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One killed, 21 Electoral Commercial injured in Consensus among reforms panel attack on regional players is a must work again disputes resolution foreign troops postponed convoy for stability, says Ghani center inaugurated he electoral reforms com By Farhad Naibkhel mission work has been de Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi Tlayed once again due to tech- KABUL: At least one civilian was nical issues and changes in the killed and 20 others were wound- KABUL: President Muhammad panel s member list, an official ed, after a suicide bomber driving Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday urged said on Tuesday. an explosives-packed car targeted the regional countries to shed their The commission was sup- a convoy of foreign troops in Kab- difference and come up with con- posed to start work last week. ul. Spokesman to the Kabul po- sensus on how to bring peace and The formation of electoral re- lice, Ebadullah Karimi, said that a stability to Afghanistan. Speak- forms was a major point of agree- suicide bomber driving a Corolla ing at a United Nations ceremo- ment on which the unity govern- vehicle targeted foreign forces ny on women, peace and security ment was formed. The commis- convoy at around 1:20 pm on the at the foreign ministry, the presi- sion was formed following a pres- airport road in the Macroyan area, dent said that terrorism was pos- idential decree three months back which resulted at killing of one ing serious security threats to the but is yet to embark on its work. civilian and wounded 21 others, South and Central Asia region. Javed Faisal, deputy spokes- By Farhad Naibkhel ther facilities to traders, the minis- all civilians. He said that the in- Linking future of the country with man of Chief Executive Officer try would bring amendments in the jured people were rushed to the the regional support, he said that (CEO), told Pajhwok Afghan KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of business laws within 100-days via hospital by police. The spokes- fundamental changes in Afghani- News the panel was all set to start Commerce and Industries (ACCI) action plan, he promised, adding that man said that health condition of stan could not take place sans sin- work last week but its work has in a joint venture with Harakat, a capacity building is one of the most financial institute, established Af- only one injured was critical. cere support of the regional coun- been postponed due to some tech- important issues. He said the minis- Spokesman of Ministry of ghanistan Center for Commercial try would take steps to provide tries. He asked the regional play- nical issues and changes in the list Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to Public Health, Ismail Kawosi, said ers to join hands in the fight against of the panel s members. training programs for the center s that a woman and three children address commercial dispute across staffs. Deputy Chief of the ACCI, terrorism, because instability of a forces. The president added that position. No one shall think that Discussions were ongoing the country. Minister of Com- are among the wounded people government in the region would among leaders of unity govern- Khanjan Alkozai, said that lack of a Afghans are the major victims of Afghanistan will collapse, he merce and Industries, Humayon specific center to address the com- shifted to the hospitals. NATO s destabilize other governments as the war imposed on them. Af- warned the anti-Afghanistan ele- ment, he said, hoping they would Rasa said that commercial dispute new mission Resolute Support mercial disputes was a big challenge well. Ghani also termed the ghans had lived for 5, 000 years, ments. The president said that soon pave way for commission resolution was one of the big chal- before traders. He termed establish- in a media statement said that all counter-terrorism efforts in Af- defending their soil and they are role of women in the peace pro- to start work. Faisal added the lenges in front of traders, which personnel and equipment re- ment of the ACDR a positive step ghanistan for the benefits of the ready to give sacrifices for anoth- cess is very important, adding that government would bring reforms were pending for months to be in this regard, adding that ACDR mained safe in the attack. Two entire region. He said that alone in er 5,000 years to defend their coun- durable peace would be ensured to electoral process, thus it was resolved. Speaking at inaugura- would play broker and consultative service-members sustained minor Kunduz province, foreign fight- try, he said. He reiterated that when the role of women in the imperative that both leaders agreed tion ceremony here on Tuesday, role during commercial dispute pros- injuries, added the statement. The ers of 10 different countries are the government would not engage peace process was steady not on head of the panel. Election he said that in the past commer- ecution. He said that insufficient Taliban claimed responsibility for fighting against Afghan security in the peace process from a weak symbolic. monitor and civil society organi- cial disputes had to pass through number of professional mediators to the attack. Spokesperson of the zations insist the commission 47 different stages in over 1600 resolve the disputes is another chal- group, Zabihullah Mujahid, said should start work without further days to be resolved, costing much. lenge. The minister urged the Minis- on Twitter that foreign forces con- Former Jihadi delay. They say the commission s Due to tiresome process and bu- try of Justice (MoJ) to issue licens- voy came under the attack and Teachers set to end suggestions should be final and the reaucratic hurdles, traders had lost es to the mediators for commercial sustained heavy casualties. government leaders not take final their 25 percent investment for disputes. Chief Executive Officer commander decisions about elections. Follow- dispute resolution, he added. of Harakat, Nasim Akbar, said the While pledging support to the construction and equipping the ing the formation of the commis- ACDR for further development, Civilians month-long strike SHOT DEAD sion, president chose lawmaker ACDR has cost $1.8 million, pro- he urged traders to take due care vided by Harakat. He emphasized Shukria Barekzai to head the pan- of environment and customers el but she faced stern opposition that transparency, professionalism among 8 IN PARWAN rights when doing business in the and independency are crucial for the from the CEO. (Pajhwok) country. In order to provide fur- dead in Paktia CHARIKAR: Unidentified gun- center to win traders trust. men shot a former jihadi command- er dead early Tuesday in Bagram violence district of central Parwan prov- 2 killed, 51 injured in ince. Mohammad Masoom Farza- GARDEZ: Three civilians were ee, Bagram police chief, told Pa- killed in clashes between Taliban jhwok Afghan News Wasim aka suicide car bombing in Helmand and Afghan security forces in the Dewana Baso, a former jihadi Zamakino district in southeastern AT News Report to attack the building. However, regions last winter in first ever larg- commander, was on his way for Paktia, provincial police chief said police gunned down one of the est operation of Afghan military, morning prayers when he came on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Zalmay KABUL: A suicide bomber on bombers while the other one det- codenamed Zulfaqar that lasted under gunmen attack. Oryakhail said the fight contin- Tuesday morning detonated his onated his explosives-packed vest. two months, in which militants Wasim, 60, was a member of ued since Monday night in which explosives-packed vehicle near the Helmand remained as one of the were ousted from several parts of Jamiat-i-Islami party, Farzaee provincial police headquarters of five rebels had been killed and an- restive regions with Taliban pres- Sangin and other surrounding dis- added. Elyasuddin Bakhshi, a lo- southwestern Helmand province, other wounded. A huge arms cache ence in at least two districts of tricts. cal elder in Bagram, said: The leaving two people dead and 51, had also been seized, he said, add- this province. The province is The militants, who have been killing of jihadi commander is a mostly civilians, injured. The ing that Afghan National Army witnessing clashes between secu- losing grounds in southern and political issue. He said Wasim bomber hit boundary wall of the rity forces and Taliban on daily eastern Afghanistan against secu- (ANA), Afghan National Police KABUL: The Ministry of Edu- Ghazi Ade, Abdul Ali Mustaghni, had no animosity with anyone police headquarters and jolt the basis. The militant group is try- rity forces this year tactically, (ANP), border police and National cation has said on Tuesday the Guzargah, Aqa Ali Shams, Aimani and had been busy in agricultural. city that left at least two civilians ing hard to have influence on pop- shifted the war to northern Af- Directorate of Security (NDS) one month-long teachers strike and Brishnakot were among the Bakhshi expressed concerns about dead and 51 civilians injured, pro- py cultivated areas, a main source ghanistan. Now Taliban are try- took part in the fight. Zabihullah will come to an end today after schools closed in Kabul due to the security situation in the district vincial police chief, Nabi Jan of income for the terrorist groups ing hard to regain control of more Mujahid, a Taliban a spokesman, Mullah Khil said. After the blast, assurances by authorities to look strikes. Humayun Pajhman, a and accused security officials of in Afghanistan. Taliban suffered areas in Kunduz and Badakhshan claimed killing ten security per- two other suicide bombers tried into their legitimate demands. In a teacher at Habibia High School, negligence. Yesterday, according to heavy casualties and lost several provinces. sonnel and injuring ten others. One statement, the ministry said the confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan security officials, Afghan and for- Taliban fighter was killed and five strike by a number of schools News the strike was going to end eign forces raided an underground others injured in the firefight. would end today. Almost one today. He said they decided to end compound of Jan Ahmad former Separately, at least three ci- month back, teachers of several their strike after assurances from jihadi commander and destroyed vilians have been killed in road- schools in capital Kabul and 19 national assembly, ministries of other provinces went on strike education, justice and finance to huge arms caches in the province. side blast on Tuesday afternoon (Pajhwok) in eastern Ibrahim Khail area, Ory- asking for salary increment and look into their problems. akhail said, adding that all the three residential plots. They accused In the backdrop of teachers persons belonged to same family. President Mohammad Ashraf strike, reports said that one mil- Ghani for not honouring his prom- lion students majority of them Man dead, his five, There was no immediate claim ises to teachers he had made six from Kabul remained out of 5 children wounded of responsibility for the blast. months earlier. Istiqlal, Habibia, schools across the country. (Pajhwok) Sardar Kabuli, Mehrabuddin, (Pajhwok) as mortar shell hits house in Logar 36 militants dead in Kandahar Ex-PC head PUL-I-ALAM: A man was killed in Nimroz survives and his wife and five children operations, says Khpalwak wounded when a mortar shell hit rebel attack their home in Baraki Barak dis- KANDAHAR CITY: The Tali- a commander and his guard were trict in central Logar on Tuesday, ban s-designated chief for Zerai killed and a policeman wounded ZARANJ: Former provincial the town s administrative chief council head of southwestern said. Eng. Mohammad Rahim district and 35 other militants in an attack on police check post. Amin Taliban fired a mortar shell were killed in southern Kandahar, Khpalwak confirmed the attack Nimroz province survived a gun attack that left one of his body- on a police check post which an official said on Tuesday. but did not say anything about missed the target and hit the resi- Samim Khpalwak, the governor s casualties. (Pajhwok) guards dead, an official said on Tuesday. dent of Ghulam Sakhi instead. spokesperson, told Pajhwok Af- Sakhi died on the spot while his ghan News Afghan security forc- A security official in Nimroz wishing anonymity said a group wife, three daughters and two es conducted joint anti-militants sons got injured, he said, adding operations in Maiwand, Ghwar- of armed men stormed the house the wounded were instantly shift- ak and the surrounding areas. Tal- of Najibullah Naser in Zaranj City, ed to a hospital. Three of the in- iban shadow commander and 35 the provincial capital, on Mon- jured were stated to be in critical other militants had been killed in day night. He said that a body of condition. Ajmal, a resident of the the offensives, he added. Sepa- the former provincial council head locality, said Sakhi s house was Migrants travel on a train bound for the northern Serbian city of Subotica, near the rately, a security source said that died in the incident. (Pajhwok) adjacent to police check post. border with Hungary. (AFP/ Igor Pavicevic)

61.42 60.02 67.55 66.15 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY . JULY 01, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES INTERVIEW: Afghanistan must not be 62 welfare projects forgotten amid more pressing implemented in Herat, Farah

HERAT CITY: Thousands of fam- crises, warns UN envoy ilies would benefit as 62 welfare projects have been implemented The international community in western Herat and Farah prov- must not take its eye off the ball inces, officials said Monday. Her- when it comes to Afghanistan, the at officials said that 46 projects top United Nations envoy there were executed in Herat and 16 oth- has warned, noting that the coun- er projects were implemented in try faces numerous challenges the neighboring Farah province. that will take quite a bit of time to Herat governor s spokesman Eh- tackle. sanullah Hayat told Pajhwok Af- Speaking to the UN News ghan News that the projects were Centre, Mr. Haysom the Secre- implemented in Guzra district of tary-General s Special Represen- the province, costing 70 million tative and head of the UN Assis- Afghanis. He said that the budget tance Mission in Afghanistan for the projects was paid by the (UNAMA) said it would be di- Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation sastrous if the country was for- and Development (MRRD). The gotten amid today s more press- welfare projects included recon- ing crises. Although there has been struction of three water supply progress in meeting the country s networks, four schools, bridges challenges in the economic, secu- construction of roads, embank- rity and political fields, failure in ment walls and a canalization sys- any one of these areas would have tem. Implementing of agriculture consequences for the overall suc- programs and equipping of cess of the Afghan transition. schools and local development There is cause for concern councils were other projects. Pub- but, on the other hand, things are Special Representative Nicholas Haysom briefs the UN lic relations director of the Na- more or less on track. I think it Security Council on 22 June 2015 on the latest developments tional Solidarity Program (NSP) would be accurate to say that Af- in Afghanistan. UN Photo/Mark Garten of the MRRD, Lida Ahmadi, said the projects included construction ging of 78 wells for clean water in said the projects cost over 16 ghanistan is muddling through. that 16 projects were implement- of 34 small bridges, building a 75 Lasho Join, Shib Koh and Pusht million Afghanis and paid by the UN News Centre: Is there a sense be some serious security reverses engage not only Afghans but also ed in Farah province. She said that meter embankment wall and dig- Rod districts of Farah. Ahmadi MRRD. (Pajhwok) of hopelessness growing among all of those would go into the the non-Afghan non-governmen- the people, or are they very resil- mix. There is not going to be any tal organizations and diplomatic ient? miraculous transformations to the communities. The space for the Nicholas Haysom: Afghans economy, to the conflict that engagement of society has shrunk Finding Afghanistan s resilient are resilient. For 30 years they plagues the country or in the po- because of the deterioration of the have been living in an unstable, litical achievements. security environment. insecure position. While they are UN News Centre: Does the Politically, it has also been resilient, there needs to be cause recent attack on Parliament and testing for the UN. We are work- SPIRIT AMID THE DESTRUCTION for hope. With hope, I think peo- what we ve been seeing in Kun- ing with a Government which has ple can withstand quite difficult duz show that the nature of the made it clear that it expects value circumstances. So really, one is in challenges facing Afghanistan is from the UN. It is not prepared the business of measuring, as it changing, evolving? to accept the mandates of any giv- Afghan-born photographer Zalmaï documents an everyday war to survive were, a hope barometer, which Nicholas Haysom: The nature en agency, fund or programme as looks at a wide range of factors of the challenge is evolving, but a self-evident virtue. It wants to Struggle, grief, and yet the dream including the state of the econo- bear in mind that in 2015 the Af- see what we bring to the table and of normalcy these are just some my, the functioning of government ghan Security Forces have taken how we are contributing towards in a complex mix of emotions pic- and whether they think things are on the sole responsibility of man- growing the capacity of Afghans tured in a new book by Afghan- generally moving in the right di- aging the security of the country. to manage their own affairs. born photographer Zalmaï. After the Soviet invasion in 1980, he left Afghanistan for Swit- zerland, where he pursued his passion for photography and eventually began to work interna- tionally as a freelance photogra- pher. Following the 9/11 attacks, he returned to his home country to cover the fall of the Taliban where he discovered a resilience he hadn t known was there. I felt there was a lot of hope and a de- sire to build the country, he says. Everything was interesting for me, and I was in a beautiful situa- tion because I could speak the lan- guage. Instead of reiterating the narrative of Afghanistan from the perspective of Western interven- tion, Zalmaï chose to focus on the Afghan spirit, deliberately cir- cumventing the spectacle of war and illuminating the everyday fight for normalcy in the midst, wake and in spite of destruction. have a child in a country at war, The emotional seesaw is echoed not really unite all their political We could not handle one day of and you send this child to school in his work method the color forces right now, it could become a what they have lived through for for me, this is a force of life, images are energetic, loose and nightmare that I don t even want 35 years, he says. And yet peo- because you believe things are spontaneously captured, while to think about. Zalmaï hopes his UN News Centre: Following the withdrawal of foreign troops, to what extent has the ple think everything started in going to change one day. The the monochromatic images are photographs will be a reminder to UN s role become more difficult? 2001. I felt it was necessary to book s cover features no image, moodier, with more deliberate the world not to forget about Af- talk about Afghanistan in a differ- but is cloth-bound in a shade of compositions. The release of the ghanistan again. Because in 10 ent way. Between 2008 and blue that hints at either dawn or work comes at a significant time, years, he says, who s going to rection. Afghan citizens, includ- Five years ago, some would say UN envoy Nicholas Haysom 2013, he photographed in remote ing this woman in Herat, went to that was unthinkable. There are greets audience members during a dusk. Its contents, intentionally says Zalmaï, as the security situ- send 500,000 soldiers to fix the villages as well as the big cities, left uncaptioned, sandwiched col- ation on the ground becomes more problem, when you didn t fix it? the polls in August 2009 to vote steady achievements but we ve debate broadcast on state televi- where he found deep pain and in presidential and provincial coun- always got to be realistic; the Af- sion in December 2014 in which orful smartphone snapshots be- precarious. With all these war- Zalmaï s Dread and misery lurking behind each door tween more classic black-and- lords, corruption and different eth- Dreams is published by Daylight cil elections. The polls resulted in ghans are realistic. We should not he stressed the UN s commitment he knocked upon. But underneath the first democratic transfer of overstress enormous strides. to support Afghanistan. UN Pho- white reportage. You see dread, nic groups, it s very difficult to and is availablenow. Jen Tse is a this struggle, there was also defi- dream, and you go back to the have a real democracy, he says. photo editor and contributor to power in the country. UN Photo/ There is not going to be any mi- to/Fardin Waezi ance. It s there, from dawn until Tim Page raculous transformations to the UN News Centre: The UN re- dread, Zalmaï tells TIME. And I think this year it s going to be a TIME LightBox. Follow her on sunset, he says. Boys and girls that, I think, is more accurate to huge test for the Afghan army and Twitter @jentse and Instagram. UN News Centre: And where economy, to the conflict that mains very committed to Afghan- are going to school. When you do you think we are on the hope plagues the country or in the po- istan. What about the rest of the what is happening in Afghanistan. coalition government. If they can- (Time) barometer? litical achievements. international community, are they Nicholas Haysom: I think Female members of the Afghan losing interest? Is this becoming a we re quite evenly balanced. National Police train at a police forgotten crisis? There is cause for concern, which training centre in the capital, Kab- Nicholas Haysom: I look at it Khadim Ali s artworks tell of loss and living the Afghans express. But on the ul, in February 2013. The UN in from two dimensions. Internally, other hand, things are more or less Afghanistan supports efforts, there has been a reduction in size Khadim Ali s artworks tell stories of loss and living under the shadow of violence in Afghanistan on track. I think it would be accu- along with national and interna- of the international community s rate to say that Afghanistan is tional partners, to strengthen the presence. You see that in regard The 37-year-old artist belongs to by a mob, egged on by a cleric. muddling through. And I would capacity of women police and im- to the media, in regard to the size, Afghanistan s Hazara tribe, holds Despite the grimness, intensity of also not undervalue that. It may prove access to justice for wom- the number of diplomatic missions a Pakistan passport and now calls the themes and the wrestling de- sound as if I m dropping the bar en and children. UN Photo/Far- and maybe in the engagement of Australia home. His family was mons often locked in combat, there but the truth is that Afghanistan din Waezi UN News Centre: Fol- economic entities as well. One forced to flee from their home in is something about his art that first has to address serious eco- lowing the withdrawal of foreign would hope that those remaining Bamiyan during the civil war, keeps drawing viewers back. The which saw the Taleban take over re-visitations unravel new layers nomic problems. It has to sustain troops, to what extent has the are more committed and engaged Afghanistan in the 1970s. His in each of the works, which the its overall coherence in its securi- UN s role become more difficult? and that there is still a lot that can parents eventually returned and, artist can take anywhere between ty agencies and security response. Nicholas Haysom: What we be done. on Aug 31, 2011, their home in two to three months to complete. It has to make progress political- have seen is not simply a military Externally, we would recog- Kabul, where much of his art was The rugs take much longer, closer ly, which, given tensions within withdrawal. We ve also seen an nize that there are more pressing stored, was blown up after the to six months. In 2010, he was Government and the challenges international civilian withdrawal. issues outside of Afghanistan. Taleban parked an explosive-lad- offered a distinguished talent visa facing it, are quite significant. There has undoubtedly been an Those issues occur in places that en vehicle outside. His parents by the Australian government, While they are, more or less, economic contraction with more are closer to Europe and the tradi- were not injured in the attack. In which led to his move to Sydney. meeting the benchmarks and may visible signs of poverty, even in tional European-NATO type town for the opening of his solo But he found it impossible to be modestly succeeding them, I Kabul itself. In the three years that countries that are heavily invest- exhibition Transition/Evacuation cut his ties with Kabul. He still think that everyone is aware that I ve been in Kabul, there has been ed in Afghanistan. - New Works at Arndt gallery in has a studio there, where he works if something were to go badly a deterioration of security. The Thirty years of strife have Gillman Barracks, he gave no in- with several artists and tradition- wrong in any one of those areas way in which we do our work is taken a heavy toll on Afghan in- dication of the violence he had al carpet weavers who help trans- if the government was to fall apart more circumscribed. We are now stitutions and on the economy. witnessed. He says in a calm, gen- Artist Khadim Ali (above) with a detail of the rug he has late some of his complex ideas for for some reason, the economy unable to make use of social net- Seen here are women sorting pis- tle voice: There is no other way created for his show here, and his painting Transition/ the rugs. He has taken part in was to dip badly or there was to works in the way we used to, to tachios by hand at a privately- to deal with the violence. I guess I Evacuation 5, which shows five nude women being burnt many solo and group exhibitions owned factory in Herat in June stay calm thinking my parents alive by dark demons. PHOTO: ARNDT since graduating from the Nation- survived. Entire families have al College of Arts in Lahore, Paki- 2012. UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein been wiped out. Compared to that, him to create huge pieces, as large he took on many odd jobs, includ- stan, in 2003. His work was part On the one hand, Afghanistan we lost only a home and material as 2.7m in height, in which de- ing working as a farm hand. While of the Contemporary Miniature needs to acknowledge that it is not things. While he addresses the is- monic forms emerge larger than in Quetta, he heard about the Paintings From Pakistan exhibi- the only case that has a compel- sues in a completely measured life. What is interesting also is his famed National College of Art in tion at Fukuoka Art Museum in ling claim to international atten- way during the interview, the sto- use of colour. Red is in almost all Lahore, where he sat for a test and Japan the following year. In 2013, tion. But on the other, it needs to ries of migration, loss and living the pieces and this has something earned a place in the fine art de- it was picked for the Guggenheim make the case that it would be di- under the shadow of violence and to do with his childhood memo- partment. There, he learnt vari- Museum s permanent collection sastrous, and lead to potential re- war take centre stage in his art. ries. His family escaped the Tale- ous techniques, particularly the in New York and was part of the versals if the international com- This is visible in all the new works. ban massacres and settled in Quet- art of miniature painting, under travelling exhibition No Country: munity would lose attention There are paintings which are a ta, Balochistan, in Pakistan, the tutelage of Pakistani artist Contemporary Art For South And take their eye off the ball, so to mix of gouache, ink and gold leaf where he was born. He recalls his Imran Qureshi. His art is rooted South-east Asia. After moving to speak. on fine Wasli paper - a handmade grandmother saying: That year, in conflict and what is striking also Australia, he got his Master of UN News Centre: How opti- paper mostly used for miniature the poppy fields in Bamiyan is the absence of the female figure Fine Arts from the College of Fine mistic are you for Afghanistan as paintings - and several large were a deeper red because of the in most works. Only one painting Arts in Sydney. a whole? works such as rugs using wool, blood that seeped into the soil. titled Transition/Evacuation 5, While his lawyer wife and Nicholas Haysom: Once you cotton thread and ink. The rugs, The colour has somehow stayed shows five nude women being eight-year-old son are settled in adjust to the hurdles you think just like his paper works, are fas- with me. His grandfather was a burnt alive by dark demons. Sydney, he admits to being con- cinating in the referencing of the teacher and a storyteller and the Forms inspired by calligraphy in fused sometimes. He says: When the country must meet, to the lev- place he hails from. He says: In artist grew up listening to tales of red are used to reference what he I think of my own country, I get el of realism, I am optimistic. As I Afghanistan, rugs are part of our warriors, demons and princes calls the erasure of historical confused between Pakistan and said, there is not going to be any culture. We do not have dining ta- from 10th-century epics such as texts from the national archives . Afghanistan. There is a whole lot miracles, there is going to be grad- bles. Children are born on rugs. the Shahnama. These forms are Speaking about this piece, he talks of emotion attached to these ual engagement with challenges it You find them in our homes, we clearly referenced in the works. at length about male dominance in works, emotions that refuse to go meets, against realistic bench- play on them and we eat on the The artist has long been enthralled Afghan society. The piece was away, even though the place I call UN NEWS CENTRE: AND WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE marks. And they have the poten- rugs. They are central to our life. by stories of bravery, betrayals, inspired by a barbaric act of the home has changed. ON THE HOPE BAROMETER? tial to meet them. The scale of the rugs also allows daring and deception. Growing up, stoning and burning of a woman The Straits Times This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY . JULY 01, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Selling children in Silk products Senators want foreign forces Afghanistan: The on decline disappearance and in Jawzjan: stop arbitrary operations KABUL: Meshrano Jirga or up- Traders per house of the parliament on recovery of Ayesha Khan Tuesday expressed grave concern SHIBERGHAN: The sale of silk over security situation of the coun- products is on downward trend try and asked foreign forces to in northwestern Jawzjan province stop arbitrary actions. In a gener- as silk foreign products has occu- al session of the house, senators pied the market. Silk is used in said that foreign forces came to making carpets, turban, handker- Afghanistan for their own inter- chief, fabric, jackets, handbags and ests, not for the interests of Af- other products that are sold at ghans. Gulalai Akbari, a member high prices. Growing of silkworm of the house from Badakhshan is part of tradition among some province, said insecurity was on families in Jawzjan province as the rise and militants were getting most of the people like the prod- more power by passing each day. ucts of silk. However, officials of She criticized security depart- Jawzjan agriculture and livestock ments of negligence in improving EMERGENCY department said that growing pro- security in border areas and said: The borders are open for foreign CALLS cess of silkworm was weak this rebels. More than 200 rebels hav- also blamed Pakistan of having es searched the house of a former year and farmers had suffered fi- ing black flags have recently en- hands in disrupting Afghanistan Jihadi commander Jan Moham- nancial losses. Abdul Ahmad, an tered into Afghanistan from Chi- and said that Pakistan had always mad and destroyed his ammuni- Police official of the department, told tral area of Pakistan. Some days tried to support militants against tion and weapons two days ago Pajhwok Afghan News that grow- back, provincial council head of Kabul government. Her colleague in central Parwan province. He said ing silkworm have been ongoing Badakhshan province, told Pajh- from Nimroz province Nader that foreign forces should not tar- 100 - 119 from 40 years in Jawzjan prov- wok Afghan News 200 armed in- Baloch also said that security sit- get the house of Jihadi command- PESHAWAR: It was a typical police in Jalalabad, her brother ince but promoting the worm this surgents including Chechens, uation had worsened in the coun- er. His colleague Muhayudin Hospitals Sunday afternoon on March 1 said, adding the family once year was slow down. Uzbek, Tajik and Pakistanis have try and security organs should be Munsif also criticized foreign forc- and 10-year-old Ayesha was again rushed to the city. Last year, he said farmers re- crossed the border from Pakistan equipped more to fight enemies. es operation in Parwan and said playing outside her house. Dai- Throughout this duration, the ceived 1,300 packages of silkworm to Arghistan district of Badakhs- Another member of the Meshra- that they should target the cen- FMIC Hospital ly labourer Sobat Khan s eight family which could not afford seeds that each package contained han. He said that Khash, baharak no Jirga, Safiullah Baloch said: ters of insurgents instead of tar- Behind Kabul Medical children, three boys and five much to begin with was shelling 12 gram of seeds that produced and Zibak districts were under Security, governance and econo- geting the houses of civilians. University: girls, had all grown up playing out money for food, for motels 15 tons of silk. But this year, only high threat of rebels if security my has got worsened and delay- Munsif added only Afghan forces in the streets a common sight and for transport. This was in 750 packages had been distribut- situation was not improved. Lo- ing of distribution of electronic ID should be allowed to search the 0202500200-+93793275595 in Ahmad Khel neighbourhood addition to all the money they ed to farmers which produced nine cal officials had said that 250 mil- cards, signing of an intelligence house of a commander. Meshrano on the outskirts of the city. The ended up paying to officials, the tons of silk, he added, saying there itants including foreigners were agreement with Pakistan also Jirga speaker Abdul Hadi Mus- girl went missing. Her family ran Malik and others. In Jalalabad, fighting against the government in caused people to lose trust on the limyar also condemned the attack Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital was more packages available in the Yamgan, Warduj and Juram dis- government. He said agreement in Parwan and said: America did from pillar to post in search of Afghan police officials refused agriculture department but farm- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi Ayesha who was nowhere to be to even let Saeed and Sher meet tricts of Badakhshan. Akbari also signed with Pakistan had widened not come here to help Afghans, found. Exhausting all efforts, Ayesha. They allegedly demand- ers most of them women were not criticized the government for talk- distance between the government but came here for safeguarding 070263672 Sobat approached Badabher po- ed a reward for her safe recov- interested in growing silkworms ing about peace process with Pa- and the nation. On the other hand, their own interests. Muslimyar lice for help. Little was expect- ery. We paid them Rs20,000 but because there was no good mar- kistan and said: Peace would not a senator from Kabul province directed internal security and de- ed of any police investigation, they still did not let her go, he ket. He said poor protection of be ensured in Afghanistan until Farhad Sakhi said that no one fense commissions of the house Khairkhana Hospital nonetheless an FIR was regis- said. After trying for days, the silkworm was another cause of Pakistan does not demonstrate should make plots against Muja- to investigate the incident and 0799-321007 tered. Seven agonising days went family knocked on the Pakistani silk products to lose market. honesty in peace process. hideen. The views about Muja- share report with the general ses- by and the police were still chas- consulate s door in the city. And There is no proper place with Another senator Farida Kuchi hideen expressed after foreign forc- sion of the house. (Pajhwok) 2401352 ing shadows. Then a miracle much to their relief, the office farmers to protect silkworms, happened; the family received a was not only able but also will- Ahmad added. phone call from police in Kabul, ing to help Ayesha out of police However, Zikrullah one of the Thousands of Ghazni needy families get aid Indira Gandhi Children Afghanistan. Intelligence agen- custody. They were very hos- silk products traders, said main cies there had intercepted a pitable and even gave us Rs6,000 cause of weak market of silk prod- CHAZNI CITY: A Qatar funded initially conducted survey and grams of tea and milk, he said, add- Hospital, Wazir Akbar phone call and it was confirmed for the journey back home, ucts was huge imports of similar Red Crecesent (RC) organization prepared a list of 1,000 poverty- ing that RC would provide more Khan, Kabul 2301372 the girl had been sold in Afghan- Saeed added. After witnessing products on cheap prices from distributed aid and assistance stricken families. assistance to needy families. istan. Her kidnappers had been hell for 99 days, Ayesha finally foreign countries. One of the silk- among 1,000 vulnerable families The aid items distributed Abdul Qadir, a local resident, arrested and were locked up in arrived home on June 8. The worm growers Igam Birdi said the in southern Ghazni province, en among families included one sack told Pajhwok Afghan News: I Ibn-e- Seena Jalalabad jail. Finding Ayesha family is unaware of what came silkworm should be promoted in employee of RC said on Tuesday. of rice, five kilograms of edible oil, have 11 members family and the The police showed little inter- of the accused back in Afghani- a proper environment, far from Samiullah Sadiqi told Pajh- seven kilograms beans, seven ki- aid is not sufficient for all of us. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul est in actually finding Ayesha. stan. We know our neighbours wok Afghan News that the RC lograms of sugar and two kilo- (Pajhwok) Weeks had gone by and the fam- were involved in the kidnapping. other insects. (Pajhwok) 2100359 ily wasn t even sure if she was They are now threatening us with dead or alive. All they knew was dire consequences, Saeed said, Power cables to someone bought their daughter hoping the perpetrators will be Wazir Akbar Khan from people who were in the brought to justice some day. No Kajaki residents, forces major eastern Hospital custody of the Afghan police. surprises Caravan s Khalid Borrowing money to pay for the Ayub said such kidnappings are cities cut again 2301741, 2301743 journey, Ayesha s brother Saeed carried out regularly. We dealt face food, weapons shortage and their maternal uncle Reham with another such case when a hammad said they would fight JALALABAD: Unknown gun- Ali Abad Sher travelled all the way to Jala- 10-year-old girl was abducted men had once again severed pow- labad the capital of Afghani- from Hashtnagri and sold to a alongside security forces till their Shahrara, Kabul stan s Nangarhar province to man in Jhang, Punjab in 2007, last breath. But we ask the gov- er cables in the Ozbin area of Sar- rescue the child. Police told them he told The Express Tribune. ernment to provide food to our chil- obi district, depriving residents of 2100439 a Pakistani woman and two Af- After undergoing a scarring five dren and women. He said armed eastern Nangarhar and Laghman ghan men were involved in the years, she was reunited with her possessed more and heavy weap- provinces of electricity. Nangar- kidnapping. We instantly rec- parents in 2011, he said. ons than security forces and they har electricity department head Malalai Maternity ognised the woman. She was a Ayub was of the view Af- could create problems anytime. Mohib Rahman Momand told Pa- neighbour of ours, said Saeed. ghan refugees were involved in Helmand police chief Maj. Gen jhwok Afghan News he was on Hospital He added a photo of his sister cross-border kidnappings and Nabi Jan Mulakhail confirmed se- his way to Sarobi district and that 2201377/ 2301743 was on the woman s cell phone. child trafficking. They abduct curity forces faced problems in the the cables had been cut off as a Jalalabad to Khost The woman daughters of the poor who have LASHKARGAH: Security forc- nancial assistance from the governor district and assured the Taliban result of an armed clash between had taken Ayesha to Khost, a little access to the media or po- es and residents of the Kajaki dis- and other officials concerned, but the would not be able get control of the two groups. It was for the second Banks neighbouring province, in search lice, he said. An Afghan refu- trict of southern Helmand prov- road s reopening to get food items, Kajaki Dam. He said security forc- time in few days that the lines had of a potential buyer. There she gee, Ramzan, was involved in the ince on Monday complained they weapons and ammunitions for sol- es had devised a plan to reopen the been broken. Earlier, Ozbin resi- Da Afghanistan Bank came across a local Malik who case he had narrated. had run out of food and ammuni- diers and easily shift our wounded road and reinforcements had reached dents said they would allow the bought Ayesha as a child bride The girl told us she was tions due to the blockade of the personnel to hospitals, the ALP the district. Maj Gen Dadan La- broken lines to be repaired if they 2100302, 2100303 for his son, a practice common kept in a room with at least eight main road by Taliban insurgents. commander said. Haji Naik Moham- wang, the 215 military cops com- were extended electricity. After a on both sides of the border. Once other girls who were awaiting The local residents shared their mad, the Kajaki social council head, mander in Helmand, said the Tali- series of jirgas and rounds of ne- Kabul Bank the Malik was located, the deal similar fates. The kidnapper concerns with visiting officials confirmed the shortage of ammuni- ban militants were not as strong as gotiations, the residents allowed was as simple as returning some- raped her and later sold her in during a meeting in the district. tions and food items. He said a 50- propagated. We will foil all their officials to repair the lines. Mo- 222666, 070285285 thing over the counter but so Punjab, he said. The abduc- Afghan Local Police (ALP) com- kg sack of flour price had increased plots and plans. Governor Merza mand, who is accompanied by Azizi Bank much uglier reimburse the tion of minor girls is a major con- mander Mohammad Yousaf said to 16,000 Pakistani rupees, which Khan Rahimi said he would devel- engineers and technicians on his money and take your daughter cern and even more alarming is the Taliban could get control of was beyond the purchasing power op a plan for improvement in secu- way to Sarobi, said they would 0799 700900 home. We gave a friend Rs0.2 the fact that societal stigmas the Kajaki Dam and some areas if of the poor. The law and order sit- rity and reopening of the road. Some repair the broken lines if reached million to buy Ayesha back, keep parents from reporting such the security organs neglected the uation has gone from bad to worse in Taliban militants used Daesh name the site without any problem. But Pashtany Bank said Saeed. After he was reim- incidents. As many as 40 in- district s security situation. The the district and the number of pro- and had initiated their activities another official, who declined to 2102908, 2103868 bursed for the life of a child, the stances of women and girls be- main Kajaki road had been blocked government families is around 1100 against the government, he added. be identified, said the gunmen had Malik, instead of sticking to the ing abducted in Peshawar were by insurgents for the last one living in district bazaar. Mohammad Kajaki is 115 km north of Lashkar- gah, the provincial. It shares bound- also blown up a power pylon this deal and returning Ayesha to her reported with the police so far month, resulting in shortage of suggested the government should fo- time. He said repairing lines was Air Services family, handed her to the police. in 2015 actual numbers palpa- ammunitions for security forces cus on security of the district since aries with Uruzgan and Kandahar We were informed that she had bly soar higher. and food items for local residents, Daesh and Taliban jointly fought provinces. The Kajaki dam is also easy, but installing the pylon been recovered and was with the (The Express Tribune) he said. We do not demand fi- against it. Tribal elder Haji Saleh Mu- situated in the district. (Pajhwok) would take some time. The black- Safi Airways out has landed Jalalabad residents in great trouble. Faqir Syed, a res- 020 22 22 222 ident, told Pajhwok Afghan News it was a great injustice with the Ariana people to cut off electricity lines in this hot weather and fasting 020-2100270 month. There are virtually no facili- He said if insurgents or mafia groups were involved in the sabo- Kam Air ties for genetic forensic testing in 0799974422 Afghanistan, making foreign assis- tage act then they were meting out injustices to common people for tance imperative. their own interest. (Pajhwok) n Afghan court has passed The woman s supporters lob- Hotels a landmark judgement, us bied embassies and non-govern- Safi Landmark Aing DNA evidence to con- mental organisations for help, But 16 people vict a man for the multiple rape of it still took almost a year before a his daughter. DNA test could be arranged, by 020-2203131 which time the victim had given injured in The victim who cannot be ERENA named to protect her safety, was birth to another child. S abused for more than 10 years, Finally a committee of offi- URUZGAN bearing two children. cials from the attorney general s 0799654000 Violence against women is office and the interior ministry EXPLOSIONS endemic in Afghanistan and vic- took on the task. New Rumi Restaurant tims of sexual abuse are often them- They took blood and saliva TARINKOT: At least 16 people 0776351347 selves jailed for moral crimes . samples from the father, the wom- have been injured during separate I met the victim, who is in her an and her children and transferred incidents of violence in central early twenties, for the first time them to the US via Bagram air- Uruzgan province, a security of- Internet Services last year after the trial against her base, says Ruhulla, the victim s ficial said on Monday. A bomb lawyer. If we didn t have this test ripped through a police post com- UA Telecom father was suspended with the 0796701701 / 0796702702 judge asking for DNA evidence. result, my client would have been mander s vehicle in the provincial She was pregnant as a result punished based on the codes and capital, Tarinkot, on Monday af- of the abuse and held her four- laws of this country, she says. ternoon, injuring a woman and Exchange Rate year-old on her lap. The samples were processed three children, the city s second This is my daughter and my by the US firm Ideal Innova- police district chief 2nd Lt. Gul Purchase: father s daughter, she said. She tions , specialists in forensic test- Agha told Pajhwok Afghan News. is the result of my father raping intimately, making her feel uncom- nant again, I kept the baby and from over. As the father denied all ing who are also active in Afghan- The post commander, Sardar, me. We are both mother and fortable. I went to my grand- didn t abort my child, she says: charges, claiming his daughter had istan, providing fingerprint and escaped unhurt in the blast that One US$ = daughter and sisters at the same mother and complained but she I kept it to have proof for my extramarital relationships with biometric identification technolo- damaged his vehicle, Agha said. 60.60Afs time. As sunlight streamed blamed me. I was told that every claims against my father - my child other men, the victim herself was gy. They did the test for free. But a doctor on duty at the One Pound Sterling= through the drawn curtains of the father caresses his children. was my only evidence. challenged in court. The judge When the results were finally provincial civil hospital, Izzatul- impoverished home she shares Then one night her father With the support of her moth- questioned me, asking why I returned they showed that the lah, told Pajhwok Afghan News 93.98Afs with her mother, she told me the raped her: I was scared badly, I er, she finally managed to end the didn t kill the baby that was in accused had indeed fathered his they had been delivered six One Euro = story she had presented in court was shocked and lay in the corner abuse. The final attack, she told my belly? she told me. I an- daughter s children. The judge sen- wounded people, including three 67.35Afs for the first time last summer. of the room and didn t know what me, happened in July last year, swered that if I killed the child I tenced him to death. The case is children, two men and a woman According to the victim, the to do. When she became preg- one day before Eid. Me and my could be accused of aborting it not yet closed, though. The fa- from the scene. Another blast took 1000 Pak Rs = abuse began when her father re- nant, the father moved the family mother had told the whole story because the father was another ther is appealing against the sen- place in the same area at about 582Afs turned from Iran after eight years to another province. The baby was to the mullah, neighbourhood el- person. I kept my child to prove I tence, protesting his innocence. 6pm, injuring three policemen and abroad. She was 12 years old. born but he took it away - she ders and the district police and have a case against my father. DNA evidence is very rare in Af- a civilian, Agha said, adding the Sale: I was expecting that my fa- never saw it again. The abuse last- they told us to inform them if I The court then suspended the ghan court cases, making this trial bomb had been fixed to a police One US$ = ther will love me the way my un- ed more than 10 years, during was attacked again. trial, asking for DNA samples of highly unusual. The victim, mean- vehicle. He said the blast took 60.83 Afs cles love their children because I which the daughter went through That night the father sent his the accused, the victim and her while, told me that even if her abus- place when police visited the area er is executed, she remains fear- to buy vegetables. Dr. Izzatullah One Pound Sterling= was thirsty for a dad s love dur- multiple pregnancies and abor- wife out of the home before as- daughter. What followed was a 94.87Afs ing all the years I was deprived of tions. She says that her father used saulting his daughter again. He was campaign to seek justice. The vic- ful. I m so worried about the fu- said six wounded people were him, she says. But when I found a variety of drugs which she later arrested as the mother returned tim had taken the unusual step of ture of my children, she says brought to the hospital on Mon- One Euro= myself in my father s arms it was learned were attempts at contra- with police and elders as witness- appearing on Afghan television to What will I tell them when they day noon from the Dehrawud dis- 67.95 Afs too much. ception. Eventually another child es. Even though he was put on tell her story. Women s rights ac- are older and ask me about their trict. They included five men and 1000 Pak Rs= 590Afs She recalls how he touched her was born. When I became preg- trial, the daughter s ordeal was far tivists began organising support. father? (Graphic) a girl. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.

WEDNESDAY . JULY 01, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Zain murder case: Kanju indicted on murder charges in Pak

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promoted a new initia- tive to address the country's skewed sex ratio: a #SelfieWith- Daughter! In his radio program on Sunday, the 64-year-old leader ap- pealed to parents to post their pic- tures with their daughters on so- cial media. The idea was originally floated by a village head in Harya- na, a state in northern India with one of the country's worst child- sex ratios. Sunil Jaglan, who heads the panchayat or the council of Haryana's Bibipur village, has been encouraging fathers to WhatsApp their selfies with their daughters. In his radio address, the Indian LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court after a case was registered against Prime Minister said he was in- (ATC) on Tuesday indicted Mus- him under 7-ATA and Section 302 spired by Jaglan's efforts -- more tafa Kanju and six others accused of the Pakistan Penal Code. Also so because they were carried out in the murder case of a Lahore read: Zain murder case: Ex-minis- in a region with a high incidence of youth Zain. The court also in- ter's son confesses to firing shots gender imbalance. The Indian gov- structed the counsels of both par- Enraged after his luxury car acci- ernment has in the past also ties to prepare their final arguments dentally hit the vehicle of a wom- launched a Save-Daughter, Teach- and present them in court on July an in Cavalry Ground area of Pun- Daughter campaign called Beti 7. Mustafa Kanju, son of former jab's provincial capital city on Bachao, Beti Padao in Hindi. Modi minister of foreign affairs Siddique April 1 Kanju had resorted to gun- urged parents to add a tagline to Kanju, confessed to firing the fatal fire. Zain, a class-IX student, died their selfies with daughters in any shots that ended 16-year-old or- on the spot and Husnain was crit- language of their choice. He said phan Zain's life. He said Zain was ically injured after they were hit he would retweet the pictures with not the target of the fire, nor did he by gunfire. Chief Minister Shah- the most inspiring taglines. Indi- intend to kill Zain or anyone else. baz Sharif had taken notice of the ans' preference for sons over daugh- Kanju was earlier sent on a judicial incident, ordered the arrest of the ters manifested itself in a worri- remand to allow the police to col- suspect and announced Rs0.5m for some population imbalance in the report. The statistics recorded an For every 1,000 boys up to 6 That's the lowest ratio since India child just because of its sex, but lect evidence pertaining to the in- the family of the deceased. He also world's second-most populous alarming drop in the percentage of years old, the report counted 914 gained independence in 1947 such abortions happen, often aid- vestigation in order to frame charg- assured them of the provision of nation, according to a 2011 census girls among India's preschoolers. girls, a drop from 927 a decade ago. It's illegal in India to abort a ed by illegal clinics. (CNN es against Kanju. He was arrested justice. 13 suspected militants killed India, US Nepal signs pact becoming in Balochistan's Awaran discuss cooperation on trade to founding member of AI I B KATHMANDU, JUN 30 - Ne- lished AIIB is estimated to be $100 compared to bigger countries, the na had proposed last year to es- terrorism pal has signed the article of agree- billion. However, its initial paid- Finance Ministry said in a press tablish the AIIB and requested ment of the Asian Infrastructure up capital will be $50 billion. Ne- release. The article of agreement Nepal to be one of the founder Indian foreign secretary Subrah- Investment Bank (AIIB) to become pal has planned to invest Rs1.60 also states that small countries will members. In this regard, Nepal manyam Jaishankar had a series of one of the founding members of billion in the bank. The country be provided loans through simpli- signed a memorandum of under- interactions with interlocutors in the China-led institution. Finance has been given a longer time to fied procedures to make it differ- standing last October. Considering the US government on issues rang- Minister Ram Sharan Mahat inked come up with the capital than oth- ent from other multilateral lenders the domination of the US and Ja- ing from ease of doing business to the agreement on Nepal s behalf at er developed and developing coun- which have been accused of put- pan in the World Bank and the cooperation on terrorism and cli- a programme organised in the Great tries, according to Finance Minis- ting forth many conditions. Nepal Asian Development Bank, the new mate change. On a short visit to Hall of the People in Beijing on try officials. China, which spon- will need $13-18 billion from institution is expected to create Washington, Jaishankar met, Monday. Once the bank is formal- sored the bank, has taken a 30 per- 2011-20 to bridge the investment competition among the multilater- among others, US national securi- ly established, it will offer another cent stake in the AIIB followed by gap in infrastructure, according to al financers to fund infrastructure ty advisor Susan E. Rice, US dep- window for resources for Nepal neighbouring giant India with 8.4 a new World Bank (WB) study. projects in the underdeveloped uty secretary of state Antony which requires huge resources to percent. Russia will hold 6.5 per- The establishment of the AIIB will countries with less stringent con- QUETTA: At least 13 suspected also recovered weapons from their Blinken and US trade representa- close its funding gap, particularly cent of the shares, Germany 4.5 give another window for Nepal to ditions. Britain became the first militants were killed during an ex- possession. tive (USTR) Michael Froman in the infra sector. Apart from Ne- percent, France 3.4 percent and obtain resources. Asian Develop- major Western country to apply change of fire with Frontier Corps An FC soldier was killed and Monday. At his meeting with Rice pal, 49 other founding member Brazil 3.2 percent. Members from ment Bank President Takehiko to become an AIIB founding mem- (FC) personnel in Balochistan's two security personnel were also in the White House, they reviewed countries across Asia, Australia, the Asian region will collectively Nakao said in an interview with ber. It was followed by France, Awaran district on Tuesday morn- injured during the exchange of fire the implementation of initiatives Europe and South America also have a 75 percent stake in the AIIB, the Post on Sunday that the pres- Germany, Luxembourg, Switzer- ing. FC Spokesman Khan Wasey with the militants, the FC spokes- taken during the two summits be- signed the agreement. Seven more and the rest of the shares will be ence of the AIIB would mean more land and Austria. The US and Ja- said security forces launched an man added. tween Prime Minister Narendra countries are expected to sign the distributed among members out- resources would be available to pan, however, have stayed out of operation against miscreants in dif- However, Wasey's claim could Modi and President Barack Obama agreement soon. The bank has side the region. The bank will be Nepal since it would be able to get the institution. ferent areas of Mashkay tehsil of not be verified by the district ad- in the past one year, the Indian aimed to invest in the infrastruc- headquartered in Beijing, and may funding from both the ADB and The agreement signed on Awaran district during which an ministration. Embassy said. They also dis- ture sector of Asian countries have regional centres in other coun- the AIIB. There can be co-financ- Monday outlines the details of the exchange of fire took place with Security forces have intensi- cussed India's role in South Asia where the resource gap in the in- tries. Smaller countries will have ing in certain projects from the two fundamental principles for the es- suspected militants. fied their actions in Quetta and oth- and the Indian Ocean Region, in- frastructure sector is immense. The relatively higher voting rights institutions. So it should be an op- tablishment and future operations Subsequently 13 militants er parts of Balochistan after the cluding for promotion of connec- share capital of the to-be-estab- against their size of the economy portunity for Nepal, he said. Chi- of the AIIB. were killed. "Some key command- announcement of National Action tivity and economic integration and ers were also killed during the ac- Plan to combat terrorism in the relief and reconstruction in Nepal tion," Wasey said. Security forces country. after the earthquake of April 2015. Blinken, who hosted a lun- cheon in honour of the foreign sec- Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet retary, discussed with him a range of bilateral, regional and global is- Sri Lanka s president sues of topical relevance. They also explored deeper collaboration crashes in Chittagong, pilot missing dissolves parliament, and engagement to address emerg- ing global challenges like terrorism, An F-7 fighter aircraft of the Bang- climate change and cyber issues and ladesh Air Force has crashed into clearing way for policy coordination on internet the sea after taking off from the BAF governance and other matters. Jais- Base Zahurul Haque, next to Shah hankar's meeting with Froman Amanat International Airport in early election covered the ground of India-US Chittagong. The pilot of the F-7 economic and commercial engage- fighter, Flight Lieutenant Tahmid , Maithripala Sirisena is seeking to consolidate power and push ment. They agreed to work to- through political reforms in an election set to be held on 17 August is reported missing, Chittagong air- gether to promote and reinvigorate port s manager Wing Commander economic partnership, and to cre- Nur E Alam told bdnews24.com. ate infrastructure and policy The F-7 was used as a training air- framework to make it attractive for craft. The control tower lost con- businesses of the two sides to en- tact with the aircraft at 11:10am. At gage with each other, the embassy 11:45am it was confirmed that the said. plane had crashed into the sea, he Chief Executive Officer of the said. Wing Commander Alam said Millennium Challenge Corporation the F-7 aircraft crashed into the sea (MCC), Dana J. Hyde, also called six miles off the Patenga beach. The on Jaishankar and briefed him on air force, navy and the Chittagong Services Public Relations Director- yet certain as to how the plane cause. He refused to give further the MCC's planned engagement port authorities have launched a joint ate Assistant Director Nur Islam went missing. A probe committee details, saying a press release with India. rescue operation, said Alam. Inter- told bdnews24.com, We are not will be formed to ascertain the would be issued later. Greek crisis: India s software and Bangladesh inks deal to build engineering exports may take a hit high-tech business park DHAKA: Bangladesh's leading ity Infosys Parks Limited will joint- NEW DELHI: With Greece wit- 71.25 in the last trading session, pact. Commerce secretary Rajeev conglomerate Summit Group and ly invest $207.59 million in the first nessing a full-blown economic cri- even as the US dollar and British Kher said exports from India would India's Infinity Infosys Parks will phase of building the high-tech park, sis, India's software and engineer- Pound gained. Finance Secretary be impacted negatively if the Eu- jointly invest $207.59 million to for which the government had pro- A Sri Lankan vendor displays newspapers for sale at a stall in ing exports may take a hit and the Rajiv Mehrishi said the economic ropean Union is hit from the build the country's biggest technol- vided the KHTP with 232 acres of Colombo. President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament, country may also face larger capi- crisis in Greece may trigger capital Greece crisis, although he ruled out ogy park that will provide jobs to land. According to the project doc- clearing the way for a snap election. Photograph: Ishara tal outflows due to a weaker euro, outflows from India and the gov- any major direct impact of the pre- nearly 60,000 IT professionals. uments the first phase of develop- S.kodikara/AFP/Getty Images industry and government officials ernment is consulting the RBI to vailing Greek situation. "India does State-run Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park ment will be fully operational within Sri Lanka s president dissolved Party (SLFP), is split between warned. The Greece situation bat- deal with the situation. "Greece cri- not have large exposure of Greece Authority (BHTPA) and Summit 10 years and would create job op- parliament on Friday, a government Sirisena and Rajapaksa, who de- tered the stock markets globally, sis does not have any effect di- as far as trade is concerned," he Technopolis Limited, a sister com- portunities for 60,000 IT profes- spokesman said, in an effort to feated the Tamil separatists in including in India, as foreign inves- rectly on India. (But) interest rate said. However, engineering export- pany of the Summit Group, signed sionals. The Summit would bear consolidate power and push 2009. For the moment, political tors looked to re-allocate their port- may firm up in Europe. In case of ers' body EEPC India said the eco- the deal here last night to build the 90 per cent of the total costs of the through political reforms. analysts say, the split has given folios in the wake of weakness in firming up of interest rate in Eu- nomic crisis in Greece will impact Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) at project while the Infinity would Two government officials said the prime minister Ranil Wickre- euro against various other curren- rope, there can be outflow of cap- engineering exports from India as Gazipur district, 37 kilometres provide the remaining 10 per cent. elections will be held to elect a new mesinghe s United National Party cies, while the companies with di- ital from India," Mehrishi told re- European Union is the largest des- north of Dhaka. "This is part of The ICT ministry officials, mean- parliament on 17 August. (UNP) an edge in the election. rect exposure to Eurozone markets porters here. This is contrast to tination for such shipments. The our initiative to transform Bang- while, said the park would be de- The president, Maithripala The UNP will be the single were hit hardest. Greece's finan- RBI governor's Raghuram Rajan industry body said it sees indirect ladesh into a merit-based nation signed to accommodate Multi-Ten- Sirisena, who was elected on 8 Jan- largest party after the election, cial crisis intensified with Prime comments last week that India impact from the UK, Italy, Tur- from a labour-intensive country ant Buildings (MTB), convention uary, needs parliamentary support said Kusal Perera, director of the Minister Alexis Tsipras announc- may be able to withstand the im- key and France. through the development of our centers, hotels, custom infrastruc- to push through reforms he has Centre for Social Democracy, a ing capital controls and shutdown ICT sector," state minister for ICT ture, warehouse, water treatment promised, including limits on the Colombo-based think tank. of banks at least for a week. Greece Zunaid Ahmed Palak said. He add- plant and power sub-stations along- powers of the executive presiden- But Rajapaska s supporters orders banks closed for a week, ed the KHTP would be a special- side the IT-based industrial units. cy. The timing of the parliamenta- believe if the report criticises him worried citizens empty ATMs ised economic zone and lifeline of "We are approaching with a duel ry elections is also important. The for war-time abuses, it might actu- How much Greece owes to inter- the country's IT sector providing strategy to attract investments United Nations Human Rights ally help him with Sri Lanka s national creditors Greece debt cri- room for foreign as well as Bang- through Foreign Direct Investment Council is expected to release a majority Sinhalese community. He sis: Things to know Reacting to ladeshi entrepreneurs to create a (FDI) and provide state-of-the-art report in September on human will be seen to be standing up to the news, the benchmark BSE "world-class business environ- facilities to the Bangladesh based rights abuses during the final phase foreigners trying to interfere in the sensex dropped by more than 600 ment", developing the facility un- IT/ITES Industry," ICT Secretary of the war against the Tamil insur- small island nation. points in early trade on Monday, der the government's Public-Pri- Shyam Sunder Sikder said. gency in 2009. The report could The dissolution came ahead of but managed to recoup some loses vate Partnership (PPP) pro- Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Au- affect an attempt by Sirisena s pre- no-confidence motions against later on selective buying in the beat- gramme. Summit's chairman Aziz thority's managing director Hosne decessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa to Wickremesinghe and finance min- en-down counters and settled the Khan expects the park to become Ara Begum said the agreement be- stage a comeback. His supporters ister Ravi Karunanayake, and a day lower by 167 points at the "cyber capital of the (South tween the government and Summit say he may bid for the prime min- parliamentary committee report on 27,645.15. In the currency market, Asian) region in next 15 years". Technopolis would be valid for 40 istership. One of Sri Lanka s key a alleged bond scam under the new euro turned weak against the Indi- Under the agreement, Summit years, which can be extended by parties, the Sri Lanka Freedom government. an rupee to Rs 70.97, from Rs Technopolis and India-based Infin- another 20 years. 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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Report by UN mission in South Sudan says recent military campaign was notable for its "brutality and intensity".

Naval ships opened fire after North Korean patrol vessel crossed disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea, officials said. A South Korean naval ship has fired warning shots to chase off a North Korean patrol boat which crossed their disputed western sea border, military officials said. The reported incursion on Tuesday morning came as military tensions run high across the Yel- low Sea maritime boundary, a scene of sporadic battles between South and North Korean vessels, the South's defence ministry said. "The North Korean boat sailed into the southern side of the sea bound- ary but retreated after our naval ship fired warning shots," a minis- try spokesman told the AFP news agency. South Korea vows 'merci- less' response to North's missiles- It was not clear whether the incur- sion was intentional. North Kore- an patrol ships sometimes sail into South Sudan's foreign ministry has been given early access to the report's findings but is yet to comment [AFP] southern waters to track Chinese vessels fishing illegally near the sea he UN has accused South witnesses in Unity state where provided further corroboration of border. The two Koreas remain Sudan's army of raping and South Sudanese forces were in- the earlier accounts," the statement technically at war since the Kore- moured reformation of North Ko- North threatened to fire on sight tic missile tests, nuclear threats and Tthen burning girls alive in- volved in fighting against opposi- read. an conflict was concluded with a rea In November 2010, North Ko- without warning at any South annual US-South Korean military side their homes during its recent tion fighters in April. UN officials said South ceasefire rather than a peace trea- rea shelled a front-line island, kill- Korean naval vessels violating the exercises. Pyongyang sees the joint campaign, a report by its mission The survivors allege that the Sudan's foreign ministry had been ty, and small border incidents in ing four South Koreans and brief- sea border. Cross-border tensions drills as a rehearsal for invasion. in the country said. Sudan People's Liberation Army given early access to the report's the past have been known to esca- ly triggering concerns of a full-scale have remained high this year due South Korea and the US say they The statement, published on (SPLA) killed civilians, destroyed findings, but had yet to comment. late swiftly. OPINION: The ru- conflict. In March this year, the to a series of North Korean ballis- are purely defensive. Tuesday, warned the recent up- villages and displaced 100,000 peo- "We call on the SPLA to fulfil this surge in fighting had been marked ple, the statement added. The UN commitment and allow our human by a "new brutality and intensi- said attempts to corroborate the rights officers unfettered access to ty". "The scope and level of cruel- reports were prevented by the the sites of these reported viola- ISIL 'beheads Deadly car bomb ty that has characterised the re- SPLA, which denied its teams ac- tions," said Ellen Margrethe Loej, ports suggests a depth of antipa- cess to the areas concerned. "UN- the head of UNMISS. South hits army hospital in thy that exceeds political differ- MISS human rights officers visit- Sudan attained independence in women for the ences," the UN said. Women and ed two additional sites of alleged 2011 but the country has disinte- children flee violence in South atrocities and conducted more in- grated into chaos. Thousands of Yemeni capital Sudan Members of the UN mis- terviews of eyewitnesses and vic- people have been killed and almost sion in Sudan (UNMISS) said they tims. The information gathered two million displaced in a civil con- first time in Syria' interviewed 115 victims and eye- from those visits and interviews flict that erupted in late 2013. Monitor says ISIL killed two women and their husbands in Syria's Deir Ezzor province after they sought health remedies. The Islamic State of Iraq and the couple on Sunday and the second Military plane crashes in Levant (ISIL) has beheaded two couple on Monday. INSIDE STO- women and their husbands in east- RY: ISIL ideology - In the name of Images on social media show buildings ern Syria's Deir Ezzor province, a Islam? ISIL reportedly covered up Indonesian city destroyed after Hercules C-130 comes down monitoring group said. both women and beheaded them, in Medan, killing at least 20. The UK-based Syrian Obser- with many people watching, the vatory for Human Rights said on Observatory said. ISIL executions Tuesday that ISIL beheaded the The Observatory said earlier this couples after accusing them of us- week that it has documented 3,027 ing "magic for medicine". It is not executions carried out by ISIL since known what non-traditional health the declaration of their 'caliphate', remedy the two couples had including those of 1,787 civilians, sought. "It is the first time that 74 of them children. A car bomb has exploded near a heard a loud explosion, it was a the beheading of women, by the More than half of those exe- military hospital in the Yemeni truly powerful explosion. We came use of sword in public, has taken cuted were civilians and more than capital, Sanaa, killing at least 28 out to see what happened and the place in Syria," the Observatory's half of the executed civilians were people, security officials have said. homes were severally damaged," chief, Rami Abdel Rahman, told Al members of the Sunni Shaitat tribe, In a statement posted online witness Yehia Ali told Reuters. Jazeera. One Minute ISIL Al which revolted against ISIL south on Monday, the Islamic State of "It was an explosive placed in- Jazeera cannot confirm whether the of Deir Ezzor city in August 2014. Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group side a car, the car was an Echo, executions represent the first time ISIL reportedly previously be- claimed responsibility for the car that had been parked here since bomb attack that also injured 20 about eight in the evening and no others - adding that they had orga- one paid attention to it." nised the attack on what they A military alliance led by Sau- called a "Shia nest" in the Yemeni di Arabia has been bombing posi- capital. tions of Yemen's dominant Houthi The group said it had targeted group and its allies in the army to An Indonesian air force plane has plane and buildings...we are taking about two minutes later, about 5km the area "out of revenge for the dislodge them from the capital and crashed in a residential neighbour- the bodies one by one by ambu- from the base. Muslims against the Houthi apos- restore the exiled president, Abd- hood in the city of Medan on the lance to Adam Malik hospital. We It is the second time in 10 tates". Rabbu Mansour Hadi. northern island of Sumatra, leav- haven't managed to evacuate all of years that a plane has crashed into The car bomb targeted Houthi Despite the months of air ing at least 20 people dead. the bodies," Dwihananto said. a Medan neighbourhood. In Sep- rebel chief brothers Faycal and strikes backing up the Houthis' The AFP news agency, citing Local radio station, El Shinta, tember 2005, a Mandala Airlines Hamid Jayache during a gathering armed opponents, the Houthis medical officials, said 20 bodies said the aircraft had hit homes, but Boeing 737 crashed shortly after to mourn the death of a family have not lost ground on the battle- had been brought in to a local hos- it was not immediately clear if takeoff from Medan's Polonia air- that women have been beheaded headed male British and American member, a security source said. field and have stepped up their pital's morgue after the C-130 plane those inside had been killed or in- port, into a crowded residential in Syria. Last year, ISIL reported- aid workers, American and Japa- Houthi rebels closed down the exchanges of artillery and rocket came down on Tuesday. Speaking jured. community, killing 143 people in- ly beheaded at least three women nese journalists, Kurdish and Syr- surrounding area in the centre of fire with Saudi forces along their shortly after the crash, Mardiaz Military spokesman, Fuad cluding 30 on the ground. who were Kurdish Peshmerga ian soldiers. With regard to wom- the city after the attack, only al- border. Dwihananto, police chief of Med- Basya, said the plane took off at Medan, with about 3.4 million fighters in Kobane. The more re- en, the Observatory documented lowing through emergency servic- On Tuesday, a Houthi military an city, said several bodies had been around midday local time from an people, is the third most popu- cent beheadings took place in the in late August in 2014, that ISIL es to help evacuate the victims, spokesman said its forces had recovered from the wreckage. "The air force base carrying military lous city in Indonesia after the cap- city of Deir Ezzor and the city of gave its fighters 300 Yazidi wom- witnesses said. launched a Scud missile at a Saudi bodies were in [the] debris of the equipment and crashed in the city ital Jakarta and Surabaya. Mayadin. ISIL beheaded the first en in Syria. "At approximately 11:30 we military base. Thailand slammed for disturbing Iraq PM sacks army chief STUDENT SEDITION CHARGES as security crisis deepens

The European Union hit out at development," the EU said in a ment calling on Thailand to "drop is expected next week. Thailand's junta Tuesday for pur- statement Tuesday. "Respect for criminal charges against" the pro- Sirikan Charoensiri, one of a suing sedition charges against a human rights and fundamental free- testers and release them from cus- team of lawyers representing the group of anti-coup student activ- doms must be upheld, and mili- tody. students, said the students were ists, describing their arrest and refusing to request bail in protest prosecution in a military court as at being tried in a military court. a "disturbing development". "They reject the military The 14 detained students are court's jurisdiction," she told AFP, part of a small network of pro- adding they have remained "in democracy campaigners who have good spirits" since their arrest. dared publicly to challenge Thai- "It's really quite serious to land's military rulers after they charge peaceful protesters with seized power from an elected gov- sedition. Their activities were en- ernment last year and severely tirely peaceful," she added. curbed civil liberties. They were The group's refusal to seek bail detained on Friday after holding a appears to have caught the mili- protest at Bangkok's Democracy tary government off guard. Monument the previous day and "Normally those who were were charged with sedition, which arrested must seek bail so why do PM Abbadi has sacked dozens of army and police officers in an effort to restruc- carries up to seven years in jail. these students not want to get ture and improve security forces [AP] Their case is being handled by a bail?" Anusit Kunakorn, secretary- military court, which usually holds general of the National Security Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al- fort to restructure and improve The Iraqi military suffers from hearings behind closed doors. tary courts should not be used to The students can be held by Council, asked reporters Tuesday. Abbadi has "retired" the army's security forces that performed di- both poor training - which the US There is no right of appeal once try civilians," the statement add- police for up to 84 days in pre- Deputy Prime Minister Wis- chief of staff, the most senior of- sastrously when the Islamic State military says it largely abandoned convicted. "The arrests of 14 stu- ed. The EU condemnation was trial detention, although their in- sanu Krea-ngam said it was "im- ficer removed since rebel fighters of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group after the 2011 withdrawal of Amer- dents on the basis of charges echoed Tuesday by the United carceration must be renewed ev- possible for students to demand overran large parts of the country launched an offensive last June, ican forces - and lacking leadership. brought against them for peaceful- Nations Human Rights Office ery 12 days by a court. The next that they want to be tried in civil- last year, his spokesman has said. overrunning major areas north and Zebari repeatedly said before ly demonstrating... is a disturbing (OHCHR), which released a state- hearing at Bangkok's military court ian court". General Babaker Zebari "has been west of Baghdad. Multiple Iraqi the withdrawal that it would be retired" on Abbadi's orders, Saad army divisions collapsed during the better if US forces stayed, as it al-Hadithi told the AFP news agen- initial ISIL offensive, with soldiers would take years for the Iraqi army cy on Monday, without providing abandoning weapons, vehicles and to be fully ready. Tunisia makes first arrest after beach massacre further details. Military sources uniforms in their haste to flee. US "If I were asked about the say a Kurdish general with the Ira- criticises Iraqi government for Ra- withdrawal, I would say to politi- Interior minister says "significant number" of arrests made in connection with last week's attack that killed 38 people. qi Air Force, Anwar Hamad Amin, madi loss cians: the US army must stay un- is expected to replace Zebari. "Prime Minister Abbadi does til the Iraqi army is fully ready in Tunisia has made its first arrests that "anyone who provided any lo- beach to honour the victims. Pledg- House said. Tunisian Prime Minis- Al Jazeera correspondent Jane really have a lot to answer militar- 2020," Zebari had told AFP in after a beach massacre that killed gistical or financial assistance" to the ing to "defeat those who undermine ter Habib Essid said Rezgui had Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, ily, and people are looking for some 2010. 38 people, as European officials attacker, identified as 23-year-old our freedom and democracy", May been "mainly radicalised online" but said that Zebari has been in the job generals and other military officials While Zebari was chief of paid tribute to victims of last student Seifeddine Rezgui, would be said there was no evidence to sug- added that it was unclear if he had for almost a decade now. to take responsibility for the fail- staff, military responsibility was week's massacre at a tourist resort arrested. "I promise the victims ... gest the Britons were targeted be- been to neighbouring Libya. Death "He had asked himself to re- ure of Iraqi forces in Mosul and devolved elsewhere post 2011, in the city of Sousse. Interior Min- that these criminal killers will be cause of their nationality. France, toll likely to rise Britain has identi- tire, that request has been refused Ramadi when they retreated," the with former Prime Minister Nouri ister Najem Gharsalli said on Mon- brought before Tunisian justice so Kuwait, Tunisia: Where next? US fied 18 of its nationals killed, but several times. He was someone Al Jazeera correspondent said. al-Maliki centralising control of the day that the authorities had arrest- they are justly punished," he add- President Barack Obama also of- speculates the number may rise to who was due to leave the job," she "But this particular position armed forces in his office and by- ed "a significant number of people ed. British Home Secretary There- fered condolences to the Tunisian "around 30", a spokesperson for said. "His replacement is said to is not seen as having had huge passing the defence ministry. from the network that was behind sa May, visiting the scene of Fri- leader and extended US assistance British Prime Minister David Cam- be also a Kurdish general. This is amount of bearing on those fail- Three and a half years after US this terrorist criminal". I promise day's gun assault, vowed that "the to the investigation into the deadly eron said. Tourists flee Tunisia af- essentially a policy position that ures on the ground. forces left, there are thousands of the victims ... that these criminal terrorists will not win" after Lon- attack. In a telephone conversation ter resort attack Tunisia says 25 has traditionally been given to "What is now being acknowl- American soldiers back in Iraq ad- killers will be brought before Tu- don warned that Britain's death toll with his Tunisian counterpart, Beji victims have been identified, among Kurds." edged even that at the level of the vising and training Baghdad's forc- nisian justice so they are justly could rise to "around 30". She and Caid Essebsi, the US president them three from Ireland, two Ger- Responsibility for the failure prime minister is that there have es, and the US is leading a cam- punished. Najem Gharsalli , Tuni- her Tunisian, German, and French pledged additional cooperation with mans, one Belgian, one Portuguese, Abbadi has sacked dozens of been very very serious failures," paign of air strikes targeting ISIL sian interior minister He warned counterparts laid a wreath at the the North African nation, the White and one Russian. army and police officers in an ef- she said.Lacking leadership in Iraq and Syria. 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. WEDNESDAY .JULY 01, 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 By Zeeshan Salahuddin launched on June 15, 2014. A year and restricts Arabic sermons to manages to publish with alarming Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir later, the Inter-Services Public Friday. For violating the loud- frequency under the pen name Pakistan instituted the twenty- Relations Director General Ma- speaker law, the police have ar- Saadi. Lacking a central com- Phone No: +93-772364666 point National Action Plan (NAP) jor General Asim Bajwa shared rested a total of 3,906 people, in- mand, control, tracking, and iden- E-mail: [email protected] on Dec. 24, 2014, as a compre- some impressive numbers. In the cluding 2,874 in Punjab, 169 in tification mechanism, this is one hensive, consolidated list of steps one year since the start of the Sindh, 322 in Khyber Pukhtunkh- of the toughest points in the NAP Email: [email protected] needed to be taken by the state operation, 2,763 terrorists had wa, three in Balochistan, and 90 to implement. and law enforcement institutions been killed, 837 hideouts de- in the federal capital. In a land- In addition, members of pro- to curb terrorism and extremism stroyed, and 253 tonnes of explo- mark decision, an Anti-Terrorism scribed outfits continue to enjoy www.afghanistantimes.af in the country. For Pakistan to fi- sive recovered. He also shared that Court sentenced a prayer leader airtime, and their interviews are Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi nally take this step, it took a hor- 347 military officials and soldiers in the city of Kasur to five years televised without repercussions. rendous attack on schoolchildren had died. Bear in mind that due to in prison for delivering a hate The Pakistan Electronic Media Advisory editorial board at the Army Public School in Pe- the restricted access for the media speech at a public gathering. Regularity Authority (PEMRA) shawar that left 141 dead, includ- and civil society in the area, the While these are good steps and may invoke section 37 of the Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, ing 132 children. military s numbers are the only solid metrics, the assault on mi- PEMRA Amendment Act of Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal The first of the 20 points in official figures available. norities has not let up, when com- 2007, banning the airing of mate- the NAP was the lifting of the A report presented to Prime pared to the overall decline of ter- rial that may be deemed against Graphic-Designers: moratorium on the death penalty Minister Nawaz Sharif on March ror attacks. national interest. But so far, it has in Pakistan, which had been in ef- 10, 2015 states that 303 action- The NAP also attempts to been used as a political tool, and Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari fect since 2009. As of June 23, a able calls were received on the ter- address local conflicts in the Fed- not as a counterterrorism instru- Marketing & Advertising: total of 176 people including ror hotline and 2,237 intelligence- erally Administered Tribal Areas ment. two who may have been convict- based operations were conducted (FATA) (#12), Karachi (#16), and One of the most controver- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 ed as minors have been execut- across the country. Law enforce- Balochistan (#17). The FATA sial points in the NAP is the crack- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan ed in Pakistan since this decision, ment agencies arrested 25,896 conflict is being addressed partial- down on seminaries (#10), which putting Pakistan on course to people across Pakistan on vari- ly by driving out the militants faces fierce opposition to govern- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 match the country with the most ous charges, while security agen- under Operation Zarb-e-Azb. ment oversight from right wing Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press number of executions, Iran, which cies conducted 24,844 combing However, to date there has been religious parties and banned out- had 289 executions in 2014. (Ex- operations across the country. The limited conversation about FATA fits. It is estimated that there are perts believe thousands are exe- military hails this as a resounding reforms. Karachi, Pakistan s larg- 22,052 registered seminaries in cuted in China every year, but success, and media coverage has est, most complex city is also its Pakistan, and the unregistered The constitution says since executions are considered a been overwhelmingly positive. It most violent. Even with Opera- number could be much greater; state-secret, no reliable data is available.) For comparison, the Article Six: United States, which voted against the United Nations resolution for The state shall be obligated to create a prosperous and progressive society based on social justice, preservation of human dignity, protection of human rights, realization of democracy, attainment of a global moratorium on death pen- national unity as well as equality between all peoples and tribes and balance development of all alty, executed 17 people within areas of the country. the first six months of 2015. Pakistan s moratorium is back in effect during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which will run Editorial mid-June through mid-July, but the executions are likely resume after this point. The military courts (#2) were formed within two weeks of the Devaluation of national NAP going into effect. On Jan. 5, 2015, the 21st Constitutional Amendment and the Army Act currency and money laundering Amendment were unanimously Some 700,000 people in this war-wracked country remain displaced, and it ranks passed, providing the legal and constitutional cover for military among the lowest globally in terms of human development indicators. The unabated courts to prosecute civilians. The must also be said that the intensi- tion Zarb-e-Azb, Karachi showed just in the federal capital of Is- episodes of wars have made this country a basket case economically where it has intention was to provide speedy ty and momentum of terror at- the most number of fatalities from lamabad, there are 187 registered been receiving billions of dollars, but still its economy is in a shambles. More and prosecution for jet black terror tacks has subsided significantly, violence in all of Pakistan in 2014. seminaries, but 446 unregistered suspects those who have com- though by no means has it been The security of the city is jointly ones. The federal government is more people are falling below poverty line and the rich are getting richest. They are mitted violent crimes. The mili- eliminated. NACTA, however, managed by the local police and currently in the process of for- building plazas after plazas. No one is asking how many people became millionaire tary courts have come under sig- sits dead in the water and even the Rangers, a paramilitary unit. mulating an Islamic Education overnights. The Central Bank of Afghanistan announced Monday it was going to nificant criticism for establishing the budget for the new fiscal year In recent months, the Rangers Commission to regulate religious a parallel judiciary system, there- made no allocation of funds to have targeted the headquarters of seminaries across the country, inject US$850 million into the local market in order to stabilize the national currency by implying that the justice sys- develop and strengthen this body. political and religious parties al- which it claims will be implement- and ensure the national banking sector continues to run properly. The fund for this tem in Pakistan has failed. So far, Some of militants biggest at- legedly involved in urban terror- ed soon. A positive development, huge capital injection is coming from the international community. As Afghanistan has six individuals have been sentenc- tacks since Operation Zarb-e-Azb ism, extortion, kidnappings, and however, is Saudi Arabia s recent es by military courts, but the Su- include a failed attempt by 10 at- turf warfare. decision to stop funding religious already been ranked among the lowest globally in terms of human development indi- preme Court of Pakistan has de- tackers on two airbases in Quet- Balochistan a largely ne- seminaries in Pakistan, and to pro- cators, the oscillation of its national economy and decline in international don t bode manded the case records of the six ta, another foiled attempt to hi- glected and disenfranchised region vide transparent development aid well for the troubled country. The government is floundering and attempting every convicts. jack a naval ship in Karachi, a sui- since Pakistan s inception has to Pakistan. Several points in the NAP deal cide bombing at Wagah border clos- seen a number of tribal uprisings The NAP also calls for a com- possible bid that could save the fall of the national currency and security. Soon after with banned outfits (#3), their ing ceremony that claimed 60 against the government over the prehensive policy for registering forming a National Unity Government, President Ashraf Ghani, signed a much-await- operations (#7), communication lives, attacks on churches and Shia last several decades. While the Afghan refugees and rehabilitat- ed and debated bilateral security agreement (BSA) with the United States. He also networks (#13, #14), and funding imambargahs in Lahore, and NAP stresses the need to recon- ing the Pakistani population dis- sources (#6). Progress on this bombings and attacks in Pesha- cile with relevant stakeholders, placed due to internal conflicts or started rapprochement with Afghanistan s eastern neighbor to seek its help in getting front is minimal, as nearly 60 war, Karachi,Rawalpindi, and progress on this front has been military operations (#12, #19). the Taliban to the table of talks, but his none of the two steps proved to be effective so banned outfits still operate open- Shikarpur. While this may seem lackadaisical at best, and limited According to the report present- far. ly, and have contested local body like a lot, a 2014 U.S. State De- to raids in which suspected ter- ed to Sharif on March 10, around Being at the head of the government, President Ashraf Ghani, an ex Finance Min- elections under different names. partment report puts Pakistan at rorists and criminals have been 6,408 Afghan refugees have been One concrete step the government the top of the list of countries that killed 40 at last count. deported, whereas 328,034 have ster and former World-bank economist, couldn t arrest the freefall of national econ- has taken is to try and register all observed a decrease in terror at- Sections of the NAP also call been registered. The military also omy. It has been further exacerbated by the drawdown of international forces. Prop- mobile phone SIM cards in circu- tacks, and acknowledge the mili- for a stop to the glorification of plans to repatriate the displaced erty and housing industry has plummeted, joblessness is on the rise, customers buying lation and tally them against the tary operation as a major factor in the jihadist elements, and prom- population in the operational the- user s National Identity Card that drop. ises strict action against media that aters by December 2016, though capacity has caved in, kidnappings are on the rise. Amid this situation, Afghanistan number, thereby digitally track- The vast majority of these promotes sectarianism, hatred, or that is subject to the security sit- not only needs economic aid but also domestic and international investment besides ing SIM usage. As of March 10, attacks have targeted minorities in incites violence. Action against uation. an infallible monetary policy. Investment stands out as an important factor as aid 2015, 57,335,550 SIM cards have Pakistan, as they are the most hate literature especially is a The last point in the NAP list been registered. However, by one vulnerable group, and the state s daunting task, as there is no mech- pertains to reforming and drasti- injections are just timely remedies. In a desperate attempt to reinvigorate national estimate, Pakistan has 132 million response has been traditionally anism to monitor or control its cally improving the criminal jus- economy, the Central Bank of Afghanistan is injecting US$850 million into the local phone users, more than double the weak. The NAP also covers dissemination. As an example, the tice system in Pakistan (#20). market in order to stabilize the national currency. This is a second injection as earlier number registered so far. against spreading hatred, sectari- government imposed a ban on 22 Reforming the Code of Criminal The NAP also contains other anism, and intolerance (#5, #9, magazines after the 9/11 attacks. Procedure, experts believe, is one the bank poured US$ 100 million into market-based economy. Many people think counterterrorism steps including #18). In Pakistan, the loudspeak- But many of these publications of the most crucial steps needed the current state of plight is unleashed by post-presidential election crisis that brought strengthening the National er is used at mosques to deliver were back at newsstands a few to improve the law and order sit- the country to the brink of collapse. Luckily a serious pending crisis was prevented by Counter Terrorism Authority sermons and sometimes to incite weeks later, either under a differ- uation in the country. To date, lit- (NACTA) (#4), establishing a violence and hatred against other ent name, or in some cases, even tle-to-no progress has been made international intervention and the rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah finally agreed on dedicated counterterrorism force groups. Some laws exist to limit the same name. Another example on this front. Like several other forming a national unity government (NUG). Since Afghanistan has been fighting war (#8), as well as generic goals (#15) the use of the loudspeaker, such is Masood, a leader from the mil- points in the NAP, the political on terror while paying a heavy price in term of human losses, the country needs a for eliminating terrorism like Op- as the Punjab Sound System (Reg- itant group Jaish-e-Muhammad, will seems to be there, but the eration Zarb-e-Azb in North ulation) Ordinance 2015, which wanted by authorities and in hid- operational mechanisms remain robust national economy. Given the continued slide in the value of the Afghani against Waziristan, though it was allows only one speaker for Azan ing since 2009, yet he somehow elusive. foreign currencies, decline in international aid, and the growing capacity of the Taliban to capture districts after districts, the country wouldn t be in the position to weather out all these challenges successfully. Therefore, the government and the international community will have to work glove in hands. To save the Afghani from the continued slide, the central bank will have to improve monitoring of banking operations. It will have to devise a long term program as injecting capital into the market is just a short term remedy. If there is no long term program, the market will get injection-addiction. Moreover, the central bank will have to implement comprehensive programs to curb money laundering. A proposed change in the anti-money laundering has been op- posed by majority of lawmakers. They say the government has asked the lawmakers to amend the law but they consider it will allow numerous the criminals (involved in money laundering) to evade prosecution. Though forming and amending laws is the job of the government and lawmakers, but the central bank give its expert opinion and suggestions to the government and lawmakers as how to suppress money laun- dering, because a time is coming when the international community will not rush to our help. Before that day, we will have to learn how to stand on our own feet and be able to deal with our issues while not crying for international help. Mafia Price hike in Subscription Rates Ramadan 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. 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WEDNESDAY .JULY 01, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES IMF and Germany are hell-bent on finishing off even a moderate left in rank among the wealthy! Basic food out program back in 2011, Tsipras items and services were to carry a himself had turned against the idea, Greece 23 percent VAT. The special VAT arguing that it would lead to the col- By C.J. Polychroniou rate on Greek islands, which is so lapse of the Greek banking system crucial for the tourist sector of the and cause nothing short of an eco- egotiations between Greece and economy, was to be removed. The nomic meltdown. Indeed, the mo- By Chandler Foust its official creditors - the Europe- early retirement age was to be in- ment Tsipras made the announce- an Commission, International creased as of the start of 2016, and ment about a referendum, one hour On June 12, the U.S. House of Monetary Fund (IMF) and Euro- a benefit for low-income pension- after midnight on Saturday, June 27, Representatives passed Trade pean Central Bank - are currently ers was to be gradually substituted, people began lining up in ATM ma- Promotion Authority (TPA) in renewed deadlock. Yet, only a beginning from 2018. The obvious chines outside banks to withdraw while rejecting Trade Adjustment few days ago, in the Euro summit capitulation on the part of the Syr- their money. Undoubtedly, ATM Assistance (TAA). The Senate on Monday, June 22, all indica- iza-led government to the euromas- withdrawals will intensity through- version of the bill, with TAA and tions were that Europe s political ters and the IMF thugs, which was out the weekend, and it is quite like- TPA adjoined, passed. Typically, beasts and the criminal IMF not the first one, was made just to ly that Greek banks will not open a bill such as TAA would have were ready to accept the latest ca- get a deal done as time was running on Monday morning, thus confirm- strong Democratic support be- pitulation on the part of the Greek out for Greece (it has a huge pay- ing Tsipras prediction about cause it provides assistance to in- leftist government, which, since ment to make to the IMF at the end would have happened back in 2011 dividuals who lose jobs due to coming to power in late January, of June in the tune of 1.6 billion euro) if the Papandreou government had trade deals. However, since the has spent a lot of time doing noth- and thus to remove the dark clouds held a referendum on the bailout bills were separate in the House ing more than yelling, kicking of a Grexit that had begun to spread deal. Moreover, Tsipras has been and adjoined in the Senate, House and screaming against austerity dangerously over Greece, as it had in support of the euro at least since Democrats voted it down to pre- and the bailout program (and finally become clear that Germany he began to sense that the tide was vent TPA from being signed into treating senior-level EU officials and the IMF were calling Syriza s turning in favor of Syriza, not only law. Many Democrats opposed with disdain in public as part of bluff and were ready for the un- refusing to embark on a national di- its well-orchestrated populist the- thinkable, i.e., the possibility of a alogue about the pros and cons of a TPA because if signed into law, atrics) while at the same time seek- Grexit. But as it usually happens in return to the drachma but actually President Obama would have fast ing to assure Greece s euro part- situations of negotiations between chastising in the course of the cam- track authority to ratify the ners that it is committed to keep- ordinates and subordinates, master paign those members in his own Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), ing the country in the euro area and slave, rich and poor, strong and party for trying to do so. But now which many Democrats are and that it would fulfill all its ob- weak, the more compromises the that he is with his back hard pressed against. By rejecting TAA, House ligations to the creditors. If there latter makes, the more compromis- against the wall and can see the dark, Democrats forced the Senate to has ever been a more lame strate- es the former demands. Thus, the menacing clouds spreading over his separate the TAA from the TPA tions that determine the standards. controls on a coal-fired power lip Morris is seeking damages of gy of negotiations and a greater Greek proposals were found to be political future, he does not hesi- and vote on it again. These agreements do not hold ne- plant, Swedish company Vatten- $25 million USD under the BIT self-defeating course of public di- inadequate, and there were demands tate to ask the people to make a President Obama was then gotiators accountable to public fall sued the German government. between Switzerland and Uru- plomacy in recent history is real- for more blood and tears. Germany decision in a very short period of left to rely on Republican Senate welfare and increase the influence A local court found that the envi- guay, stating that Uruguay s reg- ly quite hard to say, but the in- and the IMF wanted to force the time on a question of immense crit- Majority Leader Mitch McCon- of special interests. This can un- ronmental regulations were too ulations disregard its past com- competence of the Syriza-led gov- Syriza-led government to cross its ical importance for the future of the nell and Republican Speaker of the dermine a nation s sovereignty and strict and Germany agreed to a mitments.[33] ernment is beyond questioning. last and final red line, which was nation. Still, let s say that the ref- House John Boehner to deliver the thus its ability to devise policy settlement. There are many other What these cases all have in The apparent contradiction of the over additional antisocial measures erendum won t be about Greece s legislation, and they came that benefits its citizens. examples of ISDS being used as a common is the use of ISDS to stop political and diplomatic posture in the nation s social security and future in the eurozone - as the through. On June 25, the Senate How Trade Agreements Un- tool to force states from acting in government regulations or a poli- chosen by the Syriza-led govern- pension system. Among other Tsipras government will surely voted to pass TPA, without TAA, dermine Sovereignty the public interest as well. cy that investors feel harms their ment toward the architects of things, the Lagarde/Sch uble duo claim in spite of Germany having which means that the bill will be As noted earlier, due to already In 1999, Occidental Petro- business, and establishes rules for Greece s economic and social ca- wants the benefit for low-income taken off the table the bailout pro- sent to the President. With TPA low tariffs and quota barriers; the leum signed a contract with the how governments treat foreign tastrophe was motivated by two pensioners to be completed elimi- posal on which the Greek people sent to the president and the TPP is less about free trade and Ecuadorian Government to explore investors. While nations have re- things: satisfying public opinion nated by 2017. This would mean will allegedly be casting a vote ei- House of Representatives pass- more about regulatory harmoni- a rainforest for hydrocarbons. A sorted to ignoring the rulings, they at home, which had grown quite that a person who receives today a ther for or against - but about the ing TAA the second time around, zation. This means reforming the year later, in order to better fund still have to pay for the high legal restless with the obsequious monthly pension for the amount of proposal of the creditors which, in- the Obama Administration can domestic laws in the countries of the operation, the company sold costs involved in defending them- stance of the previous Greek gov- 500 euro (close to 50 percent of cidentally, is slightly more extreme chalk this round up as a victory. the agreement so that they are in 40 percent of the share to the Ca- selves. In the ongoing case in El ernments toward Europe s politi- Greek pensioners receive pensions than the one proposed by the left- Regardless of what happens next line with U.S. standards regarding nadian Alberta Energy Corpora- Salvador, the government banned cal elite and Germany in particu- below the official poverty line) ist government itself in the Euro though, the fact that the Presi- would be deprived of about 200 euro, summit of 22 June! Should one con- areas such as intellectual proper- tion, which is now ENCANA. mining in order to protect the en- lar; and presupposing, quite erro- dent s own party initially aban- ty, environment and labor. As in Occidental Petroleum failed to in- vironment and to prevent water neously, that the Grexit scenario which come as a welfare payment clude, then, that if the people vote doned him leads to a much-need- was an unthinkable possibility for of sorts. The proposals the Syriza- yes (i.e., accept the bailout deal) many Free Trade Agreements, the form the Ecuadorian government pollution. It is a ban that is in the Europe and the US. (Incidentally, led government made to the June 22 the Syriza-led government will ac- ed discussion on the role trade TPP includes an Investor State of the deal and, when news of the interest of its citizens and by all as further evidence of the amateur- Euro summit caused quite a stir back cept the proposal offered by the agreements play in determining Dispute Settlement (ISDS). Such deal reached Ecuadorians, they means within the powers granted ism and dangerous political op- home among several Syriza mem- euromasters and the criminal policy in a democratic society. settlement structures have pro- launched protests against the cor- to it as a sovereign state, but since portunism of the Syriza-led gov- bers of parliament and scores of sup- IMF and carry out their neoliberal What is the TPP? tected investors at the expense of poration. Responding in kind, Pacific Rim views it as reneging ernment, it seems to have reached porters, with some MPs announc- diktats consistently and efficient- TPP, an acronym for the states since their infancy. The Ecuador ended the contract and on previous commitments made the absurd conclusion that the US ing in public that they would not ly? Too many unanswered ques- Trans-Pacific Partnership, is a combined increase in Foreign Di- seized Occidental s property in to the company, the nation could under the Obama administration vote for an agreement that not only tions for anyone but the truly na- free trade agreement that would rect Investment and increase of Quito along with its oil fields. In suffer an enormous financial pen- was an actual ally in its struggle maintained but reinforced austerity. ive or the many Greek citizens who create new rules and standards for nationalization of foreign compa- response, Occidental filed a com- alty for simply governing. This is to challenge austerity and neolib- Yet, the leftist Greek government have a penchant to support their trade and business investment. If nies during decolonization in the plaint under the U.S.-Ecuadorian the same in Ecuador and Uruguay. eralism in Europe!). Reflecting a now faces the prospect of being party leaders at all times (a key fac- successful it will include 11 other 1960s led many international in- Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) In Ecuador, the government re- political organization/party that forced to sign an even more ruthless tor in the ills that befell Greece in Pacific Rim nations, who are cur- vestors to advocate for a judicial and entered into arbitration. After sponded to the demands of its cit- had invited and accepted under the and humiliating agreement to main- the contemporary political era) rently responsible for one third body that would replace national six years, the arbitrator ordered izens and ended a deal with a com- same roof extremely diverse po- tain the country in the euro straight- without engaging in critical thought of global trade and 40 percent of courts in countries with an unfair Ecuador to pay $1.8 billion USD, pany that broke the law, while in litical and ideological groups, the jacket. This is political manipula- of their own. The political babel of global Gross Domestic Product rule of law. In 1965, the Interna- an amount almost equal to Ecua- Uruguay the government has at- Syriza-led government not only tion at its best, as Greek prime min- Syriza consists of right-wing and (GDP). The TPP s supporters tional Center for Settlement of dor s yearly health budget. They tacked a massive public health failed to set out a clear strategic ister Alexis Tsipras is being asked ultra-nationalist camps (ie., the In- state that it will increase Ameri- Investment Disputes (ICSID) was argued that while Occidental did concern and is being sued for it as vision for getting the country out to sign his own political death. In- dependent Greeks party, Syriza s can exports, enforce labor rights, created as a part of the World Bank violate the law by entering into a well. Multinational Corporations of its current crisis but walked deed, if he gives in to the additional coalition partner in government) to and establish strong environmen- Group. This created an arbitration side deal without informing the use ISDS to extract compensation straight into the trap that the eu- demands made by the EU and the defunct social democrats and out- tal protections. The Obama ad- mechanism to resolve disputes. Ecuadorian Government, Ecua- from states and ensure that do- romasters and the criminal IMF IMF, he will go down in history as dated Keynesians who saw prima- ministration has also advertised The mechanism allowed investors dor s response was too harsh. mestic policies do not interfere were setting up for them through- yet another Greek prime minister rily the crisis in Greece as a threat the agreement in geopolitical to bring claims against states for Ecuador, however, has requested with their bottom line. out the course of the negotiations. who had to swallow harsh austerity to capitalism itself and were sug- terms. To the administration, the treaty violations, but gave the for the case to be annulled and Conclusion Indeed, the leftist Greek govern- and antisocial policies as part of gesting, accordingly, all sort of in- TPP is fundamental in fomenting state no recourse. Initially, very currently refuses to pay. In addition to containing ISDS ment failed to see that what Eu- Greece s bailout package. In addi- terventionist schemes to keep the U.S.-Asian shift, as well as few investors used ICSID. Only Another example of ISDS s provisions that undermine a na- rope s neoliberal elite was after, tion, he will probably face a revolt Greece in the euro area and the countering, and in the future hope- fifty cases were brought against potential to undermine state sov- tion s ability to make policy, the especially after being fully aware at home with unforeseen conse- emergence of an alternative socio- fully including, China. On the oth- states between 1965 and 2000. ereignty is the case between El TPP will bring minimal economic of the fact that Athens had no al- quences for his government and the economic system at bay, including er hand, TPP s detractors are con- ternative plan, was not merely a future of Syriza. But if he refuses recycling unemployment schemes However, by the end of 2013, in- Salvador and Pacific Rim. In the benefits to the U.S. The Peterson humiliating Greek deal for the to sign, he will be held responsible with the minimum wage so as not cerned over the secrecy of the ne- vestors had brought 568 cases. early 2000s, the Canadian mining Institute stated that U.S. incomes Syriza-led government but finish- for Greece s exit from the euro when to upset the exploitation rate in the gotiations. They are afraid TPP Presiding over the cases are company Pacific Rim began ex- would increase $78 billion USD ing them off completely to send a the majority of Greek people still private sector (!) and IOUs, and will offshore American jobs, in- three arbitrators, one appointed ploring for gold in the Central by 2025 or by 0.38 percent. In message to all potential trouble- want to keep on the euro straight- from remnants of euro-communism crease the cost of medicine, roll by each party and the third mutu- American nation. Pacific Rim was fact, Vietnam will be the main ben- makers in the euro area of the jacket. But perhaps more important, and the old communist left to post- back Wall Street reforms, and give ally agreed upon. The private law- given exploratory permits, but eficiary because its two principal fate awaiting them if they dared he will be held responsible for the leftism, postmodernist tendencies multinational corporations in- yers acting as arbitrators are held right before the company was to exports, apparel and footwear, challenge the neoliberal, austeri- obvious nasty consequences that a devoid of any true understanding creased power at the expense of to loose ethical standards and receive the necessary extraction face high protection barriers in ty-based orthodoxy of the new Grexit would bring to an economy of contemporary political realities the state. motivated by the pay they receive permits, in 2008, a clean water partner markets. On top of main- Rome. Working in collaboration that imports nearly 90 percent of and without structured support at In a column for the Washing- for advising the opposing parties. crisis began in San Sebastian due ly benefiting other nations, the with the IMF (whom Mr. Tsipras all the products it consumes, par- the popular, working-class level. ton Post on June 14th, Larry Many arbitrators have held sev- to mining operations polluting the U.S. would, according to the Peter- has charged with criminal re- ticularly since his government is Indicative of its political nature, not Summers, former Secretary of eral roles at the same time, such local water supply. In turn, the son Institute, lose 40,000 to sponsibility for the economic and complete unprepared - and clearly even one large, mass protest or dem- Treasury and economic advisor to as counsel, government represen- Salvadorian Government chose to 50,000 jobs a year from 2014 un- social catastrophe of Greece), Ger- incapable - of managing such an out- onstration has ever been organized President Obama, wrote that fail- tative, expert witness, and aca- end mining in the country, due to til 2017 and on average 100,000 many s plan (a nation that has come. But that s the price to be paid or successfully carried out by Syr- ing to pass the TPA would sig- demic. Currently the process is concerns that further mining jobs a year in 2018 and 2019. This failed to pay its debts repeatedly for embarking on several months of iza. Its official organ Avgi still sells nal a lack of U.S. commitment to dominated by a handful of inter- would cause permanent damage would necessitate the creation of in modern times and had the big- negotiations with the euromasters thousands of copies less on a daily Asia at a time when China is flex- national law firms that have and pollution of the water sup- 900,000 jobs a year to sustain full ger part of its foreign debt wiped and the IMF without a strategic vi- and a weekly basis than the official ing its muscles. However, start- turned it into a gold mine. In fact, ply. The government wanted time employment. While it is undeni- off in 1953, yet has the audacity sion in place to end the crisis (and organ of the Greek Communist Par- ing off with doom and gloom, he 55 percent of known disputes to figure out the environmental able that a nation such as Viet- now to try to teach moral lessons this is not to suggest that there are ty, which in the elections of Janu- also went on to rebuff the impor- have been handled by a group of impact of the operation. Pacific nam s economic improvement is to Greece) is to have Mr. Tsipras easy solutions to the Greek debt ary 2015 barely got over 5 percent tance and role of TPP. Stating that fifteen lawyers. Recently, for Rim, however, said it already com- a plus for the U.S. and the world, and his one-night superstar fi- crisis or to leave the impression that of the popular vote. Syriza had the era of agreements that claimants, ISDS cases have cost pleted its review of the environ- it remains to be seen whether in- nance minister tied up with a dog Greece will receive anything but a been converted long ago into an ut- achieve freer trade in the classic on average around $8 million USD, mental impact and wanted to move creased exports of cheaply made chain and paraded in front of the savage reaction by Europe and the terly confusing, non-left left po- sense are essentially over, he la- with some costing over $30 mil- ahead with extraction. The Salva- goods will actually benefit the European political stage for all to US - only loonies and fools would litical organization, and the restruc- beled the agreement as less of a lion USD. In an OECD estimate, dorian Government stuck by its average Vietnamese, which leads see - utterly defeated and humili- think otherwise! - if a government turing of the Greek economy and trade deal and more of a tool for arbitration lawyers charge $1,000 ban and Pacific Rim sued. At first, to a larger point. Trade deals such ated, with their political futures opted to leave the euro and embark its moribund political culture, the regulatory harmonization between on the construction of a post-capi- abandonment of outworn, antedi- USD an hour on average, which Pacific Rim s claim was that El as the TPP are negotiated in se- up in the air, whether they accept the United States and its partners. helps to explain the broad inter- Salvador s actions violated the cret and are susceptible to cap- or reject a humiliating Greek deal. talist or socialist economy) and with luvian modes of political thinking This is where the role of trade This is why there is a renewed a cabinet whose members cannot and behaviors, and the transforma- pretation given to International Central American Free Trade ture by special interest. Other deadlock in EU-Greek negotia- agree even on fundamental issues tion of capitalism and its transition agreements must be reexamined. Investment Agreements (IIAs). Treaty (CAFTA), but in 2012 the controversial aspects of the TPP tions following the encouraging about economic policy and the fu- to a socialist economy had been After almost 14 years of the The two main clauses in IIAs arbitrator found that, since the are its inclusion of stringent intel- signs for an agreement upon the ture of the country, many of them completely removed from its po- DOHA trade talks reaching no that are invoked by investors are company is Canadian, CAFTA lectual property rights and pat- conclusion of the June 22 Euro far more interested in keeping a high litical radar. For an argument along agreement, the U.S. has been ea- the Fair and Equitable Treatment does not apply to them. Switch- ents on pharmaceuticals. Dean summit. Christine Lagarde, who public profile and promoting their those lines, see C. J. Polychroniou, ger to establish bilateral and re- (FET) Clause and the Indirect ing gears, Pacific Rim sued again, Baker, co-founder of the Centre is eager to seek a second term in own views tied to their own politi- To Change Greece Requires gional trade agreements to in- Expropriation Clause. The FET but this time claiming that by re- for Economic Policy and Research the IMF and probably wants to cal agendas. In an apparent effort to Changing the Political Culture - and crease its influence and create in- Clause has been interpreted so fusing to grant a permit to dig for (CEPR), makes a strong point show to all IMF non-European avoid the traps of decision making This Could Be a Tall Order, Espe- ternational standards that it deems broadly that new laws or taxes can gold El Salvador violated its own when he states that the propo- member states how tough she can on the bailout deal, Greek prime cially for the Left. Truthout (Sep- important. The problem is the be seen as violating the investment investment law. Pacific Rim is nents of TPP have it all wrong. be toward the Europeans, and minister Alexis Tsipras has called for tember 1, 2013). secretive nature of the negotia- agreement if they deride an inves- suing for $284 million USD in Tariffs and quota barriers are al- German finance minister Wolfgang a referendum on July 5. The call for tor s legitimate expectations. damages, around 2 percent of El ready extremely low and at worst, Sch uble, who has been sadistic referendum has been hailed by pro- The Indirect Expropriation Salvador s GDP and larger than raise the cost of goods 20 to 30 all along toward Greece, surprised Syriza forces as evidence of the left- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Clause, on the other hand, refers the amount of foreign aid the na- percent. Strict copyright protec- the rest of the euro finance minis- ist government s commitment to to an action that would affect an tion received last year. The case is tions and patent laws, on the oth- ters (who have been kept pretty popular sovereignty and participa- investor s ability to profit from ongoing and will be decided in the er hand, could raise the price of much in the dark for the most part tory democratic practices. Howev- any asset they own in the coun- coming months. Argentina has also protected items from 2,000 per- over the proposals submitted ei- er, this could actually turn out to be MoEs appreciable attempt try. Arbitration is so secretive that been in frequent disputes with cent to 20,000 percent in some ther by Greece or Germany and a referendum on whether or not The Ministry of Education on Monday signed a contract with 11 local domestic groups are not able to investors, having more cases cases. He then adds that every the IMF, thus revealing the true Greece should remain in the euro- hold arbitrators accountable, and brought against it than any other dollar spent on artificially expen- nature of the EU, an imperial cen- zone as Germany lost no time in firms to publish 2.2 million textbooks for the country s schools. It is an appreciable move for following reasons: First, it will encourage the the open-ended nature of IIAs al- country.[28] In October 2013, the sive drugs or computers is one less ter, with Germany acting as its responding to Tsipras s tactical ges- lows for considerable leeway in country agreed to pay $677 mil- dollar that could be spent to in- emperor) a day later by rejecting ture with a move of its own: it took local publishing houses and will support their business. This will help them two work with more enthusiasm and will create job opportunity the arbitrator s decision. Essen- lion USD to five different compa- crease the demand on products the huge compromises made by off the table the proposal made to tially, the arbitrators are interpret- nies. In its most recent case, French Americans export. Lastly, the the Greek government as unac- the Greek government a few days for several Afghans in this critical situation that joblessness is in- creasing among the young generation. Second, the textbooks which will ing very broad investment rules water company Suez sued Argen- U.S. needs to play a leading role ceptable. The members of the ago, which included a five-month ex- through the lens of private com- tina for revoking the company s in the world, but it must recon- Greek government negotiation tension of the bailout program and be published in local publishing companies will have higher quality team had submitted a list of pro- funding to the tune of over 16 bil- than the ones which were published in Pakistan, before. Moreover, it mercial actors and in effect creat- water and sewage treatment con- sider using trade agreements as a posals for the June 22 Euro sum- lion euro, most if it now earmarked will cost lower amount for the government. And finally, it will be an ing rules on how governments tract in Buenos Aires in 2006.[29] means to set up its standards. Not mit that were fully in line with for Greek bank recapitalization. Be encouraging move for other ministries to contract their projects with treat foreign investors without the Initially, the company sought $1.2 only do these secretive standards the logic of the EU/IMF bailout that as it may, there are good rea- Afghan firms as we are in severe need of such moves. Private schools consideration or input of the pub- billion USD in damages, but this hold little accountability to the program for Greece: more auster- sons to view the call for referendum should also pursue such move. They should buy their materials from lic. On top of this, the arbitrator s figure was brought down to $405 public welfare, but also they are ity and additional structural ad- as a tool of politics rather than a local companies and publish their textbooks in Afghan publishing hous- decision is binding and put into million USD, which an arbitrator broad and open to interpretation. es. It will be a minor but important step towards supporting the ill effect immediately. In response, found Argentina must pay. The ISDS mechanisms in the majority justments. All in all, the propos- reflection of some sort of a deep- economy of Afghanistan. als they made amounted to over 8 seated desire on the part of the Syr- th some countries have resorted to state still has 20 pending cases in of U.S. trade agreements, not only billion euro in additional cuts be- iza-led government to widen democ- Farid Nikzad, 4 Macroryan, Kabul ignoring the arbitrator s decision ICSID.[30] Lastly, Uruguay s le- ensures that non-elected, highly tween 2015 and 2016! The leftist racy and popular participation in the due to the perceived unfairness of gal battle with tobacco giant Phil- paid arbitrators with an incen- Greek government even proposed decision making process. For exam- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and judgments made by those with ip Morris, which has higher prof- tive to interpret cases so as to in- a tax increase to incomes above ple, when the Papandreou govern- clarity. All letters must have the writer s name and considerable interest in interpret- its than Uruguay s GDP, is a pre- crease future caseloads set the 30,000 euro, thus suggesting that ment had announced its own intent address. You may send your letters to: ing IIAs in a way that increases scient example of possible future rules governing how states treat individuals in that income bracket to launch a referendum on the bail- [email protected] their future caseload. Current Cas- cases for partners of TPP, espe- investors, it has opened itself up es Even though the U.S. has never cially considering Senator McCo- for a counterattack, as shown in lost a case in ISDS that does not nnell s avid work to include to- the German example. Instead of mean it cannot happen. For in- bacco companies on the ISDS pro- reflexively supporting free trade stance, Germany, who many con- vision of the TPP.[31] To combat agreements, the countries involved Disclaimer: sider the grandfather of investor- smoking, Uruguay implemented a must reexamine and engage in in- state arbitration, has numerous massive anti-smoking campaign telligent discussions about the businesses that have sued foreign that includes a requirement that implications and repercussions The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) governments from the 1980 s on- all cigarette packages have health involved. ward. However, in 2009, this was warnings and pictures illustrating Chandler Foust, Research and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. turned around on them. After es- the effects of smoking that cover Associate at the Council on Hemi- tablishing strict environmental 80 percent of the package.[32] Phil- spheric Affairs. 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The Iranian nuclear talks are play- tightened them several times in the ing out in classic fashion: A self- years to include Tehran's crucial imposed deadline appears to have oil and banking sectors. There been extended due to stubborn dis- would be little to stop politicians putes, with the sides publicly in Washington from imposing even sticking to positions and facing tougher measures on Tehran internal pressure from opponents should talks break down and hopes ready to pounce on any compro- for a deal fall through. mise. But there may be much less Should the talks actually col- appetite for ramping up the sanc- lapse, the alternatives are not ap- tions imposed by the United Na- pealing. The war option that the tions and the European Union in United States has kept on the ta- recent years. As it is, sanctions ble has few fans, and the world discipline is already loosening as community does not seem willing companies world-wide anticipate to impose crippling sanctions. A returning to the lucrative and un- dangerous period of uncertainty derdeveloped Iranian market. Brit- almost certainly would loom. ain's ambassador to Washington, Which way it goes may de- Peter Westmacott, said last month pend on which side needs a deal that "we are probably not far away the most. Iran might seem the from the high-water mark" of sanc- weaker party, with sanctions crip- tions against Iran and said "sanc- pling its economy. But its author- tions erosion" would likely follow itarian regime puts up a convinc- any collapse of talks. ingly brave front, and the Obama Could talks be replaced by a Administration, with its legacy on different process? the line, seems at least as deter- After the initial recriminations, mined to conclude a deal. both sides are likely to look for Israel and Sunni Arab countries ways to salvage the progress made like Saudi Arabia fear any scenario over the past two years in reduc- where Iran - a Shiite power with a ing tensions and lowering the hen in 1997 my uncle sweeping victory for PTI. Still, it evident that the KP police erred citement and violence to destruc- praise Imran Khan? Let s be hon- theocratic government involved in chance of a new Mideast war over pinned the 'diya' on my now felt that we finally had a voice. on the side of those with political tion and arson, PTI appears to have est with ourselves, we have mostly conflicts all around the region - is Iran's nuclear program. shirt, my joy knew no The PTI lost on the national front clout. committed everything. All these been at the losing end of the bar- even close to a bomb. Deeply skep- Iran says it will continue to W tical of Iran's promises or of the honor the Non-Proliferation Trea- bounds. The diya was Imran but went on to form the provincial In the name of education re- antics of PTI have left many like gain in the power-play of the rul- Khan's party symbol at that time. government in Khyber forms, what KP received was a myself dazed and confused. Where ing classes. Granted we are des- West's ability to not be hood- ty and its obligations with the UN's In a very PML-N-leaning locality, Pakhtunkhwa. Broken promises sharp move backwards. The port- is the explanation for all these es- perate, but that is no excuse to winked, they have no desire to see nuclear agency - meaning limited I wore it around proudly all day. He already knew the party had folio of education, which belongs capades? swallow whatever revolutionary the deal that appears to be com- monitoring of its declared nuclear Even when the shopkeeper many shortcomings. The PTI is to PTI, has been completely at the The PTI of today is a party I, snakeskin oil anybody is selling. ing. activities. But there will be great told me that the lion will deci- still young, we told ourselves. disposal of PTI s coalition part- and many like myself, cannot Going forward Here are some disquieting sce- suspicion and Israel and others mate the diya, I was having none Most of us were willing, nay ea- ner Jamaat-i-Islami so much for recognise. A ghastly shadow of its There is no black-and-white in narios and questions to consider: may ratchet up the covert war on of it. I wanted Khan to lead my ger, to look the other way with a changed education system. former self, the party now seems most worldly affairs, least of all in Is there a war option? the Iranian program; mysterious country because he was the hero, regards to the party s various fail- Another promising education- completely like the polity of a very politics. We have to abolish this The Obama administration explosions, deaths and cyber-sab- the new challenger on the prover- ings. However, when the project based project was Taleem ka purana and retrogressive Paki- make-believe world where only continues to say it has the option otage can be expected. bial block. I was around eight at of setting up an innovative, pro- Insaaf . However, it was tackled stan. Making sense It is an oft- one party, one man, one saviour of using military force to stop Iran Iran may be ready to resume that time and of course hadn't a gressive and judicious model of so poorly by the government that repeated truism that a politician stands for impeccable good and is from getting a nuclear weapon, talks if alternatives arise to phys- clue about politics. Besides I like governance went horribly wrong, it lost almost all financial backing or a party is not what sustains a incapable of error. should diplomacy fail. It does not ical inspection of the non-nuclear everybody who has grown up even the most loyal of us could and eventually had to be scrapped. movement, rather it is the people The fanatic emotional attach- provide details publicly, but mili- sites. One possibility is advanced playing cricket and listening to the not find enough excuses to hide See: KP to remove objection- who do so. The desire of a people ment with PTI will have to be tary officials acknowledge that the measuring instruments based on anecdotes of the 1992 World Cup behind. How wrong did it go? The able material from textbooks One for the better is what sustains a treated with a heavy dose of ratio- most likely form of U.S. attack samples from surrounding areas, wanted to 'be' Imran Khan. The best way to find out is to examine of the most startling examples of movement and hence a politician. nality and supporters will have to would be aerial bombing of Iranian or samples taken by a mutually legendary PTI jalsa of 2011 re- the evidence of PTI's performance just how much PTI has lost its There is nothing wrong with that quit being perpetual apologists for nuclear facilities, some of which trusted Iranian expert while IAEA kindled my earnest desire of see- in the last two years. course occurred during the dharna, picture except that too often the the party s grand blunders. are deep underground. There like- inspectors await just outside the ing Khan as a front-runner in the Police and education reforms when our resolute leaders almost populous then bring in blind faith I am not suggesting that we give ly are numerous variations on the sites. They may propose inter- race. Everyone saw how he came were the two flagship projects that wholly shunned their provincial and enjoin all hope uncondition- up all hope for change or com- drawing table. viewing nuclear scientists only into his element at that time, the PTI undertook as the government responsibilities. We saw them ally with the politician, putting the pletely turn our backs on PTI; Depending on the option through an intermediary or writ- massive response from the masses in KP. Read on: Less than 25% of stoop to the level of those brutish actual purpose on the back-burner. rather, just that we should hon- picked by Obama, the U.S. mili- ten questions and answers. But the and how the promise of a new fu- KP development budget utilised and selfish politicians that we Such an effort for change then be- estly re-evaluate our beliefs in the tary could call on a wide range of U.S. administration may find it ture took shape. Also read: Imran The former were widely touted to wanted PTI members to replace. comes a falsely contested and self- holiness accorded by to it by its forces in such an attack, including politically difficult to agree to a Khan: the myth and the reality be revolutionary and one-of- During the dharna, they em- ish agenda a movement not for supporters and pay more atten- one or more aircraft carriers, a full new set of negotiations - with From that moment on, a new and their-kind in Pakistan. Time and ployed every tactic in the book of the better but for the worse. That tion to the good and evil of party array of fighters, bombers and other terms on nuclear transparency dic- reorganised PTI emerged. Not even again, it was claimed that KP po- street-politics, to a point where is exactly what happened with policies and agendas instead of combat aircraft stationed in or near tated by the Iranians - that are political giants like Javed Hashmi lice was completely depoliticised not just local but international PTI. In other words, the disap- Good and Evil itself. the Middle East, and special oper- much weaker than it had sought. could resist gravitating towards this and had been turned into one of news publications ran accounts of pointment is not completely to be We don't want any more sen- ations forces that might be used to Might the Iranians move new movement. A new chapter in the most professional departments the destabilisation caused by the blamed on Khan or his party but timental abracadabra chants of rescue downed pilots or enter Iran quickly to develop a bomb? the history of Pakistan had begun in Pakistan. But when push came party. Even the Financial Times on our own insistence of believing revolution and change because on sabotage or other secret mis- They're unlikely to go all the a chapter of assurance of redress to shove, the blinders came off and Washington Post speculated in them blindly, ignoring realities what we really need is reform, no sions. way, but could push to reach for the troubled public, of a chance quickly enough. Tear gas, baton about the threat to democracy and (and denouncing those who point matter which party brings that Iran has a substantial air de- "threshold" status. Iranian officials for educated, informed and sincere charges, arrests, rubber bullets, you a looming Martial Law in the coun- our eyes towards it) and cheering about. fense system - and Russia earlier insist they do not intend to build a people acquiring a role in shaping name it and the police did it. The try. PTI into believing its own myth Next time let us vote on the this year lifted its self-imposed ban nuclear weapon, and there is a "fat- their country s future. recent local body elections also laid From thuggery to outright van- as an infallible entity that could basis of whoever performed bet- on sales to Iran of the advanced S- wa," an Islamic ruling, against the Of course, the more astute of bare just how depoliticised the dalism and hate speech to the ha- never fall prey to entrenched in- ter, even marginally, from the rest. 300 air defense missile. But even very idea by the country's top lead- us knew it was not going to be a police force really is and it is now rassment of journalists, from in- terests. See: Why is it wrong to after Iranian deployment of such er, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Yet missiles, Obama says U.S. war- Tehran's bomb-making ability has planes could penetrate Iranian air- grown, and with it the global agita- space. tion. Still, senior Pentagon leaders With no talks constraining Iran, Why was Egypt s prosecutor-general have publicly stressed the limita- it is likely to resume enriching ura- tions of bombing, saying it likely nium, which Tehran froze early last dock at the courtroom right after efforts to eliminate terrorism. completed. would delay Iran's development of year under the preliminary deal that the attack on Barakat aroused sus- And judges will now be more de- Journalist and former MP a bomb by no more than three led to the present negotiation. Iran assassinated? picions as to his personal involve- termined to make sure terrorists Moustafa Bakri accused political years while strengthening its incli- says that program is only for ment in the assassination. Ac- do not escape punishment, he activists of playing a role as major nation to covertly go nuclear - like peaceful purposes, but enriched On June 29, Egyptian Prosecutor- Ahmed al-Khazendar who was at cording to security sources, Mursi said. We are going to avenge not as that of the Muslim Brotherhood other countries like North Korea uranium can also form the fissile General Hisham Barakat was killed the time in charge of a case about will be interrogated about this ges- only judges, but all the victims of as far as incitement of violence in and Israel have done. Leon Panet- core of a nuclear warhead. If Iran in a bomb attack that targeted his the involvement of the Muslim ture in order to determine whether terrorism, he said. concerned. Activists who con- ta said while heading the Pentagon opts to return to enriching at lev- motorcade. Being the first terror- Brotherhood in the bombing of a it is related to Barakat or not and Policemen investigate the site demned the assassination of the in 2011 that U.S. bombing would els just a technical step away from ist attack to target a top Egyptian movie theatre, he wrote. whether he planned or at least of a car bomb attack on the con- prosecutor general did previously have "unintended consequences." weapons-grade, it could have official since the failed attempt on When arrested, the attackers blessed the assassination, wrote voy of Egyptian public prosecu- support terrorists involved in simi- A retaliatory Iranian attack on Is- enough fissile material for one the life on the interior minister in were found to possess documents journalist Mahmoud Abdel Radi. tor Hisham Barakat near his house lar attacks. Those same activists rael could lead to rapid escalation. bomb within months. This is the 2013, the assassination brought that proved their affiliation to the were at the morgue supporting the Israel itself has also made "breakout point" the deal is trying back concerns about the growing Muslim Brotherhood and the first families of executed terrorists in threatening noises, but the odds of to extend to at least a year. strength of the attackers and the suspect turned out to have been the Arab Sharkas case, he wrote unilateral military action seem slim: Iran is years away from the corresponding weaknesses of the the secretary of the group s su- in reference to the controversial The Jewish state lacks the Ameri- technical expertise needed not only security system. preme leader Hassan al-Banna. execution of six suspects found cans' ability to destroy facilities to develop a working warhead but The attack also brought back Ammar added, noting that at the guilty of terrorism in what was deep underground, is vulnerable to be able to mount it on a power- to the forefront earlier threats by time, Banna denied having known seen as a retaliation to the killing due to its small territory, and ful enough missile. But that - and extremist groups to target the ju- about the assassination plot. of the Sinai judges. Bakri, however, would risk undercutting the inter- the notion that Iran will stop at diciary. Such threats did not prove Ammar also referred to the failed did not mention names of the ac- national pressure on Iran for a rel- "threshold" level - is cold comfort hollow with the assassination in attempt on the life of Judge tivists he referred to. atively small return. to those who fear Iran. May of three judges in the Sinai Moataz Khafagi who was in charge Policemen investigate the site Could the world ratchet up the What would happen then? Peninsula. In fact, the Wilayet Sinai of the case known as the guid- of a car bomb attack on the con- sanctions? The development would come (Province of Sinai) militant group, ance bureau incidents, in which voy of Egyptian public prosecu- It seems the world is not pre- when tensions between the rival which pledges allegiance to ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood members tor Hisham Barakat near his house pared to truly bring Iran to its Sunni and Shiite sects of Islam are posted a video of the assassina- were accused of murder and at- at Heliopolis district in Cairo, knees by shutting off the flow of at a historic high, with the sectari- tion of the judges a few hours be- tempted murder as well as to the Targeting Barakat at Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt, June 29, 2015. (Reuters) capital and goods. That would in- an divide fomenting wars in Iraq, fore Barakat was killed under the killing of the three judges in Sinai. Nagi Shehata, known as the Egypt, June 29, 2015. (Reuters) Egyptian novelist and journal- volve a tremendously expensive Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere while title The liquidation of judges. While stressing that it is not pos- judge of executions for the death Hossam al-Kholy, deputy ist Alaa al-Aswani called Barakat s and politically explosive land and threatening the stability of Leba- The timing of the assassination is sible to determine the culprits at sentences he issued against mem- chairman of the Wafd Party, argued assassination a serious turning sea blockade as well as a militarily non and Bahrain and other coun- also quite revealing since it took the moment, historian and manu- bers of the Muslim Brotherhood, that the security apparatus in point since it highlights the draw- enforced no-fly zone across a coun- tries in the region. Iran is Persian, place one day before the second scripts professors Emad Abu said that like other members of the Egypt cannot be absolved of blame. backs of the state s iron grip as far try 2-1/2 times the size of Texas. not Arab - but it is emerging as the anniversary of the June 30 pro- Ghazi said that the Muslim Broth- judiciary, Barakat was targeted It is true that anyone can be a as countering violence is concerned. That leaves stiffer sanctions as top Shiite power in the Middle tests that toppled the Muslim erhood has had the biggest share because of his determination to victim of terrorism, but as we ap- Only justice can eliminate terror- the only realistic way to pressure East. Its hand is in many of the Brotherhood that was regarded by of political assassinations in Egypt, fight terrorism. I know that I for proach June 30, precautionary ism, he wrote. Repression, on Tehran economically. But even that conflicts - whether overtly as in the group and its supporters as a especially senior officials. In ad- one am at the top of this hit list, measures should be much stricter the other hand, only gives it rea- could be a tough sell outside the its support for the Hezbollah mi- military coup. All those links are dition to Khazendar, they killed he said in a press interview. For and certain public figures have to son to survive. Other analysts U.S. The Iranian people who litia in Lebanon and the Bashar expected to provide definitive an- Prime Minister Mahmoud al- Shehata, eliminating terrorist at- be placed under high protection, agreed that the security solution would suffer are largely captive, Assad government in Syria, or swers to the reasons behind the Nokrashi when he decided to dis- tacks against judges would only be he said. What happened to the has proved its failure and that a and some countries, like China, more opaquely as in Yemen. assassination, but do they? band the group and tried to kill possible through the modification surveillance cameras that are sup- political and intellectual approach India and Japan, still depend on Thus, if Iran does become a Pointing the finger of blame president Gamal Abdel Nasser of the Criminal Procedures Law. posed to allow security officials has become inevitable. The assas- diminished but still significant ex- threshold nuclear weapons state, In his article From al- when he disagreed with them, Sentences should be implemented to monitor the roads? Judge Wael sination of the prosecutor-general ports of Iranian oil. a domino effect seems likely. Sun- Khazendar to Hisham Barakat, Ammar said. immediately following their ratifi- Makram, who is also governor of confirms that responding to vio- Iran is also a vast market that ni Saudi Arabia - with the oil wealth political commentator Khaled Policemen investigate the site cation by the president instead of the province of Fayoum, argued lence with more violence only companies big and small are eager to buy much of the nuclear prow- Ammar holds the Muslim Broth- of a car bomb attack on the con- allowing them to be appealed, he that since he assumed his position makes things worse, said Abdel to tap. The longer sanctions stay ess that Iran has labored to pro- erhood accountable for the assas- voy of Egyptian public prosecu- explained. Slow justice is a form as prosecutor general, Barakat had Galil Moustafa, activist and coor- in place, the greater the incentive duce - has hinted it would feel com- sination and argues that it has been tor Hisham Barakat near his house of injustice and the possibility of never changed his route. This dinator of the Egyptian Awaken- for firms to find ways around them pelled to acquire the same status. common for the group to target at Heliopolis district in Cairo, getting away with crimes encour- made it easier for terrorists to tar- ing electoral coalition. - potentially lessening the impact Egypt, could also follow suit. Is- members of the judiciary in retali- Egypt, June 29, 2015. (Reuters) ages more crimes. For Justice get him on his way to work, he Rehabilitation of criminals of any ratcheting up. raeli officials have said they be- ation for sentences they issue Reports of ousted President Minister Ahmed al-Zend, the as- said, adding that he still cannot might take a longer time, but it is The U.S. has had sanctions lieve Iran is aware that reaching the against them. It started in 1948 Mohammad Mursi allegedly mak- sassination of the prosecutor-gen- confirm the laxity of security mea- the only way out of this blood against Iran in place ever since the breakout point could have "seri- with the assassination of Judge ing a slaughtering gesture in the eral is bound to intensify the state s sures until the investigations are cycle, he added. Iranian Revolution in 1979 and has ous consequences." 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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Negotiations to reopen Libyan oil- infrastructure fields are ongoing and the level of the country s production remains stable, a spokesman for the state National Oil Corporation (NOC) bank signed said. Libyan authorities said they were trying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began two weeks ago, to reopen pipe- lines for the El Feel and El Sharara oilfields and the port of Zueitina, blocked for weeks by protests and disputes. Efforts being carried out by elders and mayors of local mu- nicipalities are still under way in order to reopen the closed oil fields. We expect good results soon, said NOC spokesman Mohamed Hara- ri. The OPEC country is caught in a dispute between two rival govern- ments, one internationally recog- nized in the east and a self-declared BEIJING: Countries from five decided by all members, said Shi one that controls Tripoli, since a continents formally signed up on Yaobin, a vice finance minister, group called Libyan Dawn took Monday to the China-led Asian according to the official Xinhua over the capital last year. Before Infrastructure Investment Bank news agency. China is not delib- the 2011 civil war that ousted a potential rival to the Washing- erately pursuing the veto power, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya pro- ton-based World Bank as he added, saying share percentages duced 1.6 million barrels per day. Beijing steps up its global diplo- could be diluted by future new It is now less than half that figure. matic and economic role. Australia admissions. Among non-Asian Officials rarely release national was the first country to sign the participants, Germany is the larg- production figures, but one recent articles of association creating the est shareholder with 4.5pc, fol- estimate put it at 500,000 bpd. as the oil industry is constantly to pressure their rivals or central tinuing in an attempt to form a end the crisis. Libya s turmoil has AIIB s legal framework at a cer- lowed by France with 3.4pc and Negotiations to reopen oilfields under siege from protesters seek- authorities. U.N. talks with the unity government in a power-shar- allowed Islamist militants and mi- emony in Beijing s Great Hall of Brazil on 3.2pc. The AIIB is ex- and ports in Libya often drag on ing jobs or armed factions trying two main warring factions are con- ing deal Western powers hope will grant smugglers to flourish. the People, an AFP journalist saw, pected to go into operation later followed by 49 other founding this year and its headquarters will members. Seven more are expected be in Beijing, despite calls from In- Indian power plants to do so by the end of the year. donesia that it be based in Jakarta, Philippines to import The bank will have a share capital further cementing China s promi- of $100 billion, with $20bn paid nence in the institution. But all fi- in initially, the document showed. nancial terms in the agreement are worth $19b struggle The signing is an embodiment of in US dollars, rather than China s RICE FROM PAKISTAN the concrete action and efforts currency, the renminbi, and the to find customers made by all countries in the spirit bank s working language will be of solidarity, openness, inclusion English. Only 50 of the 57 coun- NEW DELHI: At a time when al- accumulated losses of 2.5 trillion and cooperation , Chinese Presi- tries that have applied for found- most a third of India s 1.3 billion rupees ($39bn) and lose 700bn dent Xi Jinping said after the cer- ing membership signed up in citizens have no access to electric- rupees every year, according to the emony. Signalling China s central Beijing on Monday, and the finance ity, power plants worth about first-year report card of PM Naren- role at the bank, he added: Now ministry said the remainder $19bn are struggling to find cus- dra Modi s government. Reviving we are willing to listen to your Denmark, Kuwait, Malaysia, Phil- tomers. High interest rates and the distribution companies will be views and proposals. The AIIB ippines, Poland, South Africa and weak industrial demand have cou- crucial to Modi s election pledge has been viewed by some as a rival Thailand have yet to ratify the pled with India s unusually cool of providing round-the-clock elec- to the World Bank and Asian De- necessary agreements. Washington summer and unseasonal rains to tricity to every household in the velopment Bank, and the United sought to dissuade its allies from curtail electricity usage. That s left country by 2019. States and Japan the world s taking part but European countries some 20 gigawatts of capacity That s the reason why good largest and third-largest economies, including Britain, France and Ger- enough to power New Delhi thrice demand from industrial customers respectively have notably de- many have rushed to sign up as over without long-term supply is so critical for distribution com- clined to join. Earlier this month, they seek to bolster ties with the contracts, according to Ashok panies because they are the former Federal Reserve Chairman world s second-largest economy. Khurana, director general at the As- paying customers, said Khurana. Ben Bernanke rebuked US law- There are some concerns over makers for effectively encouraging transparency of the lender, which the AIIB s formation by blocking will fund infrastructure in Asia, as reforms giving developing nations well as worries that a resurgent a greater say in the IMF. Beijing Beijing will use it to push its own will be by far the largest AIIB share- geopolitical and economic inter- holder at about 30 per cent, the ests. The articles of association articles of association posted on promise the bank will be guided the website of China s finance min- by sound banking principles in its istry showed. India is the second operations and ensure its opera- biggest at 8.4pc with Russia third tions comply with policies ad- on 6.5pc. The voting structure dressing environmental and social ARACHI: The Philippines es 755,200 tonnes of country-spe- nam 293,100 tonnes. All rice im- gives smaller members a slightly impacts . But equally vague state- has offered to import cific quota (CSQ) and 50,000 ported under the 2015 MAV rice disproportionately larger voice, ments in the past have done little K50,000 tonnes of rice from tonnes of omnibus origin volume. import programme shall be levied and a statement accompanying the to soothe critics. Supporters say Pakistan to help it meet its goal of The CSQ is broken down as the with a tariff of 35 per cent to be articles said China will have 26pc fears over undue Chinese influence importing an aggregate volume of following: China 50,000 tonnes, paid in advance to the Land Bank of the votes. That is not enough to are overblown, and that the par- 805,200 tonnes of rice under its India 50,000 tonnes, Pakistan of Philippines and only well- give Beijing a formal veto over all ticipation by more than 50 coun- minimum access volume (MAV) 50,000 tonnes, Australia 15,000 milled rice with quality of at least the bank s decision-making, but it tries will dilute Beijing s power. for this year. tonnes, El Salvador 4,000 tonnes, 25pc brokens or other such spe- will still have an outsized say and The articles of association The total import volume compris- Thailand 293,100 tonnes and Viet- cial rice varieties will be imported. a block on some votes which re- specify that the bank s president quire a 75pc majority including must come from the Asian region the choice of the bank s president, and will serve a maximum of two suspensions of members, and consecutive five-year terms. Shi, a EU in last-ditch bid to Greece, changes to the rules. China s vice finance minister, said that sociation of Power Producers. That demand is missing now. shareholding and its voting power China will recommend a strong New plant initiations have come India s installed capacity is 272.5 at the establishment of the AIIB is and powerful candidate for the URGES 'YES' VOTE TO BAILOUT to a grinding halt, said Debasish gigawatts, according to the power a natural result led by the rules position, Xinhua reported. Mishra, a senior director at De- ministry. It costs roughly 60 mil- ATHENS: The head of the Euro- if Athens said "yes". The last-ditch ment official said that Athens lis- loitte Touche Tohmatsu India in lion rupees to set up a megawatt, pean Commission made a last- bid from Brussels came after tens tened with interest to what was Mumbai. The situation is very said Sambitosh Mohapatra, a part- The miserable minute offer to try to persuade of thousands of Greeks, mobilised being proposed but said: "Alexis discouraging for anyone planning ner at PwC India, so 20 gigawatts Greek Prime Minister Alexis by Tsipras' Syriza party, demon- Tsipras will vote "no" on Sunday". to set up a power plant in India. If translates to about $19bn. Tsipras to accept a bailout deal he strated in Athens against further European Union leaders hammered not addressed in time, we will India s electricity supply has has rejected before a referendum austerity. Tsipras broke off nego- home the message that the real swing from the current surplus sit- improved in the three years since truth to Canada s on Sunday which EU partners say tiations with the Commission, the choice facing Greeks is whether to uation to a major shortage in a few a major power failure darkened vast will be a choice of whether to stay IMF and the European Central stay in the euro zone or return to years. For JSW Energy, one of swathes of the country s north. in the euro. But Greek government Bank and announced early on Sat- the drachma, even though the EU the affected power generators, al- And the government has approved economic recovery sources said the leftist premier urday a referendum on the bailout has no legal way of forcing a mem- most half its capacity lacks long- investment of 1.1tr rupees to up- A lot of people are going to hate modest slumps in cities such as stood by his rejection of the cred- terms next Sunday, giving voters ber state to leave the single curren- term buyers, said Chief Executive grade distribution and transmission itors' conditions and Greece would just one week to debate the funda- cy. French Finance Minister Mich- the economic recovery. Where we Ottawa and Montreal seem to have Officer Sanjay Sagar. While Sagar infrastructure across the nation. are now is the economic sweet halted, at least for the moment. default on a crucial repayment due mental issues at stake. Under el Sapin, who has been most sym- blames tepid power demand on a Major Singh, chairman at the to the International Monetary Juncker's offer, Tsipras would pathetic to Athens in the negotia- spot low interest rates to sup- Travel is another area where we re downturn in economic activity, power ministry s Central Electric- port our consumption of houses, spending with enthusiasm. The Fund on Tuesday, plunging it deep- have to send a written acceptance tions, said in a television interview: the situation also reveals structur- ity Auth•ority, couldn t be reached er into financial crisis. EU and by Tuesday of the terms published "It is a vote with consequences. If cars and such, plus reasonably solid Hotel Association of Canada fore- al problems afflicting the next link on his office phone for a comment. underlying fundamentals. A gauge casts that the average occupancy Greek government sources said by the EU executive on Sunday they say 'yes', we continue to ne- in the chain of India s power mar- Still, the electricity retailers Jean-Claude Juncker had offered and agree to campaign in favour of gotiate ... With a 'no', we go into an of economic stress called the mis- rate will be 64 per cent this year, ket. Power plants sell to electrici- lose about 1 rupee on every kilo- ery index now sits at its lowest tied for 2014 as the highest since to convene an emergency meeting the bailout in the planned July 5 unknown territory." "For the oth- ty retailers, preferably on long dat- watt hour sold, according to the of euro zone finance ministers on referendum. However, there was er countries in Europe, it would be point in 35 years for Canada. 2007. And check out Air Canada s ed contracts. power producers association. And Economists have been fore- numbers: The airline reported its Tuesday to approve an aid pay- no sign that the leftist leader, elect- a problem but not a drama if Greece And the financial health of those state governments aren t always ment to prevent Athens default- ed in January on a promise to end left, it wouldn't be an economic casting a return to more normal lev- second straight year of record prof- retailers, controlled by state gov- assiduous in making their subsidy els of growth since the last reces- its in 2014 at $531-million. The ing, if Tsipras sent a written ac- austerity, was prepared to drop his upheaval all of a sudden," Sapin ernments and forced to supply payments on time, forcing distrib- ceptance of the terms. He also dan- repeated rejections of the terms, said, calling Monday's losses on sion ended in 2009. Instead, we ve April tally of retail sales showed a power to farmers and the poor at utors to cut purchases and forcing seen persistently slow growth that small decline on a year-over-year gled the prospect of a negotiation which he has branded a "humilia- financial markets a simple correc- subsidised prices, is worsening. outages, said Mohapatra of PwC on debt rescheduling later this year tion" for Greece. A Greek govern- tion of past gains. has suited a lot of us very well. If basis, a sign of overall economic India s electricity retailers have India. you owe a bunch of money, these sluggishness. But hidden by that times could be the best you ll ever overall number were niche in- know because of low rates. You creases of 8 per cent for jewellery, won t know what you ve got till clothes and home furnishings, and Cycling and walking routes save it s gone, to paraphrase Joni 10 per cent for shoes. The Mitchell. You can find economic economy is definitely weak by tra- data to back up any view at all ditional standards it shrank 0.6 about what s happening out there per cent in the first quarter of 2015 the UK economy £1m a day, study finds right now. Middle-class stress, on an annualized basis and grew middle-class success. Excessive 2.4 per cent in the final three The National Cycle Network has has saved the UK economy £162 health alone. Malcolm Shepherd, an option for everyone we need the journeys of between one and five borrowing, manageable debt. Into months of 2014. Three per cent saved the UK economy more than million and has saved the NHS £22 Sustrans Chief Executive, said: new Government to provide fund- miles. We therefore urgently need this mix, let s throw some num- would be a very solid but not out- £7 billion - equivalent to £1m a million from reducing obesity and When we launched the National ing for cycling and walking to be to look at ways in which we can sup- bers about all the retail therapy rageous annualized growth rate. day - since it was established 20 overweight alone. Health budgets Cycle Network in 1995 we wanted equivalent of 5% of the transport port more people to make these we ve been enjoying. Start with However, we re still in pretty good years ago, by improving people s are under increasing pressure and to show both the huge potential budget, and a Cycling and Walking shorter journeys by bike or on foot new cars, SUVs and trucks. This shape in terms of a measure of eco- health and reducing congestion, physical inactivity already costs and the enormous benefits of Investment Strategy that contains a if they are able, and Sustrans are to year is shaping up to be yet an- nomic stress called the misery in- pollution and greenhouse gas emis- the UK economy around £20 bil- people being able to choose to make long-term vision and targets, in the be applauded for shining a light on other record-breaker in sales over dex. Created by an American sions, according to new research lion every year. Enabling people healthy journeys. The figures same way that already exists for our the benefits this could have for our all, but it s luxury and high-per- economist named Arthur Okun, from Sustrans. Now the charity is to walk and bike for many more speak for themselves we have roads and railways. This relatively economy, our healthcare services, formance car makers that are gen- the misery index is the sum of the calling on the Government to press local and everyday journeys is one demonstrated beyond doubt that small investment has the potential and the overall health of the nation." erating the biggest increases. Ac- unemployment rate and the infla- on with developing its promised of the easiest ways to get the na- many more people walking and to have huge benefits for us all. Dr This year marks 20 years since cording to the Good Car Bad Car tion rate. It turns out that in this Cycling and Walking Investment tion healthier and reduce spending cycling is good for our health, and Penny Woods, Chief Executive of the Sustrans gained funding from the website, Audi, BMW, Lexus, Lin- recent period of weak economic Strategy to ensure that even more on conditions linked with physi- it s smarter for our economy. If a British Lung Foundation, said: Air Lottery to develop the National coln and Mercedes-Benz all had growth, we happen to have the people can choose to walk and cal inactivity. For example, addi- charity can lead the creation of a pollution kills 29,000 people a year Cycle Network. The Network now sales increases in Canada of 16 per lowest reading on the misery in- cycle their everyday journeys. tional research from Sustrans has Network of routes that runs the in the UK, and can lead to diseases stretches to all four corners of the cent to 22 per cent for the first dex in 35 years. The index stood at Over £6 billion of those savings shown that if we doubled the num- length and breadth of the country, like lung cancer, whilst worsening UK and covers over 14,000 miles five months of 2015. Porsche sales 7.7 per cent for May, which com- have come from reducing health ber of local journeys already being imagine what could be possible if other lung conditions like COPD and running along traffic-free and quiet surged 34 per cent. Houses are also pares with an average of 11.7 per costs, a result of people being made by foot, bike and public Government created safer condi- asthma. Yet, even though cars are on-road routes. New data shows that selling well, even in cities beyond cent going back to 1980 and a read- healthier due to walking and cy- transport the economy would ben- tions for walking and cycling, in- responsible for 70% of air pollution in 2014 the Network saw over 4.9 Vancouver and Toronto. Calgary s ing of 8.2 per cent in 2007, before cling more of their journeys. In- efit from over £110 billion over the cluding reducing speeds. To make in urban areas, this is still how over million people make 764 million doing pretty well considering the the global financial crisis and re- deed in the past year the Network next 30 years from the impact on walking and cycling local journeys two thirds of people choose to make trips by bike and on foot. impact of lower oil prices, and cession. 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. WEDNESDAY . JULY 01, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES It s a tie for Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Old but not obsolete Schwarzenegger Khan in Forbes top-paid celeb list BACK AGAIN AS TERMINATOR

B-town has made a mark on reality where Bollywood's biggest charity foundation. Forbes highly awaited Celebri- stars (Salman Khan and Amitabh Although Akshay Kumar s ty 100: The World's Top-Paid Bachchan, $33.5 million apiece) presence is indeed surprising, the Entertainers 2015 list as actors earn more than some Hollywood actor can be seen in around four Amitabh Bachchan and Salman A-listers (Leonardo DiCaprio and films annually and makes it a point Khan tied for the 71st position Channing Tatum, $29 million to be one of the priciest celebs with $33.5 million each in earn- apiece)," Forbes said. around. He was last seen in the ings. Not only that, action hero Big B who recently stunned film Baby which did lukewarm PARIS: I m old but I m not ob- ger told a June 19 Paris media con- launched in 1984 with In one early scene, he fights a Akshay Kumar also made it to the the audience in Piku has starred in business at the boxoffice. It was solete, Arnold Schwarzenegger ference promoting the movie that Schwarzenegger playing a killer version of himself with the spe- 76th spot with $32.5 million, more than 150 films and takes a shocking to see that King Khan, says of his return as the fearsome he was asked to reprise his most cyborg sent to slay Sarah Connor, cial effects crew digitally painting zooming past Indian cricket cap- notch further thanks to the show Shahrukh Khan couldn t make it cyborg from the future in his new famous role a month after finish- the woman who would become his face over that of a bodybuild- tain, MS Dhoni at 82nd. Unlike Kaun Banega Crorepati, which en- to the top 100. movie Terminator Genisys , ing his seven-year stint running mother to a future resistance lead- er hired to incarnate Schwarzeneg- previous years, this year s list is tered its eight season last year. While boxer Floyd May- opening worldwide this week. California in January 2011. I was er fighting the machines. ger as he looked three decades ago. purely based on earnings of the Up against him, Salman Khan weather topped with $300m, the The line is taken from the very, very excited to be back , Schwarzenegger (who wasn t When I saw the movie for entertainers, regardless of nation- is indeed Bollywood s megastar list's top ten celebs only include movie, spoken by his robotic char- he said, putting his accented em- in the last Terminator film that the first time three weeks ago I ality. It is interesting to note that who has acted in more than 80 two women namely Katy Perry acter, but applies equally well to phasis on what is now his trade- came out in 2009 because he was was literally blown away, to see these Bollywood stalwarts have movies. The actor who recently in second place and Taylor Swift the 67-year-old Austrian-born mark phrase.Effects wipe away in governor mode) revisits the orig- myself fighting me and to see ex- left behind top-notch Hollywood walked free after his hit-and-run at number nine. Hollywood actor and former gov- age: Terminator Genisys is the inal 1984 timeframe thanks to actly the way I looked in 1984, actors like Leonardo Di Caprio trial will be next seen in his flick Some popular names on this ernor of California. Schwarzeneg- fifth movie in the series that some movie magic. Schwarzenegger said. and Channing Tatum with $29m. Bajrangi Bhaijaan releasing on Eid year s list include: Robert "The result is a more accurate this year. Salman s clothing line, Downey Jr (9), Tom Cruise (52), reflection of the current entertain- 'Being Human' raked in $30m last Kim Kardashian (33) and Be- ment landscape, a 21st century year with revenue donated to his yonce (29). 7 Bollywood I could potentially fall in DIRECTORS AND love with and marry Deepika THEIR MUSES Padukone, says Russell Brand

Taylor Swift reaches OUT TO SICK FAN Taylor Swift offered the "biggest sure on yourself. Sending you the hug" to a fan named Emily after biggest hug from my hotel room, she detailed how the singer's mu- where I've just raided the snack sic had helped her while battling bar and eaten everything in the medical problems caused by a style of a raccoon rummaging congenital heart defect. through a trash can (sic)." After her Barclaycard British Emily later said she was Summer Time show at Hyde Park "grateful" for her icon's kind here, she posted on Twitter: "I words. KARACHI: When we talk about next to Vikram s house. That bit of think it's amazing that you're so "What she said to me was so directors and their muses the first information has caused quite a honest about how it's affected incredibly kind and almost unbe- thing that comes to mind is Hol- buzz. you. "It's impossible to be posi- lievable, and I can't believe she lywood, for it is flowing with such 3. Urmila Matondkar Ram tive all the time about something replied with such empathy and tales. Gopal Verma that completely terrifies and con- understanding. I'm so grateful for Who wouldn t know of Alferd One of the most successful di- fuses you, and I'm glad you're not what she said. It means the world Hitchcock s obsession with Tip- rector-muse relationships of recent putting that kind of weird pres- to me," she told eonline.com. py Herden? Or Quentin Taranti- times. Urmila was the original muse no s admiration for Uma Thur- of director Ram Gopal Verma be- man s acting skills. Both directors fore Antara Mali came along. He gave out huge releases and birthed has cast her in a number of his mov- Sandra Bullock's Minion remarkable characters. It s a dead- ies like Antham, Satya, Kaun, ly combo because muses often Bhoot, Ek Hasina Thi, Rangeela, shoes to be auctioned play a heightened film star ver- Daud, Mast, Jungle and Bhoot. Famous actor and comedian Rus- gan his performance. The two had see if I can perhaps seduce Deep- sion of their directors, a character 4. Mahima Chaudhry- Sub- sell Brand who recently performed a lavish wedding in Rajasthan in ika Padukone, he further joked. Actress Sandra Bullock is auction- reports femalefirst.co.uk. "We're based on the directors own hash Ghai in India at the Comedy Central 2010, only to divorce 14 months The 40-year-old seemed ada- ing off her quirky Minion inspired going to give all the proceeds to selves. But the bond of directors Subhash was the one who dis- Chuckle Festival, said he can fall later. He then went on to joke mant to contact Deepika and shoes for charity. The 50-year- Art + Practice, which is a non- and their muses is not limited to covered Mahima. The actress ac- in love with Deepika Padukone about Bollywood, expressing a asked the crowd for her number. just Hollywood. It is a concept tual name is Ritu Chaudhry but old, who plays villain Scarlett profit organisation here in LA," well known in Bollywood too. Subhash was credulous about the during his stay here. desire to be like Salman Khan and If anyone has her phone num- Overkill in the new `Despicable Bullock told Entertainment To- Russell was nothing less than Shah Rukh. After mentioning a list ber, let me know, we can ring her Some directors might not public- letter M so he rechristened her Me` spin-off `Minions`, has re- night Canada as she walked the ly declare having a muse but we Mahima. Pardes was the only jovial and lively at the festival. He of people he would like to be like, in the course of the evening. vealed the bright-yellow pumps yellow carpet. know there s something cooking movie they worked together on but talked about Bollywood, traffic in he said he wanted to try and se- But his jokes didn t just stop she wore to the Los Angeles pre- when there s growing partiality then what started as a mentor-muse India and even joked about his duce Bollywood beauty Deepika there he went on to make fun of miere on Saturday, will go under and evident inclination. relationship became enmeshed in short-lived marriage to singer Padukone. The person I could the traffic in India. the hammer at non-profit Los An- Here is a list of seven Bolly- legal conflict. Things went so un- Katy Perry. I have never per- potentially fall in love with and You people honk so much geles-based organisation Art + wood directors and their muse to pleasant that Mahima went on to formed in India, unless you call marry while I am in India is Deep- as if devastation is coming. You Practice. The high heels, costing keep close who worked together say in interviews that Subhash my marriage a performance In ika Padukone, said the British are better when in an auditorium $800, were designed by Rupert to make several successful films. Ghai was too possessive . fact, there are a lot of Bollywood comedian. If by the end of the than on the road, said the actor Sanderson in tribute to the cute 1. Parveen Babi Mahesh 5. Sonakshi Sinha- Prabhu films that last longer than my night I am not arrested or cen- who has been to India thrice so dungaree-wearing creatures with Bhatt Deva marriage, Russell joked as he be- sored, we are going to look and far. eye designs on the toes and heels, The beautiful actress had It is well-known to all that some issues but with her looks Sonakshi Sinha is Prabhu Deva s and performance she won the favourite. Having delivered hits like hearts of many and left quite a Rowdy Rathore and R Rajku- Rihanna adopts stray I want the Burka Avenger film mark on Mahesh Bhatt s heart. He mar, both share a great working re- PUPPYAT NIGHTCLUB to be as good as a Pixar movie was so besotted with her that even lationship and have grown comfort-

after they reportedly called it quits able with each other s working after two years of a live-in rela- style. The choreographer-turned- tionship, he dedicated his 1982 filmmaker prefers working with her movie Arth to Parveen. Smita Pa- in his films. In fact, he considers til s role in the movie was based Sonakshi to be his lucky charm. on her. After the actress died in 6. Aishwarya Rai Sanjay Lee- 2005, the director went on to la Bhansali make Woh Lamhe which was based Aishwarya Rai s claim to fame on his relationship with Babi. is her captivating beauty. Fans are 2. Ameesha Patel Vikram enchanted by her looks and Sanjay Bhatt Leela Bhansali is no different. He They met on the sets of Aap first cast her in his superhit movie Singer Rihanna adopted a stray heard saying: "Where the f**k did KARACHI: It has barely been Avenger tells the story of a fe- written a few drafts, rough out- Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and then over a month since 3 Bahadur male vigilante of the fictional town lines and potential ideas for the 2002, and that was the turning went on to make Devdas and puppy she found in a bathroom this b***h find a dog? She literal- point of their professional rela- Guzaarish with her. as she partied at a nightclub here. ly just went to the club, came back Pakistan s first ever animated film of Halwapur, fighting criminals film version, he said in an inter- was released but the staggering from behind a burqa so as to con- view with The Express Tribune. tionship which soon turned into a 7. Kajol Karan Johar The 27-year-old pop star and with a cage, wee-wee pads, food personal one. Vikram and Amee- Karan Johar loves Kajol. From her friends documented their find and a f***ing dog." success it achieved has propelled ceal her true identity. Using the It will most likely be a standal- a new wave in Pakistani filmmak- special martial arts form of Ta- one film depicting the original sto- sha were together for five years Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to My Name in a number of videos which they In the third clip, Rihanna can and were rumored to tie the knot is Khan, both of them have estab- posted on the photograph and be seen cuddling the dog and try- ing and animation. The next offer- kht Kabaddi, Jiya throws books ry of the lead character and how ing is likely to come from Uni- and pens at all those who attempt she came to be the Burka Aveng- but they parted ways instead. lished an ideal director-muse rela- video sharing application ing to get him to fall asleep as he Now Sapna Pabbi seems to tionship. Snapchat. Rihanna has even ex- chews on the zip of her jacket. corn Black studios, the geniuses to harm her hometown and guards er. Having worked on the origi- behind everyone s favourite veiled her people from various villains, nal series extensively, Haroon is have replaced Ameesha. Sapna, Karan believes Kajol to be his presses her disbelief at finding the According to online publica- who is making her big screen de- lucky charm and thinks his movies puppy in the restroom, reports tion Gossip Cop, the Grammy super heroine, Burka Avenger. like the evil magician Baba Ban- fully aware of the amount of ef- but with Bhatt s Khamoshiyaan, are incomplete without her which femalefirst.co.uk. In the first clip, Award winner has dubbed her Head of the studio, Haroon Rash- dook and corrupt politician Vade- fort that a full-length feature film has apparently been getting spe- is why he went to great lengths to she explains: "Well I found him in new furry friend Pepe and it re- id has announced plans of taking ro Pajero. will require. I want it to be like cial treatment on the sets owing give her appearances even if they the bathroom somewhere and he mains unknown whether anyone the animated series he created to According to Haroon, the tran- an animated film by DreamWorks to her muse status. The actress were a few seconds long in Kab- ran up to me." In a second video, who was present at the club has the big screen. sition process from television to or Pixar and for that, we require has recently shifted to a new hi Alvida Naa Kehna as well as Stu- one of the star's friends can be come forward to claim him. Released back in 2013, Burka movie has already begun. I have time, he said. apartment, which is located just dent of the Year. 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. WEDNESDAY . JULY 01, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES In just nine Tests, Yasir Shah breaks into ICC top ten LONDON: Former champions Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray get their 2015 Wimbledon campaigns underway Tuesday, desperate to avoid mar- athon duels in temperatures ex- pected to smash the 30-degree barrier. Second seed Federer, the sev- en-time champion, faces Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia, who he beat at the French Open this year, 2013 winner Murray takes on Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakh- stan while Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion, plays Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci. Federer, bidding for his 18th major, says he is in the perfect condition to win Wimbledon for a record eighth time as the Swiss great bids to avenge last year's heart-breaking final defeat. Federer's last appearance at the All England Club 12 months ago ended in the despair of a five- set loss against Novak Djokovic that left him shedding tears. If I look at last year, I see It took Pakistan leg spinner Yasir 100 km away. more the positives than actually Shah just nine Test matches and a There were no grounds in the heart-breaking loss in the fi- rich haul against Sri Lanka to grab Swabi so I had to go to Peshawar nal, said Federer, fresh from his political science student, is the he lost to Federer in straight sets. fourth round. That remains Kuku- in 2012. Petra Kvitova, the sec- the No. 9 spot in the Internation- academy to play, said Shah. eighth Halle grasscourt title last first Bosnian man to play in the Murray takes a 2-0 career lead shkin's best run at a major al- ond seeded Czech, begins the de- al Cricket Council (ICC) ranking Shane Warne was my motiva- week. It goes to show that last Wimbledon main draw. The 23- over world number 58 Kukush- though he did reach the third fence of her women's title, against for top 10 Test bowlers. ICC rank- tion, I started bowling leg breaks year, I wasn't playing great and I year-old from Sarajevo had two kin into their opener on Centre round at Wimbledon in 2014 Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens. ings table for top 10 Test bowlers after watching him bowl on TV. made the finals. Whereas now I of the biggest wins in his career Court. Like Murray, Kukushkin where he lost to Nadal. Nadal is The 23-year-old Bertens is (Thursday, 25 June 2015) CC rank- Is the fast-rising Yasir Shah a feel my game is better. I can really over former top tenners is coached by a woman his wife seeded at a lowly 10 this year but ranked at 108 having been as high ings table for top 10 Test bowlers permanent replacement for Saeed aim for Wimbledon this year. I feel Mikhail Youzhny and Marcos Anastasia. Murray beat his rival has a 4-0 career lead over 27-year- as 41 in 2013 and made the semi- (Thursday, 25 June 2015) The 29- Ajmal? like I see a big picture more now. Baghdatis to reach the third twice in 2012 at Brisbane and then old Bellucci, the Brazilian he also finals on grass at 'S-Hertogen- year-old leggie, who hails from And then my brother sent World number 87 Dzumhur, a round at the French Open where at the Australian Open in the beat in the Wimbledon first round bosch two weeks ago. Swabi district of Khyber Pakh- me a video of Warne from London tunkhwa, has 54 wickets in his and I used to watch it every day bucket at an impressive average and tried to copy his action and of 25.11, which also includes the way he used to bowl. Warne Australia, New Zealand enjoy big Gatlin storms to fifth three five-wicket and three four- was a legend so he was my idol. wicket hauls. Australian legend Warne, who economic payback from World Cup fastest 200m in history In the ongoing series against was following the 2014 Pakistan- Sri Lanka, Shah's seven-wicket Australia Test series on television, US sprinter records personal best at US trials and plans to haul in Sri Lanka's second innings was impressed by what he saw. challenge Bolt at the World Championships this August. fashioned Pakistan a 10-wicket He had tweeted after watch- victory in the first Test in Galle. ing Shah bowl: I like the look of Controversial Justin Gatlin set the bent over after the race. Shah's dismissal of Sri Lan- this leggie Yasir Shah, plenty of stage for a world championship Interview: I ve come too far kan captain Angelo Mathews gave energy and nice variations of showdown with Usain Bolt when to be knocked down "It hurt. My him his 50th wicket, making him pace. he won the 200m in a blazing 19.57 body has never been there before. the fastest among Pakistani His words actually put me seconds at the US trials - the fifth But it felt great." Only Jamaicans bowlers to reach the mark. under pressure to live up to his fastest time in history. Bolt and Yohan Blake and Ameri- He was Sri Lanka's tormentor appreciation and it has been good Only four people, including cans Michael Johnson and Walter yet again with 8/151 in the sec- so far, said Shah. world record holder Bolt, have run Dix have gone faster. ond Test but poor batting cost Pa- The focus remains on bowl- faster than the 33-year-old, whose Training partner Isiah Young kistan the match. ing a good line and length and con- previous best was 19.68 seconds. was second in 19.93 with the 30- I try to copy Shane Warne trol my variations. One needs to "I wanted to come out and year-old Wallace Spearmon tak- hah grew up in Swabi but had be patient in Test cricket and that make a statement, and that's what ing third in 20.10. to play his cricket in Peshawar, is what I am trying to do. I did," said Gatlin. Gatlin, the year's fastest at "I would say it's the most 100m and 200m, plans to chal- complete, technically 200m I ever lenge Bolt at both distances in the ran. A lot of people were asking August world championships in Amir Khan says Floyd Mayweather Jr might dilute his own legacy Amir Khan believes Floyd May- SYDNEY: The cricket World Cup full-time jobs. Harden said saturation coverage weather Jr is in danger of 'messing co-hosted by Australia and New More than one million fans on television and other digital plat- his own legacy up' if he continues Zealand this year was the most attended games, with 145,000 in- forms from the 14 host cities not to refuse to fight him. The unbeat- popular ever and generated USD ternational visitors, mostly from only showcased the best of Aus- en American (48-0-0-KO26) beat 844 million in economic benefits, Asia, with wide media coverage tralia and New Zealand but has Manny Pacquiao in May and an official analysis showed Tues- around the world. enhanced the tournament's repu- claims he will fight for the final day. Cricket World Cup 2015 chief tation as a major global driver for time on September 12 - naming Fourteen teams played in the executive John Harnden said the economic and community bene- Andre Berto and Karim Mayfield hugely successful tournament in direct spending converted into an fit . International Cricket Coun- as the leading candidates for his February and March, with Aus- increase in gross domestic prod- cil chief David Richardson hailed ring farewell. Khan (31-3-0- tralia winning a fifth world crown uct of Aus$460 million across the the tournament as an outstanding KO19) has made no secret of his after beating New Zealand by sev- two countries. This was the big- success that proved that cricket desire to secure a big-money clash en wickets in front of a record gest event in Australia since the was not only popular across both with 38-year-old Mayweather but crowd of 93,013 at the Melbourne Sydney Olympics in 2000 and it countries but a significant contrib- has thus far been rebuffed, al- Cricket Ground. has changed cricket in New utor to the local economies . though two weeks ago, the Bolt- An economic impact and ben- Zealand forever, he said, adding The ICC cricket World Cup me what could I run if I ran through Beijing. on fighter revealed he had been efits analysis by Pricewaterhouse- that hotels in the two countries 2015 was the most popular ever the finish line, so obviously I They have not met since 2013 involved in a heated exchange with Coopers showed the event gener- benefited from two million bed played, he said. The tournament went out there and ran 19.5 so I with Gatlin, who has served two Floyd Mayweather Sr. Speaking ated more than Aus$1.1 billion in nights a measure of occupancy saw 49 matches, of which 20 were hope I can do better than that." doping bans, piling up a two-year to Ringcast.net, Khan said: "We've direct spending and created 8,320 representing one bed for one night. sold out, played over 44 days. Gatlin was so exhausted he unbeaten streak. been talking to Al Haymon and hopefully we'll find out in a week what's going to happen. May- looks set to defend his belt against weather wants to fight on Sep- Brandon Rios on the same Sep- ROSSI WINS DUTCH tember 12 and I'll be ready for that tember date. Khan, however, re- Chile beats Peru 2-1 to date. "Floyd says he thinks he mains adamant the Sheffield fight- needs an easy fight now because er has not earned the right to call MOTOGP DESPITE he's proved himself by beating him out. Kell Brook: Unproven Pacquiao. He wants to fight An- on world stage, says Khan Kell reach Copa America final Brook: Unproven on world stage, dre Berto and Karim Mayfield. FINAL-CORNER CLASH No disrespect to those two be- says Khan cause they're good fighters and The Olympic silver medallist Yamaha rider extends his championship lead after edg- good friends of mine too. He needs added: "When the question comes ing out world champion Marquez. to finish on a high. What he's prob- to me, why don't you fight Kell ably going to do is leave the game Brook? My body's taken wear Yamaha's Valentino Rossi won first corner. on a low and I think that's the and tear fighting all the top guys, MotoGP's Dutch TT race from But Rossi kept on the Hon- worst thing to do. "I think he's the world champions so why isn't pole position after a thrilling duel da's tail and retook the lead with messing his own legacy up. He Kell doing that? Why should I give with world champion Marc Mar- three laps to go. needs to finish on a high. What him this big pay day he's after? quez in which the pair clashed at Marquez then made another he's probably going to do is leave "My name gets mentioned the final corner. move, with the two bikes making the game on a low and I think among Mayweather and Pacqui- Rossi extended his champion- contact at the final corner and that's the worst thing to do. "I ao - that's the level I'm at. If I was ship lead to 10 points, with clos- Rossi skimming across the gravel spoke to his father and he says him, I'd be chasing after guys like est rival and teammate Jorge with a front wheel in the air be- Lorenzo finishing third after qual- fore cutting the corner and rejoin- ifying eighth. ing the track to take the chequered The Italian great had led until flag. seven laps from the end, when Rossi has 163 points to SANTIAGO: Chile took another would have been a different sto- ball home from three yards after Marquez squeezed past at the Lorenzo's 153. step towards their dream of win- ry. Chile's opponents in last an Alexis Sanchez cross had come ning a first Copa America on home week's quarter-final, Uruguay, back off the post. Television re- soil with a 2-1 win over Peru on were reduced to nine men in con- plays showed Vargas was margin- Monday but Eduardo Vargas' troversial fashion with Edinson ally offside, but justice seemed to match-winning double was over- Cavani and Jorge Fucile being sent be done seconds into the second shadowed by an early refereeing off in Santiago. Cavani's red card half when he had what looked like decision that turned the game the came after Chile defender Gonza- a legitimate goal chalked off for hosts' way. Carlos Zambrano's lo Jara stuck his finger up the strik- offside. Peru came back into the harsh sending off for a high tackle er's backside and when he respond- game and equalised on the hour after 20 minutes was the second ed with the slightest of touches mark when Guerrero split the game in a row that Chile's rivals Jara fell to the ground theatrical- Chilean defence with a pass for have been hit with controversial ly, prompting the referee to send Luis Advincula. He whipped in a red cards. The decision was a hard the Uruguayan off. Chile got the cross from the right that Gary it'd be an easy fight if Mayweath- Timothy Bradley, who refused to one to swallow for Peru, who in decisive goal shortly after. Jara lat- Medel turned into his own net. er fought me. If it'd be so easy fight me. Kell Brook needs to fight spite of being underdogs had start- er had a three-game ban for pro- Peru's lead lasted just four min- then why not do it? "Mayweath- some decent names first and then ed well in front of a capacity voking Cavani cut to two by the utes, however, and again it was er hasn't announced who he wants he can have that big fight against crowd at Santiago's National Sta- governing body of South Ameri- Vargas who did the damage as he to fight yet. He's mentioned a few me. "Let him build his name, let dium. I think Zambrano's expul- can football. Peru refused to cave picked up the ball in midfield and names but mine should've been in him prove himself and let people sion was a bit tough, Peru striker in after Zambrano's dismissal and lashed home an unstoppable strike there because it's a fight that the say he's untouchable and then I'll Paolo Guerrero told television matched their hosts in a pulsating from 30 yards. Chile, who have fans want and it's a fight that come beat him. We're both the cameras. I don't want to com- first half. But just when it looked never won the Copa America in would make big money." One man same age, young and hungry and plain about the refereeing but there like the teams would go in all its 99-year existence, will play the who is chasing a bout with Khan I've done a lot more in my career. were a lot of unexpected decisions. square at half time Chile took the winners of Tuesday's semi-final is unbeaten IBF world welter- I believe he has to step it up a Rossi's lead at the top is now 10 points [Getty Images] If it had been 11 against 11 it lead when striker Vargas poked the between Argentina and Paraguay. weight champion Kell Brook, who little bit. 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. WEDNESDAY . JULY 01 . 2015-Saratan 10, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:325 Price: Afs.15

Heavy Attacks on schools, students AGO warns of legal action fighting ONGOING IN HAVE INCREASED: MoE against Kabul Bank defaulters AT Monitoring Desk has recently warned girls in sev- He added that the attacks have TAKHAR eral districts in Nangarhar prov- deprived scores of children from AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Ministry of Edu- ince against going to school. their right to education. cation (MoE) said that terrorist Kabir Haqmal, a spokesman The United Nations (UN) KABUL: Heavy fighting between attacks on schools and students for the MoE, said that terrorist said the insecurity has closed Afghan security forces and the have recently increased. have increased their attacks on down some 469 schools across the Taliban militants are underway in This comes at a time that Is- schools and students this year as country and has deprived some northern Takhar province, said a lamic State, also known as Daesh, comparing to the past. 35,000 students from education. local official. Muhammad Omar Omar, Khwaja Ghar district chief, said that security forces have launched clearance operations Senate wants Ghani urged against militants in the district. He added that the forces have cleared to denounce around 10 villages of the district from presence of the Taliban mil- WJ election date be itants. Afghan security forces remarks of continue advancing towards Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz specified Army chief province, TOLOnews quoted Omar as saying. He didn t pro- vide details about casualties in- President Ghani should flected to the Taliban militants in state clearly that abiding the fighting. The Taliban militants by the laws of war is a legal stormed several military check- requirement, not a policy The Attorney General's Office ing progress in recovering some of clearance department were arrested points in Khwaja Ghar district of option, said Phelim Kine, (AGO) warned on Tuesday it will the embezzled money. About $228 on charges of receiving bribes from a Takhar around four days ago. It take legal action against Kabul Bank million USD was recovered by the defaulter. Kabul Bank, once the coun- is worth mentioning that the Tal- deputy Asia director at debt defaulters who fail to repay previous government, Azizi said, try's largest financial institution, was iban militants captured Dasht-e- Human Rights Watch. their loans. At a press conference adding that a further $40 million USD badly shaken in 2010, followed by Archi district of Kunduz province in Kabul, AGO spokesman Basir worth of properties and loans had its collapse, after the almost $1 bil- last week. According to another WASHINGTON: US-based Hu- Azizi said they had received the been recovered during the current ten- lion USD scam was uncovered. The report, Afghan security forces man Rights Watch on Tuesday list of defaulters from the Kabul ure of the National Unity Govern- former chairman of Kabul Bank, have killed the Taliban s shadow urged President Ashraf Ghani to Bank's clearance department ment (NUG) which took power in Sherkhan Farnood, and former CEO district chief for Darqand district denounce remarks by the chief of which collapsed in 2010 after over September last year. "The clearance Khalilullah Ferozi, were both sen- in Takhar province. Khalil Aseer, the army offering soldiers protec- $900 million USD was stolen in a department is committed to recover- tenced to 15 years in jail each in an spokesman for Takhar police, said tion from punishment for war banking scandal. Azizi warned that ing all loans," Azizi noted. "We prom- Appeals Court verdict late last year. that security forces during a fight- KABUL: Some members of Me- Senatror Afzal Shamil urged lead- crimes. Ghani, who is command- if the defaulters failed to repay their ise to not leave even a penny with a This move was among President ing with the militant group in Dar- sharano Jirga on Tuesday under- ers of the unity government to er-in-chief of the Afghan armed loans, government will seize and debtor." The AGO's announcement Ashraf Ghani's campaign promises, qand killed the Taliban s shadow lined early election of Wolesi Jir- materialize their pledge they made forces, should recommit the coun- sell their properties. But he said comes a week after the director and where he pledged to finalize the Kab- chief for the district, Mullah Ma- ga (WJ) and said they would not with the people and announce date try s security forces to respect the the clearance department was mak- deputy director of Kabul Bank's ul Bank case. (TOLONews) lik, and wounded seven other mil- approve any draft legalizing the for WJ ballot. He said the govern- laws of war and put commanders itants. Aseer said that three po- incumbent lower house to work ment should specify schedule for on notice that suggesting other- licemen have been also killed in until election schedule was de- parliamentary election before the wise will subject them to disci- Arm, drug smugglers apprehended the fighting. fined. Article 83 of the constitu- end of one month deadline. He, plinary measures, the human tion states: The constitutionally however, said that Mesharano Jir- rights body said. President mandated tenure of the house of ga would not agree with any deci- Ghani should state clearly that in Balkh apprehended drug and arms smug- Syed Kamal Saadat told Pajhwok 1070kg drugs people shall terminate after the sion of lower house until the elec- abiding by the laws of war is a glers during an operation in parts Afghan News police nabbed four disclosure of the results of the elec- tion dates were announced. An- legal requirement, not a policy MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Authorities of the province, provincial police smugglers who wanted to smug- recovered in Logar tion, on the 1st of Saratan (22 other Senator Dr. Sami Faisal also option, said Phelim Kine, depu- in northern Balkh province have chief said on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. gle four Kalashnikovs from AT News Report June), and the new parliament stressed to specify sates for hold- ty Asia director at Human Rights Baghlan to Faryab. The weapons shall commence work. Earlier, ing Wolesi Jirga and district coun- Watch. He said that command- would be sold to antigovernment KABUL: Afghan security forces President Mohammad Ashraf cils elections. He added no bill or ers who reject the laws of war not forces in the area, he said, adding recovered some 1070 kilogram Ghani said the sitting Wolesi Jirga draft would be approved until the only unnecessarily risk the lives that police also seized pistol drugs in central Logar province, or lower house of parliament election date was announced. Zal- of civilians and their own troops, which were used for targeted kill- said an official source. The source members would continue until mai Zabuli and some other law- but also make themselves subject ings. Meanwhile, police chief said added that security forces recov- date for parliamentary elections makers expressed similar opinion to prosecution for war crimes. counternarcotics officials had ered the drugs after a crackdown. were announced after one month. during their debate on the subject. Kine demanded that foreign do- seized 13.5 kilograms of drugs, It said that no one has been ar- A statement from Presidential Chairman Senate Fazal Hadi Mus- nors assisting the Afghan military four kilograms of hashish and one rested in connection with the Palace had said that technical, se- limyar urged president and Chief should make it clear that their sup- kilograms of heroine during dif- drugs so far. According to another curity, financial and other prob- Executive Officer (CEO) to spec- report, security forces have port depends on minimizing harm ferent operation. Saadat added one seized 13 kilogram drugs in north- lems led to delay in conducting ify dates for Wolesi Jirga election. to civilians and holding violators militant was killed and another ern Balkh province. Police chief Wolesi Jirga elections. The state- Earlier, Abdul Ali Mohammadi, to account. Afghanistan s donors wounded in the overnight clash. of Balkh province, Sayed Kamal ment said it was decided that the president s legal advisor, said need to press the military to end Militants wanted to attack police Sadat told reporters that they have incumbent Wolesi Jirga would Wolesi Jirga election would take abuses or they may find them- check post but police gunned them held five persons in connection continue work keeping in view the place in the near future. selves complicit in future atroci- down before they could reach their with the drugs. current problems and challenges. (Pajhwok) ties, he said. (Pajhwok) intended target. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.