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Page 14 markets THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT basketball Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 9 THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021 / MUHARRAM 11, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17767 16 PAGES 150 FILS U.S. ENVOY HAILS KUWAIT FACILITATION OF SAFE PASSAGE Day by Day Taliban flog protest, THE Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan has increased the appetite of sleeper cells in some countries. These sleeper cells are under the illusion that the Salwar Ka- meez wearing Afghan Taliban blow up Shiite statue will rule the world. The truth is isolation of the Taliban from the rest of the world began from the time they set foot in Kabul. Their nails will be trimmed and their people will be helped to get rid of them Shiite faithful pilgrims beat themselves with chains as a sign of because they don’t fear God grief for Imam Hussein outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam and when it comes to rule, Moussa al-Kadhim during a Muharram procession in Baghdad, they have strayed away from Iraq, Aug. 17. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, His teachings. is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death … Yet, tomorrow is another of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), at day. the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP) Zahed Matar Opinion O government of procrastination, now is the time to put your action where your mouth is By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Newswatch A FEW days ago, His Highness the Prime Minister held a meeting with graduate students. During that meeting, he told them, “Do not worry about the tension between the KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait real- government and the parliament. All matters are resolved lowed commercial fl ights with according to the rules and references of political action”. Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Ne- pal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Taliban fighters patrol in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 18. The Taliban declared an If that is the case, we beg to ask,“If All things are re- Wednesday after the six coun- solved according to this perspective, why did the govern- ‘amnesty’ across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that tries were restricted in light of they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped the main airport as desperate crowds tried to flee the country. (AP) ment not accomplish the minimum level of its program, COVID-19 restrictions. throughout the last parliamentary terms? In fact, it passed The decision was made in some laws that serve it and serve the populist MPs”. a cabinet meeting which un- On the other hand, suppose that the parliament was the derlined that fl ights with these Ashraf Ghani shelters in UAE barrier in front of the government’s determination to ac- countries would be subject to complish, isn’t it logical to take advantage of the parlia- measures identifi ed by Kuwait’s mentary recess of a month and 18 days to work? It was ministerial coronavirus emergen- cy committee. (KUNA) KUWAIT CITY, Aug 18, (Agencies): The US Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Alina Romanowski, natural that this constituted a starting point for the execu- ❑ ❑ ❑ tive authority to carry out its work comfortably away from praised Kuwait’s role in facilitating the safe passage of the first group of American citizens and em- the parliamentary inconveniences invoked over the past TEHRAN: Iranian President bassy staff in Kabul to the United States, reports Al-Qabas daily. months. So we wonder, what has changed in this regard? Ebrahim Raisi called for speed- “Thanks to Kuwait’s dedicated leaders, we have succeeded in facilitating the safe passage of the first group of American citi- The government is stagnant, and is becoming more and ing up the implementation of zens and embassy staff in Kabul to the United States,” the ambassador said in a tweet on her Twitter account. more subservient to profiteers from all sides. It has not Iran-Iraqi joint projects, stressing “This important operation is an example of the strength of the US-Kuwaiti partnership,” the ambassador added. the strength of relations between Taliban militants attacked protesters Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan who dared to take down their banner and replace it with the coun- stopped the tampering of health applications that have the two countries in various fi elds. proven to be a failure, and hindered the lives of Kuwaitis, During a phone call between try’s flag, killing at least one person and fueling fears about how the insurgents would govern this fractious nation. who now have the right to seek compensation for the dam- Iran’s President and the Iraqi While the Taliban have insisted they will respect human rights unlike during their previously draconian rule, the attack in Jalalabad comes ages they incurred. Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Ka- as many Afghans are hiding at home or trying to flee the country as It has not made any achievement on the economic level, zemi, Raisi stressed the need to allegations of abuses by the loosely controlled militant organization and has been content with constructional statements after speed up the implementation of grow. Many have expressed dread that the two-decade Western ex- every session of the Council of Ministers, the last of which joint agreements, including the periment to remake Afghanistan will not survive the resurgent Taliban, was two days ago. That session had ended in nothing, but rail link between the Iranian cit- Other Voices who took control of the country in a blitz that took just days. wailing and whining about the economic situation that it ies of Shalamcheh and the Iraqi Taliban leaders talked Wednesday with senior Afghan officials about Basra, said the Iranian presidency failed to manage until its regress became an inherent fea- in a statement Tuesday. a future government. In a potential complication to any effort to stabi- ture of it. The statement noted that the lize the country, the Central Bank chief warned that American sanc- His Highness the Prime Minister pledged in front of the Iranian president thanked Al- Whoever feels safe from tions over the Taliban’s terror designations threatened Afghanistan’s graduate students a series of expected accomplishments, Kazemi for the invitation to par- economy, which already is dangerously low on hard foreign currency. but the truth is that they are closer to dreams given that they ticipate in the summit of the Iraqi One figure who was not at the talks talking place in Kabul: Afghan were all based on procrastination tenses that are meant to neighboring countries in Bagh- punishment indulges President Ashraf Ghani, who fled as the Taliban closed in on the capi- escape commitment and decisiveness. dad. (KUNA) tal. The United Arab Emirates acknowledged Wednesday that they Indeed, His Highness brought matters back to square one ❑ ❑ ❑ have taken him and his family in. by saying, “We will fulfill the dream of the late Nasser Sa- ANKARA: Rescue workers in in bad behavior Protest bah Al-Ahmad in the Silk City, and we will present amend- Turkey kept up the search Tues- By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli In an early sign of protest to the Taliban’s rule, dozens gathered ments to its law. God willing, my colleagues and the parlia- day for 34 people still missing in the eastern city of Jalalabad and a nearby market town to raise the mentarians will speed up the pace by approving it until we after severe fl oods ravaged parts Former Minister of Oil of the country’s Black Sea coast, tricolor national flag, a day before Afghanistan’s Independence Day, implement the project”. THE setbacks and floundering of the oil companies empire and which commemorates the 1919 treaty that ended British rule. They Here, we ask, “Aren’t His Highness privy to the fact with excavators clearing the sludge and building wreckage its leaders, who think they give us the only source of income for lowered the Taliban flag - a white banner with an Islamic inscription - that the same MPs blocked the project and others? What that was left behind. our country, could be attributed to the fact that the empire is being that the militants have raised in the areas they captured. about the law in this regard that was approved in 2017 and At least 77 people were killed plagued by its leaders who hate the idea of planning for the future Video footage later showed the Taliban firing into the air and at- amended in 2019? What about its violation of the decision after torrential rains battered Tur- to continue for decades. This is in addition to its billions of losses tacking people with batons to disperse the crowd. Babrak Amirzada, a that the Prime Minister issued on June 24, 2020 to trans- key’s northwestern Black Sea and expenses. reporter for a local news agency, said the Taliban beat him and a TV fer supervision of the Northern Economic Zone Develop- provinces on Aug. 11, causing Many of these leaders are religious outwardly; without showing cameraman from another agency. ment Authority to the State Ministry for Municipal Affairs? fl oods that demolished homes that religion is about good treatment, integrity and sincerity rather A local health official said the violence killed at least one person Aren’t these laws and decisions sufficient to start imple- and bridges, swept away cars than the empty appearances they share with those belonging to and wounded six.