgery in India, a media carrying out other destructive ac- report said on Sunday. tivities, Zwak added. Caught in crossfire between insurgents and The operation which is cur- security forces two years back in Paktika prov- rently in progress in Omarzai area ince, Abdul Qahar’s hip was severely wounded. would clear around 110 villages, He was treated at the Osmania General Hospital he said. in Hyderabad. According to The Times of India, Security check posts will be the Afghan citizen was operated upon for hip re- also established in Sultan village placement under the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. and other insecure areas to prevent Now he is all poised to fly back home. "It is not a militants’ movements and improve small thing to spend thousands of rupees on us security situation of Mihtarlam strangers. The people of this city have been very city, the provincial capital, Zwak kind," Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Qahar’s father, was added. (Pajhwok) quoted as saying. (Pajhwok)

JALALABAD : At least 25 Daesh gun, two Kalashnikovs and ammu- -- Islamic State (IS) -- rebels have nition were seized. Commandoes, been killed during an air-and- police, regular, local and border ground operation in the Achin dis- police, as well as Afghan National trict of eastern Nangarhar prov- Army (ANA) soldiers, had been ince, official said on Sunday. conducting Operation Hamza in Provincial police spokesman Achin district for the past two Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal weeks, he said. Separately, one told Pajhwok Afghan News secu- Daesh militant was killed during a rity forces carried out the opera- US drone strike in the Morchal area tion codenamed Hamza in Pekha of Nazyan district, the police and Button areas of the district. spokesman said. A media release He said 24 Daesh members from the Nangarhar governor’s were killed and six others detained house said a car full of explosives by security forces. The bodies of was seized during the search of a three slain fighters were still lying house by intelligence agents in at the site. He added one machine- Ghanikhel district. (Pajhwok)