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Govt nudged AFGHANISTAN WILL BECOME BIGGEST Silk Road reconstruction to balance its exporter of copper, iron in 10-year: Ghani work to kick off soon: MoPW ties with AT Monitoring Desk route is underway, funded by the AT News Report World Bank, and the remaining REGIONAL ollowing President Ghani s 108 kilometers of the Silk Road KABUL: President Ashraf trip to Beijing where he de will be built by financial support COUNTRIES Ghani who is on a two-day of- Fmanded direct trade relations of the bank with worth $36.2 mil- ficial visit in Iran on Monday with China through the Silk lion. However, the ministry said AT Monitoring Desk stressed on bolstering bilateral ties Road which connects China s complete construction of the route between the two countries, and Shenyang city with Wakhan dis- will cost millions of dollars for KABUL: The National Unity said poverty and unemployment trict in Badakhshan, the Ministry which the MoPW will need sup- Government (NUG) has so far in Afghanistan and the region will of Public Works (MoPW) said port of the international struggled to improve its ties in re- not overcome sans mutual coop- Monday that work on reconstruc- gional level but a number of MPs community.Experts in economic eration among regional states. tion of the trade route will kick affairs believe that the route can believe that Kabul should priori- According to a press state- off in near future.The MoPW tize keeping balance in its ties with connect Afghanistan with China, ment emailed by the Presidential technical deputy, Noor Gul Man- India, central Asia, Turkey, Azer- the regional countries. Palace, Ghani expressed the re- Radio Azadi on Monday quot- gal, said a Chinese delegation will baijan and even a number of Euro- marks at a ceremony in Tehran visit Kabul in upcoming days pean countries. The experts also ed Sayid Ali Kazimi, member of where Iran Chamber of Com- international relations commission which will discuss reconstruction said the Silk Road will change Af- merce, Industries, Mines and Ag- of the Silk Road with Afghan offi- ghanistan into one of the major of the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower riculture s (ICCIMA) high rank- House of the parliament), as say- cials. Radio Azadi quoted Man- trade partners of the world ing that ambiguity in government s ing officials attended. Concentrat- gal, as saying that China was ready countries. I hope it will be a good stance on Yemen conflict and pres- ing on five economic sectors in- to reconstruct the Silk Road, and start for Afghanistan. Involve- ident s trip to Iran have put the cluding location, water, mines, fuel dle for economic development, he main goals of the Afghan govern- and said the real volume of Af- Afghanistan is also struggling to ment of China and its interest in people of Afghanistan between a and gas and investment, the Pres- said the tax which was taken from ment. He said mines, fuel and gas ghanistan and Iran s exports and rebuild trade and transit roads.He rebuilding the Silk Road will en- rock and a hard place. ident told the session that Asia you as bride is no more accept- are the most important economic imports are not known yet, there- said the project needs huge bud- courage other countries to invest He said that lack of clear for- will be changed into an economic able for us. sectors in the country, as primary fore commerce between two coun- get, and talks are underway with in the country, and this can result eign policy has made President continent in upcoming two de- Hinting at the balance of Af- researches reveal that 33 percent tries should turn regular, and ille- Chinese officials about technical in economic and commerce im- Ghani s trips imbalanced, and has cades and trade relations of Iran ghanistan s imports which are thir- of Afghanistan s mines have been gal commerce should be prevent- and economic issues of the route. provement in Afghanistan, Mo- undermined their achievements. with China, Tajikistan and tyfold more than the exports, he estimated up to $3 trillion. He said ed. We are more focusing on contrac- hammad Amin Farhang, the former President Ghani visited Te- Uzbekistan through Afghanistan said the country s location re- Afghanistan will be changed into Poverty and unemployment tion of a railway. Once the Silk commerce minister said as quoted hran at a time that the NUG s re- will create a big change in the re- quires that Afghanistan s trade biggest exporters of iron and cop- in the region cannot be solved Road was built, it will change Af- by Radio Azadi. cent stance on Yemen war has said gion s economy. He said Afghani- should not be one-sided. He per in upcoming decade. without mutual cooperation. Se- ghanistan into one of the biggest Afghan experts say that the to be resulted in tensions among stan is ready to cooperate in in- termed effective utilization of He termed establishment of a curity and stability will not be trade partner of Asian and the Silk Road project can be complet- officials in Iran. The Iranian Pres- frastructural fields of research, water and land, and investment in credible and problems-free trade ensured until poverty is not over- world countries, he added. Ac- ed in a short time if it was fully ident told his Afghan counterpart mobilization and investment. agriculture and changing Afghani- and transit system as important come in Afghanistan as well as in cording to the MoPW, work on supported by China because it that the regional countries should Terming corruption as biggest hur- stan into an exporter of foods as for Afghanistan and the region, the region, he concluded. construction 44 kilometers of the has access to modern technology. try to overcome the regional prob- lems including Yemen crisis through diplomatic and peaceful AL-QAEDA FIGHTERS NO MORE Daesh, Taliban 17 Pakistani militants arrested in Nangarhar channels. Experts believe that Has- san Rouhani s remarks hints at the fighting in Afghanistan: Taliban announce Jihad AT Monitoring Desk recent stance on the Afghan gov- ernment on Yemen war. against each Recently, the NUG announce KABUL: Afghan security forces its support to Saudi Arabia on other: Official arrested 17 militants, including Yemen war. President Ghani is due Pakistani, in eastern Nangarhar to visit India at the end of this AT Monitoring Desk province, said an official source month. Analyst in political affairs on Monday. Fazluddin Ayar, a and head of the US Strategic Stud- KABUL: The Taliban and Islam- border police commander in east- ies Center for Afghanistan, Rohul- ic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ern Afghanistan, said that they lah Amin, was quoted by Radio announced Jihad against each oth- arrested the 17 insurgents in Door Azadi, as saying that President er in Helmand province, said an Baba district of Nangarhar prov- official on Monday. ince. The Pakistani militants were Ghani should thoroughly keep the equipped with different weap- balance of Kabul s ties with the Nabi Jan Mulakhel, Helmand ons, Ayar added. He said that the regional countries. Terming police chief, told reporters that he militants were planning an am- Ghani s Iran trip as the govern- has letters that prove that the two bush, when were arrested. He said ment s efforts to keep balance in terrorist groups have announced that the arrest Pakistani militants the government should ensure that suicide blast in Jalalabad, the cap- its relations with the regional coun- Jihad against each other. are residents of Momand Agency the militants will not be released ital city of Nangarhar, left 34 peo- tries, he said Iran has found a crit- In one of the letters the ISIS, and Khyber Agency. Mudasir, a by judicial organization after tak- ple dead and wounded more than ical and sensitive stance on Yemen KABUL: The spokesman of the group s fighters had left Afghani- also known as Daesh, instructs its commander of militants in Khy- ing bribe. Najib Khan, a dweller 100 others earlier this week. Civil conflict therefore it is required for Qatar-based Taliban has said al- stan to Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. commander in Helmand to fight ber Pakhtunkhwa was also among of Jalalabad city urged the gov- society activists in the province the Afghan government to consid- Qaeda fighters have returned to The unity government is installed against the Taliban, while the oth- the 17 militants. Local people ernment to bring all those involved in a protest urged the government er the issue as important and bal- their home countries and are no by US secretary of state John er letter urge the Taliban fighters expressed pleasure over arrest- in terrorist activities to book. to curb militancy and punish per- ance its relations with regional longer fighting in Afghanistan. Kerry and the government has in- to suppress the ISIS activities in ment of the militants and said that It is worth mentioning that a petrators of the ghastly bombing. states. Emotional decisions and Mohammad Naeem, the ternal issues as well. Their differ- Helmand, Mulakhel said. taking stances without consulta- group s spokesman, who is based ences on a nominee for defence Neither the Taliban nor ISIS Jowzjan police chief concerned 2 BROTHERS tion are not in favor of Afghani- in the Qatari capital Doha told Al- ministry and electoral reforms has commented about the allega- stan, as the government did re- Sharq newspaper they were not commission are examples, he tions of Mulakhel so far. over influx of Uzbek militants along DEAD IN FAMILY garding Yemen war. It will drive ready to hold talks with the Af- continued. The Taliban s Qatar This came at a time that that FEUD IN BADGHIS the country towards a direction ghan government unless the for- office spokesman said there was verbal dispute between the two which is not in interest of the na- eign forces left the country. no independent administration in WITH FAMILIES ab, ToloNews quoted Jowzjani as groups recently made headlines, saying. He said that most the fam- QALA-I-NAW: A number of tion, he added. Critics believe that According to Naeem, talking the country right now and there armed persons stormed a home in the Afghan government should to Afghan government in presence was no difference between former as the ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al- AT Monitoring Desk ilies have moved to Qosh Tepa dis- Baghdadi, in a letter urged al-Qae- trict of Jowzjan. He expressed his the Qadis district of northwest- keep the balance of its ties with of foreign troops in the country and incumbent president. Regard- KABUL: Uzbek militants along ern Badghis province, leaving two Iran and Saudi Arabia and on the meant submission. He also ruled ing Daesh group presence in Af- da leader to renounce allegiance to grave concerns that the foreign mil- with their families have moved to itants will play their role in further brothers dead on Monday, the dis- other hand with India and Paki- out any internal differences in the ghanistan, he said: Our strategy the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, trict chief said. Saleh Mohammad calling him ignorant, illiterate war- northern Jawzjan province, fol- destabilizing the areas. The Uzbek stan. group. He said the group s leader is clear. We won t interfere in oth- lowing offensive by Security forc- Babak, the town s administrative Mullah Mohammad Omar was er countries internal matters and lord and unworthy of spiritual militants are hell-bent on mount- es in Faryab province, said a se- ing insecurity in the Jowzjan. How- chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News alive, in good health and were we don t want others to interfere respect. The Taliban in response curity official in Jowzjan. Jaw- that Mullah Mohammad Hassan, Efforts on to curb making regular meetings with his in our affairs. He insisted since said that they don t recognize ever, they are not capable to en- a militant commander, along with zjan police chief, Faqir Muham- gage in direct fight against Afghan kidnappings: MoI deputies. Naeem was unaware of the group s inception, the US has Baghdadi s caliphate. They said mad Jowzjani, said that the mili- his men shot dead the two broth- al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawa- not viewed them as a terrorist that as long as Mullah Omar is security forces, Jowzjani added. ers due to a family dispute. Abdul tants were settled in Faryab prov- Dwellers of Sheberghan, the capi- AT News Report heri, but said majority of the group. (Pajhwok) alive, no one can take his posi- Qayyum, a resident of the locali- ince. The militants along with tal city of Jowzjan, commended ty, confirmed the incident and said tion. It is worth mentioning that their families escaped to some dis- Afghan security forces and said some security officials recently that it was a long-standing family KABUL Efforts are underway to Foreign fighters UN probe reveals trict of Jowzjan after that securi- that they should spare no efforts feud between the two parties. One curb kidnapping incidents in ev- said that the ISIS is an old enemy ty forces conduct a clearance op- to bring security in all parts of the person suffered injuries in the fire- ery hook and cranny of Afghani- bar local top Afghan officials of Afghanistan with a new façade. eration against insurgents in Fary- province. fight. (Pajhwok) stan, said the Ministry of Interior cover up corruption (MoI). Seddiq Seddiqi, a spokes- TALIBAN FROM man for the MoI, told Azadi Ra- A UN sponsored investigation has dio that the ministry has directed JOINING PEACE found that top Afghan officials at police to deal the kidnappers with FAIZABAD: The High Peace the Ministry of Interior system- an iron fist. Unfortunately, inci- Council (HPC) in northeastern atically ignore complaints of cor- Badakhshan province on Monday ruption against the police. Based dents of kidnapping perturb many on the report, almost 2,000 com- of our people. It is serious prob- revealed local Taliban were eager to join peace process but foreign plaints were referred to the Inspec- lem and MoI in cooperation with tor General's office in the Afghan people will try their best to curb fighters did not allow them to en- ter the peace negotiations. Maul- Interior Ministry during the pre- incidents of kidnapping across the vi Abdul Wahid Tayebi, provin- vious year - of which only nine country, he went on as saying. cial peace council head, said more cases were referred to legal insti- It is pertinent to mention that than 175 fighters have joined gov- tutions for follow ups. According incidents of kidnapping have ernment-initiated peace process to the report, police officials have soared throughout the country over the past year. The group of been a major barrier in terms of recently. Unknown gunmen kid- these fighters had laid down their referring cases to court. The report napped 19 deminers in Paktia arms in Jurm, Wardoj, Yamgan, apparently states that the majori- province the other day, while the Tagab, Argo, Durayom and Yaftal- ty of the complaints filed were re- fate of 31 Hazara passengers ab- e-Bala districts and renounced vi- garding the illegalities inside the ducted in Zabul province is still olence, he added. We have taken police, involvement of officials in practical steps in Jurm district. corruption and other issues. "Be- unknown. The 31 passengers were cause corrupt elements serve in top kidnapped around two months Some elders have come to the province and we will see what positions, people's complaints are ago in Shajoi district of Zabul. they can do to persuade more never investigated and corruption Four kidnapped people were be- fighters to renounce violence, he is not being fought systematically. headed in Ghazni province last told Pajhwok Afghan News. Taye- This is because corrupt elements week. The Afghanistan Indepen- bi said foreign fighters did not be- serve at the top," political analyst dent Human Rights Commission lieve in peace and had their own Jawed Kohistani said. Some com- (AIHRC) said that kidnapping and agenda and were getting directions plaints were recorded by 119 po- killing of innocent people is in from regional countries. He said lice helpline number. negation to the international hu- unless the government did not re- The report indicates that Hakim man rights law. solve the issue with the regional Nejrabi who serves as general di- Rafiullah Bedar, a spokesman countries it would be difficult to rector in the Inspector General's for the commission, said that kid- bring foreign fighters under con- office in the Ministery of Interior napping and killing of innocent trol. It s the foreign fighters that has allegedly undermined the com- do not let the local fighters to join plaints filed by people or prevent- people is a brutal act and the peace process. Last week, act- ed investigations. Based on the re- AIHRC strongly denounce such ing Governor Shah Wali Adib said port, systematic corruption exists acts. He added that it was the more than 250 foreign fighters and inside the ministry and leaders not prime duty of the incumbent gov- around 700 local insurgents were only tolerate corruption, but also ernment to ensure safety of ordi- active in anti-state activities in the pave the way for it. nary people. province. (Pajhwok) (TOLONews) A man rides a horse at a playground on a hill in Kabul. (Photo: 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan captain War artist and Hum anity Mohammad Nabi resigns filmmaker George survives because of poor form Gittoes wins AFGHAN WAR Sydney peace prize

AUSTRALIAN ACTIVIST AND ARTIST RECOGNISED FOR HIS COURAGE TO WITNESS AND CONFRONT VIOLENCE IN THE WAR ZONES OF THE WORLD

Australian activist and war artist elled in Humvee convoys with El- George Gittoes has been awarded liot in Iraq, Gittoes told the the 2015 Sydney peace prize. Guardian in 2006. So when I ar- The jury recognised the Syd- rived in Miami and I saw Elliot s ney-born 65-year-old for his brother Marcus arrive with his courage to witness and confront convoy, I immediately felt com- violence in the war zones of the fortable. This was, I realised, a mil- world . Gittoes said the award was itary section where everyone is welcome recognition that creativ- watching everyone s back. ity is the opposite of war . George Gittoes is daring, Over 45 years, Gittoes has brash an irreverent qualities Aus- used painting, film and photos to tralians identify with, said chair record conflicts in Africa, Asia, the of the Sydney Peace Foundation, Middle East and Europe, cover- David Hirsh. The jury felt his ing every major conflict since Viet- unique approach to peace building nam, including those in Cambo- and social justice should be recog- dia, Bosnia and Rwanda. nised and applauded. But he told Fairfax Media in Gittoes now spends about half Kim Kwang-hee, an anesthesiologist, poses with Afghan girl Fazila 2007, Iraq was the one war he felt his year in Afghanistan mentoring while she was hospitalized for a congenital foot deformity at a he couldn t escape. I am not the local artists and will leave Sydney Korean-run hospital based in the U.S. military base in Bagram, sort of artist who produces wall on Sunday for Jalalabad, where he Afghanistan, in this photo takenin May last year. Kim returned to furniture, he said then. People has established an artist collective Seoul in late February after completing his one-year mission at the ask me why does an artist have to Gittoes told AAP he did not hospital. / Photo by Kim Kwang-hee go to war? I ask them why aren t consider himself in the same league more going to war? This is the big- as previous winners, which include By Kang Hyun-kyung country. Established in 2010, the hos- Despite being torn apart by a 14- pital has treated nearly 200,000 year-long war that officially end- Afghan patients from all across Mohammad Nabi; No longer captain of Afghanistan ed just last December and by the Afghanistan who come to the ensuing Taliban insurgent attacks, compound for free quality medi- Afghanistan captain Mohammad fore falling apart against Australia en the recent performance of the humanity is still alive in Afghani- cal treatment. Nabi has stepped down after two and New Zealand. But Nabi's form team and particularly my out of stan. Kim said he saw a patient who years in the role, citing his own suffered in New Zealand and Aus- form status, I would like you to Korean doctors and U.S. med- traveled three days to go to the poor form and the team's perfor- tralia as he managed to score only accept my resignation as captain ical officers teamed up frequently compound for treatment. A pa- mances. Afghanistan made their 90 runs in six innings. and allow me to continue to play to perform free life-saving surgery tient like him was rare, but many World Cup debut under Nabi's "I have served Afghanistan's as a team player. "We performed on Afghan patients at the Korean Afghan patients brace for the in- captaincy earlier this year, making national team as captain for more very well in the World Cup. For Hospital inside the U.S. military conveniences of the long-distance their mark with a historic one-wick- than two years. I tried my best to the first time in the history of Af- base in Bagram, Afghanistan. trips just to get to the compound, et win over Scotland. The tourna- bring victories to our team and the ghanistan cricket we won a game. I As the Afghan War ap- he said. ment debutants were also impres- nation," he wrote in a letter to the will continue to play with the team proached the end and the number Asked what the year he spent sive when losing to Sri Lanka be- Afghanistan Cricket Board. "Giv- and advise the new captain." of wounded American soldiers in Afghanistan would mean in con- began dropping, the American text of his entire life, Kim paused army medics who worked at the for a minute and then said it was Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater an opportunity he was glad to For Kabul schoolgirls, Hospital on the base had time to have taken. volunteer at the Korea Com- I know several doctors who pound of the hospital. volunteer for the community af- learning to ride a skateboard The American medics assis- ter they retire from their day-jobs. George Gittoes directing in the street in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, tance was vital especially when But I thought that this is an op- Photograph: George Gittoes/AAP we had Afghan patients suffering portunity that I would never be able to do if I got older, he said. gest conflict we have known in Archbishop Desmond Tutu and from diseases in which none of us is pathway to liberation Korean doctors specialize in, said My decision to join the Korean modern times. Gittoes even made academic Noam Chomsky but said Kim Kwang-hee, an anesthesiol- medical corps in Afghanistan was a film Rampage from the it s great to have an artist recogn- like that. British photographer documents Skateistan, an unusual project in American war zone on the ised in a peace award. ogist who worked at the hospital. Kim returned to Korea in late Feb- Kim said his first-hand expe- Afghanistan that helps young people to build their confidence streets in Brownsville Subdivision Artists can make a huge dif- rience of the war-torn country was (Brown Sub) in Miami. He fol- ference. We re communicators and ruary after completing a one-year service in Bagram. different from what he had been lowed a soldier, Elliot Lovett, we re creating, and creativity is the accustomed to in Korea. ith an oversized red hel to capture an unusual project set After reading about Skateistan whom he had met in Iraq making opposite of war, where they re de- During a recent interview with The Korea Times in Seoul, Kim But, at the same time, I felt met on her head and up in the outskirts of Kabul to in a tiny newspaper article in his 2003 film Soundtrack to War stroying, he said. that people s lives are not so dif- bright pink kneepads give girls between the ages of five 2012, Fulford-Dobson became home to the neighbourhood Lovett It doesn t matter which art- said when he was in Afghanistan, W the hospital had only four Kore- ferent. People in Afghanistan over her shalwar kameez, a little and 16 the opportunity to skate- determined to document this sto- said was more dangerous than ist gets it, its great that that s been might be poorer than most Kore- girl gazes directly at the camera. board in a country where they ry of female defiance in a country Baghdad . When I first arrived acknowledged. With Australian an doctors two physicians, a surgeon and him. ans but many of my patients nev- She stands atop a skateboard, are not allowed on bicycles. ridden with conflict. in Brown Sub, I had already trav- Associated Press er whined. In fact, they looked ready to launch herself down a Skateistan was set up in Kab- The first thing that comes to We had to rely on American military doctors from the Craig quite happy and were satisfied ramp at any second. ul in 2007 by Oliver Percovich, mind is this unexpected juxtapo- with what they had. This is not just a child at play. an Australian skateboarder. The sition of a very conservative coun- hospital when we had patients Indiana donates for whose conditions were outside of Kim was part of the last batch The battered skateboard at her award-winning NGO began as a try with girls skateboarding, she doctors who were sent to the feet is symbolic of more than a grassroots initiative to create ed- said. And suddenly in my head I our specializations. Kim, 53, said the American Bagram hospital. toy. The photograph, taken at a ucational and personal empower- could just see swirls of fabric and The Korean government will school in Kabul, Afghanistan, is ment opportunities for Afghani- these amazing outfits on skate- Afghanistan to honor military medics volunteered to come to the Korea Compound be closing the hospital on June 30. one of a series, titled Skate Girls stan s expanding young popula- boards and I knew I had to go out An official, who is familiar of Kabul, that has gone on dis- tion (50% of the country are un- and see it for myself. once a week, as they were not al- boy treated in US lowed to treat non-U.S. military with the decision on its closure, play at the Saatchi Gallery this der 16), with skateboarding as a It wasn t easy, she added. said that the goal of the Korean week. Photographer Jessica Ful- hook. The project works with They were very protective of people at the Craig hospital itself. In addition to the army med- Hospital in Afghanistan was to ford-Dobson travelled twice to about 400 students a week 40% letting anyone from outside into teach the Afghan people how to Afghanistan, in 2013 and 2014, of whom are girls. the project. But once they rea- ics, some American soldiers vol- unteered their time and skills at fish and that the government be- lised I was coming out more as an lieves this was achieved. artist than a journalist, they took the compound, according to Kim. In particular, they taught En- We believed five years were a chance on me. sufficient to share our knowhow Advertisement glish to the Korean medical staff. The Korean doctors spoke to and expertise with Afghan people, The 300-odd girls attend the and concluded that the country is school three days a week, skate- the Afghan patients in English, which was then translated into the ready to rise on its own feet, he boarding in the afternoon as a re- said asking for anonymity as he ward for studying. Fulford-Dob- Afghan language by an Afghan in- terpreter. Thus, fluent English was not authorized to comment son immersed herself in the school on the issue. for a month for her photography was a must for the Korean staff. The director of the Korean Koreans feel indebted to the project but, after classes at the international community and this school were suspended in 2013 Hospital issued certificates of appreciation to the Americans prompted the government to join because of an increase in bomb- the international effort to help re- ings in the city, she returned in who volunteered at the compound for three months or longer. construct Afghanistan, he noted. 2014 to complete the series. The official said those who You d see the girls, so ner- The Bagram base was regular- ly bombarded by rockets fired by made the decision also addressed vous and timid to begin with, and safety concerns. Korea s Oshino then they d go down the ramp and Taliban insurgents, but Kim, who now works at Wooridul Spine unit that was responsible for se- they d be filled with this pride. It curity and protecting Koreans in has an amazing power I could nev- Hospital in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang, said he Bagram returned home last year. er have anticipated, Fulford- Even though the hospital is Dobson said. Qudrat Wardak says goodbye to host family Roberta and Jim Graham mo- never felt scared, probably be- ments before boarding the plane headed to Dallas, then Germany and finally cause of the caring atmosphere on closing, its five-year mission in the It was swirls and the move- war-torn nation will not be for- ment that I wanted to capture. his homeland of Afghanistan. (Photo: Matt Detrich/The Star) the base. During the Christmas season or other holidays, Ameri- gotten. Rather than just static images, I At the hospital, Korean med- wanted to get some poetry into The legacy of a 16-month-old Af- had previously said Qudrat was can soldiers used to give Afghan ghan boy who died a decade ago his only child. He had been children the gifts that they re- ical corps have worked with Af- these pictures. So, in some of these ghan doctors and nurses. pictures, you get more of a sense after returning home following ashamed, he now told his Ameri- ceived from home. The children heart surgery in Indianapolis is can friend, to admit he had been used to receive boxes of gifts, such The hospital has been serving of them floating. The exhibition as a training center for the Afghan at the Saatchi Gallery will also continuing to grow through the ef- unable to feed or care for five oth- as toys and clothes. forts of those who cared for him. er children while living in a mas- During his one-year work at medical staff. feature sound installations of re- Not only have they had ac- cordings that Fulford-Dobson "We like to say that the ripples of sive refugee camp in Pakistan. the Bagram hospital, Kim said he Qudrat are still being felt today," Hakim said he used some of the was also able to immerse himself cess to modern medical facilities, made when the girls were skate- but they expanded their medical boarding. For Fulford-Dobson, a Hancock County Superior Court money from Indiana to retrieve his in the Afghan culture, which he Judge Terry Snow, one of the Na- children and repay the families that came to understand better through expertise while working with their major motivation in pursuing the Korean counterparts. project was her desire to depict tional Guard officials who helped had taken them in when he and his his patients. Last fall, an Afghan bring Qudrat Wardak to Indiana, wife were destitute. Then he re- teen with a tumor in a bone in her The medical infrastructure in the women of Afghanistan as Afghanistan is poor due to a se- something other than victims of told The Indianapolis Star. The turned to his family's home in Hajji arm came to the compound for National Guard unit had helped Abdad, a village of about 1,800 medical treatment. Her doctor ries of wars over the past 30 years. men, war and religious suppres- Children and maternal mortality sion. It was this powerful por- bring Qudrat from an Afghan refu- that had been devastated by years concluded that her arm had to be gee camp in Afghanistan to Riley of occupation by the former Sovi- amputated. The young girl waited in Afghanistan is one of the high- trayal in one of her skater girl por- est in the world. traits that won second place at the Hospital for Children. Qudrat's et Union, and fixed it up for his for some time before she under- death April 15, 2005, just two days reunited family that now included went surgery. Her parents had a Since 2010, Inje University prestigious Taylor Wessing Por- Baek Hospital has invited Afghan trait Award, which was displayed after returning home to Afghani- a baby girl born about 18 months hard time accepting the reality stan caught them by surprise. A after Qudrat died. Then he trav- that their daughter had to live with- medical staff and healthcare work- at the National Portrait Gallery ers to Korea for two-week train- last year. She said: What I am few days later, Maj. Richard Gra- eled to Pakistan, using some of the out one of her arms for the rest of ham, who served as executive of- donated money to study medicine. her life, Kim said. According to ing sessions twice a year. trying to do is bring back an image The training program allowed of Afghanistan that sheds some ficer of the 1st Battalion, 151st When he reconnected with Jim Kim, many female patients suf- Infantry, met with Hakim and gave Graham, Hakim had just complet- fered from a thyroid disease. Af- the Afghan people to have first- light on the human beings in that hand experience of modern medi- country. There is a defiance in him $13,000 that had been raised ed his schooling and was heading ghanistan is a landlocked country, by Indiana residents such as his back to his family and village com- and because of that, I think the cal technology and expertise. showing Afghan girls feeling free The hospital has sent doc- and liberated, even if it is just in parents Jim and Roberta Graham mitted to providing education, Afghan people rarely eat foods of Brownsburg. health care and opportunities for with iodine, which is probably tors, nurses and pharmacists to this closed environment. These the Korean Hospital in Bagram girls remind us all of how even A year later, Jim Graham was women. In the years since, the why the disease is prevalent, he in Afghanistan and emailed Hakim Grahams have used their business, said. Some of his patients had also with assistance from the Korea something as simple an hour of International Cooperation Agen- skating can be a highly liberating telling him he would like to meet. community and Rotary club con- chosen to forgo surgery, as their After exchanging hugs and small nections to help Hakim. They've parents or husbands didn t ap- cy. act, she added. It s funny how The hospital is part of Ko- a skateboard can become such an talk, Jim Graham turned serious. raised more than $310,000. prove it for cultural reasons. Jessica Fulford-Dobson set out to document female "I said, 'The people of America "If it hadn't been for Qudrat, The compound was part of rea s effort to help reconstruct defiance in her photo series Skate Girls of Kabul evocative symbol. war-torn Afghanistan. (The Korea (The Guardian) would be very interested in what Hakim would never have recovered the Korean government s devel- Photograph: Jessica Fulford-Dobson you did with the $13,000.'" Hakim his children," Jim Graham said. opment assistance to the war-torn Times) 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan NUGs performance didn t live struggles to balance ties with other up to expectations: Analysts Growing insecurity, unemployment, fragile economy, rampant corruption, land-grabbing, nations: Analysts violence against women, poor healthcare infrastructure, and education services, trouble Afghans AT News Report A political expert Wahid Muzhdah told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghanistan s support for KABUL: Social, security and po- Saudi Arabia on Yemen conflict had left negative litical affairs analysts said the impact on ties with Iran. He believed the president National Unity Government was struggling to forge ties with Iran. Muzhdah said that (NUG) has utterly failed to re- Ghani s visit to Tehran could yield positive results as the solve challenges that were under- lined as top priorities by the Pres- issue of emergence of Islamic State group in Afghanistan ident Ashraf Ghani and Chief Ex- was posing a sort of threat for both the countries. ecutive Officer (CEO) Abdullah EMERGENCY Abdullah during campaigns. KABUL: A number of political In the current situation, it is CALLS experts believe it is hard for Af- difficult for Afghanistan to keep In the monthly debate at the ghanistan to keep balance in rela- balance in relations between Iran Rana Think Tank, the opinion tions with other countries but say and Saudi Arabia, he said. leaders discussed fate of the up- Police that it is vital for Kabul to keep A number of other experts coming parliamentary polls, per- cordial ties with all neighbours. believe that Afghanistan and Iran formance of the NUG and chal- 100 - 119 Afghanistan has encountering must improve their ties because lenges that it faces. with ups and downs in its rela- both the countries need to pro- Abdul Sattar Purdali, a senior tions with Iran during the past 14 tect their mutual interests by stand- member of the Mehmood Tarzai Hospitals years. Presence of foreign forces ing together. Abadul Rauf Jamal, a Think Tank, said the leaders have deviated from their initial plans specifically US forces and signing political analyst, said besides FMIC Hospital Bilateral Security Agreement with trade both countries needed to that they outlined before public America have created concerns in work jointly on security related to get votes. Terming 2014 as an last year s electoral deadlock had Purdali said. Pointing towards oth- neighboring countries do not want Behind Kabul Medical Iran. However, former president threats which would ensure peace important year in Afghanistan s serious implications and changed er challenges he said that Afghan to see Afghanistan peaceful and University: history, he said that frequent course of the national politics, refugees living in Iran are sent to stable, he said. Hamid Karzai managed to keep and stability in the region. 0202500200-+93793275595 good relations with neighbor coun- The presence of Islamic State changes in schedule of presiden- same would be the result of delay fight proxy wars in the Middle Highlighting trade related chal- tries and the west during his rule. (IS) and other extremist groups tial poll s results and the electoral in Wolesi Jirga polls, because the East while Afghans in other coun- lenges, Purdali said that Afghan After the national unity gov- was posing a new threat to the deadlock, foreign troops draw- law could not be violated. tries are also exploited. Purdali trucks could unload at Wagah but Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital down, signing of the Bilateral Se- ernment sworn-in, President Mo- security of both countries and Unfortunately, the NUG has said that seven Afghans were are not allowed to load Indian Pule Bagh-e- Umomi hammad Ashraf Ghani traveled there was need for a joint strate- curity Agreement (BSA) with the no preparations. Despite prom- killed recently in Syria. Around goods. three times to Saudi Arabia for gy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ira- United States and Status of Forc- ises of the leaders that they would 40 Afghans were buried in Qom, He further said that unem- 070263672 promoting the slow-moving Af- nian spiritual leader, during his es Agreement (SOFA) with reform the electoral bodies, re- Iran. He urged the government to ployment, exploitation of raw ghan peace process with the Tali- meeting with President Ghani said NATO were the major events that forms are far from sight. The elec- take up the issue of Afghans exe- materials by other countries, in- ban. The president has recently his country was feeling insecure took place last year. Purdali said toral reforms commission still to cution in Iran. Regarding AfPak trusion of Pakistani security forc- Khairkhana Hospital announced to support Saudi Ara- because of incidents in Afghani- that though after mediation of the give any output, he said. ties Purdali said that Islamabad had es to occupy more Afghan lands 0799-321007 bia on Yemen issue that experts stan. He added a developed and US, the unity government was He went on saying that the deceived Kabul on many occa- along the Durand Line and foreign believe Afghanistan s stance about prosperous Afghanistan was in formed but the position of CEO leaders made just promises and did sions and there is no surety that support to internal elements are 2401352 Yemen could create tensions with the interest of the region and Iran. yet to be approved by the Loya nothing to translate the words into Pakistan would change now and the challenges faced by the NUG. Iran. After the Houthi rebel group The spiritual leader urged more Jirga. According to the agreement, actions. The president and CEO help Afghanistan. Pakistani au- Naveed Ahmad, a member of downed the Yemen government cooperation in bilateral relations. the Loya Jirga will be convened said that they would fight corrup- thorities claimed that the peace the Afghanistan Science Academy, Indira Gandhi Children last month, Saudi Arabia formed a Iran had earlier expressed deep within two years to approve the tion and improve security situa- process would give results in said the government is facing seri- Hospital, Wazir Akbar coalition of 10 other Islamic coun- concerns over the presence of (IS) slot of chief executive. Whether tion, but nothing changed. Cor- March 2015. However, nothing ous security threats as the Islam- tries and started operations in Afghanistan. Terrorists posed the government will be able to ruption is all times high. Authori- happened. Chief of the Awami ic State or Daesh is trying to gain Khan, Kabul 2301372 against the rebels. Saudi Arabia huge threat to both the countries, convene the Jirga within the stip- ties over the Kabul Bank scandal National Party (ANP) Asfandyar foothold. He said that rift be- officials said the fight would con- Ghani adding that the rumours of ulated time or what will happen if are still at square one. Horren- Wali Khan s remarks that the then tween the NUG leaders or differ- tinue until the legal government IS presence were posing new the Loya Jirga denied approving dous security situation speak vol- president of Pakistan Pervez ent approaches to resolve the Ibn-e- Seena was installed in Yemen. threats. He said relations of Iran the new slot, are the question that umes about the NUG performance Musharraf urged him to convince problems are troubling the nation, Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Iranian government is accused and Afghanistan were strong and would trouble the two leaders, and promises of the leaders. The Hamid Karzai to accept the Du- adding that the government has no of supporting the Houthi group efforts were underway to further he pointed out. Counting failures government has also failed to re- rand Line as internationally rec- mechanism to fight corruption 2100359 against Yemen government. stabilize ties between the two of the government, he said the take the grabbed lands from influ- ognized border is telling much and bring peace to the country. A political expert Wahid neighbors. According to Jamal, NUG has failed to form the cabi- ential people. Many people have about sincerity of Islamabad, he Ahmad said the current gov- Muzhdah told Pajhwok Afghan drug trafficking was another ma- net till date as the defense minis- built multi-story shopping malls quipped. Regarding increasing in- ernment has some advantageous Wazir Akbar Khan News that Afghanistan s support jor concern of Iran. He said the try is still run by a caretaker. De- and hotels in the capital city on surgency in northern parts of the as compared to the previous gov- Hospital for Saudi Arabia on Yemen con- two countries needed to work out lay in formation of the cabinet af- the state-owned lands, he added. country, Purdali opined that re- ernment. There is no opposition flict had left negative impact on a joint strategy to halt smuggling fected all sectors and performance Both leaders went to the gional spy agencies are trying to because every party and group 2301741, 2301743 ties with Iran. He believed the of illicit substance. of the government. Every group United Kingdom and the United convert northern Afghanistan into has share in the current govern- president was struggling to forge The analyst said President is represented by the government States together. The oversized safe sanctuary for terrorists to ment and enjoys support of the Ali Abad ties with Iran. Muzhdah said that Ghani should have assured the Ira- but at the same time these groups delegation is itself a challenge for threaten Russia and Central Asian international community. This Ghani s visit to Tehran could nian leadership that his govern- are trying to get more shares in the government because it shows countries. Criticizing the NUG, opportunity shall be cashed. Shahrara, Kabul yield positive results as the issue ment would make sure to halt nar- the new setup. Some of the par- lack of trust over each other. Pres- he said the government had no Other analysts also expressed of emergence of Islamic State cotics smuggling to Iran from Af- ties have grievances as well, he ident and the chief executive had mechanism or Plan B to help concerns over performance of the 2100439 group in Afghanistan was posing ghanistan. He feared continued opined, adding that differences not agreed on many posts. One troops in Badakhshan and other NUG and counted insecurity, between Ghani and Abdullah a sort of threat for both the coun- smuggling of drugs to Iran may thinks how they can fight corrup- parts of the country who ran out rampant corruption, violence Malalai Maternity tries. The agreements that Ghani harm the relationship of the two emerged to the surface over nom- tion when they cannot overhaul of weapons and fuel. NATO has against women, high illiteracy, had signed with the Iranian gov- countries. Analyst believed that ination of ministers and Saudi-led state institutions. Anomalies in not provided air support to Af- crimes, maternal and maternal Hospital airstrikes in Yemen. ernment could leave positive im- Afghanistan should maintain cor- the ministry of foreign affairs are ghan security forces in Jurm dis- mortality rate, and unemploy- 2201377/ 2301743 pact on both countries relations, dial relations with its neighbors Purdali maintained that as the good epitome of mismanagement, trict of Badakhshan. Regional and ment as key challenges. he believed. President Ghani on and other countries and assured the head of a high-level delegation that Afghan soil would not be used Banks on Sunday traveled to Tehran and against any country. 25 Afghans attend was warmly welcomed by Irani- President Ghani pledged he Residents, Da Afghanistan Bank an officials. Afghanistan and Iran would not allow Afghanistan s leaders discussed on strengthen- soil to be used against other coun- business-training in India 2100302, 2100303 ing bilateral relations in protect- ties for insurgent or any other vi- AT News Report officials differ over ing mutual interests and standing olent activities. transit, which is enshrined as a Kabul Bank together against terrorism threats The president is expected to KABUL: At least 25 Afghan offi- right in the WTO. 222666, 070285285 and narcotics trafficking. fly to India on an official visit in cials have attended a training pro- India is conscious of the crit- education progress Afghan and Iranian officials order to get support of world larg- gram in New Delhi, India, said a ical location of Afghanistan, which Azizi Bank also signed two agreements on est democracy for tangible peace press release emailed by Indian though a land locked country sits 0799 700900 countering terrorism and drug and stability in Afghanistan. But Embassy in Kabul on Monday. at an important north south, east production.Muzhda said that analysts viewed it would be diffi- According to the press re- west crossroad in the very Heart Pashtany Bank Kabul had repeatedly assured Te- cult for the president to bring New lease, India s Ministry of Com- of Asia . hran that improving relations with Delhi and Islamabad on one point merce through its Centre for WTO The potential of Afghanistan 2102908, 2103868 Saudi Arabia and the west would regarding peace and stability in Studies in Delhi has invited 25 becoming a round about in glo- not damage its relations with Te- Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Afghan- Afghan officials dealing with trade bal trade, as Asian economies Air Services hran. But he added it was hard for istan made it clear that rivalries of in different Ministries in Kabul grow at an impressive pace, is for Tehran to believe Kabul in this re- regional countries would not af- to attend a 10 day long special- real, and well recognized by spe- Safi Airways gard. The incumbent government fect relation of Afghanistan with ized training on all aspects of the cialists and governments around is incomplete and people believe other states. Earlier, Pakistani of- WTO and global trade. This train- the world and in the region. Af- 020 22 22 222 it is weaker than Karzai s govern- ficials had promised all out sup- ing which takes place from 20-29 ghanistan can be the link between ment. I don t think Iran will be- port for Afghanistan reconciliation April, 2015 would cover a range the energy, resources and prod- Ariana lieve Ghani s words because of process and offered military and of issues such as tariffs, trade in ucts of Central Asia and South Asia serious differences among the political support for the unity manufactured and agricultural as exemplified by projects such 020-2100270 country s leaders, he said. government. (Pajhwok) products, and most importantly as TAPI and CASA 1000. Kam Air 0799974422 Hotels Residents complained the quality of education in Jawzjan had been Safi Landmark low amid a lack of infrastructure, resources and professional teachers. Around 200,000 students, 40 percent of them girls, are 020-2203131 taught by 4,200 teachers in 380 schools in Jawzjan. ERENA SHIBERGHAN: Residents and some progress, complained the S education officials on Monday quality of education remained low expressed conflicting views re- and many schools lacked text- 0799654000 garding the education process in books, chairs, desks and other northern Jawzjan province. resources.Tajor, a resident of Sufi New Rumi Restaurant Residents complained the Qila village on outskirts of the pro- quality of education in Jawzjan vincial capital, Shiberghan, said 0776351347 had been low amid a lack of infra- her children learned nothing from structure, resources and profes- their teachers. The 50-year-old Internet Services sional teachers. Around 200,000 mother said: Despite poverty, we UA Telecom students, 40 percent of them girls, send our children to school, but 0796701701 / 0796702702 are taught by 4,200 teachers in 380 the quality of education is low and schools in Jawzjan. cannot enlighten the children. Abdul Rauf Aren, the deputy She said her husband had died Exchange Rate education director, said Jawzjan and she supported her family by was the only province in the north making handicrafts. Purchase: where all schools were functional Shah Mohammad, another and 75 percent of teachers were dweller, said the lack of education- professional. He said after the col- al materials in schools showed One US$ = lapse of the Taliban regime in 2001 how incompetent the provincial 57.83Afs and the advent of a democratic education department was. He One Pound Sterling= system in the country, the educa- said a majority of students stud- tion department in Jawzjan had ied in open and without books. 85.35Afs developed a lot. The official said But the education department One Euro = 195 school buildings were con- official said 4,000 tents had been 62.04Afs structed during the past 14 years provided with the help of the with a cost of $300 million. The United Nations Children s Fund 1000 Pak Rs = buildings now housed more than to students who earlier studied in 560Afs 100,000 students, he said. open. He said the issue of text- He informed that construction books for lower classes had been Sale: work on another 15 school build- resolved and his department One US$ = ings to accommodate 8,000 stu- planned to distribute chapters to 58.03 Afs dents was underway and would upper classes if a shortage of One Pound Sterling= be completed this solar year. books occurred. Aren said around 187 schools He rejected claims about low 86.15Afs were without buildings and the quality of education and said steps One Euro= students of these schools studied had been taken to improve the lev- 62.64 Afs in tents and under the open sky. el of education in Jawzjan. 1000 Pak Rs= 568Afs Afghan refugee children browse through a pile of rotten oranges thrown by vendors at a fruit market in Lahore. But residents, acknowledging (Pajhwok) 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21 , 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES India to resume talks on social security benefits for workers in US NEW DELHI: India's demand for The matter had been taken up social security cover for its pro- during the trade policy forum fessionals in the US could be rea- meeting in November last year, lised soon with Washington agree- which took place after a gap of four ing to resume talks on the matter years and saw comprehensive dis- as early as May. The development cussions on all aspects of bilateral signals an improvement in Indo- trade and investment. It was co- US economic ties since prime min- chaired by commerce and indus- ister Narendra Modi travelled to try minister Nirmala Sitharaman the US in September and US pres- and her US counterpart Michael ident Barack Obama's New Delhi Froman. visit on Republic Day. The trade policy forum is the totalisation pact, which en- principal trade dialogue body be- sures that workers don't lose out tween the two countries, with five on social security benefits, has focus groups - agriculture, invest- been India's key demand in bilat- ment, innovation and creativity, eral talks. Indian professionals con- services and tariff and non-tariff tribute more than $1 billion each barriers. year to the US social security sys- At present, bilateral trade is tem without getting any benefits about $100 billion. in return. The US has entered into total- "The US has agreed to take up isation pacts with 24 nations. our demand for a totalisation pact "Both India and the US have and in all probability there is going entered into similar agreements to be a bilateral meeting on this in with countries like Denmark, Bel- May. There were no discussions gium, Germany and Canada and on this for the last five years, so there is no reason why such an this is clearly a move forward," said agreement cannot be concluded a government official. between India and the US," said India announced a slew of uni- the official. versal pension and social security schemes in the budget in Febru- ary, including Atal Pension Yojana Pakistani court and Universal Social Security adjourns scheme, which will help strength- en India's negotiating position for hearing of the bilateral pact. This is the first time India is proposing to extend a Mumtaz Qadri universal social security scheme. "The budget announcement of appeal against pension scheme will definitely give weight to our talks," said the offi- death sentence cial. India has argued that the US social security policy discrimi- nates against Indian workers in the ISLAMABAD: Following Chi- Official sources told Dawn- The premier appreciated the Federal Minister for Water and by President Mamnoon Hussain, US as they end up losing their so- nese President Xi Jinping's maid- News that during the meeting, in role of the companies for under- Power Khwaja Muhammad Asif, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, cial security contributions due to en visit to Pakistan, both sides held addition to bilateral ties, both lead- taking various projects in Pakistan Chief Minister Punjab Muham- Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen a discrepancy in the visa and so- delegation-level talks at the PM ers also reviewed regional and in- including ones that are part of the mad Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan's Raheel Sharif, Defence Minister cial security regimes. While work House, where President Xi ad- ternational issues of mutual con- Pakistan-China Economic Corri- Ambassador to China Masood Khwaja Asif and members of the visas are issued for a maximum of mired PM Nawaz’s efforts, say- cern, including the regional securi- dor (PCEC) Project. Khalid and Secretary Water and prime minister's cabinet. six years, eligibility for social se- ing the far-reaching reforms he ini- ty situation with respect to Af- He said that Pakistan is facing Power Younus Dagha also attend- Accompanying the Chinese curity benefits in the US requires tiated were crucial for Pakistan. ghanistan and the Middle East. acute shortage of energy and the ed the meeting. president is a high-level delegation residence of over 10 years. The Chinese president also Senior cabinet members and government has made a commit- Chinese president arrives in comprising businessmen, high-lev- The contribution by Indian said PM Nawaz is highly experi- officials from both sides assisted ment to the people of Pakistan to Islamabad on historic visit el functionaries of the Communist professionals to the US social se- enced and that his struggle against their leadership in the talks. meet this shortage during its ten- Chinese President Mr Xi Jin- Party of China and senior govern- curity programme is estimated at terrorism is extremely admirable. Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz ure, hence a lot of emphasis is be- ping and the First Lady Peng ment officials. more than $25 billion during the Pakistani and Chinese delega- Sharif had said that the two-day ing laid on timely completion of Liyuan wave upon their arrival in A 21-gun salute and guard of past decade. Four rounds of talks tions held formal talks at the PM visit of Chinese President Xi Jin- these projects, particularly those the capital amid a grand welcome. honour was presented to welcome on totalisation took place till 2010, Office, in which all aspects of bi- ping will usher in a new era of de- in the energy sector. —DawnNews screengrab the Chinese president. which discontinued thereafter. lateral relations between the two velopment in Pakistan. Nawaz was pleased to note Chinese President Mr Xi Jin- Children clad in colourful tra- "There was a lull on the mat- countries were reviewed. Talking to the top executives that ICBC, the largest bank in the ping and the First Lady Peng ditional clothes waved Pakistani ter for the past five years. But now Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of three leading Chinese compa- world, will look into the possibil- Liyuan wave upon their arrival in and Chinese flags and sang anthems we will be picking up threads from led the Pakistani side in the talks, nies, China Huaneng Group, In- ity of setting up economic zones the capital amid a grand welcome. of Pakistan-China friendship as the where we left and take the talks while the Chinese side was led by dustrial and Commercial Bank of in Pakistan. —DawnNews screengrab Chinese President and the first lady forward. The issue directly im- President Xi Jinping. China (ICBC) and Zonergy Cor- Leaders of the Chinese delega- Chinese President Xi Jinping passed by, Radio Pakistan report- pacts our trade in services," said PM Nawaz, during his open- poration at the prime minister tion said the strong Pakistan-Chi- arrived in Islamabad on his maiden ed. the official. The talks will be led ing remarks, formally welcomed Xi house, Prime Minister Nawaz na friendship provides an excellent visit to Pakistan on Monday. The The Chinese President shook by the Ministry of Overseas Indi- Jinping on his first ever visit to Sharif said that the government platform for boosting business re- much anticipated visit is the first hands with the children who also an Affairs from the Indian side. ISLAMABAD: A two-member Pakistan and hoped that the visit would extend all possible facilita- lations between the two countries by a Chinese president to Paki- showered rose petals on the visit- The US social security pro- bench at the Supreme Court on would further consolidate the al- tion to the Chinese companies to and said they are pleased to be part stan after nine years. ing guest. Traditional folk dance gramme constitutes 37% of gov- Monday adjourned the hearing ready strong ties between the two ensure timely completion of the of building the China-Pakistan Eco- The Chinese president was was also presented on the occa- ernment expenditure and 7% of pertaining to an appeal by countries. planned projects. nomic Corridor. received at the Noor Khan airbase sion. GDP. Mumtaz Qadri — the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer — against his death penal- ty, directing the government to submit their appeal as well. Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Umar Ata Ban- dial adjourned the hearing till May 14. The two-member bench has summoned an application from the government regarding the Islama- bad High Court's decision to can- cel Qadri's death penalty under section seven of the Anti Terror- COLOMBO: Former President of "Prominent members of the familiar with the world of high fi- Apr 19, Colombo: Former "Prominent members of the familiar with the world of high fi- ism Act. Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has government have been spreading nance will know that in this era of President of Sri Lanka Mahinda government have been spreading nance will know that in this era of Previously the government had rejected allegations that he and his rumors about billions of Dollars heightened surveillance due to con- Rajapaksa has rejected allegations rumors about billions of Dollars heightened surveillance due to con- submitted an application in the family members maintained illegal stashed abroad in secret offshore cerns over money laundering and that he and his family members stashed abroad in secret offshore cerns over money laundering and apex court against the IHC's deci- or secret offshore accounts in for- accounts by me, my wife and sons. terrorist funding, accounts with maintained illegal or secret offshore accounts by me, my wife and sons. terrorist funding, accounts with sion to void the penalty under eign banks. The allegation is refreshed millions of Dollars cannot be op- accounts in foreign banks. The allegation is refreshed millions of Dollars cannot be op- ATA's Section 7, but had taken Issuing a statement, Rajapak- from time to time through strate- erated without attracting the atten- Issuing a statement, Rajapak- from time to time through strate- erated without attracting the atten- back the application to make sa has said the public should note gically placed media reports about tion of international regulatory sa has said the public should note gically placed media reports about tion of international regulatory au- amendments. The bench in today's that these rumors are being spread American and Indian financial in- authorities. that these rumors are being spread American and Indian financial in- thorities. hearing directed for the submission by the same individuals who said telligence bodies joining in the If any such accounts existed, by the same individuals who said telligence bodies joining in the If any such accounts existed, of that application in order to hear that helicopters had been pur- search and special teams being sent it is certainly not going to take this that helicopters had been pur- search and special teams being sent it is certainly not going to take this Qadri's appeal and the govern- chased for his sons' use and that to the Seychelles to look for the long to reveal their details. The chased for his sons' use and that to the Seychelles to look for the long to reveal their details. The ment's appeal in the same hearing. horses had been bought for them hidden money. public should note that these ru- horses had been bought for them hidden money. public should note that these ru- While the IHC cancelled from 'Buckingham palace in Amer- Some weeks ago, the cabinet mors are being spread by the same from 'Buckingham palace in Amer- Some weeks ago, the cabinet mors are being spread by the same Qadri's penalty under the ATA, the ica'. spokesman had told Reuters that individuals who said that helicop- ica'. spokesman had told Reuters that individuals who said that helicop- court still upheld his second death "I would like to categorically a member of a 'leading family' had ters had been purchased for the use "I would like to categorically a member of a 'leading family' had ters had been purchased for the use penalty for murder under section state for the information of the $1064 million in a secret account of my sons and that horses had state for the information of the $1064 million in a secret account of my sons and that horses had 302 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). public that neither I, my wife nor in Dubai. Recently, a government been bought for them from 'Buck- public that neither I, my wife nor in Dubai. Recently, a government been bought for them from 'Buck- Qadri had appealed in the apex my sons maintain any illegal or VVIP had even told a group of ingham palace in America'. my sons maintain any illegal or VVIP had even told a group of ingham palace in America'. court against this penalty. secret offshore accounts in any parliamentarians about these sup- I would like to categorically secret offshore accounts in any parliamentarians about these sup- I would like to categorically Know more: Mumtaz Qadri foreign bank," the former President posed secret bank accounts in or- state for the information of the foreign bank," the former President posed secret bank accounts in or- state for the information of the submits appeal against death sen- has said. der to prejudice them against me. public that neither I, my wife nor has said. der to prejudice them against me. public that neither I, my wife nor tence in Supreme Court Following is the full statement This unfounded allegation is my sons maintain any illegal or Following is the full statement This unfounded allegation is my sons maintain any illegal or Last week, The counsel for of the former President that was being used as a convenient tool by secret offshore accounts in any of the former President that was being used as a convenient tool by secret offshore accounts in any Qadri had filed an appeal at the released to the media: my political opponents. Those foreign bank. released to the media: my political opponents. Those foreign bank. apex court against his death sen- tence. Qadri's lawyer had main- tained that the Islamabad High Court's ruling of a death sentence Bangladesh human rights commission chief Nepal-Bangladesh for Qadri is not in accordance with the law and constitution of Paki- stan as the murder was caused by apologises to ‘all women’ over sexual assault trade talks slated to 'provocation'. Last month, the IHC rejected National Human Rights Commis- Qadri's application against his sion Chairman Mizanur Rahman start on Wednesday death sentence under the Pakistan has ‘apologised’ to all women over Penal Code (PPC) but accepted his the sexual assault on women at KATHMANDU: Trade talks between Nepal and Bangladesh are sched- application to void ATA's Section Dhaka University during the Ben- uled to start on Wednesday in Kathmandu . During the meeting, Nepal 7, after which Qadri's counsels gali New Year celebrations. has planned to ask for easy visa facility for Nepalis, preferential treat- decided to challenge the IHC's rul- At a press briefing on Mon- ment for a number of Nepali goods, access to Bangladeshi ports for ing in the Supreme Court. day, he said, “The incident of sex- exports to third countries and determination of the exchange rate be- Qadri's petition had demand- ual assault on the DU campus has tween the currencies of the two countries. According to the Ministry of ed that his death sentence should shocked and ashamed the Human Commerce and Supply (MoCS), a Bangladeshi delegation will be arriv- be quashed and the second asked Rights Commission.” ing in Kathmandu on Monday for the meeting. The two countries have for Section 7 of the Anti-Terror- The chairman also showed his been holding annual trade talks at the joint secretary level since 2008. ism Act (ATA) to be declared void frustration over the nonchalant at- An official at the MoCS said the trade talks would mainly focus on from the sentencing. titude of the law enforcers. accomplishing the major agenda that could not materialised through the Also read: Mumtaz Qadri files He said, “We are apologising previous talks, particularly on duty free access to Nepali goods. “Ne- appeal against death penalty to all women. The incident only pal will be requesting Bangladesh to allow duty-free access to 45 prod- In Oct 2011, an anti-terrorist manifested how much violent and ucts,” said the source. The list of products for which Nepal has been court (ATC) in Rawalpindi had cruel we could become.” seeking duty-free entry includes mainly farm products like tea, dairy sentenced Qadri to death on two On the day of Bengali New products, vegetables (cauliflower and cabbage among others), ginger, oil counts under section 302 PPC and Year, Apr 14, a group of men sex- cake, meat products and chicks. During the last trade talks held in 7 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for ually assaulted a number of wom- Dhaka in 2013, Bangladesh granted permission to 108 items out of the killing Taseer. Following the sen- en in the TSC area near the Su- 153 proposed products. Bangladesh, on the other hand, has also been tencing, Qadri's legal team had chal- hrawardy Udyan gate. demanding similar facility to 64 of its goods to the Nepali market. The lenged the ATC's decision through In trying to save women from policemen, present in the area during the shocking incidents, has drawn widespread criticism. The university items for which Bangladesh has sought duty-free access include fish two applications the same month. the assault, a few men, including authorities have also been flayed for being ineffective to stop such harassment. The student bodies, mean- products, medicines, juice, soft drinks, raw jute and some agricultural Qadri had confessed to shoot- Liton Nandi, the president of the while, have accused police of releasing the four harassers who were caught in the act. An analysis of the CCTV products. According to the MoCS source, Nepal will also ask Bang- ing Taseer dead outside an upmar- university chapter of Bangladesh footages of the area on that day showed a group of men were assaulting women on more than one occasion. A ladesh to allow using Mangla Port of Chittagong to carry out exports to ket coffee shop close to the lat- Chhatra Union, were injured. bearded man along with some other men were seen repeatedly harassing the women. However, those men third countries. Currently, loaded containers are permitted only up to ter's residence in the capital on Jan- The alleged indifference of remained unidentified. Police also could not arrest anyone so far. the Inland Container Depot situated in Banglabandha. uary 4, 2011. 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21 , 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Truce tenuous as Ukraine leader tackles economy, Australia and Iran will share intel- oligarchs ligence to track foreign fighters working with the Islamic State KIEV: President Petro Poroshen- group in Iraq, Foreign Minister ko is using the breathing space Julie Bishop said Monday after a from a ceasefire with separatists visit to Tehran. to push reforms and rein in super- After meeting with Iranian rich 'oligarchs' whose influence he counterpart Mohammad Javad says must be curbed for Ukraine Zarif, President Hassan Rowhani to have a future in Europe. and Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign af- But the truce in eastern fairs adviser to supreme leader Ukraine agreed on Feb. 12 is tenu- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bishop ous, with each side accusing the said it would be an informal ar- other of violations and the death rangement. toll still rising in a year-long con- "We have a common purpose flict that has killed more than 6,100, with Iran in defeating Daesh and and most people do not see it last- helping the Iraqi government," she ing. told the Australian Broadcasting Its collapse could derail Po- Corporation, using an Arabic ac- roshenko's agenda. ronym to refer to the militant ISIS Two killings in Kiev of pro- organization. Russian lobbyists have meanwhile "During my discussions with evoked the prospect of political the national leadership here, it was assassinations and handed easy agreed that we could share intelli- ammunition to critics in Moscow gence, particularly on the foreign who deride Poroschenko's commit- terrorist fighters from Australia ment to building a new, law-based who are taking part in this conflict society. in Iraq." Poroshenko launched his anti- More than 100 Australians oligarch campaign after a face-off have travelled to Iraq and Syria to with banking tycoon Ihor Kolo- fight with the jihadists, raising con- moisky last month which his sup- cerns about the threat of "home- porters say marked a turning point. grown" extremists. The president sacked Kolo- On Saturday, two men were moisky as a regional governor af- arrested in Melbourne for alleged- ter the billionaire staged a show of ly planning an IS-inspired attack force in the capital in reaction to at Anzac Day commemorations on legislation threatening his business April 25 honoring soldiers who interests. fought and died for Australia. "De-oligarchisation" has since Bishop, in the first trip to Iran vaulted to the top of the policy by an Australian minister in more agenda, a sign not only of presi- than a decade, said Tehran had a dential confidence but also of the strong military presence and long vulnerability of Ukraine's oligarchs relationship with Iraq, coupled without spelling out what Tehran would be of interest to them, in ing ISIS, joining an aerial and spe- Bishop said she made a point of each one of the leaders that I met," in an unpredictable environment of with a sophisticated intelligence would get in return. pursuing our common purpose of cial forces contingent in the region. explaining to Tehran that the de- she said. upheaval and conflict. network in places where Canberra "I won't go into detail of our defeating Daesh, then that is an Iran, though not part of the ployment of more troops was "They must have an under- Parliament has adopted mea- had no presence. intelligence-sharing arrangements," appropriate exchange." coalition, has run a parallel cam- strictly for military training pur- standing of our role, because there's sures to break monopolies in the "I believe that Iran has infor- she said. Australia is part of an interna- paign using Shiite militias and mil- poses. "I don't want there to be a lot of misinformation that is flow- gas market and bring order and mation that we would seek and "But obviously if Iran has in- tional coalition in Iraq and last itary advisers to reverse the ISIS any misunderstanding, any miscal- ing around Iraq and we know that transparency to a dysfunctional they were very agreeable to share formation that will be of interest week began deploying 330 more surge that came close to felling the culation or any misjudgement, and Daesh is very good at propagan- economy, orienting it away from that information with us," she said, to us, if we have information that troops to train local soldiers fight- Baghdad government last June. I made that point very clearly to da." the old post-Soviet model. Poroshenko aides say the cam- paign will not bring a forced "re- distribution" of assets. But they Lebanon gets aim to halt the oligarchs' interfer- ence in politics and their manipu- lation of placemen in parliament or government to "fix" advanta- French weapons geous legislation. As Kiev discusses financial help and debt relief with the Inter- national Monetary Fund and West- in $3b Saudi deal ern creditors, any moves to clean A thick pillar of smoke rose into out Ukraine's political and eco- the air a strike on a Scud missile nomic stables are welcome for base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Western governments. caused a huge explosion, residents The financial empire of Rinat told Reuters news agency. Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, There was no immediate word has also come under more scruti- of casualties from the blast, which ny in recent weeks, with the state blew out windows in homes, after prosecutor challenging a sell-off of hitting the base on Faj Attan moun- electricity-generating company tain beside Hadda district, where Dniproenergo to his holding the presidential palace and many DTEK in 2012. embassies are located. Akhmetov, whose fortune is Resident Adel Mansour told put at more than $6 billion by the agency was the largest explo- Forbes magazine, was untouchable sion in more than three weeks of during the rule of ousted President bombing by a Saudi-led coalition. Viktor Yanukovich. But the con- Since March 26, Saudi Arabia flict in the east, the base of his has led an alliance of Arab coun- operations, has had a huge impact tries in air strikes against the Irani- on his steel and other industrial an-backed Houthi rebel group and interests. A Saudi-funded $3 billion deal to of defense as Saudi and French flags militias of the deposed leader Ali "The power of a certain num- provide Lebanon with French waved. Abdullah Saleh. ber of financial-industrial groups weapons was underway on Mon- A security source from Leba- "For the first time since the who controlled, among others, the day as the first shipment arrived non, which is still rebuilding after start of the bombing the windows parliament, the Cabinet of Minis- at the Beirut International airport. its own 15-year civil war, told Re- of my house smashed," Mansour ters and to a large extent the pres- The deal, signed last Novem- uters news agency the first ship- said. "My children are terrified and ident -- all that was in the past and ber, aims to bolster the Lebanese ment was 48 "Milan" anti-tank one of my relatives fainted because should stay there in the past," army's fight against militants en- missiles. of the force of the blast." Houthi ammunition and the threat an attack on Saudi borders but they tween provinces, because all com- Poroshenko's top aide, Borys croaching from neighboring Syria. Lebanon, with sectarian divi- The Saudi-led campaign has from their “ballistic missiles” was were stopped from advancing.” munication means were destroyed, Lozhkin, told journalists. Saudi Arabia has already provided sions have been exacerbated by the repeatedly targeted the Faj Attan “neutralized,” the coalition’s Due to the air strikes, the leaving their operations isolated "This (anti-oligarch campaign) $1 billion in military aid to the war over the border in Syria, has facility along with other military spokesman said on Sunday night. Houthis no longer have a central especially near the Saudi border,” does not mean that something neg- Lebanese army. said it needs more resources and bases and airports in Sanaa and Saudi-led coalition forces communication command, making he added. Asiri said “workshops” ative will happen to certain peo- The arrival of the first ship- better hardware. throughout the country. spokesman Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asi- their attacks “isolated operations,” used by the Houthis to manufac- ple. We are not talking about a re- ment was broadcast on Lebanese The deal will involve about 20 The coalition has so far de- ri said in a daily briefing that “the Asiri added. ture arms were also “completely distribution of property. But state news channels, showing a military French companies and cover a mix stroyed in Yemen “80 percent” of [Houthi] militias were preparing “There are no connections be- destroyed.” property should not be confused plane at Beirut International air- of land, sea and air equipment, in- with private property." port with green boxes of weapons cluding armored vehicles, heavy The campaign is not without and missiles laid out in front. artillery, anti-tank missiles, mor- risk for Poroshenko, who pledged The ceremony was attended tars and assault weapons, a French Egypt sentences 22 members of Brotherhood to death when elected president in May by French and Lebanese ministers defense ministry source has said. 2014 to sell off the Roshen con- An Egyptian court sentenced 22 fectionery business on which his members of the Muslim Brother- own fortune was built. hood to death on Monday over an "The president wants to sell EU meets on migrant attack on a police station in a dis- everything, but the time now is not trict outside Cairo in 2013, judi- just bad, but very bad. Investors crisis as shipwreck cial sources said. don't want to come here," Lozh- The assault was part of a wave kin said. Not only is it unclear how of violence that rocked the coun- long the truce will hold but rela- corpses brought ashore try after the army removed elect- tions with Russia, now officially ed Islamist president Mohamed labeled an "aggressor state" back- VALLETTA: European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxem- Mursi from power following mass ing the rebels, are going from bad bourg on Monday under pressure to produce more than words as bodies protests against his rule in June to worse. were brought ashore in Malta among hundreds feared drowned in the 2013. Russian President Vladimir latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy. The death toll from Sunday's One other defendant, who is a Putin gave no ground on Ukraine shipwreck off the coast of Libya was unc ertain after officials said there juvenile, was given a 10 year sen- in a televised phone-in last Thurs- had been at least 700 people on board, some reportedly locked in the tence, the sources said. A lawyer day. "We don't choose our part- hold. Hundreds of kilometers (miles) to the east, another vessel carrying for the convicted men said they ners", he remarked drily when dozens of migrants ran aground off the Greek island of Rhodes on would appeal. asked about Poroshenko. Monday. Greek coast guards said at least three people were killed. Egyptian authorities have says the outlawed Brotherhood is a major security threat, but the Brotherhood says it does not condone Agreed at talks between Pu- European officials are struggling to come up with a policy that jailed thousands of suspected violence. The defendants were convicted of murder, attempted murder, and the destruction of public facilities, tin, Poroshenko and the French and would respond more humanely to an exodus of migrants traveling by sea members of the Brotherhood and among other charges during an attack on the police station in Kerdasa district, in which one policeman was German leaders in the Belarussian from Africa and Asia to Europe, without worsening the crisis by encour- the courts have sentenced hun- killed. The judge overseeing Monday's decision was Mohamed Nagi Shehata, who has played a prominent capital Minsk, the ceasefire re- aging more to leave. dreds to death. The government role in the Egyptian judiciary's mass jailings of Islamist and liberal demonstrators. placed an initial deal last Septem- ber that failed to hold. "The situation is neither war nor peace. Nobody is going to de- Deadly attack targets UN staff in Somalia’s Puntland viate from the Minsk agreements," political analyst Olesya Yakhno said of a pact that outlines a with- At least seven people have been that the UN was presently con- ated Press news agency. Photos circulating on social media websites showed several bodies in the torn-up UN bus. The roof of the bus was ripped drawal of heavy weapons, prison- killed in an attack on a UN vehicle tacting families of the staff and air- off by the explosion. Bomb attacks are not common in the northern parts of Somalia, unlike in the south where al-Shabab is waging a deadly war er releases and more autonomy for in Garowe, the capital of Puntland lifting the injured. against the Somali government and the African Union forces bolstering it. the east. in northeastern Somalia, local se- The victims were an integral A widespread suspicion in curity sources told Al Jazeera. part of UNICEF’s work in Soma- Kiev is that Putin wants the truce Four UNICEF staff members lia, "dedicated to improving the to hold until May 9, when Mos- were among the dead and four oth- lives of others", the statement said. cow stages events commemorat- er staff members were in a serious Al-Shabab claims attack ing the end of World War Two in condition, the United Nations Chil- Al-Shabab military operations Europe. Afterwards, the Kremlin dren's Fund said in a statement on spokesman Abulaziz Abu Mus'ab may hope the rebels can seize Monday. told Al Jazeera that his group was more land. Abdiwali Hirsi, Puntland's In- behind the attack. One possible hot spot is formation Minister, told Al Jazeera "We carried out the attack in around the coastal city of Mari- that two other victims were So- Garowe. We targeted our enemy upol, which sits between the east- mali security guards. The seventh the UN. We killed and injured ern "Donbass" regions of Donetsk victim was yet to be identified. many in the attack." and Luhansk and Russian-annexed UNICEF said the attack oc- Crimea. curred when the vehicle travelled The bomb was apparently Others see separatist pressure from a guest house to the UN agen- planted under a seat and was deto- building on Avdiyivka, the coke- cy's office in Garowe in the auton- nated by remote control, police producing northern gateway to the omous Puntland region, adding officer Yusuf Ali told the Associ- rebel-held city of Donetsk. 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. TUESDAY .APRIL 21, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] By M.K. Bhadrakumar Barack Obama’s detractors and remaining a unified state with a come. The US’ objective could be critics at home, as it highlights the Shi’ite majority (created a century three-fold: ·create an alibi to remain www.afghanistantimes.af The Islamic State [IS] has claimed colossal failure of the US-led war ago by Imperial Britain on the de- embedded militarily in a highly stra- responsibility for the ghastly sui- (which he’d on the other hand like bris of the Ottoman Empire to suit tegic region where rival powers – Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi cide bombing on Sunday in the east- to project differently as a success the geopolitical needs of that time) Russia, China and Iran – have Advisory editorial board ern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad, story and as presidential legacy.) or should be dismembered like the staged a comeback and may threat- killing at least 33 people and injur- ·On the other hand, the IS pro- former Yugoslavia. Contradictions en to overshadow the western Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, ing more than 100. The Taliban vides the perfect alibi for the US are galore when one looks closely presence; Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal have categorically denied any role. to establish its military bases in at the US’ much-touted military ·create a permanent thorn in Of course, it is difficult to be Afghanistan (and to bring in campaign against the IS in Iraq the flesh for Shi’ite Iran and a bul- Graphic-Designers: judgmental in such dire circum- NATO as well) on a long-term since last year. To be sure, the US wark against Iran’s rising regional Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari stances. No doubt, Taliban cadres footing, which makes the hype of has conducted air strikes on the influence; Marketing & Advertising: can always wear new IS robes and continued al-Qaeda / IS threat in IS. But then, it has refused to tack- ·work on the IS incrementally this might well have begun hap- Afghanistan a realtime political le the IS on the ground. through its various mentors in the Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 pening, given the incipient trends necessity. To be sure, the US forces have region (who are US’ allies) and fi- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan toward splinter groups of Talibs ·But at the same time, the US returned to Iraq despite the popu- nesse it as a geopolitical tool for Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 breaking off now and then and will be chary of any suggestion that lar Iraqi opinion heavily weighed the furtherance of the US’ regional Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press swearing allegiance to the IS. the IS’ rise is also to be attributed against American troop presence. strategies in the Muslim countries. However, whether there are to the Afghan people’s resentment But then, the US military advisors Given the above complex sce- umbilical cords tying such ele- over the continued foreign occu- are taking their own time to pre- nario, the appearance of the IS in ments to the IS Hqs in Iraq or not pation of their country. pare the Iraqi armed forces to take Afghanistan becomes a moment The constitution says or instructions are being transmit- Then, there is the big, tanta- the war into the IS camp. fraught with great poignancy. ted from Mosul to the Hindu Kush lizing question which looms large To be sure, the folklore says We can agree that the Afghan or whether terrorist elements are today as to where exactly the US that the hydra-headed IS monster President Ashraf Ghani has no rea- moonlighting in a spirit of motive- stands vis-a-vis the IS. Much re- with a billion-dollar holding and son to lie during a nationally tele- Article 120: less malignity has become a moot mains a mystery to the uninitiated hidden sources of income cannot vised address when he says that The authority of the judicial organ shall include consideration of all cases filed by real or incorporeal persons, point today. who see the paradigm in back and be vanquished easily. But then the the IS is responsible for the car- including the state, as plaintiffs or defendants, before the court in accordance with the provisions of the law. The point is, the IS is an idea white terms as a straightforward ramshackle Iraqi militia with the nage in Jalalabad on Sunday. He and if the idea is arresting the minds war on terror, whereas, the unno- support and guidance from Iran probably spoke on the basis of of even a few militants in Afghan- ticed eddies are really more impor- have shown in Tikrit that the IS Afghan intelligence. His army chief Editorial istan (or Pakistan) it becomes a tant here than the mainstream. mystique is probably no more than Sher Mohammad Karimi said at the terrifying prospect. The time for Consider the following. hyperbole that can be scattered. same that terrorists are the com- hair-splitting – whether the Afghan One, IS surged in Syria and Iraq To be sure, the IS continues to mon enemies of Afghanistan and soil is fertile or not for the IS tree as a result of the misguided poli- get supplies from outside. But Pakistan. Dissolve or make to grow – is gone. cies pursued by the US and its re- then, the Iranians count the U.S. Interestingly, the IS’s appear- Such mutations as could be gional allies. Simply put, in the among the principal sources of ance in Afghanistan coincides with happening within the Taliban are frenzy to try to overthrow the supply of weapons for the IS. phenomenal shifts in regional pol- HPC effective inevitable and the history of pop- Syrian regime and replace it with a To be sure, the U.S. could be itics. (See my article Pakistan, ular insurgencies is littered with pro-western set-up, the US and its airdropping weapons by mistake China, Iran and the remaking of Maulvi Abdul Wahid Tayyebi, High Peace Council head of Bada- such things. allies ended up supporting extrem- behind enemy lines. But then, Iran regional security). Equally, there khshan chapter, said Monday that local Taliban were eager to join However, in contrast with the ist groups who later transformed now is in possession of concrete are nascent signs that the national peace process but foreign fighters didn’t allow them to do so. Ac- clear-cut assessment by the Kabul as the IS. Didn’t the U.S. know evidence that the U.S. aircraft are unity government in Kabul is re- government and many regional with all the intelligence assets at literally unloading arms supplies newing its ties with Russia, and cording to him over 175 militants joined Afghan-led peace process states (especially Russia and Iran) its command that its regional allies at airports that are under the con- Iran, (which have been in a state of over the past year. The group of these militants laid down their arms that the spectre of the IS has come – Arab and non-Arab – were (and trol of the IS. drift in the recent months.) in Yamgan, Jurm, Tagab, Warduj, Yaftal-e-Bala, and Durayom dis- to haunt Afghanistan, the United continue to be) involved in the dan- Really? What is the conclusion The US has every reason to tricts of Badakhshan and joined the reconciliation process. Tayyebi States and its allies have maintained gerous business of covertly sup- to be drawn if there is an ounce of feel nervous that a regional initia- talks of those militants who renounced violence in such a time when an ambivalent stance. This is only porting extremist groups? Of truth in the Iranian allegation tive may, finally, take shape that to be expected, because the Obama course, it did. If so, why did it look (which has since been picked up challenges Washington’s monopo- recently fierce clashes between Afghan security forces and the Tali- administration grapples with more away and patiently mark time un- by Russian official media)? It ly to be the arbiter of any Afghan ban left scores of troops killed. It’s really dismaying that so far the than one compulsion working on til the IS monster finally caught doesn’t need much ingenuity to settlement — especially with the government has not launched any probe into the allegations of the it and has to navigate its way the world headlines by conquering figure out that the US is indulging warming up of Russian-Pakistani deadliest “collusion”, which inflicted a heavy damage in men and through with some dexterity. The Mosul? Again, why Mosul? Ev- in doublespeak — staging an elab- ties and the upcoming summit material on Afghan security forces. Last week, the acting governor main considerations are: eryone knows that Mosul region orate pantomime with a hidden meeting of the Shanghai Coopera- ·In political terms, the White adjacent to Kirkuk, awash with the agenda that actually aims at some- tion Organization in Ufa, Russia, of Badakhshan province Shah Wali Adib said that more than 250 House is wary that the IS’ rise in great oil fields, is the nerve centre how perpetuating an IS presence where Pakistan’s admission as a insurgents and around 700 foreign terrorists were active in the prov- Afghanistan might become even or frontline of the “Iraq question”, of some sort or the other on the full member of the regional body ince. However, the matter is why foreigners should outnumber the more grist for the mill of President where the viability of the country Iraqi chessboard for some time to is expected to be formalized. local militants? Adib alleged the foreign fighters were primarily in- volved in the brutal killing and beheading of Afghan soldiers. Why India in Afghanistan: Tackling thorny issue this northern province is becoming a safe hideout for foreign terror- ists? And why they are so much powerful to dictate local fighters By Stephen Tankel views from how Washington and net security provider in the region increased would surely cause even not to renounce violence? Or these statements are a cover-up at- New Delhi see one another’s on- is likely to grow stronger. Yet if more anxiety in Rawalpindi. To Last week, I had the privilege to going engagement in Afghanistan. New Delhi is not going to put that, Ayres replies that Indian col- tempt where the government officials want to hide their failures. speak with a small group of Indian For most of the decade after 9/ troops in Afghanistan – and right laboration in Afghanistan involv- Moreover, President Ashraf Ghani visited Badakhshan to know what parliamentarians who were visit- 11, the United States viewed Indi- now few people are arguing that it ing no Indian troops on the ground actually happened there. However, the nation doesn’t know about ing the United States. The subject an involvement in Afghanistan should – then how else might Indi- should not be subject to a Paki- any probe into the incident. Why there shouldn’t be any investiga- was U.S. policy in South and Cen- through the prism of Pakistani sen- an involvement contribute to sta- stani veto. tral Asia. After offering remarks we sitivities. That approach has bility in the wake of the U.S. with- Policymakers will need to bal- tion? Why foreigner terrorists should be allowed to behead Afghans turned to discussion. No surprise changed in the last lustrum, per- drawal? ance the compelling case Ayres in front of other Afghans (Taliban). This nation, in its history, has – U.S. policy toward Pakistan con- haps not surprisingly as U.S. per- A new policy memo by Alys- makes with myriad other concerns never seen and heard about such a shameless act. The truth is until sumed much of the remainder of ceptions of Pakistan have grown sa Ayres – a former Assistant Sec- as they calculate how best to se- these foreign terrorists have local support they wouldn’t be able to the session. A key point of con- less positive. Today, the U.S. gov- retary of State for South Asia and cure U.S. interests in the region and tention was whether the United ernment would arguably like to see who now resides at the Council on avoid rising instability. Those live on this soil even for a single day let alone dictating Afghan States was abandoning Afghanistan India do more, not less in Afghan- Foreign Relations – offers a cogent tasked with making these decisions, Taliban to do this and that. The truth is the High Peace Council to Pakistani influence-cum-subju- istan, though both Washington and and balanced look at how to lever- and people who simply want to (HPC) has remained ineffective and unsuccessful in achieving major gation. There’s a lot to unpack in New Delhi appear to agree that age India’s strengths to contribute know more about the options at terms of how New Delhi and putting Indian boots on the ground to Afghanistan’s stability. Specifi- hand should take note of what breakthroughs in peace talks with the Taliban. What the HPC can Washington each views Pakistan’s is a bad idea. As U.S. forces con- cally, Ayres wades into some of Ayres has to say. do is to convene press conferences, seminars and ulema’s gather- role in Afghanistan. It’s also prob- tinue to draw down in Afghanistan, the thornier issues related to Indi- Stephen Tankel is a senior ed- ing. Even some of the HPC office bearers have felt this weakness ably impossible to separate those the desire for India to become a an security assistance, which if it itor at War on the Rocks. and acknowledged in front of media that this national peace body is useless. Though, the government has got a promising opportunity as al-Qaeda is no more fighting in the mountains and plains of Af- ghanistan. There are serious rifts between the Taliban and the ISIS (Daesh). The goals of the two are totally different and opposing. The one considers itself just a national level resistance movement while the second one is an international terror outfit with internation- al political designs. The one is powerful in terms of resources while another one is hanging by a thread. Moreover, when Iran and Paki- stan have also shown their readiness to support Afghanistan in its fight against terror, the government is in a much good position to reach out to the Taliban, convince them on peace talks. But again there comes the question of how to reach out to them? How to isolate Afghan Taliban from the foreigner ones? Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. 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.

TUESDA .APRIL 21 , 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES A prosperous Money drives China will out voices of benefit the Revealed: China’s reasons for poor in US vote world By James Palmer island-building in the South China Sea Hillary Clinton’s election spend- By Dr Mu Yongpeng ing may be the biggest ever in a US presidential campaign, with figures China’s stable development is For the first time, China’s Foreign Ministry went into detail on the purpose as large as $2.5 billion being tout- closely linked to assistance and ed. That’s no surprise, given both support from the rest of the world of land reclamation in the South China Sea. the strength of her political and and, at the same time, the world’s business connections and the per- progress and prosperity cannot be By Shannon Tiezzi sence, China is telling the world: Spratlys has the following purpos- out double standard.” (China’s crit- administration” to ships from Chi- sonal fortune and contacts that her separated from China’s contribu- husband has amassed since leav- tion. Since the founding of the Peo- our land reclamation is “normal,” es: ics, of course, point out that Chi- na and its neighbors alike, Hua said. “lawful,” “reasonable,” and “jus- [O]ptimizing their functions, na’s current activiites are unprece- Hua also promised that Chi- ing the presidency in 2000. But at ple’s Republic of China in 1949, For the first time, China’s Foreign the same time, Clinton has come and especially since reforms and Ministry has explained in detail the tifiable” – but take our word for it, improving the living and working dented in terms of both scale and na’s construction would not harm out in favor of campaign finance an open policy was adopted over purpose and rationale for large- as we’re not going to explain any conditions of personnel stationed speed.) the environment. “The ecological 30 years ago, great changes have reform, backing a hypothetical con- taken place in China. The coun- scale land reclamation activities further. It’s hard to argue some- there, better safeguarding territo- Another point worth empha- environment of the South China stitutional amendment that would try’s social and economic devel- taking place in disputed areas of thing is “justifiable” if you don’t rial sovereignty and maritime sizing is that China is attempting Sea will not be damaged,” Hua said severely rein in the amount candi- opment has improved greatly and the South China Sea. China’s take the time to actually justify it. rights and interests, as well as bet- to frame its newly expanded garri- firmly, saying China had conduct- dates can spend. Some have accused Clinton of the exchange rate between China dredging and construction activi- Given the public relations ter performing China’s interna- sons as providers of the public ed “scientific assessments and rig- hypocrisy over this. But raising and other countries and regions blitz employed by the Philippines tional responsibility and obligation good. Yes, they will be used (like- orous tests” before beginning con- has reached a record high. China ties have caused fellow disputants, money is the only way an Ameri- has integrated itself into the inter- as well as the U.S., to criticize (and, to a lesser extent, Vietnam) in maritime search and rescue, di- ly primarily) for “better safeguard- struction. “We put equal empha- can presidential candidate can national community in a holistic China for raising tensions by seek- against China’s land reclamation, saster prevention and mitigation, ing territorial sovereignty,” but sis on construction and protection compete, as long as opponents are way. ing to change the status quo. Beijing has apparently decided to marine science and research, me- Hua also provides a laundry list of by following a high standard of throwing cash at everything from Meanwhile, China’s develop- China’s typical response when change its strategy. On April 9, teorological observation, environ- anodyne uses for the new islands: environmental protection and tak- TV advertisements to grand cam- ment not only benefits the rest of asked about the South China Sea when Hua was asked again about mental protection, navigation safe- maritime search and rescue, disas- ing into full consideration the pro- paign rallies. Clinton has no choice the world, but has also made im- but to play the game, even if she the land reclamation, she spoke at ty, fishery production service and ter prevention, marine research, tection of ecological environment portant contributions to the is terse and tends to shut off, rath- seeks to change the rules in the long world’s peace and development. er than invite, further discussion. length, going into detail about the other areas. even weather observation. As Hua and fishing resources,” Hua said. run. Being the world’s second-largest For example, when Foreign Min- purpose of China’s construction There’s a lot here. First, China emphasized later in her remarks, Hua’s conference is a welcome US election spending is far out economy, China has not only pro- work. Hua’s comments went on is justifying its activities are mere- “After the construction, the islands move (albeit a small one) toward of whack with most of the devel- vided a great amount of commodi- istry spokesperson Hua Chuny- ties of good quality and at reason- ing was asked about China’s con- for several minutes – a far cry from ly expanding existing garrisons — and reefs will be able to provide increased transparency on the oped world. The total spending, able price to customers all over the struction activities in the Spratly the three-sentence response of “improving” structures that were all-round and comprehensive ser- thorny South China Sea issue. by all parties and candidates, for world, but has also created great March 3 (which was typical or already there. Other South China vices to meet various civilian de- China has now officially admitted the UK general elections in 2010 Islands on March 3, her response was the equivalent of around $55 employment opportunity for other (in its entirety) was as follows: previous responses). The same Sea claimants have done the same mands besides satisfying the need that its construction activities will countries. Lots of overseas Chi- million. For the US 2012 elections, nese students stimulate the devel- China holds a clear and con- adjectives – “indisputable sover- over the years, a fact Beijing is al- of necessary military defense.” be used for military purposes, in- it was $6 billion. Adjusting for opment of education in the rele- sistent stance on the South China eignty,” “reasonable,” “justified,” ways quick to point out. By high- Hua pointed out that the South cluding to exert its claims to sov- population, given the UK is a fifth vant countries. Many estate-buy- Sea issue. China’s normal con- “lawful” – appear, but this time lighting the goals of “optimizing” China Sea is a vital area for mari- ereignty in the region – but Beijing of the size of the US, UK politi- ers from China have vigorously struction activities on our own is- along with an argument backing and “improving” pre-existing time shipping and fishing activi- has also made its case for the is- cians spent 4 percent of what their promoted the weak estate indus- American counterparts did. lands and in our own waters are their use. For the first time, Hua structures, China is implying that ties, but is located far from major lands playing a humanitarian func- try in Western countries. In the UK, these controls de- explained clearly why China is car- its construction activities are no land masses. China’s new construc- tion as well. That’s not likely to According to figures issued by lawful, reasonable and justifiable. pend upon a mixture of factors. the IMF, since the eruption of the We hope that relevant party can rying out the reclamation activi- different than those undertaken tion will allow ships to “take shel- be particularly convincing to offi- The campaign process is short, international financial crisis, Chi- take a calm view on this. ties. previously by other claimants. Hua ter” from typhoons and other in- cials in Manila, Hanoi, or Wash- funding limits are strictly imposed na’s economic growth amount oc- There’s really nothing to this According to Hua, China’s made this point explicit later in her clement weather, as well as pro- ington, but at least the debate can by an independent body, the Elec- cupies one-fourth of that of the toral Commission, and political ads world’s total. The value of the im- other than a string of adjectives “maintenance and construction remarks, when she accused Chi- viding “navigation aid, search and move forward. outlining China’s position. In es- work” on garrisons located in the na’s critics of having “an out-and- rescue … [and] fishery service and (Courtesy: The Diplomat) on TV are forbidden, from any porting commodity by China will party. Instead, each party gets an hit the high of $10 trillion in the next five years. New foreign in- equal short slot on TV at a fixed vestment in the country will reach time to present their views; even $500 billion. The numbers of visi- outside of election campaigns, if tors to other countries will be 400 the government wants to make its million. While China achieves its case on TV, the opposition, by law, quick development, it also brings gets equal time to respond. a great opportunity for develop- By Omar Ashour None of this is true in the US, ment to the rest of world. where the election process as a Since the Industrial Revolu- "Don't send reinforcements to Si- whole has fallen victim both to tion, the survival of the fittest nai. Send your whole army. It will corporate lobbying and political seems to have become a rule of in- die in the desert," said Kamal Al- twisting. ternational practice. The world has Outside of campaign finance, not become tranquil because of lam to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The there are other issues, such as ram- economic globalisation, as the state strong words were uttered while a pant gerrymandering, laws strik- of fierce competing interests, con- captured armoured vehicle lay in ing “felons” from the electoral rolls, trolled by some main economies, the background to add to the sym- and efforts to counter purely fic- still exists. It is reassuring to rea- bolism. tional “election fraud” through lise that in facing the recent inter- imposing artificial controls that national financial crisis, the West Allam is a "Sinai Province" (SP) keep out the minorities poor. But and the East, as well as developed commander who has been declared money remains perhaps the big- and developing countries quickly dead by the regime in Cairo at least responded, showing joint efforts gest and most poisonous issue. and fully utilising the G-20, the four times. He was not the only The situation has only wors- IMF, and the World Bank, etc. as commander shedding light on the ened since a 2010 case in which important mechanisms and plat- credibility crisis of the military's Citizens United, a conservative forms for the macro-controlling spokespersons and their propa- non-profit organization, overthrew and stable development of the gandist narratives. After being de- the critical points of a previous world economy. As a responsible 2002 campaign finance act. Some member of the international com- clared dead for the sixth time, SP nominal limits remain on spend- munity, China is ready to join published pictures of Shadi al- ing, but numerous easy ways to hands with the rest of the world to Menei, another SP commander, get around them exist and have been keep on upholding the spirit of reading his own obituary on a lap- legally upheld. mutual trust, inclusiveness and The dominance of money is win-win cooperation, actively top. With the latest attacks leaving appallingly bad for democracy on promoting the common will of the multiple levels. Careful studies peaceful co-existence of mankind, more than 20 soldiers dead, and show that outright tit-for-tat brib- establishing a new relationship of changes in the leadership of the ery, which is forbidden by US law, development with different part- second field army, the military in- ners on the basis of equality and is rare. But unsurprisingly, politi- mutual benefit, and laying a solid telligence, and the navy, the crisis cians that take money from spe- foundation for long- term stable in Sinai looks far from being over. cial interest groups or individuals development of the global econo- This is despite waves of security become significantly more likely to favor their policies, whether my in order to maintain world sweeps and military campaigns peace, stability, prosperity and because of outright pressure or development. This will enable peo- that started from 2000, following softer feelings of common associ- ple to have a better chance to share the second Palestinian Intifada, ation. development achievements. Expe- with the most intensive wave oc- Money amplifies the voices of riencing unprecedented huge curring last October. hard targets (such as Battalion 101 paganda videos, including captured drawal in 1982. The security and cantly altered its purpose to bring the powerful and drowns out the changes, the present world is be- Seeking a solution for Sinai Camp in al-Arish, the HQ of the heavy 120mm mortars and ar- social policies since then have es- in a complex regional dimension. opinions of ordinary people. And ing covered by a piece of an invis- military campaign dubbed "Sinai's moured vehicles. None of the pre- sentially perceived Sinai as a threat Part of Sinai's problem has to it makes it hard for the US to bring ible giant net, under which China That wave started with a phase Guantanamo"). This is the first vious Egyptian guerrilla campaigns rather than an opportunity, and the do with the structural deficiency moral pressure to bear over cor- and the rest of the world are more of "cleansing" the border with the ruption overseas when the reign closely linked with each other. The Gaza Strip, and thus coercively time in Egypt's modern history that acquired these kinds of weapons Sinaian as a potential informant, in Egyptian civil-military relations. of money is so apparent at home. higher the level of coexistence, the removing more than 1,165 fami- an organised non-state actor ac- including the insurgency in Upper terrorist, spy and/or smuggler rath- This is specifically related to the Around 80 percent of the US more frequent is the connection lies and destroying more than 800 quires that level of military skill Egypt in the 1990s. The only ex- er than a full Egyptian citizen. lack of oversight over national se- public favors campaign finance re- between countries. Confronting form. But it’s blocked by a combi- the complex situation of the world homes. and resources. SP utilised anti-air- ception was between 1952 and Those policies were formulated curity policy formulation and its and the unfurling challenges of glo- Stronger insurgency craft guided missiles to shoot down 1954, when army officers split into and executed by security and mil- execution, in addition to the gener- nation of the moneyed interests balisation, it is suggested that rele- a second field army helicopter. It two camps: a camp that wanted to itary bureaucracies, principally the al lack of accountability when such that it would help defeat, and the The waves of military and se- spurious, but so far legally upheld, vant countries give up cut-throat skilfully used light 60mm mortars recall the parliament and maintain State Security Investigations (SSI, policies fail or exacerbate a crisis. curity campaigns have had little to argument that donating money is competitiveness, stop playing a and heavy 12.7mm machine guns a parliamentary democracy, and now renamed the National Securi- A thorough revision of the mil- zero-sum game, respect other no success in ending the crisis “free speech,” whether for individ- countries’ reasonable concerns though. Between 2004 and 2015, in coordinated, simultaneous at- one that wanted to establish a neo- ty Apparatus), the General Intel- itary and security policies in Sinai uals or corporations. while pursuing their own national the Sinai insurgency has grown tacks on 11 military and security patrimonial, military-dominated ligence Apparatus (GIA) and the has never been done. The only As US scholar Scott Lemieus interests, and seek common devel- from mainly an urban terrorism targets in three cities last January. dictatorship. Even though the first Military Intelligence Apparatus open discussion that has occurred pointed out in The Guardian earli- opment together with other coun- The organisation captured a sig- group possessed heavy artillery (MIS). This was done without any regarding Sinai was in the brief tran- er this week, a constitutional tries. The writer is the Vice Con- campaign of bombing soft targets nificant number of weapons from and tanks, it lost the confronta- review or oversight from elected sition period between February amendment is probably not a real- sul General of China in Karachi. (such as the Taba Hilton in 2004) istic proposal. The process is an This article was first appeared at to a structured, low-to-mid level reinforcements sent to Sinai. It tion. The security and social poli- or judicial bodies or independent 2011 and June 2013, and it did not amazingly difficult one requiring the Express Tribune. insurgency, aiming primarily for paraded some of them in its pro- cies since then have essentially experts, reflecting the structural yield any executive policy and died significant majorities, and even a perceived Sinai as a threat rather crisis in policy-making in Egypt. out quickly following the July few obstructionist politicians than an opportunity, and the Sina- Briefly, the main consistent fea- coup. would likely be enough to block LETTER TO THE EDITOR ian as a potential informant, ter- ture of these security-led policies Sinai's crisis is likely to endure it. But a commitment to reform rorist, spy and/or smuggler rather was a mix of intense repression as long as continuity, not change, over time can pay off both in reg- ulatory limits and in, with the right than a full Egyptian citizen. Coun- and attempted cooption of select- is the main feature of the military's president, Supreme Court appoint- terinsurgency blunders The multi- ed tribal leaders. Military's struc- policies in the peninsula. ments that are less sympathetic to Keep the city clean dimensional, evolutionary nature tural deficiencies The main result Dr Omar Ashour is a senior corporate power. Whether a poli- of the Sinaian crisis meant that it of these policies has been to turn a lecturer in security studies at the cy that the vast majority of Amer- needed a complex counterinsurgen- limited security problem related to University of Exeter and an asso- icans want can be carried out, or cy policy, involving non-kinetic logistical support of various Pal- ciate fellow at Chatham House in whether it will end up blocked by Kabul City was once designed for half a million people while nowadays it is the house for almost five the vested interests it works million populous. Growing population and rising number of vehicles have faced the city with huge prob- approaches for the mid-to-long estinian groups in Gaza, into a lo- London. lems. On the other hand, the city has poor canalization system while adopting hundreds of illegally built against, will be a hard test for US term. The political, social, struc- cal insurgency which has steadily The views expressed in this democracy.—(Global Times) buildings in its different parts. tural, security, and humanitarian grown in scale, scope, intensity, article are the author's own and do The roads around the Greenery Department of the Kabul Municipality are dusty and there is no sign The author is an editor of the of greenery there. In the meantime, this year, the municipality was reluctant to plant saplings and launch dimensions of the crisis go back to duration, resources, capacity, and not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's Global Times. cleaning and greenery campaigns in the city. the aftermath of the Israeli with- legitimacy; and which has signifi- editorial policy. [email protected] The citizens are responsible for keeping the city clean and planting saplings in areas where they live. There are tens of TV channels but are reluctant to broadcast programs and relay messages that encourage people to keep the city clean. A clean city is represents high culture of a city. Looking at the Kabul’s situation, we will own the poorest culture therefore the Kabul Municipality should leave no stone unturned in changing the image of the city into a clean and green one. 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"I'm proud when ma, chairman of the association we make African food and the peo- and sponsor of the campaign, is ple enjoy it." paralleled with strong support for Sidoti said she hopes the res- the initiative. taurant will be one of many busi- While the first camp views nesses that use resources sustain- calls for legalization as implicit en- ably; most importantly its people, couragement of addiction, the sec- both Sicilian and new-Sicilian. ond stresses the financial benefits Tamba Jenneh [Sean O'Neill/ of such a move, especially in light Al Jazeera] of the high rates of consumption "We could leave those boys in among Egyptians. the camps, bored. But helping Salama says his request is bring them out creates energy, it purely pragmatic: “Hash is already has positive social and economic widely consumed in Egypt. We implications," she said. might as well make it legal.” For Sicilian families who take He says the state will save bil- on a foster-parent role, social in- lions annually if hash becomes le- clusion takes on a personal mean- gal. ing. As of now, 33 minors are with “According to reports, dealing families, the beginnings of a pro- in hash yields a huge annual profit gramme Trommino would like to that ranges from 40 to 45 billion see grow. Egyptian pounds [$5.25 - $5.90 Carlo and Marilena Farina billion],” he said. were born and raised in Sicily. Like “The state wastes a lot of many here, they moved to the north money in combating drugs and only of Italy in their early 20s for work, manages to confiscate 15 percent and moved back years later to be of the quantity, while the remain- with ageing parents. ing 85 percent is smuggled into the For a year-and-a-half they country anyway.” have been family for 15-year-old Salama says taxing the trade migrant Ramon. He left Egypt would raise a lot of money and the without telling his parents when economy “is bound to prosper.” he was 14 after a fight with a boy He rejected concerns about in- at school. creased hash consumption if his Finding a home request is granted: “People like Ramon is Christian and the whatever is prohibited, but when other boy Muslim. He said he the prohibited is legalized con- feared the incident would escalate sumption drops.” into a family feud with sectarian Salama refrained from engag- SICILY: More than 170,000 peo- The area has a long history of She and fellow volunteer staff they are housed separately. at how quickly I became emotion- implications. Having left his coun- ing in legal and religious debates ple arrived on Italy's shores last losing its Sicilian youth to emigra- were particularly concerned by the Before AccoglieRete began ally involved," she recalled. try to start a new life in Europe, about the issue: “We want what’s year and with so many making the tion as a result of economic woes plight of unaccompanied minors, shepherding migrant minors, about Spending weekends at her he now is doing well at school, and in Egypt’s interest at the end of perilous journey local volunteers and political corruption. with some 4,000 arriving last year. 60 percent of registered children house, the boys would cook Gam- speaks fluent Italian. the day.” Criminality? are trying to ensure young migrants European commission figures AccoglieRete works on multi- disappeared from the centre, the bian food, and when they lacked "We Skype with his parents Security expert General Refaat achieve the better lives that they've show as of 2012, Sicily's per cap- ple fronts. First and foremost it group said. The fear was many had the proper ingredients, they exper- sometimes," said Marilena. "His Abdel Hamid accuses Salama of risked everything for. ita gross domestic product was provides the courts with a list of been lured by human trafficking imented with what was available. mom thanks me because he's so threatening Egypt’s national secu- Migrants fleeing war, poverty 16,826 euros ($17,815), compared available volunteer legal guardians networks into various forms of "From this we came up with a well-behaved, and I say 'no, thank rity: “Israel used drugs rather than and political instability around to the European Union with to be paired with unaccompanied forced labour. dream project, a restaurant to fuse you, he was like that when he got weapons to destabilize Egypt, and Africa and the Middle East hope 25,700 euros ($27,211). minors to help them access health- After one year, during which African and Sicilian food. Because here'." this is what Salama is doing now.” to secure a new life in Europe The unemployment rate in care, register with the police, and AccoglieRete took on more than what's rich about Sicilian culture They had been his legal guard- Abdel Hamid said he filed a through the risky Mediterranean Sicily rested at 14 percent, among guide them through the often byz- 1,000 cases, the group said the rate is that it's a result of centuries of ians and hosted Ramon on week- complaint with the interior minis- passage in what is the largest hu- the highest in Italy, and the island's antine process of getting legal doc- of disappearances dropped to 20 hybridisation between the cultures ends. Then he asked about the ter, asking for Salama’s arrest for man migration since the end of semi-autonomous government was uments. percent. that have come here - Greek, Ro- possibility of moving in on a more “spreading chaos.” World War II, according to the In- more than 5bn euros ($5.29bn) in AccoglieRete, however, sees 11Eleven man, Arab." permanent basis. Security expert Sameh Lotfi ternational Organisation for Migra- debt as of 2011. its work as something deeper. It Barbara Sidoti, a former UN By fortunate coincidence, a "I wanted to be with people also slammed the initiative: “Will tion (IOM). Some had began calling Sicily strives to be part of a process of expert on human trafficking, is of friend called from Catania, north who would welcome me like a the Cigarettes Dealers Association IOM data shows in 2014 the "Greece of Italy". social inclusion and integration. Sicilian origin but grew up in the of Siracusa on the west coast of member of their family," said Ra- agree to take responsibility for all 170,000 migrants reached Italy - A helping hand Volunteer legal guardians often large Sicilian diaspora in northern Sicily, and proposed an idea. mon. crimes committed by hash con- but at least 3,000 died trying. In these difficult times, how- invite young migrants to their Italy. A theatre needed a new cater- The desire was mutual as sumers?” A boat carrying nearly 700 ever, some Sicilians have stepped homes for the weekend and organ- Barbara Sidoti [Sean O'Neill/ ing company to run its restaurant. Marilena and Carlo never had chil- Lotfi says the Interior Minis- migrants capsized in the Mediter- forward out of a sense of civic duty ise social activities. Some have even Al Jazeera] Sidoti found two partners - one of dren. "It was something missing in try is doing a very good job against ranean on Saturday - another di- to fill in where the state has proved decided to be foster parents, bring- After years working in Aus- whom had been looking for a our lives, he completes me," drug consumption: “Now we can sastrous journey for those desper- unprepared. ing children out of large immigrant tria, Yemen, and Malawi, she's chance to open a no-waste restau- Marilena said. see how difficult it is to get drugs ately seeking to reach the relative Our answer to this crisis is to centres where most stay while in come back to be part of what she rant. They combined ideas and, last Carlo said the immigrant influx like Tramadol, and this means the security of Europe. have a personal relationship with legal limbo. called a movement of Sicilians try- October, opened their eatery took Italy by surprise. ministry has managed to eliminate Pope Francis, meanwhile, the immigrants. "Our answer to this crisis is to ing to reclaim the island - to build a named 11eleven. "It was a shock for people at it from the market.” made an appeal to the internation- Carla Trommino, Ac- have a personal relationship with future defined by its cultural rich- Combining cultures first when all these people started Journalist Mohamed Abdel al community to help handle the coglieRete the immigrants," explained Trom- ness. Tambah Jenneh, 18, works in showing up," said Carlo. "We were Raouf scoffed at Salama’s claim thousands arriving on Italy's "We are the door of Europe mino. They want to contribute to an the kitchen under the tutelage of totally unprepared. The state that 45 million Egyptians already coasts every day. and the government looks at the The results have been remark- alternative vision for economic the head chef. He left Gambia two didn't know what to do." smoke hash: “Well, if half the pop- According to AccoglieRete, an problem in a general way, but it able. When AccoglieRete was development that is not defined by years ago because of a family dis- But at least some Sicilians have ulation smokes hash, then maybe organisation founded in 2013 to doesn't care about the individual," founded in 2013, children were corruption and organised crime. pute with a government official. stepped in to help, he said. we should replace quality educa- help unaccompanied minors arriv- said Carla Trommino, 38, an im- staying with adults at the main Sidoti became the legal guard- After a 15-month journey, includ- Carla Trommino looks at it tion with free hash. What an out- ing here, 70,000 migrants landed migration lawyer who cancelled housing centre, which volunteers ian of four boys from Gambia last ing six days in a small boat packed rather matter-of-factly. "You can't of-the-box solution to our prob- last year on the southwestern plans to move to London and in believed to be a convenient recruit- summer. with 95 people, he arrived in Sici- stop human migration. All you can lems after two revolutions!” shores of Sicily near the city of July 2013 helped co-found Ac- ing pool for human traffickers "I looked at it as a mode of ly. do is decide how you are going to Activist Seif al-Azzazi filed a Siracusa. coglieRete. linked to organised crime. Now civic engagement but was surprised "Some people here have never respond it." (AL JAZEERA) complaint against Salama with the prosecutor general, accusing him of “committing a crime against the law, the state, and the people.” UK Election: Final countdown for Gulf expats to register Hani al-Nazer, former head of the National Center for Research, The clock is ticking for British ex- or not but there does seem to be a of the rule, according to press re- that he would vote were he given contribution to the British econo- give his surname, said he had not accused Salama of committing “a pats in the Gulf to register to vote greater awareness of the election ports. One is media boss Ian the chance. “[I] feel that expats my as well as being global ambas- registered to vote because he lived full-fledged crime” by encouraging in the hotly contested May 7 elec- this year; whether this is down to Fairservice, who moved to the should have a right to do so irre- sadors of UK Inc.” But not all Brits abroad. an increase in the number of “men- tion – but, despite a high-profile the nature of the campaigning, the UAE in the 1970s and later found- spective of how many years abroad feel the same way. “To be honest don't have a clue tally and psychologically dis- awareness campaign, not all over- electoral commission’s work, or ed the Dubai-based Motivate Pub- they’ve been overseas,” he said. Raz, a Dubai resident since the about UK politics, as I have been turbed addicts.” Effects of hash seas residents are aware they can indeed a wave of interest follow- lishing. He told Al Arabiya News “Expatriates make an important mid-2000s who preferred not to overseas for so long,” he said. Psychiatrist Magdi Ibrahim have their say in the polls. ing the Scottish Independence Hussein, who has done extensive The UK’s Electoral Commis- vote it is hard to say. It is more research on addiction, warns of a sion, an independent body that sets likely a combination of all three “disaster” if hash is legalized: election standards, has urged ex- but the proof will be on election “When consumed in small quanti- pats to register before the deadline day when we see the turnout.” ties, hash can lift the consumer’s of 12 midnight on Monday 20 For UK residents only? spirits, but when the quantities April. But the efforts of the Elector- increase, it can cause hallucina- Overseas voters can choose to al Commission to encourage expats tions similar to those triggered by vote either by post or by proxy, to vote have been lost on some res- LSD in addition to memory disor- where a trusted person is nomi- idents of the Gulf. ders, lack of empathy, distorted nated to vote on behalf of another. Lindsey, a 34-year-old British perception, and aggression.” “We’re encouraging UK expats expat living in Dubai who preferred Hash consumption, added to join the many others who have not to give her family name, said Hussein, also causes heart palpi- already registered to vote online. she was not aware she was even tations, cornea inflammation, It takes just a few minutes at entitled to vote in the elections. mouth and throat dryness, nausea www.gov.uk/register-to-vote and “I was sure that you had to be and respiratory system inflamma- is far easier than the old, paper a UK resident. I saw something on tion. “Addiction is also responsi- based process,” Alex Robertson, Facebook about expats voting but ble for a wide range of crimes, par- Director of Communications at the figured I'm too late now to regis- ticularly rape, and road accidents. Electoral Commission, said in a ter,” she told Al Arabiya News. This is basically because narcotics statement. “There’s been a great “If the constituency I was vot- make people impulsive and vio- response so far and we don’t want ing within was where I come from lent as well as incapable of exer- anyone to miss out on having their in UK, then that’s a pretty safe cising self-restraint.” say on polling day.” Tory [Conservative Party] seat in Hussein refutes Salama’s state- Few overseas voters any case. I don't think my vote ments about the economic bene- The commission told Al Ara- would be missed whichever way I fits of legalizing hash: “Hash in- biya News there are no specific voted. We are really interested in duces depression, lethargy, and statistics available on voting hab- the election though – watching a apathy. How can people suffering its among Gulf expats. It cited es- lot on Sky News and reading the from such symptoms be able to timates showing there could be a British papers online.” 15-year work? What kind of profit is ex- total of 5.5 million UK citizens liv- rule pected to be made when people ing overseas – but that there were The ruling Conservative par- stop going to work or are unable only 15,849 overseas voters on UK ty and opposition Labour are cur- to work conscientiously?” Prag- electoral registers prior to June. rently neck-and-neck in the polls, matism “Since the introduction of the as David Cameron – the incum- Osama al-Ghazali Harb, an new online registration portal in bent Prime Minister – is challenged activist and member of the Free June 2014, there have been tens of by Ed Miliband for the top job in Egyptians Party, criticized the thousands UK citizens logging on UK politics. Smaller parties such way Salama was being treated like to use the system from all around as the Scottish National Party a criminal: “Salama’s argument is the world,” the commission said. (SNP) have also garnered attention, very logical, objective, and worth Jonathon Davidson, chairman suggesting the possibility of an- studying. He simply argued that of the British Business Group other coalition government made since the war against hash has so (BBG) of Dubai and the Northern up of more than one party. far been lost, then we might as well Emirates, welcomed the campaign Rights for expatriate voters legalize it. This is done in several to encourage more Brits abroad to have been part of the election agen- countries like The Netherlands, vote. da this year. British nationals who Norway, the Czech Republic, Bra- “We can see there has been a live outside the country for more zil, and Argentina.” Harb pointed great deal of work done by the com- than 15 years automatically lose to the popularity of hash among mission to raise the visibility of their right to vote. But the Con- Egyptians of all social back- the election and encourage expats servative Party has promised to grounds, and the state’s failure to to vote; as is evident by the use of abolish the controversial ’15-year eliminate it: “There are two ways advertising on social media chan- rule’ should David Cameron score of dealing with anything consid- nels,” he told Al Arabiya News. a victory in the May election. ered uncommon in a given society: “We haven’t polled BBG An estimated one million Brits prohibition or legalization under members on whether they will vote are prevented from voting because regulations. 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21 , 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Saudi oil minister says production near record high in April Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi says est U.S. shale oil field) produc- Saudi Arabia is producing near tion in a matter of months - far record levels of crude in April, beyond any U.S. slowdown,” underscoring the kingdom’s will- the bank said in a note. ingness to defend market share Chinese demand at a time when oil markets have Asked about whether he staged a fragile recovery. was worried about Chinese oil There are worries among demand with the country’s eco- some producers that growing nomic growth slowing down, output from Saudi Arabia and Naimi said: “We have seen no other members of the Organiza- change in oil demand. We are still tion of the Petroleum Exporting supplying the same volume as Countries (OPEC) could snuff we have been supplying for out a recent rebound in oil pric- some time.” es, particularly with economic The minister said Saudi Ara- growth in key consumer China bia was supplying about 1 mil- the slowest in six years in the lion bpd to China, the world’s first quarter. biggest net oil importer, and he OPEC had said its overall expected Asia’s demand to grow. output surged to 30.79 million “I believe demand over time barrels per day in March, up will continue to grow. We are 810,000 bpd from the previous very positive in that sense. month, with demand higher than There is absolutely no concern expected due to lower prices. from our side. We haven’t seen Naimi said that oil produc- any change since the prices tion in Saudi Arabia, the world’s changed,” he said. biggest crude exporter, was Brent crude futures have re- “around 10 million” bpd in bounded from a six-year low of April. $45.19 a barrel hit in January to “I have said many times we trade just below $64 on Mon- will always be happy to sup- day, but are still down around ply to our customers with what 45 percent from last year’s peak. they want. Now they want 10 OPEC has been fighting to million,” Naimi said in an inter- retain customers after losing view in the South Korean capi- market share to new producers, tal, where he is due to attend a such as shale in the United board meeting of the state oil States, and decided not to cut firm Saudi Aramco. output at the cartel’s November ISLAMABAD: In dramatic cir- Company Limited (SSGCL), Sui into signing the agreement,” said a On Friday last, SNGPL Man- or any other supplier. Responding to the com- meeting. cumstances, three public sector Northern Gas Pipelines Limited member of the board of directors aging Director Arif Hameed was Also, it was a collective re- ments, benchmark Brent crude The move led to a slide in stakeholders of liquefied natural (SNGPL) and Pakistan State Oil of one of the companies, adding called to sign the tripartite agree- sponsibility of the PSO, ISGCL slipped from early highs to trade prices and calls from some pro- gas (LNG) have ‘initialled’ a tri- (PSO) were kept in Islamabad for that such signing without approv- ment, but he refused to oblige with- and, indirectly, of Engro and Port under $64 a barrel. ducers, even within OPEC, to partite agreement to facilitate im- more than three days to enter into al by the management and board out clearance from the board. He Qasim that the channel for traffic Naimi earlier this month said relax the stance and cut output. port of the commodity through the tripartite agreement. was a violation of provisions of was told to resign if he could not of big ships was of the required that Saudi Arabia produced some But the strategy has shown re- back-to-back guarantees amid re- The managements of SSGCL the Companies Ordinance, articles sign the agreement. Mr Hameed is depth, said a member of the board 10.3 million bpd of crude in cent signs of success as U.S. sistance by their managements. and SNGPL were reluctant to sign of association, code of corporate reported to have left the company of directors of a gas company. March, eclipsing a previous high shale output seems to be dip- This comes at a time when the the agreement handed over to them governance of public sector and without signing the deal. He said the primary question of 10.2 million bpd in August ping and oil prices have clawed first encashment of $50 million by the PSO and Interstate Gas rules and regulations of the Oil and A member of the SNGPL that should be investigated at the 2013, according to records go- back some lost ground. guarantee becomes due in a couple Company Limited (ISGCL) be- Gas Regulatory Authority. board told Dawn that Mr Hameed highest level was as to who had ing back to the early 1980s. Asked about Saudi Arabia’s of days because of failure of the cause it put all liabilities of failure “The agreement will expose the had been called back to the SNG- prepared the request for proposal Oil prices have risen around position on output at OPEC’s government side to arrange import- in LNG supply on the gas utili- companies to financial risk and the PL headquarters by the board of for terminal construction under 17 percent this month, pushed next meeting on June 5, Naimi ed LNG in time for re-gasification ties. GoP being a major shareholder will directors who assured him of their which Engro had been selected as up by reports of a possible dip said: “That remains to be seen. and transmission into the national “The officials of SSGCL and have to ultimately pick up the loss- full support and advised him not the terminal operator and who had in U.S. output, but Morgan We have to look at the data, in- network through the Engro termi- SNGPL were virtually made hos- es to benefit a particular party,” to resign or sign any agreement prepared and signed off the LNG Stanley warned on Monday that formation and then decide what nal at Port Qasim. tage for almost three days and co- he said. without first consulting the board. supply agreement which put the Saudi production could be more to do.” According to sources, LNG erced into signing the agreement The sources said the Ministry Under the previous LNG sup- entire liability on gas companies, important than developments in Naimi said that to stabilise has not been arranged so far and with PSO for import and re-gasifi- of Petroleum and Natural ply agreement, it was explicitly despite the fact that they were at the United States. the market all producers should the Engro terminal has been pro- cation of LNG,” said an official of Reso•urces had asked the manag- committed in the minutes of board the fag-end of the supply chain. “We worry about the mar- cooperate. cessing nothing since April 16. the petroleum ministry, adding ing directors of the three compa- meetings of the SSGCL and SNG- The board member said he had ket’s fixation on the U.S. ... “You know I have said “Unless Engro waives its ser- that the representatives of the two nies on Monday to sign the agree- PL that in case of failure to pro- been told that the petroleum min- OPEC production may be more many times stability of the mar- vice charges in goodwill, it has to gas utilities were not ready to sign ment or get ready to go home. “One vide re-gasified LNG, the PSO istry had threatened to remove not important as production in- ket depends on cooperation encash SSGCL’s guarantee on April the agreement without approval of of the three MDs has initialled the would pay the penalty. According only the managing directors of creased 1 million barrels per day among producers, consumers 21,” said an official. their boards. agreement and linked its signing to official sources, the PSO has so SNGPL and SSGCL inducted a few month-on-month in March. Sau- and industries. So, yes we need The sources said technical and “They were kept sitting late with the approval of the board of far failed to enter into a sale-pur- months ago but the entire boards di Arabia alone added the equiv- cooperation of all producers to legal teams of the Sui Southern Gas after midnight to pressurise them directors,” an insider said. chase agreement with Qatar Gas of directors unless they fell in line. alent of half of Bakken (the larg- stabilize the market.” Foreigners welcome opening of $500b Saudi stock market

As Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion-plus Middle East and a substantial coun- These proposed foreign own- in terms of a number of parame- bourse prepares to open its doors try which offers exposure not just ership be capped at 10 percent of ters and that our index is invest- to foreigners in June, outside in- to energy but also to infrastruc- the market’s total value and 20 able and replicable,” said Taranen- vestors appear ready to finally get ture, financials and other sectors.” percent of any particular stock. A ko. MSCI launched a provisional access to a market that rivals Bra- While market capitalisations single foreign investor could own Saudi index based on the draft rules. zil and Russia’s. vary with stock prices and curren- no more than 5 percent of any list- If this were used as the basis for The move is likely to start the cy rates, the Saudi bourse is cur- ed company. incorporation into its emerging process of incorporating Saudi rently worth $528 billion com- Final rules will be published markets index, Saudi Arabia would Arabia into major equity indices pared with $600 billion for Brazil on May 4 and the market will open have a 1.5-2 per cent weighting, by the likes of MSCI, and this and $491 billion for Russia. It fea- by June 15, the CMA said on meaning it would at least match could attract as much as $24 bil- tures the world’s largest chemicals Thursday. Turkey’s current weighting and be lion in foreign capital, according to producer, Saudi Basic Industries “We have been excited about bigger than Poland and Chile’s. one estimate. Corp, and Saudi Telecom Co, the Saudi Arabia for 10 years so we Weightings depend not only on Foreigners will still not have Gulf’s biggest telecoms operator. are not holding our breath — they overall market size, but also other unfettered access and definitive At the moment foreigners have will move at their own speed and factors including access for foreign rules have yet to be published. And access to the market only through requirement,” said Smythie. investors. yet the prospect of market open- swaps and exchange-traded funds, The process could take a min- Brazil currently has a 7.7 per- ing has already helped the Saudi and the opening has been slower imum of two years, said Pavlo cent weighting and Russia 3.9 per- stock index to outperform its Gulf than many investors expected. Taranenko, vice president and se- cent. peers over the past 12 months. In August last year, the Capi- nior researcher at MSCI, adding HSBC estimates that Saudi “Everyone wants to have a tal Markets Authorities (CMA) that the company could make an- joining the MSCI’s or FTSE’s crack at Saudi Arabia,” said Nick published draft rules governing the nouncements at any time. emerging index at a weighting of Smythie, chief investment strate- opening of its bourse to so-called almost 2 percent could generate gist at Emerging Global Advisors. qualified foreign investors and “We have to make sure that inflows of $4 billion from funds “It’s the biggest market in the started consultations. market is sufficiently acceptable tracking such benchmarks. Europe stocks higher, "Chinese consumers are be- coming increasingly sophisticated and if you look at the market, they shrugging off losses in are spoiled for choice," said Matt Tsien, president of GM China. Kuwait SHANGHAI : Ford showed off ger, more comfortable rear seats. nese brands meant any change On Monday, Great Wall de- its new Taurus and Nissan un- "Even though the market is looked better in percentage terms. buted the H6 Coupe and showed Asian markets proposals to veiled a midsize sedan designed for slowing down, we are still grow- For some global brands includ- the H8 SUV under its Haval brand. China on Monday at a Shanghai ing," said Ford CEO Mark Fields. ing Volkswagen AG, sales were flat The popularity of Great Wall's introduce same Auto Show that highlighted the This year's show highlights or even declined due to their em- SUVs have helped transform it SEOUL: European markets yuan ($194 billion) into the world's commercial resurgence of lower- renewed strength for Chinese au- phasis on higher-priced vehicles into one of China's most success- opened higher Monday as inves- second-biggest economy. The cut tax for local, priced Chinese auto brands. tomakers following two tough with growth in low to mid-single ful auto brands. The company tors shrugged off concerns about was bigger than anticipated, which Competition in China is in- years spent losing market share to digits. That was a sobering devel- says it hopes to sell 10,000 units a China's slowing economy that bat- unnerved investors. Official data foreign tensifying as economic growth foreign rivals. Local competitors opment for automakers that are month of both of its new vehicles. tered Asian stocks earlier in the showed last week that China's companies slows and more manufacturers pile have spent heavily to roll out new counting on China to drive future "It will propel the Haval brand to day. economy grew by 7 percent in the into the world's biggest auto mar- models. revenue. a new level," said Zhang Yun, a KEEPING SCORE: Most first quarter of the year, the low- Kuwait is studying proposals to ket by number of vehicles sold. Brands including SUV produc- "Market growth has come to a marketing consultant for Great European markets gained in early est quarterly expansion since the introduce the same tax rates for Global automakers are spending er Great Wall Motor and Geely halt for international brands," said Wall. SUVs, popular with Chinese trading. Germany's DAX was up 2008 financial crisis. local and foreign companies, Fi- heavily to appeal to Chinese tastes Holding, owner of Sweden's Volvo Bernstein Research in a report drivers who value their image of 1 percent to 11,810.19 and THE QUOTE: Chinese offi- nance Minister Anas al-Saleh told and local brands are rolling out Cars, reported first-quarter sales Monday. "Chinese brands are stag- safety in the country's chaotic traf- France's CAC 40 added 0.3 per- cials "are looking to stimulate the reporters on the sidelines of a busi- lower-cost versions of SUVs and gains of up to 70 percent. That ing a comeback." fic, accounted for 26 percent of all cent to 5,159.70. Britain's FTSE underlying economy as opposed ness conference on Monday. other popular vehicles. helped to boost the market share The president of VW China, passenger vehicles sold in the first 100 gained 0.6 percent to 7,036.12. to merely inflating stocks," said IG "There is a list of taxes on lo- Ford Motor Co. used the of Chinese automakers so far this Jochem Heizmann, said the com- quarter, the highest proportion of Futures augured a strong start to cal and foreign companies - there Shanghai show for the global de- year to 43 percent from last year's pany failed to keep pace with over- market strategist Stan Shamu in a are suggestions from international any major market. "We predict the week for Wall Street. Dow fu- commentary. "Perhaps the slight but of its latest Taurus, reflecting 38 percent, according to LMC all market growth because it lacks that this year will be an SUV feed- tures were up 0.6 percent at institutions to study the unifica- the event's rapid rise to become Automotive. products in the budget SUV range, improvement in property prices tion of the ratios on both sides," ing frenzy," said Ola Kallenius, 17,867. S&P 500 futures were 0.5 data from the weekend offers a one of the industry's most impor- Geely reported the number of where sales doubled. He said VW head of marketing for Mercedes percent higher at 2,086.60. Saleh said without elaborating on glimmer of hope that things are the proposals or saying when they tant showcases. General Motors vehicles sold under its own brand is working on "very concrete Benz, which displayed an SUV CHINA STIMULUS: China's improving and we are close to see- might be approved. Last month Co., Mercedes Benz and other glo- jumped 57 percent in the first quar- projects" to develop smaller SUVs Coupe concept on Sunday. The central bank on Sunday cut the re- ing a bottom. Regardless, analysts Minister of Commerce and Indus- bal brands also unveiled new mod- ter. and budget-priced cars for China. abrupt deceleration in China's eco- quired reserve ratio for banks by 1 are expecting further RRR cuts as try Abdulmohsen al-Madaj, who els or versions modified for China. "The improvement in Geely's GM's lineup included the nomic growth has dragged down percentage point to stimulate lend- officials will struggle to defend this has since resigned, said Kuwait Features on the Taurus, Ford's performance has to do with the Buick Verano, a sport sedan, and a auto sales growth and prompted ing into a slowing economy. The year's growth target" of 7 percent. was cooperating with the Interna- first full-size sedan in China, in- competitive strength of our new plug-in hybrid Cadillac CTS. Bao- buyers to shift to lower-priced lower reserve requirement allows ASIA'S DAY: China's Shang- tional Monetary Fund to discuss clude massage units in the back products," said Geely chairman Li jun, a low-priced Chinese brand models. Growth slowed to 7 per- banks to lend out a higher propor- hai Composite closed 1.6 percent introducing a corporate tax for lo- seat. That is aimed at buyers who Shufu. Still, Li was cautious about made by GM and state-owned lo- cent in the first three months of tion of their deposits. The Com- lower at 4,217.08 after rising as cal companies. Saleh is now acting have drivers and ride in back — a saying Chinese brands were doing cal partner Shanghai Automotive this year, its lowest quarterly ex- munist Party-run People's Daily much as about 1 percent in early commerce minister in the wake of market niche that increasingly is better than global rivals. He said Industries Corp., debuted an SUV, pansion since the aftermath of the said the cut will release 1.2 trillion trading. Madaj's departure. driving automakers to design big- the smaller scale of sales by Chi- the 560. 2008 global crisis. 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

FDC Sunsilk Fashion Week kicked off last night in PLahore, with names like Fa- had Hussayn, Bank Al-Falah Ris- ing Talent Show, Misha Lakhani, Zonia Anwaar, Natasha Kamal and Nickie Nina showcasing luxury pret on day one. The usually star- crusted red carpet was a tad dull last night with very few promi- nent names in attendance. How- ever, Juggun Kazim was dressed in a beautiful Zara Shahjahan gown, Maheen Ghani, Armeena Rana Khan were in HSY, and Natasha Saleem, Kamiar Rokni, Nabila, HSY, Zara Peerzada and the likes Hong Kong: Hong Kong director Ann Hui (third left) and Chinese actress Tang Wei (third right), pose with were seen on the red carpet. Fahah their trophies after winning the Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Hussayn opened the show with Best Costume for their film ‘The Golden Era’, at the Hong Kong Film Awards.—Reuters his 'Democrats Midsummer 2015' collection. Surprisingly, Fahad’s usually dark and macabre aesthet- ic was missing on the ramp, re- ‘The Golden Era’ tops placed by a more evolved sense of design. The collection contained a number of expected silhouette vari- ations such as skirts. Three looks Hong Kong Film Awards from Fahad Hussayn. The model on the left sports a butterfly belt. - Photo: Faisal Farooqui and his HONG KONG: “The Golden best director for Ann Hui On-wah. loves Hong Kong and Hong Kong team at Dragonfly Three looks Era”, a biopic of an acclaimed Chi- “I am feeling very thankful. It movies,” Lau, who played a vil- from Fahad Hussayn. The model nese writer in the 1930s, on Sun- wasn’t an easy one to make. It took lager-turned property tycoon in on the left sports a butterfly belt. day won praise from the city’s a lot of trial and error,” Hui told the film, said. The best actress - Photo: Faisal Farooqui and his prestigious film academy, scoop- reporters at backstage. Thriller prize went to Chinese favourite team at Dragonfly However, some ing five prizes including best mov- “Overheard 3” also won three Zhao Wei, who played a foster very funky pieces were also seen ie at the Hong Kong Film Awards. gongs at the glittering ceremony mother in “Dearest” — beating out such as butterfly belts that were The three-hour drama tells the which, together with Taiwan’s compatriot Tang Wei, who was different and worked with the story of renowned novelist Xiao Golden Horse Awards, is one of nominated for her role as Xiao hefty prints seen in the collection. Hong, whose short life battered by the Chinese film industry’s most Hong in “The Golden Era”. The menswear jackets were also a disease and political unrest was set prestigious events. “Overheard 3” The night also proved to be welcome addition to the collection. against her literary success. revolves around a row between prolific for Ivana Wong, who was While the range of ensembles had In the ceremony at the south- developers over a controversial named best new performer and best some spectacular prints, overall the ern Chinese city’s harbourside residential project in one of Hong supporting actress for her role as a collection was leaning more to- Cultural Centre, the film snapped Kong’s lesser-known rural towns. prostitute in “Golden Chicken wards bridal wear. Case in point: up the awards for best costume The movie’s star Sean Lau Ching- SSS”. Wong said: “When I am the showstopper piece worn by and make up, best cinematography wan took home the best actor ti- shooting the next movie I will feel Cybil. Although, her head piece and best art direction, as well as tle. “I want to thank every one who the pressure. was exquisite to say the least. The next slot belonged to Bank Al-Falah Rising Talent, showcas- ing designers Hisham Malik, Najia BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE Qazi, ASRAR and Nida Waqar. This segment of the fashion week is committed to highlighting new keen on adopting a Syrian child entrants to the industry and aims to support them by launching their brand through an established plat- form. As far as new talent goes, the act was not particularly disap- the industry.- Photo: Faisal Faroo- used a myriad of silks, khaddar and jacket that would have been better pointing. The students had made a qui and his team at Dragonfly cotton net. The highlight of the off on its own than paired with conscious effort to put together Bank Al-Falah Rising Talent collection was, perhaps, the exquis- the gown. Najia Qazi showcased cohesive, wearable collections section highlighted new entrants to ite embroideries that could be seen her collection ‘Sar Bakaf’ featur- making this crop of 'rising talent' the industry.- Photo: Faisal Faroo- on the ensembles. Otherwise, the ing frayed hemlines and some seri- better than the segment that was qui and his team at Dragonfly collection could have definitely ous attention to detail when it seen earlier at Telenor Fashion Pa- Hisham Malik showed capes been better in terms of aesthetic. came to sleeves. She used a pearl kistan Week this March/April. and jackets along with other cuts For example the following outfit palette with tones of greys to com- Bank Al-Falah Rising Talent sec- in blue, crème, blushed pinks, sil- utilizes little innovation in terms pliment. It was a coherent collec- tion highlighted new entrants to ver, grey and black. The collection of cuts and is topped off with a tion that was very well done. Gisele Bundchen knew when to step Music Mela concludes with much fanfare off the catwalk After 20 years on the catwalk, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bund- chen said this week she’s hanging up her Louboutins. She took her final stroll on the planks during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, flashing her sunrise smile and shedding a few tears. As she leaves runway modelling, she’ll cry all the way to the bank, of course. At age 34, Bundchen may be worth close to $500 million. Last year Forbes ranked her the world’s 56th most powerful celebrity and the high- Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named world’s most schedules planned for the rest of est-paid supermodel. She also has Angelina Jolie, who already have admired woman A source said: the year. The source added: “They parlayed her cachet into sponsor- six-year-old twins Knox and Vivi- “She has been moved to tears on would like to accomplish it, if pos- ships, helping flog Havaiana flip- enne, Shiloh, eight and adopted several occasions over the plight sible, before the end of summer flops and her own boutique line ISLAMABAD: The last day of the and exuberant! And nice to see them shrines. The picture of US singer children Maddox, 13, Zahara, 10 of youngsters orphaned in the Syr- because, even though they are both Gisele Bundchen Intimates, which Music Mela Conference and Fes- break the mould of stuffy diplo- Mary McBride who enthralled the and Pax, 11, are said to be plan- ian conflict. Now she has sorted busy, their diaries are relatively Brazil lingerie maker Hope is tival began amid great fanfare and mats!” The Envoys who have been audience with her country rock ning on adding another member to out her health issues, she and Brad light for most of 2015. Read: An- counting on to juice global sales. greater enthusiasm at the Pakistan performing for charity prior to this, music. — Photos by Khurram Amin their family before the end of sum- believe the time is right to adopt gelina Jolie has ovaries removed But the Bundchen brand is not just National Council of Arts (PNCA). regaled the crowd with a spirited Mai Nimani said: “I found the Mela mer, reported India Today. Jolie, another orphan from there, most over cancer fears “Angelina’s feel- about pumping up wealth. In two Despite an overcast sky and rendition of Brown Eyed Girl. The beautiful and I pray that Islamabad 39 and Pitt, 51, are reportedly likely a daughter.” Jolie, a UN am- ing good about turning 40 in June decades the spindly girl from Hor- the occasional droplet of rain, the band of four, consisting of Nedim is always blessed with these joys.” ready to adopt a young Syrian girl bassador and the ‘Fury’ star are with a clean bill of health but what izontina, at the bottom of Brazil, grounds of the PNCA were filled Makarevic, the Ambassador of Bos- Presenting a traditional Ajrak to after the actor learned of the diffi- hoping to get the adoption under- will make her happiness complete captured hometown imaginations with families and foreigners. The nia; Peter Heyward, High Commis- Arieb Azhar she blessed him for the culties and hardships facing young- way as soon as possible as both is seeing a new little face at the and helped launch her country into Mela has, in a single year, grown sioner of Australia; Jesper Moller wonderful service he has done for sters in the war torn country. Read: parents have “relatively light” dinner table.” lights. substantially spilling beyond the Sorenson, Ambassador of Denmark music. With a voice that does not Her rise neatly anticipated small amphitheatre, to host more and Hiroshi Inomata, the Ambassa- quit, Mai Nimani had the audience Brazil’s own transformation from than a thousand music lovers. dor of Japan, have a common love spellbound. Rows upon rows of Why reality TV shows are more Lily Allen exotic outlier to regional power- Large multimedia screens flanked for rock ‘n roll. The Envoys were people jumped up to sway to her house, an arc that reached its apex a gorgeous high stage showing pan- followed by Sketches, a Sufi Folk Sufi lyrics. Ghazala Akbar said: lucrative than Bollywood chooses last decade when the commodities oramic scenes from the audience, Rock, which played Sindhi fusion “Coming from the UK I didn’t ex- wave thrust then-President Luiz twitter updates from the tech sav- before an appreciative crowd, set- pect this side of Pakistan. When I Thanks to the obscene amount of ager confirms that he gave up the Inacio Lula da Silva onto the cat- vy and of course the performanc- ting the stage for Mai Nimani, an- come here I go to the village and we money that reality shows are of- film offer to be a part of the reality 'watermelon' walk of world affairs. Bundchen es. The multi-ethnic line-up of art- other charismatic Sindhi whose rep- never see this sort of gathering fering, many seem to prefer them show. Rs 4-15 lakh The range of became an icon for the new Brazil. ists was outstanding. Beginning ertoire consists of Sindhi kalaams where hundreds of people from dif- over films. A recent case in point hair colour She bewitched many girls the way with a performance by a talented of Shah Abdul Lateef Bhittai, Pun- ferent backgrounds, even different is Upen Patel... soccer hall-of-famers Ronaldo and group of Ambassadors who play jabi kalaams of Baba Bulleh Shah countries are listening to music, all According to a recent report, Romario captured the hearts and in a band called Envoys. Romano and Guru Nanak and other Sindhi loving it. My favourite artist was the television industry has been boots of Brazilian boys. Karim said of the Envoys, “Noisy folk songs she performs at Sufi Mai Nimani. consistently clocking a year-on- year growth of about 15 per cent, luring advertisers to pour money into the general entertainment chan- nels. At the same time, networks BOX OFFICE: 'FURIOUS 7' are pulling out all stops, splurging big money on the star cast, elabo- rate sets, and stunning locations. out runs 'Paul Blart 2,' 'Unfriended' And reality shows being the dar- ling of small screen audience, re- LOS ANGELES: Furious 7 ran news for Sony Pictures, which had muneration of those involved in money that Nach Baliye partici- laps around the competition, pick- a painful chapter from its recent them can make your jaws drop. pants are getting this year as per ing up $29.1 million in its third history dredged up this week when Buzz is that Upen Patel and Kar- their popularity Weekly earnings weekend of release, according to Julian Assange's WikiLeaks pub- ishma Tanna, who "fell in love" of Siddharth Shukla on Jhalak studio estimates. lished an archive of emails and doc- during Bigg Boss' last season, have Dikhhla Jaa's previous seasons. Rs The fast cars sequel with the the uments that were stolen by hacker been offered a big, fat pay cheque 2 lakh This year, 'Nach Baliye' will gravity-defying stunts is barreling group Guardians of Peace. How- to take part in the upcoming sea- be made on a bumper budget with Pop star Lily Allen, who will turn toward the $300 million mark ever, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 could son of celebrity dance show Nach Ekta Kapoor taking on the pro- 30 in May, has changed her hair Stateside, having already hurtled not match the $31.8 million debut Baliye - Rs 2 crore for five epi- duction reins. The contestants are colour into pink and neon green. past the $1 billion mark globally. of the first film in the Blart sodes. With changes in the format said to be getting anywhere be- Allen showed off her "watermel- Domestically, Furious 7 has earned chronicles.With a modest $30 mil- this time round, the show requires tween Rs 4 lakh and Rs 15 lakh a on" hair in latest Instagram photo- $294.4 million. "This is how you lion production budget, the sequel participating couples to not only week depending on their popular- graph, reports aceshowbiz.com. build a record year," said Paul Der- will be profitable, Sony execs said. flaunt their dancing skills, but also ity. "For example, Payal Rohtagi She captioned it: "Not long till I'm garabedian, senior media analyst at "It was a little scary to be in [Furi- stay together until elimination. and her wrestler beau Sangram 30, one last hurrah on the hair Rentrak. "These are summer-style ous 7's] wake, but that Blart is Weekly earnings of Drashti Dhami Singh, who are also participating front. Watermelon hurr dun care." numbers in April." Despite Furi- tough stuff," said Rory Bruer, So- on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa's previous in the show, are paid lesser, say, After sharing the photograph, ous 7's continued dominance, Paul ny's distribution chief. "We exceed- seasons. Rs 2 lakh It is said that around Rs 2 lakh or so per week. Allen was spotted out and about Blart: Mall Cop 2 did better than ed expectations and held our Upen was apparently getting Rs As far as dance reality shows are in West Hollywood. expected, pulling in a solid $24 ground despite this juggernaut." 1.25 crore to do a film, apparently concerned, popular faces like Allen is no stranger to hair co- million across 3,633 locations. It The film brought back Kevin a Sunny Deol production, but opt- Pratyusha Bannerjee, Siddharth lours. She previously rocked light segway shenanigans to Las Vegas. Blart: Mall Cop 2 a 0% on Rotten blonde as well as lavender-silver had been projected to fall short of James as the hapless shopping Critics were savage, handing Paul Tomatoes. ed out of it when the 'Nach Baliye' Shukla and Drashti Dhami earned the $20 million barrier. It's good center cop, but transplanted the offer came his way. Upen's man- Rs 2 lakh on a weekly basis. ombre. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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IQBAL SCORES ANOTHER CENTURY AS HOSTS WIN CONSECUTIVE ODIS TO WIN FIRST SERIES AGAINST PAKISTAN.

Top-seeds beats sixth-seed Berdych to become first player in history to win the first three Masters events of the year. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won forced errors in a final that lacked the Monte Carlo Masters for the rhythm and was suspended by rain. second time in three years by de- Berdych put Djokovic on the feating sixth-seeded Tomas Ber- back foot in the early stages with dych 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. his powerful groundstrokes and Djokovic, who has lost only forced the Serb into a deciding set two matches in 2015, became the for the first time this week but was first player in tennis history to win ultimately made to pay for his er- the first three Masters tourna- ratic display. ments of the year after completing With his 23rd Masters title, the Indian Wells-Miami sweep this Djokovic extended his winning spring. streak to 17 matches, including a In windy and humid condi- straight-set win over clay special- tions, both players struggled with ist Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals their serve and made several un- on Saturday.

Bangladesh recorded their first se- go Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh over but Tamim dominated a 78- their target. ing the top half of their batting or- ries-win against Pakistan after captain After restricting Pakistan run stand with Mahmudullah (17) Tamim glanced Junaid Khan der by the 22nd over. Ali notched opener Tamim Iqbal's second suc- to a modest 239 for six, the hosts to keep the hosts firmly on track. for a boundary to bring up his sixth 36 runs but Bangladesh made ear- Rationalising cessive century secured a seven- returned with Tamim, who had Saeed Ajmal removed Mah- ODI century and remained unbeat- ly inroads to reduce Pakistan to wicket victory in the second ODI. scored 132 in the first game, lead- mudullah in the 15th over but that en after a run-a-ball 116 that in- 77 for five before Harris Sohail (44) The hosts had won the open- ing their successful chase with brought in Mushfiqur Rahim (65) cluded 17 boundaries and a six. and Saad Nasim propped up the ing game by 79 runs, their first win nearly 12 overs to spare. and the wicketkeeper-batsman Earlier, new ODI captain innings with a 77-run stand. risks in side over Pakistan in 16 years. The Chasing 240 to clinch the proved a perfect foil for the left- Azhar Ali's decision to bat first at Both teams are set to return to boys are very happy. The job is three-match series, Bangladesh lost handed Tamim as they added 118 the Shere Bangla National Stadi- the ground for the third and final not done yet, we have one more to opener Soumya Sarkar in the third runs to take Bangladesh close to um backfired with the tourists los- match on Wednesday. the co ckpit Bianchi remains unconscious six months after Chelsea is the worst-behaved team in EPL Sir Bradley Wiggins backed crashing as Massa explains why F1 drivers choose to live with the dangers. Premier League leaders have the least respect towards match officials, according to a report. to set new hour world record Six-time Olympic gold medal win- ner Sir Chris Hoy has backed Sir Bradley Wiggins to break the world hour record on June 7, live on Sky Sports. The UCI hour record, which measures the furthest distance a rider can cycle within an hour, is one of sport's most demanding challenges. Tour de France winner and four-time Olympic champion Wiggins will bid to break the 52.4km (32.5 miles) record set by Australian Rohan Dennis in Swit- zerland on February 8 this year. He certainly is the greatest cyclist we’ve ever produced and it’s his ability to adapt to a number of dis- He certainly is the greatest ciplines. Sir Chris Hoy on Sir Bra- cyclist we’ve ever produced dley Wiggins “When he sets his and it’s his ability to adapt to “We miss you Jules,” F1 driver ends in F1 history with fatal acci- mind to a goal, he tends to achieve a number of disciplines. Sir Romain Grosjean tweeted earlier dents for rookie driver Roland it, and it will be a great way for Chris Hoy on Sir Bradley this week. Just four words but it Ratzenberg and Ayrton Senna. him to make his transition from Wiggins was enough to divert attention The events of Imola led to the the road back to the track,” Hoy briefly away from the impending introduction of groundbreaking said. “It is that halfway house be- in the team pursuit again is phe- Chinese Grand Prix and to the state safety measures such as collaps- Chelsea may top the Premier The data, complied by FA Fair sions without protest, will be re- tween the road and the track. And nomenal." A week before Dennis' of the 25-year-old Marussia driv- ible steering columns, protective League table but Jose Mourinho's Play delegates who attend every warded with high marks," guide- once he’s hopefully done the hour attempt, Australian Jack Bobridge er Jules Bianchi. The champagne foam around the top of the cock- side have the unfortunate tag of Premier League match, shows lines published on the Premier record and set it, he’ll be heading had to be carried from his bike af- is being sprayed and victories are pit as well as compulsory head and being the worst-behaved team in Chelsea have the least respect to- League website state. "Normal be- towards Rio next year and hope- ter missing the record by a few being savoured during the opening neck support devices for every the top flight when it comes to re- wards match officials, the Tele- haviour without any particular fully winning a gold medal in the metres at the DISC Velodrome in forays this season. But Bianchi re- driver. And in the aftermath of Su- specting officials, according to graph reported. Teams are marked positive attitudes or gestures to- team pursuit. Melbnourne. Later he described the mains unresponsive in an induced zuka, the FIA has responded by Football Association Fair Play del- out of seven when assessing be- wards match officials is likely to “I think he’s got a great chance exertion from his attempt as “the coma. His condition is still criti- moving forward the start times for egates. Chelsea, who have a sev- haviour towards the referee and his receive a score of 6 rather than 7." of breaking the hour record and nearest I will come to death with- cal. Time passes slowly when it five races to reduce the risks posed en-point lead in the Premier League assistants, and Chelsea have a re- Chelsea are also the second worst you’d be a brave man to bet against out dying”. Tickets to watch Wig- comes to handling severe brain trau- by fading light. But calls for en- with seven games remaining, have spect mark of 159 compared to team when it comes to the behav- him. He certainly is the greatest gins attempt to break the hour ma and Bianchi’s life will remain closed cockpits, which could have received widespread criticism for Liverpool's 181, which makes iour of club staff on the touchline, cyclist we’ve ever produced and record at Lee Valley will go on sale in the balance for some time to protected Bianchi, have so far gone their attitude towards referees this Brendan Rodgers' side the most with struggling Sunderland the only it’s his ability to adapt to a num- through Sky Tickets from Friday come. But according to Brazillian unheeded. Drivers’ heads remain season despite Mourinho suggest- respectful towards officials. side above them. ber of disciplines. April 17 and will be available Felipe Massa, whose car somer- exposed, leaving them vulnerable ing they are victims of a 'campaign' "A positive attitude, including West Ham United currently “To win the Tour de France through http://tickets.sky.com/cy- saulted at the German GP last sea- to impacts and flying debris, as by the FA and media. the acceptance of doubtful deci- lead the overall Fair Play League. and potentially win a gold medal cling from 10am. son, Formula One is safer than Massa knows all too well. During what it was 25-30 years ago. the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, he “The cars are far better built, was struck by a 1.75lb suspension Arod considered for Amir Khan turns attention to clash tracks are better,” Massa told Al spring from a rival’s vehicle while Jazeera. “But there will always be travelling at 160mph, leaving him risk associated with this sport.” in a coma for several days. While Lockinge at Newbury with Manny Pacquiao later this year While it has been over two decades the FIA consider extra protection since the last race fatality, the a priority, they insist it is vital to Amir Khan is hoping to fight Man- events of Suzuka last October retain the overall identity of an F1 ny Pacquiao in Abu Dhabi later this provided a chilling reminder of F1’s car. We keep the likelihood of any- year, whether he beats Floyd omnipresent dangers. Bianchi lost one getting hurt to an absolute Mayweather or not next month. control of his car in treacherous minimum but to eliminate that Khan has turned his atten- conditions, leaving the track and completely isn’t possible Charlie tion to a clash with the Filipino colliding head-on with a recovery Whiting, FIA Race Director and great after becoming frustrated in tractor at 132mph. Some have de- Safety Delegate “F1 is about open- his efforts for a Vegas fight with scribed Bianchi’s driving that day wheeled, open cockpit, single-seat- Mayweather, a meeting he has been as reckless, given the torrential rain er racing," Whiting added. “But we hankering for over the last two and fading light. But Massa ex- are working to develop something years. According to the Daily plained that part of the necessary to prevent a loose wheel or a spring Mail, Pacquiao's promoter Bob psychology of being a F1 driver is hitting a driver’s head. It’s quite a Arum has proposals for a bout being willing to push yourself to challenge but I think we can achieve against Khan, which could take the extreme, whatever the condi- this within the next five years.” place in the United Arab Emirates tions. “You need to understand ex- Massa has been warned that in November or December this actly where the limit is in order to another crash could have drastic year. The Bolton welterweight get there. Pushing to the limit is long-term medical consequences. takes on Chris Algieri in Brooklyn what gives you a lot of happiness. However, while boxers, rugby and on May 29 and, providing he Feeling the speed, overtaking in al- NFL players have been known to Arod could be stepped back into er to owners Qatar Racing, said: comes through that fight, his next most impossible ways, taking the quit for fear of sustaining long-term Group One company after mak- "We were delighted with the run at outing could be against a man he well, with any September outings racy to keep picking him off as he corners more aggressively, seeing damage, F1 drivers seem to find it ing a pleasing return to action at Newmarket, he was beaten by a once enjoyed sparring with. Khan ruled out because his strict obser- comes in. "The longer it goes the your lap time getting quicker. harder than most to contemplate Newmarket. The four-year old good horse that on the day just said: "I want this fight. I would vance of Ramadan woud end in a harder it will get for Manny and if "Sometimes you pass the limit, life without an element of risk. claimed second spot behind French sneaked up on him. love to box Manny. We’ve been rushed preparation. He suspects he is to win he will have to keep you try too much and you lose “Speed is part of my life,” Navy in the Group Three Earl of Horse Racing Betting Bet £5 looking at an event in Dubai and Pacquiao will be beaten in Las Ve- up the pace through every minute control of the car and crash, but Massa said with a laugh. “If I didn’t Sefton Stakes on his first race- Get £20 Free "He's a top-class Abu Dhabi is only a short drive gas on May 2, a fight he will watch of every round. "I’ll just watch it that’s part of the job.” have that I would be very frustrat- course appearance since finishing horse and that was the first step away. It’s a dream of mine to fight from ringside, and defeat would with a professional eye. And there As Race Director and Safety ed. When I was recovering in hos- fifth in the Juddmonte Internation- back on the road. "At the moment, in that part of the world." make a 2015 meeting between the is a chance that if Floyd’s legs re- Delegate, Charlie Whiting has pital, I never considered not racing al Stakes at York last August. Con- we are looking at running him next One possible stumbling block two more likely. "I actually think ally are slowing down that Man- spent most of his career prevent- again.” Flirting with danger nections are now toying with the in either the Lockinge or the Di- could be the potential for a May- that once Mayweather gets ny will catch up with him - and he ing and dealing with accidents. After such a psychologically idea of returning him to the top omed (Epsom). "If we think that weather-Pacquiao rematch, but through Manny’s assault in the can punch. "I’ve wasted the best But in his 27 years at the FIA, traumatic experience, logic sug- level, with the Al Shaqab Lockinge he has a realistic chance of win- 'PacMan' would prefer a later date first few rounds it will become an part of a couple of years waiting there is only one Grand Prix, he gests that he may find it hard to Stakes at Newbury on May 16 ning the Lockinge he will go for for his second fight of the year and easy win for him," Khan said. for Floyd because I would love to tells Al Jazeera, which compares test the boundaries as he once did, under consideration for the Peter that as the race has great prize- Mayweather's six-fight Showtime "Manny has speed and power but be the man who beat the man con- to the traumatic events of Suzuka perhaps second guessing his natu- Chapple-Hyam trained colt. money and it is a fair track which deal expires in Spetember. Khan Floyd has the defensive skill to sidered the best pound-for-pound – the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix ral instinct to attempt ever more David Redvers, racing manag- should suit him well." prefers to fight later in the year as avoid him and the brain and accu- in the world. in Imola, one of the darkest week- daring manoeuvres. 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. TUESDAY . APRIL 21 . 2015 -Sawr 01, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:256 Price: Afs.15

India urged to resume medical, ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS As security deteriorating, MPs slam BSA TO AFGHAN STUDENTS By Akhtar M. Nikzad and ensure security and stability, khshan province, insecure. that whether it is possible to re- governor and said that high-rank- but emergence of the IS tells Latif Pedram, member of the view the security agreement signed ing security officials do not want xpressing serious concerns AT Monitoring Desk medical seats there are 10,000 something else. They said the US Wolesi Jirga from Badakhshan, with the US because the agreement to eliminate the terror group. applications for a single seat. over growing insecurity, is not serious about the agreement said the National Directorate of was inked despite concerns of the Some influential people in the KABUL: A number of Afghan stu- According to C. Raj Kumar, Emembers of the Wolesi Jirga and took it as a piece of paper Security (NDS) had found that neighboring countries but failed to government want to make north- dents in India have urged the Indi- founding vice-chancellor of O.P. (WJ) or Lower House of the Par- having no value. some foreign spy agencies were give any positive result, said Sa- ern part of the country insecure, an government to resume medical Jindal Global University, the uni- liament said that despite signing Speaker of the WJ, Abdul Rauf trying to fuel insecurity in Bada- miullah Samim, another MP. as the governor of Paktika re- and engineering scholarships to versity provides around 100 the Bilateral Security Agreement Ibrahimi, said the BSA was ap- khshan. He accused the United Recently, the governor of Pa- vealed. Therefore, the security Afghan students as the scholar- scholarships to Afghans to study, (BSA) with the US there is no end proved by the parliament with States and Britain of backing in- ktika province Abdul Karim Ma- officials shall be summoned to find ships have been discontinued for but not medical and engineering in sight to the militancy. Growing great zeal because they thought it surgency in Badakhshan province teen in an interview with TOLO out who are supporting Daesh, several years due to high demand courses. He suggested that for insecurity in different parts of the would help to maintain foolproof and said the high-ranking officials News accused the National Secu- said Habiba Danish. of such seats from Indian stu- Afghanistan, the government country and sudden emergence of security. However, nothing such should be summoned by the WJ rity Council (NSC) of providing Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said the dents. During an interactive ses- could relax the rule. From our the Islamic State (IS) in Afghani- happened. Now the lawmakers are for more details in this regard. In- $200,000 to families of the IS Wolesi Jirga would summon the sion with senior civil service of- standpoint we intend to write to stan were the issues that prod the responsible before the nation and effectiveness of the BSA, grow- fighters in Barmal district of the security officials and ask them ficers of the Afghan government the HRD ministry to actually Afghan lawmakers to question ef- had to review the agreement, he ing insecurity and surge in the IS province.He claimed that many how the militancy changed its the other day, organized by O.P. make this exception, as Shashi fectiveness of the BSA. said. Large number of MPs, quot- activities are the issues that forced times he asked the NSC to take course suddenly and turned from Jindal Global University, an Af- Tharoor has mentioned quite The legislators said the Afghan ing Afghan security officials, said the MPs to call up President steps to eliminate the IS in Pakti- western parts to northern areas. ghan participant sought to know rightly. We don t need to make a government signed the BSA hop- that some foreign countries have Ashraf Ghani. To improve secu- ka but received no response. Law- He said the issue of insecuri- why the Indian government had blanket exception, as there is a ing that Washington would sup- hands in making northern parts of rity, I think President Ghani shall makers expressed their concern ty should be taken on agenda in discontinued giving scholarships demand supply issue, but clearly port the Afghan security forces the country, particularly Bada- be summoned. We shall also know about allegations of the Paktika the next session. in applied sciences and medical for South Asian countries and for courses, which the Afghan stu- those countries which are in need dents are keen to pursue in India. for help, more than anything, Af- Bomber plotting to kill Gen. Congress MP Shashi Tharo- ghanistan deserves a different Doctor shortage mars or, who is also chairperson of the treatment; and specifically both Raziq arrested Quetta, the provincial capital of Parliamentary Standing Commit- public and private medical and Baluchistan province in Pakistan. tee on External Affairs, said: engineering colleges should be giv- KANDAHAR: The National Di- Khpalwak said the detained per- Many foreign countries have this en an opportunity with scholar- rectorate of Security (NDS) on son confessed he was planning to GHOR HOSPITALS SERVICES issue, and added that there is a ships to welcome Afghan stu- Monday claimed arresting a sui- attack General Raziq. Widely re- strong recommendation that India dents, Kumar told India s IANS. cide bomber who was planning to garded as an efficient police offic- should do it (provide scholarships A batch of 19 senior civil ser- attack Gen. Abdul Raziq, police er, Gen. Raziq earlier survived in applied sciences and medical vants from Afghanistan is under- chief of southern Kandahar prov- several suicide attacks. (Pajhwok) courses) . According to Tharoor, going an executive training pro- ince. Samim Khpalwak, the gov- India would give such scholar- gram at Jindal Global University, ernor s spokesman, told Pajhwok 2 attackers among 3 ships in the 1950s and 60s and he Sonepat a town in Haryana state Afghan News the suicide bomber had met prominent physicians in of India, 20 kilometers from Del- Hilal alias Mohammad Ullah was dead, 11 police hurt African countries who had done hi. The university won the award the resident of Balkh province. IN HELMAND CLASH their medical studies in India. But from the Afghan government af- The bomber was trained and sent over the years demand out- ter a competitive international bid- from Quetta to target Kandahar LASHKARGAH: Three persons, stripped the number of seats ding process where it outbid eight police chief. The attacker was including two heavily armed sui- available for Indian students, he other institutions from around the tasked by Haji Lala, a notorious cide bombers wearing Afghan Lo- added. He pointed out that for world. Taliban commander, based in cal Police (ALP) uniform, have been killed and 11 policemen wounded late Sunday in the night- long gunbattle when militants en- Builders protest over non-payment tered a police building in the cap- ital of southern Helmand province, a doctor and an official said. BY TURKISH, US COMPANIES Maj. Gen. Nabi Jan Mullah A number of small business own- Khel, Helmand police chief, told AT Monitoring Desk the staff to meet their demands. 32 medical doctors were supposed ers on Monday gathered outside Pajhwok Afghan News that two He warned that the remaining per- to be appointed for the hospital Parliament in protest over non- suicide bombers entered the po- KABUL: Lack of physicians has sonnel of the hospital will resign but now there are eight doctors payment of construction work lice station Sunday evening and marred health services in public if their problem was not addressed and they cannot bear the work they claim to have carried out for locked in intense gun fire with hospital of western Ghor prov- by the Ministry of Public Health pressure on daily basis. foreign companies. The business police. We demonstrated maxi- ince, said health officials on Mon- (MoPH). We are faced with 70 The provincial Public Health owners have called on government mum care to minimize police ca- day, adding that the problem was percent shortage of health work- Directorate, Ghulam Nabi Yaga- to intervene as they say they are sualties , he said, adding that three doubled after three of the hospi- ers, particularly doctors. Three of na, also termed lack of health owed over $90 million USD - an policemen were wounded and the tal s doctors resigned due to some our medical doctors resigned due workers, in particular medical doc- issue dating back five years. pair of the suicide attacker was unknown reasons. to rush of visitors and the remain- tors, as main problem for the hos- Many of them say that they killed. Two barracks of the police Quoted by Radio Azadi, head ing staff have warned to do the pital, and said the MoPH has made have gone bankrupt as a result of station were damaged in firefight, of Ghor Hospital, Juma Gul Yaqu- same if their demand was not met efforts in this regard but most of this. According to them, Turkish he added. The operation, he said bi, said the problem of lack of by the concerned organization, doctors are not ready to work in and American companies hired lasted 10-hour. One of the suicide them for Ministry of Defense and having intervened on their behalf construction company engineer. bombers was killed soon after he medical doctors highly increased he added.Ali Mohammad Sama- the province because of security Ministry of Interior projects in to get the money. Turkish and The business owners say that if entered the compound while his after resignation of the three med- di, a medical doctor in Ghor Hos- issues. the provinces but have never paid American companies took our government does not help to get accomplices forced his way to a ical doctors from the hospital. pital, said lack of health workers It is said that the Ghor Hos- them. money and government has not the money out of these compa- safe place and offered resistance According to him, more than and increase of patients has made pital has 100 beds but at least four In turn, these business own- done anything to address our prob- nies they will embark on an ex- till Monday morning, he added. 600 patients visit the hospital on their duty difficult. He was quot- patients are treated in one bed due ers criticize government for not lems, says Muhammad Afzal, a tensive strike. 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