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Members of the Wolesi Jirga (the AT Monitoring Desk control of a specific ethnic group. Lower House of Parliament) on He said the national unity Saturday raised concerns over a KABUL: Former presidential government is lacking proper range of issues including the advisor for good governance, representation and partnership of existence of corruption in the IEC, Ahmad Zia Massoud accused the all groups. the contract issue around the government of lack of will to He furthered economic and purchase of electronic equipment eliminate terrorism and brining political issues in the country for the IEC and the inactivity of reforms, Khaama Press reported. remain persistent but the supplies, eradicating enemy IEC officials. The concerns also Addressing the participants of government is not committed to strongholds, evacuating patients come days after the site operational a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif to eliminate terrorism from the and wounded and also transferring chief of the Independent Election mark the week of martyrs, country. President Mohammad supplies to check-posts that are Commission was suspended over Massoud claimed the government Ashraf Ghani through a located in mountains,” MoD allegations relating to corruption. is not willing to bring reforms in presidential decree dismissed spokesman, Dawlat Waziri said. “Not only does the process the politics and other sectors of Massoud nearly five months ago. A few months ago, the United (election) need to be reviewed, but the government. He was a close ally of Ghani during States announced that it will countless challenges exist,” MP He called on President Ghani the second round of the provide the Afghan Air Force with Chaman Shah Etemadi said. “An to resign if he maintains zero presidential elections and after he 150 Black Hawks and other election commission commissioner capability to introduce and sidelined himself from the elections aircraft over the next four years. has asked for money from implement key reforms. after the first round of voting Meanwhile, Afghan security someone in a voice recording,” MP He claimed that some specific concluded. These days Massoud officials, and member of the Wolesi Abdul Qadir Qalatwal said Some circles in the government are is one among the active opposition Jirga hoped that the new Black other MPs meanwhile said they making attempts to monopolize leaders and repeatedly slams the Hawks helicopters enable and are worried about the lack of the power and bring it under the government in many walks. empower the air force in their fight cooperation between IEC officials against insurgents. and government and are also “In the current situation, if the worried about secret talks being number of helicopters and aircraft held between a number of Noor demands Dostum’s return are increased, it will resolve army government officials and IEC challenges to some extent,” an MP, members. “There are discrepancies and end to monopoly of power Abdul Jabar Qahraman said. between the electoral A number of former military commissions’ comments. The The provincial governor of the national interests of the officers however said air force second vice president says that we northern Balkh province and chief country. He criticized the current equipment costs a lot of money cannot hold the district council executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata formation in the government and and that it will take years for the elections, but the commission says Mohammad Noor demanded the said they demand an end to the AAF to stand on its feet. that we will hold parliamentary and removal barriers preventing the monopoly of power by certain “We need fighter helicopters. district council elections,” Abdul return of Abdul Rashid Dostum to people. If right now we have two fighter Sabor Khedmat, an MP said. the country. In other parts of his speech, helicopters, we can free the two “Continued meetings are being Noor made the remarks during Noor welcomed the announcement military based that are under siege held during the days and nights a gathering organized in Mazar-e- of the new US strategy and called The defense ministry said the US has bought six Black Hawks for in Ghormach,” former military with parts of the government body Sharif city, the provincial capital for their further support to the Afghan Air Force and will hand over the helicopters next week. officer, Mohsin Mukhtar said. and they discuss who should come of Balkh province to mark the people. The Pentagon said a while back to parliament as peoples’ week of martyrs. He said the new coalition is that it has invested $7 billion USD representatives in the future,” Noor further added that the sustainable and will never be AT Monitoring Desk (MoD) on Saturday said that next week. “We need Black Hawks in the AAF and that it is trying to Sadiqi Zada Nili, another MP said. newly-formed coalition, coalition dissolved insisting that they have Afghan Air Forces (AAF) would to overcome a number of double the number of troops in the (ToloNews) for the salvation of Afghanistan, is support both internally and on KABUL: The Ministry of Defense get six Black Hawk helicopters challenges including transferring next four years. prepared to enter to any deal for international level. (KP)

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KABUL: A number of insurgents belonging to the Taliban militant group and the Islamic State, which is also known as Daesh terrorist group have been killed during fierce clash erupted between the two insurgent groups in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Saturday. The provincial government media office in a statement has confirmed death of five militants during infighting clash. The statement furthered the clash broke out in the vicinity of Ghulam Dak area. At least three Daesh rebels and two Taliban militants were among those killed, the provincial government said in the statement. Moreover, the statement informed of a Taliban militant who entered into the peace process in Dur Baba district AT Monitoring Desk Finance Ministry said in a media statement. by handing over a pistol, a AK-47 assault rifle, KABUL: Eklil Hakimi, Minister and three hand grenades. However, the anti- Eklil Hakimi, Minister of of Finance, and Mr. Sayed Aqa, Finance about the agreement said: government armed militant groups of Taliban and Vice president of Islamic Daesh have not commented into the matter so far. “The total cost of this project is Development Bank (IDB) signed estimated 110 million USD, while Nangarhar is one among the volatile provinces in a soft loan agreement in the eastern Afghanistan, but the anti-government Afghanistan will provide $ 34.28 armed insurgent groups have recently increased presence of President Mohammad million”. Moreover, he thanked their terrorist activities in some parts of the Ashraf Ghani, representatives of the contribution of IDB and province. National Assembly, Cabinet presence of IDB’s vice president Ministers and other members High in Kabul and assured that all the Economic Council for construction financing will be spent through of Kabul City Ring Road (KRR) national budgets, with due regard and its other related to effectiveness, sufficiency and infrastructures. transparency, and its procurement “The 95 km Kabul Ring Road process will be done through the is the important port of National HERAT CITY : A man stabbed his young wife to National Procurement Office. road network directly joins the “Construction of Kabul Ring death due to a family dispute in western Herat capital with important highways province, officials said on Saturday. Road has economic value for both in the country. Within the Afghanistan and the region,” Vice Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said construction of this road, it is the man killed his 20 year-old wife with a knife in President of IDB said, adding the Jakan area of the 6th police district of Herat expected that road network and “The Islamic Development Bank City on Friday night. (Pajhwok) road safety to be improved and (IDB) will continue its support to traffic congestion to be reduced,” Afghanistan”.

JALALABAD: The closure of a busy road in front of the Jalalabad airport has sparked concerns among residents of eastern provinces and passengers travelling to the border town of Torkham. Foreign troops on the airbase close the road until 9am dail and till noon at times, creating problems for government servants, university and school students, businesspeople and passengers. Even seriously sick and injured people are not allowed to travel the road by Afghan security guards, allege residents, who demand an immediate end to the road closues. Since the road in front of the airport is shut at night and reopened at 9am, Behsud district. Thousands of Baba, Momand Dara and Lalpura residents are left with no option but to go to the people from Behsud, Rodat, Kot, districts, as well as other areas, city via the Ring Road or the bumpy route through Achin, Nazyan, Haska Mena, Dur travel the road. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY .SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan becomes youngest to 100 T20 wickets The number of chronically hungry end hunger and prevent people in the world is on the rise malnutrition by 2030 will not be He has 137 wickets to R AISE-A- again after a decade of decline, the reached. "The prevalence of his name in 106 T20s, United Nations reported Friday, malnourished has also increased. READER: citing intensifying conflicts, floods It is now up to 11 percent of the including domestic and droughts as reasons. world population, the same level and international FROM In an annual report on the state of five years ago, 2012. This is the matches. KANDAHAR of food security, the UN said 815 price we are paying for the million people were chronically recession, conflicts and climate Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan TO CANADA undernourished last year, 38 change altogether. This means that has once again made headlines, million more than the previous in 2016 one in nine people in the becoming the youngest to 100 T20 AND year, the Associated Press world is going to bed hungry, every wickets. At 18 years and 360 days, reported. day. And this is happening just two Rashid achieved this feat playing CANUCKS Sixty percent of the world's years after all countries committed for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the chronically hungry people were in to eradicating hunger and extreme Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL), FAMILY areas experiencing man-made poverty by 2030, unfortunately," a domestic T20 League organised conflict. said Jose Graziano da Silva, by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. EDUCATION The UN has said some 20 Director General of the Food Rashid bettered Danny Briggs’ million people face possible famine Agriculture Organization (FAO). record who had claimed his 100 CENTRE in parts of South Sudan, northeast While the report blamed victim aged 23 years and 56 days. Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. conflicts as the main driver of food Rashid is still behind West Indies’ Overall, 11 percent of the world's insecurity, hunger is worsened Krishmar Santokie (54) in terms Maybe you don’t think there’s population was hungry last year. when conflict areas are also anything remarkable about of number of matches taken. He is The heads of major UN affected by climate-related joint second-highest with Sri pushing a stroller on the way to agencies warned that without problems such as droughts and an evening class a half-hour’s walk The United Nations says 815 million people were chronically Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis (66). concerted action, the ambitious floods linked in part to the El Nino The staggering leg-spinner, in away, or feeling secure leaving undernourished last year, 38 million more than the previous year. goal set by world governments to phenomenon. (ToloNews) Metrotown at 10 p.m. after a the same competition, became the night of shopping. third youngest player to lead a T20 Or walking down your street side, Dragons. He is behind and not having to worry about a Pakistan’s Taimur Ali (17 years) sniper’s bullet finding you. and Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal But for Fireshta Sardar, these (18 years and 151 days). are the most glorious feelings in Rashid made his T20 and ODI the world. debuts in 2015, at the age of 17. “It’s really safe here, I’m not He has so far played IPL’s scared,” she said. “Here, there are Sunrisers Hyderabad, CPL’s police, there is government, you Guyana Amazon Warriors, and can call them. will feature in the upcoming BBL “Back home, it’s not like that, season for Adelaide Strikers. you’re scared to do anything.” He has 137 wickets to his name Fireshta, her husband in 106 T20s, including domestic Mohammad and their two and international matches. toddlers moved to Burnaby five (CRICKETCOUNTRY) years ago from Afghanistan after the Taliban threatened KABUL : Surge in the price of Association, said the price of the consume huge amount of gas to Mohammad’s life because he was liquefied gas irked some residents commodity was increased in heat their homes, so the prices working as an interpreter for the of the capital Kabul while the rates Turkmenistan where its reservoirs probably rise by double, so we ask Canadian military in Kandahar. of fuel and gold dipped during the were under cleaning process. the government to take immediate She has enrolled in the Canucks outgoing week, market sources He said a ton of gas in action on the regard,” he said. Family Education Centre, funded said Saturday. Turkmenistan increased from $410 A number of other residents through The Vancouver Sun’s Raise-A-Reader program, at The price of liquefied gas to $516 and the total charge on one of Kabul had the same complaints. Edmonds Community School in differs in different parts of Kabul ton amounted to $720 when Mohammad Nasim Qaderi but generally its rate has increased reaching to Kabul. said that if the price of the Burnaby, where care is provided by 10 Afghanis in each kilogram. Sharif said the cleaning process commodity was increased by its for her youngest child, Nilaa, one Ahmad Javid, a gas seller in of gas reservoirs in Turkmenistan importers then the government of two of Fireshta’s children born Taimani area of Kabul, told may take about a month. should take action on the matter. in Canada. Beginning in 2004, Pajhwok Afghan News that the Mohammad Nasim Qaderi, gas However, the price of fuel Mohammad, who had worked as price of one kilogram of liquefied and petroleum control manager at decreased. Abdul Hadi, a worker a clerk in a pharmacy, began gas was increased from 60 Afs to the Ministry of Commerce and at the Wazirabad Fuel Station, said working as an interpreter with the 65 Afs. Industries (MoCI) agreed with that the price of one liter of diesel U.S. Marine Corps, before joining He said he sold the same Sharif and said the price of gas was dipped from 46afs to 45afs and the Canadians in 2006. By 2011, amount of gas for 55 Afghanis increased due to its limited the same quantity of petrol from he was forced to flee Kandahar about a month ago. Mohammmad imports to Kabul. 46afs to 45afs. after first receiving death threats Afghanistan started with win in Asif, a gas seller in Qala-I-Fatullah He also said that Turkmenistan Gold prices also dipped. The 1,920afs. Khurshid ghee for 1,200afs, a 24- over the phone (“I don’t know their campaign to qualify for 2018 area of Kabul, said the price of one was cleaning its gas reservoirs. price of one gram of Arabian gold Noor Ahmad Khairkhwa, a tea kg sack of Pakistani rice for how they got my phone number”) AFC-16 Championship, beating kilogram gas increased from 55afs Some residents of Kabul decreased from 2,400afs to seller in Kabul Mandavi, said a 2,100afs, a kilogram of Indonesian and then a death-threat in the form Kyrgyzstan 3-1 on Saturday. to 60afs in his area compare to residents said the MoCI was 2,300afs and the same quantity of kilogram of Indonesian green tea green tea for 300afs and the same of a mailed letter. The match was played in 50afs a month ago. responsible to control liquefied gas Russian variety from 1,950afs to cost 280afs and the same amount quantity of African black tea for “The Taliban was offering Enqelab Stadium of Karaj city, Iran. However, none of the sellers prices. 1,850afs. of African black tea 300afs -- same 350afs, higher than wholesale A total of 44 teams bid for 15 $10,000 rewards to capture as last week’s. rates. interpreters,” Mohammad said. had information about the reason Mohammad Iqbal, a political However, food items’ rates spots to the major tournament of hike in gas price but said the science student of Kabul remain steady. Ahmad Wali Panjsheri, who According to Sara-I-Shahzada Walking around his village in which will be held in Malaysia. Iraq importing companies were selling University and resident of Qala-I- Food Traders Union head, owns a grocery shop in Dahn-i- moneychangers, one US dollar disguise was no longer working. are defending champions as they the commodity on high rates on Fatullah area, asked the Fazal Rahman, said 24kg of Bagh area, sold a 50-kg bag of accounted for 68.70 Afghanis and “We lost a lot of friends won the 2016 tournament. shopkeepers. government to take action for Pakistani rice cost 1,850afs, 50kg Kazakhstani flour for 1,220afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees 641 because they helped the U.S. and Afghanistan are grouped with Mohammad Sharif, head of controlling the gas prices. of Kazakhistani flour 1,160afs, 16 a 49-kg sack of Pakistani sugar for Afghanis this week against last Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Canadian forces,” Mohammad Khurasan Gas Company and a 2,000afs. week's rates of 68.60afs and 640afs said. “I’d leave (the Canadian “The weather in the winter liters of Khurshid ghee 1,120afs Bhutan in C. member of Gas Importers would get colder and people would and 49kg of Pakistani sugar He sold a 16-litre tin of respectively. (Pajhwok) military) base and not know if I’d In their next game, Afghanistan make it the 20 kilometres home.” will face Bhutan on Monday. “We were scared to go out to shop for supplies,” added Fireshta. “We had a lot of friends killed, beheaded.” Today, reading to their four Afgh a n m edica l Syracuse's children at bedtime in their safe and secure Burnaby home is a first Afghan family ritual. But English has been stu den ts in difficult to master. Consider this rule of grammar, restaurant which you almost certainly know but didn’t know you knew: There P a kista n sta ge has brotherly is an order to the way we line up adjectives ahead of a noun, and mission native speakers do it instinctively. pea cefu l pr otest We just know it’s a cute, little, black puppy, never “Ooh, look at the black, little, cute puppy. ” (Or, put another way, would you read a story to your children called Riding Red Little Hood?) We are practically born with this knowledge, but imagine moving here from another culture and trying to memorize that, Speaking out about the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, Muslims in Afghanistan, according to linguists, the proper order for adjectives is opinion, Pakistan and Indonesia have called for action to be taken to help the Rohingyas. size, age, shape, colour, etc., then noun. Or take English’s Muslims in Afghanistan, Pakistan in the world. They are being killed, The protesters on Friday improbable spelling and and Indonesia called for an end to they are being mutilated. O, Allah, demanded perpetrators of rights SYRACUSE: N.Y. – Asghar pronunciations. Why don’t flood the violence against Rohingya send a divine help to them," said abuses be held accountable, as was Maleki, like many restaurateurs, and food rhyme? Or friend and Muslims in northern Myanmar Bahasa, an Indonesian, reported recommended by former U.N. works seven days a week. But he’s fiend? And why on earth do fair during Friday prayers. Reuters. chief Kofi Annan's commission driven by more than the desire to and bear rhyme (but not fear and Some Kabul residents who Nearly 400,000 Muslims have appointed last year by Myanmar's serve customers his favorite bear)? It’s into this quandary that were interviewed by Reuters said now fled to Bangladesh, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi Afghan dishes. the Canucks Family Education they are concerned about the concern growing that the numbers to come up with long-term Maleki, who also goes by Ali, Centre has waded, helping situation of Muslims in Myanmar. could keep rising unless Myanmar solutions for the violence-riven, has a brother who was injured immigrants learn to read this KABUL : Afghan students on administration had been draggin its "As an Afghan Muslim I am ends what critics denounce as ethnically and religiously divided years ago after stepping on a mine. infuriating language. “When I Friday staged a peaceful protest feet on the issue, thereby creating really concerned about the "ethnic cleansing." Rakhine. (ToloNews) “All my life I work for him,” came to Canada, I could not even for their registration in the uncertainty about their future. situation in Myanmar. I got said Maleki. “I want to buy legs say ‘Hi’,” Fireshta said. “I wasn’t Pakistan Medical and Dental If their just demand was not depressed seeing the pictures on for him.” Maleki opened Bamyan going out and my husband told Council (PM&DC) met, they would continue with Facebook. It's a brutal act against Kabab in July. He took over the me I would not learn anything if I In line with a scholarship demonstrations, he warned, Muslims and all Muslims are space that most recently was Red didn’t go out. “The English scheme of the Pakistan seeking an early settlement of the concerned about it. If I get the Olive and formerly was Sparky classes have been a really, really government, doctors and medical problem. chance I am ready to go for Jihad Town on Burnet Avenue. Red Olive big help.” Fireshta’s parents are students from the neighbouring On the other hand, (Holy War) against those who closed earlier this year. The new still in Afghanistan, while her country were admitted to Baqai Afghanistan's Deputy carried out such brutal acts against restaurant features a small menu remaining brother is in limbo in Medical University in the port city Ambassador Zardasht Shams said Muslims over there," Mohammad packed with classics from Turkey as an undocumented of Karachi. they had launched efforts to Feroz, a resident of Kabul, said. Afghanistan and nearby regions: refugee. Her other brother died in However, the PM&DC is not address the issue. They were in "I urge the international lamb kababs, biryani, salad and a bomb blast while on his way to registering the Afghan students, touch with senior Pakistani community, Islamic countries and homemade pickles. There’s Afghan school for his final day of Grade who have graduated from the officials, including the university United Nations to take action and kabuli pulao, a rice dish with lamb, 12. He was 18. “My mom had university and around 150 others authorities, he added. prevent the current inhuman act raisins and carrots. Sabzi Palak is been so happy he was going to still enrolled there, the protestors The students complained they against Muslims over there (In a spinach dish served with red finish high school,” Fireshta said. alleged. could not complete their house Myanmar)," said Sayed Osman, a beans. Then there’s the manto – “My parents stay inside, hiding The Baqai Medical University jobs, post-graduation studies, resident of Kabul. homemade dumplings stuffed with from everybody. During the day, has granted admissions to Afghan practice their profession and The mostly stateless beef, onions and garlic. The manto I am busy with my kids. At night, students above the permissible verify their degrees in the absence Rohingya Muslims are fleeing are steamed then served with I can’t go to sleep worrying about limit in violation of rules. of PM&DC registration, . They from a Myanmar military yogurt, coriander and lentils. my family” She avoids TV news Subsequently, the council has said the issue had been shared with offensive in the western state that Maleki says it’s the most popular and Facebook because anytime refused to register Afghan students. the Higher Education Commission, began after a series of guerrilla dish since he’s opened. Maleki will something bad happens back On behalf of fellow students. the Consulate and Embassy of attacks on Aug. 25 in which about make manto for an upcoming My home, it gets reported and posted. Nisar Ahmad Salar told Pajhwok Afghanistan. But the problem is a dozen people were killed. Lucky Tummy dinner in October. (VANCOUVERSUN) Afghan News the university yet to be unresolved. (Pajhwok) "Muslims are being tyrannized (SYRACUSE) SUNDAY.SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

The Defense Ministry says the ‘militia’will be deployed in areas retaken from militants by the Afghan National Army. Defenseministry EMERGENCY to form militia CALLS Police

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf staff, a fifth of whom are women. air-conditioning, ventilation, water attributes such progress to the to secure 100 - 119 Ghani has earmarked $20 million “It’s a big honor to be part of and other systems that a modern international community’s to renovate Darul Aman Palace, the team restoring this once- national gallery requires,” she said, presence and support for located 16 kilometers from the magnificent palace,” female adding that the building’s exterior Afghanistan. As with any project Hospitals capital Kabul. engineer Tahira Mohammadi told will be restored to its original form involving women, she says the volatile areas The palace, which was Arab News. Once completed, the to preserve its historical female engineers fear reprisals by FMIC Hospital Afghanistan’s seat of government palace will serve as Afghanistan’s significance. “As a female engineer, radical groups such as the Taliban The Ministry of Defense has a Friday, President Ashraf Ghani also Behind Kabul Medical under reformist King Amanullah, biggest national gallery. “We’ve I’m proud to work on restoring this and Daesh. “We’re aware of the plan on hand to mobilize the public pointed out to the public forces – University: who achieved independence from removed tons of hanging concrete historic building, and to take part possible threats,” said Jaffari. forces otherwise known as ‘militia’ which would be formed under the Britain in 1919, is a source of walls, buckled roofs and scrappy in rebuilding my country.” By “Inside the building security is to maintain security in areas Ministry of Defense – and said the 0202500200-+93793275595 historical pride for many Afghans. metals,” female engineer Zahra working alongside men on such a provided by police and guards, but cleared of insurgents by the Afghan public forces would play a The long-awaited renovation Jaffari told Arab News. The project, the female engineers say outside we have to look out for National Army, an official from the significant role in ensuring the Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital involves 100 Afghan engineers and renovation includes “new power, they have overcome taboos. Jaffari ourselves.” (ARABNEWS) ministry said. people’s safety. “People will be recruited from “The local police are very Pule Bagh-e- Umomi their areas, because they know successful in here than other places 070263672 their region and realize how to keep and this is because of you,” Ghani it,” the Defense Ministry said. spokesman Dawlat Waziri told This move comes after the US- Khairkhana Hospital Besieged soldiers in Ghormach TOLOnews on Friday. “The funded Afghan Local Police have 0799-321007 (public) forces will not go from one been accused of violation of human place to another. It is almost the rights many times. 2401352 same as the (Afghan) Local Police, “When the rule of law is not forced to eat stale food but there is a big difference.” secured, then what will happen to The spokesman did not give the citizenship rights? Anyone will Indira Gandhi Children MAIMANA : A number of Afghan the number of the public forces that use his gun to acquire what he forces besieged by Taliban will be established under the wants. Then the power will take Hospital, Wazir Akbar militants in Ghormach district of structure of the Defense Ministry. the place of rule of law,” university Khan, Kabul 2301372 northwestern Faryab province said However, a foreign official has said lecture Musa Fariwar said. they were eating spoiled and the new plan is sketched by the An Afghan National Army leftover food as they had no access US and that the number of the official meanwhile said one of the Ibn-e- Seena to edible items. militia will reach to 20,000. aims of forming the militia under The besieged soldiers, in a The New York Times the MoD is to prevent the illegal Pul-e-Artan, Kabul telephone contact with Pajhwok meanwhile quoted an Afghan militia groups from gaining more 2100359 Afghan News, hit out at the military official saying that 20,000 power. The new forces are forming government and security officials militia will be recruited under the at a time that Afghanistan has at for their unconcern, but vowed new plan and will be managed by least 20,000 local police who are Wazir Akbar Khan fight until their death. the Afghan Defense Ministry. busy in maintaining security in Hospital Yousuf, one of the soldiers, Addressing army soldiers in their areas across the country. complained about the absence of Paktia province, in the east, on (ToloNews) 2301741, 2301743 food and ammunition, saying they had to be content with eating stale food to stay alive and fight against Ali Abad the rebels. Shahrara, Kabul “Even if we eat dust, we will not surrender. If we are killed, our 2100439 seniors will be held accountable in the hereafter. Our officials are living in joys because of our Malalai Maternity sacrifices. But they never think Hospital about us,” he commented. A number of other soldiers, 2201377/ 2301743 speaking in choked voices, questioned the government's inattention and plans. They also Maimana, the capital of Faryab, province about 10 years ago. We militants and equip our forces. Banks promised fighting until the last blamed soldier fatalities and losses have since lost hundreds of soldiers People will witness a major change drop of their blood. on negligence by government and tanks,” he remarked. But Gen. in the near future,” the commander Da Afghanistan Bank Meanwhile, a number of leaders and security officials. He Adam Khan Mutmaen, said. 2100302, 2100303 Faryab residents also expressed claimed security forces did not commander of the 209th Shahin The Ghormach district centre concern over the siege of Afghan receive food and ammunition in Military Corps, said they had fell to the militants about a month Bakhtar Bank forces in Ghormach and criticised time. prepared a huge plan to eliminate ago when hundreds of security leaders of the national unity “Ghormach district was the insurgents in the province. forces were surrounded. But no 0776777000 government for their negligence. temporarily added as an “We would soon launch a action has been taken yet to break Syed Habibullah, a resident of organisational unit to Faryab ground-and-air operation to defeat the siege. (Pajhwok) Azizi Bank 0799 700900 Pashtany Bank Romanian 2102908, 2103868 soldier killed The Afghan ambassador to Russia told Air Services in Kandahar Sputnik that Afghanistan hoped to Safi Airways suicide receive Russian military helicopters. 020 22 22 222 attack NIZHNY: Afghanistan hopes to helicopters, as well as old Mi-24s Ariana receive Russian military supplied from India. KABUL : One Romanian soldier helicopters needed for equipping Russia's Rostec Hopes to Sign 020-2100270 was killed in a suicide attack in A new cricket the country’s Air Force, Afghan Contract With China for Heavy southern Kandahar province, Ambassador to Russia Abdul Helicopter by 2018 league titled Qayyum Kochai told Sputnik on In March, Afghan Foreign Kam Air NATO's Resolute Support 0799974422 Mission said on Saturday. Afghanistan Friday. Minister Salahuddin Rabbani "Our hearts go out to our "We are holding negotiations expressed hope that Moscow Romanian comrades for the loss Premier League will on the deliveries of helicopters. Our would open a helicopter servicing Hotels of their soldier," said Gen. John On the Afghanistan Cricket travelled to Afghanistan to show army has already gotten center in Afghanistan as soon as W. Nicholson, commander of kick off in Dubai League in Dubai, he said that the solidarity with its people. acquainted with Russian possible. Afghanistan has long Safi Landmark NATO-led mission. soon, the country's inaugural tournament would He said that he was surprised helicopters and we hope for been suffering from unstable In a statement, he said: "The include also many overseas by the Afghan people’s love and further cooperation with Russia. political, social and security 020-2203131 thoughts and prayers of the entire cricket board chief players. passion for cricket. We also want Russia to continue situation due to the activity of the Resolute Support Mission are said Saturday. He said that the new league Thanking the foreigners for maintenance of these helicopters," Taliban movement as well as SERENA with the loved ones of our fallen would generate $80 million revenue taking part in the tournament in Kochai said. He pointed out that Daesh, both banned in Russia. The soldier at this difficult time." The plan was revealed as Afghan within the next four years. Kabul, President Ghani said that Afghanistan also expected Russian Afghan National Defense and 0799654000 Two other Romanian soldiers President Ashraf Ghani hosted The fifth edition of SCL has the Afghans love cricket and that assistance in the fight against Security Forces, supported by the were wounded in the attack when cricket officials, players, coaches attracted greater number of they support it with one voice. terrorism, saying that Kabul needed US-led coalition, are currently New Rumi Restaurant the vehicle-borne improvised and commentators amid overseas players at Alokozay He called for removal of Russian military production. conducting joint offensive explosive device targeted their Afghanistan’s domestic T20 Kabul International Cricket hurdles on path to growth of The Afghan armed forces operations to combat terrorism 0776351347 patrol. tournament Shpageeza Cricket Ground. This season follows first Afghanistan cricket. (1tvnews) currently use Russian Mi-17 across the country. (sputniknews) "Once again, the Taliban have League. player auction. Internet Services proven that they are not interested Shukrullah Atif Mashal, Alastair Campbell, a former in peace," Nicholson added. "This Afghanistan Cricket Board Zimbabwe captain, who is UA Telecom loss only continues to strengthen chairman, noted that 125 million currently an international 0796701701 / 0796702702 our resolve and support to the afghanis have been invested by six commentator and cricket analyst, Afghan government and its companies from the private sector said he was much pleasured to citizens." (Pajhwok) on SCL. participate in SCL, adding he Exchange Rate 1.00 USD 68.50AFN Weapons, ammunition stolen 1000.00 IRR from police depot in Takhar 18.00AFN

1.00 UAE TALOQAN : Four police officers the depot and three other 18.60AFN have been arrested on the charge policemen guarding the of stealing weapons from the ammunition depot had been Kafgan district police station in arrested in connection with the 1.00 EUR northeastern Takhar province, an incident. 82.20AFN official said on Saturday. District police chief Abdul Police spokesman Maj. Abdul Sattar said ammunitions were also Khalil Aseer told Pajhwok Afghan stolen besides weapons from the 1000.00 INR News that three Kalashnikovs, one depot. However, he did not 1055.00AFN rocket and a machine gun were provide details. Provincial police stolen from the district police headquarters has sent a delegation depot on Friday night. to the site to investigate the 1000.00 PKR He admitted the commander of incident. (Pajhwok) 641.00AFN SUNDAY . SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Ban glad esh Pr im e Min ist er Sh eik h Hasin a p lead s for UN assist an ce in t h e Roh in gya cr isis

nternational assistance is sought to end Myanmar's campaign of "ethnic cleansing" that is causing a humanitarian emergency.

Bangladesh's Prime Minister is seeking UN help in the Rohingya crisis, amid worsening conditions for the 400,000 refugees fleeing K h u r sh eed S h a h says violence in Myanmar. Sheikh Ha- sina has travelled to New York to call for international pressure on the Myanmar regime to ensure M Q M , P T I people are able to return to their homes after ceasing what the UN has branded "ethnic cleansing". Rohingya Muslims have been dem ocr atically crossing the border to escape un- rest in Buddhist-majority Myan- mar. Members of the minority en titled to r epla ce h im group have arrived in Bangladesh with harrowing accounts of the military burning homes, killing ci- Leader of the Opposition in the replace him. "It is good that MQM mood Qureshi. The move was vilians and terrorising communities National Assembly Khursheed and PTI are getting close to each spearheaded by the Muttahida with violence. The Myanmar re- Shah on Saturday said that the other," he told reporters gathered Qaumi Movement, which is said gime argues the violence is in re- Muttahida Qaumi Movement at his residence in Sukkur on Sat- to be "quite annoyed” with the PPP sponse to attacks by Rohingya (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-i- urday A move is under way to re- over different issues in Karachi — militants against government tar- Insaf (PTI) are democratically en- place the opposition leader with a stronghold of the MQM. When gets. It has said people able to titled to elect a joint candidate to PTI Vice Chairman Shah Meh- contacted, Qureshi confirmed the prove their citizenship can return, move and said the MQM wanted but most Rohingya are stateless. him to be new opposition leader. The exodus has created a humani- He said the Muttahida leaders had tarian emergency on the Myan- called on him and forwarded the mar-Bangladesh border and author- proposal to replace Khursheed ities are struggling to cope. In the Shah through a ballot. Khursheed border town of Cox's Bazaar, ex- nonetheless lashed out at PTI isting camps already home to chairman Imran Khan, saying that 300,000 Rohingya are overflow- while he teaches others to respect ing, and families living on muddy and obey court orders, "he himself roadsides are forced to fight over disregards the directions of both meagre food rations. UNICEF es- the courts and the Election Com- timates 60% of the refugees are slowing economy and a growing Current Account mission of Pakistan". He also children, and many civilians arrive Deficit make a lethal combination. While the former claimed that the PPP's perfor- starving and with nothing but the would tend to discourage FDI, the latter would impact mance in Sindh had been much bet- clothes they are wearing. It is also inflationA ter than PTI's in Khyber Pakh- feared a breakout of diarrhoea could tunkhwa. Talking about the ap- become an epidemic. Bangladesh In April, a top commerce ministry official told a group of financial pointment of a new National Ac- has announced it will work with journalists “not to be alarmist” over rising gold imports. The reporters countability Bureau (NAB) chair- the UN to build 14,000 new shel- wanted to know if the government was planning any action in the wake man to replace Qamar Zaman ters, each housing six families, in of a sudden and sharp spike in gold imports in the preceding month. Chaudhry, whose term ends in the next 10 days. Mohamad Anisul The official assured them that the government was keeping a watch and November, Khursheed Shah said Islam, a 23-year-old Bangladeshi would take action, if needed, at an “appropriate time.” Looking back, it that no decision has been taken yet. art student helping the aid effort, appears the authorities may not have been as alert as they ought to He insisted that both the govern- insists the government was doing have been, or that they erred in reading the situation. Data released by ment and the opposition want to all it could for refugees but said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday showed India’s current select someone 'competent' for the their circumstances were "misera- account deficit (CAD) rose sharply to a four-year high of $14.3 billion, position. The PPP leader had met ble". He said: "They have no food, or 2.4% of GDP, in the April-June quarter. It was $3.4billion, or 0.6% Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan no home, none of their basic hu- of GDP, in the preceding quarter. Current account deficit is the differ- Abbasi at the official residence of man rights are being met," he ence between the value of goods and services a country exports and National Assembly Speaker Ayaz said."We already have a big popu- imports. A higher CAD is not necessarily bad if the bulk of it is on Sadiq on Wednesday. However, he lation in Bangladesh and we want account of such imports that help exports and growth and is financed reiterated his 'advice' that the gov- them to go home, but while they through higher inflow of foreign direct investment. Historically, in the ernment's tenure be reduced to four are here we want to help." Bang- Indian context, a CAD below 3% of GDP is considered sustainable. On years instead of five, claiming that ladesh's Foreign Minister AH the face of it, therefore, a CAD of 2.4% in April-June may not appear all political parties agreed on the Mahmood Ali described the crisis worrisome. But a closer scrutiny of why and how the deficit widened proposal. (Tribune) as "unprecedented" and called for so fast will call for remedial measures that must be taken without losing international pressure on the My- time. The CAD has widened because imports have grown much faster anmar government to "immediate- than exports. Imports have risen faster because of a surge in gold ly end its ongoing ethnic cleans- imports and, to some extent, a higher cost of crude oil in the global Sri Lanka ing." Tensions have been further markets. India is the world’s second largest gold consumer, where de- heightened after Dhaka accused its mand for the yellow metal usually peaks in the second-half of the year neighbour of repeatedly violating -- especially during the festive season of Diwali and Dussehra. its air space and warned further But according to the World Gold Council, demand for gold in the first- unveils first SME "provovative acts" risked "unwar- half rose 30% from a year ago to 298 tonnes. Imports grew even faster ranted consequences". Myanmar's and more than doubled to 518.6 tonnes. leader and Nobel Laureate Aung This is puzzling and begs investigation. Worse, gold imports continued incubator and San Suu Kyi will not attend the to surge through July and August, thanks to a loophole in the newly meeting of the UN General Assem- introduced goods and services tax (GST). bly, amid fierce criticism of her fail- The government charges a 10% import duty on gold, but this does not national policy ure to condemn the ongoing vio- apply to countries with which it has Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), lence against the Rohingya. such as South Korea. (Sky) (Hindustan Times) Sri Lanka unveiled its first ever frame. zones beyond Hambantho- SME incubator this week and ta and all the way to Wellawaya vowed its third generation eco- and on this side, extending to nomic reforms shall be led by in- Wayamba Province,” said PM novation, technology transfer and Wickremesinghe and added: “For SMEs. “We need to change our tra- us to go into our next phase, we Punjabgovt bannedministers ditional mindset and think anew,” need more and more innovations. said Prime Minister Ranil Wickre- We need to change our traditional mesinghe in Makandura Industrial mind-sets and think anew. This is foreignvisitsfor treatment Zone of the Ministry of Industry how Uber and AirBnB were born.” Andhra CM approves and Commerce, addressing the “There are a little more than one launch event of Sri Lanka’s first million registered SMEs and MS- abroadonstateexpenses ever Incubator and Technology MEs in Sri Lanka providing em- migration policy, Transfer Centre (ITTC) for SMEs, ployment to three people on aver- a joint collaboration between Na- age” said Minister of Industry and tional Enterprises Development Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, and allots Rs. 40 crores Authority (NEDA), Wayamba added: “We believe that SMEs are University and supported by more than 70 percent of the total Malaysian Technology Develop- number of enterprises in the econ- for its implementation ment Cooperation. The Cabinet omy providing 45 percent of the approval was first received in July employment and contributing to 2016 and the project, due to its 52 percent of the Gross Domestic importance, was fast tracked to be Production (GDP). completed at the earliest time (Colombo) Minister Sharma urges voters to cast their votes without fear KATHMANDU: The Minister for Home Affairs Janardan Sharma has Andhra Chief Minister N Chan- policy so that Telugu people said the government has completed its preparation for holding third drababu Naidu on Saturday ap- across the globe can invest in the LAHORE: The Punjab govern- structed its officials to strictly curb Similarly, no official or elected rep- phase of local level elections in province number 2 on September 18. proved the migration policy and state. He further ordered to study ment has banned foreign visits and the waste of resources and leakage resentative will be allowed treat- Speaking at an interaction programmee in the Capital today, Minister has also allotted Rs 40 crores for the possibility of forming a spe- treatment abroad on state expens- of funds. The strict compliance of ment abroad at government’s ex- Sharma urged all the voters to cast their votes without any fear as the implementation of the policy, cial cell and special investment es by any minister, MPA or offi- austerity measures will also be pense during the current fiscal. government has made necessary security arrangement. He also clarified while sanctioning Rs. 20 crores zone for APNRTs, in lines with cial. It has also slapped ban on re- applicable on the local governments Banning recruitment against vacant that the security agencies would be mobilised as per the requirement in with immediate effect. The deci- the policy which Haryana Gov- cruitment against vacant posts and as well. Superseding the Sept 19, posts, the government has rested province number 2. “I appeal to the general public that the government sion was taken in a first meeting ernment is already implementing. upgrade of posts besides procure- 2016, letter, the Punjab finance de- the power to recruit officials with has made necessary security arrangement and deployed accordingly in held between Andhra Pradesh Non Naidu also asked the NRTs to pro- ment of locally assembled and im- partment has issued fresh austeri- the approval of the chief minister the province. I urge the denizens of Province number 2 to cast their Resident Telugu (APNRT) Soci- mote the state dance form, Ku- ported new vehicles out of the cur- ty and economy measures for alone. The ban on upgrade of posts, votes without any fear.” Minister Sharma added. CPN-Maoist Centre ety governing body and chairman chipudi, and to build Lord Balaji's rent and development budgets. The 2017-18 to observe financial dis- however, will not be applicable to leader Sharma also clarified that the first phase of security is the enthu- of the body N Chandrababu temples in different countries. provincial government has direct- cipline in the province by judi- the powers delegated under the siasm of general public towards elections, who themselves are eager to Naidu's in Vijayawada. As part of APNRT members have already set ed all administrative secretaries, ciously reducing expenditure but Delegation of Financial Powers cast their vote. “Government has created a conducive environment for the policy, Pravasandhra Helpline, up 32 IT companies in the state commissioners, deputy commis- aligning with the organisational Rules, 2016. In order to check ex- holding third phase of local polls in peaceful, independent, fearless and Pravasandhra Welfare Fund and which generated 3,090 jobs. They sioners, heads of attached and au- goals to make them target-based penditure, the government has im- transparent manner,” Sharma shared. Minister Sharma also said that insurance scheme for all members will be setting up 21 more IT com- tonomous bodies and other offi- and cost-efficient. Aimed at effec- posed complete ban on procure- the government has deployed Nepal Police in first line of security, of APNRT, under the name panies which can recruit 3,390 cials concerned to remain restrict- tive and economic use of public ment of locally assembled and im- followed by Armed Police Force, Nepali Army and National Investiga- Pravasandhra Bharosa, will be set jobs. The Chief Minister has also ed to their budgetary allocations money, the Punjab government has ported new vehicles out of current tion Department for the local polls. Home Minister Sharma also clari- up. The welfare fund will take care approved the designs of the iconic and observe utmost austerity in banned foreign air travel of minis- and development budgets except fied that the government has not violated any elections code of conduct of those NRTs who lose jobs. The building that APNRT will build in use of public money through pru- ters, MPAs and government offi- ambulances. and stressed that the government is ready to lend any support to the Chief Minister ordered the officials Amaravati region. dent financial management. It in- cials through government funding. (Dwan) Election Commission. (AP) to chart out a special industrial (ANI) SUNDAY . SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

News-in-Brief rmoured vehicles Merkel vows to arrived for restrict trade 'military rotation' with Turkey as America's former Cold War over arrests enemy begins the Germany will have no choice but to restrict its economic ties with 'Zapad' war Turkey to pressure its NATO games with its partner into releasing German citizens it imprisoned on politi- ally Belarus cal grounds, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in remarks published on Saturday. Relations between the two countries are strained by Turkish President Tayyip Er- dogan’s crackdown on oppo- nents after a failed coup last year. USarmytanksarriveinPoland Germany and its partners in the European Union say the crack- down undermines democracy. asRussiastartsmilitarydrills Turkey and Germany are also at odds over Berlin’s refusal to ex- ui Tiankai speaks out hours after Kim Jong-un said his country was tradite asylum seekers Erdogan on course to achieve nuclear ‘equilibrium’ with the US oncountry'sborder accuses of involvement in the botched coup against him. “We US tanks have arrived in Poland at replacing the third Armoured Bri- General Steven Shapiro of the 21st will have to further cut back our the same time as Russia began mil- gade Combat Team, fourth Infan- Theatre Sustainment Command joint economic cooperation with itary exercises on its western bor- try Division that has been in Eu- said using the Polish port of Gdan- Turkey and scrutinise projects,” der, in what critics have dubbed rope for nine months. The replace- sk “helps test the Army's capaci- Merkel told the Passauer Neuen “big war games”. Although the US ment is part of what the US mili- ty of the port, and to make sure Presse newspaper in an inter- hardware is there for a swap rath- tary calls a continuing “heel-to-toe” that the Army knows how to op- view when asked how she wants er than action, it is the first time rotation to maintain an American erate inside Poland.” According to to secure the release of Germans such vehicles have arrived in Po- armoured brigade in Europe. The Russia, the drills by its forces in- held in Turkey. The simmering land directly by sea. The rotation delivery reportedly includes 87 volve fewer than 12,000 troops, tensions have seeped into cam- took place as America’s former M1 Abrams tanks, 103 Bradley just below the threshold that would paigning for a federal election in Cold War enemy began week-long Fighting Vehicles, 18 Paladin self- require them to invite internation- Germany, especially after Er- military drills, called Zapad 2017. propelled Howitzers, and other al observers. The US and NATO dogan urged German Turks to They are joint exercises with its trucks and equipment, according dispute this, however, and claim boycott the main parties in the ally and former Soviet Union state to the US European Command the drills could involve as many as vote on Sept. 24. Belarus. Soldiers and equipment (EUCOM). Such tanks are typi- 100,000 troops, making it one of (AP) from the second Armoured Brigade cally shipped to Germany from the largest Russian exercises since Combat Team, first Infantry Divi- Poland and then taken by rail or the Cold War. Yemen: 20 sion from Fort Riley, Kansas, are truck to their next location Major (BBC) armed Houthis killed Nor t h Kor ea Libya seeks says m ilit ar y Tunisia’s 'eq u ilibr iu m ' helpto

China has warned that it will nev- “They should refrain from issuing a nuclear power and reach an er accept North Korea as a nuclear more threats. They should do more “equilibrium” of military force w it h US is release weapons state, Beijing’s ambassa- to find effective ways to resume with the US. Mr Trump described dor to the US warned, just hours dialogue and negotiation,” he said, the move as an act of “utter con- after Kim Jong-un said his coun- while adding that China would tempt for its neighbours and the trapped try was on course to achieve that never accept North Korea as a nu- entire world” and warned any US it s fin al goal “final goal”. Speaking at a Chinese clear weapons state. His com- response would be “effective and embassy event in Washington DC, ments came within days of North overwhelming”. North Korea on Cui Tiankai also called on Donald Korea firing another ballistic mis- Friday launched its latest ballistic citizens Trump’s administration to stop sile over Japan that landed in the missile – which travelled past Ja- Libya has urged Tunisia to help sabre-rattling against the secretive Pacific Ocean. It came despite pan’s northernmost island of Hok- alleviate the suffering of Libyan communist state. Instead the US threats by US President Donald kaido before landing in the sea. Its families stuck on its border, Al- should “resume dialogue and ne- Trump that the communist state leader Kim Jong-un, who was quot- Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. gotiation” over the stand-off, he would feel the “fire and fury” of ed by the state news agency The Foreign Minister of the Liby- said. “Honestly, I think the Unit- his armed forces unless it halted KCNA, later said: “Our final goal an Government of National Accord The Yemeni army announced ed States should be doing much its nuclear weapons programme. is to establish the equilibrium of Mohamed Siala “immediately” yesterday that 20 armed Houthis more than now, so that there’s real Pyongyang shrugged off the rhet- real force with the US and make called his Tunisian counterpart had been killed during three days effective international cooperation oric and launched another deadly the US rulers dare not talk about Khemaies Jhinaoui “after he re- of battles in the city of Midi in on this issue,” he told reporters. Hwasong-12 in its goal to become military option.” (AP) ceived credible information about the northwest of the country, the issue from his deputy”. Liby- local news sites reported. Ac- an media had reported local secu- cording to a military source, 46 rity officials saying that a number others were wounded in battles. of Libyan families were stuck in Battles between the army and the Qatar warnsitscitizens the Tunisian area of Ben Gardane Houthis have being ongoing for on Thursday, noting that Tunisian weeks in Midi, noting that the protesters prevented them from army has raided the city and con- going back home to Libya or trav- trolled most of it. Yemen has against travellingtoEgypt elling further into Tunisia. Accord- been devastated by more than ing to the Libya, the Tunisian min- two years of civil war in which orth Korea said Saturday it was seeking military "equilibrium" with ister pledged to “deal wisely” with President Abd Rabu Hadi’s gov- the United States as leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to complete Pyongy- the issue. Tunisians have repeat- ernment, backed by the coalition, ang's nuclear programme. North Korea successfully fired a Hwasong- edly closed the crossing between is fighting to drive the Iran-allied 12 intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan on Friday, respond- Tunisia and Libya, as well as the Houthis out of cities they seized ing to a new round of UN sanctions over its sixth nuclear test with its road leading to it. Daesh is not dead in 2014 and 2015 in a rapid rise furthest-ever missile flight. "Our final goal is to establish the equilib- and buried; it is another tool in the to national power. rium of real force with the US and make the US rulers dare not talk war on terror Libya has suffered (BBC) about military option for the DPRK," Kim said, according to the unrest since the ousting of long- official Korean Central News Agency. Kim said the country was close time dictator Muammar Gaddafi to the goal of completing its nuclear ambitions and should use all in 2011. It has since seen fighting power at its disposal to finish the task, saying it had "nearly reached between three power houses, one Lebanon steps the terminal", KCNA reported. The young leader said Friday's launch in its capital Tripoli, another in up security had increased the North's "combat power of the nuclear force". "We Benghazi and a third in Beida. should clearly show the big power chauvinists how our state attain Daesh has taken advantage of the measures after the goal of completing its nuclear force despite their limitless sanc- conflict and taken control of many tions and blockade," Kim said, according to KCNA. of the country’s oilfields. arrest of (Expess.co) (Reuters)

suspected The Department of Consular Af- countries except Egypt called on fairs in the Qatari Foreign Minis- their citizens to return home when Terrorists try yesterday warned its citizens the siege began. UAE: Saudi Ara- against travelling to Egypt, the bia was going to launch military The Lebanese army tightened Qatari News Agency reported. In attack on Qatar The Qatari deci- security around the Palestinian a statement, the department said sion came days after a Qatari uni- refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh that “this warning is because of versity student was denied a visa on Saturday less than 24 hours the security measures imposed by by Egyptian authorities prevent- after the arrest of a cell led by an the Egyptian authorities against ing him from attending his final Egyptian national hiding in the Qataris when entering Egypt.” exams at Cairo University, Al-Ar- shantytown that lies near the city Egypt is one of the countries aby Al-Jadeed reported. In July, of Sidon. The state-run National which has imposed a siege on Qa- Egypt stopped issuing visas on News Agency said that all incom- tar along with Saudi Arabia, the arrival for Qatari nationals. ing and outgoing vehicles were UAE and Bahrain. All of these (MEA) being subject to strict searches, Tel Aviv- Russia has rejected a request made by Israel to create a large buffer zone on the border of the Golan and drivers’ identity cards and Heights in an attempt to keep Iranian forces and their militias around 70 kilometers away from Israeli papers were checked. It added territories, political sources in Tel Aviv have said. Israel had asked Russia and the US not to have a presence that the additional checks were of Iranian forces or their militias to the west of the road connecting Damascus and the city of Al-Suwayda causing significant traffic at the in southwest Syria. The Russians only promised that the Iranians and their allies would not come any camp’s entrances. The tighter closer to Israel than five kilometers from the armistice lines between those of Bashar Assad’s regime and the measures came only hours after rebels, the sources said. The regime continues to control the northern part of the Syrian side of the Golan the army’s general command said Heights, from the city of Quneitra north toward Damascus, this means in practice the Russians only that the military intelligence ar- promised to keep the Iranians away from the actual border. Senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister rested 19 people in connection Benjamin Netanyahu, have recently expressed concern over Iranian Revolutionary Guards, “Hezbollah” with an ISIS-linked network that and other Iran-backed militias approaching the border. No such Iranian presence has been identified over the is led by Egyptian citizen Fadi past few months, but Israeli intelligence expects the Iranians to infiltrate the border area gradually, and that Ibrahim Ahmed, also known as over the long term the Iranians intend on consolidating their military and intelligence presence there. Abou Khatab, who is hiding in- Experts believe that Iran intends to use the Syrian Golan Heights as a secondary front against Israel in the side Ain el-Hilweh. An army case another war breaks out between Israel and Hezbollah. Israeli officials confirm that Tehran spends communique said that the net- about $800 million a year to support Hezbollah in Lebanon. work was suspected of planning (Spuntak) a terrorist attack. By longstand- ing convention, the Lebanese Africa food crisis that led to fam- reached 60 percent more children army does not enter Palestinian ine in parts of Somalia. Kenya’s with life-saving assistance in the refugee camps in Lebanon, leav- northern Turkana and Marsabit first half of 2017 compared to ing the factions themselves to Poor rains in Kenya deepens drought, counties, home to pastoralist com- 2016, yet more and more children handle security. Ain el-Hilweh — munities, have been hardest hit, are becoming malnourished,” said the most densely populated Pal- with one in three children there Werner Schultink, UNICEF’s rep- estinian camp in Lebanon — is children go hungry:UNICEF acutely malnourished. UNICEF, resentative in Kenya, in a state- home to some 61,000 Palestin- which is giving aid to the Kenyan ment. The deepening crisis is large- ians, including 6,000 who have The number of children in need of life-saving aid continues to grow in Kenya amid one of most punishing droughts in years and another government to overcome the ef- ly due to another disappointing fled the war in neighboring Syria. disappointing rainy season, the United Nations’ children agency said on Friday. With crops failing and livestock producing too little milk, nearly fects of the drought, said hunger rainy season, the third since early (Farsnews) 370,000 children across the East African country aren’t getting enough to eat, an increase of 30,000 from February, UNICEF said. Kenya, despite was spreading faster than its hu- 2016, UNICEF said. having the highest per capita income in the region, has been ravaged by what the United Nations calls the worst drought since the 2011 Horn of manitarian assistance. “We have (Reuters) SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af By Mohammad Mosa Ahmadzai China can integrate itsef with coun- tween central and South Asia, the various political systems in the re- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi tries of the region and other coun- middle East and the far East, Af- gion which became the reason for Regional cooperation is important tries of the world through one road ghanistan is a hub for regional con- the failure of regional cooperation, for regional peace and stability. It is one belt initiative better known as nectivity and integration, many the provision of sanctuaries for ter- Advisory editorial board regional cooperation through which the Belt and Road initiative, it fo- countries of the region can inte- rorist groups in the region has been regional countries can coordinate cuses on connectivity and coopera- grate themselves with other coun- the chief source of tension and mis- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, their efforts to bring an ever lasting tion between Eurasian countries, it tries of the region through Afghan- trust. There is also lack of trust be- and durable peace and stability in is an old project but China wants to istan. Peace and stability in Afghan- tween the regional countries which Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir the region. This cooperation could revitalize it again. India can find ac- istan is going to provide huge eco- is also the causation for the slow- also plays an important role in so- cess to central Asia by Chabahar nomic opportunities not only to down of cooperative efforts dis- Graphic-Designers: cial and economic development of port through Afghanistan. Chaba- Afghanistan but also to its neigh- putes, fundamentalist groups, ab- the region.Without regional coop- har can play a substantive role in bors. This also pings major respon- sence of mutual understanding and Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada eration peace ,stability and econom- strengthening of commercial ties sibilities on Afghanistan to work with mistrust between the regional coun- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: ic growth is not feasible, it is eco- between Iran, Afghanistan and Cen- its neighbors towards policies and tries, giving primacy to security in nomic cooperation between coun- tral Asia with India. The China–Pa- constitutional mechanisms to trans- foreign policies are the major im- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 tries of the region which can inevi- kistan Economic Corrior (CPEC) is late this potential into concrete re- pediments for regional cooperation tably lead to political and economic also another important regional gional projects. and integration. Intervention in the Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan stability. project which is intented to rapidly The government of Afghani- internal affairs of one country by Cooperation between Central modernize Pakistan infrastructure stan is committed to share the ben- another is also a complete disregard Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 and South Asia will be an important and strengthen its economy by the efits of its centrality with its neigh- for the tightening of regional coop- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press instance for regional cooperation construction of modern transpor- bors and countries beyond its im- eration in the region, disrespect for and integration. South and Central tation, networks, numerous energy mediate neighborhood. Regional the territorial integrity, confronta- Asian countries can intensify their projects and special economic zone cooperation is one of the main pri- tion and contention in the region commercial ties and tighten their for the intensification of regional orities of the Afghan government which is considered by the regional cordial relations through regional cooperation. since the formation of interim gov- countries a better determination for The constitution says cooperation and integration. Cen- Some important regional ernment and that is why the former their destiny in the region. tral Asia which is having abundant projects have been initiated such as president of Afghanistan Hamid After the studies of the imped- energy resources is outstandingly Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Paki- Karzai and the current president iments of regional cooperation, we Article 52: indispensable for South Asia which stan-India Gas pipeline (TAPI) Mohammad Ashraf Ghani have paid can say that regional cooperation is The state shall provide free preventative healthcare and treatment of diseases as well as medical lacks energy to meet its energy re- which is an important project for special heed to regional cooperation. essential for regional peace and sta- quirments. It is Central Asia which regional connectivity, the agree- They have always focused on re- bility and economic growth but there facilities to all citizens in accordance with the provisions the law. Establishment and expansion of private ment of TAPI pipeline was signed gional cooperation between the re- is absence of regional cooperation medical services as well as health centers shall be encouraged and protected by the state in accordance with can provide energy to South Asia, no countries can make sustainable between Turkministan, Afghanistan, gional countries which will lead to in the region and the regional coun- the provisions of the law. The state shall adopt necessary measures to foster healthy physical education development without energy, it is Pakistan and India. The demand for peace and stability in the region. tries do not whole heartedly give and development of the national as well as local sports. energy and natural resources which the initiation of this project was They have striven to accelerate re- primacy to regional cooperation and can meet the needs. made by the two arch rivals, India gional cooperation and integration, integration. For the removal of ob- South Asia needs energy which and Pakistan, both of them made both presidents tried to attend ev- stacles of regional cooperation there Central Asia can provide, much en- the demand for the completion of ery held conference on regional co- is need of pragmatic policies for the ergy will be transmitted from cen- energy requirments, the TAPI pi- operation. solutions of major and small issues tral Asia to South Asia. Central Asia pline will transmit 33 billion cubic Peace and stability in the re- and problems that will turn the re- can play crucial role in the enhance- meters of natural gas over three gion is not inevitable without peace gion from contention and conflict ment of industry and factories of years from Turkuministan through and stability in Afghanistan and the to peace and stability, and it will fa- South Asia, sufficient workforce, Afghanistan to Pakistan and then countries of the region can work cilitate social and economic devel- markets and availability of natural India. The implementation of TAPI together to maintain peace and sta- opment of the regional countries resources give uniqness to Central pipline will not be only important bility by their collective efforts in through pragmatic cooperation, the Asia, this region is of great impor- for Afghanistan alone but it will also Afghanistan and the region. It is the countries of the region must halt tance geopolitically and geoecon- play a crucial role in the South Asia willingness of Afghanistan towards intervention in the internal affairs mically, transmission of energy from energy, industry, technology and regional cooperation that it became of other countries . Central Asia to south Asia will have security, this project will not only the member of South Asian Associ- The international organizations economic benefits for both, central have economic implications but also ation for Regional Cooperation can help and play an important role Asia will sell its natural resources it will decrease political differences (SAARC), Economic Cooperation in the extension of regional coop- and energy to south Asia, which will and feuds between the regional coun- Organization (ECO) and having ob- eration. The civil society, media and in retrospective improve it’s econ- tries and its benefits will also go to server status in Shanghai Coopera- intellectuals must pressurize their omy and will complete it’s energy those countries which have a share tion Organization(SCO). The Heart governments to put an end to their demands. in it. Along with this some other of Asia dubbed as the Istanbul Pro- major political differences by nego- Along with South and Central important projects are worth men- cess was established to discuss re- tiations and discussions and give pri- or sure, Taliban insurgents, and other terrorist outfits will never Asia, Iran is also an important coun- tioning such as central Asia-South gional issues particularly encourag- ority to economic and social issues win war in Afghanistan, instead Afghan security forces are kill try in the region currently it’s econ- Asia electricity transmission and ing security, political and economic rather than to security and political omy is fast growing, regionally Iran trade project (CASA 1000) and cooperation among Afghanistan and issues. There are opportunities and ing them (insurgents) in every valley and mountains across the is an indispensable producer of oil Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajiki- its neighbors. huge potentials for regional coop- and gas. China which is economi- stan-Afghanistan-Pakistan electric- There are obstacles and imped- eration. Cooperation among the country. President Ashraf Ghani in an address to military forces in cally the world second power has ity project (TUTAP). iments for regional cooperation regional countries will change the Paktia province on Friday said: “You (enemies) should know that economic benefits in the region, Afghanistan is the bridge be- which leads to its failure, there are deteriorated situation of the region. Afghanistan’s strategic situation has changed and you (Taliban) can- "I think it only destabilizes the glo- not win on the battlefield.” He also informed of doubling the number bal system, just as the US deploy- ment of so-called missile defense of Afghan Air Force in the near future. Targeting Taliban and other systems that are now being used to insurgent groups from air and ground is important also significant in encircle Russia and China give the United States an advantage, because war against evil forces. We are with you (President) and we, as the missile defense is really the shield that would be used after a first strike Afghan masses understand the fact that Taliban has been failed utter- attack," the observer said. U.S. mis- sile defense system called Terminal ly. The failure of Taliban’s Mansouri offensive can be taken as a High Altitude Area Defense, or great example of their (insurgents) breakdown. The Taliban insur- THAAD, is seen at a golf course in Seongju, South Korea, Wednesday, gents announced its spring offensive for the current year under “Op- Sept. 6, 2017 In other words, Gag- non suggested that this may be a eration Mansouri” at a time when Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Man- case of Washington trying to spark sour, the late Taliban’s leader, was killed by the US drone strike in a global arms race. "Russia and Chi- na can't afford to reduce their nu- 2016 in Pakistan—a state where not only Taliban but all other insur- US'newtactical nukeplans'inline clear weapons at a time when the United States is introducing these gent outfits are enjoying save havens there. There is no single doubt withaimofglobal full missile defense systems. And now you introduce tactical nuclear weap- that the Afghan security forces responded Taliban’s spring offensive ons into that equation – it gets even very effectively, thought we have received casualties, but militant spectrumdominance' more destabilized, more dangerous. And that's what the United States is outfits received more with losing thousands of their fighters. And trying to do; it's trying to create By John Weigth weapons systems. Commenting on (ICAN) wear masks of US President the reasons behind this review, Bruce Donal Trump and leader of the chaos, and out of that chaos it thinks surely, this is because Afghan forces are in offensive mode and the Gagnon, co-founder of the Global Democratic People's Republic of it will be able to continue to domi- brave and patriotic Afghan forces have been moving forward to kill The Trump administration is con- Network Against Weapons & Nu- Korea Kim Jon-un while posing nate the world." The RT-21M Pio- sidering the creation of new tactical clear Power in Space, told Radio with a mock missile in front of the neer missiles were destroyed in ac- or capture the militants in every part of the country. One think more nuclear weapons for battlefield use. Sputnik that it's based on US anxi- embassy of Democratic People's cordance with the Intermediate- Speaking to Sputnik, peace activist eties about changes in the global Republic of Korea in Berlin, on Sep- Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Asked that makes us more pride toward our foreign policy is that our gov- Bruce Gagnon warned that the move balance of power. "I think, bottom tember 13, 2017 "When you create about the debate inside Congress and ernment doesn’t distinguish between good and bad terrorists. We would destabilize the global strate- line — it's the US's fear that it's los- these smaller, tactical nuclear weap- the White House about the possibil- gic balance, and inevitably prompt ing out as the world becomes a more ons, you're giving battlefield com- ity of lifting the US moratorium on know that the objective of terrorist is terrorism. Moreover, they (in- a Russian and Chinese response. Last fair and multipolar [place]," Gag- manders more options, and it makes nuclear weapon testing, Gagnon week, sources told Politico that Pres- non said. This nuclear posture re- their use more likely. Unfortunate- warned that this is a strong possibil- surgents) don’t have freedom as always danced at tones of its lord— ident Trump had created a panel to view is akin to the US "thrashing ly, it’s a hugely hypocritical signal ity, especially if Washington were review Washington's options regard- around…trying to find a way to get [to conduct this review] as the Unit- to go ahead with the creation of none other than Pakistan. Now, Taliban are in moving toward their ing the development of new low- a loaded gun that it could put upside ed States lectures countries like these new tactical weapons. "And safe sanctuaries, and training centers in Pakistan aimed at preparing yield tactical nuclear weapons, os- the head of Russia or China in order North Korea and Iran about the evils that opens the door for everybody tensibly meant to "deter Russia, to maintain control," he added. "I of nuclear weapons. But this is what else that has been honoring the nu- for the next year. But they already lost capabilities to face our brave North Korea and other potential think it's very dangerous," the peace the United States routinely does – clear test ban treaty," the observer nuclear adversaries," according to activist said, stressing that it char- act from a position of utter hypoc- stressed. "This would open the door; Afghan security forces face-to-face. Killing of innocent Afghan masses the article. If approved, the new acterizes the kind of thinking that risy. Asked how other nuclear pow- they might then begin to retest nu- weapons would be a major reversal dominates Washington today. Ac- ers will respond if the US goes for- clear weapons, and then we're off to by carrying out evil act like suicide attacks in public places is not from the policy of former Presi- tivists of the non-governmental ward with new tactical nuclear weap- the races again." Therefore, Gag- dent Barack Obama, who prohibit- organization International Cam- ons, Gagnon warned that it will de- non noted that this is "really a very called gains in the war, rather it shows how cruel the militants are that ed the development of new nuclear important moment. (Spuntak) even don’t show mercy to the women and children. One thing mili- paign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons stabilize the global strategic balance. tant outfits should bear in mind that war brings nothing but devasta- tion. But if they (militants) don’t shun violence, it doesn’t’ mean that peace will never come. Peace will come with killing them (militants) Innocent civilians who are making obstacles ahead of it. Peace is not a distant dream; we soon gain peace and durable stability as we have confidents on strong shoulder of Afghan security forces. Advice to the Taliban and other militant outfits would be to realize the fact that they can’t win war, and it’s better for them to renounce violence before to be killed by brave Afghan security forces. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Politics of water:Stealing Palestinian resources

srael should not build its power by depriving the Palestinians of access to their fair share of natural resources.

By Shaddad Attili Decision-making since Oslo in Gaza, the water supply is not fit Israel has been able to use its for human consumption. The ine- occupying power to extract well quality is even more glaring when over its fair share of water from the considering that Israeli settlers liv- main aquifer that lies below the West ing next to Palestinians in the West Bank. Using mechanisms imposed Bank use an average of 400 litres/ by its army and established by the day. In many places, Palestinians Oslo agreements, Israel severely struggle to get enough water just to limits Palestinian access to that aqui- survive, while illegal Israeli settlers Dr. Shaddad Attili is an fer, and to the surface water of the living right next to them water lush Advisor ranking Minister at Jordan River. While the diplomatic green lawns and fill swimming pools. the PLO's Negotiations Affairs process remains largely frozen be- While I served as PA Minister of Department. tween Israel and the Palestinians, Water and PWA head, we launched by moving forward together to solve a reform process that restructured our water problems we can chart a the Palestinian water sector at all The announcement in July of a wa- course forward that will safeguard levels: managerial, regulatory and ter prices agreement between Israel the vital resource of water for the service provision. We expressed and the Palestinian Authority (PA) future of both peoples. The 1995 deep concern about the failure to has been hailed as a model of Israe- Oslo Interim Agreement established provide fair access to the water re- li-Palestinian cooperation as well as a joint water committee (JWC) to sources in the Jordan River or those a major achievement of the Trump review and approve all water projects in the West Bank aquifer and op- administration's efforts to broker a in the West Bank, with the stated posed Israel's rigorous blockade of comprehensive peace deal in the objective to enhance cooperation. Gaza, including its bombing of wa- Middle East. Both the agreement and Unfortunately, the reality is that ter and wastewater facilities during the process that yielded it, howev- Israeli water experts have used this its 2009 Gaza war. In 2010, I asked er, reveal a very different reality. JWC process to delay or disapprove for changes in the operation of the The water prices agreement is part Palestinian water projects until Pal- JWC to move its process from one ost-Brexit Britain can become a great global trading nation without giving of a larger Red Sea-Dead Sea con- estinians agree to approve water of Israeli domination to joint coop- veyance project by Israel, Jordan and projects favouring Israel's expand- eration. This initiative would allow up on international aid. the PA to build a conduit to move ed (and illegal) settlement pro- the PWA to complete most of its Red Sea water over mountains and gramme. The effect: a "quid pro projects with useful Israeli advice, down into the Dead Sea basin, with quo" policy, with the Palestinian but without the threat of Israeli three outputs: the generation of in- water system held hostage to Isra- veto, and thus provide better access By Simon O'Connell identify a place for itself in the ment in aid and development. The economic development generally creased hydroelectric power, more el's expanding settlement activity. to water for Palestinian communi- world. Prime Minister Theresa May real choice is whether we have the and UK interests in particular. Aid desalinated water for the parties, and Unequal Water Use ties. I also announced that we would has called for the UK to be a "great courage to unite behind a vision of helps to deliver a more stable, an increase in water for the Dead In 2009, the World Bank issued no longer cooperate with the quid global trading nation" and few would the UK as an active and compas- peaceful and prosperous world for Sea. For more than a decade, this a highly critical evaluation (pdf) of pro quo system used by Israel to sup- disagree with that aspiration. What sionate player on the world stage. us all. It is possible to have a pro- conduit project has been the subject Israeli behaviour in the water sector port its programme expanding ille- that means, though, is subject to in- It is not necessary to choose UK, pro-business vision alongside a of tense and difficult negotiations in which it noted that Israel had se- gal settlements. Israel responded by tense debate. What should the na- between business and development. smart and effective aid strategy - among the three parties. From a riously obstructed the Palestinian's punishing all West Bank Palestin- ture of future trade deals be, for ex- Business benefits from a stable in- and to do so both morally and ratio- Palestinian perspective, this nego- ability to operate an effective wa- ians by withholding approval of all ample? What are the implications ternational economic and political nally, with an eye for the UK's place tiation process has been one of con- ter system. Another independent PWA water projects. The continu- for workers' rights, environmental environment that aid helps deliver in the world. Churchill said in 1946: tinuous fighting to be treated equal- study (pdf) conducted by Amnesty ing Israeli intransigence created se- Simon O'Connell is the standards and equitable distribution (pdf). Meanwhile, we do not have "… do not suppose that … half a ly and fairly with the other two International in the same year came rious water shortages and severe executive director of Mercy of the benefits of this trade? One of to reject the private sector in order century from now, you will not see states, despite the fact that the Is- to a similar conclusion. Two years pressure on the PA to give in to Is- Corps Europe and senior vice the key questions in defining the to achieve the aims of global devel- 70 or 80 millions of Britons spread raeli army maintains overall con- later the French National Assembly raeli demands, and by early 2017 president for Global Partner- UK's position on the world stage is opment - in fact, quite the oppo- about the world and united in de- trol of occupied Palestine. Even report (pdf) on its mission to the the PA had returned to a JWC pro- ships. the role of international aid. This is site. This false dichotomy between fence of our traditions, our way of when the parties were agreed in prin- Palestinian territories concluded cess only slightly modified in ways an important issue and there are real trade and aid is reflected in other life, and of the world causes which ciple on a project, Israel used its that Israel was exercising "water that allow some limited water decisions to be made. For example, false choices - between compassion you and we espouse." Seventy years power to force Palestinians to ac- apartheid". Israel attacked these re- projects – apart from drilling and On March 5th, 1946, Winston how do we ensure maximum effi- and rationality, and between moral- on and UK society is, like other cept less than what is fair. For ex- ports and the institutions that pre- rehabilitation of wells - to be imple- Churchill gave a speech in Fulton, ciency and effectiveness of our aid? ity and reality. Leaders in business countries, worryingly polarised. But ample, the three parties agreed in pared them, but in a brief attempt mented without prior JWC approv- Missouri. It was to be remembered And how do we tackle poverty that are not heartless, and aid proponents far from adding to this polarisation, December 2013 to a Memorandum to prove their conclusions wrong, al. Israel's occupation authorities as his famous "Iron Curtain" speech is increasingly concentrated in frag- do not live in a dreamland. There aid has the potential to unite us. UK of Understanding on Regional Wa- rapidly approved a few Palestinian and import restrictions still control - and in it Churchill sought to define ile states, in a vicious circle with are examples of bad practices on aid is recognised as among the best ter Sharing, involving a desalination water projects. Within months, the extent and pace of Palestinian a new global role for the UK and US conflict and displacement? In the both sides, but there is no funda- in the world. It helps define our glo- plant to be built at Aqaba, Jordan, however, Israel returned to its de- water development. in opposing Soviet Russia. Many see current political atmosphere, as we mental conflict. It is possible to be bal role and we should be proud of it. coupled with a water swap between lay/disapprove, quid pro quo approv- Steps towards Real Israeli-Pal- this speech as marking the start of hurtle at full speed towards making clear-eyed, moral, rational and com- With all the major parties including Israel and Jordan, and a sale of wa- al strategy. It is the data compari- estinian Cooperation Despite these the Cold War, but it was also a clear decisions that affect the future of passionate all at the same time. the 0.7 percent commitment in ter by Israel to the Palestinians. For sons of Israeli and Palestinian water challenges, we in Palestine would like rallying call for the UK to remain our country, we can be too often Which brings us to the final false their manifestos, Theresa May now three years, Israel insisted on a price use that are ultimately the most to enjoy a cooperative relationship engaged on the world stage, whilst presented with false choices. Instead choice - between prioritising the has a singular opportunity. The for the water that the PA consid- damning. The World Health Orga- with Israel on water issues. Israel and looking to redefine Britain's identi- of falling into the trap of making UK's interests and maintaining a prime minister can choose to work ered unreasonably high and unfair. nization's minimum standard for do- the Palestinian Authority could ty after the second world war at a decisions based on either/or scenar- well-funded, effective aid strategy. across the political spectrum, which After the recent intervention by mestic water use is 100 litres a day. make a good start towards that co- time of declining colonial powers. ios, let's identify the false choices While there are calls to use the aid she's recently stated is a priority, the US envoy, the PA found the price However, Israel has kept Palestin- operation by focusing on three joint Fast forward 70 years and we are at so we are able to get on with making budget explicitly to advance UK and place our aid programme at the "acceptable" even though it was high- ian water use in the West Bank and initiatives. First, Israelis could work a similar crossroads. We are not pick- the real ones. The first false choice commercial interests, this is not centre of our global identity in a er than prices it pays for other wa- Gaza to well below that minimum, together with Palestinians to revise ing up the pieces of a world war, nor is the choice between trade and aid. necessary - we will benefit anyway. post-Brexit world. As we forge that ter from Israel. The PA's acceptance while providing significantly higher the operating rules of both the JWC opposing the Soviet Union, but post- On one hand, there are those who Of course, not all aid is successful identity we must reject the false is understandable only in the con- amounts for its own citizens and the and Military Civil Administration, Brexit, the UK is facing an identity argue that aid impedes development and, as I've previously written, we choices. The real choice is whether text of the intense pressure Pales- Jewish settlers in the West Bank. with a goal of applying general in- crisis and great global challenges of and that only the private sector can in the aid sector need to do better at we have the courage to unite behind tinians face from ongoing water On average, Israelis use 240-300 li- ternational practice as occurs on security, peace and economic devel- defeat poverty. On the other side, communicating the challenges and a vision of the UK as an active and shortages and an inadequate infra- tres a day, while Palestinians living shared aquifers and basins. Second- opment. At a time of extraordinary there are those who are instinctive- risks. But overall the effects of aid compassionate player on the world structure throughout its territories, under Israeli military rule in the West ly, Israel could join the PWA in giv- change, our nation must once again ly wary of private sector involve- are unquestionably positive, both for stage. a direct consequence of Israeli con- Bank are limited to 20 (in some ru- ing a high priority to implementing (Aljazeera) trol. ral areas) to 79 (in urban areas), and a respected 2011 study of the water crisis facing Gaza residents, includ- ing recommendations for a sequen- tial programme to develop an ef- fective water supply, distribution and use system in Gaza. The water sup- ply in Gaza is currently more than 97 percent polluted, endangering the health of all Gazans and threaten- ing the failure of the Gaza portion By Amir Taheri ball match after a fatwa by the “Su- Bashar al-Assad’s regime which had cited by the regime for Iran’s role in in the remaining two. The Russian and Turko-Circassian minorities in of the Coastal Aquifer. Israel could preme Guide” that women watching been an ally during the war with Sad- Syria, which means helping Presi- scheme may end, or at least tone the area is an additional boon for begin by providing the energy need- For the past week or so, Iranian of- young men running around with bare dam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s and dent Assad kill more Syrians, is that down, the fighting for a while but Ankara. Russia is also in a better ed to support the proper function- ficial media and social networks legs might cause “undue excitement” now a member of the Resistance the Islamic Republic needs a secure risks leading to the destruction of position than Iran to secure a piece ing of all Gaza's water and wastewa- have been abuzz with anecdotes In any case, the Syrian fans seized Front led by Iran. That answer, how- land access to the Lebanese border Syria as a unified nation-state. How- of the Syrian cake. Thanks to its ter facilities. Finally, Israel could join woven around a football match in the opportunity to unleash a tor- ever, failed to convince many peo- where, thanks to Hezbollah, it sets ever, a closer look at Syrian reali- monopoly of firepower in Syrian air- Palestine in accepting Internation- Tehran between Iran and Syria and rent of venom against Iran and Ira- ple, even within the regime’s base. the agenda. The Syrian part of that ties might show that the Russo-Ira- space Russian air force can be used al Water Law standards for allocat- the light it might shed on a compli- nians. If videos posted on the web is Then another reason was cited: Iran dream corridor, which must also pass no-Turkish scheme is doomed to fail. in support of any design on the ing water within the Jordan River cated relationship. According to a clue, the Syrians used words and was fighting in Syria to prevent the through a long sliver of Iraqi terri- From what I know of Syria, a coun- ground. Much of the Russian “piece Basin by signing the 1997 UN Con- most accounts, a group of Syrians expressions that are not fit to print. destruction of Shiite holy shrines. tory, skirts the fertile plains to the try I have observed and visited wince of cake” is in the Mediterranean, vention on the Law of the Non- flown in by special charter to cheer That, in turn, provoked an equally Official media published lists of such south of Damascus. Hence the idea 1970, despite almost seven years of easily supplied and defended by Rus- Navigational Uses of International their national squad in its bid for a abusive torrent from Iranians on shrines, sometimes with photos. But of a deal with Turkey with Russia’s tragedy, the sense of “Syrian-ness” sian naval power. Moreover, a ma- Watercourses. This action would sig- place in the World Cup in Moscow social media. The incident also that, too, was challenged by “trou- blessing. Under the deal, Iran will is still strong enough to frustrate jority of the local population, hav- nal Israel's acceptance of a fair and staged an anti-Iran demonstration prompted a debate over Iran’s role blemakers” who pick holes in the station troops in a “de-escalation putative imperial appetites. In that ing adopted an ambiguous posture equitable process for allocating and in the stadium. The Syrian contin- in the Syrian tragedy. “What are we regime’s shaky claims. More than zone” south of Damascus while Tur- context, Iran has even less chance towards the Assad regime, might managing joint water resources. Is- gent included young ladies who re- doing there?” was a question repeat- 90 per cent of Syrian “Shiite holy key seizes control of a chunk of of succeeding than Turkey or Rus- prefer Russian domination to dom- rael should not build and use its power fused to wear the Iranian-style hi- edly posed. The initial answer pro- sites” turned out to be burial places Syrian territory in Idlib.The puta- sia. In Idlib, Turkey has the advan- ination by Iran. The Iranian Islam- by depriving the Palestinians it has jab. Their presence in the stadium vided by the Khomeinist authori- of ancient Jewish prophets or Sunni tive deal is supposed to receive an tage of territorial contiguity with ic Republic has none of those ad- occupied for the past 50 years of highlighted the fact that no Iranian ties was that Iran is fighting in Syria Muslim theologians and scholars. official façade during talks in As- Syria, a fact that facilitates logistics vantages. Syria is not Lebanon access to their fair share of their woman is allowed to attend a foot- to prevent the fall of President The latest and current justification tana, Kazakhstan, under the auspic- and permits significant military in- where Shiites, accounting for a third natural resources. While the diplo- es of the United Nations. tervention to pursue political ambi- of the population, have always matic process remains largely fro- A Syria divided tions. Also, Turkey has close ties looked to Iran as a protector. At zen between Israel and the Palestin- If put into practice, the Russian with some elements in Iraqi Kurdis- different times, notably in the hey- ians, by moving forward together “de-escalation” project will freeze tan and could use them to influence days of pan-Arabism under Nasser, to solve our water problems we can LETTER TO THE EDITOR the division of Syria into five seg- at least a segment of Syrians Kurds Iran, under the Shah, was seen even chart a course forward that will safe- ments, with Russia, Turkey, Iran to accept the “de-escalation zone” by Lebanese Christians as a counter- guard the vital resource of water for dominating three, and the US and as the least bad option. The pres- balancing force. the future of both peoples. its Kurdish and Arab allies present ence of small groups of Turkmen (Alarabiya) (Aljazeera) Dustyroads,pollutedair Kabul has become a city with dusty and polluted air and destroyed roads. Life has become difficult for those who walk to their offices and workplaces on a daily basis. The street from 500Faimly area of Kabul to By Musab Qasem Azzawi bodies, whether under the sponsor- or competitive reasons. This basi- deterring influential American fig- Market Roundabout is full of dusty and destroyed roads which produce tons of dust and polluted air every ship of foreign governments or part cally forces each of them to meet ures, including individuals and com- day. of international organisations and all of the demands of the Israeli side panies, from cooperating with any I travel in this path every day. I am well aware of the fact that polluted and dusty air creates several In the United States, a new law is associations, such as the UN and EU, in any trade relationship Israel is a of the international institutions’ health problems. Today I am suffering from ‘red eye’ which is the product of the polluted air in my city. being drafted with the absolute sup- according to journalist Glen Green- part of. This scenario seems to be a activities aiming to boycott Israel, Thousands of other citizens have been affected and are still suffering from several health problems due t the port of more than 43 Senators and wald of the Intercept, based on his reproduction of the current state of including the UN.” This achieve- contaminated air in Kabul. In some parts of the city, people take waste of streams and throw them on 243 members of the House of Rep- background as a legal advisor and the Western media outlets where all ment indicates the almost complete roadside which contaminate the air after it becomes dry. resentatives. This law imposes a lawyer, as well as his journalistic the employees are afraid to criticise disintegration of any qualitative Arab penalty on anyone who calls for or work. This basically means, based Israel out of fear of the anti-Semit- influence in the public relations Once again, the Kabul Municipality is highly requested to pay proper attention towards this issue. It boycotts of Israeli settlement prod- is a really important matter. The president should appoint the new mayor as soon as possible. Please help on the description of journalist Josh ism laws which practically crimina- game in the West. Instead, they are ucts, which, according to the Amer- Ruebner, from the Electronic Inti- lise any criticism of Israel and its spending enormous amounts of the city become clean and pollution-free, or else we will witness more health problems among our citizens. ican Civil Liberties Union’s summary Firoz Lalazar, Khairkhana, Kabul fada, the law could “stymie cam- policies. However, those strongly money on public relations cam- of the law, is a minimum of a paigns by the Palestine solidarity committed to enforcing these laws paigns aiming to incite the Western $250,000 fine, which no judge in movement to pressure corporations do not realise that the Arabs them- public opinion against a particular the US can reduce. This penalty can to cut ties to Israel or even with selves are Semitic, if not the Semites. Arab country. The situation has be raised to the maximum penalty Israeli settlements.” This includes However, this seems to be insignif- reached the level of a dark comedy of criminal prosecution, a fine of all American companies and inter- icant due to the absence of its weight due to how much scathing criticism up to $1 million and 20 years in national companies dealing with the on every level. The bitter reality and mockery this campaign re- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must prison. What is interesting in terms US or which have offices there. This indicates that everything I have ceived in the Western media due to have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: of the bill’s supporters is that it has may be the bigger, implicit objec- mentioned almost amounts to the the irrationality of its contradicto- [email protected] almost absolute support from rep- tive of this law, i.e. to intimidate all complete realisation of the projects ry justifications for this, which do resentatives of both the Democrat- economic sectors on a global level and goals of the pro-Israeli lobby- not align with the facts of modern ic and the Republican parties, both against thinking of limiting its trade ing groups’ public relations cam- Arab history and geopolitics. Noam in the House of Representatives and with Israeli companies or even de- paigns in the US. The most promi- Chomsky and Edward Said have al- the Senate, and not a single member ciding not to buy Israeli settlement nent among these groups is the ways believed the restoration of the Disclaimer: of either has openly objected to the products for any reason that may American Israel Public Affairs Com- Palestinian people’s natural and his- law. The danger of the law does not be interpreted by the law as a boy- mittee (AIPAC), which, without torical rights depend on the level of The views and opinions expressed in the articles are lie in the gagging of those opposed cott that would warrant criminal hesitation, openly announced its the Western public opinion’s aware- to the apartheid government in Is- prosecution of the perpetrators. lobbying and public relations ness of the tragedy of the Palestin- those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or rael, but in the broadness of its word- This would make the heads of these projects for 2017, which included ian people and their stolen rights. ing, which criminalises any act of countries think hard and long be- its keen efforts to pass this legisla- Without this, shifting the loyalties opinions of the Afghanistan Times. boycott against Israel fostered by fore making any decision in this re- tion designed to “target the United of the Western governments. any international institutions or gard, even if for purely commercial Nations’ anti-Israel activities by (Middleeastmonitor) SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Kim Jong-un LAUGHSas North Korea sends missile over Japan and vows 'equilibrium' with US The astonishing pictures, released by the country’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), show the beaming dictator surrounded by several officials as he watches the missile fly from a moving launch- er. Kim told the agency his final goal is “equilibrium of real force Iran possesses domestically-made with US”. He added that North 10-tonne non-nuclear bombs, a Korea’s goal of completing its nu- senior Commander announced on clear force had “nearly reached the Saturday. terminal”. The missile, believed to "Following a proposal by the be an intermediate range ballistic Aerospace Force of the Islamic missile, flew over Hokkaido in Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), northern Japan on Friday and land- Iran's Defence Industries manufac- ed in the Pacific about 1,240 miles tured the 10-tonne bombs. These to the east, according to the Japa- bombs are at our disposal," IRGC nese government. South Korea’s Aerospace Force Commander military said the missile flew about Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajiza- 2,300 miles in total - far enough to deh said. "They can be launched reach the US territory of Guam. from Ilyushin aircraft and they are The launch follows North Korea’s highly destructive," Xinhua quot- threats to use nuclear weapons to ed Hajizadeh as saying. Iran's “sink” Japan and reduce the US to bomb is the "father of all bombs" “ashes” for supporting a United as compared with the GBU-43/B Nations Security Council resolu- Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb tion and sanctions over its nuclear (MOAB), also known as the tests. The Security Council voted "mother of all bombs", which the unanimously to step up sanctions US Air Force dropped on tunnels against the rouge state by impos- in Afghanistan's Nangarhar prov- ing a ban on text imports and cap- ganda, has also called for the break- KCNA: “The four islands of the and an extreme form of go-it-alone ince from an MC-130 aircraft in ping fuel supplies in response to up of the Security Council which it archipelago should be sunken into nationalism preached by state April. North Korea’s sixth nuclear test described as “a tool of evil” made the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. founder Kim Il Sung. The threats Iran has said that its military on September 3. Pyongyang’s up of “money-bribed” countries Japan is no longer needed to exist also referred to South Korea as “trai- capabilities are solely aimed for Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Commit- that follow US orders. The com- near us.” North Korea’s ruling ide- tors and dogs” and singled out Ja- defence purposes. tee, in large parts used for propa- mittee said in a statement from ology - Juche - is a mix of Marxism pan for “dancing to the tune” of the (AP) US. (Express.co)

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan sign agreement on military technical co-op Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan signed Abdusalom Azizov and the Min- an agreement on cooperation in the ister of Defense and Aerospace military-technical sphere on Sept. Industries of Kazakhstan, Beibut 16. The agreement was signed amid Atamkulov. "The implementation President of Kazakhstan Nursul- of the agreement will help tan Nazarbayev’s visit to Uzbeki- strengthen bilateral cooperation stan, Ria Novosti reported. The based on the principles of equali- document was signed by the Min- ty and reciprocity in the military- A Russian media outlet reported added that the modern fighter jets accomplish their training. A satel- ister of Defense of Uzbekistan technical sphere." (Trend) on Saturday that a series of Su- enjoy Sulet-25 electronic optical lite image released in early August 25SM3 fighter jets, a modern Rus- system that can track and target showed that an active air defense Russiansecurityofficial:US sia-made warplane known as Sup- objects independent from pilot base in Syria equipped with the per Grach, will soon join the Rus- navigation. It added that the Sulet- most advanced S300 and S400 air- plans to destabilize central sian air fleet in Syria to intensify 25 has enabled the Su-25SM3 defense systems was ready to give war on terrorists. The Arabic-lan- fighter jets to attack any objects in harsh response to any possible Asia guage website of the Russian state any weather condition and any assault. The satellite picture A senior Russian security official Syria, the US plans to take revenge news agency, Sputnik, reported time. Sputnik went on to say that showed that what appears to be a warned that the US plans to foment by creating instability in Central Asia that the Russian Air Force in Syria the Su-25SM3 fighter jet can stand battery-sized detachment of either instability in the Central Asia with via Afghanistan," First Deputy Chair- will receive Su-25SM3 fighter jets against attacks by different mod- highly-modernized S-300 or new- the help of terrorists in Afghani- man of the Russian Federation Coun- before the end of 2017, adding the els of anti-aircraft missile systems er S-400 model strategic anti-air- stan following the Syrian army's re- cil Committee on Defense and Secu- Su-25SM3 is the modern model of via utilizing a fits-back system. It craft missiles The base was geo- cent victories against the terrorists rity and Leader of the Russian Union Su-25 known as Grach. The Ara- pointed out that the SU-25SM3 located to a highly-militarized area in cooperation with Moscow. "In of veterans of Afghanistan Franz bic Sputnik underlined the specif- fighter jets will participate in war on the provincial borders of Tar- reaction to Moscow's successes in Klintsevich said on Saturday. (AP) ic capabilities of Su-25SM3 and missions in Syria once their pilots tus and Hama provinces. (Spuntak) Karabakh MOD: Azerbaijan fired over 1,500 shots within one week Russia STEPANAKERT. – The situation itary positions, and primarily with along the line of contact between different-caliber shooting weap- unveils the Karabakh and Azerbaijani op- ons, informed the press service of posing forces has remained rela- the Artsakh Ministry of Defense tively calm, from September 10 to (MOD). massive 16. But the NKR Defense Army van- During this time, however, the ad- guard units fully control the front- versary violated the ceasefire and line, and they continue carrying fired more than 1,500 shots toward out their military watch with vigi- military the Republic of Artsakh (Nagor- lance. no-Karabakh Republic/NKR) mil- (BBC) force: Smart Street and Smart City Catholic charity ‘The projects launched in pilot regime in Kyrgyzstan responds to enemy refugee crisis has no in Bangladesh chance’ Catholic aid charity Caritas Bangladesh is working to provide emergen- Russia has begun its biggest war cy aid to Rohingya refugees. About 240,000 children have fled Burma's The Elysee Palace said Friday in a press release that French Presi- game in years on land, in the air, Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh over the last three weeks, and on the sea bordering NATO's Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan the tender was frozen later. dent Emmanuel Macron urged the Arab states to lift an embargo on according to a UN agency. The figure - amounting to about 60 per cent Temir Jumakadyrov said on Sep- Jumakadyrov said implementation Qatar, which harms the Qatari citizens, as soon as possible. Earlier in smallest and weakest member of an estimated 391,000 Rohingya refugees - includes about 36,000 states. No fewer than 12,000 tember 15 that the Smart Street and of the projects started in Bishkek the day, Macron met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al children under a year old, said Unicef spokeswoman Marixie Mercado. the Smart City projects have been and Osh cities. The power trans- Thani in Paris, Sputnik reported. "The President of the [French] troops, 70 warplanes, 250 tanks, She added that the children's agency also estimates about 52,000 preg- and 10 warships are officially launched in a pilot regime. Accord- mission lines are being installed Republic called for the lifting of the embargo, which harms the Qatari nant women. ing to him, the Smart City project today. citizens, especially families and students, as soon as possible," the scheduled to wage mock warfare Caritas Bangladesh from Sept. 14 to Sept. 20 in Be- was planned to be launched in The projects results will be seen press release, issued after the meeting, read. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Caritas Bangladesh’s relief efforts are being supported by UK Cath- 2012, but it was cancelled because with 2 months, according to him. the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with larus and Russia and on the Baltic olic aid charity CAFOD which said “food, clean water and sanitation, and Barents Seas. The "Zapad Qatar early June, and suspended air and sea communication one and medical and health services are urgently needed”. Tom Delamere, week after the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, accusing 2017" training exercise, a joint ef- Ashgabat to host fair on CAFOD’s Programme Officer for Bangladesh, said: “The situation for fort between the Russian and Be- Doha of supporting terrorist organizations and destabilizing the sit- the refugees in Bangladesh is truly concerning. “Reports we have re- uation in the Middle East. Qatar rejected claims by a Saudi-led bloc larusian militaries, involves some production technology of ceived from the UN and from our partner, Caritas Bangladesh, show the of the latest Russian-made weap- of countries that it “finances terrorism” and intervenes in their inter- desperate need faced by thousands of people. “Those that have made it nal affairs. The split among the Arab states erupted after US Presi- onry. But the war game is equally into Bangladesh are living in extremely poor conditions – they are hun- notable for the weapons that aren't import substitution dent Donald Trump visited Riyadh where he accused Iran of "desta- gry, weak and sick. (Premierchristianradio) Ashgabat will host an internation- tic pharmaceutics. The program bilizing interventions" in Arab lands. involved. Despite a resurgence un- al exhibition of manufacturing tech- was adopted to set up processing (AP) der President Vladimir Putin, nology of import substitution on industrial production with a focus Moscow's armed forces still can't Dec. 1-5, said the event organizer on innovations, to comprehensive- deploy stealth fighters or the lat- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- ly use natural and mineral resourc- est tank models. And Russia's sole try of Turkmenistan. State pro- es, improve the export structure aircraft carrier, the aged Admiral grams on increasing exports and and increase the share of private AsylumseekerstoBritain,joint Kuznetsov, is also unavailable for import substitution were adopted enterprises in the economy. The training. The equipment shortfalls in Turkmenistan. It was planned second program for the manufac- help to explain why Jussi Niin- to implement 33 projects as part turing of import-substituting prod- investigations on criminal groups istö, Finland's defense minister, of the program on increasing the ucts in Turkmenistan envisages Minister of Interior, Fatmir Xhafaj has met with the General Secretary described Zapad 2017 as a propa- volume of exports of products implementation of 81 projects. of the British Foreign Ministry and head of the UK’s diplomatic ser- ganda exercise. “Western countries manufactured in Turkmenistan. Under the program, it is planned vice, Simon McDonald. The meeting handled a number of issues which have taken the bait completely," This is about the establishment of to build modern enterprises for relate to the traffic of narcotics and human beings, the issue of Albanian Niinistö said. "They’ve plugged new production aimed at the de- producing a wide range of con- asylum seekers in the UK, the improvement of the Albanian border the exercises so much.” Zapad velopment of the chemical indus- struction, chemical, household and regime to prevent asylum seekers, the building of capacities of Albanian 2017 is the latest edition of a long- try, light industry, machinery, ag- other products. Besides, it is police, exchange of information, joint investigations, academic expertise running war game meant to "train riculture, food industry and domes- planned to build. that the British side can offer for the Academy of Security, etc. troops for combat in isolated ar- (Akpress) eas against the actions. (CNN) SUNDAY . SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES P otential N or th K or ea m ilitar y conflict could tr igger r ise in global oil pr ices

As North Korea conducted a new that flew over Japan and dropped promised a military response with missile launch earlier today, Sput- into the Pacific Ocean 2,000 kilo- "fire and fury." Chinese authorities have ordered government source to Reuters. Plat- to new user registrations,” the gov- while smaller Chinese bitcoin ex- nik spoke to experts about the eco- meters (1,242.7 miles) off the Hok- Amid escalating tension on the Beijing-based cryptocurrency ex- forms should also tell the govern- ernment notice said. China is crack- changes ViaBTC, YoBTC and Yun- nomic impact of potential military kaido Island early on Friday, jusr Korean Peninsula, possible mili- changes to cease trading and im- ment by Wednesday Sept. 20 how ing down on the cryptocurrency bi on Friday also announced simi- escalation on the Korean Peninsu- days after the United Nations Se- tary conflicts in Northeast Asia mediately notify users of their clo- they will allow users to make with- business to try to limit risks as lar closures. Beijing-based plat- la. Tommy Yang — Facing North curity Council had voted unani- could bring serious disruption to sure, signaling a widening crack- drawals in a risk-free manner and consumers pile into a highly spec- forms OkCoin and Huobi, which Korea’s defiant pursuit of its nu- mously in support of tougher sanc- global crude oil transport and pro- down by authorities on the indus- handle funds to ensure that inves- ulative market that has grown rap- are among China’s biggest exchang- clear arms program amid interna- tions against Pyongyang. North duction. UK-based energy consul- try to contain financial risks. Ex- tors’ interests are protected, ac- idly this year. Reuters and other es, did not immediately respond tional condemnation, a likely mili- Korea threatened to launch mis- tancy Wood Mackenzie released a changes were also told to stop al- cording to the notice that was also media reported earlier this week to a request for comment. The bit- tary conflict on the Korean Penin- siles toward the US territory of report on Friday noting that a mil- lowing new user registrations as reported by state newspaper Se- that it planned to shut down the coin price was down 5 percent at sula could lead to fluctuations in Guam in early August and since itary conflict in the region could of Friday, according to a govern- curities Times. “All trading ex- exchanges. Shanghai-based $3,071 at 1036 GMT on US ex- global oil prices, since war usually then has repeatedly said that the threaten as much as one third of ment notice signed by the Beijing changes must by midnight of Sept. BTCChina, a major Chinese bit- change Bitstamp. The bitcoin price causes speculators to bet on dis- preparation for the potential strike global crude oil supplies shipped city group in charge of overseeing 15 publish a notice to make clear coin exchange, said on Thursday it index on trade website Coindesk ruption in global markets, experts has been completed. After such by sea and put half of Asia’s oil internet finance risks that was cir- when they will stop all cryptocur- would stop all trading from Sept. slid below $3,000 for the first time told Sputnik. North Korea fired an threats were voiced by the DPRK, refining capacity at risk. culated online and verified by a rency trading and announce a stop 30, citing tightening regulation, in six weeks. (Reuters) intercontinental ballistic missile US President Donald Trump (Reuters)

Local and international banks in most high-profile breach came last nering with US-based Anomali to Commercial Bank of Dubai, Abu Dhabi the United Arab Emirates are shar- year against Qatar National Bank, create the Information Sharing and Commercial Bank, Barclays, Commercial ing information in an effort to re- the largest lender in the region, Analysis Center, which it said was Bank International, Citibank, Emirates duce cyber attacks. Gulf banks have when criminals posted the names the first such initiative in the Mid- NBD, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Standard Char- invested millions of dollars in and passwords of customers on- dle East. This will bring together tered, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Noor Bank, boosting cyber security systems line. cyber security data from 13 banks National Bank of Fujairah, Mashreq. UBF in an effort to ward off attempted Fist initiative in Mideast to aggregate, correlate and analyze said in a statement that eventually all its attacks, which bankers say hap- On Thursday the UAE Banks the level of threat. Banks partici- members will join the initiative. pen on an almost daily basis. The Federation (UBF) said it was part- pating in the scheme are HSBC, (Alarabiya) Geor gia-US Tanzania charges officials discu ss with economic sabotage deep en in g over seized diamonds Tanzanian prosecutors charged Edward Rweyemamu were joint- employees of the Ministry of En- two government officials on Fri- ly charged with being responsible ergy and Minerals. They were not day with economic sabotage after for $1.1 million of lost tax reve- allowed to enter pleas at the Kisu- t r ade they were accused of undervalu- nue. The court case is the latest tu Resident Magistrate’s court in ing an export-bound consignment twist in a government crackdown Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar of diamonds seized from a mine on the minerals industry this year, es Salaam. Lawyers said the two majority owned by London-listed with President John Magufuli ac- officials will enter their pleas when econ om ic t ies Petra Diamonds. Archard Kalugen- cusing the sector of not giving the the case is transferred to the high do, director of the state-run dia- government a fair share of Tanza- court, which has jurisdiction to mond and gemstone valuation unit, nia’s mineral wealth. Kalugendo, hear economic sabotage trials. The and government gemstone valuer 49, and Rweyemamu, 50, are both accused were denied bail and will be held on remand until the next hearing on Sept. 29. The pair face maximum jail terms of 20 years if found guilty. The diamonds were seized as they were being export- China's USenvoy urges Washington to ed to Antwerp, Belgium, from Tanzania’s main airport in Dar es Salaam on Aug. 31. Petra Dia- halt threats on NKorea,China trade monds said on Monday that it had halted operations at its William- son mine after the government China’s ambassador to the US has cy Xinhua as saying, “Efforts to seized the diamonds and ques- urged Washington to stop threat- undermine Sino-US trade, or even tioned some of its employees. Pe- ening North Korea over its weap- slapping sanctions on China, I tra owns 75 percent of the mine, ons program, saying the Ameri- think would be off-target.” “If with the Tanzanian government cans should make efforts to help someone were to pressure China holding the remaining shares. Pe- resume dialog over the crisis on the or impose sanctions on China over tra has denied that it under-de- Korean Peninsula instead of put- the DPRK, it would not be sup- clares its diamond exports, saying Georgia and the United States (US) will start negotiations over a free ting pressure on Beijing over the ported by many US citizens,” the that it follows all government laws trade agreement and we hope for the support from the Congress, Geor- issue. “They should refrain from Chinese diplomat added, referring and procedures in its business. The gian Deputy Parliamentary Spokesperson Tamar Chugosvili said. Hav- issuing more threats. They should to North Korea by the acronym government said it will nationalise ing visited the US with the Parliamentary delegation, Chugoshvili said do more to find effective ways to for its official name, Democratic the diamonds, the value of which the Georgian parliamentarians had two main issues on their agenda: resume dialogue and negotiation,” People’s Republic of Korea. it puts at $29.5 million, twice the Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ambassador Cui Tiankai stated on He further said, “Workers at provisional value approved by the Ossetia) and Georgia’s territorial integrity A free trade agreement be- Friday during an embassy event. US airplane factories, farmers two government officials charged tween Georgia and the US. The Georgian parliamentary delegation paid “Honestly, I think the United growing soybeans, companies that in court. The government has not a visit to the US between September 10-16 where they held bilateral States should be doing ... much sell smart phones to China, manu- disclosed how it came to its $29.5 meetings with US politicians and civil society organisations. Georgian more than now, so that there’s real facturers that enjoy large market million valuation. Magufuli had or- reforms, election environment and trade-economic cooperation were effective international cooperation shares in China, companies in the dered the examination of exports amongst some of the other issues the parties discussed during the meet- on this issue.” Warning against service sector that have gained trade by individual companies after a ings. The US officials once again reiterated their firm support for Geor- putting China-US trade on the ta- surplus in China, US states that parliamentary investigation found gia’s sovereighnty, territorial integrity and its Euro-Atlantic aspira- ble during a reception celebrating engage in robust trade with China that the country’s diamonds and tions. Chinese National Day, Cui was would all stand against it.” other precious gemstone exports (AFP) further quoted by state news agen- (Presstv) were under-declared. (Reuters) Ukraine intends to raise $2b every year in 2018-2019 on foreign markets

Ukraine's draft national budget for 2018 envisages borrowing of around $2 billion on the foreign market, which meets the requirements of the cooperation program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said. "We plan next year, and the IMF program contains this, [to raise] around $2 billion on the foreign market. $2 billion more in 2019," he told reporters in Kyiv on the sidelines of the 14th annual YES conference on Saturday. "These are our benchmarks. Of course, the sums could differ," the minister said. (BBC) SUNDAY .SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

n a new video posted by Katrina on Instagram, she can be seen talking to Ali Abbas Zafar, the director of Tiger Zinda Hai.

Tiger Zinda Hai: Did Aditya Chopra really gift Katrina seen the final edit of the film. Tiger Zinda Hai, which also stars Salman Kaif a chopper? Khan, is scheduled to hit the screens on Christmas this year. Katrina Kaif is the favourite actor with Katrina. happy with Katrina’s performance On the other hand, director of Yash Raj Films these days. She In a new video posted by and has gifted her a new car. The Vijay Krishan Acharya’s Thugs Of has been shooting for two big- Katrina on Instagram, she can be phone camera then moves towards Hindostan that also has Aamir budget Yash Raj films, Tiger Zinda seen talking to Ali Abbas Zafar, the car which turns out to be a Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Sana Hai and Thugs Of Hindostan, in the director of Tiger Zinda Hai. chopper. However, it seems they Fatima Sheikh in important roles, Morocco and Abu Dhabi. It seems They are sharing their experiences meant it as a joke because Zafar, in is expected to hit theatres on Diwali Aditya Chopra, the producer of during the shoot when Zafar the beginning of the video, says next year. both the films, is really impressed describes how Chopra is very that Aditya Chopra hasn’t even (Tribune) A bare chested

It is a known fact that Kriti Sanon On the occasion of National the industry and garnered fan who is today known to be one of eng day, Kriti took to twitter and following, but she also managed to Farhan Akhtar the top young actresses in the marked the day by wishing Happy do this without any Godfather industry has a background of being Engineers day. The actress has here. The actress who was recently an Engineer. The Bareilly ki barfi proved that no amount of training seen playing the role of Bitti in hit actress came to Mumbai a few can replace the skills that you are film Bareilly ki barfi is enjoying turns up the years back from Delhi where she born with. Being an outsider from the success of the film with her was studying engineering with a a completely different background, family and team. dream to work in films. she not only carved her way into (Santa Banta) heat on HT K a n ga n a R an au t on r efu sin g Brunch cover S alm a n K h an’s S u ltan : D idn’t he multifaceted Farhan Akhtar is known for his breezy persona in addition to his acting, directing, writing and film making skills. wan t to dem ote m yself by doin g it T The 43 year old is touted as a hearthrob by the ladies owing to his easy going approach and chiseled body. The actor has now set a new angana said the Ali Abbas Zafar-film was offered to her at a time precedent as he is seen turning up the heat on HT Brunch's latest cover. when she had just done a highly successful and critically acclaimed A towel clad Farhan Akhtar is seen owing up the space exhibiting his perfectly crafted body. Not only is Farhan Akhtar looking absolutely double role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns. alluring, the multi talented actor also serves as a fitness icon with his toned muscles and maintained frame. The actor follows a tough fitness regime which includes waking up at 5.30 am and cycling for 22 km followed by a 2-hours workout every morning and a rigorous volleyball session twice a week. Having a towel wrapped around his waist, Farhan Akhtar is seen donning a statement Fedora hat and boots. The look is completed with junk accessories that further add quirk to Farhan Akhtar's style. He sports an easy going look as he is seen sipping coffee. The effortlessly stylish Farhan Akhtar is seen pushing style boundaries notches higher as he blends the casual and boho look with utmost suave. (Santa Banta) Director Matthew Vaughn confirms he is in talks to direct Man of Steel 2

Kangana Ranaut today said she thing which will stimulate my didn’t want to demote myself to turned down Sultan because she mind, otherwise, I’ll be just sleep something which wasn’t offering did not find the role interesting walking through the film. Sultan, me so much. That’s why I didn’t enough and felt it would have been at that point of time, though it was do it.” The actor was in conversa- a demotion for her. Kangana was a great character for a girl to play, I tion with film critic Mayank Shek- offered the role of a female wres- didn’t see anything for me in that.” har at the Jagran Cinema Summit. tler opposite Salman Khan in the The actor said the Ali Abbas There were also reports that the wrestling drama. Anushka Sharma Zafar-film was offered to her at a actor was offered Aamir Khan- later came on board for the film, time when she had just done a high- Amitabh Bachchan starrer Thugs Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has which became a huge blockbuster. ly successful and critically ac- of Hindostan. Kangana, however, confirmed rumours suggesting that When asked why she refused a film claimed double role in Tanu Weds denied the same and said she does he is in talks to direct Man of Steel like Sultan, which reached a wide Manu Returns. “Coming from a not even “know what the script 2. In an interview during the pro- audience, Kangana said, “Know- double role space and doing so is.” motion of Kingsman: The Golden ing today’s times, I’ll go for some- much more in my earlier films, I (Hindustan Times) Circle, the director revealed his plan for another Kingsman film and also let it slip that he has had “chat” about the Kryptonian superhero, reported Ace Showbiz. “I am plan- ning another Kingman, I’ve written the treatment and some of the scenes...I don’t know what I’m go- ing to do next but I have had chats about Superman, I love Superman,” Vaughn said. “If somebody asks me to do Indiana Jones, most of the superheros or Star Wars the fan- Sanjay Dutt, whose life was caught in a web of drugs and legal hassles, how does he compare himself with And I am the same way with my boy in me can’t help but be excit- says as a father, he does not want his son to be like him. The son of late his legendary father when it comes children. I try to teach them the ed.” Vaughn was first linked to the veteran actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis, Sanjay fought a battle with drugs to fatherhood, Sanjay, a dad of three values of life, give them ‘sanskaar’, Man of Steel sequel in March. True and went to rehab as well as served a jail term. He was arrested for illegal -- a son named Shahraan and two and teach them (that) respect for Detective fans take note: The day possession of arms in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, in daughters, Trishala and Iqra, said, elders is very important even if that you have been waiting for is which over 250 people were killed and several hundred were wounded. “My father raised us as normal chil- they are your servants... And that coming The DC movie is expected At the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit here on Saturday, San- dren. I was sent to a boarding you’ve got to value life. I only pray to mark the director’s return to su- jay spoke uninhibitedly about his journey and struggles. When asked school... I went through the grind. my son is not like me. (Tribune) perhero films. He successfully di- rected X-Men: First Class in 2011 and helmed another comic book ad- aptation Kick-Ass in 2010. It’s un- clear when WB plans to release the second Superman movie, but Hen- ry Cavill’s character will first re- Riya Sen’s ‘indecent act’ with co-star Nishant turn in Justice League, which will release on November 17. He will be Malkani, many asked what if a man had done it joined by Ben Affleck’s Batman, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Jas- Riya Sen’s forthcoming web series, Ragini MMS Returns, is constantly in the news. Its lead Karisham Sharma set the on Momoa’s Aquaman, Ezra Mill- internet on fire a couple of days ago with her bare back in a topless photograph for the poster. There has apparently been er’s The Flash, and Ray Fisher’s hotter stuff on the sets of Ragini MMS Returns. Riya Sen is said to have pulled down her co-star Nishant Malkani’s pants Cyborg. Vaughn’s Kingsman: The on the sets and said women are going to like him this way. Bollywoodlife got in touch with Malkani who said, “So I remember Golden Circle is coming out on Sep- the other day when we were shooting for this love making scene, Riya suddenly got so happy and suggested I should pull tember 22. down my pants and flaunt my butt cheek just like how John Abraham did in Dostana 2.” (Santa Banta) (Tribune) SUNDAY .SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Jamie Porter decided to give Head coach Chris Silverwood just three seasons, he remembers professional cricket "one last go" has therefore helped to deliver two how plenty of wickets in Essex and has been rewarded four years glory years, culminating in Essex's club cricket restored the self-belief later with a starring role in Essex's seventh title and first since 1992, which had been eroded after failing County Championship-winning under the captaincy of Ryan ten to win a contract previously. His campaign. It is an achievement that Doeschate. Porter's path from life native county came calling again, Alvaro Morata has revealed he had different player". He remains the start of the summer, I didn't after that. It was only two months 24-year-old Porter describes on behind an office desk - which he and Porter followed his heart. "I an offer to join Manchester United unsure whether that player was know that Chelsea were interested with him but it felt like I'd known behalf of his team-mates as had accepted, as a 20-year-old quit my job after one second-team prior to his transfer from Real Romelu Lukaku, who was bought in me. I thought they were in for a him forever. When I knew he "something we'll never forget" as back in early 2014, was realistically game," he said. "I had enough Madrid to Chelsea. But the 24- by Manchester United for £90m. different player, maybe Lukaku or wanted me this summer, I didn't he reflects on an unstoppable what lay ahead for him - is savings to get me through that year-old said the presence of "I had various offers this maybe someone else, I don't know. think twice. I did everything I campaign. A campaign rich in remarkable. He tops the list of summer, so I thought, 'I'll give it Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge summer, not only Chelsea and I didn't think the option of Chelsea could to make the move happen." promise came to fruition when Specsavers Division One wicket- one last go'." Just a few months made his decision to move to Manchester United but also from was open. "But I spoke with Morata also revealed he had been second-placed Lancashire's defeat takers, with 64 putting him one earlier, things had been very London over Manchester an easy different leagues," he told the Daily Conte several times - and not only close to joining Chelsea last against Somerset on Friday ahead of Essex off-spinner Simon different. "I didn't get picked up, one. Morata said he was unaware Mail. "It was a good situation for this summer. I felt in debt to him. summer, when Conte was initially confirmed Essex as champions in Harmer, and admits he can still so went to work that winter in an of any interest from Chelsea at the me. "The most important and best He signed me for Juventus but left appointed as manager. "Last their first season back in the top scarcely take in what has office," Porter said. "I thought that start of the transfer window and conversation I had was with Conte, very quickly to manage Italy. "I summer it was close," he said. flight after promotion last summer. happened. Casting his mind back was me for the long haul. thought they were targeting "a he wanted me to come here. "At always wanted to play for him (Sky Sport) (BBC Sport)

6-iron out of play at the time, to a playing partner or rules official, it B en Cr a n e disqu a lified marked a rules breach that carries a penalty of disqualification. Duncan said: "Between the 12th and the 13th holes, (rules official) fr om W eb.com Tou r Andrew Miller confirmed with him (Crane) that the driver, that was made aware to us, had to be taken out of play; then he played even t for clu b br ea ch 13 and part of 14 (carrying) the 6- iron. "Then he came back this Ben Crane was handed two four- infringement after noticing one of Crane during his round as he morning and said he knew he had shot penalties and later disqualified the stickers on his driver at the signed for a five-over 76, which the 6-iron. He's got to make a from a Web.com Tour event for 11th hole - the second hole of his initially avoided him from being declaration that that club is out of having nonconforming clubs in his opening round. The American disqualified from the event. The play, either to a member of the bag. The five-time PGA tour received a two-shot penalty for 41-year-old later revealed to rules committee, which he could've told winner had a driver and a six-iron each hole of the infraction, before official Jim Duncan that he had Andrew Miller, or to one of his which contained 'dot sticker' being penalised another four been aware of the sticker on his fellow competitors. "When he decals which he used to collect strokes at the 14th when informing six-iron at the time of the first didn't make that declaration, at the data during practice. Crane, a rules official about a similar penalty, which saw him point he knew he had to take that appearing at the Albertsons Boise sticker on his six-iron. disqualified from the tournament. club out of play, that's ultimately Open, was given his first Neither club was used by Because Crane didn't declare the a disqualification penalty." (BBC Sport) RingsideRewind:Wladimir Klitschko produced adominant performance against Samuel Peter in 2010

Wladimir Klitschko ruled the retirement in August 2016, bringing agreed to a rematch with 'Nigerian allow Peter to unload his heavy heavyweight division with an iron an end to his hugely successful Nightmare' Peter, who had floored hooks in the return fight as he fist and he produced a typically boxing career, which featured him three times before 'Dr pounded out a 10th round dominant performance against numerous world heavyweight title Steelhammer' held on for a 2005 knockout victory in Frankfurt. Samuel Peter in 2010. The 41- fights. Seven years ago, Klitschko points win. Klitschko would not (Sky Sport) year-old Ukrainian announced his Rafael Nadal not concerned with overhauling Roger Federer in Grand Slam titles

US Open champion Rafael Nadal says he is not overly concerned by the prospect of winning more Grand Slams than Roger Federer. Nadal put the seal on a throwback year for men's tennis by cruising to his 16th Grand Slam title at the US Open on Sunday and move within three of Federer's record haul. The 31-year-old's victory over first-time Slam finalist Kevin Anderson, winning 6-3 6-3 6-4, saw him again close to within a trio of major titles of Federer at the top of the all-time list. How different that would look had the Spaniard, not the Swiss, edged their titanic battle in the 2017 Australian Open final 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6- George Baker has revealed 3. Given Nadal is five years younger than Federer, the prospect of the Stradivarius would be his mount former eventually overtaking the latter appears distinctly possible once of choice in the William Hill St more but the Spaniard is preferring to focus only on the present. "I Leger at Doncaster on Saturday. really never thought much about that," insisted Nadal. "I just do my Baker landed Britain's oldest way. He does his way. Let's see when we finish. "Of course, if I will Classic last year aboard the Laura win two Grand Slams this year and he will not win, we'll be closer, but Mongan-trained Harbour Law, but he has 19, I have 16. So three is a big difference. (Sky Sport) has been out of the saddle since February after a horror fall at St Moritz saw him airlifted off the ice to a trauma unit in Chur, Switzerland. He has since made a Chris Froome to compete at UCI Road recovery nothing short of inspirational, and is relieved to be World Championships in Norway leading a normal life after suffering bleeding in his brain. While Vuelta a Espana winner Chris Froome will compete in the time trial at climb. Froome's main rivals are in Rio last year, also intends to favouring Stradivarius, Baker ground is going to help and get rain I think it's an open race the UCI Road World Championships in Norway next week, British expected to be Giro d'Italia winner ride in the team time trial for Team believes the weather will play a hopefully we don't get any rain. and I fancy John Gosden's filly Cycling coaches said on Tuesday. Froome, fresh from completing a rare Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands Sky. British Cycling's head coach, huge part in the outcome of the "For a Leger I think it's an ultra- (Coronet) if we get loads." He Tour de France-Vuelta double in Madrid at the weekend, will not take and the reigning world time trial Iain Dyer, said: "I'm delighted to final Classic of the season. He said: competitive race and there's four went on: "Looking through it part in the road race in Bergen. But he will take one of Britain's two champion, Tony Martin of see Chris Froome wishing to finish "I'd like to see Stradivarius win it. or five with fantastic chances. If there's nothing guaranteed to set places in the time trial. The men's time trial, on September 20, will be Germany. Froome, who took his season in Great Britain Cycling I used to ride for the owner Bjorn we get rain that's just going to make the pace. contested over a 31-kilometre course which features one significant bronze in the Olympic time trial Team colours. (BBC Sport) Nielsen quite a bit. The drying it a harder race to win. "If we do (Fox News) SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 2017-Sunbula 26, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 51 Price: Afs.20

WASHINGTON: US President General Assembly next week. “On Donald Trump would meet his Thursday, the president will meet Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani with the leaders of Turkey, AT Monitoring Desk Saturday. He said the insurgents carried the security forces have recaptured on the sidelines of the UN General Afghanistan and Ukraine. The The police check-post was out offensive against the Public the post early in the morning. Assembly in New York on latter two countries in particular KABUL: Six police officers were installed on the Qala-i-Naw-Herat Order Police post at midnight, Moreover, Mohammad September 21. US National Security have suffered direct and persistent killed in a Taliban attack on their Advisor HR McMaster said Friday attacks on their sovereignty in highway in the Laman area of the adding, the destroyed the post, Fareed Akhizai, deputy head of the Ghani would one of the select world recent years,” McMaster told outpost in the northwestern provincial capital, Mohammad which resulted in killing of six provincial council, confirmed the leaders who Trump would be reporters at a White House news province of Badghis, while the Qasem, police officer of another police personnel and kidnapped Taliban’s offensive against the meeting on the margins of the conference. (Pajhwok) gorup’s militants took two officers post in the areas, told Pajhwok two others. checkpoint and the police hostage, local officials said on Afghan News. He further went on saying that casualties.

Athletes from 17 countries, including Afghanistan, will participate at this year's Invictus Games which will be held in Canada. Well-known female singer Aryana Sayeed on Saturday performed for the soldiers who will represent Afghanistan in this year’s Invictus Games in Canada. The move was to encourage the 11 Afghan National Army soldiers who will attend the Invictus Games. The soldiers clapped and sang along to songs sung by Aryana at the event. “You have sacrificed your lives and your bodies for us to ensure our safety. Today, it is our duty to support you,” Aryana told the soldiers. KANDAHAR : Cargo flights secretary, told Pajhwok Afghan accelerated and traders would be The head of the Army’s carrying fruits from southern News the cargo plane was loaded provided with all needed facilities training center, Mohammad Amin Kandahar province to India started with 40 metric tons of dry and fresh for making the business through Wahidi, said the games will be again after a months-long delay, fruits. He said the first cargo flight Afghanistan-India air corridor held next week. “They have officials said Saturday. on June 24 had also exported 40 successful, said Munib., he, served with courage, they have After the opening of tons of dry and fresh fruits to India. However, stressed on standard exercised with courage and have Afghanistan-India air corridor, it The cargo flights between packaging of fruits. Kandahar attended the (selection) was the second cargo flight from Afghanistan and India had to be International Airport chief, competitions. Those whom you Kandahar province to India which delayed due to some technical Ahmadullah Faizi, told Pajhwok see here have found the honor to departed on Friday evening. Abdul problems, but the process started that he provided many facilities in represent Afghanistan at Invictus Hanan Munib, provincial financial again, he said. the airport for Afghanistan-India Games in Canada,” he said. and administrative affairs The flights process would be air corridor. (Pajhwok) (ToloNews)