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28 insurgents eliminated in Shah Walikot operation KANDAHAR CITY: Twenty- Fall of Kunduz city: Wolesi eight Taliban militants have been killed and another four captured Jirga accuses governor of alive during a search operation in AT News Report southern Kandahar province, where one child died and two oth- KABUL: At least 21 people have abetting with Taliban ers were injured in a roadside been killed in northern Kunduz Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi to spare no efforts to regain con- bombing, officials said on Mon- province as the Taliban stormed trol Kunduz city from the Tali- day. The 28 insurgents were killed the capital city of the province, KABUL: Wolesi Jirga accused the ban militants. In the meantime in Shah Walikot district, said Kan- late last night at around 3am. The governor of northern Kunduz some lawmakers suggested that dahar police spokesman Zia Dur- Taliban captured parts of the city. province of abetting with the Tal- the United States and UK should rani. He said the operation had been Spokesman of Kunduz police, iban. The lawmakers expressed be asked to take a clear stance to- launched a few days ago by joint Sarwar Husaini, confirmed that their deep concerns over collapse wards Afghanistan. Shirwali Ward- Afghan security forces. He said the most part of the city has fallen to of Kunduz city to the Taliban and ak, an MP from Kabul, said that operation had been largely focused the Taliban. He said that the mili- mounting insecurity in other prov- speaker of the Wolesi Jirga should on Zangal area, where Taliban ac- tants have also captured the pro- inces. Nazifa Zaki, a member of chair a 40-member meeting with tivities had lately increased. As a vincial governor s office, police the internal security committee of the US and British ambassadors result of the operation, 28 militants headquarters and the provincial the Wolesi Jirga, said that handing to Kabul to demand the countries were killed and their large number prison, and have released the pris- over Dahen-e-Ghori district of to take a clear stance towards Af- of weapons confiscated. He said oners. Some parts, including Bal- Baghlan and Dasht-e-Archi dis- ghanistan. Nazir Ahmad Hanafi, a four suspected insurgents had also ahesar and airport are under the trict of Kunduz to the Taliban was lawmaker from western Herat been arrested during the operation security forces control and clash- one of the blunders committed by province, also criticized the US and the detainees were currently es are still going on. The spokes- state officials. She said that gov- policy in Afghanistan and said that being interrogated. Durrani said the man of the Ministry of Interior ernment officials should be asked former mujahedeen should be operation would continue until the (MoI), Seddiq Seddiqi said that for explanation. Abdul Rahman moralized in fight against mili- entire area was cleared of militants, Taliban attacked the Kunduz city Shahedani, an MP from Bamiyan tants. Speaker of the Wolesi Jir- claiming security forces and civil- from different points last night at that heavy clashes are going on that most of the point of Kunduz were going on in the third district province, called on President ga, Abdul Rauf Ebrahemi, accused ians stayed unhurt. The operation 3:00am. Addressing a press con- between Afghan security forces is under control of Afghan forces, of the city and the neighborhood Muhammad Ashraf Ghani as com- the governor of Kunduz province was launched after ..P3 ference here on Monday he said and the Taliban fighters. He said however, he added that clashes of the provincial hospital. ..P2 mander-in-chief of armed forces of having link with the..P3

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Officials from the Afghan Minis- day at Jamarat in Mina resulted in taken inclusive measures to pro- hope that the fate of five missing lies of the victims. try of Hajj and Religious Affairs the deaths over 700 but uncon- vide world class services to Afghan pilgrims are cleared at the end of "Better services were provid- said Sunday that at least 15 Af- firmed reports put that death toll pilgrims during this Hajj. "Eight the day," deputy minister of Hajj ed to pilgrims this year and there ghan pilgrims were confirmed dead at close to 1,000. However, five dead bodies were identified yes- and Religious Affairs, Dayee ul was not any complaints about the in two tragic incidents, the crane Afghan pilgrims are still unac- terday, we had eight missing pil- Haq Abid said. It is said that so far services offered to them, transpor- accident and the stampede, that counted for, said officials. Accord- grims in the aftermath of Mina in- the body of at least one Afghan tation of the pilgrims to Saudi Ara- have claimed hundreds of lives of ing to the officials, the Saudi gov- cident, in our last contact with our pilgrim who died when the crane bia ended successfully," he said. pilgrims to Mecca in the past two ernment is providing medical treat- delegation in Saudi Arabia it was collapsed has been repatriated but Jamarat stampede is the sec- weeks. The crane accident hap- ment for those injured in the stam- confirmed that five pilgrims were the rest of the victims were buried ond after the 1990 stampede in- pened two weeks ago in Mecca at pede also for the injured Afghan missing, two of the missing pil- in Saudi Arabia. side a tunnel at Grand Mosque in the Grand Mosque and killed 109 pilgrims. The government howev- grims have been identified, but we The Saudi government has also Mecca. In this incident 1,426 pil- people. The stampede on Thurs- er recently announced that it had did not got the dead bodies, we announced compensation to fami- grims lost their lives. Indian-funded ANASTU on brink of closure Polio-endemic nations: Afghanistan, Pakistan only countries left The World Health Organisation on Friday took Nigeria off the list of polio-endemic countries, hail- ing a historic achievement more than a year after the last recorded case of the disease in Africa s most populous nation. The announce- ment, made in a statement and at a meeting of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in New York, leaves just two countries - Pakistan and Afghanistan - on the list. In declaring Nigeria no long- er polio endemic , the WHO said: This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild (naturally occurring) polio- KANDAHAR CITY: Govern- ty to be in Kandahar and thus ig- virus, bringing the country and the ment s negligence and other prob- noring it. African region closer than ever to lems have pushed the Afghan Na- An official at the university being certified polio-free. The tional Agricultural Sciences and administration, wishing to go un- last case was in the Sumaila dis- Technology University (ANAS- named, acknowledged the univer- trict of Kano state, northern Ni- TU) in southern Kandahar prov- sity was on the verge of closure. geria, on July 24, 2014. Countries ince to the verge of closure. He said former Indian Prime have to go at least 12 months with- Former president Hamid Minister Manmohan Singh had out a case before they can be con- Karzai and Indian foreign minis- pledged the university s establish- sidered for removal from the list ter Salman Khurshid inaugurated ment in 2011 when he visited Af- while polio-free status comes af- the university in February 2014 ghanistan and the project was said ter three years without a case. in the sprawling Tarnak farm. to be part of India s $500 million The WHO said all laboratory At that time it was said stu- assistance for Afghanistan. data have confirmed a full 12 dents at the university would do It had been pledged that until months have passed without any doctorate and master s level stud- the university was fully estab- new cases . The announcement is ies and both local and foreign lished on the Tarnak research farm the latest good news in the global teachers would be appointed. with $100 million Indian aid, its battle against the virus, which is ticularly in hard-to-reach areas, cy. It has also had to overcome keep Africa polio-free, said WHO sistence, we have beaten polio. We But despite the passage of affairs would be run at the Cana- spread by poor sanitation and that could hinder the complete rumours the vaccine caused infer- director-general Margaret Chan. know our vigilance and efforts about two years, the university dian-built Agriculture and Live- contaminated water and can cause eradication of the disease. In tility, leading to many parents, We must now support the ef- must continue in order to keep has been without leadership, li- stock Institute in Kandahar City, irreversible paralysis. Children 2015, 41 cases of wild poliovirus particularly in the Muslim-major- forts in Pakistan and Afghanistan Nigeria polio-free. Rotary Inter- brary and laboratory, with the he said, but added the university under-five are particularly vulner- have been reported world-wide - ity north, refusing to have their so they soon join the polio-free national and the Bill and Melinda Ministry of Higher Education building s reconstruction was yet able. On August 12, Africa marked 32 in Pakistan and nine in Afghan- children immunised. Similar issues world. Ado Muhammad, execu- Gates Foundation, both part of paying no head. So far 21 students to be launched. one year since the last recorded istan. Nigeria has had to battle have been faced by health work- tive director of the National Pri- the Global Polio Eradication Ini- have been enrolled in the univer- About the importance of case of polio - in Somalia - raising major security issues to vaccinate ers in Pakistan and Afghanistan. mary Health Care Development tiative (GPEI), said the achieve- sity. Nisar Ahmad, a student of ANASTU, the official said agri- hopes of its elimination across the children in areas of the remote The outstanding commitment Agency in Nigeria, added: We ment was down to hard work and the university, told Pajhwok Af- cultural research, extension and continent. But there is still con- north-east hit by Boko Haram s and efforts that got Nigeria off the Nigerians are proud today. With commitment from everyone in- ghan News former Kandahar gov- training were the three basic com- cern about vaccination gaps, par- bloody six-year Islamist insurgen- endemic list must continue, to local innovation and national per- volved. ernor Dr. Toryalai Wesa was ap- ponents developed countries had pointed as chancellor of the uni- adopted to realise economic self- versity at the beginning, but he sufficiency. He said the entire na- Afghanistan had been busy dealing with pro- tion had their eyes fixed on Wo m e n s vo catio n al an d lite racy vincial government s affairs. He ANASTU.He said countries who said Wesa would rarely visit the had adopted the three compo- name squad university and had been unable to nents formula had not only been give special attention to the insti- able to achieve self-sufficiency but for Zimbabwe program launched in Kabul tute. Few months ago when Wesa they fulfilled needs of other coun- was replaced by a new governor, tries. The official said it had been tour AT News Report Head of AWCPO, Shukria for five months in the field of Tai- yielded in positive results, we will it was hoped he would now pay promised that 11 faculties would Jalalzai, said that more than 30 loring. She added that besides vo- expand the projects to other parts attention to the university, but he be established at the university KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday announced a big 19-man squad for KABUL: In a bid to empower women will receive vocational and cational training, the women will of the city, she added. Spanish did not pay a single visit to the and master s degree and PhD literacy training in the program. also receive literacy training. The Ambassador in Kabul Emilio campus currently plagued by a classes would be launched for their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, women, Afghan Women Coordi- their second trip to the southern nation and Promotion Organiza- Speaking at a press conference trainees will also receive all nec- Perez De Agreda, voiced his plea- number of administrative issue, graduates from other agricultural here on Monday, she said that the essary tools to start their own sure over launch of training the student said. Dr. Toryalai universities. African nation. tion (AWCPO) with the financial Wesa after his removal as the gov- He accused the Ministry of Afghanistan Cricket Board s support of Spanish Embassy in training center was established in business, she said. She said that project, and said that Spain is com- ernor had been in Kabul for two Higher Education of overlooking spokesman Farid Hotak told Pa- Kabul have recently launched a 5th district of Kabul city, where the project was aimed at empow- mitted to lend its support to Af- or three months and then went to the university despite continued jhwok Afghan News the squad was vocational training program. 30 needy women will be trained ering women. If the project ghanistan in various areas. Canada, leaving the university Indian assistance. announced this noon by the selec- without a leadership. He said the The university s first-ever tion committee. big problem was the Ministry of batch of 21 scientists had been He said Afghanistan would Higher Education s inattention to trained for six months in the field play five ODIs and two Twenty20 Taliban storms Kunduz city the university as so far no official of livestock management, crop matches against the hosts Zimba- from the ministry had visited the protection, horticulture and agron- bwe. He said four players in the ODI squad would be replaced for ..P1 He added that the Taliban pelled in some areas, but still situation whereas the city s only official also said that the attack campus. He said the situation had omy and agriculture extension at have taken shelters in residential clashes were going on in Se Darak hospital which has been under the took place in such a time when created many problems for the the Indian Agricultural Research the T20 matches. Before their departure for areas to make the civilians as hu- and Zakhil area of Kunduz. siege cannot deliver medical ser- the governor of the province, university administrative staff and Institute (IARI) But the official man shields, whereas security Kunduz provincial head Mo- vices to those who received inju- Mohammad Omar Safi in Tajiki- pushed the institute on the brink said the real issue was the absence Zimbabwe, the Afghan team would undergo a week-long training ses- forces carefully conduct clearance hmmad Yousuf Ayubi said pro- ries. Residents are confined to stan and the security chief of the of closure. of leadership, which needed to be operation to avoid civilian casu- vincial council office has fallen to their houses as the road to the air- northern province is in Kabul. He urged President Ashraf resolved and affairs on the cam- sion at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium. alties. Seddiqi said that army, and Taliban and clashes were going on port is also shut for public trans- Abdul Wadood Paiman, Ghani to rescue the university pus intensified. local police have launched a joint in Se Darak area of Kunduz city. port, according to security offi- a lawmaker from Kunduz, con- from being closed by resolving He said they had time and He said the Afghan side would play also three unofficial matches offensive to flush out the Taliban. A police source on the condi- cials. They added that a large num- firmed that Kunduz city has fall- problems on the campus. again shared the university prob- He said that air force and tion of anonymity, said that Tali- ber of troops was outside the city en to the Taliban. The Taliban Another student, Asmatullah, lems with the provincial adminis- against local clubs in Zimbabwe in the lead up to the formal matches. ground troops have dealt a heavy ban captured the central prison in at the time of the attack. Accord- militants conducted massive at- had similar complaints. He said tration, but there had been no pos- blow to the militants. Kunduz province whereas there ing to security officials the Tali- tack on the city from different since the inauguration of the uni- itive response. The governor s Azghar Stanikzai, Nawroz Mangal, Noor Ali Zadran, Shehzad He said that fresh batches of were 600 prisoners, who might ban carried out a coordinated at- points the other night, he said, versity two years ago, only 21 spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, troops were being deployed to the have been released According to tack at around 3am whereas they adding that government buildings students had been enrolled, a pro- admitted the problems and said Mohammadi, Nabi Issakhel, Hash- mat Shaheedi, Samiullah Shinwari, city of Kunduz. He said that ac- unconfirmed reports spread in closed off the four entrances into and offices in the city are current- cess currently brought to a halt. they would investigate the prob- cording to initial report 25 Tali- social media Taliban captured the the city. Kunduz Provincial ly under the Taliban s control. The former Kandahar gov- lems and would take measures to Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Hamza Hotak, Mirwais ban fighters and two police were city of Kunduz Meanwhile Tal- Council officials said the Taliban Paiman said that situation in the ernor did not discharge his duty resolve them. He said the provin- killed in clashes in Kunduz and iban claimed that they got the con- attacked two other districts province is out of control, dwell- as chancellor of the university cial government was committed to Ashraf, Shahpur Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam and Farid four police wounded. As result of trol of different areas in Kunduz (Dasht-e-Archi and Chahardara) ers of the city are trapped and even for a single day. Previously keeping the university functional Taliban firing four civilian killed city and moving toward. Local in the province as well. The offi- clashes between security forces all the affairs would be handled as it should be. Former president Malak. Afghanistan would send Ka- and 50 others wounded in Kun- media reported that Taliban insur- cials added that 14 Afghan Local and the Taliban are still going on. by vice-chancellor Dr. Rokhan Karzai during the university s in- duz city, he mentioned gents have captured the city s pro- Police (ALP) and Afghan Nation- Zabihullah Mujahid, a Wolasmal, but he was recently auguration had said the institute rim Sadiq, Osman Ghani, Rashid Arman and Gulbadin Naib to Zim- The spokesman of the Kun- vincial council building, a hospi- al Police (ANP) rendered their spokesman of the Taliban mili- appointed as Kandahar mayor. would help Afghanistan achieve duz Police, Sayed Sarwar Husaini tal building and the office of the lives in defense of their homeland. tants, tweeted that their fighters He said the real issue lied with agricultural self-sufficiency and babwe to replace Mirwais Ashraf, Hashmatullah Shaheedi, Dawlat said that Taliban fighters faced local High Peace Council.Clashes Seven civilians are also among have captured Kunduz governor s the Ministry of Higher Education turn it into a huge centre of ex- tough offensive from security are still ongoing as security forces those killed by Taliban. As many office and police headquarters and which did not want the universi- ports. (Pajhwok) Zadran and Noor Ali for the T20 series. (Pajhwok) forces and their attack was re- have been deployed to tackle the as 47 people received injuries. The are moving toward airport. H o w the US w asted billio n s o f do llars rebuildin g Afghan istan

As the Obama administration spending in Afghanistan, provid- tigations unit has conducted 538 to massive U.S.-sponsored fail- turned into scrap. Construction of rebuild the war-torn country, the has been no improvement in the plans to finally close the book on ed a troubling reminder of the vast investigations that resulted in 73 ures, including: n More than $8 a building that literally began to failed U.S. efforts to try to dis- situation and that the heroin crisis the long and tragic U.S. military sums of taxpayer dollars wasted arrests, 69 convictions or guilty billion in spending on counter-nar- melt when it rained. A $500,000 courage Afghanistan s production is bedeviling Great Britain and oth- presence in Afghanistan by De- on reconstruction efforts during pleas, and savings of over $500 cotics efforts in Afghanistan that health clinic that lacked water and of poppies used in the manufac- er European countries as well as cember 2016, we re beginning to America s longest war. million. But progress has been lim- have failed by every conceivable electricity. Newborn babies had to ture of heroin has had serious so- the U.S. Afghanistan s problems see tallies of the amount of Amer- Sopko has spent years docu- ited. And despite frequent warn- metric. The purchase of nearly be washed in a nearby river. Be- cial and financial repercussions in extend far beyond its borders and ican blood and treasure expended menting waste, fraud and abuse in ings from SIGAR, officials have $500 million worth of airplanes yond the massive waste of U.S. the United States and Europe. we ignore them at our peril, he there over the past 14 years. the U.S. military s efforts to re- moved ahead with projects that led that never could fly and had to be funds and personnel in trying to Last year, Sopko reported that said. Afghan heroin floods the The plot that led to the mur- build war-torn Afghanistan. To put despite $7.6 billion of counter-nar- streets of European cities and Af- der of 2,977 people on Sept. 11, it in some perspective, he said, the cotics efforts over the past ten ghan refugees are estimated to make 2001, originated in Afghanistan, U.S. has spent $110 billion on re- years, illegal opium poppy culti- up the third largest group crossing Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), the construction projects in Afghani- vation was at a record high in Af- European borders. chair of the House Armed Services stan. When adjusted for inflation, ghanistan. This has helped fuel a In conclusion, he said that the Committee, recently wrote in The that total exceeds the value of the heroin epidemic in the United mission to reconstruct Afghanistan Washington Post. Since then, entire Marshall Plan effort to re- States that has drawn the atten- remains critical for both human- more than 2,350 U.S. service mem- build Western Europe after World tion of Democratic presidential itarian and national-security rea- bers have sacrificed their lives in War II. Even now, 14 years on candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton sons. And with $12 billion of Afghanistan to help ensure that no and with the U.S. military pres- and other prominent politicians. spending by U.S. agencies still in more innocent Americans are vic- ence much diminished, nearly $12 How the U.S. Wasted $7.6 Billion the pipeline, There is both a ne- tims of such savagery. billion more in reconstruction to Stop Afghan Heroin Production cessity and urgency to improve the Related: A $335 Million Pow- funds wait in the financial pipe- In past years, surges in opi- effectiveness of our efforts, and er Plant in Afghanistan That Can line, appropriated but not yet um poppy cultivation have been the time to finally making lasting Barely Turn on Lightbulb spent, he said. The United States met by a coordinated response difference in the outcome. Thornberry was arguing that and our allies have pledged billions from the U.S. government and co- However, we should not kid the U.S. and allied forces should more for years to come. Related: alition partners, which has led to a ourselves about Afghanistan, he keep a significant residual force in What the Pentagon Is Hiding from temporary decline in levels of opi- said. It will continue to be a long place beyond next year, to pre- Its Auditors Over the past four um production, Sopko wrote at struggle. Defeating a determined serve hard-won gains against the year, Sopko s independent govern- the time. However, the recent insurgency, improving health and Taliban and back up the new gov- ment organization has issued 136 record-high level of poppy culti- education, altering attitudes toward ernment of President Ashraf Ghani. reports that contained nearly 400 vation calls into question the long- women, reducing corruption, and But on Tuesday, Special Inspec- recommendations and identified term effectiveness and sustainabil- building government competence tor General John F. Sopko, the over $1 billion of potential sav- ity of those prior efforts. are not casual, short-term under- government s watchdog over U.S. ings. In addition, SIGAR's inves- Sopko said Tuesday that there takings. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

KABUL: The Afghan government tims in this hour of grief. A state- cerest condolences to the victims and its western allies on Monday ment from the CEO office said and their families, the embassy KABUL: Iranian President Has- strongly condemned a bomb at- Abdullah was shocked on hearing said in the statement. san Rouhani has said his coun- tack that killed and wounded doz- the sad news. Abdullah s first The United Nations Assis- try will always be a supporter of ens of people watching a volley- deputy Eng. Mohammad Khan tance Mission in Afghanistan the people and government of ball match in southeastern Pakti- also condemned the blast and said (UNAMA) condemned yester- Afghanistan, urging Kabul to in- ka province a day earlier. Sixteen the enemy of peace and stability day s attack in Paktika. tensify the war on narcotics. Rou- people were killed and another 44, had carried out the inhuman act in An attack deliberately tar- hani, who met Chief Executive all civilians, were wounded in Sun- order to please their foreign felic- geting a group of civilians playing Officer Abdullah Abdullah in New day s bomb explosion that ripped itators. NATO and the United volleyball is an act bereft of hu- York on Monday, said Tehran re- through a huge crowd, residents States also strongly condemned manity and clearly violates nation- garded development and security and officials said. Eyewitnesses Sunday s attack that killed and al and international law, said of its neighbours including Af- said the blast took place when fi- wounded several people, includ- Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secre- ghanistan as its own. Increasing nal match of the volleyball tour- ing children. NATO s Resolute tary-General s Deputy Special security in Afghanistan will boost nament was underway in Segana Support Director of Public Af- Representative for Afghanistan development and every effort area of Khairkot district on Sun- fairs Col. Brian Tribus in a state- and acting head of UNAMA. should focus on this objective, day afternoon. Volleyball player, ment said: We are appalled by This attack reflects the in- the moderate Iranian president EMERGENCY Abdullah, who was wounded in the insurgents lack of concern for tent to destroy lives and spread was quoted as saying by official CALLS the blast, told Pajhwok Afghan civilian casualties, particularly terror among the civilian popula- IRNA news agency. He said war News from his hospital bed in women and children. Meanwhile, tion, he said. and bloodshed would not benefit Sharana, the provincial capital, the US Embassy in Kabul issued UNAMA reiterated that at- no group and it would be good for Police that they were playing their final a statement condemning the attack tacks directed against civilians and Afghanistan s development if a match watched by a large number and sharing condolences with the civilian locations were grave vio- solution to laying down the arms of people when the blast occured. victims. The Embassy of the lations of international humanitar- could be found. President Rouhani necting Iran s railways to Afghan- and government of Afghanistan 100 - 119 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) United States condemns yester- ian law, which parties to the urged the Afghan government to istan s Herat province could raise specially in the reconstruction Abdullah Abdullah strongly de- day s horrific attack on a crowd armed conflict including all anti- increase its measures against pop- bilateral cooperation. Abdullah area. He said Iran had proved its nounced the blast and expressed of Afghans playing sports in Pak- government elements must up- py cultivation and production of thanked the Islamic Republic of brotherhood and friendship under Hospitals narcotic drugs. He also said con- Iran for its support to the people all conditions. (Pajhwok) solidarity with families of the vic- tika province, and offers our sin- hold. (Pajhwok) FMIC Hospital Behind Kabul Medical University: 0202500200-+93793275595

Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Pule Bagh-e- Umomi ignored by the Greek government. "When our children get sick 070263672 and when we call the doctor, they say leave it ... but when a Syrian child is sick, more than three doc- Khairkhana Hospital tors come for the checkup," said 0799-321007 an Afghan mother in Greece. One of the main reasons Af- 2401352 cores of Afghan migrants re who were recently deported from to leave the country and say they ghans are fleeing the country is cently deported from Iran Iran claim that migrants, including will not repeat their mistake again because of insecurity and unem- Sand Turkey have spoken out women and children, are falling at any cost. "Please. Please don't ployment. But in order to leave Indira Gandhi Children about their ordeal and called on victim along the way to the Tali- go illegally. The police mistreat the the country, migrants are forced to parents to stop sending their chil- ban, people smugglers and the Ira- women and children. Everyone's pay thousands of dollars to hu- Hospital, Wazir Akbar dren illegally to Europe. nian security forces. According to lives are in danger," another Af- man traffickers and risk their lives Khan, Kabul 2301372 Recounting nightmare jour- the returnees, the refugees arrest- ghan named Farooq said. and that of their families to travel neys, a number of young Afghans ed by the Iranian Police are forced In addition, the migrants, who overland across Iran and Turkey said they experienced extreme pay for their return to Afghanistan have spent weeks on the streets of before boarding mostly over- Ibn-e- Seena hardships along the way and some or face prison. "We saw severe Greece camping out in parks and crowded dinghies in Turkey for said they nearly lost their lives in hardships during the journey as we at train stations without any de- Greece. Most of them have until Pul-e-Artan, Kabul their quest to reach Europe. As were beaten by the Taliban and by cent food or shelter have also now eyed Germany as their final Europe continues to face an un- thieves," a young Afghan named complained of mistreatment and destination. However Germany 2100359 precedented migrant crisis, Irani- Hashmat said. "Women and chil- discrimination against them in the has imposed emergency controls an police are arresting illegal Af- dren are kicked and some of our country. at its borders after Hungary closed ghan migrants crossing their coun- friends were injured and some oth- They say that Syrian refugees its borders due to a massive influx Wazir Akbar Khan try and sending them back to Af- ers disappeared," he said. Accord- are given priority to enter Europe- of migrants over the past few Hospital weeks. (TOLONews) ghanistan. A group of 20 Afghans ing to them, they regret having tried an countries and Afghans are being 2301741, 2301743

Ali Abad The right to know is still Shahrara, Kabul a far cry in Afghanistan: Nai 2100439 Malalai Maternity Hospital 2201377/ 2301743 Banks Afghan political commentators believe that former president Dr. Da Afghanistan Bank Najibullah's opposition to Paki- 2100302, 2100303 stan's Afghan policy made him a top target of the Pakistani spy agency Inter Services Intelligence Kabul Bank (ISI). Monday is the 19th anni- 222666, 070285285 versary of the collapse of Kabul to the Taliban. After seizing con- By Akhtar M.Nikzad inattention of the government as disrupted activities of media. Re- Azizi Bank trol of the Afghan capital, the Tal- one of the main reasons behind porters cannot prepare investiga- 0799 700900 iban soon thereafter executed KABUL: For the first time ever, the growing challenges before free- tive reports about corruption in former Afghan president Dr. Na- Nai- Supporting Open Media in dom of expression. Hitherto, state departments, he added. He Pashtany Bank jibullah and his brother in public Afghanistan marked the Interna- media have no access to informa- said that due to lack of access to in Ariana square in Kabul. Refer- tional Right to Know Day. The tion, particularly about security information in most cases report- 2102908, 2103868 ring to president Najibullah's as- organization expressed its deep incidents. ers cannot provide news regard- sassination, a number of Afghan concerns that people in Afghani- These restrictions have also led ing realties on the ground, thus Air Services political analysts on Sunday said stan are still deprived of their right to violence against reporters, he people remain in darkness. Nai that the assassination was planned of access to information. Speak- said. Recently, the government asked the Afghan National Secu- as he was on the wanted list of the ing at a press conference on Mon- has established a joint commission rity Forces and the insurgents to Safi Airways Pakistani intelligence service. day, Mujib Khilwatgar Chief Ex- for implementation of the access prevent attacks against journal- "When Benazir Bhutto was serv- ecutive Officer of Nai said that it to information law. However, Nai ists. 020 22 22 222 ing as Pakistani prime minister, stan had recommended several Af- Najibullah surrendered the power has been nearly one year that the claimed that the measures taken The 28th September is interna- she founded a group known as ghan leaders to recognize Durand in Afghanistan in highly sensitive government has approved the ac- so far are not enough. It is perti- tional Right to Know Day an Ariana Taliban to show that they were Line as the border, Pakistan was situations, his deliberations indi- cess to information law, but it is nent to mention that media have event first celebrated by access to more strong than the Mujahideen also pursuing to maintain influence cated that he had a complete un- yet to pave the ground for its im- no access to information about information advocates from 020-2100270 and have stronger faith in Islam, in Afghanistan and within the gov- derstanding from the society, he plementation. He added that me- contracts of development project. around the globe in 2002. This so Taliban were sent to Afghani- ernment," military analyst Atiqul- had the ability to change the situa- dia is faced with more challenges Khilwatgar urged the government annual occasion aims to raise Kam Air stan as ambassadors of peace lah Amarkhail said. On Sunday, tions and act on the right direc- since formation of the National to pave the ground for implemen- awareness of every individual s through Kandahar," political ana- supporters of Najibullah mourned tion," political analyst Basir Ran- Unity government. It termed the tation of the law. In the meantime, right of access to government-held 0799974422 lyst, Mia Gul Wasiq said. "Paki- his assassination in Kabul. "Dr. jbar said. (TOLONews) reporters said that they confront information: the right to know numerous challenges during work. how elected officials are exercis- Hotels Massoud Ansar, a local reporter, ing power and how tax payers said that reporting has become a money is being spent. The pub- Safi Landmark dangerous business in Afghanistan lic s right to know is the most ef- and the government is yet to lend fective and inexpensive way to its support to journalists. The stop corruption and waste, and 020-2203131 government s failure to implement enhance efficiency and good gov- the access to information law has ernance. SERENA 0799654000

KABUL: An influential human in Murree near Islamabad between of peace talks between the Afghan former member of parliament who Fall of Kunduz city: Wolesi Jirga New Rumi Restaurant rights watchdog on Monday urged the Afghan government and the government and the Taliban be- was one of the participants, told the Afghan government to ensure Taliban was seen as the first offi- tween 2005 and 2014, women the Wall Street Journal, They [the accuses governor . . . 0776351347 that women have a full role in any cial meeting between the two war- were present on only two occa- Taliban] said they won t make the negotiations with the Taliban and ring sides. The Afghan government sions. No women were ever in- same mistakes that they made in ..P1 Taliban militants. He alleged mitted that he has failed to ensure Internet Services other insurgent groups. The New delegation in Murree included no cluded in discussions between in- the past. They said they would that the provincial governor has security of Afghanistan, he add- York-based Human Rights Watch women. Afghan women s rights ternational negotiators and the accept the rights we have today. abetted with the insurgents to cap- ed. He said that he has directed UA Telecom said the current pause in negotia- activists have persistently de- Taliban. Previous negotiations This meeting was followed by a ture the capital city of the prov- the internal security committee of 0796701701 / 0796702702 tions, due to the disclosure of Tal- manded to be full participants in have typically occurred with lit- June meeting in Oslo bringing to- ince. Ebrahemi said that President Wolesi Jirga to summon security iban leader Mullah Omar s death peace talks, as set out in United tle transparency, with the public gether Taliban representatives and Ashraf Ghani has failed to ensure officials, particularly the minister and worsening relations between Nations Security Council Resolu- often learning of them only after Afghan women leaders specifical- security of the country, particu- of interior. Exchange Rate Afghanistan and Pakistan created tion 1325 and later resolutions. they occurred. This has prevent- ly for the purpose of discussing lar northeastern provinces. The Afghanistan Times tried to an opportunity for the govern- Ghani has assured them that they ed Afghan civil society groups, women s rights. Both the Taliban president in a meeting with the have the comment of the Gover- Purchase: ment to honour its promises to will be included, but has also sug- including women s rights activists, and the Afghan government em- lawmakers and administrative nor of Kunduz, Omer Safi, but include women. Afghan Presi- gested that he did not intend to from providing meaningful input phasized that this meeting was not board of the Wolesi Jirga has ad- failed to get his viewpoints. dent Ashraf Ghani promised to include women throughout the to the government on their human part of the negotiation process. One US$ = include women in negotiations process, saying that he will not rights concerns and their recom- The negotiation process is in lim- 64.25Afs with the Taliban at the right bother them until the right time. mendations for ensuring human bo at the moment following the One Pound Sterling= time, said Sarah Taylor, wom- For years, Afghan women have rights protections in the event a July disclosure that Taliban leader 28 insurgents eliminated en, peace, and security advocate been denied a seat at the table settlement is reached. For in- Mullah Omar died on April 23, 97.96Afs at Human Rights Watch. But for when their future has been on the stance, activists seeking justice for 2013, the Taliban chose a new lead- in Shah Walikot operation One Euro = full and meaningful participation, line, Taylor said. For Ghani to war crimes and crimes against hu- er, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. In every stage of the process is the claim that he would only bother manity have had no real opportu- August 2015, Mansoor discount- ...P1 insurgents closed the In Arghandab district, un- 71.96Afs right time to involve women. women to participate in talks at nities to ensure that amnesty for ed current efforts as propaganda Kandahar-Uruzgan highway that known gunmen hanged a civilian 1000 Pak Rs = The organization said Afghani- the right time is a signal that their these crimes will not be on the campaigns by the enemy. At the passes through Shah Walikot dis- to death in Nagahan village, fort- 612Afs stan s foreign donors needed to participation is somehow option- table in the negotiations. There same time, relations between the trict. The Taliban have so far said night after he was kidnapped from insist the government improve al. During past efforts to launch have been signs of a greater will- Afghan government and the Paki- nothing in this regard. Bagh Pul area of Kandahar City, Sale: women s rights, including by en- negotiations, Afghan women s ingness by the Taliban to discuss stani government have become Elsewhere in the province, one residents said. They said the slain One US$ = suring women s full participation rights activists have repeatedly women s rights, though activists tense, adding another complicat- child was killed and two others person owned a shop and was 28 in future negotiations with the spoken out about their fears that have viewed statements by Tali- ing factor to the effort to convene were wounded in a roadside bomb years old. 64.45 Afs Taliban and other groups. Talks the government will trade away ban leaders seeming to support talks. The pause in peace nego- explosion in Sher Ali Karez area of The police spokesman said the One Pound Sterling= between the government and the women s rights in an effort to reach some forms of women s rights tiations creates the opportunity Maiwand district. incident was being investigated, 98.76Afs Taliban have picked up amid in- an accommodation with the Tali- with significant skepticism given for the Ghani government to work Zia Durrani said the children but it remained unknown who creased fighting and insecurity, ban. These fears have been exac- the Taliban s continued abuses with women s rights activists and were riding a bicycle which hit the killed the man. Similar mysterious One Euro= international donor fatigue, and erbated by the exclusion of wom- targeting women. At a meeting in groups to get the negotiation pro- hidden bomb. The injured children killings had taken place in Kanda- 72.56 Afs the disengagement of internation- en from the process. A 2014 study Doha in May 2015, three women cess right going forward, Taylor were taken to hospital by police, har in the past, but security forces 1000 Pak Rs= 620Afs al forces. A July 7, 2015 meeting by Oxfam found that in 23 rounds participated. Malalai Shinwari, a said. (Pajhwok) he said. have failed to prevent them. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES India to launch country's first space observatory AstroSat may be 10 times smaller than towards counter-terrorism. The Senegal president also sought to Hubble but will be first space telescope benefit from Pakistan's expertise launched by a developing country in scientific research, science and technology, and agriculture. PM while spelling out his vision for developing a robust relationship based on mutual interests and sus- tained development with African nations offered sale of defence equipment including Pakistan’s famed JF-17 Thunder aircrafts. Nawaz further invited companies from Senegal to take advantage of Pakistan's liberal investment re- gime as both leaders agreed to ex- plore ways to lift bilateral trade volume from its current level of $37 million. The PM extended an invitation to the Senegalese presi- dent to visit Pakistan at his earli- est convenience. He also request- ed Senegal open an embassy in Is- lamabad soon. At the multilateral level, cooperation in the UN and Organisation of Islamic Coopera- tion (OIC) was discussed. In his meeting with South Korean Prime Minister, PM Nawaz lauded the role of Korean investors in Paki- stan and invited more Korean com- panies to invest in Pakistan in spe- cial economic zones, especially in India is to launch a mini Hubble- last week. As well as being 10 the energy sector. type space observatory, a major times smaller than the Hubble, After a discussion on cooper- step forward for the emerging the AstroSat has a more limited ation in UN, the two countries power’s increasingly capable lifespan of five years. This has agreed to coordinate closely to space programme. Last year, the however some advantages. “We support each other’s candidatures south Asian nation became the intend a mission life of five years for various UN bodies over the first country to launch a success- for the AstroSat. So the question next few years. Accepting Nawaz's ful Mars orbital mission on its of repairs, like the ones done by invitation, President of South Ko- first attempt. At £50m, the ro- astronauts on the Hubble, doesn’t UNITED NATIONS: US Secre- sorrow over the recent terrorist over the Indian ceasefire violations Senegal also met PM Nawaz and rea agreed to visit Pakistan. The botic probe, which is still circling arise,” said Deviprasad Karnik , tary of State John Kerry in his attack on Pakistan Air force (PAF) alongside the Line of Control praised Pakistan’s contribution to Prime Minister on this visit is as- the red planet, cost a fraction of an ISRO spokesman. Indian sci- meeting with Prime Minister camp in Badaber. (LoC) and the Working Boundary counter-terrorism and expressed sisted by Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Adviser earlier similar missions by the US, entists say their observatory has Nawaz Sharif appreciated Paki- While discussing bilateral co- (WB) while reaffirming Pakistan's his country’s interest in defence to the PM on National Security & Russia and European countries. an unprecedented array of tele- stan's counter terrorism efforts and operation on a wide range of is- commitment to resolve all issues cooperation, including procure- Foreign Affairs, Finance Minister The new observatory, dubbed the scopes that will allow simulta- the success of anti-terror opera- sues, he conveyed to Nawaz that through dialogue Discussing the ment of defence equipment from Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, AstroSat, is due to be launched neous data collection through dif- tion. Meeting on the sidelines of US President Barack Obama is regional security situation, Kerry Pakistan. Sall hailed Pakistan as Mr. Tariq Fatemi, Minister of from the country’s main space ferent means. The mission will 70th session of United Nations looking forward to the premier's also lauded Pakistan's efforts for one of the most important coun- State/Special Assistant to the PM centre at Sriharikota in southern also be the first time the country General Assembly (UNGA), Sec- visit to Washington in October. peace and reconciliation in Afghan- tries in OIC and the Muslim world on Foreign Affairs along with a India on Monday. If it is success- will launch US satellites. The retary Kerry expressed grief and The PM expressed deep concern istan. President Macky Sall of and also praised Pakistan’s efforts number of other senior officials. ful, India will be the first state in launch comes on the day Naren- the developing world to have dra Modi , the prime minister, is placed its own telescope in space. due to meet Barack Obama dur- “This is the first time we are ing a trip to the US. The suc- Sri Lanka to build 65,000 homes for war-hit families launching a dedicated astronomy cessful launch of India’s Mars The Sri Lankan government has mission,” said K Suryanarayana orbiter last year came just days decided to take up the construc- Sarma , project director of Astro- before Modi travelled to the US tion of 65,000 houses “on a prior- Sat at the Indian Space Research on his first trip after a landslide ity basis” for Eelam War-hit fami- Organisation (ISRO). India's electoral victory. It led TV bulle- lies in the Northern and Eastern Mars satellite successfully enters tins and filled front pages. The Provinces. orbit, bringing country into space project aims to study the sur- This is inclusive of the total elite “This is a unique mission be- face and mineral composition of requirement of 1,37,529 houses to cause … we have a very wide band Mars, and scan its atmosphere be built in the two provinces. How- of astronomical observation with for methane, a chemical strongly ever, the total figure is over and sophisticated instruments with tied to life on Earth. Modi wants above 46,000 houses being con- good resolution and specifica- to establish India as a bigger play- structed under a programme fund- tions,” Sarma said. First conceived er in the £200bn space technolo- ed by the Indian government. Af- in 1996, the project was given the gy market, against stiff competi- ter a meeting between Sri Lankan green light in 2004. It is believed tion from neighbouring China President Maithripala Sirisena and to have cost about £35m. One of with its bigger launchers. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra the reasons for the decade-long Indian prime minister toured Sil- Modi in New York a few days ago, delay is the complexities of one icon Valley this weekend, meet- spokesperson of the Indian gov- specific instrument, a telescope ing CEOs of major tech firms and ernment’s External Affairs Minis- using x-rays that has 320 alumin- addressing a rally of Indian Amer- try Vikas Swarup was quoted as ium mirrors that need to be posi- icans in a bid to promote India as saying that “we expect 46,000 tioned with extreme accuracy. The a nation of technological innova- houses to be completed by early instrument was developed in col- tion and capabilities. “We have next year.” As per the Sri Lankan laboration with the University of never launched an American sat- government’s plan, reputed nation- Leicester in the UK. Some com- ellite [before] … al and international companies will mentators have questioned com- Politically and scientifically, In- be invited to send proposals that parisons with the Hubble, dia launching four American sat- will be scrutnised by a committee. launched by Nasa in 1990, which ellites marks the biggest step yet The Lessons Learnt and Rec- has become known for spectacu- in Indo-US space collaboration,” onciliation Commission (LLRC), lar photographs of events in deep said Srinivas Laxman , a space which submitted its report to the space. “Calling [the] AstroSat ‘In- science expert. government in November 2011, dia’s Hubble’ will imply that Preparations to put an Indian in recommended to the government ISRO has reached that level of space are under way though there to address “on an urgent basis” engineering capability when it has has been “no approval from the housing needs of those internally not. And making that reference government for the mission it- displaced persons (IDPs) return- repeatedly will only foster com- self”, said Karnik. “We are pre- ing to their original places. It had placency about defining the scale paring the physical technology. also called for accessing “all pos- and scope of future missions,” [A] man in space mission is not sible sources of assistance” from wrote Vasudevan Mukunth , on on the agenda at the moment,” institutions and individuals, na- tional and international, for the purpose. As many as 13,459 families, accounting for 44,934 persons, were yet to be resettled as on April 30. Indian news website The Wire he added. No room for terrorism India surges to second- in Bangladesh: Hasina biggest US weapons buyer

As China rises as a military power in Asia, India is buying more and more U.S. weapons. Monday’s meeting between President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlights the con- verging strategic interests between the nations, which had strained relations during the Cold War. In- dia was the second-biggest buyer of U.S. arms last year behind Sau- di Arabia, up from almost nothing five years ago.The latest purchase came last week, when India’s cab- inet approved a $3 billion deal for Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said ed with his entire family in 1975. achievements of her tenure, Sheikh Boeing Co. military helicopters. there was no room for terrorism or “The assassination, and the sub- Hasina said the government The 22 Apache attack choppers militancy in Bangladesh, and the sequent military rule, set Bang- achieved success in education, and 15 Chinook cargo choppers government was taking speedy in- ladesh back. Major Ziaur Rahman health, agriculture, power and comprised the biggest defense con- itiatives to eradicate any terrorist rewarded the killers with positions many other sectors. She said the tract since Modi came to power. activities. She said while address- in various diplomatic missions post offices had been digitized. The stronger military ties repre- ing a civic reception organised by abroad,” she said. The PM, in her About 32 types of medicines were sent a shift for India’s leaders as the US wing of Awami League at speech, also accused Khaleda Zia distributed free from 16,000 health they look to reduce dependence on the Hilton hotel in Manhattan, of masterminding the large num- centres. Referring to the land bor- Russia for weapons and counter New York this on Sunday. The ber of deaths during BNP’s block- der agreement, the prime minister growing Chinese naval capabilities PM said Bangladesh had earned a ade programme at the beginning of said this government had resolved in the Indian Ocean. Modi is look- Delhi, Obama reached a deal with gion," the U.S. Embassy said in an ures. However, that doesn’t ac- position of respect in the world. 2015. “Khaleda Zia followed the the 68-year long sufferings of the ing to access the technology need- Modi for India to produce drones e-mailed statement. While India count for Russian arms licensed for The country was no longer known exact same method that the Paki- enclave people. She pointed to the ed to build up India’s local defense and airplane parts, and for the stayed neutral during the Cold War, production in India, according to for poverty and despair. It had stan army implemented during verdict of the international court manufacturing as he spends $150 countries to study technology for it expanded economic and military Siemon Wezeman, a senior re- reached the first step towards be- 1971 - burning people to death,” regarding maritime boundary as billion to modernize its military by aircraft carriers and jet engines. U.S. ties with the Soviet Union during searcher at Sipri. India will be wary coming a middle-income country. Hasina said. She said, Khaleda Zia another massive success of her 2027. "India wants more sophisti- and Indian officials met last month the 1960s. A conflict with close of becoming too dependent on Within 2041, Bangladesh will be- did not want the welfare of the government. cation and has the money to get to discuss collaborating on aircraft U.S. partner Pakistan and a nucle- American equipment. Officials in come a developed country, she nation as war criminals were her She said six new aircraft would be that wherever that technology is carrier technology. "Ties between ar test in the 1970s further strained New Delhi still remember how the added. In her 30-minute speech, allies. She also said BNP never purchased this year. “It would be available, whether it’s Israel, the United States and India have relations with American U.S. imposed sanctions after In- the PM focused on several devel- aimed at food autarky for Bang- a great pleasure for me if could land France, the U.S. or elsewhere," Jon never been stronger," the two na- leaders.Russia and the Soviet dia’s nuclear tests in the 1990s. opmental activities of her govern- ladesh. They want to beg forever, here on a local aircraft,” said the Grevatt, Asia-Pacific defense-in- tions said in a Sept. 22 joint state- Union supplied about 70 percent Russia remains an important de- ment, and criticized the previous she said. The prime minister went prime minister. At the outset of dustry analyst for IHS Jane’s, said ment after Secretary of State John of its imports since 1950, figures fense partner. Modi has cleared government of BNP. She said on to say, during the caretaker gov- the programme, a few AL leaders by phone from Bangkok. "Coun- Kerry and External Affairs Minis- from the Stockholm International $60 billion worth of arms purchas- Bangladesh would have become a ernment tenure in 2007, she had of USA delivered speeches. How- tries are falling over themselves to ter Sushma Swaraj met in Wash- Peace Research Institute show. The es since taking office, including a developed country a long time ago been abroad. She was barred from ever, some of them were heckled transfer technology to India." ington. U.S. arms have "strength- U.S. surpassed Russia as India’s deal to make 200 Russian Ka-226T if Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur returning home, but she still risked off the dais by rivals within the Never Stronger ened India’s role as a net provider biggest arms supplier last year, light utility helicopters in India for Rahman had not been assassinat- her life to return. Highlighting the party. During a January visit to New of security in the Indian Ocean Re- according to Indian government fig- an undisclosed amount. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Rowhani: German Assad’s govt president warns ‘cannot be of limits to weakened’ number of refugees Iran's President Hassan Rowhani said on Sunday fight- BERLIN : Germany's presi- ing radical militants like ISIS in dent has warned that there are Syria is the top priority and if limits to how many refugees they are to be defeated then his country can absorb as it President Bashar al-Assad's prepares for as many as government "can't be weak- 800,000 arrivals this year. The ened." "This does not mean that comments from the head of the Syrian government does not state, who has a largely cere- need reform ... Of course it monial role but whose words does," Rowhani told an audi- carry moral authority, were set ence of U.S. think-tanks and to fuel a raging debate about journalists on the sidelines of how so many newcomers can the U.N. General Assembly be integrated into German so- meeting in New York, but he ciety. "We want to help. We added that the removal of his have a big heart. However, there ally Assad would turn Syria into is a limit to what we can do," an extremist safe haven. President Joachim Gauck, a Discussions of political re- former rights activist in com- form in Syria should come after munist East Germany, said in the threat of extremism in Syria a speech on Sunday evening. has been removed. Separately, "Our ability to take in people Iran's state news agency IRNA is limited, although we don't said Rowhani will cut short his know yet where those limits visit to New York and return to are," he added. Gauck appeared Tehran for the funeral of Irani- to be striking a more cautious ans killed in the hajj tragedy in tone than Chancellor Angela Saudi Arabia, Iran's state news Merkel who has said Germa- Japan, which accepted just 11 asy- day, NHK said, but it made no ref- and that problems now facing gov- refugees and migrants. In 2014, nounced it would provide an addi- agency IRNA reported on Sun- ny can cope with the record lum seekers out of 5,000 applica- erence to whether Japan would ease ernments may turn out to be only Japan accepted 11 asylum seekers tional $419 million, bringing its day. "Some of his meetings and influx. It came amid signs of tions last year, will provide about its own strict conditions for accept- "the tip of the iceberg". Japan's for- out of a record 5,000 applications. total humanitarian assistance to scheduled programs will be can- tensions among asylum seek- $810 million in aid in response to ing refugees. Japan's Prime Minis- eign ministry last Friday announced Earlier this month, Tokyo an- over $4.5 billion during the crisis. celed and he is returning (to Te- ers, Fourteen people were in- refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq, ter Shinzo Abe passes by a Japa- it would provide grant aid of $2 mil- nounced changes to its refugee sys- But a White House plan to allow hran) on Monday afternoon," jured on Sunday when a brawl public broadcaster NHK reported nese flag after a news conference in lion to support Syrian refugees and tem that activists said will make an increase of 15,000 per year for IRNA quoted a senior official broke out between two rival on Monday. Prime Minister Shin- Beijing. (Reuters) The United Na- host communities in Lebanon and an- the country even harder to reach the next two years in the number from Rowhani's office as say- groups in a refugee center in zo Abe was expected to announce tions said on Friday it could see no other $2 million for West Balkan for people needing protection. The of refugees the country takes in ing. Earlier, Rowhani said in an the western German town of the new aid when he addresses the easing of the flow of refugees into countries such as Serbia and Mace- United States, the biggest donor faces stiff opposition from Repub- interview that he was ready to Calden, police said. The refu- U.N. General Assembly on Tues- Europe, with 8,000 arrivals daily, donia, which are facing an influx of of humanitarian aid, recently an- lican lawmakers who have cited. discuss a “plan of action” for gees were being housed in tents Syria’s post-war future after set up on a disused airfield. ISIS is defeated. Iran, which A union representing Ger- along with Russia is allied with man police officers has sug- Maldives Assad in the war, has until now gested that refugees should be Fresh clashes break out been kept out of U.N. diplo- divided according to their reli- matic efforts to piece together a gion to try to reduce the risk of president unhurt political solution for Syria. conflict.gees. at Aqsa compound “That is not a problem for us from right now, to start hold- UN rights chief ing discussions and dialogues so in speedboat blast New clashes broke out on Monday clashed earlier this month. Ten- Jewish festival of Sukkot started. as to determine and reach the warns over morning between Israeli border po- sions rose during the Jewish holi- Muslims have been alarmed by an conclusion of the next plan of lice and Palestinians at Jerusalem's day of Yon Kipur and the Islamic increase in visits by Jews and fear action after the terrorists are upsurge in flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque com- holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Under the rules governing the compound will driven out that territory,” Burundi killings pound, an Agence France-Presse current status quo, Jews are per- be changed. Meanwhile, Arab lead- Rowhani said in an interview to journalist reported, with further mitted to visit the site but not to ership have vowed to “confront NPR radio. GENEVA : The UN human trouble feared in the week ahead. pray there for fear it would cause Israeli aggression” on Aqsa with “But we must all act in uni- rights chief warned Monday Police were deployed to the Al- friction with Muslim worshippers. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister son and have a formula that is that Burundi risked sliding back Aqsa Mosque compound after Visits by Jews were stopped on Adel Al-Jubeir confirming on Sep- required to drive out the terror- into civil war after a dramatic clashes a day earlier. Al-Aqsa, is the Sunday and age restrictions on tember 15 that movement will be ists, immediately.” Rowhani is rise in killings, arrests and de- third holiest site in Islam. The com- Muslim men entering the com- made “at all levels to confront any expected to address the crisis in tentions in the troubled cen- pound has been the site of consis- pound lifted for the Muslim holi- act of aggression carried out by the Syria in his speech to the U.N. tral African country. "Almost tent clashes between border police day of Eid al-Adha, but a ban on Israeli occupation or the Israeli set- General Assembly on Monday, every day, dead bodies are and Palestinians since they first under-50s was re-imposed as the tlers against Al-Aqsa Mosque.” after President Barack Obama found lying on the streets of and Russian leader Vladimir some of Bujumbura's neigh- Putin take the podium. The Ira- bourhoods," Zeid Ra'ad Al nian leader said his country was Hussein said in a statement. "In ready to discuss “the upcom- many cases, the victims appear ing options” and added that the to have been killed by a bullet Syrian government should be fired at close range. The bod- included to “reach a plan of ac- ies sometimes show signs of tion.” ehran has been providing torture and are typically found financial and military support with their hands tied behind to the Damascus regime as well their backs," he said. Zeid not- as military advisers on the ed that many of the victims had ground in Syria, where more reportedly been arrested by than 240,000 people have died police of Burundi's National and four million people have Intelligence Agency (SNR) be- been driven from their homes. fore their deaths. "This succes- Western powers are seeking to sion of unexplained killings, enlist Iran in a new strategy to and the widespread perception address the crisis after Russia that they may be linked to beefed up its military presence state institutions, is instilling in Syria in a bid to gain the up- per hand on the future political a deep sense of fear within the transition. The West has soft- population, especially in ened its demands for Assad to neighbourhoods known to be leave power, signaling that the supportive of the opposition," president could stay on in an he warned. Burundi, in the The president of the Maldives criticism. Human rights lawyer interim role as part of a two- heart of a region that has been Saudi Arabia one of world’s top 20 largest donors stage transition. Rowhani add- one of the world's most vola- was unhurt but his wife and two Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood aides were injured in an explosion actor George Clooney, called for Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on ed that the Syrian people must tile over the past three decades, “have the last word and most has been gripped by unrest on board their speedboat as it ap- international sanctions against the Sunday that Saudi Arabia joined the list of the proached Male, capital of the In- Maldives after visiting Nasheed world’s 20 largest donor of development aid and important word” on the future since April surrounding a vio- of the county, in reference to lent and discredited election. dian Ocean archipelago, a senior this month. ranked sixth overall last year, according to U.N. aide told Reuters. Yameen had landed earlier at statistics. In a speech at the United Nation’s elections that could cap an in- "The perpetrators of both tor- Millennium World Summit on Sustainable De- terim transition. Seperately, ture and killings appear, to date, The cause of Monday's blast the main international airport of was not immediately clear, but it the Maldives, an island chain with velopment, Jubeir stressed on Saudi Arabia’s President Francois Hollande to have enjoyed absolute im- was witnessed by several journal- a population of 400,000, and was keenness to see the successful implementation told his Iranian counterpart in a punity," he lamented. Zeid ists who were waiting to meet Pres- making the short final journey to of the sustainable development goals and their meeting on Sunday, that Iran can stressed that because such se- ident Abdulla Yameen on his re- Male by water with his entourage. adoption across the region, pointing out the im- be a facilitator in a political so- rious crimes are going unpun- turn from the Haj pilgrimage to "We don't know if the explosion portance to also focus on achieving them for lution in Syria but President ished, "more people are look- Saudi Arabia. "There was an ex- was from explosives or the inboard those in countries suffering from occupation. Bashar al-Assad cannot be part ing to take the law into their plosion at President Yameen's of- engine," said Shareef, reached by Jubeir, however, stressed the "Kingdom retains of it, according to a French offi- own hands." ficial speedboat near Male jetty. telephone from Sri Lanka. A Reu- full sovereign rights to oppose any implementa- cial. "Iran is a player (in the re- tions and recommendations that contradict the gion), but also a facilitator," the The president is unhurt, but the ters eyewitness saw Yameen walk- principles of Islam and its legislation." The Sau- S-African first lady was slightly injured," ing and helping an injured victim official, speaking on condition di foreign minister also spoke of the Gulf Arab of anonymity, said. "(Hollande) Mohamed Hussain Shareef, min- soon after the explosion, which Kingdom’s strong part in helping the global vi- peacekeeper killed, ister at the president's office, told occurred when his speedboat was said that the question of Assad sion behind the Millennium Development Goals, could not be offered as an an- four wounded in Reuters. Yameen, 59, is a contro- just six feet (two meters) from the ever since its inception 15 years ago. “It is clear versial figure both at home and main jetty. Shareef said Yameen had swer." Hollande also offered his from the follow-up to the implementation of the condolences to Rowhani fol- Sudan's Darfur abroad. He rose to power in a bit- accompanied his wife, Fathimath Millennium Development Goals that the King- terly contested presidential elec- Ibrahim, to Male's main hospital. dom has exceeded the authorized limits for its lowing the hajj tragedy, but cau- KHARTOUM: One South Af- tion in 2013. The leader he defeat- A bodyguard who suffered serious completion of the goals and before the proposed tioned that the incident should rican peacekeeper was killed ed, Mohamed Nasheed, was jailed injuries and a presidential aide who deadlines,” Jubeir said. “It is because of this that not add to tensions between Iran and four wounded when a con- earlier this year for terrorism in a was slightly hurt were also taken Saudi Arabia was able to join the list of high and Saudi Arabia, the official voy they were escorting came case that has drawn international to hospital. development index countries,” he added. added. under fire in Sudan's Darfur re- gion, the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission said on Monday. The attack took place Obama, Putin to confront tensions on Syria, Ukraine on Sunday near Mellit, in Face-to-face for the first time in sible to let this occasion in which to the Syrian crisis than strength- continued to provide with weap- airstrikes from a U.S.-led coalition. to reach any common ground on North Darfur state, and result- nearly a year, President Barack the two leaders would be in the ening the effective government ons throughout the nation's more The U.S. has agreed to talk with Syria beyond the military talks. ed in an exchange of fire, the Obama and Russian President same city pass without trying to structures and rendering them help than four-year civil war. Putin's Russia about "deconflicting" their Putin clearly has no intention of mission said. UN chief Ban Ki- Vladimir Putin on Monday will test to see whether progress could in fighting terrorism," Putin said calls for strengthening Assad's mil- military action in Syria. U.S. De- joining the U.S.-led coalition in moon condemned the attack confront rising tensions over Mos- be made on these newly intracta- in an interview with CBS' "60 itary come amid striking troubles fense Secretary Ash Carter has Syria, which would mean accept- and called on the Sudanese au- cow's military engagement in Syr- ble crises," Samantha Power, the Minutes" that aired on the eve of for Obama's plan to train and arm spoken to his Russian counterpart ing U.S. orders, and Washington thorities to investigate and ia, as well as the stubborn crisis in U.S. ambassador to the United Na- his meeting with Obama. Ahead of moderate rebels to fight the ISIS in about Syria earlier this month, the has voiced concern that Russia is bring the perpetrators to jus- Ukraine. Underscoring their deep tions, said Sunday on ABC's "This his U.N. visit, Putin deployed Syria. A $500 million Pentagon first military-to-military conversa- using its military presence in Syr- tice as soon as possible, his differences, the U.S. and Russia Week." Ahead of their early more weapons and troops to Syr- training program has resulted in tion in more than a year. It will be ia to shore up Assad, whom it sees spokesman said. Darfur erupt- couldn't even agree on the purpose evening meeting, Obama and Pu- ia. The Kremlin has also intensi- just a handful of fighters to bolster hard for Moscow and Washington as the cause of the Syrian crisis. ed into conflict in 2003 when of the meeting, which will occur tin will each have a chance to make fied its diplomatic efforts in recent ethnic minority rebels in the on the sidelines of an annual Unit- their case to a broader audience of months, launching a dialogue with western region launched a cam- ed Nations summit. The White world leaders gathered in New Saudi Arabia, which is firmly bent paign against the Arab-domi- House said it would focus on York for the United Nations Gen- on unseating Assad, and the Syri- nated Khartoum government, Ukraine and getting Moscow to eral Assembly. Obama will address an opposition, in a renewed at- complaining of marginalisation. live up to a fragile peace plan. The the body Monday morning, with tempt to try to negotiate a politi- President Omar al-Bashir Kremlin said Ukraine would be Putin following shortly after. cal compromise. In another devel- unleashed a brutal counter-in- discussed only if time allowed, Obama is expected to emphasize opment, Iraq's military said Sun- surgency using Arab militia as with Syria and the fight against the the need for a political resolution day it will begin sharing "security well as regular troops. ISIS dominating the discussions. to Syria's civil war that includes and intelligence" information with Rebels and militia alike have Despite little sign of a break- the ouster of President Bashar Syria, Russia and Iran to help com- since splintered into a myriad through on either front, U.S. offi- Assad, a Russian ally. Putin, mean- bat the ISIS group. The move of factions patrolling their own cials insisted it was still worthwhile while, is expected to argue that could further complicate U.S. ef- turf. In recent years, insecuri- for the leaders to meet — some- Assad's military is the most capa- forts to battle the extremists with- ty has deepened further with thing that has happened rarely ble force for fighting the ISIS — out working with Damascus and rising criminality and inter-trib- since Obama vowed to isolate Pu- the extremist group with key its allies. Russia has shown no in- al conflict over land and re- tin in retaliation for Russia's prov- strongholds in Syria and Iraq — dication that it would dump its sources. ocations in Ukraine. "The presi- and therefore needs to be strength- support for Assad, whom it has dent believed it would be irrespon- ened. "There is no other solution shielded from U.N. sanctions and This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY .SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Mullah Abdul Razzaq was the Taliban ringleader who carried out the torture, Email: [email protected] killing, mutilation and desecration of the corpses — a war crime by any definition — at the behest of his Pakistani minders www.afghanistantimes.af Dr Mohammad Taqi Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi “Strike harder, squeeze him, Advisory editorial board don’t leave any slack! He’s very clever at finding Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, ways out of impossible situa- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal tions” — Aeschylus in Prometheus Bound. Graphic-Designers: Seeing the artist Dirck Van Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari Baburen’s painting Prometheus Being Chained by Marketing & Advertising: Vulcan on a recent visit to Am- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 sterdam’s Rijksmuseum Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan brought to mind the above lines from the Greek tragedy and then Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 immediately the imagery of the Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press September 26, 1996 assassina- tion of former Afghan President Dr Mohammed Najibullah by The constitution says the Taliban. In Aeschylus’ work, the ‘power’ is giving in- Article 49: structions to the Vulcan to pin Forced labor shall be forbidden. Active participation in times of war, the mythical revolutionary disaster, and other situations that threaten public life and comfort down. There also seem to have Afghan nationalist credentials closer to Babrak Karmal per- ability was Sardar Muhammad been instructions in the case and a larger than life stature that haps due to similar back- Daud Khan, whom the PDPA shall be among the national duties of every Afghan. Forced labor on of Dr Najibullah’s assassina- he had attained on both sides grounds but had a diametrical- had toppled and replaced. Like children shall not be allowed. tion from a menacing power to of the Durand Line after the ly opposite style of leadership. Daud Khan, Dr Najibullah was its quislings. Peter Tomsen, the Soviet departure. His oppo- While Karmal was rather stand- an Afghan first and foremost. former US special envoy to Af- nents knew that, if left alive, Dr offish, Dr Najibullah was a peo- His creed most certainly was ghanistan, notes in his book Najibullah would continue to ple’s man who could relate to Afghan nationalism and his ul- The Wars of Afghanistan, “Na- stand resolutely against Paki- the Afghans in Kabul and the timate agenda was national rec- jib’s entrapment and execution stani meddling in countryside with equal ease. Dr onciliation that he pushed with carried the hallmarks of a clas- Afghanistan. Dr Najibullah was Najibullah had the intellect of utmost sincerity. He was pro- sic intelligence operation. The born in Kabul in 1947 to Mr Mu- the Parcham ideologue ustad phetic in warning about the Taliban, on their own, would hammad Akhtar, an Ahmadzai (teacher), Mir Akbar Khyber, dangers of the Pak-Saudi-US not have taken such elaborate Pashtun of the Ghilzai tribal finesse of a western democrat backing of the jihadists and Now a city, but what precautions to avoid violating confederacy. The family origi- and craft of a tribal leader. His foretold its disastrous impact the UN’s diplomatic premises nally hailed from Paktia. Dr Na- linguistic prowess in both Per- on Afghanistan and the region (where Dr Najibullah had taken jibullah spent a few years in Pe- sian and Pashto was breathtak- in speech after speech. His could be next? sanctuary since stepping down shawar where his father was ing and his oratory remains un- National Reconciliation Policy in 1992).” posted as a trade attaché with matched in contemporary Af- and the 1988 Geneva Peace They gory Taliban are out to unleash terror. They are out to spill the blood Ambassador Tomsen has the Afghan consulate. Dr Na- ghan history. Dr Najibullah had Accords have even more rele- of innocent Afghans. Sometimes they unleash terror in Badakhshan by cap- also noted, “Four Taliban, in- jibullah went to the Habibia the voice and delivery com- vance today to negotiate peace turing districts. And sometimes they unleash terror in many other parts of cluding, by one account, a Pa- High School and then to the mand of a seasoned broadcast- within Afghanistan and to keep kistani ISI officer disguised as faculty of medicine at Kabul er. He was at equal ease talking the intruders out. Dr Najibul- the country. Earlier they used to storm and capture villages and districts Taliban, drove directly to the University. He was one of the in Marxist jargon at a PDPA ple- lah was immensely popular but this time they captured a provincial capital city. Even the capital city UN compound in a Japanese leading lights of the student num, to the Afghan troops in among the Pashtun nationalist Kabul is bleeding at their hands. Kunduz is crying. Helmand is burning. Datsun pickup. Their mission wing of the People’s Democrat- Jalalabad garrison and to the rank and file in Pakistan. How- Nangarhar is bleeding. Paktia, Paktika and Ghazni are moaning. Yet, what was to lure the former Afghan ic Party of Afghanistan tribal assemblies (jirgas). The ever, while many of the Paki- president out of the diplomati- (PDPA). His Kabul background doctor sure knew how to take stani Pashtun leaders stood by the government is up to? How long will it play like a silent onlooker? This cally protected UN premises.” drew him to the rather Persian- his audience and indeed his him, the top ones did not take time it is a city. The government must think about what could be next? A Mullah Abdul Razzaq was the ised Parcham (the flag) faction, people’s political pulse. The up his languishing in the UN province? They stormed the capital city of northern Kunduz province. They Taliban ringleader who carried named thus after its party or- Parcham faction was certainly compound seriously. Not so out the torture, killing, mutila- gan, of the PDPA. He was im- a numeric minority in the PDPA much as a strike was called in took shelters in civilian houses. They captured parts of the city. They also tion and desecration of the prisoned at least twice during when Dr Najibullah became the the almost five years that Dr stormed the only hospital in the city as well which made the health person- corpses — a war crime by any King Zahir Shah’s era for polit- Afghan president in 1986 and Najibullah remained confined in nel dysfunctional to deliver health services to those who received injuries. definition — at the behest of ical activities on campus. He, the party’s general secretary. that ill-fated building. Those Reportedly they captured four strategic buildings, including the police head- his Pakistani minders. In her along with his schoolmate His knack for understanding who routinely talked of greater recent book The Wrong Ene- Mahmud Biryalay — a step- the ethno-tribal complexities of Afghanistan and Pashtunistan quarters, the office of the local High Peace Council and the governor’s my, the New York Times report- brother of the Parcham leader Afghanistan was remarkable were perhaps too vested in Is- office besides a hospital building. They closed the main entrances into the er Carlotta Gall has corroborat- Babrak Karmal — contributed and was the primary reason for lamabad’s politics to see how city, making it harder for the civilians to flee. A fierce battle was ongoing ed the US diplomat’s detailed prolifically to the party organ. the support that he did man- and why the Afghan between the security forces and the Taliban fighters. This is the first pro- account of murder most foul. He got his medical degree in age to muster, especially after Prometheus was being tied The Pakistani security estab- 1975 but never did practice the Soviet exit. From encour- down. A full treatise is in order vincial capital city to fall to the Taliban since their ouster in 2001. And this lishment did not want the Af- medicine. Dr Najibullah became aging non-Marxist nationalist to discuss the orientation of has happened on the first anniversary of the national unity government ghan Prometheus out alive. He a member of the unified PDPA’s groups to eventually changing Pashtun nationalism in Paki- (NUG). At least 21 people were killed when the Taliban put siege to the had withstood the combined central committee in 1977, mem- the PDPA’s name to the Hizb- stan but suffice it to say that Pakistani-Arab-US onslaught ber of the Revolutionary Coun- e-Watan (National Party) with both major Pashtun parties, city. Given the rifts in the power corridor and the performance of the gov- through Afghan rebels and cil after the Saur Revolution in a clear national democratic minus a few individual leaders, ernment, security situation will become even more worrisome. What did a Arab mercenaries even after the 1978 and was elevated as a full charter rather than an overtly let Dr Najibullah down. RIP Dr member of the Parliament from the Kunduz province, Abdul Soviet withdrawal. In fact, Dr member of the politburo in communist agenda, all contrib- Najibullah. To rephrase Ae- Wadood Paiman, said is quite different than what is being painted by the Najibullah inflicted the most 1981. When the Khalq (the peo- uted to Dr Najibullah’s longev- schylus, you were too auda- humiliating defeat on the ISI- ple) faction of the PDPA purged ity at the helm in Kabul. I would cious and unyielding in the interior ministry’s spokesman, Seddiq Seddiqi. Paiman said that Kunduz backed mujahideen in the the Parchamites, especially venture to say that the only face of bitter pains, and you city has fallen to the Taliban. He said that the Taliban stormed the city from March 1989 battle of Jalalabad Babrak Karmal’s confidants, modern Afghan leader, wheth- spoke too freely. The writer different points and captured government’s buildings. The spokesman of after the Soviet pullout. But the after the 1978 revolution, Dr er monarch, Marxist or republi- can be reached at the Kunduz police department, Sarwar Hussain also confirmed that the city Pakistani junta was perhaps Najibullah was exiled to Iran as can, that comes close to Dr Na- [email protected] and he more wary of Dr Najibullah’s an ambassador. He was drawn jibullah’s leadership style and tweets @mazdaki has fallen to the militants. He said that the Taliban has captured the com- pounds of police headquarters and governor office. The Taliban stormed the city in such a time when the governor of this troubled province is in Tajikistan and its police chief is in Kabul. Though the Taliban wouldn’t be Enough in the position to keep the siege for longer, but their attack is enough to unleash terror among the civilians and make them believe that the govern- ment no longer is capable of protecting people’s lives and maintaining se- curity. This coordinated has come hard on the heel of a deadliest attack in Paktika province that left 12 people dead and over 40 injured. When the government has cancelled peace negotiations with the senseless Taliban, then why it is not designing a new security mechanism and offensive? Does the government still think that its peace appeals will work out? Even after such a biggest security failure, will the government’s leader remain at log- gerheads over the appointment of a defense minister? The problem is there is no opposition political party that can press the government to reform certain policies and avoid the tussle inside the power corridor. There are a few powerful individuals who from time to time are giving vent to their anger, but it doesn’t suffice. There must be a powerful political party which must be reminding the government of its mistakes. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY .SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Climate change: An opportunity or a threat?

Zubair Fattahi ric tons compared to 17.0 in the also access such levels of fund- By Dr Ivan Sascha Sheehan United States. Its total emis- ing for climate action as Nepal. Afghanistan is one of the most sions in 2011 were also a mere This requires development of As world leaders gather in New vulnerable countries to the im- 12,251 kilo tons as compared to the knowledge of funding York for the 70th United Nations pacts of climate change. A com- the United States which had mechanisms, identification of General Assembly, Iran's future plex mix of social, political and total emissions of 5.3 million the right types of funds for Af- will be much discussed. Al- ecological factors - low levels kilo tons. As the causes of glo- ghanistan and preparation of though Tehran's nuclear pur- of development, high depen- bal climate change lie in devel- project proposals on climate suits will grab the spotlight, it dence on climate sensitive sec- oped and emerging countries, related issues that are in line is the regime's record on human tors, pervasive conflict and the several international funding with national objectives. A lot rights that deserves scrutiny. fragility of dry mountain eco- mechanisms have been estab- that Afghanistan needs to do The Iranian regime continues systems - limit the adaptive ca- lished to help developing coun- for adaptation and mitigation, to execute its citizens at a high- pacities of communities to cli- tries adapt to the climate chang- it needs to do for development er rate than any UN member mate impacts. Afghanistan is es. It is worth nothing that fi- anyways. Development is in state. In fact, the regime boasts predominantly an agrarian so- nancial mechanisms available fact the best adaptation to cli- the highest rate of executions ciety. Seven out of ten people for supporting coping and ad- mate change. The mainstream- per capita in the world, surpass- rely on climate sensitive farm- aptation under global climate ing of climate change into na- ing even China. More than ing and herding for their liveli- change processes are not aid tional planning and policy 2,000 people have been execut- hoods. The ongoing conflict for development; they are com- frameworks is essential to se- ed on President Hassan Rou- both reduces the coping capac- pensation for loss and damage. cure long term progress, devel- hani's watch in just two years, ity of vulnerable populations to There are clear precedents for opment and peace in the coun- more than in any similar period climate impacts because of the countries with low policy/insti- try. Several opportunities exist in the past 25 years. The Irani- breakdown of infrastructure tutional capacity, extreme vul- for Afghanistan to leverage re- an people yearn for a democrat- and services but conversely nerability to climate change and gional and international sup- ic, tolerant, gender-equal, plu- widespread poverty and mar- low levels of development be- port in its climate action plans ralistic state. Amnesty Interna- ginalization can exacerbate and ing able to tap into multiple and these must be accessed. tional has referred to Iran's "ex- fuel conflict. The G7 commis- sources of funding with Creating a supportive environ- ecution spree" as "staggering", sioned Report on a New Cli- success.For example, Nepal has ment for the same through train- and the UN Special Rapporteur mate for Peace, highlights that been able to garner significant ing of policymakers will enable for human rights, too, has de- climate risks cut across themes resources for climate change flow of funds, technology and cried the rising tide of execu- such as availability of freshwa- related projects in the country. knowledge to Afghanistan for tions - also carried out on juve- ter, food insecurity, damage to As per data from Climate Funds implementation of projects in nile offenders - during Rou- infrastructure and loss of eco- Update, Nepal has received priority areas such as climate hani's tenure. Today, hundreds systems. Successive IPCC re- USD 156 million through multi- smart agriculture, natural re- of Iranian dissidents, including ports indicate that extreme lateral funding sources for cli- source management, scaling up minority and women's rights weather events are only likely mate action between 2008 and clean energy and disaster risk activists, are behind bars, and to worsen in the future. Re- 2015. Several other Least De- reduction. It is vital that climate Iran has become the largest der-equal, pluralistic state, and darity. The event will be a dem- the best strategy to uphold sponding to climate change in veloped Countries (LDCs) high- change begins to be perceived prison for journalists in the today, supporters of the prin- onstration to the world that human rights. President Barack Afghanistan is important for ly vulnerable to climate change as more than just an environ- Middle East. cipal Iranian opposition will there is a democratic alternative Obama makes a mistake by poverty reduction but also for have also received significant mental problem in the country, Despite Rouhani's repeated gather near the UN headquar- to the Ayatollahs. But more treating Tehran as a fixture of long-term and sustained peace. amounts of finance for climate and instead, is viewed through promises to respect civil rights ters to give voice to the needs to be done to highlight the Middle East landscape, but While it is extraordinarily vul- action - Mali received USD 55 the prisms of opportunities for following his election in 2013, voiceless.These individuals - this principled resistance and other US officials need not nerable to the impacts of a cli- million and Niger around USD development and capacity serious rights abuses contin- thousands of them - will de- the values it upholds, commit- make the same mistake. Inter- mate change, Afghanistan has 141 million. Afghanistan cur- building. ue. The regime's record of arbi- nounce the presence of Rou- ments consistent with the very national law does not simply done little to contribute to the rently has limited involvement At the face of the current trend trary detentions and unfair tri- hani and Iranian officials at the charter of the United Nations. guarantee sovereignty - it up- climate change. Its current per in international financing mech- of reduction in official devel- als, discrimination against mi- UN General Assembly and de- When Iran's foreign minis- holds human rights. States are capita emissions are very low anisms for climate action. As an opment aid to Afghanistan, the norities, mistreatment of politi- mand that the international ter sat recently with his West- instruments of and by the peo- as compared to world average, extremely vulnerable Least De- government must seek alterna- cal prisoners, and restrictions community hold the Iranian re- ern counterparts in Geneva - ple - not the other way around. European Union (EU) and veloped Country (LDC), Af- tive funding opportunities to on freedom of expression, have gime accountable for its abys- shaking hands and celebrating As the UN General Assembly America and even other less ghanistan is eligible for a num- finance development projects led UN Secretary-General Ban mal human rights record. These a possible nuclear accord - the convenes, the Iranian opposi- developed countries. For exam- ber of funds, especially in the in the rural areas. International Ki-moon to deliver a sharp re- expressions of dissent arrive at lifeless body of a young man tion's calls for freedom and hu- ple, in 2011, Afghanistan’s per area of adaptation. It is entirely climate finance is one such buke in March 2014. But in re- a critical moment when the US hung from a crane in a bleak man rights, peace and security capita emissions were 0.4 met- possible for Afghanistan to source. cent months, security issues Congress is voicing broad, bi- public square in Tehran. As reflect these noble hopes and have distracted the US and partisan disapproval of the world leaders gather, Iranians aspirations, and their deter- world leaders from the regime's Joint Comprehensive Plan of are rightly asking if the world mined resistance reflects the Did the Russians just domestic troubles. As the UN Action and when human rights will continue to disregard hu- arc of history bending towards General Assembly gets under watchdogs are voicing near man rights and their moral com- justice. Ivan Sascha Sheehan way, it is time to refocus the uniform disapproval of Te- mitments in the interest of cos- is director of the graduate pro- world's attention on human hran's internal repression, treat- metic diplomacy or whether a gramme in Global Affairs and ‘INVADE’ SYRIA? rights. Ban has called this ment of minorities, and gender tipping point has finally been Human Security at the School year's assembly a time of "tur- apartheid. reached. Robert Kagan of the of Public and International Af- moil and hope". Turmoil, he By Faisal J. Abbas monic rhetoric to legitimize him- what the Hezbollah leader (sup- The rally in New York will Brookings Institution makes fairs at the University of Balti- self and portray moderate Arab posedly an arch-enemy of Is- notes, "because conflicts have include men and women, the case that regime change in more. The views expressed in “No,” Assad-loyalists would states as “traitors” and agents rael) thinks of a recent state- deepened in so many places, young and old, and individu- Tehran is the "best non-prolif- this article are the author's own rush to say when asked if the of the “West” (whom he de- ment by PM Benjamin Netan- and civilians are paying the als of diverse backgrounds in eration policy". But regime and do not necessarily reflect current Russian military build- scribes as being against Islam). yahu, in which he said “Russia price". Hope, because global a show of extraordinary soli- change from within may also be Al Jazeera's editorial policy. up in Syria can be considered Not only did Nasrallah wel- will coordinate Syria military leaders are again gathering to an “invasion” or indeed, a new come Russia’s intervention, but actions with Israel.” (Last forge solutions to the world's foreign “occupation,” of Arab he sought to portray it posi- night, Israel also bombed a troubles, he says. But the real- lands. To them, Assad is a “le- tively by saying that it will help number of Assad military posi- ity is less hopeful for millions Obama is not going gitimate” leader and as such, rid the world of the evils of the tions in the Golan Heights). of ordinary Iranians who are has also been half-hearted and sub- he has the right to request out- Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Russian President Vladimir Pu- imprisoned by a regime that cares little for their welfare. In- limated as a third or fourth foreign side intervention on behalf of (ISIS), after the U.S.-led coali- tin (L) and Israeli Prime Minis- policy priority. The White House deed the circumstances are to save Syria the people who “elected” him tion failed to do so. Of course, ter Benjamin Netanyahu shake has never wanted to expend the bleak for millions of Iranians (of course, there is no use ar- given that his statements came hands during their meeting at By Andrew Bowen a public concession that Washing- resources necessary to change the as part of an interview which the Novo-Ogaryovo state resi- trapped by a regime that has ton would more seriously consid- calculus of President Assad and his guing with such devotees patrons, and instead, has preferred about the validity of these so- he gave to the Hezbollah- dence outside Moscow, Rus- grown adept at consolidating President Putin’s guarantee of er Russia’s proposals on Assad’s its own power and influence Assad’s survival has led many to future. The already shaky rhetori- to see what a low resourced poli- called elections, which at best owned al-Manar TV channel, sia, September 21, 2015. (Reu- cy could achieve as the President while doing little to support the call for a change of Obama’s Syria cal position, “Assad must go,” can be described as an colos- Nasrallah’s views were not re- ters) policy. Frankly, a policy re-think became even less credible then. pursued other foreign policy and sal exercise in vanity). Among ally challenged. One valid Another unasked question people's aspirations for a more is needed. The deepening Russian Putin’s moves come as well on the domestic policy initiatives. Even the latest advocators of Rus- question would have been to Nasrallah would have been just and tolerant society. As intervention in the Middle East, heels of the already rising criticism now with clear U.S. national inter- Iran’s assertiveness in the region, ests at stake and the consequences sia's military presence in Syria what the Hezbollah leader (sup- whether he believes the Rus- world leaders take their seats regarding both the “train and equip at the UN, the primary agent of the growing refugee crisis, the de- program” and the Syria refugee of the civil war likely to hit the was none other than the “Mas- posedly an arch-enemy of Is- sians would leave Syria after teriorating stability of Syria’s policy. Intellectual shortcomings region for years to come, the fur- ter of Resistance” himself: rael) thinks of a recent state- defeating ISIS? And if not, Middle East instability will neighbors, and ISIS’ cancerous The merits for and against Obama’s ther collapse of the Syrian state Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nas- ment by PM Benjamin Netan- would Hezbollah declare war have a seat at the table. But of- spread are all crises that require Syria policies can fill pages of and the instability around its bor- ders will only re-enforce the rallah. For those who aren’t fa- yahu, in which he said “Russia against Moscow and seek to ficials should know that Te- pro-active American leadership to books for years to come, but these preserve and to advance U.S. na- policies’ most salient problem has Obama’s own perspective that miliar with him, Nasrallah is an will coordinate Syria military “liberate Syria” from the Rus- hran's leaders don't speak for the Iranian people. tional interests and to support been their intellectual shortcomings there are no good options for the Iranian-backed, pro-Assad actions with Israel” Faisal J. sian invasion? Why would Washington’s allies. However, and the absence of any imagina- U.S. to take at present. Waiting out Lebanese militia leader who - Abbas For instance, one valid Russia leave?However, regard- The Iranian people yearn President Obama is unlikely to use tion to anticipate and to respond the clock President Obama then is for decades - used anti-hege- question would have been less of how Russian interven- for a democratic, tolerant, gen- his UNGA speech as a stage to to the civil war’s impact. From the unlikely to use his last fifteen chart a new course, but instead, to early days assessment that civil months in office to alter course. defend his current course, which war wouldn’t last long and it could Obama will focus on addressing he will hope to maintain until he be contained in its borders to un- effects of the civil war but not the leaves office in 2017. An attitude derestimating the rise of ISIS to cause. In other words, the White ETTER TO THE EDITOR instead of a strategy Shunning a not having a pro-active policy to House is frankly more focused on consistent strategy or set of poli- address the refugee crisis, Presi- triage than treating the patient cies, President Obama has dis- dent Obama’s own disinterested who’s on life support. The only played a disinterested attitude to- perspective cultivated an environ- real optimism is that a diplomatic We all want to be safe, intelligent/productive and economically stable. Most agree the way to achieve these things is by mandate. Two wards the civil war. Obama has ment where these questionable as- settlement could be reached, but Compassionexamples are education and militarization/use of force. But there’s a crucial human element often forgotten: Compassion/empathy. We humans viewed Syria as another potential sessments were nurtured and the for the time being, by allowing all have the same basic needs, yet the tendency is to focus on our own life situation. Those who are extremely disadvantaged to having their misadventure in the Middle East proclivity as well to pursue status Russia and Iran such a free hand in needs met may give up, become desperate, and are judged as worse than/less than by the more fortunate. The less fortunate unfairly judge the where the U.S. could be drawn quo policies with all their short- Syria, the U.S. will not be the one more fortunate as somehow at fault for their undesirable circumstances. If education took into account the social chasm between many into a conflict with few interests comings. However, as past epi- shaping the settlement. Signs indi- teachers and students, classes would include sociology, allowing teachers and students to see one other as basically the same, enhancing at stake and where Washington’s sodes have highlighted, events in cate that Washington is receptive everyone’s ability to connect with rather than be at odds with one another.When using military force to let others know we mean business, if ability to make an effective differ- Syria may push Washington to the as well to Tehran and Moscow’s we thought about how we’d respond if another country did that to us, we’d temper that force, realizing the natural, eventual response to ence is questionable. American point where the administration has terms for a civil war settlement. threats and attacks are evermore counter-threats and attacks.Compassion sees us all as members of the human race albeit in differing public opinion, even on Assad’s to deepen its role when the condi- Some optimism exists that better circumstances. I’m most likely to learn and become a productive member of society if my teacher and I feel connected with one another. use of chemical weapons, has been tions are the least ideal. So far, relations between Tehran and Countries are less likely to attack each other when the focus is on “win/win” scenarios. Our fear that blinds us to our common humanity puts broadly divided and has never ful- President Obama has managed to Washington will make a settlement us at risk and gets in the way of compassion that breeds trust, enhancing our safety and ability to thrive. Compassion is within us all, often ly supported a deepened role for keep this role limited. Most prom- easier, but such thinking is purely trumped by and buried beneath our fear (the fearful illusion of earthly existence). The more fear, the less compassion. But the U.S. in the conflict. These poll inently, the President stepped back speculative since Tehran hasn’t I don’t have to wait for others to become more compassionate. When I move through my own fear, experiencing enhanced numbers have only re-enforced from enforcing his “red line” when taken any real substantive steps unity with others (the eternal oneness we are in truth), this world around me becomes more compassionate as well. Obama’s own disinterest in deep- a deal was reached on chemical to bridge its differences with the Michelle Sullivan, Springfield, Illinois, United States ening his involvement. The Iran weapons disarmament. Despite GCC. The U.S. is also important- talks also created disincentives to questions about its effectiveness, ly not in a favorable position to Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s potentially confront Iran in Syria the campaign against ISIS in Syria push regional allies to support a name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] at a time when a nuclear deal was has been largely done by air and settlement in light of Obama’s own being negotiated. Signs indicate the “train and equip” program, disinterested approach to the con- that Washington is receptive as despite its cost and the embarrass- flict. Without a diplomatic settle- well to Tehran and Moscow’s ing few trained, was predicated on ment, Syria’s civil war will unlike- terms for a civil war settlement a more conservative U.S. role. ly be addressed until 2017 when a Disclaimer: President Putin’s escalation is the Equally, so the administration has new American President enters latest example. The White House always cautiously pursued arming office. However, by that point, the showed no inclination to respond the Syrian opposition. Kerry’s damage the civil war has wrought The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) to the Russian President’s push lone diplomatic push on the region is likely to be to such beyond a few stern words of pub- The U.S.’s diplomacy to end a degree that the U.S. and its allies’ and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. lic criticism. Instead of a strategic the civil war, pushed more so by interests and positions in the re- pushback, Kerry responded with his Secretary of State John Kerry, gion are less secure and less stable. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

With Russian m ilitary en terin g Syria, is co o peratio n o n the table as Obam a m eets Putin at the Un ited Natio n s?

President Barack Obama faces a the US military's Central Com- defining moment when he meets mand General Lloyd Austin admit- Russian leader Vladimir Putin at ted to Congress recently. In Wash- the United Nations headquarters ington, Obama's Republican crit- on Monday. As Europe struggles ics see presidential weakness and with overwhelming refugee arriv- a failure to lead on Syria. The lack als, Putin surprised the West with of a coherent policy has prompted a quick military deployment in a growing debate in foreign policy Syria followed by a bid for nego- circles about what more the US can tiations to include President or should do. "Here you have Iran Bashar al-Assad, who Obama has and Russia teaming up to strongly said must go. Now there are rising beef up Assad's strength and yet calls for world leaders gathering in there is no real US response other New York at the UN General As- than, 'we are going to sit down and sembly to set aside differences and talk'," Senator Bob Corker, the Re- lay the groundwork for talks to end publican chairman of the Senate the brutal civil war in Syria after Foreign Relations Committee, told nearly five years. "It depends on Al Jazeera. Former CIA director, what Putin brings to the table," retired General David Petraeus, the William Pomeranz, a Russia ana- architect of the George W Bush lyst at the Wilson Center in Wash- administration's 2007 troop surge ington, told Al Jazeera, adding he's in Iraq, recommendedlast week the "highly sceptical" the US and Rus- US impose restrictions on Assad's sia can work together in Syria. air force and create safe zones for Among the key questions, top civilians. Russia calls on US for American lawmakers and foreign dialogue on Syria The US should policy analysts say, is whether the establish "enclaves in Syria pro- United States, Europe, and Russia tected by coalition air power, can find common ground on Syria. where moderate Sunni forces could RELATED: Iraq liaising with Rus- be supported and where additional sia, Iran, and Syria against ISIL Can forces could be trained, internally the West and Russia bring their displaced persons could find ref- Middle East allies to the bargain- uge and the Syrian opposition ing table? What would be the po- could organize", Petraeus said in litical future of Assad? How do all Senate testimony. Even if the sides safeguard civilians from con- Obama administration was willing tinuing attacks? Will the US and to escalate US military operations Russia coordinate military opera- in Syria - many analysts view tions against the Islamic State of Obama as risk-averse - Russia Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)? Con- would be unlikely to go along with cerns grow about Russia's military the establishment of no-fly zones presence inside Syria "It's a hard by the US. "They feel that once one," Democrat Senator Richard this is established, that inevitably Durbin told Al Jazeera. "The the West will do more to push the White House has been looking for Russian Presiden t Vladim ir Putin w atches m ilitary exercises w ith his gen erals [Alexi Niko lsky/ AP] Assad regime out and it will just a way to make a meaningful differ- be chaos," Mark Katz, a profes- ence. I don't know if there is an was key to the multilateral Iran not the answer to all the problems," and humanitarian disaster. Nearly in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. the US provided covert support sor of international relations at opening here with Putin. I can't nuclear deal, reached among the said Jean-Marie Guéhenno, a 500,000 refugees have crossed the "The international community can- to opposition groups. After the George Mason University, told Al tell." Senator John McCain, the Re- US, China, France, Germany, UK, former senior UN peacekeeping Mediterranean Sea to get to Eu- not be blind to the cycle it has al- emergence of ISIL, Obama autho- Jazeera. publican chairman of the Senate Russia and the EU. In their most official now president of the non- rope so far in 2015, according to lowed to prevail for so many rized a limited bombing campaign Michael O'Hanlon, a senior Armed Services Committee, also recent direct conversation, a tele- profit International Crisis Group the International Organization for years," Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, chair in Iraq and to a lesser extent in fellow at Brookings in Washing- expressed doubt. "Putin's interests phone call in July, Obama thanked in Brussels. "Now is the time to Migration. Russia escalates Syria of the UN Human Rights Council's Syria. Coordinated US air support ton, is proposing a concept of di- are to keep Bashar Assad in power Putin for Russia's constructive role begin to build a diplomatic frame- involvement fearing 'imminent' investigation into the violence in for Kurdish forces has been suc- viding Syria into protected regions, - the same guy that has slaughtered in two years of nuclear talks. Many work in the Middle East that at Assad fall In Syria, both govern- Syria, said last week in Geneva. cessful in northern Syria. US Spe- similar to Petraeus. tens of thousands of his own observers now expect to see a win- the moment doesn't really exist," ment and opposition forces have The Obama administration's cial Forces have conducted a lim- "What we need to be doing is people," McCain told Al Jazeera. dow opening for regional discus- Guéhenno said at a recent forum committed war crimes and indis- policy since 2011 has been to con- ited number of specific missions. thinking about first principles of a "If we think that somehow we are sions on Syria. "You are going to in Washington. The refugee situa- criminate attacks on civilians, ac- demn the Syrian government and But a training programme for so- strategy that can be successful, and going to have some Faustian bar- see a great flurry of diplomatic ac- tion in Europe has given new ur- cording to the UN's latest report. assert that Assad himself must be called moderate Syrian fighters has we really haven't done that for four gain with the Russians, it will be a tivity in the Middle East, because gency to the search for answers to More than 230,000 have been removed as part of a future politi- failed to produce a viable US- and half years," O'Hanlon told Al tragic mistake." Russia, however, everybody knows that the deal is what has been a horrific conflict killed and four million refugees are cal transition. Early in the conflict, backed ground force, the head of Jazeera. Al Jazeera ‘No Eid’ fo r Paris m akeshift Earlier this month, French Presi- refugee cam p dent François Hollande announced that the country was prepared to Not so long ago, Eid al-Adha was refugees by bringing sweets and welcome 24,000 refugees over the a time of festivity for them too. toys for the children. They too did next two years. The U.N. high Like other Muslims around the not feel it was a time of celebra- commissioner for refugees (UNH- world, Syrian refugees looked for- tion. “I was saying Eid Mubarak Spying on rights defenders 'threatens lives' and could have 'devastating' impacts on NGO work, Human Rights Watch warns. CR) puts the numbers of migrants ward for the fun family get-togeth- to people and some [refugees] and refugees arriving on European London, United Kingdom - Human from the NSA without a warrant. be challenged at the European NSA [Thomas Trutschel/Getty Im- ers, delicious barbecues and spe- didn’t even answer. Some were like shores by sea at more than Rights Watch has accused the Brit- In February 2015, the Investiga- Court of Human Rights. Some also ages] King told Al Jazeera that Dutch cial sweets. But “not this Eid,” say ‘Oh sure. Eid Mubarak’,” said 380,000 so far this year - up from ish government of violating its rights tory Powers Tribunal ruled that allege the Investigatory Powers academics, Belgian communications refugees living in a makeshift camp Hisham Lamrini, a Moroccan PhD 219,000 arrivals in the whole of by intercepting and retaining its data-sharing between the NSA and Tribunal may be interpreting the teams, and companies that provided in northern Paris. For some, this student. 2014. “We were told once we communications through mass sur- GCHQ prior to December 2014 term "share" in a much stricter wireless internet services to will have been the second or third “They didn’t care at all. It reached Europe we would get a veillance. The New York-based had violated rights to privacy and sense than how it is commonly aeroplanes had all been hacked and Eid spent away from home and looks like they were fed up with house, a job and we will get to send rights group called spying by UK freedom of expression. The case understood. Eric King, deputy di- had their communications compro- family. “Eid in this camp means religion,” said Lamrini. Another our children to school. We received intelligence "a grave threat to the relied almost entirely on docu- rector of London-based charity PI, mised. "It isn't just a case of intelli- going to the next tent and offering volunteer, Mathilde Poupée, said none of that,” said a Syrian wom- lives, safety, and work of human ments disclosed by NSA whistle- told Al Jazeera despite the vast gence agencies going after terrorists congratulations to your neighbor. she saw “no festivities at all.” an, while trying to shush her cry- rights defenders, researchers, jour- blower Edward Snowden, which amount of data being shared by the - there is a much broader sense of I did that,” a Syrian refugee, who “Some [refugees] were just com- ing one-year-old baby girl, nalists, lawyers, and their sources". exposed the intelligence-sharing Five Eyes countries every day, people who GCHQ feel might have preferred to remain anonymous, pletely lost and had no idea what Aseneth. The family of seven fled Human Rights Watch also alleged relationship between the NSA and several major human rights groups intelligence value, but who haven't told Al Arabiya News on Thurs- you were offering and why you’re Homs six months ago to Turkey, the Government Communications GCHQ and made apparent the as well as PI were told by the tri- committed any crimes and who aren't day. There is no apparent struc- here,” said Poupée. But some were where the situation was “even Headquarters (GCHQ) - the UK's massive amount of data being bunal their communications were a threat to national security, and yet ture to the makeshift camp. Doz- looking forward to “human inter- worse,” said the mother. electronic eavesdropping agency - shared. Any sharing since then, the not among them. "The numbers we feel the full weight of our security ens of impaired tents are lined up action,” said Poupée. “They just shared its communications with its IPT ruled, was legal because of are talking about are staggering: 192 apparatus being used against them," “The whole world is treating on a dirty pavement near a busy wanted to talk and have a friendly us like animals. We are Syrians. American counterpart, the National "public disclosures of minimal safe- million pieces of phone data, four King said. In an email to Al Jazeera, motorway. Another dozen crook- interaction with you,” she added. Security Agency (NSA). The group guards". HRW and Privacy Inter- billion phone location records - GCHQ said that it does not com- Syria used to be a very proud na- said it believed its data had been national (PI) both argue that these every single day - as well as bil- ment on ongoing litigation, and of- ed tents are hastily set up on the “I felt a huge sense of abandon- tion once upon a time,” she said. compromised, and has brought a safeguards are inadequate, even lions of other pieces of data dai- fered no further details. According sides of a bus lane. ment. How could these people be “How are my children going court case against GCHQ in a bid to though they follow the letter of ly," he said, citing numbers revealed to PoKempner, the scale of the data- The whole world is treating us so abandoned right now? to survive Europe’s harsh winter? confirm its suspicions. Three anon- the law. At the time, a GCHQ as part of the Snowden leaks. "De- sharing among the Five Eyes coun- like animals. We are Syrians. Syria “There were things I expected This is our primary concern,” she ymous individuals are also involved spokesperson downplayed the spite all those communications, tries threatens the safety of a num- used to be a very proud nation once from my country [to offer] that I added, gazing into the distance. in Human Rights Watch's complaint significance of the tribunal's rul- PI's and 10 other rights groups, ber of rights campaigners around the upon a time According to France didn’t find. And that was really The family is expecting anoth- against the GCHQ. The case was ing, which was the first time the many of whom have hundreds of world. 24, the camp first sprung up at the shocking for me,” added Poupée. er baby soon. made to the independent Investiga- IPT had upheld a complaint relat- staff all over the world, none of "Everyone has an interest in their site in March 2014, and has since tory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which ing to the UK's intelligence agen- ours seemingly were part of those privacy and freedom of thought, become a spot for refugees look- recently ruled the United Kingdom cies. “By its nature, much of shared. Given the numbers in- communication and association, but ing to apply for asylum in France, had illegally intercepted and retained GCHQ's work must remain secret. volved, that seemed astonishing to for human rights groups, the impact or others trying to reach other Eu- communications from another rights But we are working with the rest us that not a single one had been of surveillance can be devastating," ropean countries. group, Amnesty International. "We of government to improve public caught up in that net. We thought she said. “We forgot what Eid feels like. are bringing this case because confi- understanding about what we do there were probably some word "Every day, we are in contact with I haven’t celebrated Eid for years dentiality of communications is crit- and the strong legal and policy games being played as far as what people whose lives and freedom are now. It doesn’t matter anymore,” ical for those who work to protect framework that underpins all our exactly constituted sharing." Ear- at risk in the course of our work to said another, who preferred to go human rights and expose abuses and work," said a statement issued by lier this year, Privacy Internation- uncover, expose and halt abuses. by the name Abu Nessrine. war crimes," Dinah PoKempner, GCHQ relating to the IPT's Feb- al launched a website called Did "Unfettered mass surveillance - general counsel at HRW, told Al ruary ruling. Human Rights Watch the GCHQ spy on you?, which without suspicion or independent Abu Nessrine, like most of the Jazeera. "Human Rights Watch was is seeking to find out which of its lets people file claims with the In- oversight - poses a grave threat to refugees at the Porte de Saint- not surprised, but was deeply con- communications may have been vestigatory Powers Tribunal to see the lives, safety and work of our staff Ouen, came through the Spanish cerned to learn that IPT, the UK intercepted and shared before De- whether their emails and phone and everyone with whom they are enclave of Melilla after fleeing to court solely responsible for over- cember 2014. It also wants the ad- calls had been compromised. in contact," PoKempner said. Turkey, then flying to North Afri- seeing intelligence agencies, con- equacy of the "minimal safe- GCHQ is accused of sharing cap- Follow Philippa Stewart on Twit- ca. He said he was going to pay a firmed that GCHQ had intercepted guards" mentioned in the ruling to tured communications with the ter: @flip_stewart driver to take him, and his wife and unlawfully retained communi- and child, to neighboring Belgium, cations of Amnesty International. where he plans to apply for asy- UK denies use of Prism to get lum. A man cradles his newborn around privacy laws "We wanted to baby on the street side camp in confirm whether our communica- Paris (File Photo: Reuters) “We are tions similarly were being intercept- not getting anything here, and we ed and retained and challenge the le- were told Belgium would put a gality if they were. In particular, we roof over our heads and would wanted to challenge the arrangement process our paperwork a lot fast- whereby the NSA, the GCHQ, and er,” added Abou Nessrine. Nearly the other 'Five Eyes' intelligence partners share collected data, by- 100 Syrian refugees are currently passing their own fairly minimal do- staying at this camp and relying mestic constraints on spying on their solely on the good deeds of com- own citizens," PoKempner added. passionate citizens and charities The so-called "Five Eyes" countries for the very basics: food and - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, clothes. the US and the UK - freely share Many people, including vol- A man cradles his newborn baby on the street information with each other, mean- A facility in N o rth Yo rks h ire , Britain , be lie ve d to be part unteers from charity associations, ing GCHQ is able to access data o f th e GCH Q n e tw o rk o f s u rve illan ce s tatio n s [EPA] tried to make Eid less bitter for the side cam p in Paris (File Pho to : Reuters) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Britain’s Osbourne wants to lead trade mission to Iran Britain’s second most powerful man, George Osborne, will lead a trade delegation to Iran next year if the Islamic Republic honors a nuclear deal with world powers, the Financial Times reported. Six world powers agreed in July to lift sanctions in return for Iran accepting long-term curbs on a nuclear programme that the West suspected was aimed at creating a TO sustain its growth and to ex- power of the East, which has both nuclear bomb. Tehran has always tend its influence in world affairs intrigued and fascinated people denied seeking nuclear arms. that matches its economic success across continents. “It is astonish- In a signal of how Western ties and potentials, China seems set to ing how little people know about have thawed with Iran, Britain re- embark on a new phase of read- the country that supplies most opened its embassy in Tehran last justments flowing from its global products, from prayer beads and month and British Foreign Secre- exposure. For example, the multi- mats to countless other everyday tary Philip Hammond said sanc- national trade route project, which items,” said a colleague from an- tions could start to be lifted as early might help counter the country’s other South Asian country attend- as spring next year. “Assuming recent economic slowdown, may ing the forum. “To me, China is a that Iran honors the nuclear deal, have speeded up the drive to forge big riddle. I have no clue how this and it’s properly verified, I think closer trade and economic ties with top heavy centralised economy re- there will be growing potential to the outside world. “The launch of sponds to market changes so do business with Iran,” the FT a grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ swiftly,” commented another jour- quoted finance minister Osborne SAN JOSE: PM Narendra Modi foreign investors, saying reforms to convert Indian economy into $20 particularly how it has been use- project is not atypical, but there nalist. Commenting on the aim of as saying. “Next year I would love at the Facebook townhall meeting are taking place speedily and the trillion from the present $8 tril- ful to him to connect with the peo- are early signs that spell a depar- the forum almost all speakers at to lead a proper, big economic and said that he aims to making doing government had managed to "re- lion," Modi said in presence of the ple within the country and abroad, ture from the traditional Chinese the said event hammered the same trade delegation to Iran,” he was business in India easier and increase store the lost confidence" during audience, which mostly constitut- and how it can help take correc- approach. The communist China’s theme: facilitating flow of infor- quoted as saying. Iran has 9.3 per- the country's economic output the last 15 months as he appeared ed of Indians. PM Modi said the tive steps if some government centralised style ‘to decide, keep mation to ‘raise awareness about cent of the world’s proven oil re- low and strictly official’ seems to ‘Belt and Road initiative’ and from $8 billion to $20 billion. to take a dig at the previous UPA government was laying thrust on steps go wrong. He became emo- be changing,” a China watcher said. ‘shared destiny’ among people of serves, the fourth largest after Ven- Projecting India as a "heaven" dispensation. Noting that India is three sectors particularly -- agri- tional while answering a question ezuela, Saudi Arabia and Canada, Take a look: China’s economic ill- the vast region. Kang Bing, deputy for investors, the Prime Minister a "heaven" for investors, he said, culture, services and manufactur- from Zuckerberg on his over 90- ness contagious for Asia “Probably editor-in-chief of China Daily, said and 18.2 percent of the world’s said he is working on deregulation "I do not believe that there is dearth ing -- along with building the phys- year-old mother as he highlighted inspired by the perceived benefits it was crucial that the media build natural gas reserves, bigger even to achieve these goals. PM Modi of money. Countries have money ical and digital infrastructure simul- how she had raised him by going and the value of social support of an ‘information Silk Road’. that Russia’s 17.4 percent share, in the townhall Q&A with Face- but do not know where to invest. I taneously. During the 45-minute through difficulties like washing locals for the success of an eco- Mahfuz Anam, editor and pub- according to the BP Statistical Re- book CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke am giving them the address. Here session, he also spoke in detail utensils of others and working as a nomic project, they intend to reach lisher of Bangladesh’s Daily Star, view of World Energy. about efforts to revive faith among is the place (India). It is my dream about the benefits of social media, labourer. out to societies and not just gov- said as journalists “we rejoice at ernments and are at least trying to the launch of the initiative and in- be more accommodating in their tend to follow the implementation interaction with other countries to of the plan closely. “When imple- reduce the trust deficit of certain mentation is not fast enough or key regional partners,” said a re- good enough, we can write criti- tired Pakistani official who has cally about this. Not because we served in China, while discussing don’t want it to succeed but be- U.S. stocks looked poised for a stock futures were about 50 points comments are likely to be in focus eral Open Market Committee) for before the end of the year, while Beijing’s recent transnational cause we want it to be very suc- weak start to the week, with sen- lower in London trade – reversing following remarks by Fed chief a move by the end of the year," this Friday sees the release of the projects. The proceedings at a re- cessful,” he said. Suthichai timent cautious ahead of U.S. Fed- early gains and pointing to a lower Janet Yellen last week that a rate Michael Hewson, chief market closely-followed non-farm pay- cent forum in China attended by Saeyoon, founder of the Asia eral Reserve speakers, economic open for the blue-chip U.S. stock increase later this year would be analyst at CMC Markets, said in rolls report. Attention was also the scribe did support this view. News Network, said the initiative data and a budget battle in Wash- index. The session ahead sees the appropriate. a note. expected to remain on Washington, Unlike the past when China used would provide a platform to ex- ington. Asian markets closed mixed release of August personal income "By putting the prospect of a rate "We will discover later today how where House Speaker John to be content with dealing with the change information. “We have a on Monday as data from China data at 08:30 a.m. ET, followed by rise back on the table by the end of comprehensive that quorum is Boehner resigned on Friday as relevant government hierarchy, the role in reporting, analysing and showed industrial profits declined August pending home sales data this year, her (Yellen's) comments when both the Chicago Fed's speaker and from Congress. Communist state — at the Asia getting out all the information that 8.7 percent in August from a year at 10:00 a.m. and the September appear to have reassured some Charles Evans, an avowed dove, Boehner was facing "turmoil" Media Forum — appeared keen is necessary because we don’t earlier -- their biggest drop since Dallas Fed Survey at 10:30. There nervous investors that despite not and William Dudley of the New within the Republican Party over to build public support across the want the initiative to be confined 2011 -- providing further evidence are also a number of Fed speakers acting in September, the Fed re- York Fed are due to speak on mon- whether funding for Planned Par- Asia Pacific region for its ‘One belt, only to the leadership, academics of weakness in the world's num- scheduled to speak during the day, mains cautiously upbeat by the etary policy," he added. Robust enthood should be tied to the fed- One Road’ initiative. ‘Probably in- and bureaucrats,” he said. ber two economy. European mar- including New York Fed President strength of the U.S. economy, and second-quarter U.S. economic eral budget. If the budget does not spired by the perceived benefits When approached for comment on kets opened the day lower , while William Dudley and Chicago Fed that there appears to be a growing growth data on Friday have bol- pass, the government would be and the value of social support of the possibility of gaining social en- Dow Jones industrial average President Charles Evans. Their quorum within the FOMC (Fed- stered the case for a rate increase shut down from Thursday. locals for the success of an eco- dorsement of locals for multiple nomic project, they (Chinese) in- projects of the China-Pakistan tend to reach out to societies and Economic Corridor (CPEC), Zhang not just governments’ The project, Haizhou, assistant to the publisher Shin zo Abe tw eaks his How Singapore can according to official Chinese posi- at China Daily Asia Pacific, opted tion, features “building a 21st cen- not to give a direct reply. He, how- secure its economic future tury Maritime Silk Road, creating ever, said given the scale of invest- eco n o m ic pro gram fo r Japan a new blueprint for maritime co- ment ($45bn) and the involvement Driverless cars zip through the Asia, combined with its strong in- operation,” a key component of of private Chinese companies in ALL summer Shinzo Abe, Japan’s tree-lined streets of a city nestled stitutions and physical infrastruc- the country’s future development the allied CPEC projects, some prime minister, has battled to pass under a protective dome which ture, will entrench its position as strategy. “China has product base, Chinese think tanks have opened unpopular security legislation that keeps out pollution and harmful the region's "middleman" even in the skill sets and technological exper- or in the process of opening of- represents a substantial departure UV rays. Technicians with highly long term. "Our expertise has tended tise, beside many trillions of dol- fices in Pakistan. The challenges from the country’s post-war paci- specialised skills work alongside towards being a synthesiser of lars’ worth of savings and reserves to the security of Chinese people fism. For a while his poll ratings robots in factories, while scientists things, being an adaptor... given that to extend a helping hand to strug- and companies in Pakistan, in par- threatened to fall to levels at which research the next cancer vaccine, naturally we don't have the plat- and bankers, lawyers and business- form to have that big enough mar- gling nations with wide infrastruc- ticular, make it important to adopt former Japanese prime ministers ture deficits, to transform the eco- a well-rounded approach towards have felt obliged to resign. So after men negotiate deals spanning mul- ket to develop products," said the laws were finally passed, on tiple countries across the region. Mizuho economist Vishnu nomic ecosystem of the region and the long-term economic engage- September 19th, there was no time For now, this vision exists only in Varathan. To this extent, there is no beyond,” a participant at the fo- ment. A retired Pakistani diplomat to lose on getting back to voters’ the realms of science fiction but it need for a radical transformation of rum told Dawn in Nanning, who spent many years in China dearest concern: the economy. On could be Singapore's reality if the Singapore as it has always been a Guangxi, China. “The aim is to endorsed the perception of trans- September 24th Mr Abe fired off cards are played right. If this uto- purveyor of trade in the region. In deepen regional integration through formation, but believed it to have what he called “three new arrows” pian dream is to be realised, what fact, it already has the building a free flow of trade for the collec- been an integral part of China’s on behalf of Abenomics, his needs to be changed and is blocks of the new economy, where tive benefit of all participating na- strategy for the past several de- programme to revive Japan’s Singapore already on the right legal, accounting and financial ser- tions,” added the Chinese official, cades. “This is the secret of economy through a package of Another supplementary budget of cial support for families and set a path? Singapore has managed to vices will still be in high demand for who wished not to be named as he China’s success. monetary easing, fiscal stimulus as much as ¥5 trillion, or 1% of new target to lift Japan’s sagging overcome many of its disadvan- a fast-growing South-east Asia. Said was not authorised to offer com- The ruling party, which led the and structural reform. The first is GDP, is in the offing. Since Japa- birth rate from 1.4 to 1.8 children tages by using technology - such Professor Hoon Hian Teck from the ments. The China Daily-spon- country through painful past tran- a new pledge to boost nominal as the development of Newater Singapore Management University sored forum — where experts, of- sitions, is cautious to jealously nese institutions and households per woman. He also repeated a and desalination plants to over- School of Economics: "Singapore's GDP by 22% to ¥600 trillion ($5 hold the bulk of the outstanding promise to stop the population ficials and Asian News Network guard its gains but quite open to come its lack of water resources. strong legal institutions and excel- (ANN) members es converged — apply the wisdom acquired from trillion) from ¥491 trillion last year. debt, and the Bank of Japan is buy- falling below 100m. A greater level We have to keep the environment lent physical infrastructure give it a That goal was met with scepti- ing almost all new issuance, yields of support for families would be took place on September 17 in one others’ experience to chart its fu- conducive for allowing different comparative advantage in the of the greenest cities of China, ture strategy,” he said. “Instead of cism—unsurprisingly, since Mr on government debt barely budged welcome; Japan presently spends industries to come and go... 'middleman' role, particularly as the Abe gave little detail on how to when Standard & Poors, a credit- far less in this area than do other Nanning, and coincided with the judging Western standards, Paki- Singapore must remain an attrac- region expands." opening of the 12th China ASEAN stanis need to try and understand achieve it. Yet nominal GDP has rating agency, issued a downgrade rich nations. Yet there is little sign tive place to do business for highly But Mr Devadas Krishnadas, chief been rising consistently thanks to on September 16th. Mr Abe’s sec- that the government is ready to specialised, high value-added com- executive of management consult- Expo there. In all, representatives the system and it’s working to par- his efforts to reflate the ond and third new arrows merely begin the difficult task of persuad- panies... There's no way of know- ing firm Future-Moves Group, said from 17 media groups attended the take in the making of the collective economy—by an annualised 2.3% embellished his existing programme ing voters to accept much higher ing what kind of industries they the financial sector needs to evolve meeting. The ban on the popular future,” he advised. In a recent per year since he returned to of- of structural reform, which has levels of permanent immigration. will be in. What it cannot change, beyond the current emphasis on search engine Google and its allied publication, Moody’s predicted fice at the end of 2012. The new thus far disappointed. Some pro- Keeping low-paid foreigners out however, is its location. Fortu- wealth management. "We need to mailing sites in China hampered that “the Silk Road Economic Belt target certainly underscored the reformers voiced concerns that the is one reason why, in the five years nately, this will continue to be a deepen and widen the human capi- the work of several journalists re- will benefit predominately smaller government’s commitment to pur- latest darts might be replacing older to 2012, about half a million Japa- key advantage in whichever tal expertise in the legal and account- porting from the forum to their states with underdeveloped econo- suing growth at all costs, while and more ambitious ones. Still, Mr nese stopped work to care for their growth strategies it chooses to ing fields such that we have the ca- readers and viewers back home. But mies, low investment rates and low further downplaying worries about Abe revived some hope with talk ageing parents. Mr Abe pledged pursue. pability and capacity to undertake the visit did provide them an op- per-capita incomes”. (Published in Japan’s huge sovereign debt, which of a “productivity revolution”. He more nursing-care places to allevi- The Republic's location in the larger and more complex financial portunity to gain a rare insight into Dawn, Business & Finance now stands close to 250% of GDP. made a new pledge for some finan- ate the burden. heart of fast-growing South-east and business transactions." the life and working of the great weekly, September 28th, 2015)

he dramatic scandal behind sale of Volkswagen diesel-engine tradition treaty with Germany, Eu- Volkswagen’s emissions models. Spiralling crisis nd to make ropean regulators are also now in- Tcover-up - and the subse- matters worse for Volkswagen, vestigating and could claim first quent collapse in the German car several of its executives will likely dibs on prosecuting company of- giant’s share prices – have wiped a face criminal charges and extradi- ficials. colossal $5 bln off Qatar’s sover- tion to the U.S, according to a U.S. German authorities has given eign wealth fund, UK paper The expert. “If there is sufficient evi- scandal-hit Volkswagen an Octo- Telegraph reported on Saturday. dence… the company and any in- ber 7 deadline to set out a timeline The oil-rich Gulf state’s in- dividuals involved could face crimi- for bringing all its diesel cars in line vestment arm Qatar Holding, nal charges under the Clean Air Act, with national pollution guidelines, which owns 17 percent of and for conspiracy, fraud and false a newspaper said Sunday. Volkswagen, is the third-largest statements,” said David M. The federal motor vehicle of- shareholder in the crisis-hit Uhlmann, a former chief of the fice (KBA) told VW to set out carmaker. Qatar Holding is further Justice Department’s Environmen- “binding measures and a timetable” suffering over additional losses tal Crimes Section who is now a by the deadline showing how it will from other stakes in its portfolio, law professor at the University of meet emissions standards without according to the Telegraph. Michigan. Criminal charges were resorting to software that rigs test The Volkswagen scandal has “almost certain,” he told the As- results, Bild am Sonntag reported. wiped over $22 bln off the firms sociated Press. If Volkswagen fails to meet the value, led to the resignation of its But Uhlmann cautioned that deadline, the KBA warned in a chief executive, and could result in hauling the executives involved two-page letter, the authority billions of dollars in fines. into a U.S. courtroom could be chal- could withdraw approval for the The crisis has led to environ- lenging because much of the con- affected models, meaning they mentally-conscious Switzerland on duct at issue probably occurred could no longer be sold or even Saturday temporarily banning the overseas. While the U.S. has an ex- moved on German roads. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Gomez unveils music video featuring fans

This month, while walking along a line an American show. Not only the billboard diminished signifi- opportunity to be equal with the sumption is. For the record, this is Singer Selena Gomez has unveiled last week at a secret fan event here, subway stop in New York, I saw is it unprecedented that an Indian cantly after I read this interview boys, and I think that’s really pro- how Merriam Webster defines her music video for "Same old where the 23-year-old surprised something rare: The face of an In- actress is the face of a major Amer- by Chopra in Refinery 29, a life- gressive. Fith these statements, feminism: The belief that men and love" featuring her fans. Directed her fans with a preview of her new dian actress on a billboard. It was ican TV series, 33-year-old Chop- style website. Asked by the inter- Chopra has joined the ranks of ed- women should have equal rights by Michael Haussman, the video album -- and the chance to appear an advertisement for Quantico, a ra is also breaking several stereo- viewer if the show is feminist, the ucated, urban Indians who shun the and opportunities. was launched on Tuesday. It in her video. "The screen will rise drama which premieres in the US types with her role. She plays Alex Bollywood star replied: I don’t word “feminism” like the plague. Or, in other words, the move- shows a more serious side to towards the end and I'll surprise on Sept. 27 on ABC. The TV se- Parrish, a young FBI recruit who think it’s feminist, but it’s empow- Many of them appear to believe ment is about “empowerment” and Gomez, as she travels to her con- them and finish the song," Gomez ries has been making news in the is half Indian and half Caucasian. erment… It’s got very strong fe- that feminists are women who hate social “progress.” It is about cert on a rainy night, sneaking explained in a video about the Indian press for several months In the teasers, her character seems male characters, and I don’t think men and sex and go around burn- “strong” women and equal oppor- through a busy club to avoid the event. "That will be inserted into now exactly because of that face I modern, vivacious and thankfully it’s a bra-burning feminist show ing bras whenever they are angry. tunities. Basically, everything that paparazzi, and observing the the actual video." saw: it features Priyanka Chopra devoid of any ethnic stereotypes where you’re like, we hate men, Anyone who has looked up the Chopra says Quantico is about, cityscape and passersby as she The song is Gomez's second as the lead character, making her — think Apu-type accent. But the but we have really strong male char- word in a dictionary would know while balking at the word femi- travels, reports etonline.com. The single off her upcoming album "Re- the first Bollywood actor to head- initial desi pride I felt when seeing acters, too… It gives females an how horribly inaccurate this as- nism. final on-stage number was filmed vival". Diane Kruger thought beauty meant being skinny The 36-year-old actress, who has been in a relationship with ac- tor Joshua Jackson for nine years, shared that her old outlook was "stupid" and her stance changed when she turned 30, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "When I was younger, being beautiful meant being skinny; I was a model, so you can imagine how hard it was to stay in shape. But when I turned 30, I realised how stupid I was for believing that. I think you're beautiful when you're smart and beauty is some- thing you need to achieve,` Io Donna magazine quoted Kruger as saying. Asked when she feels beauti- When she was younger, actress ful, the `Inglourious Basterds` ac- Diane Kruger was under the im- tress said : "When the person I love pression that being beautiful meant tells me, 'I love you'. I'm not jok- being skinny. ing, it's true.` I think, the Maula likes my voice: Kailash Kher

Kailash Kher and Sufi music are Rising too. You know, Sufi songs he collection started off with However, this time around, we tels and showcased voluminous still a mystery why they cannot within her collection, giving the synonymous with each other. Kher are spiritual meditative numbers. knotted kimono capes in loved his embellishments more palazzos and wraparound jackets get it right! The combination of audience a feel of her entire brand. seems to be an ideal name com- You cannot place such songs in a Ttaupe and ivory hues and than his prints; the collection is with frayed, fringe edgings. One black chiffon with rose printed Her initial pieces were toned posers look up to, when they want movie for the sake of entertain- further progressed into maroons full of floral embroideries and a lot of the best pieces from the collec- silks was just jarring to the eye down from her previous collection, a playback voice for their Sufi ment. You cannot use the term and reds. When viewed separately, sequins. Humayun Saeed and tion would have to be a pair of and became a bore after a while. the newfound design element was songs. Little wonder that Fauzia 'Maula' for a random reason. Naqli Shamaeel's pieces were beautifully Mehwish Hayat (third from left) silver palazzo's with different em- The brand is clearly not evolving evident. Arshi, music composer and direc- duniya mein asli kaam karne ke liye crafted but the bold prints paired also walked for the designer — bellishment on each leg, an inter- and what makes matters worse is Sadly, what pulled the collec- tor of the upcoming movie Hog- aapko asli hona padega. Ha ha. I with bold embellishments just did Publicity photos Humayun Saeed esting composition for the runway that even after so many years of tion down was the color palette; aya Dimaagh Ka Dahi, chose Kher think, the Maula likes my voice. not work. and Mehwish Hayat (third from but one that would be tricky to experience, the fittings are still hay- rather than being regal and opulent to sing her first Sufi composition. Do you know that I have also sung The best piece in the collec- left) also walked for the designer pull off in reality. Crop tops with wire! For a label that has been op- that is Ammara's style, the washed In an exclusive interview, the 'Al- Hanuman Chalisa for Aadesh tion? This exquisite red bridal over- —Publicity photos With bright belted dupattas over wide-legged erational for as long as Asifa and out dusty pink took away from lah Key Bandey' singer shares his Shrivastava and a Gujarati prayer coat worn by Rabia Butt. The mas- waistcoats for men and loose crop pants was another silhouette the Nabeel, this is one problem they the ensembles instead of adding to connection with God, Sufism and for Devi Maa etc. In our country, ter of the colour wheel brought out tops for women, there were some young designers presented. How- should not be facing. Perhaps the them. As far as structure and art- his love for music. whenever you sing songs related yet another vibrant collection with ensembles that just did not make ever, the mistake that brought their brand should have focused less on istry is concerned, Ammara's col- You are known for songs that to the almighty, you need to be the first piece being a colourful the cut. The combination of dusty collection down would have to be the theatrics and more on the cloth- lection was sound and collected. start with the word 'Maula', includ- careful. You will be accepted only harlequin print, sprinkled with se- salmon pink with mustard and their pairing of deep red with sil- ing! —Publicity photos Perhaps The strong suits of the collection ing the famous song from Delhi 6, if you sound genuine. quins. Ansari puts out horizontally purple remained one of the least ver embellishments for one outfit; the brand should have focused less would have to be her feather de- composed by legendary Yes! Even your new song sectioned lehngas, that give the il- favorite combinations. In retro- this combination rarely looks good on the theatrics and more on the tailing that was beautifully crafted. A.R.Rahman. Is there any connec- 'Maula Maula' from the movie lusion of chattapati and with sim- spect, 'Oudh' was one of the bet- and should be avoided at all costs! clothing! —Publicity photos With attention paid to individual tion in such songs? Hogaya Dimaagh Ka Dahi is ren- pler duppatas, he brings back his ter collections of the evening. The This design house has been on the Khan showcased two capsule motifs, her cut-out embellished I had a 'Maula' song in The dered soulfully. printed silk lehngas from last year. duo remained in the hues of pas- block for many long years and it is collections, luxury pret and bridal, pants made a statement. I don’t know why we hanker after Concert to end poverty: Beyonce, this Oscar business: Naseeruddin Shah Michelle Obama, Malala take the stage

NEW YORK: Some of the biggest names in music and politics from Beyonce to European prime min- isters rallied Saturday in a concert aimed at mobilizing action to eradi- cate extreme poverty. Nobel lau- reate and social activist Malala Yusufzai also attended the concert and stressed on the need to invest on education. Before thousands of people in New York's Central Park and a far greater audience on tele- vision, the Global Citizen Festival sought to use entertainment to broaden support for new United Nations development goals. Beyonce, playing just her second concert this year, was the top at- traction for many fans who ob- tained tickets not by paying but by committing to activism ranging from writing letters to volunteer- ing. Two days ago, India celebrated as in fact the best film to have re- as the Pakistani Academy Selec- Other performers included rock lady encouraged the audience to use dren,” she said. “And make no ending extreme poverty by 2030 Marathi film Court was selected leased in recent times. I don’t tion Committee's pick for submis- veterans Pearl Jam and Coldplay, social media to campaign on be- mistake about it — giving them — in part by focusing on oppor- as its submission to the Best For- know why we hanker after this sion to the Foreign Language Film fresh English pop sensation Ed half of the estimated 62 million girls that chance is at the core of our tunities for girls, an investment eign Language Film category for the Oscar business.” That's not it, Award category at the 88th Acad- Sheeran, socially conscious rapper worldwide who are not in school. work to end global poverty." with sweeping consequences for 88th Academy Awards in Febru- Shah went further and added, "“I emy Awards. Moor's director Jami Common and — in an effort to raise US First Lady Michelle Obama Stephen Colbert, left, and Hugh families' futures. ary next year. But veteran actor think it should be enough for mak- was very happy to have his film the profile of the festival in India— speaks at the fourth annual Global Jackman appear on stage at the Pearl Jam brought back to stage Naseeruddin Shah doesn't seem ers of Court that the film has been selected, as he said: "With this sub- popular Bollywood singer Sunidhi Citizen Festival in Central Park Global Citizen Festival. — AP Beyonce for Bob Marley's inspi- too pleased. In an interview with liked and much appreciated in our mission to the Oscars our destina- Chauhan. Beyonce closed an ener- Manhattan. — AFP “They de- Stephen Colbert, left, and Hugh rational “Redemption Song,” Indian Express, the actor said: "I own country and that is what mat- tion is beyond hope now, as we getic set by welcoming to the stage serve the same chances to get an Jackman appear on stage at the which segued to a video of late anti- don’t really care about the Oscars. ters.” Here in Pakistan, recently now know that our stepping stone a surprise guest she hugged warmly education as my daughters and Global Citizen Festival. — AP On apartheid hero Nelson Mandela Court is one of the finest films and released film Moor was selected was in the right direction." — Michelle Obama. The US first your daughters and all of our chil- Friday, the UN endorsed a goal of urging a fight against poverty. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES FIFA instructs PFF to hold fresh election within two years

anchester United manag er Louis van Gaal refused Mto look too far ahead in the Premier League title race de- spite seeing his side go top after comfortably beating Sunderland 3- 0. Manchester City's 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur earlier on Sat- urday enabled United to take top spot for the first time since Van Gaal took charge at the start of last season. But the Dutchman believes it is too early to gauge United's chances of a first title since leg- KARACHI: The FIFA decision endary former manager Alex Fer- finally came. However, it wasn’t guson delivered his 13th and final totally satisfactory for any of the championship in 2013. “Ask me two warring factions of the Paki- that question again in May,” Van stan Football Federation (PFF). Gaal said to reporters after goals The Executive Committee of the from Memphis Depay, Wayne world’s football governing body Rooney and Juan Mata at Old met in Zurich on Friday in which Trafford left Sunderland still look- the PFF issue was discussed and ing for a first win of the season. it instructed the crisis-riddled Pa- “To continue is very difficult in kistan body to hold new elections this league. Last year when we had within two years. “The PFF has 13 points from 10 or 11 matches, to revise its statutes and hold new we had to chase and at the end of elections within two years,” FIFA the season we finished fourth.” said in a statement. “FIFA will also “This year is a big difference. You act on the recent appointment of a can start better from the top than court administrator to the PFF, the bottom, but it shall be very which is considered as interference. difficult. In May you can ask me The PFF must report to the FIFA the same question,” added Van Associations Committee every six Gaal. “We have to continue, al- months on the progress of this re- though we shall lose also. We play vision process.” The PFF has been away at Arsenal next week and mired in controversy over the last several months after it split into they are one of the most difficult two factions ahead of its presiden- teams to beat, but we won there tial elections which were scheduled last season so it is possible.” “I for June 30. The split in the PFF think Manchester United can win saw one faction headed by incum- against any team, but also you need bent president Faisal Saleh Hayat luck and we had that today (Satur- and the other by presidential con- day) because it was the last minute tender and vice-president Zahir Ali of the first half.” United opened Shah before the Lahore High Court the scoring in the fourth minute of (LHC) intervened. It ordered a stay first-half injury time when a glori- on the elections but Hayat’s camp ous Daley Blind pass allowed in his 171st league goal for the club, Rooney, Depay and (Anthony) dence.” Sunderland remain bottom appointment at United, as they fensive record in the division and went ahead and conducted its elec- Mata to square for Depay to score drawing him level with Denis Law Martial it's very important,” Van of the table without a victory after narrowly avoided relegation and although they produced a disci- tion in Changla Gali which saw him his first league goal since signing in third place in United's all-time Gaal added. I am a happy coach failing to improve on a record that manager Dick Advocaat knows his plined performance, they switched being re-elected before he was is- from PSV Eindhoven. Rooney then list. “It doesn't matter who is scor- because Rooney and Depay have has seen them win just once at Old side needs to improve if they are off when Patrick van Aanholt al- sued a contempt notice and the ended an 11-game goal drought in ing goals or making goals. I am not scored in the Premier League now Trafford since 1968. That came in to avoid that fate this time. lowed Mata to get in behind him LHC appointed an administrator the Premier League as he bundled interested, although personally for and that's fantastic for their confi- May 2014, just before Van Gaal's Sunderland have the worst de- for Depay's opener. — Justice Asad Munir — to take care of PFF affairs. The LHC also declared those elections null and void. In the meantime, FIFA sent a fact-finding mission to Pakistan last month which discussed at length the matters of the PFF with the two warring groups, findings of which were discussed at last British welterweight Amir Khan (to the US) to make a deal with Monday’s FIFA Associations could be set for a high-profile clash Ruslan Provodnikov, but he as- Committee meeting before being with all-time great Manny Pacqui- sured me that was not the case." passed onto the ExCo. The Hayat ao in the first part of 2016. Pac- Pacquiao injured his shoulder faction had been claiming since last quiao's promoter Bob Arum says during his eagerly-awaited show- week that their elections were up- he is currently in negotiations with down with Floyd Mayweather held but the FIFA decision didn’t the Khan camp and that a fight in Pacquiao injured his shoulder dur- clarify that. FIFA’s media office Las Vegas could be a possibility. ing his eagerly-awaited showdown was closed for the weekend as Pacquiao injured his shoulder dur- with Floyd Mayweather And Dawn sought clarification but a ing his points loss to Floyd May- Arum added that Khan is current- well-placed source in the world weather in May but is now recov- ly the only potential opponent for body said that it is the 2011 elect- ering after surgery on a torn rota- Pacquiao who is considering. "I ed PFF Congress that would con- tor cuff and should be able to re- don't negotiate with two people at tinue for the next two years. turn to the ring next year. And the same time," he added. "I think “Since FIFA has asked PFF to hold Arum told Telegraph Sport: "We that's unethical. "I'm in the pro- elections with updated statutes in were planning for Manny Pacqui- cess of negotiating for an Amir the next two years, therefore, the ao to fight at the end of February Khan fight against Manny Pacqui- 2011 Congress would continue,” or, at the latest, the first two weeks ao. "I'm not saying necessarily that the source told Dawn. That would see Hayat and Zahir — as Khyber in April. "March is out of the ques- the negotiations will be success- Pakhtunkhwa Football Associa- tion because of a big college bas- ful, although I believe that every- tion (KPFA) chief — work together ketball tournament in the United body is negotiating in good faith. again after a bitter feud between States. That gets all the ink at the While those negotiations are •go- proved too strong for Chris Alg- May, when he defeated Chris Alg- the two after April’s disputed elec- time. "I'm in the process of having ing on, I'm not going to discuss any ieri when the duo met in New York ieri on points to retain his WBC tions of the Punjab Football Asso- negotiations with Amir Khan's other opponent for Manny Pac- Amir Khan proved too strong for Silver Welterweight title. Khan had ciation (PFA) saw the PFF turmoil uncle and his lawyer, Robert quiao. "There is a possibility that Chris Algieri when the duo met in been hoping to fight Mayweather escalate. In a letter addressed on Davis, and those negotiations are it could happen in Dubai, but I New York himself but the American has now Friday to Col Ahmed Yar Khan ongoing. "I know there was a re- think it's more likely it will hap- The 28-year-old Khan has also retired after his win over Andre Lodhi — the secretary of the Hayat port that Khan was coming here pen in Las Vegas." Amir Khan been absent from the ring since Berto earlier this month. faction of the PFF — which was released to the media on Sunday, FIFA warned that Pakistan could face a suspension due to the ap- pointment of a court administra- tor. “The appointment of an ad- ministrator for PFF by the High Court of Lahore is contrary to ar- ticles 13.1 let. i) and 17 of the FIFA Statutes that request the Member Associations to manage their af- HARARE: Left-arm spinner Imad Shoaib Malik (35) and Umer Akmal fairs independently and without Wasim took career-best figures of (14) appeared to have provided influence from any third parties,” four for 11 as Pakistan beat Zim- stability but they too left. Shahid it read. “The violations of such ob- babwe by 13 runs in the first Afridi departed after scoring just ligations might lead to sanctions, Twenty20 international at the two runs playing an uppish stroke including the suspension of the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. on Panyangara's delivery which PFF.” A source within the Zahir Set 137 for victory, the home landed into Chibhabha's hands faction didn’t delve into FIFA’s side could only muster 123 for nine while Rizwan's 33 was the most reservations with the court order in reply after Pakistan had won decent performance from the lower but added: “This is FIFA v local the toss and elected to bat. Wasim, order. Earlier, left arm medium court and they will have to solve 26, proved chief destroyer as he pacer Imran Khan Jr. made his de- this out.” The letter added that it bagged the wicket of in-form but after Pakistan's captain Shahid expected elections within two opener Chamu Chibhabha for a Afridi decided to bat first after years after amendments to the con- duck before reducing Zimbabwe to winning the toss. Imran earned the stitution of the PFF — an issue 66 for five when he dismissed Sean national call up after a spectacular which led to the row in the coun- Williams (14) in the 12th over. performance in the recently con- try’s football governing body. “The Captain Elton Chigumbura cluded domestic T20 competition FIFA Executive Committee decid- Peter Sagan is the new men’s world If the group take me, I was very (31) was the only home batsman taking 16 wickets in seven matches ed that the current leadership — road race champion after blowing tired for the sprint. I did one at- to muster much resistance to the for champions Peshawar. The 27- led by Faisal Saleh Hayat — would all of his rivals away with a su- tack and it was the right attack." visitors' attack, before he became year-old from Swat, with his move- be given two years [until Septem- perb late attack in Richmond. Sagan barely showed his face the third run out of the innings in ment and accuracy, also shined ber 2017] to revise the PFF stat- The 25-year-old Slovakian for the first 255km of the 261.4km the final over. Shoaib Malik (35) with a hattrick during the tourna- utes and organise elections accord- surged clear on the penultimate race, which took place over 16 laps top-scored for Pakistan as they ment. Pakistan began a whistle- ingly,” it said. “Furthermore, this climb of the day, with 2.8km to of a 16.2km course containing three posted 136 for eight in 20 overs stop tour of Zimbabwe on Sun- process would be carried out un- go, and held on to win by three short climbs in the last 4km, two and wicketkeeper Mohammad day with a view to preparing for der supervision of Mr Costakis seconds from runner-up Michael of which were cobbled. Sagan Rizwan finished unbeaten on a greater challenges that lie ahead in Koutsokoumnis, member of the Matthews (Australia) and third- climbed off of his bike at the finish measured 33 from 32 balls. the coming months. The two sides FIFA Associations Committee, placed Ramunas Navardauskas line to celebrate with fans and fel- Seamer Chamu Chibhabha was will engage in two Twenty20 who would report every six (Lithuania). low riders Sagan climbed off of his the pick of the home bowlers with internationals and three one-day months to the Associations Com- Ben Swift was Britain's high- bike at the finish line to celebrate three for 18, his best figures in internationals in the space of nine mittee until the end of the pro- est-placed finisher in 22nd. with fans and fellow riders It Twenty20 internationals. The fi- days at Harare Sports Club, in what cess.” A source in the Hayat fac- Sagan celebrated the biggest briefly looked like a strong, seven- nal match of the 20-over series will Pakistan coach Waqar Younis tion claimed that the “current lead- win of his career by throwing his man escape group that formed be played at the same venue on termed a “payback tour” after ership” means the election winners helmet into the crowd and exchang- when Britain's Ian Stannard at- The Singapore Jockey Club has take place. Bet nowBet £5 get £20 Tuesday, after which the teams will Zimbabwe became the first team of this year’s provincial elections. ing high-fives with the tacked 35km out might be able to announced the unexpected scrap- free A statement read: "Both inter- contest three one-day to travel to Pakistan in six years “The current leadership means the backmarkers in the peloton as hold on to the finish, but they were ping of the Singapore Airlines In- national races together with internationals starting on Thurs- this May. While Younis remains provincial representatives who spectators and fellow riders alike caught at the end of the penultimate ternational Cup and KrisFlyer In- Singapore Racing have grown in day. Pakistan had earlier set a tar- wary of Zimbabwe's abilities in were elected this year,” said the shared in what appeared to be a lap after a determined chase from ternational Sprint. stature and prestige over the years. get of 137 runs for Zimbabwe to their home conditions, he also ad- source. The PFF row began with hugely popular victory. Germany and Australia. The races were introduced in As the objectives set out for the chase after deciding to bat first. mitted that Pakistan have one eye the contentious elections of the Sagan said: "I think it's the big- That opened the door for fresh 2000 and 2001 respectively and two races have been achieved, the The Greens got of to a shaky start on what is to follow. “We've got a PFA in which Sardar Naveed Haid- gest victory [of his career] and I attacks and Zdenek Stybar (Czech have attracted some smart per- Singapore Turf Club wishes to and failed to find rhythm through- very big tour coming up straight er — of the Hayat group — was am very happy because I did a lot Republic) obliged on the first climb formers from around the world. announce that the SIA Cup and out the innings. Opener Ahmed after this against England, so this declared winner. That victory came of sacrifice this last three weeks of the last lap, the cobbled Libby However, officials have de- KFIS will be discontinued." Shehzad and Mukhtar Ahmed de- is kind of a preparation,” he said after several voting members of the after the Vuelta [a Espana]. Hill, only to be chased down by cided that the initial objectives, of Previous winners of the parted early after scoring just 17 at a press conference on Saturday. other group of his rival and incum- "Everybody had to be tired Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium), promoting racing in Singapore and Singapore Cup include Grandera and 4 runs, respectively, followed “We had a couple of months bent Arshad Khan Lodhi were after 240km. I just ate all the gels Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) encouraging better horses to run in who triumphed for Godolphin in by Sohaib Maqsood who managed layoff before this which we needed banned by the PFF’s Disciplinary that I had and I was waiting for the and then eventually the rest of the the country, have now been 2002 and Endless Hall, who to score just 6 runs. All three got after a long tour to Sri Lanka, but I Committee — which incidentally last cobblestone climb, and from peloton as the field came back to- achieved, and the contests, staged claimed the prize for Luca Cumani dismissed off Chamu Chibhabha's think the boys are fresh and we had members of the PFF Congress. there I was full gas until the finish. gether once more. at Kranji racecourse, will no longer a year earlier. measured and smart bowling. want to make the most of it.” This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. TUESDAY . SEPTEMBER 29 . 2015-Mizan 07, 1394 H.S Vol:X Issue No:61 Price: Afs.15

Transparency urged in nominating selection body KABUL: Election watchdogs on Monday stressed early nomina- tion of selection committee s KABUL: NATO secretary gener- the CEO office in Kabul said. at combating terrorism had not been remained a priority of NATO s members so they could choose al has said Afghanistan remains Stoltenberg and Abdullah dis- fully effective. However, Abdullah support as the alliance had always new commissioners on the elec- among the alliance s priorities, re- cussed Afghanistan and NATO s added the improvement in coordi- focused on Afghanistan-related is- toral bodies. The observers urged assuring continued support for support for Afghan security forc- nation among Afghan forces had sues. Stoltenberg also mentioned selection of honest and qualified Afghan security forces. Jens Stol- es and terrorism. Abdullah said strengthened their performance and the upcoming NATO defense min- people in the proposed commit- tenberg, who met Chief Executive Afghan forces had passed a hard morale. Stoltenberg reassured that isterial next week and foreign min- tee in order to avoid irregularities Officer (CEO) in New York, phase in their operations last year, NATO would support Afghan forc- isters meeting in December and in elections and confrontation be- hailed the performance of Afghan preventing Taliban militants from es in fighting terrorists and protect- said the alliance would make im- tween leaders of the unity security forces and called them an achieving their goals. But he said ing Afghanistan from internal and portant decisions during the two government.Electoral Reform inspired army, a statement from the Afghan government s efforts foreign threats. He said Afghanistan meetings. (Pajhwok) Commission (ERC) had suggest- ed that the selection committee should be comprised of seven members, including three from civ- Analysts see Pakistan behind growing unrest 2 officials caught il society groups.Other members of the panel should be a woman, a KABUL: Political experts believe rorists. The Pakistani government garhar and Kunduz province on Pa- red-handed representative of the Supreme the security situation in eastern and military later claimed the at- kistan seeking to avenge the Pesha- Court Council, a representative of and northern provinces has deteri- tack was planned and controlled war attack. A number of gunmen taking bribes the Afghanistan Independent Hu- orated because Pakistan wants to from Afghanistan, prompting Pres- operate in Nangarhar in the name of man Rights Commission take revenge on the Afghans for ident Ashraf Ghani office to Islamic State, but Taqat said there (AIHRC), a representative of the the recent terrorist attack on a Pa- strongly reject the claim. The Pa- were no Daesh fighters in Nangar- As concerns deepen over the in- them," Sherzad said. Independent Commission for kistan Airforce base near Pesha- kistani government then decided to har and those disguised as IS gun- creasing number of militants asso- Elaborating on the anti-Daesh Overseeing the Implementation of war. The security situation has late- only share evidence with the Af- men were members of the Pakistani ciated with Daesh in some regions operation, commanders of Afghan Constitution (ICOIC) and a rep- ly worsened in eastern provinces, ghan government about the attack security forces. He said the differ- of Afghanistan, local security offi- national army in the eastern region resentative of the Independent particularly in Nangarhar, and in and not to lodge a strong protest. ences between the unity government cials said Monday that the securi- vow to continue the operation un- Administrative Reform and Civil northern Kunduz province, where President Ghani then phoned Pa- leaders and the appointment of in- ty forces are planning a massive til Daesh is eradicated from the Services Commission (IARCSC). the insurgents on Monday cap- kistan Prime Minister Nawaz competent individuals on key mil- anti-Daesh campaign in Achin and region. "We are always at war with tured more than half of the pro- Sharif and condemned the incident, itary posts contributed to the grow- A month back, President Ashraf HERAT CITY: Intelligence police Haska Mina districts of Nangar- foreigners, neighboring countries Ghani issued a decree ordering the vincial capital, Kunduz City. Be- insisting Afghanistan would never ing unrest. He said Pakistan did not have arrested two district officials har. As part of his anti-Daesh cam- are always interfering in our coun- Administrative Affairs Office at sides the Taliban, the self-styled allow its soil to be used against its want to lose the aid it had been re- in western Herat province on cor- paign, Nangarhar police chief Fa- try and we have sufficient evidenc- the Presidential Palace to intro- Islamic State fighters have recent- neighbours. Fakor said the insur- ceiving from the international com- ruption charges, an official said on zel Ahmad Sherzad on Monday es to prove it," the commander of duce members of the selection ly intensified their activities in var- gents had their attacks focused on munity in the name of the war Monday. Those detained included called on the people to cooperate 301 border police in east, Wali committee, but the decree is yet ious districts of Nangarhar. Politi- Nangarhar and Kunduz provinces against terrorism. He said the neigh- the Injil district mayor and rural with the security forces in their Khan Shinwarai said. This comes to be implemented. Election cal commentator Mohammad Yu- as they believed they would be able bouring country sometimes carried affairs director, confirmed the pro- bid to defeat Daesh in the prov- after Daesh launched its first at- watchdogs on Monday insisted nus Fakor told Pajhwok Afghan to achieve gains given the weak out operations against militants on vincial government spokesman, ince. Hundreds of security forces tack against government forces on the selection committee should be News Pakistan wanted to take re- provincial governments. He alleged its soil but often supported the anti- Ihsanullah Hayat. are expected to take part in the Sunday. The attack occurred in formed at the earliest and urged venge on Afghanistan for the Pe- Pakistan wanted militants to infil- government elements in Afghani- A security official, who wished to operation. "The operation has been Achin district of eastern Nangar- transparency in the process. shawar attack. The attack claimed trate into northern Afghanistan and stan. Taqat said it was essential to go unnamed, said the mayor and launched against Daesh. The op- har province. The attack ended Yousuf Rashid, Free and Fair Elec- by the Pakistani Taliban left 26 reach central Asian countries. bring about drastic reforms in the the rural affairs director had been eration carried out in Deh Bala and with the killing of 85 Daesh ter- tion Foundation of Afghanistan people, including civilians and mil- Military affairs expert Gener- country s intelligence service to ef- detained red-handed accepting Kot areas are still ongoing. We in- rorists. U.S forces provided air (FEFA) executive director, told itary personnel, dead earlier this al Abdul Wahid Taqat also blamed fectively prevent attacks from the $500 and $200 in bribe respective- flicted massive casualties to Daesh support to the Afghan forces dur- Pajhwok Afghan News previous month. The attack involved 13 ter- the increasing insecurity in Nan- rebels. (Pajhwok) ly. (Pajhwok) and are determined to eliminate ing the battle. (TOLONews) selection committees lacked trans- parency because their meetings were conducted secretly and in- formation about the membership remained secret. He, however, said such problems had been re- solved to a great extent and bal- ance had been considered between members from different organiza- tions and government institutions in the new proposed selection committee. The FEFA executive head said media outlets had the right to be informed about meet- Afghans this week were up-in- ul resident, Habibullah said: "We 2.5 billion Afs in the last three the ministry of finance, Ajmal Ha- cation services. The Afghan govern- issue," a resident of Logar province, ings of the selection committee. arms over government's new 10 don't think it is an issue if govern- months of the financial year. "We mid Abdul Rahimzai said. MoF of- ment recently enforced the move and Gul Mohammad said. "We are de- Naeem Ayoubzada, the Transpar- percent tax levy against communi- ment imposes a new tax on us, but are trying to introduce the new sys- ficials have warned communication has ordered communication compa- termined to prevent the issues, ent Election Foundation of Af- cation services which will directly the money should go to national tem within two or three months for companies against embezzling the nies to collect the money and trans- however, we do not reject the prob- ghanistan (TEFA) head, said affect mobile phone subscribers. treasury not into personal ac- collecting of tax which comes from money and said that any company fer it to government treasury. "There lems in the new system, but we are members of the selection commit- The public's concern is not counts." Meanwhile, the Ministry communication services, this will found guilty of tax irregularities will are huge problems, they steal mon- committed to prevent embezzle- tee should be independent and not however so much about the levy of Finance (MoF) has said that the help government to jointly collect face legal action along with huge fines. ey under different pretexts, govern- ment of the money," a spokesman affiliated with the government. but about the possibility of the projected revenue collection the taxes with the private communi- According to statistics, currently up ment and companies must have mon- for the ministry of communication (Pajhwok) money being embezzled. One Kab- against the new tax will be about cation companies," Spokesman for to 23 million Afghans use communi- itoring systems in place over this Salim Samim said. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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