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AT News Report commanders were killed. He said tion would be launched soon to re- that security check-posts were take Darqad district of northern ambivalent about the anti-Taliban Pakistan started religious militancy since 1979 for fter two days of battle be established in different areas of the Takhar province. However, the se- and anti-militant mission in the safeguarding its national interests and expelling the then USSR tween the security forces district and heavy contingent of curity forces would remain in Dash- FATA, in part due to their history from Afghanistan, Musharraf confessed in a TV interview and Taliban militants, final- of close ties to the Taliban in Af- A police and troops was deployed. ti-e-Archi for a while, he said. Lo- ghanistan's conflict with the Sovi- AT Monitoring Desk ly the government forces have He furthered that there were no cal officials said that the offensive to Afghanistan. They were our cleared Dashti-e-Archi district of civilian casualties during the of- was backed by air support which et Union and Pakistan's use of mil- heroes. Haqqani was our hero. northern Kunduz province from fensive. He said that the offen- targeted the insurgents vehicles. itant proxies in its conflict with Osama bin Laden was our hero. the miscreants and retaken con- sive was very useful and well- The district was the main centre of India." "Pakistan's desire to Zwahiri was our hero, confessed trol of the district, officials said planned. He said the main base of the Taliban insurgents from where counter India's growing influence Musharraf. Later they became on Wednesday. The deputy chief Taliban insurgents have been de- they have launched many attacks in Afghanistan and concerns about villains, Musharaf added. The U.S. long-term commitments to of army staff Gen. Murad Ali Mu- stroyed in the district and all in- on Kunduz and other parts of the An email released by WikiLeaks report further states that Mush- rad said that in the two-day in- surgents have been eliminated. The northeastern Afghanistan. The Tal- Afghanistan increase Pakistan's arraf admitted in the interview that reportedly from the hacked per- interest in hedging its bets by en- tense operation hundreds of Tali- deputy chief of army staff went iban insurgents have not yet com- sonal email account of the U.S's Pakistan supported and trained ban fighters including their key on to say that a large-scale opera- mented regarding the offensive. suring that it will be able to have a other militant groups like Lash- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) working relationship with the Tal- kar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) in 1990s to chief John Brennan indicates that iban to balance Indian and Iranian carry out jihad in Kashmir. Tribal councils seek greater role in peace drive Pakistan has used terrorists as interests if the United States with- In 1990s the freedom strug- proxies to counter India's growing draws," Brennan wrote in the 13- gle began in Kashmir. At that time KABUL: Tribal council chiefs on chief, called government s peace ef- ing HPC chief Abdul Hakim Muja- influence in Afghanistan. page strategy paper to U.S Presi- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and 11 or 12 Wednesday criticised govern- forts a failure, saying nothing tangi- hid said the council s annual expens- The document states: "Efforts dent Barack Obama in 2008 in the KABUL: The former president other organizations were formed. ment s peace drive, saying peace ble had been done during the past es stood at $2.8 million and since in the FATA (Federally Adminis- role of a top foreign policy and and military leader of Pakistan We supported them and trained would continue to elude Afghani- one decade. To date the peace talks its inception, the department had tered Tribal Areas) have been chal- counter-terrorism adviser to the Pervez Musharaf in an interview them as they were fighting in Kash- stan until recruitment by insur- remain in a symbolic form. The gov- only consumed $15 million. He said lenged by Pakistan's ambivalence president. The document shows to Pakistan s leaving TV Channel mir. Though they were beaten and gents and enemies propaganda ernment and the High Peace Council there were elements who saw the toward, and perhaps outright sup- US concerns about Pakistan's re- Dunya on Tuesday said that put to rout by Indian troops, but was prevented. More than 100 (HPC) had no achievements in this war in their interest and the govern- port for, the Taliban. solve to fight terrorism. Raising Pakistan started religious militan- we received them as our heroes, tribal councils heads attended a regard, he told Pajhwok Afghan ment should find ways to tackle this While the U.S. Intelligence doubts, Brennan said the US gov- cy since 1979 in its national inter- Musharraf gave it out in the inter- gathering in Kabul and discussed News. Based on reports around issue.Without consulting tribal coun- Community differs on the extent ernment may increase unilateral ests. We mustered up Muja- view. He said that terrorists like ways how to find a negotiated end $800 million has been spent on the cils heads, he said, bringing peace of the relationships, at least some action, but America needed Paki- hideen from across the world. We LeT s Saeed and Zakur Rehman to the country s conflict. Azizul- government-initiated peace process, was impossible, urging these chiefs elements of Pakistan's military and stani cooperation to eliminate the trained the Taliban. We sent them Lkhvi, who have been blamed ..P2 lah Waziri, Paktika tribal council but has little achievements. But Act- to persuade insurgents to talks. intelligence services appear to be threat from the FATA. ..P2

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Two young Afghan women have invented a new method of culti- vating mushrooms which they hope will not only bring down the price on the open market but will Scho o l girls w ho also encourage other women to use their new growing method. Sahar Hamdard and Mehria Karim, from Kabul, told TOLO- died in quake news that their initiative will also produce mushrooms in a clean and hygienic environment. laid to rest "Our purpose of cultivating mushrooms with this new method is to create job opportunities for women and also provide mush- rooms for the Afghan market," said Hamdard. She said they were work- ing to produce more mushrooms and sell them at markets. Explaining the method, her fel- low inventor, Mehria Karim said blend it with mushroom seeds and Using this method, they can the method was very simple and keep them in special plastic bags," grow two different types of mush- every Afghan can grow mush- Mehria said. "We keep those bags rooms. However, about 400 types rooms. "We mix hygienic wheat in humid conditions for 26 days of mushrooms have been identi- straw with chlorine and a type of and they are ready for use on the fied worldwide and are used for powder in a sanitized area and then 27th day." food and medicine.

The funeral ceremony of 12 school cized the Education Ministry for girls who died while trying to run not paying attention to the quali- from their school building on Mon- ty of buildings used as schools. "I day during the 7.5 magnitude earth was at home when the quake hap- quake was held in northern Takhar pened. Then I went to school and province early the other day. saw that everyone was shocked The school girls died in a stam- and were running," another resi- pede caused when a roof collapsed dent said. "I was at school when FARAH CITY: A 14-year-old had been subjecting her to differ- at the Bibi Hajera School in Talu- the earthquake occurred. Then I married girl, Yagana, in western ent types of violence since they qan city. At least 38 others were started to run but I fell and there Farah province says her husband married a year back. wounded in the incident. were people running over me," said uses to beat her, fastens her hands Amanullah always beats me Families of the school girls said Nadia, a school girl who has sus- in chains and burns her body with with chains and hot rods with my classes were held in a rented house tained injuries. Monday's deadly hot iron rods to force her father to hands and feet tied. He asks me which was not built to standard. 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Af- return him the traditional bride to return the money taken by my They said it was for this reason ghanistan has left at least 82 peo- money. Yagana, a resident of Gin- father. He does not give me food, that there was such a high death ple dead. Officials say the death is bagh village of Purchaman district, except a loaf of bread after a long toll among the girls. "No one takes still expected to rise as relief teams came to the provincial capital, time, she said. care of the poor people. The gov- reach remote areas. "Numbers we Farah City, with her brother and With tears rolling down his ernor and the lawmakers have have received - 38 people wound- father to visit the governor s house cheeks, her father, Abdullah, 73, made buildings for themselves, but ed and 12 died. The wounded are and seek divorce from her husband regretted taking the bride price they have not made a place for in critical condition and one of the and get him punished. from Amanullah, saying his son- schools," said Jamil Frotan, a res- wounded students died yester- Her brother Abdul Majeed, 24, in-law had broken her hands. I ident of Takhar. The families criti- day," the doctor said. told Pajhwok Afghan News his and my two sons are farmers and father had demanded 500,000 af- we are poor people and don t ghanis in bride price locally known know anybody in the city. We as walwar from the groom, Aman- went to the women s affairs de- Earthquake leaves ullah, 25, but Amanullah only of- partment and the governor s of- fered 300,000 afs, saying he had fice to get divorce for my daugh- no more money. ter from the cruel person, he said. sco res o f Kabul He said their family then com- Meanwhile, Acting Women s pelled to accept the reduced price Affairs Director Shah Gul Sadeed and give Yagana in marriage to said signs of torture were visible families homeless Amanullah who belongs to Dara- on Yagana s body and her arm was bad village on the outskirts of broken. In fact Yagana s father is Farah City. The brother said the guilty for marrying his minor road between Purchaman district daughter to the person, he said, and Farah City was in a highly adding that they had introduced rundown condition and the long Yagana to the women shelter, but distance between the two villages officials at the shelter denied to Bibihal Uzbeki, from Kunduz, deserts, seas and forests into Eu- "I became homeless, a migrant, I've prevented them from meeting Ya- admit her due to her critical health Afghanistan, is among tens of thou- rope is dangerous and exhausting, been on the road for a long time," gana. He said they had twice tried condition. sands of migrants who have trav- even for people one-fifth her age. she added. She said her son carried to take his sister home, but her The director said Amanullah elled thousands of kilometers flee- Uzbeki said her 17-member fami- her on his back, and that she "fell husband did allow this. The broth- had been arrested and referred to ing war and poverty to search for ly had travelled for 20 days to and broke (injured) my head". er said later they came to know the prosecutor s office on charges a happier, safer future in Europe. reach Europe, with her 67-year- Croatian police said they checked that Amanullah used to severely of violence against his wife. The only difference is she is 105 old son and her 19-year-old grand- her documents and she is 105 years beat Yagana to ask her father to Over the past six months, 46 years old. son often carrying her on their old, as her grandson said. Her age return the money. Last week, I cases of violence, six beating, 28 Wrapped in a green scarf and a backs. One relative said: ''She has could not be independently veri- was informed that Yagana is sick, divorces, 11 cases of fleeing brown blanket, she was brought had problems many times, suffered fied as her documents were being so we come to take her, he said, homes, five of breaking engage- on a stretcher to Croatia's main a lot." As they carried her into a processed by the Croatian police. adding his sister was so weak. ments, four cases of denying bride Opatovac refugee camp on Tues- train that took them further west More than 260,000 migrants Unable to stand on her own money and three murders have day after crossing from Serbia with towards Slovenia, her grandson have passed through Croatia since due to weakness, the child bride been registered with his depart- a large group of refugees, including Muhamet said the family was September 15, when Hungary said in low tune that her husband ment, he concluded. (Pajhwok) her son, grandson and several oth- hoping to reach Sweden. Asked closed its border with Serbia, di- er relatives. where she is going, Uzbeki said: verting the flow of refugees to The trek across mountains, "Sweden, I am going to Sweden." Croatia. Residents in some parts of Kabul, ullah. whose houses were damaged in Another Kabul resident, Naz- Earthquake rumors cause Monday's 7.5 magnitude earth- bo, who lives in Shor Bazaar said: Aptech to open CBSE school in Afghanistan quake, said they spent last night "Most of the houses in our area stampede in Nangarhar Uni- out in the open as their homes are were damaged. All the area and the CHENNAI: Global education and responsibility will be to develop presence in several emerging coun- not habitable. bazaar and our houses in Shor Ba- versity, 27 students wounded training company Aptech is en- curriculum, provide content, de- tries and have an understanding of They called on government to zaar area of Kabul have been seri- tering the formal K-12 school busi- ploy Aptech s pedagogy, bring the requirements there. The com- step in and help them. Some said ously damaged in yesterday's 27 students of Nangarhar Univer- students began running out of their ness by setting up its maiden necessary education board ap- pany plans to set up 20 schools in they did not have the means to re- [Monday] earthquake." Shor Ba- sity sustained injuries in a stam- barracks and a stampede occurred school in Kabul, Afghanistan. The provals, deploy evaluation strat- the next five years. It was unlikely build their houses and appealed for zaar is a very old part of the city pede followed by rumors of an- leaving 27 students wounded, he school will begin to admit students egy and provide training and cer- that a school would be set up in government assistance. Hayatul- and consists of mostly mud-made other powerful jolt of earthquake said. The victims were taken to in April 2016. Aptech works on a tification for the faculty enabling India, said Karke. While the mar- lah, the head of a seven-member houses. It is said that most houses in the wee hours of Tuesday. Pro- Nangarhar Regional Hospital and business partner model across 40 them to excel in education deliv- ket is not saturated, the need is family, said he cannot move his in Afghanistan have not been built fessor Babrak Miakhil, head of discharged after receiving treat- countries. The company has been ery. The school will follow the much higher in other countries, he family back into their home be- in compliance with safety stan- Nangarhar University said that ment. They had received minor in- running a computer education CBSE curriculum. Ninaad Karpe, added. Aptech commenced its edu- cause of the structural damage dards to withstand natural disas- students living in the hostel were juries and none of their wounds centre in Afghanistan for more CEO and MD, Aptech said, Our cation and training business in 1986 caused during the quake. He said ters. put in fear by rumors published were life threatening. This comes than three years. The upcoming choice was more need and oppor- and has globally trained over seven rain alone could easily cause it to The quake, which struck on on social media such as facebook after a powerful earthquake of 7.5 school will be run in partnership tunity based rather than geograph- million students. Aptech s shares collapse. "The winter is coming. Monday at about 1:40 pm local that another powerful jolt of earth- magnitude struck Afghanistan on with a local education trust which ical. The need for formal world were trading at Rs 63.45, up by Our house has been damaged in the time is believed to have been the quake is expected at 03:00 am on Monday leaving 115 people killed will handle local approvals and the class education in Afghanistan is 2.75% from its previous closing of earthquake. We do not have mon- most powerful in the country's Tuesday. Around three O clock, and 538 wounded. (KP) required infrastructure. Aptech s far more than in India. We have Rs 61.75 on the BSE. (TOI) ey to reconstruct it," said Hayat- recent history. 6 detained on drug Sparks, skills and new hope for Afghan refugee w om en in Iran smuggling charges H erat po lice rescue SHIRAZ: (UNHCR) In the nally registered his company and in Kabul, Nangarhar kidn apped child southern Iranian city of Shiraz, a was offered an office space by the KABUL: Six individuals were de- group of Afghan women are con- Ministry of Science in 2013. tained in connection with drug and that the kidnappers drugged necting wires, soldering mother- In March 2014, Mohammadi smuggling in Kabul and eastern him to keep him unconscious. boards and making cars safer. One approached UNHCR for help to Nangarhar provinces last week, According to TOLOnews re- of them is a 20 year-old who has expand his business. It coincided the Criminal Justice Task Force porter Tamim Hamid, police of- lived with her disabled mother with a time when UNHCR and (CJTF) said on Wednesday. Five ficers first arrested one member of since her father died. Another is its government counterpart, the of the drug traffickers were arrest- the gang who kidnapped the boy an 18 year-old living with an eld- Bureau for Aliens and Foreign ed at the Hamid Karzai Interna- and then followed the lead to tional Airport in Kabul while a erly father and a disabled brother. Immigrant s Affairs (BAFIA) had where they were holding the child. Their fortunes began to change begun reaching out to vulnerable sixth was detained in Nangarhar The kidnappers had reported- by Counter-Narcotic Police. The when they met Noor Mohammad. families to better support them. task force said in a statement cas- ly demanded a ransom for the boy. Nour Mohammad Mohamma- It became clear that many skilled es against the detainees were re- Discussing the case, Herat di is a quiet, unassuming and gen- women were being left out of the ly members when needed. They he can return home someday, attend ferred to the CJTF court after pre- police chief Abdul Maji Rozi as- tle 23-year-old Afghan refugee. He workforce. BAFIA and UNHCR earn between 100 200 USD a university and establish a compa- liminary interrogations. More sured the people of his commit- fled war in Afghanistan s Maidan also began working with refugees month depending on how many ny there. Many people believe than three kilograms of heroin, 118 A child, believed to be about eight ment to fighting crime. He said: "I Wardak Province in 1996 and set- more actively to take more re- items they produce, and he post- that uneducated Afghan refugee kg of hashish, seven mobile phone years old, who was recently kid- will be in people's service whether tled in Iran. There, he studied auto sponsibility within their own ed a profit of 4,000 USD last fi- women cannot undertake complex sets and a vehicle were also seized napped in Herat city, was rescued I am off duty or on duty." nancial year that he reinvested technical jobs, but we have proved from the detainees. Over the past mechanics, assisted partially by communities. Mohammadi, UN- on Wednesday during a special Kidnapping cases have in- UNHCR, and worked as a me- HCR and BAFIA developed a back into the company. Since I otherwise, adds Reza Kavosh, the six months, 411 people, including operation by police in the western creased in Herat over the past few a dozen women, 20 civil servants chanic in an auto shop at the same plan where he would hire women started to work at home I became livelihood focal point with UNH- and two foreign nationals have province. years. President Ashraf Ghani, in time. My family and I also lived to work to assemble his inventions more confident and I am able to CR Shiraz. With jobs come confi- been detained on charges of drug The kidnapped boy, whose the first days in office, vowed to in poverty, Mohammadi ex- in exchange for financial support. help my family to cover their ex- dence, pride, income, and better smuggling in different provinces name has been withheld, says he end this trend in the western prov- plains. My brother is disabled, Today, Mohammadi manu- penses, Maryam, another em- opportunities for a durable solu- of the country. (Pajhwok) was kept hostage for a few days ince. and my father did not allow my factures 10 different inventions ployee says. I hope that I can tion. This is the case of Tahmina sister to attend school or to for vehicles and has a team of 13 develop my skills and work in a and her mother who are being reset- work. His situation motivated staff; of which two are Iranians big company in near future. tled to Sweden. I am going to tell Osama bin Laden, Taliban were Pakistan s . . . him to start inventing security and the rest are Afghans. Five of Mohammadi is extremely proud the people in Sweden that I can help ...P1 systems for vehicles. In 2012, UN- his employees are women, and he of the women who work for him. make electronic devices, and I hope by India for attacks, were ers including Hafiz Saeed and La- (referring to terrorism in Pakistan) HCR assisted him financially, al- recently approached UNHCR to In one case, I gave some work to to find work there so I can continue also heroes for Pakistan at one khvi were our heroes at that time. are killing their own people here lowing him to invent a starter sys- help him hire even more women. a 20 year-old lady who had never to help support my family. I have time. Later on the religious militancy and this should be controlled and tem for vehicles that he was able The first week was difficult for attended school. She was sup- so many ideas that will help the The Kashmiri freedom fight- turned into terrorism. Now they stopped, Mussaraf said. to patent. He won third place in me, says 21 year-old Tahmina. posed to return the finished work Afghan community in Iran, says the National Inventing Festival of I did everything wrong. But in one week, but she came back in Mohammadi. I would like to get Iran in early 2013. He kept work- Mohammadi was very patient and 2 days with all the work perfect- in touch with Afghan university stu- Pakistan used militant proxies to counter . . . ing on new safety mechanisms for helped me fix my mistakes. Last ly done. I first suspected she got dents, and invent even more prod- vehicles including a speed moni- month I earned 100 USD. To outside help, but then I saw that ucts with them. I m sure they have ..P1 "Eighty per cent of our logis- After the September 3, 2008, A permanent halt of fuel or tor that slows the vehicle when overcome cultural barriers, he pro- she had done it all by herself. She good ideas. And if someone invests tical support for the forces in Af- US military raid into Pakistan, Is- other shipments would significant- the seatbelt is not fastened. He vides the women with equipment even taught me how to do the task more money into my business, I can ghanistan transits Pakistan and lamabad temporarily halted all fuel ly damage coalition operations in has since continued to win awards so they can work from home. The more efficiently. Mohammadi establish a workshop and hire even there currently is no viable land shipments to US forces operating Afghanistan," Brennan told Obama and contracts from vehicle com- women regulate their own work- hopes that the security situation more vulnerable refugee women. alternative. in Afghanistan. in the email. panies for his inventions. He fi- ing hours, and care for their fami- in Afghanistan improves so that (UNHCR) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

The commission tasked to recover families living in the rest were giv- Pashtun, the president's advisor on economic source for the country. bought this land two years ago and mean that I am not part of this grabbed land along with the Kabul en until Saturday to move out. urban development affairs said at These projects are pending," said I built my house here and I live country," he added. Municipal and Kabul Police According to commission officials, least 400,000 hectares of land has Pashtun. with my family. This is a legal Former residents of Qargha moved into the Qargha Lake set- concerned departments have con- been grabbed across Afghanistan Meanwhile, those who built hous- deed," said Ziauddin, one affected meanwhile said the land around the tlement and started demolishing firmed that the land around the lake over the past 15 years. "We can es around Qargha Lake say they resident. lake was bought by the government illegal dwellings. Houses built on is state owned and that the dwell- say that up to 400,000 hectares of have title deeds to the land they "If the government is legal then years ago but that the home own- the land around Qargha Lake are ings are illegal. They say the gov- land has been grabbed over the past claim to own. They say they it should pay compensation to me ers held on to their deeds and being occupied illegally, said offi- ernment plans to build a recreation 15 years in Afghanistan. This has bought the land legally and that because it is going to destroy my that subsequently some of the land cials. However, a number of va- area on the land once it has been hampered many developments and their documents have the signatures house; otherwise, if they don't and has been sold to new owners based cant houses were demolished and cleared of illegal dwellers. Yusuf big projects that could be a good of officials. "I have the deeds and I they destroy my house, it will on the previous deeds. Ghani hails UK s move to keep troops in EMERGENCY AT News Report Afghanistan CALLS KABUL: The Ashraf Ghani admin- KABUL: The High Peace Coun- istration on Wednesday welcomed cil (HPC) stressed that structure Police the United Kingdom s decision to Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi tion and the doctors were on duty, Badakhshan and some other prov- Kunar, confirmed that three of the council should be over- continue development, military but the dwellers complained inces were shifted to hospitals.The mosques and 1,645 houses were hauled. Acting chairman of the council, Abdul Hakim Mujahid, and security cooperation with Af- KABUL: Casualties in the Mon- about lack of medicines. He said minister said that each family will destroyed. He said that 19 people 100 - 119 ghanistan. A day earlier, Britain that the affected people have not receive Afs50,000. Aid was sent to were injured only in one house. The said that members of the council day earthquake increased in lack a united view regarding peace promised to keep supporting Af- Nuristan and Kunar provinces. At received aid and many were forced Takhar, Badakhshan and Nangar- lawmaker said that the affected peo- ghanistan s war on terrorism by to live under the open sky in the har. Aid to Nuristan and Kunar will ple were desperately waiting for talks with the Taliban. While talk- Hospitals least 38 people were killed and ing to a session about future of training its security forces as well 131 injured in the two provinces cold weather. Abdullah, an earth- be sent after assessment and open- relief packages but the central gov- as assistance in economic devel- quake affectee from Wama district, ing of the roads. The Afghan gov- ernment has been slow in provid- the peace process, Mujahid said FMIC Hospital that were close to the epicenter. the national unity government opment. A statement from Presi- Chief of the Nuristan provin- told Afghanistan Times via tele- ernment will receive the aid for the ing the aid. Salih said that the pro- Behind Kabul Medical dential Palace said the cooperation phone that his house has been affected people from Turkmeni- vincial governor has provided (NUG) had promised to devise a cial council, Saadullah Nuristani, mechanism for the HPC. We are was grounded in shared threats and told Afghanistan Times via tele- destroyed completely in the stan, Turkey, the UK, China and Afs10,000 to each family affected University: interests of the two governments earthquake and he was living in a India. Around 120 metric tons of from his own budget. Some aid and still waiting for the government phone that Wama district of the to overhaul structure of the HPC, 0202500200-+93793275595 and peoples. The Afghan govern- province suffered much due to tent with his 20-member family. flour will arrive from Turkmenistan. assessment teams were dispatched ment believes inasmuch as terror- He said that they had not received Clothes, flour, tents and food stuffs to different areas, except Kunar and he added. Mujahid urged the gov- nearness to the epicenter. Epicen- ernment to appoint honest and ism threatens the world, joint ac- ter of the earthquake was Juram relief package. Minister of Disas- are the major relief items that will Nuristan as the roads are blocked Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital tion could ensure peace in the re- ter Management Affairs, Muham- arrive soon, he said, adding that due to landslides. Meanwhile, the committed people as member of district of Badakhshan. He said the council. A number of HPC Pule Bagh-e- Umomi gion. One of the prerequisites to that 80 percent people in the dis- mad Wais Barmak, told the Wole- those who don t have tents and lost governor of Kunar province Wa- completely eliminate insecurity si Jirga that 31 persons were killed homes would receive money from heedullah Kaleemzai told Radio member are not interested in bring- trict suffered from the tremors. ing peace to Afghanistan, he 070263672 and other risks that threaten our Seven people were killed and 25 and 106 injured in 15 districts of the government to rent house. In Azadi that 48 people were killed country and international partners Kunar province. Around 1,645 an interview with Afghanistan and 105 injured in his province. said. He said that the new leader others injured in Nuristan. Live- of the Taliban militants is willing is the prosperity and economic de- stock sector was also damaged. houses, three mosques and a Times, Salih Muhammad Salih, a According to him 75 people killed Khairkhana Hospital velopment of Afghanistan, the school were also destroyed. He member of the Wolesi Jirga or Low- and around 200 houses were de- to talk peace with the Afghan gov- Responding to a question he ernment. However, he termed statement added. Sustaining inter- said that the hospital was opera- said that injured people in Takhar, er House of the parliament from stroyed in Nuristan province. 0799-321007 national cooperation in strength- mistrust between parties to the ening Afghan forces augmented current war as the main hurdle be- 2401352 their commitment and effective- Afghanistan s new envoy to UN NDS nabs four China offers fore peace talks. Mujahid also ness to accomplish their grand mis- relief package for urged the international communi- sion and further boost their mo- presents credentials to Ban Ki-moon wanted militants ty to sincerely cooperate in the Indira Gandhi Children rale, according to the palace. De- in Kandahar quake victims in peace process of Afghanistan. Hospital, Wazir Akbar fence Secretary Michael Fallon Afghanistan, Pakistan This comes at a time that the gov- said in a written statement to par- AT News Report ernment believes that peace ef- Khan, Kabul 2301372 liament on Tuesday Britain would forts would not yield in positive keep its current level of 450 troops KABUL: The National Director- Sri Lanka expresses results, unless Pakistan ends its on non-combat missions in Af- ate of Security (NDS) on Wednes- condolence support for the Taliban militants. Ibn-e- Seena ghanistan through 2016. Earlier in day claimed arrest of four wanted The Chief Executive Officer the month, President Barack terrorists in southern Kandahar AT News Report (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah recent- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Obama announced that thousands province. In a media statement is- ly said that Pakistan is yet to end of US military personnel would sued here, the Afghan spy agency KABUL: China has announced its support for the militants. Pa- 2100359 remain in Afghanistan longer than said that its operatives have ar- relief package for earthquake-af- kistani Prime Minister Nawaz promised. The US will maintain rested Rahmatullah who was head- fected people in Afghanistan and Sharif during his recent trip to the Wazir Akbar Khan its current force of 9,800 in the ing a four-member terrorist group. Pakistan and showed willingness United States said that Islamabad country through 2016. Fallon said: In a special operation Rahmat- to provide assistance based on cannot bring the Taliban to the Hospital needs of the two neighboring "Both the US and our own deci- ullah was arrested along with his negotiation table and fight against 2301741, 2301743 sions underline NATO's continued three comrades, Muhammad Sal- countries. China s Foreign Min- them at the same time. Malalai commitment to training and assist- eem, Jawed Ahmad and Muhibul- istry spokesman Lu Kang said on Shinwari, advisor to President Wednesday that the Chinese gov- Ashraf Ghani in youth s affairs, ing Afghan forces as they grow lah. According to the statement, ernment would provide relief Ali Abad stronger." (Pajhwok) the suspected terrorists were in- package to Kabul and Islamabad told the session that the HPC has volved in different terror activi- according to the conditions and failed to represent the Afghan Shahrara, Kabul ties including assassination of in- their needs. The China s Red government in talks with the Tal- Takhar s fluential tribal people and in cler- Cross will provide emergency iban militants. She said that the 2100439 ics in Kandahar province. Recent- support in cash to the two earth- government should dismantle the Darqad district AT News Report the formation of the National Uni- ly, the spy agency has seized 550 quake-hit countries. According to council and should assign a dele- ty Government, the Joint Decla- kilogram explosive material in Lu the China s Red Cross will gation to represent the govern- Malalai Maternity falls to Taliban KABUL: The new Permanent ration on Regional Peace and Sta- Logar province. provide $100,000 in cash to the ment in peace parleys with the Representative of Afghanistan to bility a track II initiative launched Red Crescent Society to each of Taliban. Hospital AT News Report the United Nations, Mahmoud in Kabul in 2013, the Afghanistan the two. Chinese President Xi 2201377/ 2301743 Saikal, has presented his creden- Compact which was launched at Health minister Jinping has sent a message of con- KABUL: The Taliban insurgents tials to the UN Secretary-General the London International Confer- dolence to his counterparts in Af- Presidential have seized control of Darqad dis- Ban Ki-moon. According to a ence on Afghanistan in 2006, as well unveils vaccine ghanistan and Pakistan. Lu Kang Banks trict of northern Takhar province statement issued by the UN press as the 2006 Afghanistan-NATO said that Chinese people have also Palace guards after fierce gun battle which last- office, the new Afghan envoy to Declaration, which set out the springhouse in sympathy and deepest condo- Da Afghanistan Bank the UN is a senior diplomat and Framework for Enduring Coopera- lence with the Afghan and Paki- detained for as- ed for two hours on Wednesday, stani earthquake victims. Mean- 2100302, 2100303 sources said. The deputy police international development special- tion in Partnership. He was deeply Kabul airport while, the Sri Lankan government saulting policeman chief Atiq Haideri told media that ist with over two decades of ex- involved in the promotion of re- has expressed condolence to the the militant group has launched a perience with governments, inter- gional cooperation, resulting in Af- AT News Report families affected by the earthquake Kabul Police have arrested two Bakhtar Bank large-scale attack on the district s national organizations, private ghanistan s membership in South in Afghanistan, Pakistan and In- guards from the Presidential Pal- center around 2:00 am.Confirming sector and civil society. He has Asian Association for Regional Co- Kabul: The Ministry of Public dia. Foreign Ministry of Sri Lan- ace over the assault of a policeman 0776777000 fall of the district to insurgents, served as Special Representative operation (SAARC) and Central Health of Afghanistan inaugurat- ka in a media statement issued said who earlier claimed to have been Azizi Bank he said the police force has retreat- and Senior Advisor to the Chief Asia Regional Economic Coopera- ed a cold room for vaccine pro- that the people and government beaten up by the guards of second ed as a tactic after fighting for two Executive Officer Abdullah Abdul- tion (CAREC), strengthening Af- tection and storage at the Hamid of Sri Lanka was deeply saddened Vice President Mohammad Sarwar 0799 700900 hours. He said that they could re- lah, Deputy Minister for Foreign ghanistan s membership in Eco- Karzai International Airport in by the tragic loss of life and de- Danish. Ahmad Aimal Qaderi, the take the district whenever want- Affairs, Ambassador of Afghani- nomic Cooperation Organization Kabul on Tuesday, officials said. struction to property caused by policeman, was severely beaten up Pashtany Bank ed, adding that all policemen and stan to Australia and New Zealand. (ECO), and formulation of the pro- Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, the the devastating earthquake in the on Monday afternoon when he 2102908, 2103868 pro-government militiamen left He played significant role in the cess of Regional Economic Coop- Public Health Minister said that Hindukush region of Afghanistan tried to stop their vehicles which the district. Haideri has not shared negotiation of various agreements, eration Conferences on Afghanistan the cold room has the capacity to on Monday which also affected they were driving in the wrong di- information about casualties. The including the 2014 agreement on (RECCA). parts of India and Pakistan. The rection down a one way street in store 12 million doses of vaccine statement said that Sri Lanka Air Services Taliban s spokesman Zabihullah at a time and have the ability to Kabul. The suspects allegedly told Mujahid claimed that over 10 po- stands in support and solidarity the victim they were Danish's licemen were killed in the battle ensure all needed vaccines all over with the governments and those Safi Airways the country for three months. guards. Meanwhile, the Kabul Po- for Darqad. He said that two in- affected in Afghanistan, India and lice Chief Abdul Rahman Rahmani surgents were also killed.It is per- During the inauguration ceremo- Pakistan and wish to convey deep 020 22 22 222 ny Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz said that condolences to the families of confirmed two of guards have been tinent to mention that the Taliban arrested over the incident. "They has promised to allow the human- the vaccine cold room acts as a those who lost their lives in this store for transit as well as helps catastrophic disaster, and to those have committed two crimes, first Ariana itarian groups to provide relief they beat up a public servant and items to the earthquake affected the facility for national level vac- injured a speedy recovery. A 020-2100270 cine stores. powerful earthquake, 7.7 in mag- second they used the name of se- people. The militant group said nitude, struck Afghanistan on nior officials," Rahmani said, add- that it has asked its fighters to fa- This is the first ever step for ing that their case will be referred AT News Report and some foreigners, he said. ensuring quality of vaccine once Monday, destroying several hous- Kam Air cilitate the groups. Takhar is one es in different provinces. It is fear to court soon. The suspects, how- of the most affected provinces Reports suggest that there the shipment arrives into the ever, confessed to driving illegally 0799974422 country. that casualties likely to increase where 14 people were killed and KABUL: At least 11 insurgents was a foreign hostage in the vehi- because some provincial officials and to assaulting the policeman. 50 were injured. Fighting in the have been killed in an airstrike and cle who might have been killed in The minister furthered that had not provided data. The earth- "We often drive down that road in district will deprive many needy military operation in eastern Nan- the airstrike along with militants, such immunization program is one quake rocked Afghanistan at 1:38 the wrong direction and they have Hotels families of assistance as the gov- garhar province, officials said on he added. He said that six Taliban of the high important programs p.m. According to the US Geo- always helped us but this time Safi Landmark ernmental and non-governmental Wednesday. insurgents were killed in ground of the ministry of public health. logical Survey, the epicenter of the they refused to allow us and our teams cannot reach there. Recent- Governor of Achin district, military offensive in Abdulkhil He said the facility will help in earthquake was said to be Juram other colleagues beat him up," one ly, the Taliban s new supreme Haji Ghalib, said the Taliban in- area of Achin district on Wednes- providing quality vaccine for chil- district of Badakhshan province of the suspects, Aziz Ahmad, said. 020-2203131 commander Mullah Mansoor said surgents were traveling in a vehi- day morning. Abdulkhil area is be- dren across the country. at a depth of 213.5 km. The earth- But the other suspect said he was in an audio message that he would cle in Syah Cho area late Tuesday lieved to be the sanctuary of This cold room has been fund- quake was able to be felt in the present at the scene but was not SERENA not renounce violence until his when they came under the airstrike Daesh from where they have car- ed by UNICEF whereas it was nearby countries of Tajikistan, involved in the assault. "I was sit- demand of an Islamic system in attack, leaving five militants dead ried attacks on security check- completed in one year with the Pakistan and India. The earth- ting in the car and I didn't beat any- 0799654000 Afghanistan was met. including a Taliban commander posts. cost of cost of US$150,000. quake lasted for one minute. one," Sayed Latif said. New Rumi Restaurant 0776351347 Internet Services UA Telecom Ghazni may happen around the 0796701701 / 0796702702 country, said Rafihullah Bedar, spokesman for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Com- Exchange Rate mission. Our information shows there are few standard detention Sell: KABUL: Afghan authorities ferred some of the most danger- On Sept. 14, Taliban stormed a centers in Afghanistan. The rest are in old buildings, or rental hous- rushed 150 dangerous inmates ous prisoners to Kabul. Con- prison in Ghazni, central Afghani- One US$ = from a prison in the insurgency- cerns over further raids on the stan, releasing over 350 inmates, es. The government is aware of racked southern province of Hel- country s substandard prisons more than a third of whom were the problem and plans new de- 64.55Afs mand to the capital Kabul at the added to the government s wor- deemed a threat to national securi- tention centers in every province. One Pound Sterling= weekend, officials said, after Tal- ries over the spreading Taliban ty, officials said. Fighting had in- So far, 15 new facilities have been iban militants orchestrated two campaign. If the Lashkar Gah pris- tensified in the province, but the completed and four are under con- 98.40Afs major jailbreaks in recent weeks. on were breached, the release of audacity and scale of the attack took struction. Dangerous prisoners One Euro = have also been transferred from Government forces clashed Taliban prisoners into Helmand, authorities by surprise. When mili- 73.13Afs with Taliban fighters on Wednes- an insurgency stronghold, could tants pulled off an even bigger feat areas deemed to be vulnerable to day on the outskirts of the pro- bolster their position in the fierce- and successfully took control of attack to high-security facilities in 1000 Pak Rs = vincial capital Lashkar Gah, where ly contested region. In the last Kunduz weeks later, freeing inmates the capital region, said Sediqqi, 618Afs fighting has been going on for most year, militants have repeatedly at- from the city s prison was among who declined to say how many of the past week. Since mid-Sep- tacked prisons in restive areas. the first things the fighters did. Of inmates have been moved so far. Buy: tember, Taliban fighters have bro- Most have been repelled, but af- the 600 who escaped, more than 100 That process is 85 percent com- One US$ = ken out hundreds of inmates, ter Ghazni and Kunduz, security were known Taliban fighters, offi- plete, and prisoners who have yet many of them fellow militants, was ramped up, said Sediq Sediq- cials said at the time. After the Ghaz- to be moved to maximum securi- 64.35 Afs from two prisons amid mounting qi, a spokesman for the Ministry ni break, the city s deputy gover- ty jails are secure, he said. In Hel- One Pound Sterling= insecurity across Afghanistan. The gents freed hundreds of inmates rumor that the Taliban would at- of Interior. The minister was very nor said security at the facility, a mand, hundreds of high-risk pris- oners have already been moved to 98.23Afs fighting in Lashkar Gah sparked from the city s prison. Just two tack the main prison when they serious to instruct police to pro- mud building, was well below rec- One Euro= fears of a possible repeat of what weeks before, the Taliban sprang were fighting with Afghan forces vide maximum security to pris- ommended standards, a problem the capital, but as security forces happened in Kunduz, the north- hundreds of prisoners in an attack on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, ons in vulnerable areas, he said. observers say is widespread. struggle to keep the insurgents at 72.53 Afs ern city that fell briefly to the on a detention centre in central said Helmand police spokesman They are on high alert. We re concerned that what hap- bay, there are still others who have 1000 Pak Rs= 610Afs Taliban last month, when insur- Ghazni province. There was a Shah Mahmood Ashna. We trans- WORRYING PATTERN pened to prisoners in Kunduz and yet to be transferred. Reuters This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Bidhya Bhandari elected as Nepal's first

ISLAMABAD: Turkey will pro- Russia agrees to sell Pakistan woman vide 34 T-37 aircraft and their spare four MI-35 attack helicopters parts to Pakistan free of cost in a Highlighting the exemplary president landmark deal signed between the brotherly relations between the two countries in Ankara, an offi- countries, the secretary said, “Pa- cial announcement said on Wednes- kistan desires to further translate day. these relations into strategic coop- On Pakistan’s desire of acquir- eration, signifying strategic impor- ing the aircraft, Turkey decided to tance of our relations”. provide 34 T-37, a jet trainer and Both sides agreed to enhance light attack aircraft, without charg- cooperation at regional and multi- ing a single penny, said the defence national forums including ministry statement. UN,OIC, ECO and D-8. The agreement was reached While expressing his views in during the meeting of Pakistan- High Level Military Dialogue Turkey High Level Military Dia- Group (HLMDG) on regional and logue Group (HLMDG) which global security, Khattak said that concluded in Ankara on Wednes- both working groups have done day. considerable work to review US set to sell eight F-16 fight- progress on decisions that were er jets to Pakistan taken in last HLMDG meeting as Director General Defence Pro- well as new agenda relating to po- curement Maj Gen Naveed Ahmed litico-military matters and defence and Chief of Logistics Turkey Maj industry cooperation. Gen Serdar Gulbas signed the agree- Pakistan wins first JF-17 or- ment, while a Joint Communiqué der at Paris Air Show: PAF was signed by Secretary Defence He also expressed desire to Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Alam further expand the cooperation Khattak and Deputy Chief of between defence industries from Turkish General Staff Gen Yasar strategic to joint venture levels. GULER. The agreement is reached at a During the visit, secretary de- time when Turkey is believed to fence highlighted Pakistan’s de- be seeking Pakistan’s increased fence capability and military ca- security and defence cooperation pacity and requirements keeling in to deal with the emerging threat view the current global perspec- posed by Islamic State terrorist tive. group as well as Kurdish rebels. Iranian NSA arrives in Sri Lanka on Wednesday began the Pakistan for process to release 120 Indian fish- ermen detained for allegedly fish- talks with ing in its waters and India will also free dozens of Lankan fishermen leadership as humanitarian gesture, an offi- 3KATHMANDU: Bidhya cial said in Colombo. Bhandari was elected as Nepal's “The process to release the first woman president today, af- detained Indian fishermen began ter the adoption of a landmark today,” Foreign Ministry spokes- constitution last month. person Mahishini Colonne told Ms Bhandari, currently the reporters. vice-chair of the ruling Commu- She said there were 120 Indian nist Party of Nepal (Unified fishermen under Lankan custody Marxist Leninist), defeated her and all of them “will be released in opponent Kul Bahadur Gurung the next few days.” of the Nepali Congress by secur- “This is pure humanitarian ing 327 to 214 votes to become action,” Colonne said. the Himalayan nation's ceremo- She also said that India will nial head of state. also release the 36 Lankan fisher- A former defence minister, men held in the country. Ms Bhandari is a cancer survivor She did not clarify whether the and widow of late communist total fishermen included the 34 leader Madan Bhandari, who died Indians held by Lanka on Mon- in 1991 in a yet unexplained road ISLAMABAD: Iran’s top securi- day night off the northern coast. accident. ty official Ali Shamkhani arrived They had been ordered to be re- The incumbent, Ram Baran here on Wednesday for talks with manded until the first week of Yadav, who belonged to Nepali Pakistani leadership on security November by two magistrates. Congress, was elected president cooperation and border issues. The problem of poaching by in 2008 after the first elections Shamkhani, who is the secre- each other’s fishermen have been to the Constituent Assembly. tary of Iran’s Supreme National recurring despite some top level Under the country's new re- Security Council, is expected to engagements between the two publican federal Constitution, meet Prime Minister Nawaz, Ad- countries since the beginning of promulgated on September 20, it viser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz 2014. was mandatory to elect new and military leaders. president and vice-president, "Matters related to bilateral prime minister, and parliament relations and regional security sit- speaker and deputy speaker. uation would be discussed during Bangladesh official 'ordered Italian's murder' "I announce that Bidhya Mr. Shamkhani's meetings with Devi Bhandari has been elected Pakistani leaders," diplomatic Home Minister Asaduzzaman killed one person and wounded to the post of Nepal's president," sources told DawnNews. Khan Kamal said police are hunt- dozens more, has further height- said Speaker Onsari Gharti Ma- Iran’s Supreme National Secu- ing for Bangladesh Nationalist Par- ened the fears of minorities living gar, to loud cheers from lawmak- rity Council is responsible for the ty (BNP) official M. A. Quayum in the mainly Muslim but official- ers. Gulf country’s defence and secu- for allegedly orchestrating the ly secular nation. Ms Bhandari, a rare female rity policies. Shamkhani is an in- deadly shooting of Cesare Tavella Although that attack was also face in Nepal's parliament, took fluential figure in Tehran for being in the capital late last month. claimed by IS, the government re- up politics in her teens, seeking close to Supreme Leader Ayatol- Police on Monday said four sponded by denying the extremist to overturn the absolute monar- lah Khamenei. people had been arrested, three of group was active in Bangladesh chy and later marrying a fellow According to a source, Mr whom they said had admitted car- and instead rounded up dozens of communist, Madan Bhandari. Shamkhani’s agenda for the trip rying out the September 28th con- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's But it was after her hus- includes border security, intelli- tract killing on orders of a so-called opponents. band's death in a vehicle accident gence-sharing, security coopera- "big brother". BNP secretary general Fakhrul in 1993 that the mother of two tion and exploring the prospects "Quayum is the big brother," Islam Alamgir rejected the home became a prominent voice, riding of bilateral cooperation after the Kamal told reporters on Wednes- minister's claim, saying that it was a wave of sympathy to win a nuclear-related sanctions are lift- day. Quayum, who is believed to "unacceptable and not believable". seat in parliament. ed, Dawn newspaper reported. have fled the country, is a mid-rank- "We've said clearly that the Mr Yadav was initially sup- Islamabad has been hopeful of ing BNP official and a former Dha- government should conduct prop- posed to hold office for only two reviving a stalled gas pipeline ka councillor. Kamal said police er investigations into these mur- years. But years of political project connecting Iran to energy- have "conclusive evidence" Qu- ders. Instead, they are using these wrangling delayed agreement on starved Pakistan, following the ayum ordered the killing as part of to suppress a democratic opposi- a new constitution, which was signing of a historic nuclear deal a "conspiracy" to trigger anarchy tion," he told AFP. only finally adopted last month. between Tehran and world pow- and pile pressure on the govern- The government has consis- Ms Bhandari, 54, is the sec- ers. Earlier in August, Iranian For- ment, although he did not elabo- tently blamed the BNP and its officials were detained. Police said "When I went to visit him in weeks ago. US-based extremist ond woman to be elected to a se- eign Minister Javad Zarif in his rate. The killing near Dhaka's dip- main Islamist ally Jamaat-e-Islami the arrests were related to previ- the jail Tuesday, he told me he monitoring group SITE defended nior position since then, after Ms visit to Pakistan said that Iran in- lomatic zone was the first of a se- for the unrest which has plagued ous unrest and not linked to Satur- didn't do it but he was coerced by its publication of all three IS claims Magar became the country's first tends to expand economic cooper- ries of attacks to be claimed by Bangladesh since their refusal to day's blast. police to admit the false allega- after Bangladesh police cast doubt female Speaker of the parliament. ation with Pakistan, along with Islamic State (IS) and was followed take part in a January 2014 gener- One of the four arrested over tions," Rubel's uncle, Mainuddin on their authenticity. "The claims As required by the new char- increasing regional cooperation and days later by the gunning down of al election. the aid worker's killing, Tamjid Ahmed Tawhid, told AFP. have been authenticated and found ter, parliament also this month carrying out joint efforts in the a Japanese farmer in northern Bang- After the attack on the Shiite Ahmed Rubel, has told his family "We don't understand what is credible by SITE's rigorous verifi- elected a new prime minister, KP fight against extremism and terror- ladesh. A weekend bombing of the shrine, a former BNP lawmaker that he was forced into making a happening," Tawhid said, adding cation process," the group said in Sharma Oli, who is tasked with ism. capital's main Shiite shrine, which and several senior BNP and Jamaat confession. that his nephew disappeared two a statement. unifying the earthquake-hit coun- try. The constitution, the first drawn up by elected representa- Facebook's Zuckerberg in India to get 'next billion online' tives, was meant to cement peace and bolster Nepal's transforma- NEW DELHI: Facebook chief ex- billion worldwide users, making it that the programme had brought a wanted to see this,” Zuckerberg love. “It is even more stunning than Mahal in the 1600s and is one of tion to a democratic republic af- ecutive and founder Mark Zuck- critically important for the site million Indians online. said in his Facebook post. I expected. It’s incredible what the greatest examples the world ter decades of political instabili- erberg said Wednesday he believes which is banned in China. Facebook is also exploring new Taj Mahal which has stunned people can build — and what love has of enduring love. ty and a 10-year Maoist insur- India will be crucial to getting “the The 31-year-old billionaire ways to increase access in hard- many world-renowned celebrities can motivate us to build,” he add- Within 40 minutes of posting gency. next billion online” and helping to gave lighthearted answers to ques- to-reach areas, he said, such as so- and world figures did not fail to ed. a picture of himself seated looking But it has instead sparked alleviate poverty. tions including “Why do I get so lar-powered planes to “beam down impress the founder of Facebook. The mausoleum was built by at the white marble building, the deadly violence. Speaking to about 900 stu- many requests for (online game) connectivity” and data-light apps He even mused about what peo- the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan post had received close to 150,000 More than 40 people have dents at New Delhi’s Indian Insti- Candy Crush?” and “If you could that work on slow 2G networks. ple can be moved to build when in for his deceased wife Mumtaz likes and 5,000 comments. been killed in clashes between tute of Technology, Zuckerberg have a supernatural power what Zuckerberg’s trip came after a police and ethnic minority pro- said broadening Internet access was would you wish for?” weekend visit to Tsinghua univer- testers, who say a new federal vital to economic development in But he also vigorously defend- sity in Beijing where he delivered structure laid out in the charter a country where a billion people ed Facebook’s controversial a 20-minute speech in Mandarin, adopted last month will leave are still not online. Mark Zucker- Internet.org project, which pro- a language he has been studying them under-represented in par- berg changes profile picture to sup- vides free access to the Internet, since 2010. liament. port ‘Digital India’ “If you really mainly in poor rural communities, He met India’s tech-savvy Work on the constitution have a mission of connecting ev- in 24 countries including India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi began in 2008 after Maoist rebels ery person in the world you can’t Did Modi manhandle Mark last month when the premier toured laid down arms and entered pol- do that without connecting peo- Zuckerberg to get a better picture? Facebook on a visit to Silicon Val- itics, winning parliamentary elec- ple in India,” Zuckerberg, dressed Critics of Internet.org say it ley, advocating the political pow- tions and abolishing the monar- in a grey T-shirt and dark jeans, violates net neutrality — the prin- er of social media. chy. But power-sharing squab- told the audience. “We have the ciple that companies providing Facebook’s internet for all is a bles between parties stymied second biggest community in In- Internet access should not favour tough sell in India progress. dia and we want the next billion to some sites or restrict access to oth- During his visit, Zuckerberg Lawmakers finally reached come online,” he said, adding that ers. “We have a moral responsibil- also visited theTaj Mahal in Agra agreement in June, spurred by Internet access helps create jobs ity to look out for people who do which he called ‘even more stun- the massive earthquake two and lift people out of poverty. not have the Internet… and make ning than’ he had expected. months earlier that killed nearly India is Facebook’s second big- sure the rules don’t get twisted to “I’m in India for our Townhall 8,900 people and left more than gest market after the United States, hurt people who don’t have a Q&A tomorrow, and I decided to half a million people homeless. with about 130 million of its 1.5 voice,” Zuckerberg said, adding visit the Taj Mahal. I’ve always This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Iran’s Rowhani expects sanctions to be lifted by end of year Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said on Tuesday he expected nuclear sanctions against Tehran to be lifted by the end of the year, state news agency IRNA reported. WASHINGTON : The United help call in U.S. air strikes, one “According to our plans, States is considering sending a official said. Other possibilities the oppressive sanctions small number of special operations including sending a small number against the Islamic Republic of forces to Syria and attack helicop- of Apache attack helicopters, and Iran will be lifted by the end of ters to Iraq as it weighs options to U.S. forces to operate them, to Iraq, 2015,” build momentum in the battle as well as taking steps to bolster IRNA quoted Rowhani as against Islamic State, U.S. officials other Iraqi capabilities needed to saying during a ceremony to said on Tuesday. President Barack claw back territory from Islamic welcome the new Spanish am- Obama, deeply averse to over- State. The deliberations come as bassador to Tehran. committing American troops to the United States looks to Syrian In accordance with the his- unpopular wars in the Middle opposition fighters it supports to toric nuclear deal struck be- East, could view some of the op- put pressure on Raqqa, the Islam- tween six world powers and tions as more viable than others as ic State's stronghold, and for Iraqi Tehran, Iran will dramatically he approaches the final stretch of forces to retake Ramadi after the reduce its uranium enrichment his presidency. Still, Obama's ad- city fell to the militants earlier this program, surrender or dilute ministration is under pressure to year. The options appeared to most of its highly enriched fuel ramp up America's effort, particu- stop short of deploying American and open its nuclear sites to larly after the fall of the Iraqi city troops in any direct ground com- inspectors from the IAEA, the of Ramadi to Islamic State in May bat roles, something Obama has so U.N. nuclear watchdog. and the failure of a U.S. military far ruled out. One of the officials, program to train and arm thousands who spoke to Reuters on condi- Kofi Annan sees of Syrian rebels. Two U.S. offi- tion of anonymity, said the pro- cials, who spoke to Reuters on posals were still in a conceptual chance of Syria condition of anonymity to discuss stage - meaning that even if any ongoing deliberations, said any were approved in the coming days, peace in US- deployments would be narrowly a U.S. military deployment could Russia talks tailored, seeking to advance spe- still be weeks or months away. The cific, limited military objectives in Pentagon and White House de- military's activity in Iraq and Syr- tunistic attacks against ISIL or ford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs operational or strategic impact and Talks between Russia and the both Iraq and Syria. That option clined comment on the options, ia, just days after U.S. forces par- conducting such missions direct- of Staff, told the Senate hearing he we could reinforce success, that United States may produce a includes temporarily deploying which were also reported by the ticipated in a raid to rescue Islamic ly, whether by strikes from the air would consider recommending would be the basic framework chance of peace in Syria, Kofi some U.S. special operations forc- Washington Post and Wall Street State hostages in Iraq. One U.S. or direct action on the ground," putting more U.S. forces with Ira- within which I'd make a recom- Annan, the former U.N. sec- es inside of Syria to advise moder- Journal. Earlier on Tuesday, U.S. soldier was killed in that mission. Carter told a Senate hearing, using qi troops to support the Islamic mendation for additional forces to retary-general who tried unsuc- ate Syrian opposition fighters for Defense Secretary Ash Carter sig- "We won't hold back from sup- an acronym for the militant group. State fight if it improved chances be co-located with Iraqi units," cessfully to forge a deal to end the first time and, potentially, to naled his intent to step up the U.S. porting capable partners in oppor- Marine Corp General Joseph Dun- of defeating the militants. "If it had Dunford said, without elaborating. the war in 2012, said on Tues- day. "In this situation the role of Russia and the U.S. are key. If the two of them find a way of working effectively togeth- er and working with the oth- ers, we will find a solution. "No war goes on forever," Annan told a packed audience of students and diplomats, in- cluding Lakhdar Brahimi, who succeeded him as the Syria A military solution is “impossi- Iraq and Yemen,” Brennan said, trust between the parties that are gime is controlling only a small part mediator, but also quit after ble” in parts of the Middle East, “it’s hard for me to envision a cen- there, that are seriously interested of the county, only one-third of failing to forge agreement be- U.S. CIA chief John Brennan said, tral government in those countries by a peace settlement” he said. the country which was established tween the warring sides. The arguing that it was hard to picture that’s going to be able to exert con- Bernard Bajolet, head of after WWII” he said. United States and Russia will effective central governments in trol or authority over the territory France’s DGSE external intelli- “The north is controlled by the hold talks on Syria in Vienna some countries as they exist to- that was carved out post World gence agency, said the region was Kurds.” on Friday, and have invited day. War II.” not likely to return to its old self “We have the same thing in Iran, which is widely seen as a Brennan, who spoke at an in- “A military solution is just following the current conflicts. Iraq” Bajolet said, adding that “I Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday in Geneva for key part of any peace deal but telligence conference in Washing- impossible in any of these coun- “The Middle East we have doubt really that one can come back the creation of a "special regime" for the protection of his people, as a which the United States re- ton on Tuesday, was joined by tries,” he added. known is over, I doubt it will come to the previous situation.” wave of deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence showed no sign of abating. fused to have at the table when other security officials and indus- “You need to be able to bring back,” he told the conference. Nonetheless, he said he was Abbas called on the U.N., "more urgently than any time before, to set Annan was presiding in 2012. try experts. down the temperature, try to de- “We see that Syria is already “confident” that the region would up a special regime for international protection for the Palestinian peo- The key to ending the four- “When I look at Libya, Syria, escalate the conflict, build up some divided on the ground, that the re- one day stabilize again. ple, immediately and urgently." and-a-half-year war, which has killed more than 250,000, was getting "governments who are funding the war, who are giv- ing money and arms to the parties responsible" to work together, Annan said. "Per- haps it was too early in 2012, maybe it wasn’t ripe. But to- day we see contacts that were not possible in 2012 or even a year ago, where you are seeing meetings between the Rus- sians, the Saudis, the Ameri- cans and the Turks, trying to find a common solution." The only way to bring peace was if the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, possibly working with Ger- many, worked together with the regional powers - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Egypt and Qatar, he said. Those gov- ernments would be able to rein in the armed opposition groups fighting in Syria, which would have to be part of any peace deal, he said. "Eventual- A massive twin bomb attack in the capital Ankara this month that killed ly you will deal with them, 102 people was ordered by the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria you will talk to them, but you (ISIS) group, prosecutors said Wednesday. have to organize it in such a "It is understood that a terrorist organization in (the southeastern) way that those who are pull- Gaziantep province planned attacks inside Turkey after taking direct ing the strings, that those who orders from Daesh in Syria," Ankara prosecutors said in a statement, have influence on them, that using an alternative name for the extremist group. those who have funded the war, will come together to say ‘this is it, we’re not going to fund it any more’." Low turnout as Egyptians continue election run-off

Egyptians cast their ballots on the second day of Egypt's par- liamentary election run-off on Wednesday after no clear win- ner emerged in the first round of polls. The parliamentary Politicians who use derogatory lan- freely, he said, but they should do and greater brutalization of society as a whole, with communities that are cleaved from one another and prospects for greater violence." People were run-off, which started on Tues- guage about refugees and migrants so "with due regard given to histo- forced to leave countries such as Syria, Eritrea and Myanmar because of war, oppression and persecution, but the leaders of some of the world's day, was expected to elect pol- may ultimately be responsible for ry, and some responsibility". most prosperous and privileged countries greeted them with "hate-filled rhetoric and even action", or detained them for long periods, Zeid said. iticians firmly backing Presi- causing violence, racism and big- "For the bigot, the chauvinist, dent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the otry, U.N. Human Rights Com- the racist, it really doesn’t matter absence of any opposition. missioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein how many people turn up. Even Turnout for the first round, warned on Tuesday. one family that is different or for- held in 14 of Egypt's 27 prov- "Once you classify people eign is enough to make an issue inces last week, was just 26.6 along lines such that they pose a out of it. We have to be so careful percent, and there was no sign threat – that these are ‘hordes’, that we don’t give ground to peo- of any increased enthusiasm that we are being ‘invaded’, that ple like that." among voters in the latest there are ‘swarms’ of people com- Zeid did not name any coun- round. One polling station in ing, you have started the process tries, but British Prime Minister Cairo's Dokki district saw only of dehumanizing them as we know David Cameron attracted criticism 20 people vote in the hour af- from history," he said. earlier this year for referring to ter it opened at 9am (07:00 Speaking to a packed audience migrants as a "swarm". GMT), an official said. Voting of students and diplomats at Gene- Zeid also suggested the Euro- stations closed 10 hours later, va's Graduate Institute, Zeid said pean Union should "absolutely and reopened at 9am on politicians may feel they were ex- forget" about economic revival if Wednesday for a second and ercising their freedom of expres- it insisted on obsessively check- final day.Low turnout Among sion responsibly, but such language ing every person crossing every voters who had turned out in was not okay, even in the mildest one of its borders. Dokki were elderly people, form. "Someone is going to pick Many countries claimed to be government employees, retired up on this term, and down the line leading a war on human traffick- bureaucrats and ex-servicemen, in some village somewhere, a fam- ing, but they showed little regard AFP news agency reported on ily will be murdered because some- for the victims and made it impos- Tuesday. Prime Minister one thought they had license to sible for migrants to enter their la- Sharif Ismail urged "Egyptians visit violence on this particular bor markets even if they were cry- to strongly participate in this family because the politician stig- ing out for workers, he added. "If important election to choose matized them," Zeid said. xenophobia and demagoguery are their representatives". Politicians should be free to allowed to set the governance agen- express their wishes and their will da, what we will see is more deaths This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY .OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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This is about some of fense Advisors (MoDAs) are those people, specifically the select U.S. Defense Department Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press volunteers, working to help civilians who teach Afghans Afghans help Afghanistan. skills required to sustain the Much focus is on the systems and processes we’re The constitution says troops, and rightly so; howev- helping to build. For one er, there are approximately MoDA, a retired U.S. Marine twice as many contractor and Corp master sergeant, it goes 15. Accept credentials of foreign political representatives in Afghanistan; 16. Endorse laws civilian personnel providing back to Americans injured or as well as judicial decrees; critical support in “train, ad- killed fighting in the region. “I 17. Issue credential letter for conclusion of international treaties in accordance with the vise, and assist” functions. The spent the last 14 years going provisions of the law; ratio of civilians and contrac- to Bethesda,” Kerry said. “I’ve 18. Reduce and pardon penalties in accordance with the provisions of the law; tors to military members will seen soldiers and Marines come increase as a more traditional back injured, missing limbs, security cooperation agree- with only one desire – to finish ters, is on his second AFPAK This mission isn’t just ment takes hold. Typically, ci- what they started. I wanted to Hands deployment. “I looked about tracking funding, she vilians volunteer while uni- make sure this ends differently forward to this and I am com- said. “Many people came here formed members are largely than Iraq, I want to make sure mitted to this deployment. This with the same kind of desire – “ordered” to deploy. Quipped the wishes of these young men is where we’re needed. This is looking for a challenge, making one official, “For military per- and women are fulfilled.” the real deal.” a difference, supporting the sonnel, they are called ‘orders,’ As a senior procurement In 2011, international do- military.” For her, there is the not suggestions.” advisor (who holds the civilian nors agreed to “train, equip, big picture, too. “This is about Russia concerned over IS So what influences a per- equivalent rank of Colonel), and finance” Afghan National empowering a nation to im- son to leave a comfortable, Kerry is afforded insight into Defense and Security Forces prove living conditions and spread in Afghanistan Western environment to will- the Afghan Ministry of De- (ANDSF) through the end of quality of life.” ingly enter a third-world com- fense and its progress. Never- the International Security As- Without continued finan- As the Islamic State (IS) is making inroads in Afghanistan, Russia is con- bat zone? theless, he is realistic about sistance Force (ISAF) in De- cial and human assistance, Af- sidering it a growing risk to Central Asia. Sara, previously a sergeant how much work lays ahead. “If cember 2014. At the start of ghanistan risks failure. Organi- in the Army, stated that she we left now, Afghanistan might 2015, the Resolute Support zational structure, processes, The head of Russian’s Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, wants to see Afghanistan fare fail. They’re not ready to be on Mission changed focus to qualified manpower are not ful- said the militants in Afghanistan who have switched sides to IS pose a better than Iraq. She is part of their own. Everyone forgets “train, advise, and assist.” We ly in place yet. Important to re- growing threat to Central Asia. He also said the IS originated from the the Civilian Expeditionary how hard it was to get here to- are still equipping and certain- member is just how long it took Arab Spring, but this terror network gained momentum from the duplicity Workforce (CEW) for Defense day. I really want to do some- ly financing, but those efforts the United States to develop. Department employees who thing good; I want to leave Af- will move more toward a tradi- This process takes time – a lot of certain world powers. volunteer to go overseas for ghanistan with knowledge that tional security cooperation ini- of time – and energy. This is no denying the fact the United States supported the IS for pro- specific tasks. She serves in a makes an impact.” tiative the U.S. has with nations America’s 14-year stay has tecting its interests in the Middle East. The 9/11 attacks happened against Resource Management office In Afghanistan, “work” is around the world. The RS mis- been expensive, measured in on a military headquarters pro- compounded by threat streams sion is scheduled to be com- billions each year and trillions a backdrop of much chaos and instability in the Middle East because of viding fiscal accountability of and possible attacks by a frac- plete in December 2016. in total. Not to be forgotten are Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The US has had historically supported Israel funds to Afghanistan. For her, tured and frustrated insurgen- The ANDSF is almost fully the American men and women whereas Russia has had friends in Arab regimes. this is personal. “I had some cy that now includes the Islamic subsidized by the United States volunteering in Afghanistan, terrible experiences in Iraq. I State (IS). Afghanistan itself and other international part- and those who have served By destabilizing the Middle East, the US succeeded in establishing Is- actually lost my entire team in doesn’t pose a threat. Permit- ners. More than 93 percent of here already. Surely they dem- rael a biggest military might in the Middle East. However, when Russia an ambush. I would not be here ting ungoverned spaces that Afghanistan’s security budget onstrate why it is worthwhile. came to the fore and started protecting its friend—Syria’s Bashar-ul-Asad, if it weren’t for a few brave peo- can become safe havens for (army, air force, and police) is Some are military, some are ci- ple.” terrorists certainly does. Af- covered by the international vilian, others are contractors; it raised many eyebrows in the US and also in Saudi Arabia. Russia’s Putin She believes the U.S. pres- ghanistan cannot return to community. The United States each has multiple reasons for wished to resume Moscow’s power status, following 9/11 attacks when ence in Afghanistan should be failed state status. No one provides most of that funding being here, including personal the US waged a global war on terror. At home, Putin succeeded in prevent- about the Afghan people. knows that more viscerally than – roughly $4 billion annually. reasons that range from broken “They are so willing to learn,” the volunteers. Kate worked with the Office homes to a well-paying job. But ing decomposition of Russia while on regional and international front, he she said. But it takes time. “We Besides civilians and con- of Management and Budget it is an overall sense of mission resumed its historic role in the Middle East. Here he differs from his have to look at where they came tractors, there is a military pro- (OMB). She began as an enlist- to see this fledgling democra- predecessors because he started working on forwarding Russia into su- from, not compare them direct- gram service members can vol- ed Marine Corps accountant cy succeed that ties them alto- ly to us.” unteer for called “AFPAK more than 20 years ago. As a gether. perpower status, but based on nationalism instead of the Soviet-style com- Born in Afghanistan during Hands” (Afghanistan-Pakistan contractor, she now helps track Volunteers are examples to munism. This time Russia could have successfully restored alliances with the Soviet invasion, Waheed’s military-trained experts), creat- money spent in-country and us all. They understand the risk its historic friends in the Middle East, a region with a long history of family fled to Pakistan where he ed about 10 years ago. It spans works regularly with various of failure, and the personal risks lived until the age of three, all services. These positions financial institutions at very to themselves. And still they Russian interests and presence, but the United States and Saudi Arabia when his family moved to the are “hard-to-fill” because of senior levels. “Afghanistan is remain committed to helping came together in forming a force of fanatics, a force they have already United States. “I was lucky. I the four-year commitment re- full circle for me. Here, I ensure Afghans help Afghanistan. tested and used in Afghanistan. By creating a force of fanatics, the US owe Afghanistan this. Coming quiring two deployments to Af- accountability of taxpayer dol- Bethany Lerch is a con- back was something I knew I ghanistan, as well as language lars,” she said. Kate enjoys tractor assisting Afghan min- wanted to pursue a multi-faceted objective whereas Saudi Arabia wanted needed to do.” and cultural training. Joel, a what she does. “I like being istries. Mark Peterson is Re- to combat Iranian influence in the Middle East. The Resolute Support (RS) Navy commander enrolled in it closer to the actual delivery of source Management Director When the US was once again investing in the forces of terrorism, Rus- mission in Afghanistan is not and working on RS Headquar- the mission.” for Resolute Support. sia and Jordan agreed to create a coordination center in Amman, which will be used by the two for sharing information in counter terrorism oper- ations. Russia has already been in contact with Iran, Iraq, and Syria through a Baghdad-based center used for the same objectives. When the US saw Cold weat her the Middle East is skipping away from its hands, it warned Iraq not to ally with Russia against ISIS. The warning was intimidating. “If your ally with Russia against ISIS, you are our enemy,” this is what Iraq was told. It means US President makes it clear that America’s war against Russia is more crucial than its war against ISIS. 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THURSDAY .OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES The Taliban’s days are almost over Despite their recent military gain in Kunduz, the Taliban’s demise has already begun. By Haroun Mir ders of Pakistan, has given the Tal- iban a tremendous morale boost and an important edge for their new by Alyssa Rohricht The Taliban’s stride in Kunduz leader. City on September 29, which co- On October 3rd, the United However, the temporary sei- States bombed a hospital in incided with the anniversary of zure of Kunduz has become cost- President Mohammad Ashraf ly for the Taliban because of the Kunduz, Afghanistan. Despite Ghani’s inauguration, is considered high number of casualties in their the fact that the hospital pro- an important setback for the Na- ranks and file and the misbehav- vided GPS coordinates to the tional Unity Government. It has iour of their fighters. U.S., despite the nine-foot flag defied the official narrative that the According to Amnesty Inter- on the roof marking the build- insurgents will never be able to take national and local media reports ing as a hospital, and despite over a sizable urban centre. from Kunduz, Taliban fighters be- repeated pleas by hospital staff However, to many of us in the haved like a criminal militia force, to U.S. officials to stop the country, the Taliban’s recent vic- conducting arbitrary executions, tory is due to serious weaknesses bombings, the U.S. continued pillaging and looting of public and to bomb the site for over an within the Afghan government rath- private properties, such as govern- er than their own strength. Despite hour. Among the 22 ment offices, banks and stores. dead following the attack were their recent military achievement, Their misconduct in Kunduz children, patients, and medical the demise of the movement as an goes against the movement’s rai- alternative governing force has al- son d’etre, which emerged in 1994 personnel from Doctors With- ready begun. in Kandahar against the backdrop out Borders. Thirty-seven oth- During the past year, the Na- of lawlessness, abuse, and crimi- ers were also injured. tional Unity Government has been nality following the collapse of the The Pentagon has issued struggling to create a common po- communist regime in 1992. numerous statements. The in- litical platform and, thus, reduce In addition, Mullah Mansour, ternational community was as- the fallout from the contested re- a wealthy individual owning busi- sured: “No, we don’t target sults of the 2014 presidential elec- ness investments in Pakistan and hospitals,” and “Insurgents tion. Unnecessary bickering be- the United Arab Emirates, had to tween the two political camps, were firing on U.S. service mem- buy the allegiance and loyalty of bers! On Afghan forces!” But despite an accord signed under the many Taliban leaders and com- auspices of US Secretary of of course, this is par for the manders in his contest for the lead- course. State John Kerry, has badly affect- ership, which has undermined their ed the formation of the cabinet, principle of decision-making based A better read is that the and little has been achieved despite on a broad consensus. bombing was celebratory. The prison, where they have been more complicated: covert oper- over 60 countries, many with bal peace and security will President Ghani’s ambitious agen- His legitimacy was further U.S. just had its 14th anniver- subjected to some of the most ations, drone attacks, coups atrocious human rights records flourish. Focusing the human da. undermined by open protests from sary in Afghanistan! Among depraved torture techniques (see Honduras), shadow war- (here’s lookin’ at you, Saudi rights gaze on “developing” Unkept promises well-known Taliban figures in the the fond memories: 25,000dead The president failed to deliver imaginable, including water- fare, proxy wars, and U.S. train- Arabia). Whose weapons does nations with unscrupulous hu- context of complicated tribal com- civilians; destabilization of nu- boarding, beatings, forced nu- ing of foreign police and mili- ISIS use again? man rights records is a Band- on his promises. As a result, the petition and revelation of Paki- clear-armed Pakistan; repres- Afghan economy has collapsed, dity, starvation, mock execu- tary forces (apparently we Pretty long for a short list, Aid. Better to stop the bleed- stan’s machinations in his election sive insurgency; CIA paramili- the security situation has deterio- tions, rape, anal rehydration just aren’t finished in Afghan- and it could go on for pages. ing at the source. as the new Taliban leader. tary units, paired with a mas- and anal feedings, and threats istan). Dragnet surveillance, black site Why, then, is the UN not rated, and political fragmentation Foothold in eastern Afghan- has accelerated. sive opium/heroin exporting in- to rape detainee’s wives and * As if Justice hasn’t done prisons, extraordinary rendi- pushing for sanctions against istan frastructure. Of course, civilian extra Consequently people have lost Ultimately, the Taliban move- children. But I guess since the enough, the U.S. is -judi- tions, the 800+ military bases the U.S. government? Hmmmm. their trust in him, a much bigger deaths in Pakistan read similar- U.S. just calls this “enhanced ciously killing its own citizens. located outside of U.S. territo- The UN Office for Disarmament ment, like all other Afghan politi- ly, and in Iraq, estimates are as hole in the national budget has ap- cal movements, will suffer from interrogation” it doesn’t count, Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan, ry, propped up dictators, sup- Affairs? Turns out they don’t peared, and prominent political lack of charismatic and legitimate high as 165,000. right? * Hundreds of people and Jude Kenan Mohammad – porting Saudi Arabia’s massa- have a regional branch for voices now question the rationale leadership. Therefore, regardless of With that in mind, where is are killed each year by U.S. po- all American-born and Ameri- cre in Yemen, and of course, fi- North America – only branch- behind his unilateral concessions Pakistan’s efforts, the movement the international cry for disar- lice forces – over 700 already can-blown. Oh, and 16-year-old nancing Israel’s occupation es for those swarthy folks in to Pakistan. will fragment and lose its ideolog- mament of the United States in 2015. And by people, we re- Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, son of and genocide of the Palestin- Africa, Asia, and Latin Ameri- In fact, Ghani has made one ical steam in favour of the Islamic and international intervention ally mean Black People, mostly Anwar al-Awlaki, killed 2011 in ian people. ca. I guess a branch for the only historic concession to the Pakistani State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), into U.S. affairs? Estimates put government by visiting the Paki- men. * To the Pentagon’s re- Yemen. Just like the grown-ups. A 2013 survey of 68 differ- country to ever use nuclear which has already established a civilian deaths in Syria in the lief, we aren’t only deep into * We’re Number One – at ent countries voted the U.S. as munitions would be out of the stan army general’s headquarters - significant foothold in eastern Af- the first Afghan president to do so tens of thousands – certainly a the ‘Stan’s.’ The U.S. is militar- selling weapons to crooks! The number one threat to peace in question. Well then, could it be ghanistan. crisis deserving pause as for- ily ‘involved’ in about 150 U.S. is the number one arms the world. The international the fault of the Security Coun- - and by allowing for the first time The Afghan government has for Afghan cadets to be trained in itself. However, the U.S. has countriesthroughout the world. dealer in the world – account- community need look no fur- cil? Nah, that’s just there to lost an important battle against the systematically committed mass their military academy. Taliban in Kunduz but not the war. Sometimes it’s overt: military ing for one-third of arms ex- ther to find peace. Disarm the keep things secure, right? Meanwhile, negotiations with atrocities around the globe for occupation. Other times it’s ports globally and selling to Great American Mafia and glo- (Counterpunch) It still enjoys the commitment and decades. Why no demands the Taliban did not gain traction support of the international com- and the revelation of the death of munity. US President Barack from the United Nations that the Taliban’s leader, Mullah Mo- Obama has reversed his previous U.S. comply with international hammad Omar in a hospital in decision about the US military’s law? Why no sanctions on the The paralyzed mind of Tony Blair Karachi, which was kept secret for full withdrawal by the end of 2016 U.S.? over two years, stopped the pro- and extended their presence post- Let’s invest in a little intro- By Patrick Cockburn cess. 2017. spection and take stock of the Also, the Pakistani authorities The government must weath- strobing ticker of U.S. democ- lingered on their reciprocal prom- What is striking about Tony er the difficult security situation racy and justice: Blair’s latest comments about ises to Ghani and did not prevent in the next couple of months be- the Taliban’s summer offensive. * The U.S. still practices rit- his role in the Iraq War is how fore the first snow covers the Af- ual sacrifice – I mean capital little he had learnt about the Despite the signing of a memoran- ghan mountains and, thus, finds the dum of understanding between the punishment – graduating one country in the 12 years since time to reform itself. of the largest classes in the two countries’ intelligence servic- Meanwhile, the demise of the the invasion. It could be add- world to the electric chair (or es, a wave of bloody truck bomb- Taliban has already started because ed, however, that his accusers ings in Kabul and elsewhere, which its new leader has to overcome some more “humane” cocktail have not learned much either. were traced back to terrorist three main challenges: First, their of (experimental) lethal chemi- He conflates two events groups inside Pakistan, created ongoing fragmentation over lead- cals) every year. This is despite that should be looked at sepa- massive popular resentment ership disputes; Second, the emer- the 2007 UN moratorium on the rately. He says that he does not throughout the country. gence of ISIL in Afghanistan as practice, and of course, the apologize for removing Sadd- Ultimately, the fall of Kunduz their natural competitor; And system is rife with significant am Hussein: one could argue to the Taliban is widely viewed as third, a resilient Afghan security class and race biases. a consequence of poor government that most Iraqis wanted this to force, and a unified political posi- * Torture! The U.S. has an bring an end to Saddam’s di- judgement and utter leadership fail- tion between the government and ure at the national level in Kabul. estimated 20,000-25,000 indi- sastrous rule at that time. But Afghan political elite on their next viduals in solitary confinement the US and Britain then went New leader move in the peace process. The Taliban offensive in Kun- at a time. Many are children on to occupy Iraq and it was This winter will be decisive for under the age of 18. They duz was also a gambit by their new the fate of both the Afghan gov- the war against the occupation, leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in ernment and the Taliban. The Af- spend 22 hours or more per day waged separately by Sunni and order to strike points against his ghan government must reinsert it- alone in an isolated cell—just Shia, that destroyed the coun- challengers over the movement’s self politically by becoming inclu- like grown-ups. But even non- try and enabled al-Qaeda to leadership. sive and creating a national politi- U.S. citizens get to join in on gain its first foothold there. In fact, achieving the unthink- cal platform. Any improvement in the fun – the U.S. is indefinite- It was evident from the first able and taking control of a strate- the governance will contribute to ly holding over 100 people with- days of the invasion that Pres- gic city with a population of over get away with the invasion, but because they did not want Iran, where the great strength of the the further weakening of the Tali- out charge at Guantanamo Bay ident Bush and Mr Blair might 300,000 far away from the bor- ban movement. if they tried to stay in the coun- the greatest Shia power, to ben- Taliban was the contempt and try they would be in trouble. efit from the fall of Saddam hatred felt by so many Afghans It is difficult to understand Hussein. But this was always for the government in Kabul. Mr Blair’s position, because going to happen because any British forces were sent to Hel- LETTER TO THE EDITOR here is an intelligent man whose election in Iraq would bring to mand in 2006 with same lack of mind seems to have been pa- power the Shia who made up understanding of the dangers, ralysed by his experiences in 60 per cent of the population. just as they had been sent to 2003. His comments on Iraq and Iraqis say that sanctions Basra in 2003, and with the other events in the Middle East destroyed Iraqi society and the same disastrous results. Ac- since that date are consistent- invasion destroyed the Iraqi tions that were supposed to Religious scholars’ role in society ly ill-informed and partisan. state. There have been claims show the US how effective Brit- This is in sharp contrast to since that if there had been a ain was as an ally achieved ex- his understanding of the prob- post-invasion plan in Iraq then actly the opposite result. Afghan society is an Islamic society. Ulema or religious scholars are among important individuals of this society. They can have good impact lems of Northern Ireland about all would have been well, but There is a danger that an on people. Afghan people expect much from religious scholars and want them to show their opposing stance against any unfair act in the country which he writes knowledgeably this is patronizing nonsense. obsessive interest in Britain in particularly terrorist attacks which are carried out by anti-government elements including the Taliban. The Ulema Council is responsible to raise and lucidly in his autobiogra- The only Iraqis who welcomed attributing blame for what hap- its criticism against deadly attacks of militants. phy. It is as if Iraq turned his the occupation were the Kurds, pened in Iraq in 2003 is pursued Suicide attack is inhuman and nefarious act and is against teachings of Islam. political strengths to weak- who were not occupied. More- with the narrow purpose of de- The Ulema Council should launch different awareness campaigns and gatherings in a bid to deliver the message of Islam nesses: his self-confidence over, all the states neighboring monizing Mr Blair and ignoring to insurgents and tell them to stop training militancy to youth and as well as put a halt to Shaker Ahmadi, Taimani, Kabul turned into rigidity and an ar- Iraq, including Iran, Saudi Ara- the broader context of what rogant inability to admit he was bia, Syria and Turkey, did not happened then and is happen- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and mistaken and to avoid such want the occupation to suc- ing now. It is not just that he address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] mistakes in future. ceed. Any insurgency inside made mistakes then, but he It was evident from the first Iraq was always going to re- went on making them. 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AS the dust from Monday’s earth- scattered widely, and distance pos- quake begins to settle, the death es a formidable barrier given the toll has been rising and the wound- terrain. Roads are in poor condi- ed continue to trickle in from re- tion; infrastructure and service de- mote areas of Khyber Pakhtunkh- livery are barely present. wa. Yet, these communities bear the Thus far the governments at brunt of the natural disasters strik- the centre and in KP have done a ing Pakistan in recent years, from commendable job of keeping them- the 2005 earthquake, to the floods selves focused on the response to of 2010, to the most recent glacial the disaster, and the prime minis- lake-driven flooding in Chitral in ter’s intention behind visiting the July. And now the earthquake too affected areas, particularly with the has hit Chitral harder than any oth- KP chief minister accompanying er place; in fact, the majority of him, makes for all the right optics. the almost 4,000 homes reported- The announcement of a relief ly destroyed are in Chitral. package is also timely and the pro- The work thus far has been fessed intent to coordinate with decent, but two areas clearly need the KP government before finalis- attention to strengthen the re- ing it is also praiseworthy. sponse next time. Also read: Pakistan in the most One is greater attention to the active quake zone, says US Geo- habitations in the mountains, logical Survey where deficient access and infra- The lead role to be played by structure as well as the poor qual- the National Disaster Management ity of services serve as strong driv- Authority in coordinating the ers of vulnerability. The other is damage assessment is important. clearer SOPs in dealing with a nat- It is heartening to see that here ural disaster in real time. too coordination failures with the The lesson here is the strong provincial disaster management vulnerability of mountain commu- authorities do not appear to be nities, which are considerable in turning into a sticking point as number, as well as the lack of an they have in the aftermath of past SOP to determine when a state of calamities. disaster exists and who takes over But the continuing arrival of at that point to coordinate the re- wounded people from remote lo- sponse, and what tools will be cations to Peshawar is worth a sec- made available to that lead agency. ond look. Large parts of Pakistan’s Once the crisis stage is over topography are mountainous, and and the wounded are treated and the habitations in these areas are the departed have been laid to rest, vulnerable to even the mildest of it would be a good idea for the gov- shocks, whether seismic or climat- ernment to work on these priori- ic. In some measure, this is dictat- ties to ensure that next time, should ed by facts on the ground: habita- the scale be larger, the authorities tions in these areas are small and are not overwhelmed. Zimbabwe’s white farmers US steps up an ti-ISIL actio n start anew in Mozambique w ith special fo rces plan s Some farmers forced out by controversial land reform programme are thriving in Zimbabwe's eastern neighbour. New w illingness by President Obam a to take on greater risk in the Middle East m et w ith scepticism am ong US law m akers.

Chimoio, Mozambique - A mid- took matters into their own hands nestled in the shadows of moun- dle-aged white man wearing a kha- starting in 2000 - and reclaimed tains, and has a small river that ki shirt and shorts stands on a flat, land by force. Many white farm- flows year-round. Kevin Gifford fertile piece of land surrounded by ers moved to the United Kingdom, moved to Vanduzi 13 years ago a group of young black men in from where their ancestors had after his farm was seized. He is bright orange uniforms. Bill Cre- come. Others headed for Australia the third generation in his family swell, 58, owns a farm in the agri- and New Zealand. But many re- to have been born in Zimbabwe. cultural town of Chimoio in mained on the continent. Dozens On his new 450-hectare farm, he Mozambique's Manica province. moved to Zambia, South Africa, grows tobacco and keeps 150 head The young men in uniform are his and Nigeria. Others chose to stay of cattle and 160 sheep. He is hap- employees. Altogether about 45 of closer to Zimbabwe. More than py about how he has been received them are working the fields. Cre- 200 crossed the border into in Mozambique, but is still bitter swell is one of more than 50 white Mozambique, the former Portu- about events back home. "I do feel farmers who moved to Chimoio guese colony of more than 25 mil- welcome in Mozambique. I think from across the border in Zimba- lion people. I think Mozambique Mozambique has been very good bwe following its controversial has been very good to us... I think to us. It started with President land reform programme. Since ear- the government has been very pro- [Joaquim] Chisano inviting us to ly 2000, the move by the govern- active on that. Kevin Gifford, farm- come and help develop his coun- ment of President Robert Mugabe er Mozambique emerged from a try, and I think the government has has driven thousands of white bloody civil war in 1992, which been very proactive on that. Of farmers off their lands. "This is had damaged the country's com- course we have had our problems. home. Zimbabwe is a chapter in mercial farming sector. In light of Everybody does. But I'm comfort- my life that is closed," Creswell the developments in Zimbabwe, able here," Gifford told Al Jazeera, told Al Jazeera, inspecting new Mozambique saw an opportunity his three dogs keeping close watch tomato seedlings while adjusting and welcomed the white farmers on any movement on the vast farm. his sunglasses to block the rays of with cheap, long-term land leases. 'Life is getting better' The farm- tropical sunshine. Creswell said he Starting from scratch In Chi- ers' arrival has been good news to left Zimbabwe more than 10 years moio, located about 95km from the locals in this part of Mozambique. ago, as the world he and his family border with Zimbabwe, more than The once sleepy villages that had knew crumbled around him. "I felt 50 Zimbabwean commercial farm- no jobs to offer youth have start- unsafe. I left with nothing. No valu- ers were attracted not just by the ed to thrive. These two farmers ables, just a bag containing my offer of safety and favourable land together employ close to 200 local clothes. Until that point, I only leases, but also by cheap loans men, most of whom had previous- knew Zimbabwe." In 2000, vio- from multinational tobacco com- ly been unemployed. lent land takeovers started forcing panies. They started from scratch, The economic rise of Mozam- US special forces will team up with local militias in new operations out Zimbabwe's more than 3,000 clearing bush before planting. The bique "What happened in Zimba- remaining white farmers. Creswell language barrier between the farm bwe, if it happens here it will be targetin g ISIL in Iraq an d Syria [Nabil Al-Juran i/ AP] left and never looked back. Land owners and Mozambicans was a sad for us, because he [Creswell] ownership was one of the major big problem at first, and the white is helping us a lot. In this commu- issues during Zimbabwe's brutal farmers struggled to find employ- nity there is a lot of unemploy- After years of pulling back from Syrian rebels. five years as a prisoner of war. "I don't think the administra- struggle against white British mi- ees who knew about their meth- ment," said Jorge Alberto, a 32- the Middle East, the Obama In northern Iraq, an elite Delta The US plan stops short of tion can do much," Miller told Al nority rule. Zimbabwe gained in- ods of farming. They also had to year-old father of four. administration's new plan to use Force unit was recently deployed implementing a no-fly zone to pro- Jazeera. dependence in 1980, and Mugabe find new markets for their produce: Other white Zimbabwean elite American ground troops to with Kurdish troops to free hos- tect civilians, a step advocated by Obama is scheduled to host was elected president. Because of In Zimbabwe, they had contracts farmers found the relocation too combat ISIL is meeting with scep- tages from an ISIL prison. When former General David Petraeus and Netanyahu in Washington on No- the race-based preferential treat- with local supermarkets and mul- difficult, though. They laid down ticism among analysts and US law- the Kurds encountered heavy fire, Democratic presidential candidate vember 9. Announced by the ment enforced by the repressive tinational companies, but they had their tools and headed out of makers. Secretary of Defense US soldiers engaged to salvage the Hillary Clinton. White House in September - be- colonial system, white commercial to start anew in Mozambique. It Mozambique to seek opportuni- Ashton Carter announced on Tues- mission resulting in an American "We don't have a concept of fore the recent outbreak of stab- farmers owned an estimated 70 was painstaking work, but it is fi- ties in other countries. day the US may soon intensify air being killed in action. operations for a no-fly zone that bings and shootings in Israel - the percent of the fertile land in the nally paying off, Creswell said. "Many of them gave up the strikes against the Islamic State of After a Pentagon re-evalua- we are prepared to recommend," meeting's agenda is designed to re- country, with blacks pushed out RELATED: Myanmar's smart fight and left. Some went to Aus- Iraq and the Levant in Raqqa and tion, Carter summarised the new Carter said. pair the US-Israel relationship af- of their ancestral areas onto un- farmers & saving Mozambique's tralia and others gave up farming Ramadi, and begin to use special US strategy as focused on "the General Joe Dunford, the top ter the bitter division between productive land without compen- forests "We started initially very completely," Creswell said. forces on specific missions. three Rs: Raqqa, Ramadi and US general who recently travelled Netanyahu and Obama over the sation. At independence, about small and we [have] grown. We Creswell and Gifford are two Separately, Secretary of State raids". to Iraq, said what the military cam- Iran nuclear deal. 6,000 white farmers owned almost now grow 12 hectares of horticul- of the thriving few to have re- John Kerry informed US lawmak- In Syria, that means the US is paign is designed to do is provide "Now it's time to reassure the two-thirds of the country's arable ture. It doesn't sound much, but it mained, and now they are reaping ers behind closed doors in Wash- providing equipment and air leverage for a political settlement Israelis over the Iran piece of this land. RELATED: Zimbabwe: Les- terms of turnover it is quiet big," the rewards. ington on negotiations with Rus- strikes to support a recently of the Syrian conflict. and work to make sure that intelli- sons from land reform Creswell told Al Jazeera. More "Life is getting better and our sia and Iran to begin on Thursday formed Syrian-Arab coalition that "We are not going to do a damn gence is being shared and both coun- Growing impatient at unequal than 140km north of Chimoio is yield is increasing every season. I in Vienna. Germany, France, the is advancing against ISIL near its thing," said Senator Lindsey Gra- tries are aware of potential Iranian land distribution and the slow Vanduzi, another town favoured have no plans of going back to Zim- UK, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and capital in Raqqa. ham, a Republican. "This is a half- violations," Miller said. progress of redistribution of ara- by white Zimbabwean farmers babwe. My family and I are going Turkey will also participate. In Iraq, the US will support assed strategy at best." US soldier killed in raid to free ble land since independence, im- who escaped Mugabe's land redis- to stay here," said Creswell. US plans to intensify ISIL Iraqi forces advancing on Ramadi, Criticism also came from the ISIL hostages poverished peasants and veterans tribution programme. Vanduzi, Follow Hamza Mohamed on campaign Recent events have the capital of Anbar province, in president's own party. "We seem RELATED: Enemy of En- of Zimbabwe's colonial struggle which is also near Zimbabwe, is Twitter: @Hamza_Africa prodded President Barack Obama, hopes of building momentum to lost, confused about what to do emies: The rise of ISIL nearing the last year of his presi- eventually go forward to retake the next, unable to put any marker Key to the US effort in Syria dency, to confront challenges in larger city of Mosul from ISIL, down, or have a plan for success," and Iraq will be the upcoming talks the Middle East with greater force. Carter said. Senator Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, in Vienna. Whether the new willingness by Raids simply mean US spe- said. Kerry told lawmakers in a pri- Obama to take on greater risk will cial forces will not hold back in RELATED: US mulls escalat- vate meeting yesterday that the US be too little, too late, remains to be supporting partners in opportu- ing anti-ISIL campaign side believes participation of Rus- seen. "We are in a dramatic free- nistic strikes against ISIL, the de- Meanwhile, the Obama admin- sia and Iran - key allies of the Assad fall situation in the Middle East," fence secretary said. istration appears to have few, if regime - will give the negotiators said James F Jeffrey, a fellow at RELATED: Why the caliph- any answers to the rising violence leverage over the Syrian govern- the Washington Institute for Near ate survives between Israelis and Palestinians. ment, senators said. East Policy and a former envoy to This new, more assertive mili- Kerry met separately in Ber- The US plans to demand an Iraq under former President George tary posture met with scepticism lin with Israeli Prime Minister immediate end to the devastating W Bush's administration. and anger from US lawmakers who Benjamin Netanyahu and in use of barrel bombs by Assad's "The president is beginning to have not yet been informed by Amman with Palestinian leader forces on Syrian civilians, which realise that. He's beginning to take Pentagon officials on specifics. Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's has caused massive damage in cit- some steps. My hope is that these "None of us have been briefed. King Abdullah. Kerry urged both ies and villages triggering much of guys are finally waking up." There is a disconnect now between sides to tone down their rhetoric the refugee flight. RELATED: US to scrap Syria Congress and the administration and the parties discussed steps to Importantly, the US and Rus- rebel training programme that is very disturbing," Senator ease tension at the Al-Aqsa sia agree that Assad cannot remain The US was forced to ac- John McCain, chairman of the Sen- Mosque compound in Jerusalem. in power, Kerry said, according to knowledge recently that the ate Armed Services Committee, "The reality is that you have a people who heard him speak. Pentagon's $500m train-and-equip told Al Jazeera. problem whose underlying causes "There was a common under- programme for Syrian rebels was Instead, McCain said, the cannot, or simply will not be ad- standing as to what is necessary - failing. The speed and scope of the Obama administration's plan to dressed by a weak Palestinian Au- and clearly the future of Syria does Russian military intervention in "step it up a little bit" while still thority or an Israeli prime minis- not include Assad," Senator Ben Syria surprised the Obama admin- keeping a tight rein of operational ter who is not interested," said Cardin told Al Jazeera. "The Rus- istration, and has accelerated the control in Washington "is reminis- Aaron David Miller, a scholar at sians know there has to be a tran- W h ite farm e rs fro m Zim babw e are h e lpin g to de ve lo p lo cal e co n o m ie s flow of refugees to Europe. Rus- cent of Vietnam", the war the US the Wilson Center and a former sition." an d create jo bs in Mo zam bique [H am za Mo h am e d/ Al Jaze era] sian air strikes so far have largely lost in 1975. 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KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s ruler beginning of its new term, Sheikh the emir told lawmakers. He called prices have lost around 60pc of sive fiscal reserves of around $600 called on Tuesday on officials in Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah urged for “speedy actions to adopt seri- their value since June 2014, hit- billion (543bn euros). The reserves the oil-rich state to seek alterna- citizens to understand the new ous and fair measures to complete ting the coffers of energy-depen- are invested mostly abroad by the tive revenue sources and reduce measures. “The decline in global economic reforms... and reduce dent countries like Kuwait. Oil in- country’s sovereign wealth fund. public expenditure after state in- oil prices has caused state revenues public expenditures.” “Any delay come accounted for about 94pc of The IMF said in a report last week come dropped 60 per cent due to a to drop by around 60pc while would only increase the budget Kuwait’s revenues during the past that under existing conditions, the sharp slide in crude prices. spending remained without any re- deficit and make the cost (of re- 16 years, when the emirate posted reserves would be enough to last Addressing parliament at the duction leading to a huge deficit,” forms) higher,” the emir said. Oil a budget surplus and piled up mas- Kuwait for the next 23 years. Obam a w in s In dia to sim plify in co m e tax In do n esian backin g law to ease do in g busin ess fo r Pacific trade pact NEW DELHI: India has set up a Narendra Modi has asked various of suggestions by the end of Janu- new panel to simplify the ministries to review laws, aiming ary 2016. Revenue Secretary country’s 55-year-old income tax to improve country’s ranking in the Hasmukh Adhia said the govern- law, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley World Bank’s index of the ease of ment plans to use the recommen- said on Tuesday, part of an effort doing business index. India ranked dations to introduce changes in the to make it easier to do business. 142 among 189 countries in the income tax law in the annual bud- The panel will suggest ways 2015 report, two notches lower get due the following month. to create predictability and cer- than the previous year. The World The panel has also been asked tainty in tax laws without having a Bank will release its latest annual to identify provisions in the tax substantial impact on the tax base report on Wednesday. law which are leading to litigation and revenue collection, Jaitley told The 10-member panel has because of different interpreta- reporters. Prime Minister been asked to submit its first set tions. BEIJING: China’s richest man saw single day during China’s market his fortune balloon by nearly $17 turmoil this summer. “It’s good to billion — a sum larger than the have money,” Wang said in a brief GDP of Iceland — in the past appearance at the announcement Japan ’s eco n o m y likely year, business magazine Forbes of the ranking. At his average rate said. Wang Jianlin, founder of real of accumulation last year he would estate and entertainment conglom- have become more than $200,000 declin ed again in Q3 erate Wanda Group, saw his wealth wealthier during his seven minutes WASHINGTON: US President in Indonesia for nearly five years rocket from $13.2bn to $30bn in on the stage. Barack Obama won Indonesia’s as a child — said the US needed the publisher’s 2015 China Rich The son of a Red Army cap- TOKYO: Japan's economy has known as Abenomics. But events es, "remains very elusive", Mr Baba endorsement for a contentious good relations with Jakarta. “Ob- contracted so many times in the have conspired to blunt its impact. said, as do its goals of raising work- List. The windfall, which came de- tain, Wang was himself a soldier trans-Pacific trade deal on Mon- viously I have a very personal in- spite sluggish growth in the world’s before he founded Wanda in the last few years that the meaning of Last year, it was an ill-timed sales ers' incomes and dismantling regula- day, with the president of South- terest in Indonesia, given the fact recession has started to blur. Now tax increase, which rattled Japa- tory hurdles to business. Taken to- second-largest economy, was 1980s, building it up with military east Asia’s largest economy vow- that I spent a bit of time there as a driven by the flotations of two of discipline. Its website says it is Japan appears to be faltering again. nese consumers and dissuaded gether, improvements in these areas ing to join. During a meeting with child and have relatives who are After a decline in the second quar- them from spending. Lately, it has were supposed to bolster the econ- his company’s subsidiaries — Asia’s largest private property Obama at the White House, Joko Indonesian,” Obama said. “But even though he lost $3.6bn in a owner. ter, there are signs that output may been the deceleration in China, omy's metabolism and increase its Widodo risked the ire of economic what is also true is that our part- have slipped again in the third, driv- whose factories have been impor- underlying potential to grow. The nationalists at home and pledged nership is very much in the inter- en down in part by a slowing Chi- tant buyers of Japanese-made ma- central bank has played an outsize to join the pact. “Indonesia is an ests of the United States, given nese economy. Economists expect chinery. But the more fundamen- role in the effort. Under its gover- open economy and with a popula- Indonesia’s large population, its any recession to be short and shal- tal problem, many specialists say, nor, Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, it has tion of 250 million, we are the larg- leadership in the region, its demo- low, but the deeper lesson looks is that Japan's economy simply pursued a "quantitative easing" est economy in Southeast Asia,” cratic traditions, the fact that it is more troubling: Nearly three years does not grow much in the first strategy similar to that introduced Widodo said in the Oval Office. a large Muslim country with a tra- after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe place. Baseline growth is essential- by the United States Federal Re- “Indonesia intends to join the dition of tolerance and moderation, gained office on a pledge to end ly zero. Gross domestic product serve after the global financial melt- TPP.” Twelve countries are cur- and its role in trade and commerce economic stagnation, a decisive is the same size it was in the mid- down seven years ago. But the Fed rently party to the “Trans-Pacific and economic development.” break with the past still appears 1990s, in part because the work- has cut back its bond-buying pro- Partnership” — including Austra- Widodo’s visit to the White House far off. The more fundamental force is shrinking. So where a fast- gramme in response to a recovering lia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Viet- was the first by an Indonesian problem, many specialists say, is er-moving economy might simply US economy, and it is now consid- nam and the United States — cre- president in a decade and came ex- that Japan's economy simply does lose momentum in response to ering whether to raise its benchmark ating the world’s largest free trade actly a year after the former furni- not grow much in the first place. headwinds, Japan's goes into re- interest rate from close to zero. A area. The deal is seen by some as a ture salesman became president. In Baseline growth is essentially zero. verse. So far, Mr Abe's policies move by the Japanese central bank counterbalance to growing Chinese surviving even that long, he has Gross domestic product is the have done little to change the dy- would go in the opposite direction - economic clout in the region. defied sceptics who predicted he same size it was in the mid-1990s, namic. "Overseas investors appear towards even looser monetary pol- Widodo’s endorsement is a politi- would quickly flounder in the oli- in part because the workforce is increasingly disillusioned with icy. The Bank of Japan's meeting cal victory for Obama, who is garch-infested waters of Indone- shrinking. So where a faster-mov- Abenomics," Mr Naohiko Baba, this week will coincide with a twice- steering the already completed pact sian politics. ing economy might simply lose chief Japan economist at Goldman yearly update of board members' through a hostile Republican-con- In the Oval Office, Obama momentum in response to head- Sachs, said last week after a series forecasts for growth and inflation, trolled Congress and without the offered his own endorsement, winds, Japan's goes into reverse. of meetings with clients in the which are likely to show increased full backing of his Democratic praising the economic reform ef- The potential growth rate is close United States, Europe and else- pessimism. Mr Kuroda timed his last party. Hillary Clinton, the 2016 forts of a fellow 54-year-old who, to zero, so any small shock can where in Asia. Foreign investors' blast of stimulus with the same Oc- election frontrunner, has said the like him, swept to power as an put the economy into recession," enthusiasm for Abenomics was a tober review last year, catching the deal falls short of the “high bar” outsider promising change. said Mr Masamichi Adachi, chief central force in driving up Japa- markets by surprise. Stocks in Ja- she had set for helping US inter- Indonesia’s notoriously pro- Japan economist at JPMorgan nese stock prices, one of the few pan and around the world jumped. ests. Obama has claimed the TPP tectionist economy has been sty- Chase. "Growth expectations are clear-cut successes of Mr Abe's But Mr Kuroda has been doing his has the strongest labour and envi- mied by systemic corruption, anaemic." As a result, some econ- economic programme. Although best to lower expectations, insist- ronmental standards of any trade lower commodity prices and omists are betting that the Bank of the rally has lost steam in the last ing that the bank's current monetary deal signed by the United States. China’s economic slowdown. Japan, which has been pumping few months with other global mar- settings are sufficient. "I think the Widodo comments will also raise Unemployment among the vast amounts of money into the kets, the Nikkei 225 is still about current policy, so-called qualitative hopes that he will help catalyze vast ranks of Indonesia’s youth economy by buying up government twice the level it was when Mr and quantitative easing, has been the world’s most populous Mus- stands at more than 20 per cent, debt, will pull the trigger on more Abe took office at the end of 2012. working, having the intended impact lim nation, allowing Indonesia to and efforts to attract investors stimulus at its next board meeting Other parts of the economy look on the economy," he said in an in- finally punch its weight. have been undercut by economic on Friday. The central bank's ag- weaker. One of Abenomics' cen- terview with CNBC on Oct 11, at a Sketching out a “key strategic nationalism, vested interests and gressive intervention has been cen- tral objectives, to generate a strong meeting of global central bankers in partnership” Obama — who lived red tape. tral to Mr Abe's policies, widely and sustained rise in consumer pric- Lima.

The UK manufacturing sector is struggling. Photograph: Andrew MilliganPA Singapore’s economy to The UK economy looks like it has ing employment and spending in been losing momentum, stymied the UK. The chart above is from ‘expand at modest pace’ by China’s downturn, a construc- Holger Schmieding and Kallum tion slump and ailing manufactur- Pickering at Berenberg. They com- ers. UK economic growth slows ment: Britons have found a job, and for 2015, 2016: MAS to 0.5% - as it happened Rolling then a shop. The UK recovery has SINGAPORE: The Republic's this next phase of development, coverage as Britain’s growth fig- relied on this surge in domestic de- economy “is projected to expand MAS said “the labour force will ures miss forecasts, with manufac- mand in the last five years, which at a modest pace for the rest of need an appropriate mix of relevant turing and construction both has proved resilient to a handful of 2015 and in 2016" despite the soft- technical expertise and soft skills” shrinking Official figures on Tues- risks such as the general election ening global economy and overall in order to meet the demands of day will give a first snapshot of and, recently, the emerging market GDP growth is expected “to come these industries. Inflation has con- GDP growth in the third quarter, rout and China slowdown.” Manu- in at around 2 to 2.5 per cent in tinued to moderate since April and and most economists are predict- facturing output falling Facebook 2015, with risks tilted towards the this is mainly due to lower oil ing a slowdown. The consensus Twitter Pinterest Manufacturing downside.” This is according to the prices, as well as budgetary and forecast is for quarterly growth of output fell in the first and second Monetary Authority of Singapore other one-off measures. MAS said 0.6% in the July-September pe- quarters of this year, as shown in (MAS) in its half-yearly macro- core inflation has been on a riod, down from 0.7% in the pre- this chart. Illustration: ONS Manu- economic review released on Tues- downtrend since the middle of last vious quarter, according to a facturers have been struggling to day (Oct 27). MAS said the exter- year but it has stabilised, averag- Reuters poll. So far this year, remain competitive in overseas nal environment is likely to remain ing 0.3 per cent in Q2 and Q3 this George Osborne has been able to markets as the pound’s relative challenging in the quarters ahead. year, compared to 1.1 per cent in highlight an economy that on the strength makes their goods more While the US economy has gained Q1. Meanwhile, CPI-All Items in- surface appears to be one of the expensive – even if it does cut the some traction, but MAS warns that flation continued to ease on the strongest performers in the G7 cost of their imports. Businesses “the strength of the recovery may back of a further decline in car group of rich countries. A bounce have also highlighted a blow to de- not filter down as strongly to im- prices and housing rentals, falling in oil and gas production, along mand from a global slowdown and port demand this time round.” It to -0.6 per cent in Q3 from -0.3 with a recovery in mining, were troubles in China, which has be- adds that the region will also face per cent in Q1. Going forward, the biggest factors behind the UK’s come the UK’s sixth biggest export challenges arising from China’s MAS said that external sources of improvement in the second quar- market. The latest survey of the slowdown and tighter external fi- inflation are likely to stay muted. ter compared with a slower first sector on Monday pointed to a nancing conditions. “The domes- The central bank expects global oil quarter. A return to healthy growth worrying slowdown in domestic tic IT industries will have to fur- prices to remain subdued, with the in the City added to the rosy pic- demand, too. Manufacturing makes ther confront the effects of ongo- supply overhang expected to per- ture, pushing the UK to second in up around a tenth of the UK ing reconfigurations in regional sist for longer than initially pro- the G7 growth league behind the economy, and after output fell in supply chains. jected. However, imported food US. The latest PMI surveys for the first and second quarters, Nonetheless, Singapore’s strength- inflation could face some upside the UK point to growth slowing economists are not expecting it to Bren t Lew in | Blo o m be rg | Getty Im age s. As th e price o f o il co n tin ues ening linkages with emerging risk towards the year-end and into down in the third quarter. Illustra- lend any support to overall growth its de clin e , eco n o m ists have w arn ed a lack o f upw ard price pre ss ures economies, such as Vietnam, in re- 2016 as a result of the strong El tion: ONS, Markit/CIPS PMI re- in the third quarter. The manufac- fo r th e co m m o dity w ill las t at le as t an o th e r tw o years . gional supply chains could provide Niño weather phenomenon. On the ports A series of business surveys turing sector is the biggest cause some support at the margins,” said domestic front, businesses will and some recent official figures for concern, where several surveys MAS. Looking ahead, MAS said continue to face pressures from have painted a picture of slowing and official data point to a marked As the price of oil continues its slashing costs as it prepares for a of producers based in the Middle oil trading should remain buoyant operating costs, particularly due growth in the UK, as businesses slowing in activity. Indeed, manu- decline, economists have warned long term low oil price environ- East, is the main group responsible with arbitrage opportunities in the to higher wages. struggle with slower demand at facturing is already in its third re- on a lack of upward price pres- ment. The company is planning for for coordinating production levels market expected to persist in the For the whole year, MAS home and from overseas. One set cession in less than a decade, and sures for the commodity, for at oil to be around $60 per barrel un- in order to influence prices. months ahead, keeping demand for Core Inflation is projected to av- of closely watched surveys, the the level of activity in August 2015 least another two years. til 2017. Jason Gammel, equities OPEC's next meeting will be held cheaper crude oil strong. Further, erage around 0.5 per cent in 2015 Markit/CIPS PMI reports, points was some 7% below its 2007 Thomas Pugh economist at analyst at Jefferies, believes that in Vienna on December 4, 2015. the domestic-oriented industries and pick up to 0.5–1.5 per cent in to GDP growth of 0.5% in the third peak.” Meanwhile, the wider in- Capital Economics predicts oil $60 will not even be sufficient to Frances Hudson, global the- will benefit from firm demand for 2016. Meanwhile, CPI-All Items quarter, lower than the economists’ dustrial sector, which on top of could hit $55 per barrel for Brent balance the market and highlights matic strategist at Standard Life essential services such as inflation could remain negative in consensus forecast. Strong gains in manufacturing includes utilities and crude at the end of 2015, with oil pressure coming from Iranian bar- Investments said: "The feeling is healthcare and education. In their the first half of 2016 owing to employment have underpinned the oil and gas extraction, looks set to surplus remaining for another rels coming back onto the market. that oil prices have been unnatu- review, MAS said that the tech- lower car prices and housing rent- recovery in domestic demand, say have expanded in the third quarter couple of years. As international sanctions on rally low, but in terms of supply nology and innovation cluster will als, before picking up more signifi- economists at the bank Berenberg. compared with the second. Con- "The market is still going to be Iran are lifted, an increase in oil and demand it seems reasonable as play an “instrumental” role in fos- cantly in H2. For the year as a ?????? Illustration: ONS and struction output fell in August and in surplus by this time next year, exports is expected from the coun- Saudi (Arabia), as a producer, has tering the Singapore economy’s whole, it is projected to come in at Berenberg Consumers continue to September. Illustration: Datastream so by the time you actually have try, adding to global supply and decided to produce just enough to upgrade to a new production fron- around -0.5 per cent in 2015 and - drive economic growth, despite a and Daiwa Capital Markets Eu- supply and demand starting to pressuring prices. keep markets at this level. " tier. Singapore stands to benefit 0.5-0.5 per cent in 2016. government pledge to rebalance the rope Ltd Like manufacturing, the equate, it will be well into 2017," However, Pugh also highlights "Saudi is the dominant player from the increased trade in high- Singapore’s tight labour mar- economy towards more manufac- construction sector – which ac- he told CNBC via telephone. an obvious concern over Iranian within OPEC and is estimated to tech and high-value goods and ser- ket has eased slightly with slower turing and exports and away from counts for about 6% of the The oil industry is full of supplies. He explained that the cut production. When Saudi de- vices, as it contributes to the employment growth as the unem- reliance on debt-fuelled household economy – is unlikely to have con- booms and busts. The norm for oil "market is expecting all this Ira- cides they are going to raise pro- growth in Asia as a production base ployment rate rose to 2.8 per cent spending. Against a backdrop of tributed to overall economic growth for the last decade has been $90 - nian oil to come back", adding that duction that changes the output for for high-tech products. Investment in Q2 this year from 2.5 per cent falling shop prices and a pickup in in the third quarter. Construction $100 per barrel, but Brent (New there is a risk that Iran does not OPEC." said Hudson. in the digital revolution, such as in Q1. wage growth, retail sales grew at experienced sharp drops in output York Mercantile Exchange: comply with its side of the bar- Hudson warns there is also an ICT hardware, software, and However, MAS said that the fastest rate for almost two in July and August and it seems @CL.1) is currently trading closer gain when it comes to exports. outside chance of an oil price shock R&D, is expected to be the key pockets of labour market tightness years in September, according to unlikely that September saw to $45 a barrel. The U.K. oil giant The Organization of Petro- within the next few months. If this driver of economic activity in the are expected to continue, particu- the latest official figures. Econo- enough of a rebound to make up BP (London Stock Exchange: BP.- leum Exporting Countries or happens, this would see the oil future. Meanwhile, given the cru- larly in less cyclical domestic-fac- mists also note a link between ris- for that slow summer. GB) announced on Tuesday it was OPEC, which is largely made up price rise, he added. cial role of intellectual capital in ing sectors. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES With Mah-e- Meer in limbo, Anjum SHAHZAD GEARS UP FOR NEXT We're just going to say it: Parineeti Chopra was fashion roadkill when she entered the industry with La- dies vs Ricky Bahl. The frumpy clothes, the OTT make-up -- it was almost painful to watch. Yikes! Chopra's make-up (L) makes her look like a mime Yikes! Chopra's make-up (L) makes her look like a mime Four years later, Parineeti has evolved fashionably. We can't help but be amazed at how the young star has transformed her- self; everything from her clothing to accessories, right down to her physique has changed. Even as she shed those pounds, she hasn't suc- cumbed to being a size zero and has managed to retain her real girl image. Here's some style inspiration from the leading lady: The lady in red debuted her lean figure and cheekbones in this one-shoulder Gaurav Gupta gown at the IIFA Awards this year. Granted, it's hard to go wrong in Manish Malhotra but styling is also key -- we love the way Chopra's done her hair and that Jimmy Choo clutch! And another Malhotra master- KARACHI: They say at times piece. An Arpita Mehta gold em- a few steps backward is the bellished crop top reveals just the only way forward. Perhaps right amount of midriff to show this is exactly what Anjum that Chopra has become fitter than It takes more than a big box office competition this year, the fact that Shahzad had in mind when before. This body-hugging crop to win an Oscar, but dreary audi- Steve Jobs is a box-office disap- he decided to move on from top and acid-washed River Island ence numbers for the new movie pointment is not going to help it,” pencil skirt take that thought full about late Apple co-founder Steve said Pete Hammond, film critic and his directorial debut Mah-e- circle; the Kill Dil leading lady Meer, still in development lim- Jobs has awards watchers wonder- awards columnist with entertain- posed for the cover of Women's ing if it can effectively compete ment industry website Deadline. bo due to post-production Health and gave us some serious for the entertainment industry’s com. Steve Jobs is the third major speed bumps, and test his fitness goals. highest honours. With rave re- movie about the Apple marketing luck with additional cinemat- It's not just about her outfits views, a strong early opening in genius who died in 2011. It follows ic ventures. though. Even her hair and accesso- at heart, she's a t-shirtt and sneak- the basics. However, that doesn't ting all the right notes; she's no New York and Los Angeles and a a biopic in 2013 starring Ashton With actor Fahad Mus- ries are on point! These Loubs are ers kinda gal. She knows that some- mean she's afraid to take risks. The Sonam Kapoor but she's definitely revered figure as its subject, Steve Kutcher, and an Alex Gibney docu- tafa’s home production Band everything! She cleans up good but times you just have to go back to new and improved Parineeti is hit- heading in the right direction! Jobs was seen as a strong com- mentary released in September. Va- Toh Ab Bajay Ga already in petitor for best picture, director, riety said the new film suffered from the pipeline, Shahzad is in no actor, and screenplay Academy fierce competition, possible public mood to let go of the direc- Awards next year. Yet when the weariness with Jobs, the low pro- Danny Boyle-directed film opened file of actor Michael Fassbender in tor ’s chair and has com- across the United States on the the title role and too fast a roll-out menced work on his next film. weekend, Americans stayed away nationwide. Steve Jobs movie wins The romantic drama will star in droves. The Universal Pictures reviewer praise, Oscar hopes Uni- TV actors Sajal Aly and Feroz movie took just $7.3 million at do- versal did not respond to requests Khan and work began soon- mestic movie theatres for a total for comment, but domestic distri- er than anyone could specu- to date of about $10 million in what bution chief Nick Carpou told Va- late. Hollywood trade paper Variety riety the studio believes the movie Speaking to The Express deemed a flop. “What was a lock can recover. “We are going to con- [for Oscar success] before, feels tinue to support the film in the Tribune, Shahzad said, “We less so now,” said David Poland, markets where it is showing have started working on the editor of website Movie City strength,” Carpou said. “The crit- film with the first eight to 10 News. “If there is a relentless flop ics are there for it and the buzz in days of shooting already tak- conversation about the movie in these markets is strong.” Tom en place.” Shahzad is game for coming weeks, it will hurt more O’Neil, founder of awards tracker giving opportunities to fresh and more in terms of awards sea- Goldderby.com, agrees. “It’s going faces since “the Pakistani film son because people don’t really to be fine at the Oscars. Voters love industry is itself progressing give awards to flops.” Awards it and the buzz is fantastic across and needs new talent to take watchers note that the Academy town. It’s not going to be hurt by of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- this. It’s a momentary set-back,” it forward.” Shahzad on the ences has never paid attention to he said. Boyle, Fassbender, writer sets of ‘Mah-e-Meer’ commercial success, rewarding Aaron Sorkin and British actor Kate The khaas libas of Mah- movies, such as The Hurt Locker Winslet were all among early e-Meer The film, which is yet and Birdman, with its biggest favourites for Oscar glory in Feb- to be named, will deviate big prizes despite their small audi- ruary, although nominations are not time fr om the afor emen- ences. However, “there is so much announced until January. tioned projects. Its filming is expected to be complete be- fore Band Toh Ab Bajay Ga, Meet Captain Jack Abbasi which is a “full-on comedy,” goes on the floor. “We are look- ing for a suitable female lead for Band Toh Ab Bajay Ga these days.” Following Virat Kohli's recent Bollywood A-lister started dating about her life and would appreci- Katrina Kaif as well as Alia Bhatt The romantic drama is meeting with Ansuhka Sharma's last year and are often seen to- ate it and request everyone to wait and Sidharth Malhotra avoid talk- slated for an early 2016 re- father, the Indian media was abuzz gether in public. for her to make announcements ing about their relationships, lease. Principal photography with news that wedding bells were But when rumours of their im- about her life instead of speculat- Anushka Sharma is very candid is scheduled for local locations now ringing for the couple. But be- pending wedding got a notch jucier, ing.” about hers and doesn't shy away and a brief spell in Malaysia fore the speculations could evolve, her publicist emailed an official Perhaps some Kohli fans were from cheering for Virat when he is is also on the cards. While the Anushka Sharma'a publicist stated statement for clarification: "There expecting him to follow the foot- out in the field. Virat too returns script has been penned by Dr that all such rumours were base- is no truth to the stories/rumours steps of the bowler Harbhajan the favour by lauding her work Khaliq, four notable Pakistani less, reported *The Indian Ex- about Anushka Sharma’s impend- Singh who is all set to tie the knot whenever he can. press.* ing wedding. Currently she is busy tomorrow. While star couples like Wedding or no wedding, one musicians would be contrib- Dubbed a power couple, the and happy with her work commit- Ranveer Singh and Deepika thing is for certain: Anushka and uting to the movie’s Indian Test captainan d ments. She has always been open Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor and Virat are on cloud nine! soundtrack. “The soundtrack should be out by mid-Decem- ber,” said Shahzad. Who would have guessed Hamza’s by, he does appear to be a master The veer with Meer Shocking: favourite movie character is the craftsman. All he’s missing is the Elaborating on the delay loose-moraled Captain Jack Spar- Black Pearl. Spotted: Captain Jack in the much-anticipated SRK in legal row? Johnny Depp is old friends Sparrow pulling rickshaw in India with his inner evil It seems the We wonder what Captain Jack Mah-e-Meer’s release, trouble heartthrob has found a new hobby: Sparrow has to say about this: Shahzad said the movie re- playing around with Photoshop. Hamza didn’t fail to impress his quires some basic visual ef- But we are not complaining! If his fans though, they seemed to like fects that have turned the first ‘piece of art’ is anything to go his new look: calendar upside down. “The CGI should be wrapped up Monica Bellucci is within the next nine to 10 Singer of 'London days, after which, we will take Thumakda' looking forward the formal decision regarding to menopause the film’s release,” Shahzad found dead added. Mah-e-Meer release date in a bout of doubt Questions were already For the second time in six months, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) being asked as the projected has slapped a notice summoning release date of November 6 Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh grew closer. The film is yet to Khan in connection with the valu- be picked up by any local dis- ation of shares of his co-owned IPL tribution company and the cricket team, Kolkata Knight Rid- Actress Monica Bellucci says she postponement may have also ers, sources said here on Tuesday. is looking forward to menopause stemmed from the fact that The ED is investigating and adds that she is not worried Some tragic news regarding the man the film would have faced stiff whether the shares of the team about ageing. "Menopause is a were allegedly undervalued as it who always cheered us up with natural thing, it is not a sickness. competition in shape of the could be violative of the provisions his catchy Punjabi tunes — singer OK, the body at the beginning will latest in the James Bond fran- of Foreign Exchange Management Labh Janjua who gave hits like get a bit mad. But after a few chise, Spectre, at the box of- Act (FEMA). Earlier, the ED had Mundian Tu Back Ke and London months, or one year, it's going to fice. served a notice to the team in May Thumakda is no more. He was be OK. This is a natural process Answering a question, this year but Shah Rukh had not found dead at his residence in of life. I am not nervous about it at Mah-e-Meer producer Badar appeared before the agency. Prior Mumbai on Thursday morning, all," Bellucci told dailymail.co.uk. Ikram said, “We want to have to that, Shah Rukh was quizzed in reports The Indian Express. Alia The "Don't Look Back" actress, 2011 for allegations that KKR had Bhatt wants to play a Pakistani who has two daughters with her the final product in our hands KARACHI: For someone who has located for my clothes,” she adds. small brand in the process of grow- singer, can you guess which one? estranged husband Vincent Cassel, before we decide on ap- received illegal money transferred from certain foreign tax havens. The been in the fashion industry for Zari Faisal’s offerings include brid- ing, we need to be innovative with- Indian news agency ANI also con- added that she is looking forward proaching distributors for its company Knight Riders Sports less than five years, Zarlasht Fais- al-wear, formal kurtas and scarves. out breaking our backs,” she notes. firmed the news on social media. for the physical change. "Listen, I release.” Pvt Ltd, which runs the KKR al, owner of brand Zari Faisal has With a passion for all-things fash- When the designer set foot in the The news agency took to Twitter had two kids - one when I was 40, The film is inspired by team, is jointly owned by Shah quickly shot to fame. She has been ion, Zarlasht felt motivated to industry in 2011, she used social to announce the tragedy: ”Bolly- one when I was 45. I breastfed for classical Urdu poet Mir Taqi Rukh, actress Juhi Chawla and her going places with her fashion la- make her products accessible for a forums as her prime source of com- wood Singer Labh Janjua found one year, which means I was bel, quite literally, as after having greater audience. The designer is munication with clients. “We’ve dead at his residence in Bangur breastfeeding four years ago. I'm Mir and revolves around the husband Jay Mehta. going to move from giving birth to life and times of a contempo- It is alleged that five million established her presence at multi- also foraying into footwear with a grown over time with the help of Nagar, Goregaon (Mumbai) this designer store Ensemble in Dolmen hand-painted chappals collection social media,” shares Zarlasht. She menopause. Anyway the meno- rary poet, drawing parallels shares of KRSPL were sold to morning.” Arooj Aftab: The sing- pause is going to be great: no peri- Mehta's company, Sea Islands In- Mall, she’s now making her way ready to go on sale online in about started off with photographs of six ing sensation who ‘introduced a with the master wordsmith’s to Tariq Road with a pop-up store. two weeks. Details of the project kurtis that she posted on Facebook ods any more." Bellucci, who will vestments Ltd, based in Mauritius new music genre’ to the world The be seen in the new James Bond own life. The film features an in 2008 and were reportedly un- She also has plans of stocking at are being kept under wraps for for customised orders. With the so- cause of his sudden death is still ensemble cast including ac- movie "Spectre", also said she does dervalued. Ensemble in the capital. “It seems now. The brand aims at establish- cial networking website as her launch unknown. The popular Punjabi not worry about ageing. "I've had tors Fahad Mustafa, Iman Ali, Shah Rukh is away on a film like I have a natural affiliation with ing its physical presence. “There pad, she initially handled all the de- singer gave us numerous Bolly- old people in my life that I really Sanam Saeed, Manzar Sehbai shooting assignment and sought Ensemble,” says Zarlasht about are certain hurdles when it comes tails related to her brand herself and wood hits — from Mundian Tu loved - especially women - so I'm and Alyy Khan. Sehbai is also time to appear before the investi- housing her collections at the store. to Pakistani consumers. They was driven to open a pop-up store Bach Ke Rahin to London Thu- not scared about getting old. It's the writer of the film. gating agency which has not set “I opened my pop-up store there, want to feel the product in their in 2013, where she displayed her makda, the singer has almost 130 what's inside that makes us beau- any time-frame on the issue. where an entire section is now al- hands before buying it. As we’re a items for three days. songs to his credit. tiful on the outside," she said. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

SINGAPORE: Maria Sharapova Afghan bodybuilding star continued her mastery of Roma- nia’s Simona Halep with a high losing battle for life quality 6-4, 6-4 victory filled with bruising baseline rallies to edge clos- er to a last four berth at the WTA Finals here on Tuesday. The Rus- sian world number four topped the Red Group at the eight women end-of-season finals with her sec- ond win and next faces US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, who said she would retire after the tour- nament, with a semi-final spot on the line. The 33-year-old Italian had earlier kept alive her WTA Fi- nals bid with a flurry of backhand winners as she downed a strapped up and fatigued Agnieszka Rad- wanska 7-6(5) 6-4 to leave the Pole bottom of the standings with two defeats. It was Pennetta’s first win in the group — she was blown away by top seed Halep 6-0, 6-3 in her opener on Sunday — with her backhand proving a particular- ly devastating wea•pon at the Sin- gapore Indoor Stadium. Sharapo- va’s win over the Romanian means all four players in the group still hold hopes of grabbing one of two semi-final spots available. Russia’s Maria Sharapova returns a shot to Simona Halep of Romania during their match at the WTA Finals on Tuesday. — Reuters Russia’s Maria Sharapova returns a shot to Simona Halep of Romania during their match at the WTA Finals on Tuesday. — Reuters Sharapova edged Radwanska over three tough sets on Sunday but showed no willingness to go the distance again KANDAHAR CITY : A former Afghan bodybuilding champion, who on Tuesday in a ferocious baseline ond time at 5-4. The 28-year-old lengthy second game of the sec- next service game as Halep fought rowly prevent a repeat of one his took part in many international competitions and brought laurels home, battle against the top seeded Russian, who had won all five pre- ond set and some blistering win- back to be on serve. Her recovery, his worst career losses as he beat has seen deterioration in his conditions and is currently being treated in Halep. Both players traded early vious matches against Halep, was ners from both sides of the court though, was quickly ended by the Lukas Rosol 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) here a Pakistani hospital. Abdul Jabbar, 33, told Pajhwok Afghan News breaks with neither enjoying an controlling the bulk of the rallies allowed her to open up a 5-1 lead. shrieking Sharapova who broke in at the Swiss Indoors on Monday. during an interview from his hospital bed in Quetta, the capital of easy ride on serve before five-times from the centre of the court with She looked set to serve out the the next game to seal the match with Three years ago, the then number Balochistan province, that no official had inquired after his health back grand slam champion Sharapova some rangy defensive work also match before her double fault de- a bruising backhand before letting out 69 journeyman famously upset in Afghanistan. He said he was known to all when he was the champion, secured the set by breaking Halep, causing the Romanian angst. mons returned as she was broken a roar of approval. BASEL: Rafael world number two Nadal in the but now there was no one to even ask about his health condition. Lying runner-up here last year, for a sec- Sharapova broke Halep again in a from 30-15 up and then lost her Nadal rallied from the depths to nar- 2012 Wimbledon second round. on a bed at the civil hospital, Jabbar’s both kidneys have stopped work- ing and the former bodybuilder cannot afford his treatment. Jabbar said he had been associated with bodybuilding for the past 18 years and had participated in many competitions inside and outside of the country. He H o lders Chelsea, Arsen al finished runner up in a 2002 competition in Pakistan and became Mr. No dan gers Afghanistan in 2009. After that, Jabbar went to India and took part in an international event and stood third. “Then I went to Thailand and got kn o cked o ut o f League Cup sixth position for Afghanistan among a number of countries.” The ailing fo r Sizin g Jo hn star said all he did was for his country, but now he had reached a Chelsea's woeful season continues with defeat to Stoke City on situation where he could not afford his treatment. Jabbar said doctors had told him he would die if he did not undergo a kidney transplant pen alties; Arsen al thrashed by Sheffield Wedn esday surgery. When Jabbar fell ill he went to Karachi and got admitted in a hospital where he spent 150,000 Pakistani rupees on his treatment and then moved to the Quetta hospital because he had no more money to continue his treatment at the Karachi hospital. Jabbar said the kidney transplant surgery required two million afghanis which he said was beyond his affordability. The bodybuilder admitted to using perfor- mance enhancing drugs, but said he had stopped using them five years ago. “I don’t know if the drugs had affected my kidneys or there were other reasons.” “But I built my body for the country and the nation and brought laurels home. The government should save my life and not let me die helpless.” His brother Abdul Samad told Pajhwok Afghan News his brother was seriously ill and his treatment required a huge amount of money which they could not afford. He said they would lose their brother if his ailment was ignored, urging the government and well-off people in Kandahar to come to his rescue. Kandahar sports department Top-class novice hurdler Sizing spring. Burke said: "He was foot- official Mohammadullah Gulalai told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul John ran out a comprehensive win- perfect. He looked a chaser all last Jabbar was one of the leading athletes but now he was direly sick and his ner of the Download The Betdaq year. "We were really looking for- both kidneys had failed. He said the sports department lacked resources App Beginners Chase at Punch- ward to putting him over fences estown. Making his chasing debut and his schooling was very good. to support his treatment but they had contacted through social media under Johnny Burke, the 2-11 He showed it there - he was bril- and directly traders and others for the purpose. He said Jabbar needed favourite jumped neatly through- liant. He's a very lazy type. When kidney transplant which required a big amount of money, asking the out the two-mile contest, taking he gets into a better race with bet- government and other authorities concerned to facilitate his treatment. up the running from Killer Crow ter horses they'll help him along, (Pajhwok) in the back straight. too. "Hopefully he can go on to Burke had to get a little lower in bigger and better things. He's a beau- the saddle once straightened up for tiful horse." Sky Bet cut the win- home to keep Henry de Brom- ner to 12/1 from 16s for the JLT Chelsea's woes continued when Remy. There was to be no solace League champions again and after head's five-year-old up to his Novices Chase and 14/1 from 16s the holders were dumped out of for a reasonably strong Chelsea some superb penalties, Stoke goal- work, but he asserted between the for the Arkle Challenge Trophy at the Capital One (League) Cup side, whose miserable season keeper Jack Butland pulled off a final two fences and good leap at the Cheltenham Festival in March. fourth round following a shootout dragged on as they could not find a stunning save to palm away the last sealed his victory. 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I Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown "I wouldn't be opposed to under mounting pressure after from early in the second half and tried to help too," Mourinho told last Christmas, Sizing John ran an stepping him up in trip in time but Eden Hazard failed to convert the Stoke's Phil Bardsley was sent off reporters after suffering his eighth excellent third behind Douvan in for the moment we'll look at the crucial penalty following another for a second booking at the close defeat in 16 games this season. the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Craddockstown back here over testing encounter for Chelsea, who of normal time. "We try, we try, we try. When last season's Cheltenham Festival two miles. It's a race I like. "I'm Miguel Cotto and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on November 28 Iiguel only forced extra time thanks to a Yet their killer instinct from we scored the goal it was no more before finding the same horse too looking forward to seeing him over last-minute leveller from Loic last term deserted the Premier than we deserved." Alvarez have been warned that Cotto (left) defends WBC gold strong at Punchestown in the further in time as I think he'll stay. Gennady Golovkin will not chase against Alvarez on November 28 them in pursuit of a fight. Golovkin has forged an intimidat- The winner of the WBC ing 34-0 record with only three middleweight title clash on Novem- victims escaping a knockout, and Poulter backs Tour criteria Wiggin s in GB Wo rld Cup team ber 28 between Cotto and Alvarez, most recently halted David the field at Fanling when former which is being contested at a 155- Lemieux earlier this month. The US PGA champion Rich Beem pounds catchweight, would be in undefeated KO specialist has been generously agreed to give up his line to defend their belt against challenged by Chris Eubank Jr but tournament invite. Poulter needed pound-for-pound colossus his trainer Sanchez has warned all to play in Hong Kong to retain his Golovkin next. Alvarez has sug- comers that Golovkin's focus is on card and remain eligible for the gested Golovkin should also agree middleweight title belts, not spe- Ryder Cup to a similar catchweight but the cific opponents. Golovkin KO'd Poulter needed to play in Hong Kazakh's trainer has insisted that David Lemieux (left) last time out Kong to retain his card and remain can't happen because he is aiming Golovkin KO'd David Lemieux eligible for the Ryder Cup to add to his IBF and WBA belts (left) last time out "Gennady is not Discussions between top at 160 pounds. If he can't fight at after Cotto or Canelo," said players and European Tour offi- 160 pounds then he can vacate the Sanchez, whose California gym is cials are ongoing amid speculation belt and we can fight somebody home to Golovkin. "Gennady is that the required number of events else. Golovkin's trainer on Alvarez after the middleweight belt and he may be reduced from 13 to 11, but Poulter believes the Tour should not be expected to "roll over". "It's a tour that's been very proud to hold the Ryder Cup tro- phy for so many years and pro- duce great world-class European players," Poulter told a pre-tour- Ian Poulter has insisted the Euro- nament press conference ahead of pean Tour must adhere to a strict this week's Turkish Airlines Open. membership criteria despite the You can't expect the European regulations almost costing him his Tour to roll over and allow all their Sir Bradley Wiggins has been back injury, and former two-time Cup will be held in Cambridge, card, and Ryder Cup eligibility, for guys to disappear. It really is the named in a strong Great Britain world champion Becky James. New Zealand, from December 5- next season. Poulter was forced to one thing that's kept the European squad for this weekend’s UCI Britain travel to Colombia less 6, while the third will be held in make a frantic dash from his Florida Tour together, the Ryder Cup Track Cycling World Cup in Cali, than a fortnight on from topping Hong Kong from January 16-17. home to compete in the UBS Hong "You can't expect the European Colombia. the medals table at the European Great Britain team for UCI Track Kong Open last week, ensuring he Tour to roll over and allow all their It is the first of three World Track Championships. British Cycling World Cup in Cali Men's would play in the required 13 guys to disappear. It really is the Cups in the next three months and Cycling coach coordinator Iain sprint: Jason Kenny, Philip events to retain his Tour member- one thing that's kept the European one of only four major interna- Dyer said: "We had some really Hindes, Lewis Oliva, Matt ship. The Englishman dropped out Tour together, the Ryder Cup." tional meetings left before next promising performances at the re- Crampton. Women's sprint: Katy of the world's top 50 on October Poulter, who remained 51st in summer's Olympic Games in Rio. cent European championships and Marchant, Victoria Williamson, 19 and was therefore ruled ineli- the world rankings after finishing Wiggins is one of six Olympic we will be hoping to take that form Jess Varnish. Men's endurance: Jon 'Canelo' hasn't got a leg to stand on wants all four of them, the major gible for his scheduled appearance tied for 29th in Hong Kong, added: champions in the British team, into the first Track World Cup of Dibben, Andy Tennant, Sir Brad- if he's going to demand to fight at ones. "Once he does that, then we'll in the upcoming WGC-HSBC "It's an awkward situation and be- along with Laura Trott, Joanna the season. "We have selected a ley Wiggins, Steven Burke, Owain catchweight," said Abel Sanchez to look at other options, but Cotto Champions event in Shanghai. Bet ing outside of the top 50 makes it Rowsell Shand, Jason Kenny, strong squad as we look to keep Doull. On The Ropes Radio. "If he can't or Canelo is not what's on his nowBet £5 get £20 free Only mem- very difficult. Philip Hindes and Steven Burke. scoring vital qualifying points for Women's endurance: Ciara fight at 160 pounds then he can mind. "The middleweight belt is bers can be considered for Europe's Rich Beem gave up his tour- Bet nowBet £5 get £20 free The the Olympics in Rio." The Cali Horne, Joanna Rowsell Shand, vacate the belt and we can fight what's on his mind, and whoever Ryder Cup team, and Poulter man- nament invite to enable Poulter to only big-name absentees are Ed World Cup starts on Friday and Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Katie somebody else." Miguel Cotto is across the ring is the next vic- aged to secure a last-ditch place in compete at Fanling Clancy, who is recovering from a ends on Sunday. The second World Archibald. (left) defends WBC gold against tim." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . OCTOBER 29 . 2015-Aqrab 07, 1394 H.S Vol:X Issue No:90 Price: Afs.15 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.